The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-11

Handel Is said to have had such an
appetite that on one occasion he order
I'd dinner for three at hotel and pre-
scented himself alone to enjoy 1t. "shali
] serve dinner, sir, or wait for the com
panyT said the walter. Company
said Handel, wat company? | am re
company; serve re dinner, prestlssimo.
Or. Mcnamara, noted ex-teacher
OF England, once asked boy In rurai
school the definition of the word Pill
grim" "a pilgrim" answered the poy'
us a man who travels from place to
place" 81 do that" said the inspec-
tor: lam l pilgrim The answer
came: mo. sir; a pilgrim is a good
man."
In his Lighter Moments" the late
Bishop Walsham How tells or LADY.
great admirer OF a certain preacher
who took Bishop Magee with her to
hear him, and asked him afterward
what he thought of the sermon. 1T
was very long" the bishop said. Yes. =
said the lady, "but there was a saint In
the pulpit" "And a martyr In the
pew" rejoined the bishop.
Not long ago Senator Hoar. who Is
noted as an inveterate punster, was
joined In the corridor Of the Capitol by
q former colleague in the Senate, and
as they approached the entrance to the
Senate chamber Mr.. Hoar motioned his
companion to pass in first. After
you." said the ex-senator. drawing
back politely. NO, indeed" retorted
Senator Hoar; 'sThe KS always go be-
fore the wise"
A soldier Of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this store at the expense of a
fellow-soldier: "When we were sent
out ON the firing line, Pete Hogan was
lying behind tree. out of the way of
bullets. All at once he yelled out like
Wild man, Captain, l cannot stand
these darned ants biting me all the
timer Zip! A bullet passed close to
his body. On second thoughts, cap
tain,' he yelled, I can stand them"
Charles Macklin, the noted English
actor, was OF one occasion Boosting of
the perfection Of his memory, declaring
that he had so trained II that he would
undertake to reclte anything upon once
hearing 1t. Samuel Foote offered him
the following sentences as a test, test
to which he proved unequal: $50 she
went into the garden to cut cabbage
leaf to make an apple pie; and at the
same time a great she-bear coming up
the street pops Its head into the shop.
What no soapr So he died, and she
very imprudently married the barber,
and there were present the P1cninnies,
and the Joblllies, and the Garynlies, and
the Grand Panjandrum himself, with
the little round button at top; and they
all fell to playing the game Of catch-as-
catch-can till the gunpowder ran out Of
the heels Of their boots"
A determined lady from the West
visited Washington. d. O., not long ago,
for the purpose Of interviewing a men,
Der of the cabinet on a subject of In
terest to her. She called, as 1t hap
pened, just at the time when the frauds
In the Cuban postal department were
made public. and the majority OF the
Presfdent's advisers, absorbed In con-
sidering the matter. had given instruc-
lions that they were not to be disturb
ed. 80 you refuse to take my card to
the Secretary asked the determined
lady Of the messenger. 1T would be
against my orders, and don't dare to, I"
replied the messenger, politely. The
visitor turned away in high dudgeon.
but happy thought occurred to her,
and she retraced her steps. Here, my
man." she said, inslnuatingly, here Is
fifty cents; now will you take my card
IMP I'm paid a bigger salary than
that to keep your card out, madam"
responded the darkey, shaking his