Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
hand over the money to the old lady and
tell her l got it for the load I took to

hand over the money to the old lady and
tell her l got it for the load took to
market"
Following the advice of his. friend he
went to the races and played his employ
er's money. more than $40. on the sure
thing, but the animal proved to be In
the also ran" class and the young man
had to go home late and without his for
tune. He reached home just after sun
down and remained about the stable put
ting away the team and attending to other
matters until he thought his employer had
retired for the night.
Then l went into the house,, he told a
friend the next day, but there was moth
ing doing In the matter of the old lady
| mand for the proceeds of the eggs and
produce. and It was impossible for me to
put her off. 1 told her how 1 had come
near winning fortune for her and was
stumbling all over myself. when she sud-
denly spoke up and said she had heard of
such people before"
And what did she do about it?'' asked
the friend.
Just ran me from the house that night"
he responded, but the next day she gave
me S5 and told me to go win what / had
lost the day before. I not only won back
what had lost but had an even hundred
when / got back home that night The
old lady was very much pleased with my
days work, but didn't give me tip because
she said she thought two days fun was
enough for me-"
Y
"A womans Christian Temperance Union
in big eastern city that I recently visited
has hit on a happy plan," remarked q
Washington man who travels a good deats
and who Is observant. "The organization
Is advertised in the street cars. While a
passenger on one I noticed card that
read: Thou, God. Seest Me- An Irishman
sitting beside me- who was pretty well I'M
der the influence of intoxicating liquor
looked up and deciphered the words. He
read them over several times. Then he
turned to a friend next to him and said:
" Looking at something pretty when He
sees me, amt He? I'm not worth fifteen
cents worth of powder to blow me off this
car and he settled back in his seat with
a look of intense disgust.
Perhaps that card may do some good.
Who l-nows?
X X x Il
In a recent report to the Navy Depart
ment Surgeon A. NJ. D. Mccormick tells
of an interesting case treated by him while
attached to the U. s. s. Hartford on
recent cruise. "A musician. second class,
by fellow bandsman, also an Italian.
while fighting. The middle third of the
upper lip was completely torn off, being
afterward picked up deck. The lacera-
ton extended to the left nostril and pro-
duced the effect of a double hare-lip. The
edges of the wound were Appropriated
with numerous silk sutures all the elastic
ity of the parts being required for the CO.
agitation of the edges. The full-lipped ap-
pearance of his mouth was entirely
changed. The wound healed rapidly leav-
ing a linear scar, which became invisible
under a mustache, and the lip lost Its ap-
pearance of tension. The man was a solo
clarinet player, and this particular mode
of manning him seemed to be chosen by
his antagonist to interfere with his voca-
ton. Certainly the restoration OF his lip
was of vital Importance to him..
X X x
Secretary Taft" remarked an army
officer the other day. lis the champion long
distance traveller of modern times. Since
he became governor of the Philippines in
May, 1900, Secretary Taft has Travelled at
least 100000 miles in pursuance of his Off
cial duties. OF the time required for his
journeyings $50 days were spent at sea
and six full weeks in railway trains. In
the course of his first trip to the Philip
pines, Secretary Taft made journey of
$500 miles around the Islands, establish
ing provincial governments. His original
trip out by way of Shanghai and Hong
Kong covered nearly 1900 miles He came
back to the United States In poor health
and travelled several thousand miles on the
mainland here. He returned to the Philip
pines by way of Rome, comforting with the
pope on the friar land question. Then he
came from Manila to this city to become
Secretary of War.
He next went to Panama to straighten
out disturbance there. Recently he es-
corted a congressional delegation across
the Pacific and around the Philippines, and
still later he made another official trip to
Panama. So far as purely official travelling
goes. he has established a record that is
likely to stand for many years"