The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-02-23

the PIN and says: Coming to me this
ought to be paste; but coming from
Your Majesty, it s naturally a dia-
n ond." is the element of wit extin4
guished here by the good natureP l
trow not.
Frederick the Great disbelieved in
physicians, and said that invalids die
oftener of their remedies than of their
maladies; and, as the lancet YVES rife in
his day, probably he was not very far
wrong. However, he fell sick, and the
weakness of his body, i suppose, af-
fected his mind, so he sent for physi-
clan, DR.. zimmerman. but at sight of
him his theory revived, and his hab!tual
good manners led him to say to Zim-
hermann, by way of greeting: snow,
doctor, I'll be bound to say you have
sent many honest fellow UNDER
ground" Zimmerman replied, with
out hes.tat'on: ''Not so many as Your
Maiesty-nor with so much credit to
myself"
Isn't that wit, if you pleaseP Aye,
and of very high order. But it is
even possible to convert the practical
joke to amiability, and to substitute the
milk of human kindness, where hither-
to men have dealt in adulle ,ated vine
gar. And of this l beg to offer an ex-
ample.
A certain German nobleman provided
his son with tutor; who was to attend
closely to him at all hours and improve
his mind. This tutor, it seems, took for
his example a certain predecessor of
his, who used to coach young Cyrus in
doors and out. And both these tutofs,
each in his own country and his own
generation, had the brains to see that
to educate young fellow you must not
merely set him tasks to learn indoors,
and then let HIM run wild in the open
air, but must accompany him wherever
he goes, and guide him with your greater
experience, in his Judgment of the vari-
Gus events that pass before his eyes.
For how shall he learn to apply an ex-
perience which he does not possessP
What boy learns by rote Is not knowl-
edge, but knowledgc's shadow.
One day these two came to the side Of
wood, and there they found q tree half
felled, and par of wooden shoes. The
woodman was cooling his hot feet in a
neighboring stream. The young noble
man took up a couple of pebbles and
said to his tutor:
I'm put these in that old fellows
shoes, and we Il see his grmaces.
"Humn says the tutor, 81 don't
think you'll get much fun out of that.
| You see he's a poor man, and probably
thinks his lot hard enough without his
having stones put into his shoes.
can, t help thinking that if you were to
put a little money in, instead and you
have plenty of that, you know, more
father-the old fellow would be far
more flabbergasted, and his grimaces
would be far more entertaining"
The generous youth caught fire at the
idea, and put double dollar into each
shoe. Then the confederates hid be-
hind hedge, and watched the result OF
their trick, They had not long to wa t.
An elderly man came back to his hard
work work little beyond his years
and slipped his right foot into his right
shoe. Feeling something hard in it, he
took it off again and discovered a double
dollar. His grave face wore look Of
amazement and the spies behind the
hedge chucklel. He laid the coin in
the palm of his hand, still gazing at il
with wonder; he mechanically Slipped
his foot into the other sabot There he
found another coin. He took 1t up, anC
holding out both his hands, stared will
establishment at them. Then he sud
denly clasped his hands together, ant
fell upon his knees; and he cried out il
loud voice: 80 God this is your do
ing. Nobody but you knows the state
50 IN, Il
my children starving, and | hardly abb
to earn a crust with these old hands.
is YOU who have sent me these blessed
coins, or one of your angels.
Then he paused, and another ides
struck him. perhaps it is not an ange
from Heaven. There are human angels
even in this world. Kind hearts tina
love to feed the hungry and succor tn
poor. One of these has passed by, Xix
sunshine in winter, and has seen tn
poor old man shoes, and has droppe,
all this money into them, and then gon
on again, and not even waited to
thanked. But poor mans blessin
flies fast, and shall overtake him, an
be with him to the end of the world
and to the end of his own time. Ma
God and His angels go with you, kee
|, you from poverty, protect you fror
sickness, and may you feel in your ow
heart little of the warmth and the 10
you have brought to me and mine. L
do no more work to-day. I'll 90 HON
to my wife and children, and they sha
kneel and bless the hand that has give
us this comfort. and then gone ava
and thought nothing of it. >
He put on his shoes, shouldered h
ak, and went home.
: Then the spies had little dialogu,
, "Now, this call really good fun,
. said the tutor, in rather shaky vote
/ land what are you sniveling atg''
"'Iisn't l that am sniveling; it
: you"
Y "Well, then, we are both sniveling,
: said the tutor; and with that, being TO
e eigners, they embraced, and did n
- conceal their emotion any longer.
4 "Come on!" said the boy.
a "Where next?" asked the tutor.
A "Why, follow him, to be sure.
e want to know where they live. Do yC
: think l will let his wife be sick, and b
J, children starve, after this?h
. "Dear boy, don't for a momel
r think you will. Yours is not the a;
nor the heart that does things