The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-27
How tho German Near-Guard left
France,


staff halt, and draw to either side of the
way. leaving Gen Mantcutfel standing
alone But there has been little blunder.
We are not Yet standing on the boundary
line Gunner takes from his holster the in
eyl-able map, and lapses into a study Of it
which lasts till an orderly happens to note
and point out the stones indicating the
frontier All move there, and Manteuffel,
with his staff behind him, draws to the
right side Of the road, the Metz party turn
ins: to the left. No crowd had gathered to
witness this fab Of the drop scene on the
terrible war tragedy an event surely all the
more thrilling in that it occurs on the very
spot where one Of the most memorable acts
OF that tragedy was played out, and within
sight of another not less memorable,
although not 50 decisive On the bank
behind Gen, Manteuifel stand two French
men. one III gray the other countryman
III blouse. These are the only outside
spectators. AT a signal from Won der Burg,
the band burst forth into crash of tri-
umphaut music At the head of the little
party rides brave old Liusingen, the very
picture Of a cool, collected, easy going, TO-
Vial philosopher. There follow him the
band, and then the artillery column. The
superb bearing Of the tambour-maior is a
sight to see The band wheels to one 81 de
and play. the national anthem while the
last company is tramping past Behind
the company comes an ambulance with
the red-cross lag OF Geneva flying-no in
apt emblem OF q concluded war-and then
4 tumbrii, in the rear II which marched
the last German soldier TO quit the soil of
France, 4 solid, broad faced Brandenburg-
en- who performed a great historical act
with al the nonchalance of unconscious
ness and audiblv uttered EXPLANATIONS
against the weather, as he marched on
Nevertheless, let me do what may to fur
nish the world with particulars concerning
this historical character His name is Au-
gustus Wclck, q native Of Brandenburg
lie is 2zycar5 old, and belongs to the 64th
regim ent. Was this. then, to be all? Was
France to be free and make no sign? By
no means. As Wclck strobe past, the
French spectator in gray stopped, picked
up flag staff, uniurled the tri-coor, and
with a shout OF ''N'iye la France waved
the banner Of France alOtl. Manteutfel,
who was standing Just inside the boundary
line, then rode away. KS be turned, already
French soldiers stood on the frontier line
Gems d'arme5, " ho had been waiting in the
adjacent wood, pushed on and formed in
double column across the road, in case the
Germ ans should change their minds. But
they did not Letter to London News.
SMALL TuALS. The aggregate OF trial
from small things is greater than from gi-
g2ntic Affections The daily fretting of bus
ines-, the CALLING elnbarrassments of pur-
poses crossed by the c0untcr-purposes of
others. are hard to bear because we must
bear them always, Every man who stands
III organized relations to other men is dali
y tried by the lrlltabllity of 8 superior, or
! thcintraciibilitY Of subordinate Women,
Of all others, especially those who have the
care Of housekeeping and the management
| otchlldren are sube TO annoyances much
more greylous, in the long run, than the
greater sorroNs Of life When the child
| cries, the father unless he be 4 paragon Of
fathers. finds business suddenly calling him
! down OWL: he remembers an important
errand at Jones'5 that he had forgotten,
| until the cross child reireshes his memory.
| The mother is Il prisoner in her bedlam
| and what wonderif sometimes the patience
fail. and if, with some long-tried and heav-
| ily-burdenod soul, heart and hope give out
| dl last 1uc 1ltdt AclOeS dIe NOT LnOSe
who have carried heaviest sorrows meeklv,
| but those men who have endured daily
contradictions OF people and daily embar-
rassment Of circumstances with meekness ::
| the great hcrolnes are those women that,
under the inccssant wear and tear of little
vexations have borne in obscurity the
flower Of patience and the fruit Of long
suffering. In great trials there are COM
pensatious. All the world of our acquain-
tanec is looking at us, perchancc, and the
large stage upon which our fortitude or
our integrity is exercised affords us some
stimulus Or, 1T least, our own egotism
| finds 4 satisfaction in conscious heroism.
But there is 4 meanness about little cares
that shuts out this consolation. The great
heroes are not they TO whom the world
builds monuments, whose memoirs stand
On al our shelves. We stumble over their
Unmarked graves in every cemetery. Only
rods r2saso4a.t;1g shall reveal them in
taeir glcry Christian Union.
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