The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
STORIES
AROUND THE CITY
Things Picked Up Here and There
by Reporter.
HONEY FROM CAPITAL SQUARE.
The Bees Route tho Squirrels From
Their Ancestral Abodc-"Hcn TO
Spring a Bluff-Niayor Tayior's
Opinion of Sreecli-Mahing.
HONEY FROM CAPITAL SQUARE.

When one section of the colony OF SOUR
rels in the Capitol Square sought 'l'e'i
aerial retreat in hollow limb the othef
day- they were surprised ana then slai
They were surprised to find other occu-
nants of their nests, and startled to learn
th,+ thew were bees. They could stand
BUTTERFLIES and humming- birds, but Wheh
it came to 'beeS lle sa'1ii
be counted out. -. !,
So thev retreated in good order 10
neehborins tree and held a conSulla ti'!i'
the result of which must nave been un nam
mously received, and which inust' itso'
have been satisfactory
The SQUIRRELS that had been driven from
the home that had sheltered Seneratioii,
- +ha;r oncestors circulated about, ana
in q short while located an old, abandoheo
hoy that might have been erected twenty
five wears ago, and in this DON thes .ooi.
IN their quarters, with the VICTORIOUS mum
of the busy bees sounding In their eaiS.
AS is the usual result in such cases tiiS
bee, as one bee. realized thal 'iieS -
won a signal victory. They knew tnat
the rodents had not stood upon the order
of going but had gone, and now Colonel
Richardson. the Poo Bah Of Capltoi nm
has marked the tree, and Will hoio JONI
ficatiou with number of his TRENDS some
time in the future, at which honey, raised
in Capitol Square, will be one OF the pfil-
cipal dishes.
IN the mean time, the squirrels will con-
tinue to live like the grasshopper, for the
time being, with peanuts from the hanos
of the citizens, and will continue to fall
to provide for rainy day
.Talking about Bluffs said Major
Howard the other day, "a policeman.
under certain circumstances, Is compeiieu
to make big ones. II they fan. he u
Something Of a goner, but if they succeed.
as nine times out OF ten they do, he makes
y hit with tbs public and his superior
officer,
II remember once, when I was a ser
peant in the First District, had peeh
watching a certain home on lower Main
Street, and I was pretty sure thaI soiiie-
thing crooked was gong on.
..Finally. I made up my mind to make
an investigation. I had formed the lcea
that a crap-ioint was being run. ana l
wanted to break it up. SO L went mo
the front door of the house, and made my
wav to the second floor, where was Gun
WINGED the gambling was going on.
81 opened. the first door that l cams
| to- A young fellow was sltllhs a. q
| window, reading book.
as this your room? asked.
TT is"
..Who occupies that Darkroom
1.-The Lord only knows: I don
! .eThen= went to the door Of the back
| room, and quietly opened it. Through
! the crack I saw at least twenty young
| buck negroes playing game OF crap
! around a big table. I Erasped my el1p
securely. opened the door vide, ana
come on upstairs here. boys; here
they are!"
! when the crowd in the room heard
me make that big bluff, they ran for the
| back window, and dropped out like sheep.
.-Theys could have captured me easily,
I and beaten me to death, and they might
| have done so, had I not made the blum.
THAT was one Of the times that bluff
paid, for that crap-joint was broken up
st hope won't be called upon to make
another speech for a long time, said
Mayor Taylor the other day.
TT have made so many within the past
few DAYS that I am completely worn out.
Besides. I don't think SO much OF this
everlasting speech-making business, any
way. Half the speech-makers are tnstn-
cere. You take man who makes q
speech to "a miscellaneous crowd, and
| at the same time plays for the applause
OF the people and the attention OF the
newspapers. That man. of necessity, is
insincere. He cannot make q speech. II
he were sincere, that would please the
whole crowd. and. yet he does 1t, simply