The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-17

hearing me descending.
"lIa, ha, ha,'' he cried, Its YOU
DIR. Benedum! Glad to see YOU
He came toward me with open arms
But, stretching forth my hand with
tragic gesture
l Halt halt y cried. {" stop moment
before we indulge in famiIiarities. Icom
on behalf of the burgomaster to feel you
pulse ~ q. 20 ' ..
He gravely held out his arm to me:
placed my thumb ON the artery, an,
speaking in a thoughtful tone, and will
pouted lip, said:
AHA! you are not SO i'll as they say.
"lll!' he cried.
mo; you are not yrt wholly out o
your wits
These words sent him off into such fit
of laughter that Madam Schnaps leaned
over the stairs and peercd down into tn,
cellar with wondering eyes.
Sophia! Sophia. cried the apothc-
cary. = In! ha ! ha. Do YOU know what
am out of my witsv'
away without answering.
Becoming a little more calm. Hans
Schnaps said tome:
take q seat, DIR. BencIrm. and tell
me what has procured me the honor OF
this visit?''
He placed an armchair for me, and
seated himself on the box of a ,la-rrerre-
otypc apparatus, his long grasSloppcr
legs sprawled wide apart, his elbows on
his knees, and his pointed beard drawn
| out between his bony fingers.
His was truly Il strange phvSiognomy.
seen by the dim light admitted by the eel
lar grating, and the vague CLEANS that fl
ded into shadow amid the thousand opii-
| cal instruments added to the sinyliIaritv
of the scene.
| simply related to lin the convers:-
ton had had with the burgomaSter. and
Schnaps far from becoming angry. burst
INTO new pcals of laughter.
That animal of bur.omaster. he
cried. for whom have just invented a
new kind of syrin@c-a superb discovery,
doctor. And-ha, ha. Observe thai
spy-glass: it's the famous SchnapS' svr-
inge. unique of its kind, With This Won
drriul instrument am able 10 accom-
plisl what has never before been possible
to syringe the brains of idiots. imbe-
Giles. crttt's. and burgomastcrs generally,
pour INTO the body of the pump Il de-
coctlon of Noltalrc, Shakespeare or Father
Malebrancl,e: | delicately intrudc into
your eye the small end of the instrument
-lEress. and. crack You are filled with
GOOD sense. poetry. or nctiphySics,' -
$ Aha Z. INV dear fricnd.'' | said "an
excellent Joke
'Jokc,-not the least in the world.
lou are much too sensible, Doctor Ben
edunI. not to know that our opinions ,Ic-
pend upon our point of view Il miserable
beggar. without fire or shelter. covered
with rags, and with only duu-IiIl 10 lie
upon. sees things in 4 light very different |
from that III which Il nabob looks on |
them; social order appears Ia him ,iete>-
table. laws absurd
''D0ubtiess. but
. But interrupted Schnaps. Seat the |
fellow at Il splendid table. in a beautiful |
house. surround him with odoriteruus |
fowers and pretty women in magnificent |
dresses. feed him on the dainticSt dishes. |
let him drink .Johanisbcrg. and place be
hind his chair dozen lacqucys. who call |
him monseigneur. highneSs. most emi-
ment, etc.; hell find that all is for the
best in the best OF all possible worlds
social order will appear TO him magniii-
cent. and he viii pronsunce our laws mas
ter-pieces of human WISDOM
Agreed. my dear Schnaps. agreed:
what you now say is the history of hrr-
manity; We all look at things through the
great or small end of the spyglass as it
may happen. But what the deuce are YOU
at?r ..t. .a... -.a.
- Ali 5" cried the apothecary. ''it's very
slinple. From the moment that all depends
Oh our point Of view. the question of hap
piness is reduced to always finding the
point of view that i the most agreeable
and that is precisely the merit Of my
discovery. Judge for yourself
!, lie handed me his spy-elass: applied
i To my eye. and could not refrain from
lttering a cry Of admiration. ] saw nv
self president OF the Scientific Society of
Berlin, plump. ruddy. and hearty. deco
-ated with the Order of Merit. of the Black
Eagle. of the Brown Eagle. Of the Red
Eagle, of the Legion of Honor. of the
carter, and others. held the bell. and
,alled people toor,ler. Through the win
lows Of the ampitheater / saw nv two
lorse :. caleche.' and my footInan bediz-
med with lace. Further off, | saw NV
a premiere danseIIsc. c;iptivatcd
Jy my charms, walking under the lin
lens, parasOl in her hand-and said to
myself, 'd5enedum, Benedum, Forum ,
tie being! sublime genius great man-'
A burst of irOnical laughter drew me 4,
rom this proud contemplation. | low
red the spy-glass and found mysclfin the I
ellar, in front Of the apOthecary. who |
vas watching me, his little malciOuseycs
to his ears. !
We'll, WELL" he said, ..wlat do you .
hink of thaty' II
- Oh, my dear Schnaps,"I exclaimed.
let Inc have it, -
"A good jOke!" he cried; "you for 4
'et that it cost me ten years labor 10 | j
make il. With this spy-glass the uni !
erse belongs to me, after manner: d
an see my wife, young, pretty. prcpos- il
essing; ! am always laughing and con- q
ented. This spy-glass lifts me above
he most powerful mOnarchs of the world: e
enders me richer than Cresus: more ON {
ipOtent than Xerxes Iwould not lose
for the world! That is not all; with =
his spy-glass | can give myself injected :.
oses of good sense, poetry, or meta q
hsics, according to the requirements OF \
iy temperament n
But, in the name of Heaven. Schnaps,' !,
replied, transported with enthusiasm.
ow did yon make this sublime discov- f
ry?"
- IL Is not so marvellous as you believe
e said laughing; 1t is nothing more
or less than a Kaleidoscope. but a kaleid- il
scope OF new kind; instead of allow Z
~ flowers and bits of glass TO fall at haz- s
rd, it draws them together in a natural o
rder. In other terms. il is a combina- d
on of the telescope and the daguerreo- h
7pe, two Instruments which nature her c
Elf has united i'm our hands. v
At this moment he took out of his Y
ocket Il small snutf-bOX, and slowly in d
aled pinch, as if TO collect himself, and
hen continued: ea a
For three years tried TO fix the So g
" u spectrum on copper-plate. To this
lu employed chloride of silver. btu :,
nj ,.n oi Judea plunged i'm oil of lavender IL
r nv \; petrolrnm. iodide Of silver. bromide g