The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-09
Mother Of Napoleon I.

0OsAOI VI ASupCA0Ou -
Carlo Bonaparte and Leti,ia Ramclin
were his parents. They had loved an,
betr0tlicd when she was only fourteen
,yean Of age;. hut their families wer
active political antagonists, and tn,
marriage was deferred for about tw,
years, when the Paoli party, to Which
Carlo belonged, became absolute master.
Of Corcisca,, and active strife ceased
They were welded in l766 by the arch.
bishop, anil received the blessing OF be-
parents at the uuptiais.
"a Count Marbguf, the conquerer, VA
made Governor Of Corsica, and Clark
lIonaparte and his family were highest
on his list Of friends. Ten years after
that conquest the Corsican mobiles sent
Carlo to Paris as their representative in
he popular branch Of the imperial gov.
.rnment Of France. Leaving Letitia In
:harge Of his growing family, he took
Joseph and Napoleon with him. They
,rossed the sen to Leghorn and journ-
Eyed to Florence, where Carlo received
ircn, the Grand Duke, Leopold, letter
30 his sister, Marie Antoinctte, the
Queen Of France. She made Carlo .
welcome guest at Versailles, when Nap
fleon, than ten years old, first looked
Upon that gorgeous palace Of which he
k,vas afterwards master. Carlo left JOS
1pll in school at Autumn, and through
nhe influence Of Gov. Marboeuf, he was
allowed to place Napoleon in the Milit-
Ery Academy at Brienne, where the af-
terward eminent Pichegrue was one CT
dis instructors.
Six years later heavy weight of
misfortune fell upon Letitia. Carlo was
attacked by the same disease which ter
animated the life Of his illustrious son
a'f st. Helena, thirty six years after.
yard. He went alone to Montpelier, in
France, for advice aud remedies, and
There died, in 1885, under the hospitable
eeeoof OF girlhood- companion Of Letitia,
nhe mother of the celebrated Marshal
Nunot.
a When Carlo died, Letitia was not
aihirty five years old, and had been the
Onother of thirteen children. Five sons
end three daughters were yet living-a
1ace OF monarchs, who occupied thrones
End lost them during one Of the most
Wonderful historical dramas, enacted in
d he space Of ten years, the world has
G.ver known. She saw them rise and.
TALL while her trcsses were yet dark,
!, and the beauty Of her youth yet bloomed
rr'l her cheeks and sparkled in her eyes.
d Ter sons were Giuseppe, or Joseph, who
was made king of Naples in 1906, and Of
spain in 1908; Napoleon, who made
htimself Emperor Of the French and dis.
oposer Of the thrones in 1855; Luciano,
,c'r Lucian, who alone refused crown,
put accepted principality, with its
little, from the Pope, in 1906; Luigi, or
10 .ouis, made king of Holland in 1906,
~ nd refused the crown Of Spain in 1909
y nd Giruolania, or Jerome, who was
n made king of Westphalia in 1907, when
hat province was erected into n king
Iylom. The daughters were Maria Anna
= eliza, who was created sovereign of
n Tuscany, with the title of Grand Ouch
IDS, in 1898; Carlotta, afterward Marie
|" Pauline, who, rs wife Of Prince Borg
: ,ese, became the most illustrious Italian
= princess of her time and Caroline Mar
M Annuncjado, the~wife Of Murat, who
ibecan1e Queen of Naples in 1903.
y THO young widow OF Ajaccio had no
q eason to dream in widest fancy, of the
o plendors that awaited herself anil fam
= ly. The latter were mostly little chill
:, Jerone, the youngest, an infant
s,ah ef arms. She was left with scanty
e means for their support and education.
D To these she devoted her energies, with
! o,narveilous success. Strength, we Lave
8 observed, was the prominet feature in
ltier character, and this was displayed in
Z The hour OF need. Napoleon once said :,
:. Size had the head Of man on the
Il shoulders OF 4 woman. Losses, privata-
litions, fatigue, had no effect upon her :;
Ashe endured all, braved ALL" These
!, came at times thick and fast. Joseph,
lever kind and good, helped his mother
with all his might as he grew toward
pmanhood; while Napoleon, a rather dull
/ student in outward expression, was pre-
I / airing, in the military school at Paris,
nfor that wonderful career which enabled
',shim. by imperial decree, to make sover-
.aixns Of his brothers and sisters, aud to
confer upon his m other, ut the age of fiji.
ty years, the lofty title of Madame Mere,
s,eauivaIeut to that of Empress Mother,
!. with al income Of two hundred thous-
! and dollars year.-Iiatpcr's Magazine.
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= The State of Iowa planted last year,
I about j., o0O, 900 trees, AID will set out
/. stlll larger number this year. Two
] farmers, in one township, have set
. out this spring 25,o0O trees. This is at
1 the rate of about five trees annually, for
each inhabitant-none too many TO
I meet the demand for fruit, commerce,
!! fuei, and timber.
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