Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-08

a The headquarters of the Daughters of the
American Revolution Thursday. An old
C1.ored man called and wanted to see the
head OBJ de house One of the ladies said
that she was acting in that capacity, and
then the old colored man began to go down
in his capacious pocket. =-~-7'1-7----
rs brought yoh some reiicts'' he said.
Il bin read in de Star bout you ais
Daughters of de Revelation an how yous
is coIIectin' relicts. an 1 brought yoh
some
Then he drew from somewhere among his
Fari-colored garments a really precious
package of papers. letter two news
paper of 1IIo and one of 1890.
s had en- a good many yeahs l has"
h said as he unfolded them. II knowed
some folks would think they was VARIABLE
but l KEEP I'm myself. 1 likes to look at
'em. but when 1 see yoh aIs is collectin'.
allowed l oughter carry EN- to yoh"
Mrs. Lindsay of the revolutionary relic
committee was holding a meeting of her
lIdies at the time, SO the old man was taken
|" the committee room. The papers on ex-
animation were found to be authentic and
ri some considerable value. The ladies told
ham that he could undoubtedly get a. good
-'tn for his relics if he would take them
&" some collector, but the old man shook
his head.
4 see in dc Star yoh alls is couectin' relicts
an 1 recknned desc was them. Is shorely
E"h enough but l wasn't bringing desc
Tor de money / jus allowed yoh oughter
nave en- | won't take EN- wha else
The ladies consulted for a moment and
- the fund for the purchase of relics is
small concluded that they could not pur-
chase those offered by the old gentleman
and that they ought not 10 take the arti-
t.'S without remunerating him. While they
were celebrating one of their number fish
ID teu-duIIar bill out of her pocket and
In 10 oil a ,,I.,=,,
jAe relics ard then donated them to the
society
The old mans face was study for a
picture he eyed the crisp grcenback
and allowed that he had never been as rich
in his life befoh''
1t seems that he is resident of Mary
land. and seeing the story in The Star.
to"h day off To bring in his treasures.
He was once slave and belonged to the
family Of Dr. Balm of Capitol Hill. In
appearance he was a revolutionary relic
himself
As Ee was leaving he asked when the
congress would convene. That Informal
ton impaired. he asked if everybody could
attend Satisfied that point, he declared
lis intention Of driving over ''ebery day,
sfo', 20 tend de congress I sut'n My is in
rstd in yoh ALL" he said and on he
fug assured that he would be welcome he
lacked ont his wrinkled old face beaming
with happiness
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Though one-tenth of the available space
III the Arlington national cemetery will
probably never be occupied by grave
sites explained one of the officials of the
cemetery to Il Star reporter, lit is surDris-
ins now many have been buried there in
late years outside of those who came in
in consequence of the anish-American
war When the cemetery laid out the
Spanish was not anticipated, but
when the burials in connection thercxith
H. gan ii found out that there
would be = number aud a special site was
Iscted for them. outside of the latter
lhe rest of the cemetery is occupied
mainly By those who died in connection
with the civil war. Congress by giving
,ar right /" nurses who served during the
--iFil war increased very considerably the
number OF grave sites that have to be
- vided for. The old veterans are stead
.iy coming into their last homes gradually
HHd!HS their way there, and there is
scarcely day that one more burjlls
30 not take place. Indeed in the past two
"r three months three or four each day
have had Z" be provided for. 1t may not
D. generally known that veterans are al
lowed to select their own grave sites but
such Is the fact, and already there are
several hundred grave sites selected. Each
IS made matter Of record. AS a rule,
the ola veterans. for they all old now,
select sites near where their acquaintance
rest Outside of those who die in this
city there Plumbers who come from
other sections The books show large
number of sites that have been selected by
officers of distinction. Many of these are
in what is popularity called the new sec
ZION, though II Is not newer in any sense
than any other part. General Miles has
selected site for himself and has fire.
quently visited il. Around him will be
the graves OF a number of those who
served with him. In the ordinary course
OF things almost all the veterans of the
civil war will be buried inside of the next
ten or fifteen years, though a few may
be fortunate enough to extend their time
few years further OF course. all the
veterans of the civil war will not be
buried at Arlington. but it is safe to say
that majority of the officers who are
sim In the army and navy win eventually
come there. There are about Is 800
graves at Arlington now, and IL q neces-.
Sity arose 2n,GD could be buried there"
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"stove dealers, and especially stove re-
Falrers. have been on a dead rush during
the recent cold SPELL said stove repair
man 70 d star reporter but the work has
rot been Of satisfactory character One
Of the hardest things in our business is to
make an cid or WORKOUT stove or furnace
give out as much heat as Is desired during
these occas oral extreme cold spells Some
how. people postpone having necessary re-
pairs done until a blizzard strikes them
Then all want their work done at the same
time IL il somewhat amusing to an old
timer TO have to listen to compla hits sespe-
ciaHy ~heu the complaint comes from those
who rent houses. House owners now and
then are almost as unreasonable, bat the
average tenant thinks it his or her bounden
duty 10 necessarily complain In nine
tenths of the cases the trouble arises in con-
sequence OF the small amount of coal used
doubt il there are 100 houses in the entire
city that are heated just right every day
and part of day throughout a winter sea-
son Tenants think they are particularly
imposed upon Those who have furnaces
think that CRATES or latrobes give greater
quantity and more direct heat, while those
who ere thus provided think that furnaces
are th@ things 10 be desired during cold
spell The fact Of the matter is that there
are not twenty-five private houses in the
city that can be kept as warm as the occu-
La't.s nf them would desire during about