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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
The Banish ment

The orders of the government allowed the captive to choose three officers to De his companions and a physician to attend him in his captivity. There never was a more anxious rivalry for his favor when he sat on the throne of France than there was now for the privilege of sharing his exile while the little company that had come with him on the Bellerophon awaited his selec- tion.
 When the time came for him to pass to the Northumberland, those whom he had been obliged to omit from the list parted from him with demonstrations of grief. Savary burst into tears and threw himself at the feet of his master He and General Lallemand, for supposed offences of their own, had been excluded from the St Helena party by the Lon- don cabinet and condemned to imprison. ment in the island of Malta You see, my lord" said Las Cases to Admiral Keith, that the only persons in tears are they who remain behind" Las Cases had gained a coveted place by accept ing the post of secretary. and was ada ed to the group of three officers, who were Bertrand, Montholon and Gour- gaud.
 Before sailing the members of the party, like any other prisoners about to ! be booked, Were required to surrender their arms and valuables. No one in- sisted on taking Napoleon's sword however. and while the baggage of all was ransacked there was no search es the person. The exiles were enable2 thus to conceal on themselves some $70,- 600 in gold and as much more in jewels, besides large amount in letters of credit.
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No Appeal From Waterloo

There was no appeal from the verdict of Waterloo. Napoleon complained that if he had been the King of England in- stead of Emperor of the French, he could have lost the battle without losing vote in Parliament. But Waterloo was more than battle lost. It was a catastrophe, 8 debace.
 Waterloo was no mere misadventufe, no unlucky accident. For it was not lost so much by Butchers chancing to join Wellington as by the junction of those ever invincibe allies, cause and effect There on that fatal field Napoleon reaped the whirlwind All the mistakes and faults of his life rose before him as before a drowning man, and inflicted upon him their memorable penalty Waterloo was more a moral than a military dis aster.
 The Emperor never felt more fit than on the morning of the battle, and never on any field more gladly, more conf- dently drew his sword, His army, as he himself enthusiastically testified, sur passed itself in valor, And he had the heaviest battalions on his side for F hours of daylight with more men, more cannon and more horses than Wellington But in the blindnes sof self-contidence ft h0 r-a ls'~hed at the Pyrenees and
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In English Harhors

After voyaging northward a week, the Bellerophon sighted the lonely. heather clad tors of Dartmoor, and soon the beautiful outstretched arms of Torbay received the monarch who was sailing away from a throne,. even as a century and a quarter before they had welcomed William of Orange to throne. The bay is so Italian in its soft loveliness that It seems alien to the stern Devon coast and it took Napoleon by surprise. As his eye roved entranced from Brixham to Torquay, he remarked: Tt is live Medi- terranean harbor-as beautiful as the harbor of Portoferraio." He was to see little enough thenceforth :n his second exile to remind him of the beauties of his first.
 After lying at anchor for two days the Bellerophon proceed to Plymouth. AS Napoleon found himself sailing westward and farther away from London he could not miss the probable meaning of this movement His courier to the prince regent also presented himself with the report that he had not been permitted even to step ashore.
 At the Plymouth anchorage the Bel lerophon was surrounded and guarded by armed picket craft and the harbor almost covered with the boats of the curious
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To overcome misfortune is a proof of a noble and courageous mind.

One last cry of "Vive fEmpereur' rang out sadly from the crew of the French ship as he grasped the ladder of the Bellerophon and, with brow un- clouded, passed under the British flag. Although he was not received with a salute by the guns, Captain Maitland greeted him as emperor and gave him his cabin.
 The crew were agog with surprise to see "Bony, the bogy man" of a gem eration of credulous Britons moving amiably among them. They could hardly believe that this little man in a green coat with scarlet trimmings anj white waistcoat and brooches, whose face alternately spoke of kindness and of sorrow, was the horid monster of their national nightmare The marvel grew in the forecastle when he took a musket from one of the sailors while they were presenting arms and himself went through the French manual for their instruction. When at last he left their ship the unanimous verdict was that if their nation knew him as they knew him no Englishman would harm a hair on his head.
 The admiral of the fleet came to pay his respects and dine with the sur rendered emperor and the next day Napoleon dined aboard the gaily dressed flagship. But when the admiral invited him to take up his quarters on that more commodious vessel. he begged to be excused, for fear of wounding Captain Maitland's feelings and depriving him of whatever honor or promotion he might gain by carry ing him to England That Maitland appreciated the prize he had taken he frankly showed when in the course of the voyage he boarded passing British man-of-war and cried out tc its envious captain, "I're got him!'
 The captive, however was not long IT conquering the sympathies of his cap tor. Maitland appears to have foune him delightful and fascinating guest and he heard not a complaining wort from him. He walked the deck a good deal Often he stood alone and silent his followers respectfully standing apar and at a distance while he gazed upor the unconquered and conquering sea. H seemed, however, to have difficulty il keeping awake, and the only book th' captain saw him reading was biograph, of the son of another revolution-Wash iDotnn
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Driven From MalmaisOn

There was nothing for Napoleon to do but accept the galling rebuff with such meekness as he could summon. As he prepared to depart with the little com pany that had volunteered to share his exile, Queen Hortense, who had presid- ed over his home throughout the hun dreG days and who was his hostess at Ma1maison, insisted on his receiving from her a diamond necklace as the last testi- monial of her devotion. The necklace could be easily carried and concealed, ard in case of need it's stones would bring him $40 0O0.
 Cardinal Fesch and Mme. Mere came. as to the cell of the condemned to say good-by, and Mime. Walewska also pre- scented herself for an affectionate leave taking. But the memory of Josephine, which had haunted him throughout his stay at Malmaison, received his last fare well. Alone in her room he held com munion with the spirit of the dead IS he himself was about to enter into living death.
 Out on the lawn at Malmaison, stone has been cherished now for century Upon that carriage block Napoleon took his last step at the chateau and his first step into exile, when in the waning of the 10th day after Waterloo he entered the carriage that was to bear him away from scenes so happily associated with lns vanished hopes and his vanished glory.
 Driving to the imperial chateau of Ram bouillet, he slept for the last time be- heath a palace roof. The next day he re- sumed his journey, which led him through Tours and Mort to the naval port CT Rochefort on the Bay, of Biscay. But now as ever when he turned his face to the water. he was confronted with the vooden wall of England, whose ubiqui- tous ships lay at the harbor mouth. Driven forth from the land, even the ocean refused him haven
 With tho allies eager to lay hold of him. with the provisional government commanding him to quit the soil of France and with the British warships lying across his only path of escape, he yet re- sisted the call that came to him to turn lack and lead the rebellious army of the oire. Law and order ever were the desperate straits, he declined to lift the standard of revolt.
 Various and equally doubtful projects were presented for running the British blockade. Napoleon's pride rejected the proposal of a Danish captain to concea him in a barrel aboard a merchant yes sel and he hesitated to risk a running fight through the blockading fleet. which Il French naval captain offered to under take. Joseph Bonaparte besought him tt profit by their close resemblance and take the cabin he had engaged aboard al American ship, sailing from Bordeaux Napoleon, however, would not consent tC seek safety for himself at the sacrifice of his brothers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

After four days of suspense aboard the Bellerophon in Plymouth harbor. a suspense which the central figure bore without any outward sign of the strain, Admiral Lord Keith appeared and, enter ing Napoleon's cabin, read to him the or der that General Bonaparte' should be conveyed to St. Helena. The distinguished condemned made his protest quietly and in few sentences. Apparently he did nothing to render the task of his visitor more difficult, for after the interview Keith exclaimed: Damn the fellow. If he had obtained an interview with his royal highness tthe prince regent), in half an hour they would have been the best friends in England,
 In a written remonstrance Napoleon protested ''in the face of heaven and mankind" that since he had voluntarily come on board the Bellerophon, he was entitled to the treatment of a guest and that in treating him as a prisoner. a vio- :. .lence had been done his most sacred rights. Having lodged that document with history, he accepted the situation with remarkable calmness, although he described his exile as worse than Tam erlanes iron couch'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
 lie Tuileries. of Ton- iegne, of Rambouil- : h roof that he could

1l plight He IHOuS IL of only ono reluge. No doubt there were still friends who would welcome him to their homes. He knew, however, that their hospitality to him probably would mean their ruin under the re- turning bourbons.
 But if he went to Malmaison, which he had given to Josephine surely no one would punish Hortense for opening it's doors to him. When he left Paris, there fore, he drove to that chateau of the brilliant days of the Consulate, when all the world was young.
 He was no more than gone when Fouche sent General Beker to watch him. This military officer. who had lost favor and suffered disgrace in the empire, was chosen to be the keeper or the throneless Emperor and to take care that he did not return to the army or interfere in public affairs. But as soon as the general presented himself at Malmaison, he himself was taken captive by the fascination of his illus trious ward. who received him as friend and conildant.
 When Napoleon entered the old famil- far hall of the chateau. he knew that even that shelter would be denied him in few days. He was not only sub ject to Pouches orders, but the allies were moving down the valley of the Disc on their march to Paris, far more intent on capturing him than on taking the city.
 Marshal Blucher thirsted for his blood and wished to shoot him at the head of his Prussian columns. But the Duke of Wellington objected to any such summary action, Napoleon does not belong to you nor to me- the duke argued, but to our sovereigns, who will decide his fate in the name of Europe. Should they require an execution, l shall request them to seek some other than me. and l advise you, for the sake of your fame, to follow my example"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
The Last Voyage

For full 10 weeks the Northumber- land and her fleet Of lesser vessels sailed southward. As they were passing down the coast of France, the French eagerly watched for glimpse of tATar native land. Several times vague shadow appeared before their gaze. but aonly to vanish before it took form. At last the clouds parted and their eyes were gladdened by the sight of the sun shining on the shore of Brittany. Na- poleon took off his hat and remained with barred head as France faded and finally disappeared forever from his horizon.
 The ship paused at Madeira, but no one went ashore. Thenceforth land was not sighted again until one day dark speck apeared in the sky. The larger 1t grew the blacker it became. It was St. Helena And at last the islander from the Mediterranean was at his jour- ney's end In the wide and lonely wastes of the south Atlantic
 (Copyright, 191S-14 by James Morgan.)
 Next Sunday--Life and death of Na- poleon at St. Helena-Begun December q. 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

Fouras some loyal hand has carved the name of Napoleon to mark the last spot on the mainland of France which the outcast Emperor trod before he boarded the French frigate Saale, and accepted the only refuge left him beneath his flag. Debating and weighing the several prof. ects for his escape to America, he passed q week on the Saale. All the while his own original choice of throwing himself upon the British nation was only gaining ill strength. He had always known Eng land as the inviolable sanctuary of unfor- tunate monarchs and patriots. He had seen it shelter the Bourbons from the storm of the Revolution and of the em- pire In his Corsican youth he had re- vered it as the protector and host of Faoli, and had his mother not resisted his ia ather's wish to accompany that island chieftain, he himself would have been born under it's protection
 He knew, of course, that Paoli or Louis XVIII had not, like himself, been an enemy of England. But he would not go to her as the warrior and monarch who had fought her for 20 years. He would even change his name and call hhn- self Colonel Muiron or General Duroc after one or the other of these friends who had fallen by his side. If however. England should turn him away, he would still adopt his second choice and go to America.
 While he meditated his course one day a bird flew in the port hole of, his cabin aboard the Saale. He asked General Gour- gaud, one of his companions, to set it free and watch the augury of its flight Sire cried. Gourgaud it flies toward Epglandr' The eagle, too, would fly to England for the government of Paris was now refusing to let him perch longer on a French ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
Driven Into the Sea

In the midst of this confusion of coun- sells, he received peremptory orders to on which Louis XVIII re-entered the Tuil- cries at Paris, he went to the village of Fouras, which sits on the outermost head land of the coast. There on the pier of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
In the Path Of Napoleon 100 Years Alter His Dovnfa]

The tragedy of Napoleon's life now hastens to it's climax. MT. Morgan's Story today carries him from Water loo to St. Helena.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
The Eagle in CaptiYity

Inc Eagle m 0aptIfhy Dates and eVents-age 4b-4e. June q. 1915. Napoleon returned to Paris from Waterloo.
 June P, 1915. abdicated
 June 2s, 1915. went to Malmaison. June 2e lsi5. allies entered Paris. -,s..ae 20. 1sls Napoleon left Malmaiaon- July g, isib, arrived at Pochefort. July 2, 1g.5. Louis XVIII on the throne again: Napoleon went aboard treneh warshlp saale.
 July b. lsle. went aboard Britlsh war ship Belerophon.
 July 2l. isi5. arrived at Torbay, Eng land.
 July 2a, 1915, arrived at Plymouth. July a1, 1915, informed of his banishment to St. Helena.
 August T, 1sl5 sailed on the British war ship Northumberland.
 August g. 1915, his last view or me French shore
 October 1a, 1915, arrived at St. Helena. October 1T, 1sl6, went ashore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
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 lI iHa fa my hocks" elr fH- sound Of the allies guns on the plain of St. Denis aroused him from his pastoral dream. The great captain could not resist this last sniff of powder, and instinctively turned once more to his sword France must not be subdued by a handful of Prussians,' he declared and he put on his military uniform. If he only had command of the army he would thrust himself between the two invad- ing armies, crush them in turn and then within an hour after saving Paris he would retire forever
 When, however General Beker appeared before the government with that pro- posal and that pledge Fouche sent him back with warning to the Emperor that he must leave the country without further delay, and Davout notified him that he himself would arrest him if he did not go at once.
 T ought to have had him shot" Ma poleon said of Fouche, but l leave 1t for the Bourbons to do." And the Bourbons made that shifty regicide a minister!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
The Surrender

Two of his retinue, Savary and Las Cases, were sent to the British ship Bellerophon to sound it's commander, Captain Maitland, who, in his natural eagerness to have the credit of deliv- ering Napoleon over to the govern ment at London. was most cordial if not specific in his assurances. The cap tain did not make it his business to tell his visitors that he had been ordered to take Bonaparte" if he could and bring him to the nearest English port in all possible haste and secrecy"
 But Napoleon himself very we'll knew that his fate did not rest in the hands of naval captain, and before he went aboard the Bellerophon he made this eloquent appeal to George ", Prince Regent of England:
 Your Royal Highness
 Exposed to the factions which di-
 vide my country and the hatred of
 the principal powers of Europe, I
 have determined my political ca
 reer and l come. like Themistocles,
 to seat myself beside the heart of
 the British nation. I place myself
 under the protection of it's laws.
 which I claim from your royal
 highness as the most powerful, the
 most constant and the most gener-
 ous of my enemies.
 NAPOLEON. ti
 Having dispatched that message bA a special vessel. which Maitland pro vided, Napoleon fingered only one more day beneath the tricolored flag. It i. fitting that his last day in Franc should have been July IA, the fete da, of the nation. For the fall of the Bas tile six and twenty years before opened an era which had closed with the fal of his empire.
 On the day after the national holida, he bade farewell to General Beker. wh' wept as he kissed his hand and begged permission to escort him to the Britisl ship. But the exile considerably de , clined the generals offer. q do no ' know how the English may behave t. me-" he said ."Should they treat m badly you would be accused of having delivered me into their hands" :, On the Beller0ph0n
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tumult of emotions In his breast He was stin covered with the dust of the battle and the rout. His staff were excited and red eyed, their clothes blood- stained and torn by bullets and saores. General Drouot, as he emerged from the coach behind his chief, cried out, All is lostl" but the Emperor hastened to add Except honor"
 While Napoleon waited for bath to be prepared, he threw himself upon bed, where. gasping and writhing' he told his story to Caulincourt in broken sentences. My head burns," he walled. T have received my death wound! The blow is mortal.
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APoLEoN arrived in Paris the third morning after Waterloo and alighted before the Elysee
 palace. The pallor of a great
 calamity was in his face and
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-24
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

At the regular meeting Of the Dade
county board of public instruction con-
tracts we're let for the erection of four
concrete school buildings. A. X. Smith
was the successful bidder for three and
w. E. Martin for one. The Second
street ward school is to cost S9,S74.36.
The Buena Vista building is to cost
S7,915, and the Allapattha house is to
cost S7,759. Work on these buildings
is to commence at once and all will
be completed in time for the opening
of the fall term.
That the city of Jacksonville will
have a chance to give its expression
on newly-revised charter changes, in
the form of a commission government,
was borne out in statement by Mayor
Van C. Swearingen, who announces
that the new charter, in skeleton
form, will be presented to the people
at a public hearing, the definite data
to be sete later.
Advertising Florida by automobile is
the latest publicity method devised for
putting this state in the minds of
thousands, and a car will be started
out soon to make known this state
and its products
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-24

Herbert L. Anderson, head anC
front of the Bull Moose party in
Florida, has brought suit in the courts
against H. Clay Crawford, Secretary
of State for Florida, to determine tho
legality of the Bryan Primary law
The matter came up before Judge
James T. Wills of Gainesville this
week. The law in many of its fea-
lures is similar to the compulsory
primary laws in force in other states,
though it is possible that in drafting
his law for Florida, Senator Bryan
may have inserted some features not
in accord with the constitution. Mr.. An
derson makes out a strong case
against the constitutionality of this
law, one of the most important points
of which is his contention that it
destroys the secrecy of the ballot.
Others of Mr.. Anderson's contentious
are: that it puts the Progressive par
ty out of business for the year 1914;
that it requires other than the quail
fications provided for in the constitu-
ton of the state for eligibility to hold
office in Florida. Attorney General
West advises friends of the law that
there is no cause for worry. Mr..
Anderson is not a friend to the law,
therefore he is at liberty to worry.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-24
Test of Primary Law to be Made

Orlando Reporter Star: There has
been so much discussion of the Bryan
primary law during which doubt was
expressed often if the act was con-
stitutional that nobody will feel deep
ly aggrieved at the announcement
that the leading Progressive Of Florl-
da, Col. Herbert L. Anderson, is to
invite judicial test of the statute.
Soon or late the test would have
been made, and it is cause for salts
faction that the test is to be made
from without the Democratic party
than from within its ranks.
While it is true that there is such
q thing as a friendly suit at law it
would nevertheless have been regard
ed by many as an attack on party or
ganization and authority if any of
the defeated candidates had brought
action to test its validity. While
public opinion does not necessarily
reflect in such matters the motive of
the individual is a barrier which
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-24
Superintendent Sheets attended the

Superintendent Sheets attended the
National Educational Convention at
St. Paul early in the present month,
and as usual made some noise. When
President Thompson of the Univer-
sity of Ohio, chairman of the reso-
lutions committe had finished read
ing the report on woman suffrage,
Mr.. Sheets is reported to have leaped
to his feet, and shouted: 81 want to
know what the committee means by
political equality of the sexes? As
representative of the south l can
not but present the protest of wo-
thirds of southern women against wo-
man suffrage" To this President
Thompson replied with equal warmth,
"Any man who does not know what
political equality means is in the kin
dergarten of American politics" Was
Mr.. Sheets authorized to speak for
the women of the south? And if so,
did he represent two-thirds of pres
'ent day women? 1t is coming, Mr..
Sheets, and the old-timers who are
opposing it are-going.