The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-19
Antcaoie Of Marshal Su,oroG,


The stories told of Marshal Suvoroff
display better than whole pages of De
,crip;ion. the wonderful way in WHICH he
conirived to adapt himself to the rude
spirits with whom he had to DEAL with
ou, losing one jo, Of his authority The
old Marshal more than once me, his
match. One of his favofi;c jokes was to
confuse a man by asking him unexpect-
edly: Hos many stars are there in
the sky 2
On one occasion he put this question
TO one OF his sentries. on bitter Janu
ary night. such as only Russia can pro
duce. The soldier not a whit disturbed
cooily. answered. "Wsit little aud III
tell YOU = and he deliberately began to
count. "One. two, three etc. Ia this
way he wen, cravely on to i hundred at
which point Suvoroff who was already
half frozen. thought it high time 10 ride
of. not. however, without in1uiring the
name Of thi. ready reckoner. The mkt
day the later found himself promoted,
and the story (Which Sdyorof told in
grea, glee to hi. staff speedily made its
way through the whole army.
On another occasion one OF his cener
ais Of division sent him a sergean, with
dispatches, at the same time recommend
ing the bearer to Suvorofi'- : notice The
Marshal, as usual, proceeded to test HIM
By series of whimsical questions, but
the catechumen was equal to the occs.
sion.
.U---A.-'-ss 10 ~ 20 s"o s''ova ri'- "sscd
Suvorof
1.-TWO of your Excellency's forced
marches, replied the sergeant
If your men began to give way in a
battle, what would you do?'
I'D tell them tha, just behind the enc.
my's line there was wagon load Of corn
brandy
"Supposinc you were blockaded and
you had no provisions lett, how would
you supply yourself?
From the enemy
GLOW many fish are there in the sea 2
"As many a. have not be.l caught"
And so the examination went on till
Suyoroff, finding his new acquaintance
arued a, all points, at length asked him
as final poser:
"Mha, is the difference between your
Colonel and mysclf?'
"The difference i. this replied the
soldier cocliy: My colonel cannot
make me captain, but your Exceiiency
has only to say the word
Suyorof. struck by his shrewdne,-,
kept hi. eye upon the mln, ard in n
long time after actually gave him tho
specified promotion.
THE MYSTERIES or NATURE The
primary forms. c2.ors and sounds Of ma
,ure are bu' few, and vet their modifca-
iions and combination. are infinite 50
far ~ human know dye and research
extended. the changes of time have never
produced two forms exactly alike, whether
IN tie mineral, vegetable or animal king.
dom. 10 two ciaia- OF sand on the sea
shore, 10 say nothing ot larger objects
of natural division. aud portione Of the
esrrhs surface. are precisely alike
There are no two ants, flowers. seeds OF
even leaycs IN the whole universe allotted
10 msu, that exactly resemble each other
iu size, from. weight or color No two
animal creations, 10 two voices. are iien
ticsl among al the living works Of God
Hmm ingenuity ha; constructed no
two musical Instruments that give forth
the same identical sound. And the mi.
crosccre detects Il marked difference o.
color in every leaf of every flower, and
every thread Of the finest fabric produced
aud colored By human skill. In short,
the dis.imiIaritties Of similarity Of all
things u5tursl or artificial is the mos,
mysterious OF all the hidden and We,
clearly visible mysteries New jersey
Mechanic