Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-28
THE JOKE ON HOErLIOH.
San Francisco Call.

tihg III the V0lld a. curry once reading
about the dumping Frog of CalyerYs,"
when the idea occurred to him that some
sort of tick like that would be u splcn.
did thing to ring in on Maurice lIoeilich,
tho mining expert. llocnich is about
the office good deal, and whenever he
takes lunch with Mackny is SIRE to got
into some sort Of dispute and offer to
make bot. Mackoy don't like betting
and trowns ID down, unless he thinks
people are trying to bluff him. At last
he determined to euro IIOclich of this
habit and began to watch him u good
doal to determine where tho weak spot
IN hisarmor lay.
Ono day nc saw Iloctticll on tho stoop
playing with IN enormous grasshoppcr
no was learning TO jump. IIocllich's
grasshoppcr could jump23 feet, and it
wasn't long before hc remarked to Mr..
Mackcy:
"l'll bed ~ dot you can't find hillscct
/" pcet him."
Mackey bet him SlO that he could beat
it, and IIocdich raised him $50 at once.
The bot was closed ut these figures, and
Mackoy said no would have the hopper
there in day or two. He then sent n
trusted cmissary down to Carson Valley
to secure contestant for the winged
steed of locAich.
The man spent nearly week rowing
around Carson Valley, catching hoppcrs.
He finally sent an official report to
Mackoy, stating that he had caught
over 5000 hoppers, and put them through
their PAGES. Tho best gait any one of
thcmhad was seventeen and three quarter
feet. He doubted if u bigger jumper
could DO secured. One receipt of tho
letter tho Bonanza Prince tcIcgraphod to
the man to bring him up anything The
next day no arrived with about dozen
hoppcrs from farmer Trcadway's, and
Mr.. Mackcy gave them quarters in his,
room, as Vanderbilt would stable his
stud. Each hoppcroccupicd u cigar box
and ovcry morning they were takcn ont
and put through their PAGES. 1t was
impossible, however, to get one to jump
over eighteen feet, although all sorts OF
invigorating diet was given them.
Mr.. Mackoy was in despair, but one
morning a hopper shifted ut bottle of
ammonia on tho table and Immediately
skipped thirty feet. After making few
experiments il was found that ono sniff
of ammonia SO enlivcncd the hoppcrs
that they made jumps that were almost
incredible. Next day Mackcy announced
to llOetlich that hc was ready for the
match. Tho expert was ut hand ut the
Gould Il Curry office ut 8 O'Clock, an
hour before tho time, with his pct hop
per. Not finding Mr.. Mackcy in he sat
down i'll his study and there noticed tho
bottle of ammonia. While he was On
aiming it, Bridget, the faithful domcs-
tic Of the Could & Curry house, came in
with:
"Don't be tcclin' that numonia, Mr..
Hoetiich, It's to make Mr.. Mackcy's
hoppcrs sprightly. Bedad, behave by
the robes of st. ralrick he's ont o his
sinccs since tho pump broke at The north
ind"
H"iich pumped the domestic and
soon knew all about Mackcy's game.
A light broke on iiodich, and grab
bling tho bottle he rushed mp town to
Perkins drugstore, threw away tho am
monia and ordered it filled with chIoro-
form. In ten minutes he was back, and
leaving tho bottle where he found it,
got out of the place rs fast as he could.
Mackcy soon arrived with half u dozen
mining supcrintcndants he had invited
up to SEQ him have some fun with IIocf-
Itch.
They were hardly retired before Hoof-
Itch came in with the hopper in cigar
box nndcr his arm.
III wash q leotlc late, Mr.. Mackc, but
Pm here nit dor hopper and der coin.'
He laid down the money, which was
promptly covered.
"Anybody else want to bct:"
Joe Stewart laid down 500.
John Kelly put up $50.
Warren Sheridan stepped in for $780,
Sam Jones had only $50, but he put it
up.
Then few got into the corner of the
room and concluded that it was u shame
to rope HoAich in that way, and finally
agreed to give the money back after
they won it. Mackey then bartcrcd
Hoeflich to raise the pot 100 shares Of