The Washington critic., 1889-02-20
MATTER WORTH READING.
ono Of IIerr,nann's rricks.

chatterng English spairows Said Mr..
-IIcrrmann al cut zis from newsplpaire
about how TO cat &c sparrow" and h. read
ss follows;
"Take a fat little bird by the beak,
sprinkle little salt over It, take out the
eullet, put the bird clevcrly into your
mouth, bite him of close to your fingers
and chew him manfully; the result will be
on abundance of juice to envelop the whole
organ, and you will enjoy pleasure un-
known to the vulgar. Frogs legs, Blue
Points, Little Neck clama, torrapin, plover,
everything would give way before the spar
row, according to this description, II once
placed on the bills Of fare of fashionable
cafes"
"Tbat Is all very WE'LL" said one of the
gentlemen, "but how are you going to get
the little rascals They are too small to
shoot and too sly and lively TO be caught"
"Oh, you are mistaken. 1t is very easy
one" and he made grab into the atmos-
phere and, sure enough, got cock spar
row In his hand that chattered and peoked
viciously. Hermann showed up the
plumpness Of the little bird to his staring
friends, saying: "Now, my little friend,
do not hurt me. All, you git away" az the
sparrow escaped and flew up TO limb,
"noio =. ''N -'' ''"''''' "'A '0'"ou
very "au'
WI, ea'en anoue,' , 'a'u iA.' 'n"an,
"'io' naHi,'g ano'hor si'"p' 1eeufou 'iio'"er
sparrow ,n's 'ine ne'
,,eson''y no 10. no' ~ 'n' 'a'u. .Ni ~"
WIZ Wy W oa'en 'wo sp','o"S a. que V'inc,
anu 'i'nA'ns .,r'" 'ooN ~ mo ''''i' ~"
'"o sphrrows III "'
AS ne aiioweo 'hci' " cscapeo nc re,
marked, WIN DIS ho,cs' s,h'ie 'n"' "ou'a
take IN a morse deaier' gu see gentle
men, ze sparro" 10 nos nafu piro W ca,ch
&c, you oniy hne" ho" W oa'cn ii"''
IN l. 'raphc'
a Yarn by PROFESSOR CROMWELL.
Peliing theee stories oil my experiences
reminds me oil afunny one that l had In
New YORK during the Grant ana Seymour
campaign. Contrary to my usual rule l
permitted myseii 10 De persuaded tothrow
the pictures OF tho rival candidates upon
the screen Inc nan had a spring ioor that
II Jared was llkely TO disarrange thc ap-
f''s'>~-'' ''-N -O - '-N~f
quiet, Dut, as IL turned out, might Iust US
wen no, nave uohe 30. "heh urant was
thrown on tne screen there was great ueai
OF applause, but not enough to do any mis-
chief, SO he held firm and came OIL all right
But when Seymour's lace was shown they
seemed to go wild. They howled, stamped,
hurrahed, pounded with their heels, and
fairly jumped up and down. lfelt that floor
rocking with me and clutched the piano II
was swaying and bobbing-Seymour wob-
bled a bit on the screen and then darted up
through the ceiling. knew what was the
matter. Me had fallen out OF the apparatus
'n the 1arring they made But the earn
emocrats present did not understand
thought had sent nm up through
he eihng intentionally, us suggestion OF
% respects Ihey were silent Tor an in
's with astonishment and then shook the
ing WIN a yen OF internal rage. A
M ired OF them Wanted to whip me. For
teiy IL was the close OF the entertain
~--t and l did not wait to bid my audience
customary goodnight. got out OF the
e door and since then no politics go on
screen.
Treasure Buried for Century.
ore than hundred years ago two yes
went 10 the pottom OF the tuii OF
'a.' so 80
es s
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on he' s,ea. houfy ''ohe, WHICH 10 eVi-
my par =, .nu eaiso' e 'oon as .he
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free from freJudice'
one OF the striking pecuhafities OF the
te ihonas NJ. Nichoi was MS perfect
eedom from restraint In expressing his
'pmohs' wnether they were personal or
uonc' iriehu VINO was Win nm on
isit 10 senator donn sherinan at one time
reia'es tha' MI Nicnoi said 10 the sena-
tor' IN substance; senator, everybody
'hinks you are coia ana pioodiess tiii they
gel ucQuulnteO WIN YOU. but YOU don't