Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

Il have heard a good deal Of complaint
! of the heat since 1 have been in Washing
ton." said R. A. Reynolds OF Yuma. Arlz,
at the St. James. THE people Of this city
| cannot realize how hot it gets in southwest
ern Arizona. Cattle die In great numbers,
and 1t is almost impossible for human be-
ings to live there during the summer
months. Some extravagant stories are told
about the effects of the heat, and / have
read of frying eggs in the sand out there.
OF course. they do nothing Of the kind, but
l know an egg story that is true that is
nearly as remarkable. l was camping out
on the desert not very far from where
those two men died, an account of which 1
read in The Star. and among our provis-
ions were some eggs. Being suspicious OF
their condition, we did not cook them and
did not happen to throw them away. Just
left them in the tent. One day I heard a
chirping. and upon investigation found that
more than half the eggs had Matched.
''The ug,iest and yet most useful things
In California are horned toads.' said A. L.
Mason of Los Angeles at the Shoreham.
They are by no means pleasant to look
at. and the Indians formerly held them in
sacred generation. The people Of CaIifor-
MIA do not regard them very highly and
they are killed whenever found by many
VINO imagine that they are venomous.
which Is not the case. The Hawaiians,
Dole has written to different sections of
California to arrange for having several
thousand sent to Hawaii for the purpose of
destroying certain insects. Careful inves-
tlgation has shown that they exceed
iEgly valuable for this purpose, and there
| Is now a good deal of talk about preserving
| II EN- more carefully in California"
Confidence men have adopted new tao
TICS" said A. r. Henrickson of New York.
he D,la ;,b . a al osa, re-
countrymen being accosted by name have
become obsolete, but there was time when
this trick was common. 1 lived in New
York, but was running truck farm in
Orange county, and frequently came into
the city in my working garb. / had n good
deal of fun with the confidence men. i was
accosted several times and each time ac-
knowledsed to the name 10y which 1 was
called. instead of correcting them and Tell
Ing my name. In this way l had no trou-
BILE getting rid of the fellows. But one day
] was asked If my name was not Warren.
l replied that it was. and was rather star
tied by the Questioner seizing my arm and
saying: You are under arrest. 1 IVES
taken to Central station, and IL was several
hours before l could prove l was not War
ren since which time I have never an
swered to any name but my own"
Street vendors always adopt a tune"
said c. d. Arnold of St Louis at the Ar
lington. 1T is remarkable how many Diff
ferent infections can be used In calling
the names Of vegetables or fruits. / have
noted the cries in different cities, and they
are wholly unlike, except that OF the char
coal men, which seems to be nearly the
same everywhere. 1t is said that no one
can StaEd to continuously say word in
monotone. and 1 have certainly never
heard a huckster who had been in the
business long who did not possess a tune
for every article he ever sold. which would
seem to bear out the assertion that a con-
slant monotone is impossible, and the only
way for a man to continuously call out
an article is to set it to a sort of rude
music"
Il was on a trip through Cabunus county
North Carolina" said 7. l.. Kennedy d
Richmond travelling salesman at the Me-
ropolitan, and had to stay all night at
cabin composed of two rooms downstairs
and loft above to accommodate a family
of eight people. All they had to eat for
supper and breakfast was corrbread and
black coffee OF the cheapest grade. My
hest. in the morning, apologized for not
having more, and particularly for not being
able 10 feed down my horse. Its the
hardest times l ever seed, stranger" he
said. Il haven't had cent in money for a
year Las crap war a plum failure.
reckon III git a little SON an a few STAINS
'haccy this y ar. But mebbe not"
L
gested.
'Wa'al, yo' see, hev the bes' show for a
goid mine in No tn Ca'liny. I'm tryin' ter
sell il fer a hundred thousan' dollars, an
much wuss. I'm agoin' ter git shut of the
thing fer fifty thousan', but deraed eff l
want ter"
Ihey tell story on Judge Bryan, father
of the democratic nominee for the pres
idency." said c. r. Allen OF ST. Louis at the
Howard. THE Star has already mentioned
;he fact that he opened court with prayer
ard frequently implored divine guidance in
important cases that came before him. Mr.
T. Z. Merritt. who has probably had longer
legislative experience than any man in
Illinois, is leading lawyer at Salem. the
nome OF Judge Bryan. Merritt defended a
man charged with burglary but Judge Bry-
an sentenced him to the full limit of the
law. The next morning Merritt presented q
motion for a new trial, the principal point
In which was that his client mad not a con-
stitutional trial because subjected to cruel
and unusual punishment, consisting OF a
sermon and a prayer. neither OF which are
provided for in the statutes governing the
offense of which the defendant is charged +"
Just before I left home man was
caught and put in Jail for buncoing the
miners at Cooks Inlet, Alaska" said e. F.
Titiow Of Seattle. WASH. at the Regent
"A number Of the miners have returned
from there. and a great many more would
get back il they could. 1t is one of the
most colossal frauds ever perpetrated in
the mining regions. There is considerable
gold in the field. but very little placer gold.
Almost all Of it is quartz that must be
milled or smelted. Two or three men went
to Alaska and sent back most glowing &C.
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