, 1875-08-31

WITTY REJCtHEfRS.
4 ErItey eaya; "Whpn VIC hear good
thing said at dinner party tho enjoyment por-
hsps ariscs from tito Heuso of spontanoouB
and admiration At tho Preparedness OF tho
speaker, who nRy hayo boon taken ut dis,l-
vantage. Most pi4uant, hovoyor III tho eitua-
tiou when one who lns boon Tossed and gorod
suddenly springs to his feet, and o4tr1estes him.
self brilliantly. In Rnch case thcro IL no brill
liant firing from tho fort Int tho fort has to DO
retakon. OF this class waB tho rotort OF D Orsay
10 tho {hcottoua Tom Raikoa tliseus aud dandy
but whoso faco no amount Of danayfsm could
boautifY, It bcing deeply pit!cl, Lis noss CO.
pecially. With tho smallpox. The lattor lad
sont tho Ray Altrod Il copy OF offensive vo1sos
anonymously, which, however, being shown
about, caused great laughter At tho bcnu'A ex-
ponGe. U'Oraay know wlIu WaH tho "rsor. III q
few days o saw lsaikes At tic club. called out
Tho next timc, mon cher, that YOU wEto an
anonymous ]e1tor, don't srnl it With tho ond Of
yonr no.e,' The letter had beon sealed with n
wafer and tlunb!o to tnaintain It's assumed
character. Tl,a WAS conract wanting tn iiniHIl,'
but certainly offoctiye. During ono Of tho Ger
man wArs III tile last century a young English
officer waa dining In company with q German
Prince ut o large mess. After ulnnor tho latter
from wantopnoss. logan 'lllppipg some wator
that Was In Knss before hfn, mud contrivou to
splash so1ne OF it iu tho o1licor facp Now here
was an embarrassing situation. 70 resent tIle
affront her1ous!y would bring aboat scone,
conrt-martiai, ind possibly rnln-h cobu!t wholly
diBl,ropurtouate to tho o1enao to pass 1t Gy
wa4 to loso casio ag accepting MI afTrobt. Tho
Young Euglshnau had tue true instinct. With
ont iustanta hesitation ho said smiling to the
German. 'IIlat's troll trick, but wo do it bot
ter III England, and with n loud hugh throw q
gnss Of water III tho other's facc-. There MAS
so1l.e confusion, but m old Honeral ihtcrfcged
mud said, t4IoH Prince, rons tute. commence =
aud tho wloio passed. M ) rough joke"
It WAS 4 Tough one, but effdctivc. Perhaps
tho most poignant, admirable repnttoo effectel
ut tho o1ponse Ut an insolont King was that Ut
coustier 10 tho tino Of ono OF tho Louis of
France-Lou1H XVI. il nenUry aorvcs. lIe WAa
annoyed by the pEeBo8,co OF . yoang uobionlnn,
| 90 like him tn appearance, in voice md manner
~ to bo llia double. 10 resemble King whose
equal cuuld not be found, was TIL aggravated
afront. lis Majesty chose au opportunity to
rebuka tho uobenan before q largo coucourso.
"They say you greatly rnscnlblo mo, Monsieur"
naid tho King. "4s ~ 30 ron'a1ked. s1re. was
Paris I" coarsely inquired His Majesty" mo,
Sire, but my fashez was. "inuooonty retoEtcd tho
baitcd victim.
PALACE OF SILENCE.
Away up on tho hill that oyosooks Naplos
stands the Carthustnn monastery ct San Marsno
| Tho monks who ouco inhabited tile glorious
| pa!ace-for it Ia nothing losn-wore mon Of no
| bio birth aud vast fortune. The church ID now
ono Of tho noHt magnificent Ia Italy. Agate
jasper. lnpis~lazuli, amethyet, Egyptian granite
and fossil.wood, together with nlsrbloA Of ovcry
tint, are 10 blended In n.osalca that 1ino tho
who!n odttlco, and the carvings aro 10 r7cl and
graceful, that tho interiors Of Bomo OF tue
chapols besu, like Eden bowers tsnnstixod by q
nAikaclo and frozon into stona- And In this spot
lived Brotherhood who catue from the ti1Ht
! clrrloa OF society, and buEod themselves
| iu this gorgeous tomb, for. it WAS little
elHo. The monks took = VOW ct perpetual
silence, lived apart, Ate apart and mot only for
tho unsocial hours Of prayer, WHOM each whs
| wrapped in his oEn me1ltRtion and no ono ut
tered syllable. Each Que OF tho ltt1e coils
whore they siopt ha1 n small window or closet
communicating with ono Of the corridors, aud
III this closet was placed Tho frugal tueal, which
au then taken into tho coll nni eaten In solitude.
| Every quarter Of an hour bell struck to remind
the llatonern that they wero 40 much nearer their
death. In tho gardouB tho rllipRs arc orua-
mented with marble skulls, aud tho only sounda
that u1ad to disturb this splendid solitude wora
tho tread Of aAndalcd feet, tho rustic oY lung,
white tobc8, or tho 0ang OF thu boil thai told ot
tl,eir solemn livos, iu brief moments, aud yet
might hRye seemed long to them. These monks,
like most othera In Italy, hayo been driven from
theis retreat aud all tloir troauutos coniisnated
by Victor Emmanuel.
| IT kEEhLf HURT HIM.
A London correspondent has 01trnctod thtE
humorous information from tho gathering oI
foreign turtla.aoup dostroJers in Lon don at tht