The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-20

Inc Waterlng-carts Of a certain Irish
town are decorated with patent-medi-
cine advertisements. An innocent Irish
man from the rural districts looked at
one the other day, and remarked
Faith, it's no wonder D is healthy,
when they water the streets with
Iones' sarsaparillaw
Upon beholding some life-like snap
shots of himself for the first time in the
papers during the campaign of 1872,
the day after he had spoken In the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Sena.
tor John Sherman is said to have re-
marked to friend: well, well. our
time for crlticlsing the newspaper men
Is over. They have us to rights now.
Here | am just as | am, and I'm carl
eature of what | have always thought
[ was"
About the time of the collapse of IT,
Confederacy, ex-senator Wigfall was
,rossing the Mississippi, making his
way to Texas. He assumed the char
ieter of an ultra Union man. On the
,erry-boat with him was Federal of
icer, with whom Wigfall got into con-
gersation. The officer confided to him
hat he was chasing Wigfall. ''If | fall
n with the traitor, I'll hang him to the
irst tree" YES" vehemently remark
I'd Wigfall, land l will. be pulling at
)ne end"
There was one occasion when Sir
Henry Irving received from one Of the
,upernumeraries Of the Lyceum Thea
:er In London an answer which seemed
o satisfy him. 1t was the mans duty
% say simply, 1.-THE enemy is upon US"
which he uttered at rehearsal In poor,
whining way. Cant you say 1t bet
teri" shouted Irving; repeat it as l
TO-" And he gave the words with dig
atty, with all his well-known dramatic
force. IF could say 1t like that" re-
piled the man, 81 shouldn't be working
Tor 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-
terlng but Ineffective attempts to OBJ
tain q more satisfactory statement
said, Pray, sir, do you know the diff
ference between a horse and q COW"
Il acknowledge my ignorance" replied
the reverend gentleman; II hardly
know the difference between q horse
and a COW, OF between q bull and a
oully-only bull. am told, has horns,
md bully"-here he made respectful
bow TO the advocate-'luckily for me,
has none"
When the gallant Welsh captain, Da-
vid Gam, was sent forward by Hen
~ V. to reconnoiter the French army
before the battle Of Agincourt he
found that the enemy outnumbered the
English by about FIVE to one. His re-
port 10 the king Is historic; There are
enough to be killed. enough to be taken
prisoners, and enough to run away"
This quaint forecast of the result Of the
battle at once spread through the camp,
and doubtless every yeoman-archer of
the valiant company felt an inch taller.
We know that II was almost literally
Justified by the event Poor Cams dry
humor was equaled by his courage. He
was killed while In the act of saving
The life Of his prince.
Just before MAX o'Rell" On. Paul
BloueD recently delivered a lecture to
The students of religious college In the
East, one Of the professors stepped for
ward and offered a prayer, In which he
said; "Oh. Lord. Thou knowest that
we work hard for Thee. and that recre-
ltion is necessary In order that we may
work with renewed vigor. We have to-
aight with US q gentleman from
France, whose criticisms are witty and
refined, but subtle; and we pray Thee
to SO prepare our minds that we may
understand and enjoy
hem" II am stu wondering" said
oRell, whether my lectures are so
subtle as to need praying over, or
those particular auditors were
10 dull that they needed divine assist
,nce to help them out OF one thing l
I'm morally certain-that they showed,
" their appreciation, that the profess
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