The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24
The HOUSE WHERE JOSEPHINE DIED


ute -1fedicat and Surgical Reporter.
The HOUSE WHERE JCSEPhlNEs DIED
The famous property Of Malmaison
purchased ny General B0naparte in
| 1873 for the sum OF l6c. 900 francs and
afterWard the residence OF the EN-.
! press Josephine, has been sold at auc-
tion by the French Government for
| Sl80.000. Thus. one by one. are the
old historical ch0teaua- falling under
| the auctlOneer's hammer. or crum.
| bling away IN Ruins. Chenonceaux.
| the faVOrite residence of Catherine de
AledlelS. Is now owned by a Radical
Deputy; Fouquet' palace At Vaux is
| the property of a sugar -retiner: Iu-
clennes. built for Nine. Dubarry. is
IN the hands OF manufacturer: the
palace OF Montgomery is owned by
! Nlct0rlen Sardou. play-Writer. a
linen draper has bought Chamarande.
a gift Of Napoleon LII. to the Duke Of
Persigny; others have changed hands.
while Mend0n. St. Cloud, and the
Iulleries are heaps Of ruins.
i was at Malmaison that Josephine
spent the happiest and most sorrowful
portions OF her life. Her Thursday
receptions are famous in the history
Oh social events. and furnish us with
q choice picture Of delightful repose
III the midst Of busy, b0isterous
times. 1t was here that q small army
OF the elite endeavored by eloQuence
of language, dress, and manners to
stem the torrent OF coarseness and
violence then set loose by the Reyo-
luton. 1t was at the Walmaison that
The eighteenth Brumaire was pre-
pared. 1t was there. too. that I.emer-
cier read his tragedy Of s.Charle-
magne TO the First Consul. who
wanted him to change the denoument
So rs 10 show the conquered nations
coming TO Iharlemagne to offer him
IN great pomp the crown and empire
of the East. The Consulate raised
Malmaison to is highest splend0r. but
no sooner had Napoleon became EN-
peror than Josephine modest cho-
taux was abandoned for the palatial
magnlticence of It. Cloud. Suhse-
quently Josephine was divorced. and
then she returned to Malmaison. The
allied soyereigns invited themselves
to dine with her. and it was while
showing the Emperor OF Russia the
grounds that she caught the cold
which carried her to the grave three
days later. After Waterloo. ana lust
before on going on board the Belle
rophon. Napoleon had Il noctura! visit
to the tomb of his once loved Jose
phine.
Soon afterward the place was bought
by the banker Haguermann. and what
remained Of the property in 1872 was
purchased by Queen Christina for
$4,000. Napoleon III. purchased Il
Tor S3oo,e00, from whose possession it
naturally fell into the hands of the
nation. During the late war ii was
occupied by the Prussians. who car.
RED OF a greater part of the furni-
ture. and spoiled considerable por-
tzsn Of the rest. A billiard table. for
instance. which was sold the other dav
for one hundred francs, had had the
green baIze stripped from 1t. The
French declares that King Williams /
soldiers employed the material ID
make themselves cravats. Bv good |
fortune they left one most interesting |
piece 0f furniture-no less than the |
able in the library Oh which Napo- /
con was wont to lay out his military /
maps. and seated at which he NAV |
have planned more than one of those
which changed the history
II Europe. This relic the State has
determined TO keep. The remainder
II the broken furniture amounting to
en- car loads--was disposed OF q few
lays ago. the whole fetching the mod
ST sum Of loo francs. As has been
tated. Napoleon. after Waterloo. re-
listed Malmaison. Till 1870 small
PEDESTAL supporting al eagle marked
hat spot OF the domain where the ex-
1mpeTor's foot had rested last. The
inscription it bore contained merely
hese words: ..DerRier pos de Nopo-
soR porfaff pour Rocaeforf. i p Juin.
SIS, qtatrs heuses Gprss u1ldi.:
ince the war nothing has been seen
/ the memorial. which is supposed TO
,e now somewhere in Germany I
lorrnl~~,r~ T-shot $3.50. 20 kinds Ours 4 Rifles q
feuiIln rIV % SSa Monster III Cat for 3.s. ssann
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