, 1875-03-14

OF stick at the very first shot. His rivals re
ported his boast to the Ling, who ordere'
that the apple shoula be placed, no
on the point OF . stick, but on tie head O
| Tokko's Own child. If the father did not hit il
| The first time he uads the attempt. be was t
| lose bis LIE Toxic, compelled to obey the in
q! iquitous command, having drawn three ATOM
| from his quiver. struck tue appIe On bis chlld'
| head with the first And when the King askes
| him why he had drawn three arrows, when h
! was to use only ole, be told him: - It was tt
kill yourself, you who ire wicked commands, il
case ahould miss the first shot,
| This story occurred in the Danish history o.
Saxo Grammaticus, who lived in tho twelfth cen
tury. The same story is to be found under vati
ous forms il other countries, and there are thos.
even who claim that it is HI Aryan myth.
1t is su1mised that IN ab1idgment OF tho hia
tory Of Saxo Granmaticus, written by 9 German
monk, called GheiHmcr. came into the possession
Of the author Of the White Boot; for here
it is that mention is first made OF tho Int hoistet
| by Goa!er At thu end Of pole. II U1i, uude,
the NIne-Gees:
Now there was bravo 12a2 called Tall who had
taken oath along with Stsupacher aud his com
paniona, and ho passed Mther and th1her before The
role and he would not take on his Int It. Gesaez
called Tall before him, who played the foca In hti
presence, pretending to be hawtted, for he said
b. ware mora clever he would not h calsd Tall
which signifies, Tbs Simple
Then followa the stczy Of *hs apple and the
ar1ows, nero reduced to two.
Ths baiIf had Tall embarked On ths lake to con.
duct him to place where he should behold neither tht
sun For tho moon any The wind rosa when they
opposite Achsen s9s frightened crew put Tail Il
the helm and the archer landed pushing back ths boat
into ths tempest. He crcases tho mountains and
descenda 1t Knssnaeht, where, lying n ambush.
b ~ss for eesss snd s1ns IL a H.,
tho way Of The mountsins During tlit TING, stsu-
pacher and hiz companions, having left Ruedl, haVo
couerecated ut Trencht and, crossing in Eraat
pu1nbtrs have begun to burn down The csstles Their
FIRST point Of attack uri, after which they takn
Sxantow and sc1us castles At SstNyz and 5tanz,
So s:rorgy fort3fe5 hat It extremely difficult
ee< possession Of #; The lord q The p . rss >
prord arrogant, and hard msu. he taxed tbs peorlo
At hiE will and hs introduced custom taat On fast
days every should present him With the bezt Of
rh:t b. hsd Menss the ,n,t ts1 snon
60 to tho baii 1t the time It customary 70 TAXA
to hin, the gifts Of The new YEAR two and t~o rrosid-
should remain hidden below tho mill that
tbe others ucfs of the door Of the csstle they
ahoud give sgnA by sooodlnH horn. when TIE lat~
ter should nuke haste to join thc1n On Christmas
Day. 1T the hour that the presents wers brought him
the lord ot The place WA Ut church. The moment
those in ambush heard ths sound of tho horn, they
ran across tbs brook climbed up the csine to the
lie and toak possession d it. Tho rotss waa heard in
tho church, the lo1ds took flight, towurds the
tnouutaus and left the place to ts couquerors After
this, Urt, UnterwaEten, md sehwyz, united BY the
oaths Of their Ibes1ors from lordy tyranny, becane
80 powerful that they concluded pact which lsats
to tho presene ard has esen Of great vnlua to than
Ill
These ata the stories which we're given to
the wmld in the White Book. Tell at FIRST played
only = secondary part sido by side with the first
Swiss confede1ates. Bet in the minds Of the
peopie the story OF ths archer waa destined to
remain uppermost. He became the hero Of the
"Tellenlied (the song OF Tell), popular Gong
which made its appearance for the first time about
1474. It ia in this production that the previous
Toll il known by the name which cluug to tho
character e;er afterwards, William Tell eaya
the anonymous bard:
It il Of the confederation that king;
Wonderful Eos their success;
Theirs is q wize x1ld holy alliance.
It il Of the egnning Of the confederation s1nc.
l. uobo country, tho real kernel thereof;
It il circ.ed about BY the mountains,
Much more securely than BY wills,
There the arst alliance was formed
They wisely managed the thing,
In 4 country called ur,
The baiNK sasa to William Tell
And SO tha eong proceeds- There Is no men-
ton In it Of Stoupacher or OF the others. They
have disappeared They reappear again, how
ever, in various chronicles, especially in that
OF pe.ermapn Ettez1in in 1907 !; but even in this
they occupy only subordinate place. Tell is
here transformed. His character changes. He
il not the simple peasant PLAYING the fool He
becomes now the man Of action, Of wise counsel
adroit, proud, aad haughty. The time of his
appearance is fixed in 1895. The names, too,
Of the man Of Me1chi OF Melchthal are for tho
Asst time given names which remain ever At
tergards- Dut the fable has not even Jet
cr7stallzed into its permanent form. 1t was re-
eerred to the - 'Plurarch and Herodotus Of
auitzerlsud," Tschudi, to give it the finishing
touch. he writes ahout the beginnings Of the
Swisa Confederation as ii he Were their oontem-
porary and witness. Re draws very largely On
his imagination, and dxes even tho date when
9eslar's hat IVES raised On the pole. It was, he
eays, On St. James Dsv-that IS, July,2o-13o7-
Tell, e continues, passed before it Oh the 1Ssh Of
November. On the 1st Of January. 1868, he In
forms IA, tho first fortresses were raEed to tho
eaound, aud it VA. On tho 7th that the ehree
Cantons Aligned the treaty Of alliance for ten
years-
The story IVES made popular 1ater, vulgarized
by JOHNS Simlear OF Zurich. Johann von Muel~
ler follows ths same cour1e ~ Tschudi, but
enters into minuter details William Tell he
assures ns, vas born At Binghen. md had two
sons, William and Walter. His defendants per-
pe:uated the family to the end Of the Seventeenth
century. Tho house in which Stoupscher lived
is described with great minutaness. It MAS built
of wood; its foundation w&s Of stone and had
numerous windows. Schiller follows the version
of tho story given By Mueller, which explains the
rapture with which he Was received at the Cours
II Wei1aar when Bchilles's Toll WAS played thore
Il is 1t oucs curious md interesting to trsca
his story Of Tell from its rude beginnings,
through all its transformations till it becomes
he property of au time in the vsrse Of Schiller
conceded - it is most universally that his
311iarn Tell il ths ereatsst Of tha gzoat dramAt
st'e productions.
Last Thurzdxy uss tho auniTerzfrJ Of the !
,eath Of CHARLES sulHEa. On that d1y tie !
Boston Jont,nal publishad q memorial article |
of e1traets from various tributes to |
ha memory Of the lRmsnted statesman These |
re from the pers Of Jons G. WH11TTKR, Gael |
,munz. W1111Ax B. WAsHnUHs. RoBRn1 B !
.11oc. GEonax s. Boutwell, HESEg L. DANES,
|. E, hos, Senator ASraox1. md W111AH wi
,roRr, The collection ii most interesting; md |
{. publication in the manner aod II the time |