Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
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This is a begging age or perhaps it is only
a custom local to Washington"
Hardly local. 1 should say" said his
friend, with smile. THAT is not the ex-
periencs of people who have wealth or
even large means. The necessities and the
misfortunes and woes OF the world cannot
be excluded from attention, it matters not
how much money we have. You see, l act
the part of a philanthropist and point out
how God can be done by the expenditure
of a little money The tendency on the
part OF my rich friend is that of his class.
which is to become selfish, absorbed in his
own trO lbles, for the man with money has
troubles that the poor man knows nothing
about. however. most poor men would be
willing to exchange their lean purses for
fat one aid take their chances for the
rest.
MY post. on" he went on. 'is simply
this: 1 good thing and l call my
friends attention to it. and as he is still
able to write a check for some ones bene-
fit besides his own. he is mighty glad to
respond and lend his aid. That is. l think
he will be glad" and he laughed as he
folded up the pages and placed them In the
envelope
Mr.. Morgan II. Beach, United States at
torney for the District of Columbia, has
boy at his home who is unusually
observing for such a youngster. The little
chap was a guest at party recently.
Among the good things that were served
glace object set before the particular guest
in question was. in form, a chicken.
Before much Roadway had been made
the cream began to melt. Suddenly and in
excited tones, young Mr.. Beach announced
to the gathering:
Say, my rooster is bleeding!'
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1.-THE average southern colored man be-
lieves implicitly in the tradition that a
cat has nine lives. and there is a great
deal of superstition on the negro's part
about killing cat" said a Washington
man who observes things. ''Of course, a
cat mas only one life. but 1 know that the
animal is mighty hard to kill. except by
knife or shot and powder. Even by using
these death-dealing instruments the killing
of cat is frequently accomplished only
after much trouble. l recently had an ex-
perience that gives some idea of the te-
nacity of life possessed by the feline tribe.
l had cat that had begun to catch and
eat my young chickens.
There was no way of breaking her of
this bad and costly habit. and it was de-
cided. after council of war by the fam
lily, that the old cat must die. 1t was de-
sired to put her to death in the most pain
less manner possible, and the determination
was reached that she should be chloro-
formed. The next question was as to how
to administer the drug. The cat was not
of docile temperament and 1t was con-
sidered risky to hold her while the chloro-
form was bound to her nose by handker-
chief or some other piece of cloth. So it
was decided to take an ordinary wash
boiler, place her in that along with a
piece of cotton saturated with chloroform
and cover the boiler so as to shut off all
the air. The experiment was undertaken at
o'clock at night. In an hour the cat was
lying stretched out and apparently stiff in
DEATH To make sure, however, the top
was put back on the boiler and allowed to
remain there until o'clock the next morn
ing. member of the family then lifted
hA u-h a n a NIL II nod mt
of the boiler and ran under an clubhouse
There seemed to be plenty of life in the
animal except weakness in the hind legs.
AS the cat did not make her appearance
again in several days an investigation was
made and her body was found. She had
evidently died short time after jumping
out of the boiler. l presume that the effects
of the chloroform resulted in death, al
though it is surprising TINT she did not
die while in the boiler. Is Is probable that
the taking Of the top Off the boiler
an hour after the cat and the chlOroform
were placed together might have let in suf-
fcient fresh air to have given renewed
life to the animal. About the best plan is
to have the offending cat killed by some one
who has had experience in the work Of
feline extermination.
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Secretary Shaw has a keen appreciation
of wit and during his long career in the
court room. where he says wit is made -
he has gathered up a collection of incidents
and stories of which laugh is always the
termination. Here is one he told the other
day in a moment of leisure:
An old Iowa practitioner, a lawyer of
ability and orator of known reputation,
was pitted against recent graduate in
the profession in the trial Of case before
a jury. The young lawyer had the first
say. and in making his address to the jury
he took particular pains to initiate certain
mannerisms of the older lawyer. He care
fully adjusted his cuffs before beginning
his argument Stroked an imaginary i'm
perial on his chin and then rested the index
finger of his right hand along the side of
his nose. These were the habitual pre-
liminary mannerisms of the older lawyer,
and as they were repeated several times
throughout the argument which was made
by the young man they provoked the jury
and judge to laughter.
When the veteran arose to make reply
he did not neglect to go through his pre-
liminary motions with even more delibera-
ton and precision than usual. He bowed
to the judge and to the jury and then be-
gan:
Gentlemen of the jury and your hon.
orable sir That young man acts like a
good lawyer. but he talks like a blamed
fool
The advantage which the young man
thought he had gained in the contest van
ished in the roar of laughter which follow
ed at his expense.