The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-01

the transfer OF MS 1enerai cOdSu-
But the learned Due de Luynes bad
scarcely arrived in France when us only
sen. a young man not yet thirty years old,
ana the Idol of his father, died very sud
denly and unexpectedly, In 1861 the Ouch
ess de Luynes-his second wife much
younger than her husband, and tender1y
beioved-died after a few hours Illness
The Due never recovered from this sorrow
Writing to a friend, ne said: 1T Is not
for nothing that Virgil writes- Tristis que
senectutus" The marriage Of his beauu-
full granddaughter filed him with gloomy
apprehenslons, too soon realized, as In
short time after she d:ed. ''cut or in the
bloom of her lovely youth"
Descending in the male line from mob
le Floren:ine family, the Due de Luynes
was much interested in Italian affairs He
was violently opposed to the unifcation OF
Italy, and in1Ss7. on the eve OF the battle
of Msnlana, he went 20 Rome TO offer
sympathy, and perhaps aid. to the Pope.
While there he was seized with mortal
Illness. and died after a few days OF great
suffering. His grandson and only surviv-
ing descendant was killed in the battle OF
Orleans, when that city was taken by the
Pruss.ans IN 1916, and the title is now ex-
tinct.
In 1855 Louis Napoleon had reached the
zenith of his extraordinary career. He mad
succeeded in the coup d'teat, and had been
sustained by the plsb.scite, as Emperor,
with hereditary succession. His govern
ment had asked a loan OF five hundred NIL
lions of francs, and the people had promptly
responded with the offer of two thousand
millions. The Crimean war had reached a
successful issue, and the returning troops
had made trumphal entry into enthusias-
tic PARIS.
The Exposition Universelle was opened
with great eclat. Wealth was pouring into
France from the crowds of visitors from all
parts of the world. Visits We're exchanged
by the Emeperor and Empress with Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert, with great en-
thusiasm and imposing cermoniss. in both
France and England. After having been re-
fused by more than one royal princess.
Louis Napoleon had welded the woman Of
his choice-the beautiful Eugene de Mon
tigo-and she was now the admiration of
the French nation. and the glass of fash
ion" for the civilized world. In 1856
promising son was born 20 them, receiv-
ing from the Corps Legislatif the title OF
Infant of France" Pic Mono himself
being godfather. Moreover, ths Corps
Legisiatif had voted that in case of the
Emperor's death the Empress Eugene
was to be regent during the minority of
the Prince Imperial The throne and dy
nasty Of Napoleon III. seemed secure.
Who gave a thought TO King Eshmun
'nzur and his anathemas? When the cor
vette La Serieuse, returned from the Orient
brought its archaeological treasures to the
Louvre, and the savants We'd with each
other deeipher:ng and transuiat.ng the
ancient Phoenician inscription on the lid
~ Iroo A., al
to the nation by the munifleent Duke de
Luynes, II is very doubtful whether Louis
Napoleon and the Empress Eugene even
near of the curse of Eshmun' nazar. snatch
ed away before his time" so many long
centuries ago.
Yet but few years and what a change,
Louis Napoleon was man of thought-o:
ideas, but not of action. Blunder after
blunder characterized his administration.
Finally, in 1870, after a swift succession OF
terrible defeats. he surrendered, a prisoner
of war, to the victorious Germans. His
wife and son fled to England, where, after
a few months of captivity. he joined them.
In January. 1873 after two years of gloomy
seclusion. suffering. all the time, with pain
full and incurable disease. he dieo sn exile
In 1879 the young Prince Imeperial. who
at fourteen years of age had been with his
father on the battlefield at Saarbruck.
and received his baptism of fire." and
alas, of misfortune also,-thirsting for mil
itary glory, volunteered to serve with the
English troops in the Zulu war in South
Africa. While on the reconnoitring party
he was killed by the spears of the Zulu
savages.
So the curse was accomplished, 'The
posterity Of that royal person, or that man,
whoever he may be. shall be cut off; his
root shall not be planted downward, nor
his fruit spring upward"
The black basalt sarcophagus OF the
Phoenician Eshmun' 'nazar, with it's sullen,
inscrutable, sphinx-Eke countenance and
its menacing inscription, abides in its place
in the Louvre. but the family of the De
Luynes, bearing distinguished name
since the days of Henri of Navarro, is ex-
tinct.
The Napoleonic dynasty Is also of the
past. Louis Napoleon has no living rep
resentative. Among all the existing
branches of the family. there IS not one
even probable successor. Only the ex-
Empress Eugene. a childless widow.
weeps and prays by the mausoleum at
Chiselhursti Frances NJ. Butler.
Stick to what you see advertised In
the newspapers when you get to the
store. Don't let a willy salesman throw
you off the track. You know what you
want better than ne does.
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