, 1875-08-31

WITTY REjolN2<HS.
a writer Hays: "Whon We hear tgoot
thing said ut dinner party tho enjoyment por.
hsps arises from tho sonso Of 8pontnn oouanest
and admiration at the preparedness Of The
speaker, who may have bocn taken ut q diaad-
vantage. Moat pI4uant howovor, Ia tho nitua.
tlou when QUO who Inns bcon tossed nnd gosed
suddenly springs to h'a fcos, aud o1trica.os him
seif brilliantly. In such case thcro is no brill.
liant firing from tho fort, but tue fort has to be
retaken. OF thB class wnu tho rotort Of D'OsHay
10 tic facotiors Tom lsaiLos, diaour and dandy.
but whoso faca no amount of dandyism coul,l
bcautify, II boing deeply plsted, Lis noae eB-
pecia1y, With tho smallpox. Tho 1assor had
aent tho say Alfred u copy Of offensive vorses
anonymously, which, however, being shown
about, caasc.l great laughter Ut tho lcnu'a OK
poIise. DOrnhy know who WIZ tho writor. III q
few daya lio saw Iasos At tho club and called out
Tho noxt time, mou cher, TINT you write an
anonymous letter, don't Hral it With tho or1 OF
so1s nose' Tue letter had bcon sealed with 4
wafer and thiulb!o to maintain Its assumed
character. Il8 was coarae, wanting in finish
but certainiy et1uctive. Dn1lng ono or tho Cor
man wars in tho last century young English
Princo ut q lnrge mGus. After diunor tho latter
from wantonlieBs, began clipping Hamo water
that Wns In glnss before him, and contrirou to
splash some OF it In tho o'licers fAco. Now horo
nHront seriously would bring about n scono,
co'lrt-mastlai, md possibly rrI1a-a result wholly
dlspropoFtlonato to the oflenBo to pass it by
~a8 to 1880 casto aB accepting an nGrouk. Tho
yonng Epglishman had the true inRtiuct, With
ont III instsnt's hesitation he said smiling to tho
German. That's drolt trick but wo do it bot
ter in England and with d loud laugh throw
gaes Of wnter in tho others face. There was
some confusion, but an old Honoral intorfered
and said, lion Prince, rous rare= commence =
md tHA Whn5n nAHjn1 n u = rO1fR1, fhku y
IL Wna rough ono, but objective. Perhaps
tho most poiguaut, admirable ropnrteo effected
at tho expense Of M inao'ont King was that VI
a,conFtieE 10 tho tune Of ono Of the Louis Of
Erance-Loulb XVI. II memory norves. lie Was
annoyed by the prosonco Of D yonug noblcman,
30 Tito him In appearance, In voice nntf manner
as to be hin double. To resemble King whose
equal GUILD not bo found, Was an aggravated
Rflfont. Ills AIatoaty chose M opportunity to
rcbuko tho nobeman before large concourso.
"TAey Bsy you greatly resemble mo, Monsieur"
sntd the King. II Ia Sc remarked slro," was
tho RESPONSE. "WaH your mother over In
Sire. Int my father was, "innooontly retorted tho
baised victim.
A PALACE OF SILENCE,
Away up Oh tho hill that overlooks Naplos
stands the Carthusnn monastery Of sau Msraino
The monks wiso opco inhabited aha glorious
palace-for It is nothing losa--were men Of no.
Wv bsAeAt sA44A FaH* AOAhAAts 4uc EuulEu ID now
ono Of tho most magnificent in Italy. Agate
jasper. lapls-1azuli, amethyst. Egyptian Erante
and tosail-wood, together With msrbles OF oyory
tint. are 30 blonded in mosalca that line the
whole edilco, and the carvings ara 40 r.ch and
graceful, that tho interiors Of some at the
chapela sosm like Eden bowers transAxed by a
Mirac!o and frozen into Htone- And In this spot
'tYo brotherhood who cano from tho first
clrctes OF Eociety, and busiod themselves
IN this goEgeouH tomb, for It waa little
elso. The monks took VOW OF perpetual
silence, lived apart, sto apart, and mot only for
tho unsocial hours OF prayeE, whom eacA waa
wrapped III bis oEn meditation. and no one ut
tered q syllable. Each QUO Of tho little coils
Hboto they slcpt had h Hmal window Or cloaet
communicating with QUO Of the corridors, mud
wfB then takon Into tho cell and eaten In solitude,
Every quarter Of an hour bell struck to remind
tic lintancrs that they wore 10 much noarer their
DEATH In tho gardens the railinga arc orna-
tnonted with marble skulls, aud tho only sounds
that uaed to dlsturb this nplendd solitude wero
the tread OF aandalod feet. tho rustic Of lung,
wlte robes, or tho claug Of tho boil that told Of
thelr SOLEMN ]Ises, In brfof moments, aud yot
might have seemed long to them. TuoBa monks,
like most otholB in Italy, hAYo been driven from
their retreat and all their treasures couhaoatol
by Victor Emmanuel.
tT kEEnLf HURT HIM.
A London correspondent has a1trnctod this
humorous information from tho gathering Of
foreign turtls-soup dcstroJere in Lon don at tho
Lord Mayors diuner: '1ae want Of apprecta-