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Show GENERAL GRANT'S BON MOT. M Witty Rejoinder That Is Credited' to M ' the' "Silent Man." M A portrait of Jay Cooke, by Wm, M. H Chase, Is one of tho best pictures at H this year's exhibition of tho Phlladel- H phla academy of fine arts. Mr. Cbas .H stnutllng beneath tho portrait tho H other afternoon, snld: iH "When Mr Jny Cooko posed for m- U he "told me of a lion-mot ot Gen. H Grant's, -(irnnt was entertaining a H cler' man ono evening, and tho H clergyman lud to make a certain H train on a lytftnlu railroad or ha H would not K.Wiomo tliat nlghL H Therefore hlsMalhidlne H him the hour7BHBktaB clerical vKldputthe-HH "'Now, ilocttto talk In his iH tJ-nln goes nl(pan -H tlmo Mild M "mber your '"That Is all light aba,. for tha H General,' i('tiiini'l the ell. 'tho Lord controls tho trains.' H " 'Yes,' Grant chuckled, 'but It yo.. want to get this V. & U. lino train, H jou hnd better stnrt now Tho Ixird i hns had nothing to do with tho A. A II. this many a year.' " Plttsburjj IH Gnzctto. M |
