The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-04-20
ST. HELENA TO PARIS
THE REMOVAL or EAPoLEows gooY
TO ITS LAST RESTING PLACE.


on St. Hciena, as the place had come to
be called. was surrounded by an iron
railing set in n heavy stone curb. Over
the grave was covcringof inch stone
which admitted TO a vanlt n feet deep,
s feet long and feet s inches broad and
was apparently filed with earth. hut
digging down some seven feet a layer q
Roman cement was found This broken
Laid bare a layer Of rough hcyyn stone 10
inches thick and fastened together by
iron clamps II took . = hours 70 remove
this layer. The stcne up. the sls5b form
ing the lid Of the interior sareuphalsus
was expuscd. inclosed i'm n border 81 Ro-
man cement strongly attached % the
walls o. the vault So stuutly had al
these various coverings been scaled with
cement and bound by iron hands that it
took the large party Of workers ten
hours TO reach the coffin
The ou;cTinost coffin was slightly in
Jurcd, says un eyewitness. "Then cama
one Of lead. which was in good coalition
and inclosed two othcrs-unc of tin and
one of wood Tho last coffin was lined
inside with white satin. which. having
become detached by the effect II time.
had fallen upon the body and onvc!cpci
it like a winding sheet and had become
slightly attached 60 il.
1T Is difficult 20 describe with what
anxiety and emotion those who were
present waited for the moment which
was 20 eNpose % them all that was left
~ the EruTcrur Narolccu. rotwith-
standing the singular state u prcServa-
tion Of the tomb and collins. we could
scau-cly hops 20 find anything iut some
misShapcn remains uf the lc.,st perish
able part uf the costume % evidence the
identity II tine boiv. But when Dr.
Guillird raised the shcct of ssitim, an in.
dcscrihahle feeling cf surprise and afTcc.
tiou was expressed by the SPECTATOR
many II whom burst into tears Tie
emperor himself was before their ewes.
The features Of the face. though CHARGED.
were perfcctly r,cu.niz,.d. the hard. cx.
trcmely beautiful; kis well known cus-
tu:nc had suTcred Int little. a:.d tire
colors rc-c easily Distinguished TIE at
titu1c itsclf was full ~ case. and bat foI
tho fragments Il satin lining which COW
cred. a., with fnc g..uze. several pas;1 ui-
the uniform. we might have believed
we still saw Napoleon lying on his bed
Of state"
Tho climax of the pageant in P..r.s
was tho temple II tho Iuvelides The
spacious ci.Cuh Was d-.tcd ir tho li,o-;
magnificent and lavish g. hiu1 and
adorned with q perfect bcvildcrm,ut 81
imperial CUhicuS THO li-,.t was sl.li
ont by haugiugs of vio!et velvet: triFasis
blazing wsth cu5urcd fimucs and t.suu-
sands upon thousands ~ vlxrn car .i.cs
in bri-.isE; c..I.ac!..hra li-.;cd the team
I Pile Under the dl.lc. in t!ic place Il the
altar. stood tire cstlCaiq:c which was
+ to receive the cubu.
IL was 3 o'clock in tho afternoon when
the archbishop nj Paris pr,,,,,,led by q
splendid cruss lsssrr-. aud followed hy
/ I6amceuse bows and lun. rows IL white
clad priests. left tic church 20 meet tie
procession. They returned soon. Fol
lowlng.thom Wa, tie Prince de Ioinville
and a select fcw lf,ln tie grand cortcge
without. In their midst Napulcou's cof-
Tin
The king dcscendcd from his throne
and advanced t. meet tho curtcgc.
"Sire. = said tho Prince de Joinville. II
I present 10 yuu the body of Napoleon.
which, in accordance with your com
mands, ! have brought back 20 France. -
Il receive IL in tire name of France. 4"
replied Louis Philippe.
Such NJ least Is what the "Muniteur"
afiirms was said. The Prince de Join
willie gives different version: 1T ati-
pears that little >pccCh which l was C.
have delivered when I met my father.
and also the answer he was to give me.
had been drawn up in council. only the
authorities had omitted to inform mc
concerning ii. 30 when / arrived / sim
T ply saluted with my sword. and then
stood aside. saw indeed that this silent
salute, followed hy retreat. had thrown
something cut. but my father. after n
moments hesitation. improyiscd surie
appropriate sentence. and the matter
was afterNVard arranged i'm the 'Muui-
tcur. "
Beside the king stood an officer. hear.
ing a cushion. On IL lay the sword II
AuStcrlitz Marshal S0ult handed Il to
the king, who. turning TO Bertrand.
said:
General. I commission yUu To place
tho emperor's glorious sword ON the
bier. &"
And Bertrand trembling with emo
tion, laid the sword rcvercntly on his
idols coffin. The great audience watch
ell the scene in deepest silence. Tie only
sound which broke the stiffness was the
half stitled sohs u .Ao gray haired sol
diers Of the Invalides. who stood in
places Of honor near the catafalque.
The king and the procession returned
to their palaces. and then followed a
majestic funeral asS-Ida NJ. Tarbcll
in Mcclure Magazine
The Chief End OF Man.
Mr.. Cuyler tells tho story Of n little
boy. the SON Of good Presbyterian par