The Washington Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1891, Page 1

Che dAashington Bee. ~ ~ ‘Terms. $1.50 Per year in Advance, VoL. IX. THE TRAPPIST MONKS. HOW THEY PASS LIVES IN GETHSEMANE. A 4 RUN AS AN ADJUNCT. He Tried It and It Worked the Wrong Way. There came a chap one day to set up a THEIR LONELY | drug store in our mining town, which had taken a boom and was attracting business. This wasn’t to be a “regular” drug store, but the drug part wasan annex to a gro- The Head of the Order in Kentucky a | ©ry and boot and shoe store. The new ar- Member of the Illustrious Bourbon Fumily—They Rise at 2 in the Morning and Go to Bed at 7 at Nig! There is, perhaps, no life which the av- is so utterly unable to com- that of the T monk: ssed in well n the most r isterities, lence amid land mental A profession of publie humility can be understood, but the priest or layman who puts on the robe and cowl of the Trappist brotherhood effa him- self and all knowledge of himself. He may pass half a century in a stail next to a brother whose name he does not know (beyond that which is written up above the entrance into the narrow and bare vault in which he sleeps), whose national- ity even he never suspects. What his his- tory may what connections he may have outside the walls nobody but the abbot may know, unless, piece by piece, during lo: ears of immurement, hints or suggestions may be obtained and linked tog The vow of silence is not so rig iscommonly supposed. A Tr: zorous physi ‘ous as ist monk He matter con ermission om any A needless word sub ances, to and The vow, of course, is voluntary, a there is nothing but the conscience arn enforc ‘ 2 however. are not th Nelson co president ernor of Tule is so grea monks are to be ments. remorse So well is it kept, there D know the name of the States or the gov- y of the few American born and in the establish s best meaning that A MONR’S CU In Gethsem monks are They eat but 1OSITY. » majority of the | German and Irish. a day, consisting of | soup, made of vegetables ar ead boiled | in water, and a rice. In summer this meal is served a 30 a. m., at other seasons at 2:30 p. m. Lent it is taken at | 4:30 p. m., and consists of bread and water alone. The monks take from t twenty ounces of food per day ¢ they do manual labor in t workshops, and it is notice: th walk with ch, n | irteen to | rh, yet is and | able that all of ight and springy step, 7 are lize the severity of the food regimen when it is remembered that, win- ter and summer, the monks rise at 20’clock in the morning and retire at 7 and 8 o’clock in the e' ing. Father ward, abbot of Gethsemane, himself a gentleman of rare education, courtly polish and much kindness of heart, says that only those unborne by the deep- est religious devotion, with the one idea of prayer to relieve the world of its burden of sin, can ever endure the Gentlemen who have suffered disappointments and are seeking seclusion—a living burial— have tried itin vain. The heroism of the life is never seen, it cannot be made a spectacle as humility sometimes is, and, therefore, only the the true r s exal The sto’ t through to the out side world, with more or less romantic de- tail, concerning the individual monks of La Trappe are many. There is one told of a brother at Gethser which is old, but full of dramatic suggestion soldier of Napoleon, so it was said, and after the emper« the cowl of the timately came t Brown Brothers” and ul- o Gethsemane. Forty years may | us duty, | stness of the monk to | | anything about | delightful companion so long as he con- mind that lives upon | ation can endure it. | Did she lick yer? | colic was worse, and in his desperation he rival had just opened out when Tom Har- rison, one of the men in my claim, was taken one night with bilious colic. Ben Wheeler, another of our men, went to the druggist’s to get a remedy, but that indi- vidual at once said to him: “I know mighty little about drugs, but I took this stock on a debt, and thought Td better show em up. The drugs are an adjunct.” “Yes, but Tom has had a bad case of col “Well, I might hit something, and I might miss it. Idon’t want to take the chances. If you do, go aheud.” “I don’t feel fit, and mebbe I'd better go and ask Tom. If he'll run the chances I will.” He came back and stated the case. Tom’s exclaimed . sunthin—no matter what! You can’t mor’n kill me, and I shall die any- how!” Ben returned to the store and pawed around for aspell. He couldn’t read ex- cept with a great effort, but he came across two bottles, the contents of which rather took his eye, and he filled a smaller one with the mixture. When he was ready to give Tom a dose he said: “Can't guarantee this, Tom. The feller says the drugs are only an adjunct, and 2 know I’m no hand at doctorin’. ‘Pll chance it,” replied Tom, and down went the dose, and at midnight he was a dead man. The coroner got the story as I have given it, put a jury on the case and had the par- jars retold, and when they had nothing more to learn he said: “Gentlemen, I can’t see whar nobody was to blame, and you'll return a verdict that Tom cum to his death on account of an adjunct in the hands of a friend, which the same was drugs as nobod His First Visit, Don’t You Know. A Chicago lawyer, who recently returned from a voyage across the Atlantic, tells this: “One of the voyagers back was a young man from one of the universities of Eng- land. He was the most thoroughly book posted young man I ever saw. And he knew his own country as well. He was a Mr. Wanamaker’s Enterprice. Ata dinner party by a leading Philadel- phian, an old gentleman with a good memory told this story. In the year 1857 two notable events occurred—the death and burial of Elisha K. Kane and the open- ing of a smali clothing store by young John Wanamaker. During the month of May the great explorer died while away from home, and his remains were brought to Philadelphia for interment. An admir- | ing public determined upon a magnificent and imposing funeral, and to this end many organizations and local societies were invited te participate. The head of the procession was to reach a certain square at 8o’clock. Animmense throng stood ex- pectant at this hour, and eagerly waited the approach of the solemn cortege. A few minutes before the hearse was ex- pected there was heard a furious of hoofs and wheels, and a gayly express wagon drawn by two beribboned horses dashed along the vacant line of march, and there fluttered from the wagon and sifted through the crowd a deluge of handbills. “Go to Wanamaker for cheap pants,” ‘Gents’ underwear at half price,” “Cut rates in hosiery,” were among the seductive invitations which were eagerly received by the crowd, and the young man who had so successfully evaded police reg- ulations, driving his horses with one hand aridistributing his advertisements with the other was none other than John Wana- maker himself.—New York Sun. Abandoned but Saved. The following pathetic fox story comes from England: A fox was fairly hallooed from a hiding place amid a ledge of rocks—high, se cluded and inaccessible, yet withal con veniently enough situated for those nightly forays by which she had laid half the hen roosts in the district under repeated contri- bution. As the hounds were at hand the felon bounded away through the bushes, distancing her pursuers in the first instance and holding out the promise of a day’s excellent sport. These exertions, however, were too violent to be long continued, and the hunters knew from the increased yell- ing of the pack that it was gaining upon the enemy every moment At this junc agentleman who rode foremost in the chase observed the animal pause, look around and then bound apparently with fresh vigor and greatly increased speed. Attracted by this circum. stance he rode up to this spot, and there found a very young cub, h the affec: tionate mother had carried at least two miles in her teeth and which she did not abandon till the very last extremity. Situ- ated as they were the party had no means of restoring the cub, but as a reward for . SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 the fidelity of the mother the whipper-in books and his country. ing else he was so re- © was as interest- rsations about those fined himself to his Bud avons whic . “As we neared New York harbor there was the usual anxiety on the part of Amer- icans on board, and the usual curiosity on the part of those who were coming over for the first time. I was walking on the deck one morning waiting to get a glimpse of my own country. The young Briton joined me, and in the most serious manner said: “Who is this man I hear them talking about so much for the last few hours—this Sandy Hook, I think they call him? He must bea great man in America, and yet from his name I should say he was a Scotchman.”’—Chicago Tribune. Terrible Punishment. Jimmy Binks—Wuz your ma mad when she found you went in swimmin’ Sunday? Johnny Straddles (dolefully)—Wuss! Jimmy—Shut yer up in yer room, did she? Johnny—Wusser’n that! Jimmy (puzzled)—What did she do that He was &} was wuss? Johnuy—Promise not ter tell if I show r’s first abdication took | yer? Jimmy—Cross my neck! Johnny (taking off his hat)—Look at nothing of the | that! one item of curi- unquenched. When he came to die and was lifted from his hard couch and laid upon the harder floor, strewed with straw, where all followers of the order must meet extremes, the abbot, as is cus- tomary, told him he was at liberty to ask any question he desired “What became of the emperor?” the old man asked promptly, and then, for the | His mother had given him a home made hair cut.—Lawrence American. Too Polite. The maire of a small town on the fron- ce was very polite, particularly toward what is called the gentler sex. One day a lady with whom he was well acquainted called on him officially to write out her passport. Although she abounded first time, learned Napoleon’s fate, long | in physical discrepancies she was vain to years after that restless clay had become | dust AN ARISTOCRATIC FATHER. Father Peter, the kind and gentle old guest master at Geth story and did not deny it. wasasoldier of Napoleon who had died there, who, at some engagement, to pre- vent the landing of sea forces, had swam out with a knife in his teeth and cut the cables of the boats, which were carried out by the tide and the landing prevented. So, perhaps, the whole story is true. In the outside world there is an unre- strained desire to know who the monks were in the world. The present abbot, Father Edward, was Count Edward de Bourbon, of the illustrious French family. It is said he is a cousin of the ill starred <VI, or it may be of Louis XVIIL inly his elegant and courtly bearing, the grace and beauty of his manners, the noble cast of his countenance, and the inde- finable charm of his presence indicate that Joftiness of courage and purpose which are popularly asc ribed to royalty, if they do not often actually accompany it. : ‘A Belgian baron died there in seclusion lat the age of 8. Brother Joseph, for many the guest master preceding Father Peter, the present kind and hospitable host, famous French tenor of ny years excess. Our maire wrote out the requisite description of her personal appearance and when it came to describing her eyes he wrote: es, dark, beautiful and full of semane, smiled at the | expression—only one of them missing.”— He said there | 5 Sweet in Texas Siftings. A Charming Time. “You've been on a visit to your sister, I hear, Mrs. Docley.” “Yes, I've been to see her for the first time in seven years.” “Have a nice time?” “Oh, dear, yes; [had a delightful time. She had a new dress to make, the baby cut four teeth, and one of the neighbors had a rass band funeral while I we there. Everything was charming.”—Ram’. Horn. Equal to Any Sacrifice. “Harold,” said the sweet girl, “shall I read to you my graduating essay for to- morrow?” “Yes, darling,” replied the young man, pale but calm. “If—if anything should happen to me,” he added, in a hoarse, husky whisper, “remember, Maud, my last thoughts were of you!” — Chicago Tribune. An Insinuendo. “Where do you get your cigars, Brom- ago. He died in 1886, and is buried in what ley?” he monks call their “play ground,” the “Why do you want to know that? little cemetery marked with huge black You've always blackguarded them so.” erosses. Despite the austerity of the life, he monks live to good old age. There are Inow two at Gethsemane who have been in he order over fifty years and are near 90 wears old. They all look forward to death the glorious day when, so to speak, the gan of happy eternity will rise upon them. Louisville Courier-Journal. —$___ | “I want to know because my wife objects to tobacco smoke, and I've got to smoke something.” —New York Sun. WANTED i Wienece, boreets Borie ick sales, Territory mn ruaranteed. Addresé SRECOTT. car Broadway. NEW YORK was immediately ordered to call off the dogs and r io total ery fond of lobster, but, like mary men, has no idea how such food is prepared. His wife had occasion to be absent from home one day, and she told the servant girl to boila lobster for my friend’s dinner. She left a note, telling her husband of the treat she had provided for him, and requesting him not to wait dinner for her. He was quite hungry when he reached home, and after reading the note said to the servant: ‘Is that lob- ster read “Indade it isn’t, sor,” said the girl. “Well, hurry up with it. I'm as hungry as a bear,” said he. “Tcan’t sc said the girl. he mis- tress said to broil the lobster, and I got him on the gridiron after a dale of fuss. The more I poked the fire the more he walked off, and I thought the baste was haunted, and no good would come from cooking a straddle bug like that.” “What did you do with i friend, getting mad. “Faith, the last Isaw of him he was go- ing out the back door with his tail up, like the maniac he was.” He had sardines and 2rackers for dinner. —Brooklyn Eagle. Individuality in Typew A lady complained to Postmaster Nof- singer the other day that an enemy had troubled her peace of mind by writing naughty letters to her. Dr. Nofsinger re- ferred the matter to Inspector McClure. Some one inquired how letters written on a typewriter could be detected—not an un- interesting question in these days when typewriters enter into the daily lives and are used to such a large degree by business men. “Even typewriters cannot be de- pended upon to shield the anonymous little writer who sends insulting messages,” re- marked Dr. Nofsinger. “Every one has 4tock phrases and catch words which would be pretty sure to reveal him after a while. Then a man’s identity is discernible in his punctuation, in the measure in which he strikes the keys of the machine, in the very mistakes made. It is pretty difficult fora man to get away from himself and to con- ceal his identity so that he would not at the same time be discovered.”—Kansas City Times. ting. Paired with Another Christian. When Harrison, the boy preacher, was converting a thousand people here Justice Luke Walpole was among those who oc- casionally attended. One evening he went with Ed Buskirk. 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