Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-19

like sheep to make agreements with the
promoter to go with him aSome of them
are SO carried away With the idea that they
sell everything they possess and place the
proceeds In the sharper's haids. Frequent
~ the whites learn of Transformations and
Bring the law down ON the, chief conspira-
tors, but in nine cases out Of ten they man
age to escape, and take all the money they
nave collected with them. They are ena-
tled to DO this because they ALWAYS i'm
pose upon their hearers the necessity of
Keeping their plans secret from their for
mer masters, because the latter will take
steps to stop them going. ] know a dozen
colored men or the LoWer Mississippi who
nave been Victimized three or four times by
emigration missionaries. and who would yet
enter as enthusiastically into the plans of
another II ne should come along tomorrow.
1 tell you the average uneducated southern
colored man is queer psychological COM
biration, take him any way you will. y
THE modest muley COW is not usually
credited with doing as many smart things
as other domestic animals, but we have
one up our way which has just given very
clear evidence Of possessing reasoning
powers" said A. r. Stonebraker of Front
Royal, Va, at the st. James yesterday.
"A farmer named Bowman, living several
miles from town, has young heifer which
mas been running in mountain field in
winch there We're a straw rick and hay
rick When the first big snow of the winter
came she was lost for two or three days,
and was found in a hollow in the woods
pretty badly off. She was taken up and
kept at the barn for two or three days,
and then turned out again. When the last
terrible storm came there was no chance
to go out and get her, and she was given
up for dead. When it moderated su1-
GENTLY Bowman thought he would look her
up anyhow. He went out to the field, but
could see no signs of tracks. He was
about to give her up when he heard a low
ing from the ricks. Ploughing his way
through the big drifts he got over there
and, to his surprise, fauntl Miss Heifer as
she had burrowed a big hole for herself in
the hay stack, as the hay was found in
quantities mixed with the snow, and the
self-provided shelter bore every evidence
of having been occupied by her ever since
the storm had broken. Now Bowman
claims his heifer showed reason, because
she selected the hay in preference to the
her to have pulled out in such quantities,
because she knew one would sustain life
while the other wouldn't"
"A newspaper man up in Scranton can
vouch for the fact that bread cast upon the
waters may come back some day in the
shape of turkey sandwich, with both
slices buttered on both Sides" said Charles
Koran, Scranton merchant at the Raj
eigh yesterday. His name is DR.. Leete
and he has just received word that a
wealthy Californian named Carey, who
died recently, remembered him in his will
to the tune of $4,000. The story of his
windfall goes to show that early in the COS
DR.. Leete, who was in business in New Jer-
sey, loaned Carey, who was hard up, $500
Carey wen. west, and the doctor lost sight
of him, as well as his money. 1t appears
that the borrower prospered, as in his will
he stated that the $500 had been the means
to help him to fortune, and that the $1,000
1 believe Carey was a wealthy real estate
man in San Diego or Los Angeles"
1T is mighty amusing to a western man
to hear all this controversy going on about
the post office building which the govern
ment is putting up here,' said Arthur c. Da-
vies, a Chicago contractor, who is here on
business with the government, at Wizards
yesterday. 'At the supervising architects
office every mothers son of the employees
seems to regard the publicity given to the
snail-like speed with which the structure
Is being built as personal attack upon
himself, and each one is hot, under the col
lar in consequence. l don't know what
we'd do out home if such an evidence of the
middle ages style of construction was al
lowed to loiter along in such an outrageous
manner. All the influence contractors could
bring to bear in order to have themselves
relieved from penalties for delay would be
of no use, for philosophical citizens would
bring stronger influence to bear to have
them taught lesson. The Washington post
office, in my opinion, is a disgrace to ev-
erybody connected with it's construction,
from the government officials down to the
smallest contractors and vigorous, out
spoken protest on the part of the citizens
here would work wonders, l believe, if it
was made to the proper authorities. They
are pretty high up, but they can be rea ched
Why, any reputable contractor in Chicago
would bond himself to finish that building
under Iyhp iS
in eight months in spite of all the govern
ment inspectors and their habit of meas
uring gimlet holes made by common labor
ers. while they let iron work go for what
the makers represent it to be-"
Graves Hotel at Summer Havana, re-
sort on the coast twenty miles south of
st. Augustine, Fla, was burned Sunday
night. Col. Mott Taylor of New York city
and his party of five ladies and four gentle
men lost nearly all their Wardrobes.