The record-union., 1898-04-02
The FLOUR OF The FAMILY.
MUCH oF IT WAS WASTED YES
TERDAY.
a Few Specimen April Fools Day
Jokes-A Chinaman VINO
Got Mad.

There were April fools in plenty yes
terday. and there were many IooIs Who
tried to fool somebody else. one OF the
latter rang up the police patrol ana
sent word that a Chinaman had peen
hurt at Sixth and 1 streets.
1t was a dangerous kind Of joke, even
for April 1st. and had the officers got
the lester he would have been graced
with leg-irons and landed in jail
But the harmless joker was also
abroad and enjoyed himself immense
ly. City Justice George @. DAVIS con-
fidentiany informed his friends that
there had been "a hot time" in his sec
ton of the town, and when the IN
quisitive wanted TO know about II ne
said something about clock sitting
on a red-hot stove. And then the
Judge hugged himself and smiled aud
Ably.
The veteran Justice, w. A. Henry
also took his turn, and mysteriously in
formed his friends that particular
young lady Of his acquaintance had
burned her tongue severely.
Howe" regularly came the query.
Trying to whistle 'There'n Be a Hot
Time in the Old Town." and the Judge
would pass along looking for other
April victims.
NJ p. Stone, who occupies a desk in
the superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
fion's office, went to work with an in
significant looking thread on the breast
of his coat Every man who entered
the office spotted the thread and tried
TO do him a favor by removing it.
The investigator would begin pulling
and like the inexhaustible sack of the
conjurer, or the leg of millionaire
newspaper owner, the thread stretched
out to lengths undreamed of, and still
there was more of it.
What is it?" the unsuspecting pub
lie would calculate.
"A whole spool in my inside pocket
warranted 300 yeards," came the an
swer, and the questioner would look
silly and walk off.
Some wag reported that hold-up on
the Oregon line was billed to come off
at noon, and the express, railroad and
telephone offices We're kept busy for an
hour, while the fiend chuckled.
The man who owned the nickel-with-
R-string- -to-it was situated at several
doorways along the principal streets
and it is estimated that 497 pedestrians
tried to pick up the elusive coin, only
remembering after it disappeared that
1t was All Fools Day
On a side street several ragamuffins
worked the old hat and brick trick
and more than one substantial citizen
with a penchant for kicking walked
away with an ache in his great toe
and mildly swore as he recalled the
deed and the day.
To wind up matters, about s O'Clock
last night a Chinaman tried at Fifth
and J streets the same old trick of
getting off q moving car wrong-side
foremost. The result was the same as
in days of yore-he landed on his head
He did not recover until he reached the
Receiving Hospital. when he signified
his intention of going to I street. He
went, but it is doubtful whether he yet
sees the broad side of the joke
A number of small boys inaugurated
a flour war on Third street, between
J and K, and for some time pelted
every Chinaman who passed
But one of the worms turned with
vengeance A large Mongol came
along and was sprinkled from head to
heels with the flour. He paid no at
tention to this, but when a handful
struck him in the eyes it was too much.
He dug down under his blouse, and an
instant later drew a revolver about a
yard long. The flour was in his eyes,
and he had some difficulty in cooking
the weapon, though he was making ef-
forts to that end
Martin McManus was across the
street when the war opened, and to
avert a shooting he rushed across and
grasped the revolver before it could be
discharged. The big Chinaman showed
fight, and for a block and a half, or
until L street was reached, he and Nc
Manus struggled for the gun. At that
point the Chinaman lodged into a
laundry, and McManus took refuge in
a saloon Though several hundred
people saw the difficulty, none offered a
helping hand. McManuse says the
Chinaman tried his best to shoot him
The officers made a search for the
Chinaman, but failed to locate him
The small boys escaped.