Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

a Young son of Mr.. Frank =. Madigan
had an experience with the advert sing
columns of The Evening Star few days
ago. and he is now telling his friends OF
the result of his experience. Master Maol-
gan was the owner of a pet dog that had
never remained away from home over night
until the time of the unveiling of the Sher-
man statue
where's Sport?" the youth inquired of a
member of the family upon his return from
the ceremonies attending the unveiling.
No member of the family could answer
the question: and that night, when the
owner of the animal retired. he was not in
good humor. The absence Of the canine
member of the family troubled him eX-
ceedngly, for he felt sure that his pet
would not remain away of his own accord
Il know how to get Sport back, said the
youth to his father.
How he asked
Advertise in The Star" was his answer,
land he's sure to come home.
Two days elapsed and the father had
neglected to have the advertisement insert
ed The morning of the third day he said
he would be certain to remember the re-
quest, and that afternoon the advertise
ment appeared In The Star, in which 1t was
made to appear that liberal reward would
lie paid for the return of the pet.
THAT afternoon" said Mr.. Madigan. re-
lating the occurrence to friend the next
containing the advertisement appeared at
the door the same time.
II knew the advertisement would bring
Sport home" said the youthful member of
the family, land we won't have to pay the
reward either
The citizens of the town of Sweet. Canyon
county. Idaho. have adopted novel meth
Cd of obtaining water supply for domestic
and irrigation purposes.
The water is dug out of the hillside, with
wells run like tunnels. and not down into the
earth as ordinary wells are dug. Just back
of. or. rather, on the east side of the town
there is a bluff and high land above Out
of the bluff clear. sparkling. mountain wa
ter can be procured almost anywhere by
merely running a tunnel in from twenty to
forty feet.
At one point in town a stream sufficient
to irrigate a fine orchard and garden. be-
sides ample supply for domestic use and
for watering all the teams that pass that
way, comes pouring out of the forty-foot
tunnel. Neither the spring freshets nor the
summer drouthS affect its flow. In the
summer time its waters are cool and re-
freshing; in winter, warm. and no teeth
Chatterng is the result of a sip from this
sparkling rivulet.
1T seems to be fashionable to plead in
ed with crime for the first time" observed
an official of a penal institution and it
IS about time that the courts and juries
were paying but little attention to such
Pleas. In a case where il is known that
man was insane at the time the crime
charged was committed the prosecuting at
torney is usually more than willing TO
Lave the mans mental condition deter
mined in advance of trial. and when such
action is not taken there is seldom but
little to warrant such plea being made.
I'm some cases" he continued. amusing
features have developed. People to whom
10 suspicion of insanity was ever attached
become suddenly insane when they get in
prison. and their queer conduct sometimes
ends about as suddenly as it started
Charge man of good reputation with
crime and he can sometimes feign insan-
ity TO order at short notice Others are
not such apt scholars and make them
selves ridiculous.
only short time ago a prisoner in the
District Jail who feared a penitentiary SEN
tence pretended he was insane and played
his part we'll until trap was set for him,
and then he was only too glad to let every
body Know he was not crazy. This man
procured the pictures of a great many fe-
males and pasted them on the walls of his
cell Then he paraded before them and an
nounced himself as Solomon. and pretended
he imagined the pictures were his wives He
would address them by name and spend
hours conVerSing with them. Several eff
forts were made to show he was shamming
and the officials had about concluded he
was really insane when it was decided to
make one more effort.
He was told that some information of
benefit to him had been obtained, but his
devotion to his many wives was of more
value to him than the information. Then