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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
The Old Tme FIi11-Horse Boys

- low where. | wonder. are the
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fav, they fioated during all the
long time since they stopped hill-horsing.
and how far and whittier have they been
carried
Blithe merry. boisterous gid-apping
lads they were on snowy nights. when
the cohbles between the street car tracks
were slippery and dffcalt the passengers
within the straw-carpeted cars toh, the
mustv muddy straw on the floors Of the
old horse cars, emitting an effiuvia that
the world has never known since3 could
hear the hill-horse BOYS loud greetings
10 the car drivers as they htched on
their nags 10 take the long. steep hills :;
could hear their You jim" and .'Ci'lang,
yuh bum addressed TO the weary horses
as the hard climbs were being made, ac-
companied by the cracking of Hank
InonkiSh blacksnake whips; CHEEKY
homeIy, out-of-doorish buster IL made, a
diversion of a human. chirking-up sort, 10
passengers tired OF the long grind OF get
ting to their homes by the horse-hauled
method OF the gone time
But wait a minute. II is highly likely
that there are some readers Of this-a
great many readers-who are saying to
themselves:
"Hill-horse boys? What are or were
hilI-horse boys anyhow? What is this
writing man trying TO uncoil on u.s.?
But the Older fellerS VIII smile tyes,
and some of them bit wistfuliyD AT the
mention Of the hill-horse boys of the
flown time They know.
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o save the vast
quantities OF wood
wasted every year
in the forests Of
the country, and to
show how this i'm
mense waste may
be used to advan-
tage in the indus
tries OF the coun-
try, thereby saw
ing his people
many millions of
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less 10 mature and die. Later he took
the poplar and the best oak and LETT
the rest. Even now, as valuable as WOOD
is considered to he. the umbermen in
some sections leave in the woods to burn
or decay number of excellent species
which ought to yield valuable lumber for
our markets.
Everything seems to point 70 the con-
cluSion. said Mr. Hall. assistant for
ester. that the principal cause of the
great waste of wood in the course OF
manufacture Is tho lack of proper organ
ization and cooperation among the
wood using Industries. The lumberman
wants to make lumber and nothing else.
consequently much of his raw material
is wasted. The cooperage manufacturer
wants to make barrels and nothing else.
and demands for his purpose the whoie
tree when he might use waste from the
sawmil.
Better adjustment would make ii pos
sihle for the industry which makes
small products TO use as its raw material
the waste of another which makes only
large products. For example consider
the meat skewer. Custom DEGREES that
II he made of hickory. In its manufac-
ture trees are cut down and sawn into
pieces several feet long. from which the
skewers are made. This is a wasteful
procedure and hickory is becoming
scarce. Skewers should be made from
the waste wood of other Industries which
require hickory in large pieces
An example of two industries Is cited
wi ere each would profit immensely by
one using the waste of the other-for
instance, the lumber manufacture and
slack cooperage production. In the past
each of these has been independent
each going to the forest and cutting
down trees needed. handling them by its
own processes. and manufacturing its
products without regard to the other.
In lumber manufacture the trees are cut
into long timbers or boards, with total
waste of about % per cent of the tree.
In cooperage manufacture the trees are
cut into small pieces of length suitable
for making barrel slaves. heads and
hoops, with a waste of about 81 per
cent
WHY should not the barrel slaves.
heads and hoops be made from the 81
per cent of waste in the lumber bust
ness?" asks the forest bureau There
is no adequate reason why this should
not be done. Slack cooperage could be
produced from exactly the same kind of
material which is wasted by thousands
of feet in most of the large lumber
operations. large proportion of the
tops and crooked logs are left in the
woods. Some of the material that goes
to the burner, and much more that is fed
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once chaperoned hill horse up the hill
at the left side Of the Capitol looking
eastward. But most of the hill-horse boys
of my recollection have vanished into the
mist OF forgotten institutions. Eheu' the
mounting. mounding. drifting years, One
can say that, think even al the age of
forty. For one who is only forty (Which
Mr. Croggon or John Lane would con-
slider the age of a mere che-ild In arms
can and does remember a Washington as
different from the Washington of today
as Georgetown Is different from the
Georgetown Of hundred years ago.
when, | have been credihly told, great
old ships used to come UP the Potomac
and warp into the Georgetown docks.
Speeding along in one of the big pay
as-you- git-on Pennsylvania avenue cars
when in Washington the other day,
harked back, as the car sped smoothly
and swiftly on. to the tinkle-tinkle of
the bell on the harness of the horses that
used to draw the old one-horse. three
cent-fare street cars on that same
Pennsylvania avenue back yonder in the
mistral OF years
Oh. the unutterable sleepiness OF that
incoming along. get-there-when we get.
there, ineffable slumber fulness OF it! |
had merely to close my eyes and hear it
o. osci again. he UciI Oh the harness.
of the horse, y'see. was fastened thereto
for the purpose of warning persons who
might be crossing the street that the car
was coming. What a humorous thought
that bell was on the part OF some whim-
steal humorist. Because. really, there
wasn't a chance on earth even for an
elderly man. blind and suffering from
partial paralysis. to be run down by any
horse pulling one OF those three-cent cars
no matter how confused and slow such
an old gentleman might have been. Those
antiquities of the equine species would
occasionally cover one square within as
snort space of time as four or five min
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DR.. Mary Walker. then, used To mind
that smoking thing on the front platform
very much. AS soon as DIR. Mary would
enter a car and catch the unspeakable
Whit of smoke coming from those weird
combustibles being combusted up front
she would walk right Smack-dab up the
middle of the car, open the door If IL
wasn't already open, shake her umbrella
orninously and baefullv al the scoundrels
consuming maybe-nicotine on the front
platform and address language TO ther.
that was meant TO sting in seven or eight
harsh, cultural languages.
But did il sting? Shucks, no! The fell
lers didn't mind They all knew DR..
Mary. They rather liked her; little bit Of
a creature in pantaloons and frock coat
and wrong-rubbed silk hat, even if she
was lady-why, why should they have
minded DR. Mary's shaking her faded UNI
brella al EN-? They didn't: not at all.
They permitted the little male-clothed
lady to talk right at 'em. and they grim
ned, the loafers. Jes' grinned Grinned.
and went right on smoking. DIR. Mary u
tell 'em, just as Carrie Nation told us
in later years, that they'd smoke some
where else, good and plenty. and all in
due time; but the indurated ruffians
didn't mind that either. In fact, they adj
mitted 1t. They liked to hear DR. Mary
talk and see her shake her umbrella
Hi-hum! We're not chickens any more,
some of us.
But where are the hill-horse boys OF
the yesteryears? c. l.. {.
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OF got me to sleep
last night, all
right" said Mr..
FInne gan. as the
nurse took her
seat, but I didn't
stay I h e re. /
dreamed / was
takin a swim in
the Fountain of
Y outh. when a
green frog came
hoatin along on a
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utes; but not often. Nor was there any
imaginable persuasion on the part of the
driver that could induce them to accel-
crate their settled and established pace
the slightest fraction of an accelerate.
Those three-cent-car horses knew their
schedule: knew how long il ought to
take them to travel from the Treasury
Department to the Peace Monument
their entire route-and that settled ii
with them. New drivers on that line used
to carry lath and whack the nags, with
foolish idea of getting results for the
first few days of their employment Then
they gave il up and let the nags take
their own jog. which was what they
would have done in the first place had
they understood their animals.
ride from the Treasury to the foot OF
the Capitol in one of those three-cent. one
horse cars was some journey. you didn't
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exactly pack for it and bid the folks
goodbye: but you made up your mind
that the time Of your return was going to
be indefinite. But folks who had just
that journey to make between the Treas
ury and the Peace Monument. and who
weren't in love with walking. used al
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She was the lady who Wore the male
clothing and the top hat and carried the
umbrella which she shook ominously at
folks generally male folks whom S e
considered needed having an umbrella
waved at them
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Clarence Algernon. although asleep. was
there and quite evidently embarrassed.
for he was blushing all over and there
was nothing absolutely nothing, to hide
his bushes. The bachelor felt his face
turning red in sympathy. but he couldn I
take his eyes away. 1t was strange
sight. He got down on his knees for a
closer view.
notwithstanding little beast he NUT
tered
Just then Clarence Algernon yawned
opened his eyes and stared at the bach
elor If he were saying: Who in the
dickens are YOU, anyhow?
"rhe bachelor grinned.
well. if that don't just beat the
Dutch he remarked to nobody in par
ticular. 4 wonder If he can laugh. Coo
chic. coochie, coochie.' he warbled, bob
hing up and down on his knees and maxi
ing faces. Can da Ill popsy- wopsy laugh
a lii for da funny NANNY -wanny? Where
in the devil did / ever learn such glib
berisho Coochie. coochie. coochie? Da's
a nice Ill tootsy -wootsey
Clarence Algernon puckered up his car
mine face and began 10 whimper
Whoa Bill said the bachelor, adj
dressing himself. 'Thisll never do If
anybody hears this kid cryin' it's all up
with me at the st. Angelo. Guess it's
food he wants instead of entertainment.
But what on earth can / give him?
There's some faxed crab in the ice chest
and some Here, here, stop that! Shut
up, I've got to do something
Gingerly the bachelor wrapped a pa
jana jacket around the youngster, picked
him up and began to pad up and down
the room Clarence Algernon found the
motion much to his taste and after so
long time he subsidized. calmly regarded
the bachelor for while as if TO fix his
face in his memory against a future oc-
casiOn. and then closed his eyes.
That's the proper caper. young man.,
said the bachelor. Now. if you'll be
kind enough to keep quiet for couple of
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The hill-horse boys. then. dear perusers
OF the younger generation. were the lads
who used 10 hitch their horses on to the
old Washington horse cars 10 help take
the cars up the high hills The job OF
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slip it into the box and then pass the en-
velope containing the remainder of the
tickets down the line to the woman in
the last seat 1t was a ceremony requir-
ing quite little time, but 1t always went
off all right.
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hours may be ! can figure out what Tn
goin' to do with you.
Carefully he laid the youngster down
on his bed, and then as carefully peeped
out of his entrance door. a cry from
within brought him back the run.
Clarence was again awake and exasper-
ated mean trick had been played upon
him and he didn't care who knew what
he thought about it. The bachelor start
ed out on another walking tour.
I've been wantin' somethin' to cut
down my weight he remarked I guess
this is the answer. Wish l had some
soothin' strip or chloroform or somethin'
What the dickens do people do in a case
like this anyway? He's too blamed little
to spank and he'd holler louder if l did.
Maybe he'd like to hear me sing. | new
err tried 1t. but a man never knows what
he can do until he makes a stab at it.
minute will you. and give a man
chance to think. Put on your old gray
bonnet Good bye, ladies' What's the
matter with''-no. no, no: that won't do.
Where is my wandering Won
der If could sing Rings on my fin
gers"
He tried it. He couldn't remember
but two lines, but that was enough for
Clarence Algernon. He closed up and
stared at the bachelor with an express
sion of great surprise in his eyes. Mr..
Cana ra lzaman was pleased.
Made hit that time he crowed.
Didn't know l had 1t in me. Guess I'll
have to have my voice cultivated and go
in for grand opera. Think I'll tackle the
Toreador song.
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but, say protested the bachelor
this won't do at all, you know. I'm jus,
a bachelor. and I live here all by myself
except a valet. who has just taken a
weeks vacation / can't have anything
like that around here. 1t won't do,
tell you.
The stork yawned.
:. Them details. he said amt of no
particular interest to me-
'But-but-but what can do with 1t p
That's up to you, replied the stork
It's my business to deliver the goods.
What people does with EN- after they
gets 'em don't concern me. Most people
does the wrong thing, anyhow. so l guess
ii don't matter much. Well, | got to be
goin'. Got a couple more calls to make
tonight. See you later.
And with that he tapped his wings
and went right out through the wall.
THE bachelor didn't rave and tear his
hair. He wasn't that kind of bachelor,
and besides he didn't have enough hair
to tear But he was considerably per-
turbed. as the saying goes. There hadn't
far back as he could remember. and
cold sweat came out on his forehead as
he thought of the possibilities. He got
up. poured something into a glass and
took 1t all down-all except the glass-at
one swallow. Then he damned his hands
into his pockets and circled around the
bundle, keeping as far way from it as
the walls would permit.
: What in the name of Henry Hudson
am | Roin to do with it? he asked him
self. but he didn't get any answer He
thought of dropping IT out of the window,
but 1t was thirteen stories down, and he
was a humane man, even If he was a
bachelor. Then it occurred to him that
maybe IL was some kind of hideous
joke, after all. This idea gave him cour-
age to unite the bundle 1t was no joke.
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for the air and human commerce, and
generally. when he reached the Peace
Monument, he got off and walked back
along the Avenue.
There wasn't any conductor, of course.
You put your 3 cents or your ticket into
the little glass box at the right-hand side
of the front of the car. and the driver.
who was onto the argus job. pulled a
little wire thing and dumped your money
or ticket into the repository below. If
you wanted to buy tickets you'd stuff
your money through a little window. just
about big enough for your hand. and the
driver would stuff you back your tickets
and never take his wicks off you until
YOU had pulled one of the tickets from the
little yaller envelope and put it into the
slide leading into the glass repository.
When passengers. either voluntarily or
involuntarily forgot to put their coin or
tickets into the box the driver would glare
through the window at 'em and yank and
rattle his little dumping apparatus. and
thus remind 'em Jus, maybe) that they
I'VE. perhaps) were shy the price of the
ride and that they'd better wake out of
that trance and come across with the
change In the box on peril of being man
handled. for the drivers were bound to
see that the cents was deposited in the
box for each passenger. and some of
those drivers sure were ferce-looking
men; they looked that way to me, any
how. when / was a boy. Maybe their
ferocity wouldn't seem so great TO me
now. 1 dunno.)
every passenger. especially women folk
with skirts to manage, to walk all the
way up to the front of the car to deposit
money or ticket: and so there was reg
ular well understood system of passing
the money along woman taking a seat
at the very end of the car for example,
would want to purchase tickets. She
would give her money to the passenger.
man or woman. next to her. and the coin
would slip along from one hand to the
other until 1t reached the person sitting
right next to the money and ticket box.
That passenger would get the packet of
tickets from the driver, tear open the
little envelope, remove one Of the tickets.
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little devils. Why. ] bet $40 I could take
that kid and make man out o. him
thatd astonish-
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ment high up In great, big building.
that covered city block. and had
marble halls and gilded elevators, and
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ways TO ride in those cars and take their
chances. President Grant. for instance.
used to ride nearly every day on the three
cent car. He rode on the front platform
with the driver. too, smoking his .'inevi-
table cigar tWhat natural phrase to
use in connection with Grant, and chat
ting with that worthy. He made the ride
generally. when he reached the Peace
Monument. he got off and walked back
along the Avenue.
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But he didn't He very sensibly stuck
to the ringed fingers and belled toes and
Clarence with satisfied sigh went off to
sleep. Again the bachelor put him on
the bed, wiped the sweat from his brow,
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Again. il appears waste results from
lack of knowledge Of the properties of
woods. There was time when a lum-
herman went through the hardwood for
ests and cut only the walnut and the
cherry. All other kinds were left as USE
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Rooms For Rent.

For Rent-Nicely furnished front room. Phone POT. 49dtf
 For Rent-Furnished room. Rates reasonable. Apply Inde- pendent office.
 Newly furnished large front room, four blocks from 1. M. de- pot and half block of private board. Rent reasonable. Tele-. phone 283.
 ~-ee-~-~~~-.~--~-- ---~-~-~.e~--~-~~~~~~~-~-~
 Cottages For Rent.
 For Rent-5 room cottage. Apply Mrs. l.. B. Grant, 403 Le- ona street. 39d6
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Stegall.

Health is not very good now. Mrs. Roy Hamilton and w. A. Eiland are both improving. MT. and Mrs. Ambers Lackey are some better.
 The weather is fine for cotton picking this week. Cotton is opening very fast and will soon be all opened.
 Mrs. J. D. Darden of Grubbs visited Mrs. Stegall Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs. Stegall and Mrs. Carter visited Mrs. Hamilton Monday.
 MT. Henry Williams, formerly of Oil Trough, has moved into our settlement to pick cotton for B. F. Carter.
 The Wild Boys base ball team crossed bats again Saturday with Diaz. The Diaz boys bit well at the bait the Wild Boys hung out on the 16th day of September, though they tried to strengthen their team by get ting players from Newport and Hickory Grove, but htey failed to score. The Lackey that Dlaz said was hit so hard on the 16th made them all lay down their bats and walk away, looking down their noses. Only three men got to first base and one to second. They tried hard to shut out the Wild Boys, but there were four home runs made on the expert pitchers. The score ran IA to 0 in favor of the Wild Boys. After 5 innings the boys became discouraged and quit. The married men tried to regain their lost reputation by getting up a team and playing 3 innings but with no success. The score was 4 to 0. All in all the game stood IS to 0 in favor of the Wild boys. The boys look forward with great pleasure to the game
Newport daily independent., 1911-10-05

S5t t and are HOW on sale. 57d3s
 All the latest music, 15 cents at the New Five and Ten Cent Store. 59d2wl
 Mrs. J. c. Kimberlin of Tuck erman spent today with her daughter Mrs. Harry Powell
 Mrs. J. .. Cook of Tuckelman spent today in the city the guest of Mrs. R. s. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. F. J. Hogue of Tucker man returned home this morn l ing after a visit to Mrs. Claude Hogue of this city. | Mrs. J. c. Cook of Tuckerman, who has been visiting her sis ter and also at Batesville, spent Thursday in the city on her re turn home.
 New goods arriving daily at the New , and 10 Cent Store. 1 5sd2t
 Mrs. Frank Morehead and Mrs. Emma Gardner are expect ed home this evening from Mem phis. where they visited friends during the Tri State Fair.
 Mrs. D. l.. ShoAner, who has been visiting Mrs. W. D. Murphy at Batesville was here yesterday on her return home, with her children.
 Mrs. Mary Hill, living on the Littleton farm, died Wednesday night from short illness and was buried near Tuckernlan this afternoon.
 Rev. M. B. Umsted of New port again spent yesterday in the city, and has succeeded in closing Q deal for the Bone resi- dence, owned by Mrs. E. H Glenn, whereby Brother Umsted becomes the owner of 8 nand- some residence and he will short ly remove his family to this place.-Batesville Guard,
 MT. and Mrs. Herschel Cast will entertain the Pioneer Club" at their home in Swifton Sunday. The young people will go up on No. "A and will no doubt have most delightful trip.
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0I t< q E esss M B. Steqall, but school will soon be out land Joe will then be lone .Miss Maude Sherrick has de- cfded to go to Kentucky as soon as her school is out at this place. X. '. z.
 After an absence of a few months we will again try to re- present our part of the country.
 We are having some fine weather for cotton picking and the people are making good use of it.
 Mrs. J. D. Darden of Grubbs visited Mrs. F. F. Stegall Satur- day night and Sunday.
 The infant of Roy Hamilton died Saturday night and was buried Sunday afternoon at the Cook grave yard.
 Miss Maude Sherrick's school will be out in another week and then she contenaplates going to Kentucky in the interest of the American Yeoman's Lodge.
 Dr. McCurry was called to see W, A. Eiland Sunday night. MT. Eiland has been very sick for several days but is able to be up at this writing.
 Joe Roberts went to Estico last Wednesday night on very important business. He says that he has an assistant helping him.
 George Holloway of Estico lost his dwelling house by fire Saturday about noon, losing nearly I'll his household goods.
 The Wild Boys won complete victory over the Diaz team ill the last game played, the score standing IS to 0.
 Bright Eyes.
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 For Sale-Blue Front restau- rant, good business opportunity. Apply to 214 Front St. 32b7
 For Sale-One new glass front safe or china closet, cheap for cash. Apply at Independent of- flee.
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death of her brothers little eight year old daughter, Loyis Muslin, who died very suddenly Wednesday and was buried this afternoon.
 If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes, use Red Cross! Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents.
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MT. J. B. Craig and Mrs. Mol lie Edmonson of Elmo were marrieG at noon Wednesday and celebrated the occasion with a big barbecue dinner to their friends in that vicinity.
 Miss Cora Muslin was called to Beedeville Wednesday by the