A Washington car conductor, born in London and still a cockney, has succeeded in extracting thrills from the alphabet - imparting excitement to the names of the national capitol's streets. On a recent Sunday morning he was calling the streets thus:
"Haitch!"
"High!"
"Jay!"
"Kay!"
"Hell!"
At this point three prim ladies picked up their prayer-books and left the car. - Lippincott's Magazine.