Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

THINGS HEARD AND SEEN
A Renaissance of Rev. DR.. Collins, well
known by the Methodists of Washington and
throughout Virginia and Maryland, was told
to me by a minister who knew him. DR..
Collins was one of the most eloquent men
| in the United States. So eloquent that an
attorney with large practice once offered
him $4,000 a year to plead cases, the attor-
ney preparing them At one time he was in
debt, being VIGOROUSLY a poor manager and
when he went to conference borrowed $40
to pay $40 he owed On his way to the hotel
from the church he met beggar and gave
| the mendcant the bill he had just borrowed.
Finally his debts became so embarrassing
that he accepted department clerkship in
Washington until he saved enough to pay
his obligations, and then renewed his min
istry.
There is a new patent medicine for elderly
people very extensively advertised. An
agent for the manufacturers was in a lead
ing drug store when a lady entered who is
no longer young, but is still single, and with
the aid of bright colorS and complexion
powders, supposes she oblterates the traces
OF the years. AS soon as she entered the
store the agent showed her bottle of his
remedy and extolled it's merits, dwelling par
ticularly upon its being valuable for people
who had gone beyond middle age. The drug
| giSt tried to catch his eye and warn the
young man, but too late. The lady angrily
turned and left the store and the agent
| was paralyzed with establishment that he
| had offended her. The druggist was indg-
| nant that a customer had been insulted, but
| that feeling gave place to amusement that
| evening when a brother of the young lady
! purchased bottle of that particular COM
| pound-she had kept the circular.
| I was talking to a veterinary surgeon who
makes speciality of dogs and CATS and
| learned something about the latter animal
| that l never knew. Now that cats have
become a fad. the information is of value
He says that the feline race, instead of
having less affection than dogs for human
beings, have more. Not only do they be-
come strongly attached to places, as is
generally known, but to persons. Deaths
| from inconsistencies are very common among
cats. and of course. this ailment is incur
able. and not only do they die because
moved from the localities they love, but
| frequently the result of separation from
people they are attached to proves fatal.
| A cat is not a friend to every person it al
! lows to stroke it. A cat makes few friends
and those are very strong ones. 1t may
| live with a family for years and be thor
oughly domesticated and yet have no love
| for the people. But when a cat really loves
| its master or mistress, separation will fire.
quently cause the death of the animal,
while dog will become used to new mas
| tiers.
1 met a mean man on a sleeper coming
| into Washington. I was in the smoking
| compartment and he took drink, offering
! his flask then to friend. 1t was empty
and the mean man apologized. The friend
disappeared and returned with flask of
| his own, from which the mean man drank
| freely. They talked for some time, mean
While taking several drinks, and finally the
| friend retired. Then it the mans
| meanness asserted itself. Producing the
| flask from which others could not drink he
RECALLED himself. and 1 noticed that in ad-
dition to taking off the top he pressed
| spring in the neck of the flask. 1t had
plenty in it for him, but none for his
| friends who were not acquainted with the
| combinato and he was thus enabled to
secure a reputation for liberality and access
! to the TASKS Of his friends without cost to
| himself.
| One of the most detected looking men 1
| ever was at the Ebbitt House last
| night. For five days he had been without
| means to buy cigar or even get shaved.
I had a slight acquaintance with him and
he told me the story of his troubles. He
said: Il came here to visit the city, ex-
| pecting to go to New York on business but
I cannot get away. I had good deal of
$1,000 in the form of New York draft,
leaving myself what 1 thought would be
enough / have the draft but am out of
cash, and for five days, l have watched the
papers hoping to see that some one know
is in the city, but in vain. l cannot even
send a letter to tell how 1 am situated and
get morey. No one will cash the draft or
even loan me enough money on it to get
ME to New York, where 1 could send back
and get it, for the reason cannot be iden-
titled. l have very little baggage and am
afraid to ask the hotel clerks for fear they
will be suspicious of me and make me leave
without any place to so. The banks won't
touch it. and 1 haven't friend. l gener-
ally smoke constantly, but 1 cannot get
cigar. My beard is five days old, my linen
is all at the laundry and 1 can't get it, be-
cause it is impossible to raise half dollar
l have no business here ard just walk the
streets or visit the hotels hoping that l
may find friend" 1 happened to go fish
ing once with bank cashier, who fortu-
nately remembered me- and as my acauaint-
ance put fat roll of bills in his pocket
he grasped me by both hands, thanked me
with a voice full of emotion and started
for the nearest barber shop.
Good night DOCTOR" said a 6th-street
| lady, as the medical man was leaving her
door last night, after visit to her sick
child. AS she spoke a crash was heard in
the hall behind her, and hodful Of coal
was scattered over the floor.
Mercy! what in the world is the mattero''
she exclaimed, as she saw the servant fy-
| ing out of the back door, Come back,
Hannah" she called, after the retreating
colored girl.
But Hannah wouldn't come back; and a
few minutes later she was telling her
friends down the alley what a "narrer
'sCape" she had from the might DOCTOR"
A Good Illustration.
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