Evening star., 1905-11-04

They did as they were told. but returned
and anxiOusly inquired il the dealer wanted
to cancel the deal
Won't cancel it." said the man behind
the bar, but I'm willing to make another
bargain with you. I'll give you back your
dollar, keep the goose and buggy and call
1t square"
Enough said" promptly replied one Of
the hucksters, give us the dollar and the
goose and buggy are yours"
Part of the dollar was spent over the
bar and the hucksters declared they would
make no more offers to trade Before they
had left the place a junk dealer called and
gave the proprietor of the place So for the
old buggy and the hucksters willingly ad-
mitted that they had been done"
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Queer letters are received by the official
prophets of the weather bureau. and equally
queer inquiries are made over the telephone
by all kinds of people. Perhaps the ques-
ton that is propounded more often than
any other is: rs 1t going to rain today"
During either very hot or very cold weather
the telephone bell of the forecaster's office
keeps up almost constant ting -a-ling- "a
ting" and the man on duty is expected to
answer all manner of foolish questions.
How much longer Is this hinged, blasted
kind of weather going to last?' asks an
excited individual Another wants to know
whether there will be failing weather.
his mother-p-law have arranged to go on
picnic at that time. Still another names
a date about two weeks ahead and desires
to know If that particular day will be nice
and balmy, and If not, why not
Perhaps the most ridiculous message ever
received by the weather sages was one that
was sent in during the old regime, when
the meteorological service was under the
war department and part of the army.
The person who sent 1t said he had big
influence" with the Secretary Of War, and
II tne weather Office would make arrange
ments to provide a nice, sunshny day for
MIN, naming a time about two weeks ahead
he would highly recommend the signal SER
vice to his friend the Secretary, and be-
sides, he would send the meteorologist who
manufactured the beautiful day to order
for him crisp So bill on the day following.
He explained that on the particular day he
wanted made to order he proposed to take
his family and some visiting friends on an
outing to the Great Falls and other sur
rounding places of interest A facetous
weather clerk who read the request wrote
the man the following reply:
There is only One who can grant your
request, and He is too far away to be
reached by either mall or telephone"
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II witnessed a little incident the other
day which 1 think indicates how much more
sympathy women have for animals in
trouble than men have" said a Washing
my automobile along New Hampshire ave-
nue. near U street, when | saw decrepit
old white horse with long rope hanging
down from his halter coming out of an al
ieyway. second glance revealed at the
end of the halter a white bull terrier The
terrier had evidently been sent by his mas
ter to lead the old horse to water
In passing a tree along the sidewalk the
horse went on one side. while the dog went
on the other side. with the result that
both came to standstill. The dog in try
Ing to get out of the difficulty fell tangled
in the rope. Several men in wagons. a
boy on a bicycle and myself saw all this
and stopped and laughed. That's all we
did.
The only one who saw a side to the
AFFAIR other than the amusing side was a
styllsh-looking young lady walking on the
opposite side of the street. who without
hesitatng after she saw the trouble crossed
over to where the dog and horse were
standing, disentanged the horse and dog
from the rope and started them off toward
a watering trough on 18th street above L.
me young lady went out of her way to
the trough, waited until the horse had drunl,
ms nH and then started homeward taking
need that there We're no cars coming along
the street at the time
AT least fifteen men saw the occurrence
out not one took the initiative to helm the
DOG and horse out of their difficulty. and
only one in the crowd offered to assist the
young lady. and then only after she had
Gone everything herself"