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It's easy for a doctor to make liv-
scared
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
L n Downfall
Copyright, Bl3)

James Morgan, the first biographer
Of Napoleon to traverse the vast thea
fer of his exploits, had to visit many
unfrequented places in following
''The Path of Napoleon" A third Of
the time he was in communities where
foreigners are seldom seen, and where
not a word of English is to be heard.
Naturally, the appearance Of a strange
traveller from far-away America some
times excited suspicion in this year Of
strained international relations in the
Old World, and twice Mr.. Morgan
was arrested as a spy. His unusual
and often amusing experiences as a
traveller will form a part of the back
ground Of his unique narrative of "A
Journey of 10000 Miles in the Path
of NapoIeon."
Each chapter is a story in itself.
Begin today to read this simplest of
biographies and greatest of romances.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

He and Bourrienne followed the mob
in its first attack on the Tuileries and
viewed from the terraced bank of the
Seine, a rictous assemblage swarming
In the palace, chopping its way through
the doors with hatchets and compelling
the King to put on the red cap of liberty.
Bourrienne reports his companion indig-
nantly shouting, why have they let in
all that rabble? They should sweep off
400 or 500 Of them with the cannon; the
rest Of them would then set OF fast
enough" In a letter to his brother, Jo-
seph, he solemnly commented on the oc-
currence, "all this is unconstitutional and
sets very dangerous example; 1t is DIFF
hcult to see what will become of the en-
pire under these stormy circumstance" !"
At the sackIng of the Palace.
When the palace was sacked. later in
the summer. Bourrienne was gone from
Paris, but his friend was lettering in the
streets as usual and was caught up In
the swirling tumult. There were shops
in those days between the Louvre and
the Tuileries, where Napoleon's Arch CT
the Caroussel now stands, and Bour-
rienne's brother kept one of them.
Thither Napoleon hastened to watch the
VI lLc VI GiS
royal family to the national assembly in
the tennis court. whose site Is occupied
IN our day by the Hotel Continental. and
there he saw the deadly battle between
the people and the Swiss guard.
While In Paris Napoleon not only sue
ceeded in having his name restored to
the army lists, but also received promo
ton to captaincy and obtained besides
500 in back pay, covering the time he
had been absent without leave. The
new captain wrote to Joseph that, al
though he would rather be In Corsica,
probably whatever turn events may
take I shall find myself established In
France" Yet. with the Germans on
French soil and Paris passing into the
dark shadows of the Reign Of Terror,
he begged another leave and returned
once more to the little island out Of the
world. He had now been In the army
seven years. and absent from duty more
than half the time!
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

day. We may see him with covetous
eyes still bending over the book stalls
and calculating how many weeks he
must wait to save enough money out OF
his 81 Of spare money each month to buy
some work which he longed to carry TO
his lonely den across the street.
Those were the brave and ingenious
days as he afterwards confessed, when
he would have died to uphold the social
doctrines of Jean Jacques Rousseau
and when he read Goethe's "Werther''
FIVE times. while he lived these mourn
full lines in 'Wilhelm Meister":
Who never ate his bread in sorrow.
Who never spent the darkSome hours -
Weeping and watching for the morrow
He knows ye not, ye gloomy POEerA
Dreaming OF Suicide.
In his first spring time at Valence,
while the cherries were red on Nine.
Colombier's trees Napoleon, already
gloomy and peculiar, but yet far from
grand, sat down in his bare room at
No. IS and thus poured forth upon the
pages of his diary the bitterness of his
soul:
Always alone when in the midst
OF men, 1 return to my room to
dream by myself and to give my
self up to the full tide Of my melan-
CnOly. ." ndl, 1OTSOOlll'
for in this world? Since death must
come to me, why would it not be as
well to kill myself? Since
begin life in suffering misfortune,
and nothing gives me pleasure, why
should I endure these days when
nothing with which am concerned
prospers?''
Nevertheless he did not jump into the
Rhone. On the contrary, he went on
reading, reading, writing, writing. study
ing, studying, tracing out the institutions
of all ages and lands and training his
mind for the hidden future. II he had
read his destiny in the book of fate he
could not have chosen a better mental
preparation for IT,
When he had been with his regiment
less than a year, he received a leave of
absence and went home taking two
trunks, the larger one filled with books.
After having been away nearly eight
years, he returned a Corsican of the
Corsicans, but to find the fortunes of
his family at low ebb, his mother without
a servant and much of the time her own
laundress and seamstress.
He did not rejoin his regiment until he
had been absent from it more than
twenty months. 1t was now at Auxonne.
much farther north and between Dijon
and the Swiss frontier, where his own
diversion from the irksome regimental
routine and his CALLING poverty was
again afforded by his unfailing friends,
his books and his pen.
The less he had and the less he ate,
the more he read and wrote. the harder
he worked. Going to bed at 10 o'clock, he
was up by 4, and at his Uttered table.
The half-fed genius was in a frenzy of
literary composition, turning of nearly
thirty papers on as many different SUBJ
jects, only to be rebuffed by the pub
fishers of three cities. He wrote not
only historical and philosophical essays,
but also novels and plays, among them
THE Count Of Essex" but none ever
reached the triumph OF the types.
Then the Bastille fell The great revo-
luton was on and, spreading like a
prairie fire, it was at Auxonne in five
days, taking the form of a riot. The
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

Ronaparte house. All Europe became the
theater of the vendetta between these two
young Corsicans, Pozzo proving to be Ma
poleon's most relentless nemesis Echoes
of their feud are still heard In Ajaccio,
whittier the descendants of PoZzo have
brought stones from the demolished pal
ace Of the Napoleons, the Tuileries at
Paris, and with them have erected a
country house, the most conspicuous
structure that greeted my eye from the
mountain side as I sailed into the Bay OF
Ajaccio.
I'm the Streets of Paris.
In his absorbing ambition to lead the
corsIcan National Guard Napoleon had
ignored the peremptory order for all
army officers to return to their posts, and
ipnored as well the peril of the nation
eynosed to foreign invasion. ''Bonaparte,
Nrst Iieutenaut . . has given up his
nrofession and been replaced on February
& 1882" so ran the records Of his regi-
ment-
Going to Paris to recover his abandoned
place in the army, he entered the capital,
out of job and a man without a country.
Rut his coming was well timed for his
further education. For he saw Paris in
the midst of the painful travail that at
tended the birth of the first republic.
railing in with Bourrienne, his old chum
at Brienne, they shared their poverty, but
Bourrienne has insisted that Napoleon
was the poorer and had to pawn his
watch. with the rising tide of, the revo-
lution already UP to their ankles, this
well-met pair were so little stirred that
thew could coolly discuss over their scent
dinners. which Bourrienne says he gen.
orally paid for, the opening of real
estate agency and prosaic business part
nership.-
one day in the Rue des Petit Champs
Napoleon met "a crowd OF hideous men"
according to his description, bearing
aIoft a human head on a pike. They
demanded that he cry ''Vive Ia Nation -
and he has assured us. 81 did II with
cut difficulty, as you may believe" The
young disciple of Rousseau was being
introduced at close range to the terrible
realities of the revolution which to him
had been only an ideal.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
The Youth of Napoleon
BY HIMSELF.

Heaven knows what privatons Do YOU know how I
managed it? 1t by setting foot inside cafe ap
pearng the social world twas by eating dry bread and brush
ing my clothes myself that they would remain the longer
pesenab In order be conspicuous among my comrades
lived like BEAR always alone my little with my books
then my only friends And those books! BY what
omes praced actual necessities did purchase the enjoy
ent possessing hm When by dnt of abstinence amassed
the of twelve vres, turned my steps with the JOY of
child toward the shop Of bookseller who lived the bishops
palace often visit his shelves with the of envy
within me coveted long before my purse allowed of buying
Such were the joys and designations of my youth.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
CHHRLEES STEzCH or mi
ZLTzZE C0R5ICAV Z00fZVG ON
HT ZHE S3CT ar Z1E ZG2ZERZES -

stirring events aroused Napoleon from
his literary dreams He must have a
part in the new era of action But not
in Auxonne, nor in Paris, nor anywhere
in France. No. he must hasten to the
one object Of his thoughts, Corsica
As q Reyolutionist.
Turning his back upon France in the
midst of her history-making and going
10 Ajaccio il might almost be said that
he carried the revolution with him. He
restlessly promoted the formation Of
revolutionary clubs and machinery, while
he staIked the floor of his room at night
reading and declaiming Caesars Com
mentaries and other narratives Of heroic
action.
He returned to his regiment at Aux
onne, after an absence OF year and a
quarter. If he had found it hard to live
on SO a month when alone, he must
now endure greater hardships, for he had
brought his twelve-year-old brother Louis
with him. He hoped to get the boy into
a military school, but while waiting to
have the government take him on his
hands he must be his teacher.
As an aspiring and prolific author he
met the bitterest reverse of all when he
sent his History Of Corsica" to Paoli,
now returned from his twenty years
exile in England, with the request that
he be permitted to dedicate the work to
his idol The idol was as cold as marble,
replying that he cared fer no other re-
ward than the consciousness Of duty done
and frankly suggesting that history should
not be written in youth. More cruel still
the old man mislaid the precious manu-
script, and when urged to return It
answered that he did not have time to
search for 1t among his papers.
In spite of his preoccupation with his
pen, the desertion of the aristocrats
thrust upon Napoleon a promotion to a
first lieutenancy and he received or
ders TO return to Valence, where he
went back to his old lodging at Mile
Bous and became the secretary of a
revolutionary club.
Fleeing from Opportunity.
This was the period Of Louis xvPs
attempted flight and arrest. The tide
was moving with increasing swiftness-
and Napoleon once more returned to
Corsica to seek martial glory with the
new island militia which was organizing
post of honor Of a good Corsican." said
this lieutenant in the Army Of France,
''is in his own country.
Not long after his return to Ajaccio
his uncle Luciano, the archdeacon. died,
saying to Letizia, who had cared for
him in his declining years: Joseph is
the oldest, but Napoleon will be the
head of the family. He will be a great
man" This prophetic uncle kept his
fortune in gold, which was tied up in a
bag and concealed under the mattress Of
his bed. It was welcome windfan to
the impoverished Bonapartes, but instead
of employing it to pay on mortgages the
new head of the family used II as a cam
paign fund.
After a long and exciting struggle he
won the election to a lieutenant colonelcy
in the Corsican National Guard. At the
in the person Of Carlo Andrea Pozzo dI
Borgo, whose family homestead stands to
this day on the Rue Napoleon, near the
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

condemned them TO perpetual execration
and infamy."
Here on this rock of CaIvi the pre-
scribed Bonapartes gathered under a
friendly roof and watched for an oppor-
tunity to escape from their native land.
As Calvi was their last refuge in Cor
sica, SO it became the last refuge of all
who resisted the transfer of the island
to England.
When l climbed up from the harbor,
cunninsly hid in the mountains. to the
old town, a civic mummy sealed in ITS
two or three castings OF stony battle
ments, l found Calvi's two proudest
boasts inscribed on its time-scarred and
bullet-riddled walls. The first is en-
graved above its gate: Always Faith
full, while the second is carved on a
heap Of ruins within the town:
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

While it would seem to be only fair
that man who has two graves should
have two birthplaces. Calvi has not es-
tablished this latter boast to the salts
faction of history. but IL made good its
other boast before it surrendered to the
English ships in 1T9L For 1t held out
until 5000 bullets, $500 bombs and I.50O
shells had rained upon it. and it looks
today as IL it had as many scars as that
to show for the long siege. Besides
HoratiO Nelson paid an eye-the historic
eye, which afterward won the battle OF
Copenhagen-for his part in the subjuga-
ton OF this stubborn old town.
The British frigates were already gath
ering on Calvi when the prov Of a little
boat, with its cargo OF future sover-
eigns- and princes cut '-the path of Ma
poleon" through these waters on his first
exile and bore him from this mountain
Gus shore to his destiny.
Corsica's Repentance.
Corsica never has ceased to repent her
Punishment Of Napoleon or wearied in
bringing forth works meet for repent
ance. Long ago she unanimously ratified
his choice Of nationality and is today
as French as France.
The AJaccians indeed are still voting
may have been more or less won over to
the republic At least candidates bear
ing the republican label are elected to sit
in the Chamber Of Deputies at Paris,
although some Of them never overcome
the suspicion of the ministry that they
are Bonapartists In disguise
But Ajaccio does not stoop to dissem-
bic. She is Bonapartist first, last and all
the time An Ajaccian returns from q
pilgrimage to Prince Victor at Brussels
like Mahometan from Mecca. and the
glasses clink at the Cafe Napoleon on
the Cours Napoleon to the health ana
success Of the pretender to the throne of
the Bonapartes. Every man In the street
seems to be saying to the passing
stranger: Behold, I am Of the Napoleon
breed, and Napoleon was nothing more
than a Corsican who had Q fair chance
In the woridP'
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

Here was born Christopher Colun-
bus. immOrtalized BY the discovery
q the New World. when Calyi was
under the domination Of Genoa.
Died At ValladOlid, nth Of May,
800.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

-Th Morgan of
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
Goodrich Tire "Ads"
To Be on Display

The series Of striking advertisements
of Goodrich tires which has been ap-
pearinE in The Washington Times Is
TO form a conspicuous feature OF a
special display at the annual convention
of the Associated Advertising Clubs Of
America. which is held In Baltimore
from June . to Is.
Three national advertisers have been
selected as qualified TO make complete
exhibits of their advertising campaigns.
and the B. F. Goodrich Company is one
of the three. That such a selection
should have been made is a high COM
p!iment not only TO the advertiser. but
to the advertising itself The newspa per
advertising, which has been pronounced
by experts the most distinctive and ef-
iectiye that has been published in re-
cent years was prepared by the Mahin
Advertising Company. Of Chicago, un-
Ger the direction and with the co-opera-
ton Of E {. Tibbitts. advertising man.
ager OF the b. +. Goodrich Company.
of course. we feel rather proud that
example," Mr.. Tibbitts said. but We are
more interested in the thought that ad-
vertising campaigns are coming TO be
considered In the light Of their con-
etructfve influence upon the public. Our
display at Baltimore will be surprising
" large to the ordinary person who NAV
see but one or two different phases os
our campaign We will show the news
paper campaign. the magazine CAM
paign. the billboard and other outdoor
work. the Goodrich Guide Posts or road
markers which now cover over 10000
forms OF publicity. In addition to these,
we will display that part Of our adyer-
tising which carries out the Goodrich
service idea
The Washington times., 1913-05-31

The Commercial Automobile q Supply
Company reports the sale Of Stude-
baker - roadster TO c. A. Fuiks ana
n Studebaker "sS' touring car TO
Thomas ]. Fulks
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
DEALERS WAR UPON
COMMISSION EVIL
One Agent Tips OFF Same "Pros-
pect" to Several Statesmen,
and Insures "Rake.0ff."

One of the great evils with which
automobile dealers have had to contend
is that OF paying commissions for names
of prospective purchasers. supplied by
their so-called friends. Quite fire.
quently one such friend will furnish
the name to all the dealers Of his as
tueintance, tfu eby assuring himself OF
a commission from which ever dealer
the purchase IS made.
The most effective way to meet this
situation Is in organisation said a
well-known automobile dealer OF TINS
city. This has been accomplished In a
number of cities. The dealers must for
get business rivalry. at least to the ex-
tent where they can unite to protect
their own joint interests and with q
central bureau to give Information upon
request, the commission evil would
quickly be wiped out. In one city. when
a prospect is given to a dealer, the mamie
and commission offered is telephoned TO
the central exchange. Should the pros
pect be given to another dealer, ne also
telephones to the exchange and Is I'M
mediately informed whether or not the
name has been presented elsewhere.
I'm this wev the scheme is discovered
and tine informant's attempt to get the
dealers to bid against each other Is
effectuaIly defeated. 1t would be well,
perhaps, II all dealers would unite in
absolute refusal TO give commissions OF
anv kind in return for such information.
but IL commission is to be paid uni
form rate should be fixed In order to
avoid the pitfall OF ruinous competitive
bidding.
THE major profits Of a sale must in
evitably. under those circumstances. 90
to the third party to the transaction.
The central exchange. where estab-
lished can also be utilized to provide
confidential information to the declers
Of the financial credits of those with
whom they engage In business deal
incs"
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
to Fight Proposed Motor Car LazU
Some Interesting "Dont's''

Here are . few automobile donts'
worth remembering by the be.
ginner-alsO the careless ex.
pert:
Don't place the hands above the
center Of the steering wheel ut
any time.
Don't take q death grip on the
steering wheel, as 1t looks awk.
ward and Is tiresome and dan.
gerous.
Don't race the motor.
Don't move the gear lever without
disengaging the clutch.
Don't let the clutch in fast, es.
pecially when starting the car
from q standstill.
Don't move the feet away from the
clutch pedal when the ear Is
moving, as It should always be
In position.
Don't start the car on any other
than first speed.
Don't slip the clutch too much. as
It will burn or wear beyond re.
pair. .'.
Don't take your eyes OF the road
for any reason while the car Is
rolling, rs this Is the cause Of .
great many accidents.
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
Motor Cars Are Safe.

A motor car manufacturer makes
the assertion that the automO.
bile Is the safest Of all means Of
transportation. and makes some
interesting comparisons to bring
out the basis Of his assertion.
This Is what he says:
"Just consider the number Of mo.
tor cars that are used. Think Of
the thousands Of drivers that
are whizxing over every road In
the country. You hear Of acci.
dents, true, but these accidents
are very few. remarkably few,
when you think Of the great
number Of motor cars In use.
"Trains are wrecked every day,
yet there are more automobiles
In one State than there are
trains In the whole country.
"You hear Of horses running away,
Of trolley cars causing trouble,
Of Titanic disasters, and when
you sum these all up you will
see that the motor car Is really
safer than walking.
"The manufacturers are doing
everything in their power to
make their ears safe, and the re.
suit OF their work Is very
gratifying"
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
NEW VICTORY WON
BY AMERICAN CAR
Overland Takes Second Place in
Hill Climb Of Swedish Royal
Automobile Club.

"The medium-priced American auto
mobile has won another signal victory
this time In competition with many
more costly European cars in what Il
declared to be the most thorough and
fair test of motor car endurance ever
held said r. C. Smith. president OF
the Overland Motor Com
pany.
The occasion was the annual relia-
bility run of the Swedish Royal Auto
mobile Club, from stockholm to Cote
borg. Sweden, and return. distance of
73s miles.
The showing of the American-made
cars among the sixty-eight contestants
proved a surprise to the spectators, who
pinned their faith to the European pro-
ductions, and the performance OF an
Overland model 6-T was especially
noteworthy. The Overland took second
Incidental competition In the event.
making the best time for the climb OF
any of the cars.
Overland Makes Best Time.
The Overland car. No. 81. made the
best time of any Of the entrants in
negotiating the hill, making the climb
in one hour. twenty-five minutes. seven
seconds. The time OF the N. A. G. car.
which was given first place through
handicap reckopings of the rating
formula, was two hours. twelve min
utes, four seconds Both No. 81 and
Overland No. 30 finished with perfect
scores, neither having been found in
need OF any repairs during the contest
nor late at any of the controls
Both the Overlands were strictly
ration for the contest. They were taken
from the garage of the Stockholm dis
tributor and entered In the run with
nothing added to the regular equipment
except tire chains.
Formula Il Thorough.
The formula. utilized by the Swedish
club for the first time this year in de-
term.ning the winners. is being warmly
by motor authorities every
where as the most thorough ever used
in like events. Not only was the weight
of the car and size of the motor taken
into consideration. but road conditions
and hill grades were figured in
In the Goteborg hill climb. especially,
the reckoning was carefully made. The
climb occurred on the return journey
from Goteborg, and every car was
brought TO a stop at the foot of the
hill. There the stop watches Of the
observers who rode in the cars and the
officials were compared and an exceed
ingly careful account was taken Of
everything during the race. At the top
Of the hill. again. watches were COM
pared and the observer handed his note
book over to the officials stationed
there
The Washington times., 1913-05-31
Light Bulbs Must Be
OF Proper Voltage

When the electric light bulbs In au-
tomobile lamps are replaced great care
should be taken TO see that they are
OF the proper voltage capacity. Carbon
filament bulbs vii! stand oonsidera BILE
overload but tunCstan ffanent lamps
will burn out very quickly IL the volt
age is even slightly to high.