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The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

New Orleans La. Jan. Z3.-BattLng Ls'Vinsky and
GunhOat smith. the heavy weights who made their
debut in a local sunday. put on the finishing
touches of week ; training TODAY. Prom the train
ing quarters of both fghtens comes the word that
they in fine shape for the battIe Smith is
10 favurte.
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HOW THEY STAND.
Non Lost
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OlYmpic Swimmer Beaten

New YORK. Jan. 3.-The Montreal Athletic As
sOCurr water polo here last night BY six goals to
two. Georgs HodEson. Canadian the 100 and !, 200
meter Olympic champion. was defeated by one
foot by Joseph @. WheAtley. Of the New YORK
2.gAs
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Playing for Title.

Saturday afternoon the Adams School will play
the Peabody School at the Y. VI. c. A. to de-
temins the champions Of the graded schools Of
this city. This will BE- the last game for the
Adams Quint aorount Of the February grsduE-
ton class. Game will be called at $40.
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HAVE GOOD PLAYERS.
Cuba Boasts of Twenty of Major
League CaIiber.

Cuba hoas.s Of about twenty ball players who
said to have major league c7libGr, and Of the
scouts from the big league Planning a journey
down there 10 look them VT The Federal League
folks think pretty we'll Of the Cubans too and it
is likely that they will pluck few yOunEsteTs from
their Cuban and bring them north this spring
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Elliott Floored. Then Quit.

New York Jan. %.-Auothcr promising white
hope bnbble was rypIodri at the New Polo A. \.
last night when 'Whic' Allen knooked out Jim
Elliott. the 81 Paul IumbsrJaek. tho SECOND
,uund Ellirtt. weighing 2'9 pounds. 1oored
rhree times Ia the -eound and then quit. Allen
called only Isj p0unds
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Unless Business has in school a
pitcher with unknown ability. one of
the Wise boys will again have to come
to its rescue. Ray and Buck" have
had considerable experience in the box.
although 1t is not their regular posi-
tion. Blundon. who was out for the
position last year can hardly be de-
pended upon to show anything from
the rife pit as he did not fair very
well last year when he was called to
work against Eastern In the absence
Of Kelly.
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White Wins Second in Tourney.

New N0TG Jan G--CHaTIos = W6itc a RT00E-
I,n. a former holder ~ the title defeated Fred
rrick LoscuthsI in the play-of 10 decide second
'usce in the class r national amateur champion
aip tournament at ls2 bflklnc billiards last uight
Of the Amateur Billiard Club White ran ont his
% uoiuts m tn" ifty-dftlr inning. while LnWsnthI
MD not get toErtlIsr 9 total Of 20 IN hftyfo1r
IuEiuE-.
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Near Athletic Break.

san Francisro Jan. 9.-Ths strained relations
between California and Stanford came near the
breaking point when the associated students of the
State University voted to insist upon the freshman
inegibnity rule. even to seTerinE all athletic rela
tons with the Cardinals 4 no Amieable agreement
can Be reached.
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Paskert Sned FOR s20. .O0n

fielder on the Phls. mas been sued in Cleveland
for SsO0o BY John FLry. sr.. who claims his
son was permanently injured By being run over
hy Paskert's automobile on October %. 1913. This
suit won't hsp Plsksrt'S playing in rsiS
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HeaYies Finishing Training.

'ApprenticO allowance claimed.
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Rates Let Ont bv Feds

Johnny Bates who in the Uutfeld at VARIOUS
times in the past few years for the Phils. Reds
and Cubs and finished last season with the Balti-
more FederaLS. will not be offered a contract for
1915 Tue Baltimore team will carry hut twenty
players this year They are ssking another catcher
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New York Grappler Again Is
Matched with Italian
Wrestler.
JOE TURNER ON THE JOB
MiddIe-weight Champion of the World
Issues Def to Winner of
This Match.

Owing to the great demand 10y tie To-
cal followers Of the graphing game, the
managememt Of the Majestic Thcater has
booked Bun Msntano. the New York
r0ugh-house wrestler. and Tony Barnard.
the local Italian demon, in n finish bout
Wednesday night. with no hold barred.
I'm The last bout which these rough
house artIsts' worked at the Majestic
Theatcr the police intcTf"rcd al the end
Of one hour and ten minutes Of the fast
est work seen here this winter. and
Manager Murphy signed the grapplers
up with an agreement that should the
police interfere the wrestler causing the
trouble will lose his end Of the purse.
The purse will be 500 and "A side bet of
i@'U has been placed by each ErappIer.
The. bout Is hciuE booked as for the mid
dlo-wcichJ championship Of the world.
and AS caused Joe Turner. the local
boy. no holds the Lord Lonsdale belt
for the middlt-wciEht championship. to
rome hack to Washington and issue a
def To- the winner for 500 side bet at
the catch-as-catch-can game.
After Frank ZereEa.
Ecrnard issuos a challenge 10 meet
Frank Zerega. who forfeited his match to
him the other night in a rouGh-hOusc af-
i.i: at the Majestic Theater. Bernard
wants to fight tho local heavyweight
l,.,stl.r bCfor" the ArdmOre Club At the
next shoM which the Maryland Athletic
club will hold
Comm"rcinE Friday night. January %
th,- Uauagom"ut Of IN" Majestic Theater
viii hold series OF amateur wrestling
hDur~ iu III" different weights for the
amar,.lr championships Of their respective
asses. All amateur wrestlers wishing
{. participate in these matnh"s can make
afI.i.2ti"n ar the box offic".
TIL. prizes will b" ON exhibition at some
local newspaper Office. Tho tournaments
viii no Iu ,hArgc "r the popular middle
wG-hr wrestler. Tony RCrnard. For the
'rsi '"1ruam ut ther" has been appIica-
,r.u- from number crack. RACK amateur
VIZ r.rr~. among whom ar" Leo Fronney,
Mix" Naio. Fred MurEi". Charles MurEie
simon Holiv"r Rurkncr. of the Ninth
I uir"I States Infantry. and many others
This will hc an vent that will he fol-
lowed rr='tarly each week by the pre-
LIminari"s ON each Friday for three weeks
in succession. after which tho finals will
talk" p'ao" for the grand priz". Some
Lively bouts arc looked for
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Skaters Enter for Big Tests.

New YORK. Ian. 25.-NIany Of the star amateur
ice skaters Of the metropolitan district have en-
tered the New York Athletic Clubs open meet TO
be held next Thursday night at Notiek Rink, uSth
street and Riverxidc Drive. -.#
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storer to Coach Rowdoin Eleven.

Boston. Jan. Bob" StOter. captain Of tn,
Harvard varsity football team Of two years ago
has bcsn ongsFed 70 coach the Bowddn Collegs
eleven neIt fan.
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Gilbert Gallant Knocked Ont,

Rrds-pori. Isr. = -Sg,H Ersir1It. Of psiisd-I
phia knorxed ont 'iHhs'' ''1Iiant. oi E'r-t"n. .5
the fourth round u a -scFrivl Gf'esa JctIEd -:
here tonight.
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JUST A BIT OLD.
But wild Bill VIII Do some HurI-
ing at That.

Nov York Jan = Wild Bill Duuc'An NAV dn
little pitching now and then for his Yankee
gang this simmer IN CR-f Il ned
I'm a bit old Just a hit. cOnfeSses Wild Bill.
''ts7t think my wing is still IN such EhApe that
I could call On H. for relief duty. OF COurse.
wouldn't attempt 'n rrtch f1Il game. but l Eusss
l cJuH WY, a few innings every often and keep
the opg.satlJn IN chcI&. anyway. l m going u give
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PEABODY FORFEITS.
Adams school Appears for Game
for Title.

The game between tho Adams School and the
Peabody school, which to bs played at the
Y NJ G. 4. 10 decide the champions Of the
graded schools Of this city was forfeited TO the
Adams school. This vss the las. game for the
Adams boys bafUre going 70 high school. Ths
Adams boys have not gone down to defeat this
season and have always had big lead on their
07TUueuts before tho Anal whistle blew The team
which represented the Adams School vas com,
posed Of Catlin. Payne, Henry, Gurevich. Sheers,
ElRlrIs. and Root.
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to prevent stragglers from wandering
away and getting host. He vas also
lunch bearer, because you must know
that at the end of the min miles one
is feeling a bit tired and hungry and
a little something to eat ana drink l.
not undesirable.
ours was the first party over m.
long route that season. the floods n
the Green River, which feeds the cav,
river in which are the cyc.css fishes
having shut out travel beyond it. and
not a few among MS had doubts OF the
safety Of cssaying the journey. which
included a ferriage Of the underground
river, But the guides assured every
body that there was no danger and
We set forth in fairly hilarious spirits.
As We progressed through the won
ders of stalact.te and stalagm!tc and
rose rooted chambers and glittcring
walls and all the other show places
'Iong the earlier portions of our way
we forgot u fears and gave our
selves over To the fun enjoyment ~
our novel and impressive environ
mentS, After several miles of this our
path began to descend, the walls about
' N''' 'h'N illi llhh H4lE, ll,'lt
were long sticks Of driftwOod under
our feet and projecting from the cliffs
about us, showing how high the river
had been, and the women began To
whisper among themselves whether il
was safe to go on. Even the men
had their doubts about going beyond
IN" river, hocaus there might come a
sudden rise in the Green River and We
might he cut off from our return.
The pathway, at times rocky enough.
MAS IN Other places covered with the
very slipporlest sort of mud, which
when dry was almost impalpable dust.
ana our footholdS We're most precari-
Gus, one man, indeed. slipped ana slid
away into the darkness, and though
the women screamed and their escorts
held their breaths the guides only
laughed. They knew he could NOT
slide evcrlastingly into outer dark
ness.
Further along the prospect became
less f~orbldd!ng, the cave widcn.d and
we reached the shores If the river I'm
condition to keep going. We rested at
IN riverside for some time. gazing
along is course, "N"rhung hy ragged
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Why this-and here comes the queer
part OF the story. ON the day before
the Aiglon's death they found living
on his bed not the skull the was no
Hapsburgp but "A great. black. ancient
iron key.
The Key of Black Matthias" cackled
a dccrcpit palace valet. When they
asked him to explain himself. he said:
My fathers served The castle back
800 years II would be TRANCE
hould no know the key of Black Ma
thiaS'' And not another word could
they get u of him.
one more thing of the Alglun. The
famous Count Caglios;ro CBalsamoD.
h foretold the French Revolution
ana the fate of So many of it's actors,
finally persisted in the castle of 81.
Angelo in Rome. Wandering from
France, after his adventure with the
Queens necklace, he was temporarily
imprisoned in Vienna.
How he was released has always
been disputed; but it seems hat he
influenced "A cousin Of the Emperor
10y his revelations and predictions.
Among other things, they told him of
the treasure which ought to be DIS
Covered uneXpectcdly, in the great
need Of the Hapsburgs-anH asked him
to calculate when discovery and need
would coincide. His answer seemed
ineXplicable. When the boy goes
home" he said.
How connec IL with tho Aiglon?
The Aiglon was not yet born.
Time ma SSDl Men Sbruuu.J ,b.tr
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The legend is that he vas killed by
Kindness" Growing up Il gilded
prinCeling in a corrupt court. he was
led into pleasures weakening to his
constitution in his ;ender years, while
c%unuingly DETECTED from heathfui eX-
ercise. Rostand makes him turn the
danger point, nob,y aided in secret,
though late. There is no need TO be-
lievc that the danger Ms ed. The
heroic explanation of the Aiglon's
death is quite sufficient-he died Of
grief.
He had the education of an arch
duke of his time. He was not pre-
vented from reading about his father
and his fathers campaigns. on the
other hand, they kept him isolated
strictly from France, the French and
all ~Bonapartist sympathizers.
The Aiglon lived in a gild"d prison.
s. living he developed a veritah.c cult
for his father and desired only to re-
semblr him. Recognizing hat he
could not be Emperor Of the French
although aware that he had been pro-
claimed Napoleon II. by the Chamber
of the Hundred Days-hc craVcd for
the chrome # Poland or of Greco,
successfully promised and withheld
from him. Colonel of "A simple Aus
TRAN regiment, he might not command
his men, They feared that the Napo-
leonic genius might blaz- out in him.
lie hoped that it might.
He grl"ved himself to death, at n.
becaus" he had lost hope.
Ana now FIR the queer story of
Vienna.
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n most of the men asked
was; Has il risen" Nobody had
thought 10 look for marks when We
Crossed 1t and when the guide after
an examination foolish,y said ne
thought 'm"hbe 1t had rIz some" "A
very noticeable Nervousness mani
Tested ltSe,f among the tcndrrfoct and
som" hesitat,d whether it was safe to
try it.
To remain where We were was worse
ana We finally went aboard tho tl.insy
craft and set sail for the home side.
As before, th" forward guide padded.
then he took to the roof and began
to pun us along. As he did So the
roof came closer down and still closer
until We could not sit upright and We
mad to stuop To a ~ our heads from
the rocks reaching down upon us. Tn.
guide kept pulling and lower and
lower went our heads untjl We were
beat Nat across the boat.
There was no question now tha, the
river had risen, and whether we would
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which the Niennese SILVER to name.
such common or garden shades are
themselves terrified by wraiths who
exceed them in horror b yond descrip-
ton. They are the victims Of Black
Matthias, suffering ghosts of faithless
palace servants. lost 500 years back,
hunting for the treasure!
The treasure.
There Is g. rtainly "A treasure. the
Nicnnese believe. The Capuchin
crypts are ruled, they say. 10y the
teri bic dead Emperor Matthias. who
guards forgotten crown Jewels. chests
Of diamonds. pearls and emeralds. an
cient booty. barrels of coined gold and
ingots, loot Of the Turks. treasure OF
Venice, tribute from Bohemian, Polish
and Magyar mlgnates. dark riches be.
yond the dr. ans of avarice. unclean.
aCCursed, to be purified only by some
noble use,
None of the succeedng Emperors
found the treasure. though many
sought IL.
They say ever that "A late Emperor
add Il to the hoard or. rather. sailed
down a supplementary treasure. II
was that Duke Francis of Lorraine
who. 10y marrying Maria Theresa. be-
am Emperor. hut did not reign. He
devoted his talents and opportunities
20 vast financial speculat.ons at a
time when tn. world was an easy
mark. He vas the first stock waterer
They say he netted 1000. Oo0 and
spent five years in transforming his
gains very skilfully into gold and
jewels.
Nothing was found after his death.
1T is with the t~reasur~." said
Vienna. in the crypts'"
Tradition ;ells that thu treasure
VIII come to light uncNpectcdIy and
only on a particular occasion-whnn
he Hapsburg dynasty has vital need
Also in the crypts dwells the skull.
What skull? Nobody knows.
1t - the skull. 1t warns the Hans
burg family just before they die. II
is unique. The doom Il one finds tn,
skull lying on his bed. They carry it
back. with fearful venerltion. TO the
vaults. Then the warned one makes
ms WILL.
In such surroundings lies Napoleon's
son, half French by birth. all French
10y spirit. what has he 20 do with
lfapshurg treasure
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got back and nobody could tell when
we could get out again, though the
guides assured us that W. might
crawl through some kind Of a narrow
and rough passage about ten miles
long If the worst camc. This did not
improve matters to any appreciate
extent
Nobody had a word to say about
going on a little further when at last
the guide told us We had reached the
turning point and lunch place. Here
We set our lanterns to the hest advan-
tag and pcrked up enough picnic
spirit to spread M lunch and to eat
it, our appetites remained with us, at
least, and | am free to confess that
enjoyed what was set before us. We
had something to drink. but | fancy
mere was only n kcntuckian in the
crowd, for he got most of IT,.
Going back everybody seemed To be
in a hurry TO get to that COMPOUNDED
and unreliable river, and when at last
We did reach II the first question every
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0 D OF THE AIGLON KEY TO BURIED TREASUR

rocks and hemmed in by gray walls
and losing itself in the impenetrabe
darkness. 1t was not a cheering pros
pect. but w had got To it and our
minds were made up to cross 1t.
The ferrybOat vas not much moro
inviting than the river. 1t was wet
and muddy and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or
binary fiat bottomed craft with narrow
Boards along the gunwales for seats.
our party occupied these, with a guide
at the bow and another at the stern.
The forward guide at first padded
us along, the one at the stern polling,
and then as the roof came closer down
the man forward reached up and
dragged us from overh,a d. And dark?
We'll. Egypt vas a beacon light in
comparison. All our lanterns were
In the bottom of the boat at our feet
and though they were still burning
their light went only to the roof. But
the guides knew their business and
after what saemci a long enough
journey land was sighted off the port
bow and pres ntly We were on solid
earth again II was "a relief. that's all.
Now that We had crossed the river.
or rather sailed along it to the land
ing. FIR the trip Is something more
than a simple fcrriag,, IL might be-
supposed h a We got our spirits back
again. but W. didn't. At least. the
women didn't. The men kept up "A
brave how and We marched on,
though | am sure If "A vote to e, back
had been taken II would have resulted
at best in a tie.
All the way to the turning p int
there were murmurings and fears that
the Green River might rise before We
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was hailed as Austria's joy, The
treasure is in the crypts. The boy Is
in the crypts. Where is the big black
key of Black Matthias?
Nobody knows
No matter.
when the boy goes home said
Cagiostro.
1t is obvious, say Vienna. The boy
is Napoleon $ sol and home" Is Paris.
Whether or nor the French want his
remains, in removing the Aiglon from
the crypts the treasure Will be found.
\ crumbling wall. a sunkcn slab or
other accident will reveal il.
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THE DOLLAR

NptNG MIR BARTER en'es,j
library Of Mrs. Parsons h. .s-
ing house and mad. f.r '.a
dictionary. He placed his .dul .
i"e r"nderuHs volume. but thrn u. ...!
uncertainty.
Let me- see h. mut,.red. T. -..-
eral thousand pages awed .,m.
'Whrr''d be Likely to hnI II? I',..-
bean
H"reiul'y he searched out ,l, ...-.
which bore ,he word bean. Ey.f....
ne dd not ind what hr W. ...-
Maybe is buck he murm.r..
fhtt page gave Inn no sa,.>rl.. ~
bone Nor bone"
Mr., Barter commuued w.,a ..r--.
searching his dim ,,ha, ja,.
sunday morning. memory f..
clue that would prove thu VAIN.
Almost To-" canny "prccaut.uu
night before. lie hunted M
's1inoleun, iron man" tyery nm.
factory definition. he u,
mo- ey,' dollar" steel r..,..
None seemed TO suit.
I'm try plumb. h. m.
though | don't believe Ia
m word As out Of date as Tia. .
last night" lie found tina, u.
the result merely added .o
ing feeling Of being lost ar sou
'J!incy'' he suddenly cried r..
!ns the unfamiliar pages he a, . .-
arrived at the point where thai. vel
would h". We're II there at ali is
waat de- yau know about thar, .
asked himself, 81. amt down ,
way. Il isn't tn" r.sht nam,
EursF l,r .. IT,. ~ ~
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The Aiglon as Duke of Reichstadt. This portrait was painted at
Vienna in the year before his death.

get through or not remained To- b-
tried. Our bodies scraped the roof
above us and | put my hand over the
sid OF the boat To see II the pressure
above was sinking II. | touched thu
water SO close that for the first time
| began to be Before that I
had felt as the guides did and vas sat
isiied that they knew their cuisines.
Now ! had my doubts.
! twisted nay head aruurd 10 take a
look at my fellow passengers and
what | saw was not reaS.ur.ng Across
from M a bride had slipped down into
the muddy bottom Of IA. boat. and
with her head between the knees If
her young husband was weeping a.
though the end OF her happiness was
come.
The third passenger from M. a girl
was Cruuch,l down in he bottom Of
tn" boat praying; a girl next to me
had her head in her lap sohhlur others
were crying in smp'herrd s,ns. thr
men We're stul except two or three
who tried To- keep the general spirits
up by shouting encuuragIngly and
trying To he funny. They were prob
ably as badly frish -ned a. the women.
but they were putting up a bolder
front | know how | felt and ! know
] was doing all ! could To- make a
noise that sounded Ike bravery.
still the guide KEEP; On pulling and
the rocks pressed more heavily. |
thought what it would be like To sink
in tina dreadfully dark river and Won
dered how long it would Dee Ill. thoS.
outside came in and found as. There
was danger, too. Of fire from the open
lanterns com.ur in contact with tn"
women, skirts. hut nobody thought
Of any danger cN,cp, from water. Fir.
was light and hr water was dark. SO
awful,y dark
When it seemed that tae limit had
about been rot.H'I o young fellow iu
the bow next o. the guide. who was
stli pulling d,,i" rticl>. sent ip "A
shout that was lao max, hcleye noise
Of joy, It had the Yea. ring in d.. 7
cooked his WY ana beyond rs ~. roof
archcd h.-3 and W. VIZ, comm. .u'o
the open Another pun or tNo uad w.,
tioated free Then with a shout If
joyous delivery The three or four
young chaps az th. DOW ruSc To- their
feet ana ~. q one voice began To- sing
"rrai." God from whom al, BLESSINGS
TOW They mean, It. too. and so dd
'i the others OF Us. who Joined in the
hymn
hay" heard tina, old hymn a good
mana Zines IN my life. hu, never quite
as % sounded tina, day On The dark ana
mNS''r.uus river Of Mammoth cave
Nlty'" there lsr'' any God and mayhr
tl. urIi e. SNlu'l have, r,r.. .i-. u-I.,..
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shar", and he was found in tA, ~
ina, night crying as the ~ IS .,
And after all the river had NJ. t.-n
The guide had pulled US out e ..r
curse under an arched roof ami lat
become so ratified he did not realm
what he was doing. Which wog.i NJ,
have made any difference In re-, s.'- q.
he had sunk the boat and jrown.i ae
whole party Of Us. ] know II, ~.yrr
was al the same gauge as wh,' W.
went in, because / had stuck 90, n.
proviSed fishing rod IN the sand ...,
was stu there. Blu il held n e.,
fish
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S1iNl'F1c FAblN 'DllltS HUN
n Vienna.
The story is not one OF those
they make for expectation.
Call II pure N!ennese.
Evidently tho return to Paris Of he
remains Of the Aiglon would give
pleasure to the French, who have long
desired Napoleon's son TO rest beside
his mighty father. For a century the
body has reposed beside that of Marie
Louise, his mother, in rhe crypts of
the Kapuzlner in Vienna; and there
has always been an Willingness to
move 1t.
When Napoleon III. came into power
one of his first acts was to begin ne
gotiations for the return of the body.
Return" is che right word. because
the boy was born in Paris and forcibly
taken from Paris by the allied kings.
In 1855 the cession was almost
agreed on. In 1857 there was a hitch.
The final failure of the project has
been variously described as the cause
and the effect of the war with Aus
tria in 1859. But now-well. you Will
see.
1t is a gloomy ;ale to relate Of so
pretty a baby. so unfortunate a youth:
yet not u~nbeaut!ful. The child's birth.
his proclamation as King Of Rome.
was hailed by Euroue = , p,arap,..
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Ahoat on Dark Waters

\ HAMMpTlI CAVE In Kentucky.
N II which is probably the great
v i est underground wonder of
IL .a-.Ll 49, -Lu.-. h.