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Evening star., 1896-11-14
LOST A POCKET BOOK.
A Business Mans Advertisement and
What Happened.

'.Found-A pocket book, containing sum
of money. Owner can have same by apply
ing at Room AZ, Blank bldg. and identify
ing
That was the advertisement which Mr..
Billion recently inserted in The Star. He
had found dark green purse on the side
walk while on his way to the office and.
after advertising it, went on with his regu-
lar business. The next morning a group
of men and boys stood about the door to
his Office, and he was regarded eagerly by
the watchers when he passed in. The office
boy Immediately announced that man
wanted to see about that pocket book.
The man, who was long on whiSkers and
short on cuffs, was uShered into the office,
and Mr. Billion asked:
well, did You lose a pocket book"
Yes. sir and it had some money in it,"
When it came to question of color the
visitor hesitated and finally said black"
How much money did it contain?'
well, er. can't say exactly" replied the
visitor.
Was there more or less than ten dol
lars?"
..Yes-that is. there was-more." said the
nan. breathing deeply. as If he had cast
the die.
1T is not yours said Mr.. Billion. Good
morning..
The man with the whskers walked out
and joined the group. A shabby young
II
prove ownership. He said the pocket book
was not black, but "sorter reddish yeller
that some people might call brown" In
fact. he said, 1t might be called by any Of
those names.
In answering an inquiry as to the amount
contained in the purse, the young man
said: II can't place it exactly. but 1 know
there was between five and ten dollars in
it."
It's not yours Good morning." said the
business man. affably.
The young man with the golf cap walked
down the street with those who waited
outside. There amt as much as five" he
told them. land it amt red nor yeller nor
brown. You guessed black, didn't you,
Whiskers?'
ct amt black" replied Whiskers
The next person to appear to Mr.. Billion
Il young man with a pink shirt blue
striped cuffs and a green tie. He wore
damaged yellow shoes and smoked a cigar
ette
Good morning" he said. II lost pocket
book, yknow, and l guess the one you put
in the paper is it. 1t was green, and had
some change in it. There wasn't as much
five dollars. though
Was the amount nearer five than one 90
asked Mr.. Billion, quietly.
Yes, sir
''Then this is not your purse, although it
is green
well. I guess I made mistake" said
the sporty man. Il guess it was little
less than two-ffty,''
No. sir; it's not yours said the busi-
ness man. Good morning.
Mr.. Billion had three other visitors with
in a half hour. who stated that they had
lost dark green pocket book, containing a
sum variously estimated at s.. 81 and fifty
cents. The last visitor in making his re-
port to his companions said: Say, 1t just
nahes me sick. That guy amt been doing
thing but having the laugh on us while
We was a-lyin to beat the band. Say! How
much do you guess was in that pocket
book? One cent! Yes, sir. One cent, and
the pocket book amt worth that much. De
blcke just put in the ad. to get a laugh on
somebody. If it hadn't been for that, he
said. 1t wouldn't been worth while to put
it in the paper at ALL"
Evening star., 1896-11-14
SHE WAS MIsREPREsEATED
The Reporter Meant WcIl, but lie
Failed TO Please.

Even when ECr speech was obscured 10y
sobs there was something about her voice
that showed she coull sing high e and as
sert her right to the center of the stage
1t was pathetic to see d strong woman SO
utterly detected.
Il want to see the horrid reporter who
wrote the contemptibie piece about my
miserable suit Cor divorce" she said, after
her paroxysrl of weeping had abated.
He's out" was the prompt and positive
answer Of the editor, who is a humane
man.
Can't L see him later?"
NO. He took weeks salary and went
on a vacation. He said he wasn't coming
back till his money was all spent, and we
don't look for him in any time less than
six months
Perhaps somebody else could attend to
what L want, although / don't suppose
there is any use in my asking for justice
1t must have been pure malice"
You refer to that item about your di-
vorce?"
Yes"
We'll, it seems to ME that you are ex-
ceeIingly unfair to the reporter. Why, he
did his best to be complimentary. No less
than three times he alluded TO you as the
fair plaintiff. "
YES; that was very nice of him. But
Il don't find any thing that is not in the
same vein. He says: The ladys toilet
had evidently been an object of much care;
it was a triumph Of the milliners' art and
a monument OF her elegant taste in such
matters
That's the sentence!" she exclaimed ris-
ing to her feet Her indignation dried Her
tears, and shaking her clcnchei fingers at
the newspaper, she said: What did he
mean by trying to humiliate me in the eyes
of all those spectators? How dared he in
sinute that the common old things L wore
to tnat court room are the best clothes 1
hEye?'
Evening star., 1896-11-14
THE DANGER OF DRINK.
Intended to BE COpvivfnl, but Actual
~ Gave Aid to "A Rival.


~ Gave Aid to Rival.
The Judge had been to temperance
meeting and on his way home out in the
Capitol Hill neighborhood he grew talk
ative.
Il confess" he said, with the dignity of
an ex-county Judge holding a sl.2o0 position
in the Treasury Department, that tho L
go TO temperance meetings with great regu-
larity. l also take a drink in the same ratio,
because 1 think that a temperance meeting
and drink is each worthy of my esteem
and encouragement albeit in different
ways. Yet l am bachelor today, owing
entirely to my asking a man to take
drink with me-"
A married man at this point suggested TO
the judge that he might be asked to do
something of that sort without danger OF
a similar result but the judge gave him
no heed.
You see" he continued. when ] was
about tWenty-SeVen L was desperately In
love with certain girl and had but one
rival, and him l did not greatly fear. He
lived in a town about a hundred miles from
mine and used to come over to spark the
young lady bout once a month. i knew all
along that he wasn't making any headway,
or heartway either. for that matter. and
one day when he came over and the girl
gave him permission to stay away perma-
nently l met him at hotel where he was
about to take bus for the train to take
him home forever. We were good friends
and he told me the sad story of his defeat
and congratulated me the supposed
happy man. / thought / was. too but you
can't always tell about a woman. Well, of
course 1 asked him to come and have
drink with me as solace, but he demurred
on the ground that the bus wouldn't wait
and he couldn't afford to miss the train.
But l spoke to the driver and assured my
friend that the bus would give him time
enough to take nip, and he went in with
me. One drink meant two, and when the
two had been taken the bus was gone and
there wasn't another train that night, so
l coaxed him to stay over and make a
night of it with me and the boys.
This was easy enough. and had an
other drink. 1t then abou; O clock
and he said ne would meet me at g. as he
had some business to attend to up to that
time. But he didn't appear at the ap-
pointed hour, nor at a later hour. In fact,
he didn't show up at all. and We had to
have our night without him. Next morn
ing. however, he showed up, but instead of
looking the wreck 1 expected to see, he
was radiant as a flower. / asked him
what had happened. but he only smiled
and hurried along to catch his train. That
evening l called on the young lady. and
the first thing she did was to thank me for
making Mr.. Blank stay over, for they had
married within month. All of which
turned out to be true, and they were mar
ried and have lived happily ever since.
Now" concluded the judge. as they
passed quiet place IF all the men in this
party are married men, except myself we
will so in here and have something" which
was accordingly done.
Evening star., 1896-11-14
A FRIENDLY WARNING.
The Dagger of over Assun u ion
Finds "a Homeiy ILLUSTRATION.

Finds a Romeiy ILLUSTRATION.
"Lok yuh, sonny said Uncle Eben:
"'pears ter me laik yoh wus actin mighty
big-feeln' desc days"
Pickannny Jim looked abashed, but an
swered:
us gittin long purity good in school, 1
is, an L reckons dat cf 1 uses big language
onct in er while, it's case 1 knows de mean
in of it,
"Da's pufiickiy propuh. Mex de bes' use
yoh kin o. yoh opportunities. But doan
git ter sposin dat case yoh got 'em dis
hull yearf was made for yoh benefit; case
eff yoh does, yoh's gwineter git yohse'f
laughed at. same ez de flea did when de
ahk done land on Mount Ararat."
"Wus de flea long Wit de res oh emf"
ITO be sho. When de ahk wus er buildin'
de flea come long, an lookin' 'rcun', says,
'whut's dis foh?De hippopotamus he splaln-
ed hit ter I'm, an de fiea says, L wonduh
is my name down on de passenger lis
De hippopotamus he say, i dino. is 'fraid
you's small dey done fohgot yoh. But
yoh kin climb on my back an go long wifi
re, case nobody won notice yer. So do
flea he got on bod de ahk, an mighty
thankful too, moi ter be lef out in de wet.
But when de trip wus ober an de ahk
done come asho' he gin ter strut aroun' an
swell is chest out. De lady bug an er few
mountain wifout TO help, TUX notice OBJ i'm.
an stahted er convuhsation. Dcy seen
Noah an his sons busyin dahse'fs roun'
de gang plank, an de lady bug, she say
Who is dem Cemmen? DE flea he looks
ober his shoulder sorter careless an grand
an he says, L couldn' tell Yer. We didn'
'socia:e none wifi dem. Dey's jes de deck
hans dat run de boat. Me an de hippo
potamus hyuh is passenguhs, we is An
eber since dat day dc flea ain had ne
standin in no society whutsomcvuh."
Evening star., 1896-11-14
TRUTH IN THE WATER.
4 Small Boy Has a Contention With
His Mother About Swimming.

IF there was anything more than an
other 1 liked to do when / was a boy" re-
marked the drummer to the group of list.
en.rs, 1T was goir in swimming; and il
seemed to me TO be ever so much more en-
joyable when / had to disobey my mother
In order to crafty my passion for the
aqueous exercise i don't know how many
times / have been caught nor do / remem.
ber how many times l have lied"
"Ah, there" interrupted a man with ar
idea that drummers are born that way.
Nor how many times / have lied to her
about it," continued the drummer, with an
unrufIied demeanor. But, as ! was about
to say when 1 began, my love for this boy
ish advertisement was vividly recalled one
day in September. when l happened to be
driving to a Tennessee town about seven
miles from the railroad. / had stopped to
let my horse drink III a very pretty little
stream that ran out from a field shut off
from the road by a thicket Of thorn bushes.
and as the horse was taking in the cooling
draught L heard a womans voice over in
the fields calling to Some one. Getting a
vista through the thcset, | could see that
the stream spread out into small pond i'm
the field, and in this stood a small boy,
with the water jrst under his arms He
as far from shore as I've could possibly
get. and on the s1ore stood his mother
with his clothes under her arm
Come out of there. | tell you,' she
screamed SDdhiHg the ClOliltS al nlfn-
L don't want to- he replied. trying TO
get farther away.
"'You better, she called. Didn't / tell
YOU not to so in sw.mmn'?'
:. 4 amt in swimmiE',' he sung out with
a. great deal more confidence and courage
than before. This water amt only deep
enough to wade in
If that had been my boy" concluded
the drummer, i certainly would have let
him of on the strength of that argument:
but rrn afraid his mother didn't see ii as
1 did, for when 1 drove away she had
started home with his clothes, and ii was
pretty fair TO suppose that the boy woaid
follow, and take whatever she proposed
to Civ. him..
Evening star., 1896-11-14

great depth andJvNume. She was moved
to inquire how this was accomplished.
"a welf-equipped organ" her father ex-
planned. enables player to use his feet
as well as his hands. That is known as
pedaling." ltS
The rich and powerful strains were sue
ceeded by verN sQft portion Of the COM
position. AS the music became more and
more subdued. she remarked:
THAT is ever so NICE"
"It Is a mastery composition, and he
played 1t we'll" IL
Yes. 1t seemed very striking in the part
where he pedaled. But it Seemed to me
that where he showed his real skill was
toward the last. iA the portion where he
seemed to be back-pedaling"
Evening star., 1896-11-14
THE SUMMER GIRL.
And How She Treats Her Acquaint-
ances Of That Period.

IHA~se AAO" chc 1Fe4ta hef
ances of That Period.
1t happened on Massachusetts, avenue
about three weeks ago
The girl In the case made her debut last
winter and her first appearance as a sum-
mer girl during the season just passed
She Is, therefore, young, and being a
Washington girl is, therefore, pretty
She isn't SO extremely rich as she is 50
extremely swell. and part of the summer
was passed in a locality noted rather for
the superiority of its natural beauty and
healthfulness than the swaggerness of its
set nd here she met quite number OF
people, including something like dozen
young men 20 whom she was SO charming
that she hadn't a bit of trouble in max
ing every other girl at the hotel envious
to the point of ugIincss.
one OF these young men happened to
be Washingtonian who holds a respon-
sible position in one of the big stores of
the capital, and as he was nicer than any
of the others. she did not hesitate to show
him the preference on all occasions.
Naturally he began to dream dreams and
to be thankful that she lived in the same
town ne did ard that the future mig hi
mean great joy and gladness TO him, not
withs tandng he would be able to bask in
the light of her presence not longer than
the two short weeks OF his vacation.
So the course of things ran along and he
told her goodbye with great hope in his
heart and went back TO mis- counter TO
wait TIL she should come in the autumn
time.
AS stated in the opening lines of this
screed 1t happ aned about three weeks ago.
He met her Massachusetts avenue
much to his surprise, for he had heard
nothirg from her since the summer. and
there was no notice of her arrival in the
society columns of the papers.
"Why, how do you do?' he exclaimed,
rushing forward
respond.
Have you forgotten me?" he asked. smil-
ing all over at the good joke he thought he
had on her.
Certainly, Mr.. Blank" she replied freez-
ingly, and with never a word more she
swept by him, and today he wonders what
it is that is funny in the pictures and
things the comic papers have about the
summer girl and her short memory.
Evening star., 1896-11-14
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.
A Borrowed Word That Conveyed
the Ile0.

This young woman's father had spent
hundreds of dollars trying to teach her
music and painting, but it didn't cost him a
cent for her to learn to ride bicycle All
she needed was borrowed wheel and a
piece cf smooth pavement. 1t was deter
mined that she should learn to play the
pipe-organ.
She was listening to the performance of
skillful organist. and she observed that
while both the performers hands were
busy with the high notes of the instru-
ment. he introduced into the harmonies
every now and then. series of notes Of
Evening star., 1896-11-14
The String Did Not Break.

From the Chicago Dispatch.
Captain of Pleasure Steamer-"Madame.
1t gives me great pain to be obliged TO tell
you that your little boys hat has blown
overheard"
Fond Mother-"Why, 1 thought II was
tied on with a string"
Captain-"Yes. that was just the trouble.
The string did not break"
Evening star., 1896-11-14
He Was Reading,
From Harper's Weekly.

Wife-'John Meekwon Spillkins, what are
you up to now? Reading? Humph! The
idea of a man sitting down and reading a
book when there are things to 10 abou. the
house, furnaces to fix. trunks to be carried
upstairs. and a piano to be moved. It's
pity l wasn't your mother and had charge
of your bringing up. A nice specimen of a
man you are. The father of family and
the head of a household. Tell me this in
slant what You are reading"
Hubbie-'My dear. 1 am reading the
Tanning of the Shrew.'"
Evening star., 1896-11-14

--lou can't afford to have your
clothes mangled by old-fashioned
machinery. Give them the benefit OF
Goth century laundry methods. Send
them to the Yale-the perfect laun-
dry. 5I4 10th st. 'Phone 1902.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-28

In a public school In New England
the teacher thought she would give out
natural history subjects az subjects for
compositions. In this way she teaches
them English orthography and natural
history all al once. The commonplace
subject Of Ants" was given 10 bright
boz who said he knew all about H. Ihis
q the result Of his efforts:
"Ants-There Is many kinds OF Ants
Nv ant Mary Jane ls one Of these kind.
she Is gently good natured and when
she comes TO see Ny Mother she brings
me Eve cents worth Of penuts and tells
mo why James how you've growed but
when I 20 and see her end don't only
lust wawlk on the Carplt without
cleenlnF my boots she Is orfy mad.
Ants like 70 give you advice and scole
Al YOU like everything but their Harl
IL In the Wright Plalce and once
found a Ants nest In the woods pokes
| II with n stick and a Million Ants rur
ont after me and Crawled up Inside m,
Pants ana Bit me like Sixty. Ant
nests are good Things not to Poke viii
A stick Ants are very INDUSTRIOUS 4
steellng shugar. | forgot TO say tia
my Ant Martha lives IN Main she has
boy OF Just about my Aige and lie cal
stand on his He'd Five minits and ho'
DO you supTssN he can DO It. DO no
think Of Amy hing more about Ant
az present.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-28
SCRAPS"

DIR. manza. OF Vienna. has invented
a metlpd OF geographically register
ing thCpulse beats.
The psychologists say that the right
side ofthe brain Is OF more importance
10 orgmie life than the left.
sun spots are believed to be OPEN
lnrs IN the SUMS photispherc. or lumln-
Gus envelope. through which the orb
Is seer
Ben Jones, a negro who went through
The wars OF 1919 and 1876 as a body
scrvau. died a few days ago at San
Antona. Tex. aged ninety-nine years.
The Arabs have a superstition that
the surk has a human heart When
one of,hese birds builds Us nest on a
housobp they believe tho happiness Of
that hnsehold is insured for a year.
The city OF Portland. Ore. which
owns Is water system, sprinklcs IL
s,ree,sthrough the street car company
the wck being done after p. m. The
arrangement is said to be very salts
factor.
A Mitigating Feature-"lts pretty
hot hee. isn't IT," said new arriva
10 I.uifer. Yes" replied his satanl
malesy. The heat is what you Nigh
cali sccsslve. but then there Is no hu
midlt, about it."-Puck.
Il appcse you battle At the seashOF
everyday" Yes. cit on the san
and The a snn-bath.' "But you mll
the ST. don't your" mot A. all. n
! little BROTHER can bring me a. much |
e l var In a pail. -Harpsr's nazar.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-28

-
The Lords tAsep all know their
Shepherd. le r.rra e
The devil throws the most darts a.
a shining mark.
No work Is hard 10 the man who has
God for his helper.
Tho man who Is resting In God Will
be found busy Tor Christ
Cares may some. but the Christian
may give his al 10 Christ.
When God looks at man, the hrs'
thing he sees Is his heart
TIE devil has trouble with the man
who minds his own business
When the world gives treasure Il a.
ways sends trouble Herewith.
The man who knows Christ well viii
not look for perfection in anybody else
To obtain salvation. the sinner
needs to take nothing to Christ but as
sins.
There are people who would IKE .
10 good. II a could be done without ei
| fort or sacrifice. hf
How the devil would like to stone .h'
house when he sees everybody ioo'an'
happy in church.
God loves 10 sec a man take on ~
coat. and roll up his sleeves, a. thoas'
he meant something.
II We give faithful heed to the IN
terests Of Christ In this world our
will be safe In the next
Whatever We would DO u We had Ii
power is what the Lord will give q
the credit OF having done,
The fact that the devil is against
man ought to be good evidence that ,
d on the Lords side. Rams Horn
The devil does good days wor
when he persuades the father OF
! family tia; he can save money py NJ
taking religious paper Rams hor
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-28

Birds are perhaps more commonly
the victims OF illusions than other an
imals. their stupidity about their egFa
being quite remarkable. Last year, for
instance. a hen got into the pavilion OF
a ladies' golf club. and began 10 cit on
a golf bah In corner for which u
made q nest with couple Of pocket
handksrchiefa But many Quadrupedi
are not only deceived for the moment
by reflections. shadows and such IN
realities but often seem victims 10 illu'
slons largely developed By the mag
inatlon. The horse. fer instance. Is one
OF the brayeat Of animals when face &c
face With dangers which Il car under
stand. such as the charge OF an Gle
plant or Wild boar At bay. Yet the
courageous and devoted horse, 20 stead
fast against the dangers he knows. i
a prey 10 a hundred ieFrors Of the i'm
aglnation due 70 Illusions mainly
those OF sight. for shying. the mino
effect Of these IHuslons. and boiling.
in which panic gaiaa complete poaHel
sion Of his soul. are caused az rul
by mistakes as 70 what the horse see'
and not by mlsinierpTe,ation Of wha
he hears. II is noticed. for Instance
that many horses which shy usual
start away from objects on one sid
more frequently than from objects 0
the other. This IL probably due TO d
{ fects In the vision Of ono or the oth'
( eve. In nearly all cases OF shylng q
2 horse takea fright AZ some unfamlli'
object though 4 Is commonly qul
r harmless. such as wheelbarrow N
= side down. a freshly felled log. or
3 piece OF paper rolling before the win
This instantly becomes an illusion
n r. interpreted as something else, q
8 Il IA a curious question IN equine ne
3 ropathy 10 know what 4 Is that Z
. horse figures these harmless ooje'
"a ho
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-28


The post OF maid OF honor to th4
queen Is no slnecure. though % eagerly
sought after By the highest IN iha land.
After breakfast a summons may cone
at any moment nom her majesty, and
the first duty Of the day may be 70 read
TO the august lady the passages
marked In the huge pile Of papers hy
the queens side Immediately lhe
reading is over. the maid has to rush
away. dress herself Tor q drive with
her royal mistress with whom she s
expected TO converse lntelllgently up
on the topics sho has just been reading
about A short time aftor lunch g..
strictly speaking. an the leisure q maid
Of honor gets. and even this cannot BE-
spent In a gentle saunter out Of dooFs
for che knows net whether she may he
summoned for the purpose Of watkins
or driving with tho queen during the
afternoon. Afierward there may b.
more reading. but this time heavy.
philosophical literature. Of Interest
only TO such enthusiasts as Is tho
queen. or photographs or sketches mag
have been arransed. II not then he
charity neodlcwork upon which "a,
queen spends SO much time Is brouan
out and diligently attended 70 unt
time 10 dress Tor dinner. The maid Q
honor then gets another short perlo|
OF relief. as she Is not expected 70 &c
company the queen to dinner.-pitis
burg Dispatch,