Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-03
FROM PARIS.


af Passy. The "Swan OF Pesar0,n = as
the old man likes to be called has
proved = bad patient, He hasthreas-
ened to throw himself out Of the
window, and while debating with
the French doctor, only follows the
CT his Italian physi-
clan. Auber has paid him a visit,
and his sprightiiness and youthful
airs have done the famous composer
much good.
1t Is In contemplation to remove
the Statue of Napoleon from the col
umn of the Place yendomer where
he figures in the toga OF . Rosnasa
Emperor. II is intended to"render
unto Cesar the things that are Csas>
ar's,n by setting the First Consul up
again in his famous little hat and
grey oyeEall-in fact as le petl cor
porGt,
|. The success that has attended the
employment at yelocipedes for the
rural postmen in the Department OF
the Auhe, has satisfied the Post Mas
ter General TO extend the idea, In
addition to delivering letters, the
postman, as he rolls along on his
three wheeled machine, executes lit
tie commissions, placing light parcels
in a box for that purpose. Three
hours per day are saved in the de-
livery of letters. This week exper~
| iments will take place in the grand
court of the TuiIleries with the new
electric gas. If successful, the city
will be illuminated with it, and no
.-..s.zsa. Assssaslatas,a- ara pkomised for
Paris. Father Hyacinth, the eeie-
brated Carmelite Mcnk, Is to deliver
his course of Advent sermons in
Sotre Dame. During the sittings Ol
the Corps Legislatifr. he was u con-
slant follower of the debates /; 10 inn
prove his style Of action 1t was said.
&umor asslgns that his forthcoming
sermons viii he very brilliant, ana
viii touch on tile social ctI ,nglS Oi
the day-opaip amOng the Eeat. he
has done goud. Many VINO went Eo
ssuI last year have confessed Ihey
enlained to pray.
toIr nandred marriages are eese-
/ hraIe-d In Paris, eS<ry Saturday.
Sunaay being " All Saints Day"
was observed IN the various churches
| with gorgeous sO.emnity that must
! nave pleased the shade q! It's founder
! Gregory the FourEn. At tBe Aade-
/ leine the st, Peters OF i'aris-the
religious ceremony WAS most Lrll-
/ II.llIk. the eject DeTnB meg sshtStaS*1 O3
I the snpeTi' singing OF fadre, the re-
} aAs4AAsl laAsAl k,F.4ksata Ets.A<sF~
| Monday ushefea IN the .felc des
HofJS. when E'rDnch people MAKE
| pIous pllgriHage5 to the various
! crmt terIea u otter up pray ers for dc
| parted relatives and friends, dcp0s-
/ Ilng at the same time an i1tDtJFtrkse,
| or a boquet oi flowers on their graves
or place "a lighted csntile in Their
tonOs. Fer a feW hours a truce was
made to daily strife and agitation.
FROM an early hour thousands Oi
wen dressed people, in mourning
costume, awaited the opening of the
gales oil the various cemeteries to
make q call ON their dead kin~
dred, tile alleys being ia many cases
blocked up like the entrance TO il
theatre. such vas the case at Pere
La Chaise-that zeal city Of the dead
with its paved and lighted streets.
No more lifting place cIn be resorted
TO fol meditation among the
tombs." Here win be seen epiiaphs
illustrating che truth Of La BFayere's
remark, tint they are often the last
vanity of nIau." But it Is not only
the relatives Of the deceased who
,ome here to pay the passing tribute
of sigh, but the admirers of those
who have immortaiiEtsd themselves
in science, art, literature and patr!- 4
otism-nOveiists, actors, politicians,
all who have left footprints on the
sands of time" Thus can be meas
ured the popularity and reverence of |
departed greatness, by the wreaths
depOaited, One would imagine that
true love would be- attingIy acknowI-
edged at the Mauso.eam of Ateland
and Helaise. But no, +" the old, old
story" was forgotten. Upwards Of
three~Quar GERS of million OF people |
visited the sever II city cemeteries on |
Monday 100000 presenting them.
selves at Pere La Chaise alone. In
1914 thin 8 holy ground was
made to do duty as an en-
trenehed camp, against the advanc-
ing Allies, but the Russians drove |
out the defenders -pupils belonging |
to the military school--and bivoa- |
aced among the toTnbs. AT Mont |
martre, where Ii buried citizen |
Cavaignac, the government fearing
o ''dei2oRstsation,n about his sar~
cophagus, and possible row like
that which occurred last year, had /
taken the sprecauti0n,1 10 place |
large bodies of troops and police In /
and about the gates. The troops too
were kept in their cGseTas for the I
day, and as usual, the cavalry and I
artillery found 1t necessary to he |
Exercising at the same time. But |
order reigned. When will the time |
come, when Frenchmen may be |
trusted 10 take care of themselves ?
Some business transactions teak f
place, amidst all this display of woe. |
Men were going about, offering t0
those in the crowd |
who were pressed for time, tn deposit /
their wreaths for them, In the p.aces
indicated. for two snus
Ladies ought to look before they |
leap. The code Napoleon insists
on civil marriage, leaving the re-
liglous optional. A young lawyer,
was married last week before the |
Mayor. and on leaving his sancIpm,
was expected 10 accompany his
bride to the church. He declined |