Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
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neht railroad man OF Chicago, at the Ar
ne'on- was called to a very small
Town In Iowa on account OF an accident
INA. MAJ occurred there. The president
Oh .ne road also visited the scene In order
70 determine sor himself the responsibility
Ior tne anair. The landlord of the coun-
Try tavern was very cordial With us and
o'hner presided at the head OF the table
anu waited on MS himself Addressing the
pies,oeh. OF the railroad company he SAID:
aiius feel to hum with railroad men.
SO just make yourself to hum Wit, ,,.
used to be In the same business as Won
before bought this hotel
Indeed; with what road- ouerted the
president. N'''' INC
Right here. I railroaded for FIVE
years worked the section Just below here.
~ Vas too much responsibility. A sfnsle
broken spike might have killed a bean on
so When wages was cut from
f s aT,ar nc, 10 ninety cents day quit But
ahus IKE to meet railroad men,"
Next winter is going 10 be a cold one"
SAID Z. L. Tompkins OF Aurora, Neb.. At
me howard AT least the old settlers
al predict long, close season. The res
sons given are various, and each person
Is entirely satisfied that the one he gives
renders 1t absolutely certain. In the first
piace. rabbits fur is thicker than usual.
as Is that of the minks and Others in tba
o' Ihls indication is regarded
as infallible. Through the middle we.t
great faith is placed in a sign thar has
n se Deen known to fail. or at least II is
SO claimed-the corn husks are lo,,hls
another sign is that the crop OF nuts will
oe exceptionally heavy this fall, the trees
ana oushes-bearing nuts being loaded down
WIN them. The squirrels are laying in a
larger supply than they have for several
years past. starting with acorns II tbere
rs anything In signs people had be tier
pesln 10 calculate. as the animals do, on q
long. cold winter
The tide of immigration that has been
from the east to the west is turning" said
q. {. Dunbar OF Webb City. NO.. at the
metropolitan. "A colony has gone from
iilinois and Missouri to the eastern shore
OF maryland. where the members will en-
gage In truck farming. They will be follow
co py others,a and very considerable move
ment is expected in the northwest among
the Swedes and Norwegians looking to re-
inoval farther east. They are tired of
working large farms and failing to get re-
munerative prices for their products and
would prefer small tracts near large cities.
Foreigners make much more OF a success
In truck farming than Americans, and the
oiscontent in many sections of the west
Gu hoi invest with the uncertainty of
crops and prices on large farms is becom-
ing very widespread. When these people
once start they move in bodies and a gem
erA emigration movement from the west
10 the east is a probability"
Il lave watched with interest the pre-
dlctiens as TO how Wisconsin and Mime
sofa Will vote" said A. T. Northcutt of
saltwater, Mimi, at the National. 1T Is
something that no one can find out at the
present time, and Yet the contest will not
De close In either state. When Wisconsin
ana Minnesota go republican they do so by
large maJorlties, and when they go demo-
crauc, as wisconsin did when Peek ran
LOT governor, they give majorities nearly
equally large. The foreign vote controls.
ana IL Is always practically solid. The for
elgners DO not discuss politics. and IL is
lmpo sslbie 10 tell how they going to
vote, hence both sides are in the habit of
claiming item until the day of election
Wisconsin was admitted to be doubtful two
years ego. and yet il gave a republican
majority OF ta.UU The northwest may be
counted as doubtful now, but the fight will
De close, one or the other tickets will re-
ceive a very large majority in each state
and people will wonder why the result
could not have been foretod"
The hardest habit to break 1 ever con-
tracted was the four-leaf clover habit"
said L. d. Smithson of Indianapolis At the
Raleigh. Il was spending a month In the
country with a pleasant party Of friends.
when one OF them came in very much elated
over finding clover with four leaves.
which, as is well known, is supposed TO
bring the best OF luck to the finder The
result was that all OF us hunted up clover
patches and started to search for four
leafed clorers. Some Of us found them.
while others did not. and the hunt was
resumed the next day. At first i was indIf-
1erent as to whether / found any or NOT
but. after / had picked the first one the
habit grew upon me until / dreamed OF
four-leafed clovers at night and watched
Ior them wherever 1 went during the day.
There were ten people in the house and
every one Of them was clover crazy inside
OF two days. i have been away from there
for two months and have steadfastly avoid
ed hunting for clovers. but 1 cannot see a
clump of the plants without carefully scru-
tinizing ii to see if there are any with four
leaves. And, by the way, / never had as
good luck in my life as since / began to
find four-leafed clovers."
1T is remarkable how indifferent people
in some sections Of the country are as to
where the roads they live upon lead" said
r. P. Linden, a travelling salesman from
Philadelphia, at the Riggs. Il frequently
have to drive for considerable distances and
almost invariably have trouble finding the
roads. In response to all queries, the usual
reply is for you to keep the straight road
and in a short distance you come to place
where 1t forks off into two or three roads,
each equally straight. As to distances. the
people never say they do not know. At first
the place Is twenty miles away, five miles
furthe- on II Is about forty miles then In
q few minutes q man is interviewed who
says it is five miles and q quarter i often
amuse myself by asking every one i meet
how far my destination is, and i never yet
have found any one who said he did not
know or any two whose statements agreed.
As a rule, IL the town is over ten miles dis
tant some of the people never heard OF It,
but they would not admit the fact.
There is a town on the Ohio river named
Smithland," seid A. T. Russell. Louisville
travelling man, at the Cochran. 1T II q
county seat and ten miles from a railroad.
Although on the river-in fact. on two
rivers, it being at the mouth Of the Cum
berland-during several months there IL q
bar that prevents boats from landing there,
and the only way to get out Of the town 10
by private conveyance / stopped there on
business going by boat. The next day the
boats could not land, so 1 had to hire a
team to take me to the railroad. i hunted
up the only livery stable, and remarked to
the PROPRIETOR, This is a hard town TO get
cut Of Easiest in the world. SIR was his
reply If there was a railroad you would
have to wait until train time. As il is. you
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