Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14

"A restaurant az a dining station on ths
s 49, Wisconsin railroad, allures hungry pas
nlent OF ''RalOnyS''
III IT wasn't for the salt barrels ranr.s
,o,S VI m SIDEWALK In front OF the country
day, all their lives "O "'"S
r, mSPeak gently; speak gently: no matter how
gtuCh oiggtr ana now much broader across the
S Snouuefs IMAM yourself the other man Is nor
a,S , SnuSS ne loohS speak gently. The bigger
''-u . aiWSaoer and crosser-the gentlier.
oo.,,lN nat does your husband do?" asked the
t,,ne -, man. lie Amt dom nothin' at this
h.. VI I'm, ane year" replied the young WIFE "is
biushea sc.yic, asked the census man. She
clatnoed Sa.tl 10 The ears. LAW, no." she ex-
SialH!tu somewhat indiynanTIy ..xya 49,,
s,, nh, ma, ,ieu noren six weeks" Then thecen
stn n1Sn snIe~ down his book and rushed ont
mo the depths OF the gloomy tonas, ana csne,
hoid VI T msite Oak tree three feet through 90
This winter one OF those nenas ..,
people TO slide round on roller skates Went -,
Mexico, Missouri, and opened a parior I'M
ana ~ltnn Two weeks thereafter three new sur.
geohS moved INTO town, a peg-leg manufactures
opened mill with four run OF gang and scrol,
SAWS. couple OF fellows came out OF 81 Louis
ana started hospital and crutch maker run
tEe price or wood mp $3.50 a cord. II made
lively times In Mexico while the skate man
Kept up his academy, but there were only four
ptCre In town beside himself who could walk
WITHOUT a limp, and the tailoTs made their coats
With ore sleeve and sling.
1t is the C., Il. & q. train. bowling out OF
burlington. After IL speeds the belated paSSen-
ger. lac flies up Market street. the splinterS ny
out OF tie oaken ties under his pattering feet
lie loses his hat. lac sings his encumbering
oVefcoat, he dolls his SmotherinS neck-tie and
the ariowy landscape speeds away past him
he SlulnDeS on a lie. down he goes, he ploughs
tie gravel with his bleeding nose he splits his
yle.uirg gilpSack olen across the ptiless rail-
ne tears His pantaloonS wide open clear across
DOM Knees. Then he gets up and gaZes sadly
after Inc disappearing train, making about a
thousand miles minute up the western grade
anG IN tones or profound conviction that floats
clear back 10 the Burlington depot says, bit
terry, 1t Amt no doC-goned uSe,'
a LEGISLATIVE QUARREI.-A telegram from
LoCisNiile, Ky. Feb. ~, Says:-An exciting cpl
sode occurred in the prison investigating com
lilttee room AT JeferSOnYille. Ind, during the
eNa.ninaUlon Of one OF the witnesses. named
thompson Who WAS reported TO have stated
tbat ConNlctS In the prison had been dressed In
ciliZfnS clothes and sent out 20 vote against
tie republicans. and afterward returned 20
prison and resumed their convict garb. Captain
Carter, Of the legislative investigating commit
tee denied that the man was his witness mas
much as Thompson pronounced the story false
stating that in talking with DIR. Newman he had
used the expression merely as q Joke Carriers
denial OF all knowledge OF this witness elected
sharp comment from Mr. Willard. To this Car
yer replied accusing Mr.. willard OF misrepre-
sehuihg ana acting as an attorney against the
STATE whose rights he had sworn 10 nrotact
Willard responded, ''You are a damned liar n
YOU say this" and repeated IL two or thres
tunes. when Carter started for him with
clenCled isis. willard was ready for the al
Tack. ard The parties were only kept apart by
tie Intervention OF the other members OF the
committee.