REBUKING A CONNOISSEUR.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 131, 7 August 1895, Page 3

REBUKING A CONNOISSEUR.

£ Hudson, the portrait painter, master of (sir Joshua/ was so fortunate as to obtain a Sne'impression of the very rare etching by Rembrandt, called " The Coach Landscape." pn occasion 'of this acquisition he gave a tapper Jo his amateur friends, at which to display his'purchase Benjamin Wilsdh, bi* brother painter, who had a good judgment in ihis branch of art, and knew Hudson it, amused himself at his Stpense U-pe etched a plate in the style of vsent, an impression to Parif,icirculating at home that j[here luid i been discovered in France a print j hitherto *; unknown, and to 1 ." The Coach money had . been offered ut t * iat pfSffiWtpf^peV l .i; tstbricg it to England for Meffifc'haStened over to Paris, and bought jOnfrhisVrcturn, he collected all Shen4. s : ' London to a ■ for the purpose of jtejfiviftgltheirjcongratulatiocs,- which he shortly , after mSf. ;the i same party, and f^tol'^ith'them? were invited,to a supper wiere introduced to every \ plate .was' found ♦urnW one an impression of Landscape,''., an 3 fiinder Hudson's plate lay the monpySthat .he"Had paid to Wilson's in Paris for the purchase. ' " ~ ANECDOTES. '?

■* A peasant once presented himself at th< third section, or secret police department la St/Petersbnrg, and demanded a hundred roubles as ths price of a certain communica lion, i The money was promised on condition that the facts were not already knowr to the police. When the peasant had finished, the agent called his secretary from behind a screen, desiring him to bring such and such a document and to read it aloud. It was the peasant's story, word for word. "Well, I can't make that out," he said, aghast, as he went out, " for I invented the story myself." The secretary had written behind the screen while the peasant spoke. if" A story told of Bakkousb, in Tunis, was this: Many years ago one of the Bey's Ministers, in a thoughtless moment, promised him the Order of the Nischan. Upon going to claim it he was refused, Bakkoush intimated that he was willing to accept the Order or a sum of money, but that, failing both, he must complain to the Bey. Eventually his feelings were assuaged by a handsome present. This Is not so good as the German soldier who had distinguished himself during the war with France, He was offered the chdee of the Iron Cross or twenty-five thaler* In money, He asked the Intrinsic valu». of the Iron Cross. They toia him about four thaiers. "Well," he •aid, " I tell you what I will do, I will take the Iron Crow, and twenty-one thaleri. Leo tells a good story of the TrlpollMs' capacity for business Trlpolls was surprised by a " Genov.-aies ffeete of twenty sailes, whereof the King of Fez, then Ruler of Tripoli, being advertised, gave the Generates fiftie thousand ducates upon consideration that he might eaino the towne in paace. But the Genowaies having surrendered the towne, perceived after their departure that most part of the ducates twe counterfeit. "^

•These glorious days have passed: but Tnpoli may take courage, she has children *ot unworthy of her , traditions.— liae'i »THE near future is always a lone way o3 • THE FARMER AND HIS MARE. *'A farmer was crossing a horse ferry W the Clyde with a mare and a foal. ThJ wjddenjtppearance of a steamboat on th« C 0 * 10 ■■'* i" "'6 liiaic so that she jumped from tne boat into the river, followed by the colt. alarmed farmer, acting on a sudden impulse, sprang into the water after bis animals, and was soon clinging to the tail of the foal. As luck would have it, the •nare headed for the bank, while the foal made direct down the river. " Let go the coK .and haud on by the mare,"i Shouted those onboard the boat, alarmed.Jor the •afety of the man. " Ay, ay," cried the former, sputtering the water from his mouth; fu t' Very weel °' y° u t0 tell met 0 let go roe colt, but when a man canna swoons it's DO a time for swappin' horses."

: TWO OF ATRADE. A visitor at a restaurant noticed that the j|«ralter invariably put the coppers into his ,v "v»aistccat pocket, and when giving out ,change he was always a penny or two short. With the natural consequence that the guests .7 Blade him a present of the small change. .'.When our visitor came to settle his account -this manoeuvre was repeated ; but he said 'to the waiter: "Just feel in your waistcoat 1 'pocket!" to which the astonished gargon replied with a smile: " Been a waiter yourI ielf sometime, I suppose ?" . ■ , ■». •■ "(a significant circumstance. ■ When Garrick was beginning his career, '•Ais great rival was Quin. Garrick was c'lsright and natural; Quin was formal and ;Kwmpons. It was evident that the death■truggle between the old and the new school /jtvas about to begin. At last it was decided ' jhat they should appeal definitely to the "public. The " Fair Penitent" was chosen. iCarrick performed Lothario and Quin Bior&tio, The first act took up a full hour, ";jfor the house was full of the advocates of schools, and both were loud in their ; %>laudits. At last a trivial and ridiculous, ■■bat, as all mus. have felt, a significant cir- • jeumstance gave Garrick the victory. In . (Hie last scene of the second act, Lothario Challenges Horatio—" Two hours ere noon to-morrow I expect thee." Quin, with his . «sual pompous stateliness, paused so long ' se,'5 e ,'. ore !* e B ave an answer that some simple .jfcliow in tnc gallery, really excited by the Iposition, cried out, "Confound you, you ••.Coward, why don't you tell the little gentle- - plan whether you'll meet him or no ? ,p _ nt. was ; R2P-ESTANT.—Mrs Flapjack : ~" You have oeen flirting with my daughter j «nd last night you went so far as to kiss fur. Now, I want to know what are vour . rftentlons ?" ■a- .. ' ■V never to do 40 aaaifl, y

h HISTORICAL TREES, the road from Therapia to Buyukdere eßosphorus there stand in a oeaS erizT of im •SJi? have b een several times 1 by lightning, split down the middle *heir shade Geoffery ' lerraine. encamped in the year lO oG with gport.on of his suite, when on hi? way to Wscue the h.ly phces from the thraldom of tte Saracens ; and popular belief attributes iSaF 5^^ vit

n "Cook, is there any roast beef tea titer from dinner this evening ?" irf "No, ma'am." M" Well, what is there left in the tttchen?" IS "Only my young man, please, Ra'am.