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Weekly.
Another Tongue.-"Do you : }
MANI"
We'll. yes; but not to naus
Fatherland, as they evidently ~
the same language as ! did
Philadelphia Call.
Warding on Peril. -Roberf--1,
papers that there are germs
Richard-What? Is that So
directions at home. when pup
again with that little bill. 70 w.
I do not consider 1t safe 70
Boston Transcript.
Artistic Presumption. --Heno
II presumption for one OF
grinders to stop. uninviteds
door and grind out alleged Mu
ask you for coin.
Gibbs--Yes; but think OF "
ton OF another class OF alleSsss
who demand your coin beicss
into the house TO hear then
Philadelphia North Americas
Plenty OF Time--witress
III tell you all I know.
Judge-All right-go aheae.
two minutes yet before time
Brooklyn Life.
Too Late. ---She--I hear y
got married; IL 1t too late
CALCULATIONS,
He-oh. yes; was mArsie
aso.-LOndop Tit-Hiis.
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WHAT'S the matter with Blanco's type
writer Has he been in Ohio helping cut
Hanna? Nothing has been heard about
great Spanish victories for at least ten
days.
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If the relief expedition IN search NJ
i'oiossor AAdree VIII visit Wolferts
Rest they may locate the great explorer.
Nothing has been heard from that part
OF tho globe for a Iaag time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Senator TpIurston expresses the opinion
tlrat New York will name the man who
VIII be president In 1900 but T'hurston Is
not good democratic authority.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Thanks to the health auth0t1
Of the lepers who were isolated NJ
vue have been turned loose to 70 \
they please and do what theY ]
least one eminent scientist here hs
ieprosy can be spread by kisses
OF the lepers now at large Is ~
worst is feared.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Thee lis something dark and dangerous
in the dupliesty OF Spain anent the Cuban
question. Look al her urdulflled prorn-
ises, her warlike preparations. and her Sc
cret intriguing with European powers TO
whom she owes more than ono hundred
millions OF dollars. win these powers
quietly permit their debtor TO go % pieces?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

The song of prosperity continues" re-
marks a trade paper. AS II Is solo.
people IN oonhtry where cation brings
Tess than il costs TO produce can not BIO
expected to jean IN the refrain.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

The wires once more flash the cncour-
aging news that In a few days Mr. Nc
kinney win satisfy the republican lhng-
lhEs OF Texas by making big list OF
lons-promsed nominations. The nle-hunt-
ers cam not much further stand the strain
OF suspense and Mac should come TO time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Just as The Post predicted; The Spanish
cabinet has decided TO tell the Ui.ted
States ''in guarded terms that in refer
ence to granting autonomy TO Cuba. Spain
VIII do what she thinks best" In other
words. Uncle Sam will be politely tod TO
20 20 the d. and mind his own business.
What then?
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The harlequin OF pahltieal ciairvoynnce
inspires Mark Hanna to exc,aim: ''They
ten me AIN sure of re-electlon. that's all
KNOW about It," Dear Marcus. trust
him not. he Is foolinc thne
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Society has new fad. Thh,
is the ancient game of shufflebon
by the way. used to be popular d
burg. as all who remember the al
House and a few other resofs
same sort and age well know. OIL
time 1t was sport of kings,r Z
may be the reason why the gsne
toned by the Four Hundred.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Florida farmers intend cultivating to-
bacco thereafter. South Texas farmers
would probably find that tabacco Is more
profitable than cotton.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

When Weyler lands IN Spain the bost
uhmg Tor him to do wiz he TO Join the
Carliets. He left Cuba carrying with him
the excavations OF all AVID NOW his own
people talk cf impeachng him. Poor
NN.,.isa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Al @. Field says confidence is a mighty
good thing, but Il VIII not give us 7-cent
cotton nor pay our taxes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Editor Stead Of London, who probably
knows more about the United States than
any other Englishman In Great Britain.
gives II as his firm conviction that Tam
many VIII give New Yoi6 good gov
erlment' And Stead is right.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

Work on the pneumatic tub
from the Grand Central statIu
general postoffice is well undcf q
II is to be completed in Novemlel
test already made shows that w
is a practical success, reducing &
the transmission of mail TO 4 VI
In few years every city in vi
try will probably have a similar u
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06

There is rumor on the ~,
little Edna Wallace Hopper and X
husband have decided to Jog q
gether as II nothing had occurrsi
them JOLT. This means thA 4
hrm VIII not have the pleasure
ing fat fee in the divorce court
means that some theatrical comm
harder to break than the knot tA<1
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NILE. Do SIonuJe.

Miss ELIZABETH GILBERT MARTIN has trans
lated. and the Messrs. Scribner have published,
the latest OF the interesting biographies compiled
by NJ. INHERIT DIX SAIST-AMASD tScgfbner'sl. The
volume before US 10 devoted TO Louis Napoleon
and Mile. de MontVo. Aside from his literary
experience tho author Is, to this extent. qualified
for this particular task. that he has seen the
court Of the Second Empire near at hand. He
has witnessed all tho acts Of the drama. He
saw, for instance. the Empress Eugtnie go into
Notre Damo on tho day Of her marriage, and he
was very near to her in the same church when
she went with her son to hear the To Dcum
chanted for the victory Of Solferino. He used to
be invited to the public and the private enter.
Of tho court, and to those fancy balls
where the sovereign appeared, sometimes. In .
splendid costume. and at other timcs hid her
beauty under mask and domino. He saw the
Universal Exposition of 1867. the apotheosis OF
the reign. and the crushing disasters that
came after. In a word. he was present at
the birth of tho empire and witnessed
It's last agony. We should add, however.
that in the present volume tho author has not
undertaken a complete dclineation of Partisan
society under the Second Empire. Here he con-
fines himself to q rapid glance at the early lives
Of the Emperor and Empress, and brings this in
stallment Of the narrative to q close with their
marriage. It is principally upon what NJ. do
ssinto-Amand has to tell about the young lady
who was TO become an Empress that we shall
dwell In the present notice.
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1t was on May 8. 1925. 1--WE years to q day
nftor the death Of Napoleon l.. that there camo
into the world In the romantic city OF Grenada
n child destined to become the wifo Of Napoleon
III. The municipality have affixed q plaque
with On appropriate inscription on the front Of
tho house whore Gho was born, No. IL Gallo do
Gratia. In tho records OF her birth and baptism
the future sovereign % designated under tho
name Of Mario Eussnio Ignace Augustine,
daughter OF Don Ciprinno Guzman Palafox y
Porto'Cnrrcro, Count OF Teba, Marquis OF
Argales, Grandee OF Spain. and OF Ma
ria Manueln do Kirkpatrick y Grivcgn6e,
Comtcssc de Teba. Marqucsa do Aryales. At
tho time OF the Empresss birth her father
was still styled tho Comic dc Teba. lie did not
assume the title OF Comte dc Montijo, belonging
to hts elder brother, untll after the latter's death.
The origin Of his lllustrious family goes back
further than the institution Of nobility. Among
his ancestors ho counted Alfonso Perez dc Guz-
man, that hero OF tho thirteenth century
whose exploits arc still recointed by Span
ish peasants, ms well as Gonsalvo do
Couiova, surnamed tho Great Captain, and
Antonio dc Icvo, the most skilful OF tho
generals OF Charles V. Maria Manuela do
Kirkpatrick, who married tho Comtc do Toba
and became tho mother OF the Empress Eu-
gene, was descended from n reputable family OF
tho Low Countries, that OF Grivognec. whose
members lived in LieGe, and were several times
enrolled among its Aldermen. Henri dc Gri,
vegnce. born at LiHgc in June, 1884, established
himself In business at Malaga, where he married
q Spanish woman, Antonio de Gallesos. From
this marriage were born two daughters, Fran.
colso and Catherine. FRANCHISE married. at
tho close OF the eighteenth century, Baron vii.
liam Kirkpatrick, belonging to an illustrlous
Scottish family, the head Of which had been
created a Baron in 1927. William kirkpatrick
devotion to tho cause OF tho Stuarts had
compelled him 10 leave Scotland and emil
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We learn from these memoirs the interesting
fact that, at Snint-Dizicr, on March 2s. 1914.
seven days after the hard. fought combat Of
Arcis-sur-Aubc, Marshal Oudinot submitted the
following PROPOSAL to the Emperor, with tho
view Of placing himself between the enemy and
the Rhine. Oudinot asked that no might DO
charged with his unaided army corps, II tho
Emperor was unable to dispose OF a larger force;
with that corps he would march upon the Rhine,
taking from each Of the fortified places he would
pass on the way as many men and as much am
munltlon as they could spare, and following the
same plan with regard to all the places stil held
by the French beyond tho Rhino In the direction
Of Vienna. This scheme, which undoubtedly
presented immense difficulties and great un.
certainty as to the result. offered tho advantage
OF temporarily disconccrting the enemy. and.
perhaps. OF preventing his march upon Paris. and
might, besides, by working upon the spirit ofthe
population. induce II TO rise en- massc against the
invader. The Emperor. 1t seems, was, for the
moment. struck with the idea, but, In addition
to decming II somewhat late in the day for such
a movement, no did not think that he would be
able to dispense with the Marshal's army corps.
He asked Oudinot II he would be willing to make
tho attempt with cavalry alone. mo, sire" re-
piled the Marshal. "it would then be q war OF
partisans, ] could not accept that mission"
The Duchesse de Reggie was one OF those TINT
followed the Empress Marie Louise. who had
been left behind as Regent. in her flight from
the French capital. She expresses the con-
~viction, In which many other contemporary OBJ
servers concurred, that tho whole face OF things
might have been changed II the Regent, using
the power with which she was invested. and re.
polling the distracted counscls given her, had
decided to await the turn OF events in Paris.
Had tho allied soyereigns found at tho
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xrate to the United States. and the
American Government appointed him it's Con-
sui at Malaga. At this period there was resid-
ing at Cadiz, in tho capacity OF Charge dAnaires
Of the French republic, Matthew de Lcssops, sub
soquently Project and Count Of the Empire. He
had married Catherine de Grivcgnec, and thus
1t happened that his son Ferdinand, tho creator
Of tho Suez Canal, was tho first cousin OF tho
mother OF tho Empress Eugenle. Maria Manuols
Kirkpatrick, after completing her education In
n Pnrisian school, went 10 the house Of her
aunt. Nine. Mathiou de Lcsscps. and there mnde
tho acquaintance OF tho Comic de Teba. Tho
Count and the young girl returned to Spain
almost at the same timo, and were married In
Grenada. From this marriage were born, Jan.
30. 1928, Francoise, afterward tho Duchessc
d'Albo, and. May 5, 1926, Eugene, tho future
Empress. 1t. Ia worth adding that Maria
Manus,a Kirkpatrick, mother OF the Empress OF
the Fronch. had n sister, Henrietta, who married
tho Comic Francois do Cabarrus, son OF the
former Minister OF Finance TO King Charles III.
OF Spain, and brother Of Thercso Cabarrus, tho
celebrated beauty who was, successfully, tho
Marquiso dc Fontenay, Mmc. Tallicn. and tho
Princcrse do Chimny.
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BY tho plebiscitcs OF Nov. 81 and 81, 1882,
the people OF France declared by nearly s,0OO,-
600 ayes against $50, 900 noes In favor OF trans
forming the Prince. President into tho Emperor
Napoleon III. On Dec. l the members OF the
Senate and the Corps LeUisiatU made known
the result officially TO tho Prince President ut
Saint Cloud, and on the next day the new
regime was inauguratcd throughout the en-
pire, On Dec. IS, at tho chateau of Compicgno,
the Emperor innuguratcd those sojourns which
were to become 80 famous. Invitations TO which
were as much sought after rs were those OF
Louis XIV. to Marty. The journey had been de-
laycd Tor several days, The Emperor having
determined to walt until Mile. do Montijo
should have recovered from a cold. Among tho
guests, besides the Comtcssn de Montijo and
her daughter. were Prince Napoleon, tho Prin-
cesse Mathilde and Prince Murat, the Am
bassadors Of England and of Spain, the Ministers
OF Foreign Affairs, OF War, and of the Interior;
tho Due dc Mouchy, the Prince do la Moskowa,
the Marquis and Marquisc dc Padouc. and the
MGrquisc do Contadcs, daughter OF tho Marshal
de Castcllano, The Emperor had, at first. in.
tended 10 remain but four days at the chateau.
AS Il matter OF fact, he remained eleven, not re-
turning To tho Tuilcrics until Dec. 2S. For him,
the great attraction of CompieGne had been the
JOY of living under the same roof as Mile. de
Montijo, sitting with her Mt table, listening to
her lively and glowing conversation, and seeking
TO gain her heart. Accustomed although he was
to master and conceal his emotions, ho had not
found II easy to restrain his passion. Al much
in love as II young man OF twenty, he was soft
ened, subdued, and fascinated. Yet he never de.
parted from the most correct reserve, nor gave
the young girl so much admired any precedence
which would have been contrary to etiquette.
His attitude throughout this first OF the Com.
piegnc soJourns seems to have been irreproacha-
BILE. Possibly his projected marriage was already
settled in his mind, but neither Mime. dc Montijo
nor her daughter as yet knew anything about 1t.
Tho c~ourtiers treated tho charming Spanish
womans ? a foreigner Of distinction. worthy OF
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months, for the reason that an intrigue had
been formed to deprive her Of tho Queens conf
dence. Nine. and Mile. dc Montijo were in Ma
drid when the revolution Of Feb. "a, 1Sis. broke
out In France, and they followed Its phases
and results with keen attention. From
Feb. 10 to Dec. 20, 16t9. Prince Napo-
leon, son OF King Jerome Bonaparte, former
sovereign Of westphalis, was the Ambassador
Of France at Madrid. 1t Is said that he conceived,
ut this time, IA groat admiration for Mile. dc
Montijo. and oven thought Of asking her In mar
riago. but that tho idea was not encouraged.
either by her or by her mother. In the course OF
the year last named, the Comtcsse dc Montijo
and her daughter camc to Paris. Like all for.
cigncrs Of distinction, they wcro present regu-
larry at tho fetcs Of tho Elysce, and tho Prince
President received them with tho attention due
TO their rank. No one, as yet, foresaw, however,
that the Prince would fall in love with the young
and beautiful Spanish woman. who. for all
that, had mado an impression on him
the first timo he mot her, and one that con-
stontly Increased. Tho persons whom Nine. do
Montijo and hor daughter saw most of at this
period were not Bonapartists. They visited the
Marquis and Marquise do Dampierrc al tho
Chateau do Plassac. and, In Paris, they usually
frcqucnted the houses Of Lcgitimists or Orlean-
lists. Thorc was, in truth, no Bonapartist society
Mt that time. Tho official world and tho Min
listers themselves wcro not, in reality. psrtisans
of Louis Napoleon. We arc assured by NJ. dc
Saint-Amand, nevertheless. that Mile. do
Montijo, who had boon brought up from child
hood on tho Napolconic epic, believed
in q speedy restoration OF the en-
piro. Tho passionate interest which sho
displayed in tho success OF the coup d'etat of
Dec. 2. 1851, profoundly affected tho Prince
President. NJ. Augusta Filon has asserted that
his inclination for her began In 1s43. and
"sprang up stronger than ever when the young
enthusiast. in tho height OF tho December battle.
before the result had been decided. wrote 20 tho
Prince to place all she possessed at his disposal.
in the event of failure"
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We note = further contribution 70 the Eapo-
isonic literature. Of which thore has been OF late
90 copious an %outpour. In the Memoirs Of Mar
shai Oudinot. Due lie RegDio tAppletonsl This
book has been compiled by CASTOR STIEoLKR
from hitherto unpublished "reminiscences of tho
Duchcsso dc Tceeio, and IL is now first trans
lated into English by ALEXANDRA TRIxKIRA DE
MATros. There IL much less in Tho volume about
Napoleon than ono could wish; tho little that
there is wc shall set forth. but we shall pass over
the concluding chapters OF tho hook, which deal
with the last thirty-two years OF the subjects
life, under the Restoration and tho july Mon
srchy. Before marking. however, VIVA, Is said
about the great central figure Of the Napolconic
epoch we should outline as briefly as possible
the main events In Oudinot's career.
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tho Polish lady to whom the Emperor ishnown
TO have attached himsch 20 fondly during the
campaign OF 1906. These two women. of whom
ono Mime. do Stae) had detestcd tho Emperor,
while tho other had loved him too wen, drawn
as they were by tho samo impulse toward
tho rcpudiated consort, presented a strange
contrast. Josephine, however, gave hcr visitors
no time to reflect upon the singular meeting.
for, after responding to Nine. dc Stapls farewell
courtesy. sho quickly came up to the chimney
beside which her visitors were standing. and
said. without any preambls.-I have just in-
islcd u very painful interview. Would you bo-
love that, among other questions which Nine.
dc Stael thought fit TO put TO me, she asked me
whether I still loved the Emperor She
seemed to wish to anRlyze my heart in
tho presence OF this grent misfortune. !. who
have never ceased to lovo the Emperor in the
midst OF his greatness. did she think that 1
would now grow cold toward him !" The OK
Empress was already very Ill. Hcr head was
wrapped In q largo English shawl; she was
flushed, hcr breathing was oppressed, and she
complained Of catarrh. Ono could see that sho
was suffering In both body and soul. Sho con-
Quoted almost the whole Of The conversation,
talking with a freedom inspired probably by tho
sympathy which sho saw imprinted upon her
visitors features. When she withdrew she
nade them promise to return and dine with her
the next Sunday. Before then she was dead.
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| cto IN ltNult hhh y uttluBu. WTOUt 10 tnC
Prince to place all she possessed at his disposal.
in the event OF failure"
~.
In spite Of vehement protcsts from irrecon-
that followed tho coup d'etat was u series OF In.
cessant %ovations for the Emperor Napoleon heir
The quondam postscript passed his life under
triumphal arches. Nevertheless, according to
NJ. dc Saint-Amand. he forgot the fetes, the re-
views, the applause. the fanfares, to remember
Bruyere's sentence: "a beautiful face Is the
most beautiful sight Of all. and the sweetest
harmony is the tone Of voice OF tho woman
whom we love" An ocular witness has testified.
that II was between a sojourn at Fontainebleau
and a ~sojourn at Compiegno that Louis Napo-
Icons love was observed to grow with great
r~apidity. The author OF this book describes
these sojourns at considerable length. 1t
was on Nov. IL, 1852, that tho Prince
President left Saint Cloud to go to Fon-
tainebloau. where no intended 10 spend several
days and receive q certain number OF guests. On
the following day the guests arrived from Parlo
by n special train. Among them were the Prin-
cess Mathilde. Prince Napoleon. the Ministers
for Foreign Affairs and for War, the British AM
bassador, and also tho Comtcssc de Montiio and
her daughter, Mile. Eugenic. No one. as yet,
imagined that three months later the young and
brilliant Spanish woman would he Emnress NJ
the French. She and her moth her wore modes.lv
lodged Mt tho chateau In tho Iou,s w wino
where they occupied rooms ON the second story
looking out on the ENGLISH garden. There vas a,
seems. a great hunt with the hound. I'm the forcs,
on Nov. IA. The reno, ,ous WAS n, Rclle. crol,.
The author reminds us that. from n mic.
turcsoue point Of view. nothing can surnoss
the forest of Fontaineblenu when Illuminated
by n radiant autumnnl sun. Amid tbis ench.,,.
ing scenery. Mile. dc NontIio riding n bors.
from tho prince's stable ann.ared live n =,
in,renid Amazon. She followcd tho chass With
n fearlessn,,s admired nv all the cavaliers In
the evening the ceremony NJ Tho "cnrSo oux
nambe.ix " took Mac, IN tho mapn>acont oroI
court. n, one end OF which rises tho han,is,crv
OF Louis XIII. II plcased tho Prince President
10 show the Young Girl whom no greatly od.
mired. tbo.c two mastcrpi.ces NJ nature and ar,
tho fores, and the nalace nj Fon,ai,ch,e,u As,n
the palace. Il Ia assuredlv the most in,orc.,,rg
and most fairy like of the immortal mr. rovnI r.s;.
dcnecs Every cpoch from ,t n, g In,i. On
our own day ia represented there nv admirable
spccimcns NJ orcbitecturc dcc,r.tion and ,,-,i.
t,,re. Win, n fran, IN s, OF Tho h.ou,r
Of a woman IL this chateau. where so MANI
cncbantrcsscs bovc shon. md whore iii
imarinations call nm shirts IN mo,,iaco,,, In
pnssing ,hrough the galleries a, Fr.nc,, ond