The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-06-07
Wise and Otherwise.

mlngS arrived In New York, after
the war, he had most excellent
opportunity to be tramp, says the
Journalist. All he possessed, be-
sides a job lot of ragged clothes on
his back, was twenty cents worth
of postage-stamps, badly glued to-
gcther. He wore pair of battered
cavalry boots, and about three
quarters of a pair of trousers. The
place where the missing parts of the
latter should have been was con-
cealed by a sun-burned army over
coat. In this garb, he climbed up
to Horace Greeley's editorial den,
and asked Mr.. Greeley for a job.
He did not ask to be appointed to
either the position of managing ed
itor or foreman. He was willing to
do anything. "No place for YOU"
squeaked Mr.. Greeley, without turn
ing from his desk to look at the
applicant; don't you see I'm busy?
G'wayl Scat Damn tr "But
/ tell you must have job" Mr.
Greeley turned around his revolv-
ing chair, and glazing at Cummings,
said: "Must! For what reason,
young man, do you say must?"
"For this reason" replied Amos,
turning his back on Mr.. Greeley,
lifting the drapery on his old blue
overcoat, and exhibiting the vacant
places, where the wild winds had
whistled through his trousers. He
got job.
After the battle of Marsha Tour,
the field was covered with the dead,
and all available houses filled with
the wounded. With great trouble
a small room, in which stood ia
BILE, chair, and bed, was found for
King William. Upon entering, he
asked: "Where are Bismarck and
Moltke2" "They have no place as
yet" answered the adjutant, well
knowing how necessary it was that
they should have rest. "Then in
vite them to camp with me-" was
the reply, "but order the bed re-
moved. The wounded can use it
better than l and bring us straw"
1t was done, and the three heroes
rested, during the rainy night, upon
the hay-covered floor. Never was
a mild master than the Emperor.
as numerous instances prove. One
evening he drove to the Victoria
Theatre, in Berlin, accompanied
only by his coachman and body
servant. The latter, believing him
self certain of several hours, enter
ed a restaurant near by. But the
Emperor returned very shortly.
The carriage drove up to the door,
but the body-servant did not return.
Ten minutes passed by before he
was found drinking his glass of
beer. Frightened half to death, lie
began to excuse himself. when he
was interrupted by the Monarch:
Nonsense don't bother about it.
You have often waited for me, now
/ have waited for you, and we are
quits"
A traveller in an English omnibus
was once puzzled by hearing the
conductor ask, as he took a lady's
fare, "Side Tot?" The lady evil
IDENTIFY understood this peculiar sem
tence, replying, with no sign of sur
prise at its use, "This." The query
was then addressed to a grave-look-
ing, elderly gentleman, who evident
ly thinking, from its mysterious
sound, that he was being lightly
treated, roared Indignantly, 'What?
Then the conductor translated his
question, which ran, "On which side
of Tottenham Court Road did you
get in?" He had not meant to be
uncivil, but he had no idea of using
eleven words when two would an
swer the purpose.