Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19
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- GMETHiNG happened at the Balti-
more and Ohio derot few nights
- ago which caused a number of the
co-ored employees to wish they had been
elsewhere.
Anyhow remarked one of them after
ward, I'm glad 1t didn't happen at the
new station, because then would
be uneasy the balance of my life. III
only have a few days more here. and If
think ghosts are after me ! can get out
OF the way.
a box Intended for shipment to a place
In Montgomery county was received at
the station. II was the kind OF box that
is Esd by undertakers as the outer cas-
Ing for baskets, but it happened to be
empty when it was received.
Let's have some fun with the coiored
porters," suggested one of the railroad
employees. calling another empioye and
having him stretch himself upon the bot
tom of the box
The lid was placed upon the box and
the COlored men We're called upon to re-
move IT to train that was in waiting.
The Colored men were proceeding slowly
along the platform with the box when
the occupant of it slowly raised the lid.
1t took the cOlored pOrters Considera bly,
less than one second to drop the box and
seek quarters inside the building.
A w,stful-faced little chap with a crutch
boarded a 14th street car the other day,
accompanied by a man, evidently his
father Smo!dering brown eyes illumi-
n I the little face, made wien by hours
OF pain. as he smiled up at the tall man at
his side, who, broad of shoulder and
strong of face smiled back encouragingly.
A troop of small boys nois!.y invaded the
car. Reckless in their good spirits, one OF
their number was roughly pushed against
a crutCh causing il to fall to the floor.
no an
than with anger as he exclaimed harshiy,
BE careful"
The sturdy urchins awed at what had
occurred subsidized in seats opposite. The
man looked over their heads into space.
The child looked first at the boys. then
with questioning eyes back at the man,
'Fawther," he whispered. a. he lightly
touched his sleeve, woud you love me
better If | was like those boys?
The man gave startled glance across
the aisle at those boys, insolent in their
perfect health and boyhood vigor, then
tightly grasping the hand nearest to him
said NO. son. I love You better than all
the world-just as you are.
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IF people weren't so pre- JUDGED against
spiders they could get rid of cockroaches.
said a Washington man who likes to find
out curious things.
In the spider the cockroach has an
enemy that pursues him with more malev-
olence than does the cleanly housewife.
And not only is this hatred more deep
rooted, il is more deadly. All things con-
sidered, the Cockroach shows mighty little
respect for the human race. He knows
that. although he is small he is chock
full of inventive genius. and he laushingly
scorns the futile attempts of men and
women to cirCumvent and destroy him.
so long has he been battling for life
against paris green. fly paper. hot water
and wire cages that he has learned to
saunter through green lanes of poison
and wade rivers of glue without so much
as sOiling his toes, and when 1t comes TO
the scdld'ng bath he swims blithely out
and wriggles his whiskers in derision at
his wOuld-be slayers. But he dares not
treat the sp der with such disdain. In
fact he doesn't have a chance. for the
spider outdoes even the coakroach in cum
ming. and nabs him without the least GER
emony.
Still. ii would be hardly advisable to
recommend raising a crop of spiders as a
sure preventive OF cockrOa ches, for in
most peoples minds the exterminator is
more Objectionable than his victim
III you want to know just how sensitive
some folks are in this town listen to the
reasons some OF our tenants give for can
ceiling their leases. said renting agent.
Here are the complaints from five fam
lies who want to move because they live
on funeral streets a lot of people, it
seems, are sensitive about that There
are certain streets in town-those near
churches where many funerals are held
and those leading to the various Gene
teries-which are usually travelled by
funeral parties.
Houses in those streets are becoming
poor investment. There is more moving
from those houses than from any others
We have anything TO do with and gen
orally the movers give as the reason for
their dissatisfaction the fact that the
sight Of 50 many hearses gets on their
nerves
A young business man of this city, en-
ployed in confidential capacity in one
Of the biggest firms on F street. has