The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-17
Seen and Heard
on the Rounds

The old blind man ground away at his
hand organ at the corner OF CONNER
cial and Main. An aged pedestrian am
bled along slowly taking in the situa-
ton through a pair of heavily shaded
goggles His form was bent. his step
unsteady, his sight dim. Down he went
into his pocket and drew forth coin,
stepped close to the street musician,
and the clink of silver in the little cup
on the organ mingled with the less
sweet music of the instrument. With
an audible sigh the old gentleman re-
traced his steps and the spectators of
the real drama looked first at the old
man on the sidewalk and then at the
old man at the crank.
Sometimes mothers or guardians of
children make threats that il is imnos-
sible to execute. This fact was exem-
plified the other day when great crowds
waited and waited for tidings from the
imprisoned men in the tunnels. The
little boy was whining as only boys can,
and its mother. no doubt its mother
tried 10 quiet the little fellow by mild
applications of persuasion. But that
didn't work Her patience was ex-
hausted.
stop your bawling. you little tyke,
or I'll put you in with those Imprisoned
men,"
The crowd didn't want to see the child
frightened, but the situation forced
them to exelaim that they wished 1t
We're possible for the old lady TO make
a hole in the pile of dirt large enough to
admit her and the boy.
Saloon men in this city are daily an
noyed by little boys who rush into their
places of business and persist in selling
bottles-all kinds of old bottles. One
man has forbidden boys To enter his
place at all, with or without bottles.
I3.s lax hx.I IfgY1xy1,.aI f1n,
had purchased over and over again the
same bottles. One well-known saloon
man said yesterday that he didn't ap-
prove Of young boyS going into saloons
on Sundays with bottles or anything
else to sell. lie thought that by refus-
ing to admit the little vendors in his
place on Sundays he would be doing a
good turn and that If nobody else ap-
preciated 1T, maybe the parents would
but he didn't know for certainty that
the parents of every kid that dealt in
bottles cared whether their young or
spring went into saloons or not.
While the pipe that was driven
through the pile of dirt in the tunnel 10
establish communication with the inn
prisoned miners was good thing. it
didn't occur to the originatorS of the
scheme that it would be the basis of a
joke that has been going the rounds
since the miners tapped on the tube
and sisnaled To the outside world that
they were alive.
No sooner were the men outside of
the tunnel than the startling announce
ment was made In the city that they
had been arrested.
What We're they arrested for?" the
innocent asked.
For hitting the pipe" and then the
gull said something about the construc-
ton work at Lake Hearst az he quick
ened his pace towards the nearest coal
hole in the sidewalk.
They were walking down Park ave-
nue.. She was talking and he was listen
ing. his eyes riveted To the icy side
walk Her gestures We're graceful, SO
was her carriage: ne was apparently
absorved in deep thought and medta-
ton. just as they reached the opposite
side of the street il was evident that he
caught the full force of her argument.
for he threw up his right hand, emitted
an audible gurgle of approval and
raised his head as IL to bow an ac-
acknowledgement of her superior logic, but
ii was too late-his face was against the
electric light pole. and while she smiled
he endeavored to stop the flow of car
mine that suddenly rushed through his
nasal apertures.