Miscellaneous

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 72, 18 December 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

Miscellaneous

'" Why don't the newspaper men o£ the country step to the front ? " asfca an exchange. ;Efceir modesty about exh»b&3ag the patches in the rear may have something; to do with the matter. The Gliilz-:«i rc'bt^ftm Afafeawfeßaiv Have bren attacked by the Afghan General sent to subdue them, and Have been badly , defeated. The <M-neril s»nt to Cabul ten 1 earl il*mds <»f head-: of nbels killed in buttle as a takea of i-Lie viutory bis iorces : had w<ffu First AnarcTust (In -a whisper) — **Oome around to the hall to-night. K. ¥. 1-&82 Chestnuts." Second ditto - "Yes, I know, 11. R. *7o Blatherskite. But the fact is, I'm afraid " First Auarchist (darkly) — " Havejwi been betaa^riog the secr-ets. *xf the tribunal ? Beware of the ™ ■Second ditt-j — "No, no, Johann; not so bad as that. I worked three days last week " First Anarchist — " IFm. Well, I think you'd better stay away, and I'll try to smooth it over with the Executive Board.' 9 The present Pope is an old gentleman with a keen sense of humour. Accredited to the Papal Court is a functionary who represents the political interests of four Central American republics, and who is already bedizened with the star* of almost every On£er created by tfte Pontificate. Not long ago a fresh negotiation was concluded satisfactory to the Mother Church, and the custom of giving a new distinction had to be observed ; but what to do perplexed the Papal Chamberlain. Oa a-ppHcation in the emergency to Leo himself, tho latter said: "This time him a snuffbox with my protrait." The diplomatist accepted the golden gift, detached ttie poatrait therefrom, and appeared at the next audience with it hanging from his necV. Another St;te negotiation unexpectedly arose, .- nd when it was solved there again «a«ie up tire question of an honorarium. " This time," said Leo, "givo him a marble statute, aud see if he will wear that rouad his-uwck." Advices from JRio de Jrmeiro state that the eiithusiasm manifested for Madame Bernhardt. on her arrival thore had greatly cooled, the Brazilians being quite out of patience a-t her extra vn gent behaviour. Since she horsewhipped a lady member of the company, Madame Bernhardt had played before half-filled hotises, and in consequence of her in&ulft'ng a public magistrate the police had given orders that she should not be permitted to quit Rio for Buenos Ayres, where she would be shortly due, without a passpoit, so that there was every prospect of her being inconveniently delayed. To these contretemps, however, Madame Bernhardt had had some set ofi in her triumph at St. Paul, a small town near to Rio, where she played on four nights. There the admiration of the populace exceeded all bounds. Her carriage was detached from the horses, and the crowd drew it through the streets, in which three triumphal arches had been erected. When her hotel was reached the more demonstrative of her admirers threw off their coats, with which, they carpeted the court-yard for her entrance.