Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

| up in The elevator at the state Depfl-
ment which was loaded with applicants
for the minsterships and consulships.
/ Turning to friend who accompanied
! him, Mr.. Evarts said: This is the larg-
est collection for foreign missions that
have seen taken up for some time
Julia Ward Howe was once talking
with dilapidated bachelor, who re-
tanned little but his conceit. 1T Is time
now" he said pompously, for me to
settle down as n married man, but |
want so much. | want youth, health,
wealth, of course, beauty, grace"
yes" said Mrs. Howe, sympathetical-
ly, you poor man, you do want them
ALL
A poor Irish woman who had son
of whom she was very proud uninten-
tlonally paid him very bad compli-
ment. Speaking of the boy to the priest,
she said: There isn't in the barony,
yer riyrence, a cleverer lad nor Tom.
Look at thin" (pointing to two small
chairs In the cabin; ''he made thin out
of his own head; and faith, he has
enough wood left to make me a big
arm chair"
During a discussion at meeting of
the Trinity College Historic Society.
upon the slight consideration attached
to life by uncivlliZed nations, a speaker
mentioned the extraordinary circum
stance that in China If man were con.
demned to die he could easily hire an
other to die for him, and" the debater
went on, II believe many poor fellows
get their living by acting as substi-
tutes In that way"
Rudyard Kipling, during his stay In
Wiltshire one summer, met little Dor
othy Drew, Gladstone's granddaugh-
ter, and took her in the grounds and
told her stories. After n time, Mrs.
Drew, fearing that Mr.. Kipling must
be tired of the child, called her. and
said: snow, Dorothy, hope you have
not been wearylng Mr.. Kipling" ooh,
not bit, mother" replied the small
celebrity, but he hns been wearying
me-"
A party of visitors to the country
were very much interested last summer
by the remarks of some New York chill
dren, sent out by the fresh-air fund for
week or two In the country. There
were quite number of them playing
about a pretty farmhouse one day,
when some passers by stopped and be-
gan to talk to them. did you ever see
any chickens before?' asked one lady,
as n flock of fowls came strutting down
the lawn. "Oh, yes" said one of the
eldest, wisely, with knowing shake
of his head; we've always seen 'em-
lots-only generally it was after they
was peeled"
When Pope was first introduced to
Lord Halifax, to read his "Iliad," the
noble critic criticised this passage and
that word at frequent intervals. The
poet was stung with vexation, for the
parts that most pleased him were the
ones most criticised. AS he returned
home with Sir Samuel Garth, he re-
yealed his displeasure. Oh" said
Garth, you are not acquainted with
his lordship he must criticise. At the
next visit read him the same passages
and tell him you have observed his crit
icisms." Pope made use of this strata
gem. Lord Halifax was delighted, and
exclaimed: Pope, they are now inim-
itable!'
When the Lord Mayor of Dublin pre-
sented to Charles Stuart Parnell from
the Irish people the Parnell tribute, ont
less than S1S5,000, his lordship natural
1y expected to make Il speech. The
Lord Mayor having been announced
(says Barry O'Brien, in his biography
of the Irish leader, bowed, and began:
Mr. Parnell-' Il believe" said Mr..
Parnell, you have got check for me-"
The Lord Mayor, somewhat surprised
at this interruption, said, Yes" and
when Parnell broke In: rs it made pay
able to order and crossed?' The Lord
Mayor again answered in the affirma-
tive, and was resuming the discourse,
when Parnell took the check, folded 1t
neatly, and put 1t in his waistcoat peck
ct. This ended the interview.
Sarah Bernhardt, while in London
last spring, dropped into booksellers
shop one morning. II sold her quite a
pile of books said the proprietor, land
she seemed pleased. AS she was going
out she took hold of my pencil and
asked me something in French which
| did not understand. Seeing that |
failed to catch her meaning, she looked
about on the counters, then, quick 40
n flash, she took up volume of one of
the very best sets of Scott, bound in
tree calf, opened it at the very center,
wrote something quickly, calmly tore
out the leaf, handed 1t TO me, smiled,
and went out" The astonished book
seller looked at the leaf and discovered
that Sarah had written a pass for two
to her performance that evening, Mag
but it was not cheap enter
tainment for the bookseller.
Thoroughly Welcome.
Theodore Hallam, a Kentucky attor-