The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-13
WASHINGTON CHIT.CHAT.

In the window of q photographers
shop on the Avenue there is an odd
thing to be seen any night The shop
has show window like store. In this
the proprietor has arranged lot of pic
lures of prominent men, public buildings
and views of Washington. One of the
pictures Is a large photograph of the
Washington Monument.
This picture is placed in the modern
modification Of a stereoscope, an ar.
rangement with q single big lens instead
Of the two small ones that used to be
used. The picture of the monument is
so placed in this arrangement that one
can look through the lens and see the pic
ture, magnitied three or four times, from
the street.
The odd part Of IL is that across the
street is an electric light just in line with
the lens and the picture. At night the
rays are focused through the lens and
fall in small spot of bright light on the
photograph just to one side Of the monu-
ment, making startlingly perfect moon.
So neatly Is il all arranged, either by
accident or by design on the part Of the
photographer. that for moment one
thinks that the bright spot of light that
looks so much like the moon is a part of
the picture, and begins to wonder how
the picture of the monument could be
taken by moonlight.
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There is a prominent District Republi-
can who Is so confident that he knows
who Is to be the next Seer etary of State
that he will wager 500 even money that
he can name the man. He will not call
the name now because by 80 doing he
would betray q confidence He offers to
write the name on slip of paper seal it
in an envelope, lock it up in a safe and
open it when the Cabinet is announced.
Some afternoon toward the end of the
month, Ii ave you ever noticed a police
man, with pleased look on his face,
make peculiar gesture with both hands,
and then slap his pocket significantly
And did you notice the look of pleased
interrogation on the second policeman S
face, rs if he thought the news conveyed
by the first policemans gesture was too
good to be true2
The meaning of these motions is that
the pay roll has arrived at Police Head
quarters from the District buildings on
First street, and the policemen are being
given their checks. The exact time OF
the arrival of the pay roll is uncertain,
and sometimes is a whole day early or
late.
When the messenger brings it up, the
telephone operator on the top floor of the
| tumble-down building that Police Head
quarters are located in, calls up all eight
of the station-houses in turn, shouts
Paying off, to the station-keeper, and
he in turn shouts the news by telephone
TO the men out on the beats as fast as
they turn in from the patrol boxes.
| And within twenty minutes from the
time the roll is ready for the policemen
to sign every policeman in town knows
| it, and dozens of them arc flocking up
the dingy stairways to the Property
Clerks room, where the checks are being
handed to the policemen as they sigr
their names to the roll. 1t Is wonderful
how fast the news is spread, but the
telephone and the policemen's signals tC
each other, whenever they meet, go fal
toward explaining 1t.
The checks are received everywhere
for their face value, and they do say tina
one man who has place of business
near Police Headquarters has cashed a'
much as thousand dollars Of police
mems checks in single day.
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'The rope around his neck is the only
thing that Sullivan fears" said Harry
Roop, one Of the managers of the Glob,
Theatre. in conversation with repre-
sentative of THE EVENING PosT In re
gard to the proposed Sullivan-Ki Kilraii
fight. Mr.. Roop is an old friend of Sui
livan, knows him intimately, and hal
had many talk with him as to the prom
inent pugilists of the age.
John has told me many time" h
continued, "that he never yet was in
fight that he wasn't afraid of killing hi
man by hitting him too hard. He merel
played with Paddy Ryan. He didn'
dare hit him hard. John has said man
time that he wished he could show tn
American people what he could do. l
he were to stand up before an OK then h
could strike his blow, but before ma
he cannot. Do l think he will whip XII
rainf Yes, cirtainly. Kilrain won't b
in it. Sullivan will be the better ma
for his illness. All he will be afraid {
is that he will kill Kilrain."