The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-11-14
MISTAKES OF IDENTITY.
so. E CASES ARE HUMoRoUo.
OTHERS FAR FROM 1T.
Bestowing Aims Upon Rotbsshiid--An
Licctor In Engianl and Ger
many Are Somewhat DIFF 4fi
fersnt Things.

Mcr, VINO In the IulnlimenJ OF their
profession, or for some special reason.
have assumed a role not really their
own. are often taken to be really MS
they seem. Sometimes the error
proves to be sufficiently ludicrous.
1t Is related. says tina, Sat Evening
Post that Baron James DE Rothschild.
who established the Paris branch of
the great financial house. was eccentric
In his outward appearance, and occa-
sionally in his conduct He was fond
OF art and a patron OF painters. He
once consented to pose for Eugene
Delacroix. as beggar. While thus
occupied a pupil OF the painter passed
by. So touched was he by the SEEM
ing poverty and wretchcdness. OF the
ragged beggar that he surreptitiously
slipped coin into the old mans hand
literally bestowing aims on q Roths-
child. The tinancier kept tho money.
inquired about the. giver. and shortly
afterward paid back the charity with
princely present HsfEffHeA
A rumbers of young Indian gen tie
men were studying law lin London
some few years SINCE DIR Vaughn,
the Master Of the Temple invited them
to spend a pleasant evening ut his
house. They accepted In nearly every
instance. But though the host waited
at the hour fixed. nobody arrived. At
last the maid was called in. She was
a new servant fresh to her duties In
the house. Thespuzzled inquiry was
made: Have none Of the gentlemen
come?n mo. please. said the girl
.'but n lot Of impudent Christy Min
strels have been a-ringing the bell,
and I've been driving them away"
A capital story Is told of the ready
wit Of o man OF Middlesex. travelling
in Germany. He was called upon.
before being allowed to pass through
the gates of petty town. to describe
himself This was the red-tape rule
for all strangers in the land. 81 am
an elector of Middlesex. /" said the
ndroit John Bull. In Germany an
electOr is a person OF importance; so
word went forth, out came the guards
and not only was the visitor permitted
to enter. but he was received with
military honors.
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about character OF identity i, OF diff
ferent description. The merriment
has been mixed. Humor is blended
with Inconvenience, and. perhaps
risk. Ia misadvcntures Of arrest A
number of these awkward incidents
are reported concerning notable men.
Charles kingsley was thrown into
German prison. when his only offense
was rather too reckless love of ang-
ling. He was misconstrued in dress.
character and conduct by -ove-ssuspi-
cious natives. His fishing rod was
taken for some new tangled deadly
weapon. and. to the stolid. rural mind,
the wide-awake Italian hat he wore
pointed him out as n follower OF MAJ
zini. the troublesome southern revo-
lutionist. &
| Dr. Hooker. of Kew, was on one &C.
casion mistaken for an intriguer dur
ing his travels in Hindoostan. and was
summarily imprisoned. and kept in
close quarters for six weeks together
in the Himalayas by the Ra;ah OF Six
kim.
Rubinstein. the eminent pianist and
composer found himself in a curious
scrape and one more amusing In
retrospect than in the hour of crisis,
in tho storm year of 1848. The
trouble OF the time put an end to
plans for concerts in Hungary. and he
turned his attention 10 Russia. But
on the frontier. Rubinstein was taken
into custody. HIS looks were held to
go against him. The official wise
acres considered him person ex-
tremely likely to be meditating mis-
chief to the state. and believed their
suspicious confirmed, when. upon
searching his luggage a score. " In
MS, was found. The head of the
military command felt sure that a
trcacherous secret was hidden in the
notes OF this unfortunate composition.
Precaution was a safe policy. II, also,
harsh one. The prisoner was
ordered of into Siberian exile. His
earnest protests were UNDECIDED. and
the absurd mistake might have been
carried through, but for the timely
arrival on the scene OF Count We'll
horsky. This pobleman knew Rubin
stein. and was in time to prevent a
cruel scandal. He answered. for the
composers bona fdes, and obtained
his release. @vA fh8 W&3kR
When Salvini the actor was tour
ing in Italy he came to q small town,
where the voice OF famo spoke family.
Tho great player was incognito and
studying up new part He was over
heard using most bloodthirsty Ian
guage when alone in his lodgings and
the scandalised provincials carried
news TO the police Office that an ess
capped lunatic was in tho house. Sal
vini was arrested and kept under sur
VIGILANCE until he could persuade the
local authorities that In spite OF maxi
ing noise indoors, he was sane in the
street
9a A Presuning Foreigner.
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