The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-07-09
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II FOR THE CURIOUS.
"Reminiscences of Men, Women
and Things That Sound
STRANGELY,

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etb," was reached, they all, togetl
err with the King twho happened 3
be present., started up, aud remain
ed sanding until the chorus ended
and hence it became fashionable il
England for the audience to stan,
while that part of the music wal
being performed. When cOmplI
meuted by Lord Kinnoul on the
noble entertainment he had given,
his reply was: 81 should be sorry,
my lord, LII only entertained them,
l wish to make them better.'
On one OCCASION, when David
Garrick was occupied on u stage
rehearsIng in an interesting scene,
Packer, who a then q young man,
engaged at a snail salary by the
DruTy Lane Theater, accidentally
let fall his hat, "A circumstance
which much disconnected the form.
er, who on such occasions consider.
ed the smallest interruption as a
very grave offense. AT the end OF
the scene he approached the often
der in great wrath aud was about
d~ismissing him from the theatre,
when Packer, in deep humility,
said "Indeed, sir, j am not moral
ly responsible for this act. My
nerves, sir, my nerves could not
withstand the electric shock of
your wonderful delineation of this
new part" "Hai what 7 ha I" said
the great man lowering his tone.
"Well, we'll, do take carein future"
Ten shillings a week more were
added TO Packers salary from that
time.
That necessity is the chief incent
i've to genius has been often de-
monstrated in the lives OF some of
u greatest men. Who will say
that Samuel johnson would have
been such a champion in literature,
such a front-rank soldier in the field
of fame, if he had not been pressed
into the service and driven into
glory by the bayOnet of sharp ne
cessity pointed at his back If
fortune had turned him into a held
of clover he would have laid down
aud rolled In it. The mere manual
labor OF writing would not have
allowed his lassitude and love of
cas- to have taken the pen out of
the ink horn unless the cravings OF
hunger had reminded him that he
must fill the sheet before he saw
the tablecloth.
Not the extinction of the veStal
fire at old Rome, nor the stealing
of the Palladium from Troy, could
have struck with more grief and
aStonishment the ancient lnhabi.
tants of those of these places re.
spectively than was OccasiOned in
the neighborhOod OF Stafford by
the reception OF the news of the
destruction OF the remarkable
mulberry tree planted by Shakes
peare's W hands. In short,
such a tumultuous spirit of re. J
Venge was excited that the cul.
prit very prudently quilted the
town at once, and the inhabitants
came to a resolution never again to
admit any of the same family, or
even OF the same name, to reside
among them. The mulberry tree
was instantly purchased by a car
in the neighborhOod, who
cut 1t up aud retailed it in relics Uf
various shapes. OF these the cor.
pOration Of Stafford secured the
best part, and in a handsome box ;
made OF this wood they inclOsed
the freedom of the town to Mr.. {
Garrick as a mark of appreciation s
OF the honor and justice which the G
great actor had done to the memory
of StratfOrd's immortal bard.
The cheerful disposition Of the
Russians is chiefly mani
by singing. Every amuse
ment is by the same means height ,
ened and improved. III Russia are 4
heard the true popular ditties,
composed and set to music by the s
Inferior classes of the populace, and
sung in the very same manner il
every town and village of that vast A
empire. The author of the we'll
known song, "'Tis said that alb
sence conquers love-" was Profe ssor !,
f. w. Thomas of Maryland, an b
bachelor of bright intellect aud fo
a brilliant cOnversiOnalist. On one St
occasion a lady accused him OF hav. u
written the song TO a lady love. :
'NO, madam" he replied, "nO lady /
love has eyer inspired me with such
The one to whom :
these lines are addressed was a
lear sister, who persisted at yea OH y
board the Arctic" The romance y
was spoiled for the questioner, but
The old gentleman, TO the day of
his death, cherished the memory of Al
dead sister. IT
The Emperor Adrian, the skep.
tic, onc asked Rabbi Joshua Beu
in the course of au
Interview following the successful
'iege Of Bitter: "How doth a mar .
again IN the world to come ~ =
lie replied; "From Luz, in the \
backbone demonstrate this to
me-" said Adrian. Then be took a
little bone out Of the backbone, and
put It IN water aud it was not steep =
I'd he put 1t 10 the FIRE, and It was
rot burned; be brought it to the Al
mill, aud that could not grind IL
de laid IL on the anvil aud Knocked
lt With a hammer, but the anvil L,
vas cleft and the hammer broken.
lie bone was referred to is the
saerum, the terminal wedge Of the g.