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1.-THE time ball on top of the State. War
and Navy Department building, which is
made of very thin sheet copper" said one
of the watchmen lis much SCARED by
pocket knives In the hands of relic hunters.
Fragment after fragment has been cut out
of the sphere until 1t now looks like 1t had
been used for a target.
only week ago woman who an
nounced herself "A visitor from afar went
into of the offices in this building ana
asked for a souvenir. The clerk said he
was not al liberty to give away any of the
pa rticular things she asked for. pen
cleaner, desk pad &c, but suggested that
some of the men in the court yard might
oblige her. a few minutes later she was
seen wrapping up a brick which had been
given to her..
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There is no longer any question as to
the popularity of the speedway" a Star
representative was told by a speedway
enthusiast the other day. Since the day
the road opened to the public thou
sands of vehicles and practically all the
fast horses in the city have gone over the
course. Fast driving. as everybody knows.
is permitted one afternoon of each week
and the owners of the racers take advan-
tage of the suspension of the operations of
the speed law.
at was during the hours set apart for
speeding animals that incident attest
ing the speedway's popularity occurred, but
1t happened to be the wrong day. This
may be accounted for by the absence of
marine calendar. Harry Evans, one OF
Major SylveSter's bicycle squad, who is
popular with patrons of the track, fig
ured in the incident
He was riding along the track looking
here and there to see that every thing was
all right when he Spied something ahead
of him which resembed a nat. OF course,
he thought some poor fellow had dropped
his hat on the speedway and gone over
board or that some fast driver had lost
his headgear while getting out of his way,
although he had not noticed anybody vio-
late the law. Dismounting the officer walk
ed over to investigate the object and was
surprised to find there was life in it. Then
he discovered it turtle. Harry con-
fided to me that the turtle stood upon it's
hind feet and wanted to show fight, but
didn't want anything said about it because
he thought it might be doubted and people
would say he was fisherman.
During the commencement exercises of
the medical and dental departments of
Georgetown University in CASTOR Hall re-
Gently, 1t was noticed that three ragged
street urchins had gained entrance and
located themselves in one corner of the
gallery commanding a near and excellent
view of the stage. From their conversation
it was clear that they had been attracted TO
the affair by the hope of seeing some of the
individuals who, in the opinion of the
urchins. the heroes of the blue and
gray hose ball club.
A lull in the proceedings occurred and
the following conversation, carried on in
stage whispers in the corner of the gallery
referred to. plainly heard throughout
the greater portion of the hall:
Gee, I'd like to be a doctor like them
fellers." one little chap confessed. You'd
make $40 day
Huh" replied another, after a pause,
but you might not git job wunst er
month"
rather naughty woman of middle age.
accompanied by a well-grown youngster of
nine ten years. boarded a westbound F
street car. at the corner of 18th street. the
other day. After they We're comfortably
seated the conductor approached with out
stretched hand The lady proffered a sin
gle ticket.
companys trusted Cashier. politely.
Two fares, sr. Why, the child is scarce
~ six"
Six" growled the conductor hes big
enough to run a car.
The lady paid the added fare with dignity.
while a few rude men passengers snickered.
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A stranger called at police headquarters
early one morning last week and met De-
tective Horne at the front door.
do you be d detectve?" the visitor in
quired of the officer.
The latter modestly admitted that he was
so rated and the caller proceeded to be-
come confidential
I've been laying off to come down here
for several days" the detective was told.
You see" he said. Il have a matter of
Importance / want attended to- and / want
a first-class detective. The case is good
one and the best man in the office ought TO
have it"
BY this time the officer was beginning to
get anxious, and wondered If he should
wait for the caller to see the captain. He
finally concluded ne would hear the mans
story. and took him to a room where he
could enjoy secrecy.
Now. my friend" said the caller when
hear his story, Il bought a hat for 80 cents
and took it to place to have it cleaned. |
am now unable to get possession of that
hat and thought good piece of detective
work might result in my getting ii back
Detective Horne fully agreed with the
man who was so anxious to see so able a
piece of detective work performed, and re-
ferred him to the office man
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