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Show I All tor Sllcl't iror. The Berlin correspondent of a syndicate syndi-cate of provmcud papers is responsible for tire fuilowmg story: '"On the occasion occa-sion of thv raaaembiing of the holy mvu'-m in tiie Russian capital it was resolved re-solved to forward to his majesty, in accordance ac-cordance with traditional u-sage, thw archi pastoral benediction. '1 he clerk ; whu wa euipluyi-d to prepare the ducu- 1 merit formally coumiumualim; the pious resolution made a curious mistake. By a wlip of trie pen bu wrote 'architectural' ( instr-ad of "an: hi pastoral,' and the reso- ! lutiou wad forwarded without tiie error 1 hiring detected. "Wlit-n the czar received it he laughed heartily and wrote ou the margin, "I have no need of such a bk-iising.' He . tben diMiiisf-'d Iht; mattor from ilia mind. The document, however, with the imperial impe-rial annotation, found its way back to the holy synod, and produced antuug the , members of that body the greatest surprise sur-prise and consternation. Without stopping stop-ping to investigate the matter tiie eccle-hiawtica eccle-hiawtica who weru responsible for the resolution res-olution j um pud to the conclusion that they had in some way or other incurred the czar's displeasure, and that his majesty's maj-esty's comment was an intimation to them that they were expected immediately immedi-ately to resign. "They accordingly went in a body to the imperial palace and hnmbly tendered their joint and several resignations. Jt was now the turn of the czar to bo overwhelmed over-whelmed with amazement, and it was only after a good deal of embarrassment and reciprocal explanations that the matter was Bet right. The interview terminated with a mild hint on the part of bin majesty that, even in the records of religious bodies, verbal accuracy is a very desirable quality." |