Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
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before the two police c2ur,s = agree N
the London Spectator that ere long the
ryellow people viii overspread the world and
Will he It's ruling power. / believe THIS Is
the eueyitabIc. Some hundreds. perhaps
thousands Of years hence, a purely white
man or black man viii be as scarce az
the proverbial hens teeth
''When that time comes a white mana
persect blonde. for instance-or very
Black man. will be considered such gehulhs
curiosities that members OF the SeiioM
race will capture them and connne mem
in cages at the ZOO or In the dime nlu-
seums They will be interesting 10 the
spectators as the wild man OF borheo - ~
the present generation.
Tba. Uncle Sans sailormen are well fed
Il, clearly Indicated by report received al
the Navy Department inclosing menus OF
tbe general mess dinner served on poarh
The U. S. S Philadelphia In Puget souno
the Fourth OF July last. There was hoth-
ing specially exceptional In that dinner
and It is mentioned simply to show "hat
car frequently be done with the navy ra-
tion when properly handled and car'1uiiy
extended The menu for the dinner IN
question was as follows: oyster soup. Lons
branch waters sugar-cured nam. tohsue'
olives radIshes sweet pickles, green on
ions. roast turkey with dressing crdhoeitS
sauce baked sweet potatoes, nlasIieu ~
at
saYce sbrimp salad mince. apple and berry
Nc cream cheese chocolate and cocoanuI
cake vanilla ice cream, couoe' coc C',.
fruits dates nuts. figs. ralsihs, la.h
ne1ches bananas plums, cherries. RENE"
mixed candy. Optemo cigars. lemonade.
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There 10 a quaint old gentleman who CON
arc-s a little store near the pension bu-
rea,t. and who has experienced conslderaoie
a,faculty this summer with recaiclrah'
debtors who have run small bills with MIN
One OF these entered the shop OF Inc
quaint old gentleman recently, ana the ioi
lowing conversation ensued
"Mr. Blank. you owe me nearly two dol
lars. and as my income is small wouid
like to have the amount"
81 cannot pay it now was Mr.; Sank
response. because at this particular J"hO
ture my outgo is heavy.
when you pay me-? -.
II really cannot say. But you ma! RESI-
easy for would rather owe you that Two
dollars all my life than to beat you out
of it,
The quaint old man did not catch the hui
NOR OF the situati but took Mr.. Blanks
remark seriously. He has since been try.
ing TO anaIyze the situation 10 discover If
Blank is really an honest man and whether
he will pay the debt before his death.
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do Won know that even comparatively
Department building Is already showing
signs Of wear?' said a gentleman who
works there to Star reporter the other
afternoon II don't mean need of painting
and decorating and that sort of thing"
he continued. but actually wearing out in
e. spots.
You know that almost every one who
gons upstairs instinctively uses the rail
side Of the stairs. When they get to the
top they also swing around close to the end
of the railing before starting on down the
corridor. Now there Is decided cup
shaped depression worn at the head Of
each of the several flights OF stairs just
where the wear OftthOusands Of feet have
.cOnverged on this ono spot. | suppose In
the course Of time they will have TO take
up the tile that receives this extra wear
and tear and replace II while the remainder
of the flooring is stll perfectly good
They were talking about the cotton leak
the other day. and the gentleman who al
ways has an apt and philosophical anec1ote
on tap broke IN,
Il know" said he, that there has been
some criticism OF the authorities for their
slowness In lnstltuting criminal proceedings
against Holmes and others who may have
profted by the leak. But, then, the law is
curious thing. and you cannot always tell
how an apparently sure case Is going to
Work out Now. take the case or the nrSt
train-wrecking In England. How do you
suppose they finally convicted the fellow?
Sentenced him to five years for petty lar
ceny. That's A.. fact
Railroads We're a new thing and there
was no statute to deal with the case. Well,
OF course they could have proceeded against
the fellow for trespass, but that would have
been only misdemeanor. But he had
wrecked the train by dragging bar of pig
iron from the foundry near by and wiring II
down to the rails. There was nobody killed.
they could not try him for murder, but
they got around IL by charging him with
stealing the bar Of iron, which was worth
only few shillngs, and sent him up for
five years.
You might think that the law. as Judge
Gray said. was merely common sense But
there lot of funny twists In IT."
There is a town IN Virginia in which the
law In enforced" declared loyal citizen OF
the Old Dominion today TO be sure,
there is selhshness about II all. but at the
same time the law is enforced You see. the
town Is on the line OF the electric road TO
Fairfax Court House. and 1t is In the
neighborhood OF Falls Church. After the
road reached there and the crowds began
going for an outing on Sundays the station
agent developed a general country store.
He discovered that on Sundays the crowd
was fearfHl;y hungry and he laid in a
stock OF biscuit and other things that peo-
pie could buy for luncheon
We'll. the station master was getting
rich. He was getting along In the world
when high official OF the town, who also
runs a store not far away. but still far
enough 70 fail IN getting any of that tran
silent Sunday trade. began 10 get very SEN
sitiVe on the subject OF Sabbath violation
lie stood on the steps OF his store and saw
the hungry crowd pressing into the door
way of his rival and filing themselves with
the good things from his shelves Being
council he ed
10 frame a strict Sunday law. which the
town never had before II was so worded