Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
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placed that way. and though it may pc
imagination. think my sleep is mrre rest
ful IN consequence of the change. l would
like all who are Interested to try it and
Judge for themselves. l 3m sure no harm
VIII rasul. and it may be that benefit will
ensue.''
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Games are not as much in evidence now
as they were a couple of seasons ago.
explained a dealer TO a Star reporter.
ihey nave simply gore out of fashion
temporarily, and as p great proportion of
canes were used by those who carried
them not because they needed them, but
because it was the proper thing to do,
thele Is a temporary dullness in the cane
market. The business will pick up again,
though, and think it will be in the direc-
ton of lighter canes. The dude era, which
Is about going out of existence unfor-
tunately for cane manufacturers, turned
in on canes. 1t took the form of exag-
geration in size and weight. and finally
brought into existence a cane that was
ridiculous in size. Then the caricaturists
got In their fine work, and they increased
IL III SIZE tenfoid- The comedians on the
stage took it up where the caricaturists
ieft II OF and carried cane almost as big
as pump stock Ridicdle did the rest
and for while the cane will be less active.
cane The fellow who follows the dude
Gees not wear cane. because he is differ
ent and has necessarily to do different
tblfSs. Of course there is no let up in
the nicer SraGe of canes, which are carried
by gentlemen because they have always
carried them and VINO do not propose to
allow the dude or his successor to interfere
with tneir habits or desires. The fancy
cane stick umbrellas have also supplanted
the cane with many on account of the
double purpose for which they can be used
1t VIII be noticed that the hundreds of yery
young men who carried canes a couple Of
years ago never carry any now. MANY of
them gave up the cane because it was not
III II any more, but the great ma iority
got out of the habit the moment they he
gan riding the wheel. 1t is wonderful
how many changes in things the bicycle
Eas brought about
Inc wishing tree still has its friends"
said one of the watchmen in LAFAYETTE
Park to Star reporter, as he pointed out
the large chestnut tree now loaded down
with burrs, to the west of the statue of
jackson, land scarcely a day passes that
some one does not speak to me about it,
or tell me about their success or want of II
in their wishes. Whether the tree gets all
the wishes that are asked for or not. it
furnishes the wishers with a great deal of
fun. and it does not seem to do the tree any
harm. One of the nurse girls who visits the
park every day with her charges told me
yesterday that she wished for a husband
and wished real hard. She did not get a
husband yet, though there is no telling how
soon she will come out, but she did the next
thlng to 1t, by finding a pretty wedding
ring on one of the walks ten minutes after
she had made her wish. 1 don't know that
any one or any park has a tree that can do
better than that all inside of ten minutes.
But nurse girls are not the only ones who
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1t has happened that 1 have attended
hundreds of ccroners' inquests, in this city
ard elsewhere" volunteered an old news
paper reporter to Star reporter, "ard my
experience has been that coroners' jurics
always find the verdict that the coroner
writes out for them. 1t is very rare that
any objection is made to it. 1 know of
but one Case where the jury brought in a
verdict exactly contradictory to that the
coroner had prepared. 1t was in the case
or the sudden death of lady who resided
IN the northwestern section of the city
IL was some years ago, when coroners'
1urles were composed of twelve men, good
and true, instead of six, as under the ex-
listing practice. The latter, 1 think how
ever, Is an Improvement on the old num-
Ter, and on the same plan it would he bet
Ter 10 abolish them altogether and let the
coroner or some OF his assistants inyesti-
gate the case and bring in the verdict that
SCltS the circumstances. 1t it is a serious
matter, the grand jury has to investigate
the case anyhow, and they can just as well
investigate II on verdict brought in by
one experienced man as by six ineyner-
fenced men The case that / refer to is
one OF those sad suicides, the victim being
young married woman. who took exactly
twenty times as much strychnine as she
needed to, to end her existence
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paper reporters, and we saw right AWAY
that 1t was case which should be ended
UP r1ght-otherwise the husband, a de-
partment clerk, and his two baby chill
dren. when they grew up, might be sad
dened by it. After hearing the obtainable
evidence, we asked the coroner and old
Police Lieutenant Noonan, who, as sani-
tafy ofncer, superintended all inquests to
retire, as We wanted to agree upon a YER
dict. They were both shocked, for for years
they had run inQuests in their own Way
They declined, and the jury retired on it's
c"n account, with remark by the fore
man that they would at some future time
inside of month fix up a verdict and
mail 1t to them. The coroner got very
warm and demanded that as all the facts
showed case of suicide that should be
the verdict The jury replied that it mat
tered not what the facts We're, they had
decided that it was a case of Academia al
death and they could not think of finding
any other verdict. In a week they signed
such verdict and as far as the record
shows the death was accidental. The hus-
band Is still living and the children have
grown up. Their family record has not
been spoiled by the blot that suicide
would have put On it. 1t was bad enough
for the mother to suicide, but there We're
reasons for it, and that coroner's jury did
not propose to make lot of innocent per-
sons suffer in consequence of it,"
The Congressman bailey Cucumber.
From the st. Louis Republic.