Evening star., 1907-11-09

/ night getting upon his knees and say
ing his prayers.
IF I got IN bed without saying my
! prayers" he said. Il couldn't s.eep.'
! That's just where We are not alike.
/ Williams said. Il believe in God just
I as we'll as you. but if I got on my knees
when didn't mean what l was doing |
would expect God 10 punish me for it,
/ Williams expressed himself s Icing
! sorry for Ware. man who had lived
/ as he had Williams told him, ought not
/ he sent to prison for ignorance. and
was just victim of circumstances.
! Conductors get blamed for running by
= Whole lot of corners that they don
run by. declared faretaker on 4 Penn
sylvania avenue car several days ago.
The other evening woman got on the
car downtown and told me she wanted
to get off at 7th street southeast. When
we approached her corner | called it out,
but she didn't seem to take any notice.
L called 1t out three more times and then
the car slowed up and l called 1t out
again Still she paid no attention to me.
and | supposed that she had changed her
mind about getting off there.
Il noticed a minute later. after we had
started again. that she WAS all spellbOund
looking at another woman's hat across
the aisle.
After we had gone about three blocks
beyond her street she came to with q
start and called me down for not putting
her off where she had told me to. I start
ed to explain to her that | had called out
her street about 'steen times, and that
she had sat like one in a trance. But she
insisted that I hadn't called the number
and hadn't stopped there. Well. If l had
disputed her she probably would have re-
ported me for impertnence. And there
you are.
* X
One of the medal of honor veterans who
atte nded the annual convention of the
men who earned the trophies in the heat
of battle on land and on sea. which was
held in this city last Wednesday and
Thursday, was Leo karpeles. formerly
sergeant of Company f. 9th Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry; At the
ssnsnnsTs Msv battle g. 1861 Of when hs Waee s,one
wall Jackson made his famous flank
movement against the Union left wing.
karpeles was color sergeant Late in the
afternoon the men in gray sprang from
the thick woods and underbrush. and,
giving the rebel yell. made a savage on
slaught on their opponents in blue His
tory records how they swept forward in
blaze of musketry fire, routing the 11th
Corps of the Union army and endanger-
ing Gen. Hookers entire line. The 5Ith
Massachusetts Regiment. being caught in
the whirlpool of Stonewalis fighters. was
retreating in great disorder when Sergt.
karpeles seized the co.ors. and, raising
them aloft, stood his ground, urging his
comrades to rally about the flag.
What are you doing. serge anti ex-
citedly asked an officer.
Il am doing what We enlisted to do
replied the doughty colOrbearer. Il am
lighting the enemy.
About forty members of his regiment
rallied about the colors. it is said. and
the Confederate advance was temporarily
checked For this brave act Congress
awarded Sergt. karpeles medal OF
honor
* x 4 x x
The present movement for the protec
ton OF the historical trees in the Botanic
Garden" remarked one of the oldest in
habitants to a Star reporter, bids fair
to be much more successful than was
similar movement in behalf of fine row
of large trees that once graced the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue near 18th
street They We're like the trees in front
of the White House, and in fact were
part of that row. When the old War De-
partment-Which was brick building at
the corner of 17th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue-was raZed to the ground
In the late seventies to make room for the
big granite building that now occupies
that space, the question arose as to what
should be done about the trees that lined
the SlUtWhlh III front. oplllOH was ABOUT
equally divided among those in authority
as to whether the trees should be allowed
to remain or whether they should be re-
moved. The residents of the city were
almost a unit in favor of preserving the
trees 1t was finally decided by authori-
ties that a proper display of the fine big
building required their removal.
Col. T. l.. Casey (afterWard chief of
engineers and now deceased), who had
supervision of the construction of the
State, War and Navy building. was
charged with that work That officer
wasted no time in executing the order.
and in fact he had the trees down and
out of the way before the general public
knew of his intentions. What he did was
to have large force of workmen at the
scene at the first approach of dawn, and
the trees were all cut down and the de-
bris removed before the city actually
awoke for the days business. 1t was a
somewhat arbitrary act, but 1t was prob
ably the only way the thing could have
been accomplished without considerable
friction and bad feeling. AS it was, the
people who had opposed the plan to re-
move finally accepted the situation: in
fact they had to, as the trees We're gone
and no amount of Indignation or protest
could restore them
4 woman with a pedometer discovered
that she ed seven miles a day in
l., IL.