Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14
THE man OF DESTINY"
NAME BONAPARTE EVER GREETS
TRAVELLER IN EUROPE
General Roger 4nSpects Notre Dame.
Parliament. Westminster. ST. Paul's.
Buckingham. Greenwich. Etc.
(Concluded from list week.

| crowned in the presence of Pope Plus
~ and the coronation robes are, for a
fee, exhibited, illustrating the magnifi-
cence of Imperialism under Napoleon.
The coronation of Napoleon, a func lion
of grandeur beyond any event on the
continent, met with much oppos tion
from the reigning houses, being ar at
tack on the ancient doctrine of divine
right of kings" Notre Dame is beau
tifu inside, stained glass windows of
great beauty; the outside for some elev-
enth century architectural reason, has
projecting from, the walls, gargoyles
(hideous monsters), said to represent
the evils the church has to fight. From
the altar popes have blessed the people,
snnsculots have invaded and defaced
walls and destroyed icons.
The Louvre, Notwithstanding the
many seiges of Paris and internal
strife, is a wonderful museum, the art
gallery of great interest, the crown
Jewels well guarded, denote the splen-
dor of royalty, time of the Louis.
We pass the Column Vendome, copied
from the Column Trajan, representing
Napoleon s victory at Austerlitz, made
from twelve hundred cannon captured
from the Austrians and Germans. A
writer said. For twenty years the his
LbTN Vi bOHdndTkE- WAS lIE HlSLOTA VI
Europe; and even now, whatever route
we take from Paris to the Pyramids, or
from Madrid to Moscow, one name con-
tinually greets US, carved on the noun
tains trodden by his legions, reflected
on the rivers where his shadows fell,
and traced on hundred fields where it
was whispered by unnumbered lips
Bonaparte."
The morning paper forecasted a mod
crate passage over the channel. TAX
ing an express train, scheduled at fifty
miles an hour, we rushed northward,
through villages and cities centuries
old and many on Roman foundations
two thousand years. Reaching the
channel with a clear sky and light
breeze, a iifty minute run and land at
Dover. A train scheduled at forty
seven miles an hour, pulls into Charing
Cross station IN the worlds greatest
metropolis, London.
A ticket is easily obtained and we
visit the House of Commons. The Irish
question is al~ays in order and never
cloture; the sutfagists are standing at
the door defying law, demanding the
ballot. The two-nation navy is discussed
and more Dreadnaughts voted. Sitting
in the gallery, looking down at the
members enacting laws for nation
with possessions over the world; push
ing farther up the Nile, farther in In
dia, in all the islands and sea coasts
the English flag Is seen, while her ships
enter every port on the coasts of the
world.
Again we enter the museum, the
greatest of all collections. The archae-
oogists have for a century and more
been exploring the fallen and buried
cities, searching the tombs and deposit
ing their findings. They have sounded
the oceans to find the submerged, have
assembled the mountains and brought
here their discoveries; have explored
the wilderness, the hidden paths, row
g, up the rivers, trekked the deserts;
have mapped the heavens and fathomed
The oceans The result of these re-
searches are here-the world before me.
The manuscript department is wonder
! full Under glass case is a sample of
every written language, of every hero
glyphic, detailing important events of
nation and people, and none more, to
me, interesting than the Magma Charta,
which the Barons compelled King John
to sign. There is also the seal of Uiel-
man Bastardus, Rex Brittania, Scotia
and Hibernia and Duke of Normahdie.
One one side of the parliament building
is statue of Charles |, beheaded by
order of parliament, carried out by
Cromwell. On the opposite side is
statue of Cromwell, from whose grave
Charles ii caused the head to be taken
and for fifty years posted it on tower
Of Westminster, where it remained till
reason returned and hatred lost its in
huence.
Entering Westminster we wandered
by the tombs and monuments of Eng
lands distinguished dead who have
been honored with places in Westminis-
ter. Entering Chapel of Henry VII,
we stand by the coffin of Elizabeth,
closely That of Mary Queen of Scots,
whose son. James |. brought here
! to rest beside Elizabeth. Many kings
and queens are mouldering there; there
too, is the ID coronation chair and the
Sconce stone on which Jacob rested his
j head when he saw the golden ladder
a reaching up to Paradise. We pass by
, the tablets of John and Charles Wesley
! whose influence moved westward and
l has mighty following, an influence of
great good, second TO none. While
standing there, my mind went back
, more than a half century 10 Tower
} vile, where Brother George Nuzum
preaching the doctrine of the Wesleys,
told of the cross and after singing
hymn, prayed for u.s. took some ruta-
bagas for pay, mounted his horse and
rode through the wilderness to Newton
, on the Badax. We walk through the
poets corner where Chaucer and Spen-
, Ger are buried and near them Tennyson
} and Browning and many others renoWn-
/ ed in literature. The latest notable
; monuments are those of Gladstone and
Disrael. England $ two great modern
, statesmen. We stood by a statue of
) Queen Ann in front Of st. Paul $, which
, on en' ng, we viewed the stained
glass .lDdows with delight. st. Paul
/ is sepulchre for the distinguished ar
NV and navy officers. Nelson and Wei
IHngtou, Englands two most renowned
! army and naval officers, are buried here
2 and have imposing monuments; also
monuments at Trafalgar end White
Hall
: Parliament voted a large sum and
: Queen Victoria added muen for mem-
orial to Prince Albert at Kensington.
II is an imposing memorial s. ymbolical
Of Europe, Asia, Africa aiid America,
with two hundred and fifty statuettes
of the worlds illustrious poets, histori-
ans. sculptors, artists and architects,
surmounted with a statue of Prince
. Albert, to whom this country owes
much for the stand he took in influence
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