, 1869-03-07
TWO VETERANS:

undfe0 md third blfthd1y o. 4 Ea4lAoS SOL
ter wa celebrated BY . breakfast party IN
Ar' and volunteer officers were present.
even days later a somewhat simi1ar enter
Alpment occurred IN Paris, the occasion
'eftK the celebration Of tho ono hundred snd
bird birthday Of . veil known artist, Count
TboosS Hs9 Ess e0fR G.sns1 a. rps ps b5 b
10. speska Only Freneh and English, fc,:
aiming very littla OF ,hls, native tongue,
1hich, by the way, he has had ample tina toI
orget, as Il Is now ninety years sine1 he leh
he land Of bis birth. n. dc Waldeck has
seen much Of the world. -he astsed IN
ward b. leit fnE ihe Euallsh COLONY as the |
Cape of Good Hope, where hs became &C. |
q TAINTED With tho celebrated traveller, Lo
Vafl1Ant- BE returned to Paris on the eve |
nr tho Revolution, sud was an intimate
death. gam tic Goan. hh plctnrp, which ha
etl1l possesses. BE Waa present at the
death. Of tho unfortunate Pr1nccas do
dsups OF blood from the de,
capt.ated head falling on his garments.
Aft4r tho 9th IheTnldot, he caused the re-
lease from prison of hlA f1epd La Valiant
Ita1y - a voluateT soldier, but mste3d Of
returning To Ft1uea, travelled Ia southern
Africa with nyc CT six friends, ali Of whom
pe1ishel- He traVersed Nuhia, Abyk4inis
and Mozambique, and returned, after
passing through incsedible petlls, to
foS.nnes iof e those % 81 sn9cou T. the s eo9ss vho
was for / long Lime the terror Of the English,
and accompanied him through many Of bis
terrible adventures.
Taken pfisoneE BY the English. II. de Wal.
desk vas carried 10 EnSland. Tha Daka Of
an Intimate friend Of Lord Byron and Bir
Walter scott He accompanied Lord Coch-
rRne 10 Chill, and then travelled to YEcalau
ard Msxlc6, Copying ancient rains. He lived
khopE Aztec indians, Asd learned thtle lao-
Eueges sunerIag. is IN AtFlca, incredible hird~
Ritet sstusnynE tom this asaaou. vos;
nge br lour he published IN pAr1 tho re-
cult Of hls studies and observations. His book
was principally devoted TO Y1cataa, aud he
was made,a member Of tho c',na< Areae.
"When called on Count do Wddcck,' ~
says writer in L. Pesn Jotsraai dt Pars, II
found the vigorous and hale centeuarian busy
IN fEikhlne the plan ,ot 4 Mexican temple,
for, IN addition TO bis astiat1c work., he is
redsa OF America, The lineA OF this olchl,
tecta1al drawing were straight and dzn, and
could not have been batter done by sny
| young man. saw hlla write this accompa
! nyiug inscription; his hand Il flowing aul
! Of remarkable nea,neu. :.
! 1.-THE excellent old man received me wit1
| much a8abil1ty. He has the coQaatt.sie OF hl
aae, aud Likes 10 talk. Hn showed me ha
picture, which Will certainly make u dguf'
| 1t tho next exhibition. ;,
ut is not the frat uma,' said he. that
hkva had pictures At the. eIhlb ltIon, but hi
time hope 10 distinguish my ssll.'
~ could not help amiIing At this natura
ai16,' said tho lively. old gentleman, :
| have plenty OF time before me sleep lik
top and eat like wolf. Only my legs II
a little laxy-thAukx 10 a rAttlesuake bite
once got. When take long walks they Til
And + too, kon.lenr the Count I II
pui: Il ough, to add that the Count, by Ii
way, goes ont to walk every day, aad asRl
In hs evening. He was married. 4 seeoh
% soh eigntesa years Of ago.
"Wn1n took leave, I begged 'peTmisslo
IYo1 Wit x.vs me great pleasure s.l
her <but you had better nur7yi fcr hare r
cefyed m Invitation from . distiugusab<
lawyer or New York, to run over and vls
him, md i f.ther think shall b In Amerie
+ In Aptals"- -, - - ~.
". nson,se .fhe Venerable s,tl.t. AZ
n,gste?as - osrd ~, -; ;u,7s wTM -weIeqra
IutNsu-Yosk This truly wondtrful mAn,
order to get tie hight, which in 'Psris Is on
stt..uabie sn tho higher regions, haa
! ! abr In tho nth story Of house IA Il
Cheussee dea> Martyrs, and contributed
larEe pai.sipg for tho Paris Exposition
.. Ia. lot On which St. P.nl's Church ho
: staudi, On the hlock oeaow the Astor Hon.
: was plowed- and towed with wheat, 4,
New York had population OF only l4,o
souls.
Captain Frederic l., the elder OF the
In n
4 8, 1865, and for the past twenty yes
!. has been resident Of New York eli
r HIS ttep Is ttift firm md hn figure ere,
= with unlmPsired mind and. > ehee
c manrer. He makea occasional busins
o weather may be, md still Ards pleasure
+. nocietY md socIal Afnusemenss. As I 90,
6 naisaioned officer eighty TcaEs aRo, Aod as
& traveller and explorer In Asia, Aftica- =
y Australia, be has probably had !,' moSs =. v..i
y nan now living. A1thongh ban before i
4 onr Old hicnd 6 sui strong. A LaofnJ,
,t says OF oIo Of his characters, "years vi
a hin have cot twelve months nor add To
y y The grandfather Of Captain - VA
. patlvc or FrHcce, tnd attained the rank
10 As}or IN the French army, he waa dr,s
Is from hls nAstye land, being = une1ea
Il by Louis NV.'s revocation Of the edict
- Win uome Of hls eom.des, led tn Pruss
I'd vhe1e 9 The Hngusnot industry and skin aid
m IN DO small degree to lay III. basis Of
present powerful kInadom.. The feuera.
Captsin's fttber Eas attached 70 ths Pr
sian Legation In London, where he mar
- this sketch. Ho wAs educated At milst,
school near Londtn entered tho army v
"a. IN en.ifnss commission IN October, II
u fouKh. With the st1tlelh British Ri1es
u Hollant, under the Duke ot York, In II
be cooperating with The navy under Nelson
d. the capture OF CoPe1hA Agts1 y accom- pan
lie Lord CaAteIesRh ~ = member Of hls atntl
the famous T'fnnA Congress; witnessed
cetstnted 1ntes13er hetEeca Napoleon
In, Alexander on the River Niemen, In IS
aly CAMPAIGN, where he volunteered TO lea
~ fossou hope In A attaek upon French
doubt, which was carried With loss Of I'll
nine Ailtd md wounded. out OF q cou1ni
:. Of lns than ono hundred men. It ,
Ihe IN this dsperate as1Ault,, and fn-
7he down BY blow on the head from a sal
is, and HAa ter .>Eu1ne tins hseuaible
Eeh supposed to Be dead. For this daring q
!es be was promoted and decorated viii
Nc medal. He assisted IN guarding Napoleon
Of g. Helena Where he held frequent eaave
TO ton with the Great Captain; c1ptnred
nd American .erel Of tha coan Of Africa
Lst t1g the second wxr With Great Britain, he
cat Ing Ut the time In command Of IN army r
1 Il port; sold his commission IN the Hri
On army tn-15i6 ind alter -FArisd expeneoet
he'd almost every quarter of the globe. took
e, his residence Ii Ncw York IN 1e4s. HIS )
{ . owed daughter and Erandsan, who acc
he panied him to the United StAtes, have .
IN died. Aaytns him ehlMhess and alone 10
ays world, but not without: Atrt
rio OF irieDds.' Left for dead
.ut- the battlefield Of Rusaeo, there Il no tc
Il; Of Ehas he sudc1cd but 4 deep sGr, AhoV
ny, Nnere he was truck By Ftcnch s.breuT,
Bat Valued medal which he weara On eel
,ert ccrasioos; takrn up lor drowned man
tra- the sea*ho1e, near tha Capc of Good u
psn sfteT thipwreek, the only permanent e
) in qpeuee be has experienced has been tho '9
be- bis fortune, which, with his wife, went 6
BE In the vessel. When 1hn Prince Of Y
few vittted this country. he invited the al
1nd TO return to Engl1nd+ promising 20
udt. hnn On the retired ssmI- LIST on nay
or hn. the cd hero YA too deeply 1tneas
nae his adopted home 10 leayn IT. .Dutine
ling riots Of 1868 he confronted a nob anu
are, a'ltfa II the !mu,uent peril Of his oHn:
Foha The occasion Of the reception gtsen g
5 be nj FaHagut on his nsgshlR, ihe
and bet6re his departure Tor Europe la '
md 1867, Captain L., then more tuan
1909, hcnr~-s md one ye4rs old was pfeseos