The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-12-04

Stratford. on. Avon. The rector there
took occasion to utter vehement speech
over Shakspeare's grave reference to
some American who had suggested that
the grave of the great poet might be open
ed and his likeness photographed, before
the dust crumblcd away by contact with
the atmosphere The rector said such
an audacious thing could only be done
by trampling over his PROSTATE body.
When he had finished Mrs. Grant quietly
took the point out Of the speech by saying
" OF course he meant by your permission,
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EE- A Washington special correspond.
cnt thinks that the Texas Pacific bill will
not be brought in at the present. session.
1t is complete, but its friends only say in
regard to it, that it's provisions are such
AS will excite the fcwest possible ahtag-
onisms.
re- Madame Bonaparte, Of Baltimore,
now over ninety years Of age, has become
very feeble, and does not venture out of
doors. There are apprehensions that
her romantic aud most eycntiul career
is fast approaching its close.
Ey- Miss Annie Story, niece of the
late Chief Justice Story, and u accent
Treasury girl has been brought out in
" ashington as a professional actress,
though attention having been called to
some dramatic readings by her in pri
vate. -
Ba5A Lucy Stone says she despises the
custom ofmen liftngtheir has to women,
and she wants no man to salute her Ia
that way. What Lucy likes is an easy,
natural, hearty greeting, something like,
\" Hello, stoney, old girl! how does she
rum" g~S .tE.f{@, fIAf{ EIi
9 re- A woman suggests that when a
man breaks his heart 1t is the same as
when lobster breaks one of his claws
another grows Immediately. M tt
EE An excellent quartettc-A good
temper, good library, good wife and
good friend, are four Of the choicest bless
ings of human life
s0- The mosquito has ceased from
troubling and the bed-bug is searching
for winter quarters, but the book agent
you have with you always.
ET People seldom i'm, rove when
they have no other model but themselves
to copy after.
ET Some people discredit the powers
of the photograph, the latest invention,
which is to bottle up sounds for repro
duction centuries hence. But why should
we doubt this when very famous traveller
in Siberia has recorded that one day in
the intense cold there The notes of his
postillion froze in tie horn as he blew it,
so that no sound was heard but afterward
in an inn, they thawcd out, and played
the King Of Prusia's March all the way
through without the honest POSITIONS
putting his mouth to the horn. If we
are to believe this story of the German
Baron, we cannot doubt the power ofthe
photograph.
Dishonesty often defeats its own pur-
poses. This occurs very forciblv to man
when he sneaks down the alley to get
him drink and he meets his pastor
just a coming out of the back door.
wiping his mouth with the back of his
hand.
Embrace every opportunity to help
the poor" advises an exchange. Thank
you, we will; and il that clothes-ine is
full might when we go home, we know
of one poor, unfortunate editor, with a
Urge family of two besides himself whose
heart will be made glad with clean
shirt tomorrow morning.-Brookville
JefTersonian.
The greatest loss of time is delay and
expectation, which depends upon the
future. We let go the present. which
we have in our power, and look forward
to that which depends upon chance
and so relinquish a certainty for an un