Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-06-11

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tioniug the peasant at his side
Napoleon reads his doom and his
sentenced One sees Napoleon everywhere
In Europe. Canvas and paint, marble
and stone, clay and terra Gotta, wood
and wax have all been utilized to pro-
duce his form and features, and even
the rocky wall that juts into the Rhine
where the Lurlei nymph once kept
house is said to portray the very like
ness of the great Emperor, but as far
as / could see the jagged edge might
jamin Brown with as much correctness
had not the guide b ok assured me 1
was mistaken. The saloons of Yer
sailles and the Louvre-picture him as
pretty-featured boy posing at his
mothers knee; as the Consul, standing
in stately attitude before his fellow
ministers; as the husband, surrounded
by Josephine and her children; as the
determined and almost unconquerable
soldier at the Pyramids, at Austerlitz,
at Wagram, at Jena.
But Brussels CAPS the climax. In
one of the rooms OF the Weirtz Gallery
is stretch of canvas which for blood
curdling awtulness and condensed hor-
Tor cannot be equalled by same of the
msrtyrdom paintings in the Roman
galleries. In the midst of Kissing,
darting flames stands Napoleon-in
hell Clad in a military costume, gay
with its colors and adornments, he
stands erect with folded arms. Crowd
ing closely around him are scores Of
wild eyed creatures who, with an i'm
petuosity of revengeful griet and in
tense hatred, are reviling him as the
author of all their misery and unhappi-
ness. A mother de6antly holds leg,
reeking with blood, before his eyes-a
ghas'ly relic of boy murdered In bat
tie; father bears in his arms hiedOus
head-all that is left OF his only son; a
brother carries the trunk of brother
slain at Waterloo, aud confronts the
great maker of war; a child In the
background is borne down with the re-
mains Of her father. One leaves the
room with feelirg Of discomfort that
haunts him like bad dream Tor days
aiterward.
saw Napoleon still again In London
at Madame TuSsaud's exhibition on
Baker street. An extra fee admits the
visitor TO the Napoleon room. In Its
center, lying in state on what was his
own camp bedstead at st. Helena, rests
Napoleon, clad in his chasseur uniform
and covered with the cloak he wore at
MarengO. In one corner OF the apart
ment is seen the famous carriage cap
tured from Napoleon at Waterloo-a
remarkable old vehicle, having carried
its illustriOus owner to Nose w, to
Dresden, to Paris, to tue MedIterran-
can, and finally to Waterloo. Now
it is shown for sixpencel Inside it is a
W nderful combination of secret
drawers, writing desks, dining tables
that fold out OF the way, powder
magazines, gun cases, sword scabbards
and pistol pockets. In fact, it was his
armory, his dining room, and his bed
room combined. The rest OF the room
Is filled with touching relics-the coun-
terpane used on the camp bed on which
he died. stained with his bloodl His
coronation robe, faded and cIumpled;
a tooth brush taken from his dressing
case; a golden snuff box; his war atlas
bewllderIngly marked and remarked;
his knife, fork and spoon used at st.
Helena, and his shirt and drawers even.
France still has his imperial crown. but
that has BEEN decreed by the Frence
Senate to be ANONYMOUSLY sold alone
with the other crown jewels. TrihIng
and silly you may say TO attach any
Importance to these reminders Of a
great man, but nevertheless one looks
upon them with a curiosity that soon
deepens into awe.
The end OF my sightseeing of Napo-
leon was reached when entered golden
doomed Inyalides through the high
rooted church where dOz-nS OF shot
stained and suell-torn banne:s-each a
history in itseh-teil more elOquently
than words OF the glorious victories of
the dead Emperor In Italy, in Austria,
in PrusSia-in all Europe, in fact.
Beneath these old war fiags the crippled,
battered soldier from the adjoining
hospital kneels before golden Madonna
and reverently crosses his palSied hands.
We as reyerently lean over the marble
wall and gaze long and earnestly at the
massive porphry mausOleum illumined
by golden and crims son and yellow-hued
rays of sunlight that shine through the
stained glass Windows mighty rock
covering a few specks OF dust and
scattered pieces of withered bones-al
that is left on earth Of Napoleon Bon.
aparte.