The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-06

nus IS near to the gentle Melanch-
ton, and the little Corsican captain,
who rose TO imperial power and
who died at last captive aud in
exile, lies quietly beside Pascal,
from whose bed of agony came
forth the noblest and sublimest
philosophy of France. In this
grand collection is much Of good
and evil, though it is evident that
revolution, however deaply seated
In national heart, finds but scanty
recognition with those who are
charged to perpetuate her history.
The head of Voltaire is here, the
man who sowed the first seeds of
the Revolution, and close to him
Jean jacques Rousseau, hard,
synicaI and cold, whose works to-
day are found in all the shops, and
whose etiigY i'll the national gallery
Is second only to that of the great
Emperor himself, but the men of
| the Mountain are nowhere to be
seen; nor Marat, nor Robespierre,
nor Barrere, but the noble head that
fell upon the Place de la Concord,
on the Identical spot now marked
by the great Egyptian obelisk, is
here enshrined in shining gold one
of the noblest and kindliest faces 20
be found N the entire collection.
Next to him is the beautiful and
naughty face of his Queen, Maria
Antolnette, and close to her the
lovely Princess Lamaballe. Rich
elieu's medal bears only his coat of
arms, but the massive head of
Mazarln perpetuates the memory OF
one of the ablest and most willy
statesmen known to the history OF
! France. There are three bronze
medals in honor of Louis-le- Grand;
one taken when an infant, another
at the age of fifteen, and the third
after having attained the zenith of
his glory, he found his power
crumbiing into ruin; the rival beau
ties who ruled his kingdom and his
heart have not been deemed worthy
of remembrance, but In their
places, Miehel DC l'Ieep;tal,
Lavoisier, GayLussac aud Bernard
de Palsy the potter. AS if in
mockey, beside her ungrateful son,
is the unfor innate Maria de Med cis,
who died in exile from France, aod
near her the head OF the imperial
Catherine, for whose pleasure was
laid out the beautiful walk, which
skirts the banks of The Seine to the
Tuileries. Parmentier, the bene-
factor who introduced the potato in
20 France, has not been considered
unworthy of a place even in this
distinguished company, but it shares
with Button, Corneille and Racine, q
portion Of the national homage.
Three faces lie side by side recalling
the sadest of all sad history, they
are the head Of the emperor Napo-
leon crowned with laurel, and the
heads of his two queens, Josephine
and Maria Louise; beyond is a
medal struck in honor Of the king
Of Rome, and further on the Grand
Seal with which the sixteenth Louis
stamped the abrogation of his
kingly power, in front of the Ecole
Militare. All the coins of France
are here as bright, and as shining
as when they were dropped from
the miut, and I know of no
place in the entire Exhibition
where the scholar may pass
more profitable hour than in the Ex
hibit of the French bibliotheque.
The sight about the grounds on
these early summer days is par
ticularly bright and interesting;
mingled with the gay crowds OF
pleasure seekers, are dashing Greeks
in all the glory of their national cos
tune, turbaned Turks, hooded
Bedouins, fresh from the sands of
the desert; filthy Tunsians and bare
legged vagabonds from Morocco.
/ have ceased to wonder OF late that
the Bey of Tanis is savage and a
brute; how any mortal man could
listen to their detestable music and
still retain any portion Of human
charity is far beyond my ken Why
if one were born in possession of all
the eight beatitudes, this internal
discord would soon drive him TO the
commission Of the seven deadly
sins. | profess to have as much Of
the milk of human kindness in my
composition as usually falls to the