_Number 2._ The second of the month was Louis Napoleon’s day. It was also one of the days of his uncle, the other being the fifteenth. The _coup d’état_ was December 2; he was made emperor December 2, 1852; the Franco-Prussian war opened at Saarbrück, August 2, 1870; he surrendered his sword to William of Prussia, September 2, 1870. Napoleon I. was crowned December 2, 1804; and the victory of Austerlitz was December 2, 1805. _Numerical Curiosities._ 1. 1869, the last year of Napoleon’s glory; the next year was that of his downfall. As a matter of curiosity, it may be observed that if the day of his birth, or the day of the empress’s birth, or the date of the capitulation of Paris, be added to that of the coronation of Napoleon III., the result always points to 1869. Thus, he was crowned 1852; he was born 1808; the Empress Eugénie was born 1826: the capitulation of Paris was 1871. Whence: 1852 1852 1852 coronation 1 } 1 } 1 } 8 } birth of 8 } birth of 8 } capitulation 0 } Napoleon. 2 } Eugénie. 7 } of 8 } 6 } 1 } Paris. ____ ____ ____ 1869 1869 1869 2. 1870, the year of his downfall. By adding the numerical values of the birth date either of Napoleon or Eugénie to the date of the marriage, we get their fatal year of 1870. Thus, Napoleon was born 1808; Eugénie, 1826; married, 1853. 1853 1853 year of marriage. 1 } 1 } 8 } birth of 8 } birth of Eugénie. 0 } Napoleon. 2 } 8 } 6 } ____ ____ 1870 1870 2. _Empereur._ The votes for the president to be emperor were 7,119,791; those against him were 1,119,000. If now the numbers 711979r/[1][1][1][6] be written on a piece of paper, and held up to the light, the reverse side will show the word _empereur_. (The dash is the dividing mark, and forms the long stroke of the “p.”) =Napoleon and Talleyrand.= Napoleon I. one day entered a roadside inn, and called for breakfast. There was nothing in the house but eggs and cider (which Napoleon detested). “What shall we do?” said the emperor to Talleyrand. In answer to this, the _grand chambellan_ improvised the rhymes following:-- Le bon roi Dagobert Aimait le bon vin au dessert. Le grand St. Eloi Lui dit, “O mon roi, Le droit réuni L’a bien renchéri.” “Eh bien!” lui dit le roi ... But he could get no further. Whereupon Napoleon himself instantly capped the line thus: “Je boirai du cidre avec toi.” Chapus, _Dieppe, etc._ (1853). Our royal master, Dagobert, Good wine loved at his dessert. But St. Eloi Once said, “Mon roi, We here prepare No dainty fare.” “Well,” cried the king, “so let it be, Cider to-day we’ll drink with thee.”