Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06

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An individual who ina gines he owns the
Capitol visited that building several days
ago for the purpose of evicting all officials
who declined to pay rent for the apart
ments they occupied. While about to begin
Tie. work of evicting In siatulry hall the
stranger came in contact with Acting Cap
tain John Hammond of the Capitol police
force. He asked the captain If ne was the
occupant of the hall. Being told that he
was. the stranger said to him:
We'll. are you prepared to pay your
rent? You will either have to pay or get
oft of here.
Captain Hammond realized that he was
dealing with q crank, and decided to humor
his vIsarics until he could send for the
sixth precinct police patrol wagon.
What rent will you charge ME for tins
room he asked.
Seven dollars, was the prompt reply
and that is dirt cheap. Look at the pretty
things YOU will have" and he pointed to
the surrounding statues OF American celeb
rites.
Captain Hammond. in order to detain the
man. agreed to rent statuary hall for the
figure. named although the demented stran-
ger did not specify whether 81 would pay
for one week one month or one year ne
official went through the form of making
cut u voucher for the amount Then lie
rented the rotunda. the hall of the House of
Representatives, the Senate chamber, at
81 each for some indefinite period. and WAS
negotiating for the rent of the dome when
the, changing of bells outside announced the
arrival of the patrol wagon, and the owner
of the Capitol was given a free ride 10
No q.
In one of the several places of public en-
terta.nment in the city is to be witnessed
the novel sigiA of the feeding of alligators
hat b,N- hnan
their owner. There are three alligators in
the fountain in the garden and about a
dozen terrapins Of the diamond-back and
slider families Besides these products OF
southern waters there are several hard
crabs to be seen swimming about in the
water Thus far no effort has been made
To tame the crabs, but the other occupants
of the pond have made friends with their
owner At any time the latter goes 10 the
fountain and talks in peculiar way me
terrapin and aligators will come peii-meii
toward the edge of the water and climb
over each others backs to get the pieces OF
cooked crab upon which they are fed.
one, night last week several ladies' were
about the fountain enjoying the sig or
the water pets enjoying the crab feast ana
they were certain that they could bring tho
terrapins and alligators to the surface the
same as their owner had
"A treat for our party was what one
%
up to get some crab"
And it's a treat that you can't. said
another.
Then the effort at making the peculiar
noise was made. but with no signs or NE
appearing about the surface OF the water
Again and again the noise was made, but
it was not until their owner made the
sounds that they appeared. Then there
WIS the usual scramble for the crabs and
tn. sight was greatly enjoyed by those
who witnessed II.
Former exlator James X. Jones when
visiting Editor William Randolph Hearst
some months ago had practical demon
stration of the size of the head of the New
\ ork aspirant for the presidential nominal
ton or his party.
Mr Jones VIXEN his interview had been
concluded. arose to go. and reaching for
what he supposed was his hat placed 1t on
his head The headgear sank down until
its crown came in contact with the crown
of the senator Then 1t stopped. Those
Who saw the senator at that movdcnt ue-
scribed him as looking like thirty cents
Well he said. when he recovered from
his surprise. Hearst, you nave hedd vi
pretty good size.
TIL, senator himself wears rs rat, ana
the way the Hearst hat fitted him marked
4 for a least a No. \.
81 always have a feeling said the sem
I,tar that a man of great brain capacity
has A head of pretty good size. Men VINO
have attained great distinction nave gen
orally been shown to nave had large heaus
pud large brains in them. l was July III
dressed on that occasion when ilearSis hat
came nearly down to my shoulders that he
was pretty we'll provided in that RESPECT.
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There are many men who fnd II dlfncuit
matter to enjoy life in the summer time
tbair IA antilles at the sea
shore or mountain resorts. One of Capt.
Roardman's detectives was without his
family several weeks this summer. and each
day when he appeared at the Office he
would tell his partner the exact number
of days 1t would be before he would cease
10 he tramp as he called himself. There
was no pleasure to him in taking his meals
at dining rooms about the city without his
family but in his II could not be
helped az his wife was away because her
absence from home was necessity
I'm not be a tramp after tomorrow" he
remarked TO his partner one morning about
ten days ago
That evening his demeanor indicated that
something out of the ordinary had hap
pened and when questioned he admitted
that he had received telegram informing
him that his family's departure would be
delayed for one week. II was the longest
week of his life. and at the end of 1t his
friends were told that he had but 81 cents
upon which TO live for two days.
Il have four pennies here the re-
mark Of friend, taking them from his
pocket.
Much to his surprise. his offer was &C
cepted. and the man who was anticipating
the return OF mis- family walked out of the
office with ~ cents In his pocket One
nickel had To be given up for fare. and
the detective was left with but 80 cents An
hour later a bogus dispatch sent to
the detective by his friends. 1t purported
to- have come from his wife. and gave the
Information that the latter would not re-
turn for another week
But that was not all" a friend remarked
There charge OF ~ cents on the
message. and this money had to be paid
With but one cent in his pocket. the vic
tim Of the joke was invited to join his
friends AT soda fountain, and when told
that his money was used in the settlement
of the bill he realized he had been made
tie victim of a joke and expressed a will
ingness To borrow another ~ cents and
spend II on the party, because he was sc
glad TO learn that there was no truth in
what was stated in the bogus Dispatch"
A newspaper man. who had for a long
time piled his professional avocation In this
city. noe long since gave up a good position
here and took the ancient advice OF the
late Horace Greeley. He got as far as