The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-20

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they took more pride in the control Of the
conqucrors than they did in their kinsmen
beyond the Rhine. And quarter of a
century of alliance by force with their old
ncighbors has, as rule, but intensified
their love for France.
When the Franco Prussian war broke
out in the summer of 1870, the people of
Alsace and Lorraine were much in the
same condition as the people in our own
border states of Maryland, Virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Missouri when our
civil war burst upon us just nine years be-
fore.
There were families in those provinces
that still turned their hearts to Germany;
there were families that had become heart
and soul reconcilcd to France and, as in
the case of our own border states there
were families that were divided, sorcly di-
vided, and here came in the cruel bitter
ness which we Americans know so well.
The name Neuman, or, in English New
man, is certainly German, although NJ.
Louis Ncuman, wealthy merchant of
Metz, with large vineyards on the Moselle,
was a. ~ pAi 0Al IL
NJ Ncuman was a Hebrew, but he mar
ried French Catholic woman and being
Il man of broad ideas and a big heart he
gave up his creed and love made him ac-
knowledge her faith and have his children
baptized ut the affairs of her church.
NJ. Ncuman had three children, all sons.
In 1870 the youngest, Franz, was nearly
81. Louis and Joseph were respectively
one and three years older.
The youngest boy was an artist in tenn
permanent. The other sons had their ia
theirs business qualities and received their
business training in their fathers stores
and in the public schools of Metz
Il never knew family with three boys
in it where one of them was not fool,
said the senior Neuman to his wife when
they were discussing Franz mania for art
$50 let him study painting"
Eyes, " replied the mother. "Better a
fair artist than an indifferent merchant
But whatever the boy does l am sure if we
give him our sympathy he will not disgrace
himself or us. "
This bit of family conversation came out
on the trial which will be presently refer
red to-
Up to the breaking out of the Franco
Prussian war the Ncuman brothers were
as warmly attached to each other as any
brothers in the world. Louis and Joseph,
though full of the money making spirit OF
their father felt not little pride in the
talents and personal beauty of Franz who
had been in Rome and Florence and for the
two years preceding the war had been
studying art in Munich, the queenly capt.
tai of Bavaria.
81 shall not come home" wrote Franz
to his father, Eat least not till peace brings
justice. l have joined the students corps,
and we are to be the bodyguard of that
grandest of men, Fritz, the crown prince
of Germany, who before he dies will be the
emperor of the united Germanic race who
are not held to the Vatican"
NJ. Louis Neuman and his good wife and
sober, busincsslke sons were in great
tribulation after reading this letter. They
felt that Franz had disgraced them, and
the more they thought it over the stronger
this feeling grew.
The hcartbrOken old father just before
the historic crossing Of the Rhine by the
German forces secured n pass and succeeded
in reaching his still beloved boy near
Strasburg.
Franz, who had been promoted to the
rank of sublieutenant, mounted and de-
tacncu 10 90 courier Work III the provinces,
which he so well knew, met his father
with all the old respect and warmth but
he refused to leave the service and go
home. He said:
Father, could not leave If would
and would not if could. l am German,
as We're my ancestors, and as you are by
inheritance Win or fail, am in till the
end "
"But your brothers" said the old man,
pleading "You know they are the best
rifle shots in Metz. 4"
$50 do, and am proud of their Skill"
said Franz.
"They are going into the army of their
country"
France"
"Yes. And they will fight against you"
$50 be it, but God guiding me 1 shall
never raise my hand against Louis nor
against Joseph" said Franz
And, seeing that he could not change
him, the old father with heavy heart
made his way back to Metz where Ba-
zaine had taken command, and about