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Show The Conqueror r A llttlo whllo ago, I stood by tho n -.Vz-i gravo of tho old tfapolcon a mngnl- "T ileent tomb of glU nnd gcld,-flt nl- q most for a deity dead ami gazed up- fe?mi- on the sarcophagus of rare and price- 53?Wfcp) m less -marble, whero r6st at last tho c&iffirij ubIics of that restless man. I lean- ffi-if-cd over tho balustrade and thought about tho career of tho greatest sol- (df dler of tho modrirh world. I saw Qjl&5? him walking upon tlfo banks, of tho )fPt Seine, contemplating sulcldo. I saw .-JIhSvjSS him at Toulon I saw him putting S!), down tho mob In tho streets of Pnrl3 ife-M I saw him at the head 'of tho ar- pj Jj"" my of Italy I saw him crossing' the' bridge, of I-odl, with .the tricolor in CO his hand I saw him In Egypt In tho gSaJQIePv shadow of tho Pyramids' I saw him IwCax conquer tho Alps and mlnglo tho KwM eagles of, Franco with tho eagles' of wBtmM the' crags. I saw him nt Marengo MBfmB&r at.Ulm and Austerlltz. I saw him In "T1 Kussia, where tho. Infantry of the- j snow, , and tho cayalry of the 'i'wflUl At blast's scattered his legions )lkotwln- S"?jm$? tor's wlthorod leaves. I saw him at 2muFI Lolpslc In defeat and dlsaoter-f-drlv. jJBb9Mv en, by a million bayonets, back upon S(KfefiSs Parlay-clutched, like a yl(d beast "fejCf banished to Elba. I saw. "lm escape . V" and retake at? empire by the fnico of h!sr genius .vVisaw hlin upon tho frightful lfledf..Watorlov), whore WSo. Chance;'and(j'ate''Corablned to vreck Sfrv the fortunes 'f of their former king..- -x4 And.lfsaw'hlmat Saint Helena, with gfeR hlSfhaaas, crossed behind him,. gazing, ffjj out .upon tho sad and solemn sea . 1 Snll' thought of tho orphans and widows 11 iS ho ,'ha'd made of tho tears that tind been shed for his glory, ind of the v-lrQ only woman who ever loved lilm,- Sffi&ZQgs pushed from his heart by the coid JSSS. hand of ambition. And I said I gjSSjlpE would far rather have heon a humble KSgSnrg$f hard working, French peasant nnd fijgKHC'V'N worn wooden shoes. I would rather have lived In a hut with a vine grow ing over tho door, and- tho s;mrcs 01 growing purple in the kisses of the 65i25fcFV Autumn sun. I would, .rather have JSgUBO been that poor peasant with my 'lov- MKi ing wife by my side, knitting :n tho ffp) day died out of the sky with my JtStr$2 children upon my-knees and tlpir l- . arms about mo I would rather have, A been that man gone . down v.to tho 0H r tonguciess silence of tho drtamless vi2w&ftL- dust, than to havo been that Imperial W5?v Impersonation of force and murder, &K$bffirlt known as "Napoleon the Orcat."- Jwii7t Robert Ingersoll. flfVV" S'. f k- 'GOOSEBONE WEATHER .i Tho goosebono is most vorBatllo, ($&$)&! Ab ono xan scarce deny. ; ZSitt& A. fellow who has gqosobone skill Jfelltj Says weather-will be dry. a ClslfcS! Another. With tho same, old bone f T'lS"' A new result will get. Ho says In most dogmatic tone l!r Tho weather will bo wet. QTJTlQ) Another says It will b0 bleak 21l3lE3il With "snow upon the bill. fei3lPpf Tho soosebone truly la unique 5g"0g And very versatile. r 1) |