The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
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general in the Prussian campaign of 1SO6- [, placing him over distinguished gen. erals. He who had taken long and wearisome course in the school of ex- perience and been disciplined in obedience by stern poverty and hard apprentice ship in the army, fattxred himself now that he could lay out a royal road for his young feather-brail .d brother
 But Jerome was no more glorious on land than he had been on the sea- very naturally showing marked preference for palaces rather than camps and for pleasures rather than hardships. He therefore. let his seasoned generals and soldiers do the campaigning. and only insisted on taking for himself the honors and enjoyment of making triumphant en- tries into cities that others had con- quered
 King Jerome took sovereignty no more seriously than warfare. His poor sub jects had to blow deep to support his magnificence, and he drained the re- sources of his made-to-order kingdom to fill his little capital. Casseh with extrav- agant splendor. His royal theatre alone cost his people sS0,000 year, while he adorned his country palace. Napoleonshoe, until it took high rank among the show places of Europe. By a strange retri- button Napoleonshoe became the prison of Napoleon TIT. after his capture by the Germans at Sedan, In 1870. and 1t was there that the last of the Bonapartes took leave of royal palaces forever.
 Queen Caroline
 By trick of nature Napoleon found his only real brothers among his sis ters. Although, even as the effeminate emperors of degenerate Rome assumed the name of Caesar the crowned brothers all styled themselves Napol- eons-Joseph Napoleon. Louis Napoleon, Jerome Napoleon-eCaroline and Elisa were better commercials of the Emperor than any of the. male Bonapartes.
 Those two sisters were ambitious and masterful spirits. while in point of per- sonal appearance they held their own in a remarkably handsome family. The elder, Caroline, wife of Murat, had fair hair and a dazzling complexion. with roses in her cheeks. She bore the head of Cromwell, on the shoulders Of pretty woman" Talleyrand said of her. Napoleon himself confessed: q must al- ways meet Mme. Murat In battle array" As the one sister who had a husband that was useful to the empire she made hard terms with her brother on every occasion.
 To appease the demands of the Mu- rats the Emperor was forced to a pain full bit of surgery when he carved out principalty for them in Germany and created them the Prince and Princess of Berg and the Duke and Duchess of Gloves. They laid hands besides on Mme Pompadour's old palace, the renowned Elysee of Paris now the residence of the Presidents of France, and piled up in all yearly income of $250,00O. Be- sides Murat was made heir to the throne of Naples, Joseph's children being girls.
 But the importunate pair could not wait. and Caroline, craftily calculating the chances of the Emperor's death in battle, concerted with Junot to snatch the imeprial crown for her husbands head. When, however. Joseph was pro- noted King of Spain, Murat, the coun- try innkeeper's boy. became King Joachim of Naples, and Caroline the only Queen in the Bonaparte family. Yet their unsuitable ambition made Ma poleon, as he said, blush for. them more than once before it culminated in their treason in the dark days of the empire.
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