The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-22
GOOD Short Stories
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 The painter Mokart, who was some | times as taciturl as VOn Molike, sat
 for an hour one evening at dinner next
 to the soubrette, Josephine Gallmeyer,
 without volunteering a word. Finally
 she lost patience, and exclaimed: ::
 "Well, dear master, suppose we change
 the subject"
 The following unique claim is posted
 on a mine in the Grand Encampment,
 in Wyoming: We found it, and we
 claim it by the right of founding it. It's Our'n. It's 750 feet in every direction except southwest and northeast, and there is 300 feet on each side of this writin'. It's called the Bay Horse and we claim even the spurs, and we don't want nobody jumping on this Bay HOrSe-that's what's these trees is around here for, and we've got the same piece of rope that we had down in old Missouri"
 During a confirmation tour in the dlo- cese of Peterborough, the late Bishop of London put up one evening at an old manor house, and slept in a room supposed to be haunted. Next morning at breakfast the Bishop was asked whether he had seen the ghost. "Yes," he replied, with great solemnity, but l have laid the spirit; it will never trou- ble you again." Being further ques- toned upon the subject, the Bishop said: "The ghost instantly vanished when 1 asked for q subscription toward the restoration of Peterborough Cathe- dral."
 Tim Murphy, the popular comedian, saw an old colOred woman sitting un- der an awning flaming herself, when he was in Washington, b. c. Its dreadfully hot, isn't it, mammy? ask ed Mir. Murphy "'Deed it is, chile" said the old woman; "'deed it is. Faint right for it to be so hot ths-a- way. tell you, forty years ago, when the blessed Lawd made the weather, we didn't have these Stewing days, honey, no, deed, We didn't; but now these biggety men up at this here weather office has the making of the weather, they does send us anything they please, and they aln't skillful, chile, they ain't skillful."
 Lord Baltimore has told a friend how he once took "Ouida" i'll to dinner and how disappointed he was to find that the novelist devoted herself to the dishes rather than to intellectual re- freShment. He said at last, in despair at having only been able to get Yes" and "No" in answer to the different subjects he introduced: "I'm afraid Pm singulariy unfortunate in my choice of topics. Is there anything we could talk about to interest you? To which the chrOnicler of SOciety's Shortcom- ings replied: There is one thing which | would interest me very much. Tell me about the duchesseS; 1 have written | about them alf my life and never met one yet"
 Not long ago an American professor attended a reception in the royal pal ace, given by the Kaiser to an associa- ton of scientists, at which William ap- peared in the gorgeous robes of royalty, | preceded by liveried chamberlains | bearing the crown and insignia. It was most impressive display, and when the professor came away he said to a friend: "I am a republican to the back bone, but I believe that if monarchs are necessary they should be monarchs to the last bit of gold lace, just as William is Kaiser" The next day his friend had an audience with the Kai- ser, and in the course of the conversa- ton told him what the American pro- lessor had said. The Kaiser laughed heartily. That is exactly what I be- lieve," he said; "Dom Pedro of Brazil illustrated the folly of trying to be republican on a throne"