Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-17

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nilA BosAPARIh' holhl-N of NAroLEos'
nj skctched Hat on tho sea, shows
81 black spots on the side: thoy are
,sntalns. There arc veins also, and
e arc swift streams; small circles In n
rlacss-towns. The area OF tho broad
sii 1870 square miles. II Is more than
ie as big az RhodD lslund-smaller
aswhst than Connecticut And the
,ulation exceeds a quarter OF "a million.
o. the towns here MARKED we nre con-
NED with only two; Corte and A1aocio-
h frmeI Is the olu homo OF the buona-
ses tie latter, tho place to which tho
ailT removed JRst at the tlme when, by
Arth 81 q InEn-ehld cind with thun-
O. Il vas des'nod TO emerge from me-
rEnl ohsnurtlrA starhko, Sirius-like,
eihe cpaa sky OF faIno. Otherwise not
ch ned te said oil tho Island, Its en-
hsmGH In tho sea, its general aspects
apOSihiltieS.
Tho gtnesls Of Napoleon touches re-
rkaba cthnlo condition. Nearly all OF
HotArJan ranes nave contributed to
populnton oil the island In which ho
p BON. Tho snbstratum WINS perhaps
idd ktrnscan lie which preceded tho
.ieans in Italy The hrst foreign colo
. were 6reHs, ON OF Iona. These
Entd supremacy IN inc Island, but were
rTnstne1 AZ length by tho Carthagin-
Inc Roman ascendenoy came next,
sNed ior seven or eight centuries.
- followed tho Nandals, and after
IN ths Huns OF Attila. Ethnio inhu-
q had meanwhile reached second
nsoalo Oh Africa. Many Manritanians
y over anu sttled IN sardinia ana
AA anu thun, In tho DARK Ages,
WE Satacehlo conquest.
ny important thah TINS was tine es-
lshment OF Norman power In the is
inc people ana inc architecture
nnow traces OF all these remote but
y, influences IN determining the final
eaNSctor Oh the Corslcahs who, after
li'eehlh century, became essentially
~, me race Is mus composite IN It's
ssuoh 70 as great degree as any peo-
u 'he world, Besides tho ethnic or
.s enNirohineht-the narrow con-
p, 'he Island It's mountainous char
Las pleasant situation in tho pelluoid
ASu 'he mediterranean, its easy DIS
mum the long benclhg limo OF one OF
I0't famous coasts OF the world-has
- powerfully by the reactions of ma
INC human animal, to establish
VOnnfn tho small insular race whose
nan was destined to give it conspic-
NJ pay IN human annals
N lhy reaches BACK ohscuroly intotho
y" ages, me name is Italian, and
- nnsulstically an origin us remote
~ renaissance There were italian
!, ~ ~ ooruioan Buonapnrtes. A fam
as name lived in the Tuscan city
aa,ui another perhaps, in Genoa,
1,sa Sui ~ Florence. Examples are
LRrasa S nIch 'he spelling is given thus
|rnh,ss fut.e' Ihey OF Sarzana wero
a. 70 write their namo with a di,
su''i inc epoch when tho Great One
- o,n' Inc nohlesse, however, became
,rS s' s.s ooth In Tuscany and in the
- ~ ~hvteto branch OF the family, at
M snAnown date, removed and estab-
H.. ,Ie'l at oorte or AJacoio.
~, sss'a appear that the Corslcan Buon-
4, a.i nSps ali interest In Italy, whence
a., I - mated They concerned them
m ny ~ 'ne nGoira of Tuscany, as well as
',d,s All, ~ 81 Genoa. Doubtless they re-
I ~ 'n s Importance and rank Ms hav-
IA AZ s.i uoslved from the mainland, and
~ i,., ,sln share in the faded glories of
A ,sa , cities
|rS IL, ny y. middle of the eighteenth CEN
|; IL is, nesa OF the Corsican Buonapartes
e lsn,, Ipn, grandfather of Napoleon.
l1l.- a. Joseph received patent OF
tsIID, h tLSn' the grand duke Of Tuscany,
Is dsiln",,oaa paIfioian; and this worth
b. Carlo nnau mas carried down to his
'tttmed H. tn1. .t whose rights were
King Of Ts sae archbishop of Pisa and
| The saoa- .tsnoe,