The Caucasian., 1893-12-21
III CHARACTERISTIC TnAiTo.
Hymns and rrofauit, Childish oo~sttou
iugs->rseral stories.

There are Americans in plenty Int
the American does not vt exist
The inhabit~ut Of the northeast states.
the Yankee. differs a. much from tie
western man and the eputhrrnrr a. the
Engllshman differs from the German OF
the Spaniard
For example, cali Yankee "a cad"
and lie will get out OF the room, re-
marking: You say 50, sir. but that
proves nothing" Call Pennsylvania
man "a cad" and he viii knock YOU
Down Cali real westcrner "a cad.
and he will shoot YOU dead.
On leaving a New York theatre one
night, Gn American friend Jumped into
a Broadway car There were quite sixty
persons packed upon the vehicle. \
gentleman signed to the conductor to
stop. and tried to make his way through
the crowd BY using his elbows as pro
pellers, he reached the door. when
man. indignant at having been pushed
there are people who for their nickel
expect to travel as comfortably as in
barouchel, cried;
"You are a cad. sir. Il bowling cad"
The gentleman jumped of the car
"You are II cad | say" followed the
indiviuuul AIT, lln. "a c.td do yon
hear
The gentleman turned, lifted his hat,
and replied: Yes, hear, and you, sir
are perfect gentleman.
The perfect gentleman looked very
silly for a f"sv moments. \ hundred
yards further on, ha stopped the car and
made off.
Should minister indulge in unortho-
dox theories in the pHlplt, the eastern
man will content himself with going to
another church to perform his dcvotions
the Sunday after The PENNSYLVANIA
will open n violent polcmi" in the news
papers The Kansas man will wait for
the minister at the church ,pnr and give
him a sound thrashing.
[NoTE.-l read in large eastern paper under
the head of kansas News" ~ clergyman in
Kansas has jus: had his nose bitten of by mem
Der of his flock vino took exception to some of
his remarks in the pulpit
Is there anything more sublime than
the way in which Jonathan can combine
the sacred and profane? He is a greater
adept at it than John Bull. and that is
saving not n little.
On board the steamer we had five
Americans who passed the eight days of
the voyage in playing poke. The smok
ing room rang from morning to night
with oaths. Their stock seemed mex
haustible. On Sunday. after breakfast,
a young lady sat down to the piano, and
began playing hymns What happened
then? Our fve poker players gathered
round the lady and, for two hours, sang
psalms and holy hymns
| was dumfounded. In France we
have men who swear. and men who sing
hymns. The Anglo-SaxOn race alone
can furnish men who do both with equal
gusto.
In what other country than America
could such an anecdOte as the following
be told? 1t came from Mr.. Chauncev
Depew it is said. But, for that matter,
a good story is always put down to Mr..
Dopew. Mark Twain. or the late a Artemus
Ward
new minister had been appointed in
a little Kentucky town No sooner had
he taken possession than he set about
ornamentiny the church with stained
glass windows. This aroused the suspi-
cions of several parishioners, who imag-
ined that their new pastor was inclined
to lead them to Rome. 1t was decided to
send a deputati0n to the minister to ask
him to explain his conduct. and have the
windows removed
The head Of the deputatiOn was an old
man of Presbyterian proc!ivitics. He
opened fire thus:
eve have waited upon you, sir, to beg
that you viii remove those painted win
dows as soon as possible. We are simple
folks, God ) OWL lights good enough for
us, and we don't want to have it shut out
| By those images" -
The minister. losing patience, thus in
tnrrupted him:
Excuse me, you seem to be taking
high ground; who are you, may ask
Who am T. repeated the spokesman
I'm a meek and humble follower of Je
,us, that's what | am. and-d-n you
who are you:
Without travelling very far you vii
!
towns almost nci,rhDOrs.
| In New York for instance-I am not
speaking now Of the literary society-i
is your money that will open all doors tC
you; in Boston your learning. in Phila
delphia and Virginia your gcnealegy
Therefore. If YOU viii to he a success
parade your dollars IN New York, YOU
| 70 in /
Philadelphia ami Richmond
There is pronounced childish side t
the char of all the Americans. They
are astonishel at their own handiwork K
and, like children with a splendid toy 0
their own manufacture, they say: Look
just look, is it not a beauty And, in
deed, the achievement is simply marvel
Gus.
The Americans have not yet got owe
Charles Dickens American Notes, no
the still older criticisms of Mrs. Trolfope
Scarcely has foreigner set foot in tn
United States before they ask him wha
he thinks of the country. Nine person
out of every ten you speak to put thes
three questions to you: % lis this you
first visit to America? (2) How Ion
have you been over:" 81 How do 20
like our country" had only just en-
barked at Liverpool when the purse
handed me letter from New York
read:
DEAR slR-Could you, during your voyag
write me an article OF the United States Shou
, be happy to have your preconcs,ived notions
America and the Americans, SO AZ To publish the
in my journal as soon you arrive
do not think am committing any il
) discretion in saying that the letter W;
signed by the amiable and talented edite
of The Critic, the first literary paper
the United States.
/ l had heard that the @ubman WI