Evening star., 1905-08-20
Slippery
Places.

fiaces. fruit refuse upon the foot
ways Of the city. noting the
fact that there was a law in force against
the practice. The next day 1t printed the
following paragraph In description Of a
scene resulting from failure to observe
this law:
This morning friend OF ours. plea sanity
excited by the large and tempting display
OF good things at the Center Market-his
appetite sharp-set on procuring choice sup
injunction let. him that thinketh he stand
eth take heed lest he fall while with buoy
ant step passing along. suddenly lost his
roofing. having trod on a watermelon rind
ana down he came to the earth, his hat fly
Ing in one direction and his kettle and
basket in another! The crowd parted to
give him the benefit of free circulation of
ar. He picked himself up as soon as he
property and lmped Off: not however with
as much cheerfulness as marked his loco
motion previous to the accident"
In The Star of August II occurs the fol-
lowing interesting item. vividly rejecting
n,, the so1rit of the times in
political matters:
prevented. Last night information
was given to the police of
this city that from circumstances of recent
occurrence there was reason to believe that
arrangements were making, or were made,
1or duel between Hon Charles j. Faulkner
ana Col: Boteier. the opposing candidates
IN the Harper's Ferry district at the late
congressional election In Virginia The
gentleman who lodged the Information Is
related to one of the parties and the politi-
cal friends Of the other. His statement
was clear and free from the least particle
OF prejudice for or against either gentle
man. Warrants We're Immediately issued
and Capt. Birch of the Auxiliary Guard. ].
Davis. chief of police, with Officers Handy
Ahen ana Boss went in search of the par
Ties. Col. Boteler was found at the Kirk
wood House In company with his friends.
Messrs. Strother and Donnell; Mr. Faulk-
ner at Wizards Hotel where he has been
stopping. They were conducted to the
place before Justice Morsell, during which
the principals were separated, the one
being In the retiring room. while the other
was In the trial room. Both appeared to
be very much disappointed at the interfer-
ence. The testimony does not show that a
challenge was rendered or accepted, but
the suspicious circumstances were consid-
cred sufficient to require security of the
parties that no such affair should take
place The sum demanded by the Justice
was 5000 each. Col. Alexander Provost
became security for Mr.. Faulkner and Mr.
George Plant for Col. Boteler The bond
| requires that they shall not fight a duel in
this District nor leave 1t for that purpose"
The issue Of Saturday. August 18, noted
very desirable improvement in the facill-
Rapid cItv most off,cs cons,st,ns m ~ =, =,
Transit railway to permit the
shifting Of the bags to and
from the wagons. This piece of internal
Improvement. continued The Star. being
necessary in consequence of the building
tn tl,at ,lotn NJ
has ever perhaps been designed and COM
pleted in short a space OF time as this.
There Is no shrieking Of the steam whistle,
however. the cars being propelled by an
agency other than that of vapor. No ac-
cident has happened, nor Is 1t likely. under
| such careful and skilful engineers and con-
ductors as control Its movements"
AS a diversion for the public a young
| woman named Josephine Oakley undertook
to adopt male costume and was arrested by
Officer Wise. THE garments" says The
| Star, were confscated and remained at
the Office of Justice Gates to be identified
suspected that she borrowed them with
out leave. Josephine. no doubt. made a
| fine appearance In her own conceit but
her charms failed to captivate and secure
her from the penalties Of the law. so she
was ordered to pay a fine and costa de-
mand with which she complied"
'"There was received at our office counter
| the other day" says The Star Of August 18.
1.-The half of a cent which had been nicely
| split in two The original lady's head,
stars and date-1S1S--were on one side. but
the ingenious reducer Of the coins proper
tions had added to the reverse side the In
scription always found there-a tolerably
good counterfeit. He must have accom-
plished his work by way of experiment
merely. for such process of making
money could not promise to be very profit
able. The coin ought to be sent to the
National Gallery. provided the superin-
tendent of that institution should esteem 1t
as a curiosity ft for the public inspec-
tion."