Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
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A reporter on local newspaper tells an
,rtarastins story of his experience on the
,,co track with a tout" or foot" as they
are frequently referred to by one OF the
ludges OF the Police Court. 1t was three
DAYS after THE ghost had walked ana ne
had a dollar and car fare left of his weekly
earnings. He needed money, more than the
dollar and ten cents, and was WILING 10 rish
what he had on the ponies
1.-The dollar will not pay my pius, ne
marked TO a friend nor Will IL DO mucn
more than buy lunch for few days. IL
win I'll be to the good, and IL lose / won
he hurt much.
Going TO the track, not knowing one morse
from another, he studied the boards, put
was unable to decide upon which horse ne
would risk his cash. Despite the fact that
he was shy of cash his apparel indica,eo
otherwise and one of the touts sihsieo
him out to give him tip.
Say, cap" the young man said to MIN,
put down wad on II. S. Martin ana
you'll make a KILN.
But" said the reporter who was squee1.
ing his last dollar, hes so long price thae
lie can't win.
Don't mind the price" the tout SAID
to him, put down your money ana you
won't go broke"
The more the reporter thought over the
proposition the more he felt like playing
the horse. Walking up to one OF the DOCK
les. he took the one long green from MS
pocket, put 1t down on the horse and stroll
ed away. Presently he spied the tout up
ping another horse and CALLED his attention
to the fact that only few minutes before
he had told him to bet upon Martin.
Never mind that, pard, said dne F Sncs
he had parted with his money. ray no
attention to what you hear.
II then dawned upon the reporter tnat
he had written stories of how touts UP
every horse In the race and expect money
from the lucky one. Concluding ne was
an easy mark. he sauntered toward the
gate intending to leave the track and
bandoning his bet He changed his mind.
however, and awaited the announcement OF
the result of the race. His horse won, ana
was soon TO get stake. The tout came
up smiling and extended his hand 1or "a
dollar or two for his good turn, but the
winner said he thought 1t was his duty TO
discourage such conduct and came away
with the SIG in his pocket
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A big, fat, portly colored woman, evil
IDENTIFY a Virginia NANNY. encountered
what was to her serious trouble few
days ago She was. to Judge from appear
arces, a native of some rural district, and
the chances are, came to town to sell
produce outside the Center market. The
woman from the old dominion Is certainty
not familiar with city ways, and beyond
doubt is an absolute stranger to new
tangled contrivances, even those in every
day use.
office, and there her difficulties were met
One of the revolving doors OF the Pennsyl-
vania avenue entrance to the big granite
structure caused her to halt. 1t struck
her fancy as being in the nature of a con-
trivance to bring about the death OF human
beings by the slow torture process. Only
after a dozen or more individuals had
passed through the doorway safely did the
visitor from Virginia dare enter one of
the four compartments of the door OF
course she pushed in the wrong direction,
and naturally the door became damned.
1t required the united efforts OF two Post
Office Department watchmen and three cit
liens for several minutes TO release the
woman. She fastened in the direction OF
the market muttering:
Il don want no mo- of dem squirrel
cages for mine, nohow, j don L.
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In order to further encourage enlist
ments In the navy" said officer of the
Navy Department, I'VE have arranged to
send parties of bluejackets around the coun-
try to drum up recruits. They will exhibit
moving pictures of the life of naval appren-
tees at the naval training station near
Newport. These pictures were taken re-
Gently, and, together with others taken
aboard ship, give good idea of the life
OF a blueja cket. With them the department
hopes to interest the boys in the interior
of the country, who have little or no
knowledge OF life on the water, and TO gain
many strong, husky recruits.
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a group of soldiers of the war with
Spain were discussing Incidents of the
Cuban campaign the other night at the
Spanish War Veterans Hail. and the talk
turned on how 1t feels TO be hit by a
bullet while IN action.
Il know a fellow who was in Kent's
regiment of regulars who was tapped on
the leg By a Mauser ball." said one. The
missile passed through the calf of his leg
as his company was making one of the
rushes for which the American fighters be-
came famous the world over, and which
were finally initiated in fashion by the
British troops in South Africa. When the
bullet hit this regular he sprang into the
air and exclaimed: 'Jee-ru-salem" but con-
tlnued to advance with his company with
out once Stacking his speed. half hour
later found him sitting by the side OF a
path. as pale as ghost, and he complained
of feeling i'll. He had applied first aid to
his wounded member and l asked him
what the sensation was when the Spanish
bullet hit him. He replied that the first
sensation was as II some person had struck
him a smart blow across the leg with
heavy horsewhip. The pain soon left him,
and about ten minutes later came a feeling