Evening star., 1896-08-15
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

II have always prided myself on my
| ability as a cook" said C. T. whitemore
| of Atlanta at the Metropolitan, but
found one thing that could not cook
When I am at home I frequently prepare
| the fancy dishes for dinner, although We
have a colored woman In the kitchen, who
| is as good cook as one generally finds
She never 'interferes with me when 1 take
notion to trespass upon her territory
One Of my specialties is cooking fish.
had some friends stopping with me. who
went fishing. Among other things they
brought home an eel. / had never tried TO
cook an eel and did not care to acknowl J.
edge the fact, 30 went at It as though ]
cooked them every day. One necessary
step l did not take. / did not skin it.
baked the eel for two hours and was very
proud Of my success 1t certainly did look
appetizing when placed on the table But
as soon as the guests were all seated that
eel started out Of the dish and across the
table. The ladies fed and / threw him out
OF the window / now believe all the stor-
les l hear about eers tenacity OF life"
1T would seem that some people were
born to meet with accidents" said d. p
Simonton Of Chicago at the Cochran. II
have sold goods on the road for twenty
years. during which time / have been on
year. I have never seen any one injured on
a railroad train nor been delayed by any
serious accident. Two years ago a younger
brother of mine. started to selling goods.
The first trip out he had his arm broken in
collision. Since then he has been In three
collisions. and two accidents caused by
broken rails. being somewhat injured In
each one. / heard from him here. and the
letter states that he was hurt in the At
lantic City collision. in which so many were
killed, but that he has recovered sufficiently
to attend to business. 1 do not think he
could possibly travel a year without get
ting into railroad wreck
''There was a lawyer in my town who had
a lesson in practicing what he preached. ''
said A. c. Thornton of Decatur. H.. at the
Normandie. THE constant theme upon
which his speeches rest is the equality of
man, and he is very popular with the farm
ers and working people on account of the
eloquent way in which he discourses upon
each mans equality with other men. Some
time ago he Fired a farmer to plow a tract
OF land and plant it in corn. 1t took five
days, and the lawyer paid the farmer a
dollar a day. Some months later the
farmer came into town and told the at
torney he had a job of lawyerin' for him.
He took him ten miles into the country,
where the attorney tried a case before a
Justice OF the peace that lasted all day.
AT the close, the farmer handed him a
dollar. This won't do said the lawyer,
my lowest fee is ten dollars No. you
said a'I men are ekal. an you paid me a
dollar day for plowin'. an I pay you
dollar a day for lawyerin'.' replied the
farmer. and no amount OF talk could Sc
cure more NOR ey.'
Every one has scme hot weather recoI-
lections. days like these" said E. l.. Far
son of Omaha, at Pages. Il am not good
at remembering dates, but when 1 was a
BOY, about forty-five years ago, there was
q summer that started In very late there
was killing frost during the latter part
OF June. 1t became hot the first of July
ana for three months there was not a day
that the thermometers did not register as
nigh as ~ degrees some time during the
day. II did not rain for three months
July. August and September passed with
OUT any relief whatever. Streams and
springs dried up, and in the part of Ohio
L llFed In, Harrison county. there was a
water Famine. Animals died in great Num-
bers from effects of the heat This sum
mer is hot enough. but when contrast Il
with that one, about 1850 or 1851 i find
good reason for being thankful that 1t Is
no worse
Sunstrokes are confined almost entirely
TO towns. and principally to cities" said
Dr. A. c. Fowler OF Atoka, Ind at the
Howard. Gases OF sunstroke are very
rare in the country and seldom fatal. Men
work in the broiling sun, when thermom-
eters register over a hundred degrees in the
shade. and very seldom have to even seek
shade. Harvesting is done in the hotties.
seasons OF the year, and yet the hands are
not injuriously affected. To some extent
inns Is explained by the use of iced drinks
and Intoxicating liquors in the towns ard
cines and 1t is partly due to the sun being
renected from sidewalks and houses in
city, while its rays are absorbed nv the
earth In the country; but these matters
would not seem to explain all of the diff
ference, and 1t appears remarkable to mo
that there are no sunstrokes in the coun-
try"
notice few inferior geodes in the
National Museum" said A. T. Kre,hel NJ
warsaw. Ill. at the La Fetra They
were SO common at Warsaw q few years
ago that they became known as Warsaw
diamonds. Most Of them have been picked
up, and those remaining are small and in
fertor, but many much finer specimens
could be found in Warsaw now than any
OF those In the museums. Some of these
geodeS were several feet in diameter ami
when broken open the crystals looked like
thousand diamonds. A few of them were
filled with water, and these were execution
ally brilliant. Walks were bordered with
for ornaments. There is glen about five
miles from Warsaw where they are still
to be found by wagon loads"
There certainly is such thing as luck"
said w. l.. Hartley of Glasgow, Mo-, at
Cnamherlin's. Il was talking to fisher
man who has operated on the Missouri
river for many years, and he told me an in
stance that is remarkable, and 1t is not a
fish story, either. 1 was talking to him
about his business, and asked him If he
did not find many peculiar things in his
constant rowing about the river. He said
that he did, the most singular thing being
the body of man who had been drowned.
He said: L had a partner in the fishing
business once. He borrowed $40 from me,
and that was the last / ever saw or heard
or him. About five years afterward / was
out attending to my lines, when l saw
something floating. 1 took q graphing
hook and pulled it to my boat. 1t was a
man, and when I got him into the boat
FOUND that it was my partner. But the
funny thing about it was that when /
looked through his pockets 1 discovered a
$40 BILL just the amount he owed me, That
was the most remarkable experience 1 ever
had"
The trip Of Bryan to New York Va