, 1872-02-22

luO army, pdI ue udS as liJtl6 CQaQco OF
wearing the crown aa he has of being
President Of the Republic, and supposing
either TO be probable he is not the man
to have any influence over the destinies
of France. There is but one man at
present in France who would do to vote
for. were the Presidency vacant. That
man is Gamhetta, great and true cit
izen. He has proved himself practical
man as well as theorlst. His ideas
are moderate aud at the same time
good.
GRANT AS READEE.-A reporter of
one of the leading Eastern papers "in-
terviewed' Speaker Blaine not long
since, and the following is portion of
the report:
Mr.. Blaine's reference to Grants ig-
norance, in literary point of view, will
be published in full. Our reporter ask
ed Mr.. Blaine what his opinion was as
to Grants intellectual capacity. To this
query Mr.. Blaine responded that he
knew Grant we'll personally; he often
met him in every day business, as he
passed and repassed the White House,
and occasionally stopped to have a plea
SAINT chat with him. "Grant, said Mr.,
Blaine, sis o very clever fellow, but he
is very ignorant. Why. he don't know
any thing about public affairs; he don't
read the newspapers, and has not the
average information on contemporaries
ous events. Why, he told me himself
that he never read a book
Here our reporter gave smile Of in,
credulity. "Yes," continued Blaine,
"he actually told me he never read q
book. You remember just after he was
elected President, Hooper and lot Of
other fellows got up subscription to
furnish Grant with new library. Grant
told me that he had just received let
ter from Hooper, saying that they had
selected the books for the library with
the exception of those relating to militia.
ry matters. They supposed he had
most of these, but if there were any rare
books they would supply them. Grant
said he replied that be had never in his
life read one on the art of war.
Cool CUsToMERs.--A philosopher thus
discources on cool people;
have read Of people who were too
calm and complacent. OF such char
acter, think, was the conductor, who,
when he ran over man, said he never
liked to do it, because sit musssd up
his track so.t
And speaking of saws. and following
up this train of thought, may mention
q young man from the country who
went into hardware store, and, rap.
ping a great buzz-saw with his knuckles
remarked. Il had an old dad ripped to
pieoes with one of them fellers last
week."
would think that young man exhih.
tied too little emotion for the occasion,
It showed lack of flial affection only
to that of boy belonging
to primary school in Manchester, N.
H., who assured his sohoolmaster that
he would be able to indulge in his favor-
ite sport on the river with the best Of
them. "Father." said he, sis going to
the war, and when he gets killed I'm
going to have his fsh-line."
As cool a person, under the circum-
stances, as I ever heard of. was a young
who, in a frightful railway
accident, missed his valet. One of the
guards came up to him and said j:
"My lord, we have found your ser.
want but he is cut in two"
saw, is he p said the young man,
with Dundreary drawl, but still with
some anxiety depicted on his counter.
ance. Twill you be good enough to see
in which half he has got the key of my
?"
To sensitive mind his anxiety seems
to have been misplaced.
The same Inconsistencies to the
awful aspects of death were exhibited
by a man in New Jersey in 1854, who
was employed to convey to his friends
the body of Mr.. Wilson, who had
lied about fifteen miles from home Of
The cholera. On finding the house, he
knocked at the door, and the wife Of
he deceased opened it.
''Does MIR. Wilson live here?"
'sYes," said the lady; but he is not Of
home to-day"
'sNo, know he ain't t." said the young
man with soothing voice, thinking to
break the news gently; .sb4t he will be
here in minute, cause I've got him
here dead in my wagon"
There was still more reprehensible
,btuseness in the remark Of a man who
of sheriff the night before
he appointed day:
II say, Mr.. Sheriff, at what honr
loes this little affair of mine come OFF,"