The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-30
HOW A "BeAr" WAS SECURED.



witt, the Correspondents
II took place In 1874 NJ Thicrs had Just
been ovcrthrowu Nusr.od nccn, the shah
Of Persia, had announced his visit to Paris
tie was the first sovereign who had visited
Paris IN state since the war Tho Dc
Broglic ministry, the first cabinet OF Mar
shal MacMahou, resolved to give gront
Cclat tu his reception Tho shah was ~.
cciycd In pomp at Rancagh, Masts and
orlnrmmcs adorned tho longth Of the Avo.
hue du nois do lloulOgne. The Champs
llysccs were decorated with flags and col
prs. The Place do Ia Concordo was bril-.
laut TO the eye, and the Pont de Ia Con.
cordc n marvel of decoration,
Soldiers stood In scrried lines all along
the route, and II was In the midst of dnH'
cling splcndor that Nsrcd Deem reached
the pulais Bourbon, which had been pre-.
pared for hs residence. Fctcs followed
fctcs, and Il was resolved to tuish the
series with the most brilliant Of all, 10y ii
frtc ut Versailles with agNlu dinner in the
Galcrie dies Glaccs, aud with n truly royal
display OF fireworks In the Neptune foun.
tain.
NJ. Leon Rcnault, the great advocate,
now senator was then project Of police. |
was friend of his The Due dc Broglio
and the Due DcCazos were very amiahlc 10
me, aud set out for Versailles furnished
with everything that could give access
to any places into which might think II
worth while TO penetrate,
All doors, indeed, opened before me,
| But at u certain moment four or live OF
my colleagues in the foreign press found
! themselves at my side, resolved not to
| leave me, and intending 20 profit 10y all the
! facilities At my disposal. This lasted
throughout the evening | attempted TO
make shifts and turns, but still | found
| this cortcge at my heels rather increasing
than diminishing,
was extremely indignant, What Use
was il for me to see everything II all the
world saw the same and II on the morrow
! all the English papers published the same
dctaisY For we had not then private
wire, and Versailles had the only wire by
which our kilograms could he sent We
thus rcachcd-my friend NJ Bertholon and
1.-The basin of Neptune, still followed by
my colleagues,
| The official tribune was almost supported
against II wall, and behind 1t was u small
gate, 10y which there w,lsa narrow passage
| between the platform and the wall To the
street There were more than 10000 per
sons present and the soldiers on guard had
great difficulty in maintaining order aud
preventing a crush" letting the people
pass only very slowly. | decided that we
must either ascend to the chateau straight
against the crowd or wait two hours to 20
out. Now it was 10 o'clock aud the tclc.
graph mt Versailles closed before midnight,
so that when we got out It would he too
late To reach the Versailles office and too
| late also to return to Paris or 10 telegraph.
However, SO much had been said Of this
fcte that TO be disarmed by the telegraph
agencies was to be beaten.
We were now pushed against wall on
which rested roof which rose above u
court On the other side | could see the
top Of long ladder, by which people from
without had climbed upon the roof In or.
der TO cater the park
"IistcuW said in a low voice to NJ. Bcr.
tholon Take one Of the chairs by the
side Of the platform and let us lean II
against the wall; get up on the roof and
give me your hand" II was done. "Now
have thrown back the chair, which am
about TO replace, descend the ladder quick,
ly, hold il and will follow you, and when
once am down You, who are big and
strong, will help me and We will upset IL. u
just rs NJ BcrtholOn came to my rescue
the others appeared on the roof and tried
to retain the ladder, which, however, es
capped their hands and fell into the court
The man TO whom the ladder belonged ran
forward, crying out. Here are twenty
francsn | said to him. "Throw the ladder
into the street" The man FASTENED to
execute the order heard some furious
cries FASTENED toward the carriage
particular spot, and at breakneck speed W,
rushed to the telegraph Office had the
wire free all to myself, and wrote my tcle
gram, which was transmitted word by
word When | was just finishing an en-
ployce came to me and begged me TO make
haste, as the Office was about to close
handed him my last page and he gave the
order TO shut the doors.
In the street | met those who had re
maned in the park and who were running
with all their speed to dispatch their tcle
grams, and | heard them striking theil
fists against the closed doors Of the tcle
graph Office.
This is the way that one manages to sent
kilograms before other people and succeeds
in making five enemies in one single wei
employed evening.-De Blowitz in Har
per's
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