The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-08
GOSSIP FROM PARIS.

dtSd tast WcC&. ASCN Nt Hte Hsaae JUN statue cf Napoleon l. n h,s lmperia
 robeS ss5a now sntmounts the Column Ner insr The position ot :he statue on the ,s,' at tha, famous monument has mol been comfortable one altogether, The column itself vas erected by Napoleon $ orders ,o commemorate his vtetofies over the Russians and Aus,iians n iSos. The original statue represented hlm m the costume of a Roman emperor. When the royalists resumed po~er aftcr Waterloo. they requested the Roman emperor ia step down and out. and the metal vas employed tn casting an equestrian statue oi Henry lN. te take the place of one that had been removed nom the foln, Ncui b, the resolu,ionis,s ,n i79,. This was the famous Henry oi Navarro, you remember. who eNhot,cd his soldiers a, the battle ot lvfy ,e rally round the white plume oi then k,ng Tn case then eolets wctc los, m the confusion ot the hgh;, winch they did, isS mothers son oi them. and the rcd neld vas won, which iS note than the green held IS. frequent ly. when you bet yout money on IL |, was th,S httie flourish oi HcnIys that ln- spired Roh lngetsoll ,o nominate Rlalne tct president n iS-o because t was such a neat thing ,o mt oduoe ,n speech Dcnnls hearney afterwards waved the whsic plume ai Navarro at Boston, m nominating Ken katlei. and Il has been frequently agi,a,ed since hy editors and orators, antll the penanehe blanc has scarcely feather left with winch to uekic any mans vanity.
 he | .,f 1 tk ioint Nenf ~as erected in IesS. thirty seven years ai'ei his death l. renamed unal i-4s, when Inc resolu,ion,sis. who had no reverence tor kings Tn the flesh of Tn bionse melted Il down and converted Il la,e cannon to kill king supporters. l; WAS in ! spirit of revenge that onis NH melted down the statue of Nape- leon ta make another HeaD K. The place ei the iotmet statue an the niumn \ endeme "as supplied by 4 monster fieal de lis snmonn;ed hN a large white has In lS3, lom> Philippe. who was A king wtth bbetal Nle~s. caused new statue ot speleea, tn '>el-oAi and pett chApeau. la be east wIth the metal ni guES taptutcd at Ngier> and this al icef> ia 'he contrary not@ithstandinp. va cleA atea ;o H. iais, pedestal lhls statue WAS removed hy Napoleon III i5hi and replaced hs the present one. whose ea ,cet has no; been wl,heu, i,s vicisslules inl Il was thrown down iogethe, wth the column. bs the eommanlsts in tSsi@ They were eonslderale enough. hnse,rr. Ia heap i4n bank on the pla,e where thc monument was io ttti. and the fragments ~efc not se numerous hul that T could he restored II is said that 4 pfopacint oi A hoiei on Inc l1atc kcndone, who pefhap> te. esulsed Inc value ot the col umn aS ot ot the sishi> af Pans most taneenient IT his guests. offered Inc
 VHti uDisis otst liam $ | they would spaie t. lhey demanded a million whlr h wae rather more than coninns were hriaging that year Il the factory and the landlord withdrew l. v4,s tc stored without costing ,he hotel man 5
 eni, showing that : i,,}s saEaei!mrs ia wat.
 SuieidcS have shown such pfctefencc for the cndome column aS lInpIng of place '', IS i.a lee, high that the sp, etnmeni has closed II agatnsi vtsllots
 b N'tcknev. one oi the bcs, informed anu mos, popular oi the numerous srl, guides d New luIk bo, orlg,nally told me that |, had been hIs fortune ,o ser two men leap iiom the column in the pavement hcinW He was shoslnE one of the \ andcFb,l,s the monument when one pan took the iaial leap and .,ndet bili sad he seNidn have inlAse.l Il tnt 4 thousand dollars he unfortunate wretch ~ho jumped s.ould hase missed II fpt l, much less sum doubtless. for poverty and "@p' we're the lmpriiinR tauses. The column ls constructed of masonry rn- ctualed With plate oi bronze. fotmln. splral tand nearly ie'1 yards III length on winch battle ss cnes are represented ii rriiei, and you will hnd additional re. hci Il you employ spy- glass when you attempt In follow the sptrAl band The metal was ubtaued by melting down [ go Rassian and Ausiftan cannon. So you refceive that in cooking 6olu ui cf that acst ription I ls i.ist nce csSari ta catch your cannon x ,poleon vas re taafkably suecessfui lu that 4aurty of chase Ierhaps the reason so many oi our Ametioan generais are without monement K be ause they didn, bag enc lgh cannon.
 Whoever looks ai the alunn oi l9iy ihai frats sls lofty and symmetrie al tpfm on the l4atc de Ia liastill~. will sec an othe, work Dy tho sculptor Dumon,, the
 Genius ot liber,y by ~h.eh II X sur. mounted. This IS one of the hand som-st monuments of ians lt was erected ID honor Of he heroes who fell in the reyo- luton ei taly, ls} }o, Dy ~hioh Charles ! wss drtYen lnie caile he trst stone xas r1ias ed fn position H,y the citizen king. Lotus fhslipe lliy 2 fx32 and t va compie . aad soleTunly Inaugurated eAAe tiy ntne yeArs from that day lts t9,al helghl IS lS4 feet Ihe vaults bc
 1s contain the femalns ef those ~ho ieli ln 'he siruggle of 5 70 also Inc vtc,ims of ,he fcvolefion Of s46 Inc commua- Is ;fied to blox ID Inc whole ssfaefurc IT. bai failed. Napoleon 1 ntendes. ,o have erected gigaH,if bronze eie. plan, ise, n height or thia spot. 10 commemorate he Battle. and the ~ork had progressed A far AS the sabsitueiion