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Pages 9 to 12 , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE Pages 9 to 12 , .TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , SATURDAY HORNING. MARCH 28 , 1891 TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 280. Ni " , llomhr. .i ' , have you hecrd of the doln's t'other day , When the Toj an' ' pal * druv up to town to co that press eluo play I Our Jim-It wai ho drawcd 'em ; ho was tnkln' Iraclln' part , To help n.lot of other fellcrs-glv1 "cm " sorter ftaru , Well , you'd a thought old Greenfield tad ' moved Its bound'ry lines An' taken In the hull dorn'd stale to see them moukoy shines. To vo my soul , I couldn't help ajswcllln' , llko a toad. To tlilnlc of Jim , oHooslcr boy an' HancocK county urow'd ' ; Ho was pow'rful ' glad to sco u tin' .shuck us , all aroun' , Called us "folloi1 countrymen , " an" then ho ' most broke down As " ho tallied nbout his dear old homo an' thorn ho'il ' learn to love ; How some hnd gone lo Jlno the crowd of Hooslcrs up ubovo. I tell you , when wo left him wo felt so'full inside We opened up ourbuzzumsan'lctour ' fcclln a slide : Such sboutlti' an' ' such yellln' you never heard bo fore I , , , An' Jcit for Whltcomb Hlloy an' the good old days of yore. Wo all went in to sco the play-a purty dorn'd ' good show ; Tlddlln' , slngln' , s | > cakln' sorter thing , you know , To get n mm a laftln' ; then a cryln' like a dunce , With a great big lot nstatnpm' an a clappln' all to wtincc. .When Jim cum out on' caught 'em , 1 never scon the beat ; They wouldn't let the feller off , or lot him take his scat. Ho gave 'cm a new yarn an' a lot o' ' old-time rhymes , ' An' you bet our crowd ] est backed him as wo done la olden times. AX HEIRESS BOM HEDIIORSE. A i IrofC llkrct m Sun Frawltco Kttiinlntr. Juno 20. * * * I fir.d myself moro nnd moro interested in him. It ia not , I am stiro his ilo you know any noun correspond to'tho "handsome ? " ing1 adjective ono tloes not like to say "bounty" when speaking of n man. Ilo is htimlsomo enough , heaven knows ; I should not oven cnro to trust you with him falth- fulest of nil possible wives that you are \vhdn ho looks his best , as ho always does' . Nor do 1 think the fascination of hia manners has much to do with it. Vou recollect that the charm of art in heres in that which Is undofinablo and to you and mo , my dear Irene , I fancy there ia rather less of that in tlio branch of art under consideration than to girls in tholr llrat season. I fancy I know how my fine gentleman produces many of his effects nnd could perhaps instruct him tp heighten them. Nevertheless his-manncr IB something truly dolipht- ful. I suppose w hat interests mu chiefly IH the man's brains. His conversation is the host I have ever hoard , and nltopbtlior unlike any one's olfco. Ho Seems to know everything , ns indeed he ought , for ho has been everywhere , road pyorythmpf soon nil thoro,1s to see ' . . _ . _ _ . 1" acquaintance with'tho queerest people ! And then his volco Irene , when I hoar it I actually foci as if I ought to have paid nt the door , though of course , it is my own door. * * * J uly 3. * * * I fear my remarks about Dr. Bnrrltz must have been , beiiiff thought less , very silly , or you would not have written of him with such levity , not to say disrespect. Believe mo , dearest , ho has moro dignity nnd sorlousnoss ( of the Kind , I moan , which is not inconsistent with a manner sometimes playful and al ways charming ) than any of the men that you and 1 ever mot. And younc Ituynor you knew Ray nor nt Monterey tolls mo that the men all like him , and that ho is treated with something like deference everywhere. T hero is n mys tery , too Bomotliin about his connec tion with the Ulavntslcy people in North ern India. Rtiy nor either would not or could not toll mo the purliuulara. 1 infer that Dr. Biirritz is thought don't you duro to lough n magician ! Could any thing bo finer than thitt ? An ordinary mystery is not , of courbo , ns good ns a scuiulul , hut when It relates to dark and dreadful practices to thooxcrcibo of un earthly powers could anything bo moro piquant ? It explains , too , the singular uiliuonco the man hns upon mo. It is the undcfinnblo in his art black aril Sorioudy , dear , IqultO'tromblo when ho looks mo full in the eyes with those un- fnthomublo orbs of his which I have al ready vainly attempted to describe to you. How dreadful if ho hnvo the power to make ono fall in love ! Do you know if the "Blnvjitsky ciowd have thnt power outside of Sepoy ? July 10. * * * The ! strangest thing Last evening whllo aunt was attending ono of the hotel hops ( I liato thorn ) Dr. BurriU called. It was scandalously into I nc- tually bollovo lie hud talked with nunty in the ball-room nnd learned from "nor thnt I was alone. I had boon all the evening contriving how to worm out of him the truth about his connection with the Thugs in Sepoy , nnd all of thnt black business , but the moment ho fixed h's ' eyes on mo , for I admitted him , I'm iiHlmmod to say I was helpless. I trem bled. I blushed. I 0 , Irene , Irene , I love the man beyond expression , nnd you know how it is yourself ! Fancy ! I nn ugly duckling from Red- horse daughter ( they snyol ) old "Ca lamity Jim' certainly his heiress , with nn living volution but an absurd old aunt \vliu spoils mo n thousand and fifty ways absolutely destitute of everything bat n $1,000,000 and n hope in Paris I , dnr- lliif , to love tv god llko him ! Aly denr , I if 1 hnd'ydu hero I could tear your hair out with mortification. p. I nni convinced thnt ho is nwnro of my feeling , for ho stayed but .n , few mo ments , said nothing but what another man mlght'havo said half ns well , and pretending that ho had an engagement , went away. I learned todny ( a little bird told mo the boll boy ) that lie wont straight to hod. How docs tint strlko you us nn evidence of exemplary hnbitsV t * * * if * v - - July 17. * * * Thnt llttlo wrotoh Haynor called yesterday nnd Ills babble sot mo almost wild. Ilo never runs down that fy to sny when ho does run down a score of reputations moro or less hu doss not pnuso botwcon ono reputation and the noxu ( Uy the way , ho Inquired nbout you-anil Ids manifestations of interest in \pu hnd , i confess , a , good deal of genii- ino vrnlsomblanco. ' ) Mr. Htiynor oh- Eorvca no game laws ; lllto tno death \\lilohjm would InlHutlf blunders wore fatal , ho hns nil reasons for his own. Dut I llko him , for wo kno\v \ ouo another nt Italhorbo when wo were young and truo- licartcd and barefooted. Ilo was known in those fair days ns "Giggles" nnd I 0 Irene , can you over forglvo mo ? I was called "Gunny. " God knows why ; per- linns in allusion to the mnlorltxl of my nlrinfores ; pcrhap hccau.so the ntuno is an alliteration with "Glgglus ; " for Gig nnd I were Inseparable plnymtites and the minors may hnvo thought it n dell- cato compliment to rccognlzo some kind of relationship between us. Lntor , wo took In a third another of ndvcrslty's brood , who , llko Gnrrlck be tween tragedy nnd cotnedy , had a chronic inability to adjudicate the rival claims ( to himself ) of frost and famine. Between him nnd the grave there was seldom anything moro than n filnglo simpondur and the liopo of n meal which would at the same time support life and innko it insupportable. Ho literally picked up a precarious living for himself and ( in aged mother by "chlorlding the dumps ; " thtlt is to say , the miners per mitted him to bcareli the heaps of waste rock for such pieces of "pay ore" as hud boon overlooked ; and tlioso lie Backed up and sold nt the Syndicate mill. Ho hecamo a mem ber of our firm "Gunny , Giggles and Dumps" thenceforth through my favor ; for I could not then , nor can I now , bo Indifferent to his courage and prowess in defending against Giggles tlio immemor ial right of ills box to insult n strnngo and unprotected female mvsclf. After Old Jim struck it In the Calamity and I began to wear shoes nnd go to school , and , in emulation , Giggles took to wash ing his face nnd becnmo Jack Ilaynor of Wells , Fargo k Co. , and old Mrs. Harts was herself chlorldcd to her fathers , Dumps drifted over to San Juan Smith and turned stiijro driver and was killed by road agents and so forth. Why do I tell you all this , dear ? Because - cause it is heavy on my heart. Because I walk the valley of humility. Hocauso I am subduing myself to permanent consciousness of my unworthiness to unloose the laluhot of His shoo. Because - cause , O dear,0 dear ! there's a cousin of Dumps at this hotel ! I haven't spoken to him. I never had any acquaintance with him , but do you suppose ho hns recognized mo ? Do , please , givomo in your next your candid , sure-enough opinion nbout it and say you don't think so. Do you think Ho knows about mo already nnd that is why ho left mo last evening when ho saw thnt I blushed and trembled like n fool under his eyes ? You know I cnn't bribe all the newspapers. I can't ' go back on anybody who was good to Gunny nt Uodhorse not if I'm pitched out of Society into the sea. So the skeleton sometime * rattles behind the door. I never cared much before , as you know , but now now it is not the same. Jack Kaynor I nm sure of hovill not tell him. lie facems , in deed , to hold him in such respect as hardly to dare speak to him at all , and I'm a good deid that way myself. Dear , dear ! I wish I had something besides a million dollarsl If Jack were three inches taller I'd ' marry him alive and go back to Rodhorco and wear sackcloth again to the onO of my miserable days. * * * July iio. * * * AVe had a splendid sunset last evening and I must toll you till about it. I run n way from Aunty and everybody , and wns walking nlono on the botiuh. 1 expect you to believe , you infidel ! that I hnd not looked out of my window on the seaward sirto of the hotel nnd seen him ! j-inft o-p. ? ch , ju > , | ys- ' ' not lost to ovory'foolinpr of 'womanly aoi- icacy you will accept my statement with- nt. nnnaMnn T cnnn .tatfiYilluVirwl mxrcnlf under my sunshade and had for some tlmo been gazing out dreamily over the sea , when ho approached , wnllclnir close to the edge of the water it waa ebb tide. I nssuro you the wotand actually brightened about his feet ! As ho up- pronchcd mo ho lifted his hat , saying : "Mlfc's Dement , may I sit with you , or will you walk with mo ? " The possibility that neither might bo ngroonmo seems not to have occurred to him. Did jou over know such assur ance ? Assurnnco ? My donr , it wns gnll , downright gnll ! Well. I didn't find it wormwood and replied , with my un tutored Rcdhorso heart in my throat : "I 1 shall bo plutibod to do anything. " Could words have been moro stupid ? There nro depths of fatuity in mo , friend o' my soulr which are simply bottomless tomless ! Ho extended his hand , smiling nnd I delivered mine into it without a mo ment's hesitation nnd when his lingers closcO nbout it to assist mo to my feet the consciousness that It trembled made mo blush worse than the red west. I got tip , however , and after n while , ob serving that he had not lot go my hand , I pulled on it a littlobut unsuccessfully. U < j simply hold , on saying nothing but looking down into my face with some kind of a sinilo I didn't know how could I ? whether it was affectionate , derisive or what , for I did not look at him. How beautiful ho was with the red fires of sunset burning in the depths of his eyes ! Do you know dear , if the Thugs of Blnvntsky region have any special kind of eyes ? Ah , you should have scon his superb attitude , the god- iiko inclination of his head as ho stood ever mo after I hnd got upon my feet ! It was a noble picture but I soon de stroyed it , for I began at once to sink ngnfn to the earth. There was only ono thing for him to do and he did it : ho supported mo with nn arm about my wuisl. "Miss Dement , nro you 1UV ho said. It was an exclamation ; there was neither alarm nor solicitude in it. If ho had added : "I suppose that is about whatlam expected to say , " ho would hardly hnvo expressed his sense of the situation more clearly. Ills manner filled mo with"shamo and indignation , for I wns suffering acutely. I wrenched my hand out of his , grasped the arm supporting mo and pushing myself frco fell plump into the siind nnd sat help less. My lint hnd como oil in the strug gle and my hair tumbled nbout my face and shoulders In the most mortifying way. "Go away from ino , " I cried , half chokintr. " "O please go away , you you Thug ! How dare you think that wnon my log is asleep ? " I actually said these identical words ! And then I broke down and sobbed. Irene , I fear I blubbered 1 His manner altered in nn instant I could see that much through my lingers nnd hair. He dropped on ono knee be side mo , parted the tnng'io of hair nnd said in the tondorost way : "My poor girl. God knows I have not Intended to pain you. How should I ? I who love you 1 who have loved you for years and years ! " Ho had pulled my wet hands away from my face and was covering them with kisses. My cheeks were like two coals , my whole fuco was llnming nnd I , think , steaming. "Want could 1 do ? I hid it on ills shoulder there was no other plnco. And. 0 , my dear friend , how my leg tingled and thrilled , nnd how I wanted to kick ! Wo sat so for a long tlmo. Ilo had re leased ono of my hands to pnss his arm about ma again , and I hnd possessed myself of my handkerchief and was dry ing my oyoa nnd my noso. I would not look VP until that was done ; ho tried in vain to push mo a llttlo away and gaze into my eyes. Presently , when all was right and it had grown n bit dark , I lifted my head , looked him straight in tlio eyes and smiled my best my level best , dear. "What do you menn , " I said , "by yours and yoirs ? ' " "Dearest , " ho replied very gravely , very earnestly , "In the absence of the sunken chocks , the hollow oycs.tholnnk hair , tlio slouching gait , tlio rags , dirt nnd youth , can you not will you not un derstand Gunny , I'm Dumps. " In a , moment I was unon my foot and ho upon his. I seized him by the lapels of ills coat and peered Into his handsome face in the deepening darkness. I wns breathless with excitement. "And you are not dead ? " I naked , hardly knovlng wluvt I said. "Only dead in love , dear. I recovered from the road agent's bullet , but this I fear , is fatnl. " "But about Jack Mr. RnynorV Don't you know - "I nm ashamed to say , darling , that it wns upon thnt unworthy person's invi tation that I came hero from Vienna. " Irene , they have played it upon Your affectionate friend , MARY JANE DBMUKT. P. S. The worst of It Is that there is no mystery ; that was nn invention of Jack to arouse my curiosity nnd interest James IB not a "Thug. He solemnly assures mo that in all his wanderings ho has uovor sot foot in Sepoy. AHOVT IHltltO.t.n JIJEX. Hnldincn Irnln by Telephone. Ono sldo of a conversation over the tele phone is said to bo very unsatisfactory , but tbo otio whlcli a Knlamazoo Telegraph re porter happened to hear a few days ago gave promise of be ! UK so interesting that bo waited to hear the finish. It seems that W. O. Ilughart , president of the Grand Haplds & Indiana railroad , was In Kalamazoo nnd called at Mount Holyoke scmhmrv , as ho takes great Interest ii ) that educational Insti tution , being president of the board of trus tees. The llow.tlmo rapidly aad ho found himself late for the train hotno. About this tlmo the telephone boll rani ? , ln the Grand Haplds & Indiana depot , and a youne mau , late of Kentucky , a new employe of the road , and ono not acquainted \\lth tbo officials , an swered the call. Hero Is tbo conversation in the depot end of the line : "Yes , this is the Grand Hapids & Indiana. " "At 2:25 : , sir. " "Hold the train 1" "VVell , I ? ucss not. " "I'll bet you ? 2 wo don't ' hohl It. " "Just a few seconds ? We won't hold it a second. " % "Dou't ' care who you are. See you in Jericho before wo' ' 11 delay the train. " "Won't ' do any Rood to talk with Mr. Dakar. We run our trains on time. This is no Jim Crow road. " "Who in h - Is Hughart J" At the mention of that name every ono lu the oftlco from Station Afiont Baker to the raessonpcr boy , made n rush and tried to get tno telephone away from tbo Kentucky chap , bat , nothing daunted , the youn ? mau sung out : "Stand back there : I started In with this 'duck' and I guess I con handle him. " "But ho's the president of the road , " ar gued Mr , Baker. " ' The president of the road , " Rasped , the young man. And then ho yelled over the wire : "Yes , we'll hold the train for you-hold it n week If you say so. The joungman has bccnnxlled to Bowling Qroon. He was the chronic car Joker on that line of road , and seldom boarded the train with out guying the conductor , or loft it without raising a general laugh at tha company's or trainmen's expense , says the Buffalo Com mercial. Ono irrorning he arrived late at the station and barely in tima to swla ? on with out n ticket. Ho had lust caught his breath , after seating himself with tbo usual daily crowd of fellow-travellers , when the con ductor appeared. ' Haven't , ticket " the got any , began Joker , in his usual vein , and tno crowd awaited its daily guy. " .All right ; give uio fifty cents , " responded tbo ofllclal. "Never carry anything so small , " and the traveller picked out a &d bill , but did not pass it up. "Mako out llrst " ho your receipt , con tinued ; "I'm ' all business today. " Then as the receipt wa * duly puuclied out , bo took it and began nloiiKund labored Inspection of It , still holding on to his0 bill , at the sumo time aggravating the busy conductor with superfluous questions : "Knglno all right ] Air-brakes or baud-brakes < Newsboy chained j Any rebate on this ticket ! Punched It all you want tel Any stop-over allowed ? " etc. As the conductor began to tire of tbd business , the funny man handed over bis $20 bill and suddenly drew it back , adding , ' 'Onequestion more : Is thlia through train ! " "Bet your 11 f o , " replied the conductor , taking the bill : "and what Is more. " ho added , pocketing the bill nnd deliberately movliu ; away , "it's through without 'change , ' " and the entire car smiled at the funny man and bis disap pearing S'il ) bill. A Railway Ghost. "Talking about ghosts on railroad tracks , " said the engineer to an Atlanta Constitution man , as ho mopped his brow with a plcco of dry waste , "I believe in them. " Why sol" ' 'Well , 1 Killed a man once that is , my en gine killed him and I can't ' ( 'otridof him. " ' Haunts you , docs hoi" "Not exactly. But I can't got hl2 nut of my memory. It happened on the old Bruns wick & "Western railroad. I hod taken n young man a tramp on the engine with me. Ho was a northern man and had been south for his health and had got broke In Florida. Ho was going homo to dlo and askcu tno to give him a lift. I was sorry for him , and granted his request with pleasure. "The fellow had consumption and the jolt ing of the engine resulted in a hemorrhage. I wasn't ' noticing the man , when I heard a shriek and then out of the cab ho tumbled , and then under the engine. I heard the wheels pass ever him and grind his bones to powder. "After that , whenever would reach that spot , I seemed to hoar the shriek , and then the grinding of the wheels on human bones. I couldn't dlsnol the Illusion to save my Hfo. On ono occasion the fireman swore that ho saw the man picking up his bones along the track ; but of course there was nothing In that. .But for six years afterward , ns longas I remained an the road , I imagined I could hear the shrTolc ana feel the engine Jump when it got to that plnco. I supnoso it was all imagination , but I couldn't ' help it all the same.1 Nervy Knuitiivr. As the Missoula aud Helena accommoda tion train was going cast from Gold Creek tbo other day at the rate of about forty miles an hour , pulled by engine No. 2.15 , the con necting bar broke , and what would have un doubtedly boon n very serious accident was prevented bv the coolness and nerve of En gineer Nod , who , although facing almost curtain death , remained on tno engine , shot olT steam and put ou the air brakes , brluglng tbo train to a standstill in a short distance. The fireman and brakcnmn who were on the engine Jumped and rolled down a thirty-foot embankment , but sustained no serious injury. The engine wai helpless and Conductor CIcary struck out for Garrison , Mont. , about four miles distant , for an engine to pull his train in. A great many of tbo passengers also walked. It was a miraculous escape from a horrible accident. Capo Cod Item : JMIss Doom Papa says all must be at an end between us. Illram. Hiram Why , what have I done ? What's the matter ! Miss Doein I'apa has become rich. Hiram Hlchi Why , I heard ho had fuilud. MlsjUocra-Yes , that's ' uowho has become rich. STORIES OF LITTLE PEOPLE , Ooloidd School Children Thrown into a Panic Over a Hobjoblin , PHILOSOPHY , PRANKS AND PRATTLE , Mother's LmpOreator Tlmn n Throne Childhood Always Moots on n Ijovcl Offered as n Sacrifice , Tlio enttro colored population of Charles ton , S. 0. , was throwu Into excitement last week by a panic among the colored cbllclron of the Morris street school. This Is the largest colored school In the United Stntea , having nearly fifteen1 hundred pupils. It was about half past 10 o'clock when n. wiry- built , brlglit-loortlne , jCopper-colored man , dressed In the fantastic costume of an East imllati , walked Into onaof the class rooms of the primary department and began to make a speech to the children. lie told thorn that ho was a reformed cannibal and used to out human beings , nnd his tfcncral appearance bore out his assertion. The colored people hnvo lately been on tholr perennial scare about the inodlcnl stuaeuts , nud were easily frightened. The children laughed nt the speaker at llrst , but ho ran nt onoof the girls with out stretched arms , and she ilcrt , shrieking that the man was going to cat her. Swiftly the panic spread , and In a moment the entire school was In a panic. They rushed holler skelter out of the class rooms , down the stairs , out In the yard , anu thence pell-moll through the gates and over the fences Into the street. The excitement spread through the prima ry to the Intcrmndiato department , and with in three mlni.tcs after the Ilrat shriek of the frightened girl rang through the building there was not a child la It. Soon the colored population for squares around were attracted by the children's screams. Too street in front of the building was packed with negroes , everybody was yelling at the top of his voice , and for a while It seemed ns though pandemonium had been lot loose. News of the patiic spread as If by magic throughout the city , nnd by the tlmo It reached the lower portion of the city It had been magnllled into a terrihlo accident. The building was said to have caved in and hun dreds of lives lost. A platoon of policemen arrived on the scene , but were utterly pow erless to keep the crowd away. Mothers scaled the fences sbrlckiilg for their children. and the confusion becatno worse and worse. After a long battlethe'police managed to clear space enough to allow the children to come out and matters were finally quieted. Only three out of the l.WK.pupils ) woio In jured nnd none fatally. The man w.ho caused the panic was arrested and had to bo escorted to the police station undet strong guard. Ho says ho is n Fiji Islander , sovonty-nino years old , and was once n paunib.il. Ho gives the nnmo of John Gharven , and says ho once dined with Mr. Blalne at his lionio In Maine. Ho is now on n lecturing tour and was to have lectured that night. In ono of the negro churches. Ho claims td.bo R British subject and says ho will demand , satisfaction for his treatment hero. When be went to the school ho was dressed in a crimson dninaslctmd , his flneor nails were several , inches long. Ho has filed his teeth. Ho denies that ho wanted to frighten the children. , Cnarven was ordered'lu ' the police court the next day. to leave' the city Immediately. The ox-cannibal.fearod'pdrional ' violence from the colored , people , and asked sala conduct across .the. municipal ) .frontier. The police took htm six mlles from town in the Black Maria. A Hoy's Tilt Ulth Death. The scientific proclivities of fourteen-year- old Willie Patrick of Philadelphia which prompted him to inquire Into and stir up the Internal arrangements of a dynamite cartridge with a nail carne near costing him his life. Ho is now lying in a critical condi tion at bis homo with the thumb and Index linger of his left hand amputated , bis left eye seriously injured , his face one mass of wounds and his legs severely burned. The cartridges which caused the Injuries were found by Willlo and three of his schoomntcs under a gate by the sldo of an emigrants' boarding house on Mount Vernon street , in a small card box bearing a Gorman label. They are of peculiar mak < \ much too small for which dynamite is generally used aud con tain no slugs. T to j > olice'.think they belong to the outfit of a nihilist , and were intended to bo thrown among a crowd of people , the mere treading on thorn * being sufficient to cause explosion. The proprietor of the boarding ' ing house , by the side of'which the cartridges were found , is a Husslan 1'olc. He thinks tnoy must hnvo been intended for him nnd that Is the work of some unknown enemy. Willlo Patrick , the Injured boy , attends thn Hancock school. Ho says Ernest Parker , son of Dr. Parker , came into school and told the boys ho hud found u box of- small cart ridges under a gate on Mount Vernon street , but had loft it tnore. Aficr school Parker , Willlo Patrick , Harry Longwell and Hat ry Devlin wont to the place and secured the box. They shaved the contents , 100 cart ridges , and put them In their pockets. That night , whllo studying his geography In the sitting room of his father's house. Willlo Patrick , who Is an embryo gonlua in pyrotechnic technic manufacture , began to investigate the insldo of ono of the harmless-looking llttlo cartridges , and tried to scrape out its contents on the back of his book. His re searches soon worked consternation in the firmament of the sitting-room. The cartridge exploded with a tremendous concussion , blow a largo hojo right through the thick utlns on Willie's lap , went through the bottom of the chair on which ho was sit ting , blow bis left thumb and the top of the index flngor off , drove a nleco of the bono of the latter Into his forehead , from which It had to bo extracted by forceps , and throw his father , who was , coraplacentiy wading the paper , sitting near him , up against a bookcase about three feet away. Mr. Patrick at once Informed the police , who endeavored to collect the remaining cartridge from the other boys , but did not succeed until the following morning in school , Little TSrnthcra of Itoyalty. All the llttlo German princes are very strictly brought up to the habits of Industry , punctuality and early riling , while thalr daily food is much plainer than that of most middle class Gorman children The Crown Prince nnd his next younger brother may often bo seen in thulr , carriage driving through Untor den Linden , which pastime the poor little follows cannot find very enjoyable - joyablo , as tboy have to keep their hands con stantly up to tfioir bats , returning with mil itary salute the bows of the people , who always line tbo street to see them pass. Thov" would bo noticed for bright , fine-look ing boys nnywhuro , and the second one , filtol Frlodrlch , has a remarkably sweet face. Ouo day the twollttla brothers were playing in u room adjoining tha kaiser's study.and the racket got so furious , bplnic accompanied by vigorous howls and war-whoops , that papa stopped In to Inquire the cause. Ho discover ed the older boy slttln , on the younger ono , whom ho was poundlug with both lists In true pugilistic stylo. "What is the moaning of this ! " demanded the katsor. "I was Just showing Eitol Fritz who's crown prince , " modestly explained the victor , His majesty was equal to the emergency. Said ho : "Voune man , you come hero and I'll ' show you who's Kaiser , " Probably It was tbo afternoon of this day and in nmlcablo adjustment of the morning's dlsputo that the two llttlo follows , driving through the Tbiorgarten , were observed to hug and Vlss each other as If they had been parted for years. JUKI (11 ( 'lima to Asslnt. The father of the family , disturbed by tbo noise , entered suddenly , reported the Chicago cage Tribune. "Who Is doing all thU loud talking ! " ho Inquired. Master Tommy who . was standing on the center table took oft tUo pair of his grand mother's spectacles ho had on , looked sol- omly nt the congregation of neighbor's chil dren Heated In front of him , glnticod at the dumb wutcn ho carried , and said : "Aly hearers , 1 leave this subject with you. Services this evening fit the usual hour. Wo will now take up our regular col lection , A considerable sum Is needed for Incidentals , nnd friends will pleas o respond liberally. " It cost Tommy's father f 1.73 to got out of the room gracefully. Dividing Up a Good Thing. A boy stood on the corner of Fourth avenue nna Forty-second street and called out In his loudest voice , and at the same tlmo waving his arm frantically above his head , says the Now York Sun. "Oti , Jlnil oil , Jlml Hurry us fast as ever you can ! " "What's all this yelling nboutl" demanded nn ofllccr who had Just crossed the street. "I'm hollering to Jim. " "Who's Jlml" "Tho kid cnrrvlng that grip down the street , " And ho turned from the onicor nnd pitched his voice about ono vest button higher , and shouted : "Oh , Jim. but thorn's n follor up hero rollIng - Ing n barrel of sugar Into a grocery , nnd ono of the heads Is loose , nnd ho's blind on that stdo and can't sco it , and It's going to fall out and sent t or more'n a ton of sugar on the sldo walk I Hurry right up , and git all the bovs you kin , and ihui all the papers you kin , for it's the glorlouscst chance to hit a big thing you ov.er liearu tell of 1" KllltMl a Hey Instead of u Cat. A correspondent writes from Darjillng to the Calcutta Guardian : A sou of ono Ashy Lcpcha , a boy-seven yean of ago , was shot dead by a students of tbo St. Paul's school , a Kurnpcan by birth. The father of the boy c.una to ledge his complaint with the police but before his arrival Mr. Charter , the rector of the school , catno and reported the matter to the police inspector , who took no notice of the complaint nt llrst. Subsequently ho sent ouo of his assistants to Inquire and it turned out as usual , that the student intended to kill a cat and In its plnco shot the hey , who was playing with u'nothor under a crlpto- marico tree. Cause to Feud Hadly. A kind-hearted lady found a youngster drying againsUn wall , says the Philadelphia Uocord : "What's ' the matter , bubbyi" she asked , nnd hubby answered : "How would llko to > brothers's you wci r your long-legged pants cut down so thn bag of his It ness came out nt the anklol" She dropped a nlcklo in the tear-grlmmod fist , end saw the clouds roll by instautor , Ii y Were Kclntlvcs. Marion went out to make n call with mamma. The children took her out in the garden , and she found an nnt-holo. In great haste she raw Into the house , crying out : "O , mamma , mamma , como out hero and sco what lots of grandmothers I've foundl" Rcttor Thau n Tin-one. The little king of Spain very much dis likes being seated upon the throne nt state ceremonials. He tries to climb down , nnd on ono occasion declared , withte.irs , that ho would rather sit on his mother's lap. "Hite , Kinfi , B to. " lu the south it is generally the "mammy" who , bears the burden of maintaining house hold discipline , and her word is law , whllo the father has no authority to speak with the children , or at least is not held In such awe , says Harper's Magazine. The young darkies illustrate this fact In a song which they use to "oonjuro" llshes to tholr hook , and chuiit In an undertone : "Bite , fish , blto ; Yor mammy says yer might ; - - * Yer daddy-says yer mustn't ; * * 1 * " * ' * ' ' ' * So-blto , tlsh , bite. " Raster VOH/M' ( / Companion. , What Meg's Brother said. If somebody sent mo a rose-colored egg. Though I might prefer n blue. I wouldn't shed tears about it , ilka Meg , I know I wouldn't ' , woulfi you ? What Metr said. If my eggs were blue and my sister's pink , When she had boon hoping for blue , I'd exchange with her , us quick as a wink , I know I would , wouldn't ' you ) School Days. Turn 7/omJ. "Ah met those old familiar bounds ! That classic house , these classic grounds. My pensive thought recalls i What pensive urchins now confine , What little captives now repine , W ithin yon irksome walls ! * * * , "There was I blrch'd ; there was I bred : There like a llttlo Adam fed From learning's ' woful trool The weary tasks I used to con ; The hopeless leaves I wept upon Most fruitless leaves to mo I" Ted's ruyrr. A neighbor's family received news the other day of the arrival of a new cousin to bo added to the group of little cousins in a dis tant town. At night whcn llttlo Ted cnmo to say his prayers , feolinir like throwing the manllo of his blessing over all his connec tions , ho prayed something as follows : " 0 Uod , pens brcss Dot nnd Bcsslo and and do odder 'Ittlo kid. " TWO 1HVIXE8. New York Herald. Ono spako with gentleness nnd all accord , With lowly heart ho served his Master hero , Content to hope his labors pleased the L.ord , Nor mindful of the worldling's scoil or jeer , And yet sometimes It scorned to him right queer That for his toil nnd sorrow ho could show Scarcely five hundred dollars for the year , "Ah well " said ho " ' , , , "my treasure's not below. " One bawled In tones stcntorlous and coarse , A ribald Jangle , almost blasphemy ; And shrieked vapidity till fairly hoarse And thousands flocked this wondrous man to seo. His coffers well n millionaire's might bo , His news o'orllowed until they filled the aisle. These arj fair samples , as you must agree ; Ono man nmclo Christians and ono made bis pile. Investigate t.io Knglneer. A curious Incident occurred some time ago to an engineer on the Humboldt division reports the Truckeo Republican. While running on u straight tnick ho chanced to look ahead and spied a light , Hoomiiiglv on the track. Ho Immediately looked at * his orders , and saw that there were no orders of any train on the road. Thinking , however , that there must have been some mistake , heat at once sidetracked and uwultod until thu light would approach him nearer ; but. Instead - stead of coming nearer , It had switched and took Its course Into the air so us to allow the train to pass. The engineer , becoming Im patient , look another good looir , and was astonished to find that ho hud sidetracked for the moon , and hence the boys on the road are having some great sport over the Joke. Hard on Jlidfjo Terry's Widow. Justice Crieliton , nt Fresno , Cal. , last week , decided tno case of the people against N. C. Caldwell , charged with battery , in favor of the defendant , pronouncing him not guilty and ordering his discharge. The complaining witness was Mrs. Surah Althea Terry , who alleged she had gene to Mr. Caldwcll's ofiiw'O on business and that ho had u truck her In the face and kicked her out of his ofllco. Caldwcll denied this , saying that ho merely put his foot on her back and shoved her out of bis ofllco. Ho stated that she had no business with him and that ho had warned her to keen away from his oftlco. The Justice In his decision reflected severely on Mrs. Terry , declared that her testimony could not bo believed and that the lawyer's evidence must bo accepted that ho used no uioro than necessary torcu. THOKHITS IA LmHTKK IVKJ.V. A 1 'Nin it nt Mr * . Sim so. Xtw York Sun. Sanso-Itamlct know how to talk to a woman. Mrs. SnnsoIndeed 1 Sanso Yes. When ho talked to bK mother ho spolto daggers , Ho was enabled m that way to got his words tu edgoway. Not GulltyT Uarvai /xtmixion. . Onoof.tho Powers You are accused of poker plnylntr. Hastings Yes : you see my friend and I sat down for a quiet illtlo game - O. P. ( growing Interested ) Yes. Hastings And ho opened a pot for ? l O. P. ( growing more Interested ) Yos. Hastings Well , I wont in aud drew five cards. O. P. ( moro and moro Interested ) ! cs. Hastings I caught n pair of deuces4 ho bet { 1 ami 1 called. O. P. On a pair of deuces ! Hastings Yes. O. P. The accusation Is withdrawn ; that wasn't ' pokor. Important MattelOvnrlookod. . Chltaaii Trtliune. Excited Individual ( rushing up lu haste ) HorolStopI Tula won't ' dot" Angel Gabriel ( propnrlng to blow his horn ) Why not ) Who are you I" Excited Individual Pin Tom Morgan. This proceeding has not been authorized by a Wuverly Hall resolution yet , sir I" KnniiiH City Dude. Oh what a beastly deuced bore I It has been hero so oft before This horrid thing That folks cnll "spring , " Of them I've scon nt least n score. 'Tis then the rudest boys you moot , And babies playing In the street , Till life you mid A dismal grind ; A weary waste of cnro complete All of my fashion friends I beg Stay homo nnd do not stir n peg For llko as not You'll find a spot Of mud upon your trouser leg. The Hilling Ttras Slftlnus. An Austin , Tex. , lady was not expected to llvo through the day. Her husband men tioned to the dying woman that Mrs. Jones had culled and asked how the invalid was coming on. "What sort of a hat did she wcarl" gasped the dying woman. _ A Undo for Jueclcr't Loquacious tudo ) I wcad the othaw day that a Euwopoau nwtist lias miido u wawtch cntiawlyof napaw. Jeweler How about the hairspring } Loquacious Dude O , I weckon ho made that of jute or .somo othiiw Imitation of haiah. It Ung t lo. Yale llfconl. A small goat ate n tomato can And then eight pounds of nails ; Ho finished his meal , by wuv of dessert , By consuming four largo fence rails. Ho said to himself , with n Jovial smile , As off to his homo ho run : ' I'm sure the nails can't disturb me , But I think the tomato can. " Olicdlunt to Orders. CViteljo Trtlmnc , Hostess Miss Kackshaw , lot mo Introduce the Hon. Mr. Goldmcual. Mr. Gcldmedal ( Immature but rising states man ) liowdy. Miss Unckshuwl I bellovo I've been appointed by the the steering coni- mltteo to take you oul to supper. _ _ . Ho ISeiu.mbercil the Apple. Mother Eve ( after they were expelled from Paradise ) A ddio , I wish you would toke mete to the orchid show. Father Adam ( angrily ) Orchid show ! Don't you know tnat wo haven't had any show since your adventure in that orchid ! A Timely Wedding. JslJC. "Yes , papa , Jnclc Is poor , but ho lo'cs mo. Mayn't I marry him , papa ) "vVell , yes , if you want to. " "You dear old thing but when ! " "Immediately. " ' O , but you know it's ' Lent. " "Yes , but wouldn't it bo well to got broken in to fasting right away ? " I , Ittlo Smile" . Jewelers' Wceuly : Actress "What do you mean , sir , by making mo a riug with a leather setting I" Thick-Headed Jeweler "Didn't you tell mo that you didn't want a common setting that vou desired ono with- some solo in It ? W < ! 11 isn't that exactly what you've ' got ) " Some sudden chilling blast in spring , Your expectation shocks 'Tis plain why people cull the thing The vernal paradox. Chicago Tribune : "What office nro you a candldotofori" inquired the reporter , who was making his hasty rounds of the polling places. . "Mo ? " exclaimed tno man , Icanintr up against the door frame. "Thunder ! 1 uln't running fur anything. I was bora In this country. " New York Herald : Lawyer All was ex citement during the progress of the light , I presume ! " Witness Jos'ouo cool ono. "Who was hoi" "A feller killed when the row llrst started. " Boston Post : It is a remarkable fact that the Italians have no organ tu New Orleans. TIIU 1CUMVV. H'lix/idigNiii / Hist. The coal man gay across the way , IIus sold them stuff to burn , But soon the heat their brows will greet , And I can take my turn. Now York Sun : Bagley You don't ' hap- pnn to have n pint measure around here , do you ? Brace Yes ; nil up one of those quart wino bottles. Lowell CItUen : "Why have you got tha string uround your linger ! " "To remind in that I have forgotten what my wlfo told in to buy. " New Orleans Picayune : The Plttuburg Dispatch fears that tha human race will lese Us legs unless it exercises them more. The General Manager : Take n llttlo stock , six time1 ! as much water , and then put In the Iamb. New York Herald : It Is strange , but the dregs of a. pot of "red paint" are always blue. Boston Courier : Judy-Do you link you love mo , Dinnlsi Dennis Go way now , darllnt , nv coorso ol do. Judy How do yo know it , Dlnnlsl DInnIs By the way ol uppraciuto yor prlslnco whin ol'm away from ye. New York Kocorder : "What shall I preach ) " was asked at , a meeting of Cleve land clergymen the other day. How would It do to sLicut a text from thusblblo by way of a novelty ! Chicago Tribune : Puplio Spirited Citizen Is this Miss Gay I Fushlonablo Milllror Yes , sir. What can I do for you ? "Hero Is my card , madam , nnd hero's * T > 0. I want an Easter bonnet for my wife , and I want It trimmed with English sparrows , " Brooklyn Llfo : Head of ilrm ( angrily ) Who is that smoking In the olllcu ) Bookkeeper The olllco hey , sir. Head of firm Oh , all right. 1 thouuht it wus ono of the clerks. XOI BTUCK ON TIIU LINKS. Krw York .Sun. When ho hud scon my tragedy Ho thought a llttlo tlmo , And then ho mild ho thought 'twould bo A better pautuulioo. SATURDAY'S ' SPORTING SPICE , Pertinent and Impertinunt Kotos on the Ball Players. DOGGY MEN AND DOGS THEMSELVES , IIio Trotters nml tin Hnnjj Tnllo Ilia SulllvaiiN , Dig and Mttlc , anil an Interesting Mix ture uf > 'iu > rtri. John M. Ward sailed for homo last Mon day.Kd Kd Swartwood has signed with Sioux City. 'Ace Wilder has signed with the Oihkosh club. club.Nero Nero II. hat taken down his llddlu once moro. The Plttsbttrg leaguers go to Florida next Monday , I'd Crane Is claimed by the loc.il associa tion team. Hrooklyn will drop both Bob Clark and Doe Dustion g. llolllday and Mel'hec have arrived safely at Hot Springs. Lincoln hns orilcrod Will Hart to pack his vallso and start west , < , .lay I'aatwants to play first b.isc for the Cincinnati association Hods. The dove of pcaco n talking of spreading her xvhlto wings over the diamond. King ICol. Is like n weathercock , lie chnngtM with every wind that blows. Every Cincinnati association Ucd so far signed wns a brotherhood man n year ago. T. J , Dowse , Iho Cleveland young blood of the > ! X ) crop ha * boon signed by Columbus. The Scorers' ' league seems to bo ns dead ns the brotherhood , but Iho Philadelphia Scor ers' association still lives. The Cleveland Spiders nro to wear uni forms of white with black stockings , aud blue with black stockings. The people want peace , the league wants pcaco , and the association wants a jileco of Cincinnati , nnd there you are I "I recognize In the national net-cement or some such document the sal ; atlou of profos * sionnl ball.1' William Barnlo , George Smith , tbo Brooklyn boy promised to Cincinnati , is the busiest man In Altoono. Ho is thu fond papa of twins. . Tlio University of Pennsylvania team has Joined Harvard , Yale and 1'rlncotou in re fusing to piny association clubs. His to be in can mod that Loth Prince and Wagner will go cnuy with grlot If that Cleveland snarl in not unr.ivclud. Who said "ICiiiR Kcl" was a hustler I Ho spoilt three days In Chicago with Tom Lof- tus and didn't go near Blooinlngtou. John Kelly is not likely lu do much umpir ing for the ussoeiution and Chnrlio Jones has another offer. Now York World. Sol Tip O'Neill hns boon corralled by St. LotIs to 1111 the hole loft vacant by Jlmmio McAlrer when ho turned his face toward Cleveland. The Bostonl.ms go to Charlottflsvillo , Va. , for their spring ornetlce on April ! t. They will play two games with the University of Virginia nine. JooSommor , who played la the Cincinnati association team In 'S'J and helped win the only pennant Porkopolis over floated , wants to play bore. Jollct , Galesburg , Irving , Kockford , Au rora , Ottawa , Davenport and Ottumwa are members of the Illinois-Iowa league. The ' 'There IsTfnr moreTtruth In the story thai J Palmer O'Neill and Albert I. . . Jonnson have struck n snag than lu the tale cf trouble be tween O'Neill aud John T. Brush. The Giants' traveling uniform will bo of Yale gray , with maroon trimmings , stoek- Ines and belts. The homo uniform will ba white , with maroon or black trimmings. Kel is known as the greatosi "jollirr" In the business and is hurting bimsclf and tbo American association , as well as baseball by his foolish breaks. Now York Press. Columbus , which has lost money for several years , has a lot of red-headed pencil pushers who nro yelling for gnro nnd no compromise. What Columbus needs Is not blood , but cash. A. L. Johnson says ho'll not appear In any lawsuit until ho gets his money. The league platform is 0. O. 1) . They haven't got the goads ahd A. L. hasn't seen tlio color of that fJO.OOO , The national agreement , JUke the govern ment at Washington , still lives. Tha Now EnL'land league nnd the Atlantic association in ado formal application for membership this week. J. Earlo Wagner's admission that the leaguers wore shrewder business moii than these .in ttio association , and that under a ttnv of truce the association could not cope with the league people , has a humorous look. , The knowledge that the Cincinnati leuguo clubmlSOO took jn moro money than the association lleds did hero In 18S9 the great est year in the history of the game Is not inscribed on the text books of these who say this cltv deus not llko league bull. Tim ICeefo who is coaching the Prince ton nine , says that the wearers of the tiger stripes lira well provided with pitching ma terial. Ho confidently predicts that the Jer sey boys will have no difficulty In winning the championship over Yolo this year No\y York Reporter. Captain Comiskcy is billed as being en route to Bloomlngton to complete the task that "King Kel" sot oul to do sign Had- bourne. ICcl fell into the hands of gnod Samaritans at nhtcago , and at the end of hit llrst day's sojourn there ho forgot that such a man as "Hud" was alive. It would no doubt bo a good thing for the American association If the league would forglvo and forgot , but where would It bo of any particular bencllt to the league I-Now York Press. Ortqinly It would. It would turn public attention away from the "dip lomats'1 to the gamo. That is what 1 $ wanted. IiitrrcHtlng Kontiul XutcH. Russian wolf hounds will bo a fanhlonablo breed. They nro growing in taor. . "Hecton Mctchwoncnracus" was the nnmo of n collie at the Now York bench show , 'Iho Behnont kenuols at Mi rim's Ferry Is n noiv Institution. The St. Bernard family will bo cultivated there. TJ. I' . Whitman will bo superintendent of the Cleveland kennel club's slio.v , It open I April 14. n ml continues lour days , It took "Crib" Just two hours tochoko [ Jack Billy Andrew's lemon and white bull pup to death near Now Haven the other evening. Mr. J. S , Rockwell ha * entered his fine Itulian greyhound for the Chicago show , Slio will bo shown and handled by the IJber- hurt pug kennels. The local kennel club hnvo not as yet de cided upon a soring show. It roijulroi care ful preparation , nnd they are determined to score a success from thu start out. Hobert I.o Diablo , Duke of Ilcssen anil Wootton Game , a trio of pointers from tUo Hempstcad kennels , won In tbo Hold trials at tbo bench show of the Washington konncl cnibthtt week. If you over (1 ( IK ! It necessary to kill a dog , don't run fora policeman , who generally ha ? to nmpty Ills revolver before hu happens to put a ball in the right spot , but got a llttlo chloroform and apply it to Ins nose , The poor dog will ( julckly go to sleep without suffering , .lames McCnbo of Hnrloin , has offered to mutch three lighting dogs atralnit any three dogs in America for $2. ' < 0 or i.VK ) a tide , at twenty-three pounds , twenty-four and ono- luilf pounds , nnd twenty-elicit pounds re spectively. The fighting canines MrCubo Is eager to match uro Flora , twonty-throo pounds ; Townoy , twenty-four and one-half pounds , and Honey , twenty-eight pounds. U. B. Wnddcll Is presenting an elegant sou venir with the compliments of the Hazard powder company , It Is a well Illustrated
