The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
FArcoNrRiBuroR TN PARIS.

IA. Miner GFiswold n Cincinnati Sal. Night
 .Amerscan drinks. Certainly an American drinks, or there would not be so many placards beanng that legend In front of Paris restaurants and hotels. Being mysslf one ct the fc~ Americans who do not drsnk. ] am unable tc tell trom my own experience what scr, of beverages Paris harkeepers set out under the above title. Singular that one never secs English Drinks.- or Spanish Drinks" or Russian Drinks placarded. Does the American abroad do more drink- ing than people ot any other na,ionali,ye It would appear so. Does nobody get drunk hereg" asked a Louisville v,an, the other day, cf the propssesos of the hotel where he was stopping, "oh. ves, a drunken Amenoan comes staggering in occasionally, was the reply. Although intoxicat IS rarely encountered on the streets of Paris, yet the daily journals contain numerous records of crime com mitted under its influence or inspiration, and the growth of the Abs,nthe habi, among the French people has caused SC rious alarm in the ranks ot philanthropic thinkers
 To day. pe, embcr :. IS the thlt,y-sec- ond anniscrsary oi Louis Napoleon's Coup d'Eiat. by which he mounted Ia imperial power IL was brutal and san guinao surprise to fsr,s, terrifying and o,eiawing the people and astonishing the clvillled world l. was 4 drama ol blood ,ha, did not seem ,o belong ,o ,hls cent. ufy. bui rather ,o the age oi the leu iai chiefs ot france. who fcsored to any eSpedieni. however ticaeheious and cruel. to advance ,he,r personal ambition. AL though Louis Napoleon did much for faris. he was heat,less usurper. never theless. whose throne vas founded upon the blood and misery oi hls fellow .el,iscns whom he had sworn 10 reprcsen, and pro. ,ect.
 IL was on the ,o,h of December. iS4S. that Louis Napoleon. having been elected prcsiden, of the republic of France. took the prescribed oath before the national assembly. m the same room where the deputies noa hold thcif sessions, ln the old Palais Bourbon Before being elected president he WAS a representative oi the people. sitting for several months m ,h,s assembly withou, taking any eonsplc uous part in the proceedings. Ills elevation
 
 and apprehension by many statesmen. They recalled his adventurcs. hls crate lie. In IS5i he had taken hand m the instructions m Italy to oscftufn the pa paey twhlch he sustained in IS4ol, III iH is he made ifultiess attempt to cspel Lotus Philippe from the throne. and through the mlsnantmt;y ol that soset- elgn he sas permitted Ia refuge himself m Amcrlca Two ot three years after. he appeared m Switzerland. and was made captain of artillery at t,erne. Diplomatic eousplIr a'tonS arose on account ot hts presence there. and he attempted io re. a>>nte ihc Trench government by letter dated August so. is N, m which he sad he lsed almost alone "ln the house where his mother had dled. and that h,s tim and only desue was to rest tranquil Two years after that he parodied the re- tutn af Napoleon from f.ibe by appear ,ng m the streets of kouiogne. wearing ehapeau in imitation ot the lltile or pc al aHd aiIying tn hts hand d cage containing live eagle He was sui rounded hy some sixty valets. cooks and stable men. dsguIsed as ftcn h sol- dlers, A Nietor Hugo says, ~,ih uni forms bough, at the Temple. The am bltious nephew oi his uncle threw a hand ehapeau upon the point ot his sword and cued, SC i've lcmpereui Then he dis charged his pistol at an ofhecr ~hom he missed, the bulle; s'rking soldier m the mouth and bnookng oui ,hree of h,s teeth. Ihi> done, the valiant wouldbe emperor took to flight, He was arrested and condemned to perpetual umpuson- nent at the fortress pf Ham On the person oi thlA man who had been almost p~upei in Amettta were found il4e hundred thousand francs m gold and bank notes He thought tha, these due ats, together with the ssefed name oi Nipoleon would bear hlm sttaight to the throne. lou, hls plot WAS so absgrd and his failure so udleuious that the whole world laughed n derision 4, the u,An oi Ham. While m prlson he turned himself to literary pursuits, writing ses- efal books, one oi them on the <" EStlne- ton oi f-upensm. another on AraE !ery Ihtre IS no,hihg like artillery so eN'lngush paupcusm After sir yeals of cip,istty he escaped nom the pf,son of Ham thereby saving hts bacon in the disgatse of mason, and took refuge m Esgland When the republic sas de Cla,ed he welcomed and Applauded il. came to France. ant soon after took h,s seal as representative of inc people in the constitutional assembly such ,n b'ief ~ss the h's,op Of Lona Napoleon bciotc beng elee'ed president of France W'h4le tbose ~ho doubted and opposed hiH re,le~ed hls adventures. some erifn- nal many questionable his trends pleaded as Al offset his eklle, his p.o- senption. h.S long imprisonment. hs e cei,eni book apon artillery bis writings af Ham. shoNing spsrit liberal and democra'ir, and, moreover, the fact that he had armed Al the maturity of an age more senous, for he was then forty years Of age.
 Hugo, ~ho ~as A member of the ,- sernoly. describes his appearance when he