The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-04-09
ST. HELENA TO PARIS
TIE REMOVAL or EAPoLEoN's BODY
TO ITS LAST RESTING Place.

The grave ia the valley u Napoleon.
on -. III 1lI. uS the I,lg Is Ia Clfuu e. Il
he calic-l. Ns@s surrouuLc-l ly "a i.gn /
railing sat ia heavy SfUisc cstrh Over |
the grave vas q covcr.ug - 6 irch stone /
which admitted to n vaul; ! frct dccr. 1
8 feet loilg and feet 5 inches b.uld a.nd I
was aprarrrtly filed with earth. lsut I
q ggiug deNu some seven fcCt layer uf I
Roman crfeut WIS found This broken I.
Laid bare q Llyyr a rnngh hcyvn st1uc 40 I
inches thick and fastened Together by I
iron clamps. j, took : i,, hours 10 rcllCvo /
this layer. The >taT.r up. the slab foi IA /
ing the Id a tho interior sarcaphns Us 1
was exposed. inc.ectl ia a border uf To I
man cement strongly attached 60 she
walls Of the vault - ..toufly had all
these yariCus coverings lscu fcalcl with
ccrsrnt and bound hy inn lauGs that il
took tie large party of wo.icrs ten
hours ta reach the coffin
''Thc 0utcrmoSt coffin was slightly in-
jurCd. s'Sys an eyewitness. Then came |
one of lead. which was IN f-,od c1ndit on
and inclr>ed two ut.lcr--ui.c ~ tia a..d
one Of wood Tl:c La: coffin 1..ls III cd
inside with white satin. wi.c.l. having
bcCume detached by the cTcc; q tir -.
had fallen upon the body aud cnvcloi I'd
IL likn n winding sheet and had bccU.ne
slightly attacked 10 IL.
1T j. difficult 90 describe with What
anxiety and emotion those who were
present waited for the mo.ac..f wh' n
was "a expose to them all that VAS lift
Of the Emperor Napoleon. Nu;wi;h-
standing ti.c singular state of prgscr1a.
tiou of the tomb s.l:tl collins. we cuuld
scarcely hopc 10 find anything: Int so;Ic
mis,hapcn remains II the least ICsi H.
able TaIt of tho costume o. evidence tilt
identity Of the body. But when DR.
Guiilard raised the shccs ~ satin. an =.
dcscrii-.alc feeling Uf surprise Gad affec
tiou was expressed by tic SPECTATORS.
many q vGcEl lrurst into tcar- Thl
emperor himself was before their cvcs.
The features uf the face. though cl's.- L
were pc~icc;ly rcc, e-Iiizsvl: the hand X
tremcly beautiful; his well known cls-
tune had suffered but little. asd thf
coluE,s vc@c easily dist iuguislicl The "a
titude itself was full ~ case. and but fos
the fragments Of satin lining which CIV.
cred, as with fino pauzc. several parts ~
the uniform. we might have hclicg.@
we still saw Napoleon lying On his lcs
Of state. -
The climax 81 the pageant in Pa-ii
was the temple uf the Invaliles T.E
spacious church was drapcd I'm tho nissi
magnificent and lavish fashion ant
adorned with X perfect bewildorrent ~
imperial cmh.rms The light WA slut
0ut by hangin-s uf violet velvet: trip Il
blazing with colcrcd flames. and th,
sands upon thousands uf waXcn c..rd g.
in brilliant caEdclahra lighted the tea
pie. Under the dorse. IN the place Il t''s
altar, stood the citafalquc which
TO receive the coffin.
IL was 3O'clock in tho afternoon VII
the archbishop of Paris. preceded b.
splendid cru-s, bearer. and followed In
10 incense boys and long rows of wh Il
clad priests, left tho church to meet ~
procession. They returned soun.
lowing them WAS tho Prince &c Joiuvi
and select few from Tie grand curttg.
without. In their midst NapplcOn's
fin.
The king descended frum Eis tin, ~,
tAAANA s@NA HHAFHANA ~ a&At8A AAAN WIN ~
"Sire. - said the Prince to Juinviile. g.
present a. you the bEiy II Napols- a.
wEirh, ia accordance with your com
mant:. lave brought back 60 France. .
II IIccc.vc il in the name uf France. .
replied Lla.S Philippe.
Such a. least is what the ''Monitcar'
affirIns was said The Prince de Jon
vile g,vcs different version. 1T 40
pears thar a little speech which wa &
have delivered when / met my father.
and also Tire answer he was 10 give q.
had bccn drawn up in council. only TIC
authorities had omitted 10 inform lie
concerning il. go when arrived s. ~.
ply s.:lu;cd with my sword, and a "a
Sto.d aside. / saw indeed that this silent
salEie, followed by retreat. had thro,.
something cut, but my father. afte. n
moments hesitation, impruvised s0.s,t
appropriate sentence. and the mat.ci
was afterward arranged ia the 'Moui
teur. "
Beside the king stood an officer. be.sr.
ing cushion. On il lay the sword ui
Austerlitz Marshal Soult handed il tc
the king, who. turning 20 Bertrand.
said:
General, commission you 70 Pike
the emperor's glorious sword on tire
bier "
And Bertrand. trembling with emo
tion, laid the sword rcvcrcntly ON his
idols coffin. Tho great audience watch
ed the scene in deepest silence The oi.ly
sound which broke the stiffness was Tie
half stified solIs of ,he gray haired f0l.
diers ~ the lnvalides, who stood in
places Of honor near the catafalque.
The king and the procession rrtur1. cd
to their palaces, and then followed q
majestic funeral mass.-Ida M. Tarbcll
in McClure's Magazine.
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