This, which seemed at first to be a non-sequitur, was found in the Buffalo _Courier_ of recent date: “Bishop Walker is a man of extremely lovable nature and may be seen during his stay at the Iroquois, or taking constitutional walks about the blocks surrounding the hotel.” On more mature consideration it seems that the Cathedral Car prelate was simply candidating. There are other persons of extremely lovable nature who meander around the same part of Buffalo betimes, and devour all they pick up. * * * * * I fear there will not be general public sympathy with Mr. F. Tennyson Neeley of Chicago in his defense of the suit of Col. Richard Henry Savage, but as a matter of justice, it would seem that $12,000 is a small fine for inflicting such books as _My Official Wife_ and others on a suffering public. And if Mr. Neeley, having gotten some of the Colonel’s pile, keeps it, the latter gentleman should remember it’s Chicago and thank his stars they didn’t take it all. * * * * * The Anti-Slang Club of Somerset, N. J., sent $5.50 the other day to the New York _Herald’s_ Ice Fund and one of the members confidentially writes me, “They can’t say now that Anti-Slang don’t cut no ice.” * * * * * Now that Winter is in the offing and Discontent at the door, it is pleasant to think that Organized Charity is getting ready for the season. The plan of campaign is a simple one, but lest I should provoke a charge of misconstruction, I take leave to state it in the words of the author of _Oliver Twist_, who was never accused of exaggerating anything: “Mrs. Corney,” said the beadle, smiling as men smile who are conscious of superior information, “out-of-door relief, properly managed, properly managed, ma’am, is the parochial safeguard. The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don’t want, and then they get tired of coming.” * * * * * On the authority of Mr. Frank L. Stanton of Atlanta, Hamlin Garland is quoted as saying, “I will stick to the soil till I die.” That is a very sub-tropical way of putting it, and I don’t wonder the Georgian likes it. To be more accurate, the soil will stick to Hamlin—and it will do so after he dies too. * * * * *