The New York herald., 1879-08-24

luggage in its alphabetical place. and the Bishops
was. of course. put into the corner over which the
letter presides. Not finding it at once. he went to
porter for information. "And what may your
name beY' asked the of broad shoulders. stoop-
ing under the weight of an American Saratoga. IT
am the Bishop of Leeds was the somewhat pomp-
GUS reply. ..rhe Bishop of Leeds? weel sir. con-
tinued the porter. "you won't find it in b. think.
but imagine II you go to L." with u strong
pirate. you'll be pretty sure to find 1t there
1t does seem as though science had it all its own
way nowadays. and that every new discovery cor
roborated the pct theory of Mr. Darwin. curiosity
dealer at Djon displays In his window fossil
molar large your two fists. and labels IL. 'Half
of one Of Adams teeth found IN his tomb at
Hebron" In the first place. it is great satisfaction
TO know that our common ancestor buried In
Hebron. because that Is where Mark Twain went to
discover his grave and to weep upon it. In the
second place. it is settled beyond doubt. If
to judge of by the Of this half of of
his molars that he was big enough to be the father
Of more than one human race. The tooth is not
perfect and it s reasonable to conjecture thst no
fell while suffering from q terrible attack OF the
toothache and such toothache might easily de-
moralixe him and all his progeny. Poor man.
wonder he fell. 1t very ill-advised however. to
eat apples while suffering from this His
size proves conclusively that We. who pyg-
mics in comparison. have descended rather than
assembled from him. There is but thing lacking
to make the matter complete. one-half Of o tooth.
and that big your two fists, has been discovered
away south IN Hebron. the exploring expedition had
better send q delegation to the north to find his
shoes in the forests of Lebanon.
Victor Hugo has been living in the clouds these
many years. He has reached high altitude intel
lectually and have all breathed the purer ether
few friends and acqraintances. he took trip toward
the zenith in the captive balloon which overlooks
the Tuileries aud has thus become more far-seeing
man than ever. He will undoubtedly tell us very
soon what he when he looked down on Paris.
1t must have been new experience. for he is too
kindly man to look down on anything
Some one asked the Prince G.. what the great
Powers Of Europe are. He replied. as only French
man could, and with the wit Of Talleyrand. ''They
are England. Germany, France. Russia and-wo-
man."
The Partisan papers giving this bit Of good ad
vice to bachelors :-"Either marry woman who is
beautiful enough to live without fortune. one
who is rich enough to do without beauty"
The French definition of love has peculiar piquancy
and force since the divorce law has been passed
"Love? Well, it is what woman has for her hus-
band. suppose during the first few months"
The word "Come-outer' has been in use long
time, to designate q certain clan of men aud women
who were not consulted at the creation, and who
have. therefore, been finding fault with everything
since that date Their chief business is to loosen
your faith IN something. and they never
happy ana never completely accomplish their mis-
sion when they are putting bent pins tho uni
versal chair Of mankind An old Scotch woman met
one Of this ilk while since. and, scornfuly eying
his lank person and long hair. said what may be
truly repeated in the Of most Of this GLASS; "a
Come-outer. ye call yersel do ye? Weel. weel. I'm
thinkin that whan ye cam oot yc didna bring much
wi ye."
No man knows what the delights Of life until
he becomes "half owner" of . child who insists
between two and three O'Clock every morning. 1t is
under such circumstances that realizes the
grand responsibilities of home life.
II some mon would be answering in their al
legiance to Christianity others In their alle
glance to evil we should not be compelled to per-
suade people that religion is good thing to have.
The death Of Garcia excites this remark. He
gambler and it is said that he never missed night
at cards for forty years. No weather and engage
ment stood in the way Of his favorite pursuit. He
never had occasion to count that day lost in which
he failed to turn up his trump 1t is curious and
noteworthy fact that after his forty years of per-
sstent and sklful work he died poor There il. after
all, great deal Of depravty about cards. for when
you In the nine hole and everything depends
the next hand you sure to have fine display
Of deucos. Honesty may be hard road to travel.
but on the whole 1t Is easier than whist.
Genius is not always properly appreciated. even
by those from whom you expect the keenest judg
ment celebrated artist of this city put on
hibition work on which he had spent many
months. 1t was very greatly admired. by some for
its gfoupng and pose and by Others for it's color.
One old gentleman fingered until the rest had taken
their flight and sat in rapt amszement He was evil
IDENTIFY to be the purchaser. Throwing his head from
side the other he at last broke the silence of
admirston by saying. "Mr. Blank. upon my word.
think that is the finest frame ever saw. How
much did you give for it?'