Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-16
Tho Ex.Empress OF the French,

An English paper says that tho .Ex-
Empress lives ct Chiselhurst in COM
plete retirement. The imperial house
hold at the present moment consists of
only six persons, the Empress herself.
Mile. L'Armina (Her Maiesty's compan-
ion), the Duo De Bassano, Count Clary,
DR.. Conneau, and DIR. Oovisart. Tho
Prince Imperial, however, arrives at
Camden place every Saturday from
Woolwich, with his tutor, NJ. Filon, and
remains with the Empress until Monday.
The Prince is reported to be making
most satisfactory progress with his
studies at the Royal Military Academy.
One of the voluntary subjects which he
selected for study has been the German
language, and in that he has admirably
succeeded. The Empress seldom goes
abroad, but takes walking exercise with
in the park. Before the Emperor's
death she was accustomed to drive a
pair of ponies, but she has, never
driven them since. Once0r twice Mile.
L'Armina has driven her Majesty out
i'll the favorite pony ohaibo, but tho EN-
press has generally preferred another
carriage. Offerings for the Emperor's
shrine continually arrive, one of the
latest being bouquetfr from the market
women of Paris. The granite sarcopha-
gus presented by Her Majesty to the
Empress Eugenie, az receptacle for
the remains Of the lato Emperor, has.
as already announced, arrived ut CHS
elhurst from Aberdeen, and been placed
in the handsome mortuary chapel which
has been erected to cover the Emperor's
tomb.
The designs for the new building are
by Mr.. H. Clutton, and the builders are
Messrs. Brass & Co. It is similar in
appearance to the mausoleum of the
Duchess OF Kent, and somewhat resem-
bles tl,at of the Prince Consort, ut
Frogmore. It is entirely of masonry,
externally OF Bath stone, lined with
stone brought from France. The carv-
ing is very elaborate and handsome, es-
pecially the capitals and pillars, and tho
roof is groined and arched with much
elegance, the design of the whole ed
ifice being Gothic. The little chapel
has a carved altar and, canopy, and ut
the opposite end is O private doorway
for the Empress. Above the door is a
rose window, aud there are three other
lights on the south side. These are
temporarily filed with plain glass, but
the windows are all to be stained, and
an artist who has recently completed
the windows of the. Emperor's church
at st. Cloud has been to Chiselhurst
with designs. The sarcophagus will
stand OH tesselatcd pavement in the
centre of the new building, and will be
approached from the interior of the
church by two steps through a dosae
bay divided by colu: MS of jasper. NMs
approach being ;.lw"ss open, tbsomb
will always "',mai,; IL view of re on
gregatiol. .T'.e workv !n9Plet@
by christina, Il the
be quietly rsanovoi acrt.., ~ church
to its new ressinas place. Tho transla
ton will 4,oI. >,,cdttesa1, ID by any cere
mony, but Will be Conducted in thu
presence of some Of the French nobil
ity, aud there will be solemn servict
on the 9th of January; the first anniver
sary tof the sEmperpr's, DEATH. Their
has, indeed, been q special service OF
| the 9th day of every month since thu
event, and the Empress has never failet
to be present.