The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-25

the poor rascal and the EallOWS / ought
to do the best by him / could So l took
up the case and went into court AS I
Investigated 1t, 1t began to look queerly,
and when 1t came up for trial l had no
difficulty in proving absolutely by the
state own witnesses that the man had
no motive for the murder, and that he
was not within four miles of the place at
the time it happened He was finally con-
WINGED that he had not committed the
crime when the testimony was all in
and his confession was 4 mystery to all
OF Us Tor a long time. He said he had
complete remembrance of the act of the
murder when he was taken to the police
station and felt obliged to confess it It
atterward developed that, having been
drinking heavily he returned home the
morning after the murder, and while lying
on his bed, heard the details of it read
from the paper by his daughter The
reading impressed the details IIpon his
half-stupetled mind, and when he became
partly deliriOuS while SOLDERING uD the
facts Of the murder projected themselves
INTO the deIiTium- As a result of his con-
IeSSiOn ana trial the real TnurdererS were
caught Reading rs confession in the pa
peTS they thought 81 was safe to return
TO the city They ,+jG so. were appreheni-
ed by the detectives. tried, and convict
The little bells tinkle and tinkIe. and
the students in the Business High School
are nearly driven distracted The bells
that tinkle are those attached TO the com
putting machines in the Census Office. The
windows Of both buildings are open now
to let in the cool spring air, and inciden-
tally they LEI out the sound from the Cen
sus Office and let it in to the Business
High School The tinkle, so say the stu
dents who are now trying to get ready for
their final work, is not merry little
tinkle.' but very aggravating one It
begins at the stroke Of nine, Just
after the boys and girls nave settled down
at their desks, ard it continues with no
interruption save a short time at mid
day when the census clerks take a short
time off for lunch. When the students
leave in the middle of the afternoon il is
still going, .'tinkIe, tinkIe tinkIe." and
when they come back in the morning it
begins with their arrival In fact now
that it IS Open-window weather the whole
working day of the Business High School
scholars is haunted with the .'tinkIe. tin
kie, tinEle.' They read ''tinkIe, tinIlle
tIakle" in their books. They add "tinkle
tiakle, tinSIe'' in their columns Of figures
They recite their lessons to ''tinkIe. tin
kle. tiukIe-" They take down their short
hand dic:ation to "tiukIe, tiukle, tfnkIe.-'
and "tInkle, tinkle, tinkle-- II goes every
hour Of the day
Ii is not a musical 'tinkIe" for the in
VentOr who made The machines did not
think when he devised the beautiful me-
chanisn which records so accurately the
figures from punched sheets that is would
be a wis and thoughtful thing for him
70 have all bells attached to the apparatus
tuned 10 the same note Not he. Now
there are many dozen machines in the
one ROOM Inc Dell OF eaCh tInkIing out its
own note, without any regard for the 9TH
tTS. and making the most high pitched
and penetrating discords imaginable
Zach operator in the large room is listen
ing for her own bell and is partially OBJ
HEIOus TO all the others, and therefore
they do not annoy her. Anyhow it's her
business to be in the room. and she is
paid for enduring the thin-yoiced racket
that the little bells make
The Business High School students are
not PAID TO listen to it. and the ''tinIlle
tinkle hauHtS them. 1t haunts them as
they sit at their desks. as they 20 through
the corridors. when they 90 into the far
thest rooms and shut the door after them
when they are in the library, while they
Try to puzzle out problems in algebra
''tinEle, tinIde, tinkle' all day long
IN busting out some drawers long IN
used, and which had at one time contain
ed war records. a clerk Of the War De
paTtment last week found a half dozen
pins Of the most oId-fashioned shape i'm
asiaabLe- They had evidently been used
in fastening together documents written
at the very first Of the nineteenth century
ard from their appearance they belonged
to that period. They are 3 sermon on the
mechanical progress Of the age, for they
eXempIify the revolution that has taken
place since pins were Iaboriously made
by hand, a few score a day, while they
are now turned out by the million from
the hopper Of one machine.
The pins found are of hard brass. about
an inch long and somewhat thicker in the
shank than those we are accustomed to
use today The head IS Of brass. and Of
immense proportions. 1t was evidently
made by wrapping around the uusharpen-
Cd end Of the pin small brass wire until
a turban shaped cap was formed Of sufRA
cient size 10 keep the pin from slipping
through whatever material it was stuck
into. IN the heads are today visible the
marks Of the hammer which was used to
weld the wire together and make il stav
on and the scratches Of the file which
sharpenod the end Of the brass wire are
stll to be seen. This pin Of a century
ago Is an UupretentiOus sort Of an affair
when compared with the bright. slender
bodied. neat-headed thing Of today
a queer assortment of vehicles stand at
the curb before the massive portals Of the
Riggs Bank At almost any time of the
day q dozen different kinds and a dozen
different shapes may be found there.
There are singIe-seated buggies. with
A''I'Sr LL4tAi Si'-Alts- ike "lStiS sui thick
with the red mud Of Virginian roads
There are two-wheeIed suIIlies. old STYLE
with narrow cane seat, and no place for
the feet but stirrups on the shaft. There
are bright and shining coupes of sle city
Eeutlefoik, with coachmau and footmau
in boots and liveries sitting stifiy on the
seats, and there are the smart bi1e-wheeI-
ed run-a-b0uts of sporting gentlemen. all
drawn w 90 the sidewalk in most demo-
cratic Couclave- There IS study in
horses, too-many Uucurried from the
country with shaggy fetIOCfss and rough
backs, unchecked, and hanging their
weary heads. and others polished with
comb and brush until their sides fairly
gliSten, their heads high and their mouths
toamIng as they champ the jangIiug bit
The little strip Of curling before the
historic Old bank is the most Southern
looking place in the city Of Washington
leaving out Of course. Georgetown. The
TamshackIe and clay-cOvered top bug
Gies the uukempt horses. that hang their
heads the owners with brimmed felt hats
who come out to claim the teams and
drive away, the caIico-cIad women and
children that occupy them as they stand.
all seem To be taken from q picture Of an
OId-tjme Southern Court House
Chinese Chenp Labor.