The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

though the Sabbath was no longer re-
spected In France strange 10 relate the
works at St. Denis were suspended, and
an enormous multitude OF Parisians visit
ed the church In order to behold what
they were pleased 10 call the "carcas OF
Henri w"
patriot" Reawakens Mob's Wrath.
On the morning of Monday, the 18th. II
seemed probable that. after all. a revul-
sion Of popular feeling might occur and
that the bones OF the kings might be left
In peace However. shortly before noon
a sinister-looking fellow wearing the
usual red cap suddenly placed himself IN
front Of the coffin OF Henri " and cried
out:
Why don't you stun your Henri "
into golden shrine, as you did your
patrOness. Mile. Ste. Genevieve? Stick
him on the altar, DO; he'll perform some
miracle or other before night. He was
such good man; q sort OF apostle and
saint who used to send 10 the galleys
any unfortunate peasant who ventured
to kill his rabbits. and who ruined
France 10 give a golden coach 70 Belle
Gabrielle. When Ravaillac killed him
he was about to plunge France into the
I horrors Of war because he wanted 10 de-
Iprive his cousin Conde OF his wife so
that she might replace the charming
| Gabrielle. Come, patriots. look sharpl
Let's get the old rascal out Of this and
dig up the rest OF the crowned brigands. %
This persons name was Javoques. and
ne was shot few years afterward al
Grenelles. His harangue produced the
desired effect The body Of Henri "
was therefore, ANONYMOUSLY consigned
20 the pit outside and quickly covered
with lime. few minutes afterward
those OF Louis XIII and Louis XIV were
thrown into the pit. The body OF Louis
XIII was dried up like a mummy. but
the face could easily be recognized on
account Of its curiously shaped black i'm
! perial and mustache. The remains OF
Louis XIV were treated with the utmost
disrespect
On the l4th and the 18th Of the month
hundreds Of bodies Of Hlustrious and also
OF unknown persons were torn from the
vaults and cast into the lime pit. Among
them were those OF Marie de Medici:
Henrietta Of England, Duchess Of Or
leans; Maria Theresa. wife of Louis XIV.
Anne or Austria and OF the dauphln.
Hearts in Gold Vases.
Very little Jewelry was found in any Of
the tombs. but the hearts Of a son and a
daughter-in-lnw OF Louis XIV were dis
covered inclosed in large vases Of pure
gold inlaid with splendid gems. The
commissioner Of Jewels" sent them 10
Paris. where they were soon approprlat-
ed. On the 10th Of October the exbuna-
ton continued with unabated vigor. but
a most extraordinary coincidence occur
red which has been rarely noticed by his
| torians- At precisely the moment when
the head OF Marie Antoinette fell on the
scaffold the body Of her eldest son the
nrst dauphin, was thrown into the lime
PIT at st. Denis. At I o'clock OF the same
afternoon the bodies OF the kings and
queens OF the earlier dynasty were dis
turbed. among them being those OF
| Charles Y aud Jeanne de Bourbon. his
wife In the coffin Of this king were his
crown and scepter. and in that OF Queen
Jeanne ring and a distaf
Ihe body Of King Charles VII was
covered with a quantity OF liytle specks
| OF quicksilver. which had evidently been
used in the process OF embalmlng. The
tombs OF those earlier kings. IL was dis
covered. had been previously violated in
the sixteenth century. The crypt of the
Faiois was nearly empty, a fact which
created much sensation among the mob.
who were particularly anxious. il seems.
70 secure the body OF Louis XI some
body however. remembered that this willy
monarch was not buried al ST Denis at
AL but at Notre Dame de Clery.
Turenne's Body Sent TO Paris.
The mob next turned fits attention 10 the
remains OF the greatest warrior that
France had then prOduced-Turenne HIS
monument was broken into and his body
discovered 10 be in a state OF almost per-
feet preservation. representative Of
the medical faculty Of France stepped
forward and demanded the body OF the
great soldier as a magnificent specimen
OF how a mummy should be prepared"
Turenne's bodyt was transported TO the
Jardin des Plantes, where IL remained in
granary for nine years, stretched out
on the ground between the skeletons OF A
monkey and camel This scandal. in
the course Of time, being reported 10 Ma
poleon Bonaparte, he ordered thar the
body be honorably inferred at the Inval
ides The remains OF Du GuescIin. Ar
maud de Brabazan. and OF Suger. the
founder, after Charlemagne. of the splen-
old basilica Of Matthew de Vendome. and
or other great persOnages were now cast
out OF their resting places and flung into
the lime pit.
The last king. Jean. was exhumed on
the 18th Of October These scenes of
PROCLAMATION occupied exactly twelve fun
days. However. all was not over. on
the 5lst some one spread the report that
the body Of Nine. Louise, who died in
lISi at the Convent OF the Carmelites. OF
which she had been abbess. had not vet
been desecrated- II was discovered and
thrown into the common grave.
Church Restored by Napoleon.
In 1Soo the church, which for so many
centuries had been one Of the greatest
glories OF France. was visited by Cha
teaubriand who describes it as being in
hopeless state Of ruin So little chance
there then seemed Of its ever being re-
stored that it was actually proposed 10
level II 70 the ground and convert its site
into market place. Napoleon I. how
ever, decreed that. cost what Il might
the basilica OF st. Denis was 10 be re-
stored as speedily as possible 70 its for
mer condition. The restoration thus be-
gun cost not less than 1000. 600 francs. but
was not very satisfactory so that IL
was not until 1850 that NJ Violet le Due
obtained permission from the government
Of Napoleon III TO complete the restora-
tion on scale Of unprecedented magnih-
cence. Each tomb was carefully restored
and placed once more in the position II
occupied before 1888
Kings Ashes Are Replaced.
The ashes Of the kings. mingled with
the Quicklime, were gathered together
and al