Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29

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that it cut out the station keeper. Every
time the station keeper is found selling
box of ginger crackers he is liable to fine
of 81. and the result is his well-hlled shelves
tempt the travelling public, but not crack
er can any one get.
The rival storekeeper. it is said. keeps
his children posted about his rivais pace
OF business. and if any one is seen eating
they pay Pinkerton until they discover
whether they brought the food with them
or got it at the rivals store.
But the moral of this is that it Is posi-
bic to enforce the law. Iawiess comnuni-
ties can learn something from the Old Do
minion If they will only come down ana
study our methods
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Monday is the busy day of the week for
u.s. a leading Washington optician re-
marked. cit may seem strange to the lay
man that we should be called upon as
regular thing to hustle to a greater extent
on any one day than on the others, but
nevertheless such is a fact. Every Mon
day large proportion of our regular Gus
toners drop in. looking angry. and leave
orders for new lenses for their eyeglasses
and spectacles.
DO I know the cause of all this? Why,
certainly. The day preceding Monday is
Sunday, when most folks stay home ana
loaf about the house number or the
men of the house saw wood. for instance,
and forget all about their eyeglasses. They
perspire. and the first thing they know
their glasses have dropped to the concrete
floor of the cellar and new lenses are
needed.
Then. great many people lie on the
bed and read the Sunday papers. They be-
come drowsy and roll over and take nap.
You would be surprised at the number of
eyeglasses broken in that way. And there
are hundreds of other causes for smashed
eyeglasses and spectacles on Sundays.
But the opticiau concluded, with a
self-satisfied smile. cts an III wind that
blows nobody good
Il *
The other afternoon a Star reporter was
calling upon Col. Harvey S Irwin. former
representative in Congress from Louisville,
KY Colonel Irwin was talking of the Caleb
Powers case, over which Federal Judge
Cochran has just taken jurisdiction.
Caleb Powers is brilliant young man.
he said, "and is adored by the republicans
of Kentucky When he is released l have
no doubt but that he will be nominated for
the governorship of the state. He has been
convicted three times by politically preju-
diced juries for completely In assassinatine
William Goebel whom the Legislature was
about TO elevate to the goVernorship. He Is
a fine fellow. He was incarcerated in the
Louisville Jail under sentence of death
when. with several gentlemen, 1 last called
upon him.
I'VE were talking of general topics" con-
tinued Colonel Irwin. when Mr.. Powers
said: Colonel. 1 want to tell you a story
which no doubt will interest you. Howard,
who was tried upon the same charge, and
myself We're In the western part of the
ct. 70 oft -, +,;, .c1r
from the train at a small town so as to
make a connection for Louisville both OF
us being heavily manaCled. We had as a
guard one of the smallest and homelieSt-
looking hen 1t has ever been my fortune &c
meet.
Howard. who Is a tall. handsome man
was standing near the edge of the GROVE
on the station platform when a girl OF
about sixteen came up and addressing How
ard, asked, Which one is Jim HOward?
Howard Immediately turned about ant
faced the little homely guard and said
There is Jim Howard; isn't he good
looking mann The girl stood her GROUND
for a moment and then turned away witt
the remark, Il had heard that Jim Howard
was handsome man, but 1 feel sorry fol
that fellow Mr.. Powers said that the en-
tire party laughed heartily at the guard
expense. though both he and Howard were
under sentence of death at the time"
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Railroad companies are said to be un
appreciative of anything done for them
and that the officials have no hearts," saiC
a North Carolina man to a Star reporter
few days ago. but there is one road-tht
Southern-that cannot be placed in tina
category.
Not long ago a little mountain girl Twins
along the line between Spartanburg, s. C.
and Asheville. n. C. discovered a seriou!
" ank ha-
home. 1t was soon after heavy rain.
Without hesitation she ran on TO tn.
track and listened. She knew that a tralr
was due from one direction In a short time
but she feared that there might be on.
coming in another direction. She soor
caught the sound of an approaching trair
and ran as fast as her feet could carry hel
in the direction. She succeeded In haggins
the train-a passenger-just as it neared The
washout. The train crew and passenger.
offered her anything and everything AL
though very poor. she declined.
The railroad officials wrote to her anC
rendered her a check. but she declined that
and then they asked her what she would
permit them to do for her. She wrote bach
that she greatly desired an education, bu
that her parents were too poor to do AM
more for her than send her to the country
schools The Southern railway immedia tely
arranged to have her placed in a high-clas.
female college in Asheville, with a guaran
tee that every expense would be met durins
the period of her education"