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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , JANUAKX 10 , 1887.-TWELYE PAGES. t ) Pen Pictures of ft Pew Able Members of the Legislature. ACROBATIC AGEE'S ADILITY. The Ilninlltonlnn ns Denrt na ti Ynr- niMiiili Illoatcr Itoodln Itnm- hoo/.lciR and Virulent Vtil- Mires oftho LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 15. [ Correspond ence of the Hii : : . I Since Tittlebat Till- mouse , Warren's grand creation , after having taken possession of Gallon , was elected to parliament through the efforts of Oily Gammon , men certainly have no right to express surprise al Iho composi- lion of state legislatures. Few rogues are elected by the people as representa tive men. The dishonest politician does his work on the outside. An entirely honest man is easily hoodwinked in poll- tics. He believes , in his rustic simplicity , Unit there is such a thing as candor in a politician. Ho acquire ? knowledge , how ever , and if Tie Happens to be a "mom- bor,1' beloro the session ends , ho learns , alas ! what all have learned before him , that ambition never stands on ceremony , and if to Hatter and cajole find not the end , then to "lavish gold out of the bag and weigh silver in the balance" is a step thu crafty politician weighs most lightly. The generally prevailing im pression that the paltry $3 per day salary , in thu eyes of the average legisla tor , looms up like a fresh , full moon , while Irnutoa certain extent , applys to but few members in the presenl assembly. To sit in the gallery ami look down upon the hundred and.odd law-makersto study their facial expression , watch different attitudes and hear different speeches , a spectator is not particularly struck with the idea that a great amount of talent would have boon lost had certain onus tailed to have been elected. Nor is there room to i magino that a legislator is such an extraordinary persouago after all. Auorr TIM ; MIMIIIKS. : : Speaker Harlan is a man about forty years of atro , a lawyer by profession , a gentleman by nature , a scholar by study ami a pretty fair politician by reason of his other attainments. He commands the res pcct of the entire body , and bears the burden of his position , with its at tendant honors , without exhibiting any silly or disgusting affectation , so common and natural to many individuals in this fallen world upon whom honor , deserved or undeserved , has been thrust. Hy con tinuing in hi.s present path , Mr. Harlan will leave the chair with an enviable record and scores of nowlv made friends. John C. Watson , of Otoo , is u line scholar , a lawyer of marked and recog nised ability , well up in the blinding and winding intricacies of parliamentary law ; a gentleman who from long years of practice is well skilled in debate1 , who possesses ideas , is honest in his convic tions and has the courage to maintain them. He is well and favorably known , and his constituents have in him a model representative and the statu a shrewd and sturdy servant. C. F. Ei eley , of Madison , is among the older members. His is a hardware mer chant ot Norfolk , and proof of his popu larity is found in the fact that for four terms ho has been chosen to represent his county in the legislature , lie is a jolly , whole-souled Gorman , and bis rec ord of former years shows that ho grasps ideas , and is always found voting and working in the interests of his constitu ents regardless of politician'opinions. Mr. Eisoloy fools perfectly at homo , and a.s ho was in the legislature during the memorable Hitchcock campaign , feels that however warm the coming senatorial contest may prove , his former experience will materially aid him in retaining his equilibrium. T. J. Alexander , of Nomaha connt5' , who gently hovers near that scale in lite when "O. H. " will bo appropriate after his name , unless some fair enchantress comes his way , and leads him to that altar vyhoro old bachelor knows him no more forever , is gaining his first experi ence as a law-maker. While ho is not an enthusiast on any subject , bo will , no doubt , vote and work to Iho end of doing that which is right. Tlie first day in the gallery , I wa.s moved to tears and almosl to action , ( lor I thought seriously of leaving the room ) , when Acrobatic Agco commenced pawing thu air , bellowing like an on- vageil bull , his o.yes dilated and omit' ting sparks ot blue lire , while Ins position was studied almost bodily stolen from Cervantes' happy picture of Don Quixote , when that enchanted knight met the wind-illm in single combat. Mr , Agco alone ex presses surprise at the profound wisdom of his utterances. The gentleman' - Humbles a whale , in that ho spouts about every thirty minutes. All that ho says goes up and comes down. For a moment only it produces a slight rlpplo , then all is calm again. Ho is a.s dead as a Yar mouth bloaterand < n about as much con sequence , politically. I might say thai the bloater mentioned .sells in London for a ha1 penny. James Ewiug , of Hall county , editor ol the Wood Hivur Ga/.otto , the only news paper man In the house , while ho will serve his people satisfactorily , regards thotwo months he will spend in Lincoln more a.s a vacation than as a laborious task. From the haunts of his print .shop with Its hand press , its paste cup am ubiquitous "devil , " and the cords of wood and loads of pumpkins annually hauled in on subscription , to the beauti fill .surroundings of thu state house corn dors and the tilts and squabbles of mem uers , he has nothing to complain of , ami judging from the way ho takes hold o house business ho will prove a valuable member. George M. McConaughy , who has the honor of representing three counties Polk , Mom'ck and Nance , has introduced a bill proposing an amendment to the constitution , prohibiting the sale of all kinds of "likkor. " It is houto roll No. 21. When the bill comes up for liiuil passage when many of the members are called upon to say whether they believe in suppressing all u.xhilorating elixirs , it is predicted that the women who are shrieking for female freedom will all join hands and storm thu capltol. It is also said that .Mr. Met' , will bo covoivd with buwitching smiles and kind words from the women who thus leave their homes to dabble In the dirty pools of politics , Dr Mi-Grow , of Nomaha county , who , for several weeks lias been nursing one ' o.lob's comforters on the back of Ins nock , is another maiden member. ( When women get the right to vote "Maiden Meinbir" will soon bo obsolete. ) Mr Mo- Grew is a doctor by profession , and a politician tor fun His handsome ma jority in the generally mixed and mud dled Neinaha political cauldron attests his popularity , and now that he is recov ering from hisatllletion , ho informs mo that he will introduce some valuable measures. TUB OUTLOOK TO-DVV. The adjournment of the legislature fur nished all the strikers , heelers and the lower strata of rill-raff a ohanco to use their trip-ami annual passes to go to the bosom of their families over Sunday. Many of the obfnsticatcd and maudlin bummers remained over , hopeful of gathering a tew dry crumbs of sustenance not enumerated on the railroads' bill of fare , The double-tongued , pettifogging , time-serving scoundrels and 35 FEET ON 2 LOTS IN IMPROVED CORNER FEET ; Bight in Tov/ii. Park Avenue , Orchard Hi 10 ! * 50 Awful Cheap ! On which loney can be Doubled Before the Spring Boom Arrives , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , - .EaglJ3rfC.ii.T - - [ .j.j-j-f : fir -f ] rn f.t.f } .11 .m- LLujJ Juia.v.,1 n ; utrrna * p SZEE Where the boom is now on. Call on us or write at once to tlie ' ' * L in FULL LOT ON HOUSE AND FULL LOT 66sl4O ON -IK VyUtLI Berth 21stStrect- v v JL VJ rmvw. . . $3,100. Judas-kissing sneaks who have been taught to cry "party" at all hours of the day or night will return this week , in order to get free drinks and replenish their almost depleted exchequer before thu ballotling begins for United Slates senator , Thu corpulent , swinish and irre claimable scum of the earth , enlisted under the railroad banner , whoso .stomachs would put an ostrich to shame , will be scon around the free lunch counters the same as if no adjournment had occurred. While they have passes , on which they could go ami come , the fact that their meals are served at only one end of the line will make their presence certain when their diabolical work of corrupting doubtful legislators is needed. Late arrivals ' " " drinks with rivals yell "party" between as much cheerfulness a.s if they had been in thu work for a long number of years. They aeein to bo the dregs from all polit ical cauldrons , braced up , dressed up and whiskeycii up for this particular on slaught. They have neither occupation nor habitation. Yet their organization is perfect. The symbols and signs , the winks anil grips , pass-words and ceremo nies of this great order of "Modern ISamboo/.lcrs and Virulent Vultures , " are taught and remembered , and none save the initiated can enter their dark rooms of council. I am told that Monday they will all bo on the ground. Ai. . F.vutuitOTiunt. The InHntlato forced of Fuir.M ) , Neb. , Jan. 10. To the Editor of the HIK : : Seeing an article in the UIE : a few days past , entitled , "Hailroad Monopolies in Nebraska , " I was forcibly struck with the truthfulness of its senti ment and wish to hereby sanction and endorse its sentiments , as well as to add a few thoughts for the consideration of brother farmers and all others in trouble. It seems to mo in the face of facts as they surround us at present , that the time is well advanced for us to move in some effort whereby wo may entrench or defend ourselves against the devouring greed of these high-handed and soulless corporations. Wo must acknowledge railroads are as essential to commercial life and prosperity as tlio land itself in this day and age of prosperity. Hut "vice versa. " The prosperity of the country is about as essential to the pros perity of the railroads. Hut it seems in the present acts of railroads here in Nebraska - braska this last fact is about left out of consideration. Hut I must hasten on tea a few facts in demonstration of the above. Wo of the west hero know that wo are terribly depressed in business as well as business values , on account of exorbitant charges made by railroads for trans- portatioi ) amounting to extreme extor tion. 1 believe the land here in our sec tion is depressed in value to the extent of many dollars per aero , on account of this practice of the railroads. For instance nero in Friend we are charged about eight cents per bushel more for shipping corn to the markets than good authority says wo .should bo. That such an extor tion is over and above a just and largely remunerative ahinplng price. Now why should this boV If prices wore very good we should not notice this so much but could and would probably better sub mit without complaint. Hut in face of present limes and markets 'tis putting homo prices below actual cost and draw ing largsly on the life blood of agrieul- tnru as well as other business Interests of our country. For instance , an extortion of 8 cents per bushel on in aero making H ) bushels would be a tax of $ : ! . - ( ) ; on an acre making SO bushels it would bo * ! , and 00 bushels to the acre would bu taxed near ? 5 to the acre and this , as pure extortion , would bo a miblio robbory. This railroad is supposed to control or intlucnce to the extent of ten miles on cacti side of said road , and hence for each mile of road wo have 20 sections or K',800 acres of land depending. Now wo can see that we are taxed by extortion to the extent ofl.r > 0 to . $3.00 per acre , and at that rate , taking ? 1,50 as u basis , wo pay annually as tribute .to tlio initiate greed of soulless monopoly the sum of $10,200 for every mile of railroad. Now we are told on good authority the road between Lincoln and Hastings cost about if 17,000 pur mile exclusive of roll ing stock. Then , this being thu case , we pay to thc.se public robbers annually a tax ot extortion snlliciunt to build a road of our own , and in two years time we could build and equip it reaily for use. . Now 1 believe those arc facts which can not bo gainsaid and which wo should consider seriously. Thu linn is our un biased friend and will allow us a fair expression - pression of our ideas and views. The present legislature could , and possibly may , help us to remedy this evil , though wo' can hardly oxnuct it. Vet if they ignore us , or our dire needs , let us look hopefully to the future and work for those that will stand for our interests. "United wo stand , " and can bo a mighty and controlling power , and if we cannot unite our dollars and means as yet , can not wo unite our votes ? What shall wo do ? E. II. Auni : . Misused \Vor < l4. Finin Tucdl'a jVeic flniinmiir. Accoustics is always .singular. Cut bias , and not cut on the bias. Allow should not be used for admit. Come to sec me , and not como and see me. me.Hursted is not elegant and is rarely cor rect. Almost , with a negative , is ridiculous. "Almost nothing'1 is absurd. The burden of a song means the refrain or chorus , not its sense or meaning. Bountiful applies to poisons , not to things , and has no reference to quantity. Affable only applies when speaking of the manner of superiors to inferiors. "Methinks is formed by the impersonal verb think , meaningsooni , and the dative me ; and is literally rendered , It seems to me. " Admire should not bo followed witli the infinitive. Never say , a.s many do , " 1 should admire to go with you. etc. This error is singularly fashionable just now. Allude is now frequently misused when a thing is named , spoken of or described. It should only bo used when anything is hinted at in a playful or passing manner. "Allusion is the by-play of language. " A Story That u Minister Tnlli. Chicago Herald ! Agent Harrett. the remarkably successful express executive who Is at the head of the American company's Chicago ollico , tolls a very funny story about Judge Gray , of the supreme bench of Iowa. "I don't Know Judge Gray myself , " says Mr. Harrett , with eyes twinkling , " but I hear ho is a very estimable gentleman , though one likely to get excited and faay harsh things when matters in which he happens to bo greatly Interested go wrong. A.s , for the truth of the story It was told me by a well known Method-st minister of Iowa , and so I have cvoiy reason to be- liuvo it. Some years ago Judge Gray was called to Colorado by the death there ot a relative who had in vain sought bettor health in the mountains. On the way baek with the body a tran shipment was necessary at Council Hlulls. Judge Gray purehasui ! tickets for Iowa City , and attended to thu checking of the collin box in regular form. Then he retired to his berth in the .sleeperor a night's rest. At l50 : ! the next morning tlio porter roused him to dress , as Iowa City was but a fuw miles away , The judge had not slept well , ami tlio early rising did not help to put him in a good humor. Ho was. feeling anything but cheerful when hu stepped upon thu plat form at Iowa City , and , walking to the baggage ollice , found that the body of his relative was not there. " 'No body came this morning,1 " said tlio agent. Judge. Gray was furious. Ho was too full for utterance , and without uttering one word ho walked to the telegraph ollice , scl/.ed a pen , dashed off a dispatch to the baggage agent at Council Hlntls and thrust it through the little window at the astonished operator. This was the message : " ' Where in hull is my mother-in " THE GRANf-SIMPSON FAMILY General Bvisuin's ' Graphic Letter on the Silent Soldier'd Relatives. SISTERS , COUSINS AND AUNTS. Uncle Sammy's " \Vlfilies Marrlnjjes null Deaths Pretty I'lcturcs of Home tilfe The General's Private Character. FOIIT ItoiiiNSon , Neb. , Jan. 11. [ Cor respondence of the Hm : . ] When I was stationed in Kentucky in 18C8 , Grant was nominated for his first term as president 1 had served on the executive committee of the soldiers' union and labored most faithfully to bring about ( { rant's nomi nation and so felt greatly pleased with the result. I was ready to do almost anything to further his chances of elec tion , and when a reputable book pub lisher of Cincinnati 'suggested a cam paign life of Grant , ! might help him , i was only too glad to undertake it. The money ollcred forthomanuscript was not so much a consideration as the hope I might serve Grant and further his elec tion. I repaired at once to Covington , K.y. , and laid my scheme before Grant's father and mother , who then lived in Covington. Jesse Grant was enthusias tic about it , but the old mother did not say much. It took two or three inter views , aided by all old Jesse's persuasion to arouse her. Finally she came around all right and wo undertook the work. The old huly was one of tlio most cautious and reserved women I evur know , and it was from her Grant inherited the prin cipal peculiarity of his nature taciturn ity. 1 could not got her to talk freely about her boy , and she always acted as if it was nobody's bus'ness ' what Uly.s es had done in hi.s early youth , ' 1 he old father , Jose on the other hand , was most communicative , but 1 boon discovered he was not so reliable or nearly M > accurate as Mother Grant. Every statement nho made was with the ut most precision and exactness , whilu Jesse rattled away tilling up the blanks and making a good blory out of almost every thing relating to the great guneals whether Mother Grant endorsed him or not. Mother Grant cautioned not to writer out too much in detail what 1'aupy .said , a.s ho imagined some things and I retali ated on the old lady by complaining to Father Jesse thnt the old ladv would not communicate freely all she knew about Ulysses and was likely by her reticence to injure our cause and my effort to make a good book to help L'lyhses' election to tlio presidency. It is probable there was a lively interview be tween Father and Mother Grant that night , for the next time 1 saw her she was more communicative than over be fore , 1 have often wondered why my book did not sell' but it did not and com pletely disappointed both inysulf and the publishers. It is a fact , however , that the book contains Grant's father's and mother's version of his life and as such , ought to liavo some value. Turning over the pages of this dead ami forgotten book , I liml in it man } ' curious things never beloro or since publbhcd and not generally known. Some of these I mean to write out again and present to the public some day in tlio faint hope that now , that the general is dead , they may bo added to Ins life. It is not thu province of this article to deal with any of these matters , but merely - ly to refer to them in a general way. There are some things that were not put in my Life of Grant and I have never seen in print about him. One does not write of the living as they do of the dead. For example , f do not believe that it is generally kuowa tiruut had und utill has an old Uncle Sammy Simpson living in Ohio. This man wa.s a very old man when General Grant was first elected president. If still living ( ami ho was u year ago ) he must now bo over ninety and onu of the oldest men in Clerenion't county , Ohio. Ho was born in Mont gomery county , Pennsylvania , in 171)0. ) Sincu 1818 , when his father , John Simp son , moved to Clercmonl county and bought the I'ago farm , near the old town of Hcthel , he has lived in Ohio. When 1 jast saw it the brick house was still stand ing on the old farm where Uncle Sammy Simpson saw Jesse R. Grant married to his sister , Hannah Simpson , June 21 , 18S1 , the lov. ! Moses Edwards , a Hantist clergymen , performing the ceremony. Uncle Sammy Simpson was the only .sur viving member last year of that once lia'ppy wedding party. Ho could still walk about his farm , though somewhat lame from rheumatism. He often visited the little town of Hantnm , and was fond of talking about his wonderful and dis tinguished nephew , General Grant. When Jesse Grant married Hannah Siap.son be was a tall , line-looking young fellow , but as poor as .lob's turkey. He seems always to have been a favorite with the Simpson family , who , although not rich , were well-to-do people. There is a good deal of business ability in the Simpson family , aqualilicatioii that seems to bo almost wholly lacking in the Grants. Hrothcr-in-law Jesse , or "Jess , " as he was called , was at once taken into the Simpson family ami given not only Han nah , bill a partnership in UncloSammy's tannery at Huthcl. l < or this good for tune he had to thank Hannah , for Han nah was a great favorite not only with the whole family , but especially the thrifty Uncle Sammy. Some of Grant's biographers mention the fact that he had an elder brother. Grant himself in his memoirs makes no mention of it , though ho docs not state hu was the eldest child of the family. With his usual caru hu merely says : "I was born on the 'J7th of April , 18' ' , at Point Pleasant , Cleroniont county , Ohio. " Even Uncle Sammy Simpson says there was another brother , who died in infancy and lies buried in thu old cemetery at Hothcl , near the mon ument of Thomas Molds , once a senator from Ohio , . If this bo so , ami ho w.is older than the general , then them Is some mistake about the date of the mar riage. I think it wa.s this way : Hiram Ulysses was born April 97,18J. , aud.Sam- ucl Simpson Grant about a year after wards. Samuel Simpson Grant did dlo voting , and this is the child referred to as Grant's older brother. Ho was not older , but a full year younger than the great soldier. Uncle bamniy Simpson wanted Hannah Grant to call luv lir.st hey alter him and was mightily disappointed when they named him Hiram Ulysses. The next child , who dl'id as referred to above , was named after the proud unele , Sam uel Simpson Grant. Soon after thu death of his younger brother llyrmn ( or Hiram Ulysses Grant as the books most often call him ) came to bo known us Ulysses Simpson Grant and ultimately at West Point as simply U. S. Grant. Grant I think had live broth ers and sisters. One brother Orville Grant lived in Chicago and came to bo well known , One brother anil one sister both single , died of consumption during the war. Another brother lived in Ga lena and the younger t > istorwhon I knew them , was with her parents at Coving- ton , Ky. It was she 1 believe , who after wards married A. It. Corbin , ot New York. Those facts about the Grants were brought to mind recently by reading a a brief account in the Chicago Herald of Uncle Sammy Simpson. The correspondent pendent wrote most charmingly of the venerable Uncle Sammy , and although ho blundered in some things about Grant his picture of Uncle Simpson was almost perfect , lie found tljo old man living with hi.-Hangliter , Mrs. W. E. Hurroughs , a few miles south of Hatavia , Ohio. "Ho came to the parlor , " says the Herald man , "with some dilll- unity , using a cane and crutch , llu dresses plamly.this hair is white , but for his ago abundant , his eyes dim , yet lie can read with his "glasses. " And during his nephew's sickness no one in the laud read the papera closer than his old unele here in the quiet country home. 'Yes , I am pretty old'said the old man with pride. 'Few live to bo as old as I am. ' \ \ hen the Herald correspondent referred to the dead general , no said : 'Oh , how I wanted to s o him before ho died. Two years ago when sister Han nah , his mother , died , I couldn't go to the funeral at Cincinnati , but Ulysses came out here to sou me. He was look ing heavy and fat then , and I thought ho would live to bo at my funeral. He was glad like thnn to come back here , and wo talked for several hours. Ho gave me a picture of himself , but I don't suppose ho looked much like that when ho died. ' Then the old man went to his room , and came back with the precious pict ure , a cabinet photograph on which the general had written hi.s autograph. And as the conversation turned on pictures and relics of the great dead relative , other members of thu family brought put pictures made during the war , .show ing the general ii. the Held among his captains and generals. There were also pictures of Orvillc Grant , maun before the war , when ho was a big , full-bearded farmer. A picture of Simpson , the brother re ferred to before , represents him a young man of refined , soft features. He was a consumptive , and died in a wagon while making an overland trip for his health in .Minnesota. Caroline Grant , a maiden .sister , who died during the war , is re membered by an old photograph as a thin , not unpleasant-looking woman , of whom much admiration had been ex pressed. She died just asllicr'brother was about to take chaigo of the Army of the Potomac a command which had ruined so many generals. Uncle Sammy speaks very tenderly of bur labt Muknuss. This is very pretty about Grant , and these touches of his home life will in future years do more to endear him to thu hearts of the American people than all his military glory and great battles of the war. J.\Mia : S. HitisiiiN. Fashionable Pronunciation. Philadelphia Press : "Do yon teach the English pronunciation ? " "Ye.s. " "Fashionable English ? " "No ; not fashionable English ; good English. " "Ah. that won't do. I guess I know good English good enough. Hut Pa and I aru going to England next spring , and 1 want to learn .some Koi.don English. Good day , " and the speaker it was a woman , trimly dressed walked nimbly down the marble steps of a modest dwell ing in the upper part of thu city and tripped away. She had just boon making inquiry con cerning tlm scope and terms of a now es tablishment of learning , an institution whore "ladies of neglected education' ' can receive instruction and where par - tieular attention is paid to the modula tion and inllection of the voice , " 1 think I am .supplying a want that has long been felt1 said the head oi the establishment , a woman with a historic name , to the reporter. "You know there are inanv ladies who hayo not had an opportunity to acquire liberal culture in their youth , who gladly embrace the chance that I afford him. I have about eighteen pupils now. Most of them are young ladies who are emplo.yed during the day and who , being ambitious , wish to excel. Some are ladies well-to do now , though , perlrip , not so well oil' in their yoiuh. They are making up for oppor tunities that wure wanting in their earlier lifu and are lilting themselves for their higher social position. " "Do you also write letters for those un able to wrlteV" "Yes. That is a very old Idea in some European countries , and I liml it very useful hero also. Most of my patrons of that kind arc sen-ants , but some of them are women who have means enough to live elegantly , but who are poor with the pun or have no faith in their abilities to spell correctly. Altogether , besides earning an honest living for myself , I feel that 1 am doing good philanthropic work. " ROLAND BONAPARTE'S BRIDE The Milliner's Son to ba Wedded to tha Daughter of Ploa'Plon , Origin of tlio llllilOKroom'a Wealth- ! llo U n Part Owner nftliu Monaco Gambling Tallies 1 ho Pov erty of UN IC.-u-ly Years \\'ho would have imagined , writes tha Paris correspondent of tlio Now York World , that quiet , serious , sad Kolanit Honapartc thought of taking unto him self tivifu ? And who would liavo dreamed that plotting , ambitious Prlneo Jerome would liavo given his daughter to the sou of his despised cousin Pierre , and wor o than all , to the son of the mil-1 liner , Chmienee Hullin. Hut , astonishing as the proposed marriage between Prince liolatul and Ids eousln l.etitla mriy seem , every French paper says the wedding will soon take plaee at Montecaliorl , in the presmieo of relatives and friends , I.ucion Honapartc , brother of Napoleon 1. and grai.dfalhor ot Kolaml , waa ox- eluded from the imperial inheritance be cause of his marriage with Mile. Ale\anJ driuo do Hleschamps. The emperor wished only royal alliances for lite brothers , but , moio honoralilo lliau .Jerome , liUclon preferred not to divorce his legitimate wife , and was rewauled by banishment. Mmo. Lueicn Honaparte , who was a woman of great intelligence. after thu death of her husband , tlgncil "Venve Honaparto , l.ucicn , nee do Hloschamps. " Her son Pierre always called himself prince , although he had not the slightest right to the title , novec very friendly.with Napoleon 111. , the indif- fureiieo ot the eons us beeamo positive hatred when Pierre unnoiinceil his inten tion of marrying Mile. Hutlin , daughtoti of a meeliamo in the Faubourg ; Saint Antolno. Coed ! and beautiful as was this yo-mg girl , winning tha' emperor 's consent was impossible ; con sequently tliero was a secret religions marriage at the elmreli of St. German rAuxerrols , in 1H , I think. Only in 1 117 did the civil marriage take place * How can Pierre Honupartn's son forget the misery of his early years , when ho and hts sister were often obliged to beg ; their fooil from an humble frioml. when I lie Houapartus , Jerome included , con sidered Pierre's branch ot the family a disgrace and consented to givp assistancu only on condition that the children Icavo France. To each offer nil' hur husband's relatives Princess Pierre replied : "My children are French. " llruvo and un aided in her struggles , tlio poor methoD was at least recompensed , for Diiruv , u minister who owed every tiling to Na poleon 111. said , "Any unfortunate Itpna * parto deserves my assistance , " and gained admission for Koland at the lo'ccc Louis lo Grund , afterwards , at the military school of Saint Ayr. Fronj tlio latter the you n n prince graduated with high hon ors. About thih tune Koland , who was lit tlio habit of accompanying his sifter .Jeanne to and from the studio where sha worked , met Marie Diane , her devoted friend. The acquaintance ripened and the dearest wish of Jeannie was reali/.ed.for the heiress of Monte Carlo tame married the penniless prince. Tlio few years re maining to Princess Koland upon earth were spent in doing good to her hus band' * family. To the Prineess Jeanne , on tlio occasion of her marriage with the Marquis dc Villeneiivo Eselapon , she gave an immense " dot , " and on the Prin cess Pierre she settled a sum ofjmoney sulli eient to prevent anxiety for the rest o her life. In .Inly , 1HS. , a daughter was born to the young princess , and thu 1st of August , the same year , Koland Hotvi- jarlo ) was a widower. Since the doatli of his wile he has lived quietly in a beau tiful house , Cunrs-la-ltcino , 'Paris. Jits tastes are .studious , and recently the Tro- cadi'io museum has acquired a curious ethnographical collection brought Irom New Guinea by explorers .sent at tlio expense of Prince Kolanil. Tall. dark , like alj the Honapartes , Uo- land has tlio bearing of a soldier , and when ho discovered that with his name ho could not hope for advancement in the army 1 am sure not even his friends realized thatlhe cherished ambition of his life wa.s blighted. Evidently Prince Jeroino considers an i I income of $ Uii,00 ( ( ) more desirable than a royal alliance for his daughter , and ho f .seems willing to overlook the factthattho children of IheOrleans Princes are des tined to sit upon thrones. Princes Lctitia , who is now about twenty years oldleft Franco when she wa.s little more than a baby , but she spuaka French without an accent. A gay girl hood was impossible with a mother so austere as the Princess Clotildc , but although Letitia possesses tliogood quail- tjes of her mother's family her disposi tion is more in sympathy with tlio gay life of her father. In appearance , too , she is a Honaparlu , and has nothing of the plainness of feature which character- i/.c-s the princes of Savoy. Thu Empress Eugenie , who has just arrived in Italy , approves of the mar riage , and has promised Letitia a largo "dot" andjall her jewels. More than this , it is she who will undertake the removal of obstacles thrown in the way by King Humbert. This will require great per suasive power , tor thu king of Italy was never very well disposed towards his brotjioi'-m-law Jerome , and is more than hostile lo Monte Carlo , from the prolits of whoso gambling tables Itoland has de rived his wealth. Itoland'.s little daugh ter , who is OIK ; of the richest heiresses In Europe , receives iftODl.Oil : ( ( ) a year as her poitiou of the spoils. Humbert , aside from principle , opposes Monaco ace ( Monte Carlo ) because it drams the wealth of Italy , and he has done even-thing in his power to suppress the gambling-houses. Should the empioss succeed ill her negotiation * Roland Bona parte will be thu nephew of thu kings of Italy and Portugal and cousins of the Orleans and llapshonrgs. It is said that Victor will not tail to witness his sister's ' arnagc , and it may bo that this event ill lead to thu reconciliation of lather and son. As Princess Mathlldu has said many times , "Victor only needs a few more years or a lit lie coaxing to bring him to his senses , " Hringing "him lo his senses,1' in the mind of his aunt , means submission to hi.s father and devotion to the lionapartos , i. u. , devotion to Jerome. The Houapartcs are not parvenus a.s many of us in childhood were led lo be lieve. Their lineage can bo traced lethe the latter half of the ninth century. To dix dus Cadoliugc , count of 1'isloja , the llrst ancestor of whom anything is known was father ot Cunurad , second count of Pistoja , whoso family name was Buonaparte , He was born in Uii ! and for several hundred years his do- icmidantH lived in Tuscany , When the family became almoil extinct the last member wont to live in Corsica , perhaps at Ajaccio , where the Honaparto was born. The Honapartes lia\ r several ( hits , among thorn Piinco di Caiimo , j'rinco di Miisignano , Prince Honaparto du.Saint Siege , etu. FromJ. II. HlncO'otlyH Hond Tcnn One of our lady customers has been af- Ilictiid for some time with lung discasu.in fact was given up by her physician us in curable , three bottles of Dr. J. H Mo- Lean's Tar Wine Lung Halm liavo effected a complete euro which is looked upon here as miraculous . 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