The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20
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to those near by that he guessed he must
have sat on it accidentally. One of his
colleaSues-One who had recently been
ignored by HarriSOn-spoke Up impuls-
lively: We'll, by Jove, Harrison, if you've
sat on it. I'll bet you a sixpence it is
frozen sOlid;" and of course a shout went
up from the whole committee. Harrison
took the joke kindly, and joined in the
laugh.
An officer serving in South Africa says
that not long ago three yeomanry scouts
were taken prisoners by the now re-
doubtable Gen Dewet near I4indIey. De-
wet who does not care to be burdened
with prisoners, told these three yeomen.
on being brought before him, that he had
an important dispatch for Gen. Kun-
die, and If they would personally under
take to deliver 1t to the general he
would give them back their liberty. Nat
uraily, they We're elated at the proposal
and all three gave Dewet their word
of honor to deliver the missive into Cen
bundles own hands On reaching Run
dies headquarters they insisted on hand
ing the letter to the general personally.
and on his opening 1.-THE three braves
still standing as his audience-he read
aloud the contents as follows: Dear Sir:
Please chain up these three devils. as [
can catch them every day. Yours.
Dewet"
After making out list of it's awards
of medals and prizes, one of the iuries
of the Paris exposition decided to celet,
brate the completion of its Iabors by
giving an Informal little dinner at which
the members Of the jury representing
many nationalities, could meet far more
agreeably as private individuals. Hence.
1t was decidedly unexpected when. after
they had reached the stage of coffee and
cigars, the British member of the jury
rose with great solemnity and said:
Gentlemen, I propose the health of her
majesty the queen" This staggered
everybody for a moment; but innate
courtesy overcoming national prejudice.
they quickly pulled themselves together
and drank the toast with all the honors.
No sooner, however, had this been ac-
complished than the American member
rose and. posing his glass in the air.
said simply. and other ladies'. Need
less to say this equally unexpected toast
was received with enthusiasm by ALL
In his "Recolections of a Missionary
in the Great West Cyrus Townsend
Brady says: when my little son could =
scarcely walk. took him to the cathe-
dral one day, when L returned for some
thing | had forgotten after morning serv-
ice. 1 left the child in the nave. and
when I went back to him he had adj
vanced halfway up the middle aisle, and
was standing where the sun threw a
golden light about his curly head.
tiny object he was in that great church
1t was very still He was looking about
in every direction in the most curious
and eager way To my fancy he seemed
like little angel when he sold in his
sweet, childish treble, which echoed and
re-echoed beneath the vaultcd roof: Pa
pa. where's Jesus? Where's Jesus He
had been told that the church was the
house of the Savior. and on this. hisi
fret visit. he expected to see his LORI.
That baby is quite grown up now. Not
in the faintest particular does he 1e-
sembIe an angel. The other day. when
1 rode off to the wars. he astonished
even me with this request: Papa. If you
get wounded, don't forget to bring me
the bullet that knocks you out; 1 want
it for a souvenir fer my collection For
tunately for me. IL unfortunately for
him, 1 brought him no bullet"