Show till t ill rr n nn so n I 1 f mhd as ing it I 1 n f if I 1 of I 1 fill I 1 1 1 r iry if 0 1 1 ni em it r r hiew barr Is it 11 f I 1 I 1 f 11 roi ila I 1 I 1 is I 1 I 1 I 1 noo 1 r if I 1 I 1 on I 1 I 1 in fit I 1 I 1 I 1 m or it I 1 I 1 if af I 1 0 I 1 awl r I 1 r front 4 I 1 I 1 fin fit I 1 of ito ill I 1 I 1 or III I 1 is it t Y ito oil I 1 I 1 I 1 V list tiff am it r 4 ier f or pro A r I 1 ito I 1 it I 1 I 1 II 1 1 14 1 it go ir 1 al A do moo 1111 ir woo wt napoleons ship from elba in 4 sana pe dy by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN t 11 I 1 ai I 1 hill im n to lt lit bit hah it I 1 I 1 li merlean nn all I 1 I 1 it it if 1 ti 11 I 1 is ifs I 1 i nn fin lie it irth th fit feeling 1 no ns ill me nip i ii it take a it I 1 I 1 x k ut tit s nip ine ro lice that flint h hue it e R alst rival fis with fill the little or the next time ion visit the ia pa rifle r ennst last tim arc are parts of the french warship liar ship inconstant on velch napoleon escabel escape 1 from fn in ahn only to ito ee his dream of a recaptured umpire of europe Eu roe fade aaby aw before the real aties of 1 waterloo and st Ile helena lenal you lou will find these relies scattered along the coast of california alifornia from san iran deco cisco to monterey and how did relics relies of the inconstant come to be scattered along the call fornia coast anell e the story to be here told and why should a good american be especially interested in napoleon emperor of the tren 1 h nn an other story nn fin I 1 the nub of it Is this george first i las ing proclamation insists upon the in of providence dence in the affairs of the new nation dedicated to liberty end and equal opportunity for all men Il resIdent calvin coolidge in a recent public address made an in emphatic declaration la of his belief in the continued interposition of I 1 providence dence many another american patriot and statesman has publicly expressed the tile name same b belief e lief in fact it Is hard for a student of american history to escape that con elusion providence many timi tinus a it seem seems to hae raised up the tile man to meet the emergency men like ille binash ah ington and lincoln george rogera rogers clark benjamin franklin and alex ander fander Il hamilton amilton andrew jackson and grant 5 but what will you say to the proposition that providence worked in behalf of the new nation through ia na well here a the why and wherefore of the proposition at the close in 1750 of the century long struggle between the and I 1 rench krench for su prelacy on the north american con the french bilked the british of part of the spoils of victory by secretly ceding the vast territory west of the mississippi to spain george III in turn made haste to bilk the american colonies col onlee by proclaiming through the quebec act that the north northwest est territory n as cr crown oisin lands whereas it belonged to the colonies under their charters in the revolution george rogen rogers clrk clark captured the northwest terri tory from the british the result wm was that by the treaty of 1783 the missi in I 1 not dot the Alleg hanles was in ie lie tile 1 houn lary of the PW nation the tile imitation of that ler river tn to N h fri trie frie e to the colon lei hut but I 1 1 I 1 e americans so n found that ne ew win as a dosed port 0 them bo president Jef firson sent londt and I 1 to I 1 trance rance as authorized to buy tho mouth of the MIssI mississippi sIppI for 52 2000 I 1 in the meantime Nn no ioleon leon had find seen belons of himself both its master of the old world orld and aa an a founder of an rican rk un empire to replace the ne lie lost to the lie had forced spain to cede hick to I 1 iranie rante the tile I 1 loul slam i territory und find he lie 1 tanned to north from mcw w orleans alon thi tho mississippi so he kept the anitis lean icon ners tw wing their III AN while title lie went pat on with fifth his colonization colonisation plans hut but partial dibus ter well hie 1118 in the acet in lies in addition lie ii vas as confronted bi 1 war aar with alth britain coreed to choose bet between een coloni colonization and 1 war I ar lie chose war ar so lie evolved a clever scheme to kill two birds with ith one stone I 1 bill ill his war chest and plant a thom thorn in the side of upland I thereupon he said in effect to the ameri amert can commissioners here take the whole louisiana territory for 15 and be quick about it I 1 napoleon actually made the amerl can commissioners agree to the pur chase in spite of the fact that they had no authority even to discuss ibe the matter nit hen monroe munroe and livingston reported to 0 o jefferson Jef fenion he was aghast the east stormed etor nied in protest there was vas only about in ciraula tion in the whole hole country the issue nearly disrupted the new nen nation but the anest est was as Plea pleased led na as the east was nas displeased congress actually rat ifred the louisiana burcl ae thereupon came the lema lea la and dark clark expedition from st louis to the I selfia and back oswo 1804 it disclosed what hat a mar clous elous bargain was vias our unauthorized and unconstitutional purchase liase in she bhart it napoleons high handed I 1 bluff ahe of the american commissioners igme us the territory lethern the mississippi 3 and tile lie hackles and made iney liable the march of the american people across the continent now as to napoleon and the incon stant it was in may of 1804 that na nis became emperor of the french it looked for a time as if it his dream of old world orld mastery was mas coming true but his disastrous russian campaign of 1812 encouraged his enemies and in 1813 the ar of liberation began april 11 1814 the allies forced him to abdicate he lie was allowed to retain the title of emperor was given an income of francs and was granted the small island of elba in ir ali flu 1 f oa 01 with schooner lt I 1 ii it she he aa was a staunch built UK itla of teak and cop 0 r fasi toned soon lifter after Nap napoleons oleona ritie she slie was slid to the spanish ined the natalie and sent to cal iff lb enla bor or a while i bhe he did coast I 1 guard duty then she passed into I 1 the hands of mexican smugglers De cimler 41 11 1813 18 13 the natalie natalle cast anchor in monterey bay monterey SIon terey which has hall cen een three laes mas nas then the i sleepy little cat cal fill of california tie coming of the natalie was in f N ent hint night officers and men ent a bore for a fiesta in their honor k terrific nort hster swept sept into the lav lay tore the natalie from her moor inam and cast her tier up on the sands about feet from the site alte of the present railroad station capt jose abrego salvaged what he could and built himself a house that Is now one of ahe historical landmarks landmark of mod ern monterey the dismant dismantled ed wred arec was as left to sink into the sands rands finally along came a french naval 0 officer meer who iho identified the natalie aa as Nap napoleons olem a inconstant now every ten sears or so monterey bay baa has a phenomenally low tide in the relic hunters took advantage of a tide that exposed the carcase carcass of the inconstant and snagged out a portion of the bow bov this Is now in the golden gate onte park museum of san Iran I 1 francisco cisco ten years ago timber timbers of various kinds were pulled out last fall there was vias another of these low tides and the bones of the incon stant made what Is probably their last appearance J J leppert a black smith pot got together some friend and tools and salvage work went on until the flood tide drove droe the party ashore the salvage includes eleven knees four bilks of teak measuring 8 bv by 10 by 30 36 inches two to timbers with a metal porthole plate bolted to them four timbers of a white wood dod and sand a quart measure full of copper bolts bras brass washers and copper null nalls the 11 knees L shaped timbers used to join the ribs rib to the keel are of teakwood wood hard as a stone bearing a een green bloom these balk balks are in perfect condition the four whitewood white wood timber timbers are of spruce and are also sound let us suppose tor for the sake of the story that the bronze plate Is that of the porthole through vil which ilcin the great real napoleon anxiously scanned the horizon as the inconstant bore him swift ty j to france to his hi triumphant entry of paris parts to the glorie glories of 0 the hundred das da and add to waterloo I 1 and let us rejoice that the motto of our coins I 1 in god we trust la Is la in no mall small part justified by such an extraordinary event as a the louisiana |