The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-10-14

BOV vp<OO tUAfO P1VUt1uo WV Nv
/ Pointing to Certain Plot ~ oreun
With Mysterious Nods-Tbs Los
Treasures Are histericai-rhs
Wore Buried Ages Ago W . Few
| and Their knowledge ParishaA viii
| Them
The surface ground Of the "mys
terry" has been cleared. at last. IN mid
Paris. For 100 years Parisians have
been pointing to, this plet Of grount
with wise mods. But fOn the war, It,
story would have run through tn;
world already. Doubtless, time 1,
ripenfng for lsaac's bng-hs4d ere
mindsr" to be released Why. the
prolstariat around Notre Dame are
talking about '-it' mora than, anyl
asked butcher. in the Parvis.
says Sterling Heilig I'm the Springfield
Republican. TT Is subterranean." he
sain. "In tie revolution. my GRANDPA
thsr helped 10, seek IT,, but n was too
wen hid (waving his hand across the
split of the niver). Now the ground is
CHAR"
1T IL rooms filed with TIE Jewels OF
kings !" said an old dame selling or
snges. '-Once there was a crow on
Notre Dame that looked toward liz
Victor Hugo knew all about the crow
His "Cfaude ProIio" spent hours.
Calculating the angle 1T which the
raven looked from the west porch
Of the. cathedral! There is a sad, bird
goyles, vast and sinister. draped IN
bat-lSke wings as In q mourning veil.
Most Mysterious Offsets Of Paris.
They are the chfmeras Of Notre
Dame, regularly nsfscalled the gnr-
gsyles-the most mysterious objects
cathedral High UP, you come to this
gallery of the roofs, whence, amid a
population of gigantic stone creatures,
you have Victor Hugos bird's-eye
view Of Paris Tourists are more
struck by the strange population OF
carved monsters than BY the shining
city.
There are gigantic bulls and bears,
eontempiative elephant on his hind
legs, two-headed panther, owls and
vultures Of the pit. In vain, for GEN.
turtles, have visitors inquired the.
ticular. the human-like figures arouse
wOnder-genii, tltans demons, Of
stern thought, evil dignity and bad,
nnyielding purpose; medftating, star
ing into the far distance or peering
down, right close beside them into
the city.
There Is but one single figure OF
real man. He is Isaac (all Parisians
know him). a preternaturafly young
looking old man with venerable
beard. We shah meet him again. He
peers down, more anxious than any.
but benevolent and kindly, as II check
ing of those demons.
Calling them gargOyles explained
Every gothic cathedral has
Its grotesque stone roof-spOuts, to
spout of the rain water; and Notre
Dame has 100 real ones which pass
features. With their purpose I'M
known, their common attitude had
led folks, In all countries. to ask final
~: "what are they looking at?' And
the Parts populace answers, as II an
swered always: They are looking at
the mysteryw
Men have carried theOdolite up
there. to measure exactly, II possible,
what they are looking at" Natural.
v, the first thought is treasure. But
The ground Of Paris, all around here,
,as been dug up and rebuilt dozen
times. All but one area. 1t is the
'ery area they seem TO watch.
Hotel Dieu Torn Down.
The old buildings of the Hotel Dieu
covered the watched area. Now. at
asst. they are torn down. II is a
Iueer event. The antique hospital Of
Paris was founded by ST. Landry.
bishop under Clovis H., about A. d.
80. for the poor Of the cathedral
hapter.
The old buildings just demolished
patched, decnyed. rnmodeled, but al
Ways covering the surface ground
leretofore) rose up in what remained
when they were hegun) of the still
more antique gardens Of the pniace OF 4
he city, extending TO the Roman cit
del or palace Of the baths. AZ late
8 the year 100 1t was still known
8 the semi-royal territory Of Laas,
ways enclosed and protected, being
ust outside the island. And when
'hliIp Augustus, about 1880, built the
ew wall of Paris, he took in Just
his strip of the old gardens surface,
,avlng outside. just beyond them, the
ow most ancient little old church OF
aris--that Of st. Julian-the-PoOr.
From the foundation In the gardens,
ne old Hotel Dieu buildings, their !
ourtyards and dependencies, were al.
avs on this spot-till yesterday. e
hey were enlarged, fell into decay r
nd were restored: old wings fell In. +
nd new additions rose; but the area, S
hich IL now to be 4 public square, u
as never parceled Into private prop
rty-the crown. BY. unavowed tradt
oual policy. kept private owners al
ht@tam<o frnm thia afran n the an. e