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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
Thrift on Wheels.
From the Hartford Courant.


They have had a queer trouble with con-
ductors recently on the street railroad line
in Richmond, Va. The company estab-
lished a special rate of six tickets for a
quarter (single fares 8 cents). A number
OF conductors secured blocks of tickets and
turned these in for fares received. Thus
when six people had paid each five cents
the conductor would pocket the 30 cents.
but turn in six tickets that only cost him 25
cents. The performance cost several con-
ductors their places. although the company
was getting it's price for each passenger.
This recalls early days of Hartford horse.
car history. At that time single fares were
z cents; tickets. 20 for 81. One well-krown
citizen, worth his hundred thousand or
more, used to sit by the fare box in the
bobtail car. and, when cents were passed
Up to him. he would drop in Scent ticket
and pocket the cash. 1t was the custom
then to pass up all fares, each passenger
being expected to do his part as Conductor
Tor the company. This thrifty gentleman
used to clear not only enough to nav for
mis- own tickets, but a neat balance for
other uses. The company never interfered
directly with his pastime, but 1t did change
the system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
ais ma gin it to me-"
on member whut She gimme?"
x
a ReiecfeI COmnarixon

Inc man with bronzcd skin and Icnp;sh
hair was hanging upon every word that
the charming young woman sno,e Sb.
was telling of ar actress whom she xrea,Iy
admired
Will never forget how she locked" the
young woman said. ''She was as beautiful
as Juno
The weather-beaten auditor moved I'M
easily, ana then said: Il beg yer pardon.
miss; but I amt sure that I heard yer re-
mark jest right"
I said that she was as beautiful as
Juno
1t Amt fer me ter erect a lady." he he
gan in apologize tones.
am quite willing to be corrected when
there Is any reason for doubt" she replied.
in tone with traces of congeaiment
through it But 1 do not perceive how
this can be such CASE
Il don't persume to conterdict nobody"
he replied II haven't no observations to
make further than that there amt no ac-
coun tin fur tastes"
Have you ever seen this actress?"
mo. miss"
''Then 1 don't see how you are qualified
to speak"
might I make SO bold as to INQUIRE
whether you was ever as fur west as Brit
fish Columbian
Never"
Then. miss. you can't re'lize that I'm
standin' up fur the lady's good looks as
much as you are. We can't believe half of
what these here miners that come east tell
British Columbia, 1t STAINS to reason that
We can't have no idea of what a lonesome
ram-shachie. friz-up lookin' place Juneau
is.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
A VISITORS 1MfnEssroN.
Number of Street Pianos Regarded as
Washington's Chnra cteristic.

''Do you know what strikes me as a
strong characteristic of Washington" said
recent visitor to the capital to a Star re-
porter. The latter said that probably the
number of bicycles fl use here had struck
the visitor forcibly, but this was not 1t.
1T is the number of street pianos" was
the answer. Il have Travelled pretty ex-
tensively throughout the country, but I
never saw so many of the pianos centered,
1 may say, in one place. There are plenty
Of them in New York, but they are found
down on the Bowery chiefly, and in many
Instances in the tenement districts though
where the owners of the pianos manage to
collect enough there to keep body and soul
together L cannot imagine. The photo
graphic reproductions of children dancing
on the New York sidewalks to the music of
the pianos can be seen in tie original at
any time.
Here in Washington, it seems to me,
there are far more of the Italians and their
perambulating music machines. according
to the population of the city, than in any
other. 1 believe it would be possible here,
II one wanted to indulge in such an ex-
traordinary and, / may say, ineXplicable
task. to listen to the piano music all day
long.
Il started out from my hotel one morn
1rg. after eating to the tune of Rosie
OGrady.' and left TO that Of There's Hot
Time in the Old Town The air could still
be distinguished as 1 walked down the
street, when 1 turned the corner and ran
straight into the arms of The Girl Named
Warner'--or the song of the girl of that
rame-which was being ground out at the
curb.
After tramping down street to the air
OF Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever
march, 1 stopped in a drug store to buy
some soda. As / was quaffing it along
came another piano, stopped, and I poured
the liquid down my throat to the air of My
Glrfs High Born Lady l wendell my
IN No f,t,on Of
lection from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
am not certain, but 1 think we in
spected the Post Office and Interior De-
partments to the tune Of All Coons Look
Aiike to Me- went through the pension of
nee with Take Back Your Gold dining
IN our ears from the outside, and walked
lrto the White House as a piano RECALLED us
with the strains of Just Tell Them That
avenue pavement outside
MY recollection of Washington will be
]ansie OF popular tunes, big buildings and
a microscopic array of street pianos pass
ing before the eyes" pO'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
Optimism.

III nothing at all went wrong my boy
Wed find gre we slept each night
ihat the world was nearly as poor IN JOY
As II nothing at all went right
Twould be your plain old self you'd spy
In each of the placid ihrong
Ihougn tears would vanish. hope. too
would die,
III nothing at all went wrohg
III nothine at all went wrong, you'd live
With never task 10 do
with never a friendly chance to give
hand where your help is due.
with never Feed for a nature stout.
Nor the cheer If simple song,
And our smiles would fade with our frou,ns
and doubt,
If nothing at all went wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
4 rumor Removed From "a St. Bernard

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
A successful operation has been perform
ed on HeliSate Defender. the ST. Bernard
dog, which Won a ribbon at the national
snow at Madison Square Garden in 1896
and was purchased by ex-senator Reynolds
of this city for $500. Hellgate Defender
has an excellent pedigree, his progenitors
being Champion Otis and Lady Bountiful
Some time ago the dog. which is hand
some specimen of the rough coat variety
became i'll. two tlmors appearing on his
legs. He was badly run down and his
life was despaired Of when James A. Boil
ton of Hudson avenue bought him. Mr.
Bolton placed the dog in the care of Dr.
Rrdolph b. Plageman Of Bedford avenue,
who removed a tumOr as large as a mans
fist. Since then Hellgate Defender has i'm
proved rapidly and Mr.. Bolton expects to
have him in condition to enter the Brook
lyn bench show in November The other
tumor was removed prior to Mr.. Bottoms
purchase. but the latter says that the OPP
Grafton was poorly done and may have to
be repeated. Otherwise the dog Is as sound
as when he appeared in the New York ex-
hibition over year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
/ A LITTLE ONE For A CENT.
The Story Which the Patent Office
Clerk Brought Back With Him.


Clerk Brought Back With Him.
The patent office clerk, who had been of
Up in the mountains of West Virginia,
where they come down TO drink out OF the
clear waters of the upper Potomac. was
talking at the dinner table to the boarders
who had been down by the sea.
"One of the men l met UP there" he
vas saying, was an invalid. but as bright
of mind as You could find anywhere. OF
course, he had lived among those noun
tains always, and his limits were narrow,
ana his knowledge was not comprehensive,
but he had read some, and he had been
especially interested in mechanics. He had
a small tool chest, and by his chair he had
a table or bench at which he worked some
every day. AT rare intervals he earned
small sums by his handwork, and he was
the general repairer for his family and
their neighbors. 1t was at his home l
boarded for week while l was in the
mountains. and when he learned that /
was clerk in the patent office. l became
at once to him the nucleus about which all
his earthly interest seemed to gather.
For the first two or three days he mere
ly asked me to watch him at his work, and
then. as he could he asked me shy and
cautious questions. Finally he unlocked a
small box, which he seemed to treasure
as the most precious thing in the world,
and, opening it, he exposed to my gaze the
model of some kind of little machine.
w nat IL was uiu not know, out L could see
that it was crudely made. and that it looked
as if it might be the model for some small
household implement, such a nutmeg
crater or a coffee mill. To the invalid it
meant more than he could say, and when
he had set the box open before me he could
only nod between it and me, as if he were
introducing us.
It's mine all mine, he said, after a
while revereatly.
Yes, l replied. without especial object.
Yes, and have been studying it up so
long. But l have it now and his face
frightened, and l want to get it patented
Only L haven't money enough, and it is so
slow to make money here
But it doesn't require much, l said
encouragingly.
How much?' he inquired, eagerly.
'Sixty-five dollars
For this one?' he asked, as if some
thing were choking all the hope out of
him.
Yes; one is the same as another
answered.
But why should it be-? he asked, al
Most pleadingly. 4 saw the picture of
patent machine a hundred times as big as
this little fellow, and it was only $50. Don't
you think If so big one could be got for
S6J, that so little a one mine might cost
only as manly cents? And how can 1 ever
get so much money, sitting always in this
chair?'
1T was quite beyond my province to help
him out of his trouble concluded the
clerk, but l never in all my life felt more
like taking up subscription for the benefit
of the suffering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
Respect for the Law.

The old colored man was on his way to
the District government buildings when he
met one of the employees, in whose family
he had done work now and then.
Where are you bound for, uncle?' was
the inquiry.
Il hab business wifi de guy ment," was
the dignified reply. 4 orter of tended to
1t long ago. 'Twan't muffin but luck dat
KEEP ME rum gittin' rested fob yiolationin'
de law l knows good deal bout de law
L wouldn't run no resks oh gibbin' a pahlor
social ner Entertainment oh no soht wifi
out er license. But 1 purity nigh done gos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25

So-N oiD %lilff-
What do you want
a permit for%"
Ter run a boss
less carriage fro de
streets oh Wash'n-
tn"
What on earth do
you use a horseless
carriage for?"
S o m e times ter
kyarry freight an
sometimes ter kyarry
passengers"
Uncle. I'm afraid
your mind is going
wrong. I'd Ike e d
away from the Dis
trict officials If /
were you
"kain't do If S,1b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25

rrom tne BcsIO1 herald
Put almost equal quantities of cayenne
pepper and common table salt with a little
more salD i'm a -four dredger and shake the
mixture all over the floors. Shake out all
draperies and bedding, and brush OFF all
stuffed furniture; then sweep the rooms
thoroughly. The ieas will be all In the
dustpan. The dust should be burned I'm
a closely shut stove, with the draughts to
the chimney wide open The pepper kills
or stupefies the heas. and the salt prevents
the dust from nyfng up and annoying the
person who is sweeping.
Tiny black heas. like those OF Italy or
San Francisco. once came to my house i'm
load OF kindling wood and soon spread.
1 tried extreme cleanliness kerosene and
Persian powder, all without effect. Then I
heard OF the pepper and salt remedy. and
had the house swept from garnet to cellar
with the mixture, with no Inconvenience to
my family. and to the determination of the
fieas. Incidentally. I found that buffalo
moth and ants found the mixture very IN.
pleasant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25


is Sotter hab dat license. 7 can't git err
long wifout my hossless carriage
You say YOU take freight sometimes?'
''Yassuh So does"
What did you carry on the last trip"
"A watahmillion. It's heap handler
dan totin' it by han. 1t comes in mighty
convenient ter carry de waskin' home FUN
de white folks ter de Of lady. L reckons Ill
hafter glib up runnin' er'nds almost intiahly
ef l has ter do wifout it,
Uncle. where did you get this horseless
carriage?"
You airs ma gin it to me-.
Nonsense"
Doesn't yoh member de time L was to
you house an tor you bout de twins an
yoh ma said she reckon she halter gimme
sumpin'?"
yes"
Does You member whut she gimme?"
Perfectly. 1t was baby carriage"
Oats whut rs talkin' bout. i sticks
right cius ter de letter O. de law. no mater
now often 1t changes. An doesn' see how
ycus g~ineter pint out any kim O. car
rage OATS hossless-er dan a baby car
riage." '' Gar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
a Letter to Chicago New..

OSea Letter 70 ChicagO News
Just before we arrived q young fellow
from Seattle, of a wealthy family. was
drowned at this narrow bridge while at
tempting to cross before the structure
was complete. He lost his footing and
help came too late. The teamster who had
the boys goods returned to town with the
body and demanded SO from the dead bow
partner. When 1t was refused the team
ster took 1t from the pocket Of the corpse.
When the men at camp heard Of 1t they at
once held meeting and there was talk OF
iyncning. but at last they gave the teamster
i've. hours to sell-his team and leave. He
tried to board a ship. but the captain re-
FUSED to have him. and at last he took to
Juneau. This is a sample Of frontier i,,s-
nee Any man caught stealing Is shot ON
the spot; you can leave your clothes and
IloSlsions Dy the road with your name at
YOU return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
A FATAL. OVERSIGHT.
The Far North Estimate of the Real
Value of Gold.

The Far North Estimate of the Real
Value of Gold.
Col Digger, one Of the Klondikes most
genial and popular millionaires, was
as pale as a ghost.
The mercury was lower in the thermom-
eter tube than the price of silver in New
York, and the wind had blown the cold
wave flag full of holes.
The colonel sat alone in the gilt-edged
library of his more than palatial man
sion, and there was the look of expectancy
in his eye. which comes to those who may
mount upward to the skies or sink to the
abyssmal depths of the darkest despair, de-
pending entirely upon what the news may
be that he is expecting.
For seme time he sat as if stunned, but
this could not endure, and shaking him
sen as II he would threw off the burden eff
his doubt he. arose. to his feet and strobe
toward the ball. where over the door hung
the aEtlered head of that mighty carbon
which had mastered the Yukon for dozen
years.
AT the portals of the entrance the COL
onel met Mrs. Digger. who had but at that
moment emerged from the cellar of the
mansion.
Others eyes and the colonel spoke
Well" he said, with Unsurpassed emo
ton. well, how many barrels did yo1
find?"
trembling woman. I'VE used the last Of
the last one last night"
Col. Digger cIutched at his heart as if
a fatal pain had caught him there. and he
gasped like Stricken giant ere he spoke.
I'VE are lost" he shrieked, 'irretriey-
ably lost. Thers isn't a pound of feed in
town. and thosfz fool clerks of mine made
picked pork To the San Francisco mint
instead of the fifteen barrels of gold dust
they ought to Have Shipped Fools. fools
that they weleY' he sraved, and his wife
sought to comfort him, but the millionaire
refused to be e6mforted. for his soul was
above the drossnof geld and he had begun
to realize WHAT true North was
81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
Turni.s- . Compliment.

Mrs. Oilrix was engaged in te;ng extreme
ly aimabie to the famous Lovelist whom
she had just met. She did not know he was
a novelist. His name was similar IN sound
to that Of musician who she had been
inforped was there. and she was not alb
solutely certain which was which. Her
aimiability drew no distil ctions as to the
exact kind Of art she patronlxed. 30 long
as its exponent was sincere and had been
decentiy recognized in social way. She
gnfded her conversation with caution. how
ever. for fear of embarrassing mistakes.
II mnst be . source Of great happzness, .
ne Rid. This tAleat which enables you to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25

make life pleasanter for so many human
beings
Sometimes even that happiness is de-
MED, replied the young man. a. he brush
Ell his hair from his brow and gazed far
away at his reflection in a mirror. Some
times, in order that 1 may fulfill my artist
ic MISSION. it is necessary for me TO cause
pain. Human nature Is such that progress
is sometimes impossible without some
st ocls to disturb the inertia which invites
decay"
Mrs. OilriZ coughed slightly two or three
times, and remarked. yes. think 80. TOO"
After pause she inquired: w hat is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
49, ~ f Z sHtE2S%4lo
IN 25ll s1 S0t-Eh?

modern guns. They were huTriedly and
cheaply made. generally by contract work.
L can't state now exactly how many thous-
and muskets there were. but there were at
least thirty thousand recorded as having
been surrendered My own IDEA is that the
most of them were broken up as valueless,
though great quantity of them were sold
as junk and scrap iron. The cannon have
also gone out of eXistence-most of them
in the same way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25

In the late German Empress Aurust.,.
household there was library for the use
q her servants. It troubled her to see the
footmen 20 many hours Of the day With
nothing TO do. All the books In e were
specially selected by her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
A Train of Thought.

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
A Train of Thought.
A ray of sunlight steals across the dusty
room and throws
A bit of cheer once more upon the book
shelf where ii glows.
A glmmer of conten;Iacnt spreads his
wrinkling vishSe DER,
AS the gentle-faced ole fellow finds his
favorite nook once more.
The present, with its cares, is quite forgot
ten as he looks
On the past with all its pageantry, unfold
ed there in books;
And some Latin, as he reads it, makes him
smile to think of how
Beginners sadly struggle with the verb
''amare' now.
Then sigh half checks his smiling as he
thinks how fate win teach
Tie heart more than the mind by that illu-
sive part Of speech;
And he leaves his book to ponder on the
days-ah! how time flies
When they two" traced all Its moods and
lenses in each others eyes.
x
NOt Free.
The athletic young man was inhaling
great lungfuls of the crisp air.
It's almost worth the depression of a
high temperature with lots of humidity"
he was saying, Ito fully appreciate this
eNhilarating atmosphere. 1t needs some
unpleasant experience as a standard of
comparison to enable US 70 fully enjoy hap
piness when we really attain it,"
It's very refreshing replied Willie
Washington.
ut positively makes new man of me-"
the rhapsodic friend persisted. 1T makes
me forget all about this life and its sordid
cares 1 feel free as a BIRD
AS free as WHAT was the rather anx-
ious inquiry
As a bird. Do you object to the COM
parison?"
Yes f5--'t like to interfere with your
ralnboWs fancy nor your flowers OF
speech. But ! wish you could have said
that in some other way. When / recall the
fact that yesterday evening, after the thea
Ter, two or three birds Were the cause of
my having 10 pay out something over s.,
to the waiter. your smile doesn't sound
Ike anything but gross, gloomy sar-
casm."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25

Though the confederate army. when Gen.
eral Lee surrendered. surrendered many
thousand -muskets." said an ordnance Of
heer OF the army. Il have great doubts il
one hundred Of them are stiil in the Dos
session of the government. In the armories
OF the government In Illinois, Massachu-
sets and California few may have been
kept. but there are but few. The War De-
partment has few. but the wagon loads
OF them have disappeared no one knows
exactly where. As an arm the rifles sur
rendered were without value except In a
few commands where they had secured
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-12

change. The two lived together in little room on the top floor of 8 Cherry street tenement with their grand mother, who was supposed to keep house for them. The old lady, how ever, kept house only when her bottle was empty, and most of the work was done by Polly. She was the only mother Batsey could remember, and the two children had faced the world together, almost unaided, for over three years. It had kept them quite busy to find food and pay the rent; there had been no time for "trimmin's," as Polly called the various luxuries which were beyond their reach So "Christmas" had been word of little meaning to Batsey.
 Up to last year he had known the great children's day only as time when he could sell more papers than usual, and when he occasionally got a nickel instead of a penny for his wares. Then he had overheard q heated argu- ment between Johnnie Guf1in and Bonesy the Fake as to the existence of Santa Claus-Bonesy maintaining that there was such a person in all the mission houses, with a long white beard and pocket stuffed full of good things to eat. As usual when Batsey was in doubt, he questioned Polly.
 Santa Claus? well, should guess so" said Polly; "but he don't come no where round here" Then, seeing the tears come into Batsey's eyes, she sat down and told him one of the fairy stories which she frequently invented to amuse him.
 Santa Claus is an old, old man." said she-"ever so many hundred years old, but he isn't wrinkled a bit. His face is red and he has long white beard, and he wears fur cap and coat and big mittens. I saw picture of him once when I went to Sunday school. He lives way, way off in Christ mas-tree land, where nothing grows but Christmas trees, and there's snow on the ground all the time. He drives reindeers, like you've seen pictures of in the papers, and he rides in a great big sleigh"
 He must be awful rich,s sighed Bat sey.
 'He is" said Polly. grandly. "He has everything; and on Christmas night he rides around and leaves a Christ mas tree in every house, and hanging with candy and nuts and things. But he can't come here. you see, 'cause there isn't any snow; and maybe he wouldn't anyway. I guess he only goes to see rich folks that live in Christ nlas-tree land"
 "Is it very far away?" asked Bat sey. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-12
THE LATEST FASHIONS.
What tho Business Woman Needs
 for House Wear.
snshes and Belts-ynriety and Num- ber of Fnncy Waists II Boon to the Girl of the Gown-Fash-
 ionnbIe Stocks.

LUST what to get in the way of house xj dresses is problem which often presents a serious aspect to the av- craze business woman. After much delving into the subject the following seems to be the best solution:
 A loose dressing wrapper, which may be made of lambs wool in some pretty coloring. 1t should have a rather loose cut box plait down the center of the back, another down the front, and be unlined. Large bishop sleeves are the proper shape. The garment may be finished with eroeheted edge of worsted 10 match the main color and fastened at the neck with a cord and sassel of the same under turn=down collar.
 Then a eombing jacket is needed, made of some prettily colored muslin, low at the neck and short of sleeve.