Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-29

BERLIN, June o. 1880.
II may with truth be said Of all the
great Hohsnzollsrns who have played
such conspicuous parts In modern his
tory that NO childish appeal to their
sympathies or generosity ever failed to
obtain prompt and benevolent rscogni.
ton. The most recent s1smpliacation
Of this amiabls characteristic Of q war.
rior race Is afforded by . kindly action
Of the German Grown Prince. One
Paul Brandt. q fathsrlsss lad only nine
years old. having exhibited . remark.
able capacity for music. vas taken some
months ago into Romarowski's Vic.
toria Instituts." there to b g~ratuitously
instructed In tone-art generally. and In
violin. playing particularly. On the 22d
OF March this courageous little fellow
addressed Q birthday oongratulation to
the venerable Emperor. in which hs en-.
bodied q petition for q new fiddle upon the
pertinent ground that his own violin
''scrapsd 90 awfully" that he could bear
with It no longer. Through the accident
that young Brandt had addressed his
letter to "His Royal Highnsss" instead
OF to "His Imperial Majesty" the petit.
ton came to the Crown Princes hands,
and the future German Emperor. upon
psrusipg II. forthwith directed his Court
Marshal to make inquiries at the Victoria
Institute respecting the youthful appli.
can't and his lawfully soraping'' instru.
msnt. The truth Of little Paul's allega.
tons having been fully established BY
Count Eulsnburg's Investigations, the
Crown Prince proceeded to purchase .
good sound violin. which he dispatched
to the institute on Whit Sunday last a.
'PHngstgsschenk" for Paul Brandt. It
Ia BY such tender deeds a. this that
princes most surely win their way to the
hearts Of their peoples.
In M~aedeburg last week the chief
sexton Of the municipal oemetsry was
guilty Of an oct 20 ~strocious that but Tor
the Intervention OF the police he would
have been lynched on the spot by the
indignant populacs. On the previous
day . little girl. only seven years old.
had wandered into the burying ground
under bis charge and plucksd . flower
from one Of the graves, all unconscious
Of offence. The sexton caught her in
the act, and determined to inAict . pun.
ishment upon her which should effsotu.
ally deter her from ''despoiling his
graves" for the future. So he dragged
the terror.stricken child away to the
d~eadhouss, In which four corpses were
lying on their biers awaiting burial.
thrust her In, locked the door upon her.
and went about his business. II was
already late In the day. and the sexton.
according to his own account, hav.
ing finished his work, and for.
gotten oil about this tiny prisoner In.
carceratsd In the chsrnel house, made
fast the cemetery gates for the plight.
Next morning, returning TO his work ct
the usual hour. II suddenly occurred to
him that he had omitted to let the child
out Of the dead.house before going home,
and he hsstsnrd to uncloss the door
when q shocking spectacle met his gaze.
Crouched up in . corner. with CLASSY
Dyes ixedi In . death.sts OF horror. and
blood. stained lips. bitten through and
through in %oonvulsive agony. was . hfth
corpse-that OF his unfortunate victim.
The hspless child had been literally
frightened to death. shall bs curious
to see what punishment will DO allotted
by German judges to the relentless sex
ton OF Msgdsburg. whose hard heart not
oven the pitiful appeals OF terrified
childhood could melt 10 mercy.
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