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pose, than about any other soldier,
statesman and sovereign that ever
lived; vastly more than even the most
Industrious reader can ever hope to
master. Most of it has been written
about him as a soldier, which is quite
right, seeing that he was surely one Of
the two or three greatest soldiers the
world has ever seen-perhaps second
to only Hannibal. Much also has been
written about him as a statesman and
ruler, which also is quite right, seeing
that his work as lawgiver and adj
ministrator has far surpassed in exten-
sive influence and in endurance all
that he did in war. There has been
much written about him as a man, too,
though too often it has been either
partisan or romantic, or has been vol
umlnously mingled with other consid
erations Of his career.
Miss Tarbell has given us a concise,
crisply written history of him as a
man. without fear or favor, without
partisanship or romancing; telling just
the things that the average reader
wants to know about Napoleon, not in
numbered with that in which he is not
interested or to which he has not time
t. address himself. Of course, she
gives us also an account Of his prnc-
pal achievements in war and in affairs
Of state, so as to make the narrative
a complete history Of his career But
1t IS the man in his individual person
atty that most engages her attention.
a ne must also engage the chief at
tention of the great ma ority of readers
This she does with discretion, with
sympathy and with dramatic and hu-
morous touches which make the volume
delightful reading.
The most striking feature of this
edition is. however, the sketch of Jo-
sephine. which has been added, to
complement that Of Napoleon himself
Indeed this is perhaps of mo~e value
than the history OF Napoleon. because
of its comparative singularity Anthem
tic lives Of the Empress are few Those
in English arc chiefly an'iquated and
incorrect. Too often they elevate her
into sort of sentimental sainthood;
the good angel of Napoleon's career.
whom losing re lost all; the blame
less martyr to his cruel ambition and
what not. In such portrayals OF her
the influence of Napoleon III is per-
cep'blc, his flal. affection for her
naturally far exceeding that for his
great uncle A fow writer's have on the
other hand portrayed her as nothing
more than shameless wanton, and
thus hnve erred as far in the other
dire ction.
Miss Tarbell utilizing the results Of
the reacarches Of Frederic Mason and
other French writers. has produced
what We believe to he about as accurate
portrait Of Jotephine as the world
may expect to Gee. II is the portrait
Of neither saint nor strurpet but
Of woman of much personal charm.
Of tho kindest Of hearts. of emotion
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A New Portrait Of
The Empress Josephine
Appended to a Concise and Vivid History of
Napoleon as a Man Rather Than
as Soldier

rather than principle and of sentime ent
rather than reason. of somewhat SUPER
fetal mind and Of morals which were
loose through complaisance rather than
through deliberate vice. That she was
the mistress of Barras, and that he,
growing tired of her, connived at her
marriage with Napoleon, is not to be
doubted; nor that after her marriage
she engaged in liaison with Hip
polyte Charles. Yet when we consider
her antecedents and surroundings, par
ticularly her association with Nine.
Iallien we are half moved to wonder
that her acts of unchastity we're not
more numerous and more fragrant.
1t was a strange turn Of fate that
made her the wife of man who up
to that time had probably led chaste
ilfe; If for no other reason than that
he had been too busy with the deeds Of
Mars to spare time for the pleasures
Of Venus. But it was perhaps for
that very reason that he disregarded
her relations with Barras, of which
of course, he must have known. and be
came her most devout worshiner H.
appears to have been entirely faithful
to her and to have supposed that She
was to him, until his brothers undo
ceived him when he was in Egypt. Their
hatred of her doubtless led them to
paint her infdeities in the blackest
colors But they convinced Napoleon.
who was at first quite broken-hearted
and thought Of ending his career but
then became hardened and souqht con-
ISOLATION in the charms of another. On
his return to France he CONTEMPLATED
divorce, but was finally won by her
fearful and impassioned pleadngs to
forgive her, though it was plain that
his Low" for her could never be re-
stored. Onlv little less than her
sexual infdelity was her profigacy in
pccuniary affairs, in which she in
volved Napoleon in enormous debts to
satisfy her vanities.
Yet as the wife of the First Consul
and then as Empress, she rose in
measure to the dignity of her place
Napoleon laid down the law that the
residence of the First Consul and the
court Of the Emperor must be free
from even the suspicion of scandal and
that rlie restrained her from renew
ing her flrtations and liaisons. Doubt
less, too, her mortal terror of being
divorced and thus losinc not ONLY rank
eut a'th and its luxurics. was
powerful influence for virtue. That
she ever fully appreciated tho i'm
portanca Of his place in the world and
responsibilities Of empire is not to be
supposed. But she was charming
FraeioE7 and benevolent feure. per
sonally much beloved by most Of those
who came into contact with her ex-
coptin~ her husbands brothers and
sisters
Perhaps the most illuminative touch
III her whole career is seen in her
attitude toward the divorce which
Napoleon ultimately secured At first
she assumed that she would be cast of
absolutely to shift for herself, without
rank. title or fortune. That prospect
threw her into paroxysms Of grief.
terror and despair. But when she
found that Napoleon meant 70 treat
her with all possible consideration to
keep her invested with the title and
''Pnf'v or Empress OF France and to
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Bv Samuel Abbott

TOWNS OF NEW hNN IA \ - AND OLD
~ Alan Forbes and Others. Published
ty O. T Putnam Sons. Si25o.
HE tercentenary of the land
Il ing Of the Pilgrims has opened
new channels Of intercourse
Il between Old England and her
nominal daughter. the group of six
states that is called New England. The
writer of this review recently made g
,,st OF cities and towns in Massachu-
ATS that bear names that echo exact
,r those of munici palities in Great
p,itsir. He was aware, ere he had com
peted his parallel colurnns, that there
< desk for new order Of historian,
ons who shall originate reverence for
.~sd:tion and stimulate civic enterprise
~ recording the stories Of British and
American towns that live under the
.,u,e titles. Boston, Mass, certainly
.wss debt to her mother city Of the
.sst coast Of England and the latter
must regard with pride her gigantic
laughter Of the West" 10 make a nut
shell application of Tennyson's line.
The New England sextet is sprinkled
sll over with names that also appear on
he map Of the British Isles The his
torical significance of the trans Allan
;jc migration Of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries is evidenced again
and again in mere word of one, two
o. three syllables For men were prone
70 remember streets, houses and fields
Of the towns and hamlets that sank be-
low horizons deeper and deeper as they
.oiled across the sea in clumsy, wave
tossed craft The makers of early New
England had not been nomads before
they set forth on their hazardous west
ern venture They were children of
place. Influenced and shaped by the his
.o-ic background and the continuing
growth OF the environments from which
they emerged never to return And
.hsy had the profound love Of old es-
.sblished things thar persists so
steadily in the type Of race known as
Anglo-saxon. 1t was not strange that
they christened their little harlets on
strange soil with the loved names Of
:heir mother homes beyond the Allan
c
We open with expectation and read
with interest the beautiful two volumes
devoted to the cities and towns of New
England that are bracketed in the atlas
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OF this book are written in a style
that shows no pretense of elegance.
The author has matter of value to
record and his pages are simple and
effective in their directness. To US his
chapter on A Great Highway is espe-
clally good in its careful description of
a road, trodden by red men until a
path was made that endures for
decades, the path west from Albany,
paralleling the Mohawk Valley.
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Towns OF Old England and New England: The Re

Of an older generation He tells US,
IN his foreword, that "the whole was
written with the hope of preserving foE
iuture generations of my family the
lie and the thoughts Of people living
under conditions which are gone for
ever, and Of creating in the minds OF
Its readers the atmosphere in which
they lived, struggled, died and were
buried'
The fourteen chapters or divisions
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THONs {. EkoN. INC, CORrORATION
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We are ia the mar>ot ~ buy for apo,
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Practical Mathematics

I<l1tsTRIAL MATHEMATICS PRACTi-
ALLY APPLIED BY PAU '. Farns
worth. Published BY y. Van Nostran !
No'Iu uary
A BOOK or instruction and refer
= ence. designed for students in tech
nicsl schools.
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OXFORD BOOK sHOr. Good book Frpt
editions Derirahlc Whitrn,n items Sign
u Ine fparro~ A. Lexington As
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NEW edition of Miss Tarbell's
Life Of Napoleon is trebls
welcome. More has beer
written about him, we SUP.
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By Willis Fletcher Johnson

\ LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
WITH A SKETCH OF JOSEPHINE.
EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH BY Ida
NJ. Tarbsl illustrated. Published by
the Macmillan Company. 81
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Authors. Catalogue free x. ATKINSON
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DR.. GREENE'a Ersrcsinr For Health 7Sc.
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The Human Factor in War
In Ancient and Modem Times
Battle Studies From Cannae to the Crimea, With
Special Reference to the Human Factor
in Officers and Men

BATTLE STUDIES. BY Colonel Ardant du
Picc. or the French Army; Translated BY
Co.oncl John y. Greedy, L S. A and
Major Robert c. Cotton, I. S A With
portrait Published by ,Ae Macmillan
COMPANY
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THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFE Nv Narv
Chomordelay Publishe1 nv, r,nhi
Mead & Co. So 40'0
YBYHE T. autb0- of paJ DAFT.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07
GREAT STRIDES FORWARD
A RcyoIution In Tractor Construction
Which Has Done Wonderful
Work for the Country.

With the entering Of the Nelson
Four -WheeI-Drive Tractor on the
market a new era has opened. The
Nelson is a revolution in tractor con-
the Nelson Tractor stands in a class
by itself. 1t is built on entirely new
mechanical lines. designed to give
universal, all-year-round service. 1t is
dependable. easy and economical to
operate and is the nearest approach
to 100 per cent efficiency ever attain
ed in a tractor. The unusual mechan-
ical construction of the Nelson Trac-
tor fits it to work on bottom land or
on steep. rocky hillside surfaces and
to give the same steady efficient SER
vice in winter or summer.
The Nelson Tractor has been thor
oughly tested. 1t has worked in the
swamps of the South, on the rocky
hills and mountains OF New England.
and on the hot. sandy plains of Ari-
zona. The Nelson Tractor has been
found ideal not only for heavy agri-
cultural work and large road build
ing. but also for numbering and gem
eral commercial uses The Nelson
Manufacturing Corporation is arrang
ing to build a large manufacturing
plant in which to construct, in addi-
tion to complete tractors the units
for assembly at the assembly plants.
In as much as the greater part OF the
financing of this manufacturing plant
will come through the assembly
plants, only a small amount of the
stock of the corporation will be left
for public subscription.
With a man like MI A. II. Nelson.
who has long since made a name for
himself as a successful organizer. at
the head OF this enterprise, it is safe
10 say that the corporation is assured
OF success, and the large amount of
business already on hand, further ac-
centuates this.
With the tractor Industry in its in
fancy. its markets as yet, almost
wholly undeveIopsd. and with a pro-
duct of such wide usefulness. it is OBJ
vious that the stock OF the Nelson
Manufacturing Corporation has possi-
bilities of great and increasing value,
far beyond the ordinary realization
from investment in products not hay
ng these almost unlimited fields of
activity. Subscriptions for shares In
the corporation accepted by Lawson
& Gould. Inc. Boston and Worcester.
See advertisement
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

General Manager Adams of the
street railway says that there will be
no curtailment either of force or of
service on the street car lines on ac-
count of the alleged aflling off in
traffic. which he says is 20 per cent
in number carried. but per cent
gain in earnings.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

raid on the Atlantic Hotel bar
on South Eighth street Saturday
night netted 100 bottles of home brew
beer, half gallon Of whiskey and
several bottles OF apricot brandy. JOS
eph Grant. who was in charge OF the
place, was arrested.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Information from jefferson City is
to the effect that Gov. Hyde will call
the special session to enact road leg
islatlon to meet some time between
May Is and June 1st.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Ross Harle. arrested, charged with
stealing a set of ivory from a girl
friend, and $500 worth OF silver from
the Hotel Robldoux, plead guilty in
criminal court Monday, and was given
two years In the peniteutiary.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Agriculture Contact Club, with DR..
ID. II. Gillies president; w. s. Belden,
vice president; Jas. p. Stanfield. Sec
retary and treasurer, and G.. L. Nc
Daniels, publicity director.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Finishing touches are being put on
Mitchell Park and some Of the other
city parks. While it requires
mathematician and an antiquarian to
figure out what the things at the
north and south entrance to the park
are intended for, yet they are said to
much money.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The heads of the local depart
ments of the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture met at the Commerce
Club Wednesday and formed the st.
Joseph United States Department Of
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The police made a raid on the old
building at Eighth and Charles Tues
day night and walked into a craps
game. Thirteen men were arrested
and gave bond for their appearance.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Business men at1a meeting Monday
night asked the Frederick avenue
property owners to make another ef-
fort to get together and pave the
avenue. in order that it may be bar
ricaded.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Coroner Timerman will hold an in
quest today at Ramsey's over the case
of elem Brown, who was shot by his
wife Tuesday night.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Robt. A. Britain was divorced
from his French bride. Ella Juliette
Britain, by Judge Utz Thursday. He
told the judge that he did his best TO
make the French girl like America
and Americans, but she would not.
She is now in France.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The police arrested Ed Clark, a
drug addict, Tuesday night. he being
found in a negro joint on North Sec
ond street. Hee was turned over to
800 in cash on his person.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Prosecuting Attorney Fee Of An
drew county tried to get dying
statement from I.afe Allen Thursday
night. but Allen refused to talk. He
was worse yesterday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Farm For Sale-67 acres adjoining
Dearborn. Mo-, has good 7-room
house. 2 barns. small orchard. good
we'll and cistern. Plenty Of running
water About As acres in cultivation.
Coons. General Delivery, St. Joseph.
Mo.-(Advt.)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

A special train made up of two day
coaches and three Pullmans left yes
terday for Kirksville, having on board
$50 OF Moila Temple and the band
and drum corps, who went to that
place to officiste at a ceremonial for
the Kirksville Shriners Club.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

william Langum, a negro, who was
sentenced to fifty days in Jail for car
rying concealed weapons. was parolled
to T. l.. Ritchie Wednesday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

w. j. Wilson. superintendent OF the
farm display department of the fall
festival and races at Lake Contrary
Sept. 5-1l. on Wednesday put out his
premium list.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

A moonshine still was captured at
the home of Kaylor X. Slee. 1928
North Fourth street. at noon Wednes-
day. The still was in operation. Slice
and Frank Hopkins, the former a
motor car salesman and the latter a
painter. were arrested.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

driver running his car along the
wrong side OF the street drove pell
nell into the jitney in which Poiitz
was riding. Politz received a bad cut
on the head and a number of severe
bruises
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Walter Osborn pleaded guilty to
forgery in Judge Utz's court Wednes-
day and was sentenced to two years
in the pen and then parolled to James
w. Osborn.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Esierhofrer Undertaking Co. pre-
seDts character, service and consider
a:ion. Ninth and Felix. Phone NJ
gss.--Adv.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Handsome, congenial young lady.
worth 100000. is anxious to marry
honorable, worthy gentleman. Mary.
sos Lankershim Bldg. Los Angeles.
Cal.-(Advt.)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

John Schuder and Il. j. Beams of
the Republican central committee
were in jefferson City "Wednesday at
tending a meeting of the state central
committee.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The collection Of general and park
taxes began Thursday at the city hall.
II all taxes on real and personal are
collected total OF SsSs,i2O.3S will
be realized.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Frank Walker, forty-slx years Of
age, was arrested at his home. 1926
South Ninth street. Sunday on the
charge of mistreating an Italian girl
IL years of age.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

James NJ. Boyd OF Plattsburg was
arrested here Wednesday. and taken
back to Plattsburg to answer to
forgery charge.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

John A. Kurtz, the new chairman
of the state public utilities commits
sion. says that the top has been
reached in increased rates for public
utilities, and there will be no more.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

George Young. a negro, became en-
tangled in several hundred feet of
copper wire in the railroad yards
Thursday night. and is now in Jail.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

FTTS-Anyone desiring quick relief
send for FREE IS treatment. Warns
Remedy CO.. 5O7X Lankershim Bldg,
Los Angeles, Cal.-(Advt.)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

In compliance with the request of
the St. Joseph Advertising Club, street
corners where signs are now lacking,
will be properly cared for.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Clifford Murry, IS years of age, was
run down by ID. L. Boiling. a jitney
driver. on King Hin avenue Sunday
and badly hurt.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The park board and Advertising
Club are trying to arrange for a series
of concerts at the parks this summer.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The delinquent personal property
tax list has been turned over for col
lection to the city legal department.
1t amounts to about $4,000.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Herman Freund. well known
butcher. died very suddenly Thursday
night OF acute Indigestion.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The closing concert Of the st. JOS
eph Symphony Club Monday night
was a grand success.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Mrs. Matilda Harnois widow of
Peter Harnois. who had lived in the
French Bottoms for fifty-f years.
died Sunday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Lafe Allen. who was brought from
Nodaway county to a hospital here
suffering from q pistol wound, is i'm
proving.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Richard A. Nicely, a well known
farmer OF Bolckow. died in hospital
here Sunday, as the result of injuries
received from being thrown from a
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

State Secretary Becker has so far
licensed a total of 2S2.212 motor We
hicles in the state. or that number
Buchanan county had up to May 1,
1885. The increase for the state 30
far over last year is 44,0S0.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Chief Macdonald's mon raided three
soft drink places Tuesday night. but
no booze was found at any OF them.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Work was started Tuesday for tha
immense new smokestack TO be erect
ed at the Morris g. Co. plant at the
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

That sterling institution, the St
Joseph Veterinary College, will hold
its commencement at the college audi
torium tonight.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07
Rock Undertaking Co. Lady at
ten6ant. 91s Frederick avenus.-Adv.

]. f. Epstein's Cadillac was saved
wednesday night when two young
men who had stolen it discovered
that they were being followed and
abandoned il.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Everything you need for any kline
Of Painting. Wall paper. chanilee's
Paint & Glass Co.. at Edmond street.
ADV.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Supt. John w. Morris of the St
Joseph State Free Employment Blu
reau. placed 514 men and 13G women
in good jobs in April.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Salathiel Mckee, IS years OF age.
weIl known here, died at his home
near Cosby, Monday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Joseph Grant was held in $500 bond
by Commissioner Duncan Tuesday, TO
appear May IL to answer to the
charge of having booze in his posses
sion.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

the Rotary Club for his opinion on a
proposition to vote bonds for main
sewers, a ne wcity hall and a new city
hospital
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Some thief stole w. c. Goodman's
studebaker touring car Tuesday night.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

w. c. Kinear. who operates a soft
drink place on South Sixth street, was
arrsted Saturday, charged with bri-
berry. II is charged that he claimed
he had bought police protection
which was untrue.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Andrew Politz. the well known con-
fectioner, narrowly escaped death
Tuesday night when a careless jItney
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

The proposed celebration at Ro-
chester for last Saturday again failed
to matorialize on account Of rain. and
a third attempt will be made today.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Judge James. Squire Connect and
several others asked some hard ques-
tions Of Louis Wallis. the Joseph Fels
commission speaker, at the Commerce
Club luncheon Wednesday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Jack Leibowitz, who was shot by a
footpad some time ago. is improving
slowly.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Congressman Faust has been ap-
pointed a member of the House pub
lie lands committee.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

NJ. J. Dowaey for best Plumbing
and Gas Fitting. 1908 Frederick Ave.
Phone 11s ADV.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

c. c. Graves of Maryville was on
Thursday named as steward OF State
Hospital No. 2. to take the place of
James NJ. EMS of Clyde, who declined
the appointment. J. w. Power of
the Tootle-Lacy National Bank, was
elected treasurer.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Miss Mildred Crawford has secured
a position in the office of school sup
erintendent Thalman.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-07

Eight-tenths OF the city 4gpOsits
We're awarded to the Fidelity Trust
Co. by the city council Saturday. al
3% per cent on daily balances.