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BALD. | mammmosemm sperm sm.| DROPPED DEAD 4.7 work. | po RE AL ESTATE FOR SALE { HEAL ESTATE FOR &; fe am eonereed 5 ee ee Ce Tene “The Evening World’s Daily Magazine, Friday, October 12; 190 REAL ESTATE Fow SALES wer 127 1900, xs The New “Thriller” in. “Momopoly Lodge.” The FIFTY GREATEST _ : | EVENTS in HISTORY « By Albert Payson Jerhune No. 39—-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. (Part 1. Riso to BEE | LEAN, shy, wndersized youth.of twenty-five hwng about Parts i | 1794, looking for employment. He was a fairly good writer and had i , | at one time planned a Mterary career, Dut tm this field he had- fated ——— dea tad therefor returned to military life. He had served with distinctlon , jin (le army of the new French Republic, but the Convention could find no jfurther use for hts services. He was miserably poor, chafing at fnaction and ¢ | without prospects. Within ten years he was destined to be Hmperor of | Prance and the most powerful and fanious man on earth. ,, fhe lonely, unemployed youth was Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the thisteen children of an Italian lawyer living In Corsica. At the age of ten + ounk Bonapa had been sent tu a military school, where his poverty, shy- esantie ignorance of French (a languago ho never learned to speak with- * put accent) made him unpopular and laughed at by his schoolmates. Many of these same schoolmates were one day to be the fawhing, cringing servants _ of the lad they-now despised. When he was sixteen Bonaparte was com- uitssiowed @ Meutebant Of arUllery aid al (wenty-one was a captain- Phe + army was divided between allogia: to King Louts’XV{. and the new revo- luUonary party, Bonaparte s.ded wich “fo later. Whon he-noted the ccw- ardice with which Louls yloided to tle mob, he muttered: it ts all-up with him! A fow charges of grape would scatter wa! pick of curs." He stored the lesson {a his meojory and later put it to use. ; In September, 1793, as Neutonaat-colonu) of artillery, 1t was his strate, skill that won Toulon from England. For this ho was promoted to the raik |! \ % BACK ,WRETCH! DO NoT DARE TO ADDRESS ME} WE MUST NOT BE SEEN ToGETHER! VOLUME 47.. UNTAXED AL {A silk hat is a mo * apparel. It tends to a stately 4 is a strong deterrent {o repre ‘ Yet a silk hat has absorbed in its construction m¢ Swonld give its wearer a t e ot inte =) Silk hats aré not the only or the-most valuable articl (2) quire large quantities of alcohol for ication. } ert il a ld tut eat As ‘ bbe (ei ok pig We Sa 3 1 alcohol is taxed | $1982 proof gallon the use of grain) andother-veertabie matier tor t alcohol’ is restricted by the extent) of the demand for it as a beverage} ata high price. The Internal Rev-| nue tax i times the cost of the! of brigedler-general—and allowed to wander {dly and hungrily about Pare looking for work! He is even sald, at this time, to have planned to offer | his services to the Sultan of Turkey. But at the ebb of his fortune a sudden turn came. In October, 1795, the people of Paris rose against the Conven- tion. Thirty thousand strong they marched on the Tuileries. Barras, Prest- dent of the Convention, appointed Bonaparte to command the 6,009 troops. sees eases at that body's disposal: Bonaparte turned bis-artillery. OnuthecRoad {nto the advancing mob of guardsmen, townsfolk and As} era rea riff-raff and sent them flying. In reward he was placed to Fame. in command of the Army of the Interlor. {is career 4 : had begun. In the past the alcohol used in man e iat He married, March 9, 1796, Josephine Beauharnals, m * i = , is ‘ 25 : ey rather elderly Creole widow from Martinique. She did not love Bonaparte, - “wood-at great expense. Wood alcohol is a poison, and cannot’ be dr | ; 7 s # ( but married him because Barras told Rortha youth had a future. Sbe was with impunity. | It is not taxed. me 2 = oe re | notoriously unfalthfnl to this new husband of hers, and repaid his ardent ! devotion with mere tolerance, Almost ifrectly after the marrings the youn, $e Hine disting—3 3 ris ; low-grade’ grains, sugar beets, pat: toes and other plant products which contain sugar whose fermentatio! _- and distillation produce alcohol. ifactures has been made out of } The last Congress passed a bill exempting grain alcohol from the | te Tani SK § a bridegroom was sent to take charge of France's Itallan army, witch he: “Internal revenue tax when it was so denatured as to make it undrink- THE MEN IN THE NEWS —Straight Talks to Them—By Nixola Greeley-Smith been dragging on an Sndectslve warfare against Austria and Sardinia, He Se Detailing done by adding + percentage of wood atcohal: of * |had a,ragged, unpald army of 40,000. The allied Austrians and Sardinians . San) Aes S ee percentag: Od alcanda? oF BAR GOV. AIGC feathe tumultcand these nous mista}: A as Jennie O'Rourke for her father's| Were far stronger, yet inside of five days Bonaparte had whipped them to- ‘any offensive chemical which will’ make the compound repugnant to D ing of men clamorous to be your suacessor Is In o . Po | gether-and separate] for their 1 of Jennie'’s success, they will all begin wri and within a month had won all Northern Italy for « ng letter ' \Specausa| France, He ended the campaign by forcing Austria to cede territory and * the taste. 5 ears, you have elgnalized your \mpending depa' you can’t pardon'all the men in Stute pris: a é : from office by a very generows:and graciops act, the par- | thelr little girls ask you to. Indemnity. alcohol to be manufac: jut 12 We reasoned out on Kenerous {mpulsee in this way we woul rarely Breaking every old tradition and eatubltshed rule of warfare, exercising Ht sill -take some time for the new pr -stured-on_an_extensive scale, but when it is alcohol will be don of John O'Rourke from Bing Sing ae the result of a little letter written you by the prison oid daughter Jennie. w astray, desuitory| Wondrous ingenuity, swiftness and audacity, the Corsican had completely dazed and outwitted his slower-brained foes. And these same unexpected pulse. and made Jennie} and genius-bred tactics ‘wero to serve him against many another army. He Logic freezes the fonts of feeling and onty a d-in getting across tho | cheaper than hid 2 ‘Easoline, and cast about the same as the present retail p of k It_may ‘ev at of your off edi nfo Pari; whi - se = NaN aisniaene shin es Ta hecomenayOUs OTT a rned in triumph to Paris, when he ws Sent, early tn 1798, with 36,000 7 aAtcoho| ; iis betterfor-heating and tight ner gas_| 7 | maleh sty of the insurance scandals have passed ¥ Deypt This expedition, so far as concernet the Mameiuxes———— ponss toe = Gome nien may vote for Mr. Hughes,—o | taarat; but 1¢ New York women had votes tainty cast-them for-you_even though you~ant run agein. = One «race to childhood makes al] women your ¢r Possibly in this case Sentiment has triumptred at (he axpense of Justice. Nearly all the men in-Sing_§ ATaT A Tite gir—prompted—you_te-a-deed-of cleni|and Turkish armies he encountered, was a brillant success for French arms. the breast of a despairing man and| But Bonaparte’s fleet was destroyed by the Buglish, andthe garrison of ax_lite and toy to hin wife, weary of waiting for him and worn with| Acre, made up partly of Englishmen, successfully reslated his attack. porting the children he teft-behind -him | From first to 7ast, Eugiand was -Bonnparte's stumbiing block. —In—his——— tment Js felt and more is written about chidren. But that a Kttle|timy he thrashed and bullied and browbeat every other nation, aa the school e4 lawyers had pleated| bully might the littlest boy, But whenever he clashed with England he soon or late met discomfiture. England prevented him from becoming mas- ter-of the entire world. Against Great Britain alone his marvellous genius and luck availed nothing. In the Egyptian campaign it was (the British “ that gave hin tis first setback. Whiie Bonaparte wasIn Cairo ob his return trom Syria news came of French defeats in Italy and of a political crisis tn Paris, Also—and to him, at that time, perhaps, most important of all— qme private advices ofJosephine's open flirtations with other men. Thetriple ¢/ { tidings sufficed to send Bonaparte hurrying back home, i 3 y teaving his-army to shift for itself __ “First Consu He reached Paris ut the crucial moment of of France. Governmental crisis, and, by taking advantage of every Ked a boat?" turn of fortune as foreseen by his rare diplomacy, he whole-truth"-con- micceeded {n winning the position of First Consul. Later according to the|tnis was made a lifo office, France had borrowed largely from ancient Rome —— TRI Cannot ray piuting and since the revolution in forme of government and {n political % phrases. So the term “First Consul” was chosen as Utte tor chem Used in_an internal combustion engine, as is gasoline, it is less dangerous and gives mi pi “the gation. For “houschotd -purposes-it-ts _ Spreferable to any petroleum product, because of its lack of offensive odor, and Its freedom from the explosive tendencies to which gasoline =. Gloves are most prone and kerosene stoves and amps are not exempt Told the Parson. Ore Last Request. WERE teas ofory-told py Senstor |THE steamer was nearing the oom Pettus, of Alabama, on himeelt | Slant a ery = REE ~ about happened +o-him_when and most of the passengers were @ ama a little chap attending ehuren mid and thoughtful. Only one | service. Ray and sprigdtly individual looked as services only ten years. 01d,” sald) te | though! anvearthanske faints: ten the Senate Chdmber, acoort- | swallowed up r id and a American Spectat Mend | hts worldly oie, to attend Sunday service accompanied —~my | "Yea I'm ashamed to say that 1 and told him | have." and that| ‘Have you ever the] “If Tmuat tell t puld start fresh “Look here.” he sald Javout, ‘I'm a prace tp and tie che always {s’ particulhr Sunday 4 mo several tf The advantages of tree alcohol to the gene ublic wi R Neposed and thereby | OU vient.” 0% oft mat once I dt rock a boat. and y Seite Lene eee Gas Reperaly public: yall ibe: (wor y Indluposed and He did a hornptpo and a jix, says t Raia ie Bete lee tae conta cit mt’ | ernmental head, and the powers and privileges attached to the office made fold; first in giving a value to waste farm\ products, which now are in at home near the | Sphere, and one of his fellow mass it ancprove {1 ona had a Aght over a professional | Bonaparte virtually dictator of the whole nation. very near the a he Then it was that the man's true character showed forth. His was a Ait, | Paseball ame; this soar over, my eens} ove shows where I waa kicked by a| double ambitlon—frst to make France strong at home and terrible abroad, mile whose heels I attempted to tho! and, second—and above all—to win for himself the highest obtainable panel eurionttrth | Mere Ison ya cer: power and glory, He set to work restoring order and prosperity to his un- ahora fed CAP" | stone where Mea a boy at settled country, concillating rival factions and framing a new and inspired found convincing evi-| Wointed a gun which I didn't k code of lays. Then he put into action his plan to conquer the world. p ence, says the , and 1 have written letters with ‘ hat they waduld be bt errant emaar MRS. FUZZAN FEATHERS. For Value Received. By Irvin S. Cobb. away 4 ars > te a, ahi teat . . vt oooupying a #eAt sthrown-away.——Farmers_may have co-operative distilleries like co-op- aetna the theme of tho divine wis erative creameries. They can raise their own light, fuel and power on|‘Am 1 My Brother's Keeper? | ayor—a ve their farms. After preaching about fifteen min {ast favor I #iall ever ask of you?” | ‘ he reached the climax of hin rem “why, certainly, old man! What cau | To the general public will Ré the great advantage of creating com:|eith the words of his _sumiect, and hs | get_you?"! ay | £5 petition to the Standard Oil monopoly. So vel organized are the | EMO TY oo aggeta_titt a ROE ELLEN SS SIE eee processes of the Standard Oil that the revenue from the om mine for A ———— i ot y-products, the paraftine, the dyes, the naphtha, and the like, more Fire Facts. ey He ie pany than pays all the cost of their transporting and refining the crude XACTLY 100 Ives were lost! - petroleum. The difference between the price which Standard Oil pays} |? ¢ thre “George, mil you do great possibly tain complied ar lence of the man’s short pause he b ‘Am J My Brothe hres | «yt tell you, ¢ occurred in. Londpn ins Forty-six of the’ victim Keeper? | was. acc iid’ stand Lowns € the oil producer and the price which it receive , c isa =e eight yeata ot age and | nt som 3 dear prone PERCE! ot Strom saconsumenals) cn -were over alxty. In almost | ta eve DEAR," sald Mra. 'Furzan Feathers, aa abe arepronts Queer For srgsance—the tite ae —dus—to} besan working her fingers Out of her-gtores—t-— i TTA t * mt yen: tt lrelpe wee a ite aa Trinquired-Mr. Feathers wee rity, felt tor his roll. i Ease “oh, I don't mean that,” sald his wife, “although, of s¢, I could use a little 1f you have st to spare. What} {I want you te explain a few more things 4 “There'reone or two things stil that g Crude petroleum costs the Standard Oil at the wells about two cents a-gallon, the price being higher for Pennsylyania_and Ohio oil, —swhere there are independent retineries,and tower-for-the Kansas,Indiany Territory and Texas oll. Every housekeeper knows) the retail price shel? pays. The difference is abolit 500 per cent. profit: eaves Free alcohel-opens the door to-one way-tofight- one trust, ~~ Letters from the People. precautionn ana SHIFTING THE BURDEN. | “tava you heard-oid-Ginlii'e das ng married?” TR the tucky-man? cou Tmeant-was t to me about pelitics {don't understand.” are 4 ‘Indeed?’ inquired her husband, with deep irony] ‘Well, you're in the same fix with our dear old college chum Fingy Conners. Up unttt “a week eno she thought te knew all there was to know about the game. And now look at him—going around tn a trance, talking to himself and counting up on his fingers every now and then to, j make sure William Randolph hasn't taken a fow of them away from him when For a -Tax-on-Luxnrics: fora inateRer he waan't looking.” x watt = Shr Conners3—on ES y . 7 | 3 { “ . a inning —over_in Brooklyn, lant “he a,'_zald Mrs. Feathors brightly. tho. tall gentle ‘Ha's the one that's t ao fond of things; Automotiler. dr Thare te Xo Wiisau-Slar t ease Pe ‘are: the sald Mr. Pe idrean mutts, party dresses, bloycles. | 0. pao peice ti if ,, | think probably you've got Mefarren on seize Mr. Yeathers. — : ditor of The Evening W eeid hia wife. “And those Tammany gentlemen who come Yuctita and, in fact, on every luxury, ; Int hinge. | — —Ere-pere he ohn jas tore ean afford to pap also a hi PHP, repeaters; aren't.thay them, Then tuke the Fire, "No, Clara,” repiied Mr, Feathers patiently. ‘They're machine guns Any- =] ‘Off necessartee,-tenemen:t-houses, ec : B thing else you'd lke to ask while we're on tha mubject?"" ‘ this way the poor can have cheaper is irae cnet wanted to aak you about Mr. Murphy, too. Is-tt- true that*———_—. a i io and rents. the rich can pay tl kitohens Aressliaaystne rs tricia ane, Cngh-b,) eautloned Mi. Foathers, “Never speak 41}-0f the dead oF the-very- i a! TEMM=TT THA id's place ta do . ' foaled 3 i also think that Thatta just like you men," said Mra. Fuszzan Feathers. ‘One day you're out f lain bea cheering and whooping and carrying on fora man, and the next you're calling 4 ite lg tae tm names, Now, thete’s Jerome, You voted for Jerome last year, didn't you?” Tomay_add tt “y did," answored sf Featars, —“t-conteas it. /BUl- what's tha—gooa of Resta : man Siyaniinioies look a rr ae throwing up to 3 nifsdeedey —Wehy not-gtve mea chance to forget the aytrage time ! buys nowhole packs on love alt your goodness doesn't last lon, past i is aaa pope a te sim-| His dad must b Rnd Sor asoatty ot your Neither tees a athe of phat Just tlustrates what I was saying,” went on Mrs. Feathers, “Juat a fan i Meriell (ect Minit star feqt IncIt ; year ago everybody was for Mr. Jerome, and saying what he'd do to the trum fi naniy=onmne hereto =e is andenow look how you've all turned around and attacked him! And yet ‘I'll 4 2 A-eariture-he-hasnt-done_a_thing in the mean tme.* Sr 7 = You're right there, Clara, said Mr, Feathers, “Nota single blesséd thing, TWO MINUTE TALKS WITH NEW YORKERS, By T. O. McGill. HERE was ® pheriffs -were having a hammer-and- | fathara papera? “ Society NOtGS= = yn ae heeme pratty quick time, \ AMA — 2 BOR youn! Another Bridge Grievane Sons and Hornen. Ke Grievance, Mp the Editor of The Prening Ayman died and ns ue za during thtee sone—-one aon W i hie received $shorses; one jon opie-third, he recetved 6 horses: mighty pret-| tongs time with the mov. They finally | PAL (was to get one-ninth, be ty story en- | £ot the course cleared to the-extent of \ hofées. How wate the horses teq.at the Van-|@ little path between the people, when QUE 1 spent for a shel coup | Showa to epread away c' caused the \ Wants Good Mastic Cheap, ss ; © plaza should } t : I didn't ace) PEs ty mentioned jn any |itrwaa vertalnly ‘goin of the newspaper! ‘In the tug end of the crowd that | accounts of the | swung @round to clear the a fay" sald Dr, Jue-iittle air! with,a white coat and Atty < World: inialwayacalkickoat A Vhilnnthrople Idea ite \ the + of The Firening World i \ » e orinl 0} isthion bh curly halr and & pretty mh ; itu aie battons ade we ‘Thornley, yee | Wore lett tralling, He fox terrier { music. Dhin isn't so, wood, Knd it set me to tht “Whichever way {t was, they wore In ( torday, | danger. ‘The jangle of volces caused the Thoraley n'a phy-|giat accelerato, Ner epeed and she | ican who has been | 400n, was wate in the crowd, but the | - s og had grown rattled and sto stock © AT EGL getting a lot of ad: {nthe middie of the road dazed. | vertwing~ recently) “Le Bion threw on hia hand brake, | ‘ klers on ethlom proce-| and his ‘emergency’ brake, and struck which the atic He wee the| his foot in the wheel Just as the @irl dure cannot object to with her ourls and her white coat jr for summoned for Al Adams, the| flying hud turned and run. to her Policy Kings: the morning the latter) missing pot. Amid the flying sparke of too few people pay $5 a ae \ OER “UgtrongeAr pemurned tnt he Bite ani uck-Tooth |: "A surprise was tendered to Mr, ‘a Le Blon's choking Tho: the huiokt port people who can Dp ays BOD eee ea) Bie be salle 5 ye Buck Flynn | Mt Hrown ast. night. Among. t shot himself, cheers of @ couple of thousand people ‘Uf 9 co0d de dbo had £ security that ntand Muss : Ee filles Beek. NGO RINE IGLERE Dated eee FOP | resent “1 was cruising-around the Inside of| for the obeaffour'a consideration th: ee t t a; 4 ss frou) up- tho “river, where he [Pafense Centre zatrest mansion} Clubem and Grabem and a la c the courso on a motor cycle and had| girl ploked up her dog in her arma an er}. and Beat wont for FLW tered yee and his borne, several months!’ rhs es that collected jn front of the housd!"’ [stopped at the hairpin turn. The deputy scurried away in the crowd," ie