Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
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Inc watering-carts of q certain Irish
town are decorated with patent-medi-
cine advertisements. An innocent Irish
man from the rural districts looked ut
one the other day, and remarked:
Faith, It's no wonder D Is healthy,
when they water the streets with
Jones' sarsaparilla"
Upon beholding some life-like snap.
shots Of himself for the first time In the
papers during the campaign Of 1892,
the day after he had spoken In the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Sena.
tor John Sherman is said to have re.
marked to n friend: well, well, our
time for criticising the newspaper men
Is over. They have us to rights now.
Here I am just rs am, and I'm carl
cature Of what have always thought
I was"
About the time Of the collapse of the
COnfederacy, ex-senator Wigfall was
crossing the Mississippi, making his
way to Texas. He assumed the char.
acter Of an ra.Unlon man. On the
Yerry-boat with him was a Federal Of.
flcer, with whom wigfall got into con-
versatiOn. The officer confded to him
that he was chasing wigfall. III fall
In with the traitor, I'll hang him to the
first tree" EYES," vehemently remark.
cd wigfall, and I will be pulling ut
one end"
There was one occasion when Sir
Henry Irving received from one Of the
supernumeraries of the Lyceum Thea
ter In London an answer which seemed
to satisfy him. It was the mans duty
to say simply, "The enemy Is upon u.s."
which he uttered at rehearsal In poor.
whining way. Cant you say 1t bet
terT' shouted Irving; repeat It as I
do" And he gave the words with dig.
nifty. with all his well.known dramatic
force. III could say 1t like that" re-
piled the man, II shouldn't be working
for twenty-five shlllings a week."
A clergyman who gave evidence In a
horse.dealing case became somewhat
confused In his account Of the transac-
ton In dispute, and the cross.examin.
Ing counsel, after making several blus.
tcring but ineffective attempts to oh.
tain u more satisfactory statement,
said. Pray, sir, do you know the DIFF
ference between a horse and cowT'
II acknowledge my ignorance" replied
the reverend gentleman; II hardly
know the difference between horse
and n COW, or between bull and a
bully-only a bull, am told, has horns,
and bully"--hcrc he made n respectful
bow to the Enthusiastically for me,
has none."
When the gallant Welsh captain. Da.
vid Gam, was sent forward by Hen
ny V. to reconnOiter the French army
before the battle OF Aglncourt, he
found that the enemy outnumbered the
English by about five to one. His re.
port to the king Is historic: ''rhere are
enough TO be killed, enough to be taken
prisoners, and enough to run away"
This quaint forecast Of the result Of the
battle mt once spread through the camp.
and doubtless every yeOman-arciier Of
the valiant company felt IN inch taller.
We know that It was almost literally
justified by the event. Poor Cams dry
humor was equalcd by his courage. He
was killed while In the act Of saving
the life Of his prince.
Just before MAX O'Ilelr' (M. Paul
BlOueU recently delivered lecture to
the students Of religious college In the
East. one Of the professors stepped for
ward and offered Il prayer, In which he
said: "Oh, Lord, Thou knowest that
we work hard for Thee, ana that recre-
alton Is necessary In order that We may
work with renewed vig0r. We have to-
night with us gentleman from
France. whose criticisms are witty and
refined, but subtle; ana we pray Thee
to so prepare our minds that we may
thoroughly understand ana enjoy
them" II am still wondering" sgid
O'Rell. whether my lectures are so
subtle as TO need praying over. or
whether those particular auditors Were
SO dull that they needed divine assist
ance to help them out. or one thing l
am morally certain-that they showed.
by their appreciation, that the prOfes.
cory pro vor voc not In vninv