Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — What About the Rest ? [ARTICLE]

What About the Rest ?

The announcement that the Crowley manor estate, Cheltenham, England, is still in the market reminds a correspondent of a quaint story told in connection with Chosen, a small village lying at tho fringe of the property. A worthy locum tenens thought to please the good people of the village, and gave out as his text: “And make all Thy Chosen people joyful.” A horny-handed swain, however, who had wandered from a distant parish, interpolated the ejaculation, to the no small consternation of tne said locum tenens and the amusement of the Chosen people themselves: “Andwhat about poor we Huckiecut folk?”—[Washington Star. Of unprofessional strong men the Czar is a splendid example. His fingers possess extraordinary strength. He can twist a nail with them until it resembles a corkscrew, and double up a silver coin in his palm. He has a rival in Sig. Gioletti, an Italian politician. ' He can l>end a horseshoe with one hand, and double up a five-franc piece in his palm. Sometimes he amuses himself and astonishes his friends by tearing up an entire Mick of cards. One of his friends says tnat a grasp of his hand is like a. judgment from heaven.