Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

The motorman on the 18th street line
who have had their patience and nerves
taxed more than once by the eccentricities
OF the chauffeurs of automobiles, who dodge
around their cars, eadangering their own
lives and these of the passengers, are in
cllncd to look with a more tolerant glance
at the buzz cars since Monday night. The
snow was falling heavily and the tracks
could scarcely be kept workable by the
greatest efforts of the big whirling sweep
ers. Trailers had long before been droppd
and 1t was as much as the electric current
could do TO propel one car at a time up the
steep hill north of Florida avenue. Half
way up one of the big new cars stuck. A
passenger had been let of and when the
power was turned again the wheels
spun round vainly on the slippery track.
Sand could not be had or would not help.
and one fuse OTTER another blew out with
fierce crack and blaze. Passengers were
getting anxious and nervous. That was
where the auto came in A big touring car
was easily mounting the long grade, when
Its driver and owner espied the car in
distress. Give us lift sang out a pas
senger on the platform. No one for a
moment thought that he would. but the
chauffeur was game. He stopped; backed
his machine down against the front Of the
carried in these big machines for salvage
work. and turning on full sixty horse
power. with the wheels of the car spinning
around under its own current, the auto
mobile with its tow slowly gathered way
and the car was so-ol able to negotiate tn"
Eill- 1t was Veto for the auto mobile
keenly relished by The owner as well as by
the passengers, who ia feared long de-
,ay
While the old adage that beggars cannot
be choosers is usually true. it does not APP
ply always to the men of the deft fingers
and the Jimmy. Burglars usually have a
pretty distinct idea of what they are going
to find in the house they attack before they
begin operations. Some peculiar articles
are taken by this class Of individuals: but
whether the article gives any clue to the
natural tendencies of the operator Is not
determined by criminal experts.
Among the peculiar things stolen, there
was reported to the local police headquar-
tiers recently that Saginaw, Mich, dentist
the court. when the thief is arraigned, he
will be charged with converting to his own
use the 1900 false teeth"
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While sitting in the lobby of a we'll
known hotel. largely patronized by south
ern men, one evening not long ago The
Star rounder overheard a story by a man
who gave to 1t that pleasing cadence so
characteristic of the southerner. 1t hap
pened at a hearing. before a Justice Of the
peace down in a Georgia town, of a negro
who was charged with stealing chickens
The evidence was SO much against him
that. when the trial was concluded and the
Justice was about to render his decision.
the defendant uneasy at the prospect felt
behalf
'Jedge." he exclaimed. II hope de Lawd
II strike me daid eff stole dem chickens"
The judge regarded the prisoner in half
amused silence a T. nd
then said:
"since the Lord has refused to inter-
vene, 1 must. Thirty days"
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A coterie Of "cabbies" were waiting for
their patrons after the show the other
night The numbers were being called out,
and one by one the drivers hurried away
with their fares. Finally but two remained,
and then came the call for one of them
AS he whipped up hts horses he tantaliz-
ingly cried: Come on along" and quick
as flash came the reply. "Ah, / might
as well; my party Is so cross-eyed he
won't know his number anyhow"
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Seth Bullock. former Rough Rider, cow
puncher and all-round westerner, who Is
now forest ranger In the Department Of
Agriculture owing to the friendship of the
President. was in town this week and was
down at the Agricultural Department on
official business. He knows most of the
correspondents IN Washington, and all of
them know him. He was swapping some
choice western yarns for some more fin
ished ones of the effete east. when one of
the fellows happened to turn the CONVEX
sation on the weather, and asked whether
II was cold out in Seths part of the
country.
"Cold?" said that doughty westerner
"Betcherlife: worst I ever saw. Why
don't you know II was So cold before
left that all the whisky in the hotel froze
and they were using chunks Of 1t for paper
weights.
Use got dat job as watcherman y sont
me-. said Old Uncle Ike. the well-known
District building laborer, AN / cert'ny Is
obleeged ter you Wen i repohted fob
dooty de boss say, Ike, heahs sum lam
truns fer to put on de wuk; sum of dem
is red and some of dem is green. De red
wuns mus be sot at each en- of de exker-
vashun and de green wuns mus be placed
ter show how de fab engums kin git err
cross de ditch. 'Jes' 90, boss. / sez but
whah is / gwine to be stashuned? You
mus go TO dat trench on Brightwood ave-
moo. just erlongside Of dat sojer's cemetery,
an stay dab frum 8 pm. to am Gee!
an dab. foh Use pow'ful skeered OBJ night
doctahs. But dat night / TUX the lantruns
out to de ditch and bull me a lttl' fab, as
de night wuz coll KEEP lookin' at dat
doctahs wuz prowiin erbout. Den 1 gifts
ter feelin' sleepy, but 1 kick myself ewy
Etti Will sose ter keep me walked up. At
last | went ter sleep. and guess what I
dreamt? l dreamt I saw skelngton
cumin outen dat graveyard draggin his
toonstun benin him wild piece OBJ wiah.
an he com erlong to'ads me. Benin him
WIZ ernudder skelington draggin' ernudder