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Show fBytheWay Cepyrlckt. IBM. North Amerle-aa Xtwe- npw A Ilia nc. Napoleon's Ungrateful Relatives With ana exception. Napoleon's brother and sisters proved to be Incompetent, In-competent, ungrateful, or openly his foe. Napoleon made hi eld it brother. Joaeph, hla of tpeln. and Hpaln proved aim net deadly to him aa did Rusela. Ho made hie rMMifMt brother. Jerome who deserted hw American wife at the behest of Napoleon, Napo-leon, kinr of Westphalia, and Jerome i turn ad the palace into a ptsty and . brourht discredit on (ho vary nama of Bona pan a. Hla brother, louie, fr whont ha had starved hlmaelf, h placed upon iha ihrona of Holland, and Lou i promptly devoted hi ma if to hla Own Iniareata, conniving at many thine which war inimical to Franca, rla waa planning huh advancement for hla brother Lu'an whan Luc tan married a dlareputabla actreoa and fled with her to Enfland. wtioro ha waa received by tha mot peraiatent of all Napoleon's enomlea Napoleona three, el at era havo been ntyivd "tha three crowned courteaane " He made Klalo a prinveaa In hr own rtfht, and va her the grand duchy of Tuacany. He married Carotin to Marshal Murat, end they bwiama respectively re-spectively htng and queen of N a plea. ranrttTTi Tirf4 erintwr-Ty turn against hla former chief, and Ktale threw in her fortunes with the Murat. For I'm u Una he did very little, yet aha alone stood by htm to the end. He gave her a mairtage dowry of half a million franca when aha married the f 'floe Aorg-hee. The trouble about having- your ton tut removed to prolong your life Is that you have to wait ao hng to see whether It works, As ron Beacon Journal. 'The Moat Perfect It waa of Jokkph Baliamo. the lf-ktylk lf-ktylk "Count CkAlloetro." that Thorn -aa Carlyla wrote "Me Ik Ihk quack of auacka. the moat prfk.t kcoun-dr.l kcoun-dr.l that In lhk latlrr kKkk baa marked khe htmory of the world. After marrylna lrrnA Kkllclana. the pair made their appearance at a number of Kuropan capllela undrr a number of apurtoue tltlra, finally adoptlna thoee of the Count AUen-dro AUen-dro and Countaea Dontphlna caflloa-tro caflloa-tro Hhortlv kflkr hlk arrlrkl In Ixmdon. thk 'Vount" permitted It to become known that he ownrd cerlkln manu-arrlpta manu-arrlpta ezplalnlnc the original kyutem of Kryptlkn Kre Mkonry ea Inktttut-d Inktttut-d by Enoch and fc l)ah, addlnf that It waa hie mlkaton to restore the aa-crkd aa-crkd brotherhood to Ilk ancient (lory. The "counfV and "counlekk." finally, when they erttled In Hirakboura. had rollkctrd eufflcirnt fundk lo enable them to live In princely etyle. They eelertkd Rnme lhlr nit point of attack. Hkre the holy Inquleltlon selied them burned the manuecrlpl rrlatlna to Maaonry. and ordered that the ImpoaUra be Imprlaoaed for Ufa Net to keeplnir a permanent Wave permanent, tne hardeat thine m the world, remarka a lady from an adjolnlna office, la keeplna white ehoee whlta Bpokane Bpokeamaa Review. Sweden Once Great Military Power v In the middle aitra th, rltlea of aouthem Hweden were amonf thk areat commercial eentere of the world. Biocanoim ana uma 1 -" don and Tarls. They absorbed the commerce .of the northern keas, and were the admiration of thousands of travklkrs and merchanle who peeked through them snd trafTlckrd with them Lstkr Swadkn waa the great military power of northern Europe. The ambssssdora of the gwedleh klnxa were received with the uliooet deference In every court. Her eol-dlerk eol-dlerk won great battlea ' and ended mighty wars. The Ensland of Cromer Crom-er Tl and Charles 11 waa unimportant snd leolettd In oomparlaon with this northern kingdom, which could pour forth armies of glgantlo blond warriors war-riors beaded by brave and astute genersla. . , Hweden Is today a peaceful kingdom. king-dom. Kven the eeeekefon of Norway wee at-cempllahed without bloodehed. Denmark once domineered and tyraa-nurd tyraa-nurd over both kingdoms. The "apple of dleeord" acquired a certain lame, but It got nothing Ilka thk publicity of thk preaent ' banana of dikcsrd. St. Paul IMa- i patch. Mrs. Partington Sort of Female King Canute Tha original Mra. Partington, whose fame aa a eort of female King Canute bae peeked Into blktory, waa a very reapectable old tadv who lived at Hid-mouth. Hid-mouth. In Devonshire, England. Her cottage waa on the beach and during the etorm of November. It24. whea eome klxfy ehlpe were wrecked at Pivmouth. the eea roee to euch a height as to Invade the lady'a real-dence. real-dence. - Armed with brooms snd mops. Mrs. Pkrtlngton, with auch help mm abe could command, endeavored to ewekp the oceen out of the houee. But aa feat aa ehe mopped up one wave, knottier kn-ottier had ewept In and ehe waa finally final-ly compelled to retire to an upper atory. The fleet altuetoa to the clrcum-atance clrcum-atance was made by Mldney gmlth In hlk kpeecb on thk reform bill. In which he compared the conservative oppo-eltlon oppo-eltlon to the meaaure to "the work of llama f'arhlngtoa and her mop," and the eanreksion haa elnce eome ta be generaly seed aa meaning a pereoa who attempte the Impoetble. No man ever la aa good ss his wife thinks him sr as bad aa the neighbors think him. atuncle Star. Emperor Who Never Saw His Bride Before Maximilian, emperor of fler-many, fler-many, eame to the-throne, he married mar-ried alary of Burgundy, dauahter of rherlee of Prance, aad Immediately declared war against I,ouls XI, who demanded pert of the territory held In Mary'a name. Hardly had thla dla- puis vrtm em-a watn Maxy aia nd Mi1mtltn fleet to marry th rtrh PrincM Ann of Brittany, Thi cr-'monr cr-'monr waa performed by pr9ky, b-rauM b-rauM Iha emperor waa abaant battltnr with tha Hitiuartana. Bafora ha eauld raturn Loata XI had dlad and hla bob Char la VIII had auccaadad lilm. I "ay in g no attention to tha nun-la re between MsUtimtlla.ii and Anna, (.'harlea (related upon irtaxTTiny tha prlrteeae of HrtitAny hlmaelf. Thla melton natural-ly natural-ly enraared M&Etmillaiv and led to an irn mediate declaration of war with the aea Is tence of Henry VII of Knrland. In epua of tho fact that tha German emperor had never Been hla bride. Wthen tha Kay Hah klnjr withdrew from tha alliance. Maximilian waa forced to conclude a treaty of peace and aft-erwarda aft-erwarda married Rtanca a forma -a courae of action which Involved him In arara with Venice, Mtlaa. Naplea. I he pope. Franc and Spajn. Ha died without having ever aeen the ptinoean to whom aa waa lesaiijr jnamed |