The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-08

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found behind each eye a small reser-
voir of oil, which flowed aouts of the
eyes by means of severaisvery fine,
invisible apertures, .aa 3il3n%
"Behold the TREASURED cried the
Emperor, as he laid bare this apparat-
us. "Here you see the source OF those
miraculous tearsi Make the infamous
trick known to the public everywhere
I shall keep this image. which IS not
divine, though very ingeniously con-
trived, and I shall deposit it in my
museum of the mechanical arts.".>
Saying this he dismissed the ASSENT
bly,, and soon all st, Petersburgh was
laughing at the weeping image. In a.
tfquiet way, meanwhile, the Emperor
set about discovering the author of the
cheat, and upon his arrest ordered him
the punishment of the knout.
He served in a similar way, farm
er who predicted that, on a certain
day, St. Petersburgh,' would be over
flowed by the sea. The people were
so credulous that many of them made
extensive preparations of boats and
platforms to escape the coming flood.
Some of thee preparations were so ex-
pensive that the Gar suspected that.
his discoEtonted lords were endeavor- (
ing to throw cold water upon his
faVorite project. He had the prophet
arrested and consigned to ] a fortress
On the day appointed for the inupda-
ton, the Gar ordered the people of the
city to assemble round certain tree
which the prophet had foretold would
be covered by the tidea There, upon
la. scaffold, in view of the, multitude
the prophet, received fifty rhl9WR With
He was himself, remarkably free
from superstition, and believed int
federation of all religious, When ,he
was passing through Wittenbergu he
stopped at an inn for dinner, and while
the dinner was cooking he asked the
landlord if there was anything in the
town worthy of the attention of trayJ
ellers, -Fs.l. .,.,,.s.l.,r .rfl f,,d ou;f
Nothing very remarkable" I" replied
the inn-keeper. "unless it is an old
castle of the Elector, where DIR. Luth-
ers apartments may still be seen, and
his tomb in the church" I.i,,.i ,,tf
"I must see all that" quickly re-
piled the Gar, '.for / have heard much
good of that man.
Entering the church, he was shown
the monument in bronze which covers
the remains of the Reformer, which the
Emperor examined with much atten-
/ ton. .,ia gl.s
at is not too much,n said he, 'tfor
so great man." Hd ,Ea
In the room where Luther lived he
noticed tie celebrated stain of ink on
| the wall. Upon being informed that
the stain was caused by Luther's hay-
ing thrown his ink-stand at the DEVILS
head, when the devil camo to tempt
him, the Gar burst intoi uproariOus>
laughter, which did not cease when his
informant added, that they, had found
it impossible to remove the stain,
f'Can it be possible" he exclaimed,
ftthat man so learned as DR.. Luther.
really believed that he saw the devilSi
| Observing that the walls were coy
cred with names, he wrote his own
with piece of chalk, in Russian char
acters, near the ink-stain, which were
legible many years after the Cars
death. sE ;,..s - II
Few things in Europe pleased him
more than the equal liberation of all
religions in Amsterdam. Conversing
upon this subject with magistrate Of
that city, the magistrate remarked u |
Amsterdam being place open, to
| the commerce Of all nations each Is
allowed to exercise freely his own form
of worship, provided he does not inter
fere with that of the country, nor with
that of any of the strangers who resort
to it. Both the creed and the cere-
monial of foreigners are matters OF in
difference to the state, so long as noth+
ing passes contrary to our laws" "es!la,
s'This SYSTEM" replied Peter, .sis
not little favorable to commerce; for
it draws foreigners to Amsterdam, and
thus increases the public revenues. j
cannot praise this policy enough, and:
| shallhdopt it in my city of st. Peters
burgh.". -
Which he did, and that excellent
policy has been continued by his sue
cessors. CEN '.''ii'.'2' 9ii"'''. 'i.' i@.' 1
1t cost this able prince d great fdeda
tof. trouble to prevent his subjects ff6m
paying extrayagant ho1ors to ahimss94
While ST. Petersburgh was building,
not many of the streets We're paved,
land consequently wkehe8efiit faihSde
they were deep with. mud. tNotwitir
standing this. as soon as the Car Was,
seen passing, every person, according
to the ancient custom of the empire,
fell upon his knees. The Gar, there
fore, could not ride abroad to view tho
rising city without muddying the.aar>
ments of half the population. In'Fa-,
rious ways he made known his disap:
proval of this practice, but the people
continued to PROSTATE themselves un-
til he published a decree forbidding it
under penalty of the knout. .
There are many more anecdotes re-
lated of this great man in the eollec-
ton before me, almost all of which
give us favorable impression Of his
character. His worst fault was his
violence of temper, which was greatly
aggravated by his habit of drinking
large quantities of intoxicating liquor.
He would have been twice the man he
was if he had been temperate 70 suc
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