Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-25
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cleaned every other day are Informed that
the price will be IS cents per month after
the 18th day of October next; to those who
have their shoes cleaned singly ION Sum
day. the price will be 1211a cents; for boots
. cents.
He also informs his customers that he
will be supplied this Fall with some Of the
water proof backing. which will prevent
water from penetrating the boot or Shoe"
X
There is living IN my town." said Mr.
Louis Mckenzie of Moorhead, Mimi, IN a
conversation at the Arlington this morning,
an old lady with the most remarkable ex-
perience 1 have yet heard of. She is the
mother-in-law Of our leading hotelkeeper,
Col. H. A. Burns. The remarkable thing
about her is that. although she was born
in Scotland near Perth, she has lived near
ly- all her life on the North American con-
tinent. and she has never seen New York,
chicago, or, indeed, any part of the United
States except the northern portion of Min
nesota. She has not seen even our twin
cities OF St Paul and Minneapolis. Oh, no !:
sne Ism blind. and she Is as bright and as
observing as the keenest boy or girl you
ever saw. She is, in fact, most Charming
Old lady. we'll educated and great reader
She came in 1888 when q child of ten with
her father. Captain Allan Rae. through
Hudson's bay. to Fort Garry, where Winni-
peg now stands. They passed through the
straits In July. and the ice was so bad
they lay there three weeks without seeing
open water There were two ships there
and the ladies walked back and forth on
the Ice to attend dinner parties When the
snip from York factory arrived where they
were she was covered with ice two feet
thick all over her decks. This ice was
formed from the spray that dashed over
her on her tempestuous voyage northward
That's a nice cool thing to think of on a
day like this. The old lady has aIwava
been averse to travelling any more and abe
mas peeen wholly content to live and die in
her northland home. Her "reminiscences
are OF course, very interesting
X X
The great chances are that 1t will rain on
the Fourth of July and that there will he
storm accompanying it," said a we'll
known weather expert to a Star reporter.
but 1t is regarded as unprofessional and
unscientific to make any predictions of that
kind any more. You may remember vol
unteered a prediction in The Star for the
last Fourth of July. ItIwas somewhat SEN
sational, 1 admit. for I had made I'D nv
mind that we not only would have a severe
storm. but would have snow and hail that
day. though the two seldom If ever come
on the same day. The snow came all right
out 1t did not get as far east as I nre
dicted, though there was a fall of snow in
wyoming. Arizona, along the edges of
Michlgan and In other states, the nearest
being in northern Pennsylvania Practi-
caiiy however, my prediction was correct
out the snow did not fall where I Thought
II would. / was over five hundred miles
out OF the way at the nearest point, which
sort or cured me Of venturing on any more
puoiic preoictlons. 1t Is pretty safe guess
that there will be rain this Fourth of JuIv
however, though the conditions do not point
to anything in addition in the way of side
attractions. Ordinarily there is a certain
amount OF rain every year. though the
amount varies. of course In the past eight
weeks the rainfall in this section of the
country and all through the south along
the Atlantic coast has been very small
MY idea Is that the rain will commence in
the next week or so, and keep up pretty
steadily until about the second week Of
July, which will make the Fourth an unen-
Joyable day. hope 1 may be wrong about
IT, II. as Is claimed by many, and there
are some reasons for the claim, the inces-
sa al aischarge OF powder, dynamite and
other explosives on and about the Fourth
OF July produces rain, there will be a heavy
shower, for the indications are for a very
free celebration o, the natal day, as far as
explosive are concerned"
X x
THE life Of q Panama hat that is II It
Is a good one to start with" explained a
somewhat with the life Of the owner of it.
One can run through either In hurry or
hang on for long time If 1t is desired.
If carefully kept. a Panama hat should
last all the way from ten to forty years.
I know a gentleman who resides in East
Washington who has owned and steadily
worn during the summer months a Pan
anna hat for nearly forty years. It has
been bleached every couple Of years since
and retrimmed and refined. and it Is today
to all fntents and purposes as good as VIII
1 first saw 1t thirty years ago. know Of
another Panama hat now worn by a ply
as long a life. Long before he got 1t his
father wore 1t. I know dozens of them
which have been in use from ten to twenty
years The lining wears out, but the body
OF the hat keeps good. OF course. care has
to be used to keep them such a long time,
but the Panama itself Is almost indie
structible. The original cost of the hats
that refer to was not exorbitant, none of
them costing over $14."
*k
81 have been hunting up informa tion
about the great hail storm of 1885," said
DR.. Stone of Brightwood to Star reporter.
'but have not, 30 far, been able to get at
the exact day. though I think it was some
where about the end Of June. It was that
Kl6SS
in the Capitol and the public buildings. at
least on the front which was exposed to the
he'll. remember the storm myself, though
was but lad at the time. My father
often referred to 1t. and especially to the
very peculiar copper-colored cloud that
brought the hail. 1 have seen many hail
storms since. but none to compare with
that. I don't know chat copper-colored
clouds are the forerunners Of hail. but I
an IN MI hot rl,, tha~
connection somewhere. 1 am free to admit
that II l ever see such colored cloud
again I will seek safe quarters and advise
all others to do the same"
Mrs. Wiggles-'I didn't know that Mr.
Binks had title"
Mrs. Waggles-"Neither did l. What is
it?"
well. his servant says that everything
comes addressed James Binks, c. O. D. +"
-SOmerYilla Journal