The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-17
SOME CONDOLENCES.
The First and Third Napoieons-hai-
ser Wilhelm and Wagner.

WllheIna ana
That condolences Should dog the
steps of the great is perhaps not very
remarkable, considering how bright a
Hpht beats upon them, but in some in
stances the coincidence is not little
remarkable. 1t has been pointed out
ere this that the letter nj dogged the
Napoleon family throughout their
career and one has only to look back at
the events that have happened in that
family to see how true the assertion Is.
The great Napoleon's first battle was
Nontenotte. his last Mont ST. Jean;
Marengo was his first great victory,
Moscow was the beginning of the end
Twenty-six of his generals had names
beginning with NJ, and his marshals in
cluded Massena, Mortier, Marmont,
Macdonald, Murat and Moucey. Matt
land took him prisoner, and Montholon
and Marchand accompanied him TO
exile.
With regard to the third Napoleon, his
career fairly bristles with Ms. More1th
de Montclimar was his tutor; he mar
r-ied the countess of Montijo; Malakoff,
Montebello, Magenta, Marignan, Milan
and Mantua mark several of the mill
tary episodes of his reign, when Mac
Mahon was chief among his marshals,
and, finally, the Moselle, Metz and
| Moltke loom largely in his debacle. 1t
| has also been pointed out that II we
add the figures that form the date of
| NapoIeon ILLS marriage to that year,
the result is the same, i. e.: plus plus
| Oplus plus 1853 equals 1870; again, II we
| add the figures of the year of his birth
| to the same year, the results the same
| /. E.: 1 plus plus plus plus 1888
equals 1870; moreover, as the empress
was born in 1926, the same result can
be obtained in yet another manner, /.
e.: plus plus plus plus 1853 equals
1870.
Her ma iesty's favorite figure is said
to be the figure O; she and Prince Con-
sort were both born in the year 1919,
| she was 10 when she assembled the
throne. and the ninth sovereign IN sue
cession after the revolution of 1858
The prince of Wales was born on the
9th of November, and the princess OF
Wales at the time of her marriage was
10. The same figure appears to haunt
Kaiser Wilhelm, who was born in 1859
entered the army in 1869, and com
pleted his university career in 1879. lie
is also the ninth king of Prussia, and
the date of his birth and marriage, JAN
uarv 81 and February 81, both make
nine if the figures and are added to
gether.
The square root of Q is ,, which /:
, said to be the figure that chngs mos'
closely to Bismarck Richard Wagner
"a letters) was born in 1918 Il plus
plus / plus equals 13), and died or
February 10, 1888. having composed i
works. "Tannhauser," completed or
April Is, 1915, was first performed OF
March IS, 1861. Wagner left Bayreutf
; on September -, 1861, which may b.
, written 13-9-'6t, and l plus 3 plus
: EQUALS Is. With regard to the figure -
! it is somewhat strange that on III
United States quarter dollar there ar
Denoted - stars, IS letters in the scroll
which the eagle holds in its claws, l
feathers comprising the eagles wing
= and the same number forming its tan
, there are also IS parallel lines and l
: horizontal stripes, - arrowheads an
, IS letters in the words quarter dollar
p. mo wonder that the silverites en1oye e
= defeat at the last election.-Lontto
, Standard.