The evening times., 1895-09-21
Gossipso of the Day.

the work haSbeen progressing unnecessarily
slowly, but IL they could unly understand
the many difficulties which we have en-
countered, they would be of different
opinion.
| IA thousand and one things have cume
up since. the. work wal, commepced which
! have retarded it not a little and prevented
us from completing the rnad at the antici-
pated time. The matter of right OF way
has been one of great trouble. and people
| who promised to grant the right OF way
| 70 the company. when the time came to deed
us the land. positively refused to live up
| to their promises
.sIn one Instance It took us six months
to get the right of way through one
! little farm in Hartford County. and there
| are other instances of the same character;
so you can readily appreciate the diff
! culties NE have had to meet In the consum-
nation of the work"
In The pew mosaic floor Just laid in the
corridor of the Arlington is handsome
coat Of arms directly in front II the clerk q
desk bearing the inscription Eide ct con-
staptia."
e'It is amusing to see how people interpret
that inscription" said one of the clerks.
Zone man will come in and say il means
Feed and be contented." Another evolved
II into something about pa ying your bill be-
fore you go. Still another thought Il might
be an Injunction against blowing out the
gas. A man yesterday said 1t meant fight
II you're constrained to in order TO jump
your bill" --,-.....,
"why is 1t that the Democratic leaders in
the District are all well-kept and fine-look-
ing men?" asked an old time Republican TO
Times reporter. Take, for instance"
said he, "such men as A. A. Wilson, United
States marshal for the District; ]. Fred.
Kelly, John Boyle, of the central committee;
Lawrence Gardner. secretary of the Con-
gressional Democratic committee; Dorsey
Clagett collector OF the port of Georgetown:
James L. Norris, of the central committee;
James P. wnlett, postmaster; John W.
Drew, a prominent member of the Confed-
crate Veterans Association; Watson Boyle.
who is gradually reaching the 20O-pornd
limit; George w. Bauer. OF the southwest
portion of the city; Ed. Berry and John
Mexican, of West washington.
Then there are Bernard Kilmartin and
Capt. George A. Bently. Each Of these
kthtteffCI pun thC cSoASo W 0cOaN wv
pounds and over"
"Chief Paris is right in asking for the
appointment of practical mechanic to
takecharge of the repairs sofhisdepartment,"
said a District official to7dny.
His idea is that machinist shall be
employed who knows exactly what TO co
when q break occurs.
THE chiefs intention is to have that
man attend. fines to watch the working
OF the eir,ires. and w hen the engines are
at rest his duty W i'll be TO carefully exam
inc the apparatus to see that all IS in order
for service. 80 ---s,-.
''As a matter of safety, as " ell as econ
omy, the suggestion is W orthy OF adoption
"In front of my store door i overheard
a conversation betw cen two men this morn
ing, which I'll give you for just what you
think 1t is " orth." said a downtown drug
clerk ls.L-
II was called up about A O'Clock for
an emergency prescription. and after the
messenger had left. the door being open
a little, an old man and an officer stood
outside talking for sometime.
Yes" raid the officer. ''wh hen you first
started around here. used TO eye you with
suspicion and W atch and follow you morn
ing after morning.
~ knew you thought l was up 10 some
thing wrong," answered the old cripple,
'but / make quite a nice living out of IL
now. You zee there are SO many workmen
" no have TO get up between three and four
O'Clock in the morning, and w no W ouid over
sleep themselves ard get into trouble if
they didn't have one to call them. Each
one OF my customers pays me cent day,
and save them many fine.
~ go my came rounds every morning,
knocking at doors and windows and rat
tling on shutters, and 1 alw ays wait to see
that my customer gets out OF bed or answ ers
before leave his premises.
"Original with me? No. indeed, they
have been doing this in London and New
York for years"
The clerk of the supreme court of the
District has opened new marriage license
book, being the thirty eighth volume of the |
new series.
Few, il my marriages are celebrated |
in the District without license, although |
one case of that kind will, it is said, come |
up at the next term of the criminal court |
of this District There Is. however, a large |
number of ministers who make no returns |
of marriages celebrated by them To the
court, and in many of the licenses the |
appended certificates appears blank. Il
The law which requires such a return is +!
a very old one, coming from the ancient |
Maryland statutes, which declared that |
every minister celebrating q marriage by |
license, shall annually, in the month of |
November, return ON oath list of the
names of the persons and the time when |
married to the treasurer of his shire) under |
penalty of 200 pounds ($533.33 1-3 cur
rent money!.
To this there is in the Compiled statues"
a note-"the sclerk of the Supreme Court
IF the District Of Columbia takes the place
Of the treasurer OF the shire" The re-
vised statutes relating to the District of
Columbia direct that .'the clerk shall pro-
vide a record book of his office con-
sisting of licenses in the form prescribed,
printed in blank, one of which he shall
fill up with the names of the parties for
whose union any license has been issued,
and beneath shall be printed a certificate
to be made by tue minister who solcmnized
the marriage,
Nearly every day ministers may be seen
lt the clerks office, filling up these
blanks according to law, but some-1o not
make .returns.t In the first ten pages OF
book 81, nowi just complete, there are
thirty marriage licenses. twelve Of which
are without certificates. isis about
he general proportion.