The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-31

and worn long sleeves. evidently the
 suggestion of night mare. This
 strange fellow n few years ago had a
 playhouse built in one of the rooms of
 the family mansion. and 1t is said that
 for many years he slept In this little,
 boxed up place. and would not be seen
 in any other part of the house.
 Another unfortunate character who
 attracts great deal of attention is
 Parker the painter" He has. proba-
 bly, the worst case of water on the
 brain known to modern science. He
 walks about the street carrying an im-
 mense head about n foot in diameter,
 with as much apparent ease as though
 he had only the ordinary weight upon
 his mind" and to make his case as conspicuous as possible to the human eye he has always worn a military cap. evidently made to order. IL Is known
 that Parker sold hls head several years ago to one of the medical institutions of Washington. to be dissected after his death. and that 1t has been on the market ever since. being sold several times by its purchasers to the highest bidders of the profession. Parker is perfectly sane on most subjects. and 1t is his continual regret that he did not start his head rolling In the medical market by charging more for 1t at the start. for it is continually increasing in value as 1t goes from one owner to the other, totally disregardful of the title of the man who by nature Is the only rlghtful possessor.
 | Tn Georgetown live an old man and his daughter who are often seen on F street. which has become q prominent promenade week days. The old gentle man is deposed Polish nobleman, who was banished to this country some years ago. He and his daughter have suffered mental agonies over their mis- fortune to such an extent that they have become partially demented. The young woman wears black curls bank ed in a great mass about her head, and a very short skirt, which was probably | in vogue when she, as child, enjoyed | the pleasures of royalty in her mother country. In their home in Georgetown, which they imagine to be royal cas- tie, the daughter has erected a high | throne on platform of white satin, on which she sits in fancied state. with her father and servants of the house. hold as her only subjects.
 There is an immense fat man who walks about town, speaking familiarly alike to friend and stranger. and he al- so has the "wheel' on the subject of power" He imagines he owns all of the street car lines in the city, and, al- though he pays his fare, he gives dig nified orders to the conductors and gripmen along the route. who promise to carry out his requests.
 Mary Ann, the Irish woman who Is always seen selling papers at the street corner opposite the treasury depart ment, is another character who at- tracts the public eye, although she is by no means crank. Mary Ann has sold papers on the Washington streets for twenty years, and it is said that she has accumulated great deal of wealth. Her peculiarity is that she is never known to approach one of her own sex to sell paper, but invokes on every man who buys from her all the blessings of the Virgin. Mary Ann is probably the most successful news boy" in the national capitol, and her great custom is always increasing.
 A few weeks ago the we'll known Black Cherry" a great long-legged darkey, created sensation by getting up in the gallery of the house of repre- sentatives and warning that venerable body that the Lord had sent him to warn all mankind that great destruc- ton was to befall the government de- partments if congress did not promptly pass the Coxey bills. "Black Cherry" was the contriver of the flag wagon," and has attained almost national reputation. His contrivance is a four wheeled carriage propelled by foot power, which plies on Pennsylvania avenue after the hour of midnight, when street cars and other cheap means of transportation have ceased running, and under subsidy from the saloonists conveys helpless states mem to their lodgings. Naturally he | feels that there is a great national re- sponsibility resting on him, and he oc- casionally gives vent to it in such form as that which started the dilatory law makers few weeks ago. On at least six days in the week he is sane.