The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-21
Rude Americans.

! a Rome correspondent of the Boston
| Globe says: Some Of the stories that
are told this seas0n-and true stories.
| tOo-of incivility Of Americans to the
pope are almost beyond belief. It
| seems impossible that people shou,d
solicit tn favor Of being received by
any man IN his own house and then re-
fuse to conform to what esiQuette. as
they well know beforehand, requires of
them. All question Of religions respect
aside, every body who applies Tor an
| audience 1T the Vatican is made well
aware that black dress is required that
gloves ard bOnuets are not allowed
that when the pope gives his beuedic-
ton or makes the circuit Of the room.
all should kneei on one knee at least
and that if he offers his hand they
shGuld touch that or his apostolic ring
with their lips. If they have any hes
itatiOn about conforming to these par
ticulars they have no business to go to
the Vatican. I have heard not only Of
ignorant, well-meaning stupids, from
OUt-Of-the-w&y places. who insisted o.
shaking hands with the pope as if he
had been a president, but Of q party II
am ashamed to say that they came from
Boston, the whole of whom, under the
injanc ions Gf their leader, who is said
10 be a deacon Gin good and regular
standing" kept their seats when the
pope came down the reception room.
Wbat would have been an insOlence.
evor in a private house, was an unpar-
d0nable insult il this case, and She pope
turned his back upon them without a
word. An1 since that day it has been
very diffirult fer Americans not Gath |
ol;cs and personally vouched for to OBJ
tain entrance TO an audience.
H.@m,,RcKs BAoKERs.-The Almanac
de G0tha Tor 1o7s. a semi official publ |
cation, duly revised IN one oe tba oov-
ernmental reviews in Berlin, states thai !
the military force of Germany now COM
prise 81, $50 officers, 1929 800 men,
314, $40 horses, 2, 700 field and $40 siege !
pieces Of cannon. In addition to this |
enormous force, Prince Bismarck has |
but t. sign his name to q half page of |
ordinary fOoiscap paper, printed form, |
filed up with a few figures, and officially |
known as an ''order of mobilization, |
and there can be brought into the field. |
10 less than twenty days, an additional |
force Of no. $50 soldiers; namely, SIS.
$40 Iniauiry. 81, $50 cavalry, 81, OOO field |
artillery, and IS, 120 engineers. without
counting The stats, suites, baggage
trains, etc. Nor il this all, for the
German parliament authorized the other
day, the formation OF four extra battal-
ions. composed Of, 5. 400 officers and
I52 00J soldiers, to which may be added
234 battalions Of the new lans. rum, with
cavalry. making total of 81. 948 Off
GERS, /, 684, 200 men. aud 332, 600 horses.
INVITED To PEEL DRIVE had a
little Iun in town this evening at the ex-
Depse of three gentlemen who Went out
last night on "a fishing excursion. They
expected to be absent few days, but
came in 70 day dressed il a paper collar,
a pair of spurs and blanket, AID on be-
ing asked why they were crowdinE the
season, explained thai last night about
- o'clock, while they we're quietly
sleeping. they were awakened anu told
10 peel off them Store clothes They
lid wake up, ana finding themselves
confronted by TWO escaped convicts
zith dClhie bar eled hotguns pointed
Overwhelmingly 81 their eads, they con-
,,ufed that It aas too varIa. "a wear
.ia hes, snt I'D Hui, of i'm double
J Isk time. The c.nyIcts iUme,ilatCiy
hanged tbe.r striped suits foE these, ]
'nd went on their way rejoicing, ,