Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24
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followed in reading works of a serious ma
ture, is not without its advantages, for the
enjoyment of book is frequently heighten-
ed by the realization that others have read,
enjoyed and marked it before YOU"
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horses hoof has been selected as the
insignia of the corps Of veterinarians, the
latest addition to the United States army.
The prosaic hoof Is given a neurological
value by the addition Of wings like unto
those of Mercury, in order to give the ef-
feet of motion. Veterinarians In the cav
airy arm will wear the winged horse hoof
pendent from the familiar crossed sabers.
and those attached to the artillery will dis
play 1t under the crossed cannonS symbolic
of that arm.
A minister who lives on Sth street north
east not many squares from the entrance
to Kendall Green has a little girl who is
much interested in the deaf mutes who pass
by the house on the way to and from the
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb. Her mother was telling her that
they could not talk and were obliged to
spell the words on their fingers. Little
Helen thought for a moment and asked
Mamma, when they cough. do they have
to cough with their fingers"
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man who recently made fence of the
jail?' inquired a policeman the other day
after he had read an account of the trans
action in The Evening Star.
Il stopped thinking about such things
long ago." was the response. There's
nothing more surprising in that than
there Is in the statement that thefts have
been committed in the Police Court and
police headquarters"
THAT Is true" said the young member
of Major Sylvester's force, 'but I can
hardly believe that thefts have been per-
petrated in those places. 1t seems incredi.
BILE that people would take such desperate
chances. but If you say that such things
have occurred 1t must be So
1t was explained that number of thefts
have been committed in the court building
during several years and that few ar
ticles have also disappeared from head
quarters. ----.--.,..s-
The policemans informant went on to
explain to him that he should never be sur
prised at anything he hears affecting the
conduct of evildoers.
Counterfeit money has been made in the
best of state prisons" he was told. land
some sensational murders have also been
committed within prison walls. With all
the strict discipline in the big reformatory
institutions the inmates form conspracies
and manage to accomplish nearly as much
as those who are not confined within prison
walls.
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Slips of language now and then occur in
the Senate to lend amusement to the usually
dgnified proceedings of that august body
of legislators. During the past week Sena-
tor Frye. president pro tenn Of the Senate.
when presiding, desired to dispose of the
Vest resolution providing for free anthra-
cite coal by referring 1t to the committee
on finance. The purport of this resolution
was carried in the legislation recently
adopted placing anthracite on the free list
without restriction. so that the Vest res
olution could serve no purpose by contin-
uing to retain it's privileged place before
the Senate. The chair on such occasions
either asks unanimous consent to refer the
resolution or asks II there is objection to
it's reference. Senator Frye addressed the
Senate. saying:
''Is there unanimous consent to referring
the Vest resolution to the committee on
finance?"
He looked over the Senate and there being
no response continued, under the impression
that he had asked If there was any objec-
ton to the proposition:
THE chair hears none and the resolution
is so referred"
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At the beginning Of the present session
of Congress Carter Glass was sworn IN q
member of the House Of Representatives
from Virginia. Mr.. Glass has been a
punctual voter at the several roll calls of
the House which have been taken during
the session. When he votes on the afhrmd-
tive side of question his clear voice rings
out with a decided AYE" and pronounces
the word "eye." 1t Is the custom Of the
clerk calling the names Of members on a
clerk sitting beside him, and each time the
name Of Mr.. Glass Is reached and the Vir-
gnia member votes, the dialogue runs
something like this:
Mr.. Glass;" shouts the clerk-"eye"-
responds Mr.. Glass-"eye'' repeats the
clerk.
THAT means two glass eyes" facetiousiy
remarked a wicked member who had q
seat next to Mr. Glass the other day just
after the above dialogue had been re-
Deated.