Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-08
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN


house in the Blue Ridge to recuperate her
health has returned with rather mixed
opinions of southern hospitality. While ac-
corded the most attentive kindness, there
were some things that discouraged the APP
petite that country cooks and mountain
air were supposed to create, such, for in
stance, seeing some one in the family
rush out and wiring the neck of a chicken,
which in half hour would be smoking on
the table. Among the other rural pleasures
she enjoyed was that of riding with the
children in little wagon drawn by pet
white goat. Coming in one day from long
walk she rejoiced with the unusual
spectacle of a fine large roast upon the
dinner table. AS she took her seat the
thought carelessly passed through her mind
that she had never seen a roast with such
an astonishing number of ribs, but without
further reflection she fell to and pro-
ceeded to enjoy the meat. While she was
in the midst of second helping the chill
dran came in and as they took their seats
the youngest girl, sadly cycling the roast,
exclaimed: "Oh, Miss Hattie, amt it too
bad; poor white Mamie kilt and cooked
Now that the Interior Department has
been thoroughly fumigated there will be
no harm i'm telling of an incident that oc-
CURED there before the scare. One of the
old-time law clerks received from one of the
common clerks opinion on a certain
case Whlch IL was the duty OF the latter
TO present. The old lawyer did not like the
style and sent it back. with this indorse-
ment: please write this so that L can
understand it," He received it back in a
short time with the following: 81 am not
paid to furnish you brains to understand
what write" If the language of the old
clerk could have been repeated literally in
all the rooms of the building there would
have been no necessity of using sulphur for
subsequent fumigations. The affair kicked
up Il mighty rumpus for time, but was
finally settled in favor of the young man
who first wrote the opinion, though he
was admonShed that he must be careful in
the future not to be so presumptive with
one who had been in the department more
IMAM quarter or century and felt that
he owned a portion Of it.
Col. Pearson of the tenth infantry dis
tinguished himself during the strike last
summer in a way that does not appear on
the records, but which helped to break the
backbone of the strike the Sante Fe
system and open up that road The account
is by his friend, Gen. Armstrong of the In
dlan oflce, who was travelling through that
country at the time. Everybody at Ration,
n. M, had struck, including the cooks and
walters in the railroad restaurants. The
proprietor Of tire restaurants along the Inc
came through with a new force and OPEN
ed them up. He was having the second
day with the new force at Ration when
Gen Armstrong, with 900 OF 800 more pas
around to the general and said:
How are you making out?"
bread"
Il know it, but the cooks have not been
here long enough to get started and we are
short of bread
Isn't there any bread in town."
Yes, but the baker has Joined the strike
and won't sell any"
why don't you ask Col. Pearson to help
you out? You go over and tell him how you
are fixed and tell him 1 told you to see him
about it."
The proprietor followed the advice In a
little while one soldier, with another as a
guard, came TO the hotel with all the bread
he could carry. Col. Pearson sent for the
baker, tat German, and told him some
thing. Il am here" ne said, Ito open this
read, and as long you have got bread to
sell and men have money to pay for 1t you
have got TO sell it. If you don't I'll take
measures to make you" 1t was a taste of
army discipline that the baker had seen
something of before he came to this coun-
try, but he obeyed it to the letter, and there
was no further bread strike in Ration.
Not long since merry ship load of pas
sengers were sailing the Chesapeake, and
late at night entered York river, where they
beheld sight that has sometimes been de-
scribed, but which is not often witnessed.
The broad mouth of that historic stream
was Illuminated by phosphorescent water.
Wherever the water was disturbed, either
by the wind or fish, it sparkled with fire,
while the foam dashed aside by the vessels
cutwater was a blaze of silvery light. In
color 1t was like electric blue, and many
persons insisted that the color came from
an electric light cast on the foam from the
ship, so unnatural did it seem. Capt. Frank
Howes, who has sailed the waters of the
Atlantic and the Chesapeake for thirty-four
years, said that he had not seen an exhibit
ton like that in twenty years. and it was
very uncommon in these waters. At the
former time he had undertaken to solve the
mystery and had dipped half a bucketful of
water, which, when strained, left about a
gill of transparent, jelly-like substance.
This, when handled, gave forth the same
phosphorescent light. 1t could not be said
TO have any life feeling, nor did a close ex-
animation with the microscope reveal the
charac of it. Sailors say that the ap-
pearance of this phenomenon Is more FREE
quent near the equator than in northern
ATTITUDES.
Washington Heslng, postmaster of Chica-
go, recently made a speech to the employees
of his office in which he presented the du-
ties of public servants in a very forcible
manner. He has since issued the speech in
the form of pamphlet, and sent 1t to his
friends. They have all been interested in
1t, but more especially in the dedication,
which is as follows: ITO Theodore Roosevelt,
the distinguished citizen, the unselnsh
whom more than to any one else is due the
introduction of civil service methods in pub
lie office, this little pamphlet is most re-
spectfully dedicated 1t is evident that
Mr. Roosevelt stands way up in the list of
Mr.. Hesings heroes.
In one OF the public buildings there is an
elevator boy who does not waste words.
For the past week he has been wearing
his arm a scrap of paper, which, as is seen
upon closer examination, bears the words
Hands Off" He is in line with his vac
c:nation, and does not intend to waste time
telling everybody to let it alone.
Commissioner LamoreuX of the general
land office, who has recently taken consider
able interest in the burned pine lands Of the
northwest, has had experience before in
such matters In 1871 and 1872 there were
great forest fires in Wisconsin. Mr.. Lamor-
eux, then young man, was member of
the legislature and chairman of the commit
tee on the burned district, upon which he
made a comprehensive report, resulting in
relief to the people. His oder brother was
also member of the same legislature, and
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