The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-26
NAPIERS ARE VERY
NUMEROUS FAMILY

at Edinburgh. caused the headless. leg !
less. armless trunk 20 be carefully en-
balmed CT is now entombed in 81.
CHESS CathedraD. after having caused
the heart TO be removed from IL. In
accordance with the solemn promise
exacted from her by the marquis
day or two before his death. The
heart also embalmed. she had enclosed
in a little steel case. made with the
blade of her hero's sword. and hao
that placed in turn in fine gold fiIs-
gree box, which had belonged TO her
kinsman, the Inventor OF logarithms.
The heart met with the most extra
ordinary vicissitudes: was stolen. re-
covered in a curiosity shop at The
Hague, restored to the Lord Napier
Of the day; bequeathed by the hrst
Lord Napier TO his daughter. wife OF
Commodore tombstone. commanding
the British naval forces in India; lost
there for number OF years; acquired
by the Nabob OF Arcot; restored by
him to the tombstone family under the
most romantic circumstances; robbed
from the Johnstones at Boulogne in
France. when they were imprisoned
there by the revolutionary govern
ment in 1892. and lost since then; be-
ing believed to have found its way TO
the United States. where possibly 1t
Is preserved in some collection
Prince John Sapiehs, whose long
suit for the hand OF Mrs David -.
Batchelder. OF New York and Paris,
a very wealthy American widow. has
Just been ended by her marriage in
Paris to the French Count de Bots
Lucy. is well known In this country
especially in New York where he was
tn h. 10 pl
ing business, devoting his attention
more especially to the financial inter-
ests of the Poles who had emigrated
to various portions of the United
States, especially TO the mining dis
tricts, from the Polish provinces OF
Austria, Russia and Germany. Prince
John is a cavalry oficer on the retired
list OF the Austrian army, and cham
berlain OF Emperor Francis Joseph;
and while he himself belongs TO the
court circle at Vienna, Mrs. Batchelder.
had she married him, would have been
excluded therefrom, owing to her being
barred from presentation at court The
reason for this exclusion is that by
her marriage she would have become
an Austrian subject, and as such
amenable to the very stringent. rules,
exacting exclusively noble ancestors
and ancestresses for several genera
lions back. as an indispensable quail
ncation for the honor OF presentation
Let me add that not onne of the Amer
lean women who have become the
wives OF Austrians or Hungarians or
rank have ever been admitted. since
their marriage, TO the court OF vienna
Prince Johns father. Prince Adam,
was one of the leaders of the Polish
revolution against Russia in 1868. was
captured and while in prison awaiting
trial and probable execution. managed
TO effect his escape from Warsaw. dis
guised as a woman. and to reach Paris,
where he was received as a welcome
guest at the Tuueries, and enjoyed for
a time the particular favor of Napo-
leon Ill. who believed that by foment-
ing Polish national aspirations in the
western provinces of the Car ne
could exercise pressure upon the RUS
sian government
Prince Adam. however. finding that
Napoleon had no real intention OF help-
ing the Poles. and that he was indi-
ferent to this aspiration, save in so
far as they could be used in furthering
the interests OF French diplomacy.
Quilted Paris and settled in the Polish
provinces of Austria where he owned
large estate. becoming in course OF Tune
"A member or the Gali'FidH Diet' as "S'
az OF the Austrian House Of Lords: PC
sides which. Emperor Francis Joseph
conferred upon him the Order of the
Golden Fleece and the dignity OF
Privy Councillor
He lost a considerable portion OF
his fortune some twenty years ago
through the collapse OF the so-called
Credit Bank Of Gallicia. at Cracow'
and as he had no less than seven
children. il is not astonishing that
Prince John. who is his youngest son
but one should have found it neces-
sary to work for a living IN TINS
country.
The Sapiehas trace back their de-
cent IN an unbroken line to the four
teenth century: became Polish princes
in 1860. and have now their title as
such recognized by the Austrian anu
Russian governments
MARQUIS DE FONTENOh-
Copyright. 1912. by the Brentwood
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