The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-18

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Fmueror attended the theatre Of the Loax.
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dents. and psohahiy payss bed nove enthu'
asaa3c roeeptiou il ]hls hes, o. e0o4e m ~
y;c;nitv being crowded with thousands o. .
dents Who made themselves hoerse with
shouts of "vive IL Emperor" and "vive 70
Luxembourg"
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: specimen OF almost oil known plants an
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tanned here . .... ANYWHERE 70 We ~SaS
fhers also sre ~ maseams d ainerolop,
geology and comparative Anatomy, the
latter especially being very full. ),
About mile vest ct tAs Aaxemossy, WIZ
I larre public garden extending 70 the North
IN front Of Il, stands the Hotel Des Grava-
lidee an immense building covering twenty
EIGHT aorss Of ground, and devoted TO the use
Of old and disabled soldiers. The arrange
meuts for their comfort appear TO De very
complete, and the poor old fellows seem 70
be 81 hsnpy o. could be expected. They
have fine chapel in which are hung hu-
dreds OF old captured banners. At present
they have about two thousand invalids, but
the building has ample accommodations tor
FIVE thousand. Their cookinb, care of rooms,
etc. il oil done BY servants. The only duty
which they have TO perform is to guard the
tomb of Napoleon, which stands under .
magnificent stone Immediately south OF the
hotel. Il Il, of course, . position OF honor
and one in which the old soldiers take great
deal Of pride, seldom missing their turns for
guard, and really it aeon: very eppfcPnate
| and Affecting 70 ses IN old grey oessa or
cripple sitting in his little 90 cart with ms
drawn sabre ct his shoulder at the entrance Of
the church. The church is in the form Of z
Greek cross, in one Of the srns Of which u
the hieh altar. and 10 the other tombs OF
various members of the Bonaparte family.
| Il the centre, directly under the magnificent
dome, depressed below the surface OF the
main floor of the building. but in plain view,
stands the immense sxfcophugus OF req
porphyry which contains the remains
Of the great Napoleon. 1t Is easy
10 cr;ticise, and I should like the arrange
ment much better il the sarcophagus we're
elevated to the main floor, so that the
beholder would look up instead of down,
upon Il. Still II is probably the most noble
monument of modern times, and yet no more
than Napoleon meriied from the French
people.
|Inyalides, are the POLYTECHNIC schools, fronting
on the Champ de Mars, large open common
ordinarily used for military psrsd0s and
reviews, but now torn up with the prepsra-
tons for the immense building intended fol-
the exposition Of next year. About mile
to the west OF this we come to the bo'se
ltwood) Of Boologne, which lies just outside
Of the walls Of the city, and is 70 Paris, what
Central Park is to New York.
1t covers about two thousand acres OF land
land partakes somewhat Of the character Of q
wood. and somewhat OF q park. 1t has lake
land q race course, with green grass, ano
lawns, but q great part of It is dense natura
wood, with, however, elegant horse ane
carriaae roads through it in various directions
II is the fashionable drive of Paris, and con
seouently the hes, place 10 seattle celebrities
especially, - lin Vanity Fair one rides u
see and be seenl they have one view o
road. where, for about two hours ever.
pleasant afternoon, it is the fashion TO rid.
an and down at walk, and make observa
tiops on the dress and appearances Of thost
You See Nearly every one goes, who has
carriage, two or three times week, from th'
Emperor down to the tradesmen, and th'
de nj monde, those whose characters are not
as should have been that of Cesar's wife, ar
generally there in full force.
The churches Of Paris are not OF mnei
1:nt..ss. anS. ,is;lnE those or Italy, bnt !,
18th Hhoan nf 1S1P e0nUtrv
they are Of course immensely interesting
The Madelaine, standing at the head OF tn
Rue Royal. short street running north from
the Place de Coucorde, 10 = most msgnihcen
specimen Of Greek architect II 10 like th,
Grecian temples, plain paraletlogram, viii
,, gabIed roof. and Corinthian columns At tn
Sides and magnificent Corinthian portieot
at either end. Without spire, or tower Of an
kind, it Is to me one of the grandest ehurche
| have SEEN The interior | consider YER
inferior. The church Of Notre Dame, sit
uated on an Island in the Seine. in tn
eastern part of the city, is q guod specimen
OF peculiar Stage Of Gothic architecture
The jewels equal anything saw in Italy
Apart from being the Cathedral and fines
church in the city, the historical "reminiscences
that cluster around it are still more interesting
there being scarcely spot, or picture, o
! ifudECs VI JCWSI Uut 30 NphAhISsC~ So ~ShAA
way with some familiar name in Frencl
history.
In addition to all these objects OF interest
there are many more which have not spae
TO describe but must mention the .Hotel d.
VILE. . palace on the north bank Of tn
Seine, east Of the Louvre. The magnifcen
bronze columns Of the Place Vendome, bud
from the captured cannon by Napoleon, an,
the column Of July, inscribed with the name
of the citizens who fell in the Revolution 0
$780, The tower of ST. jacques, standing il
q small public square about half way betwee
the Louvre snd Hotel de Vile, is q beautiful
specimen Of Gothic architecture, built abou
three hundred years ago. 1t il all that is lei
Of magnificent church.
just within the walls at the eastern end 0
the city ia the cemetery of Pere le Chaise
where lie the remains Of many Of the mos
celebrated men of France. Not the nobilit
of France. but the familiar names Of states
men. painters, authors, engineers and col
diers, greet you here at every turn. Abelart
and Heloise. so long sundered in life, her
lie side BY side in death, under the most os
Of the French people TO about the only know
instance of the ideal Of love. Not near .
effective is it, however, % the modest tomb
Of Beranger, Delaroin, Rachel. or that Q
some obscure soldier, after whose name an
seen such words as Jena, Wagram, and Ans
terlitx.
Il Paris, formerly city Of close. narrow an
dirty streets, has become the most open IN,
beautiful Of the cities Of the world, and tn,
process of embellishing and beautifying still
goes on. New boulevards, with wide sid
{ walk bordered with trees, new parks an,
public buildings, are being erected in all part
Of the city, and even nov the casual obsef
i yer win see nothing of the appearances whic|
Paris presented hundred years ago. Tn
. work which most strikes the visitor Is the ne,
J Open House, very near the Grand Hotel.
/ covers seven and half acres Of ground, an,
will cost Eve millions Of dollars. A new bou
! levard is to be opened extending from II
. the Louvre, about half mile through th
very heart Of the city. There is : ssmenes
abont the appearance Of the newer parts O
J ParisIwhich detracts from the effect upon th
beholder for the 6rst time, arising from th
T uniformity Of color and style Of the houses
/ They are all built Of . light cream colore,
stone, With French roof, generally four sto
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