New-York tribune., 1905-03-06
FRINGE TAUGHT FARMING.
Ho7c p'ctor Emmanuel Trained His
Troops.

n'ns victor Emmanuers enthusiastic adoption of
lo project OF his American friend D I.ubin for
~ SANITATION of international institution for
-, p'ohotlon and development OF agriculture
a., 80, % 'ne parent OF all industries and his action
Suihs invitations TO the various foreign govern
~ 10 SEND delegates to the international con
eieSs which he has invited to meet at Rome in
May next for the purpose OF giving practical execu-
uoh 10 the scheme serve to recall the very pro-
ioUhceo interest which this sovereign has always
Hahiiested for everything relating to agriculture.
mus when as heir apparent he in command
or the military district of Naples and he ascer-
tanned that the majority of soldiers under his COM
ii"iu were the sons OF peasants farmers and OF
agricultural taborers. who on the conclusion of
'heir period of obligatory military service would
return TO their villages to their livelihood by
Following the calling of their fathers he organized
courses Of agricultural training and drill was in
lerspersed with theoretical and practical lnstruc-
hoa IN the elementary branches Of modern and
up 10 date agriculture. Indeed the then Crown
Prince Of Naples on several occasions taken to
task by his father, King Humbert and by the
military authorities at Rome for devoting more OF
his time and ttentior to the training of the troops
under his command in the arts OF peace that is
to say, agriculture, than in the science of war.
Victor Emmanuel. however took the sensible
ground that II of greater Importance to edu-
cate his become enlightened. self-support-
Ing citizens, capable OF contributing as such to
the welfare Of the commonwealth and to the pros
military service, than 20 convert them into mere
soldiers useless for any other calling. Indeed the
very marked improvement IN the conditions of
rural life in the southern provinces of his domin-
ions and the dnninution of the former misery
and destitG1ion which, prevailing there. led so
many thousands emigrate the New World
largely due to agricultural instruction which
Victor Emmanuel impaired TO his soldiers when
he in command OF the military district Of
Naples He in fact. be said to have drilled
his soldiers with ploughshares instead Of with
swords
VICTOR FUGO's SURVIVING DAUGHTER
It must be confessed that the grandchildren OF
Victor Hugo TO whom he dedicated his popular
work "Lart d'etre Grandpere,' singuiaTiy IN
fortunate in their matrimonial relations For
Jeanne, who her celebrated grandtdtheTs
favorite. is endeavoring to obtain a divorce
from her second husband. Dr.. Jean Cha'cot. at
present engaged in Antarctic exploration. and who.
the son Of the most famous nerve specialist of
the nineteenth century. was for time the medlcal
attendant OF the late Corn lius Vanderbilt Jeannes
first husband Leon Daudet. son of the famous
novelist AIphonse Daudet. This union was dis
solved by the courts. and then she married Jean
Charcot. Her brother, George Hugo. has likewise
figured in the divorce courts, in connection with
the dissolution of his union TO his wife, who. as
Mile Dorian. was a great heiress George by the
bye 3isapproved of his sisters second marriage and
about four years ago he so grossly insulted her
during performance at the Coincide Francaise.
that her husband. Dr. Charcot meeting him few
minutes later in the crowded foyer. promptly pro-
ceeded to knock him down.
George a terrible spendthrift. and, not content
with equandering his fortune. making
ruinous inroads into that of his Wife until she
secured a divorce from him. Eventually he will.
however become very rich again. through the death
Of his aunt Adele Hugo. the only surviving daugh
ter of the great poet She elOped with English
officer India from Jersey when Victor Hugo was
living IN exile there. Married without the French
legal formaites and her union. therefore. invalid
In the eyes OF French law. her welded life proved
most unhappy. and her Minis eventually gave way
under the strain. Her husband died many years
ago at Singapore. and ever since her return to
France long before her fathers death, she has
been confined In a private asylum for the insane in
the outskirts of Paris. her share IN the poets
fortune and in the ownership Of the copyright OF
his works being judiciousiy administered by trus
tees so that she is possessed Of great wealth.
which, her demise will be divided into equal
shares between her nephew. the divorced
George. and her niece. the now twice divorced
Jeanne.
YAsA BLOOD IN HIS VEINS.
So much stress has been laid upon the peasant
origin of the now reigning dynasty Of Sweden. in
connection with the engagement of the Crown
Prince OF Sweden's eldest to Princess Victoria
Of Great Britain, younger daughter of the Duke of
Connaught, that sight has been lost of the fact
that the Princess's fance has very strong strain
of the blood of ustrous and historic sovereign
house Of Vasa in his veins. In fact the young
prince is a great-great- grandson of King Gustavus
", the penultimate monarch of the Nasa line. lhe
latter was brought the throne at the early age
of fourteen by the assassination Of his father
eventually deposed by means Of military pro-
nunciamento In 1909 and banished. along with his
consort and his children, his uncle taking his place
on the throne as Charles XIII This King, being
childless and admirer Of Napoleon, scItcled tle
French field marshal Bernadotte, as heir to his
throne TO which this former Pyrennean peasant
eventually succeeded as Charles XIV, King Oscar
now the ruler of Sweden-being his grandson
Custavus " whose deposition had been attended
by a most dramatic hand-to-Eard struggle between
himself and General Alderkreutz who headed the
conspiracy against him, took up his residence in
Austria and Switzerland after having been expelled
from Sweden His only son. banshed like hmsef
from Scandinavia assumed the title or Prince OF
Vasa married in 1880 Princess Louise or Baden'
and had one child who after having by her fathers
directions contemptuously declined the offers of
marriage of Napoleon III, became the wife of the
late King Albert Of Saxony, whom she now sur
wives
King Gustavus Tvs daughter Princess Sophia OF
Vasa married Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
father of the now reigning grand duke The latter
has two children, q boy and girl. The former
whose marriage to Princess Eilda OF Luxembourg
has ~.rnained without issue. will eventually succeed
70 the throne Of Baden The girl is married 10 the
Crown Prince and Regent OF Sweden and is mother
of the young Duke OF Scana. the hance or fr1hceSs
Victoria of England and now the chiet representa-
tive through the female line II IS true OF the
ancient and historic house Of Nasa which occupied
the throne OF Sweden from l523 10 loIo II was
founded by Gustavus Vasa, who won for Sweden
her national independence and freedom from Dan
jsh tbraIdom, and he elected King by Diet
which he summoned Strengnes in 1923. lie be-
came the principal champion in Scandinavia Of the
doctrines OF Luther and of the Reformation, and
among his most famous successors on the throne