Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-10-11
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story Is going the rounds Il Lon-
,.s,, ~ literary aspirant who re-
us,,tlv offered sonnet to an editor
..sith the accompanying message: II
save tried to catch the Greek spirit;
nav me Us literally as you can.
the lnte Dowager-Empress Freder-
III once asked Bismarck to bring her
glass Of water, and, as he handed
4 10 her, she said to q lady-in-wait-
mo. who sat near: He has cost me
this glass"
once while Daniel Webster was
.naakinr in the senate on the subject
- internal improvements, the senate
olocl, began to strike, but instead Of
striking twice at 2 p. m, it continued
,,;thout cessation more than forty
times. All eyes We're turned to the
clock. and Mr.. Webster remained. ST.
,ant until it had struck about twenty,
when he thus appealed to the chair:
"Mr. President, the clock is out OF
orderl I have the foor!"
Tn the seventies, the artist, Anton
,on Werner, was appointed to perpet-
nate the German imperial proclama-
ton. He first made a sketch, to sub
NIT to the old Emperor William. In
this. the various persOnages were
grouped in the same order as during
fhe ceremony at Versailles, William
the First standing on raised plat
form with Bismarck at his left, on
lower step, and on his right the crown
prince. whom the artist had repre-
sented with one foot on the upper
level. The emperor examined the
sketch. and at once noted the posi-
tion Of the Crown Prince Frederick.
He frowned, took his pencil and made
thick. rapid stroke through his sons
right leg. Not yeti" said he.
Gen. John II. Littlefield, who studied
onder Abraham Lincoln, says that all
clients knew that, with old Abe'' as
their lawyer, they would win their
case. if it was fair; if it was not, that
it was waste of time to take it to
him. After listening some time one
day to a would-be clients statement,
with his eyes on the ceiling, Lincoln
swung around in his chair, and ex-
claimed: well, you have a pretty
good case in technical law, but
pretty bad one in equity and justice.
You'll have to get some other fellow
to win this case for you. / couldn't
do it. All the time while talking to
that Jury I'd be thinking, Lincoln,
your're a liar and believe I should
forget myself and say it out loud.
Beau Nash, who, like Beau Filed
ing and Beau Brummel, expiated his
contemptible vanity in an old age of
obscurity, want and misery, was re-
duced to strange expedients between
1925 and 1905 A favorite resource
was the acceptance of extraordinary
wagers. Being at York and having
lost all his money, some of his friends
promised to equip him with fifty
guineas upon this proviso, that he
minister, attired only in blanket as
the people were coming out Of the
church. To this he agreed, but the
dean passing out knew him. ''What!"
cried the divine, ''Mr. Nash in mas
1uerade?" "Only a Yorkshire penance,
Mr.. Dean, for keeping bad company
raid Nash, pointing to his companions.
President Roosevelt was once trav-
cling in Idaho, and passed a book
store, in the window of which was a
copy Of his Winning Of the West"
Going into the book store, he in-
CURED: Who is this author, Roose-
velt?'' .sOh," said the book seller,
hes ranch driver "And what do
you think Of his book?' asked the
president. WELL" said the dealer,
slowly and deliberately, 1--WE always
thought I'd like to meet the author
and tell him that if he had stuck to
running ranch, and given up writ
ing books, he'd have made a powerful
more of success at his trade
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