Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
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Last Sunday morning just anoue NA'" VI
time two elderly colored men. both OF theH'
clad in their Sunday go-to-meetins ciothes'
met on an uptown street corner ana sloP
ped to exchange salutations One OF tneH'
was long and lean and hungry ioone o.
with a square jaw and oispntatious ess'
.nd tho other was short and fat and gooo-
nnturnd leolsInR although on this particu-
iar nccas,on he wore an expression OIL DE-
Good mo'nin'. Rastus." said the t snor a
fat cole red man. gravely. ma w.
"I.sa round for de house of wo snip. oea s
con " renIfed the other, in an emparrasseu
manner. ,. -;.d tho short
ba i accnnts OF profound establishment
.i,sn,, eIn't tellin me you done Dheo ue
army OBJ dc Lord.
"Yas. deacon, / sure has 40
Let de good work go on. Rastus l-1 - ~
good work go on! WHAT - e lni. mas
done lined? ,,is.-
The short, fat colofed man looked pro-
foundry disappointed ..z- -, 4urned
.'Shucks, Rastus. ne saho, as ~" 10, ain I
away shaking his head gloomlly' YOU 81: ,tra
a,ned 40 army oh de Lord. You done Jiiieu
de navy.
care Won willing to donate one NAHUM
chief TO the mayors booth al d %"
no held some time this month!
! Many peculiar communications ino
nav 70 the District building IN the
course of business each month put -ule 0i,t
beginning with the query quoteo ,sa,, hon
&C one Of the most original mat mas -,
hTonybt IN the attention of the Comiuisoii'i'
ars i'm recent times 1ncidenta!i!, IL -
serve as Inspiration for zeaious ricb
workers in the District ne a-,,,,rgton
u; a5dreevcd TO the Mayor of Washing tu, ~,
n q" and which is now going the ioa ',s
of the Offices Of the three Comnllsslo ~ I,
"a me from Silver Greek, r.. Y, WneIe, 50
goes on to say the LaoieS ~ ~ mike
the Presbyterian Church is STRIVING ~ IT,
a n,yrrcnt on debt incurred py buiioiHs.
II NAV be that the Ladies Ala Sociels ~
the Silver Creek Presbyterian Chu[ch ~ "a:
receive three handkerchiefs from NdSiiii'7
ton, ID. {.
The story of the bell with history "hicn
Recently appeared exclusively in The EVEN
ing Star has brought to light In the DisVfict
building another relic of Gov. Shepheru
This is the desk which he used winnie gov
ernor OF the District and vice president OF
The board of public works. The desk "fhch
Ia n large fiat-top affair with cloth cover
was purchased in 1871 for Gov Shephsfo'
It was used by him during his entire admin
istration, so far as known. 1t Is SAID that
II was In the Commissioners oillceS "heH
they were on Az street between fehasy !,
venia avenue and C. street northwest anu
that when the District oilceS WEI M "; ~
IN fine building now used as a business niSt,
srbooI on LIST street between anu Y
streets northwest, the Comm ssloheIS Pul
chased new furniture. ana the olu 90;
like many other rencs III tne md1 a. de-
furniture descended TO the engineer w
partment of the District .to ,5,iaf
The desk is now in the Office OF the Calis s..
clerk of the engineer department anu I -...
YNfa
its former high estate as a pr " nm
ture upou which transactions OF sreat ~ ~
roent took Mace it has descended 10 d iiIo
desk upon which papers. after they nv nv
haan ctel upon by the Commissioners 10
a while ere they are c9nsisneu ~ ~ for
nlaces in the archives. Traces OF us IoL.
10, bnaiIty remain, however. and there are
some fine examples of carving 10 DC 'Sei'
{n the handles to the drawers ,-,,
when the new District building Is Hii mn n.
~ oid desl, can probably be retired 10
Toal,a room for the more ornate ana up-to-
data furniture which the CommlsSloIteis
hone Congress will provide TOT IN 'he "e"
building.
.grtor, g a Young naval officer VINO lives
=, ,his city when lie is not or CHASING
sharks and other things on Uncle sam
sbtns" said a gossipy old resident recently,
who has a young daughter the proud pos
sassor of an Angora cat. The young iady
ts about ten years old. and as sedate and
vell-mannered as you please In iact When
she is in repOse you wouldn't tIihk luat
butter would melt in Der mouth: ne Jill I'LL
dsv all the members of the fanny WIN
tbs execution of the cat, were out Oh the
house and the feline in the course OF d touI
of exploration, happened to make a nlisstep
from a thiTd-story window. Inc result N'S
. br,l,er shoulder and a hysterlcal young
lady when the family returned nome. ne
father was forced TO send for the FANNY
physiciau-no ordinary doctor Wouta uI2t.4tio
patch up the cats shoulder anu 'i'e W
ones wounded feelings. "a
"During the excitement young coloreu
hoy who lives near and who Witnessed ttie
accident or incident, gave vent 10 a ia aLi
cious streak he possessed and shouted ma ma
he was glad the cat had fallen ana SuntiSu
a broken bone; that he wished the cat ilau
killed himself and the Ike. The htt4e laoy
gave him ono look and then rushed 10 Eet
father and gasped out; Papa papa se'
a club and kill the d. Niger!
''The next day the little girls mother
questioned her as to where and when ana
how she had heard such language, thlnKlIe
that perhaps she might have chance 10
get back al papa for some erStWhile snort
cornings that ne had shown, but the little
one was game and answered without
tremor oh, all the best girls in my grade
at school say that
x x 4 x
-.People who commit crime and keep in
hiding for fear of arrest" remarked one
OF Maj. Sylvester's detectives to Star
reporter, sometimes receive punishment
enough for their offenses before they are
arrested. The mental torture and physical
suTerings are something that nobody other
than those who experience them can even
imagine For a man to tramp from place
to place or beat his way on a train and
imagine every man who looks at him is an
officer is calculated to cause a feeling that
no person wants to experience.
II remember some years ago that q man
was arrested and brought here after an
absence of two years or more, and can
recall some of his statements regarding
his varied experiences while on the road. 1t
is true that many man has run away
from charges of trifiing nature and sub
jected himself to all kinds of punishment
rather than stand trial with maximum
penalty Of less than one year staring him In
the face. but there are many people who
would submit TO almost anything rather
than appear in court and be sentenced.
There are many hoboeS today who jo nee
the army of tramps for no reason other
than that they had violated some law anC
run away 10 escape punishment. IL has
been but a few months since a Washing
.,,-a.a ,.., De-, n, a. a a liNlRtys ryh4Nli