Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-12
NUMBER 10.

lIoHt Ol lHe grass cases anu looh1hS III =
How dreadful it would be to recognize q
face one knew in that awful place. The
bodies are kept until they are claimed, or
as long as they can be kept, and then a
away to show in case inquiry is made.
We saw number of the photographs in
the entrance, some of them women, all of
them hard faces and painful to look upon.
After that experience we drove on and
tried to think of things more pleasant,
but whenever look at the Seine | think
of the people that have been drowned III
it. Even from the first time l looked at
it felt that my Imagination was right,
and it is mysterious, suicidal sort OF
river, meant for drowning human beings.
We went to the Sorbon ne, past the un-
iversity where Prof. P. studied, into the
chapel, where there is fine monument
to Richelieu. His cardinal S hat 1.-THE very
one that he wore) is suspended from the
ceiling above his monument. We drove
past the Pantheon (we're going to make
visit there some day. and stopped in the
church of ST. Stephen. There is a Won
derful carved marble screen-separating
the altar from the body of the church.
Two stair cases wind around large marble
columns at each side it, and the marble
balustrade of the staircase is beautiful
and delicate piece of carving. In that
same church was a beautiful shrine with
tapers burning on it) to st. Geneyieve, the
patron saint of Paris. There were crutch-
es hung on the wall near by-put there
by cripples who had been miraculously
cured by this saint, suppose. There
were scores ct little marble tablets set in
the wall py grateful people who had re-
ceived an answer to the prayers offered at
that shrine. There was also a notice
granting fifty days indulgence to those
who would offer so many prayers at the
shrine of st. Genevieve, At the door oil
the churches here there is usually wom-
an with rosaries and souvenirs for sale,
and inside sits a man who holds out a
sponge with holy water. He will bless
you and expect sou for doing it.
Friday afternoon we drove to the Arch
of Triumph, built by Napoleon. 1t is
one hundred and sixty feet high with fig
ures in relief. Twelve streets radiate
from the square in which it stands. There
is a fine view looking down the avenue
of the Champs Elysees to the Place de la
Concorde, the finest square In Parls. OF,
for that matter, in the world.
IN ali tn hn tower
of st. James. 1t is all that is left OF the
old Gothic church. There is statute OF
Pascal in the lower part of it. lie USED
to perform some of his experiments. |
believe my guide book says there are two
hundred and sixty one steps-there are
surely mo1e than that. However, we felt
repaid for the tiresome climb when we
reached the top. for we had magnlfl-
cent view of the city. We could see the
Seine with its many bridges, the clean
streets, and chief churches and buildings
with the hill of Mont Martre in the dis
tance. The city is so large that we could
hardly tell where the suburbs begin.
The air was remarkably clear, too. There
are very few smoke stacks in Paris, and
the wind carried away what smo Ike there
was. We have had no such birds eye
view of a large city before almost equal
to the sight of ObeIlin from Council Hall
If you'll believe it.
Then we visited Notre Dame, with its
round glass windows and heard the organ
for few minutes. We went into the
treasury where the ''relics" are display
ed. There are fine Things in gold. silver
and precious stones, presented by the
various sovereigns of France. There
were elegant hand embroidered robes for
the Bishops. One SEE for twentY-fou
priests was made of cloth of gold. 'Tis
used only once a year at the feast ofPen-
tecost. We were shown the riddled and
blsod stained purple robe of the Arch
bishop of Paris, who was killed during
the time of the Commune, while trying
to put down an insurrection. A piece of
his vertable column is also displayed,
pierced by bullet.
There were two funerals in the church
while we were there. l watched them
for while. They were evidently poor
people, for the coffins were very plain,
one only box with white cloth thrown
over 1T. and there were few mourners.
There were candles burning at each side
of the coffin. The priest read some lingo
in Latin, in monOtonous tone, then
each member of the family IN turn stood
at the foot of the coffin and made the
sign of the cross with a silver wand which
they handed back to The priest. That
was all of it, and more desolate, hope
less, sadder proceeding | never saw.
There were no tears shed that [ could see.
no mantle stations of sorrow, only ones
heart was wrung by the sort OF dumb de-
spair on the face of one man. But the
French are not quite heartless and i'm
penetrable as that would indicate. Prot.
P. says that Frenchmsn never passes a
funeral procession without lifting his hat.
Yesterday morning we went to the
Luxembourg and spent several hours in
the art gallery. We saw some fine stat
nary-a Joan of Arc and c)aild; st. John
kneeling with clasped hands, l admired
We saw the group that
Mrs. p. has photograph of-'sLe MIDI
two children asleep in big arm chair.
In the picture gallery we saw that "Mere
mother with her dead
child before the Virgin. The mother has |
fallen exhausted across the lap OF Mary. |
The child lies on the floor at the right of |