Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-11-27
sAYiNGs ANn noINWs.
Poetry and vegetDbios-Post"i Eccen.
tricities-sundry Storyettes.

hO iCioNSO' ANS1 -
my friend Fitzgerald, the transla.
tor Of Omar Khayyam, for ten
weeks l ate only vegetables. At
first it gave great luciiity of mind.
At the end of that time ! felt light,
and almost foolish. ate one chop,
and more genial glow came over
me than if | had dunk brandy"
A young woman of Hartford,
Conn, was telling her Sunday.
school class of small boys the
other Sunday about the Shut i'll
Society," whose members are per-
sons confined with sickness to
their beds or rooms. "WhOm can
we think of" said she, "who would
have had greatsympathy for those
who are so shut in ?" Il know"
said little boy; "some one in the
Bible, ain'r it, teacher ?" Yes,
and who, Johnny ?" Jonah"
was the spirited answer.
One day, alta political gathering,
Governor Hcury A. Wise, OF Nir-
giuia, was approached by a we'll
dressed individual, who shook
hands warmly with him. The
Governor confessed he could not
recall the hand shakers name.
>"Why, you must remember me,
Governor" said the latter; I'm
from Richmond. l made your
shirts" "Why, of course" said
the Governor, with = politicians
tact: gentlemen, this is my very
excellent neighbor, Major Shirts"
AS some compensation FOR the
omission Of curious facts concern.
ing strange addresses and strang-
er parcels in the British Post
master Generals new report, a
Chronicle representative has
been gathering together some of
the postal eccentricities of past
years. One Of the cd Test requests
ever recorded was that of an In
dian gentleman, residing in Lon
don, to know whether the Parcel
Post would allow him to send
home the cremated ashes of his
brother for burial in the Ganges.
He WIS Informed that il he could
limit the weight Of his brother to
eleven pounds the Post Office
would undertake the duty.
Writing in Messrs. Hatchard's
book circular, Mr.. Arthur Pen
denys reyives an old story very
pertiuentiy. He is alluding to
MIR. Lane's edition Of Burns. Sat
the end OF the Introduction," he
says, "Mr. Lang cleverly rejects
Carlyle's theory of Burns failure
through lack of education. He
ought to have quoted that excel
lent joke OF Lambs, when some
one was praising our public
schools to Charles Lamb, saying:
AL our best men were public
school men! Look at our Poets.
There's Byron, he was a Harrow
boy, Yes interrupted
Charles, and there's Burns, he
was a ploughboy.'"
A story Of King Humbert's un.
mEsicalness is told by n CORES
pendent of the Daily News. On
one occasion Queen Margherita,
wishing to decIpher some music
which the Prince OF Naples asked
to hear, put on some spectacles, to
which the King particularly OBJ
jected. He protested. The Queen
pleaded that she cou'd not see the
notes without them. His Majesty
said in wrath, "If you wear those
dreadful glasses, theu, III sing!"
AS he is without the sense Of time
or tune. this threat was too terri,
BILE. The Queen and their son re-
nounced their practice, and the
unmusical monarch remained
master Of the situation.
The late Eugene Field, the
American poet, and his wife once
entered street car, to find all the
seats taken save one at each end
of the car, and they seated them.
selves accordingly. When the
conductor collected the fares, Mr..
Field announced, in audible tones,
as he gave him a dime, at the
same time pointing to the far end
Of the car:--"rhis is to pay the
fare OF the lady over there-the
one wearing the new, beautiful
brown silk dress" All eyes were
turned to her, and her pretty face
took q most becoming rose color,
but back of the reproving glance
she threw him was one Of mingled
indulgence appreciation, and