The Russellville Democrat., 1892-01-28
The RUSSELLVILLE DEMOCRAT
 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY Democrat Printing Go. RUSSELLvILLE. ARK.
piseEPuTAeLE BOB.


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 He Possesses the Irregularities of Genius
 and some of the Gifts as We'll.
 He came staggering down the basement stairs yesterday at head quarters, the most disreputable, blear eyed, drunken Bob that you could possibly imagine. He did not stag ger far, but came tumbling down heels over head and tried to sneak out of sight under the office desk.
 He had been on spree since Christmas, and Mir. Hastings did not know what to do with such a case. It seemed well nigh hope less one.
 However, he gave Bob a good cufing and the latter curled up on the floor and tried to sleep it off.
 ''I don't know what to do with him, said Hastings, in despair. "I've mind to send him to White Plains and pump him full of bi chloride of gold. He seems utterly beyond the reach of moral suasion. v
 Bob Hastingsis the hardest drinker in Mulberry street. l Gis character and and naDits are well known to the authorities there, from Superintend- ent Murray and Inspector Byrnes down to the doorman and clerks. They ought to be, for these gentle men have seen him staggering about in front of the marble building many's the time. They all know what superb intellect he has and deplore the appetite which is pulling him down into the gutter, and which must inevitably land him in the Pot ter's Field or in some equally hope less place. There is not a cat
 Oh, yes, Bob is a cat--the big bob tailed cat of Mulberry street. the feline John L. Sullivan of his quarter of the town. Like John l.. the original and other creatures en- dowed with genius, he has his little weaknesses, and beer is chief among them.
 Whenever the alcoholic mania seizes upon Bob he will saunter down to the saloon at the corner of Houston street, and proceed to hqui- date like any other "blood." " Al though he is far from 16 years of age, he does not find any difficulty Tn getting served, and the way he will rush the growler sometimes is caution and an example.
 Often he will stay away from home for an entire week, and when he does return the marks upon him show that he has been indulging in his penchant for drinking to dis astrous degree. He will tackle any thing up to brindle bull pup, and l do not know that he was ever really beaten.
 Once in while Bob will go a. hunting. He will catch some hap less mouse or rat and will proceed to have fun with it, boxing it's ears and cuffng 1t about to his own in- tense amusement, if not that of his prey.
 At last, when he has grown tired of playing with it, Bob will kill it by a single blow. But do you suppose that Bob will condeseend to eat it9 Not much Bob is a high liver. He likes pate de foies gras and trufies, and porterhouse steaks with mushrooms. He does not care for plebeian rats and mice.
 But Bob is good hearted under his rough exterior. After killing the rat or mouse he will go around the corner and look up some tramp cat who is not smart enough to catch mice himself, and moment later you will see that tramp sneak ing around to find and carry off the carcass to make a tramp cats holiday.
 If 1t were not for Bob's disease of drink he would be quite an orna- ment to society. I wonder if any thing can be done for himg-New York Herald.