Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-13
WORLDS GREAT
MILITARY CHIEF
NAPOLEON RoNAPARTE FUR.
NishEs THEME FOR ELo.
QuENcE OF DR.. JEFFREY
II o S PITAL BEN Eft
Lecture of the Well Known Methodist
Pastor ls Means of Great Help
to Worthy institution of
OttumWa.

to Worthy Institution Of
| ottumwa.
Lovers Of the lecture as a mode of
entertainment and instruction were
Well recompensed for having attended
the lecture on Napoleon Bonaparte, -
delivered by Dr. T. w. jeffrey at the
First Methodist Episcopal church last
| evening. The auditorium of the
church was well filed by attentive lis
teners and the excellent lecture mer-
tied all the attention given il. Lovers
OF hlstory's great characters, as we'll
as those to whom history is a closed
book; the admirer of genius as well
as the Indifferent; all were alike held
In the spell of the speakers eloquence
during the mastery word-painting.
The student of history had the stirring
events in the life of the worlds most
famous military genius unfolded 20
him In all the realism with which
eloquence can garb events. The per-
sons unfamiliar with history were just
as deeply impressed and found them
selves carried along through these
times that marked epochs in the his
tory OF the world at that period when
Napoleon was on the tongue of all the
world. In a word the lecture lacked
none Of the elements that rank it with
the best efforts of eloquence that have
ever been heard in Ottumwa.
Following a prelude on the pipe or
gan by Mrs. John Ellmaker, Mrs. T. A.
Fulton. president of the Ottumwa Hos
pital association, came before the
audience with the thanks of the asso-
citation for all who in any way contrib
uted to the occasion. Mrs. Fulton clos
ed with neat Introduction of Dr. JEFF
| frey and the announcement of his sub
jeot.
Compared to the Alps.
Beginning with a graphic description
of the Alps, Switzerland's wonderful
mountains, all the phases of this won
der of the worlds natural scenic
wealth was depicted in such realism
that one felt himself in view of the
rugged peaks, eternal SHOWS, deep
caverns and Icy glaciers. It's beauty
at sunrise, at midday and when the
cloud-high peaks hide the light of day
in the early twilight were told of ZEN
throned on mountains of rock, robed in
a mantle Of cloud and crowned with Z
diadem of snow" The immensely of
the Alps was drawn before the mag
nation of the audience as a fitting
comparison to the great Napoleon
Bonaparte, and his greatness among
the worlds great Of his day and even
still Speaking of wars, the lecturer
said that wars in passing leave little
else than tombs. but that there are
worse things than war and among
them he cited cowardice and human
| slavery. He recounted the Marathon
and the liberty to Persia that result
ed; Bannockburn and Robert Bruce
of the Scotch; Yorktown where the
4 British coat of arms was changed and
closed with Appomattox and the part
it played in the history of this land
within half century ago. with al
Of these great events in the worlds
history, is linked the name of some
great man." said the lecturer, ant
then in manner doing full justice tc
the great character that served as 6
subject for his lecture, he said:
Among these is the name of the
great army chieftain, the little cor
poral, the man whose football shool
thrones, Napoleon Bonaparte.
World Felt His Power.
|
Napoleon, nor would any sane man ut
tempt it. The world fought him unit
it was no longer able, through sheer
exhaustion, to hunt him down. He
however sought to run dow1
the world until his power was fell
throughout the world. The world di
vides its estimate by the man Napol
con, yet the very kings he dethroned
We'd with each other in doing hin
honor. His fall was as swift as an ar
row and its effect was fel. not only il
France but in all Europe as well.
Admires His Record.
"My estimate of the man is not no
can not be Influenced by my Anglo
Saxon forbears, even though one o
them, great uncle, fought unde
Wellington on the field of Waterloo
and saw the star of Napoleon set. Hi
record of things done and the geniu
with which he did things appeals I,
Ime. II he was ambitious only for him
self, he would not have accomplished
, the things for Fr.nce that illumine hi
memory with halo of glory.
From Corsica to st. Helena.
"Born a genius, destiny furnishe
, him his spear and helmet; the Frenc
revolution tested the keenness of bi
? blade and he died leaving a broke
, sceptre and a throne swimming i
blood. He was born on the island @
Corsica and died at st. Helena. D
: but think Of the distance from Corsic
to ST. Helena. Not the distance i
miles but in achievement Austerlit;
Marengo, the Pyramids. Leipsic, Lod
: Waterloo, ETC., a Josephine enthrone
and dethroned, Louise of Hapsbur
!. who married him when he was in hi
height of power and deserted him !
his hour of need The distance fror
: Corsica to st. Helena was great"
The lecturer graphically depicta
: Napoleon in the part he played as que
Ter of the French revolution; he tol
Of the reigns of Kings Louis, XIV, Ky