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What Will She Do With Him.

What Will She Do With Him.
Tho Now York Herald thus spccu-
latcs as to the fate of Napoleon
"What will Prussia do with Napo-
Icon? This question is not easy to
answer. In the person of the Empc
ror, King William has found q mag
nificcnt prize. 1t is not to be denied,
however, that the prize may by and
by prove big source Of trouble. 10
give him liberty will certainly be dan
gcrous. TO retain him in Prussian
prison will be perpetual source of
disquictude. We know what Great
Britain did with tho First Napoleon.
We know too what Charles the Fifth
did with another French monarch,
Francis tho First, whose name is las
tlngly associated with the "Field Of
the Cloth Of Gold" The First Ma
polcon died in captivity. Francis the
First was magnanimously restored to
his liberty and to his throne. Which
iato is in store for Napoleon tho
Third? 1t will be we'll to leave this
question unanswered for the present.
Much as We blame Napoleon for this
war we would not heap abuse upon
him now that he has fallen from his
high estate. We cannot forget his
many merits. If, as the result has
proved, tho empire has boen hollow
institution, it has ut least been strong;
| and Franco for twenty years has
basled in prosperity for which Ma
polcon is mainly to be credited. His
star has gone down but We must not
allow ourselves to be deceived into
! the belief that the French people will
soon forget the House of Bonaparte.
Death may soon relieve tho fallen EN-
pcror of his cares; but if his unfortu-
| nate son is spared, distracted France
| 1T some future time may rally around
him rs q dclivcrcr. The empire is
dear to the French people; it is nec-
essalily associated with tho House of
Bonaparte; and although it may pass
| away for the present it is not impossi-
| ble that it will rc-appear in pride and
| splendor under fourth Napoleon.
The Washington Chronicle SAYS:
The ill-starred Emperor may find
| his best friend in the old Gcrmon
monarch. Better to be his prisoner
than the victim of tho infuriated Par
isians. lie was sixty-two on the Goth
of last April, ten years older than his
great uncle, who was just fifty-two
| when he was sent to St. Helena. The
world will have no further fear of the
Napolcons. Their day has closed.
Louis the Last need be sent to no
barren rock to cat out his own heart.
| He is too old to arouse enthusiasm.
Never possessed of tho magnetic pow
CT, he can be left FREQ to ruminate
over his miserics. Men have no fur
thcr use for kings. Tho most trium-
| phant one in the world today, Will
liam of Germany, will consult his own
interests by avoiding any excessive
violence to Louis Napoleon, or any
despotic demonstrations. Germany is
as full of Republicans as France, and
of sterner school, and they will tol-
crate no fetters on their limbs, if
sought to bo placed there by the men
who proclaimed their determination
to strike off tho Frcnchmcn's chains.
We look, therefore, for magnanimity,
and moderation from the German
monarch.
THE HOUSE OF ORLEANs.-Now
that the present complications in
Franco may Mt any moment revive
the Bourbon dynasty, it is interesting
to know who and what arc the pres
ent representatives Of that ancient
family. The last King of France was
Louis Philippe, descendant of tho
Orleans branch of tho Bourbon family.
His eldest son, tho Duke of Orleans,
married Helena, of Mecklenburgh-
Schwerin, May 80, 1887. During the
reign of his father he was killed by
being thrown from his carriage. lie
left two sons, Louis Philippe Albert,
Count of Paris, born August "a, 1880,
and Robert Philippe Louis Eugene
Ferdinand, Duke Of Chartres, born
| November 9, 1910. The Count Of Pa
| ris, the head of the family, is now
thirty-eight years Of age. He has
been traveller and an author. He
served for time with his younger
brother, the Duke of Chartres, on The
staff of Gen. Mcclellan on the PENN
sula. The brothers offered their ser
vices to Napoleon at tho outbreak o.
the present war, but thcro is no evi
dence thus far that they have beer
accepted. The surviving sons of Lou
is Philippe, uncles to the Count O
Paris and Duke of Chartres, are tn,
Duke Of Nemours, fifty-six years old
Prince de Joinville, fifsy.two year,
old; Duke Of ANIMAL, aged forty-two
who rose to be Marshal Of France
and had the distinction Of receiving
Abd-el-Kadcr's surrender; and tht
Duke of Montpensier. They hny.
been fruitful and have multiplied
There are enongh Of the family, t.
stock all tho thrones Of Europe. 4.