Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05

One day early this week a gentleman
walked briskly into The Evening Star busi-
ness office. and. greeting one of the clerks
affably took up pen and wrote his name
and address on one of the pads OF white
paper. Tearing off the sheet he handed II
to the clerk. saying: Tomorrow even
ing" Without further explanation he
turned to go.
This Is what might have happened:
The clerk might have asked: What
time?''
"Oh. any time before g.
Who'll be there?'
well, my wife and daughter, and posi-
bly, some of our friends; lt'll be all right
VERY we'll 1 suppose it will not be
great dress affair."
why. no; but, hold on. what do you
mean?'
"Well. 1 simply want to know what to ex-
pect. You see, l have not had any reason
TO expect an invitation to spend an even
ing at your home, and of course"
stop! My dear sir. would not so pre-
sumo. What desire is that The Star shall
be served at my house beginning tomorrow
evening. / at first supposed your ques-
lions referred to the safe delivery of the
paper. but it appears we were both under
q misconceptions.
But the incident occurred really, the
der to make sure he ran out and caught the
gentleman just outside the door.
Pardon me. sir, but do you wish to have
The Evening Star delivered at this adj
dress?"
why, yes"
"Oh. thought SO, but wanted to make
sure: 1t will be delivered promptly"
Thank you. Good day"
Good day, SIR
The officials Of the War and Interior De-
partments are considering the necessity of
providing accommodations in the Indian
territory for the Seminole-Negro Indians,
now quartered on the Fort Clark military
reservations in Idaho. There are about 100
Of these people. who occupy an anomalous
place in society. being considered neither
Indians, negroes nor half-breeds. They
have forfeited their right to citizenship in
Mexico. and are denied citizenship in this
country, and to add to their humiliation
they are not recognized as members of the
Seminole tribe Of Indians. They are &C.
scrfbed as peaceful, unoffendlng people
and have given no trouble since their resi-
dence on the Fort Clark reservation. They
are dependent, In time of disaster. upon
mil1tary benevolence, and have several
times been substantially aided by the Gov
eminent. Some twenty of the young men
are employed as scouts, in which capacity
they serve with fidelity and courage on the
pay and allowance of the cavalry soldier
with an additional 40 cents per day. 1t is
now proposed to establish these people On
tract of land in the Indian territory,
where they may earn their living by farm
Ing.
X K X X
The work of cracking an old steel safe
has become very simple" said an inspector
OF the Post Office Department to a Star re-
porter today. You see" he continued "all
the burglar has to do Is to pour nitro
glycerine in the cracks Of the safe, then
throw some combustibie material over it,
set 1t afire and get out Of the way In a
short time the explosion occurs. and the
door drops out as readily as If 1t were made
Of pasteboard
This method Of going into a safe is
known to all the craftsmen, and 1t seldom
occurs that we hear of case of burglar
izing post office in the small towns that
has not been accomplished in that manner
The old method of boring into a safe in or
der to insert the explosive Is no longer
heard of. do not know how this practice
can be stopped unless greater care Is taken
In watching the post offices or modern safes
are provided. 1t is impracticable to equip
all the post offices with modern Safes so
that 1 think the simple methods of the
burglars will be used for long time to
come"
L was once taught lesson I have never
forgotten" said commercial traveller
when surrounded by a party of his friends
at down town hotel a few days ago.
mo man need ever lose an umbrella by
leaning 1t thoughtlessly in places he hap
pens to visit The very simple remedy for
such thoughtlessness Is to carry a cane.
The man who Is not accustomed to having
stick In his hand except on rainy days or
days when rain is threatened is sure to put
MS umbrella down and march off without
It. Just carry cane and the case will be
entirely different. Then when the UNI
brella is needed 1t merely takes the place
OF the walking stick, and every one who
has that habit will tell you that he is no
more likely to go Off without his cane than
TO go on without his hat. I lost many UNI.
brellas until discovered that simple rem.
edy and now l keep them until they are
SO old they have to be discarded"
y x y
There were lively times at the Washing
ton Monument" remarked an officer con-
nected with that structure, during the
electrical storm which occurred Sunday,
July IA last The monument was struck
by lightning. but. as in many previous sim
liar instances no damage was done to the
shaft On this occasion, however the
lightning passed from the shaft into the
motor room. burned the Insulation from the
telephone wires, jumped the switchboard
and burned out the under load coil for the
circuit breaker and relay coil. thereby stop
ping the running Of the elevator in the
wound The fluid also burned out both