Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30
FROM THE ARIZONA KICEE,Y.

Selections Mad" for The Star 10y VI Quad
We have again established a weather
hareau in connection with the Kicker Of
flee and every day at noon We shall put
cut a bulletin giving the probabilities for
i the coming twenty-four hours \ year
ago Cd. Mcfarland entered our Office and
proceeded % KICK the upholstery out Of
everything ne could reach because we
predicted cyclone which d: Int come. S:X
months later Major Taylor did the same
thing, and shot the hands off oar eight
day clock to boot, because 1t ra.nei when
we predicted dry weather.
We ROW WISH il distinctly understood that
oar only facilities of weather pred 81 .nc
are Il set OF CompaSsrS, a carpenters rule
a lead pencil and a rheumatic leg. We
shall make mistakes. but they VIII he en-
rors OF the ruls and pencil instead Of the
heart. Our aim VIII he to come as closely
as possible and with that the public must
he satisfied. We firmly refuse to he held
!cspons hle for any mistakes. and any crit
ter mean enough to put the responS. b!i.ty
on lis viii find lis in our sanctum with
loaded gun at either elbow.
No Boom Here.
Some one in Lone Jack sold a corner lot
the other day for s. cash and a blind mule
ana the Recorder of that town comes out
in tWo-column article about the great
boom which has set in and is going to
jump the population II ln.pp inside of a
year. This town is not on the boom. over
fifty lots have changed hands within a
month. ard seven new S4!O DnS are in pro-
cess of construction, but nobody is saying
a word. We are just saving wood and
going along about our business. and should
'promoter' strike the place and offer to
pat ZIP S,D,Drb to make things hum h.
would he discourage We snail grow and
become a second Paris on our own merits
not at all.
\ Case of SunStroI.e.
Mrs. Col. Hopkins of Ccchise place save a
lawn party last Tuesday evening to cele-
brate her th!rty-s;xth birthday. and while
about forty ladies' and gentlemen were en-
joyinG the festivities OF the occasion a
stranger appeared and began knocking
down tie Chinese lanterns ami otherwise
misbehaving. AS We were managing the
party for Mrs. Hopkins We felt ii our duty
to tackle the stranger. and at the end of
ten minutes sent him to the hospital. He
h:t our ears and cneWoi our thumbs, and
We We're never nearer being licked IN our
life. After the doctors had worked over
him for half an hour they pronounced his
case ore of SUNS trokc. That is. il was
sLnstroke to start on. His leg and two ribs
Were broken later on At the present date
he seers to he doing All right. but has
either lost the power of speech or is stu
is CT where he came from, and he is being
cared for al our expense.
There Was No Shooting.
Our esteemed contemporary came out
VITA :. column sensation last week regard
ing the incident at the Bald Eagle poker
room, which does two OF our fellow towns
men grave injustice. Both of them have
called at his office several times to I'M
Joint his spinal column. bat the critter is in
hiding ana cannot be found. The incident
referred to was a mere tr:ne. Mr.. Stephen
Green was playing poker with Col o'Dyer.
\ hand came out in which both got three
aces. and they raised each other until there
was so on the table When Steve finally
'calied'' the colonel and hands were shown
both arose and drew their guns. We grab
bed tho colonel and Judge Ora ham srahbe,?
Steve. and after little argument both We're
convinced that the SIX aces had been
packed UP with The deck by the maker.
Neither man had attempted to cheat. hut il
was simply one Of those curious incidents
in poker which no one can account for.
There was no shOOting-no hard words.
When the matter had been duly explained
the gentlemen shook hands and sat down
and resumed the game.
Mcnding His Manners.
Last Sunday afternoon. as we We're act-
ing in the place of Sunday school supern-
tendent and telling forty children the story
of Moses in the bulrlshes, critter named
Joe Havcns entered the room for the pur-
pose of creating disturbance. We let him
yell "Eully for Moses" twice before we
Warned him. When he opened his mouth
for the third time took him by the neck
and heaved him through a window, and he
struck the ground IN such shape that his
right shoulder was dislOCatel. We under
stand that Havens was encouraged hv the
HcWSoa crowd. and that over dozen loaf
ers We're standing on the corner to See how
the affair would terminate.
When he recovered consciousness Mr.
HavenS was very coat-ite and homesick
and We have his word for it that he will
never again Interfere with a Sunday school
II there is any other critter in town who
feels like raising a row when we are acting
as superintendent, he needn't hesitate on
our account.
Very MascuIine.
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