The evening world., 1889-06-08
GRIST FROM THE CITY'S MILL
SOME INTERESTING THINGS PICKED OUT
FROM THE CHAFF.
Tiny Fell n Victim 60 Ills Own socIabie
DispositiOn.


Disposition.
Tiny has been stolen, and there Is mourn
ing in a grief stricken family OF eight at 14
East Thirty-second street.
Tiny is a magnificent Maltese cat, who has
basked in tho bright sunlight Of only three
brief Summers.
He was very small as n kitten, but as he de-
veloped into maturity his extraordinary mag
nitude became tho wonder and admiration of
all beholders. He was as big MS two ordinary
cats rolled into one.
In DISPOSE ion he WINS gentle and conRding.
and his mistress, together with the other
memhels of her family, lavished nj on him
that affection which only q cat Of Tiny's love-
impelling traits of character could evoke.
In fact, he was the pet of The neighborhood
and IT was undoubtedly his trusting nature
ductor carried him of that he wns only going
TO receive the ordinary petting which
strangers usually bestowed upon him.
He was sit, lug on the front steps yesterday
morning, taking an early sunbath, when a
wagon, containing two men and q boy, drove
up and stopped IN front of the house.
The hoy got out and approached the unsus-
picious Tiny in q most friendly mann T.
ny put up his back and purred contented-
ly as the wicked small boy stroked his sides.
The next minute he was whisked mp and
handed to one OF the men in the wagon, which
went of at ! reakneck speed with. the house.
hold pet, right before the eyes of his mistress.
Ever since The kidnapping of Tiny the
household has been Frustrated with grief.
HIS mistress vii, pay any reward to get him
back again. and hopes that when the ruthless
robbers learn of her grief their hearts will be
softened and that they will lose no time in
bringing Tiny back TO his friends.
Varied Matrimonial Experiences Of n Hobo
ken Lady.
There is o lady in Hoboken whose matri-
monial experiences have been varied, to say
the least.
She eloped with her first husband when she
| was eighteen and he sixteen.
His father ollowed the pair and waltzed
the young man home OH his ear.
Then he secured a divorce for his son on
the ground OF undue influence.
The wife never saw him again.
' Her second husl and was u widower, sixty
years old. wealthy and consumptive. He
died in q year.
She loved her third husband, but he mar.
ried her for her money.
1t did not take er long to discover this,
and then she paid him Tor letting her get g
divorce.
Her fourth husband married her for love.
but she merely wanted CONF anion.hip: they
the railway disaster at Spuyten Duyvil o few
years ago.
She married again about a year ago, and
only recently became a mother,
1t was her first child, too.
Her present husband seems to love her, and
she him. and may be she has found her affin,
ity at last.
: They move in good society in Hohoken
and only a very lew know the lady's strange
history.
The Mean Trick that Was Played on m
OrEan-Grinder.
oh. yes; we often nave mean tricks
played on u.s." said a travelling organ-grindel
q day or two ago.
some people think we are subjects fol
ridicule, and take every opportunity K
guy us. They loss mutilated pennies anC
brass medals in our hats. and think IL fun,
when there's no fun in II at all. "a down
right shame to take o mean advantage of
man.
The meanest trick that 1 ever heard Of
though. was played on me when I PLAYED thu
piano over in Brooklyn.
~ was down in n tony street on thu
Heights and was plavin' away for all / wa
worth. thinkin' was going TO git q big pot
:" II was dark, and all the windows OF thu
house in front of where l was playing wert
open and the people listened to the music.
-" When l finished collecting l found l haC
six cents.
" l played another tune, and Just before
finished, a nice 5O-cent piece struck the
ground in from OF me
8 ooped down and was just going K
pick it up when il was jerked way. l madt
another grab, and 1 was astUnished to Zee il
go up the side of the house..
" Up In the third story window there wal
a young man, and he sat there, doubled up
laughing.
He had bored q hole in the coin and tee
a string to it, and dropped it down Just to ge
me off.
There are lots of ways of insulting a man
but tina, was the meanest / ever heard. bu
I'll get square OF somebody in that hous,
yet"