Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
NAPOLEON THE FIRST.

NAPOLEON THE FIRST.
AZ He Was seen at Borodino by . Mar
Still Living.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Major Gem
eral Yakovitch of the Russian army,
is one OF the few men now living who
saw the great Napoleon on the battle
field. The old gentleman saw the
French emperor at Borodino. At
that battle, Yakovitch, then mere
boy, served with a battery in the
grand red0ubt which was the center
OF the Russian line. He gives vivid
description of the battle. When
morning broke sea of-gray mist shut
out the field from view. The voices
OF the enemy were heard, the neigh
ing of their horses, and the rumbling
OF artillery wheels. Then came the
thunder of cannon, making the very
earth tremble. Three times all the
Russian gunncrs were killed, and
three times new men took their
places. Bullets flew as thick as hail,
and men dropped. dead OF manglcd
every moment.
At last strange sound was heard
in the distance like rain pattering on
withered leaves. 1t grew louder and
louder until it filled the air like THE
roar of stormy sea. All at once
great wave of bright swords and he'll
NETS and horses heads came surging
up over the breastworks. 1t was the
Imperial guard. Before the shock of
that mighty wave the Russian center
crumbled away shattered wrecks.
When Yakovitch came to his senses
and opened his eyes he saw around
him the corpses of his father and
comrades. Suddenly the tramping OF
hoofs called his attention to a troop
OF gaily dressed officers, and Napo--
Icons staff came riding over the field.
The young Russian peered anxiously
in their faces. In his graphic Ian
guage:
"There were the hard faces of Rapp
and Darn and broad-chested Sebastian
and Nansouty. with the saber scar
across his check, and the low, broad
forehead and bulldog jaw of grim old
Ney, the bravest Of them all. There,
too,wa Murat, with his white plumcs
and his braided jacket, his riding
whip in his hand just like circus
rider. And then the group parted
suddenly and there was the man him
self in the midst of them, with his
face hard and immovable as marble
amid all that blood and agony, and "a
far away look in those cold gray ewes
of his rs if he saw Moscow somewhere
away up in the sky, but could see
nothing between. "A glorious vic
tory, cried Murat, waving his hand.
What stir therell be among the
good folks in Paris when the bulletin
arrives!' We've lost half our army
in doing it. though growled Ney.
Hadn't we better fall back little
and wait there for re-inforcements?'
Then Napoleon turned his head slow
|Tly, just as statue might do, and
looked him in the face. Thou adj
visfEg a retreat, Michael? That is
something new, indeed! Mono fall
ing back now. must date my bulle-
tin from Moscow. AS for the army,
you can't make, an omelctte without
breaking few eggs" Yakovitch,
when he heard that, knew God had
forsaken Napoleon, for no man save
one doomed to destruction could have
spoken so lightly of the slaughter of
thousands of brave men. In three
months from that day the French
emperor was flying for his life across
the border with the Cossacks at his
heels like hungry wolves.
bones. By A Boy.
The following essay on bones was
actually written for school exercise
by a boy: Clones are the framework
Of the body. If had no bones in me
should not have SO much motion.
and grandmother would be glad; but
l like to have motion. Bones give
me motion, because they are some
thing hard for motion to cling to. II
j had no bones, my brains, lungs,
heart, and large blood vessels would
be lying around in me, and might
get hurted, but not much, unless it
is a hard hit. II my bones were
burned should he brittle. heca,,sa III.
would take the animal out of me. IL
l were soaked in acid I should be
Timber. Teacher showed us a bone
that had been soaked. Icould bend
it easily. ! would rather be soaked
than burned. Some of my bones