Evening star., 1899-11-11


frru tho rural districts. where his whskers
Haf ourgrpvu his education. But this
specimen Of Ethiopia had an idea Of the
rtrpri-ty OF things and believed himself
pretty well posted or matters in general.
especially ou the subject of the proper
forms Of personal nomenclature. He was
o,r IF those old country co!osed men who
can talk q blue streak. no matter how in
correctly. and pose before his brethren,
a. ignorant as himself. as a truly marvel
cu< >avaut OF the closing period of the
century
Armed virh a sickle he started forth to
cut The municipal grass. applying from
house 90 house for individual jobs on the
lawns He was at work on a certain plot
when the head If the household returned
from his days work at the office. The
WiaLd-r Of the grasS-s"yering steel spoke
most politely to The master of the home
stead. ami when that gentleman responded
with a few kindly words. the colored
brother was only too willing to rush for
ward with a conversation. Now. if there
WAS one thing in the world he was proud
Of it was his ability To talk on the Bible.
He did not know that his dates We're all
wrong. and that his stories were badly
mixed So long as his hearers smiled and
listened. he proceeded I he employer pa
tiently listened 10 yards of such talk and
Nsl% " t-tittiI!S 10 iIiIh MS grass cutter
something Of Il marvel So interested did
h. become that he finally asked the old
man his name.
We'll. sur" responded that individual,
some folks calls ME Nose, but the II Ut
Is sur. my maiden name is Moses"
Nose does not understand to this day
Nny MS employer on that occasion hurs+
into such unseemly laughter at the mere
correction Of his Biblical cognOmen.
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Washington correspondent desiring to
make 5 much as possible out of the
bewey-Iiazen wedding, felt impeled to
give & description of the dress worn by the
bride for travelling. Such descriptions
We're entirely out of his line but necessity
: the mother Of invention He created an
extraordinary costume, with merely i'm
lr"sSionist idea Of color to give it char
acter- The costume may have been of
broadcloth Of the shade known as eIe-
plants breath. or fawn color. or anything
else Of that general description. but he
called it kind Of a gray silky stuff .
which served his purpose and seemed to
read all right. Around the collar Of the
wrap, however. there was silvery gray
fur. which he was convinced must have a
high-sounding name. the use Of which
ould give character and dignity to his
general description.
As he returned TO his office from the
depot he rev0Ived the matter in his mind
and tried to think what sort Of fur it
might be, He thought Of everything from
ermlne 10 musk-rat skin without getting
The Right sort of Silyery gray impression
Suddenly a brilliant idea struck him
lie was passing a furrier's, and he rushed
bIe4thle~Sly into the establishment and in
an inc"hvrent fashion asked a young lady
who stood behind the counter what sort
OF 4 very expensive fur Of a silyerv gray
color might be worn by lady who wanted
ID F0EaF- hos L,r.r,
cost Then feeling that he had not made
himself quite clear, he explained that he
was trying 70 find name for the collar to
Mrs Dtwey's cloak.
Mrs. Dew-what have they really gone
and got mar explained the girl throw
ing her hands up like French doll.
Yes; they are married. The fur Is Pc
crliarly glossy gray broke in the fmpa-
tient correspondent.
Well. ! declare, Just what 1 thought
he'd do Just like Dew
a sort of glossy. silvery gray. with long
oh, yes; I know what that is. Well,
We'll, l declare, He does not believe In
wasting time. When was it? Where. how
who was there? Tell me about 1T" And
the girl leaned over the counter. her eyes
sparkling with interest and cheeks colored
with excitement.
Just little while ago No one was
there. What sort Of fur did you say 1t
oh. yes; it must have been silver. You
say they Just got married. How I wish
had been there And there wasn't anybody
present She must have felt proud and
he. Did he wear his uniform? Oh and
his sword. Oh, Mary. do YOU hear what
this gentleman says? Dewey's married. -
but the fur
'Of course. but ! can't think for thinking
OF tt-so they are married. Isn't that
SWEET on, I forgot II might have beer
this. this, or this" she said, taking
down one box # fur after another. oh
| wonder how she looked I'd give lot t
have seen it
The correspondent made bolt for tbs
door, with the consciousness of wire
waiting for him. and wrote gray fox il
his copy
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The art Of tea testing in commercial
houses. which formerly proved detrimental
70 the health OF so many men, has OF lat,
years been reduced TO such accuracy tina
the testing part OF it has been PRACTICAL,
eliminated in all but the name. and tea I.
now tested by sight and SMELL remarked
a leading tea importer in New York to {
writer for The Star recently. "Boilinl
wate- Is first poured on an accurately meas
Cred quantity Of the leaves. In a few min
u,es the liquid shows a tint of green o,
brown and the length Of this time and tht
shade Of The color produced are importau