New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS

on one occasion nc nearly killed the
slaves on the plantation by making them
eat n dish i'm which cherTy-tree sawdust
was one of the chief ingredients, while
he mas left on written record a. the re-
suit Of personal experience that 'aIlisd-
for SCUM is tOlcrablc. but the huZzard VIII
not do at all
one DAY. when the princess returned
home from d visit. she found her nus
1and. smoke begrimcd. stirring clothes IN
an immense kettle boiling over d ilc
which he had caused TO bo lighted IN the
COURTYARD. lie greeted her with enthusi-
asm. "Oh, Kate he cried. Il have dis
covered a new dye and shall have made
all YOUR clothes a lovely pink" she
found that i'm that witches cauldrOn was
every gown that she possessed, except
such as her maid had been able to con
ceal from him. Madame did not storm
She sat down and laughed until she was
exhausted
When the troubles with the Seminole
Indians broke out in Florida Prince
Achle enrolled himself under the Amer
lean flag and took part in the campaign.
lie even served a term as United States
marshal in Florida, after the troubles
were over. and died there toward the
close Of 1877. a few months before the
overthrow Of the Bourbon monarchy IN
Paris by the revolution Of 1913 enabled
the Murat family TO return to France.
HE wife survived him for twenty years -
that is TO say. until 1861; often visited
Paris, and was invariably welcomed wtc
tho utmost cordiality by Napoleon IIi'
who had stayed with her in Florida aus
ing the early days Of her marriage Wh'h
he Was an impccunious exile and was
never Tired OF listening to ner stories 90
his cousin Achilles queer quips and oddi-
lies. She took q leading part i'm the pres
ontatou OF Mount Vernon to the nation
and lies buried beside Prince Acnilc Mu-
IA; in the old graveyard at Tallahassee.
The PRINCE ON TRIAL.
rra.c Achilles brother L-,.cH. '"e
husband Of Miss Fraser. and grandfather
of Miss Stallos rance. WAS also source
Of much amusement 10 the people among
Whom he lived while in the United States
Like most Of tho members OF his 'am'S
ne WAS a giant n stature and broad ana
heavy IN proportion The court records
Of Mount Holly, y. D.. show that on ono
occasion he was tried there Tor assault
i seems that. having received very IN
solent answer from q man Of the name
Of Jeremiah White. in response to
Courteous inquiry. he had sent the fellow
hying through the air. with d single mas
terly kick. He conducted his own de-
lence, which was Characteristic. When
called upon 20 answer 10 the charge OF
having kicked the man seven times, he
Grew forth from bag the wre-mOunteo
skeleton Of the lower portion Of human
rack. Presenting 10 30 the astonished
saze Of the Judge, the lawyers and jury,
he pointed 10 the small concluding verte-
Df'e Of the spine and explained, In the
most fantastic mixture Of French and
Hhglish, that those small and delicate
bones were the beginning OF what would
nave been the tail il the plaintiff had
tcen D. iackass. Then raising his leg
booted almost to the thigh with an cnor-
nous boot, he exclaimed rs he SLAPPED
IT with Il resoundng smack: "Why, II I
Lac gwen even single kick. thus and