The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-12
HEART OF NAPOLEON.

! II WAS SYMPATHETIC AND GUIDED
POETIC NATURE.
He Was Kind and Considerate as Ise Was
E~rave-Heccnt Testimony For This side
of the Great Soldiers Character, Which
Has Not Always Been Recognized.
Speaking Of Napoleon's hoyhood, one
who knows whereof he speaks says:
"In his school days the grand homme'
gave many indications Of the very quail,
flies which procured for him the SPLEEN
did success which has brought him CIV.
erlasting fame. His love Of discipline,
order and power was 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 play.
ground in which many a fierce engage
ment was fought and won, with snow
balls for cannon balls and ice pellets
for shot. 1t is recorded that he under
" w liz tIAltf VI IN COllt,GG
rules and regulations BY addressing !.
letter to the Junior master, indicating 2
system that would do away with the
abuses. and that he applied these same
rules atterward to the schools Of Fon-
tainebleau, Saint Cyr and Saint Ger
main According to a recent writer, on
L occasion he was directing a perform
a11pn Nf tho fTsool-, nc Gr,o,so l,oAl,
when the wife of the college porter en-
deavored to fierce her way into the as
sembly on the strength Of her position,
but Napoleon made short work of her.
Remove this woman" he cried, ''who
brings into u midst the license of
the camp, all order instantly obeyed
by his colleagues, much, it may be SUP
posed, to the discontinue of the good
woman
That Napoleon was at heart a great
poet there can be nc doubt. Mime. Re-
lnusat relates that he was a lover of
Osslan, was fond OF the twilight and
melancholy music. The murrnar Of tho
wind enrantured him. and he would di-
late 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 anluse himself, while passing
the evening In Josephine's drawing
room, by telling or listening to ghost
stories while the candles We're shaded
and the singers present executed music
OF a low, sweet, weird description to
the oorOrn ~ ,,I,,n->+ ~ ct,;y.-ol :,,4--
ments. Doubtless this gift Of a subtle
imagination led Napoleon to suspect
where it was unnecessary and look for
Il Motlvel III every action Of those around
hlm. He believed all men liars until he
proved them otherwise. He used to re-
late the story with great grsto that
when he was 4 child one Of his unc!es
predicted CT him that he would govern
the world, because he was an habitual
liar. OF II. lie Metternich he once said.
III approaches to being Il statesman, he
lies SO wcll!!'
NaDoleon's life Is an amending source
OF inspiration 10 the painter. David.
Ve-net, SchctfeT. Stcube ard q host Of |
others Of his tit@c have heGuoathed to
- 'SA1S " hAAC S4trb uikltlJS .SIiQ INCL |
dents Ct Lis career un undving canvas.
TO each picture is attached some inter
estlng story. During the Italian cam
pa1sn Napoleon WAS one night scrvey-
ing the battlefield of Bassanc; the moon
lllunlined the sad scene Of carflare: ma
sound disturbed the deep silence save
the feeble groans Of the dying and the
moars OF the wounded. SrAdcnly q do.
crept forward from a Gead BODY over
Which he was keeping watch; the Eocr
animal rotreatei to his l~ifeless master,
ard then again, as though reluctant to
abandon hi, efforts Of reyiving him.
yet o~csirous Of a~ve@sinc his death.
Napoleon was deeply touched by the
faithful friendship Of the animal, who
would not to1sake his master like his
human friends, What i lesson for
mani cried Napolaon as he cazed GA
the pathetic spectacle. SO strong was
the impression made on his mind by
that midnight episode Of the battlefield
that after 20 years he related it when
banlshed to the rock Of st. Helena.
Another instance of his real tender
ness for the suffering and oppressed was
during his Egyptian campaign. A poor
fellah had been murdered by a tribe Of