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The Washington times., 1902-04-06
Another Conflict of the @Bizooters."

w. Chandler Smith and William Turk
ington. the two supreme generals of the
''Bizooters'' at the Western. accompanied
by about a dozen of their warriors, were
prowling about the streets of Georgetown
one night during the Easter holidays
seeking fun. Since school closed they had
been having a desperate. time trying to
keep up their spirits.
As they turned a corner in deserted
and dark part OF the town they ran
squarely into a walking delegation of their
mortal foes. the "Phruight Gatherers,
who were being piloted about the town
by their generals -in-chief. E. Par5on
Hayes and Warren DeSappworth Offutt.
also in search OF trouble The diversion
sought by the members of both orsaniz-
atoms was consequently placed within
their reach.
short time ago a conflict occurred be-
tween the societies, with the result that
the 'Bizooters,' although possessing
superior number of warriors, were utter
ly routed and put to flight. This ig-
nominious defeat for the knights of the
Bizoots" caused those braves to make
considerable talk regarding what would
occur when the next clash came. They
promptly set about preparing themselves
for another encounter. At the same time
the victorious 'Phruight Gatherers' had
publicly cast slurs upon the 'Bizooters"
and their generals, and otherwise made
things extremely unpleasant for the de-
feated hosts. This had raised the wrath
Of the latter organization to the boiling
point, and its members had sworn to lay
for their enemies.
Consequently, when the opposing armies
met on that dark street corner they real
lied in an instant that something would
soon be doing" And Smith and lurking
ton also comprehended that 1t was up to
them to declare war, for they had boasted
to their braves OF what they would do
when they caught a Phruight Gatherer
out of the house after dark. Several un-
dertakers, they said, would be required
to shovel up his remains and sew them
together for burial. This time. however,
tho ranks of the "Phruight Gatherers"
contained the greatest number of men,
and the knights of the BiZoots heartily
wished themselves somewhere else Just |
then. But they were not lacking in cour
age. so they footed their horns and the !
battle began.
Hayes and Offutt were confident of vic |
tory, and sailed into their opponents. The
first thing Mr.. Warren DeSappworth |
knew. he was ''swatted' In the optic by a |
couple OF .'Bizooters," while another !
plugged him in the solar plexus. The /
second thing that entered his sphere of |
comprehension was that he was playing |
horse" in the gutter with one of the enc |
my astride his hack.
Smith and Turkington were not long in |
recovering their laurels as masters of the |
art of warfar9. and under their skilled |
The Washington times., 1902-04-06

! The luck of some men would make
vulsion OF nature to bring about the re-
suit desired. Luck of this sort is travel
ing around in the wake of p. T. Farms
worth. of Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Farnsworth is not a poor man. He
could not be ii he wanted to. He owned
a large share of this worlds goods a
month ago, and was reasonably satisfied
to have things go on as they were. His
luck was not satisfied, though. 1t had
given much to him, but most of what 1t
had given was in the ordinary, every
day, commonplace way. 1t had star play
an astonisher-up its sleeve. and the
other day II shook that out. Utah trem-
bled with the shock of it. and now en-
vious Utahans are saying that Farms
worth can make even the earth cough
up"
The star play was an earthquake. and
it presented to Mr.. Farnsworth an addi-
tional fortune. which he coolly estimates
at "a million or so.'
Mr.. Farnsworth owned worked out
mine in Beaver County, Utah. The mine
had made several millionaires in the ear
ly days of gold mining in Utah. but some
years ago the lead played out to a
stringer, and finally was lost altogether.
1t was then that the Rob Roy. as .he
mine was named. fell into the possession
of Mr. Farnsworth. He prospected the
claim from end to end. but did not find the
lead Then his friends began to say that
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
The Fires Went Out.

One Friday morning last January two
young men, pupils of a local high school.
decided that it was high time the school
WAS having holiday. They realized that
their only nope of having the school
closed for the afternoon lay in the sue
cessful employment of stratagem.
The weather at that time was extreme-
ly cold. and the furnaces In the school
were kept going at full blast. From the
principals office a speaking tube ran
down to the furnace room. This was COM
monty used by the principal to direct the
ianitor to turn on more heat or shut it
off, as the conditions required.
The boys watched around until the prin-
cipal and his assistants had gone out Of
the office for moment. and one Of them
shouted down the tube to the janitor to
shut OFF the heat and let his fires go out as
soon as possible, as an inspector was
coming to examine the furnaces.
Relieving that it was the principal who
had been speaking to him, the janitor did
not hesitate to do as he was hidden, and
before long he had extinguished the fires.
Presently the building began to grow
cold. Soon the temperature in the class
rooms had fallen to quite low mark.
Still the cold increased. until by recess
the building was ike an Ice pOX. ne
principal began to grow suspicious. He
concluded that something must be wrong
with the heating apparatus. and called
down to the janitor.
That individual was greatly puzzled to
hear him ask why there was no heat In
the building.
why, confound it! didn't you tell nis
Just about an hour ago to cut the heat CT
and drop the fres-that an inspector was
coming to examine the boilers" he
shouted up.
mo, 1 do not" exclaimed the irate
principal 81 never said a word to you,
and didn't tell anyone else to do so.
either"
The janitor rushed of to start up his
fires, while the principal tried to find out
who the guilty party was.
Meanwhile the boys who had commits
ted the offence were sitting in their cold
class room, expecting every minute to
hear the bell ring for dismissal. All the
pupils firmly believed that the coal must
have given out. and that they would be
dismissed shortly They were shivering.
but happy, nevertheless, over the pros
pect OF holiday.
But the holiday never came. and the
principal ultimately discovered in some
manner the guilty pupils. They were
expelled from the school.
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Enjoy a Cat Fight.

One day last week two brothers. pupils
at the Central High School, caught two
cats in their back yard. By petting and
playing with them they managed to get
them into captivity. A piece of stout
twine was secured. and the cats tails tied
tightly together. Then the boys hung them
over a clothesline to fight it out.
The cats began business Immediately.
For several minutes the air was full of
fur. Presently, however, the mother of
the boys came out into the yard, and then
the air vas full OF something else, in less
time than it takes to tell it. The clothes
line was promptly cut and the cats drop
ped i5 the grouni. They were then set
at liberty and the boys taken into the
house, where they were visited with an
outburst of parental wrath.
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aHappy o'Hooligan" and the Boys.

certain German restaurateur In
Georgetown recently erected in front Of
his establishment the life-size figure of Il
man painted upon wooden background
The figure is in evening dress, and holds
a bottle Of Obe-ioyful in one hand and d
mug in the other. Electric light globes
are fastened in the eyes, nose. and mouth.
and string of lights are placed around
the outline of the wooden man.
Monday night the figure was lighted up
for the first time. 1t created quite SEN
sation in Georgetown. And it was not
long before the college boys and students
at the Western High School heard of the
odd advertisement. Presently they began
to flock down on NJ Street to look at the
sign, and before long the street in front
OF the place was thronged with repre-
sentative crowd of mischievous school and
college boys.
They stood there gazing up at the
comical sight. Some of them took off
their hats and bowed to it. The figure is
fastened just over the door of the res
taurant not many feet above the heads
of the young men. Finally the boys held
counsel among themselves and decided
that the image bore too many attractive
characteristics to be allowed to remain
favor of securing a rope and lassoing the
thing. They were of the opinion that the
figure would be handsome ornament to
the front of the college building.
The wooden man was promptly given
the title OF Happy O'Hooligan, and con-
spiracies were rife against his welfare.
A number of the boys were in favor Of
waiting until the place had closed that
night and coming back with ladder to
steal Happy"
But the spirit of Easter was still in the
air, and a better plan was suddenly hit
upon by one of the crowd. Another gen.
eral meeting was held, and then the ma
jority of the boys adjourned to couple
of grocery stores directly across from the
restaurant.
In a few moments they came struggling
out, each armed with a bag containing a
dozen or more eggs. No policeman was
in sight, and there was no sign of the
restaurateur.
Suddenly the music began. Eggs flew
thick and fast in the direction of the fig
ure The first few shots were aimed at
his head, and it was only few minutes
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
The Wallet and the String.

On April fools day two High School
cadets, one a member of Company A and
the other of Company B, revived the ex-
tremely ancient trick of placing a fiat"
wallet, with black thread attached, on
the sidewalk. They operated the trick
in front of a small stationery store on
Fourteenth Street.
Scores of persons passed by, looked at
the pocketbook, laughed. and passed on,
thinking, perhaps, of their own boybood
days few children were the only ones
who sought to clutch the elusive wallet.
The cadets grew discouraged and were
about to give up the trick, when they saw
a small darkey approach the wallet with
wide-open eyes.
The pickaninny paused in front Of the
thing and contemplated it gingerly for
moment. Finally he bent over as If to
pick the wallet up. The boys were Sc
renely happy, and had hold of the string
ready to pull the pocketbook out OF the
reach of the diminutive darkey.
But just as they thought he was about
to clutch the thing, the pickaninny
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
The Basket Descended.

One bright, warm day. not long ago, the
pupils of one of the high schools gather
ed in front of the building at recess to
practice the school yells and songs. There
were fully 400 boys in the crowd, and
nearly half as many girls. They were as
enthusiastic as high school pupils usually
are when the balmy days of spring begin
TO take the place of the cold windy days
OF winter. The crowd was fairly below
ing forth the lively tunes. and ii is very
probable that they could be heard a
square away. The sight was a very famil-
lar one to the policeman, and that individ-
ual did not attempt to interfere, but
stood by. laughing at the antics of some
OF the .rooters."
Presently the principal came out to
watch the sport, and bask in the sun. The
boys had the chief rooter perched in one
Of the window sills of the ground floor.
and were Justify cheering a speech he
was making. The principal became in
terested and worked his way through the
crowd to place quite near the speaker.
Up above. at the windows of the third
story. were a number of girls who were
plotting to play prank on the multitude
below. One of them secured the waste
paper basket and took Il to the window.
BY holding it out a few inches It came
directly above the rooters' heads. They
intended to let it fall over the head OF
the speaker. Not one of them had noticed
= he principal standing almost beside the
boy
Suddenly the basket descended. falling
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before the lights in the eyes. nose, and
mouth had been smashed. They exploded
when the eggs car in contact with them,
making sounds like The discharges of a
pistol.
Rapidly the string of lights around the
figure diminished. and the board frame
work was shaking under the heavy fire
as though ii were about to fall. The wood
en- man was fairly dripping with eggs.
Presently the Teuton himself dashed out
the door to see what was the trouble. Be-
fore he had gotten entirely out on the
sidewalk he was caught in the furious
shower of eggs. He finally succeeded in
beating a retreat to safe quarters. but
not before he had seriously felt the ef-
fects of the students hilarity.
BY the time all the hen fruit had been
disposed of every light on the figure had
been demolished. and the wooden man
himself was much the worse for the on
slaught. The boys quietly departed.
Meanwhile the restaurant keeper had
sent his clerk out the back way for the
police. but when the bluecoats made their
appearance there was not boy in the
neighborhood
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
aphruight Gathererse Declare War.

Following close upon their defeat, the
''Phruight Gatherers" called a meeting
to discuss plans for their restoration to
power. Although feeling very blue and
disheartened over the manner in which
they had been routed by their enemies.
they voiced the sentiment of their leader
that the only thing left for them to do
was to reorgaaize and thrash the "Bi-
zooters." AS a sort of preface to this
movement they drew up declaration of
war. This document will be posted about
the school when they return to it to-
morrow. II is hoped that this display of
their intentions will prevent them from
becoming objects of ridicule on the part
of the students.
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
They Went, After All.

Many of the pranks that are played by
the students today are put into their
minds by stories their fathers tell at
hcme of what they did when they were
boys in school. There are two boys at
tending the Western at the present time
who are among the leading spirits in the
notwithstanding line. It is the boast of
their fathers that they are merely fol-
lowing in the footsteps of their parents.
The majority of the antics with which
;hey continually worry their teachers are
but repetitions Of stories they have heard
at home concerning what their fathers
did when the were boys.
The father of one of these young men
was telling the story the other day of
how his class succeeded in getting a holi-
day to go to the circus. when the teacher
had declared that he would not excuse
a single one of them from recitations.
In those days there was an old frame
building in Georgetown known as the
Montgomery Street School House. on the
site where the modern Corcoran School
Building now stands. 1t was in this an
tiquated structure, presided over by a
stern pedagogue known merely as Mr..
Craig" that the majority of the success
full business men in Georgetown today Sc
cured their education. And there Is
scarcely one Of them who. during the
years that his mind was being trained in
the paths of knowledge in that old
school. did not more than once feel the
terrible sting Of the bunch of switches
welded by the worthy Mr.. Craig.
One day a big circus came to town. an
event which in those days was of inf
nitely more Importance than half a dozen
circuses now. From the day the big post
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
The Tables Turned.

One day an entire class at the Western
was kept in for talking during recita-
tion hours by one of the lady geometry
teachers. The pedagogue was in rage
over the way her pupils had behaved. At
length. when she grew tired of wasting
her strength in lecturing the amused
class, she commanded the pupils to go TO
the blackboard ami each write one hun
dred times the sentence Il have sinned."
But she had made miscaiculation in
dealing in this ludicrous manner with
the class, for there were several boys
present who would not be trified with in
go baby.sh a fashion. One long. lanky
cadet. who is now an important member
of the senior class. determined to get the
lest OF the teacher and turn the joke on
her He took his place at the board and
said nothing.
The other pupils we're groaning and ia
menting their fate. and writing out the
II have sinned" sentences slowly. The
cadet, however, began to write in great
haste, in order to accomplish as much
The Washington times., 1902-04-06
JOHN n. KEEPER, Business High School.

ror they were informed that not a single
one of them would be excused from school
to go to so evil an-institution as a cir
Gus. The pupils were almost heart -brok-
en- over the matter. For weeks they had
looked forward to his day as the great
est in the year. Christmas was but a
faint comparison TO It. Many of the
smaller boys dropped their heads on their
desks and cried.
But some Of the larger boys. who bore
no love for the teacher, on account of
frequent '1ickin's" he had bestowed upon
them, determined to devise a plan to OBJ
tain a holiday for the class even il they
got licked every day for a week.
Finally two of them managed to get ex-
cused from the room for few minutes.
They had plan already in mind. Hasten
ing across the street 10 a grocery store
one of the youngsters secured the top of
a soap box.
They were expert climbers. and easily
made their way over woodsheds and back
buildings to the roof of the schoolhouse
The structure had but one chimney. And
there was only one stove in the school.
1t was a cool day and roaring fire was
going in the old stove.
The boys had taken a heavy stone with
them to the roof. They placed the box
top squarely over the top of the chin
ney, so that none oil the edges or the
board were visible from, below. and then
laid the stone on II to keep it securely in
place. Then they slipped down and hur
ried back to the room.
In less than five minutes the school be-
gan to fill with smoke. The stove did not
appear to be working properly. None of
the smoke would go up the chimney. but.
instead. poured out into the classrooms.
Presently the entire building was filled
with smoke. Both Mr.. Craig and his pu
pills were choking and coughing. The reci
tations had 10 be stopped.
The day was too cool to permit the win
dows being kept open. SO as last effort
the pedagogue and his assistants instt-
tuted an examination of the stove and
stoyepipe. They were not nimble enough,
however, to ascend to the rocf and in
spect the chimney.
At last Mr.. Craig could stand the smoke
and the CRYING of the small pupils no
longer, and he reluctantly declared
holiday until the chimney could be re-
paired. OF course the pupils fiocked to
the circus and saw the show after all.
That night the two boys stole up on the
roof of the school and removed the stone
and board. The pedagogue must have
eventually concluded that he had been the
victim of practical joke. for the Chin
ney plugging" could never again be sue
cessfully operated.
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A NEW BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL SONG
composed pupils and is made public for the
sung of "Mary Had Little Lamb"

Whoop, de doodle, doodle do.
Doodle do, doodle do.
WhoopI de doodle, doodle do
Oh! the oyster can!
The can was filled with dynamite,
Dynamite, dynamite;
The can was filed with dynamite,
Which Billy thought was cheese.
Whoop! de doodle. doodle do.
Doodle do, doodle do,
Whoopi de doodle, doodle do
Which Billy thought was cheese.
He rubbed against poor Mary's side,
Mary's side. Mary's side:
He rubbed against poor Mary's side,
For the pain to ease.
Whoop, de doodle, doodle do,
Doodle do, doodle do,
Whoopi de doodle, doodle do
For the pain to ease.
A sudden flash Of girl and goat.
Girl and goat. girl and goat:
A sudden flash of girl and goat,
And they no more were seen.
Whoopi de doodle, doodle do,
Doodle &c. doodle do.
Whoop! de doodle, doodle do
They no more were seen.
(Funeral March.)
Mary's soul to heaven went,
Heaven went, heaven went;
Mary's soul to heaven went.
And Billy's went to -
Whoopi de doodle, doodle do,
Doodle do. doodle do.
Whoopi de doodle, doodle do
And Billy went there too.
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how they might take the Indian into cap
tivity. A meeting was held then and
| there. and an animated conversation car
ried on in whispers. At length the boys
passed on, apparently having satisfied
their curiosity regarding the figure.
Shortly after midnight half 4 dozen
! students might have been seen gliding
and were not molested. Outside the
| grounds they had placed a wheelbarrow.
| and. securing this. they walked rapidly
| down the street. Fortunately for them,
no policeman hove in sight to enquire
| into their destination and the meaning of
their silent journey accompanied by the
wheelbarrow.
No one was in sight when tney reached
! the cigar store. The Indian. with his
hatchet upraised, was keeping d lonely
vigil over the establishment.
The barrow was wheeled Up on the side
walk and the native American was lifted
from his pedestal and placed aboard.
| Then the kidnappers started of. They
! had not met soul, and only tie solitary
electric light on the corner winlSed at
them as they took up their silent journey.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
! in getting the statue over tht college
wall without scratching the paint or max
ing noise, but the feat was accomplished
in safety. A few minutes later the milan
was erected in the centre ot the campus
and the boys slipped back 10 their rooris.
The next morning the proprietor af the
cigar store discovered the loss OF the
principal ornament to his shop and was
terribly enraged. He wenl all over
Georgetown enquirin-, for the gauIy IN
dian. But not one word could he i1arn
regarding its whereabouts. The statue
seemed to have disappeared as tough the
ground had opened and swallowed ~ MP.
Up and down Thirty-seconi Street
rushed the enraged cigar dealer. The
loss OF the figure was terrible af,iction;
it had been an object OF no little pride
TO him, and had formed the principal dec
Grafton of his establishment At length
he grew desperate and enlisted the aid Of
the police to bring Tie J3,lian to light.
great sensation was caused at the
college by the appearance OF the gaudily
painted Indian who had assumed the post
of guardian Of the campus during the
night. The students were greatly pleased
at having him there, and a big celebra-
tion was held in his honor.
At length. however the college authori-
ties discovered the presence OF the native
American and located the owner The
cigar dealer was overjoyed with the It'd
ings that his figure had been found. 1t
was then up TO him to send a wagon to
the college and bring the Indian home.
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Painted the Face of an Old Soldier.

The same gentleman told atory OF how
ne played hockey" from school one DAY
with his gang" and celebrated the event
by painting the face of an old soldier 10
resemble war map. with oil paint.
when was about eighteen years old.
said the gentleman. 81 was considered the
worst boy in Georgetown. And that, by
the way. was quite distinction. for a
harder or more disreputable aggregation
of young Americans it has never been my
privilege 10 see.
ITS no wonder the high school teach
ers say my boy is pretty hard citizen.
he added, for he's merely chip OH the
old block.
"One of the worst pranks ever perpe-
trated in my life was played In the oacR
The Washington times., 1902-04-06

Mary had a William Goat.
William Goat. William Goat;
Mary had William Goat
His stomach was lined with zinc.
Whoop, de doodle, doodle do,
Doodle do, doodle do.
Whoop, de doodle, doodle do
His stomach was lined with zinc.
He followed her to school one day,
School one day. school one day;
He followed her to school one day
And drank a pint of ink.
Whoop, de doodle. doodle do,
Doodle do, doodle do.
Whoop, de doodle, doodle do
He drank pint of ink.
He dined on nails and circus bills,
Circus bills. circus bills;
He dined on nails and circus bills,
And relished old hoop-skirts.
Whoop. de doodle, doodle do.
Doodle do, doodle do.
Whoop, de doodle, doodle do
He relished old hoop-skirts.
One day he ate an oyster can,
Oyster can, oyster can;
One day he ate an oyster can.
And clothesline full of shirts.
Whoop, de doodle. doodle do,
Doodle do, doodle do,
Whoop, de doodle. doodle do
A clothesline full of shirts.
The shirts could do no harm inside,
Harm inside, harm inside:
The shirts could do no harm inside
But, Oh, the oyster can,