Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-04
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| duty which the governor had TO perform
| was the administration Of justice, and IN
| his ignorance he addressed Lord Mansiield
| In a tone of great concern, saying he knew
nothing of law, and asking what he should
do as the presiding officer OF the local
court of chancery on the Island TO Whlch
he was going Tut. man. said Aansheld,
decide promptly, but never give any rea-
sons for your decisions. Your decisions
may be right but your reasons are sure
TO be wrong.
Last winter Mr.. Justice Harlan deliver
ed a lecture on the Behrng sea arbitra-
tlon before large audience of law
students in Western city. His honor,
after taxing up the legal side of the ques-
ton described graphically and learnedy
the habits, migrations and pcculiariues OF
the seal, with elaborate references to other
animals which seemed to offer Instructive
who had read Law few months was asked
how he liked the lecture. oh, very
much, replied he, very, much Indeed
very instructive. In fact, ] think learned
more natural history from Justice Harlan
than from all OF Blackstone"
Not long ago, certain authoress, whose
talents 90 not extend to the held OF elo-
cuton. gave readings from her works at
Mrs Borees salon" The authoress read
in a monotonous tone several essays, and
then a realistic story in which no one did
anything. Mr.. Boree succeeded, during the
reading of this story, in making his es-
way, The door of the anteroom was shut.
In this room MIR. Boree found. asleep in
a chair, the footman whose duty 1t was to
usher in visitors. Mr.; Boree shook him
rudely by the shoulder. "WretchV' he
said. In hoarse whisper, you've been
listening 1t the keyhole!'
one evening while John Addngton sy-
monds was at oxford, he dined with Pro-
fessOr Jowett. After dinner the latter sat
staring at the fire, and would not speak.
but yet he did not seem to want Symonds
to go At last he spoke oracularly: when
don't say anything, people fancy | am
thinking. about something. Generally 1
am thinking about nothing at all. Good
night" At another time he said Mr..
He used to bring me long and eloquent
essays. He had very remarsable power
Of od,,Ia IIaangnags but put II was all language
any line of thought"
AT a dinner given in London by well
known literary man, an equally well
known author and correspondent was most
enthusiastic in his praise of Wagner, not
poet. 81 have no doubt he said, with
great earnestness, that in the years to
eSme come Wagner VIII be ranked above Bee.
YOU" responded Alma Tadema, who was
one of the company; for certainly" he
continued, as the author turned face
support toward him--"certainly no one can
deny that Wagner is n finer musician than
Schiller and greater poet than Bee
thoven."
One day the Austrian ambassador to the
federal diet. Count Rechberg. received a
dispatch instructing him to vote with Prus-
sia for Il certain important measure, ac-
companied with a confidential letter direct
the other German states to vote against
the measure and thus defeat it. In his
hnste he handed a the wrong paper to Bis
the remark: There must be some mistake
here" Rechberg saw, his blunder, and
turbed.' said Bismarck; you did not in
tend to give me this document, and there
fore you have not given It to me: and am
he made no mention of it in his official re-
ports, and thus won Rechberss gratitude.
hip"
y Gallant, on one, occasion when at
fashionable dinner party. Catalani knew
nothing of Goethe; but, being struck by
the fine appearance of the poet, she asked
the gentleman on her side what was his
name. THE celebrated Goethe, madame"
ra dea reply o he Ah wa Fay on 6b M
renowned author Of '.Werther.'" oh, yes.
ns to the venGra ' be poet she ana, addressed
1@ 81 oM Sa'' bow an i9TSf fpo%aa in 4" aS
Acknowledgement. II never" continued the
lively LADY, never read anything half so
Ia%ghaRle in Al! my le What Gapital
poct TS@f' looking S serious 5he sorrows V 'o Of
Werther a farce" "oh, yesi never, was
G}G}y9F so eSqgifitey re-
1t turned out that the lady had been
talking all the while of a parody of
one Of the mnor mS theaefs faa of Pns But
fancy the mortification of the poet!
Though very fond of stories, and an ex-
Cpllcnt TaCOnteur himself. RubinSteln was
seotSh friend Of his, whom he llEsd Very
sat down to to tea and eligare:ses;, and as
novel query; ''Do you like Beethoven?''
Rnhpssin SmpSd his fHP and Sah saa Soft
came another question: And how do you
like Wagnsr%' TO which Y, ,Rulb2annsteIn,
good" Having exhausted his stock OF in
qusitiveness the Scotch friend of the Rus
sian pianist got up to bid his MS hest IS pleas
al like your conversation very
much" And both remained sim drinking
silence until a. m. struck, when they
wished one another good night and parted.
William Bradford, the American artist.
had begun life as business man, and new
ar quite overcame the traditions of trade.
With this was combined rigid conscien-
;lousness derived from his quaker an
restry. lie and Van Beest were living at
one time in New Bedford. Van Beest was
4 genuine swashbuckler, gifted with unus-
lal eoquence in the art of profane swear
ng. Once Van Beest requested Bradford
10 refund him a loan of 500 When the lat
Ter protested that it was inconvenent to
return it then, and pleaded for time, Van
I3eest let hy-a volley of red-hot oaths.
swearing that he must have the money
hen and there. With considerable reluc-
ance Bradford handed him $50 note. Van
ieest thereupon proceeded, with the utmost
tonchlance, to light his pipe with the bill
Tompletely overcome by such an amazing
If profanity, Bradford left tine room In
tate OF stupefactlon After he had gone.
Van Reest burst out laughing, and took
he bill from his pocket, telling the by
itanders that the bill he had actually used
o light his pipe with was a counterfeit
fifty that he had dcNteriously substituted
or the genuine bill, and that he got the
money from Bradford at that particular
ime expressly 10 play of this trick on
llm.
NJ. HyrvioX, chief OF police at Paris un.
Ter the empire, one night was awakened
md informed that one of the most promin-
mt ladies OF the imperial court had just
,een arrested, when, with the assistance of
Ter maid she was attempting TO place in
ah the dead body of young man arrayed
lon she explained to Hyryoix that her hus-
and had gone on a shooting expedition
nd would return on the following morn
ng, ana that she had taken advantage OF
lis absence TO receive a Young admirer
Who had died at . o'clock in the morning
IS was subsequently discovered of amen,
ism of the heart. Appalled, by the posi-
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