Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 February 1892 — Page 7

CKOWNED HEADS.'

A Pen-Picturo of Great and Famous Rulers.

teopold, of Bislgrlom—Alexander IL, Btuila, Dom Hodro, of" 0razil. and President Kramer, of the Transvaal

Republic, an Seen Off Parade.

[COPYRIGHT, 1892.]

Rev. Cornelius Calkocn, S. T. D., a graduate of Berne and a pupil of D'Aubiffne and Monod, lives at Sayville, L. I., where he has until recently preached every Sunday to a 'little settlement of Dutch folk. Dr. Calkoen has had a varied experience, in the course of which he has come in contact with the rulers of many nations. He it was who, as secretary to Count Orefforieff Tolstoi at Odessa, brother of the famous novelist, witnessed the banishment of that unfortunate man from his home in Odessa to the Siberian mines. "Not long after my graduation from the divinity school of Berne," said he in a recent conversation with me, "1

LEOPOI.D 111. AT HIS DESK.

•was chosen as the pastor of a congregation in the dominions of his most excellent majesty, King Leopold I. of Belgium. Before I came to the charge the congregation had built anew edifice, and, as they were a plain and by no means wealthy people, they had in curred considerable indebtedness they were themselves unable to meet. In other circumstances this would have been without justification, but the community was one that greatly needed facilities of evangelical worship, those previously existing having been altogether insufficient. Soon after I came among them tho vestry decided that I should be requested to seok financial assistance for them from those acquainted with their condition and interested in their cause. Among others from whom I made up mv mind to solicit aid was tho king himself. Having obtained commendatory Jotters, 1 forwarded them to his majesty with tho requost that he should be graciously pleased to grant me an audience. To my delight I received a prompt response appointing August 21, 18055, as tho time,and tho castlo at Lnekcn as the place at which I would be received. On arriving there I mnde known my errand to one of tho gentlemen in waiting, and was* soon after, shown into a small room where his majesty was accustomed to receive all persons on errands of business. '1 know your name very well,' he said to mo 'for one of your relatives, who was tho Dutch embassador at my court, was an intimate friend of mine.' "I made a low bow aud thanked his majesty for his consideration, whereupon ho continued: 'I know how difficult and exacting your present labor is therefore I will cneourage you, although requests of this kind very often reach me. Sit down, my dear pastor, and I will give you my orders.' "Turning to his desk he wrote a check lor six thousand francs, pnyable at sight. This, tho gift of his private, royal chatulle, ho very graciously handed to me. I. of course, thanked

"rxxrroti, I Ail GUAD TO MEKT YOU."

him most heartily, not only for the gift-, but for tho royal favor thus bestowed upon my congregation. "As you know," said the doctor, turning to me, "I resided in Russia ten years, having gone to that country to accept the pastorate of the Reformed church In Odessa. While in that most trying position 1 was solicited by Count Gregoricff Tolstoi to become his private secretary and tutor to his sons. Grejyorieff was a younger brother of Lyof, and one of the most delightful characters I ever met. Ho was the owner of a place In Odessa, and of estates in Bessarabia, Ekateriuoslay and the Crimea. At Odessa he frequently entertained tho nobility of the surrounding provinces, and had for his guest on various occasions his august majesty, em* pcror Alexander II. It was In 1871, on his way to the Crimea, that his majesty made one of his visits to the count's homo, lie met his host with effusive

demonstrations of affection, kissing him repeatedly on the cheek and calling1him his 'dear, dear Tolstoi-' On the second day of his stay the count said to me: 'Do not withdraw after you have dined to-day. His majesty has signified his desire to see and converse with you.* I confess that I was not put*at ease by the intelligence. But, promptly, at the hour of official etiquette, 8 p.m., the family Tolstoi and myself were in the white room, when his majesty, accompanied by three aides-de-camp, entered. He was a prepossessing man whose noble features bore a grave expression that had not been unaccustomed, I should think, to deepen into one of melancholy. He was tall and slender and wore his beard, as to cut, like the late Emperor Wilhelm I., of Germany. He was clad in a simple suit of black without a single decoration. As he entered we all arose and bowed half way to the floor, our arms crosscd upon our breasts, after the custom of Russia and the Orient. All were silent until the emperor spoke. This hedid, saluting all present. "While at Basle, Switzerland, in 1883, chance brought me into contact with the late emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro de Braganza. On the 19th of June, in that year, I had business with the banking house of M. Passavant, in that city. My errand required me to see the banker personally, and I awaited him in an anteroom adjoining his private office. Soon after I sat down a gentleman came in whose snow-white hair and beard added to the attractiveness of his frank and generous face. He was tall, and wore a suit of thin, black summer cloth, a white necktie and a Panama hat. He saluted mo politely, and I arose and bowed. Speaking with the freedom that evidently characterized him, ho said *Ikpr»sume you wait for M. Passavant, sir? I, also, would see him before leaving for Berne. Do you know Switzerland?' "I replied that 1 was very well acquainted with several cantons, whereupon he asked what part of Switzerland I considered the finest.

am a stran

ger,' he added 'my mother tongue is the Portugucs» but I am fain to see Switzerland before going to Italy.' "I, of course, advised him to go to Interlalcen, thence to Luzerne, and to round up his trip at Montreux, the rendezvous of all the strangers. While spoke the benevolent face before me grew increasingly familiar. I had correspondents in Brazil, and the face shaped itself a number of times into the identical expression I had seen on the Brazilian postage stamps. I remembered also that Dom Pedro was in Europe. Was this Dom Pedro? I have found that even an ardent republican Is not altogether offended at being taken for a monarch, so I risked the in

"A GENTLEMAN WALKED 12?."

quiry: 'Havel the honor of holding conversation with the emperor of the Brazils? I know that his majesty is in Europe. Will you tell me if I am mistaken?' 'Never mind,' said the gentleman, 'we are in tho republic, and I travel incognito. But, do you know Rio, sir?', "1 regretted to confess that 1 had not been in South America. M. Passavant then entered, and Dom Pedro, of course, had the first audicnco with him but when his business was transacted he was so good as to wait until I had accomplished mine. He requested me to show him the way to the cathedral of Basle, and I went with him, talking, always in French, on matters of education and learning in Switzerland. 'Besides those of whom I hare spoken, it has also been my fortune to meet no less a person than the president of the Transvaal republic, in South Africa. In IS74 I went to Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal, on ecclesiastical business. I had there a friend, a fellow countryman, to whom I said shortly after arriving: 'Would it be possible to secure, through your petition, an audience with President Kruger?' "My friend laughed heartily as he replied: 'What! An audience—and a petition—to Uncle Paxil? O, my I you must think you arc in Euro pel Why, yon can see Kruger any morning at 6 o'clock in a neighboring barroom. It is there he talks politics with his Boer counselors.' 'Then with your consent,' I said, 'wo shall go there to-morrow morning.' 'My friend acquiescing, the next day, at the hour named, found us in a plain Dutch drinking house. Several men of very ordinary appearance had arrived before us. Turning to my friend I asked if the president was accustomed to arrive promptly, not once dreaming of his presence. 'Oh, yes,' was the reply "look into that corner and you will sec him. The tallest of the three men there is the president.* "I was never more astonished in my life. The person referred to was quite tall and heavily built wore a brown coat of the most primitive cut, and had neither waistcoat, collar nor necktie. His stout body was encased in a coarse woolen shirt, with unbuttoned bosom that displayed his hairy chest. On his feet were a pair of wooden shoes, but no stockings. He had a strong, sympathetic face, and hb brawny hands wttre those of the farmer, with no suggestion of the diplomat or ruler of the republic.**

THE WORN CARWHEEL.

Dangerous Thing: Under a Bailwa Train.

"There's a flat wheel on this truck under this end of the car," said an Eriei official who sat in the back seat of the rear car of a passenger train. "That must be taken out. It might wreck the fcrain.»r\v-^*

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"What's a flat wheel?" asked the scribe. "Listen," said the railroad man. "You hear that rapid pat-pat-pat of the wheel? That's caused by the flat wheeL On a spot on the surface of the wheel a flat place is worn. It may be done, and is generally, by setting up a. brake so tight that the wheel slips on the rail Let it slip, but the least, yet a small place no longer than a silver dollar will be worn on the wheel. The next time the brake is set up hard the wheel stops with that same place on the rail, and it is worn larger. "By the time it is a couple of inches in diameter it begins to pound every time the wheel turns. Instead of running a true circle as it revolves, the wheel strikes flat on the rail when the flat spot is reached. The consequepce is that when the flat spot has grown to be three or four inches across it is a very dangerous thing. Every stroke against the rail by the flat side of the wheel is liable to break the wheel and ditch the train."

Around the shops and at nearly every cripple track in the railroad world, says the Bradford (Pa.) Era, these flat wheels may be seen. As soon as one is discovered the pair of wheels affected is taken out and sent to the junk track to be cast into new machinery. The flat spots are plainly perceptible, but they would hardly be judged by the uninitiated to bo of sufficient importance to be one of the most dangerous elements of railroading, yet such is the case.

A SKELETON IN A TREE.-V

Strange Discovery Made by Some Woodchoppers In tho Indian Territory.^

A strange discovery was made by some woodchoppers who were working in the hills west of Tushomingo, I. T., a few weeks ago. T'acy have brought to that town a skeleton and the section of a tree to bear evidence of the truthfulness of their story.

They cut down a large oak tree which was partly hollow, but the entrance to tho hollow portion had almost entirely grown over, leaving only a narrow slit in tho outside of the tree. When the tree fell to the ground it was split open by the shock, and there lying in the center of the broken wood was the skeleton of a man.

On one ankle of the skeleton was a band of iron attached to a piece of chain, evidently from the manacles which had been upon his person when he sought refuge in the hollow tree. From all indications the skeleton had been entombed for at least a hundred years, for the tree had grown sufficiently to almost cover the opening through which he had crawled to hide.

Two of tho ribs were broken in such a manner as to lead to tho belief that, it was done with a bullet. The supposition is that the man had escaped from somo prison and had fled with a portion of his manacles and, being shot and hard pressed, had sought refuge in the tree, and there died. As there' is no record kept of the past criminal history of tho nation, his identity will ever remain a mystery.

One peculiarity about tho skeleton is that the tree had grown pai'tly around one of the lt^js, and it was solidly incased in the wood. This specimen is now on exhibition at tho court house at Tushomingo.

AN EXCITING TRIP.

Tho Color of Snake*.

From observations made it would seem that the color of snakes will always partake more or less of the

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The speed of the Empire state express is responsible for many incidents which would probably not come to light in the case of other trains, says the Rochester Post-Express. The latest is the exciting ride of a commercial traveler from this city to Buffalo. It is related that the gentleman in question arrived at the station just in time to purchase a ticket add rush to the trainroom door to sec the heavy train pulling out. ne ran across the tracks and succeeded in catching'the rear platform of the last coach. He expected of course to secure an entrance to the coach but he was disappointed. The vestibule platform was secure against his efforts to get in and as it was the last coach and there was no occasion for the conductor or other person to enter that vestibule, his presence was not discovered. The noise of the train prevented him from making himself heard. The speed was too great to permit him to get off and he soon realized that he was in much the same predicament as the careless spectator who allows his feet to become entangled in the ropes at a balloon ascension. The train does not stop at Batavia and the commercial traveler was obliged to "hold on for Jear life" for an hour and a quarter as the fastest train in the world whisked him across the country in dangerous proximity to switch-bars, semaphores, stationary freight cars and passing trains. It was a novel ride, and when he alighted from the train in Buffalo 1 and caught his breath his only regret* was that he had purchased a ticket.

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