Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09

popular Washington youth remained
out "a great deal later than usual a few
nights ago and. for obvious reasons.
thought 1T wise to remove his shoes in the
vestibule of his home and ascend the STAIR
way as quietly as possible, in the hope of
not arousing his parents 1t was an old.
old scheme OF course but he thought it
would work.
All went well until the son OF the house
was little above the second story landing.
Then he WAS startled to hear the voice of
his father thunder:
rs that you. Walter"
No answer. Walter thought his sire might
conclude that he had not heard anything
after all. remained quiet a mouse.
but again came the demand. more emphatic
than before:
rs that you Walter?'
Still no answer There was a pause. and
then the significant and startling click of
revolver. Again. in calm, but determined
tone
rs that you. walter?"
yes, SIR" Walter hurriedly shouted.
his teeth chattering with fright. He has
decided to walk upstairs boldly and loudly
on all occasions hereafter.
4
One of Major Sylvester's new policemen
vas the victim the other afternoon of a
joke played on him by several coIored men.
friends of man he had under arrest. 1t
was to be his first case. and he lost it while
searching for another and a better one. but
th' ough no fault of his own.
lie had arrested a COlOred ash man for
dumping ashes on a vacant lot in the res
ident section of the city, and was on the
way to the station house with his prisoner
when he heard loud cries of help and muir
der issuing from nearby alley. AS the
man under arrest was only charged with a
trivial offenSe, he ceased paying further
attention to him and went in the direction
of the alley, only to see several colored
youths. friends of the man under arrest.
scampering away. AS yet he has not made
his first case but he is keeping his eyes
open in the hopes that he may yet run
across the colored ash man who took adj
vantage of his friends assistance and made
himself when the policeman went
Into the alley.
According to United States Consul Cen
eral Guenther at Frankfort. the Austrian
government has sanctioned the proposed
system of training cabmen by which the
Vienna Cab Proprietors Association hopes
to produce the Ideal driver. Every cabman
seeking to license will be obliged to pass
an examination on the following subjects:
The horse and how to treat it; Harvesting
and driving; topography of Vienna and de-
scription of interesting buildings, etc; po-
likeness. These subjects will be taught in
a three months course of lessons. Not
only will the professor of politeneSS give
Instructions in good behavior, but he will
teach short phrases and descriptions of OBJ
hope is expressed in some quarters that the
driver be taught to ask for his exact legal
fare and to accept it with a pleasant face.
IF you can find any work that is easier
than that. I'll cheerfully pay my bet
said one man conclusively to his friend
both of whom had been standing by the
side of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
out at Cabin John Bridge commenting on
the canal boats and their "crews, as the
former crept iazily by.
Slowly. like big turtles, the crafts went
along. while the mule drivers on. the tow
Path sauntered ahead, speaking OCCASION
ally to the animals. Whenever a boat
walking up the waterway a little distance,
the lazy driver would stroll up to some
springhouse. get refreshing draught. and
then go back and sit down on the grass
while the gittekeeper filled the lock with
water
Having nothing else to do. the two young
men. who were out for anything in the way
of diversion, decided to test this sort of
life for themselves, and incidentally settle
their little wager. One obtained permits
sion To ride on one of the boats as II left
the last lock above Great Falls, and the
other tried the towpath with the driver.
Both enjoyed themselves a good deal all
o. way TO Seneca, Md the route between
that point and Great Falls lying through
unusually shady and picturesque dis
trict of the upper Potomac. There could
be no more delightful recreation. and after
the man who had suggested the bet had
tried the tOwpath, they were going to camp
out ON the canal boat. and. smoking and
chatting. ride clear to Harper's Ferry.
But these nice plans did not materialize.
Just above Seneca there begins the famous
'eight-mile level" Below there the canal