Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-01
GOTTSCHALK BROS, PrOpr'S.

by saying that the paintings were frescoes.
which was an untruth. as | had examined
them closely and found them to be upon can
vas fastened to the wall. He explained them
one by one, speaking quite rapidly although
having but an imperfect command of the
English language One of the paintings, a
very fine one, shows the headless body of
st. Denis in the attitude of picking up his
head after it had rolled from the execution
er's block, which the smart guide interpre-
ted by relating the legend of the Saint-the
sum and substance Of which is, that st. Den
is, after being beheaded picked up his head
and walked five miles to the Cathedral of
Notre Dame. This of course caused gen.
eral laugh which seemed to irritate the con-
ceited Frenchman who said Genteelman,
zis is no joke, Zis Is q seerious malta, and
ven We get to re Cathedral show you Saant
Denee wis hees he'd in hees hands on re way
to Notare Daam. He referred to statue in
Notre Dame bearing upon the tradition in
which there are, no doubt. many believers.
In the vaults underneath the building to
visit which l had to get a card Of admission
from the Minister of Public works, repose
the remains of many prominent Frenchmen.
Near the entrance is the tomb of Voltaire
which is now empty, the bones of this great
philosopher having been secretly removed
and inferred in some unknown spot. Upon
one side of a plain sarcophagus is inscribed
in gold letters the name, we'll known in al
quarters of the globe, of man. who because
of the pleasure he has given and will con-
tinue to give reading humanity, is justly en-
titled to golden crown in heaven; the
name of that illustrious poet and most popu-
lar author of prose fiction Victor Hugo. A
little further on, covered with metaNic
wreaths-some of pure gold and silver, is the
tomb of Sadie Carnot, President of the
French Republic, assasinated at Lyons June
oath. 1894.
A short street leads from the front of the
Pantheon to the Luxembourg Garden, one
of the lungs or breathing places of the great
| city, with its old palace built for Marie de
| Medicis widow of Henry " in 1615-2o, now
the meeting place of the French Senate and
the musee-a small building filled with
paintings and statuary by living artists.
The next day, our eleventh in the city /
went to the office of the Project Of Police and
after little difficulty in making them COM
prehend what wanted, obtained permis-
sion to see the old prison under the palace of
Justice. In the palace, one of the large&
public buildings in Paris, are located the
civil, criminal and police courts 1t covers
the site of the ancient Imperial Palace-the
! four great towers of which form part of the
present structure. In one of them is the old
est public clock in France, made by a Ger
man clock-maker in 1871. At the gate OF the
prison l met a young American whose home
is also in Ohio, and with whom had long
talk. He also had card from the Prefe ct
and we went through the prison together 1t
is dark gloomy and dismal looking place
with walls and arches of huge blocks OF
stone. We were taken to the cell occupied
by Marie Antoinette up to the time of her
execution. Adjoining it is the one in which
Robespiere was confined, and a little beyond
the Hall of the Girondists," now a prison
chapel After we left the prison we went
through several of the great corridors of the
building in which many lawyers were walk.
ing up and down, all of them wearing lone
black gowns with white cloth pendent from
the collar and black caps. In one of the
SPACIOUS and lofty vestibues is a beautiful
marble monument to Malasherbes, who was
guillotined in 1894 for having defended Louis
i XVI before the revolutionary tribunal
ITO be continued