Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-17
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/ rtGlNf 81 fbfN EHtA- ~ hFus
broiled meat aud cofse. vigorously
pschcwlng chocolate aud sauces. Not
| 20. elined in a third; the rfgsme might
have produced certain effect. Ou; The reai
( .ecret was the gbscDce o. all superstition
/ from tire ceutenariau's mind. which. never
rocked and tortured hy the uacsinations
/ 0f priesl craft. was agays a peace;
/ ui.h him there was no troubling
.reculstions about q future s'aie; hs
! diecnrded the "odious myth q thr
/ existence oi Cod." "iIurr5h for
/ the distinguished atheist, the gioriou.
apostle 81 free bought" vclied 10
! chorus fae society q the Eatigu0lls.
/ Panther" and the q" League Oi FreetLins-
els~ a. Beilcyiue. % AThor0 responded.
! arrroyiagIv. several other provincial so
/ rieiies having TIE same pstf0rm a. the
Beileyile ana Bancnoiles Institutions, toe
EadiCQL N0i n lr0rf. and the iE'rqEst-
qeQ1L. a. well a. The PrOitt1ire. lending toe
! lOgpi.a l;y of their columns 20 the diffusion
/ 4 these rec0mmcudahle sentiments.
For rearlv week the anti, ierical
prt.s faIilv giogtod over these Insults %
/ the A,mgbty aud then the old gentleman
/ broke siicrce hy letter. oi which the con-
! Guiding phrase Pot Gn end 10 al rejoicing:
Il an uucn annoyed u said " by the
! unsouchi-for DOtorieiy attached b my
name hy the interviews and the interrO2a-
iCrl,- % u bich am subjected: but, o. the
question has been put % me caiec0ricaily.
caicc0rica " will answer il: Nv parents
were Christians. ! have lived and expect
| 20 die q Catholic"
You know toe eject Of sudden douchs
oi cold w3icrs Wei, NJ. CbeNreurs letter
WIS that douche; With Il al admiration
/ collapsed, and bee who had been lumi-
! rarv."a "tright star in tbe galaxy oi sci-
! euce." &C.. becan fraud, "ial>e
! Moiher, ' and would have been dragged %
! zoe har oi pnhlic opinion. ". -' 10 pitv oi his
/ loarv bead" silent contempt had not been
! rrcuounced tie best bcftting PUNISHMENT
! r..Cne who had thus gone back upon
! .11se inmortal principle Of lSSs IS lich be-
! lud ue'ped 90 4. und "-bo b borne in mind
/ TAT when those d" immortal prlnci-
,le-" were founded NJ. oueyrcui
vss aced exactly three yelr.. SLID
ro.irr thc version given by Dr. g..
! t1 ue untrue aud that The register % bic
/ i.rrb really yrphc~ % him aud uo'. a. toe
i Doctor sT'rmed O. bic elder bro ber
! qlere d. Ho dount that the mauiiestafi1n in
! ayor 0f VI. ChevreU. was gotten Up with
/ view 10 Obtain hi- tact Gcquie,ceuce % 4he
!
rusod o. make q splendid pendant % the
( uhumauon q Victor Hugo, which was
tne eiorIGrsti1n ri iTeiiCion. L'rre had
+ escaped item, toe old troub'dour nearly
+ ,-carcd them. thanks o. ibe Interference oi
f t.o-e VITO kept watch and ward rs bic bod
. ..Ce. and tllrd escape would bc a death
4 Low % the theory o. tle clan. Wbi 'l j.
| tustall ucr ol great minds are necessarily
.ud logically iuhdels. The case OF NJ.
/ hevrc f, great longevity /, Dot ~ 81 sT
7 l~ehtcd ere. and. ,irguRrly enough. many
. ~ fte be.i.t-falii>hed Instance. are among
D. flr.e who L.Ne passed an t8cir youth in
fhe amy. u i- customary 90 s1y That
DO SOLDIERS duu't make old bauc,.' and ~
lrttahEt is tfi- opinion that mOrt than
cac of tlt committee ON pension. 10 iDe
tmmhors have recommended IA increase
I'D their frure-. d" The state TPI IZ'ng
,coroulc, ~ natural cxiiac'i0n.r li may
De 50 roW. but tbc French race must have
ce.epfraed, Tor, looking hack haf ceu-
fury and u.OIe. we See that the soldiers Oi
the revolution ard the expire. who for
nearly twenty vear> had not d1iirj Their
barn e~.. Verc iu 1915 o. Young, g. enthu-
.l..tic. o. eager for ihe f-8y D. they q
been % lhe beginning " tLst gigantic
-trUgeia q which they had been tle In-
ecmTara lt heroes. Last mJnfh. 10 the
taf ~ ibt museum. when the drpu,a-iJus
OF s'I Glasses md c0rpOrgtiuu' came 20 salute
n. CbeyTtUi. g soldier ui Napoleon J, bear
i,g upcr Ai- breast Zoe cross Oi honor and
iae m,da q - Helena. Wa am0Lg t3e
visitors. ard was begged hy tbe iiIusTi9us
s.NCut 20 tate plana beside tii1. and
ben 80 li-tic later. estrt body adj lOurncd 20
t.g gaIocu. The eminent ceuifuariGn leaned
uplr the arm % the eX-iegionary OF the
euJire. True N. Boureeoi, b. ~tX years
i1e JUNIOR Ci The scientis', but ninety-i0ur
!, 'Cicrlut aged.
"A mobile light Il was o sec, remarked
v. le,lre LacroiX, biIn-eli toe crest grand
son OF military ceulenarlan, prol4ng %
orc. rs tLt opportunity 10 give q list Of
uiN,fr1 pensioners y DO hive exceeded hy
more tbau thirty wears the scriptures A.
otfed are a. nun. First. - have Antoine
Haudrr. who. born 1861, having lost an
arm n Ki..ayici0>a. di-d besf cDncisi ge al
The Invaide> iu 1865; Jean M.sot, wounded
at tie siege oi Iribourg; Dumei, Uncea -er-
~caIt IN the regiment oi ROYAL ravatc
Tourcas. once o sailor With jean Barr, a.
tervard d dra.o0u. and Blot. who served
calamity VIII the color Ia t1- Gardpe
Francaiscs ~ TIE are ~ sey-utt-fve.
,
cmong themselves, s0vs the register of the
lu4addes. where toe cavalry and tue
me veterans cbaGeJ uumsrHuly the
taTdes Frau cgises. who had not acted
brilliantly o. Mons. and were ~ Racine
grO.e % BOilegu IN 1851, nlckname1 the
pierrOt, sparrOwsl by tbeir c0mrEdes.
who also called them the 4" ducks
iesnardsl. because Ut Dessingeu they swan
awly in q body out u reach Oir'af euemys
ire. Duel. between these 4" reSpecta5ie
,estiscs wee frequent, and there are t@o
~ three 90 record-in i70j-Nitb fatal
issue in each case. both oOmb2,au.s exceed
iug the rlpe age q seyentt-iOUr.
During the early vears OF toe First Re-
pablc the ancients Of Che army were
treated with special consideration; they
Eilcd ibe piucfs q honor al ali public So
lemuiiies. AID u the Fee des Nic.Oires, Oh
ibe I'D n october, 1894, two eeDtenarians
s. ere acelsimed, on, Of wbom-Jetu Ihurei,
who bad enlisted iu l1l4, and who bore a.
trophies 81 his campaign oae builei-wound
ara seven s2bre cuts on the b-ad-g gls IN
aeiiye s,rylce 81 the age Of eighty-eigbt,
ben be marched with bis reSi-
ineIt from Cafn 10 Paris When.
n IS0s, Napoleon /. visited Agen.
If IfAf|htA = rNiAAtAs NaAf"A " ! Wv
Prirfeu ply aathttbe.ts. f0r be was one
hundred and fourteen years ~ aee-Sho
had served under t1e reigns Of Loais XIV.
tie Regent. Louis AN, aud Loui. XVI
in 1915 there were four cent"narans Il the
iioiei dr. IDvalides. three Of whom had
-cBght VI fOIleBOy. and when the statue OF
LOCis XIV. vas unveiled Oh tue Place
NoireDnme DE- VICTORIES. iu lss2. the
ross oi II Louis was presented 90 q yete-
ran. Huct. who was bCru 10 I.l3. The
Philippe Blot whom ] have plena0ned
only eonseuted 20 qur hls uniform When
the pcace Of AIx-ls-CAapclie >eei1ed
10 be the commencement Of M era
of peaee. Nowadays bis attachment %
active military life would be qualified n eX-
ifaYneppi, ior spplieati0ns FOR admission 70
tie H6ie Ges lnyalioes pour inIo the MID
isfrv Of War. tld soldiers. since the tD-
ssitutinn q the five YEAR, term II service.
are very rare. aud IN reality oniy snail
proportion Of IT, inmates have any genuine
riehi 70 be there, their claltns u II, prifi-
lects bang often apochrYphal. Very
tpiid j. ia discipline nowadays. The
military mass on Sundays N Is
chapel IL no longer oblgxory. No
longer are executed artillery m9ng1vres
on IL esplanade, and the bronze guns
vhi,a IN other GaYs thundered cut salute
10 the last remains Of some marshal OF
France are mute. The Hotel der Inyaldes
j. becoming q species ef fssniiy hotel; 10
l,c nm fHpalids IL TO have social status. q
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