Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-13

name. He, too, gave his name, with the
same effect on the "bobby.n
"You great gents must have your larks,n
he said, touching hls helmet.
"Now, sir he said, turning TO the boy
whats your namcP
rhe boy looked up at him, after cycling the
great men, and said, after sticking his
thumbs in the armholes Of his ragged vest;
"rm Lord Salisbury"
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Talking about boyish escapades, have
vivid recollection says Mr. Henry La
bouchere "of day whom, happening to
have more money thai I knew what to do
with, determined to do the big toff.in /
sailed forth TO the largest hotel in Eton en-.
gagged private room and ordered the waiter
to bring me bowl of runch. The discreet
functonary stared, but brought il IL was
then my turn to stare and wonder what on
earth should do with the huge bowlful of a
fluid the very odor of which made me
feel faint At length, my eye resting
upon a good, old-fashioned cupboard of
antique oak, brilliant idea struck me. l
opened the door ana poured the whole
of the punch into the basement of the cup
board. Then after waiting few minutes TO
see whether the obnoxious liquor would
make inroads upon the carpet, the pattern of
which was that of golden crowns on a royal
blue ground, rang the bell again, and on
the waiter appearing, In still more authorita-
tive tones ordered another bowl. Never
shall | forget the expression of Mortified
afnazement which came over the mans
countenance. ne second potation went the
way of the hrst-that is to say, into the cup
board, and Alexander the Great, after his
victory over Darius. could not have felt
prouder than / did when called for the bill,
disbursed half "a sovereign for the punch, ten
shillings more for the private parlor, tipped
the waiter and staggered into the street,
fully persuaded that tho eyes of the whole
inn were upon me, which, In my exultant
state of mind, were tantamount TO those of
whole Europe. / never went there again.
There is talk of King Kalakaua coming to
America again, says writer in the Chicago
Times. L well remember his first visit to the
country in 1874. He came to Chicago, of
course, and was assigned to write up his
arrival for the newspaper with which / was
then connected. Harvey ID. Colvu was
mayor of Chicago, ana bluf, happy GO
lncky mayor he was, as everybody remem-
bers. Great preparations were made to re-
ceive the king, the city council having de-
cded to turn out in a body to welcome him.
Early on the promised day the mayor COM
mon council and distinguished citizens re-
paired to the Lake Shore depot to greet the
august visitor.
The king came out of his Pullman car,
looking as if he had just jumped from band
box. His saddle-coored complexion shone
from the recent attentions of the barber.
His hair was curled just so. HIS boots were
polished and his dress was neat to perfec-
tion. The monarch was introduced TO the
city fathers. TO Peter Mahr and Tom Stout,
James O'Brien, William Fitzgerald, and all
of the boys who were then in the council.
Carriages were taken and the par ty was
driven to the Grand Pacific hotel. Here q
line of twos was formed, with the mayor and
the king at the head. Slowly they marched
up stairs and trod the heavy Axminster car
pets cn the paror floor. The mayor halted
his guest in front of one of the parlors re-
served for hls use. Then his honor drew him
self up, and everybody expected speech.
Finally he cleared his throat and said:
Your majesty, we will now leave you and
give you chance to wash upn'
81 was fossil hunting the other day."
writes correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette, Sin a chalk pit near keSton, when
thunderstorm forced me to take shelter in a
shed. when | had an interesting conversation
with two old workmen. DO you find many
fossils hereP | asked. Yes, sometimes we
git one or two, then we maybe find lot
more of the same sort near it, Gentlemen
comes along about every two days and picks
'em over. i found some sharks teeth once.
Mr.. -, Bromley, said they was man.
mons teeth but | took em to Sir John
Lubbock and Mr.. Darwin and they both said
they were sharks as soon as they saw 'em.
Maybe you've heard of Mr.. Darwin.' Yes, l
have heard of him. Did the people round here
often take things to hmr Sometimes, when
they wanted to know what anything was.
He could always tell 'em. Master Frank will
now if YOU go TO him; he's very clever L
once took effet eft to Sir john chimed in
his comrade. Il killed it up yonder by the
barn. Bob saw it first, but he was frightened.
He'd been boo2iDg for week, and would'a
been scared at anything. 1t was about that
length, about foot. and Mr.. - telled me
TEX it straight down to Sir John, it had such
eyes. l went into Sir Johns room-hc was
at home-but he couldn't tell what it was.
'Walt a bit here he said, land I'll look at
at my books.h So he went out for about a
quarter of an hour His room was full of all
sorts of things-iizard, toads, vipers, and
nearly everything. When he came back he
told me what it was and gave me half a SOW
ereign That's the male, )" he sad you'll
find the female near the same spot,'n
(which Sir John was that' That was old
Sir John. / took pair of live effets once
down TO young Sir John. Sir John as is; the
one as knows lot about ants "
Chauncey Depew spoke one evening dur
ing the last campaign at town in the in
terror of New York state which is not neces-
sary to name, says the Detroit Free Press.
The next morning the chairman of the local
committee took him in his carriage for ride
about the place. They had reached the
suburbs and We're admirlng bit of scenery
when n man wearing blue shirt and carry
ing long whip on his shoulder approached
from where he had been plotting an OK team
along the middle of the street and said
You're the man that made the rattiin
speech up at the hall last night, l guessf'
MIR. Depew modestly admitted that he had
INDUCED in some talk ut the time and place
specified
Didn't you have what you said writ outl"
went on the man.
NO. replied the orator.
"You don't mean TO say YOU made that all
right up as you went alongt'
''Yes.n
"Jess hoped right up there, took drink
of water out of the pitcher, hit the table "A
whack, and waded in without no thinkn'
nor nothin'f"
"Well, / suppose you might put it that
way.n
"Well, that beats me. You'll excuse me
for stoppn' you, but what | wanted to say
was that your speech convinced me, though
l knowed all the time il was the peskiest lie
that was ever told 1 made up my mind to
vote your ticket but I'd IA been willin' to
bet peck o. red apples that no man could
stand up and tell me such blamed convincin'
lies without havn' 'em writ out. You must
a had an awful lot o. pract ice."
In England we do not dote quite so much
upon uniforms as they do in France, says
the st. James Gazette and little incidents OF
this kind are not very likely to occur on this
side of the channel. Still, well known
English cabinet minister did once get into
difficulties, not through going about in muft,
but through wearing too much uniform. We
will not mention the gentleman's name for
he is still eXtant. This distinguished poliJi.
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