The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-06-19
JUDGE NOT. !"

lHINUpu tllt stFftb III WHICH SlulluS lNe
column of King Sigismund, round
whose pedestal may generally be seen
seated number of women selling fruit,
cakes and variety of eatables, to the
passHs by. The young men paused to
lCok at a figure whose oddity attracted
their attention. This was man appar-
emily between fifty and sixty years Of
age: his coat, oIce black, was worn
threadbare; his broad hat overshadow-
ed thin wrinkled face his form was
greatly emaciated, yet he walked with
firm and rapid step. He stopped at
one of. the stalls beneath the column,
purchased half pennyworth of bread,
ate part of it, put the remainder into
his pocket, and pursued his way toward
the palace of General Zaionczek. lieu
tenant OF the kingdom, who in the alb
scnce of Car Alexander, exercised
loyal authority in Poland.
p" Do you know that man ?" asked
one student of the other.
do not but judging by his lugu-
briOus costume, and no less mOurnful
countenance, should guess hin TO be
al undertaken" %.
Wrong my friend he is Stanilas
Staszic.'
"Staszic - exclaimed the student,
looking alter the man, who was then
entering the palace. g How can
mean, wrctched-loOkipg map, who stops
in the middle oi the street TO buy NOR
sci OF bread, be rich and powerlul?"
Yet, SO it Is" replied his-compan-
ion. u der this unpr0mising exter-
ior is hidden one of our most influential
ministers, and one of The most illustri-
GUS sayans of Europe"
The man whose appearance contras-
ted 50 strongly with his social position.
who was us powerful as he seemed in
significant, as rich as lie seemed poor,
owed all his fortune to himSelf-tU his
labors, and to bis genius.
or low extraction he left Poland,
while young, in order to acq uire learn
ing. lie passed some years in the Uni
veisities Ut Leipslc and GUttirgen, con-
linued his studies at the College of
France, under Brisson and D'Auban-
ton gained the friendship Of Button
visited the Alps and the Apenines;
and, finally, returned to his native
land, stored with rich and varied learn-
ing.
lie speedily invited by noble.
man TO take charge OF the education of
his son. Afterwards, A the Government
wished to prUht by his talents and
Staszc, from grade TO grade, was rails
ed 10 the highest posts aud the greatest
| dlgultles. His economical HABITS made
him rich. Five hundred serfs eultiYat
ed his lands, and he possessed large
SIMS of money, placed at Interest.
| When did any nan ever rise very far
| above the rank in (which he was born,
Witnput presenting a mark for envy
and detracti0n 10 aim their arrows
against? MediOcriiy always ayenges
itself by calumny and 40 Siaszlc found
| it, for tile good folks of Warsaw were
quite ready to attribute all his actions
10 sinister motives.
A group Ot idlers had paused close
to where the stuednts were standing.
All looked at the minister, ana every
one had something to say agaln2t nun.
| "Who would ever think" cried a
noble, whose gray mustache and old
| fashioned costume recalled the era of
| King Sigismunh, f" that he could be u
minister of state? Formerly, when a
Palatin traversed the capital, a troop
of hOrsempn both proceeded and follow
| ed him. Soldiers dispersed the crowds
that pressed to look at him. But what
res pect can be felt for an old miser, who
has not the heart to afford himself u
couch, and who eats a piece OF bread In
the streets, just us beggar would do"
His heaIt," said priest, " is as
hard as the iron chest in which he keeps
his gold a poor man might die of hun.
/ ger at his door, before lie would give
him alus."
lie has worn the same coat for the
last ten years," remarked another.
lie BITS on the ground for fear OF
wearing out his chars" chImed in a
saucy-looking lad, and every one joined
in the laugh. lfs
A young pupil Of one Of the public
schools had listened in indignant silence
to these speeches; which cut him 10 the
heart and at length, uuable 10 RESTRAIN
hiu.seif, lie turned towards the priest,
and said
"A man distinguished for his geber-
osity ought to be spoken OF with more
respect.
" Aud play what use does he make
OF it?"
"lhe Academy of Sciences wanted
place 1Or library, and had not funds
to hire one. Who Was 1t bestowed on
them a magnificent palace? Was II
not SlasLic"
ION yes, because he as greedy OF
praise as OF gold"
"Poland esteehs as her chief glory,
the man who discovered the law Of the
sidereal movement. Who was 1t that
raised to him monument worthy ri
his accommodating the chisel of Cano-
va 10 honor the memory OF Copernlcus?'
at was Staszic," replied the priest
"and so all Europe honors for 1t the
generous senator. But, my young
friend, it is not the light Of the noon
day sun that ought to illumine Chris
tian charity. If you want really tC
know q man, watch the daily course ol
his private life. This ostentalious mi
ser, in the hooks which he publishes