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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
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the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Although he is 80 years of age and has spent nearly half century in prison. Adolf Schafer. who says he is the oldest pickpocket In the world, was caught 'n Berlin in the act of trying to steal m omnibus passengers purse. When the octogenarian. who is of highly respectn- ble appearance. was brought before the magistrate a remarkable story was old. It was said that the old man had latteriy been living in a home for aged people. He received permission to leave on tell ing the officials that, as he had decided to marry and settle down" he wished to earn little money to provide a home fer his future bride
 He resorted, however. to his old pursuit of pocketpicking, and when arrested he was found to ein possession of a note book in which he had scrupulousy en- tered all his earnings" as a sneak thief during the last 30 years.
 The book showed that after allowing $i0ao0 tor $50 a year) for living expenses, he should have been in enjoyment of u sum of sii.0oo ah his receipts totalsd &l. 500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
A Word Portrait

It is certain he was not lacking in one respect: his air was already regal and his appearance had grown majestic Much of the time until he was 24 or 25 he did not have enough to eat: but in the consulate he was no longer lean and hungry looking. On the contrary his hollow cheeks had rounded into a becoming fullness; his complexion, having lost it's yellowness was clear and fresh, his body plump but not yet portly. now filled out his clothes.
 How tall was Napoleon? In the first place, he was by no means as short as many historians have mistakenly as- sumed. Some of the most careful writers have fallen into error on this point through an inaccurate translation. The translators of Constant and of Mallet dll Pan say he was five feet three inches while the translator of Baron de Meneval says he was five feet two inches Those latter hsufes are most generally adopted
 It is true that by the French meas urement he was feet inches and lines; but the French fot is longer than the English. and NapoIeon's ac tual night was feet 6la inches His gray overcoat hanging now in the Hotel des Invalides is itself 4 feet ] inches in length.
 His stature therefore was not ia, from medium, according to the modest standards of Latin nations His habi; Of stoop'ng, however, with his hands behind him. and his short neck made him appear shorter than he was He did not have the vanity of small men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

the towering time of her hyaeinths and tulips-a single tulip bulb had cost her $500
 NapOleOn's Tent
 The first consuls own special favoriteS in the park were the gaZelles which had been brought from Egypt. He used to amuse himself by feeding them, and he laughed to find them inordinately fond of eating out of his -nuff box. Some nioufflons. or wild sheep, he imported from Corsica, disappointed him, however by rejecting his hospitality and run ming away.
 Josephine's rare song birds. at which her spouse aimed his pistol shots from a chateau window in spirit of rude teasing, no longer sing in the trees of Malmaison, whose barxs bear the bullet scars of the German invader in the Franco Prussian war. For alien armies have twice invaded Napoleon's dooiyard - in 1910 and in 1870.
 The bell of the old Reuil church still sends it's peal upon the air Is in the days when it was music to the ear of Napoleon. An the man of state sighed that reminds me of the bells of Brienne I was happy there!'' The bell, however was not his only reminder of Brienne. He had appointed Fr. Dupuis, one of the old friars and teachers there, to be the librarian at Malmaison al though there really was no library in the house, and Fr. Dupius never was seen to touch book; but his one-time pupil enjoyed seeing him about the place. The porter of the Brienne school. too, was brought to Malmaison and installed in a like post at the chateau
 I he woodland workroom of the first consul is yet in the park. little vine clad retreat from the frivolity of the young people who filled the chateau with their mirth. But his preference was tent in the garden. and one of his campaign tents is there now. In such a place he carried on at Malmaison much of the business of his widespread realm. "i cannot understand men, he said, ''who can sit by the stove and work without any view of the sky.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

Although Stendhal tells us that Ma poleon's look became excessively gentle when he spoke to a woman his wizardry was pretty sharply confined to the limits of his own sex and left women compara- lively unenthralled. He treated them too much like soldiers, often walking down line of loveiness as if he were on military inspection Sometimes he playfully pinched their ears till they shrieked. reproving them if their cheeks were not rouged to his taste, or chiding them for wearing old gowns
 You are too pale" he said to Mime. de Remusat, as if rebuking a grenadier for a spot on his coat: two things are very becoming to womeA rouge and tears" To another woman he exclaimed: :
 Heavens How red your elbows arei' To another, What an ugly head dress!' Mime Junot was too defiant Re member" he admonished her, "a woman ceases to charm whenever she makes herself feared.
 Yet this same Mime. Junot herself as- sures us in her vengeful "Memoirs'' that 1t is impossible to describe the charm of his countenance, the magic of his smile when he was animated by a feeling of benevolence-"h soul was upon his lips and in his eyes" She describes his brow as formed to wear the crowns of the whole world; his hands as worthy the envy of the most coquettish woman; a white, soft skin covering his muscles of steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
No One Forgotten

"I was at Toulon,' was the magic password at the palace door for army men, and even Carteaux, the paintergen- eral, who had laughed at Captain Bona parte was placed on the pension rolls. An old nobleman who had lent the impe- cunius father of the first consul $l25 and, of course, had never been repaid, was in exile and poverty. ''Bourrienne." Napo- leon said, with, real emotion. as he held in his hand the appealing letter from the creditor, "this is sacred. Send the old man 10 times the amount of the debt and have his name erased from the list of tine banished."
 Raguideau, Josephine's candid lawyer, who had advised her against marrying . man with nothing but sword and a cloak, received lucrative post
 Even the humble shopkecpers, who had given him credit when he needed it, were honored with patronage in preference to more fashionable and prosperous trades men, The obscure cobbler who made his shoes when he was at the Ecole became the proud bootmaker for the first consul of France Des Mazis, his one intimate among the pupils at the Ecole, the youth who lent the penniless Corsican the money to take him to his regiment at Valencc, was in exile as an aristocrat but was recalled and received an important of flee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
The New Court

The steadily increasing pageantry Of the consulate was outshining the cere- monials of royalty and a presentation 10 Napoleon and Josephine was more GOV eted than an introduction to the Haps- burgs. the Hohenzollerns or the Guelphs. The new court was free from the scandals and stiffness of the old courts. Not only was there opened under the consulate career for every talent, but for every grace well. Beauty no less than ability had a fair field and no favor.
 Although when Napoleon went to take up his residence in the Tuileries. most of the dgnitaries in the procession had to Nrjde in street cabs with pieces of paper pasted over the license numbers. and there was hardly a suit of livery left in the city, Paris quickly resumed her place as the capital of fashion and gaiety. Josephine Is said to have had 600 gowns in her wardrobe and the women of two worlds moved up their waist lines m conformity with her girdle ''rhe great thing for Paris. and I well know it, Na- poeon said. "is to furnish dances, cooks and fashions to Europe"-that bloody handed Paris which but yesterday was the red terror of tyrants the earth over!
 The courtiers and servitors of the Bour-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Napoleon on His Divorce
IN 1894

It is from feeling of justice that will not divorce my wife My interests perhaps the interests of the system demand that should marry again. But have said my sef '.Why should put away that good simply be have become greater?'
 Mo- it is beyond me- l have the heart of l am not the offspring of tgress. will not make her unhappy -(Quoed by Roederer)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Old Friends Remembered

No other hand than Napoeon's ever lifted so great a legion of people out of obscurty into position. out of pow erty into affluence. For this man, who faced the world with heart of ice. never ceased to take a boyish pride and pleasure in sharing his fortunes with all who had known him In his poorer days.
 He hunted up the outcast friars of the oyerthrown school at Brienne and con ferred offices and pensions on them. lie e bestowed a snug annuity on even his writing teacher Who surely had small claim to the gratitude of so wretched q penman. His teachers at the Ecole in Paris also were generously remembered, while shower of favors fell upon his old neighbors in Corsica and upon all in Naence and AuXonne, who had be- slowed a friendly nod upon the starve- ling lieutenant when he was stationed in those towns. He appointed the noun taineer who led the band of men that rescued Mother Letizia from the Ajaccio mob, conservator of waters and forests. He pensioned Camilla llati, his old fos- ter mother the fishermans wife of Ajaccio, and would gladly have carried her son, his foster brother and playma te, along with him, had the young, man not run away and joined the British navy: He brought his foster sister to Paris and introduced her in his court to 'show what beautiful girls Corsica raises;" he married her off to her ad- vantage and stood godfather to her baby boy.
 A caller from Valence was questioned about every one in the place and partic- ularly about the woman who kept the '"Three Pigeons in the Rue Peroleiie, where Second Lieutenant Bonaparte used to eat his one meal a day. Learning she was stilling living, Napoleon sent her S2O0 for fear, he said, that he might not have bar for oil 1, of
 One of the first debts of gratitude lie discharged was in favor of the man who had given him the desk in the war office where he had the opportunity to draw up his plan of campaign in Italy. When the old official responded to the summons, the first consul said with smile that reflected his pleasure: You are d sena- tori"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
The Shadow of the Throne

The net of intrigue, drawing about her day by day, grew finer and finer in its mesh. To gain more influence in the hostile counsels of the Bonaparte family she promoted the marriage of General Murat with Caroline Bonaparte. relying on Murats friendship to aid her In increasing desperation and though loving her dearly. she sacrificed even her own daughter to save her- self. AnXiously promoting a further alliance with the Bonapartes. she made a match that was no match at all be- tween Hortense and Louis Bonaparte. They hated each other. and the bride was led weeping to the altar Their first baby being a boy Josephine well eomed him as candidate for the suc- cession and he was christened Napoleon Charles
 The lack of an heir was probably not Jesephines only motive for counseling her husband against dynastic amig- tons; very likely d woman's native prudence was also among her prompt- ings. Her heart sank now as in the days of her courtship when she marked the wild flights of his fancy and am bition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Nanoleon and Women

Mime. de Remusat said that he was only fitted for q tent or throne, where every thing would be permitted him. for, she tells us. he did not know how to enter or leave rom, make a bow, sit down properly or converse; he could only ask abrupt questions or make impertinent comments. Mime. de Stael. on the other hand, was so pleased by an interview she held with him that she reported the re- markable dialogue which Josephine con demned, however, as an exhibition of her husbands vulgarity:
 General whom do you regard as the greatest woman in the world?
 She. madam, who has borne the most children.''
 But whom do you esteem highest?'
 She who is the best housekeeper." s
 'It is said, general, you are not fond of women?'
 Pardon me. madam. am very fond of my wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
NNx. FEGAwLER
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bons were welcomed to their old places. GeorGeous ushers reappeared with their rods Judges and lawyers put on then robes again People began to powder their hair and some men even yentured to sport queues and ruffles. Monsieur and Madam drove out the usurping Citizen and "Citizeness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

It was the wondrous healing time for the wounds of the revolution While Ma poleon welcomed home the long pro- scribed aristocrats and priests, he dis peled the fears of the republican masses by confirming them forever in the pos session of the property which the revo- lution had taken from the arstocracy and the church and sold to them. He abolished the celebration of the ami yersary of the execution of the Louis XVI as a national holiday and changed the name of the Place de la Revolu- tion, the square of the guillotine, to the Place de la Concorde
 The world was young again. Fortune had shuffied the cards and Fame was dealing new hands all round.
 Youth was in the saddle. The private soldier and the stable boys of yesterday, when they had hardly a shirt and half between them. suddenly found their peasant names glorified and eclipsins the luster of the dukes and marQuises and counts of the ancient nobility.
 Bernadotte, black as a Moor, had served in the ranks as a common sol dier for a dozen years. Augureau, with rings on every finger, his uniform GOV cred with gold and decorated even with diamonds. was the son of the keeper of fruit stall. and had been in the guard of Frederick the Great and a private in the Neapoitan army until he was 30. after which he became fencing mas ter. Bessieres, commander of the Guard, had carried a musket. Murlt was d tavern keepers boy Lannes was a dyer by trade before he was a ser geant. Ney was cooper's son, and Junot was only sergeant at Toulon.
 Yet those youthful and plebeian Gen erals of France were welcomed like princes in the courts of Europe. Well might Napoleon eXclaim in the days when he was making his marshals out of mud" the common clay of French peasantry, that "heridity is ridiculous He and the great revolution had GOV cred with ridicue the old claims of long descent, putting 10 ignominious flight the hereditary asses" on every battle field and clapping the dunce's cap on stupid and supine kings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

il you have there? Where did you get those pearls?'
 "O' Mon Dieu!" Josephine replied in her most caressing tone, you nave seen them a dozen times before. It Is the necklace the cisalpne republic gave me. Ask Bourrienne, he will tell you.n
 ''Yes General" the second conspira- tor said in corroboration of the first. "l recollect very well seeing this neck lace before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

A story of Napoleon and Josephine at home is presented by MT. Morgan today, a close view of those two children of fortune in the brilliant days of the consulate-a word por- trait of the Man of Destiny in his heyday-his stature, his face and fig ure, his manners with women, his ratitude-Josephine in her garden and among her friends-her ex- travagances and her dread of throne as it's shadow fell upon her. A day at Malmaison with the young men and women of the consulate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

FRANCE joyed in the consulate as the glorious summer that followed her long winter of dis content.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-03-12

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cinsn fafiisen MiloIdnsinsriid,n fiir
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-26

Remember when you were little
I'D. o. tad1ess, and your mother or
father pointed out something to your
little eyes and said: Mustn't touch?
o. course you remember IL. You'll
never forget a. long as you live how
those very words threw cloak Of mys-
SsIy around the object that you
''Nustn't touch" and how that phrase
started the determination in your mind
shat you WOULD touch.
The other day . mother took her
twoyear-old baby to call on a neigh
Dor. The frst thing the child noticed
n the room was the glare Of the fire
n stove. She pointed att and said,
n her childish lisp:
'sPittyp
Mustn't touch, baby" warned her
mother, drawing her away from the
stove.
Then the mother turned to talk with
Der friend. The very first thing the
baby did was to touch the hot stove.
The Mustn't touch" command Of her,
mother only whetted her curiosity and
HADE her touch the stove. But she
burned her hand and learned through
experience not to touch.
The other day the mother of boy in
town here made some pumpkin pies.
A. she placed them near window to
cool she saw her young son looking
bngingly at the steaming pies.
Mustn't touch" she warned, shak-
ing finger at him. Then she left the
room. The first thing her son did was
% grab on of the pies and eat 1t all.
He became very i'll.
He learned, through experience, that
he shouldn't eat too much pie. The
Mustn't touch" warning had only
made him all the more curious.
Men and women are only big boys
md girls. They have almost the same
thoughts and identieally the same
avsrsion to the phrase Mustn't touch:
Only In the realm Of big boy and girl
Aood II isn't mother or father who
says Mustn't touch" but some law,
framed by zealot who would try to
make legislation do what nothing but,
s3ueation or experience will accomplish.
Sch laws are always broken and thus
= generated disrespect for good and
sscessary laws.
II a.law was passed today prohibit
fng man having ham and eggs for
breakfast it would be q safe wager
Skat be would have ham and eggs for
Bseakfsst for 1854 days out of the year
snd on the 865th day he would have
bam and eggs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-26
Asstnins Resident Passes.

MrA Mary. wife Of Edward Barbano,
- last Friday ct 8 p. m. ct her home
q Assinins, Of pneumonia, after q
short Illness.
Diseased was go years Of age end q
Ne resident Of that place. She Is sur
vssed.by her husband and sister, Miss
Nancy Psrsault.
The funeral was held Sunday after
nosn from Holy Name church. Rev. FIR.
YsDt officiating. interment being in
shs Assinins cemetery.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-26
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-29
Interest Continues.


interest in the matter OF procuring
prohclent ire fighting apparatus for
the residents In the suburban district
continues undated. At the present
time the different committees are
busy in the matter Of making arrange
inents for the raising OF money either
by bond issues or public subscription.
Committees from the towns of Leath-
erWood. Woodsdale and Pleasant Val
ley are at the present time working
on reports TO be read before council
on the matter of a bond issue. while
committee from Edgwood Is busy
raising money by public subscription
10 defray that towns part OF the ex-
penses. The committees i'm charge Of
the work are completing reports that
VII lbe brought before council AZ the
neXt regular meeting OF that BODY The
intense interest taken I'm the matter il
shown by the manner and enthusiasm
with which the committees are work
ing. II Is said that as soon as the new
council holds a meeting immediate
action Will be taken. and II is thought
that II will be but a short time until
the apparatus will be in place and
ready for operation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-29
JUDGING OF BIRDS AT BIG
POULTRY SHOW is COMPLETED
WIFI. india. Runner pusR.

william q. steer. Tacoma 90. adult
drake. trst adult duck. urst. young
erakc second young duck. nrst and Sec
und. pen. nrst
Robert Lyle. Glendale. W. Va. pen.
second
Morning ward
hurinE the morning hours Yesterday
Judge Auerswald made the following
$ c. BiASf orping-on.
wiley a Griffith. FLUSHING. Cock.
thlrus roCkcreL first
Harry l. Burd Uniontown. Pa-Cock.
second and fourth hen. third and
Fourth, pullct FIRST. pen. second.
bryan a. culley. Eurgettztown. Pa
Cock. first. color and shape special. hen.
nrst collar ana shape special. pullct.
second. pen. nfst
". D. Bundy. Coleraln. O-Cock. first
Hen. second. cuckcrel. second. pullet.
third and fourth.
single Comb Aneonas.
DIT. J. T. Benz, Howhatan. O-Cock.
nr-t and second. hen. second. Coekerel
first. second, color and shape special
pullet; second and th-d. pen. nrst and
J. = B-ranthoover. Huntington. w. Va.
Cock. third hen. NTH.
T. n Hoocks. sturseon. Pa.-Cock.
nfth. pen. third.
J.. -. Summers. Bedford. O-Cock.
courth. hen. third.
W. ~. R-ranthoovcr. Pittsburgh. Pa
Hen. nrst and fourth. pullet, NTH.
Frank q. steer. Cleveland. O-rullet.
Fred W. Zch. Martins Ferry. O.-Pul-
let. fourth.
Miss l.. T.. Garvin. wheeling. W. Va.
Pen. fourth and dfth.