The Washington critic., 1889-03-19
MATTER WORTH READING.



"Do you know" remarked young ply
sician to school teacher on suburban
train few evenings since, "that I can al
most always tell school teacher by her
complexion Those are all school teach
ers," he continued, indicating group Of
ladies occupying some of the double seats.
"Well," she replied, 'those lunch baskets
and books they carry must be a wonderful
help to your complexion reading" "No, l
can tell without those" he went on. snow
there is one who carries neither, and yet
am satisfied she is teacher" speaking of
one who sat apart from the group. "Just
notice for yourself the difference between
them and the other women on this car.
There's something In the confinement and
the impure air Of the school-room that soon
steals the roses from the cheeks of young
ladies who enter the profession" eyes,
notice. she replied, with considerable sar-
casm in her tone. "I notice that the only
women on this train whose faces are abso
lutely free from the rogue pot and the pow
der puff are these same school teachers, who
are just returning from their days work.
These other ladies are dressed for calls and
other social duties ! am afraid II their
faces were all washed you'd have more
difficulty in choosing your teachers by com
plexion." 'I never thought Of that, but
guess you're right" replied he of the medi-
cine case as he rose to leave the ar.--[Chi-
cago Journal.
beautiful Place for Runners.
Central America must be pleasant coun-
try for q lazy man. A letter from Costa
Rica tells how the people there take life
easily. 1t takes twenty employees to run a
short train Of cars. All dress In gorgeous
uniforms, and the conductor is resplendent
in silver and gold decorations. Passengers
purchase tickets ON credit, and sixty days
are allowed for the payment Of freight bills
Out In the country goods are carried by OK
teams, and II frequently takes liam q
week to make fifty miles. Nobody is in q
hurry, and nobody cares to do to-day what
can be put Oft until tomorrow. The neces-
saries Of life are cheap, and long credit is
forced upon the purchaser Nobody steals
anything, and poor teamster will Garry
thousands of dollars many miles for thirty
cents. Such thing as highway robbery is
unheard Of. The people have no violent
prejudice against anything except hard
work, and they will do anything to help q
stranger until he proves himself disagree
able. Then they will notify him to leave,
and II he is slow about it they will force him
to go.
General Marston's Way.
The soldiers who served under General
Gilman Marston, who succeeds William Il.
Chandler in the Senate by the appointment
of the Governor of New Hampshire, fairly
worship him for his personal bravery and
care over them. His refusal to allow his
men TO remain on board Of an overcrowded
transport, even when ordered by superior
officer, for the good reason that he had
drought that regiment from New Hamp-
shire to fight, not to be drownedn-an
action afterward sustained by General
Hooker; his literal Interpretation Of a
tyrannical superior's orders to build a
dungeon-like guard-house "without 80
much as crack in It" land the guard-house
was built Of solid logs, without O door or
crack to enter by, his coolly walking
along the parapet under terrible fire of
shot and shell that he might inspire a
wavering brigade by his own reinsurance
these and other historical narrations Illus
trate his superb character as q soldier.
The Cardin Giant Now.
In small garden attached to one Of the
most frequented saloons in Ell Paso lies a
stone image Of heroic size, which some
twenty years ago created an unbounded
sensation, not only among the public gen.
orally, but also among scientists. It is the
celebrated Cardiff Giant. After Barnum
had done with 1t and the charm Of novelty
had worn Off, this noted fraud knocked
about the country from post to pillar, until
finally, at Ell Paso, 1t was attached and sold
to defray board bill and transportation
expenses. 1t is fast going to wreck, as the
customers Of the saloon are in the habit Of
chipping off pieces of the giant for keep
sakes. The breaking disclosed the fact that
the interior Of the figure was filed with o
heavy frame Of iron rods holding 1t securely
together.