Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-01-12
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 Three thousand eight hundred ane thirty-four male children were born II France on March 16, 1856, the same day that the ill-fated prince imperial came into the world. His mother, ex-Em. press Eugenie, became godmother to them all. It is said that the ex-em. press has recently made her will, and in it has bequeathcd trifing legacy to each of her godsons, whose names and addresses she still preserves. The original number, however, must have been sadly depleted by death during the nearly 40 years which have elapsed and of bearded men who will claim their beqaests when Eugenie dies there may be less than half thousand.
 The contrast between that March day nearly four decades ago. and the ex-empress' present fortune is strilS. ing. Then the reign of Napoleon III, was in the heyday of it's power, and the nation, drunken with military glory, wished as heartily as it's ruler fof an heir to the throne. Early in the morning of the 18th the cannonboome from the Invalides announcing the de. liverance of the empress. Paris bent an anxious, listening ear, counting the guns. 4 hundred and one; it was 8 boy.
 "Conqueror in the Crimean cam Paign. the arbiter chosen by Europe at the congress of Paris" says Andre Martinet, in. his history of the prince imperial Napoleon III. felt placed more firmly on his brow by this birtE the crown which had been given him by nearly 8,0O0,000 votes. France, radi ant in her reiuvenated glory and her re conquered prestige, drowned with the noise of fetes the first cries of the i'm perial infant"
 More than 10000 admiring people viewed at the Hotel de Vile, before the birth of the royal baby, the cradle where he was to lie. It was in the form of a boat, made of rosewood, and at it's head stood the image of beau, tiful woman, personifying the city of Paris, with drawn sword and holding aloft a protecting shield. March Is the cradle was taken to the TuilIeries, That night the soldiers waited beside the cannon with lighted matches. At e:10 in the morning the roar of the guns awoke the city.
 Some time previous the emperor had issued q proclamation announcing the fetes that would be held when his child was born, and closing thesewords: ''The emperor has decided that he will be godfather and the empress god mother to all the legitimate children born in France upon the suspicious day" Napoleon III. intended that the title of ..godson" which he thus be- slowed should be purely decorative enc. but many of the fond parents did not understand it, and applied to the emperor for a more substantial en- dowment. There are a few instances on record where the quest was not in vain.
 No end of poetry was written on the occasion, and one quatrain of The ophile Gautier has survived. In it the poet says the royal heir is blond Christ child, who bears in his little hand for globe the peace of the world and the happiness of human kind. 'The Song of the Godsons" was the title of another interesting bit of verse hat was printed and sold on the boule- ards at that time and was extreme popular.-sN. '. World