Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

During the past week the big chestnut
tree that for over a generation has stood
just west of the Corcoran house on ii street
has bloomed out in most luxuriant style.
Amid the green of the leaves the WHITE
blossoms hang in such profusion as to sus-
gest the assisting hand of the florist IN
addition to the efforts of nature Those
who know the grounds so carefully laid out
and attended by Mr.. Corcoran during his
lifetime assert that at no period since that
big tree was planted has it shown such ac-
tivity in putting forth bloom In this con-
nection it is also suggested that unless
some unforeseen accident occurs by the
time Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew returns
TO the house. which was occupied last WIN
ter by him, and in good time for the De
ginning of the session of the Senate the
tree will be hanging full, loaded down TO
an unusual degree, in fact with ripe chesE-
nuts ready to burst for free distribution
to his friends. Mr.. Depew's friends are
sure he will literally distribute these chcSt-
nuts among them. They cannot escape nus
attention as the spreading branches OF the
chestnut tree fall close to Mr.. Depew 5
study. in which he is accustomed to spend
much of his time.
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A short time ago the civil service com
mission announced an examination for the
position of diseiplinarian in the Indian serv-
ice.
1t was decided that applicants must be
proficient in penmanship, spelling and
copying. arithmetic. school management
and pedagogy general management and
discipline of pupils geography of the
United States history and government OF
the United States, English grammar and
ANALYSIS. physiology and hygiene and null
tary tactics.
The prospectus contained the information
that the person fortunate enough 10 STAND
the highest among all the applicants Wcaio
receive the position of diSciplinarian at
Fort Totten school, North Dakota, and
would receive the princely salary Of 5000
year.
Chief Examiner Server a few days after
the date of the examination was announced
received letter from young man IN MIS-
souri,. which read:
II dunno that I'm much on hygiene. but
YOU ought to see me with a crosS-cut saw.
cynic who is apparently not IN ioFe
with the civil service, suggested that piano
playing be added to the curriculum.
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DO YOU know that in city the size or
Washington drug stores are seldom
moved?" said a down town druggist yester-
day We'll, it is a fact. Another tnlng'
too. owners of property rented for drug
store purposes want higher rentals than
for almost any other class of business
"A druggist who has built up business
in one place cannot afford to change his To-
cation. 1t is different from any other
branch of trade. The greater part Of the
business done by drug store comes from
persons who live near by. Prescriptions and
emergency cases make up the business to d
large extent
ITO move three blocks away would make
Ii necessary to start all over again in the
matter of building up a clientele. Property
lytNnx a
not rent their property for drug store pur-
poses unless the lease is cumulative one;
that is the rental little higher each year.
What is true of lis is not true to any APP
preciable extent of grocers. dry goods deal
ers and the like. a dry goods store might
move half a dozen blocks, and the woman
who had been a customer and received sat
isfactory treatment would go there just the
same for future trading.
But drug stores more valuable the
longer they remain in one place. Rents con-
tinue to increase and we have to stand 1t.
X x x x
Yes there are tricks in all trades, but it
is indeed, seldom that one is not caught
practicng such tricks remarked a local
merchant tailor to Star reporter yester-
day II can vouch for this through per-
sonal experience"
Some time ago" he continued. when
was rushed with work one of my best Gus
toners ordered $40 suit / knew his exact
measurements and instead of making the
clothes myself. sent the order to another
tailor TO be made at 500 telling him that
when completed TO send it to the purchaser
/ neglected, however. to tell my tailor
friend to send the bill to me. which mistake
not only caused me to lose the SIS clear
profit. but the purchasers trade.
when he finished the suit. the tailor sent
il and the bill therefor to my customer
In due time L sent my collector around with
a bill of $40 for the clothing He was met
by my customer, who informed my ennis
sary that by my little trick he had saved
SD.
The bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln
that adorns the center of Lincoln Fark at
18th and East Capitol streets is one of the
interesting sights of this city. 1t is still
more interesting than would be memorial
erected by the government as this loving
remembrance of the great emancipation was