, 1873-02-23

unceran to the exact nature Of his disease raised
him up and sounded his chest with finger tappings.
the way tcs telegraph" Tho dying man comprehend
cd the point, and replied, Very good-yery good"
These we're his Last words.
In the article on
''SApo1Eov H."
son OF Napoleon l., and King Of Rome, Wan;
dorlpg Helr is added to the Napoleon family and
to the claimants for the French throne:
For years It has been universally believed that tho
direct line Of the Little Corporal" became extinct In
the person Of the unfortunate Prince and although
various ru1norH relative 10 secret marriage we're
prevalent 1t tie t'e Of his ds:ease tsy xeFs gsnsr
which have subsequently transpired give these 70.
ports eemblance Of tru.h and, to render them sun
Emperor Of the French spared neithez expense
nor hbor in forming q complete collection Of the
sso9rrespo1dence GO end private pspers OF "h ffs dc
1t appears, however, that those writings were not
tho only links which united the present with the past
for, in the summer OF 1871, individual who bore
ny, made bis appearance ut 1schl, and wss fined
by the District Court and expelled from the Austrian
his q rande1sbook "-a sort Of jourueyman's pass
port He was \ tailor by t-ade, and, 1or several
years preyiou. to h occurrence, had been living At
stut:g.rdt under the name Of csri Gnsstavo Ludwig
and in both Of these places he had distinguished him.
sef n{ h. dssqse sk md Eli Il: phs sis
occupation be had always asserted bis claim to the
name aud title Of Prince Joseph Eugene Napoleon
Bonaparse, and, according to his own account, it
would seen ss i he Wis ssue of secret marriage
Of The Duke of Rctcfa:2dt With Hungarian cosntesa
He stated. when quite young, ha mother vas 1ndu-
ced by Prince Mettcnch to apprentice him to tailor
in Nurzen named 1udT5g, IL ueanB Of getting I'D
of him. and In order to facilitate her second mxrsgetn
Saxon5 AH further proof Of his origin, ho declared
that there T7a an auhnr then living Leipsc but fo1-
me11J Hungarian officer, who had been witness to
the marriage, and WIN wond, II 1t ever became neees-
sary for him to make known his rank and title, sup
ply him with tho requisite documents in order to
compel the Countess to recognize bis birth End parent
age After leaving Suttgsrdt, he travelled through
Germany, Switzerland and part of Auatrts. earning
his livelihood Is tailor, maintaining hs claim to
prfncely rank but never attempting to obtain money
or credit by1t. On returning to Stuttgardt, in No
Teber OF the same year. he found that his conviction
and punishment had been mentioned in the papers Of
that plsee and he accordingly published an e1plan:
ton in the Burger Zttung, In which he sflrmed that
he vas not punished for cla1ulng his name and dt!e
his right to which the Court at 1ech bad In wise
disputed, but merely for writing 1t Of his OWN accord
In his passport befors be had succeeded In
ing his Identity before court Of I2T. The reputed
Prince Is still Irving, and the CTossone Of the ltading
newspapers Of GermanF,-in an article wT1tftn at the
time states hst not only does he bear good charao
for his steAdi1ess and general good condu:, but
be also produces very favorable tupreas3en by bis
manners.
In the Editorial Department., under tbs head
ing, "Home and Society" the victims Of the