Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-01

at the imperial reception. and the prem
iseB were searched and Ney discovered.
The particulars OF his death are unnec-
essary to mention. because this hero Of
hundred battles was shot by drumhead
eourtmartial.
Marshal Murat passed out of life in the
same way, so the Oriental swords brought
bad luck towards the last.
II Marshal Ney had not been thus iden-
tined by his sword he might have died
in his bed.
The battle OF the Nile was said TO have
been accidental. Nelson's feet was per-
mitted to revictual at Syracuse, and the
fleet went into Syracuse because the wife
Of the English ambassador had intimate
acquaintance with the foolish King Ferd-
inand.
So trifing a circumstance as a glass Of
wine is reported as changing the history
| Of France for twenty years. Louis
PHILIPPE, king OF the French. had for a
son the Duke OF Orleans. heir to the
throne. who had TO be careful about wine,
because only one glass made him I'M
steady.
one day he took more than one and
when he attempted to enter his carriage
be fell, the horses ran. and in some way
be struck his head and soon died. His
death ended the Orleans regime, and sent
the whole family into Punishment.
Spanish tradition says that the fate Of
Columbus hung on game OF chess.
He plead with the king and queen to
no purpose for long time. and, finally,
decided 70 quit Spain and try France. The
king was engaged in q game Of chess and
refused to see Columbus on his last call,
as Columbus considered It. but Queen Isa-
bella entreated him. and TO get rid of her
importunely he told her the fate of the ex-
petition would be settled by the game
II he lost. then Columbus might go.
BY the queens assistance. the king
made a lucky movement and Columbus
was given the necessary aid.
Anna Boleyn was banished and her life
hung on the kings within. The pope sent
a messenger to reconcile Henry VIII TO
the papacy. AS messengers Travelled on
horseback and the horse cast a shoe and
grew lame when the messenger reached
London the king had already married
Jane Seymour. a Protestant, and Anna
Boleyn had been banished the day before,
and the pope lost his opportunity Of recon-
ciliation with Henry VIII.
In the year 1872 the declaration Of war
with England was passed by one vote in
the senate. General Jackson was nomi-
mated as major general and conferred by
one vote January s. 1915.
Some enterprising men at the previous
annual election, in Rhode Island, found
and Republican parties to be very close
one or two votes would decide the re-
suit.
A farmer was urged TO get there by all
means but in crossing the field he found
his pig caught in the fence and he stopped
10 get him loose.
The pig squealed and the farmer pull
ed, but the pig was fast for some time.
As soon as the pig was released the voter
ran with all his might, but the polls were
closed, and the result made a war rep
resentation. He was elected by one vote.
and when the election for senator came
on a war senator was elected by one vote.
and the war OF 1872 came on, and General
Jackson was elected and reelected to the
presidency. fought the wings. and removed
the deposits.
When did ever a pig do more work with
his nose fastened between fence rails?
Oliver Cromwell was about to embark
to America along with John Hampden,
along with certain pilgrims.
A guard Of soldiers stopped them. King
Charles had decreed that his people must
stay in England and these pilgrims stay
ed.
II Cromwell and Hampden had sailed
King Charles head might have been in no
danger, but the kings command kept
them in England. and Oliver Cromwell
virtually beheaded the king.