The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22
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Henry James was once praisinR
fellow-author. ssYom are very
kind to him." said some one present.
TOR he says very unpleasant things
about your work" s.Ah,n said Mr..
James, but then both Of us may DO
wrong!"
During the Franco-Prussian War q
well-known English correspondent
was sent to the front by his paper, and
on one occasion Won Moltke sent for
him and said: "Mr--, on such
and such day the German army will
perform such and such movement.
II that appears in the (naming
the paper.) you will be shot" The
news did not appear.
war correspondent writes from
South Africa to the London Daily
Mail: "a certain gallant corps at
Chieveley Camp provided the guard
that should protect our precious beer
till Christmas day. In the morning
two dozen bottles were missing. Dis
graceful? said the authorities; double
the guard And they doubled it.
Next day four dozen were missing
President John Quincy Adams once
asserted that he would not give fifty
cents for all the works of Phidias and
Praxiteles, adding: II hope America
will not think of sculpture for two
centuries to come When some one
quoted this to William Morris Hunt,
he asked, dryly: docs that sum of
money really represent Mr.. Adams's
estimate If the sculpture of those
artists, or the value which he places
upon fifty cents?"
Once at dinner party, where Gen.
N. d. Forrest, commanding the con-
federate cavalry, had been invited az
the guest of honor, loquacious
widow, with hair of raven black, rude
~ interrupted the conversation by
asking General Forrest why it was
that his beard was still black while
ms hair was turning gray. With
| great po}iteness Forrest turned to-
| ward hey. Il fear can not rive YOU
satisfactory answer" said he, ''un-
less, possibly. the reason IL that I
have used my brain more than my
jaw"
Some of the late Revivaiist Moody's
meetings were 'Sopen" in the sense
that any one SO disposed was at liber-
| ty to speak or pray, and he was beset
I by "cranks," but he faced them with
great courage. When speaker was
taking breath, he would give out the
next hymn as naturally as if the
man had finished. To speaker who
had scarcely commenced what he in
tended to say, Moody once said: "Now,
sir, that is perfect; if you add single
word you will spoil it. Let us sing
No. 123." When provoked beyond
measure, he could be very severe. An
Australian evangelist had told a long
story of his own glorious doing and OF
the opposition ne had everywhere en-
countered. AS he sat down Mr.. Moody
remarked 81 can tell why they OBJ
posed YOU" 'sWhy?" because YOU
spoke too much about yourself"
"Bruddren and sistahs," sternly said
good old Parson Woolimon, after the
collection had been taken up on a re-
cent Sabbath morning, "before the hat
was done parsed expounded the re-
guest dat de cons;roga ehun contrihste
acra@aa1 to DER means, an sho ex-
perforated dat 20 all would chip in
magnanimously But now, upon ex-
aminin' de collection, finds dat de
concocted amount contributed by de
whole entire posse OBJ yo' am only the
significant and pusillanimous sum OBJ
sixty-free cents. An at dis junction
dar amt no 'casion for yo' all to look
at Brudder Slewfoot, what done cir
communicated de hat around, in no
sich suspicious manner: for, in de fust
place, Brudder Slewfoot amt dat kind
OBJ man, an, in de second place, I
done watched him like hawk all de
time myself. No, siqty-free cents was
all dat was flung in; an dess wants
to say dat, in my humble opinion, In
| stead of con tribntin' accawdin' to yo'
means, yo' all contributed accawdin' to
yo' meanness. De choir viii now
favor us wild DER reglar melod1ous-
| ness
When blocks of ice are laid fat they
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