. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. on the laws of 1848, is one of rep-resentative democracy. BERN 498 BERNARD, ST. BERN, the chief city of the abovecanton, was by the decision of the Coun-cil of the Confederation, in 1848, de-clared to be the political capital of theCommonwealth. It is a fine, clean, wellbuilt town, on the Aar, 23 miles S. ofBasel, and possesses many fine publicedifices, more notably, the Cathedral,erected 1421-1502. The most remarkablefeature in the town are the arcades, run-ning in fron
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. on the laws of 1848, is one of rep-resentative democracy. BERN 498 BERNARD, ST. BERN, the chief city of the abovecanton, was by the decision of the Coun-cil of the Confederation, in 1848, de-clared to be the political capital of theCommonwealth. It is a fine, clean, wellbuilt town, on the Aar, 23 miles S. ofBasel, and possesses many fine publicedifices, more notably, the Cathedral,erected 1421-1502. The most remarkablefeature in the town are the arcades, run-ning in front of the houses down bothsides of the two chief streets. The townhas bears for its arms; and some ofthese animals are maintained in a largepaved pit. The principal manufacturesare watches, wooden clocks, and toys,linen, woolen, and silk fabrics. 105,000. Bern was founded byDuke Berthold V. of Zahringen, in 1191,and was made a free and imperial cityby a charter from the Emperor Fred-erick II., dated May, 1218. BERNADOTTE, JEAN BAPTISTEJULES (ber-na-dof), a French general,afterward raised to the Swedish throne,. BERNADOTTE was the son of an advocate of Pau, bornJan. 26, 1764. He enlisted at 17, becamesergeant-major in 1789, and subalternin 1790. In 1794 he was appointed aGeneral of Division, and distinguishedhimself greatly in the campaign in Ger-many, and on the Rhine. In 1798 hemarried Mademoiselle Clary, sister-in-law of Joseph Bonaparte. The following year he became for a short time Min-ister of War, and on the establishmentof the Empire was raised to the dignityof Marshal of France, and the title ofPrince of Ponte-Corvo. On the death ofthe Prince of Holstein-Augustenburg,the heir apparency to the Swedish crownwas oflFered to the Prince of Ponte-Corvo,who accepted with the consent of theEmperor, went to Sweden, abjured Ca-tholicism, and took the title of PrinceCharles John. In the maintenance of theinterests of Sweden, a serious ruptureoccurred between him and Bonap
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