The evening times., 1895-08-31
Gossip Of the DAY.

A small dog was tied the other evening
by a chain of 4 scant yard In length to the
iron pole used to support the onter edge
of an street awning. A stranger canine
If greater size and more ferocious appear
ance made his debut on the block and
spied his handicapped brother. Dog No.
Immediately advanced upon the lesser ami
NAL. A sudden instinct must have taken
possession of the chained dog. He crouched
low and uttered. number of ominous
growls that were calculated to fill the
heart OF any dog with evil forebodings
The big dog advanced still closer, and n
formidable array Of white teeth and an
unusually large growl were made by the
smaller dog. That was sufficient, and the
stranger concealed his tail between his
legs and took hasty departure. well.
that illustrates what a bluff will do"
said bystander who witnessed the epi-
sede.
II go all over the country and have
never seen a city the size of Washington
whose streets assume such a deserted ap-
pearance as soon as the shades of night
begin to FAM said travelling man in
one of the hotel lobbies last night.
1T is now only 0 O'Clock and Peunsyl-
vania avenue looks like the main street of
some rural town. as far as the number of
pedestrians is concerned. and it is dollars
to doughnuts that there ara not duzen
people on F street from the Treasury to
Ninth street. have often noticed this
fact and repeatedly spoken OF it to my
frfa la Of n
either retire quite carly or have lots OF
entertainment at home"
As proof that even lawyers sometimes
manage TO twist a sentence SO as to make
the meaning ambiguous, tie following
is taken from recent legal decree: The
judge rendered and decreed that there be
a partition of the real estate, whereof -
- in the proceedings mentioned lately
died seized, amongst his heirs at law.
The lack OF punctuation would lead the
unini,iated to believe the man was caught
by his heirs al law when he died.
There are in existence two relics Of the
assassination OF President Lincoln that
have not yet been found by the relic-hun-
ters," said an old telegraph operator yes
peruiE- lncEe rei1CS, winch consist OF
the feed box and pitchfork used i'll the sta
bic where Booth kept his horse, are in my
possession, and ould not part with them
for considerable money"
THE stable where Booth kept his horse
at the time of the assassination was in the
rear of No. 9O2 E strcet northwest. and
when the place was searched these arti-
cles were overlooked and fell into my hands"
.'why is it, said an inquisitive gentle
man, '.that the Chinese iaundrymen are SO
initiative of each other in the matter nf
signs? Did you ever notice that one of
their number will set the example and all
the Others will follow like u flock of sheep
jumping over an eight-fout ditch?
III one laundryman in a certain neigh
borhopd hangs out square sign with a
solid acknowledgement and plain white
lettering, all of his business competitions
in the same vicinity neither eat nor sleep
until they have obtained one exactly like
est variatlonin in size or color.
''If the proprietor of washshop in some
other section of the city designs more
expensive and elaborate public announce
ment of his" occupation, all his rivals who
see it will beg, borrow or steal money to
purchase a duplicate of it. have been
taking a sort of statistical census On this
subject, and find that my deductions hold
good in every case"