Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-01-09
Stories Told OF Famous Men.

Some OF tie great generals, whose
rames are familiar TO us, had q won.
derful power OF sleeping for few
moments, even on the battlefield.
The Duke Of Wellington, just before
the attack on st. Sebastian, in Spain,
found that the preaching batteries
would not be ready to open the at
tack for two hours.
The beat thing we can do" he
said, lis To- sleep" and slipping OF
his horse into a trench. he was asleep
in an instant.
Napoleon, at the very crisis Of the
important battle OF Wagram. ordered
up his reserve, which he never did,
except in great emergencies. Conn
dent that the movement would be
carried out and would insure the
victory, he ordered his bear-skin to
be spread on the ground, and in .
moment he was in deep sleep. He
slept for twenty minutes and his sta6
began TO be alarmed, but waking he
issued further orders without asking
any questions, as II he had not slept.
Lord Chesterfield was universally
regarded as one OF the most polished
gentlemen in the English court In the
last century. His manners were
faultless, and the grace OF his bear
ing was inimitable. But he gives q
comical account OF the first party ne
attended. He was thoroughly un-
! comfortable, knowing neither what
10 do or say. AT length. growing
desperate and feeling that something
must be done. he addressed "a beauti-
ful lady near by, aud added force to
the question by energetieally clasp
ing both hand:
Madam, don't you hnd II very
warm tonight,'
IL was not n promising beginning
for the man who became the Grst wit
OF his age.
a curious incident is handed down
from the boyish life OF Schiller. One
day, ia tremendous storm,
the family gathered together In Ill.
disguised terror. But Fritz was miss.
ing, and the father, alarmed for his
safety, sought him in vain In all ths
rooms OF the house.
He went outdoors TO search for the
the truant, and, TO his surprise,
found him perchsd on branch Of .
solitary tree, eagerly watching the
heavens and tho flashes whi-h lighted
up the gloom. He was wholly In
different TO the rain, which had wst
him the skin, and to the danger he
incurred. To the sharp repfoofs Of
his father the boy replied with a
glowing face:
The lightning II so beautiful /
wished to see whers 1t came from"
Historians s@ays stop TO describe
the dying 81 Wolfe and MontcaIm,
the two opposing commanders In the
BATHS OF Quebec. But their deaths
SeiVsimply heroic compared with the
Christi,If death OF StonewalI Jack
son.
Abo't 1.so on the day of his cee.l..--
he was tod that he had two hours to
live, and b' answered feebly, but
firmly: "Verygood; it is all right"
A few momeits before he died he
cried out In his teliriu..: .OrderA.
p. Hill to prepare for acv-u.. Pas.
the infantry to the ..1.....r ..pidly
Tell Major Hawks then stoL.sd
leaving the sentence unfinished. y
Presently a smils Of inefYabIe
sweetness spread itself over his pale
face, and then be said quietly and
with an expression OF relief, Let ne
cross over the river and rest under
the shade OF the treesr Aud then,
without pain or the least struggle
his spirit passed.
Probably Mozart Was the create
musical genius the world ever saw
and some OF the stories told Of his
precocity seem almost supernatural
AT four he could retain in memory
the brilliant solos la the cobcsrtos
which he heard, and his father began
half In sport IL seems 10 give him les
sons. The musical facalty seefns to
have been intuitive ia him; for ia
learning to play be learned TO COM
pose at the same time, bis own nature
discovering TO him symmetry and
the art Of setting bass.
To learn mInuet be required half
an hour, for longer piece an hour,
and having once mastered them he
played them with perfect ease.