The morning times., 1896-08-10
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Twenty y-Tive years seems lbng time to
be In one POSITION, doesn't it," said Mr.
WV. Price, thegcnial and accommodating
head room clerk at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Yet that Ii the record or our old night
clerk, Mr.. Peter KeeIaD, who died, almost
at his post Of duty, last November He was
The. most faithful and punctual man ever
knew. His hours were from in tie even
ing to in the morning, and his coming and
going were like clockwork. Whenever you
saw him going behind the counter in the
evening you could set yOur watch at
O'Clock and not be q minute off; and a
In the morning you could be equally sure
when you saw him leaving thatit was ex-
actly within an hour OF the la borer' 8 break
fast. A few days before Mr. KeelaD died
he came TO his post as usual, although he
was then suffering from illness. but moth
ing could induce him to take a vacation and
only coniinement kept him away. 1t was
his spersistency to his work that hastened his
death. Our engineer. Tom Kennedy, has
been In the employ of the hotel for thirty
years now, and, his assistant, everywhere
about the house known as eolored Jim, has
WOEkcu Will u1b Nluti LUZ w e. sVEhs5
years. Mr.. Selden,- the proprietor, has
passed sixteen years OF his life In Charge
here, while my Period of employment VIII
have been thirteen years II ] stay Until
next September
A group Of guests were telling stories
and yarns in the lobby of the Shorehan
last night, In an endeavor to forget the
sultriness of the evening. II heard what
l consider a laughabde story while l WIS
travelling in the Carcinas. remarked one
OF the gentlemen, when his turn arrived
Il had taken my seat in the smoker at
one of the large inland towns in South
Carolina, and was comfortably smoking
my cigar, when gentleman n came INTO
the Couch and took seat beside me.
The stranger preserved creuitable 81
lence, diligently perusing the columns OF
his newspaper until the train Commenced
to rumble across u restie over quite
wide and deep gorge, when i oou!o see
him smiling at great rate to hiniseif.
Finally, he could keep the Joke TO himself
no longer. and as Twas thenehrest person
To him he tegan TO take me into his con-
fidence.
Stranger he said in the Polite, ar
fable manner which the true southerner
possesses, i was going over this same
trestle about month ago, when an oid
couple got on the train, who were evi-
IDENTIFY Oh u train for the first tinio- The
woman was in m uneasy frame OF mind
constantly. and it was all the husband
could do to quiet her fears that the train
might run off the track, or some other dire
calamity happen. The old man succee,ied
pretty well until the train struck this same
trestle. Marin happered TO tie looking
out OF the window ut the time. and when
she saw the earth away down below ami
the train apparently flying through spice'
her face took on look Of abject terror.
She grasped the Seat firmly with her
hands and let out II regular Indian war
whoop. Everybody in the car turned in
her direction, and wondered what was
the trouble. They did rot have long to
wait for an explanation. for the neNtminute
the train runbled on to firm land again,
and as the old woman noticed the train
shooting through the forest we were now
In. she completely collapsed into her
ulystified husbands arms, gasping- out
with her remlipine strength: Thank
Gawd. she's it." while the passengers
weut into eonvulsions of laughter"
..Doyou know that mon people die be-
tween the hours OF swo and five in the
morning that at any other time?'' sail the
doctor to the reporter. However strange
1t may seem, IL Is fact, nevertheless
the. futA Oh --Ule1iSlne dI1
doctor will tell you the same thing. and
each win suhstantiate the assertion. from
hia own experience, too For twenty years
now ! have followed the profession. and
21u dng that time have been at the death
bed ef many rlfrn. and think am safe
In saying that seven put of everyten deaths,
which it has heen any lot to witness, have
occurred between cffe hours have stated.
Singular, isn't iit? How do I account for
Co Mt. II, fact ff,r
is? don't acfyuat for 1t; some medical
men say that she s,in Is atthe bottom of it
all, but all sAowes thata healthy mans
vitality is muck. lover at that time than at
any other period T the day or night"
You washiagtonaans have hot city.
but the mercury is more merciful to you
than to any othegic gicity i have been in"
remarked Mr.. f. BsWeeks Of Philadelphia,
at the National lt6t night. THE wide
streets ana the -pasSs give an opportunity
for a constansssuhply OF fresh air to get
between the RVS of buildings. In cities
Hike PhiladelpiBa, where the streets are
more like your alleys IN the matter OF
Width, and which are surrounded by tall
aud closely placefbuildings, the air has no
chance for escaping AMI the result is, that
it becomes excessively charged with heat
and the dirt and dust from the streets. rem
who have to pass s,rro1gh them or work on
them To this cause l attribute the numer-
GUS cases OF fatal sunstroke which have
occurred there for the past few days. and
especially Saturday. No; You people
haven't any kick coming. Say. Mr.. Clerk,
which OF the trolley lines runs fartherest
into the country? l want to get away from
even the cool city OF Washington. speaking
comparatively, for a few short holrs.''
"a hotel clerk and The Tines re-
porter were changing college experiences
and agreeing that college life Is TIE .ollest
period in a mans whole existence I'VE
Fellows used to roon, in corniIories divided
into divisions, =" explained the clerk You've
heard the old adage, birds of feather
flock together" haven't You? Well. it holds
at college as we'll as elsewhere. There
were Just thirty-five Of Us in one division
and maybe we didn't lead the possr rro-
fessors q weary life. All the fun N the
college was to be found amongst us, anI ali
the devilnent, too, for that matter. The
division became notorious among the
students and one witty fellow dubbed it
with the short but expressive word, He'll
and the name stuck We fellows took up
the idea and had big transparency, with
the word painted upon it, hung across the
entrance to the dormitofy.
About three divisions away from Hell
was a division known by the diametrically
opposite word, Heaven SO given 1t by
the same wit who named our quarters
Everyone of the fifty fellows who lived in
Heaven were either Y. n. c. A. men or
church mem bers and, hence, disposed to tie
a rather quiet set. But there has always
been war bet ween the forces OF Heaven and
Hell. The exception was not the rule
in this case, understand. Regularly, once n
month, we of He'll would count noses
and muster forces for battle and, after