El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-27

same cause: Dear Mr.. Pitzer:-FOr
four solid years 1 have sat in the opera
house and listened to sweet music long
drawn out by your orchestra. I have
listened so long and some of the pieces
have become 20 familiar that often
wske up at night and catch myself
whist]ing the tunes in my sleep. For
the sake of the goddess Minerva, and q
ong suffering pnblic give US something
new. This drumming of violin strings
was pretty when it was first brought
out, but boys have grown bad in the
baldheaded row listening to it. Catch
up as far as ''After the Ball'' or any
old thing that sounds new and the
long suffering theatre goers will rise up
such as you haven't had for years.
Give us new music in the opera house
and you will have the best wishes of
Minerva"
A native negro of Africa saw the
French and English begin game of
foo. ball in the Niger country and
straight way went off and reported
that the strained relations between the
nations in that country had been
ruptured and that they were now at
war.
The Blcomers and Blossoms are at
it this afternoon on the base ball
grounds, but all those who cannot
witness the game today can rest easy
as it will be repeated tomorrow.
While the HERMANN were giving a
highly successful engagement in their
own original entertainment OF illusions
and mystify ing experiments in the city
ceived a request, which in all monar-
chies is tantamount to command, to
appear at the royal palace and give a
brief entertainment before the king
and queen of Spain and few invited
guests. AS the reque st also included
an Invitation to dinner and specified
the hour at which it was to be given,
elaborate preparations We're made for
the performers at the palace, and
Boom ski" dusky gentleman of the
AfrO-American extraction was commits
stoned to take the necessary apparatus
to the palace in the afternoon and see
that the temporary stage was In readi-
ness and have everything in apple-pie
order before HermannSthe Great and
Nine. Adelaide arrived. Fearing that
this black republican would not ap-
preciate the honor done him by appear
ing b fore the two mes. distinguished
him short. brief rehersa', A-.structing
him to be very courteous to the two
crowned heads, and if any questions
were aske him to reply eyes, your
majesty" or "No, your maj .sty," as
the occasion might require. After be-
ing thoroughly schooled "Boomski"
set out with the apparatus to be follow
ed by the Hermauns at a later hour.
When the Hermanns arrived at the
10 for 10 rsa Qt n
In reply to tae kings request to psr
take of the repast Hermann informed
his majesty that they bad dried e4rlier
In order to be able to prepare them
Sc yes for the entertainment. They
wer, pressed to take some coffee. and
one of the chamberlains ESQ., rted them
to the room the entertainment was to
be given in, aud imagine HERNIA ms
horror when he discovered Mr.. Boom
piece On Ooe side OF the room with his
arms extended across the top OF the
mantle, b e, eet cross d enjoying ciga
cite and conversing with the king, who
had stepped in TO see that everything
was in re ldine5s. HIS majesty stepped
forward and welcomed the Hermsnns.
AS soon as the king had left the room
Hermann took BoOmski to task, say
ing. ''B omski, what do you mean by
s'dnl lng before DIS majesty IN tnat
position? Don't you know who tn It
is"' Boomski replied thst he did not,
stating that he thought he was one of
the walters as he had on an ordinary
dress suit and locked the ssme as a
dozen other people he had met while
he was at the. palace. "Why, you In
ferna' IDIOT" said Hermann, "that was
tie king" Boomski locked incredu-
lous and ejaculat ID, "How you 'sp CT
me to kuow him without his crown"
evidently being of the same opinion