Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

There was conmoticn a 14th street
car yesterday. An old gentleman. whose
trinity cut whiskers gold-bowed eyeglasses
and general distracted lcok proclaimed
him scholar. sat between two ladies. who
crowded him pretty closely. Suddenly he
put his hand In his overcoat pocket and
brought forth small broken box. He
arose hastily and began a close search on
the seat, then the floor. Il beg your
pardon, madam" he said to the lady who
sat by the side where the box had been,
will you kindly remove for a moment?
have lost my trained feas There were
some feminine screams, and every passen-
ger Immediately commenced to scratch,
satisfied that enc CT the old gentemans
pets had taken refuge upon him. He had
the whole seat vacant in about a minute,
but nor.e Of the fieas could be found, and
he left the car at New York avenue. with
the polite request to the lady: Madam. II
you should be so fortunate as to find my
fioas about your clothing. 1 hope you will
send them to me-.
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A Star writer saw two men fighting near
the Long bridge. 1t was desperate en-
counter. lasting about half hour and
both men were pretty badly bruised be-
fore one of them cried for quits. AS soon
the fight was over the men grasped
hands wei mly, and the one who was worst
ed said: I'm glad you whipped me, Tom.
] was afraid you never was going to, and
I'm tired of fighting every year.
We'll, Bob l was set on it ever since
you whipped me ten years ago. and said
we would fight every year till 1 whipped
you. Now I've done 1t. and I'm satisfied"
You ought to be. because you've whipped
me ten times, end I've only whipped You
once"
Then they repaired to the nearest saloon
to celebrate the close of the ten years feud.
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neatly dressed man with the sole torn
off of one shoe rang the bell of an L street
house. The lady came to the door.
Il beg your pardon. madam" the young
man said. hut I have come to Washing
ton to obtain a position promised me. and
l was unfortunate enough to get my foot
fastened in a frog on the track. and
tore the sole completely off of my shoe.
Have you pair with which l can make a
presentable appearance when am to work?
] entirely out of money, which would
make no difference had it not been for this
accident. 1 could have got along until
my wages were paid"
When did you leave Cncinnati?" in
QuiTed The lady.
Il was never there
''Oh. yes, you were You had exactly the
same story. except that You had then lost
your hat out of a car window. and one of
my servants bought the one l gave you at
second hand store"
Then the door closed. and the man with
the soleless shoe went to the corner and
Informed his partner that they mad better
work another neishborlood.
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One Of those who visited the Capitol last
Monday when Congress met was a middle
aged lady whom no one seemed 20 know
She were a dress that, despite its neatuess.
showed that it had long been her best, and
the marks of age were plainly visible upon
IT. Through a friend VINO IS a member of
the present Congress she succeeded in OBJ
tanning good seat, and as the proceed
1ngs went on her face lost the anxious
hungry look that first attracted me when 1
saw her. She forgot for a time the years
that have passed since. girl. she sat
in the gallery and listened to her father.
who was then one of the most eloquent
members of the national legislature. He
died twenty years ago. and his daughter
Temoved to Richmond, where she has made
a precarious livelihood writing for the mag
aZ,nes Sometimes a story is accepted and
paid for; then hope is renewed within ner
but far oftener they are returned, accom-
panied by those printed circulars worded
with the utmost courtesy, but which read
like death warrants to one who is watching
Tor the postman's daily round. that per-
chance check may come that will pay the
grocer's bill and give new lease Of life
AS the ex-ConSressmans daughter watched
the opening of the national legislature the
old-ttme sparkle came into her eyes and
she vas a girl again, proud of the long line
of ancestors who had made the family name
famous. Monday evening she returned to
Richmond without having made herself
known to old friends In Washington.
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L was greatly interested in the candidacy
OF the lighting chaplain of Kansas, and
his defeat which was caused by the de-
lection of his state delegation from the
"corn'!ne" ticket. There was one thing
very attractive about the Kansas minister
His candor and honesty were charming 1
overheard a story about remark of his
that l think is true. and is good enough to
be true If it is not There was strong
movement for the election of a local min
lister, and this came to the ears of the
kansan.
Why" said he, "the people of Washing
ton pay their preachers good salaries and
why they should want this 5000 increase,
don't see"
But how can you afford to come from
Kansas and accept it," was asked
We'll, you see" the minister REPLIED
when man has preached in Kansas for
$500 a Eear and a supply of grasshoppers,
$500 in Washington Is very attractive
1T Is to lie hoped that either the salary or
the quota of grasshoppers will be increased
when Rev. Mt. Fisher returns to his people.
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/ met an old friend yesterday. He and
went to school together and 1 used to envy
the way he could work the most difficult
mathematical problems Mathematics and
philosophy were his strong points and my
weak ones. Logarthms We're absolutely
useless to me. and l was useless to the
lcGarithm teacher except to make him earn
his salary, while the day after laboriously
Studied the principle of Il lever l got ratified
and answered a question to what a lever
was by saying that he wrote novels in Ire
land. But my friend was an encyclopedia
OF knowledge. and when 1 saw him l in
stinctivaly felt glad as l could use his in
formation without the trouble of visiting
library. Much to my surprise he wanted a
position, and did not care much what 1t was
SO that he received sufficient salary to pay
his boarti.
No one had equations he wanted solved,
and each man was contented to be his own
philosopher. and did not care to employ one
questioned him at length, and discovered
mat there were two things he ignorant
about, and only two human nature and
business methods. Now am trying to fig
ure out what is to be done with my friend
and what is wrong with education that
units a student for taking part in the actual
transactions of a working world.
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I felt sorry for an cid lady who sat with
her son in the waiting room of :hs Chesa-
peake ard Ohio depot yesterday. She was