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Dewey, .
WASHINGTON, March 12.— Lieut,
de Farmond, of the French navy, has
arrived here to become naval attache
of the French embassy. Lieut, de
Farmond has had wide experience as a
naval observer, following the Japanese
and Chinese vessels through the Cnl
na-Japan war, and now comes here to
study American naval methods. Speak
ing of the American navy today Lieut,
de Farmond said:
"The American navy has attracted
world-wide attention within the last
year, and this is leading European
countries to send naval attaches to
Washington. This will be the first
time the French government has had
a naval officer here. A similar officer
Is coming to the German embassy,
and other countries will doubtless fol
low in the same line.
"Since the Spanish-American war
this country affords splendid facilities
for naval study. It was the first real
test of modern fighting vesse's and
naval science must draw Its conclu
sions largely from what the Ameri
can navy accomplished during the late
war.
"I think it Is universally conceded
In Europe that the American navy
made a splendid record. It demon
strated the effectiveness of the rapid
fire gun of medium caliber rather than
the large guns. Tt also seamed to show
that the power of a navy is more In its
weanons of attack and offense: its ca
pability of giving blows, rather than
In its heavy armor and capability of
resisting blows.
"We, In France, were quite awa^e
of the growiner power of the American
navy even before the recent war. O"r |
chief naval constructor came to this
country prior to the war and made a
tour of your docks and arsenals. On
his return he made an official report
showing the improvements the Amer
ican naval constructors had brought
abont. nart'eularlv in the arrangement
of bulkheads and the distribution of
prmor so as to protect vital points.
We also know your American armor,
find are using the Harveyized Amer
ican nrocess. which has been frurd
entirely satisfactory thus far."
WATCHING NEW SHIPS.
Lieut, de Farmond says foreign
naval officers are not only interested
in the result of the war, but are al~o
observing the large amount of naval
construction now in progress in the
United States and the naval improve
ment it involves. From statistics he
shows that the United States is today
reckoned second among the great pow
ers in point of warships under con
struction. This tonnage by countries
Is as follows:
Tons Tons
3reat Britain. ...153,13? France 25.fifi8
United States 54.4-5 Germany 16,545
Japan 47.520! Italy 2 972
Russia 29,040|
"An interesting line of Inquiry," said
Lieut, de Farmond, "is as to why you
are building so many heavy ships, iron
clads as we call them, as against the
lighter, ewifter cruisers. The ironclad
is essentially a home ship, and Is not
fitted, owing to her bulk and lack of
coal capacity, for crossing the ocean
or for long cruises. The French navy
has in commission fifteen ironclads on
the Mediterranean and eight in the
northern squadron. But these are pure
ly defense vessels and never leave the
home ports. The performance of your
battleship Oregon, in running 13,000
miles. around South America, was re
markable for that season, and her
present trip across the Pacific is equal
ly remarkable. But judged by the
usual naval standards an armored
cruiser would have been much better
equipped for these long voyages. She
has the speed, the coal and at the same
time sufficient armor to make her de
fensive powers almost equal to "those
of the ironclads."
The lieutenant says that France has
pone further in the adoption of the
torpedo boat as an effective naval
weapon than any other country. She
has In all some 250 torpedo boats, some
of them very swift.
Lieut, de Farmond thinks the adop
tion of the water tube boilers In Ameri
can warships will be a further im
provement and will make them much
more effective for long cruising. This
class cf boilers, he says, has been adopt
ed by the British admiralty for the
Powerful, Terrible and ships of that
class, and quite generally by the
np.val authorities of France, Russia,
Japan, Chile, Argentine and Italy. M.
Viaud, a naval constructor of the
French navy, IB a-t present In Wash
ington on an 1 unofficial mission and will
confer with our naval constructors on
Beware of Imitations
JOHN DUNCAN'S MM, lunii, HEW YORK.
the new method of boiler construction.
"Admiral Dewey is generally recog
nized abroad as entitled to rank as one
of the great naval commanders," said
Lieut, de Farmond. "Such a man does
honor to the naval fraternity the world
over."
SEEDS FROM ORIENT.
Several Have Been Selected for Trial
In 'I'll is Country.
WASHINGTON, March 12.— Prof. S.
F. Knapp, the special commissioner of
Secretary Wilson to the Orient to in
vestigate the availability of Eastern
plants and seeds for common use In
this country, and to secure specimens
of those that are valuable, has sub
mitted his preliminary report summing
up the work. The plants selected for
experiment include persimmons, bam
boo, Japan plums, pears, camphor trees
and hagi. Hagi is a new forage plant
apparently of great value. It stands
the drouth well, is similar to alfalfa
in characteristics and nutritive value,
but more hardy; thrives on poorer
soil and has more vigorous growth.
A variety of rice was brought from
the island of Keushi, which, it is said,
will not break up in the mill, which
causes a loss of 40 to 75 per cent In the
rice in use.
The department of agriculture has
also received a consignment of varie
ties of Russian grains and other prod
ucts, the grains being selected with the
expectation that they will resist rust
and drouth. All these are not for gen
eral distribution, but are to be ex
perimented uoon first at the agricul
tural stations.
MANILA CEMETERY.
"When the Grave Rental I* Not Paid
the Corpse Goes to the Boneyard.
From the Chicago Record.
One of the most interesting spots of
Manila is the old Paco cemetery, with
its massive walls suggestive iather of
a defense for the living thai* of a last
refuge of the dead.
The cemetery is in a circular space
inclosed by a huge wall of masonry
eight or nine feet thick and ten feet
high. The only entrance is through a
gate of iron and wood of great strength
which still further adds to the appear
ance of fortification. Within this cir
cular wall is a second wall built in the
same manner, presenting a solid front
to the exterior. The interior is a
honeycomb of crypts in which the cof
fins of the dead are placed, the en
trance being sealed by small ornamen
tal tablets of stone bearing the names
of the dead.
In many of the crypts there is a
double door, the outer one being of
glass, through which quaint images
of the virgin and the infant Christ or
some other decoration such as rudely
fashioi.ed artificial flowers are seen.
This same idea is carried out more ele
gantly in the columbariums of our
American crematories, but there it is
impressive, here pitiful.
I scarcely expected to find much
veneration fcr the pcor human clay in
these wild lands.
My feeling of reverence was soon
dispelled when my guide informed me
that each crypt rented for about $35
yearly— a small fortune for these peo
ple — and when the inmate was for
gotten or the" relatives became im
poverished or for any reason this ren
tal was unpaid the remains were im
mediately swept from the tomb and
cast into a common receptacle for all
like unfortunates — "the boneyard."
Whilt in the cemetery I saw a crypt
opened and the contents cast into this
horrible spot where hundreds of hu
man skeletons bear witness that soon
er or later all would be cast from the
crypts. At the mouth of the tomb a
small spray of a wild flower testified
to a heart still warm which doubtless
bled and suffered because poverty
could not ray this tax of the dead. I
glanced at the inscription painted on
the wooden tablet which, translated,
read:
"Antonio Deagracio. Aged five years.
Died Nov. 1, 1897."
Within the frmer circle, in a pretty,
shaded grass plot, were the newly
made graves, marked by painted wood
en tablets, of our American soldiers.
On many graves were planted palms
and flowers — the work of the comrade
left behind. The tablets were carved
by the same honest hands — tributes of
love and patriotic affection, and a last
farewell. Fifty feet away was the
boneyard, a yawning chasm.
VALUE WATER
Compared to Champagne When si
Person Is Very Thirsty.
From the New York Sun.
He had a long, brisk walk, and was the
possessor of a lively thirst when he reached
the water tank In a down-town office. It was
a liberal draught he took, and there was a
decided grunt of satisfaction when he had fin
ished.
"I really don't believe we half appreciate
the things that we can get for nothing un
less it is theater tickets," philosophized the
water drinker. "But suppose, for example
one were compelled when he was truly thirsty
to drink champagne or whisky, milk of beer
or even the light wines, all of which go so
well at times, but none of which ever thor
oughly satisfies a genuine thirst, such as I
had before I drank that draught of cold wa
ter. What in the world would a glass of
water, such as 1 then drank, be worth? I'm
not a rich man, but I'm willing to Bay that
In the condition I was and under such cir
cumstances as I have suggested as possible. 1
reckon tha* with champagne or whisky free
that glass of water would have had a genu
ine monetary value of at least $5. Imagine
such conditions as I have suggested to exist
and then estimate what cold water would be
worth to you if you can."
BEATS THE VANDERBILTS.
En Route to Chicago, March 1, 1800.
My dear Sheldon:
At least there is one honest railroad. The
Burlington's St. Paul & Chicago limited la
the finest and Its all here.
■When any one wants confirmation of your
statement that you have beaten the Van
derbilts, just refer them to me. Sincerely,
— N. J. Levlnson,
Portland "Oregonlan."
Hla-he«it Paid Choir Singer*.
Two New York ■women are the highest
paid choir singers in the world; they receive
respectively $4,500 and $3,000 ' a year. The
men In the choir -of Westminster abbey re
ceive salaries ranging from $400 to $500.
THE ST. PAUL GLOB&. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1899.
MR. FRYE IN A STEW
HE DEFENDS THE ACTION OP THE
SENATE ON THE CANAL
BILL
TAKES ISSUE WITH CANNON
Says the Upper lions.- Did Not Pro
poise to Vote Awny Absolutely
Five Million Dollars or Any Oth
er Sum The Only Idea Was, He
Says, to Leave the Matter With
the President.
WASHINGTON. March 12.-Mem
bers of the senate take exception to the
statement of Representative Cannon,
published Saturday, concerning the de
feat of the recommendation of the pres
ident in regard to' the Nicaragua ca
nal. The statement to which the sen
ators take particular objection Is the
following one:
If the senate bill, or any measure proposed
had been enacted the United States would
have paid $5,000,000 for a worthless conces
sion, and would have been committed by law
to the construction of a canal along the
Nicaragua route and under such conditions
it would have been compelled before we threw
a spadeful of earth or in any way began
actual construction to have acquired by
treaty of Nicaragua and Costa Rica the ter
ritory whereon to construct a canal and the
right to construct It. Such legislation would
have delayed and embarrassed construction
of an isthmian canal.
Referring to this statement tonight,
Senator Frye, chairman of the commit
tee in the senate which inserted the
Star of Uie J3oi)aparfces-
TWO NAPOLEON V.'s. Story of the Rival Claimants to the Title.
From the New York Herald.
Napoleon V. is always a possibility
In France, the Napoleonic legend still
survives the dismal actualities of the
fall of the second empire. Its lustre
has never been dimmed among the
French peasantry, whose fathers gave
their votes for Louis Bonaparte against
Gen. Cavaignac. believing it was the
great emperor who had come back. It
was in the rural electorate that lay the
chief strength of the second empire,
and the peasant still preserves a vague
memory or tradition of the reign t>f Na
poleon 111. as a period of prosperity,
having some connection with the revo
lution, which in a dim former time put
down the seignorial privileges of the
chateaux. But the sentiment has not
within recent years found open expres
sion at the ballot box.
Since 1893. indeed, the royalists, or
followers of the Due d'Orleans, and the
imperialists, followers of Prince Vic
tor, acting under the advice of the
pope, have stood as the "rallied" or
independent Republican party. There
were thirty-flve of these returned to
the chamber of 1893. Their present
strength is forty, out of a total of 563,
with possibly a slight majority of im
perialists over monarchists.
But even before 1893, the centenary
year of Bonaparte's first achievemnt
at Toulon, there had become a literary
and dramatic revival of the Napoleonic
legend which had its effect upon the
secret sentiments of the electors in
Paris and throughout France. During
the first twenty years of the republic
the memory of the fiasco at Sedan re
mained the great safeguard against a
revival of Napoleonism.
PARTISANS WERE DISCOURAGED.
The death of the Prince Imperial dis
couraged its partisans at the polls and
in the streets. In the study Lanfrey
and Tame had completed the work of
iconoelasm. But the Boulangist move
ment revealed that Caesarism was ever
latent in the French nature, while its
failure only showed that Caesar had
not yet appeared. Boulanger had
proved too vulgar an upstart, and
neither of the then representatives of
the monarchial and imperialistic tradi
tions, the courteous, amiable and reac
tionary Comte de Chambord and the
reputedly timorous Prince Napoleon,
whose surname Plon-Plon was said to
have been given to him as an onoma
topoetic reminiscence of the cannon
balls which he dreaded — these two gen- .
tlemen were neither of them the typical
man on horseback.
But the Panama scandals, with their
revelations of the eer&se and shame
less turpitude of politicians, cast such
discredit upon the republic that only
the disillusion and lassitudes following
the Boulangist failure prevented the
emeifronce of a pretender bearing at
least so martial and popular a name
as Bonaparte. The Napoleonic cult, in
deed, waxed stronger, but still retained
its distinctive feature as a literary
rather than a political ebullition of
feeling. It would seem, however, that
the still more disheartening Dreyfus
revelations have suddenly projected
Bonapartism from literature Into life.
The Herald has told of the astound
ing imperialist demonstrations which
a w-eek or two ago attended the repre
sentation at the Nouveau theater in
Paris of a drama entitled • The King
of Rome." The hero of this drama, it
is needless to remind the reader, was
that unfortunate son of Napoleon 1.,
whom the Bonapartists call Napoleon
11. Frequent cries of "Vive l'Emper
eur!" "Vive Prince Victor!" interrupt
ed the performance, and merged the
audience into one vast enthusiasm of
sobs and cheers at its close.
And now comes the death of the
president to add a fresh complication
to th» situation and to make almost
anything possible.
A POSSIBLE COUP D'ETAT.
Does all this mean that the star of
Prince Victor has arisen in the sullen
sky of France? Does it mean a third
empire, with a fifth Napoleon at its
head?
And why Napoleon V.?
It may be necessary for some read
ers to brush up their history. Nobody,
of course, needs to be reminded who
Napoleon I. was. Napoleon 11. was the
great emperor's son by his second wife,
Marie Louise of Austria, who, born In
1811, was given the title of king of
Rome, and died Duke of Reichstadt,
in 1832. As he survived his father elev
en years, and as that father had once
sought to abdicate in his favor, he is
known as .Napoleon 11. Napoleon 111.
was the nephew of Napoleon I. The
prince imperial, as the heir of
Napoleon 111., was Napoleon
IV. When the prince imperial died in
1879, there was some dispute as to who
should in future be the recognized
leader of the party, and, in the event
of a restoration of the empire, should
become emperor. Article 11. of chapter
2 of the senatus consultum enacted to
1870, the last year of the reign of the
third Napoleon, had declared that in
default of a legitimate or adopted heir.
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, son of
Jerome Bonaparte, the younger broth
er of Napoleon 1., and his heirs male
by order of primogeniture, should be
called to the throne.
But the prince Imperial in his last
will had designated the eldest son of
Prince Napoleon. Prince Victor, as his
successor. This caused dissentions to
arise in the party, the larger section
lookhi* to Prince Napoleon as the new
head of the family, while others recog
nized Prince Victor. The dispute* -was
._ i ■
Nicaragua canal amendment in the
river and harbor bill, said:
"The statement of Mr. Cannon to the
effect that the United States would
have paid $6,000,000 for a worthless
conceseion Is incorrect. The senate
canal bill provided for the appoint
ment by the president' of appraisers
to value any property purchased and
the amount to be paid for any such
property was limited to. 45,000,000. As
to the canal amendment Inserted In the
river and harbor bill not a word was
said about the payment of $5,000,000
for any purpose. That* amendment
authorized the preside/it, for and In
behalf' of the United States, to acquire
such portions of territory l now belong
ing to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, or
such rights as may be necessary to
control and defend a tfan'al and so on.
There is nothing in that provision re
quiring the payment of $5,000,000 nor
five cents.
"I do not and did riot interpret that
amendment as authorizing the presi
dent to obtain a concession or the
property of any corporation, as I do
not believe that such concessions are
worth anything. But jf 1| did author
ize him to do no, it is not true that the
United States would have paid $5,000,
--. 000 for a worthless concession unless
we are to assume that the president
of the United States would be a party
to It."
Asked what action he thought the
president would take under the provis
ion finally adopted by congress, Sena
tor Prye replied:
"I think that he will add two mem
bers to the Walker commission, and
that he will direct them to proceed at
once to Panama and Inspect the canal
there and report on that route. By
the time that is done the Walker com
mission will have been able to com
plete its report in regard to the Nica
ragua route. In my opinion this re
port will give everything needed In the
way of information as to the Nicara
gua route, and there would be no ne '
cessity for acquiring any more infor
mation concerning that route."
finaly put an end to by the death of
Prince Napoleon in 1891.
Indeed, neither Prince Napoleon him
self nor either of his sons seems for
many years to have felt much interest
in so doubtful a possibility as the Na
poleonic succession. ; PJon-Plon and
Prince Victor, despite, their rival pre
tensions, were on fairly good terms un
til the very last, and four years after
the prince Imperial's death they to
gether paid a visit to the Empress Eu
genic, in England.
Nay, it has frequently been reported
in recent years that Prince Victor had
resigned his rights to primogeniture to
his younger brother, Louis Napoleon
Jerome. The substitution would have
been a popular one in France. Prince
Louis is the best liked and the more re
putable of the two. fie is the only one
of the Napoleonides who has proved
himself a soldier. Now, m his thirty
fifth year, he is a general in the Rus
sian army. His relations with the im
perial court, always cofdikl, have been
made more intimate by his marriage,
in 1898, with the Grand Duchess Helene
of Russia. He is treated there as a
near and dear relative, .and is invari
ably invited to entertainments restrict
ed exclusively to the princes and prin
cesses of the reigning families. With
out posing as either a saint or a prig,
he has managed to keep his name free
from any unpleasant taint of scandal
Another point in favor of Prince
Louis in French eyes- is the uniform
closeness of his iclations with his par
ents. He was the idol of his father.
He is the idol of his mother, the Prin
cess Clcthilde, sister of King Humbert,
of Italy. He is the favorite nephew of
Princess Mathilde, who is still the most
popular of all the Bonaparte women
in Paris, and of the Empress Eugenic.
There are other more factitious rea
sons for the approval of the French
populace. If there is one accomplish
ment more than another which cap
tures them it is good horsemanship.
To this Boulanger owed much of his
extraordinary vogue. It is always the
man on horseback who is the popular
idol in France. Now, Prince Victor is
a most awkward horseman whose mis
adventures while out riding have made
him the butt of ridicule from friends
and foes. Prince Louis, on the con
trary, has achieved fame even in the
Russian cavalry as a superb horse
man.
FAMILY LIKENESS STRONG.
Though Louis wears a short croppsd
beard, there is reason to believe that if
he were clean shaven he would pre
sent a striking likeness to Napoleon I.
His features are clean cut, his face
full, his stature medium, while his
chin is strong and well-, rounded. In
fact, of all the memherss.of the housa
of Bonaparte, past or present, he is the
one who, in appearance as well as in.
reserve and self-mastery, bears the
greatest resemblance to tihe founder of
the Bonaparte dynasty.
Prince Victor, moreover, lacks dig
nity of bearing and distinction of man
ner. He is a familiar figure in Brus
sels, the natural refuge of pretenders
where he has lived continuously since
the passage of the expulsion act by the
French chambers. The two brothers
appear to be on excellent terms. They
ride and drive together . in Brussels,
when Prince Louis is np't on military
duty in Russia, and they make a pious
pilgrimage annually to sefe their moth
er, the Princess Clothilde.
This lady, it will be 'remembered
lived unhappily with her husband and
separated from him to take up her
residence at Turin, the capital of so
much of Italy as was then under the
rule of her father. Victor Emmanuel.
She has remained there ever since,
while the seat of royalty was succes
sively transferred to Florence and to
Rome. She is very pious, and by her
own orders her apartments in the Pal
ace Moncalleri at Turin, have been
transferred into the resemblance of a
cloister in a nunnery. A little iron bed
stead, two chairs, a table and a prie
dieu are the sole furnishings of her
bedroom. She spends her time in
prayer and in attending the sick and
infirm, who are given quarters in other
portions of the palace.
SCIONS OF ROYALTY.
Were either of her sons to become
emperor he would ascend the French
throne under more favorable conditions
than either the first or third Napoleon.
It was the favorite boast of "Plon-
Plon" thaJt ac the son of a princess -of
Wurtemberg he was the only Bona
parte who had royal blood in his veins
and who was entitled by right of birth
to cousinship with the rejgning houses
of Europe. His own marriage brought
an accession of regal dignity to his de
scendants. Viator and Souls, if only
as nephews of the KingT of Italy, are
personae gratae in anX monaj-chial
household. It is Vicror Emmanuel and
King Humbert whpjji ' Victor more
closely resembles than any of his fath
er's family. He is tall and square
shouldered, his gait' is slow, his ges
tures quiet, his voice loVi'. his glance
veiled, severe and eveh sad. Although
his conduct has been erratic, he is
singularly prudent in- his speech. He
admits contradiction 'and courts discus
sion, he mentions hls^enemies and op
ponents with extreme reserve, he even
speaks with respect of his father, who
ended by disinheriting him. Of his
mother he has has always been very
fond, but it Is understood that she, too,
has constituted Louis her chief heir.
Nevertheless. Victor, though not
wealthy himself, and though he will
gain little of the family- patrimony, has
expectations. Indeed, the Bonapartist
pretender, whoever he may be, will not
lack for the sinews of war. The Bona
partes have always been famous for
their money getting qualities.
, The first Napoleon had held absolute
Men Lacking Strength
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control of the French finances, had
levied taxes as he chose, and disposed
of them as he chose, and rendered no
accounts. It is well known that there
is no trace in the French archives of
the $15,000,000 purchase money paid by
the United States for Louisiana. Na
poleon I. had simply pocketed it and
disbursed it as he saw proper. The
nephew followed in the uncle's foot
steps. In the first flush of the arotl-
Bonapartlst rage and mortification
which followed upon the disaster of
Sedan and the flight of the imperial
family from Paris the Thlers govern
ment authorized the publication of a
book containing 1 such private papers
and correspondence of Napoleon 111.
and memorandum books of his secre
taries as had been found in the Tuil
eries. This book appeared in October,
1870, but speedily disappeared when
the government recognized that the
revelations so made were as shameful
to France as to the Bonapartes. But
though the book was suppressed it was
impossible to suppress the facts which
it had made public.
BOLDNESS A WINNING CARD.
They showed that the French nation
in 1851, as in 1804, had allowed &n> ad
venturer to take almost as complete
and irresponsible control of its treas
ury as any of the Bourbons, with all
the traditions of the old monarchy be
hind them, and had never called him
to account until the failure of a great
war.
Between 1848 and the coup d'etat of
1851 Prince Louis Napoleon and his
friends had been in the sorest straits.
He had come over from London
wretchedly poor and deeply in debt,
; for he had borrowed heavily on the
strength of his expectations. His sal
ary as president had been compara
tively small, and he had no access to
the treasury. But with the beginning
of the second empire the public trough
was opened to the emperor and his
hungry adr ents.
It appeared from the Thiers publica
tion that during the years from 1851
to 1870 his relatives to many degrees
of remoteness had reclelved somte $14,
--000,000 in all, without even a pretense
of any relturn in services to the state,
and that as much more had been
squandered among his former mis-i
tresses and his broken-down follow
ers in the way of gifts, pensions, sub
ventions, indemnities and "encourage
ments" to art, literature and science.
A snug little sum of $5,000,000 had also
been put away with the Barings in
London for the rainy day whiah, final
ly burst around the imnerialistlc ears
to the lurid accompaniments of the
thunders and lightnings of the German
, guns.
In the hands of the thrifty Empress
Eugenic this financial umbrella has not
been allowed to diminish in size. At
Ohislehurst the Imperial exiles lived
in comfort, but not in luxury.
Since the death of Napoleon 111., and
of the unfortunate youth whom the
Bonapartisrts style Napoleon IV., the
empress has courted a still more frugal
retirement. Her largest expenditures
have probably been in charities, which,
though generous, have made no serious
inroads even into her income. The
principal has continually grown by an
nual accessions of interest and by
shrewd investments. It is now esti
mated at $10,000,000.
It is understood that she has, after
some fluctuations of intention, finally
decided upon Prince Victor Napoleon
as their heir, although her preference
thas always been for Prince Louis.
PRINCESS JEANNE. '
There are other expectations which
the bachelor prince may look forward
to if he becomes emjisror. There is a
Bonapartist princess, only seventeen
years old,, who has fabulous wealth in
her own right and in expectation. This
is the beautiful Princess Jeanne,
daughter on the one hand of Prince
Roland, a scion of the outcast Lucien.
Bonaparte branch, and on the other
granddaughter and heiress of the
Blanc, who founded the gambling
house at Monte Carlo.
M. Blanc's family are worth over
$50,000,000. On the marriage of hlar
daughter to a Bonaparte he presented
her with a magnificent dot, which suf
ficed to re-establish the blighted
branch of the Napoleonides in the
semi-imperial purple of wealth. A
large part of that dot was inherited by
the young Princess Jeanne on the
deatih of her mother. It is no secret
that the same instinct which made her
gambler grandfather enrich her father
and her mother survives in her uncle,
Edmond Blanc, who has inherited that
grandfather's patrimony. A fresh
shower of gold would doubtless greet
(her establishment in the Tuileries, with
the eagles and the imperial bees as the
perquisites of her husband.
Prince Louis, when his star was in
the ascendant and while he was still a
bachelor, was freely talked of as that
husband. His recent marriage has put
a stop to that talk. But Prince Victor,
once his star became absolutely efful
gent, might do as well.
Even' if the marriage did not come
about, it seems likely that the Blanc
millions would find an escape valve
somewhere in the Tuileries.
The present head of the house is am
bitious. He has bought a racing stud
of some 300 horses, which enables him
to_rub shoulders with the aristocratic
lovers of the turf. He got himself elect
ed mayor of a small commune near
Paris, he bought 100,000 francs worth
of worthless shares in a Journal of M.
Wilson and was in consequence decor
ated. More recently he won his way
to an election to a seat in the lower
Pyrenees, but the election wassubse
quently Invalidated. Though he him
self married an excellent woman of the
bourgeois class, lie has courted noble
alliances for his relatives. He would
undoubtedly wish to cut a brilliant
figure in a third empire.
CLAIMS OF THE ORLEANISTS.
The chief rivals of the Bonapartists
are the Orleanists. Like the Bonaparte
family, the Orleans family has always
been conspicuous for thrift. They have
amassed great fortunes since the reign
of Louis Philippe, and have invariably
been gocd business managers.
The claim of the Orleans dynasty to
rule over Prance is twofold. Up to the
date of Henry V's untimely end the
late Comte de Paris only claimed an
elective monarchy in succession to his
grandfather, Louis Philippe, the son of
that most execrable of princes, Philippe
Egalite, who voted for the murder of
Louis XVI, and was himself appro
propriately guillotined by his brother
"patriots" shortly afterward. It was
as a popular monarch that Louis Phil
ippe swayed the destinies of France
so disastrously, until the forces of the
revolution that had placed him upon
the throne in 1830 swept him off it with
similar precipitance in 1848.
While Henry V, Comte de Cham
bord, lived and "manifested" from
Frohsdorf, the Comte de Paris could
only oppose the white banner of the
Bourbons, the adopted trl-color of his
grandfather, and was compelled to
place the brisure d'Orleans across the
three fleur-de-lys of the shield of
France. When Henry V was dead,
however, tne house of Orleans put forth
a second pretension — namely that the
elder line being extinct, and the sur
viving branch of the Bourbon family—
the Bourbons d'Anjou, including the
Bourbons d'Espagne, the Bourbons dcs
Deux Siciles and the Bourbons de
Parme — being "foreigners," it was the
prerogative of the house of Bourbon-
Orleans to reign in right of Salic law.
HOPE AS AN OPPORTUNIST.
The claim is, of couaxse, quite worth
less, as recourse to the utterly disprov
ed statement that Henry V. on his
deatWbed had recognized the Com<te de
Paris as his heir onJy serves to show.
As a matter of fact, nearly thirty
Bourbon princes come before tlhe Due
d'Orleans by the operation of the SaQo
law. It is therefore onJy as aln oppor
tunist sovereign that he can hope to
secure t ! hie attention of the French peo
ple, and, unfortunately, it is necessary
for the man who would reign as a
popular monarch to possess qualifica
tions for the position which hitherto
tlhe Due d'Orleans has not shown.
The party of the Due d'Orleans has,
since the deal Uh of Httarl V., been self
styled the Royalist party, in lieu of
the Orleanist party. It must not be
confounded with the Legitimists, who
are otherwise known as the "Blancs
d'Espagne." from the fact that they
uplift the Bourbon banner in the name
of Don Carlos, wihereas the Orleani&ts
still appropriately retain the tricolor aa
their rallying flag.
Don Carlos, best known as a claimant
for the Spanish throne, claims the
Frendh throne through his father, Den
John, who. on the extinction of the di
rect line of the house of Bourbon at
the death of Henri V.. Comte de Cham
bord, s. p.. in 1883, was the heJad of the)
house of Bourbon -Anjou, and the
nearest male agnate to the deceased
prince, and visions of the Salic law.
It has been contended that the treaty
of Utrecht barred his way to the sov
ereignty of France and Navarre; but
since every other provision of that
treaty has become a dead letter, and
Since the old theory of th,e balance of
power necessary when Spain was the
second greatest European power no
longer obtains, this contention cannot
be held to be worth much.
Curiously enough, it is upon the de
funct trerfaty of Utrecht that a second
"legitimist" pretender founds his claim.
Don Francesco de Borbon y de Cas
tellvi only came to the front on the
deatlh of his brother, " Don Enrique,
duke of Seville, s. p. m.. in 1894. Ha
then assumed the title of Due d'Aniou.
and proclaimed himself rightful king of
, France, on the ground that the treaty
was a dead letter, even supposing the
renunciation of Pihdlippe V., of Spain,
the original Due d'Anjou. and a grand
son of Louis XVI.. to be valid (which
it was not); and th&t as it cannot be'
expected that France and Spain can
ever be united under the same sov
ereign, and Don Carlos has opiKed for
the latter throne (which he has not),
he therefore (putting aside the issue of
Francesco d'Assissi as probably legiti
mate) claims the French throne on the
assumption that Don Carlos will ono
day mount that of Spain.
Needless to say. his claim will no!
hold water, for he is molt directly of
royal descent, his *andfaither. the son
of Francesco de Pau]o, having been
morganatlcally married, as was his
father, and he himself is. His "cause"
has acquired a fictitious Importance
owing to the atAtiohment to it of the
Prince de Valori. after he was dis
missed from his post of representative
of Don Carlos in France some years; i
ago.
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HABITS OF_HORSES.
Facts In Eqnlne Nature Fear of
Wolves and Tendency to Shy.
From Our Animals Friends.
Another animal which, when In a
state of nature, lives in droves, is the
horse. It is almost as defenseless aa
the sheep, and when a heard of wild
horses is attacked by wolves there is
no escape but in flight. In its wild
state the horse's natural habitat is on
the open plains, not in mountainous re
gions, but on the stepepes of Asia, and
when attacked by wolves its only safe
ty lies in its superior speed. If the
ycung foal were not as swift as Us
parentß it would fall an easy prey to
the pursuer, and so, within a few gen
erations the wild horse might be utter
ly destroyed by its enemies. The cu
rious thing is that the foal is quite as
swift as its parents. When one looks
at It, even in its domesticated condi
tion, it seems to be all legs, and one
is surprised to see how easily the slight
body is borne along on those long lfgs
beside the mother, even when she is
running at her swiftest rate. In that
fact lies the safety of the wild horse
from destruction, and the thousands
of generations in which that useful ani
mal have been domesticated have
brought no change in the peculiar con
formation of the foal's limbs, though
it is no longer needed for its original
purpose
Another curious thing Is that one of
the faults of the horse of which we are
apt to complain, we mean that habit
of shying, is a revival of an old habit,
which was useful and necessary when
its ancestors were still roaming wild
upon the plains. Then every horse was
constantly on the lookout for an enemy,
and it did not look only with one eye.
It. habitually kept turning its ear in
all directions, so as to catch the slight
est sound which should indicate the
presence of danger. Not only when a
wolf was seen did the herd take flight;
any sound, as of the wolf breaking
through the long grass, caused an In
stantaneous stampede; and something
of that habit still survives. The horse
seldom fears an object which it sees,
unless the appear suddenly; but the
sudden appearance of some light thing,
driven by the wind, or some light sound
that perhaps may not be heard by his
master, may cause an instant and in
voluntary shy, such as the poor brute
would instinctively make if he were
still wild upon the plains. How unjust
It i,s, and how utterly stupid, to justify
his terror by whipping him for such a
fault! To do so is to make him only
so much the readier to shy again, re
membering — and he Is sure to remem
ber — that even if there has been no
reason for his Involuntary shying, there
is something to dread immediately af
terward. The only sensible way to
deal with this remnant of wildness in
the domesticated horse is to stop and
let him feel that there is nothing to
fear, and so break down that remnant
of his old and perfectly natural habit
of flight from possible danger.
LONG ON PENNIES.
A Man With More Than He Can l*e
in a Year or Two.
From the New York Times.
Over In Brooklyn there is a lumber dealer
who has learned what it is to have too
much of a good thing. He has occasional use
for pennies. He also has among his cus
tomers a m.in who makes hand organs for
the use of the street beggars. To this maker
of Italian street musleaius' supplies he h:.d
fi ecessfully applied on several occasions for
pennies In Email amounts. A week or to
after the last cf these applications the hand
orgp.n maker drove up to the office of the
lumber merehart. and with much effort man
aged to haul into the office a nose bag such
as horses are fed from when standing on t-be
street. There was a smile of satisfaction -m
the face of the organmaker as he lifted th«j
bag and plutr.ped it with a resounding nnd
metallc clang on the desk of the merchant.
."You like the pennies," he said, cordially,
us he beamed upon the lumberman. "I have
here 2,500 of tV.em. How you ;».te?" And he
fairly bubbled over with good nature.
As it wouldn't do to offend a gocd cus
tomer, the lumberman took the pennies aid
passed over bills for therm. But he took Rood
care to let his customer know that he
wouldn't need any more small change for ;i
year or two and -that he might find some
other place toi which to unload thp pennies
of the organ grinders in the future.
City oif RrldKc*.
Ghent, Belgium, la built on twenty-six Isl
ands, which are connected with one another
by eighty bridges. Three hundred streets
and thirty public squares are contained in
these Islands.
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Cartoon Collection.
A London man who always takes a ci/;ar
when Invited out to dinner, though he floes
not smoke, has now a collection of half a
century's accumulations, each cigar wrapped
up and labeled with the date and occasion
on which it was taken.