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New York News
Many ~laughable lapscs have occurred In
the pulpit. Naturally, most OF these have
resulted not from ignorance, but from that
tendency to slips which no one can at all
times avoid. The wonderful number Of
clerical errors" which are current, arises,
probably, from the fact that the opportuni-
ties OF hearing them are more frequent than
in the case Of political or other speakers. A
few Sundays ago, In a church which had re-
Gently been repaired, a venerable clergyman
prayed that this building may stand eter-
nally for many generations to Gomez An
other reverend gentleman wound up a glow
ing perorntion with: ''Ohl my brethren, the
bridge was gulfed-ah-that is, the gulf was
b~ridgedP'-the prosaic, hurried tones Of the
explanation completely robbing the climax
OF its intended effect Again, a clergyman
soieninly enumerated the following pregnant
truth: "If these men had been born Hotten-
tots they'd have been Hottentots still.n
There Is q story told OF q minister who re-
ferred In his sermon to the ''Sarisees and
Fadducees y and In the course OF an announce
ment as to u certain meeting being 'held in
the hall y he misplaced the vowels In the first
and last words. At a clerical gathering in a
certain town In Nova Scotia, an aged
brother rose md remarked; 1--WE are all
acquainted with the Scriptural injunction
this day every man Is expected to do his
duty" As the meeting dispersed, one OF the
ciergymen spoke othe reverend lapse-maker,
and informed him the quotation was from
Shakespeare. Shakespeare replied the
old minister; that can't be. for I've never
read Shakespeare"
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Cheating In High Life.

Washington Cor. Cnlcago News.1
There must have been a lively scene at e1-
Minister Schenck's home not long ago, il the
Testimony OF those present can DO trusted. A
noted> colonel In the United States army, a
friend on many high in power, who has had
pet assignments for several years, was dis
missed from the house for cheating at cards.
There was a gathering of men at Schenck's
upon the evening OF the scandal for the pur-
pose Of playing poker. They play for very
heavy takes at Schenek's. The players are
supposed to be g~entlemen, and the game is
not played always with the same care as
would be exercised by professional gamblers.
During the evening in questionShe players
around the table would announce tleir hands
upon the call without showing their eards,
tossing them ON the table face downwaNds.
The colonel won oftener than any one else,
and had made several hundred dollars.
Toward the close of the evening there were
$500 on the table. Hands were called. The
highest hand in the call until the colonel was
reached was three queens" At this the
colonel threw down his cards n~egliRently as
he said, II have "A straight flush" and began
to rake in the money. Hold onI" said tho
holder OF the three queens, you may have
made some mistake; let US look at your cards."
and before they could he swept into the pile,
the three-queens man picked up the colonies
hand. There was not in 1t a single card of
the hand declared. There wa no possibility
for any mistake. At once there arose a per-
feet howl OF contempt and anger. The noble
colonel was bounced out of the house and
very soon after he was ordered out west, al
though Rutherford b. Hayes tried to save
him from being sent away from Washing
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that be couldn't earn his board. ne ucknowf-
edged the gift, and said that every time he
used one Of those handkerchief he thought of
her. The girl wrote ba ok that his words
were very dear to her; chat she was sure of
his love, because in Chic ago everybody had
catarrh, and as long as the handkerchief held
out he would never nave time to let his affec-
ton for her waver.n
Would you like to buy a copy of this met.
ure9i asked the young lady.
81 think not" said the horse reporter. 81
don't go much on the ideal, even In art. The
kind of pictures that we need for the saloon
or the boudoir are those that treat of real
life. The Heeting fancy or a poets brain,
limned in living colors by the painters brush.
is all right enough, but what really catches
the average citizen is something that treats
of real life, such as 'Rebecca at the Well. or
The Brush on the Homestretch. Art that
is to be popular must treat of popular sub
~jects."
Perhaps said the young lady, unro,llinp
another picture, which represented a pair. on
lovers standing under a tree, "you might like
this. 1t is entitled 'One Heart, Ono
Thought .
No. was the reply. at is too ideal again.
II you could get up one entitled One Heart
and Four Spades it would sell we'll in
Chicago. Such a picture would appeal to the
artistic nature of our most prominent citi-
zens."
'Good-day, sir said the young lady. 1T
am much Obliged for your courtesy and ad-
vice.
Don't mention 1t. Come in again and I
will let you look at some OF our prize s~toriesL"
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OUR G L COUSINS.
Customs wherein They Diner from
Americans An Sounding No
mencIhture.

Customs wherein They Diner from
Americans An Odd-SoundIng No
mencInture-
Prentice Milford in San Francisco C~hroniclel
The tin pail, as an article of kitchen and
pantry furniture, is quite unknown in Eng
land. 1t is seen only at oil and paint shops
and never with q cover. Tinware and tin
peddlers have not there arrived to such per-
lection as among us. Coal with the English
is always spoken Of in the plural, as Goals"
What we term the ''gaiter" they call tho
boot. What we call boots they call wei
lingtons.n A barber shop is ono thing in
London, a hair cutting saloon is another and
separate establishment The average Eng
lisa shave is a brutal performance as COM
pared with tho American. The patient must
arise from the STRAIGHTFORWARD chair, wash
his own face and brush his own hair. Lon
don newsboys do not cry their papers,
printed placard placed on the walk notifies
the public, and the boy stands by with his
stock In trade and seems to ponder over it
Their 'liyery stable' sign reads Cars on
Hire. "-buggies are unknown. So is a gen.
eral assortment of dry goods and groceries in
In ons shop. This "haberdasher" keeps pins,
needles, stays, takes, and all the other
minutise necessary for a lady's outfit. Tn
wooden draper, cloths. The green grocer
never goes beyond vegetables, save to deal
occasionally in Goals. The exceptions to this
rule are with the cooperative stores, which
deal in everything. In the sale of cooked
food, there are shops combining themselves to
hams, corned beef, and a few vegetables
served hot at noon, and to be bought from
two-pennyworth upwards. There arc small
shops making a speciality Of eel and kidney
pies; some of pea and beef soup, and Others
cook nothing but fried fish. Crash" our
name for coarse toweling, Is an unknown
term, at least in London. Programmes
must be bought OF the theatre ushers. Mo-
lasses is called ''treacle' and sold by the
pound. A pie Is either u tart" or a turn
over,
The English street car Is a tram" and the
road a "tramway." A pitcher is a jug" and
glasses are "tumblers." And when you call
ut the bar for beer, they understand that
you want porter. Breakfast in many fami-
lies Is not a set meal but a morning lunch, to
be eaten whenever you are ready. Business,
election, and militia notices are posted on
church doors, and in some places the amount
Of the last Sundays collection, in pounds,
shillings, pence, and farthings.
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AT Corinth Nelson's restlessness and med
dlesomeness-ha had full play. All his men will
remember the sudden order to about face he
gave one day when he moved out to assist
Pope and received notice that Pope could
take care of himself. He was that day the
very personification of the indignant feeling
ruling his division.
One day during the siege he rode to the
front and was watching the operations OF a
favorite battery. The rebel sh~arp-shooters
had taken refuge in an old house far to the
front, and the artillery men were directing
their fire at this house. Nelson grew impa-
tient finally, because tho house wasnot blown
to pieces, and rode his horse up to the guns
A sergeant said, They'll pick you of, gem
eral, II you stand there" In reply came:
"Gotohellsir-damit, | mean thank you SIR
Just then ''zipn came a "long tom" cutting
close to the generals ears This aroused him
at once. He jumped off his horse, caught
one of the guns, ran it forward by main
strength and aimed it himself, remarking
that he would show that jackanapes how to
fire at him; he would, etc. "a little too high,
general ventured the captain, but he was
cut off with the aver ready "Gotohellsir.'
and the artilieryman was ordered to ''pull
the string.n Crash, went the ball through
the tree tops not n hundred yards to the
front, and going more in the direction of the
moon than toward the object aimed at. But
at the same instant one of the other guns
was fired, and being well aimed, the ball
struck the chimney of the old house and
brought it down. Nelson seeing only the
chimney fall roared out: 81 knew it. BY
CAD, sir, it takes me to knock things down
about their cars And then as he mounted
his horse to ride away, he said blandly,
Captain, will CONS over in the morning
and give your men lessons in artillery prac-
tice. 1 can hit them every time"
The m--jS= general did not near the laugh
tLIt succeeded, but "old Jakey's shot" was
never forgotten. @
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A WORK OF R
As Complementary Interpreted by
the Horse Editor.
An ,Art-AnaiysIs not strictly Es-
thetic, but bordering Close
to n High Ideal

[Chicago Tribunal
"Good-day. gentlemen"
A rather pretty young lady stood In the
doorway of the editorial rooms and paused
in graceful expectancy after announcing her
presence.
"Do you object" she continued, ito my
talking to you gentlemen a little while on a
matter which may be OF interest to your
81 DON'T replied the horse reporter. "f
any person can gain instruction or amuse-
ment from a chaste conversation with me
they arc welcome to do so. Heaven forfend
that l should by the t~houghtless refusal of
an innocent request embitter forever a life
that would otherwise be bright and happy.
What direction would you like to have the
conversation takei l know some daisy stories
concerning the trials to which early mission
aries in Africa were subjected through
neSlecting TO take mosquito-bars with them,
and n corker about a man in Ohio who, for
getting that his wife was born in Boston, said
he would sooner own Goldsmith Maid than be
the author of Emerson's works.
ut wasn't anything of that kind l desired,n
said the young lady, blushing very prettily.
''The purpose OF my. visit was TO call your
attention to a work of art I an selling" and
she unfolded a picture which represented two
boats lying alongside OF each other on a
placid sheet of water, one containing a young
man and the other a young woman.
as that the work OF artT' asked the horse
reporter.
Eyes, SIR"
Whats the name OF itr'
'The title is On the Lake, and 1t is consid-
cred a very fine picture continued the young
lady.
81 suppose so. 1 see the young man has got
hold of the young lady's hand. What's that
forfn
"Why," said the visitor, b~lushing violently,
che is-that Is, 1 suppose they seem to be
why, the man is making love to the young
lady.n
"Oh," said the horse reporter, che is seeking
to win her young affections. is her
Eyes, sir" replied the fair art merchant,
81 suppose that is itn
But what's he lying down on his stomach
in the boat fort Has he got the collier
mo, sir, " was the reply, followed by more
blushes. His position is one of negligent
ease, made so by the artist In order to more
fully carry out the thoughts suggested by the
picture"
"Well, l don't know" said the horse re-
porter. Maybe you're right, but it doesn't
look natural. 1 guess he's scrouching down
hat way In case the girls father should hap
pen to be over there on the shore of the lake
with a gun. Was this picture drawn from
lifer'
81 do not think 50, /" was the reply. at Is
generally the case In pictures Of this charac-
ter that the subject is an ideal one"
81 suppose the young mans name is Cholly,"
continued the horse reporter. "He looks as
il it might be. He has got one of those you
may-kiSs-"'a h"t-don't-tell- papa mustaches,
and a I ii7'
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lENcnanBe.J
A young negro bootblack observed a neigh
Dor porting wisely over a newspaper, where
upon he addressed him thus: Julius, what
are you looking at that paper fort You
can't read" go away" cried the other
Indignantly; guess 1 can read; rs big enuff
for that" big enuffr retorted the other
scornfully, amt muffin. A cows big
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when Garfield was Sick.

Crawford in Chicago News.
asked DR.. Bliss if Gen. Garfield had trans
acted any business at all when he was sick.
He took his pen in his hand exactly three
times" said the doctor. HE once wrote me
an autograph upon a little pad. Upon an
other occasion ho signed an extradition paper
for Mr.. Blaine. The brief letter which he
wrote to his mother was the only continuous
bit OF writing done by hin while he was
.gol- "
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Minority and Majority.

IIIuI. DaFIu oWIHR.I
The minority of Emerson and Arnold Is an
ideal group like the creations Of the old paint
tiers and s~culptors. Onduty the minority has
been quick to fall into sin, and the majority
has time and again been compelled to rise up
and select a new individual or a new cabinet.
Thus in the face of Matthew Arnold the aver
nge sense of an age is the final result-it only
being the force that can select a new govern
ing parsonage or persons.
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droyea An alike failed 70 awaken one 70
sponsive chord in the breast of Princess
Clara, and 1t began TO look as though there
would be no choice, and heavy was the dis
appointment OF the crowd. Suddenly n
solitary trumpet was heard, and a new con-
testant appeared. As soon as he showed up
in the lists, It WINS quite evident To the crowd
that he would capture the prize. Tall, dark,
and kingly, he trod the earth as though he
owned 1t, besides being a silent partner in
several other planets.
"What great king Is that He will be the
lucky one. How princely he walksI"
When he reached the throne he saluted the
princess with majestic grace, and hesitated
as though conscious of his powerful charms.
With a roseate blush the Princess Clara signi-
fed to a lackey that he might inform the
beautiful stranger that the prize was awarded
to him. Bowling low, the stranger mounted
the throne and raised the hand of the princess
to his lips amid the denfening cheers Of the
multitude, and the happy couple were imme-
diately surrounded by the king and courtiers,
who proffered hearty congratulations. Sud-
denly an idea seemed to strike his majesty.
Standing reverently before the stranger, he
asked, in a tone of interest and admiration;
'Noble, sir, would your highness have any
objections 70 informing us OF you name and
lineageF'
Certainly not, = replied the stranger: ''hore
is my card. lama L YoRK HOTEL cLERK.
l used to pound a gong at the Fifth Avenue"
N. 3. -There is, or was, a moral connected
with the above tale, but, in some mysterious
MANNER. it has become detached and lost.
Any one finding it will please leave it at this
office and no questions will be asked
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he began using Wells Health Re
newer" 81. Druggists.
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E PHOTOGRAPH.


walter Learned in Life1
I know the photographer pinned
A little white card on the screen,
When he'd wrapped up his head In a cloth
And focused his picture machine;
And as he turned back to the chair,
/ am equally certain that he
Said, won't you look right at this cardF'
Yet she seems to-be looking at me.
And after arranging her chin,
And twisting and turning her head,
And adjusting the folds Of her dress,
am sure the photographer said,
NOW please for a moment sit still
And smile till you hear me count three"
As he whisked of the cameras cap;
Yet she seems to be smiling on me.
/ presume that she thought 1t a bore,
And that she was quite i'll at ease;
Saw little black specks in her eyes,
And felt a temptation to sneeze;
That she wondered how long IL would take,
And what sort of "A picture 'twould be;
And yet, when l look at the face,
She seems TO be thinking Of me-.
And whom tho brief scccaas were passed
And the artist had said, THAT Is ALL"
I presume as she rose from the chair,
She only said, "When shall / callf'
the message that waits on these lips,
That smiling, ~half-parted, / see,
Is as sweet and as fair as her face;
And it seems to be waiting for me.
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IExChHhge.J
Dealers in sauerkraut all over the country
agree In the solemn announcement that tho
native American is becoming fond of the
national dish Of Germany. Lager beer has
already well nigh completed the conquest of
the globe, but 1t has not been supposed that
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A Professional chinese story-Teuer.
uIa.an Kann Car L a.laxa

Hong Kong Cor. London Telegraph
At one end OF the market was a crowd
gathered around a man who, seated oil a
stool, was evidently reciting or reading
something. l found he was a professional
storysteller. and that he was engaged just
then in the narration of the troubles of a
mandarin's daughter who, captured with her
father by some rebels, went through a series
OF terrible adventures, but who finally, by
her singular courage, released herself and her
father, and brought the head of the arch
rebel to the emperor. The reader, or rather
the ~reciter, was a man of middle age, and OF
very respectable appearance. He held a fan
in his hand, and his nails were very long, to
Indicate his gentility. 1 was told he was a
very clever man, who could, IL he liked, talk
in a dialect that the common people could
not understand, but that he was now speak
ing in Cantonese, and with great skill. 1t
was evident that as the story progressed he
laid hold upon the feelings of his audience,
for as he dwelt upon the sufferings OF
the damsel, and wept copiously himself at the
offspring of his own Imagination, the people
all around mingled their tears with his and
showed signs of the deepest emotion.
These people would probablybav We looked cal
lously on had they seen a girl in the position
he described, but SO fervent was his eloquence
and so great his skill that they could not selp
weeping at the pictured tragedy. AS for the
orator himself, he would lower his voice and
whisper, then, springing up, would shout out
an impassioned sentence, relapsing once
more into quietude as the tale went on. A
magnificent actor, forgetting himself wholly
in the interest OF his tale, he held his hearers
enthralled for more than two hours, for 1
now and again returned, only to find him
unexhausted and his audience unsatiated.
While he spoke itinerant vendors OF tea. pea
nuts and sweetmeats permeated the crowd,
doing a comfortable trade, aud now and then
one or other Of the listeners would put down
a few cash at the feet of the orator. On the
whole, he appeared to be pretty well remu.
nerated for his trouble, the people being only
too glad to have such a treat as his imagina-
ton afforded them.
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