New-York tribune., 1891-01-29
THE Talk or THE DAP.

II tho inhabitants Of Chinatown ever went outside
NJ their own rank, for their mayor they would In all
p,ob,bl;y elect Postmaster Van COtt lie Is Tie lay
u,trou saint OF the colony, and whenever a member
of II is about 10 enter important business step
or gers into serious difficulty, he always calls on Mr
van CON for advice bringing interpreter If lie i not
master Of the English language. No matter no" doie
n the Celestial NAV look a, he enters thS Po'tolh'c
Idlue he i, all smiles when be leaves ii after seeing
the postmaster Mr.. Van Cott has faculty Of always
telling hi, Chinese visitors something which not onl5
helm, them i'm their undertaking trouble. but puts
them in an exceedingly pleasant humoi besides Tue
only explanation Of their regard for hm l. the isrc"
able way in which he treats hcn and this Is also the
cause of much OF Mr.. Van Colts great popularity III
all circles lie formerly had some business dealnIS
with a few Chtnamen and his Acquaintance among
them grew rapidly wider The Chinese Consul among
Mr. Van COTS warmest friends and often with members
of his embassy goes 20 the theatre opera with
The postmaster
comes a wcldressrd fellow down the stte,t singing
Ten thousand a year IS my income clear guess
odd Vctcran-Dont do il; he hasn't got a cent
strike this workingman coming here whistllng. I've
got nftccn dollars In my Inside pocket he's got II
Puck.
Sir John Pope lcnneSScy, the recently elected
Member Of Parliament for North Kilkenny j. the
owner of the Raleigh or wardcn's House, Youghal.
The house is much the same it was when Raleigh
waI the Mayor Of ancient DesmondS town. ON the
wall Is the original painting Of the first Governor Of
Virginia. and contemporary portrait Of Queen Eliza
beth. Here is the table at which Raleigh wrote and
the oak chest in which he kept his papers There
hang the old deeds and plrchmcnts with Raeigs
seal. aud the original warrants under the autograph
and signct Of Queen Elizabeth. granting pension TO
the Countess Eiinor Of Desmond. lOndcr are two
bookcases Of vellum bound and oak bound books of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The sun ylncs
the brown floor and oak panclIei walls. through
the Orel window whero Raleigh sat with spcnScr, and
throws into deeper shade the wide hearth place. with
its rich black carvings rising from either side Of the
hearthstone to the ceiling.
Tobogganing down a slippery sldo
blis,fulIest
kind Of
But it isn't such fun when You strike stone
And land
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-tWOrcester Gazette
In certain Baptist association report the following
item occurs. the names being changed In August
we extended call to the Rev. John smith II minister
OF particularly shady anccedents. to become our pres
ent pastor for one year. lie accepted and entered
bcr. Brethren. pray for H.. Peter Robinson, clerk
4 DISTINGUISHED ntteratcur. when asked by a youpo
man aspiring for literary fame what advice he would
give him. replied Verify yOur quotations. We were
reminded of this when We observed that the Family
chr tian Almanac for loni, published by the American
Tract society, had attributed to Tcnnyson the we'll
known poem " Drifting" by Thomas buchanan Read
and again when We discovered seven mistakes in thres
very familiar poctcal quotations cited In the comment,
on the first two international Lessons Of Peonbcts
Notes for SOL such careless work Is hardly honest
is it, And after all, the citations or alleged Quota
tOns added little to the value Of the " Notes"
u display ef learning-vsn perhaps the less said