The age-herald., 1901-11-03

nor interesting of a people than the tombs of its departed rulers or US Ia- nous literary personages, and nolhihs touches the sympathy and kindred nu- man feeling Of a person so much as ~ stand in the presence of their iase reee Ing place. In Europe one visits many ot such tombs. Napoleon's tomb Tn Farls as yet outranks anything l have ever seen in the magnificent simplicity anu impressiveness of the mausoleum ltseiI and its surroundings A visitor to Paris must be prepared to have his or ner feelings and emotions stirred deeply TOT in every connection with her history there were events which were among the most tragic and heartrending and they make strong appeals to the humanity In each heart because of their vivid connection with some human being who stood out more prominently than others.
 The cathedral of St. Denis, near Paris, is important and interesting as being the burial church of the French kings, nearly all of whom are inferred there with their families. Though the illustrious dead of a thousand years was desecrated during the days of the convention, they were nearly all restored fin their original positions and the bodies of Louis XVI
 
 crypt. If you have a share of senti- ment in your heart then If you were In Paris you would be sure to go out to Pere Lachaise cemetery and pay your respects. to the last resting place Of Abelard and Heloise. The old warden would tell you at once where the tomb was for there is almost a constant stream of visitors to the tomb of these two fa- nous lovers, and if your bump of senti- ment is unusually developed no doubt you would cull a flower or two from the border of the tomb to press and carry away with you.
 Grant Allen says that to understand at all the great significance of the cathe- dral at Cologne the tourist must always remember that it was built as the Shrine of the Three Kings. The bones of the Magi-Caspar Melchoir and Balthasar were brought by the Empress Helena from Constantinopie, thence to Ravenna and later they were taken to Milan. When Frederick Barbarossa stormed and destroyed Milan in 1162 he took the re- mains of the kings to Cologne and built the cathedral in their honor. In the crypt coscientious tourists seek out the beautiful golden shrine which contains their bones and which is of priceless value on account of the magnificent jew els with which 1t is studded.
 Of the Protestant cemetery in Rome Shelley wrote that '1t might one in love with death to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place." American visitors especially ride out to the ceme- tery retired spot just outside the city walls affording pleasing views and shaded by lofty expresses. On one of the shaded eminences Is Sheley's tomb where his ashes were buried On the slab are the words cor codium' although his heart, the only part not consumed by the flames, is now at Bascombe in England. Near Shelley lie the remains of Constance Fenimore Woolson. In the Pantheon in Rome, the only ancient edifice at Rome which is still in perfect preservation, many notable people lie buried. Beside one altar is Raphaers tomb with the graceful epigram which Pope has translated to read Living. great nature feared he might outlive Her works: and. dying. fears herself to die."