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the lovely shore of the Riviera on his
various missions to and fro, he looked up
the narrow passes, the open gates In
the great, high walls Of the Maritime
Alps, which, like huge breakwaters. rise
almost sheer from the ivory shore of the
Mediterranean. 1t was while peering
through those gateways to Italy that a
Plan Of campaign far greater than that
Of Toulon started in his mind.
But Just then there came another rev
oIution in Paris. It was Robespierre' S
turn at the guillotine, and as his head
fell in the sack, q reactionary faction
leaped to power. The younger Robes
pierre followed his brother, and the new
Tsarty in the government at once began
to mark out for the same fate all the
chief associates Of the fallen Terrorist.
The simplest way to divert suspicion
from yourself is to direct 1t to some one
else. As the cloud gathered about the
head Of the shifty Salicetti, he pointed
lis finger at his, fellow Corsican, Ma
poleon, who quickly found himself in a
cell and under orders to report in Paris,
whose other name was the guillotine in
those days, when it was the usual prac-
tice to chop OF a head first and then
apologize to the remains for any mis-
take.
Fortunately for the prisoner, the gull
lOtine was weary at last ana lncHneo 10
slacken its speed. Salicetti soon felt safe
enough to be fair, and after eight days
in confinement the scapegoat was liber-
ated.
I faithfully followed THE Path Of
Napoleon" even to the prison door, and
came very near having 1t close upon me
While neither the Red Terror nor the
White reigns any more in France, there
is over all Europe in these days Blue
Terror, in whose dark shadows, crowded
with horrify1ng ghosts Of foes and spies,
the peoples morbidiy watch for the com.
ing of a great war. In my American in
nocence of this extremely delicate situa-
ton, / stumbled upon my first but not
last experience of it under the walls of
Fort Carre, Napoleon.s prison, which
rises by the sea just outside the town Of
Antilles, not far from Nice.
The fort looked SO senile and harmless
that I thought of it only as ruin, and
therefore a fair subject for my pocket
camera. did not learn my mistake until
I was a quarter of a mile away. when a
uniformed Official. as aged looking as
Fort Care itself. stopped my carriage,
entered it, and seating himself opposite
me. commanded the driver in thick,
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! auavering tones. to drive me to the
Marie.
Just then a detachment of baggy-
trousered soldiers, their guns over their
shoulders, appeared from behind US, and.
dividing, marched on either side of the
carriage. "Can. IL be as bad as that?'
I was asking myself when / was reassur-
ed to see the troopers turn on the road
just ahead Of me- ~
Mr.. Morgan at the Bar.
As we logged up to the Marie, in the
center of the old town, my thoughts
fondly dwelt on the fraternity Of Frank.
lin and Lafayette, Washington and Ro-
chambeau, and on the present-day bonds
of friendship between the two great Re-
publics.
Once IN the secretarys room had only
to pronounce the name of America to fill
the young man at the desk with its
magic. 1 was welcomed Immediately to
the inner Office by the big, smiling mayor.
who, when he had listened with SYM
pathetic ear to my story, assured me
that he was fairly desolated to think that
an American guest should have found
French officer so lacking in hospitality
and he offered me the freedom of Fort
Carre and the entire town.
He was SO interested and delighted as
OF 5000 Miles in the Path Of Napoleon"
he laid his hand on my knee and told me
he longed to go with me. But when I
was taking my leave his face grew sober,
the shadow OF the Blue Terror rose before
him and he shook his finger at me as he
said. Now, If you were German"
0ut of a Job.
Napoleon was released from Fort Care
to meet troubles no less annoying. He
got on the nerves of the aged Gen.
Scherer in command Of the Army OF
Italy. who reported that while he was
all right as an artillery officer he had
too much ambition and was too much
given to intriguing habits. Probably to
get rid of him he was sent on on an
expedition organized to take Corsica from
the English. but this proved to be as
ridiculous a failure as all his other
Corsican campaigns.
Next he was ordered to Join the in
fantry in the Army Of the West. but his
training caused him to despise the in
fantry, and he came to Paris to lodge
protest, bringing with him stan of
two young officers. Junot and Marmont.
When he demonstrated against his
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officers, the French made a dash al
Little Gibraltar" They were beaten
back again and again. The general-in-
chief cried out in the midst Of the fray:
u am Iost!' But the fight continued
until o'clock in the morning, when with
his men behind him, Capt. Muiron, TO
the undying admiration of Napoleon,
climbed the slope of the enemy's fort.
rushed through a breach in its wall, and
cut down the English and Spaniards at
their guns.
Little Gibraltar" lest, the other shore
batteries of the British were useless.
Their defenders leaped into the sea and
swan to the ships. The town of Toulon
fell without receiving a shot. and all hap
pened just as Napoleon had predicted
weeks before. The fleet hurried away,
the magazines were blown up in a ter
rife explosion, and the flames from the
burning stores lit the sky, while the
population of Toulon struggled to escape
by sea from Robespierre's avenging mes
sengers.
Toulon Today.
The historic hill rising from TEguiI-
lette bears to this day the name of Fort
Napoleon, and / saw traced still among
its bushes the earthworks where stood
the men of the Battery Without Fear"
flag of France rode the gale
Down at the foot of the HILL saw the
old gray fort which Cardinal Richelieu
constructed, and beyond are the green
parks and red roofs of the villas of ship
builders and merchants in the pretty
seaside suburb of Temaris, in one of
which George Sands wrote her ro-
nance of that name. Back Of me rose a
mountain side which my big ProvencaI
- -
puzzlement until had translated it into
Six Fours'; but 1 am still wondering
just how the six forts that formerly
bristled on its summit should have Civ
en- it IT'S present name.
Standing on Napoleon's hill it is plain
ly to be seen that "Toulon is here" and
that the. French have not forgotten the
lesson taught by Napoleon. For today
the entire shore is the hiding place Of
modern batteries for the protection Of
the great naval port Of France.
Toulon by name looked to be some
two miles away, and as 1 gazed across
the tossing waters of the harbor there
rose above the whitecaps something like
the specter OF a ship wrecked and left
behind in the hour of wild fight from
the guns of Napoleon. That heap of
rustling iron was not. however, a relic
of the War of 1873, but of this never
ending war in peace which now engages
the nations. 1t Is the wreckage of a big
warship Of France, which blew up one
day in 1911, with a loss of 400 lives, and
became the victim of its own destruc-
tiveness.
In . Prison Cell.
As i pursued "The. Path of Napoleon"
away from Toulon, I found it did not
lead straight to glory. On the contrary,
it led to prison and into the shadows of
the guillotine.
As the youthful brigadier passed along
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ut was an army whose main force con-
sisted of no less than 5000 or E0oo
armed and drilled troops of the national
guard, which was the local militia OF
that day and was in control of the plot
ters against the government
NapoleCn's forces. on the other hand.
numbered only 500 or 5000 soldiers, or
regulars. as We would say. but they had
the cruel advantage of artillery, which
n certain Mai. Murat had been ordered to
bring to the city in the night
As the insurrectionary troops drew near
their goal from various directions, they
were met always at the vital point by the
much smaller but more soldierly forces
of regular. and veteran troops. Every
where they were confronted by plan
of campaign in which nothing had been
left to chance Napoleon had treated
| the square mile of city streets surround
ing the Tuileries like chess board and
| the defensive forces had been posted at
I all the vantage points by a master of
strategy.
1.-THE Man on Horseback.
When the insurrectionists from be-
yond the Seine set out to join their
allies across the river, they found the
bridges held by batteries. When those
on the same side of the river with the
| Tuileries turned into any street lead
ing toward the palace they found
| themselves looking into the mouths OF
cannon.
They paused while their leaders
sought to talk over the situation with
their adversary. But there was no one
to talk with. Only the cannon were
there to speak for the government.
For hours the two forces stood stock
still, facing each other. Plainly 1t was
clear case OF checkmate and by
rights the game should have gone to
the government without another move.
So it might happily have been II some
one had not fired a wild shot late in
the afternoon from an upper window of
a house in the Rue St. Honore. close
by the Church of st. Roch, where rival
detaehments had fronted each other
at Is PAGES nearly all day. That shot
was the lighted match in the powder and
fusillade instantly followed. the echo
of which fiaoting through the streets
was the signal for an outbreak at other
points
Soon the cracking reverberations Of
the muskets were lost in the awful boom
of the cannon, which shook the windows
Of Paris. The musketry wavered, raj
lied for a moment and then ned In a
wild rout. In an hour it was all ended,
with 200 dead lying in the streets. When
the bells in the towers Of the great
capital struck L at midnight their peals
rang over a city as quiet as 4 country.
side after a thunder shower.
After years Of turbulence Paris had
met her master in Napoleon. She had
seen him here, there and everywhere in
that crowded hour, his long hair falling
over his shoulders, his thin boyish figure
wreathed in the smoke Of his cannon,
but not yet knowing even the name Of
the mysterious stranger. she spoke %
him only as "the man on horseback"
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IN THE PATH OF NAPOLEON lff Il. 15ss 6s.p

Mr.. Morgan sketches today the
scenes along his journey IN The Path
of NapOIenoa" from Toulon 10 Paris,
and describes the dramatic turning
point Of NapoIeon's career, when in
an hour the friendIess Corsiean
youth made himself the Master Of the
capital Of France and really brought
the French Revolution to an end.
The story is complete in itsef, and
reader, VIII. missed the earlier
sketches will find this none the less
enjoyable.
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transfer from the artillery, the chief
reminded him of his youth, but he re-
turned with a home thrust ''On the
battlefield" he informed the desk sol
dier. "men age quickly"
He stayed in the city regardless or
orders, losing in speculation what little
money he had. Then he began to think
once more of becoming a writer instead
of a maker of history. Finally. however.
he contrived to go over the head Of the
bureaucrat who had assigned him to the
infantry and gained the attention of more
powerful men in the government The
dream OF the Orient, which was long to
haunt him, came to him now and he in
duced the authorities to order him to
Turkey for the purpose OF training and
Strengthening the Army of the Sultan
as a possible ally Of France
The Battle In the Streets
But on the same day that he obtained
this favor from one department his
name was erased from the list Of generals
by another department because he had
disregarded no less than three orders to
join the Army of the West While he
was in this plight. busily striving TO
have his name restored and to get to-
gether a staff for his Constantinople trip.
the real opportunity of his life came TO
him here in the very streets of Paris
All American visitors in the French
capital have seen, but probably few have
observed the battlefield where Napoleon
won victory as important and decisive
as any that ever fell to his sword. For
there he took Paris. This field lies in
the very heart of the city, in the familiar
PARIS of the tourist. between the boule-
wards and the river, with the Tuiieries
as the focal point The broad steps OF
the Church Of st. Roch in the Rue st
Honore are a famous landmark on this
battlefield, and multitude thronging
past the old church daily cross THE
Path of Napoleon.''
End Of the Revolution.
There, with his whit Of grapeshot,"
the little artilleryman really brought the
great revolution to an end. Its gigantic
task was done. Royalty and the privilege
of the aristocracy had been abolished,
the lands of the mobiles and the church
had been divided among the peasants,
and the alien armies of meddling mon
archs had been routed and driven from
French soil. The people longed for repose
and peaceful adjustment to the new
conditions
But scheming politicians and plotting
Bourbons would not let the republic rest,
and once more Paris was threatened with
Gn uprising. The government Of the day
naturally enough turned to the friendless
young officer out of job.
The attempted revolution came one day
in early October, in the year 1875. 1t was
by no means ragged mob which moved
through the streets toward the old royal
riding schoI-where the Hotel Continental
now is-on the thirteenth Vendemiaire.
according to the republican calendar.
This Bourbon and revolutionary uprising
might properly be called broadcloth
mob. but 1t really was not a mob at all
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The Battery of Men
Without Fear. ,

That was enough, and volunteers
swarmed into the periIous place. Their
commander daily showed his contempt
for danger. Once while he was dictat-
ing report to a sergeant shell burst
on the earthworks above their heads
and covered with dirt the undried ink
The soldier only smiled at. this close
call, and coolly said as he shook the
sheet: Good 1 shan't need any sand
to blot this" The admiring command
er recognized a man after his own
heart, and in that minute Sergt. Junot
had bound himself for life to the for
tunes of Napoleon. 80. s.-.
His First Victory.
On a wild, stormy night in December.
nearly two months after Napoleon's ar
rival On the scene, when the wind was
bowling and blowing the rain in sheets
and the lightning cracked and flashed
in the darkness, his plan of campaign
was put to the supreme test. Against
the advice Of the commissioners and not
withstanding the fears of most of the
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de
taIlf the me make will
later the evilmnded life will
only the idea that still be OF country
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As pursued The, Path OF Napoleon"
away from Toulon, found it did not
lead straight to glory. On the contrary,
It led to prison and into the shadows of
the guillotine.
AS the youthful brigadier passed along
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Like the siege of Boston.

When a council OF war was held to
listen to some lengthy instructions from
the parlor strategists of Paris, telling
Just how TouIon should be taken, the
lean and sallow captain of artillery rose
TO dissent. Stepping to a military map,
he placed his finger on a point Of land
at the mouth of the harbor, several
miles from the Notifications of the
town, and said in a truly Napoleonic
epigram, "Toulon is therer'
This was only like selecting some
Doint down at the Narrows and saying
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
Accused Certain Everything
Will Come Out All Right"
She Says.

BINGHAM. MASS. March 2o.-Rear
Admiral Joseph 6 Eaton. L. s. y, re-
tired. who died under mysterious cir
cumstances at Assinippi, Mass, on
March s, was murdered. and his widow
Mrs. Jennie May Harrison Eaton, to-
day was arrested as his slayer.
District Attorney Barker, who has
had charge Of the investigation of the
Eaton mystery, made the definite dec
laration that Rear Admiral Eaton had
been poisoned to death. Search now
is being made to find where the fatal
drug was purchased.
After her arrest at her home Mrs.
Eaton continued to maintain the com
posture which has marked her demeanor
since the violent death Of her hus-
band. She asked for time to make her
toilet before being taken to the court.
ana when permission was granted she
spent some time arranging her hair
and gown.
Mrs. Eaton's arrest came as the ell
max Of sensational and mysterious
tragedy. which has stirred New Eng
land greatly. The remarkable absence
of emotion at the time Of her arrest
completed the evidence OF an abnor-
NAL nature which Mrs Eaton has
shown since her husband met his
death
While Mrs Eaton was being arraien-
ed before Judge Pratt i'm police cour,.
District Attorney Barker made the fol
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
THE GAME:
FIRST INNING.

rms lNNlNGs
DYE picked the very first bail pitched
for q double TO deep right center Hiles
lined to Alperman, who doubled Dye a.
second una ssisted. Iickerfoose grounded
20 Heating, who threw wild TO first Smith
getting the ball with his bare hand but
il was too late to retire the batter.
Schwartz grounded to Heating and Zich-
erfoose was forced at second to Alper-
man. NO RUNS.
Heating hit one in front of the plate
and was out, Hartner to Slater Gala
han sent one over the third bag for two
bases. Alperman was hit in the middle
Of the back and took first. Bailey singled
to left, Brown letting the ball get through
him. Callahan and Alperman scoring
while Bailey went to second. Smith went
out. Dye to Slater. Bailey going to third
Long singled TO center and Bailey scored.
Long stole second. Herman drew base
on balls. Dunn hit a fly to deep center,
but Zickerfoose made great catch, re-
firing the side. THREE RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Stockton was out on a long fly to Bal
ley Brown flied to Bailey. Slater lifted
a high one to Callahan. who dropped il
for an error Reynolds flied 10 Callahan.
NO RUNS.
Herring grounded 10 Hartner and was
out TO Slater Heating took first on four
wild ones ON a hit and run Callahan
singled TO left and Heating took second.
Alperman slipped an infeld hit past Hart
ner. Heating slid over third base and
was out from Hartner to Stockton. Bal
ley stopped a pitched ball with his leg
and was laid up temporarily for repairs
After considerable rubbing he took first
forcing Callahan to third and Alperman
TO second Smith out Dye to Slater. NO
RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
Hartner out Alperman to Smith Dye
flied TO Bailey. Hnes out, Alperman to
Smith. so RUNS.
Long lined one through Dye too hot to
handle Herman sacrificed, Hartner to
Slater. Dunn popped one to Schwartz
Herring grounded out to Slater no
RUNS
FOURTH INNING.
Zickerfoose slipped off a single to short
right field Schwartz grounded to Keat-
ing and ZiCkerfoose was forced to Alper-
man. Stockton popped TO Herman.
Schwartz stole second. Brown slipped d
short single past Heating. In fielding it
Heating booted the ball to center field
and schwartz scored Slater famed
ONE Run.
Heating walked and took second ON
past ball Callahan grounded out To Sla-
ter and Heating took third. Alderman
was out. schwartz TO Slater. ana Heating
scored. Bailey flied TO Zickerfoose., ONE
Run
FIFTH INNING.
Reynolds popped TO AIpermau Hart
"a. I Sc g..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
AdmiraI'S Widow jailed as Slayer
Mrs, Eaton Calmly Faces Charge
Mystery Shifts to Motive Hunt

NEW SNAPSHOT of Mrs Joseph G. Eaton, widow of the
~ poisoned admiral who arrested to-day This photo
graph taken at the funeral Below the latest photograph
of Admiral Eaton the hero Santiago bay who died Of poison
week ago last Saturday in his Massachusetts home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
COT TON CROP
Of 1872 F Ar
BELOW 1871
\ | { | D
Total Over Two Million Bales
Less Than the Production of
Previous Year.
u. S. CENSUS BUREAU
ISSUES FINAL ESTIMATE

The United States census bureau to-
day issued the annual cotton report.
The nnal estimate of the cotton crop
OF 1912 is 14,076,430 bales
The crop for 1911 was I6,lO9.349
bales, and for 1910 it was 1868
bales
Georgia's crop was i.SSI46l bales.
Expressed in 500-pouud bales, the
1912 crop is l4,295,5O0 bales as com
pared with 1920 276 bales for 1911 and
I2.005, 6sS for 1910
The final estimate by states and by
subdivisions follows.
FIGURES BY STATES.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
LINEMAN, FIFTY FEET
UP POLE, KNOCKED
OFF BY LIVE WIRE

A lineman, who was unable to give
his name, was rushed into Atlanta on "A
special engine of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad late this afternoon from the
Seaboard shops, near which place he
fell from the top of a 50-foot pole when
he came i'm contact with a i've wire.
The engine was met at the Forsyth
street viaduct by an ambulance. and
the injured man hurried To Grady hos
pital He was terribly burned and
crushed. Physicians We're unable to
forecast the outcome of his injuries.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
EASY VICTORY
FORSMITH'S
TEAM At
PONCEY
WalIy Smith Bangs Out First
HOme-Run Drive of
Season.
0NE-SIDED GAME BROKEN
UP BY RAIN IN FIFTH
By Percy H. Whiting.

PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK, March
20-The Crackers made it three straight
from the Soldiers this afternoon, winning
a fve-inning tussle, to /. Rain stopped
the game in the end Of the fifth inning.
Herring twired air-tight ball for
Smiths crew. allowing the Soldiers but
four hits. Wallie Smith knocked the first
home run Of the year, clean drive to
the scoreboard. Joe Ager umpred.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
Everybody
Is Looking for
The Market Basket

Every hour in the day,
every mail and every few
minutes by telephone, Geor-
gian readers are asking about
The Market Basket, COM
mending this feature and
preparing menus in compe-
tition for the cash The Geor-
gian will give for the best
dinner selected from eatables
advertised in The Market
Basket. This feature will
appear again Friday in a
more attractive form.
Read it--It lUin
SdUe you money
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SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.
Two base hits-Callahan, Dye
Home run Wallie Smith.
Double play-Alperman unassisted.
Struck Out-By Herring tSlaterb. by
Hartner (Herriug).
Bases on balls-Of Hartner tKernan.
Heating - Long,
Sacrifice hit-Kernau
Stolen bases-Long. Schwartz
Passed ball-McAIlister.
Hit by pitched ball-By Hartner CAL
peTman, Bailey
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THE WEATHER

Forecast: Rain tonight; Fri
day colder. Temperatures; a. M,
81; 10 a. M, SIS; II noon. 81; p. m,
81. Sunrise, $40; sunset, $50.