Church review . t was it. Julius? Well—it was that zigzaggy kind ofcloth--and it had those braided thingsacross the front and down the back;and seme awful stylish pointed thingson the skirt—I wish you would get onejust like it.—Brooklyn Life. An Englishman and a Frenchman once undertook against their own in-clinations, and for the satisfaction ofmore belligerent friends, to fight a duelin a dark room. The Englishman, anx-ious to shed no blood, fired up thechimney and brought down the French-man. This was a favorite story ofRogers, who used to add, in relating it:When I tell the story in France
Church review . t was it. Julius? Well—it was that zigzaggy kind ofcloth--and it had those braided thingsacross the front and down the back;and seme awful stylish pointed thingson the skirt—I wish you would get onejust like it.—Brooklyn Life. An Englishman and a Frenchman once undertook against their own in-clinations, and for the satisfaction ofmore belligerent friends, to fight a duelin a dark room. The Englishman, anx-ious to shed no blood, fired up thechimney and brought down the French-man. This was a favorite story ofRogers, who used to add, in relating it:When I tell the story in France. 1put the Englishman up the chimney. The statement that Rudyard Kiolinghad received a shilling a word for astory in an English magazine, induceda wag to write to him and enclose ashilling postal order. Hearing that wisdom was being re-tailed at .1 shilling a word. wrote theioker, I enclose a shilling for a Kipling wept the order and sent backthe word Thanks.—New \ ork Herald. THE CHURCH REVIEW. 21. The June Century is an Out-of-Doors Number, abounding with full-page illustrations, including a frontis-piece by Albert Sterner, representingIzaak Walton seated reading under atree—and of course fishing as he is apropos of the opening article—a discursive essay on FishermansLuck, by that redoubtable angler, theRev. Henry van Dyke, printed wih de-corative page-borders. Dr. van Dykese-say is followed by a descriptive study< f Niagara Falls by Mrs. Schuyler vanRensselaer, based on an unusual famili-arity with this great natural wonder,and showing a keen appreciation of itslittle lovelinesses, as well as of itsgrander aspects. Mrs. van Rensselaerstext is supplemented by a numb;rof ful-page and smaler pictures by outdoor papers in this numberare Capt. J. C. Ayers After Big Gamew:th Packs, an illusrated account of ahunMng expedition in which pack-mulesnlayed an important part: Out ofDoors in Texas, by E. S. Nadal, auth-or of the delightful No
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