Evening star., 1901-06-29
THINGS
HEARD
and SEEN

plain attempt to humliate the young chap
before the girls and my heart went out to
him as he flushed red under the remark,
ana young girl had the exceeding bad
grace to litter
:" And 1 say the big man continued,
pulling aside the lapel of the young fellow s
macintosh and disclosing a spotless shirt
front: A dress suit! Not really, Bobby :"
But Bobby had himself well in hand by
this time and, rising to his feet, he
answered slowly, Why, yes, old man..
Did you never see one? I'll show you
what they're like And then in quiet, but
very audible tones, and with the perfect
assumption of innocence which carried him
through. he unbuttoned his outer coat and
began to demonstrate just how dress suit
is cut and fashioned, and finally volun-
teered to take his macintosh completely
of In order to give the back view. By this
time the cad was moving fast for the rear
platform, and a buzz of genuine admra-
ton went through the car as Bobby sat
down, He got out at the next corner.
and. as he passed me, I gave him most
undignif1ed whack on the back"
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I'm a recent Saturday Star some one
commented on the fact that the Cinnamon
prevented whiskers growing their faces
by dry shaving said a western man. For
three hundred years, 1t is said they did
not use lather, and the consequence was
a beardless lot of men. To show how
funny 1t looks to see a Chnaman being
shaved you can imagine one sitting in
straight chair with his head bent back in
tiresome position and slOw-moving
Chinese barber scrapng away at
his face. Reclining chairs are not
in use. In Chinatown, San Fran
cisco. Chinese barber shops are seen
everywhere A Chinaman who wishes to
get some hair on his chin has lather used
when he begins shaving. and he is usually
successful after number of years. Occa-
sionally you see man in Chinese bar
ber shop with his face covered with lather,
but it is rare. The Chinese barber uses
no soap and mighty little water, and he
scrapes away at his customer in a most
unconcerned manner when you are stand
ing at the window looking at him. The
principal work of a Chinese barber is to
shave the heads of his customers and to
likewise keep their ears clean. A China
mans ears are shaved often as his head
or face. Chinese barber takes great
pains in cleaning the ears of his custom
ers. He wouldn't get along well If he was
not an expert at this part of the business"
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In a glass case, midway between the
north door and the center court of the
National Museum. may be seen an old
time shotgun and old-time musket.
They rest in a rack. close together, the
musket above the shotgun. The barrels
Of the weapons parallel each other and
are relatively in the same position as they
were forty years ago when the tragedy
which gives interest to the relics happen
ed. The shotgun points to the north and
the musket to the south. 1t was with the
shotgun that Col. E. E. Ellsworth of Ellis
worth Zouaves was killed by James p
Jackson at the Marshall House, Alexan-
dria, Va. May "a. 1861. 1t was with the
yprr l-lt rld hv Of + lev h
| that Jackson was killed. Close by the
guns is a curious little watch chain woven
of the lanyard Of the confederate flag
that f1oated over the Marshall House. In
this collection is Ellsworth's cap orna-
ment, and near this is a scarfpin that
was his.
In the same case with the relics men
toned is the sword of Gen. Lyons, who
was killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek.
The story of this old blade is that 1t was
taken from Lyons body by confederate
soldier, who carried it from the time OF
| the fight at Wilson'S creek, June 10, 1861,
| till we'll toward the close of the civil war.
On exhibition with the weapons are sew
Fort Moultrie. Charleston harbor, which
was hauled down December %. 1860, by
Major Robert Anderson, 1st United
States Artillery, when the command was
about to remove to Fort Sumter Another
| is the first flag raised in Richmond after
the surrender of that city to the Union
| troops. 1t was the headquarters flag Of
Gen. Ord Another is a Union ensign.
the first that was raised In New Orleans
after the capture of that city by United
States forces Suspended in the case Is
| a tattered slken flag. beneath which three
color sergeants were killed in the battle
| of Salem Heights, May 8 and 4. 1868. 1t
is gift to the Museum from Gen. VIM
Henry Browne. the federal commander IN
that engagement Opposite the Salem
Heights flag is a signal flag which belong
ed to the United States ship Huron. which
foundered off the North Carolina coast in
| 1877, when $50 men were lost.
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I Workmen renewing a part of the
brickwork and plaster in one of the angles
/ of the wall at the northwest corner of the
building occupied by the National Museum.
| The damage which made the repairs nee
essary has been attributed to birds. On
| the outside of the wall is a "dOwnpour'
spout, that Is. a spout designed to carry
| rain from the roof to the sewer. On the
| inside of the wall. between the brickwork
| and plaster. is a fue which runs from a
stove In the office of the chief clerk Of
! the museum to the roof Considerable
| trouble has been experienced by the occu-
pants of the office by reason of the fact
| that when a hard rain fell water would
| rush down the fiue and produce unpleas-
ant results. Workmen, upon being called
| in. found that rain rushed down the flue
because the downpour spout was choked
with twigs and leaves deposited by birds.
| A birds nest near the top of the downpour
| contained five eggs. The failure of the
| spout to carry off the water had caused
| much OF the mortar to be washed from
| between the bricks near the northwest
| cornice. and was the cause Of other
damage.
| Costly sickness.
From, the Yonkers Statesman.