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oecasion, the latter's young daughter
Mehetabel, opened the door for him
The General put his hand on her head
and said: You deserve a better office
my little lady!' yes, sir" she replied
with a curtsy, 'to let you in"
A Scotch visitor to the Carlyles, IL
Cheyne Row, was much struck witt
the sound-proof room which the sage
had contrived for himself In the attic
lighted from the top, and where nc
sight or sound from outside could pene.
trate. My certes, this is fine" cried
the old friend with unconscious sar-
casm; there ye may write and study
all the rest of your life, and no human
being be one bit the WISER
AS school inspector Matthew Arnold
was examining q class in geography
II day, and, holding up the poker with
which he was about to stir the fire, he
asked "if any child could tell him
where 1t was manufactured" There
was a long silence, broken by the school
mistress, who remarked nervously that
such Information was not mentioned in
'CornwelPs Geography" NO." said
Arnold: "Cornwell's an ass"
On Oct. 2, 1895, a wager came off at
Brighton between Sir John Lade-who
figures in Conan Doyle's Rodney
stone'-andLord Cholmondeley, whom
he had undertaken to carry twice
around the Stelne, pickaback; as his
0r1Gh1 yv0c cto,,f C,,1 CT, TNho n IT.
tie fellow, the c%oncourse was large to
see it, but he had no hackers. "Now,"
my lord, strip" said he; II undertook
to carry you, but not your clothes"
Whereby he won his bet without any
eXertion.
Lord Leighton, when asked by what
title he would be called to the upper
House, at once replied: 81 am a work
lngman, and can not afford to change
my name, which is my trademark"
There result many minor social confu-
slons when the alteration in status is
accompanied by an alteration Of the
patronymic. When, for instance, Sir
James McGarel-Hogg, raised to the
peerage under the title of Lord Ma
gheramone, first dined out with his
new dignity. the footman, unable to
master the sound, but refusing to be
beaten, announced: 1.-THE late Sir James
McGarel-Hogg." 80.
Once while travelling, Moltke, the
German general, came to Zurich, and
walked to the hotel. AS the head
waiter saw his gaunt figure stalking in,
wrapped in q WORKOUT, dusty cloak,
carrying an old leather satchel, he
measured his wealth by his looks, and
ordered the assistant to show him to
n small room in the uppermost story.
Moltke followed without remonstrance.
AS he was making himself comfortable
In the attic, another assistant came, as
is customary there, to ask the silent
stranger his name and rank. These |
created no small CONSERVATION in the
office Of the hotel. The consequence
that n few minutes later mine
host, with a retinue of "Kellner," all in
full dress, appeared at the attic door
t" inform his excellency that a better
room had just been vacated in the
"Belgate." "Give that to my servant"
replied Moltke, "when he comes with
me" And he Remained.
The late A. L. Stewart belonged IN
the Century Club, although he rarely
visited its rooms. The Climb onca
bought a carpet of his people, and
1t had been down for several
months Stewart happened to come in.
he seemed to be greatly interested in
carpet, studying it attentiyely,
Where did you buy that" he demand
OF h house committee, "At vo,,r
place, l believe" 'Impossiblew re-
Joined the millionaire; I'VE had
he pattern In stock. We have had q
pattern exactly similar, except that
nose little violet flowers were white.n
lhe committeeman took the trouble TO
through his vouchers, and pro-
luced a receiDted bill of A. II. Stewart
Co. Mr.. Stewart shook his head
is some mistake" he said; "the
on u carpet were white"
was found on investigation that the
tile flowers had been white-so Of
enslYely white and spotty to the ewes /
some OF the aesthtic members OF the &
that Louis Lang had gone over +
lem with a stiff brush dipped in violet t
TX.
Webster, Tazewell, and Con y
lcksons Secretary of the Navy were I
ice walking together on the north 0
INK of the Potomac, and while Web a
er fingered a little in the rear Taza- Il
ell offered to bet Branch a ten-dol]ar a
It that he could prove him to be ON II
e other side Of the river. Done" 81
Id Branch. "Well," said Tazeweu q
hitting to the opposite shore, "isn,t OF
at one side of the rlver?" "yesn IL
Ven, isn't this the other side?' "Yes.o al
hen, as you are here, are you not on pr
other side?" "Why, 1 declare" said m
? victim, 80 1t Isl; but here comes tn
ebster, I'll win back my bet from ri
~ AS Daniel came up, Branch 81 W
him with, "Webster, I'll bet Won br
en-dollar hat l can prove YOU are on eq
other side of the river" "Dona pc
ell, isn't this one slde?' "yoso
ell, isn't that the other sidey" eyes ;
L am not on that side" Branch had w
'ay for two hats, and learned that #
possible to bet both ways and win on
m neither. .,
lille on one Of the trains runn,no as
of Chicago recently, a s%uburhanite yo1
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