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Show Two Bonapartes In Washington. Two striking figures have become familiar to people, along the fashionable part of Rhode Island avenue and out Fourteenth street. They are always on horseback, sweeping along at a brisk trot or canter and whisking around corners with a reckless grace. The one is a man of striking appearance, in high military boots and with tho strong face of a soldier. His heavy shoulders bend forward in an un-American fashion for riding, but Uis strong limbs and tho boJJ carriage of his bead attest that he would be an erect figure dismounted, and when his horse come3 to a stand he sits his saddle as erect as a statue. His large round head is set firmly, and his heavy black mustache, brushed Btraightout on cither side aud waxed at the ends in the militaj-y style of France, and a black goatee drawn down and waxed in the same style, give him a fierce expression and bring to mind a historic portrait. His mount is a blood bay of largo build, which carries him always at a sweeping trot The companion who gallops on a smaller animal at his side is u Little old lady, with an abundance of iron gray hair and features that always attract attention. She is a daring dar-ing rider as well as a good one, and she often presses her horse to a more reckless pace than is his wont. Sometimes they are accompanied accom-panied by a young girl, apparently their daughter. Nearly every day in the winter, when less enthusiastic horsemen restricted their equestrian exercises to the tan bark quadrangle of the riding academy, these two would face the cutting wind with a dash that showed them seasoned to the sport. The man's striking resemblance to Louis Bonaparte, Bona-parte, Napoleon III, marks him at once for one of that stock. They are Col. Jerome Bonaparte and ilme. Bonaparte. Washington Washing-ton Star. |