Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-14
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pital was attending to the injuries of a
poor woman whose arm had been So
verely bitten. As he was dressing the
WOUND he said: Il cannot make out
what sort OF creature bit you. This
Is TOO small for a horses bite and too
large Tor dogs oh. sir" replied
the patient. 'it wasn't an animal, it
was another lydy."
Or. Won ROkitansky. of Graft who
has just died was son of the cele-
DRAFTED Niennese professor, Rokitansky.
The latter had four sons of whom two
devoted themselves 10 medicine. while
the other two became singers and the
old man used to say. when asked what
their professions were: "Zwei heulen
und zwei heilen'-"Two are howlers
and two are healers."
The late Professor Cohn, the famous
botanist of Breslau. thus opened his
course Of lectures on botany: The four
chief constituents of plants are: Car
bon, c; Oxygen, O; hydrogen. H; and
Nitrogen, n" Then writing down these
four letters, with apparent carelessness.
on the black board-COHN-he smiled,
observing: 1T is clear ought to know
something about botany"
w. S. Gilbert. the English dramatist,
was lunching not long ago at country
hotel, when he found himself in COM
pany with three cycling clergymen. by
whom he was drawn into conversation.
When they discovered who he was one
of the party asked Mr. Gilbert how ne
felt lin such a grave and reverend
company" II feel" said Mr.. Gilbert;
like lion in a den of Daniels"
Dr. Evans Il member of Parliament
at Melbourne was an old man, and the
other members jokingly spoke of him
as belonging to the era of Queen Anne.
Once. while making n speech. he re-
ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted
with cries of Did YOU know herr
What was she like" Yes. sir" re-
torted the doctor. Il did know her. The
scholar is contemporary with all time.
A wealthy German of Tanger has
purchased a number of plots of land i'll
the town from the Moors. Your gar
dens are pretty, but scattered re-
marked an Englishman to him recently.
Yes" he replied: they happen to be
on the sites of the forts which Eng
land must build when she occupies Tan
gier. England will pay me for my
pretty gardens ! return to the father
land comfortably fortunate"
At the great meeting in st. James's
Hall in the summer of 1856. to protest
against the disestahlishment of the
Irish Church, some Orange enthusiast.
In the hope of disturbing Bishop VIII
berforce. kept interrupting his honeyed
eloquence with inopportune shouts of
Speak up. my lord" II am already
speaking up" replied the bishop in
his most duicet tone: Il always speak
up, and | decline 10 speak down on the
level of the ill-mannercd person in the
gallery"
Coleridge. who was an awkward
| horseman. was one day riding along
the turnpike road in the county of Dur
| ham. when a wag who met him drew
| rein and said in an impertinent drawl:
"My graceful friend. did You happen
to meet tailor on the road:" Tin in
clned to think did" said Coleridge.
meditatively; Il was not sure at the
moment but he said something about
my meeting goose farther along the
road" The wag put spurs to his horse,
and the poet logged calmly on his way.
When the Duke of Wellington was CO.
onerating with the Spanish army in the
Peninsula against Napoleon. he was
DESTROYS on one occasion, during gen
nral engagement. that the general COM
manding the Spanish contingent should
execute a certain movement on the
field. He communicated the wish to
the Standard personally. and was some
what taken aback 10 be told that the
honor of the king of Spain and his
army would compel refusal OF the re-
nuest unless Wellington, as a foreign
officer. graciously permitted to exist
and fight on Spanish soil. should pre-
sent the petition on his knees. The old
dnke often used to tell the story after
ward and he would say: "Now. ! was
extremely anxious TO have the move
ment executed and | didn't care a
twopenny damn about getting on my
p knees, SO down | pumped"
number of years ago Schley was II
command of one of the old navy ships
, that was fitting out at the Brooklyn
, Navy Yard for foreign cruise. few
j. DAYS before Schley's ship was to sal
big party of Brooklyn Sunday-schoo
toochers visited The ship in body. The
T. crew were engaged in slowing anC
breaking ont stores. on the main decl
! stood A big hogshead packed fun o
: heer- hotties that had been emptied
!. A. tho hotties stuck olt of the packing
e,roU there was no way of telln;
? whether they were filled or empty. Th
II c,ndar-school teachers held confer
: once over that hogshead, and deter
~. r,;raa to send an emissary To the SKIP
: nor ahout it. Schley received the ennis
arr in his cabin. sir said the mes
= songar eli is regrettahle 10 observe III
:, e huge quantity of liquid intoxicant
" ,e.l &c receiving How