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using the old style, dates from the 1st Of
'.ay, those who employ the new reckon the
18th From this variation in the computa-
tfon, we may easily account for the differ
ftce of many dates concerning historical
fscts and biographical notices.
!. We have drawn the substances of the
foregoing paragraphs from "Pmnom's
Worlds Progress" mine Of facts and dates,
t. show to our readers who had any doubts
oSl,the subject how the leap year is accoun-
It'd for.
~tETFER OF JOsEPHlNE-THE NAPO-
Icons.
:! The following touching letter was ad-
alessed by the divorced Josephine to the
Inperor Napoleon, congratulating him on
9 birth of his son by his second wife, Ma
~ Louise. It will be remembered that it
Wis because Of Napoleons desire for. off
ssring that Josephine was divorced +; but she
eaatinued to cherish for him the tenderest
Affection Here is the letter:
"NAvARRE
1'',Sire:-Amidst the numerous congratu-
lasions which you receive from all parts of
Elrope, from every town in France, and
esfry regiment in the army, can the feeble
yssce of a woman reach you? And will you
condesccnd to listen to her who so often con-
soied you in your sorrows and assuaged the
p7ngs of your heart, when she speaks only
OF the happiness which has just crowned
yAar wishes? Being no longer your wife,
y sra ofI,r my, fo1;.;tot;o,c ~, ,-o,,r booo,,,
Ing a father? Yes. doubtless, Sire for my
soul renders the same justice to yours as
,urs to mine. [ conceive what you now
e perience as readily as you divine my emo
tens on this occasion though separated,
v are united by the sympathy which bids
d tance to events.
II should have been glad to learn the
t.rth of the King of Rome from yourself,
AID not by the Canon of Goreux, or the
pssfect, Cuvier, but am well aware that
ysur first attentions are due to the members
ofthe corpse diplontotique, to your family,
a;al, above all, to the happy Princess who
Just realized your dearest hopes. She
!nrf11ot DE more tenderfy dCT0ttlt 10 you tlrah
I am but she has had it in her power to
do more for your happiness by assuring the
welfare of France; she has, therefore, a
right to your first sentiment, to all your
cares, and |, who was your companion
in misfortune only, can claim but far in
ferior place to that which Marie Louise oc-
cupies in your affection You will have
watched round her bed, and embraced your
son, before you take up your pen to con-
verse with your best friend. [ will wait
1t is, however, impossible for me to defer
telling you that more than any one on earth,
[ share in your joy. You will not doubt in
my sincerity when say that far from being
afflicted with sacrifice so necessary to the
repose of all, I rejoice that it has been made,
no,r that l snfer alone. Suffer, do I say
No, since you are contented, my only regret
is, that [ have not yet done sufficient to
prove how dear you were to me-"
NAPOLEON III
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the present
Emperor Of the French, was born on the
Doth of April, 1908, at the Tuileries His
father was Louis Bonaparte, the brother of
Napoleon. His mother was Hortense, the
daughter of Josephine, by her first marriage.
The marriage of Hortense and Louis was
most unfortunate; they did nothing but
quarrel, and in September, 1907, they f.
nally separated at Amsterdam, and Hortense
returned to her mother, in Paris, and there
gave birth to her son, the present Emperor,
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
There is circumstance well worthy of
consideration, as illustrating the dealings of
Providence, and showing that virtue and
right are apt to triumph in the end:
'Napolcon the Great set aside his own
best friend and counsellor Josephine, to OBJ
tain an heir to the throne of France. He
married Princess of Austria, and by her
had 4 son. That birth was the eliminating
point of his power and his dignity. From
thence he did nothing but descend. He
died in exile-hs son also. Who succeed
ed to his name, his fame his powers The
child of Hortense, who was the child of Jo-
sephine! In person Of the Emperor of the
French, we find not the offspring of Napo-
leon the Great, but the offspring of his dis
carded wife What an illustration of the
truth of the adage, That it is man who pro-
poses, but God who disposes y"
Josephine is restored in her descendants
to the station from which she had been
thrust down; while the seed of him who
cruelty did the deed to promote his own am
bition, has disappeared from the Garth
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washed carefully, may be baked either
whole like sweet potatoes, or in slices, and
then served up hot with butter, pepper, &c.
to the taste. There is delicious flavor in
beets cooked in this way, which is lost when
they are boiled. The best sorts for this
purpose are Bassano, Waite's dwarf black,
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