The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-30

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The stories told Of Mssshaa asnxssScn
,criptfon, tbs Wonderful way. IN, Hhic9 e .
sontsiYsS 10 .sdapA hnsslf To- ~ rsoe 4,
~ mn ~ 8 haA "a dsal, Nisnonst q
Iosinr-one lot Of his AuekDfity. WnaS ~
~, S: + f 49, sss rsee:s ; ssss
soldier, and nov febaking . general, ere r
day sharing ration o. black bres0 oe:'o0 q
a 6iyouac Ore, and the next speaking ~ ~
equal to princes and potentates. , Savor rue
comes before Us as an 1ncrownea 5 n1gH,,hoI,
nm autocrstof II atare's making, full ofrough,,
hearty familiarity, that was In No aapSsr
breeding contempt, and surrounded oy men
who enjoyed the bonhomie, VINE Iney
d.ssssd ths ai:Rls @So w =. 'i in Eyes
the Interruption of earthly power and graz
It must be owned, however, that in his |,
own peculiar vein of pleasantly, me l1 9:
MAJ match. 1one Of bis faverite Jokes was to
confuse a man by asking him 'unexpectea-
ly, GLOW many -stars are there III '"e
on one occasion lie put,this nest, sn.s to
one of his sentries, on bitter JanAaAJ
hiaht. such, as ouly Russia can produce;
tTsesolaier, not whit disturbed, answered
cooliy, 1Wait a little, and I'll tell yon !"
, and he deliberately began to count; one,
swo,' three" etc. In TINS way Ie no;nt
. Suvoroff, who was already salf.fr 9
, thoncht it high time to ride off, not, how.
ever. withoaI ipauiring the. nsme OF TINS
+ ready reekoner. Tue next day the i at"xs
himself saS With great
. his staff speedily made It's way 'nrous"
s On ,asother occasion one of his generals
. of division sent him q sergeant with aus
I. Al limo
= the bearer TO Sdvorof's notice. The mar
IT shsl. as usual, proceeded to test him ny.
i series of whimsical questions, but the cate
Q chumen wsA equal to the occasion.
it "How far Is it to the moon 7" asked SUI
% vorof. ~ -r go
d 1.-TWO of your excellency's torceo
"a marches,n answered the sergeant.
ie "f your men began 70 give way in
y; battle, what would You deS" ~ a.,
y sd teu then hen. that Just wap oen.nu %
to Msunpossng you were blockaded ant
i'd had mo provisions left, how would you sup
~ ply yourself" u, .''''' q
IL Chow many fs6 are there in the sea
ny GAS many a. have not been caught"
All. And 40 the examination went on, Il
he Suyoroff, finding his new Acquaintance
if armed at all points ss length assed n.% :.
ne' WE" oTbs diffsrence is this,h replied the 60
der dier. cody: "my colonel cannot make m
to a captain, but your excellency has only
mt, cay the word"
to SuvoroR, struck by his shrewapess, A =;
, of his eye upon the man, and in no long tin
after actually gave him the specihed pr
,g Suyorof always affected the utme
earl brevity both in speaking and writing, Z
o per. tersenese of his dispatches being almt
lad
I'VE NV" Prince Potemkin, relative to the assault
onse Ismail, is unique in military hissory. +
e t;ne tempkin, copying the brevity of his g
To- eral, wrote TO him thus Marsnat-f
nifty ever cost, Potempkin.n The day after
ss ne letter arrived, savorof carried the town
~, atorm with q loss Of fheen thousand n
' amu to himself, and thirty eight thousand
is the enemysumming Up the h tss5fqi it sTa
5os translated, runs az follows
IT as Isrnail's ,sen and there be-
asen The anecdotes of the great Marsh
'ese' eccentricities - his habit OF wander
RI about the camp in disgaisS,, ms WIN Win
,! Gne ike q cock, his astounding endurance
MIS-. heat and cold, his savage disregard Of 1
ouno sonal comfort and neatness-are oey
a"tadi calculation but perhaps the most cha
e . teristic of all is his appearance IN l1ss
Ha' the Austrian court, then one of the n
atlon brilliant in Europe. On being shown
70 an en- the room prepared for him IA spler
IN The Ss, apartment, flied with costly mirrors,
II the r!cn ~. ~ Tnrn mt ali that rnbbish
eA- shake me down some straw" An
TRAN granaee who came to visit him
. c; B.. startled at tbesespreparations, and
aa d, az more so at the first sight OF the Mars
rough oageaSe, mniSA ..toraJ cIoal tied
o take coarse snlrts anu u I@'Ueie" SA'"N '
cd and in Q bundle. =,
may be "Is that enough for winter Z" asked
require astouhded viaitor.
D book, az The winters the father of No
inty in s;auen ansWered Suyoroff, with q
lnoocu. 90 besides, you don't feel the cold '
.SS 1 poi you're riding full galop."
as he "Bat when you're tired of riding,
do yon dot"
,aat;on "Walk."
"Ana when you're tired of walking
"Run4"
s 9 9teot "And do you never sleep then !"