The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-02-14
A TALE or TWO BOYS

ing the lives OF Abraham Lincoln.
born 10 poverty, rags and obscurity,
and the son OF Napoleon the First,
born 10 riches and the inheriror Of q
crown.
These TWO babies were born nearly
at the same time. one rising from OBJ
security 70 the ruler OF great nation.
and the other. ushered into the world
by the booming OF cannon and the
shouts Of the multitude, proclaimed
King OF Rome saw his crown and
his honors Tee from him. and lived
only long enough 10 Be- forgotten.
We reproduce the article because
It i worth reading:
The birth OF : baby boy vas hailed
( as the greatest event Of the year 1911.
His first little wall was heard round
4 waiting and listening world on q
/ March morning 100 years ago.
1 All Paris had stopped and pricked
up its ears 70 catch The news The
VAST palace OF the Tuilertas was filed
with eager watchers Fer - painful
hours the expecCa1t mother labored
I and her agonized cries rang through
/ the great halls The father. hero OF
mighty battles. led in terror from the
( chamber OF suffering A. last the
child was safely delivered.
Cannon doomed the Joyous news
from their iron threats The i'm
mense crowds in the streets counted
the reporrs-20. d Was that all2
Then II must De Z girl But bark,
There sounded the twen-y-sec0nd. Il
vas / boy Where2t thousands
screamed their delight till the roar OF
the cannon was almost drowned as
they belched forth the rest Of their
I11 saIuras for the baby / baiIo0nisr
sailed away from the rejoicing city TO
scatter printed bulletins OF the won
country.
4 Kinq in the Cradle
While Paris held carnival with gay
possessions by day and brilliant fire
works by night. messengers sped on
relays OF horses 10 bear the great
news TO distant capitals.
All the nations of Europe had been
drawn rogerhr IN mutual suspense. To
some the boy was z herald Of peace,
while TO Others. the foes Of his faith
e-'s ambition, his advent carried dis
c0uragemeQL Or CONSERVATION None
remained Indifferent 10 an event
seemingly SO mOmentOus 10 mankind
CourLters fawned and poets rhaps0-
died Tie mother forgot her long
torture IN the pride OF her belief that
she had borne a successor 70 the mas
ter OF the world. The fathers cheeks
were wet with tears Of Joy as he stood
beside the cradle Of gold and gaZed
a. the tiny hand that still would make
kings trem5le when he was gone and
that would pass on 10 postertCy the
scepter he had won Now he could
entail Europe and humanity. France
should BE- the baby's patr.uony and
all the world his hegemo1y
He must have at once the proudest
crown that ever weighted an infant
head Whereupon Napoleon hailed
his babe King Of Rome and carried
him through the arch Of triumph TO
\otre Dame. where. with great pomp.
ne c1rtstened him for himself and for
the boys imperial Austrian grandfarh-
81 Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles.
The Other Boy
While Napoleon had the only baby
king II the world, there we're several
million other baby boys 100 years ago.
One Ct them was years old and i
little more when Napoleon Francis
Joseph Charles thrilled Europe with
his birth CRY No notice had been tax
en Of the existence Of this child, how
ever, beyond a mile or TWO OF MS
birthplace. His birth did not receive
even the honor OF a line in any rec
ord that has been discovered No
physician Vas summoned 10 aid the
mother in her La5crs and the father
could not record the event since he
hardly knew now 20 write his own
name
No neigdbor took enough interest il
Il ever TO be able in after years 70
rec0Ilacr the coming OF this boy into
the world II bodied no more than an
other hungry mouth with which to
snare the crust Of poverty. His eyes
opened not on palace walls. bur on t1e
rough logs OF & hur IN the Kentucky
Wilderness No crib OF gold awaited
him: MS only cradle was his mothers
arms. Ills sole crown vas some
chance rag that could be fashioned
Into the sem6lance Of cap
Nature. however. that incorrigtbIe
democrat, had given him just as many
fingers IS the king OF Rome where-
with they could grasp anything they
could lay hold o., from 4 rattle 10 Z
I sceprer.
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Pi,ifui a. me contrast Is between
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