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An Illustration of Military Disci
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Tht Story an Englishman Ttlls of an
Amuiing Incidint In Which Ha Par
ticipated During a Visit to the Bat
tlefield of Worth.
The docility nod blind obedience of
tun German soldier have long been an
object of comment. The Germans
themHclves recognize that It sometimes
goes so far as to be absurd. An Eng
lishman, writing In the London Times,
describes an nimiHliig Incident which
occurred after lie bud spent a day
tramping about the battlefield of
Worth. IK whs' dressed, It should be
noted. In regular civilian clothes and
carried au umbrella:
Kmcrglug from n wood, I taine'upon
a plot of p:r:iKs where about u dozen
Oermun soldiers were routing. The
spirit moved me to stop mid speak
to these men cinpluiHlzliig my mean
ing by Hlgiiw when my scant German
vocabulary failed me.
, I asked, "Are you Prussians?" The
Indignant answer, In chorus, was: "No!
Suxon!"
"Ob," said I. wishing to conciliate.
"I am Antcto-Saxon."
Much to my astonishment, one of
them got up nnd shook me warmly by
the hand. Pointing to my dusty boots
and llanncl shirt, unhuttoued at the
neck, I then. In vile German, explained
to my friends of live minutes' standing
that I had mudc the grand tour of the
battletleld on foot and had been walk
tng since 0 o'clock In the morning. It
then being T In the afternoon.
Quito casually 1 remarked that al
though "not a military, but a naval of
ficer." the study of battlefields Inter
ested me.
At the mention of the word "otllcer"
nil the men sat up, buttoned their tu
nics and buckled on their swords or
bayonets 1 forget which.
"Are you going to Nlederbronn?" was
my next question. fc
"Yes," they replied; "we are going to
walk to Meilerhronu and there take
the train to Itltsi-h."
What evil genius prompted me to
make the next remark 1 cannot tell,
but although uttered In Joke Its con
sequences were perfectly astounding.
"1, too, am going to Nlederlirons.
You are my regiment. I am your colo
nel!"
l"p they sprang to their feet, fell In
two deep and kept unite silent as If on ,
parade. "Klght turn!" and off wet
nnm-hed. I carrying my umbrella ns If j
It were n sword. . ' j
Itreasilng a grassy slope, we marched j
up to the top at a swinging puce, still :
observing perfect silence and In step.
A short dlstatu e off was it solitary sol- j
dler of the same regiment lying at
full length on a bench near the en
trance to a wood -tunic nnhut toned. !
sword unbuckled, and so forth. '
On catching sight of the approaching .
Bquad up he Jumped, buttoned Jils (
tunic buckled on his weapon, stood J
rigidly at attention and when the "reg-;
Iment" came by "tailed on" as If It J
was the most natural thing In the!
world to do.
Please note that not a word passed !
between the main body and the re-
enforcement On entering the wood
the leadini; tile began to sing a man h- j
lng sonc. the others Joining In chorus, i
lty this time we were Hearing Nleder
bronn and passed a man and his wife, ,
who were evidently much astonished
to see n disciplined Inxly of men
marching in strict military fashion un-1
der the command of a foreigner armed
with an umbrella -not even a silk one!'
j A dNeoucertlng thought arose.;
("What will happen If we chance across!
ja German othVer, and how. In my j
j broken German, can 1 ever hope to ex-!
! plain this extraordinary assumption of
command of the forces of the kaiser.'
So without a moment's further delay j
I said to the men, "I must go to my j
hotel, which is over there." and bade '
them goodby. (
These docile and amiable Saxons
with one accord, taking time by the;
leading tile, saluted, and I. having re- (
turned their salute, got out of sight as j
rapidly as possible. On peeping round
the corner of a house there was my
late "regiment" still marching with
the regularity of clockwork.
Houdin's Experience Among the
Marabouts of Algeria.
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THE PROGRESSIVE TAILOR
Lincoln on Proof. '
I suggest to him t Judge Douglas j
that it will not avail htm at all that
he swells himself up. takes on dignity .
and calls people liars. If you ;
have ever studied geometry you re- 1
member that by a course of reasoning
- Ku.-lUl prove that all the angles In a ;
triangle are equal to (wo right angles, i
Kudid has shown you how to work It ,
out. Now, If yuu undertake to dls- ',
; prove that proposition and to show ;
i that It Is erroneous would you prove
U to be false by calling Kudld a liar?
It Depended.
Chappy Would yon marry a woman
who had sued another man for breach
of promUe? Sappy-lt would depend
largely or. how much the Jury had
I awarded her.-Cluh Fellow.
The Great French Conjurer Stood the
Taet and Then by Another Trick
Cowed Hie Infuriated Antagonists.
The Story of Palmer's Curse.
There are some points of resem
blance between the story of the great
French conjurer, Hubert lloudln, and
the ma ni bouts and the story of Palm
er's curse. The first named tale la,
strictly shaking, Incredible only wheu
regarded from the oriental point of
view.
In the fifties the administrators of
the French African empire were seri
ously hampered by the fanatical mar-
ubouts, who by their tricks of Juggling
persuaded their followers of their own
supernatural powers and used this be
lief to fan the spirit of Insurrection
lloudln was sent otllcially on a French
warship to Algeria to confound them.
While his task proved easy, the trip
was not without lis dangers.
In Algiers lie had allowed himself
to be shot nt with pistols loaded by
the marabouts. Hut once in the Inte
rior, when he was absolutely without
the tools of his profession, he was
forced to repeat the experiment. He
was frightened, but ho did not allow
his fears to he perceived. He persuad
ed bis audience to postpone the test
until next morning in order that he
might pass the night In prayer, as he
was without (he talisman that be
needed If (he feat was to he perform
ed immediately.
The night he devoted not to prayer,
but to insuring bis Invulnerability, and
the next day before n great horde of
Arabs he submitted to the teat. The
French conjurer Insisted that In the
sight of every one the pistols should
be loaded by his enemies themselves.
Then he calmly tok his place and
gave the signal. The sound of the pis
tol had not died away when lloudln
opened Jils lips, showing the bullet
held firmly between his teeth.
His Infuriated adversary reached for
the other pistol, but the conjurer was
too quick. "You could not harm me,"
he said, "but now see how much great
er my powers are than yonrs. Behold
the wall." He tired, and out on the
whitewash at the exact spot of his
aim there crept slowly a great splotch
of blood. The ma ru bouts, in terror,
cowered before the prowess of the Ku
ropeau magician.
Less fortunate in his fate than llou
dln was (he Fnglish orientalist K. II.
Palmer. He fell a victim to fanati
cism, but the story of his terrible curse
will long be repeated and cause shud
ders to run round Itedouiu campflres.
Only upon the theory of metempsycho
sis can be explained bis extraordinary
powers of assimilating the languages
ami Ideas of the east.
He was brought up in the conven
tional atmosphere of England, but
wheu he turned his attention to orien
tal subjects he did not merely learn;
he simply absorbed. Not only were
Persian, Hludoostanee and Arabic per
fectly familiar to him, but he knew
every obscurity of the slang of the
camel drivers, aud during hU Ions
voyages In the. east his European ori
gin was never suspected. Jst ns
H ond in had been officially employed
by the French government, so Palmer
was by the English, but in a more
Intimate capacity.
P.eforp the exploit that proved fatal
he had many dangerous adventures.
Once he was led away by U treacher
ous guide and I wt rayed to an Arab
gang who meant to rob and kill him.
He guessed their Intentions, and when
they . began to Inflict upon him petty
uunoyances he pretended not to notice
them. Finally, however, the abuse be
came too obvious to le louger ignored.
He sprang to his feet and drew out n
letter that he had received from au
English lady. "This to me! Down on
your knees, you dogs, and kiss the
handwriting of the sultan!" Down on
their knees, cowed and groveling, fell
his ;ux) captors.
lu ISS Palmer was sent on a secret
service mission among the Bedouin
tribes to persuade them against jolu
Ing the rebellion of Arabl Pasha. He
was betrayed and shot. Rut Just be
fore his death he laid upon his assas
sins the weight of his terrible curse.
Now, In the east a curse Is something
not to be regarded lightly, and Palm
er's was one of particular aw fulness.
It was his last .means of defense,
nnd. while it did not save him. It blast
ed the hearing and destroyed the lives
of those upon whom it fell. They
shrank away from one another in hor
ror. Some of them confessed their
crime and were executed; all of them
within a few 'months came to violent
deaths. Palmer s curse is still remem
bered with terror In the east. Bookman.
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