The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-06
mugo in 1I,e H.nntI,eon.

MAW6W AM sshG hMhEhGOms
Victor Hugo has been cannonized.
The people of France have acclaimed
his entry into the Pantheon. HIS
body rests in tomb which no govern
nent is likely to disturb His name
Will never die.
This old man elodueHt was no triB-
tine Of the people. He had IL, art, ike
his friend Henri Eochefort, to stir The
masses. He had not even the SIMPLE
rhetoric Of his deciple, Emile xugier
His gift Was song Like BGrhsj like
Berahger, lie sang because God whled
it. He sang the songs which the peo-
pie loved best to hear-the siiiiple
chants of stream and forest. He sShg
Of loye-the passion that elnishated
,RuS Bias, or tile devotion which re-
deemed b Tri6otilet or Borgia. He
sang fyrteah lays and scourged his
enemy, the Third NAPOLEON.
So, When his procession passed, every
class went out to welcome him. Fol
the working men he had created Jean
Vatican, and they came from theif
quarters aid gatheFSd round his ccataa.
falque in tie Arc de frioniphe. Fol
the men 81 letters lie had moulded a
new ntyle and broken old traditions
For the lovers of the stage he had
unrolled a splendid pageant of histor
ic figures. For tie Students and theil
sweethearts he had Sting as Murgel
sang, telling them TIE %hisperings O
the woods, reimiiihhtdihng them that you'll
had only one Season and bidding
them hasten to pluck its roses roses.
Oh, mmatcRiess poet We, too, from
a foreign cline, would lay OUR cchaple
upon thy bier. In our ears thy pur,
Tyre exercised the devils 81 Frencl
poesy. Tie SoltiP5tu,o5'uss muse of Al
fred de Musset Hid her head. The sen
suall novels Of George Sand retired be
fore the simplicity of Lies Misera
bles." The purient illusions whicl
sprout to-day are but the weeds in
garden Of which Hugo Is tie kim
flower.
To tie Honor honor 81 Ff France Tie e ffa Hei
passed unm olested. No strife q
Church and State made itself heard
No red flags were waved, no clash {
nationalities imhisaiririesd the Iccaarm of tn
day. The doves that ffeaH~ over over til
mourners were tie imhietssS;eaihtigers {
peace.
1 Every Glass class had its ir;etpir1easentativ
among the speakers, NJ, Angler, tn
i play wright, at the Arc de Triemph
was as much in his place as NJ. Go
i the actor, at the Pantheon. I'll
negro who SPOKE of Haytian freedol
! with something som Zig Of tie 'freof lou
saint L oubivcrt'ufre Hight tkl Have rcmin,
ed his hearers That the ' eia!frIliest
Hugo's works was the story story 81 Bill
Jargal, the slave. The CohifeSderat
officer who bore American giffceeltlin,
to the dead might have told Of Il
inspiration Which OH OUR ' citiTze!hb;s ha,
gathered lftrioamn Hugofs E e.popee of Il
poor.
. 1t was in poor Mans Mans 1iESarse TN
Hugo went to Ills rest. .After tn
: long, eyentful career ar:ssteSf' HAVING wag,
war with kings, his Heart went o,
to the wretched Of an lands. Loo
: ing across the sea from his island ba
!. ishment, yearning for the count
S which he loved, he 'thoGght Of tho
+ who were even more luckless ths
= exiles. And when lie CAME back
n took his place among them. Blu
$ me in poor mans hearsse," he sal
e So he had willed' and SO it was done
!. Peace to his ashes! He was Il
! greatest Frenchman of his time, al
G it will be not the least merit of Il
d Third Republic that it has paid him
b tribute befitting his fancy. Y. H,