The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-02-24


adorns his Palaces with them and makes pres
ents of them to his Royal friends. One was
presented to Victoria when she visited Louis
Philippe.
In the same section of the city with the
Gobelins, is the Jardin DIES Plantes. This no.
BILE establishment embraces every department
of Natural History. Its Conservatives and
menagerie and unrivalled collections OF speci-
mems present enough to interest and profit one
for months instead of hours. 1t was founded
under Louis XIII, by Guy de la Brosse in
1886; improved by Tournefort, Jussieu, Buff
fon, and more recently by the celebrated Gu
vier. The cabinets are splendid monument
of the labors and scientific attainments of
these and other distinguished men. Lectures
Science; and the whole is open to the public
gratis, the immense expense being betrayed by
the government. Nowhere except in France
is such liberality exhibited in making this sort
of provision for public qualification and i'm
provement.
From the Jardin DIES Plantes, we passed to
the Musee d. Artillerie, place where are pre-
served specimens of ancient armor, and of all
implements of war both ancient and modern.
1t resembles the armories in the Tower of Lon
don. There we saw the very suit OF armor
worn by Joan of Arc, the brass cap or helmet
Of Louis TX, who went to the Holy Land in
the fifth Crusade and died at Tunis and also
the armor of Francis l., the contemporary of
Luther and Charles V. There was the dagger
with which Henry w. was assassinated; pieces
of weapons, such as spear heads, lance points,
ETC., which have been dug up on the fields
where the great battles of Cressy and Agin-
court were fought; and many other interest
ing curiosities. On our way back from this
excursion, we looked at the Church of St.
Thomas Aquinas which has nothing remarka-
BILE but the name, and into that of St. Roch
which has several fine pictures, among which
I admired most Christ raising Jairus' daugh-
ter. and the Embalming of the Lords body.
We devoted pleasant afternoon to the ia
nous cemetery of Pere la Chaise. This inter-
esting spot lies on the eastern border of the
city, Just without the Bariere d'Aunay; and
is very happily adapted to the purpose to which
it has been devoted. 1t resembles a little Mt.
Auburn, in the neighborhood of Boston, in its
natural features but, as it seems to me, does
not by any means equal that lovely retreat in
beauty. The laying out has been too regular,
which gives to the place stiff and set appear.
ance. 1t was only in 1904 that the first body
was deposited there; but now it seems almost
as populous as the same space in the city it.
self. You walk through avenues of tombs
which are like houses on crowded street {;
and as most Of them are so constructed as to
form little chapel in which two or three and
sometimes several persons may sit or stand,
each having door of open lattice
through which you look into the interior, the
impression that you are among rows of small
houses is often very strong. On looking into
these little chapels, you observe cruciixes,
images of the Virgin and the saints, candles,
emblems of immortality, and the like, with
flowers, sometimes artificial and sometimes
natural standing in vases, and wreaths of va
rious kinds hung about the whole. We wan
dered about for couple of hours, through the
quiet walks everywhere overshaded by trees,
which. especially the funeral expresses, have a
solemn and appropriate effect. We had just
been looking at one bearing the name of Mar
shall Suchet, who ranked high among Napo-
Icons heroes, when we came to spot enclos-
ed with an iron railing neat and tasteful in its
condition, and with no monument but little
mound of earth raised in the centre. Who
could lie theres There was an air of majesty