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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04
rhe ProfessoIs Propheex EaIIod.


While a student Mt Harvard unlver-
sity Phillips Brooks was walking In
the yard One day with a professor,
who asked him what he intended max
ing OF himself.
II am thinking Of tho ministry" an
swered the youth.
Then Danish such thoughts" said
the professor earnestly. "YOur man
ner OF speech would forever bar you
from being successful in that calling"
Many years later. when Phillips
Brooks was n Of the worlds great
pulpit orators, the most expert stenog-
rapher in England took down n OF
his ermons and said:
ANY s~tenographer who thinks he
has conquered fast takers should Try
Phillips Brooks"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

PEHRD.
not his guilt blazOn itself to every
eyer
But when the first sickly light Of
morning stole over the city he stopped
and gasped and reeled back against a
telephone pole.
For the instinct OF the criminal had
asserted itself. his unguided steps had
shaped themselves to a circle. and he
was standing in front Of the Gaiety
theater. $500
At the realization and at the sight of
the dangling wires above that pro
claimed the method Of hts crime he
nearly fell. 81
For fully FIVE minutes he stood with
eyes staring and mouth agape.
Then something snappedli in his brain
like a cord. and the strain relaxed. He
would hide his guilt no longer. With
tagging but determined steps he start
ed away. headed straight for the pO-
lice station.
But his body, weak from It's all night
vigil, seemed about to fail him.
At the first street corner he stopped
and, leaning against q building. wait
ed for a car.
A taxicab whirled down the street.
Andrew saw 1t without realization.
and when it stopped in front Of him
and the occupant sprang out he still
paid no attention.
II was only when he heard his own
name called loudly that he reused him
self with a start Of terrified amaze
ment
For the voice was John Barton's
voice. and the figure approaching him
with o~utstrctched hand was John Bar
toms figure.
But John Barton was deadL
His hand. however, was warm, and
his voice was anything but the voice
Of a corpse.
"Andrewl AS 1 live, Andrew Hemp
hill! You know me, don't you. AndyI
Come. brace up! Hey. you" to the
chauffeur. give me q hand here. The
mans faintedr'
When Andrew recovered conscious
ness he was In the Harbor Emergency
hospital, and his hand was envelOped
in the hand OF the man whom he had
thought he had murdered
Are you really aliYer' he half whis-
pered.
"Me7 It's you that's the dead one.
from Appearances. What on earth was
the matterT"
~ thought
"You don't mean to say that you
thought you were still wanted back
homer LOrdi You've been cleared
long ago.
1.-THE president Of the bank died and
left a confession that he was the guilty
one, that he had been short in his ac-
counts and faxed the robbery to cover
the shortage and tried to cover HIS own
steps by throwing the blame on you.
"Of course there's a technical charge
OF jail breaking against you, but that
won't amount to a hang. And your old
fathers crazy 10 ind you. Wen go
back together. I've got to 90 back east
and have another dummy mnde any
way, and So
Another dummy
"Yes. Don't you know that you're
talking to the great salambOsT' An
drew shuddered "Well. you are, and
some crazy fool switched on about 90
900 volts Of electricity last night and
burned the dummy that the audience
thought was myself into a crisp.
1.-THE papers are full OF II this morn
ing. It's spoiled my graft here on the
coast anyway until they forget about
Il, and so"-
But Andrew had tainted agaia
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

A successful man died not long ago
Somebody says his success was due to
brains, a ems Of humor and complete
self confidence.
Fault has been found with the ar
rangement OF this sequence.
The critic claims that self confidence
should come first. with brains trailing.
There are six ways OF arranging the
trio
What's yOurs7 - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04
Information Wanted

Nobody has aver explained. scientin-
caIly or otherwise. how It Is that one
man win haul in a nice string Of fish
In an hour OF two. while another, hsh-
ing neal him. catches nothing but an
old shoe and the left leg Of a pair Of
overalls. Has Psychology anything %
do with itf-ToledO Blade.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

II suppose when you left home your
father spoke the words Of wisdom that
helped you 10 make your Own way In
the world"
"He did. He said. sam. don't come
back here until you are able TO pay
board "-BaltimOre Sun.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

The establishment OF trial by fury
dates back prior to the time OF Alfred
the Great He is said TO hive organ
tied Juries of twelve men, as nOw in
practice. but even earlier six Welsh
and six AnglO-Saxon freemen acted as
a jury when there vas a dispute be
tween Welsh and Saxons.-LOndOn tx
Draga
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

~YOung man." said the boss, "cOme
hither and listen" He approached.
when you've made a mistake forget
It and go on 70 the next Job. Don't
potter around all day adding a lot Of
tinishing tOuchea"-LOuisvlle Courier
Journal
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

II kept my husband on a string Eve
years before l consented to many
him."
"Why 30 longF'
"Well, you zee. I waited undl l could
zee his way clear nnaneisllyF'-LAppin-
FOtt'a.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

Shell don't think you love me as
much as you used to do! He-What
makes you think that dearest1 She
You are not half 80 foolish as you
used 10 be. Philadelphia Ledger.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

There II nothing so utterly hollow ~
a kind word that should have been spo-
ken yesterdRy.-EVangd.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04
Mat1inn conneotlona

Knicker-Life is hard. Bocker-Yes.
By the time your mother stops forbid
ding you to eat jam the doctor begins.
New York sun.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04

Silent Service.

Silent Service.
Don't you like silent service in the
house2"
"Sure That's One reason we put In
= dumb waiter."-Baltimore American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
A Broken Enhancement

However diverting Josephine may have
found the ribald gageties eff Paris, they
shocked Napoleon's moral sense. Great
God. how contemplate mankind isl. he
cried aloud
While he played ,ourtier to the direc-
tory, not for amusement but for pro-
motion, he cherished tho memory of
Desiree Clary, his simple provincial
sweetheart down in Marseilles. The
course of their love, however, was meet
ing with some hidden distractions which
interfered with its running smooth.
Anyhow there came a time when the
lover grew heartsiok and told Joseph
that he was SO little attached to this
up, death or destiny. Finally at the
end of summer Of suspense, and just
when his military prospects were bright
ening, he took a threatening tone and
wrote to his brother: 'If l remain here
it is not impossible that | may commit
the folly of marrying. word to this
effect on your part might bring 1t about.
1t might perhaps be as well to speak
of It to Desirees brother" The very
next uay ne DeCafHt pCTtIlploIy III
demand that this affair of Desree's be
terminated one way or the other"
Whatever the response was to that
ultimatum, he ceased thenceforth to be
supplicant and Desiree did not become
the wife of Napoleon. Apparently the
engagement was broken by neither but
by some party of the third part to pos
terity unknown. Desiree exercised
woman's privilege to represent herself
as the filter, not the fitted, but as we
shall see, her attitude through life and
Napoleon's bearing as well seemed to
belle her little fib.
Possibly there was no fault on either
side, or In anyone. Hanging and wiv-
ing 60 by destiny. But for the hanging
of Beauharnais, Napoleon could not have
wived Josephine. Wherefore, was he not
perted from Desiree by that divinity
which shapes our ends and which chose
for him a bride from the other side OF
the world?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
The Story of a Sword

Soon came the day of Vendemiarie,
big with fate, when the little artillery
man spoke to rebellious Paris from the
cannon's mouth and 1t paused in the
presence of its master, ''the man on horse
back" The wilful city was commanded
to give up its arms as a guarantee
of good behavior in the future and the
soldiers went from house to house to
take away the weapons of the insurgent
population. The widow Beauharnais,
Wishing to keep her husbands sword as
heritage for her 14-year-old son, sent
Eugene to headquarters to beg it's return.
This is the tale told by both Napoleon
and Eugene, and IL 1t Is too good to be
true 1t is also too good to be spoiled
by sceptics who have no story to take
IT'S place.
The boy wept at the sight of his father $
sword and kissed it's hilt Napoleon was
touched and patted him on the head.
Eugene's enthusiastic report at home of
the generals kindness excited the graft
tude of his mother. who hastened to call
and express her thanks. The feet Of
Josephine at last were in "the Path OF
Napoleon and the conqueror of Paris
was conquered. The little bowman had
vanquished the little artilleryman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
.IOsephine's Destiny

Not even the prophecy she had heard
pronounced in the hut of fortunte
teller cast a shadow upon this daugh-
ter of the sun. Yet had she not been
warned by the black prophecies that
queen and after having two crowns
rose both?
Since crowns did not grow on the
tropic bushes of Martinique, she could
only fulfill her foretold destiny by
leaving her native island. And right
there an aunt became the instrument
of Fate.
Before Josephine was born the Mar
quis de Beauharnais was the royal gov
ernor of the Island of Martinique, and
in the government house at Fort de
France his son. the Viscount Alexandra
de Beauharnais, was born. Josephines s
aunt, Nine. Renaudine, had solaced the
marquis exile with her friendship, and
soon after his return to the home coun-
try she rejoined him in France, leaving
her husband behind.
No doubt 1t was her matchmaking
ambition which inspired the marquis
with the idea of marrying his son. the
viscount. to daughter of the poor and
undistinguished colonial planter of
Trois Islets. The marquis letter to the
Taschers proposing the marriage was
dictated to and written by the vis-
count himself. but the hand of n young
er daughter was requested, because
Josephine was too near the boys age.
which was II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
The Other islander

Fol now at last 1.-The Path of Napoleon
ard the path of Josephine, starting at
the extreme opposite ends of the French
dominions, were running side, by side
an. closer and closer in the streets and
salons of Paris. Her life had been filled
with vicissitudes not less strange than
his. She was descended from a family
Of the poor country nobility of France
which had emigratsd to the island of
Martinique less than 40 years before her
birth. Her father, a plodding, unambi-
tious sugar planter of Trois Islets. across
the bay from Fort de France, coR9ro-
missed with his disappointment when a
girl was born to him by giving her a
half boyish name-Marie Joseph Rose
rascher de la Pagerie. But her mother
called her Yvette.
When the little Creole was only 8 a
West Indian hurricane swept away her
home while the family hid in a cave. and
nothing was left but the kitchen wing to
mark her birthplace. The father could
not afford to rebuild and. picking up
such pieces of furniture as he could find
IN the wreckage, he moved his family
uto the loft, of his sugar mill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
The Rue de la Victoire

From the Rue d'Antin | strolled two
long squares back of the opera TO tread
Napoleon's path of daliance in his
honeymoon street. The bride took him
to her rented house, a modest place set
which he would soon turn into the Rue
de la Viotorie And 1t was only six or
eight squares to the Tuleriesl
The Rue de la Victorie today is ona
of a thousand streets of Paris, with Its
shops on the ground floor and its flats
above. Josephine's little hotel Is gone,
the first home Napoleon knew after
leaving his mothers roof; but around
every lamp post In the Rue de la VIC
toire cluster the memories of the victor
of Italy and his drawn battle with the
widow. not to dwell upon his inglorious
capitulation to her dog, Fortune, vino
disputed with his teeth the invasion Of
his mistress boudoir. /.
After a honeymoon of only two days
the bridegroom exchanged the pursuit
of happiness for the pursuit of glory,
wedding ring, within which was en-
graved the watchwords. "Au Destinl"
Copyright, 1918. by James Morgan.)
Next sunday--Mr. Morgan's Journey in
"the Path of Napoleon along the Riviera,
around the Alps. down into Piedmont and
Lombardy and across the Bridge of Lodi,
by which the LovesiclS Little Corporal
dashed into fame-the story of youth
who, i'm months campaign, became the
greatest general of his time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Her Strange Betrothal

While that letter was on it's slow way
this second daughter died, but NJ. Tas-
cher rose to the emergency like a born
diplomat. After recording her death in
his reply to the marquis he affected to
offer the third daughter, who was not
yet H. Then he added in a sly post
script that he feared Josephine would
be put out by her omission from the
arrangement, and that he wished he
could send both girls But how can
separate a mother from her two re-
naming daughters, so soon after the
third has been snatched from her by
death?'
Still. he threw in few descriptive
lines about Josephines charms: "She
has a very lovely complexion, beautiful
eyes. handsome arms. shapely figure.
and remarkable aptitude for music" "
1t was pity, he said. that she could not
finish her musical education in France.
By this time the viscount was away
with the army, and the marquis and the
notified M. Tascher to send over which-
notified M. Tascher osend over which
ever girl he pleased and they would be
satisfied. The marquis even sent author
ity for the announcement of the banns at
Fort de France. generously leaving a
blank line for the name of the girl. OF
and with this left-handed invitation she
sailed for France with her father. land
ing at Brest with her doll in her arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
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Love at First Sight

Although she was announced as the
CitiZeness Beauharnais." the rustic no
bleman from Corsica did not miss the nm
pressiVe fact that his caller was the
Vscountess de Beauharnais, a resound-
ing name of the ancient regime. He saw
IN her the graceful impersonation OF the
great aristocracy Of old France. and felt
that for the first time he stood in the
presence of a grande damt,
Did she not look the part to perfec-
ton? Regally tall and charmingy slen-
der, not even a girdle was needed to
support her dainty bosom; her eyes were
soft and appealing; her sensitive little
nose was retrousee, or turned up, as
we ungallanty say in English. Her face
itself was no prettier. to be sure, than
when she was 16 years younger and it dis
appointed her bridegroom, but Partisan
art had cleverly repelled the assaults Of
time; her srching mouth was SO small
that 1t did not permit ner unfortunate
teeth to obtrude themselves upon her en-
chanting smile. while In her every motion
there was the languerous ease of the
Creole and the highly polished grace of
the French salon.
The enraptured Corsican did not yet
know that she was only little Islander
like himself, and as fast as his new car
riage could take him on the field of ac-
ton, the strategist of Touion opened a
campaign in which a widows strategy
was to leave him as helpless as a child
The tide of Josephines fortunes was at
dead low She was still bombarding Mar
Unique with drafts for $1,000. for s14Oo and
for $1,000 which she implored her dear
mama" to honor as they are for the re-
endorsement of the friends who have SO
generously assisted me and my children"
But the tide in the affairs of Napoleon
was swiftly swelling to the food. AL
ready he was general in chief of the
Army OF the Interior. and, as the com
mandant OF Paris. installed In an old pal
ace on the Rue Capucne, where he had
a salon of his own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Napoleon's First Love

AS the rigors of the Revolution relaxed
after the. iron hand of Robespierre was
Withdrawn, a great epidemic of love and
lovemaking broke out in France. 1t ran
through the Bonaparte family like
measles. Lucien took to his democratic
bosom a tavern keepers daughter. while
Joseph won the hand and purse of Julie
Clary, the daughter of a wealthy family
of soap manufacturers and money lenders
in Marseilles.
Napoleon next fell a prey to the soft
infection. Joseph is a lucky dog" he
said, and straightway he emulated his
brother by wooing Joseph's sster-in-
law, Desiree Clary That he came OFF
the field with the heart of this 17-year-
old girl as his trophy of victory we
know from this letter which Desiree sent
after him:
80, my friend, take care of yourself
for my sake, for / could not live with
out vou guard as sacredly as 1 shall
the promise which binds us, for were
it broken l should die
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Discourtesy Repaid

They were on their wedding tour, ana
imagined that every civility given them
related to their new condition of servi-
tude. says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Having stopped at way station, the
bridegroom was approached by the sta
tion agent, who asked:
Are you going to take the next train?"
Its none of your business" retorted
the bridegroom. Indignantly as he guided
the bride up the platform. where they
condoled with each other over the im-
pertinence of some of the natives.
Onward came the train, its vapor curl-
ing from afar. 1t was the last to their
destination that day-an express. Nearer
and nearer 1t came at fun speed; then in
a moment II whizzed past and was gone.
''Why in thunder didn't that train
stop?' yelled the bridegroom
Zoos you said twarn't none of my biz
ness. l has to signal IL that trains -
etop."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
In Giddy Paris

Paris stood then at the threshold of
the sort but merry life of the directory.
Awakening from the nightmare OF
action from the Terror and wildly dane
ing around the overturned guillotine
Into the salons of Paris the youthful
hero of Toulon stalked with the shoul-
der straps of a brigadier, but with the
manners of hermit. 1t was his most
ill-favored period in point of personal
appearance. A fever which he caught
while sleeping among the earthworks
at La Seyne had shriveled his little
frame into utter insignificance and left
mis- face dull, lifeless yellow, in which
his brilliant. hungering gray eyes cleaned
like Goals of fire. Long hair being then
one of the outward marks of true patriot
ism and sound principles, his reddish
brown locks falling over his forehead and
his shoulders only emphasized the weird
effect of the young Corsican general in
his stained and shabby old uniform.
The beautiful Spanish adventures
Whom the terroist Tallien had snatched
from the guillotine and to whom he had
given his name, was the uncrowned queen
of the hour, and she welcomed the little
artilleryman as novelty tor her salon.
Did she introduce him to her friend, Nine.
de Beauharquis? Or did sportive fortune
always see to it that he and she should
be in opposite corners at Mme Tall
liens and in Barras drawing room at the
Luxembourg?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
"A Frenzied Courtship

Detection had given way to confidence
in his bearing. Slapping the sword at
his side. he boasted to Josephine that
1t would carry him far. She smiled at
his self assurance as something drollv
boyish, and the wild outbursts of his nat
ural egotism. which he had so long been
obliged to repress or restrain, must have
kept her oscilating between suspicious
OF his genius and his madness.
In fine, she seems to have been at onco
terrified and fascinated by her pet eagle
But il she let him fly away she knew
how to call him back, as In this example
you no longer come to see friend
who loves you; you have quite forsaken
her; you are very wrong for she is pas
sionately devoted to you.
Come tomorrow and breakfast with
me; want to see you and to chat with
you upon matters concerning your in
terest
Good night. my friend, | embrace you.
''VEUvE BEAUHARNAIS."
After an acquaintance of two or three
weeks standing that letter marks pref
ty good progress. Perhaps the fair writer
had been hearing things of Napoleons s
advantage from her friends In the gov
ernment, which strengthened her faith
In the boundless hopes and ambitions
with which he had bewildered her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04


Napoleon and Josephine, Corsican
and Creole, piloted by fortune from op>
posite directions, one from the Old
World, the other from the New, one
from an island in the Mediterranean.
the other from an island in the Carrib-
bean, landed on the shore of France in
177S-1779 the boy to enter a school for
the youthful nobility the girl to be the
bride of nobleman.
After five years both were in Paris,
but as effectually divided by the mar
row Seine as when in childhood the
wide seas rolled between them. Leav-
ing the capital the Corsican returned
to his native island, the Creole to hers,
only to be caught both of them, in the
wide-spreading whirlpool of the revQ
luton and drawn together at its CEN
ter
Once more in France, but still un-
known to each other, they drifted about
for two or three years without "the
Path of Napoleon" crossing that of
Josephine The reign of terror came
and while he was winning his first
laurels under Robespierre at Toulon
she was thrown into prison and her
husband sent to the guillotine With
Robespierre's fall they changed places,
the prison door swinging open for JOS
ephine and closing in upon Napoleon.
Thus for 10 years did prankish for
tune sport with this pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Josephine in Prison

The reunited family shared the fortunes
of Citizen Beauharnais through three
stormy years. Twice he was chosen to be
president Of the national assembly, and
he rode the wild waves of political agi-
tation very we'll until he was sent out az
commander in chief of the Army of the
Rhine. His campaign failing. he was
recalled to Paris and cast into prison.
While discipline was interceding for his
life, she herself was arrested and locked
up as disloyal aristocrat, at the height
of the great terror.
The terror had converted the palaces
and monasteries into prisons and crowded
them with the proudest and meanest of
France. Beauharnais was confined in the
Palace of the Luxembourg and his wife
was almost across the street In the Car
melite monastery.
Between the Luxembourg and the fa-
miliar Theatre de rOdeon on tho Rue
vaugirard rises still the chapel of Jo-
sephine's prison. the Church of St. Jo-
seph des Carmes. Down in its crypt one
may see today mementoes Of the horrible
massacre Of the prisoners which took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
IKF5 HzZzED

There Josephine grew up, care-free and
happy as her black playmates, troop
of little slaves arrayed in the livery of
the FURNISHED sun. Books and lessons
troubled her not at all. and her only
schooling was received in two or three
terms at a convent in Fort de France
Trois Islets had no social life to re-
strain her with its formalities and vani-
ties. II ran, 1 jumped, I danced from
morning till night" was her own descrip-
tion of her girlhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
A Love Letter From Napoleon to Josephine


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