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Biblical scholars, and, indeed, the whole religious world, will be pro- foundly interested in the announce ment, made apparently on good au- thority, that manuscript of the four gospels in the native tongue of Jesus has at last been found in the convent on Mt. Sinai, which was built by Jus tinian nearly one thousand four hun dred years ago, when Christianity was young, and it's treasured records would naturally seek such sanctuary. The value of such finds depends, of course on the intrinsic evidences of their an- tiquity; but the judgment of experts that the present. parchment was writ ten within fifty years of the death of the last oi he apostles must give it exceptional importance in the eyes both of scholastics and antiquarians, and their further judgment respecting its value will be awaited with lively interest by the Christian world. Phil. adelphia Record.
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the middle or saw my chin. The ed ssa of the bosom should be laundered so as to yield all round and permit the front to lie flat.
 Thursday@"My experience" re. marked Alton at the club to-day, ais that when man knows people he doesn't want his wife to know. she al. ways knows people she doesn't want him to know"
 "My dear Alton" declared Vane. try. ing to make his voice musical, and ar. ranging his fingers on his knees in Del. sartean style, "how can you help know. ing people? Some upstarts are as ob. stinate as facts. I agree with Mae. hiavelli when he says that no diplomat can snub."
 "Well, baw George!" broke in Jaw kins. " you've got to snub some cads."
 "I never snub." said Alton. "The snub is not gentlemanly. When man insists upon knowing me, treat him as an inferior
 How do you treat your inferiorsg asked Xane.
 T am kind and polite to them re. piled Alton, .'and I never discuss them except among my equals"
 What about superiors2p persisted Vane.
 ''I worship God like the rest of you Alton said, rather shortly.
 "Breyity may be the soul of wit, re. marked Vane, "but it is not the body
 "No," said Alton, ''you can murder the one, but you can't the other"
 But we began with wives and bus bands" I hastened to observe, fearing a breach.
 am not aware that we entered any. thing new on the subject. But being all bachelors, we became very dog. matie, and talked in most superior manner.
 admired Alton's clothes greatly to day. He wore @ long black frock coat dark gray trousers and pointed lace shoes. His tie was plain bow, black and his watch chain, thin and without a charm (as fashion prescribesl gleamed aristocratically from his
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black tulips and green sunfowers. Such floral eccentrieities are never love ly, because they are not natural, but they have a parallel in the unhealthy ran5ncss of speech affected by many men. Vane, for instance. who cannot be witty to save his life. makes up for it by uttering bizarre nothings under the impression that he is brilliant.
 We were discussing Alton at the club last night.
 q am sorry to say" remarked Xane, "that he is perfect gentleman"
 ''Sorry!" quoth Hawkins.
 "Yes, because l am forced to respect him; and when man forces you to respect him, he has you at disadyan- tage."
 "Then, when you respect yourself" said Hawkins, you have yourself at disadvantage"
 T detest self-respect," replied yane Its only form of coneeit"
 Intellectually, you see, Vane has made himself sort of three-legged baby. A man who would make pun would pick a pocket q forget who said this before mel; and Yanes talk is all disguised punning. Instead of a play upon words, he makes a play upon ideas. Every club man is familiar with his bastard brilliance. It is intellectual affectation. T agree with Machia- velli when he says" is favorite begin ming with Vane. He knows we never read Machiavelli, and have only heard of him as sort of middle-age monster. Vane's apparel and manner too, pro- claim the man. His deferenee is mock ing. His politeness is a cloak for his airs. Just as he tries to be witty and is only absurd, he tries to be superb and only struts. His efforts to softly mod crate his voice and make it musical. merely render him effeminate. I can sympathize with the donkey who, to be original, declined to bray; but had the donkey starved himself to death, he would have been original, too, but also silly.
 Wednesday-If my tailor were to slap me jocularly on the back, assure me that l was the boy for him, and be-
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into more or less close relations with the great Napoleon. Chancellor Liv- ingston, when he quilted Paris, was given snuff-box by the emperor, with his portrait in miniature by Isabey, who was famous for work of this kind It was while minister in Paris, by the way, that Livingston became intimate with Fulton and aided him in intro ducing steam navigation into the United States. Another American minister, Joel Barlow, who began us a clergyman and ended as poet, died on his way to conference with Napoleon at Wilma, in Poland.
 "The list of New York's contribu- tions to our ministers to France is quite long and brilliant. Here belong Morris, the two Liyingstons for Ed ward Livingston was born in New York;, Barlow, Gen. Dix, John Bigelow and the present governor, Levi P. Nor ton.
 q think enough has been said to show that the men whom we have sent to France, have had large experi- 0uCS Ill puDlIC d1ldlIS, elllQ SO CduuOL be inferior to those so-ealled diplo- mats who have had no experience out side of diplomacy. A man who has served for years in both houses of congress, or who has been a member of the cabinet, or who has been governor of his state@-and in many cases Uuited States ministers to France have filled all these high posts and many more besides; such men could not but repre- sent their country well, and be success ful in guarding it's interests in foreign lands. Anybody who has watched the United States ministers at their posts, must be impressed by the fact that they perform their duties with ability and credit. Let me tell you few in cidents of this kind which have come under my observation during my resi- dence in Paris.
 "Here is an illustration of how west ern diplomacy gained it's point: When Gen. Moves was sent as minister to France, he found in jail at Paris a young American of good family, who had been arrested for noisy conduct in the streets. Mr. Washburne, Gen. Moves immediate predecessor, had failed to secure the release of this young man, so when Gen. Moves ar rived, this was the first knot he was called upon to undo. and this is the
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Paris embassy nearly quarter of a century. Chapman Coleman, until re- gently, had filled a similar position, that is, first secretary of legation, for nearly a score of years. The same thing is true of other of our legations.
 Let us see, for moment, who are the thirty ministers who have repre- sented the United States in France since the day of Dr. Franklin. We shall find that, as Q rule, they are no ordinary men. Two presidents of the United States, Jefferson and Monroe, served as ministers in Paris. At least one unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, William H. Crawford, was minister to France. The catalogue of aspiring vice presidents to that post is longer and scarcely less brilliant. Here we find William R. King, who was vice president under Pierce; and William L. Dayton, who was sent by Lincoln to France, where he died, and who had been an unsuccessful vice presidential candidate with Fremont in 1865. An otherunsuecessfuly vice presidential can- didate who was also minister to France was Richard Rush, son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the declara- ton of independence. Still another candidate was Charles c. Pickney, who, however, is best known to-day by his celebrated phrase, Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute A suc- cessful candidate was Lewis Cass, who was minister to France, as we'll as vice president.
 Among United States senators who were ministers to France may be men tioned James Brown, who represented Louisiana in the upper house for more than ten years and who represented his country in France in 1923. Gouverneur Morris,who stood his ground during the reign of terror, was afterwards United States senator from New York. He, it will be remembered, worded the con stitution of the United States. Still an- other senator, William c. Rives, is noted for two things-he was the only Ameri- can minister who was sent to France twice, and he was also the grandfather of Ameiie Rives.
 Several members of the cabinet were also United States ministers to France. Here belong Albert Gal latin, who was for 12 years secretary Of the treasury, and some seven years our representative in France; John Arm strong, the unfortunate secretary of war when the British burned Washing ton; and John '. Mason, who, like Mr. Davton diad n hic r,oS+
 Tn some instances, several members of the same family have represented us at Paris. Such was the case with Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, and the famous Louisiana jurist, Edward L. Livingston. Another case is that of Jefferson and his great-grandson, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, of Boston, Mass. who made such fine record dur ing his years stay in Paris from 1892 to 1893.
 1.-Two of our ministers were brought
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way he went about it. Going to the foreign office, he was admitted to the presence of the aristocrat, Due Decases, then minister of foreign affairs. It was his first business interview with the duke. The American minister be- gan by giving the history of the arrest of the young nan, edging up nearer and nearer to the duke, as he proceeded, and when he reached the climax, with his nose almost touching the duke, he exclaimed: "To tell the truth, he was intoxicated! Let the d. fool go." Due Decases, surprised and amused by this uneustomary manner andlanguage, then and there acceded to the request of the American minister.
 Gen. Moves, who loved to tell this story, would always close it by saying: That's American diplomacy
 ''The presence of mind of American ministers in delicate situations is
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said: Gentlemen, please remain at the table while Mrs. Morton and myself go and receive the prime minister Thus, by showing the tact of an ordinary American gentleman, he enabled his guests to drink their coffee and smoke their cigars in peace, and yet left no room for the prime minister to be ruffled.
 'Mr. Coolidge, too, while he was our minister to France, showed on more than one. occasion that he could quickly grasp the best way out of a difficulty. Thus, one day during Mrs. Coolidge's reception, the card of Miss Loie Fuller was sent up, then the talk of all the music hall frequenters of Paris. The American minister, like a true demo- crat, politely received the graceful dancer. This gave rise to large and adverse criticism among the backbit- ing gossips of the American colony, but Mr. Coolidge stopped their mouths in a very admirable way. As Miss Fuller was then dancing in a hall little frequented by respectable people, and especially not by ladies, Mir. Coolidge decided to give two entertainments in his own drawing-room, at which Miss Fuller should be the bright particular star-one to the official and diplomatic world, and the other to the American colony. Thus many of the Americans who had smiled at Mr. Coolidge on his wife's day, were glad enough to come to the same drawing-room to see Miss Fuller dance.
 s.The ability Of the American ministers to France has, of course, been shown in much more important matters. Thus, Gambetta, whenever invited to an Amer ican minister's, would always be sure to question him about parliamentary GUS toms and practices in congress at Wash ington. MT. MaeLane, one of the ablest ministers any country ever sent to Paris, was even consulted by French suited, Mr. MacLane still being in Paris, concerning difficult questions of French and home affairs.
 'The critics of our American diplo- matic service never weary of proclaim ing as the weakest point in our service the ignorance of the French language generally shown by our representatives. This criticism is often exaggerated, for if, as is sometimes the case, the minister knows little or no French, the secre- ariesand attaches arc usually very pro- ficient in that language. This criticism, however, cannot be made of the Ameri- can embassy as it stands to-day, since the ambassador and two secretaries of the legation are all from Louisiana and speak French with as great ease, and, in one case, with greater ease, than they do English
 Mr. Stanton served as a member of the international jury of award at the Paris exposition of 1889 and was resi- dent commissioner in France for the Co., lumbian exposition. For these and oth- CT distinguished services he has been made achevalier of the Legion of Honor.
 ARTHUR STEDMAN.
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OUR MINISTER'S TO FRANCE.
Theodore Stanton Tells Some En-
 tertaining Stories of Them.
Moves, Coolidge and Morton-Loi Fuller and the American Coiony-Wash- burne In His Stocking Feet
 Morton's Fine Tact.
COPYRIGHT, 1895.

NIT. Theodore Stanton, the distin- Stanton, has been spending few weeks in New York, having come over from Paris to be present at the anniversary celebration of Mrs. stanton's S0th birthday at the Metropolitan opera house. MT. Stanton has resided at the French capitol for more than ten years, actively engaged in literary work, and sending occasional letters to the Ma tion, Critic and other weelxlies, besides his articles in the magazines and re- views, and his various books.
 He is now particularly interested in & work entitled American Diplomacy in France" which will dwell upon the chief events in Franco-American re- lations during the past century. His acquaintance with French diplomatic life has always been intimate and has especially fitted him to prepare this book. In reply to questions concern ing its nature, MT. Stanton spoke as follows:
 Tn regard to United States minis ters to France, it is often said by critics of the American diplomatic service that our ambassadors are inferior to those of European countries, but this is not true. Many of the American ministers to France have been the peers and even the superiors of the diplomatic representatives of other nations. It is an eror to suppose that all European diplomats are trained to the profession. France, for instance, at this moment, is represented atBer- 5in and Vienna, and possibly at other capitals, by men who had no diplo- matic experience before taking pos session of their present posts. The critics of our service also forget that we retain many secretaries perma- nently at our embassles-men of wide experience and long training. Thus, at the present time, we have at Paris, Henry Yignaud, who has been at the
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DIARY OF A MAN OF TASTE.
How a Gentleman May Show
 Taste Even in S-gearing.
Bright Gossip at the CIub-Nen Who Pose -The Pun and the Paradox-Bachelors Tiseuss Marriage That
 Insults the Public.
COPYRIGHT. 1895.

Mondav-Every gentleman should swear. Oaths are the thunderbolt ot sneech but the refined man realizes instinctively that there is difference between swearing like a gentleman and cursing like a trooper. For mans paths are the index to this breed- ing. Your vulgar ruffians blaspheme hideously at trifes. A man of taste does not so cheapen himself. "Damn tbe feIlow!" and "the devil! " are the limits of his excursions into the domain of expletive. Nor will the man of taste damn or devil it on all occasions. He thus cheapens his oaths by making them common, and gentleman should beware of schoolboy oaths, such as "gosh-hang," "darn" and "blazes." Nor will he befoul his speech with the verbal sewerage of the street corner. Moreover, when man swears in a wonan's presence he ayoWs his con vietion that she is not lady.
 Flaw George!" poor, cheap Hawkins is always saying. His oaths are cheap. He evidently picks them upat bargain counter.
 The distinguished and magnificent Alton is as careful of his oaths as of his linen. Both are clean, and there are plenty of them-but not too much. When Alton remarks that he'll be damned if he ever saw such devil of a cad as Jawkins-there is absolutely nothing further to be said.
 Tlesday-There is a certain form of horticulture which strives to attain
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but who could not come on account of being in mourning, was announced as present in the drawing-room, in order to take part in the reception. The ques- tion arose: How was Mir. Morton to preside to the end of the breakfast and yet receive the prime minister? If he left the table his guests must leave, too, but as the final course had not yet been reached the minister did not wish the breakfast to end in confusion. In the midst of the dilemma the master of cer-
 emonies of the French government,who happened to be present at the table, was consulted, and he replied that there was nothing left for Mr. Morton to do but to quit the table and receive the prime
 minister. But when this was repeated to 1lr. Morton he quickly arose and
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waistcoat. He had high silk hat anu carried a long black mackintosh anu heavy umbrella. His gloves Nels brown, very dark brown. One was VI VI and carried in the other hand, Wil'a also held his umbrella. Themacllln'os.u was carefully folded, and hung upona. U. arm. His right hand was left free " salutations.
 "A man should never carry so mu'' as to imprison both arms, ne ouss said to us. "The right arm shou'u . ways be free" ,s
 Friday-Vane insisted upon ny @ ~ companying him to his rooms 'l s, afternoon, and was not surprlssu 7. find that he owns an immense noins, ,.s. of little things-small, meanlnsl'. mugs, tiny picture frames, ana ! s eral litter of trifes. They weie e.Il very neatly arranged, I must say oa why does Vane, like so many n..a know, fill his room with little ehus A man should have big things 'n ,.rn, room-a large table and few ,It4Il lGlg pictures. These accumulations oi rssrl m things betray trihing mind. =, l M are not masculine; moreover, lhe' come dusty and unclean. ,,;rst,3
 Saturday-Woke up awfuliy tni
 this morning. ,.n,arl
 Sunday-Had terrible nlsn4i tbipd last night. They say the last 5sa,nt 'n you think of before going to bed naa ssr your dreams. Wonder who pu'
 pents into my head?
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come confidentially impudent in the art of assuring me that I could buy clothes of him at bargain, I should order my man to kick him. And vet there are tailors who are amazingly mpertinent in their advertisements It shocks me to open my newspaper and N observe what liberties certain tradesmen allow themselves with the reading public. I find that trades man who adyertises is far more sal lsfactory to deal with than one who does not. Therefore I patronize the advertisers. But I resent the fam;1- larlty and slang of some advertisers and buy my clothes of their more re. spectable competitors.
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Dissrust.

sally-An' after we are married will you keep on lovin' me?
 Rube-I'll love you till-till the cows come home, as the feller says. '.Yass, an then go down to the gro cery an let me do all the millxin'. .''- Indianapolis Journal
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Umbrellas, I observe. are decid.,,
 thick and bulky in the handle~,s1usdly las for men, mean. The ;dsa aofel- tradesman tells me, is to accentnsa ny difference between a woman's nr's TSp 'ne la and mans. Gloves arc ,nprel' familiar reddish brown. Tber @ sns worn pretty constantly durine tba ar are Hats run freely to bronzes and bre The autumn overcoat is a short oss. ssl,s reaching to trifle above the knee sisalf' C penders grow enormously fambovaSuas- ua- A man may be as loud in them sa a,9 pleases. ne
 The dress shirt is always matte, :, moment. Mine always breal. aaa Ysa ol
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In the folklore of almost every country the magpie figures very large ly. In popular superstitions, to see one magpie is unlucky; to see two se- notes merriment or marriage; to see three, successful journey: four, good news; five, company.
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Just t1e Thing.

Wiggs-I'm going to write . r about the American revolution. ssr
 Futlites = That war lasted years. A ,;s
 Wiggs-I don't care; this play cs 'c be used at continuous perfor'ns Puck.
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English as It Ia snoI-a,

"How did it happen that Miss West on's engagement to Lord Dolittle was broken off? I thought it was sure thing"
 "So did everyone else, but I've been told that the trouble was that she pro. nounced papa in the Chicago style. and it sounded so much like pauper that Lord Dolittle was frightened away" Life,
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Fish should never be turned while broiling. Put the inside next the coals or gas jets and let it cook through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-05
GOTHAM'S GREAT WEDDING.
CITY AGAPE WITH CURIOSITY
OVER THE PREPARATION.
Mob of Well ana Iu-FashiOned
PeopIe-Heayy Police Guard.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Tha Duke of
Marlborough cut his visit short to
Washington and was back in town be-
fore daybreak this morning.
Several important considerations has
tened his return, one of which was the
rehearsal of the wedding set down for
some time this afternoon.
It is also rumored that the future
duchess is suffering from a slight in
disposition. owing to the worry atten-
dant upon the preparations for the grand
wedding on Wednesday and the duke
could not remain away from her any
longer.
Detectives are on duty at the corner
of Seventy-Second street continuously tc
keep, as far as they are able, anony-
nous persons away from the Wander
bilt family. But they cannot keep per-
sons away as long as there is a chance
of getting a glimpse of the duke or the
future bride. or in fact any member of
the Vanderbilt family.
When Miss Consuelo and her mother
go out for a drive, the detectives follow
the carriage, while two brawny police
men mount guard on the sidewalk to
keep the crowd of curiosity seekers at a
distance. The bridal party, after the re-
hearsal today, will adjourn to the house
of Mrs. Vanderbilt, where they will look
over the wedding presents and later will
attend a dinner given by Mrs. Brock
hoist Cutting to the bridesmaids
The Duke Of Marlborough, with his
best man, Hon. Ivor c. Gueet, and
ushers will be among the guests The
in shape of a diamond and turquoise
brOOphpc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-05
G. A.R. APPOINTMENTS
ALSO Memorabilia Congress to Pro-
vide For Exercises in Southern
Cemeteries.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. Com
mamder-in-Chief Ivan =. Walker, Of
the G. A R., today announced his ap-
pointment of the following national
committees:
Special aide in charge military in
strucbion in public schools
Henry H Adams, No. III Broadway.
New York city.
Committee on pensions-Benjauni
Brook, Philadelphia: William A. Ketch-
am, indianapolis; Albert D. Shaw, Va
tertown, N. Y; w. w. Dudley, Wash
ington, d. c., and T. E. Clarkson,
Omaha, Neb.
Committee on revision of installation
w A. Weatherbee, Newton, Mass;
George Edward Allen, Providence, R.
L; Frank Zaman. Knoxville, Tenn.
The committee to formulate a, plan
for the erection of a monument to the
loyal women of the war will consist
of: Eli Terrence, Minneapolis, Mimi;
S. s. Burdette Washington, D. c.; A.
NJ. Warner, Cincinnati, O.; Washing
ton Gardner, Lansing, Mich; Ira NJ.
Hedges, Hlaverstraw, n. Y.
The committee to memorable con-
gress to provide for the payment of the
expenses of memorial day at national
cemeteries in the south will consist Of:
Charles T. Watson, Atlantis. Ga; S. H.
Hurst, Chillicothe, o.; James H. Kidd.
Ionia., Mich.