New-York tribune., 1896-01-19

one would have thought that Ministry which
is presided over by Premier Bourgeois would
have hesitated about appointing a noblenlah 10
the oflce-a nobeman. by-the-bye. whose iamiiy
Is connected by many marriages with that OF
the EOnapartes The Duke in question Is Cen
eral Davoust. Due d'Auerstadt. not son. but
a nephew of the famous Marshal OF the first
Napoleon who won his dukedom Of Auerstadt.
as we'll as MS title Of Prince Of Eckmuhl, on
sanguinary German battlefields. The Marshai:
who was married to Aimee Leclerc sister or
that General Leclerc who was the husband of
the beautiful Pauline Bonaparte left one cnild'
q daughter, and the title consequently became
extinct at his death. But it was revived py
Napoleon III in favor OF the son OF the Mar
shals elder brother, young officer VINO, nav
ing already rendered himself conspicuous by
his gallantry an infantry officer in the Al
gerian campaigns, had 50 greatly distinguished
himself in the Crimean war as to attract the
Emperors attention. The Duke took part in
all the wars Of the Napoleonc reign. capturing
at. Solferino cannon from the enemy. while
during the siege Of Metz he commanded the
last sortie made by the beleaguered garrison, a
sortie which would have succeeded had the
Duke been properly supported by BaZaine
Perceiving, after the close Of the war now
much the Germans owed to the superiority OF
their artillery, he set himself to work to study
this particular branch of military service, re-
fusng all offers Of promotion and transfer untli
he had thoroughly mastered everything con-
nected herewith. Indeed. he is one of the most
meritorous. conscientious and capable or
Frances generals. and ii is matter or uni
versal congratulation that. retired year or
two ago on the score of age he has now, py
virtue Of his appointment as Grand Chanceor'
been restored to the active list Of the army
NJ. BOURGEOIS SCULPTOR.
NJ Bourgeois. the Prime Minister, is blossom
ing forth in two accomplishments with which
few people have until now credited him. One is
bicycling. the other sculpture. He is an intimate
friend of the sculptor Massoule. and for three
years has been accustomed to spend several
hours every week IN the latter's studio modelling
end chiselling to his hearts content under the
guidance and direction of his old school chuH
Now he has a studio of his own. where he may
be found whenever he has moment OF leisure,
arrayed in the long sort of smock anected
by artists and busily engaged in mpulIlns
pieces Of clay deftly az he has SC
ceeded in moulding the policy Of his coun-
try since he accepted office For 1t cannot
be denied that he has been Unexpectedly sue
cessfu in a political sense. He accepted the task
of forming a Cabinet with a parliamentary ma
joTity against him. and under the circumstances
every convinced that his administration
would be merely a matter of n few days. TO the
surprise of every body it weatheied one storm
after another. has ventured upon reforms wh'ch
no previous Cabinet dared to inargurate. ana al
the present time seems assured cf "A longer lease
of life than any Of It's predecessors
The Premiersculptor has not as yet exhi0ited
any specimens of the work of his chisel AT me
Salon. a fac. which must be attributed To MS
extreme conscicntiousress in all matters per-
tanning to art. His bicycling expeditions are
mostly undertaken in conjunction with MS son
George a lad whose disappearance from MS
school at the time Of the Panama scandals ere
ated such sensation. The boy had been bulied
and pestered to such a degree by his school
mates concerning his fathers campaign against
those guilty Of corruption and bribery that he
simply ran away and WAS discovered at Mar
seilles n week later, the newspapers meanwhilc
being filed with most mclOdramatic rumOrs 10
the effect that he had been kidnapped by such
people Arton Reinach and others incr''ni-
mated by the Panama disclosures for the purpose
of being held hostage TO prevent his father
from continuing his attacks upon the gang.