The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
FORGET-ME-NOTS.

What a weary monotonous life that old hill
horse at the Capitol has What a very small
E,ent-up utica,contracts his powers How very
marrow the range of his experience and the
SCOPE of his horizon Yet how hard he works
Rverytime an east.bound street railroad car
reaches the southwest corner OF Capitol
Park the poor old hill horse has to hook on and
help the other horses to pull the car up the hill
It would be hard enough work even if the
other two horses did their fair share OF the pull
ing; but it has often seemed to me that on that
particular hill stretch they "soldered" and left
The poor old hill horse to do all the pulling be-
cause he didn't know any better. The other
horses, as they travel the whole length OF the
line from Georgetown TO the Navy Yard, see
more Of the world, and consequently know
better how to take care of themselves. Poor
old bill horse Now, everybody knows what
Lot Of climbing has to be doneto reach the Cap
Itol. 1t is an athletic performance of no mean
order to walk up to the main floor OF
the Capitol Building from the level of the
Peace Statue on Pennsylvania avenue at the
foot of the hill. Only strong-limbed and strong
winded people are equal to the task. Most
people climb the hill either by horse railroad or
by herdic. In either case it's the poor hill horse
2hat has to do the pulling, poor thing l
wouldn't like to be hill horse How little
1here is in life for him. Contrast his miserable
IDt with the pleasant time enjoyed by the high
2ged racer even the sleek and well-fed car
Eiage horse. And yet the hill horse appears to
possess at least as much as any other animal of
the seven cardinal virtues-humanity, liberal
ity, chastity, meekness, temperance, brotherly
love, and diligence Representative Milliken,
of Maine is thinking about introducing a bill
50 iAa fpra al hN of VUb "a
Capitol may be reached from the level Of Penn
sylVania avenue without any or with very little
climbing. A present he is thinking out some
practicable plan If he should accomplish hi
purpose he will be friend to both man anc
beast especially to the poor old hill horse, whc
deserves well of humanity. Whenever that eVe
road TO the Capitol is completed all who have
ever occasion 10 90 there viii rise up and cal
MIN blessed.
! see that our distinguished townsman, Pro
5essor II. L. West, has been out in Cincinnati
slnd that they have had a great musical festiva
there. | always thought that those Cincinnati
newspapers were little rough, not to say rude
Int the manner in which they have handled ou
friend, the Professor, is too much for me.
really must protest Here is an extract from
ahe Cincinnati Enquirer of Thursday:
Mr. II. L. West, the distinguished critic, VIII
is considered an authority on musical matter
~ the East, last night telegraphed as follows:
"Rich in tone color, diversified by man
changes of key and rhythmic effect exquiste
melodious in nearly all its themes, original il
It's treatment, and deeply imbued as Who'll
with religious feeling, DVorak's 'Stabat Mater
has, ever since its first presentation in London
seven years ago, been deseryedly accepted as
noble and impressive work. 1t presentation to
night as the feature of the second day of th
Festival was in every way more satlsfactor
shan the performance Of The Messiah wit
Bhich the Festival opened. The medieVa