The morning times., 1896-10-12
In THE HOTELS.

MI Frank j. Sturgis. a travelling agent
Tor Rochester dry goods firm, is regis
teied at the Raleigh. 1T is the little
.mn IN this world that sometimes momen-
tdniy make us wish we were not in 1t :"
saiu ne as he stood in the lobby chatting
Win lumber OF fellow drummery. ..On
my last run In to the store I happenet, into
ene retail department. In time to see one
VI eue clerks making up parcel for q
Young iady purchaser. After the lady had
given her name and address he wrote Ii
ON tne label, and ut the same time asked,
is this an entry?'
''The clerk alluded to the ,,etbod N, boor-
Keeping adopted in that department of the
establishment. He knew that The Young
WoniaH'S parents had an account at the
Store and he merely desired TO know
whether the transaction was to he n cash
one or whether it was to he entered on the
account.
but the ambiguity in the question arose
out OF the fact that he asked IL 1ust as he
was writing the address. The Young Lady
misunderstood his meaning and very eyi.
dently understood him to inqcire whether
her fathers house was situated in an en-
try. With icy tones, that made the cold
air apparatus IDneeded in the establish
nlent for the tine being. she answered
Certainly not sir; our hoUse has both Il
front ard a back door to 1t, and that is
one of the principal streets in the city
s'The next five minutes were Consumed in
profnse apologies and explanations by the
clerk"
An cnterprsing local merchant who not
infrequcntly happens around the hotel cor
ridors, last night related TO a company of
Interested listeners in the Nationals ro-
tunda his latest experiences in advertising
for boy.
~ advertised in the paper for smart
boy to run errands." he said. THE very
first answer came from a bright-looking
youngster who ON sight looked as If he
Would fill the bill entirely. I began to
question him about his capabilities and
the more / questioned the more | became
surprised. When 1 asked him if he knew
his Way about the city so that he could run
erransis thoroughly. he replied that he knew
limited sections OF the town. Then for a
change | asked him II he could clean win
doNs-
.''Oh, I amt been used to anything OF
that kind he answered frankly
After had asked him all the questions
! could think OF and had each time received
the most unfayorable replies, 1 finally
inquired " hat in ths world he could do The
youngster put lofty expression on his
face and said:
well, sir. can play the piano aud
the organ
II did not hire him.
Among the latest arrivals at the Ebbitt Is
Mr.. $. Ii. Hyde. " no has the reputation of
being one OF the expert telegraph operators
OF Brooklyn.
1T nov aDdthe enhappsuSthat a telegraph
company is made the defendant III suit
Tor damages where a business message has
been wrongly transmitted" said he. "A
peculiar incideRt came to my attention in
roundabout Way the past summer, where.
though there We're not sufficient grounds
for suit probably, there Was certainly
reason for great anxiety and subsequent
fund for prolonged mirth-
I'm this case the message was received
by the head of rigid. teetotal family in
Brooklyn The mother aud eldest daugh-
ter of the family had gone to the sea
shore for month. The mother was not in
the best of health. and there was consid-
cradle anxiety as to how she should stand
the trip. II had been previously arranged
that the daughter should dispatch bnef
message by wire on their arrival at their
destination to notify the family at home
how the trip had been made That even
ing the message came 1t read:
Arrived safely; mother tight
The CONSERVATION of the family was
very great until "a neighbor who had been
confided in suggested that it was in
tended to read, mother right This ex-
PLANTATION was accepted, and subsequent
correspondence proved that the right in
depreciation Il ad been made"
II ran across one of the meaucst nien |
ever met the last time | stopped in Phila-
delphia." remarked Mr.. William L. Goode
Of Boston. at Willard's. I'm passing
down the street found a bunch of keys.
There was tablet that bore the owners
TN.Nr rsW. H..
the back of the tablet was also the sug-
gestion that a reward would be gwen to
the finder of the keys II they were returned
to the owner. This offer was merely
printed On the tablet when it was manu-
factured, however, and had not been placed
there OF the owners volition.
LAS might he expected. the address led
Inc TO the very edge OF the city. As soon
as my duties would permit it. found my
way there. The lord of the mansion
opened the door himself. The first thing
he said when l handed him his property
was:
Why, some of the keys are missing
Il am not q very large man. hut the
ouly thing that prevented me from drag
ging him from his door and attempting To
thrash him was the passage of a patrol
man right at the time. He never said
word about the reward, and did not even
thank me for bringing the Keys to him.
The moral drew from the occurrence was
that If you find bunch Of keys in the
street, leave them alone"
Col. Wilton P. Simms, of Green River
City Wyo., is a guest at the Metropolitan.
Col. Simms was newspaper man in the
West when that country was newer than
it Is now and when the words of some
men were law.
'.Our papers never used to make very
much out OF hangings,' said he, "unless
the victim was Il particularly Prominent
criminal. l remember though that there
were two star Inurderers and all-ronnd
crooks hanged in the same month one year
cut at Hill's Junction. q county scat not
far from Green River City.
Several of US reporters attended the first
execution and our local papers We're fliled
with long accounts of every detail of il.
Wee expected the bigger story. however, out
of the second execution. The mans trial
had been long one and he had never lost
his nerve fer a minute. 1t was believed
that he would make n confession from the
scaffod and that probably others would
be implicated in his crimes
''Our papers had counted out the neces-
sary space and every arrangement was
made to get the copy in in rush. The
execution was to take place ut midnight,
it was understood, and 1t would come in
good time for the morning editions We
who were detailed To the assignment
reached Hill's junction about O'Clock in
the evening We repaired Immediately
to the Jail.
LAS We reached the door we met the
Sheriff coming out. No one doubted for an
instant that there would he any trCullic