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fast. and it's enjoyment is permitted by the
railway company"
But" interrupted the fair passenger,
gentlemen don't usually smoke in the
presence of ladies'.
Perhaps not" the clerk said, unless the
ladies put themselves in the way of the
smoke. and then it is to be presumed that
they enjoy the perfume of good cigar
Good Cigars. muttered the woman, IS
she arose and started to the front of the
car. She then took a front seat, far away
from the clouds of smoke from the nickel
cigar.
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Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts has a nat
| ural and an abundant supply of New Eng
land economy. Not only does he economize
in his expendtures-he rides to and fro
from his hotel to the Senate in the street
cars-but he economies in time. One of
his peculiar street car habits which can be
observed twice day. any day. is his SEEM
| ingly unconscious desire to get seat near
| the door where he Is to get out. The other
| day he boarded long F street car which
| was we'll filled. The Venera BILE sena tor had
| to take a seat near the front end. AS the
| car proceeded toward the Capitol the pas
| sensers gradually got out Every time a
! person next to the senator got out he
4 promptly slid into the vacated place. BY
repeating this sliding operation half dozen
| times the senator arrived at the seat next
| the door, which he held the balance of the
| journey.
| The senator seemed preoccupied the while
j with other matters his lips were moving
! rapidly, evidently trying to keen mace with
| his thoughts. and when he executed the
| move for his departed neighbours seat 1t
| was with the unconscious eagerness of a
small boy after an apple.
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| Gen. Forwood. who succeeded Gen Stern
| berg at the head of the medical department
| OF the army last week, is a quiet unassum-
| ing man, and never parades his military
rank For the last year or so he has been
IN the habit of getting shaved in a place
| on 18th street not far from the avenue.
| lnasmuch as he never encourag ed any ex-
| change of condolences with the artist who
removed the superfluous hair from his head
| he remained unknown to the employees OF
| the snop except as a medical man, and as
! such was always greeted simply as Doc
| tor. AS Is usual with The Star in the case
! of important appointments. that paper fol-
! lowed the announcement of Gen. Forwood' >
| appointment as surgeon general with n
| haIf-tone portrait and a biogra ph1caI
| sketch. That the picture was a good one
| was demonstrated to the new surgeon gem
| era when he visited the barber shop the
\ next day, for to hts great surprise the en-
| pfoyes made great to do over him and
addressed him as General" with unneces-
| sary repetition of the title On inquiry he
! ascertained that the BARRIERS never even
| knew his name until they saw his picture IN
/ the paper.
| = y x x x
| A gang of men was tugging away at a
! great pole the other day on one of the bust
ness streets trying to get it through an al
! ley to the inside of the block When in
place 1t was to carry telephone wires, and
/ as the telephone users We're evidently nu-
merous in that locality the pole was CORE
| spondingly hong and thick. One of the
! giants of the forest had fallen when the ak
| was laid at the root of this specimen for
| what was left of the tree, stripped of it's
| branches and its bark. must have been
! fully sixty feet long and some three feet in
| diameter. The men pulled and hauled, but
/ apparently made but little progress, and We.
| 1t vas no small force that was applied as
| no less than thirty sun-browned working
| men united their strength in the task
| Finally with lift altogether the highest
| end was raised high enough to permit
! small platform on two wheels to be run I'M
| der. and upon this a portion of the weight
| rested The gang of men moved forward
| little, and, raising the tree trunk the plat
! form was pushed farther along until a
| point was reached where the ends were bal
| anced and then the bulk was easily pushed
| along the street on the wheeled platform to
the alley.
AS is usual when any manual labor is go
| Ing on in the streets Of the city, spectators
J gathered about watching with the interest
work. Why such a commonplace as men
| at labor should attract attention is one
| of the curious problems of human nature
| which has never been fully explained.
| Naturally. they looked they talked, and
| the latter was largely critical of the meth
| DDS employed, as well as the way the job
/ was being done. From the curbstone spec
| tators the boss Of the gang might have had
| for nothing d whole lot of suggestions
! But none were offered, perhaps because
none were requested.
| One man who had a cool place beneath
| the shade of a tree remarked casually, but
| also diSdainfuhy: They raised them poles
| just that way forty years ago. Where is
! your modern machinery" he added with
| scorn-
| Perhaps hand labor is cheaper" observed
| his neighbor, who looked disconnected.
| The boss Of this gang" broke In keen
looking man, said there We're machines for
| handling telegraph and other poles, but his
| company did not have one"
At that point in the discussion the pole
| began to move rather rapidly up the street
| and the group of spectators melted away
| There are $3.50 blind persons In the east
end of London. many of whom have to beg
! for a living, states the sightless president Of
| the National League of the Blind