The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-04
THE FRANco-aERMAH WAR
Interesting "Reminiscences Of the Great
0ne-Bided Conflict.

Interesting "reminiscences Of the Great
one-Bided Conflict.
Archibald FoIbes in the English Illustrated
Magazine.
Perhaps in all history there is no
episode 30 barren of touches of nature
2 5 was the Second Empire. From first
to last twas a mere scatfolding ofmere-
t~ricious artiiciality. There was the
sham Caesar, faccid person with q knack
Of uttering obscurities conveying a
vague flavor Of ominousness at which
the nations pricked their sensitive ears.
The inner line Of the empire was a
strange MIXTURE of r~ottenness and GIN
crackery. What q court! The atmos-
phere of Compiegne had a confused
roma OF bastardy, the demi-monde.
the bourse, bogus nobility, journalism
in the degradation of prostitution, mill
taryism, half bravo, half gallant; of in
trigue, of dissoluteness of insin-
cerity, Of CHASTITY hollowness. 1t
lis among the most humiliating
problems of modern times how long
80 s"u'S
"aa npie W linpose Oh tne 5Woria. ~ ID
. poor consoiaDlon Iof the WORLDS long
s..an taa1 when a ~lnaoag
has,a aa,isson1y pilcAeu' ~ slouiu
swiftness. The humiliating memory
%eannot out of that eighteen-year-long
nann No.. 11r
- Ae seen napoleon IL ~ tne pm
1acle VI nis loiloW splehdor, from the
90 ploheenne on the zdoI august,
lo.V, nearu tlie alstaht cheering on
1le Hnicnelehperg INA gfesteu MN and
sne iau whom ~ a prougnt from Metz
.e receive ms baptism OF lire. Again
: saw nun on the morning after Sedan,
as the broken man-broken in power,
~ Pfeselge, Il health IN splr1ts-sat
wion bismarck on the grass plot In
1 nohc OF the Weavers cottage on the
Dohchery road. Next morning he wit
messed his departure into his Wilhelms-
nom captivity, ! have seen him dod-
derlng o Brighton and strolllng UNI
ger the Beech trees that enclrcle Chlsle7
hnrst common. And Tor the last time
OF all l saw that stolid careworn face, as
itlay on The raised pillow OF the belr in
the broad corridor OF Camden Place;
n when The face was no more visible
Witnessed the coffin laid down In the
little chapel among the Chlslehurst elm
trees. l}kneW the boy of the empire
when the shacklos OF the empire had
fallen from his limbs, and he was no
longer a creature, but a lively,
natural lad. My acquaintance endured
INTO hls manhood. When the twilight
was falling on the rolling veldt OF Zulu
lana, ana nus lays work IN the stan tent
was cone, ne liked, as 1t seemed to me,
20 gossip with one who knew h other
! q OF me picture, the early lays
OF me war-a wal that
q Wrought at once nus rum and his
emanclPatlon And fnatly, poor gal
ant lad! ! saw dlmly through tears the
very last OF him, as he lay there dead
on the oiood-stained sward by the
ltyotyosi river, with a calm proud smile
on ms face, and his body pierced by
countless assegai stabs. Men have
called his death lgnoble. Petty as was
the quarrel, Wfetched as was the de-
seftlon tlat wrought his tate,l call him,
rather, happy IN d opportunity OF hls
aeath. Had he lived, what OF artificial
10y, What OF hollow unhealthy might
mere not nave been IN store Tor h1ml
AS u was he mad moved IN the worlds
ghost. Better than this, surely,
= pc q deaa hero:-to end the Ma
poieonlc sero-comedy with his young face
gaiiantly 10 ms ASSISTANTS, u his lie
pi2od drawn by the 0 ! STEEL
! 40 no know now the palace Of st.
Cloud Doh now, but when ! saw it last
u wasa ghastiy hre.biackened wreck.
A German picket OF infantry men were
auartered IN the rooiess salon. where
sney hau punt themselves a shelter OF 2
klnd OF scyrched tapestr1e, n slnged
carpet scraps. 4 troop OF Uhian re-
cfui.s We're Prnctlclfsg the manege on
we iittie pend pordered by the stream
"a spot ulat mad been the empress
nower earaen. SIX earlier who,
NJ .ne widest specuiatlon OIL fancy,
could nave imagined the possibility OF
sucna iate ~ ~ TINS 1oF the beautiful
cna,eau Ahere was tHe gannt frame
WORK Oh DOW WINDOW ~hose outlook
wa up me seine IN the dlrec-
eioh Oh far1sJ TINS was
cele1 WINDOW, was told,
- t..
pufeAu-1tne udy as we should per-
maps can it.ot the Emperor Napoleon.
AZ .lla. WanaoW ne sa1 iate on the AFTER
noon 9, lotn july olo. Ii sas q talr
scene Sha6iav before nm. Out on the
avn ciose nndef ms eye wac the TOY
talifoaa track thashad g one OF the
rare Paaythln8s o nus 10y y 1t was
nafoiy u time tof admlrlng scenery or
hl1hlng aeont Toys. Inc dreamy-eyed
man WIN MS neao on nus cness nad more
serious Q ior renectaon. war mad