Telegram-herald., 1891-10-02

start. when = fussy. web dressed woman
lrenticaiiy cried cut;
.aers. conductor. I want yoa 20 fx this
lAnp. sAs OIL j. dripping al over my
Gress.S
Yas bell punch msa answered tie sum
mems. saa after looking al the lamp for q
few minutes said. Wei. | cant stop II, II
you wish TO escape the drops yea must aud
another seat
aBut the car Is flied. replied the wom-
an. ..ari | haven't time TO wait for an
other
Il don't know what can do: the fiiling
Of these lamps Is not = part Of my work
The oaly thing can sEgge~t Is for you 20
stand On the froat platform or wait Tor an
other car"
This aroused the ire Of the woman. and
she screamed at the top Of her voice:
WHAT fne stand on the platform with
me your numhsr. I shall report you 70
the company for your insolence."
siIere II il, madam, said the conductor.
taking OF his hat and passing IL over TO
the infaristed female
WAS ever such insolencs known" she
again screamed. as she grIppsd the handle
OF her parasol "Your days on this car arc
numbered. my young man."
Take his number. madam" urged .
wrinklel faced old man who sat In . rear
seat. II viii sse that you nave justsae. !
am we'll acquainted with The manager OF
the con, n,oany,"
The conductor reached up and gave tho
signal 10 start.
The wrinkled face old man gave the bell
rope a savage yank aud the car came TO q
staDdstill.
"You try that again" said the conduo-
tor, .'and will put you OF the car"
Now 1t was the old mans turn to bubble
and boil.
"You scoundrel, sir: how dare you talk
to me like thats Do you know who amp
II don't care cent who you are. | am
running this car. and II you interfere with
my duties viii and way TO put a stop
To it,"
'You are not going 70 start this car
while that lady Is standing. Do you hear
raef" Aud the old man thumped his cane
upon the bottom OF che car until IL soeineu
as If he would knock IA hole through it.
"Don't have any trouble with him." in.
terposed the woman, who was trying to
escape the oil bath. I'VE will have our
turn when we see the officers Of the COM
pany tomorrow morning"
Just then big drop Of the illuminating
fluid spllshei upon her dress. This rekin-
died the fires OF her indignation, and she
called the attention of the passengers to
witness the ciscolorations Of her much ad
mired gown.
"This Is a nice business, isn't iti" she
yelled at the conductor. "How will you
feel when you are called upon to pay for
this dresss DO you know bow much il
costi Oh. you don't. heyi Well. the bill
was just 5000"
"You are fooling me-" was the tantalix-
ing reply OF the nickel cleaner.
''WeE, il this doesn't beat anything
ever experienced in the whole course OF my
life." shouted the enraged woman. He
now calls me liar after running my dress. y
She made a lunge at the conductor with
her parasol, but did not hit her mark.
~ am positive it cost no such figure. as
ladies' who wear two hundred dollar dresses
do not ride on horse cars" was the taunt-
ing and cutting retort OF the West End
minion.
"Oh, let me get at him. He will never
pull another rope II can just get one good
whack at his back with this parasol," "
foamed the well dressed woman rs shc cut
the dimly lighted atmosphere with hei
sunshade. stop the carl will not ride
with him. would rather walk in mud up
to my ears tLan be anywhere with such q
two legged hyena."
The old man with n wrinkled face pulled
ut the bell rope. and the car came to q
standstil again Then he helped the Grim
son faced woman to the street, and they
both 1T over aud stood under gas lamp
until the next car came along.-Bostou
Herald.
A bag That II Welcome.
Insect Immigration is ordinarily thing
to be dreaded. but occasionally foreign
bug worth welcoming applies for natural
szation. The Australian lady bug served
as an Offset for the 300. .000,0 600 scales just
imported from Tahiti, aud now Mr. James
Shinn has succeeded in domesticating al
Niles an insect that bids fair to raise fig
culture in California from the rank of a
harmless amusement to that Of one of the
great Industries of the state. The little
wasp that is going to do us this favor en-
ters the flowers of the otherwise useless
Capri fig, loads itself with pollen and car
ries it To the Smyrna fig Without this
assistance the latter docs not mature, and
it Is the lack OF the little wasp with the hig
name-Blastophaga psenes-that has con
fined us hitherto to the culture of the in
ferior california fig." instead OF the lus
cious fruit OF Smyrna.-San francisco
Examiner.