Evening star., 1902-01-18
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An incident which amused all but three
Passengers on a 14th street car occurred
a few mornings ago. A young man with
flowing blond hair. who is one of the best
known prosecuting officers in the local
courts was the victim. HE tried to be
smart, one of the passengers remarked,
but the young man denies the accusation.
The car was crowded, as usual, and the
young man occupied seat near the door.
Why the motorman should stop the car for
additional passengers he could not under
stand. The car stopped, nevertheless. and
In walked two females. One was a woman
OF uncertain age and not strikingly hand
some while the other was a young wo-
man IN her twenties and beautiful. -
Now. said the prosecutor to himself,
IN show these people I'm not going to
give up my seat just because 1 can favor
q pretty girl
He vacated the seat and reaching to the
woman of the greater number of years re-
marked: This seat is for you
How dare you reflect on my age in such
q manner? the woman asked. 'I'H not
take your seat"
Turning to the pretty young lady. he
made the offer of the seat to her, only TO be
told: iii not take 1t. either
Then the young man went back as far
as he could and rode on the platform. while
the passengers in the car enjoyed the affair
as huge joke
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q" 'Nonoeye' was the cabalistic inscription
on a letter recently delivered at my house."
remarked a city father to Star reporter
the other day. I'm pretty good at guessing
puzzles and refuses. and after some study
1 conquered that one. l live on street.
The number IS not material The address
on the letter In question gave my number
all right, but through the carelessness of
the writer his F looked more like an l. The
letter was given to the carrier on that
beat and it was he that marked 1t Mono
eye. That meant that there was no such
number on / street, and then the postal
authorities tried the same number on
street and the letter reached its proper
destination.
A prominent United States senator met
friend whom he had not seen for some time.
why, you have lost great deal of flesh
and are looking much thinner than 1 ever
saw you before" said the senator. What is
the matter?'' The friend explained that for
q long time he had suffered from a severe
chronic case OF dyspepsia which kept him
miserable and In pain a great deal of the
time. Now, let me tell you something"
began the senator. II suffered terribly from
that same trouble for many years, and i
was treated by all sorts of doctors, without
the slightest benefit 1 grew thinner and
weaker all the time and saw that 1 was
going down hill fast. 1 had ceased to care
whether | ate at all and had no appetite
for anything. 1 simply ate something oc
casionally merely to keep myself together.
In reading some newspaper advertisements
i saw the name of a man who healed by
magic OF course, 1t appealed to my mind
as being a fake and L had no confidence
in the man or his treatment. l read the
advertisement again next day and threw
the paper away without paying attention.
But that advertisement bobbed in front of
me every day when picked up the paper
My wife read 1t also, and said, Suppose
told her We would do so when Congress ad-
journed and We started home. Well. we
went, more out of curiosity than anything
else. / may add that the man was after
ward excluded from using the mails on the
ground of being fraud. The magic healer
heard my statement, listened carefully and
asked me how l made speech in the Sem
ate, whether on-hand or prepared. l told
him l spoke extemporaneously, without
note OF any kind. How are you able to do
this? he asked. 1 answered readily. that
1T was because knew my subject and had
confidence in my ability to speak and say
what | wanted. You had confidence them?
h. queried- Why don't You have conf
dence in your own stomach. then? Why
do you treat IL as an open enemy. dread
ing to eat anything for fear 1t will hurt
you. and hating the looks of food? Why
don't you treat your stomach kindly and
regard it as your friend, capable of help
Whatever you want to eat take with con-
Hdence that your stomach will handle
II your mouth waters for certain thing,
eat that thing and rest assured that ma
ture will supply the fluids required to di-
geSt It, Don't eat what you don't care for
and don't burden your friend with some
thing that your mind and your taste have
no use for. Now, remember this and follow
the directions That was all he said.
was impressed and went away with feel
Ing that there was something in what was
said That day hungered for sweet things
and | ate them in moderation / suffered
no trouble. and from that day to this
have improved In health and have had no
trouble with my stomach. My mind has
ceased to regard the stomach as an enemy
Of my body and thinks Of it kindly and
considerateIy."
y
Secretary Roots order compelling army
officers stationed In this city. on office duty,
70 wear their uniforms during Office hours