The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-07-27
GEEt.RAL

-Thcrc has never been wisdom
enough in the world To- know how Ia
help II man who does not try to help
himself, RAMS Horn.
is briggs doing anything these
days." "los, busy all the time
"That'S good: what is his ~buSincsS?'
"Mnking debts. "-lntcr-Occan.
-Tcachcr-"What do Won see above
your head, when YOU are in the open
air." Schular-"Thc sky" 1cachcr-
'And what do you see when the Sky is
covered with clouds?' Scholar-"My
umbrella"
IN be blamed If | wouldn't be
ashamed I" cali myself an artist an
paint II picture like that" She
whats wrong?' Its Il picture Of
stu life an not a blessed jug o moth.
ing Of the kind in sight Intcr-Occan.
What is the difference" shouted
the orator. "hetwcou the pitiful bride
OF i've collars accepted by an obscure
and unknown police officer and the
fifty thousand dollars taken by a great
and mighty sCnUtor high in the coun-
ellis of his nation"" "Fnrty-n nine thou.
'N"''' i''' i''''''' ANU llll'IN I'VE NOl-
lars, to be sure ruarrd the red.
wh'skcrcd nan on the front bench.
And that shows what brains is good
for!'-lndianapoliS journal,
The active promoter of the winters
Worlds fair in San Francisco. Mr.. II.
Corncly, Is a German by birth, and
served IN the herman army during the
franco-lruSSian war Us ordnance Off
Ger ON the statf of Gen. Brocker. and
was decorated with the iron cross,
After the war he was elected MAYOR of
Clcvcs. lie began the management Of
eNpositionS with the irst& Exposition of
sports held in Europe; aftcrward he
was connected with several others in
Guiding the International exposition at
brussels in lsss and that at Colon in
1889.
DR.. Reuben Aldridgc Guild, who
has just resigned as librarian of Brown
university. has served his alma mater
in that place for forty-six years. His
term of continuous service is longer
than that of any other officer Brown
has ever had, excepting only the late
Prof. Lincoln. To fill the vacancy
caused by Dir. Guilds retirement the
advisory committee recommended the
election of Henry J." Koopman, who
has served in the Astur, the Cornell
university, the Columbia college and
Rutgers college libraries.
Half a dozen Americans must bov va
recognized in the Ch~ailly-cn-Bi ere of
Robert Louis Stevenson's "Wrecker,
the little village of Gree, fifty miles
from Paris, N the edge of the forest Of
fontaincbleau, where Stevenson lived
twelve or fifteen years e along with
his cousin and double, also Robert
Louis Stevenson, They were distin.
guished by the artist colony and lis
hangers-on as Bob and Louis. The
cousin was an artist, while the novelist
OF to-day wrote for the British and
Scotch "heavies." Gree ceased soon
after to attract artists, though it has
not yet lost its charm of simplicity.
"A rather amusing story is told NJ
M. Charles Gervais, u French oheesa
merchant, who recently died in paris
full of years and honors and wealth
nj. Gervais was a self-made man and no
scholar. Last year he stood for some
municipal post in the department NJ
Seine-lnferieure, and, in the conrsa ~
his campaign, read IA speech composed
for him by a journalist of Rouen. he.
ginning as follows: ''As a candidate
for this important ofice-comma-fuily
understanding your wants-comma-I
come to solicit your votes-full stop."
The scribe had written down the stops
as a guide to elocution, but poor M.
Gervais conscientiously delivered it a
. part Of his speech.