The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-08

C. They were replaced in the chsrch in iSr- by ordex d Louis NVill., vho that same year csssed the remains cf Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, which had been inferred in the churchyard of the Made leine. 10 be deposited in the crypt of St. Denis. He himself dying in iS,i, and the Due de Berry (assassinated in tSeo. father of the late Count de Chambordt were the last of the Bourbons interred there.
 reering through a grated wiEdo~ in the vault, saw the cotfns of the above named personages reposing n a ro~ together. IL IS with a melancholy inter est that one views the caske, which coE- and unfortunate Marie Ansoinet,e. could but recall the wild mob that a,- tended her ia the stormy dxys of the rev olutlon to the guillotine. According 10 the records cf that day she died bravely. queen 10 the last. The site of the ol6 cemetery of the Madeleine IS on Do3le- ward Haesmann. and 1 pass i, nearly every day. A chapel stands there. erec,ed in ISso to the memory of Louis WI and Marie Antoinette. who lay buried there from I-'q to ISI7. Ia f.on; of the chapel. which faces the west, IS court 6anxed with galleries Tn irritation of aneiea. toraes, and intended as monur>cn; ie otheg victims of the revolution. >.aiF- eases in the chapel descend 10 a oDp;. ~hich occupies the ground where !! ouis AN.. was originally inferred.
 Some notable events have transrifed Tn the church of St. Denis. Ore of the earliest IS tradition tha, is stil! held 10 by the oredulocs pious. Dagobe-t l.. the royal founder, he'd set day fo. the so.- emn dedication. when the repor. was sen; abroad that Christ himself surrounded ty cortege of angels, martyrs and coniessors, had descended and conse- crated with his own hand the church of the apostle ~ho had spilled kis blood for him, S,. Denis. To be sur-. the only witness 10 this grand spectacle was poor kper who was concealed behind column hoping to be cured. bu, his story was currently believed. Charle- magne ga~e the improved edif.ce new consecratson. this before he was crowned emperor tr the year Soc, IT St. Peters. Rome, h lope Leon ILL, with these words '' Life and victory to Charles Augustus, crowned by God, great and pacific Emperor of the Romans I.was at S,. Denis. amid the meet solemn sur- roundings. that Henri K ., in 1893, ab- iured fyotesiantism and embraced the Catholic faith, which seems to have been a political movement rather than a pious one. as some of our American statesmen change their politics occasionally in order 10 get ar the strongest side. His sue cession to the crown had been energetic ally disputed by the Catholics. They shu, him ou: of Paris. and although he laid seize tc il until |, was sorely distressed by famine, get he was unable to open its gates. The inkabitanes were reduced to eat the grass of the streets and bones from h. cemeteries. 1. Is recorded .k al a man and a dog were seen fighting Tn the stree, in broad dxy to determine which should devour eke other. The ar rival O! Spanish army compelled King Henr; ,e raise the siege. By the ad,1ce of his ca.nselors. Heat: embraced the dominant religion and all was serene. As he marched into Paris the Span.ards flied out. and Henri, not fcssre,ting his po..,e- ness. csisd 10 the Duke of Farm ,heir chief. Fon voyage. Monsieur my oor,a- pliments 70 your maste., but return aere no more.
 The historic orifacnm of red and gold, the standard ot S'. Denis. as |: gas called. WI solemnly sopted by .oaIs VI. tdieG, 'I57l as the 6anner of the kings of Frame. l. was suspended above ne altar. and only remove when the s,ng sei1 the body of St. Denis AS enwrapped r the orifamme "a sq4are bannero. ci crimson s,.k iringed with gold Ina; was the origin of the banner So tte kyafeaK s11ge, which royalty so much dreads nov, was formerly the badge ef their power. l. was unsarled on the -.e.d of combat t9r the las; tir.e al ihe battle of Agincourt p i+i5, in which the English under Henry Y. were victorious over the Trench and took forty thelsand prisoners The orif,amne was not mounted or 4 s,af, bu, was displayed oa the oreas: q a n an-at- ayr2s.
 Among the famous ,personaEes wf.o have made St. Dcnis their home was Abelard, who dwelt in the abbey durn, the twelfth century. Ab5o, Suger, the wise counselor who administered the kingdom while Louis VII. was on a pi.- grimaee to the Holy Land, died a; s; Denis. He 1t was who collected and con- tinued the chronicles of the abbey The Maid of Orleans hung up her arms n the chaEch Of St. Denis in ;x4q. after Ter victories over the English which re- lieved Charles VII. Finally, Napoleon was married 1T this church 10 Mare Louise of Austria, m I84o after dI.orc ng Josephine.
 The interior of tAe church IS 5s.. fee: long. breadth IAo feet. The elegani and airy naive of the i1,h century is lighted by ;7 large windows. each s7 fee: high The stained glass ~as placed there n the reign of Lo4ts Philippe. sorc repre- sen, kings and queens of France. others events from the crasades in which 'eneE royalty bore consp'crous part. The interior impressed me more than ;tat of SL Paui's, London. with its '' long dawn alsles and fret,ed vault The eos: 9i the tombs are Tn the main par' 0: :ae