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where was he7" A." On his beck." [Grcat laughter.
Q.-"whera was the wagon7" A-"Well, boss, i
Q-"Wish what hand did he strike tho prisoner :"
~ He strask him With no hand; be struck him
,hs a hs po W honor e = ss
right or the left" lLaughter.] ..e
O." We're they near Barnn.ns clothing: store7"
We see & here re- nqw boss yin able Il to resa nor
a" when did you tell this to Mr: aowe7", A.
yona. fGTeat laughter in he couFt, and counsel
know him from Tom, Dick, or tho devil: lcontinned
massea, paf7t:aT,J T eolorsd Or folks You Iao%, some
folkn bees down the colored people. mean folks
as have eddtcati5n, and don't know their grammar
! nor their dictionary: can writa ny nams-no, I
| Q."Do you know officer Van Bushrk7" A.
| "Who7 What7 Does he know met guess not;
No, s.h" Laughter, during which the Court ordered
LtpPlNcoTTs.
Prentice Milford, in ''our Monthly Gossip,"
TEE RAW AMERICAN"
in London, on his way to the Vienna Exposi-
! ton:
Many Of ttem are Commissioners from various
States. Some have lands to sell or oear financial
| to grind. OF such the Langham Hotel IA full The
Langh: is the neares. approach to American hotel
| IN London There though not guest, you may pass
in and without explaining to the hal-porter who
You are, what you where you come FROM or what
you want; sou may there enter and retire without CIV
ing your pedigree naturalization papers, or eertia-
cate Of good character. at other Eugish hotels some
thing analogous to this is commonly required.
We Wto have been In England iul year, look down
as1iTsd @ ID American. "a Ne are quite English. ~ Va haye
worn out our American clothes. We have Engliah
% fo s eaa u nsT
gagon, and lslngton, E1achriars, Camden Town,
Hackney, the Surrey Side" Piccadaly, Regent and
mapped out distinctly In our minds ere. We are
skilled in English money, and no longer pass OF half
crovrs for two-shiling pieces. We are real Anglo
Americans.
but the raw American, only arrived week, ia IN
maze, confusion, hurry. He is excited and myB-
tilted. He tries appear cool and unconcerned and
ia simply ridiculous. His cards, bearing his nsnne
tiie aud official status he distributes free1y doth
the wiute7 wind the Enow-1akes Inquire at the Lang
haa oice for 31r. Smith, and you ind he has bios
He is always paltaEing or sbout to part.ke, of off,
cal dinners. He feels that tho eyes Of all England
upon him. He is dressed Ii immaculate
In its pristine gloss white crsvat umbrell, Of the
his boots would tarnish the national honor. Common
", he Is taken for head butler. He drinks much
stout He a whitehall dinner before being forty
eight hours in London, and tells Of it. AL this makes
hun feel English.
You meet him. He Is oYerjoyed. He would ta1k
hs sensations and Impressions since arriving in Eng
lad. he talks intellieibly of nothing. His brain
se enss agsss :f ss:s aser tosh
don vonde1ful;" .Dined with the Earl of
yesterday = "nias with ST. r Az ~. teddy !"
growing:" s'st. Pau1s"-going, going, gone: and he
shakes bands yith you and Is Of At Broadway gait.
which Lies st the West End.
In reality, the man il not in big right mind He 1s
dergong the mental accruatization fever Should he
and begins to find out where he H. But s1 month hence
how'll hare returned to America, fancying he has
other pieces his bouy hns been hurried through, not
his mind for that in the excitement and rapid1ty Of
his flight, has strcsmed behind him like the tail Of
comet Light, ateuuated Vapory, catchingnothing ab*
oecazonalIy this fever takes an abuztre phase. He
Sometimes wishes immediately to revoluonize the
Government He is iuconsed at the cost Of royalty.
He sees on every siae ine.ons et political uphesvs
ere no buctwhest cakes, no Goldfish cakes, no hot
bread, pork and beans, no mammoth oysters,
eat. Tho English cannot cook Because be can ind
noisy Gathering, dish-xnashing restaurant full Of
piles Of plates and shouting jargon uutranslatable
uniutellgibio, and unpronounceablo down into the
lower kitchen, he cannot, cannot eat
Na: GLADSTONE
ia 80 prominent figure in the history which our
times are making, that any information about |
him as nan and brother will be eagerly read;
and the following very full sketch ofhis person.
al and domestic relations is opportune now, a.
be yiaibly draws near tho end Of his official |
career: =
There is no doubt that, had 11r. Gladstone followed
his personal incEnatioa7 when his 1riah education
scheme broke down Last March, lie would have retired
from office: He s now 81, and it may be fairly ques-
toned whether there exists who for forty-aix
years has worked his brain harder It Is light labor
10 rcad for the highest honors in one school at
gsined ~ double drst,o which meant Ut that lime
irst-class both in classics and mathematca Forth.
With he plunged into political easaywr4ng, untl in
House Of Commons as Ii. ?. for Newnrk. :. :. =
AIr. Gladatores father WAS, as 1nost people arc l.
aware, Liverpool merchant Of Scotch descent. This
gentleman vas tie architect Of his own fortunes which
,rosc in no slight degree out Of his connection with
he United states Having been sent to this country
harged their business to their entire satiafactiou
whilst 1t the sane time ha made vary valuable bust
;cs7ei him when 1t later period he Himself embarked
t did not appear At hia death to BE- bt' o. great a
oulE Of their portions during his Metimeso % avod old
eyacy duty, people Baid To ITS eldest son he lett con-
siderable estates in scotland-to the younger sons,
tone Is very worthy man, but .nowIse remarkable
or ability. He has one son, and has had etx daugh-
era: -Four survive, and all are unmarried.
The next brother, Robertson, an eccentric person |
'tatesmsn brother feel very hot, continues The
}aS5na1 }ahn s;;sa BUSINESS ut A'eEpoo The third
paa dover q he oc1 wa. eaptsn in e
rom which he had retired many years prior to his
lcath in 1868, and member Of Parliament. By his
sife, aingularly excellent and charming WOMAN, he
lad soveral children, who may be said to pretty nearly
the feminine charms Of the Gladstone |
amy. One Of these married the Earl OF Be1more, m
rish nohleman, who lately returned from not very
guhe1natozia career In New South Wales.
Both Sir Thomas aud Cspt~ Gladstone were decided
Conservatives 5
William Ewart Ia the fourth brother. "That young
,rother ct ninc will mike noIse in the world soma
< these dayB" said Capt. Gladstone to fellow-mddy
IS his brother turned away from bidding him good
,ye Just before he about to start cruise snd
be words were certainly prophetic. Mr. Gladstone
vRGn M be 81 s "a r. w's oan 9f the
acy confirms great many sets and the dypnes were
the intellectual. comprising such men NJ the Dukes
y, stanbope, and Lytteton. a1rs Gladstone and her
lister married IN the day to two Of the A-
st utellects Of their time. The younger. whose mem