The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-01

NAPOLkON, loOo By BOUlLLON.
tho commission was read discussed, and
passed on, clause by clause. On the 9Th Of
March, 1903, the Code Civile des Francois
was completed and published. 1t consisted
OF twenty two hundred and eighty one ar
ucles Those were arranged under three
heads; The Rights Of Persons; the Laws
OF Property; and the Methods Of acquiring
Property. In the code the elements of Ro-
man Law and the law-customs Of the
French people were blended with singular
skill. Though In the political vicissitudes
OF Franco many notifications and not a
little patchwork were added thereto, the
code itself gained in the estimation Of
mankind. It was disseminated by the I'M
perial conquests into the greater part OF
Europe, and was adopted by ono people
after another The Code Napoleon be-
came the basIs Of Jurisprudence, not only
In Franco but in Sicily, Holland. Bel
GUM, the Rhine provinces, Switzerland.
Poland, and In oil the countries dominated
by the Latin rnces In Europe and America.
At the date Of his coronation, Napoleon
was thirty five years, three months and
seventeen days Of age He was In his
very prime. Physically, he had tri-
umphed over that attenuation and ut
ter swarthincss which had marked his
younger years On his first issuance to
public notice, and down TO the time of
the Consulate he had worn n haggard
look which, added to his thinness and
his low stature, made him almost spec
ter. In the year Of his marriage, he was
described by On observant lady-as report.
ed In Stendhal-as "the thinnest and
queerest being / ever met" In another
place tho same authority says Of him: "He
was so scrawny that he inspired pity"
But with the qualification of his ambitions
and desires, he became plump and beauti-
ful. He had at last recovered from the
cutaneous disease which he had contracted
from handling an infected rammer fallen
from the hands of o gunner at the batteries
before Toulon. IL had required the long
and persistent services Of the eminent Cor
visart TO cure him of his malady.
or oil the descriptions of the person Of
Bonaparto, that OF Meneval, his secretary, |
As doubtless the most correct and satisfy |
ing, He says of the Emperor that, though |
small OF stature, his person was woll knit |
and symmetrical The bust was longer |
relatively than the legs. The head was |
large, and the skull finely developed. The
neck was short, and tho shoulders proper
tionally broad. The chest was round and
full, indicating q robust constitution. The
limbs, both arms and legs, were perfect.
The Emperor was as proud as was Lord
Byron OF his small plump hands and Ia
pering fingers His forehead was broad
and high; his eyes easily kindled with
passion and flashed lightnings. His com.
plexion was pallid; bronzcd at first; al
ways OF the italian hue. His dark hair be-
came thin on tho top OF his head, and the
height OF tho forehead was seemingly In
creased. Mcneval, for thirteen years in
Innate with his misunderstanding closely
lis every mood and featurc-says: "His
head and bust wero In no way inferior in
nobility and dignity TO the most beautiful
tatue OF antiquity"
Napoleon was capable of oil the passions.
lie showed the inner fires. His anger was
asily aroused. He would storm and scow!;
mt thcre was always under the tempest a
trenuous sclfcontrol. The steel snews
4 his relentless will held him back ever
rom rashness Of action. When he was an
cred or crossed, n sort Of rotary muscular
naelstrom appeared in his forehead and
etwcen his brows His nostrils would
Hate under his passion, and his fierce
ray eyes gleam hell. Afterwards he
Tould be tranquil, smiling, insinuating,
racious, carcssing Sometimes he would
reak out In a mockinR, sardonic laueh-
thing hollow and dangerous, eohoing
Trough Europe.
The new Imperial system quickly diff.
ised itself abroad. Wherever the influ.
nee Of France extended, the political
was easily effected. The
isalpine Republic was converted into the !.
lngdom of Italy. This Napoleon would !
Iake nm appanagc Of his own. For four
Ionths, sixteen hours daily, he wrought
the establishment Of the new regime In
rance He then sped 10 Milan. and on ] q