Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

New York and you will find Virginia ham
quoted higher than any other. Most of
the virginia hams come from Washington
dealers and that is why l say this is the
real ham market of the country. Cincinnati
remains PorkopOliS. with Chicago her rival
but they deal in coarse hog meat
1t is quite the fashion among visitors to
Washington. stopping over on the way from
Florida. or on a holiday trip, to pick out
some fine hams from our groceries and send
them home"
j, :: x :. $:
She was certainly old enough to have
known better. but it seems she didn't
know, really. Her eyes might easily have
been mistaken for pearly dewdrops if they
hadn't been quite so large, and her lips
and complexon-well to make the recital
brief, she was q beauty, and, as to age,
was not more than eighteen and hardly less
than seventeen years. She had passed
all of her short life in western state and
was ignorant of diplomats and foreign en-
engagements, except as to what she had
read in relation to the ma rriage of Ameri-
can heiresses with members of the Euro
pean nobility. But even her reading had
not extended to the far east. OF course all
that must be taken into consideration and
due allowances made. but nevertheless the
other 'seers' couldn't help smiling. when
as seated on the top of Seeing Washing
ton automobile a few days ago, she
naively remarked, just after the mega
phonic-conductor of the trip had pointed
out the Chinese legation:
My. but they must take in a big lot
of washing to have such a fine house as
that"
i, X X X X
a Washington county, Md, farmer is
threatening to make Uncle Sam the defend
ant in a unique damage suit with him
self as plaintiff. He is said to have called
upon lawyer in Hagerstown recently and
stated his complaint. which was directed
at the authorities of the United States
weather bureau. The farmer said he had
arranged to make a long journey across
South mountain recently, but before start
ing out consulted the weather report in a
Hagerstown paper.
Fair weather" was announced in the
official forecast, and the farmer says he
went on the journey without either over
coat umbrella.
Instead of being fair and warm, as the
weather man had prognosticated, said the
complainant, lit was cloudy. raw. rainy and
nasty, and l took cold. l was laid up two
weeks and thereby lost job of work that
would have lasted me through the sum
mer''
1t is said the lawyer advised him not to
run up against Uncle Sam in the proposed
suit for damages adding that 1T was but
human to err while it was divine to for
give
Yes, I know it is human to err" replied
[ Il
human that erred this time. 1t was the
United States government, and that amt
human mister"
x !: X * !.
I'VE often hear words of commenda ton
for the soldiers and the women on both
sides during the civil war said Mr.. D. X
Green, who is a son of a civil war veteran
"and of their sacrifices and heroism. but
never about the children of the war and
hit,
the front. I very well recall my little aid
to the men who wore the blue in the
sixties. l was but a wee lad then. but l was
full of patriotism and did my childish part
In our village up in Maine the pupils of
the schools after the hours of tuition as
sembled nearly every day in The school
room and picked lint for the wounded
soldiers or helped to make bandages
Then, too. have seen the boys and girls
line the roadways as the soldiers We're go
ing away to fight for the flag and their
country. and throw apples and other fruit
and pretty bouquets to them with merry
shouts and 'God-bless-yous.' These children
showed their patriotism and love for the
American soldiers and l think there should
be one little chapter in history given
them"
x x x X
Age" stands out boldly as n sign on a
large building on II street in the last stages
of physical decay. The letters are all
tnat are lelt or the sign storage, and
they indicate the present condition of the
building as truly as the original sign did
the character of the building.
X x X
Coroner hewitt and Deputy Coroner
GlaZebrook have seen so many cases in
which lives have been sacrificed because of
faulty gas fixtures that they think there
should be law compelling an inspection of
such fixtures by a representative of the
District government. The latest case Of
this kind occurred only a few days ago
when a young man from South Carolina
was found dead in his room.
Another one of those worthless fixtures -
was the remark made when it was seen that
the fixture had been in use so many years
that the stop had worn smooth and there
was no way to regulate ii.
"A man who is sleepy and tired is likely
to make a mistake at any time was an
other comment.
In that particular case there was nothing
to indicate that the affair was other than
accident. The victim in the best
of health and spirits and there was moth
ing about his conduct to show that he
he had every reason to believe that he
would be well and in full life in the morn
ing. but the fixture was too much worn and
the accident occurred.
THE expenditure OF less than 81 would
have remedied the defect and the mans
life would have been saved" was the
comment made by person who happened
to be in the house that morning
1t is the belief of the coroner that with
such fixtures inspected from time to time
in all buildings in the city. especially IN
hotels and boarding houses a number of
lives would be saved in the course of a few
years.