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The Ex King Jerome Bonaparte.

The Ex King Jerome Bonaparte.
1t las seldom fallen to the lot Of man to
sec such amazing vicssitudcs of fortune, af-
fccting himself and family, IS has been wit
messed by the parsonage whosJ name heads
this article The dreams of romance have
been cXccllcd by the actual realities of his
life. He is the only surviving brother of the
illustrious Napoleon, and was born in 1884.
So long has the latter been Il historical char
actcr that, at first, it appears almost inn
possible thai lie great conqucror, who, after
running thcnost remarkable career of twenty
years that the world ever saw, terminated it
by his death neIrly forty years ago, upon the
rock of ST. Helena. should have n brother
now occupying a high position in tho French
Government.
OF all his family he alone is pcnihttc6.to
witness both their remarkable rise in pros
pcrity and fortune, and their subsequent trc-
mcnd0us downfall, and their equally wonder
iul return to the heightOf powcrnnd influence.
| His recollection goes back to the time when
the family Of Bonapartc was not known be-
| yOnd the range of few friends and acuuain-
tanccS, and when its members, in private life
were compelled 10 struggle in ohscurity with
pcnury and misfortune. lie can rccollcct
his mother n widow with a large family of
children upon her hands and when it re-
quircd a stern conflict to obtain for them the
necessary means of existence. lie was in
carl manhood when the genius ofhs brother
! first burst upon the world, and opened to his
| relatives visions of power and splcndor, that
never, even in the widest flights Of imagina-
tion, had they previously entertained. lie
saw his brothers and sisters placed by the
magic wand of Napoleon upon nearly all the
| thrones OF Europe, and dcckcd with diadcms
| and coronets.
For the first time in the history of Europe.
was the extraordinary spectacle observed of
n family of private citizens parcclling thrones
and crowns among themselves, as if they had
been the mcrcst haublcs. jerome was thirty
ono years old when the dark clouds of mis-
fortune and disaster gathered black and
heavy over the fortunes of his family and
when the storm came that swept them from
their height of grandeur and glory, into the
depth Of humiliation and debaScmcnt. lie
saw the star of the Bon0partc destiny, so
often apostrophized by Napoleon, sink be-
meath the clouds, apparently never to rise
again. For nearly forty years. the backncss
of the night cnvclopcd it. Not one of the
original family saw this longnight to close
save Jcromc-as before it again emerged
from the political horizon they were all de-
ceased Jerome has had the remarkable fc-
licity to sec the fortunes of the family rc-cs-
tablishcd under now Narolconic dynasty
One OF the chiefs Of the old Empire, he holds
II similar position in the new He directs
the Counscls of the Regent Empress Eugcnic,
as he had previously done those of Maria
I"e'vS". "A great historical mCuumcnt of
the past is this old King Jerome, who pcr.
Sonnly has witnessed the most remarkable
family history that the world has ever seen.
IL IS not yet finished. lie has not vet at.
tanned the most extreme old age and it is
possible that he may sec events atlcctinr his
family quite rs startling and remarkable as
those which have hitherto characterized its
career C'"c'"@oH E"qui,cr.
HOLMES, an American poct, discoursinm
of the eyes of rival lady-lovcs, exclaims
The bright black eye the melting blue.
cannot choose bctwxt the two
The choice has puzzled many man be-
fore and since. Black eyes are the more
brilliant; blue eyes the more winning
Black eyes flash; blue eyes languish. -
Black eyes are passionate; blue eyes are
tender. Black eyes arc most abundant in
France, italy and Spain; blue eyes in Eng
land and Germany. Except somo of the
early Norman kings, and except also Char
les i. "a great sinner and voluptuary,) all
the Sovcrcigns Of England had blue eyes
But the fact is not much to the credit of
the azure, everything considered. The
Saxon race, it is worth knowing, are blue
eyed race; 50 that Il blue eye is no sion of
weakness, 1t is said that all the presidents
OF the United States, except Gen. Harri
son, had blue eyes. Among the great men
of the world the blue eyes appear to have
been predominant. Socrates Shakespeare.
Locke, Bacon, Milton, Goethe, Franklin
and Napoleon, all had blue eyes. SO also,
according to tradition, had the Saviour
lct in the entire world of mankind black
eyes arc greatly in the majority. So the
blue eyes must 'look out" for themselves.
Boston Post.
Tue LAST LEDGER SToRY.--Thc Salem
(Aiass.) Register tells a story of teacher in
district school III that ncighborhood. who
was IN the habit of questioning the children
under his charge rs to what they knew Of
various historical characters thcy haOpen TO
meet with in their books. A few DAYS ago
the name of Washington occurred in the
morning lesson. and those who had ANYTHING
20 say about him were asked to raise their
hands Or course up went all hands. and
young America once more paid tribute to
him who was first" etc . lie never told
n lic," shouted one cate out Of n tin plntc
all through the war" Never smiled for
nine years" cried third "IIc was the
father of the country" pipcd several. ed
ward Everett is getting money to buy his
grave" and so forth. "Now, then" said
the teacher, "who can tell me about Edward
Everett?" holland was raised The teach
er, somewhat surpriscd-"I Is there no ono
here who knows anything about Edward Ev-
crctt ," No hand was up "Wcll, we shall
SEQ what We can find ont about Edwrrd Ey
erett before tomorrow" p. M.-Bcfore