iiograjjhintl. 
EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE. 
The readers of the Rural \kw-Voiikeh are 
familiar with t he life and biography of the ex- 
Empress; but an especial interest attaches to 
her and her son just now, because of the death 
of her Imperial consort; besides, our engraving 
is from a recent photograph, and shows that 
age lias not destroyed the Imperial beauty of 
one of the moat beautiful women Europe lias 
produced. Our readers will remember that this 
lady was born May 5, lftM, and Is, therefore, 
nearly 17 years of age. Iter maternal grand¬ 
father was Mr. Kirkpatrick, nf an ancient and 
honorable Scottish family, and British Consul 
at Malaga. Her father was Count he MO.sm.jos, 
who belonged to one of the most, noble lineages 
of Spain. She was, In part, educated in England, 
and her education was very superior to that 
usually giveu Spanish women. The fact that 
she had on the maternal side British ancestry, 
and that she was educated In England, may 
have had something to do with the kindness 
and sympathy bestowed upon her in Great 
Britain. In 1851 her mother and herself paid a 
visit to Paris, where her personal and mental 
charms attracted general attention and unusual 
admiration, Napoleon bclug counted among 
her admirers. Two years later she became the 
bride of Napoleon III,, the marriage ceremony 
being celebrated at Notre Dame. In 1858 her 
only child, the Prince Imperial, now and here¬ 
after to be known as Count Pierrkfonds, was 
born. 
Wo need not. detail the record of her life as 
Imperial Mistress of France, nor the part she 
took in the late Franco-German difficulties; nor 
what, a narrow eseapo she had from France after 
the surrender of Na.pot.kon III. at Sedan, Had 
she not escaped, it is probable her life would 
have been sacrificed as a penalty for what, In 
France, was regarded as her husband’s perfidy. 
Beaching England, she has quietly lived «t 
Chisel hurst with her husband, beloved by all 
who had opport unity to become attached to her. 
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MEN PERSONALS. 
CoiAiNBi. Lewis Vital Boar, the new United 
States Senator from Missouri, is fifty-nine years 
or age. iris father was private Secretary to Gov¬ 
ernor Morales while Missouri was under the 
! Spanish domination. Afterward h© was a mem- 
i her of the State Legislature, and cashier of the 
old Bank of Missouri at Sto. Genevieve. From 
his earliest youth he was studious, and while 
clerk iu a store acquired a knowledge of Latin. 
Subsequently he went to Transylvania Univer¬ 
sity, Kentucky, where, after teaching school 
and struggling hard, he got money enough to 
enable him to complete his course. Returning 
to St. Louis, he commenced to practlco law, and 
served a few sessions In the State Legislature. 
In 1817 he become Interested In, nmisubsequrnt- 
*>' purchased. Pilot Knob, the great Iron deposit 
of Missouri, out of which he has realized a for¬ 
tune. He has filled various financial and public 
stations of responsibility. 
Prince N.\ poleon was regarded with a degree 
I of disfavor by the late Emperor which the Em¬ 
press labored to increase. During what was 
probably the last visit of the Prince to the Im¬ 
perial exile at Chlselhurat he spoke harshly of 
the different ministries or the last month of the 
Empire, and went so far as to pronounce one of 
them a Ministry of Idiots. This provoked a 
sharp reply from the Empress. “I know not," 
she said, "what you mean by a Ministry of 
idiots, but what I do know Is, that down to the 
| l#fct moment the Emperor was served by devoted 
and faithful friends. For the last 18 years you 
have opposed the empire. You and those about 
you have never ceased to undermine it, and 
to-day when t he Emperor has fallen, you pursue 
him still. Had you been nt Paris on the 4th of 
September,you might, have been able to give us 
good advice, but you were absent, as you have 
so often happened to be at I he moment of dan¬ 
ger, or course to your great regret, as I do not 
doubt." Jerome Napoleon took up Ills bat and 
left the room. These exchanges of cousinly re¬ 
gard were of frequent occurrence between the 
two. 
The now President of the Swiss Republic is 
PAUL (errsole, who is only forty years of age. 
Hols the son of a clergyman of the Reformed 
Church, and has six brothers, all of whom have 
In some way distuinguishod themselves. He is 
a lawyer, ami inis been In active practice at 
Vovay since 1858. Tho press of Switzerland 
speaks warmly of hla character and abilities. 
An enterprising phrenologist, once wrote a 
note In I hc late Charles Dickens, asking permis¬ 
sion to make an examination of Ida cranium. 
Dickens replied:-" Dear sir: At. this time I re¬ 
quire tlie use of my skull, but as soon as it shall 
be at leisure I will willingly place it at your dis¬ 
posal." 
EUGENIE, 
L A.T B 
EMPRESS 
OF 
THE 
FRENCH, 
