Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-31

which he interested himself in his. toy
principality Of Elba. So his days de-
veloped into a monotony of routine He
rose early and, either went for horse
back ride or began. to dictate. some
part Of the history Of his life to Mon
tholon or Gourguad. He breakfasted
sometimes alone, sometimes with his
suite, between 10 and II o'clock; read
or dictated until 2 or 8, when he; re-
ceived such visitors as he chose to ad-
: NIT. He then rode out, either, on horse
back or in his carriage for several
hours, attended by his; suite, then: read
: or dictated. again until nearly g. at
which hour dinner was served
A SOURCE Of Curiosity. .
His dinner was, simple, as. were all
his meals. A single. glass, Of cham
payne or any stronger wine, was suffi-
cient to call the blood. into his: cheeks.
A game of chess, or conversation, or a
French tragedy. read aloud closed the
evening His only weakness was great
fondness for snuff he took great guam :
titles of it. The habits of his life had
taught him to need but little sleep and
to take this by starts, and usually
someone read to him until far into the
night.
Napoleon was elabor:ttely careful CT
his person. His dress at St. Helena
was generally the same be had worn at
the Tulleries as emperor; the green
uniform faced with red, >of the chas-
seurs Of the guard, with the star and
Gordon Of the legion of honor. His
suite to the last continued to maintain
around him, as far as possible in exile,
the style and circumstances Of his for
mer: court. .,.
! Visitors to the. island were more or
less frequent; the fallen Napoleon was
a source of curiosity to Europe then.
even as the ex-kaiser of Germany is to-
the world today. One traveller. quoted
in Lockhardt's life Of Napoleon Bona
parte, describes the exile as follows:
His face and figure looked much
broader and more sauare--larger. in
deed, in every way-than any repre-
sentation had met with. His corpu-
lency, at this time. reported to be en-
cessive, was by no means remarkable
His flesh looked on the contrary, frm
and muscular There was not the least
trace of color in. his cheeks; in fact.
his skin was more like marble than Or
binary flesh. Not the smallest wrinkle,
was discernible on his brow, nor an
approach to q furrow on any part OF
his countenance. His health and spir-
its, judging from appearance, were ex-
cellent, though, at this period, 1t was
generally believed in England that ne
was sinking fast under complication
of diseases. and that his spirit. was en-
tirely gone. His manner OF speaking
was rather slow than otherwise and
perfectly distinct; and he waited with
great patience and kindness for my an
swers to his questions. The brilliant
and some times dazzling expression or
his eye could. not be overlooked: IT
was not, however, a permanent lustre'
FOR it was only remarkable when" he
was excited by some point Of pafticu-
lar interest. It is impossible to imag-
inc an expression Of more entire mild
ness. I may almost call it of henignity
and kindness, than that which played
over his features during. the whole IN
teryiew. If, therefore, he was at this
time out of health and low spirits. his
power of self command must have been
even more extraordinary than Is gen.
orally supposed; for his whole deport-.
ment, his conversation and the express
sion of his face, indeed a frame in per-
feet health, and a mind in ease" This
interview was had in. August, 1917.
~ Only Exist"
About a year later his health began
TO fail to an extent to alarm his physi-
clan, who advised him that he must
continue his physical exercise which OF
late he had dropped. Napoleon declar-
| GO III dllSWct lildl AiS VIVIAN AAo> N~~'>O
any more exercise so long as he was
exposed to the challenge Of England
sentinels Of the island as he had, been
since his arrival there. His physician
demurred at his patients obstinacy
and Napoleon replied: That which IS
written, is written; our days are reck-
oned" To all prescriptions he opposed
a like determination. Doctor" he said
in October, 1920, mo physicking; we
are a. machine made to live; we are Or
lganized for that purpose, and such is
our nature: do not counteract the llv-
ling principle-let it alone-leave 1t the
liberty Of self -defense-it will do better
than your drugs Our body is watch,
intended to go for certain time. The
matchmaker cannot open it and must
work at random. For once that he re-
|lieves or assists it by his crooked in
struments. he Injuries it ten times, ana
at last destroys it."
The fatalist philosophy of the Ma
hommedan was Napoleon's; it was
governing principle in his life. With