The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-09-08

A11 1eSHa4 Aut proper tuQeQ IEuL
there with 'Et tn. Brute" for its cpl
taph But things being ripe for the
bossing Of Rome, his gr]andnephew.
Octayius. took charge. and. after him.
Tberius. who was simply a stepson
Of OcJAvlus.
A dozen Roman emperors called
themselves Caesar. and the magic Of
the name rules down even 70 this day
as synonym for emperor In the title
or Kaiser Wilhelm. But there never
was a genuine dynasty Of that name.
because IL began IN the person Of Ju-
Illus y. c. A. in the same person. when
Brutus, CaBsiua and nearly ~fourscore
assistant surgeons performed their IA
nous Caesarian operation on him. The
lire Of the Caesars is. In reality. Dem.
ocracy's farce Of the right divine.
The Capets, who managed TO keep
their grip on France for several cen
turtles. began their rulership in the
regular way. with one especially husky
Ancestor-in their case. Robert the
strong. q Saxon 10 whom Charles the
Bald ave the duchy OF the lie do
France Ia SCI. They went into the
king business IN PSI. when the mobiles
reached the conclusion that the Caro-
linElau blood IN France was about
played out, the only male survivor be
ing Charles. duke OF Lorraine. whom
those red-handed. two-Bsted lighters
regarded rs q milksop. Hugh CapeL,
having bossed Paris and its last Caro-
liugian king. Louis v. appealed 20
them e. being about the size OF the
man they all needed. 10 boss them.
for he had all the nerve and Drawn
OF Robert the Strong. his Saxon an.
cestor.
IL was evidently a hearty. healthy
breed; but three and q half centuries
suficcd to bring Il down TO Charles
the Enir-Charles W.-tho last OF sew
crNl Capet Kings all curseG with In.
capacity and weakness. After half a
dozen years OF rCiEning. the fair
Charles Giokorcd out. IN 1884. aud that
ended tho Capots,
The funny part OF this king making
was that. Whenever the diyino-right
principle went 20 smash, Democracy.
90 tho mobiles and uotAblcs, hasteued
to set together and give Il another try
with "A fresh breed OF royaly-alWays
agreeing on tome especially bloody
minded ~slaughtcrer as their one best
bet Philip Of Valois. who had the
temper Of a chronic earthquake. was
the choice OF the French barous. and
he started the ValoiF line. in 1898, un
der the dtle az Philip VI Il took him
only nine years TO plunge France into
The hundred years var with England.
and Il took ~dostiny-Or nature-only a
couple Of centuries 10 bring the Nalois
family down TO Henry H. IN whom Il
niekcrcd out In 1888,
The fate OF these dynasucs in
France was parallclcd by innumcrahle
minor houses. there and elsewhere,
Occasionally, the aae OF Charlemargno
and Godefroy do Bouillon has been
matched. as where tho famous family
De la Tour Auyorgno came 90 It's CON,
pletc end with the death of an nlcgiu-
mate scion who. although a mere pri-
waite Ia the ranks OF Frances rcYolu,
uouary forces, earned the tile % the
First Grenadier OF France,
Again. when tho Rohan family,
whose dukes had been kings Of IRE,
tagne, had only Marguerite de Rohan
left as It's heir, her husband. Henri
ChaboJ was coolly created duke do
RohRn. to keep the nam alive
Geonroy de I.usignRn was ono OF
the great names in French history,
and tho family to which he contrib.
uted distinction faded out so uncer-
tainly hat for years its name was the
sport OF lmpudent adventures who
professod &c DO cadets OF a house
which only the well Informed OF the
nobility were positive was totally ex'
unct. SO, too. with the dukes dcs
Eudes. who In their day were equals
Of the earlier Capets; and the Guises.
dating back to 1908, whom Rene Ill,
conqueror Of Charles the Bold and "a
Their Of Claude, FIRST French duke OF
Guise, presented that lapsod duohy TO
bis second o n and ending In isTS
with the death OF Francis VII. the