The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-17
POMPEII OF 10Th CENTURY. .
(Continued From F'lr.t Page,

H.. 81 = o.
One-rour1n or the revenue or rn- 1871
and is devotedsvto education. There is a
law school at Fort-de- France with sew
enty-six pupils. Three secondary schools
exist, with 800 pupils; thirty -efght pri-
mary schools, with 10000 pupils; and
thirteen clerical and private schools.
The government has established two hos
pitfalls, one military and one CIVIL, the
charge for a native patient in the civil
hospital being but 25 cents day. -
. Besides encouraging education In Mar
Unique. France has done much for the
agriculture Of the colony. She gives a
| bounty of 10 cents for every coffee and
cocoa tree, in order to prevent an exclu-
sive cultivation of sugar cane. The moth
er country has also established a colonial
bank, the object of which is to assist the
planters. Experts determine the value
| IF crons. and the bank advances one
| third or sucn value. l. the oDnga-:on
cannot be met when the crop is actually
sold, the bank carries it's claim over to
the following year.
Pompeii of Twelfth Century.
The capital of Martinique is Fort-de-
France, formerly Port Royal But Fort
de-France has been outstripped in popu-
| lation and trade by Saint Pierre, tho
| one attractive town that may yet be
known as the Pompeii of the twentieth
! century. Other foprishing communities
are Lamentin, near the capital, on Fort
! de-France bay; Saint Esprit, further
south on the same inlet; Diamant and
! Marin, on the south soast; "Trinite, LIE
| Robert and LIE Francois, Eon the west
coast, and Macouba, at the northern ex-
tremity of the island. -. T.. o,'--5. +
| Prosperous villages abound
l. Fort-de-France lies on the beautiful
| but shallow bay near the south end Of
!, the west side of the island. This town,
| lar in roio
portance to Saint Pierre, is the military
center and arsenal of the French An
| TILES, the rendezvous Of the navy, and
| the terminus of the French trans-Atlan-
| tic steamship lines, as well as of the sub
| marine cables to Europe and to North
| and South America. .#@$5 Il
| St. Pierre was nai1 demoiisned by an
! earthquake in 1889 and nearly consumed
by fire in 1890. After the last disaster
| the inhabitants offered bounty of so pei
| cent of the value of the old buildings tc
owners desiring to rebuild. and thus adj
vanced 100000. NV. ~. =.
Birthplace of Josephine ~
Among the several interesting statues
adjoining the public garden Of Fort-de
france the most noted is that of the
| Empress Josephine This was erected by
the people of the island, in Honor Of the
women whose charm have .ensh fined the
| loneliness of Martinique wofnaf1hood and
| nave linked the history Of a small, dis.
tant colony with that of the most spec
tacular empire the modern age. ~
Yet the empress was no born at Fort
! de-france, but at Trois Islets, a Marti-
nlque~ hamlet so retiring that the carlo
graphists have quite forgotten it, The
event that should have made this Trois
lsiets the best known spot in all the ISL
| ana took place June 49, 1863 Josephine
was the eldest of three daughters of
! Joseph Tascher de la Pagerie, lieutenant
IN the artillery, and his wife Rose Claire
oes Vergers de Sannois. Josephine was
/ educated in her birthplace alta convent.
from which she withdrew, in her fifteenth
year. knowing how to Dance sing and
emprolder, but little else. Her aunt, resi-
Gent IN France, had been godmother to
| the second son Of the Marquis de Beau
| narna1s, once governor of Martinique, and
| she suggested a marriage between the
| goo child and the niece. f$.@. ays& T..
! After much negotiation between the
families, during which the second and
! Youngest daughters were both preferred
70 Josephine, her father carried her to
Havre IN 1913 She was already described
10 her aunt and the Beauharnais as pos
| sesslng fine complexion, beautiful arms
! ana eyes, sweet voice and renarka BILE
taste TOR music-altogether VERY ad-
! EAnceG and well formed for her age"
The 18th of December following She was
narrled to yBeauharnais, by whom she
| nao TWO children Eugene and Hortense.
| one lett her husband nine years later. and
| returned to her parents, but was per-
| suaoed IN 1880 to live with him again,
| Inc marquis was educated few years
| 1dter oy order of the convention, and
Josephine was reduced to great straits
until she managed to secure remittance.
| from Martinique. She was living In the
| rue Chateaureine, Paris, when she Maid
aer nrst visit to Napoleon, to thank him
tor restoring to her her husbands sword.
N 9 was at once drawn to her . on
the 9TH of March, 1885, they were mar
rled. From the motives Of imperialism
that fill so large a portion Of his history.
ne compelled her in 1909 to submit Is her
path etc divorce. Y ct she retained her
I anecIlon Tor the emperor until her death
! m M May, f1S14.. Napoleon made her son
| Eugene Y1ceroy Of Italy, duke Of Leuch-
| lennerg and prince of Eichstadt. Her
daughter Hortense married the emperor,s
Orotner Louis, bAcame Queen Of Holland,
ana was lated to extend the gIories Of the
i !lttle. martinique convent girl by becom-
ing the mother of Napoleon III. the last
OF the French emperors.5 Ts 5
! Description OF st. Pierre.
The metropolis of the island: ST. Pierre
| OF whose cataclysm all the world talks
To-Day, is situated on the west side Of
the Island rs The town was built on cliffs
oVerhanging bay of the same name,
q. pay however, that is nothing more
IMAM a very slight curve IN the shore
line, vessels having to anchor in the open
roasdstead. Saint Pierre was a beautiful
| town. with g pleasing creole population.
AREN'T emil cturally the town bore an aspect
OF great solidity looking az II IL had been
heWn out OF one mountain fragment In
stead Of being constructed stone by stone
Ife# dwellings, have walls three feet in
thickness. although they are usually but
Two stories and an attic. "A handsome
cathedral has been erected. and other
public buildings OF Importance There
We're many fountains that supplied drink
Ing water from another source than that
s q the water which swept the cutters.
Special interest was taken by tourists In
the splendid chime of bells ringing out
s rom the great white cathedral and In
the various fine images and statues about
/ the town. One Of the statues was gu
santic Christ standing on height and
easily visible from the sea. a tau Vir-
E TN alEmonnted the eE;sssd q. Orange TO