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FI -" " !si r ? V ' ' " ' 'THE WORLPT MONDAY EVENING: JANUARY 23, '1868; '' ? ' ' ' ' "" "
I THE WO ELD.
Eff MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 23.
HdL, BVBBonjTxxoir xo xhb jcrxirnra
HjE. JBDITIOIT (Including Tottage).
Kj' rxnitoNin, 30c. per tear, $3.bo.
H THE YEARLY RECORD.
Hp ffotal Number of Worlds Printed during 1887,
K 83,389,828.
Kn, Avcrngo per Day for Entiro Year.
If 228,465.
fif J SIX YEARS COMPARED :
K& TITS WORLD came under the present proprie-
H&K toriMp May 10, 1883.
Hwifci Trarlif Jlattf
HJvf XiHtr. 7Wa(. Jfrag;
pit 1888 8,191,187 22,331
M& ' 1883.. 12,236.238 33,541
itCi 1884,.. , 28.100,785 77,1102
M? 1880 51.241,207 140,387
Httf. 1880.. i 70,120,041 11)2,120
& 1887 83,380,828 228,400
H? Sunday World's Record:
Hg Over 200,000 Every Sunday During
Ep tho Iiast Two Years.
Eo Tlio average circulation of Tbo
Hf Sunday World during 1882 was 14,727
Bfw, The average circulation of Tho
Kff Sunday World daring 1888 was 24,054
Brc' The avorage circulation of Tho
!, Sunday World during 1884 was 70,085
BS The averago circulation of The
BJffjflTi, Sunday World during 1885 was 100,030
Hm' The averago circulation of Tho
Hljf'- Sunday World during 1880 was 284,724
Bel1 The average circulation of Tho
Bb' Sunday World during 1887 was 257,207
BflE Amennt of White Taper ueed durlnr the FIT
IK' Yearn Ending Dec. 3 1, 1887 i
B&Jr Tear. Hit.
BKhHf 22i" ........ ..... 1. 423,288
HKm 1Sx? 4,408,405
B 1880 N,2,2tT
rX lHge - 12,2M.H2
BfiS- 1881. 15,020,000
Ef CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL.
Kgr AH UNAOOEPTEB OHALLEHOE.
BIkV We have In the American Exchange National
Be B"i Giorqi 8. Cos, l'rcildent, 830,000,
IfY. which wilt tie paid over to the New York Bun
BCfit,' (Mortgaged) If It will limply open Its books to
BjK' lnipectlon ai tbe books of Tub World are, and If
32$ upon comparlion and teat It li not proven
M' rflat the actual average circulation of Thb
Wbm World for the year 1887 teat etwrv morning in the
Bs IMr mora than double that of ttw Bun, ana It
KJf , 0W, and the oonajtae advertising more than jive
BJ&' timit at large.
HeuS Tiib World's pressroom la open to Inspection
Byfi and lta circulation booka are at tbe service of all
Km Interested persona. The Mew York Bun't press-
H& room is closed to the pnbiio and lta circulation la
Bffip' Btid to be a sacred secret.
Wwl"' Tbb Would bos by spooial cablo this morn-
Hk' ing a most interesting lnterviow with Editor
BlSi' Wm. O'Bbxxn, the plucky Irish patriot whoso
BfiT spirit the brutal Baltouh cannot orush.
Kl Another Publio Works oontroot with an
BtS' ugly look about it has been turned up by
Bm Would reportors and found to justify its
BJEv.' appearance. Commissioner Newton will And
BmJ enough in this contract businoss to keep him
BjP"' ' busy, if fraud is to bo averted, and ho cannot
Hi employ his time to better advantage is tho
BJRS city's behalf.
Hit! Tho death of William Dkufset in tho prize
Er- rie bov Fort Hamilton, on Saturday night,
HCsp ought to throw a damper upon the business
K. ' of promoting such brutal sports in this
BIIJP- locality. If Diwset's death was due to tho
K beating he received every individual oon.
fjSjrV - nected with the affair should be hunted down
KmP? and punished.
Bfja, Ihe groans which issue from tho dismal hole
BhnL ' fla oornor ' Printing-House square and
BjfgIJi Frankfort Btreot are tho groans of .the weary
Bi' and heavily mortgaged. The gnashing of
BJM. teeth is that of tho lost and damned. Tho lies
Bjajp which emanate from that quarter are bora of
Bjeff the bitterneu of failure and the bread envy
KS of a man who unites the cowordloeof oDul
BJifV garian sheep or an Egyptian fellah with the
BM'' Itn (Hiking ferocity of a hungry coyote.
BF In 1881 the cry of the malevolent Now York
Ks&- Ban (Mortgaged) was, "GWouso Split De-
H? xaocraoy. " Now that the concern is flounder.
ffl) lug upon tho verge of the Slough of Bonk.
B& ruptcy the wail is, " Help us', United Democ
Kg woy. or we sink I" This is what the publio
Wwm heart, but as a matter of fact the thing whirS
BJi& concerns old Diiu. the most is where a.d
M how to secure money on mortgage at 1 per
Brag cent for the " development " of his decoying
BB business.
MJgt President Oobbik turns a deaf ear to the
EmhT! generally expressed hope that the differences
fjlHp.. between the Reading companies and their
RlSf employees may bo settled by arbitration, and
fagf tolls back upon his dignity in a rather melo-
ISp dramatio fashion. Admitting that tho
VKk,'' case of the companies has all of the
Imk. strength in equity that he claims for it
.jjjffifc there would be the greater virtue in their
.fro making some concession to publio opinion.
Ivg' There are too few entries on the credit side
Xm- of the books in the current account of the
la corporations with the people.
V VvB Tne two B1'4 1 aot which stand out monu-
Ny mentally upon the Jonrnallstio face of the
2aar centurj are, firstt
BB( ntorvellous and phenomenal sucoess of
BB te New York Would. And, second t
H Tbe dismal and deserved failure of the New
BBBf , York Bun (Mortgaged).
IBRf '! A, aewspoper which sinks in thrtp years
BBVf frost 100 per cent, dividends into the hands
HBl ci tbe money 4enders is not likely to have
BBWf y- (food opinion of its neighbors, and that is
Bftm) what is the matter with Dirty .Dog Dama.
BBw" If b hardly necessary to remark that Tux
BBk WeU printed yesterday more advertising
BBK Huw. any other New York newspaper.
BBV'' K eoeUifiod mora than one thou-
BBft. sad. sdTariisinU In ezoew of the
JSg: ' . Mil Tftmiai advertiskg medium. A
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bbBBht
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comparison with tho New York Bun
(Mortgaged) gives this result t World,
8,720 advertisements t Bun (Mortgaged),
213 advertisements. Of the six prominent
morning newspapers the Am (Mortgaged) fell
80 per cent, behind the lowest in advertising
yesterday. This aooounts in a measure, also,
for the gangrenous pustules of envy and hate
which show from timo to time upon the do.
bllltated body of the declining Bun (Mortgaged).
THE BAD MAN FROM ORINNIN1 GDLOIL
lie Want Ground GIrm and Vitriol to Hen
oa Ilia I'laen, and (lets Bouncrd.
The gaa-jcta in a saloon on Avenuo A
burnod with all the brilliancy expected of
them last night shortly before 13 o'clock.
Tho bartender was a small man.
Tho door opened and a strange mixturo of
Wild Wf'St Fthow and broken-down tramp on
torcd. Sombrero, leggings, bolt and " gun "
were the Wild West pnrt, shoos out at tlm
tors and a four-daysr beard constituted tho
effcto Eastern part of his make-up. ,
" Fcr da lovu or Tim Campbell, Ink at do
angel, Ohimroy." sold one of tho crowd.
"Wow," Bold tho stronger "I'm bod, I
am. Gimmo somo pizen. Quick 1 I'm
singin', I am. D'ye hear ? Wow I I'm th'
bad man from Qrfnnin' Gulch, I am. I cats
rattlesnakes, I do I Yey hyar mo toot?
Whar's that plren, 'fore I lay yer hoart on
th' floor?" and ho slammed a big, 45.calibro
" gun " on the bar. Tho crowd went home,
" Will you have whiskey ?" asked tho llttlo
bartender, quietly . olmost tenderly.
' Whiskey ? No I want lirhtnin' : blue
'n groen lightnin'. Gimme th' bottlo. Sa-ay,
d'yo callthetliker? Thot's milk fer kids.
Gimme some glass groun' up flno 'n some
vitriol. Kin ye git mo some rattlosnako
Blzon 'fore I hang yer lungs over th' door,
ot 'ny tackB ter make this pizen sharp ?
Whar'u yur heart ?" and ho fondled his gun.
Then tho little bartender Jumped over the
bar, with an case that showed long practice,
hit the bad man from Grinnln' Guloh under
the ear, knocked him under the stove, and
after kicking some of his teeth into the back
of his neck and tying his wlndpipo into a double-deck
man.o'-war knot, fired him out.
The bad man from Grinnln' Gulch gath
ered hiiuBolf togotbor and went out and asked
n policoman at the door if New York was a
bad town.
" A llttlo bit," was tho consoling answer.
" Wo'ro kopt busy carrying the corpsos of
strangers to the Morguo most of tho tune. "
"Many stiffs to-night, cap?" ho lisped
through tho place where his teoth ought to
be.
" I'vo only took in twonty so far, but
thcro'll bo moro 'fore sunrise Why ?"
"Nuthin', pard, nuthin': only I'm goin'
baok tor Grlniu' Gulch, wliar th' don't slow
moro'n a dozen or day. 8'long, pard," and
tho bad man was gouo t and every time ho
draw a breath the wind whistlod merrily
through the vacancy in his gums,
m
WORLDLINGS.
Mrs. IdsB. Btrcoter, who died In Lisbon, N. II.,
recently at tbe sue ot thirty years, weighed Ml
pounds and was said to be the largest person In tho
State.
The study of VolapQk Is enjoying a boom in
Chicago Jut now, and It la said that no fewer than
Oto hundred people there are attempting to muter
the new tongue.
Sr. Alcrrtam, of North Adams, Miss., goes
sleigh riding Inaslelih that was made for his
great-great-irrandfather In 1(41 and has been In tbe
Uerrlam family AVer since.
A cowboy named Bweeney, in the employ of the
Tloabknlie Company, of Caster County, Hon.,
recently performed the unusual feat of liaaoolng a
a tall grown black-tall deer as It Jathed by him.
Two turners living near Cartersvtlle, as., went
to law In 16S0 over the poueulon of a heifer valued
at 111. The aocroed cosla of tbe legal proceedings
now amount to $160 and the caaa la still far from a
settlement.
It Is now possible for a traveller to go direct by
tall from the City of Mexloo to BrltUh Columbia, a
distance of 6,000 mllea. , This has beee made
poatlblo by tbo recent completion of the California
and Oregun Hallway.
An engine on the Northern I'aoino road dashed
Into o herd nf nearly a thouiand antelope whlob
baa huddled together in a cut, near Manitan,Dak.,
the other day. A soore of tbe onlmala were killed,
and somo of their carcaaaea were gathered up by
the train men.
A miller at Lueben, Frniala, recently exhibited a
wonderful degroe ot atololsm In enduring pain.
IIU light arm waa almost completely emahedluthe
machinery of tbe mill, but la aplte of the pain ho
suffetea he walked o long dlttonce to o phyalclan
and had the Injured limb amputated without taking
on antithetic
Many years ago William Kgeman, of Aurora, lit. ,
received from bla relatives In the old country a pin
In the ahape of a orota In which were aot nlna
tones which be supposed were glass or paate.
After wearing the ornament for a time he oast It
aside aa of little value. Reoently a Jeweller told
tlm that the stones were diamonds, worth at least
11.8)0.
A Pittsburg lady wbolnber childhood waa a
achoolmate of Mr. Blaine eayi that tbe future dis
tinguished Btateaman alwaya stood near the head of
the spelling caaa, but did not particularly attempt
to ezoel In bla other studies. Bhe remembers him
as a boy of strong will power, and saya that be
need to be more fond of remaining In the sohool
room atudylng ot recess than ot joining his com
rades In plsy.
W.B. Prosier, tbe aged Sheriff of Moore County,
Tsnn. , told a Naabvlllo reporter reoently that dur
ing the time he baa held offloe he has frequently
branded mnrderera with the letter "M"ln tbe
palm of the hand or on tbe forehead, and bu aeen
tne criminal succeed in almost effacing the hated
aymbol with his teeth. lie aaya that In the earlier
days of Tennessee It was the cuttom alto to crop
the murderer's eara and give him thirty-nine
lashes.
THE RAGE FOB BEALINQ-WAX.
A Grouty Father Who Disapproved of Its
Dm.
Do Not Doaplao tho Pta.
Jton U. A'rU a,tUHm.l
A pin is an exceedingly convenient article to
nave obout one In cue of emergency, and when It
u known that 10,800, ooo, ooo pins ore made o yew
la Mew England there seems to be no reason why
t man ahould be without that extremely uaeful In
atroment A pin probably saved a man's life la
Watrrbury Tueaday. John Miller, aged thirty,
while oa bis way home from a ball, waa aerioualy
stabbed In the groin. To stop the hemorrhage be
pmned toe edges ot the wound together.
TRAPPING A DESPERADO
e
A String! Story.
ST
Police Capt J. H. McCullagh,
Of the First Avenue BtoUon.
PART I.
tWBlTTIM KXriUCSSLT FOB 'rn XVKN1V0 WORLD. "J
ggrt f""N ALIPOKNIA Jako
r Wf I jwas a lucky villain,
fa J, fill I yfgf Boforo ho cnino to this
? Lw 7 v( i par ' t'10 country no
HUflfi jfc lia.d rustled nround out
fPfv AitUiS on t'i Pn(,'fl Bii)o-
Viiin I fiiKoLl two men out there and
l)pU 1 '.KgyJ urought them to tho
M!xrljL end of thoir tether.
TOi" i Thoy woro not groat
ornaments to society, and California didn't
mourn thoir loss much, but they wero not
as bad as the fellow who killed them by a
good deal.
He got off and camo East. All ho brought
hero with him was the nickuamo by which ho
was afterwards known" California Jake."
lie was as ugly a man outsido as he was on tho
Inside that was ugly enough. Five foot ton
and a half inches in hoigbt, with black,
frizzly hair, and terribly cross-eyed that
was California Jako. So it is oleor he
wouldn't take a prizo at a beauty show.
Jako didn't travol on his shape or his
looks. It was brains and luok, and of the
two ho had moro luok than brains. lie
escaped hanging for his California murders,
and got off pretty easily for some funny bust
noss here in Now York.
JAHB BORED k HOLB IK HIS BODI.
lie was squoozed to the extent of four years,
which was a little satisfaction, and capturing
him was interesting in several respects. He
used to hong around the sporting places and
dives on tho Bowery and in downtown neigh
borhoods. One night he was In n boer saloon fre
quented by sporting men and fellows a good
deal of his own stripe. Among them was
Billy Wood, the brother of Tom. Wood and
California Jako 'got, Into a dispute about
something, and Were Valuer hot over it. The
upshot of it was that'Jake whipped out a
knifo and bored a hole into Billy Wood's
stomach. Wood'Xlroppod to tho floor and
Jako made track J.
An ambulauco was callod and Billy Wood
was taken to tho Chambers Street Hospital.
I went over to boo him next day and tried to
get tho story of the row out of him. At first
ho wouldn't Bqueal. Ho had been intnunto
enough with "California Jako." and
whother ho thought Jako had somo oxcuho
or not, ho didu't liko to give him away.
Finally, he told mo that Jake and himself
had got to words and from that to roving,
and Jako had struok him in the abdomen
with a knifo.
Wood died of his wound, but I had his
ante-mortem statement that California
Joke was his asbassin. So I had to set
about finding Jake.
I put on citizen's clothes and began my
hunt for him. I know a woman with whom
Jake was living, and I felt pretty sure that,
soonor or later, she would establish some
communication with him. I watched hor
house steadily for three days, but she did
not go anywhere except to tho market and a
few stores in the neighborhood to get pro
visions and sundry articles that she needed.
Previously I had scoured all the places
whore California Jako had been in the
habit of going, and a good many others
whioh were frequented by men in his line of
business the pleasure resorts of crooks,
where they wont to drink and to smoke and
to hatoh their plots. But I got no trace of
him.
I still kept Bovoral men out on the lay,
ready to nab him if he showed up anywhero,
and I stuck to the woman. A woman is often
a great holp in dropping on to a criminal.
Sometimes, however, they are a bother, too,
bocause it they are sharp and devoted to the
criminal, as frequently happens, they can do
a good deal to upset things and throw a
man off the scent if ho isn't pretty careful.
"Belle" was sharp enough. But I hod a
strong instinct that she could lead me to
where Jako was, or would holp, not will
ingly, but unconsciously, to put mo within
reach of hiui.
The fourth day of my watch on the young
woman (Bhe was young, but not much better
looking than California Jako himself) was
a terriblo day. All kinds of bod weathor were
lot loose on tho tow n. It began by snowing
and kept that up till about two inches had
fallen. Then it melted so as to fill tho streets
with slush and pools of water. In the after,
noon it turned to a drizzle, a sort of thin
mist which looked like a fog. Finally this
took to freezing, and after it became sleety
and the sidewalks so slippery that you could
hardly stand, the day waa enough to aloken
anybody.
I hung around the neighborhood of the
house "Belle "lived in, down in a squalid,
mean section of the town. Nothing hap
pened in the morning. While I was loung
ing in a beer-shop which commanded !a good
view of her door, about two in the afternoon, I
saw her oome out. She was wrapped in a
rubber cloak and had india-rubber overshoes
on. She paddled ofl through the slush and
rain.
I followed her. Anybody going out a day
like that hod a reason for doing it. I saw her
tarn around the corns, wid U & did so aha
darted a look behind her. 8h walkod rap
Idly, and I had W keep up a good gait not to
lose her. She walked four squares up the
street, and then turned a corner very sharply.
I caught up in time to see her whisk around
the first street to th right, as her second
turn.
It was dearer than evor that she was out
for something. I began to think that what
she was trying for now was to Shake any ono
who might be on her steps. Whether sho
know mo, or if she knew my faco whether sho
hail scon it or not, I did not .know. At tho
the timo sho looked back soon after leaving
the houso I had turned my gaze at a point
ahead, so that she should not catch mo look
ing at hor,
I followed hor in hor windings and was
kopt pretty busy at times inordor to catchup
with hor after she bad turned out of sight
nround a corner. Bho made so many of
theso turns that I becamo certain sho was
trying to cscapo if any ono was following hor
steps.
After turning up a new Btreet she walkod n
llttlo moro than a block and thou turned sud
denly back and rotrucod her stops, keeping
her eyes on tho lookout for both sidos of the
streot. This was a new schemo, and it mado
me feel that she probably had seen me at that
first look back.
Ab soon as sho turned I shot behind a largo
sign which concealed me pretty well, and as
I saw her drawing near stopped in behind a
door, which I left three-quarters open.
I waited a few moments, long enough to
let hor got by, and then cautiously slipped
out. I sow her ahead half a square and could
tell from tho movements of hor head that she
wob still on the lookout.
Our positions were reversed, howover, now,
and I was following "Belle " once more. She
soon turned and wont down a side streot. I
followed. Sho boarded a horse-car, a Hor
lem car.
I kopt after the car, noticod its number,
and by running a bit managed to keep near
it for three blocks. Then I ran out and got
on it myself. I stayed on the platform and
took caro not to look in the car. I knew Bet
was thoro, and so I didn't give hor tho chanco
to see mo look in.
Port IT, To.MorroB.
BEEOT. LYKC11 TELLS A STOEI.
Ilia Narrow Eacape Whllo Arresting; the
Notorious Margaret Walali.
In tho Prince street polico Btation stands a
largo glass caso containing a miscellaneous
assortment of knives, pistols, burglars' tools
and other implements of crime, which havo
been taken from various prisoners during
Capt. McDonald's term as commander of tho
precinct. To eaoh ono of tho weapons is at
tached a small tag, giving tho circumstances
connoctod with its use.
Prominent among the deadly implements
Is a small penknife which was used by Mar
garet Walsh, alias Fannie Wright, a noto
rious etreot-walkor, in murdering Policeman
Machesnoy on the night of Oct: 19, 1807. The
murder was committed on tho corner of
Canal and Mercer titreets, while the police
man was trying to arrest tbe woman.
She was sentenced to imprisonment for
life, but was pardoned after serving seven
years. Sergt. Lynch, while talking with the
reporter about the case, told the following
story t
"Somo years subsequent to the murder of
Policeman Machosney I was a patrolman in
tho Fourteenth Precinct. My night post lay
along the Bowery. One night while patrol
ling my beat my attention was attracted to a
drunken woman who was very boistorous.
I took her to the station-house.
" On returning to my post I was accosted
by a strange man, who asked mo if I was the
officer who a fow minutes bofore arrested a
drunken woman. I answered in the affirma
tive. 'Well,' he said, 'do you know who
sho is V I Bald that I did not. ' Well said
ho. ' that woman is Mag Walsh, who killed
Officer Machcsney. I frequont tho divo sho
docB, and I know her character. I saw hor
last night pull a revolver on a man with
whom sho had a diBputo. I havo heard her
time and time again boast that sho would
send tli firbt officer who khould urrCBt her
into kingdom como. Hearing that you hnd
arrested her, and fearing troubla, I con
cluded to como and inform you of the foro
goiug facts. You will find tho revolver in
Lor bo'om, where sho genorally carries it.'
" I thanked the stranger for his informa
tion," continued the Sorgeant, "and ro
turnod to tho station-house. I told the Bor
ge.uit at tho desk what I had heard, and ho
instructed me to go to the woman's cell and
search her. I wont down to the roll and said:
1 Come out, Mnjj, I want to give you a
warmer cell.'
" Not divining my intention, sho oboyed
mo. I suddenlv grabbed her, and pulled a
38-calibre English bulldog revolver from her
bosom.
" Well, you should havo seen tho hateful
look that she gave mo. and then screeched :
' If I had known that that was what you were
after you never would have entered this cell
alive.'
' ' I bellove she would have attempted to
use that pistol on me when taking her to
court the following morning."
' THE WORLD'S" EABLEK EDITIOH.
lltvm U. Mornlnt Wtrld:
To-day The Would adds to itsolf a valuable
feature in tho shape of an extra page devoted
to the interests of the people of Harlem and
the Immediate region beyond. Upon this
page due attention will be given to affairs
and happenings In the district North of One
Hundred and Tenth street.
This feature, wo are certain, will be
duly appreciated by the vast population
in the region known as "Uptown," Tho
best Interests of this developing section will
command the services of Tin Wools at all
times, aid the mutual advantage of this
feature trill be apparent to all to whom
this greeting comes. No fewer than 125,000
people live In the section of the metrop
olis known as Harlem. Their comings
and goings and their business ventures
ore entitled to more consideration than can
usually be given in a daily newspaper devoted
to general concerns.
For this reason, wa have set apart this
special page for Harlem and to It wa shall
give our best endeavors, and this involves
Tbi Womis'a unrivalled facilities for news
Separata Panda.
ITYtm A OMtat THU.4.1
New York City will spend $ST, 000,000 this year in
running her city government. The nfoney raised
for this purpose should not be confounded with the
fond which the grateful and werm- sorted people
of that metropolis are enthnaluUcally rakfng by
voluntary soEwcrlptlon (ertBesttetteaetaBuaa
mem to Uoa, Or ial
i
WORDS FROM THE PEOPLE.
TUB BEOENT RISE IK GOAL A BEE10UB
MAUEB TO SMALL DBALEBS.
Bvorrthlaa" Except Bottled Boda Goloa Up
la Price The Upward Movement Started
by the Advance In Coal Tea Htorri Bell
Nngar at Coot Keroeeno Oil Dp a Cent a
Gallon Talks vrlih Itrtnllers.
A bluo-oyed German lad was boating a
merry tattoo with a pair of clcavors as nn
Kvenino WoriLD reporter, still following up
east-sido business conditions, entered tho
rnarkot of Theodora Rottftteadt, at 202 East
Thirty-Bovcnth street. He was cutting up a
Hamburger steak for a waiting customer.
"Business is pretty fair," said Mr. llett
stcadt, but ho gets some small orders, oven to
a half pound of short steak, which would cost
six cents.
" Hallo, littlo baby !" was the first remark
which camo to tho ears of tho reporter in tbo
little grocery Btoro of P. E. Gallagher, ono
step down from tho sidowalk at 203 East
Thirty-seventh streot. It was addressed to a
little ono who had a bad cold and was held
close to the breast of a woman who was just
finishing a small purchase. To tho reporter's
usual quostion, " Plenty to eat and littlo to
do." was tho reply, backed up by a smiling
remark that he "might bettor sond green
backs than questions."
A small and sleek brown dog gave wclcomo
at Mrs. Glennon's grocery and candy store at
230 East Thirty-Boventh street. Mrs. Glon
non appeared noxt from her living rooms in
tho roar or the store. " Trado isn't much
just now," said she. "So manyaro out of
work it makes business quiot." Still sho had
some good customers and wasn't so bad for
a Binall Btoro. Then thoro entered a very
little boy with a very littlo voice, who tightly
clutched two cents, for tho giving up of
which he demanded " S'm' onions."
F. 0. Whiting and his cheerful wife de
clared that at thoir Btoro, 219 EaBt Thirty
eighth Btreet. business was very quiet. Mr.
Whiting went on t " Everything is high, no
matter what it is. Kindling wood has gono
up and so has coal and sugar and codfish and
even lamp chimneys and glass. Bottled soda
is tho only thing that stays whero it was.
Prices go up for us, but we can't raise on our
cuBtomors. Eggs aro 20 and 26 cents a dozen
for fresh onos, and onions aro $1 a bnrrol.
Potatoes havo gone up to $2.65 and aro going
higher."
Mr. Whiting sells coal at 10 cents a pall and
kindling wood, by tho peach basket mcasuro,
at fivo cents.
At 215 East Thirty-eighth stroet Mrs. Boyls
ton has sold small groceries for twonty years,
A pleasant girl bohind her counter Raid that
business was mucli affected by tho rise in coal
and other things, but was better at somo times
than at others. A great many peoplo in the
neighborhood wero out of work. " We
couldn't got an Evenino Would last night,"
added tho girl. " Thoy woro all sold out up
this way."
Mrs. D. Whlto. at 2H East Thirty-eighth,
has for six months carried on a business
which was established years ago. She sells
grocerios and is a licensed dealer in oil. She
said : " It's a bad time for trade. People
aro out of work, and it comes very slow."
Mrs. White sells kindling wood in elliptical
bunohes at the rate of two for five cents or
one for three. A bunch contains about fifty
blocks of perhaps 2 Inches by 3K, and the
wholesale rata is fifty bnnches for 90 cents.
Dougherty Brothers havo for fourteen
months run the market at 210 East Thirty
eighth street. "Trade is a little better, but
generally quiet," the Jreporter was toid. " Of
course, the poople in this locality are many
of them outside workors, and in this severe
weathor they find themselves unable to work.
Some of our orders aro very small, but we
know the people need something, and we
have to give it to them, even if It doesn't
pay. "
A barrel of turnips blocked the entranco
for a moment at Mrs. Margaret Carroll's little
grocery, at 211 East Thirty-eighth street, but
it was soon clear and tho philosophical pro
prietress said : " Businoss is just middling,
but wo manage to get along. Of course,
everything is dearer than it used to be, iut
we must expect things to rise and fall. Thero
are a good many people out of work, but
many of them wouldn't be so hard up if they
had carried their money as they ought to
when thoy had it."
At tho orderly grocery of Hauschild &
Tietjon, 203 East Fortieth Btreot, business
was reported quite slow. In rogard to tho
rise- in sugar ono of the proprietors said :
"At tho tea Btores they soil sugar at cost
prices, and we have to hold it low, too."
In addition to tho high prices prevalent in
coal and kindling wood, complaint is now
made about the recont rise in kerosene oil.
It has advanced ono cent on the gallon, olid
the small dealers aro compelled to make a
corresponding increase.
John Schillo, who koeps n neat littlo gro
cery store at 218 Ghrystie street, said : " lam
glad to see that The Evenino Would is let
ting the people know tho condition of tho
poor people on the east sido. The recent rise
in cool is a serious matter to the small deal,
ers. I cannot make 30 cents on the ton.
Why, sir, I often lose from 10 to 25 cents on
a ton, for when my customers buy a half pail
at a time, as most of them do, they foel that
thoy are cheated unless I fill the pail two
thirdB full.
" Another thing that is Affecting us Is the
rocent rise in kerosene oil. I have been get
ting it at six and eight cents a gallon, now I
have to pay seven and nine cents, and as I
soil it for nine and ten cents it leaves a profit
of one cent on the gallon. I sell groceries in
very small quantities ; in fact, as small os my
customers wish. It would not pay me to give
credit."
Christopher Bonn keeps a grocery store at
13 Stani on street. "Yes," said he, "busi
ness is pretty dull 'round here, and the peo
ple are poor. Many of them are out of work.
1 havo had to raise the priee of coal from
five cents a half pail to six cents, and now
make hardly anything on a ton. I sometimes
give credit.'1
Henry Engel has a littlo shop at 212 Ghrys
tie streot. His wife was behind the counter
when Tuk Evenino Would reporter entered.
"How is business?" he rooted in reply to
the reporter's question. " Well, ' dull ' is
not tho name for it. What, with coal and
kerosene going up inprlo), I don't sco what
we small grocers are going to do. Wo give
credit to a f epr customers ; we have to for the
peoplo aro very poor in this part of tho city
and too many of them out of work."
THE riOPLE'8 LETTEit-BOX.
Evcry-Day Topics of Interest to Headers of
"The Bvrnln World."
Tb ll XUfr if 11 Ewntna World!
Your suggestion in yesterday's EviNnto
Wobld to supply the poor with coal at cost
prices, is a very good ono. In Philadelphia
there is a society such as you think wo ought
to have in New York. Why not agitate this
matter f I think Mr. O. W. Chllds, of the
Ledger, or Mr. W. Singerly, of the Record, in
Philadelphia, oould give any information
wonted about the society in Philadelphia,
which is a blessing to many a poor family In
that city. Gxonox Boroin.
Jan. 19. 820 Avenue A,, New York.
The Doubly Interestlnc "Evening World."
J l XilUT f I XVmfof World I
Although we are seventy-five miles from
New York we get Tnx Evenino Would abou
6.45 r. w. I have token it from Its third Issue,
but find it doubly interesting since the
police captain's stories have been published.
Success to Tax Evenino Wobld, and may its
circulation soon exoeed that of the morning
issue. h. 0. Olodojh,
Manager J. E. Williams's dry goods store,
mMala treet, Phllllpsburg, N, J,
THB OHUBOa OF BT. VINCENT PB PAUL.
Tho French Parlh of the City, Wlileh Has
Grown to Frotpsrtty Under tho Care of
the Fathers of Blerer.
The project of organizing a Frenoh
Cathollo Church In Now York waa first
broached by Count do
Forbin-J an son, Bishop
of Nanoy, who visited
this city in 1840. The
idea was soon put into
oxocution, and a alto
for the proposed
church was soloctod
on Canal streot and
purchased for $30,750.
The cornor-Btono of
tho building was laid
Oct, 11, 1811, by
M. do laForet, tho
French Consul.Gen
cralboro, Tho Bishop
of Naucy lent $6,000
to help tho building
iiev. OA8TON septieu. fund, and other gen
erous contributions wero mado by tho Fronoh
citizens, ns well as Americans in New York.
Tho work prospered, and tho new Church
of St. Vincent do Paul was dodlcatcd Aug.
21, 1842, by Arcbishop Hughes. Tho Rev.
Fathor Dcydier. who was chosen temporary
pastor, was succeeded the same year by tho
Kov. Annot Lofont, who was sent over from
Franco by tho Bishop of Nancy, and who was
pastor of the church from 1842 to 1870.
Father Lafont established in this country the
Society of tho Fathers of Mercy, a convent of
this society having been connected with St.
Vincent do Paul since tho early years of his
pastorate. . ....
As the city grow and tho population began
to move towards tho upper part of tho island,
it became nocessary to seok another site for
the church, and the location on Twenty-third
street, where the church now stands, was
finally chosen and tho corner-stono laid in
January, 1857, by Archbishop Hughos. Tho
dedication occurred in May, 1868, Archbishop
McCloskey officiating. The now building is
constructed after the Boman style, and its
cost was $85,000.
Besides tho parochial schools and other ed
ucational institutions. Fathor Lafont estab
lished the French Orphan Asylum and placed
it under tho care of the Marianitcs Sisters of
tho Holy Cross. Ho died in January, 1874,
and was succeeded by tho Bev. Edmond
Aubrii, under whom tho good works begun
by Fathor Lafont woro carried on. Ho died
in May, 1881, and his suocoBsor, who was np-
Sointod shortly afterwards, is tho Kov.Gaston
eptier, also of tho Sociotv of the Fathers of
Mercy.
Under Father Soptior's pastorate the church
has greatly prospered, and one of tho most
important works over attempted in tho
SariBh, the building of tho now Fronch
rphan Asylum, has been accomplished.
Tho asylum is ono of tho handsomest struc
tures of its kind in tho city, and stands at
Seventh avenue and Thirty-niuth streot. It
has now under its chargo over 300 children.
Another noteworthy charity, established
by Fathor Scptior in connection with tho
asylum, is tho Fresh-Air Fund, which enablos
the children to toko two excursions a week
during tho entire summer season. By ar
rangements whiob ho has effected with the
railroad and steamboat linos ono excursion
is mado eaoh week to the seashore and odo to
tho country. All tbe children are taken on
each of theso excursions.
Tho cost of the asylum building up to tho
present timo is something over $200,000, and
the debt of $85,000 has been largely deoreased
during tho past year through the earnest and
successful efforts of Fathor Soptler.
The churoh, which has ono of the finest
congregations in the city in point of wealth
and culture, has beon improved in many
ways during the pastorato or Father Septier.
He is one of the most energetio workers tho
parish has ever had, and his kindly manner
and uniform courtesy have endeared him to
all his parishioners, who aro scattered over
tbe city, from the Battery to tho Harlem
Biver.
Among the societies connected with the
church are the Ladies' Associations, tho Ite
ligious Socioty of tho Arch-Confraternity of
the Sacred Heart of Mary, tho Society of St.
Vincent do Paul, the Bocioty of St. Ann and
tho Mutual Benovolonco Association.
The Bev. Oaston Septier was bom in Paris
in 1851. He received his early education in
tho little seminary at Bouloguo-sur-Mor. and
afterwaids Btudied at Cardinal Manning's
seminary in London. Boturniug to France,
be spent four years as a novitiato in tho
House of tho Fathers of Morcy at Orleans,
Franco, and was ordained as a priest soon
after at Paris. In 1877 ho was sent to New
York to preach the customarv Lenten ser
vices at the houso of tho order hore. He
was not recalled, and. becoming an assistant
at St. Vincent do Paul's, was appointed
pastor at tho death of Father Aubrii.
His present assistants aro the Bev. V. Hum
bert, 8. P. M.; Bov. T. U. Wucher, S. P. M.;
Bev.W. Smith, S. P. My and Bov. J. J. Mad
den, S. P. M. Fathor Smith is also chaplain
of the St. Vincent do Paul Orphan Asylum,
and spiritual adviser of St. Louis College.
FUN FOR AFTER DINNER.
The Art Idea.
IPnmLlfr.i
PHI Manufacturer 1 like tbe design very much,
and If you don't mind taking that harp out of ber
band and putting a strlnsr of livers there lmtead,
ao that I can nie the picture aa an advertisement
for my twenty-minute liver cure, I'll take it ot ycur
own figure I
A New Vocabulary.
tiYom Judgr,)
"1 see that Prince Ferdinand la thinking ot
abdicating," she remarked, when the converaatlon
Urged. What la the meaning of abdicate t"
"Acconllna to tho new dictionary It means
being bounced by the Czar ot Rusala. "
no lilt Back First.
IFron JuJgt,
A child was playing with some other children
when It began to err on account of having received
a smart slap in the face from one of lis compan
ions You muit bit the nuty thing back," aaya
ourae. who had never read the sermon on tbe
mount.
' ' But I bit it back f-r-f-tlrit, " aobbed the enter
prising infant.
Aa to Cigar 8lgn.
(JYm IA Iftoratka Statt journal.
He How la It that all cigar-store Indians are of
the feminine BexT
Sue Why, they are not. In fact, I never saw
any but the effigy of a chief aa a tobacco-atoreslgn.
lie Oh, nonaenie: look t the next oneyouaee
carefully and you will And tbat lnttead of lta being
oa Indian warrior it la an Indian made.
An Unimportant Omlaalon.
rrow, ra.i
The bead other bad amihed marihalUng'hU
forces In the church veaUoule, but hla brows were
wrinkled and be looked onxloualy about him.
"I know I've forgotten something," he mur
mured, and I can't think what it U. The
flowers are oil right; the dotnlnle'i got the rlngi
tue old man knowa where to stand to give bar
owoy; tbe organist's primed what the oeuee is
mlaalng V
'Where's the bridegroom t" Inquired a srm
psthetlo ipectator. '
" By lovel thot's It. Forgot to notify Joefc I
knew there waa aome blamed llttla dttall nod
lipped ay memory." ""
3 lAiJaVk hlJbaRsitBnKsWs Jla iL oaaaV njJeWt 1 J J
INFORMATION BY THE YABD.
e
A ETEADI flow of facts feom ticket
BROKER LAN8IN0.
Tho Dnalneaa Deaan at Flttabnrc In 1808
and Nowadavs Bcalpera Are Universal
Philanthropist Tho Pnbllo and tho Rail,
rond- Alike Ueneflted Tale of a Ticket
for a Corpae and an Impoverished Actor,
Abnormally largo is tho information bump
of tho ticket brokor.
"Don't change cars at Denver Junction.
Did you say lower 7? That's right; you'll
find a nico $2-a-day houso right near tho
Union Depot. Can't miss it; thoro's a big
red lamp in front of tho door. You've got
your ferry tioket right thoro. Dinner at
Horncllsvillo. Michigan Central fromBuf.
falo. Two hours in Omaha. Expoct to go
west of St. Paul ? Call on Johnny, 10 East
Third street ; ho can fix you out all right,
Eh I oh, you want to know Bomothing about
tho ticket brokcrago business for The Even
ino Wobld ? Well, sit right down thero."
Mr. Grtstav G. Lansing, one of tho old
originals in this lino of businoss in the city,
had dolivered this littlo speech without turn
ing n hair or stopping to tako breath,
" The ticket brokerage business," he started
off again, " contains bo many different phases
that I hardly know whero to begin. Tho way
it originated is quito interesting.
' Tho pioneer of tho tlcketlbrokers was
Bob Stevenson of Pittsburg. In 1853 ho
kept a stationery and news stand in tho depot
of tho Fort Wayno road. Seeing a chanco to
turn a littlo money over, ho bought and sold
railroad tickets, doing a thriving business
right alongside of tho official ticket offioe of
tho road.
"Tho American Tickor Brokers' Associa
tion was started nino years ago. If you
should buy a tickot of an association broker
and the railroad company should decide that
was not suillcient to tako you through and
Bhould make you pay more, the brokor is
obliged to refund you tho difference. If he
did not do it tho money would be paid out of
tbo association's fund and the broker would
bo suspended.
" Wo also aid the railway companies in va
rious ways. Not long ago n ticket offico out
in Avomlalo, Mich., was robbed and a stack
of tickets carried off. The particulars of tho
loss being sent to our secretary, he tele
graphed a description of tho tickets to overy
brokor in the country, and the result was
that the thioves were captured. Our tole
grnph bill amounted to St27 on that case.
" Giving information is another important
featuro upon which wo prido ourselves.
Bailroad officials aro not prono to and are not
obliged to furnish nny facta except those
which pertain to the road they aro connocted
with. I havo a great many steady customers
who come hero for pointers as to the best andj
cheapest routes, ll any now and weak lines
would not bo in existence if it wero not for
tho advertising they receive from brokers."
" Do you ever lose on any tiokots ?" in
quired the reporter.
" Well. I should say we did. Do you seo
thoso ?" ho continued, showing tho reporter
half a dozen cigar boxes rilled with railroad
tiokets which tho companies would not ac
cept. " These tickots ropresent about $7,000,
and it Is safe to say that $1,000,000 worth of
tickets are bought every year for which tho
railroad, do not perform any service.
" Wo meet with a great many queer people)
in this business, " Mr. Lansing went on.
" At the timo the fare from San Francisco to
New York and Boston was the same, lots of
people would buy tickets from San Fran
cisco to Boston, como to New York and sell
tho balance of the ticket to a broker. It
happened that a gentleman was bringing tho
body of his wife from 'Frisco to New York,
and as tho fare for a corpse was the same na
for a live passenger, tho gentleman bought
two tickets to Boston, ono of tho tickets be
ing stamped in big letters Corpse.' I bought
the balanco of theso tickets afterwards, but
tho ' corpso,' as wo labelled it, was a Jonah.
No one would buy it, and it, was put away out
of sight.
" Ono day a young theatrical fellow, good
nnture.d. but doad broko, came in and said ho
must go to Boston. I let him have tho
corpso. Ho wont to tho passenger agent of
the road and told him that ho was supposed
to havo died in San Francisco; tbat hla
friends had put him in a coffin full of holes,
and that ho had beon resuscitated upon arriv
ing in Now York, and wanted a ' livo ticket
in place of the ono he had. Tho tioket agont
believed every word ho said and gave nim
another ticket, and ho took the noxt train for
tbo city of beans."
Tho World Is THE " Want " Medium.
A Comparison:
Total Number of " Wants"
published in The World
during 1887 602,301
Total number in Herald. . . 438,470
Excess of World over Her- j
aid 163,015 I
Number of columns of I
" Advts." in World dur- I
ingl887 16,070 I
Number of columns in 1
Herald 0,021 1
Excess of World over Her- 1
I aid . . . 7,049 1
793 ANSWERS !
What Ono "Want" Adv't Did Aa
Unsolicited Testimonial.
Mctuii. Union Asa., Rochxitxb, Jon 10. 18ST.
I. l JVou York World, '
Dnn Sim Our three-llne adrt. in rour Sand.y lua
of Juu.6tlood.il me with letter. dltliawMk. WihirJ
tabulated th number, bj btatea, rooelred up to noon
to-dajr. with the following reault:
K.w York, 300 Ohio, !;i , MaaauhuutU, 101
nnijlTinla. 01 Connecticut. 47 t Delaware, Sit
iu1.1"' ,8t "VA j Waahlna-ton, IT I Marrlanoi
1? U'Wft ',3 I.Inalana,U Vermont. A lOllnotj;
,.i.Sj",t.Y'r11u' 4l mtaceUsneoua, o, mabnir a total
?'?.""klelt!.r,'I;;mrtlM,'1" " onr adTMtlaJmiirt
In the Uw ork W ohld. with a few more) bUtee to hetx
from. T1108.I4CAI1Y, Oenaral Maaaitr.
WHY HE FKEPEUS "THB WOULD."
A Man Willi Property to Sell Relates m -
Adverilalnjr Experience.
To tt Xdltor of Tlio WorUi
On the otn of December I sent two letters one to
Tns Wobld and one to tbe Ueraia, jait alike, wlta
a thrce-Uno advertisement and a flve-dollsr bill In
each, with the reqatst to Iniert dally fa worth,
Tns Wobld gave me six Insertion! and SO cents
change. The Ueraia spread oat the lines, pnb
llahedltonce aud kept the . I cot tram Th
World sdvertlsement twenty letters andnveesllsi
from the Hera a two letters from agents. I am
well plened with Tns Wobld and the resoltol
mr advertueraent, as I have a number who wlih to
bay niy oottige. I have taken Tns Would three
Tears, although I am a Repablloan and expect to
remain one. Yours reipecttuur,
W. Q. brjtSHL
XUtidince Fork, New ItochUle, N. Y., JanTu
Still Another.
3. t B. Limb. 69 CAwrma Sruar.l
Nkw Yobx, Jan, It, 188. i
X TU TTerM 04m. !
Dsiit snti Wishing to obtain a shorthand aad
trpe writer we Disced an advertisement la la
nerala ot Jan. 8, at a cost of 78 cents, and rtolva4
M repllee; la Tns Wobld ot Jan. 8, at a com of A
ceoto, and received 11B replies.
We reel called upon to mention the fact, as bad
StSW"" w!lwott!3 BT o111 the diBerssea
would be impoailbie, Yours, AAIUUia.