The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
TWO CYCLONES.
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III LUD0YIC E1LEYY.
HcYcL09g. a furious alaa !

bGTgL0AEs A furious aind bay-
ing ) rotary notion j travels
forward In column, destroying every
thing IL "a path s. says Lit're, and
he Aas Dos Il b. entire dictionary an
more exact definition. an . good judge
r. tbis matter, for have been assal.sd
By cyclones twice. tie drNf time in me
Museum Of Versailles me second time
h tbs Museum u fhe Louvre.
Versailles frst WANTED 70 see again
tie painting b. Deiaeroix. The Tax.
fng u f0hsfantiuopls BY the Grhss.
ders.s went - he museum. Visitors
ane obliged 70 foll0e q certain route.
10 reaeB he Sale dee Batailless ! bad
70 traverse The entire length Of The pal
ace. II was . ten minutes walk ofef
floors waved 70 such q degree Of perfee-
ton that he trip was fHtiguinR and
dangerous IN tie extreme. II nas .
matter II gymnastics, 81 preserving
cne's equilibrium, Of skating. In fact.
This Was especially true IL the Gaiefie
des Glaees. Two woe DeRone soldiers
Of the line stood there on duty. par
aiyzed, terrified. with limbs wide apart
not during - stir. The doofkeepers
must have come 10 their relief. else
they Nonld surely have been locked ia
when the building WAS closed.
At last reached the end of The pain
fui excursion. aud aaW The painting be-
fore me. would have liked 10
~ down 10 recover my breath and
~ enjoy the masterpiece ~ my
leisure, bHt there we're only two
lonely little benches accessible Ia the
immense gallery. People stood IN line
waiting for them. The palace u Yer
sAiilee ~ gorged with benches; for
miles they stand ranged along the
walls. I3uf this IN where The admin
isfratige malice d eNhibiied IN all It's
beauty. About three feet from the
walls are ratings 70 keep the public
back they have pat the benches
o mark Of genius just behind the rail-
ings 80 that no one can sit Oh them,
They are the benches Of Ianialus.
As / stood there, annoyed by this
petty yegHtion, suddenly heard q sort
81 roaring aud rnmblinR. Was IL a
regiment Of artillery passing over the
Place DIES ArmehY Was Il The rolling
OF distant ihuuder7 MOI u was a wbirl-
wind, an Avalanche. d horde Of English
sightseers, under the leadership Of one
~ the guides Of that famous house
which organizes tours ~ the world.
There were hundred IN the party
that WAS rushing through The Sale
DIES 3atnilles, oyerturning and scatter
ing everything 10 rs course. There
were only about ~ of ns poor lari-
slams. No resistance WINS possible; we
were obliged hastily 10 arrange our
selves against the ratings, 10 escape
being rufhicfsly torn 10 atoms by this
EnRlbh canuonnd" We heard the fran
iio cries Of a little French boy Of fix
who had been swept along by The whirl.
wind. He WIS rescued only after the
greatest efforts. One might say Of
these English caravans what Bossuet
said Of great men. Nothing can arrest
their course"
I am misiakeni ljossuei's remark il
not applicable. Something arrested
= course VI this torrent d short, sharp
inierieeilon uttered by the Snowman.
sAohl Aohl Aoh" clear. cold and I'm
perious, A. once they all raassed, obedi-
entity, silently, respectfully, close TO
their guide.
Then ! was RECALLED viii an aslonish.
ing lesson Va French history, given ~
lightning speed Before each picture
the man made hall Of a quarter Of
minute, esplainlng Ia two or three
phrases The subject Of the composition
then. ten steps forward, a fresh picture.
fresh discourse. All This with rapid.
ity precision astonishing yolublity
n was d mad, furious race OF al the
military celebrities OF France. saw
pass before me nt headlong speed
Clovis. Charles Martfi ChHrlemapae.
saiui-Louis, DuRuosclln, Jeanne dare.
Francis l., Henry ~ fnfcnue, Calinat.
Nendome. Nillarf, Maurice do SAKE,
NasssHa hohaparic nud Napoleon H.,
pei mel, rushing along in fantastic
sieeple.ehafs.
/ followed ihc oarn,nn ai dihiamrr.
aud while listening io ihe brief ha.
ranfues I looked with genuine amaze
mfnt % the fooipeur of the women.
They wore boats sleds, anything bias
Wcmgn's shoesl There Was absolutely
no difference between fhc feet of az
mrn ANA th0Re ~ The women, 1t thry
hrd az siood behind neuriuln with only
the feet exposed. and II some one bad
ssidi "Pick out lhe women" sou
Ntand never have been ahle 10 do so.
fni how firmly they siOodi What
lsid hnse supported lheml VIII what