The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

An old tradition recounts that when
William the Conqueror landed for the
first time on English soil he slipped and
fell on his face. Divining by swift
intuition that his followers might re
gard this as an evil omen, he rose with
his hands full of earth, and exclaimed
"Thus do take possession of England!
grasp 1t with both hands"
During a recent visit to Chicago DIR.
Robert Collyer told how his mother had
heard him preach for the first time In
her life at Leeds thirty-hve years ago,
and walked proudly away from the
church on his arm. Looking fondly up
at him, she said: "Pm not sure, lad,
that understood thy sermon this morn
ing, and Pm not sure would have be-
lleved 1t If l had, but make sure, lad,
believe In thee"
John Lancaster, the comedian, was
sightseeing with Tommy Atkins In
Quebec one day, and they had as COM
panion and guide an old soldier. When
they reached the Wolfe monument
which is located on a historic spot
Tommy said: "Wots thisT The
guide replied: "Ere's were a
great zero fell" "Did hit 'urt imP
asked Tommy. "'Urt 'img replied the
guide; IVY, hit killed Imp
The day Queen Victoria entered Dub
lin, a few weeks ago, the number Of
visitors was so great that 1t was I'M
possible to get a room. A certain
stranger on arriving at the Irish capital
entered a cab and said TO the driver:
"Take me to a good hotel, jaryey."
"Well, sir, which dye wantf' ANY
will do SO long as l can get room
'Then AKIN yer lave, sir, ye'd betther
90 across an throw stones at a peeler.'
"WhyT "Ye'd get locked up thin, sir,
an It's the only way to get room in
Dublin this night sir, heav'n be
praisedP'
II. G. Barnabee. the popular comedian
of the Bostonians, tells a story about
baby which made the hit Of the evening
at certain performance of Patience,
In which he took part. There was
young couple up in gallery" he says,
"and they had the baby contingent
along. My thunderous tones repeating
my lines, Where the dust of an earthly
to-day Ii the earth of dusty to-mor-
row. awakened the baby. and 1t began
to cry loud and long. Then come my
lines, It's little thing of my own |
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caught on and yelled itself hoarse."
One day at dinner a gentleman
moved, 1t may be, by the sight of Mr.,
Gladstone's mastlcation of his food,
for the great statesman was not one to
eat In haste and repent at leisure-re-
marked what victim to dyspepsia
Carlyle had been. Yes" said Mr..
Gladstone, "he smoked too much, | have
been told that he ate quantities of sod
den gingerbread. and he was a rapid
feeder lunched with him one day,
and he tumbled his food into his stom-
ach. 1t was like posting letters" After
a slight pause, Mr.. Gladstone added:
Carlyle did not seem to use his jaws
except to talkr'
At one time. during the border war
(says Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in her
"Reminiscenoes') John Brown had
taken several prisoners, among them a
certain Judge. Brown was always a
man OF prayer. On this occasion, feel
ing quite uncertain as TO whether he
ought to spare the lives of the prison
ers, he retired into thicket near at
hand. and besought the Lord long and
fervently to inspire him with the right
determination. The judge, overhear-
ing this petition. was so much amused
at 1t that, liz spite of the gravity of his
own situation, he laughed aloud. Judge
-" cried John Brown, ''if you mock
at my prayers. shall know what to do
with you without asking the AL
mighty"
The late Lester Wallack once told a
story of his still more famous father,
James w, that as either an actor OF a
manager he could never tolerate the
ballet, even where ii was seemingly
necessary according to custom as part
of an entertainment or in the opera.
One day there came TO him friend. a
man about town, who said: my dear
Wallack, 1t is very curious that you do
not see the beauties of imagination
shown by the poses of the ballet" Co
ing on in this strain the visitor at last
wore out the patience of the actor
manager. who replied: Look here. it
is bad enough to stand these absurdities
in an opera, but though | can coTpre-
bend people singing their joys, | am
ID il can their dancing their griefs."