Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-12

game" on the menu as she made her or
der " Va
Yes. quite delightful evening, 1 an
sure. she said, hurriedly.
EngIand's Costly Greed.
There was chaplain of the royal navy
accompanied by his wife, two children an,
governess. who was also a passenger /,
the saloon portion of the steamer. He wa.
going to -. according TO Scotchman
He played poker at nights. won small sum
anu drank his whisky and soda with th
Ie arme- nfsdael dffssdeeney IAN and equanmity of tn
stations In the empire He and his famil,
got on at Ascension island. That bIeai
be bou,aer hGs STUCK ost In the Atlantic was t,
was not political exile. nor convict Hi
orders read for him to report to the com
nlos 9ileer en board her majesty
country wants with as unpromisins a pil.
OF lava as Ascension island is certainI,
sai sasue. lts inhabitants are those of a war
snip save that the officers are permitted +,
nave their unfortunate families with them
20. domestic purposes they condense ses
& water. In parliament. a few years ago il
Was suggested that the island be aban
SGoned SINCE 1t had no practical value ever
| rom a military standpoint. Some one sug.
kesneo l 81 that some other country might take
~ ~ IN case the British flag were lowered Sc
| IL remains an Improbable leech on the
| treasury and is rated as ''man-of-war'
fhere IN neu OF another applicable title 1 think
.here Is no other such display of greed il
lhe world. 1t receives one mail a month
| Beauties of St. Helena.
VI the curious freaks of nature the
| isiaho OF st. Helena Is certainly one This
| ueep 1urrowed bit of land that rises pre-
cipltousiy out of one of the deepest beds
In the South Atlantic is go miles from As
| Cension II st. Helena could be set down.
| Jus. as IL Is, In the vicinity of one of
hmerica an @ large cities, 1t would be famous
NE world over as park. Central park,
New York. and Golden Gate park. San
francisco, would melt into insignificance in
comparison com with its natural picturesque
When Napoleon was banished there in
ts tsi6 In order that Europe might have peace.
mos. ms eaptors a certainly placed him in the
o't tba ,,io peaceI9l spot on this globe far as
90 not think there is another spot of forty
iivs ,in, square miles in the world with equal
NaneIs Narleis OF scenes. l have seen pictures of
among the rugged boulders Of bleak St
~ atteiena. gazing out upon the wilderness
nj ui,a ioIsh ot sea. l always pitied him on that
plie OF desert volcanic debris. l never saw
q a picture of him seated in one of the pref
tisst spots in the world making the best of
nus exile from the theater of European
nations His iron will and Unsuitable am
tIon oitIon lert no room for sentimental drib-
oiihgs and reveries according to the history
o. OF ms MS. deeds Those who have pictured
his life drew the background in Conformity
with his history. There are mountain
ranges on ST. Helena scared by the crum-
oiing : s oouiders OF lava with here and there
d pine tree, gnarled, bent and twisted into
the most hideous shapes by the winds
Wnich sweep over the Southeast ranges
WIN Win the fury they gather in thousands of
miles of unbroken ocean water NapoIeon
may have found his only pleasure amidst
me .he desoiate lava beds with the fury of
me IN winds in his ears. On the lee sides of
fofy ~
scenery Of Switzerland, fertile fields, and
long slopes dotted with sheep. Following
the the military road that winds up the noun.
tain sides in the form of many rs until
the summit is reached one is Surprised at
each turn by the variety of scenery. There
are DTS OF Arizona deserts covered with
covered with acres of wild geraniums as
Deautltui as any In mfllionaire's conser-
Natory crystal stream pours over the
size OF a deep gorge, and falls into mist
~ilnlh fe% hundred feet of the bottom.
there are valleys that look like bits of
southern California, where villas are sur
dounoed 5o with date palms and tropical gar
yves with thatched roofs and whitewashed
walls where pretty olive skinned girls can
!rt, 1s seen making cheese from goats milk.
on some OF the mountains 800 to Zoo
feet high, there are beautiful pine woods
on on the lee side. Tradition among the ma
tives, some descendants of servants of Ma
poleon, has IT that the Emperor as
they always refer TO him, spent much of
ms nve years of exile reading at the spot
officer in charge The burial place and
LonsWood. confirmed this tradition with
5ne ne additional statement that Napoleon Sc
G,c1 iScted, ,r 1he spot Tor his grave before he
aleu; Ihere Is not more beautiful nook
IN the Island It is IN the very lap. as it
were, or two mountains whose sides are
covered with luxuriant growth OF grass
and trees with a fertile valley stretching
below It, Nowhere is there suggestion Of |
bleak st. Helena within sight of this
VA 'iAis
At Napoleon's Tomb.
When the steamer anchored at St. He
lena all the passengers went ashore. The
captain announced that it would take a |
day ana half to unload the mails and
cargo. This last included large quarter
,aSter, ma .h.. ordnance and commissary stores
passengers started for Napoleon's grave
mere was only one carriage that could he
hired mr. and an English woman secured this
erness; paying 93 (sl5) for it. The rest
started TO walk. The road is a splendid
piece of engineering work and we'll kept.
u ~ Is said to be only six miles by the
esS Stnan two sit seemed like twenty be-
ore the summit of the mountain was
cached Scores of the visitors turned back
lfter resting at hospitable villas on the
Tay About a dozen continued to the tomb
0f these. two were Frenchmen. The rest
we're mostly English army officers The
.renchmen approached the little iron
ence around the white slab with their
lats In their hands. They examined the
rees and vines and even the ground with
everence. The Englishmen threw them
ewes on the grass and began filling their
'ipes. at the same time heaping uncom-
remarks upon the officer at the
wharf. who had told them II was only six
niles to the tomb. The French soldier
yho keeps watch of the spot Informed
hem smoking was not allowed inside the |
nelosure. They wanted to know the rea-
on.
1T is sacred ground" he replied Those ,
re my orders
So they went outside to smoke. remark ,
saps bones were not there any longer" ,
men the English woman arrived in the !
arriage. After remarking that the seem
~ was very grand, she sat down beside ,
ketching. Her children turned somer-
aults in the grass. The governess, a
retty young French woman, climbed up !
he mountain side and sat down where she
ould see the white cement covering over c
he grave and silently wept.
The only inscription about the spot is a
rass plate nailed to a tree. 1t is crudely c
and was placed there by. the of y
GERS of the French man-of-war who ad | f
highlands permission after many years to c
emoye the bodysto Paris. 1t bears this in t
"Expedition De cleine; 1860: 1862. La e
rigate La Forte La Memoire Du Pre- n
lier Emperor. 30 AOut. 1862 t
A Nations Neglect.
From the tomb to Longwood, Napoleon's
ONE, Is an hours walk across the noun
lins. England gave France the house and .
acres about it. OF late it has
egun to fall into neglect. France has had
hny tr,er- 70 !, IL l