Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-11-30
NAPoLEoNs KIND HEART.
as Sympathetic and Considerable as He Wa

Brave.
Speaking of Napole0n's boyhood one
who knows whereof he speaks, says:
I'm his school days the grand homme'
gave many indications of the very quail
tiles which procured for him the splen-
did success which has brought him
everlasting fame, His love of discip-
line, order and power were shown by
the manner in which he controlled his
schoolmates and constituted himself
their leader, teaching them the art Of
war in mimic battles, constructing
forts and battlements of snow in the
playground in which many fierce en-
gagement was fought and won, with
snowballs for cannon balls and ice pei.
undertook to reform the laxity of the
college rules and regulations by adj
dressing letter to the junior master,
indicating a system that would de
away with the abuses, and that he APP
piled these same rules afterward to the
schools of Fontainebleau, Saint-Cyr
and Saint-Germain. According to a re-
cent writer, on one occasion he was di-
recting performance of the tragedy
of C@sar's death, when the wife Of the
college porter endeavored to force her
way into the assembly on the strength
of her position, but Napoleon made
short work of her. Remove this
woman he cried, "who brings into
our midst the license of the camp'--an
order instantly obeyed by his col.
leagues, much, it may be supposed, to
the discontinue of the good woman.
That Napoleon was at heart great
poet there can be no doubt. Nine.
Remusat relates that he was lover Of
Ossian; was fond of the twilight and
melancholy music; the murmur of the
wind enraptured him, and he would
dilate enthusiastically on the moaning
Of the sea, and the wild beauty Of the
tempest. His powerful imagination
sought to grasp the unseen. He would
sometimes amuse himself, while pass.
ing the evening in Josephine drawing
room, by telling or listening to goat
stories while the candles were shaded,
and the singers present executed music
OF low, sweet, wierd description to
the accompaniment of stringed instru.
ments. Doubtless this gift Of a subtle
imagination led Napoleon to suspect
where it was unnecessary, and look
for motive in every action of those
around him. He believed all men liars
until he proved them otherwise. He
used to relate the story with great
gusto that, when he was child, one 81
his uncles predicted Of him that he
would govern the world, because ha
was an habitual liar. OF NJ. de Meter
Mich he once said: HE approaches to
being statesman-he lies so wellp'
Napoleon's life is an Intending sourcs
Of inspiration to the painter; David,
Vernet, Scheffer, Steube and host Of
others of his time have bequeathed ia
us some of the great battles and Incl.
dents of his career on undying canvas.
To each picture is attached some inter
esting story. During the Italian cam.
, paign Napoleon was one night survey.
, ing the battlefield of Bassano; the moon
] illumined the sad scene of carnage; no
, sound disturbed the deep silence save
/. the feeble groans of the dying and the
means of the wounded. Suddenly q
dog crept forward from dead body
over which he was keeping watch; the
poor animal reiterated to his lifeless
master, and then again, as though re.
luctant to abandon his efforts of reviv.
ing him, yet DESTROYS of avenging his
death. Napoleon was deeply touched
by the faithful friendship Of the ami
NAL, who would not forsale his master
like his human friends. "What q les.
son for manv' cried Napoleon, as he
gazed at the pathetic spectacle. Sc
/. strong was the impression made on his
mind by that midnight episode of the
battlefield that after twenty-five years
n he related it when banished to the
J. rock of St. Helena.
l. Another instance of his real tender
h ness for the suffering and oppressed
Q was during his Egyptian campaign. A
n poor fellah had been murdered by 8
l. tribe of Arabs who had entered with
9 an armed band into a village ant
4 driven off the herds. Napoleon imme
| diately commanded that company o.
| dromedaries and horsemen should gt
| in pursuit of the guilty party. One o
Il the sheil1s, surprised at the indignation
\ of the emperor, observed that it woul,
\ not be wise for him to embroil himsel
/ with the Arabs, dangerous people
II for the sake of a miserable fellah
H "Was he, then, thy cousinP" querie'
Il the sheik. "More than that" criet
II Napoleon, with vehemence; 'all thos
J whom command are my childrenl'
Again, at the plague of Jaffa, Ma
- poleon visited the hospital and en-
- deavored to console the poor dvin,
a sold ers. eros has attempted to con
4, vey an idea of this scene in his grea
painting of 1.-THE Plague of Jaffa,
whe rein he represents Napoleon touch
ing the eruption Of soldier Athlete,
with the disease, an act no doub
N prompted by hiE desire to inspire cour
re age in those not afflicted as well as t
III evince his sympathy with the suffer
ings Of his poor soldiers-N. Y. Adver
s. tiser.
70 Keep aloof from sadness" says a
" ieelandic writer, 'for sadness is
sickness of the soul" Life has, II
or deed, many ills, but she mind tina
OF views every object in its most cheer
is ing aspect, and every doubtful dispel
co sation as replete with latent gooc
E. bears within itself powerful and pei
to petual antidote. The gloomy soul as
i, gravates misfortune, while a Cheerful
IN smile often dispels those mists tina
IL portend storm-Mrs. Sigourney.
-Chide him for faults, and do it re,
- erently. when you perceive his bloc
10 inclined to mirth.-Shakspeare.