Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

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A little boy who lives on G street was
complaining during the recent rainfall De-
cause his mother had sent him out on an
errand and he got wet.
Don't cry, sonny" said good-natured-
appearing old man. You know the Ola
adage says go out in the rain and 1t VII!
make you grow Dig and strong like papa.
81 don't know nothing about the old CAB
bage" replied the boy, An my father amt
big an strong. neither He's small an
sickly Mother thing, my Uncle Henry mad
q son once an he got wetted In the RAIN
an he's CROWN yet in paradise, L reckon:
Anyhow he got newmonio an they planted
him, an what you plant they says always
grows
A colored man, who professed to be
German subject, entertained members OF
the police force when he was arrested a few
days ago. 1t was the first time some of the
members OF the force had seen a man o.
his color who could speak the German Ian
guage. The policemen compared notes, and
those who had served in the navy said they
had seen many colored people who spoke
German.
''But you never saw one who spoke my
language" boosted an Irish policeman.
And I've seen that, too said another
member OF the party, StNtIdi yStAo "oo
a colored man called at headquarters TO get
some information and was unable TO make
himself understood. When II became APP
parent that he was speaking irish ne was
taken to a business house where the pro
prietor who was native lrishman, thousht
he smoke the language better than any other
person in this city. Up when ms hanus
when the colored man addressed MIN anu
he moved back foot or two
For WHAT" interrupted listener:
Merely because he was actually fright
ened" was the explanation LOT wien nv, Is
stepped back he made the remark: ne
must be an emissary from the lo"ei ie
gions
"I see the President thinks the army
swords should be sharpened. said fhlhp-
pine veteran, a man who served under Cen
eral Otis when there was much jungle hsnt-
ing in 1900. well, the boys in khaki IN the
Philippines discovered for themselves sew
eral years ago that the regular army SWORD
was of little use fighting Filipinos unless II
had an edge. The Filipinos use boio' kept
sharp as a razor, with which they lnhlcteo
terrible wounds, and the only way our OIL
GERS could hold their own against a panther
like little brown man attacking with that
formidable weapon was to nave a Keen
sword which, with it's longer reach, gave
him the advantage. So most OF tine oiilceiS
sharpened their side arms and all Went wen
. until some Se0tl1ueUltillSt ulStoNOlSu
sharpened sword was in violation OF the
rules of war The complaint was never Sc
riously entertained however, by the genera
officers in the Philippines, ana TO inns uaS
not only the officers of the line put the CIV
aIrymen keep an edge on their blades.
"
In the city the signs of spring are some
what different from those In the country
although the residents of Washington are
specially favored, because there Is more OF
the country within the urban bounds imam
Is found in any other American city. How
ever" said the man who goes out in the
suburbs sometimes and then likes to make
a great parade among his acquaintance
while he airs his knowledge of what is
going on in natures domains. there are
some novelties to be noted this year. In the
first place the snow lay on the ground so
long during the winter that the frost did
not get in very far, and the consequence is
there is not much to be done in the line of
frost chasing at the beginning of the house
cleaning which nature conducts each year
about this time.
There is another thing that is noticeable,
and that is an unusual number of robins.
They are to be seen in the fields in great
fiocks, and old residents say they have not
noticed so many in number of years.
suppose there are a good many other
things going on just now, as this is sup
posed to be natures busy time, but unless
one takes his oyershoes along he will find
the ground rather damp, we'll soft. In
this condition ii is not safe 10 stand around
too much. and so mere observer feels
somewhat hurried
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The big counterfeiters seem to be keep
ing tolerably quiet just now said Chief
Willeie of the secret service when discuss
ing the records of 1.-THE queer the other
day. But while there are no new or par
tioularly dangerous bills afoat here now.
we never know what is being done with
bad Icoin and notes in South America and
Mexico till accident unearths some new
plant In those regions II seems 10 be a
rather profitable business to counterfeit
American coin and securities south of u.s.
and now and then We find that il Is being
done on a rather large scale outside our
Jurisdiction. Some time ago there was a