The daily sentinel., 1899-03-24
CALF GAVE HIMSELF UP.
4 Diminutive Bovine Specimen Canlpel
In . Police Station.

4 Diminutive Bovine Specimen Canlpel
In . Police Station.
An inquisitive brown calf, with white
tip on tho end Of his tail, loped slowly
along In East Fifty first. one of the streets
Of New York, few minutes before -
O'Clock on n recent night. In front Of the
station house commanded by Captain
6teinkamp the animal staggered, gazed
wistfully at the glowing emerald lamps
and decided that 1t WAS good place for
calves to remain at night. 1t climbed care
fully up the stone steps.
The calf step was SO noiseless that Ser
geant Kelly. who was on duty, WAS star
tied by "b-a -a-a-a-h."
business In this station. What do you
wantf" the sergeant shouted.
In the shadow cast by the desk he did
not see the calf.
Another "b-a-a-a-a-h" and Kelly rang
che gong for the doorman. The calf by
this time became restive and ran into the
section room, where the first section of po.
licemen were preparing for duty. The ami
NAL rushed in among them. The police
men fed into the prison court After
romping around the room the calf kicked
up Its heels and whisked its tail. Three
detectives made successful attack upor
the calf. A consultation was held and 1t
was decided not to humiliate the animal
BY Incarceration in a cell, so 1t was tiod
up in stable few doors away. A gen.
eral alarm was then sent out to find the
ewner.-Nev York Herald.
The Dentist's Opportunity.
IL was particularly busy ON last
Tuesday," said the dentist. my Office
was crowded all day, and one Of the
last patients to be attended to was
big, fat, middle aged German woman.
She had been waiting for nearly three
hours, but at last it was her turn, and
she moved up to the chair with all the
airy grace Of . steam roller. Apparent
ly the crowd in the office had impressed
her deeply, for the first thing she said
was:
"'Doctor. you vas doing goot bees
ness.
"'Yes, said, Il keep pretty busy
My, but you must be maiging
big lot Of money! Say. doctor, vas you
. single man?'
"This was getting rather interesting.
but the question was fred point blank
at short range, and felt that I had to
answer, SO ! admitted that such was
the case By this time she had hoisted
herself into the chair, and she gave me
look that-well, you remember the
picture entitled The Amorous Hippo
potamusF
"'Say, doctor, she said, 'und vas
dnale woman. New York Sun.
English Women Smokers.
A New York society woman who has
. long line of social connections in Eng
land said in discussing the smoking
habit among women over there, about
which 60 much has been printed lately:
"English women whom have received
In my homeland receive many-al-
most without exception smoke. It II
not giggling matter with them. ~ II
still is with our women, to some extent
Il is a matter of course." And the
cigarette habit is growing fast in femi-
nine circles here. II you don't believe
1t, inquire in the stores where special
ly made for women articles are sold.
Smokers outfits for all sorts and oondi-
tions of womankind are now on sale,
most Of the high priced ones being i'm
ported from dear old London. New
York Letter.
n.asers New Mitrailieuse.
An Austrian newspaper announce. that
~auser, the we'll known manufacturer OF
.,oarms and the inventor of the lnitrail-
leuse which bears his name. has just In.
vented a new mitrailleuse which loads
and discharges itself automatically. There
are three models of this, and experiments
with them are said to have been highly
successful. The .6 caliber permits a fire
of go or 10 shots to the minute; the 10
caliber, a FIRE Of 80 shots to the minute,
and the 30 caliber, a fire Of 80 shots. Ths
10 calibae mitrnilleuse can easily be car.
sasd and operated by single artillsfyman