, 1879-04-27

| and having my supposltitiUu5 poodle -1n,e e+.
lightning and attacked with hydrophoot, - y
+ think there ts money in the assassluation ,...A
that Is for awhile. until the purfesh cers +ca
and the public sort Of begins 10 climb nm ~ -.
md say. What are you giving us, hev, Th.1 esf
| real danger about pisrol-sbot, and ,t,s 1ea 49,
pected, and people are ltnb!e to ecream ansa s3-
the ren=ation Of waiting for the darped old ~. mea
to 90 off will attract some. How do yop tbsa Esol
would be best to do-to put On the nro,r..-1 !"
Miss Stella de Rouge's life will be men..., es u
1880 precisely2' or to leave the assassn ~, a.
cretion to blaze away promiscuously at NV w.
ment he thought it would enliven the ne,toa Nv"
ance?" The CLERK said that In matter of THE,
poftance re would hardly dare to offer his sar,c.
hut 1t ought to be early in the evening: An .ss.
there would be plenty OF time for the reporro,.
get up good story for next mornings n.ns..
He further suggested that in the conr,a :.
time the advertisement would 1oea -. "
novelty-peop1e would grow tired Of ,..,'s ~
10 much shooting without any adequate retn,o =.
corpses. and intimate that it was q put.nn a.
swell, have teeu thinking over that contines.
CT, too, " saiu the lady. ''and wanted n nj.
your advice about it. Isuppose there womb h. =
prejudice against having the assassin come nm"
the stage between the acts and dance bo,n,,..
OF something, and then hare committee se,ac,.s
BY the audience load the deadly weapon. 50 ~ ~
show that there was no shcnaniean about il bnt
all the promises made in the bill were Carried t,
and so have thought-suppose every once in !.
while have the assassin hit supe,~ur a waikiki,
gentleman, OF chambermaid, or something ches,
that cond be easily replaced Every one cou1d ,ss
for himself thnt there was no fo0ling about th.t
and If the worst came to the worst we could uti].
ize the corpse for at least two nights,-have n.
ro1d +hm r. -@~
and the next ring tho corpse In in play with H.
neral procession In it. What do you think ot;,r,,
The advertising clerk replied that nerer uptll mn,
had be believed that such !attesing prospects No..
in store for the legitimate drama, and tha 1,a~
with the remark, stYou're inst coughing. toos
her leave.
4 young man On Sheldon street drew b;a
modest weekly stipend yesterday, and, all nm.
mindful Uf the fact that he had his board tn NV
and that his tailor's bill was hanging over H.
heat like the sword Of D-ocles, fnyit&d h;z
sweetheart to go ont with him and have .om.
strawberries and cream He. cousin from An,n,.
is visiting her, and in a moment Of .ashpes. IN.
young man invited her to make one Of the mr..
ty. They went to the restaurant and ORDERED
supply Of the fruit that gripes bur not ineb,f.
ates, and the waiter, observing that the youns
mans watch-chain was Of massive 1s-casat Rold,,
and that his diamond pin seemed Of pure luste
promptly complied with. the order, and soon tha
innocent fo1k were devouring the berries ind
prattling like the antedluyans Just before III.
storm-s signal went up and Noah hauled In tha
gang -plank. 't1t would be too bad, iii. Smith,
said the young lady from .Anross, stis yoa war.
to be mandamused. or caplased, or Wh.tcye. II
ise for these beautiful berries; don't ron think II
would have been wiser ii you had invested shis
money in buying a set Of parlor furnitura
FOR when you go housekeeping; you can
get real nice set OF eight pieces for
S115." '.Oh, that's all humbus," said tha
young man, lightly; ''the papers MAKE up thosa
things and think they're funny" Nevertheless hts
manly brow paled, and it waa with visible effort
that he invited his companions to repeat the dose
They readily consented, and with IN Indifferent af.
fectation Of reckless gayety he cried aloud, ''Hi
there; set 'em mp againl" And ona
again they said they would since he pressed thea.
5. -. The waiter brought check, which, with
great dcllcacy, he laid upon the table face desn-
ward, and the party moved towards the door,
Hating ut the cashiers desk, the young man,
without looking at the awful figures it bore placed
the check before the official, and with it $50 ea.
IT'S this all you haye?" said the cashier. ;s'Au
bnt some small change; how much Is its'' ss0ne .
1ol1ar and thirtyfve cents sir" (chord}, replied
The cashier, and I don't like to st.fp myself ot
:hange ii you have any smaller hill.'' tNo1z--
This item did not exactly turn out as the sesder
expected it would, but-{l), it is something no.st
n the history OF strawberry items; ~, 1t giya
he restauratenr chance; and (3}% it exhibits thu
advantages and economy Of Chicago as sumnes,
oaorf