Ikr <£*titre glrmwnt
Turmm Sl.&O pr Annum, in Ailranoa.
Thursday Morning, January 9,1879.
The Cause of Hard Times.
Ever since the failure of Jar Cook
in September, 1873, political orators
have been accounting for the panic
which then took place, and the hard
times which followed that panic, and
which, unfortunately, have not yet
passed away. The cause* assigned
havo been almost as numerous and va
ried as the persons who promul
gated and discussed them. In the
limits of a single newspaper article, wo
could scarcely cmiiuci.vte, much less
discuss and analyze the many alleged
cnustn of the present depressed condi
tion of the business of the country.
We will, however, notice two or three,
as indicative of the general character
of the most of them.
Did the failure of Jay Cook cause
the hard times? His failure, and the
suspension of his bank, frightened ma
ny people, and undoubtedly caused a
panic throughout the country; but this
would have been but a temporary af
fair, passing away in a few weeks, if
there had been nothing wrong save the
insolvency of this prominent financier.
It is also tme that many individuals
lost heavily iu consequence of his fail
are ; but the wealth which was once
theirs was not destroyed; but only
transferred to other hands. No wealth
was destroyed by his failure, however
much individuals may have lost; as
all the property previously existing,
whether consisting of lands, goods or
money, still existed after his failure
the same as before. The effect of his
operations was to take the earnings of
one class of persons who dealt with
him, and transfer them to another
class. This process necessarily made
pome persons poorer and others richer,
but the aggregate of wealth iu the
country remained unchanged. Had
ail the wealth which passed through
the hands of the great financier and
banker been actually destroyed in the
process of his handling it, we could
easily understand how the aggregate
of wealth would thereby bo deprecia
ted ; but even then it would have been
bis course of business and not his fail
ure, which caused injury to the coun
try.
Did the contraction of the currency
produce the hard time* ? This i* a
very common theory, and a* erroncou*
at it is common. The paper money
circulating in any country add* no
thing to the wealth of of that country;
unless indeed the doetrinc of fint mo
oey, that is, that he government by
affixing its stamp to a worthless pieee
of paper can thereby give it an intrin- ;
sic value, is true. To illustrate our
proposition, suppose a new bank was
established in this county without capi
tal, hut with legal authority to issue
oue millicn dollars of hank notes, j
The managers of this bank have their
not* printed and signed, ready to is
sue. Has any thing been added to the
wealth of the country ? Certainly not,
for the notes arc worth nothing as long
a ibey remain in the possession of the
tank, but the cost of manufacturing
thriii. Tito first week the hank is o|>en- >
>l, its entire i .-uc of a million dollars
Is burrowed by citizen* of our county
upon their note* with good endorsers.
Is the county any wealthier in const
•jucuee of thii week's transaction? It
is true tliere are a million dollars more
hank note* in circulation in the coun
try than there were a weeok ago, hut
•air citizen* are in debt just a million
f .bn Vr the hank, which balances
tta aiount r.ud leaves the actual
w -with of the county unchanged. At
rise end of ninety days these notes given
to the bant by the borrowers have all
fallen due and been ]>aid in the bills
of the bank. In other words, the mil
lion debars of tank notes have been
■starred to the vaults of the bank, ar.d
R >!u- promissory notes of the citizens
hsva been lilted and cancelled. Has
this pence** lessened, in manner, or to
amy degree, the wealth of our county ?
This proeeiM may be repeated as often
as may be. and for any length of time,
cud the result remains the same, the
aggregate wealth of the county is un
affixted by it It is true that some of
them borrowers, while they have this
mosey may invest it in productive
industry, may by means of it give em
ployment to labor, which will add to
the total wealth of the county; but it
it the labor which adds to the wealth)
nni it does HO to the same extent, if it
in paid for in gmin, meat, or merchan
dise. The fanner who employe labor
which would otherwise IK> idle, to clear
hia fields and otherwise improve his
farm, adds us much to the wealth
of the country, if he pays his hands in
farm products, as if he paid tlreni in
bank bills or even in gold and silver.
Changing suddenly the volume of cur
rency may affect nominal prices and
disarrange business, but of itself, it can
neither impoverish nor enrich a coun
try.
Did over-production bring the hard
times upon us? Over-production in
any particular branch of industry,
may, by reducing the prices of those
products, so low that the further pro
duction will l>c unprofitable, clog
that particular branch of business, hut
as those who have to buy these pro
ducts are thus enabled to obtain them
so much cheaper, they tire benefited as
much as the producers arc injured, by
the dcelino in prices. As all produc
tion adds to the wealth of a |KN>ple, it
is difficult to see how too much pr<-
ductiou cau impoverish them. Hut the
idea of over-production is mere myth.
There has been less production during
the last five years than during the
preceding five years, and yet the de
mand is not equal to the supply, and
prices are far below those of any year
from 1801 to 1873. The trouble is
not that the producers are producing
too much, but that the consumers have
not the means with which to purchase.
The real occasion of the hard times,
is the general poverty of our people,
which has been caused, not by the
failure of any individual or corpora
tion, nor by the contraction of the cur
rency, nor yet by over-production.
What then has caused this general
poverty ?
THE death of Robert W. Markov is
an almost irreparable loss to the circle
of shrewd and trained poliUcians that
at present controls the organization of
the republican party in Pennsylvania.
As a manager and orgnuizer of party
forces he was without an equal in the
.State, and to his skill and sagacity it
may l>e said the republicans are almost
solely indebted for their triumphs iu
the past few years. He was the one
man to whose judgment the leaders
were generally ready to defer. He
was cool, calm, clear-headed and far
seeing. He possessed undoubted abili
ty, and for the success of his plans
alwnys worked with an energy that
never showed a sign of weariness or
fatigue. Of the methods he may nt
times have adopted to secure results
it is not our purpose to speak. He is
in his grave, and of the dead we would
say nothing thnt could be thought
harsh or unkind. We cannot hut
think, however, that it was unfortu
nate he did not seek a better field
for the exercise of his extraordinary
powcrs. With his rare gifts of mind,
untiring industry and active habits of
life, he might have been in some high
er sphere of duty, much more useful
to his fellow man, and gone to his
grave with a fninc far more enduring
than thnt of the adroit and skillfull
politician. Ily his friends, he was
greatly beloved as one to whom no
appeal for aid, ever came in vain ; by
his'enemies, he was respected as an
antagonist with whom it was danger
ous to trifle. He wrestled with an in
sidious disease for many years, and
how his weak ami broken frame could
liear the constant strain put upon it
by his restless and untiring will was a
wonder to all who knew him. It was
the power of a strong mind over n
fccblo body. Rut the " inevitable
hour" came nt last, and the spirit of
Kolwrt W. Maekey took its flight to
another world "wlierc the weary are
nt rest,"
THE vitality shown by Wade Hamp
ton in wonderful. It in stated that
during the war he received eleven gun
shot wound*, and he lately was oblig
ed to submit to the amputation of a
leg. Still he Mirvivan, and promises
to live long enough to become Patter
won'* successor in the United State*
Senate in reality.
SntLtD AT LAST. —Public opinion
long wince settled that polygamy la
wicked and wrong, and the Supreme
Court of the United State* decided, on
the (Jtk insL, that Congress ha* the
power to prohibit it in Utah. The
decision was made on an appeal from
the Third Judicial Court of Utah, in
the caae of Reynolds, who was convict
ed of contracting a bigamous marriage.
EDITORIAL COHREMI'ONDKSCK.
HARRIHBVEU, January 7, 187!).
For many days the streets and public
places of liurrisburg have given forth
signs of an approaching session of the
legislature of tlm state. With an assured
republican ninjorlty In both branches,
considerable interest was manifested by
members of that pnrty in Iho distribution
of tho spoils; and there were mysterious
comings and goings of the faithful, quiet
whispering! over the organisation, and
endeavors to arrange slates that showed
conclusively that tho race of patriots wil
ling to servo the "dear people" for a
reasonable coui|M>nsation is not yet extinct.
Tho republican members as a rule were
early on the ground, and by Friday of Inst
week the "Lochiel" was reasonably well
filled. Tho democrats did not begin to
arrive in any numbers until yesterday,
ami having no patronage to distribute,
their voles to-day wero mere matters of
form and compliment. Not so with the
other side. At first it seemed likely that
tlie struggle over tho speakership of the
House between the friends of Long, of
Allegheny and Hall, of Philadelphia,
would be animate.l and perhaps bitter; but
at that time tho musters had not sjsoken.
In other words, the successor of the late
Robert W. Mas-key was not yet in the
field. He appeared, however, on Friday
night, in the person of Recorder Quay, and
nt once assumed command of the forces.
Under his t|>ecial dictation the magic
word "Harmony" was passed along tho
lino. Threatened hostilities immediately
assumed peaceful airs, and personal rival
ries yielded to tho authority that com
manded. Hail went out of tho contest,
and tho success# of Long became at once a
certainty. The caucus of last night was
therefore nothing more than a ratification
of the ord'-rs of the reigning power*. It
is true that Wolf, of Union county, was
1 on hand, ready and eager to fight, but lie
hud no following, and coub.l nut raise the
slightest breexn of opposition. All was
serene and lovely, and last night it look
tho House caucus exactly seven and • half
minutes, by the watch, to go through the
formality of nominating Icng, of Alle
gheny, for Speaker; Dr. Shur!ock,of il-a
ver, fr Chief Clerk; Harry liubn, of
Philadelphia, for It-aiding Clrk ; and
appointing a slate committee, with Hall, of
Philadelphia, for Chairman, for the d'*-
trihution of the other offices.
On the Senate si.> there wa# no epposi
thm to the nomination <f Senator A. J.
Hcrr, of thia city, for President pro lem. of
the Senate; but for the Chief Clerkship
th-ro wa* a spirited contest Coch
ran, of Lancaster, who ba* fill-.<d that place
since tho retirement <>f Hstnmeriley, #->me
year* ago, and Childs, formerly Librarian,
in which the former proves! tfio victor.
Child*, in hi* di*ap|#>intmenl, created
something of a sensation thi* morning by
preferring charge* and specifications of
peculation and malfmsaoro in office against
his antagonist, and demanded a re-assem
bling of the caucus to bear hi* complaint*.
The caucus came together at hi* Instance,
hut did not change iu previous action.
Cochran remained the nominee of his
party, and Child* wa* i-ermillcd to nurse
hia wrath as beat he might.
To-day, at precisely twelve o'clock, the
two house* were call<-d to order, the Senate
by Lieut. Gov. latu, and the House by
Chief Clerk Shurlork, and both branches
promptly proceeded to the work of organi
zation. In the Senate, Mr. Herr wa* of
course elected President pro Inn., the
democrats voting for Senator Krmantreut,
of Berks. For Chief Clerk, Mr. Cochran
received the vote* of the republican*, and
the democratic Vote* were given to that old
veteran of the party, I'nclo Jake Zeigler.
of Butler county. Of the national* in the
Senate, Parker ofSrhuylkill.vnted with the
republican* and Palmer, of Allegheny,
with the democrats. In the House, Long,
for Speaker, received the entire republican
vote and the vote* of five national*. The
democrat* complimented Sherwood, of
Northumberland, and the nationals, eleven
In numW, who remained true to the ac
tion of their caucus, Doyle, of Huntingdon.
After the election of officer* the usual com
mittee* to wait upon the Governor and
upon each boOM were ap|>inled a* was also
a committee by the Senate upon inaugural
ceremonies. Both bouse* then adjourned
until to-morrow.
One of the queer frsture* of this organi
sation of the bu lm<n tho cum
plote capture of the republican representa
tive* of the oil districts, by (J'.iay and hi
follower*. For weeks Wfon these mem
ben came to Ilarrisburg, many of them
were boisterous in denunciation of the ring
rule "and machine politic* of which they
had been made the victim* Inst year, and
avowed they would now act an independ
ent part a* the representative* of a peculiar
interest. But, after ail, the adroit man
agement of the leader proved too strong for
their good intention*. Mean* were soon
devised to bring them to term*, and these
would-be independent gentlemen aro now
a* much in the power of the ring as it*
most abject slave* from any other part of
the State. Rarly in the fray Mr. B. B.
Campbell, the President of the Oil Pro
ducers' Union, was summoned to the front,
and through hi* persuasive power* these
representetive* of the oil producer* ex
perienced a most sudden and remarkable
change of heart and mind, and were heard
to repeat the sweet watchword, "harmony."
Thus did Recorder accomplish by
cheek and diplomacy what the Standard
Vil Company failed to do, either by coer-
clon or by tU millions. Timo will probably
develop how completely thoso men have
been caught by fulso promises, anil bow
them, when too late, how foolishly they
have placed themselves In th (noshes of a
net skillfully woven for thoin.
A republican caucus is called for to-inor
row night to nominate a candidate for
U. S.'rtcnator. "Harmony" will again 1*
sounded along the line, and the son of his
father will potbedislurbud. Tho Cameron
dynasty will receivu another six years lease
of power.
Senator Alexander and Representatives
Qepliart and Murray were promptly on
hand ul the organisation and have made a
good impression on all with whom they
have thus fur come in contact.
Mr. Alexander, as is well known, bis
hail experience in legislation ami possesses
ability as a debater. It is safe therefore to
predict that he will In a short be regarded
a* one of tho lending Senator*. Messrs.
tlephart and Murray though Inexperienced,
are intelligent lucn. They will doubtless
give due attention to the interests of their
constituents and prove worthy and useful
representatives. F.
The H. ll Punch.
The Auditor of the Btnto of Vir
ginia lias sent in a report t< the legi--
latum of that Klnte upon the working*
if the Moflct liquor law, which shows
that the mil punch method of collect
ing taxes upon the sale of spirituous
and malt liquor* hits produced better
n -ult* for the State treasury than the
old system of a*c**inetit*. The total
receipt* at the treasury, for the year
ju*t ended, under the Moffet law, were
8472,83-1, Ixilig ail exi-c# of 8210,*
038 over tin- accse merit* of the prc
cii ding year. Deducting certain re
bate.* allowed by tin- present law, the
net balance over the results of the obi
law is $110,7(11. The Auditor slab**
in his report that "the result of (lie
experiment shows clearly that the law
is capable of being made a most JKJW
erful agency for raising revenue," and
he suggest* change* atid modification*
t<> that end. How would the lx-11
punch method do in Pennsylvania?
The revenues of the State have fallen
off during the pant year to such an
extent that it has been impossible for
the State treasurer to pay tnanv of
the appropriations made by the legis
lature during the session of lad win
ter and spring, and the probabilities
are that new source* of revenue will
have to be nought in order to meet
coming demand# upon the treasury.
A committee of the legislature at it*
pre-nt *e*ion might with entire pro
priety examine into the merit* of the
Virginia law and ascertain whether
it* working* are feasible and satisfac
tory. If found to be nil that the
Auditor of Virginia claim* for it,
there may lc no objection to it* adop
tion in Pennsylvania, as a mean*
of replenishing nn almost exhausted
treasury. Our present license laws
for the sole of liquor* are at best
cumbersome and uujiopular, and if a
new system enii la? devised that prom
ise* more fruitful result* in way of
re venue, it might probably !e bettor
to adopt it, rather than tinker eon
tinuou*ly at our present enactment*
which never seem to grow any better
under the operation.
IT A PIT. AN* tlint Chairman Potior
and (Jen. (ox, of the Potter Invcsti
eating Committee, went to New (Mean*
for the purpose of affording John
Sherman nn op|ort unity to present
whatever further evidence he might
have to *u*hiin hi* charge* of intimi
dation and bulldozing in the election
of I#7G in Louisiana. The New York
World say* that, "Last *uminer Mr.
Sherman and the Republican pre.**
complained bitterly that the Potter
committee would not receive hi* pro
poned testimony a* to intimidation in
Louisiana. In time the committee
decided to receive this testimony, and
after an unsuccessful effort on Mr.
Sherman'* part to prove bulldozing the
attempt wa* abandoned. Recently hi*
counsel have claimed that they were
prevented by the yellow fever from
getting this testimony in. According
ly Mr. Potter went to Louisiana ex
pressly to afford them once more au
opportunity to exploit it, and nuec
more they have declined." The wily
and unscrupulous Mr. Sherman was
very bold and defiant no long as he
thought hi* charge* against the people
of the South would not be heeded by
the committee, but when a chance b
S'ven him to make them good he pro
*ntly remain* silent. Comment is
unnecessary.
Morton MeMlchael.
The brilliant career of thi* distin
guished journalist and useful citizen
was closed by death, at hi* residence
in Philadelphia, on Monday last. He
was proprietor of the North American,
which ho conducted for many year*,
with groat ability, and led a most
blaroelem life, public and private.
•** -SHL v
Wi propose to publish from time to
time a series of articles culled from
letter* written to one of the editor* by a
friend travelling in Kurope during the
last summer. The information they
contain ami tho histories they recall
have all <rded much pleasure to us, and
no doubt will be acceptable to the read
er* of the DKROCIMT:
HISTORIC PRAJfCK
nr o. r. .oixnx.
sr. 01! MS.
The speed slackened—(lie train stop
ped. ".M. Denis," cried the guard, in
thai familiar and distinct lone in which
railway conductors, the world over, an
nounce the stations. Undecided, I
looked out. A crowd poured from the
dliferent compartments of the tram, —
respectably dressed men, workmen in
tho characteristic blue blouse, with a
fir sprinkling of women and children.
An uilabli; Parisian, with whom 1 hud
dropjM-d into brief conversation, catne
to wy relief, and said, "Sir, you would
descend t St. Denis? We ar there."
I jumped out U|KJII the platform, he
following. We mingled with the throng
; that poun d down through a long arch
way to the open street. A* the inu.s
separated and scattered in dliferent
directions, he id: "I urn familiar with
the locality. You wish to see the Cath
edral; it is full of interest. Come. I
puss that way." We walked aoiue dis
tance and stopped. "Here I must leave
you." lie said; 'tike that street and
you wiii soon find it." I thanked him
and followed the designated route.
Tii" town of rit. Denit i* just in-yon'!
tin* ram go Mi of Paris; and yet oro
would imagine himself one hundred
mil"* away, w great i* tli" rontr*-t. St.
!>DU is dull, dirty nnd s<>il<-<l in up
I*earance: old and almost worm eaten.
Paris i gay, clear, fre#li n-l new. Y*t
St. Item* u like Paris; but only in some
of those narrow trect liidd"li away ill
old quarter* of the Metropolis, whero
the building* crowd ao tightly agonst
on" another tliat li-i" HII<I tli<-i" they
SC-111 to bulge out at the top, like great
eulies of stone and mortar that sou,®
• 'Toiig force baa squeezed and pre#e<l
into deformity, till their square windows
suffer from the same cause. This h-wra
t,lance j* only, however, in miniature,
the building* in Pari* are taller.
Through thia monotony 1 hurried, until
a turn revealed to me what I at rnee
knew km the object of my visit—a
•mall open square and in it* tace a great
Gothic Minster; two tower*, the one
np|wd by a bigli | o n'e 1 #p,rs and the
other bv a carved Mansard. I ap
proached, halted and looked nt it. I
tiad seen it in imagination often—the
St. lielila of hi'tory -but heie it |<**l
laffote rue, clear and jn-rfect in reality.
In wonder I g tzed upin i' f ami well I
might. Thought i* rapid ; in an instant
I was far back in the past of antiquity,
rapidly climbing up along the centuries
to the present.
St. Genevieve, tradition lavs, founded
the church ; Dagobcrl re-coiistruct-d it;
Charletnange enlarged it; Able Suger
repaired it. ami St. Ltuis rel.uiit it. It*
tombs were rifled in the day# of the
National Assembly by it# direction, and
later it ordered the destruction ot the
church. This vandalism was but par
tially accomplished, and thus it rested
until Na|*oleon the first restored and
completed it. It h.vl held the aahos of
Merovingian and Carloringian royalty,
the third race o| the French King#, the
Yaloia and the 11-mrbor,. For almo".i
twelve centuries these, worthy and un
worthy. had slept side iiy side. All
those, whose name* were great in his
tory, had moved in lite about the now
de* rt*-d ipot on which 1 stood. I
paused for a moment, and then passed
over and entered the open door way.
An immense clumber of great height;
down the centre nave stood lorg rows
of high backed church chairs, so famil.ar
a sight in European Cathedral*. At one
end of the !t**ilira stood the high, but
not extravagant Altar, in front ot which
and traversing the body of the edifice
passed a low railing with gates at either
side. A few j-ersons wandered silently
over the cold floors examining the arch
itecture and stained windows. Soon a
fragile-looking individual glided around,
making distributions of some kind. At
length he approached roe and extended
n large, yellow ticket and uttered, "One
franc, it you please." I received the
ticket. Pointing over hia shoulder with
his thumb, he said. "That way, air." I
saw the rest gathering at one of the
gates. I had joined in parties of the
kind so often that I knew the formula
and took my place with theoth<rs—ten
or fifteen in all, representing hall a
dozen of this world's nations. A tall
man, with a strong voice, stood to
receive the tickets. After first casting
his eye over liis flock, he opened the
gate, and ss each passed through he
lifted their ticket, with a loud, "Mrrei
.l/-maievr, or Madame" according to the
sex. It burst on the funereal silence
like a blast from a trombone. Then he
let! us through his collection, letting off
on the way a stercotyiwd recital in a
pilch of voice of a dolorous chsnt—to
which requiem line description I paid
little attention as each royal figure was
labeled with a printed card between the
feet. There they rested in monotonous
regularity, packed away aide by side on
block-shaped marble tombs about the
ordinary height of a table—these twelve
hundred years of French Royalty. Here
and there the long liat was broken by
absence—Charletuange, Louis the Elev
enth and some few others. Each elfigy
rested on its back, with a stiff precision
of attitude running through the lot.
Rigid and uncomfortable they looked—
their chins forced against their throats,
Calm folded to palm, wrista bent and
an'it upright on their breast*, whilst
on the heart of each aat a stiff looking
crown, which some wore aa un com fori
ably in their life as they seemed to wear
here in the itarble. If the effort was to
make them look severe and terribly
stern, it was successfully accomplished.
To-day all these tombs am but ceno
taphs, as Vby are without tyrnlenU; all
that was left ol their Kings and Queens
was mingled with the vulgar earth long
ago. Ode day, men mad in their hatred
of Monarchy, tore them away and oast
thatn into a common foaae. Some were
but deat, other* bones- -a few atiU bore
some ©f the outward semblance to
humanity. Henry the Fourth, or Henry
of Navarre ax he *M known, was taken
out preserved, a* he had been lain away.
A good man and king, a di*|#oiiin of
intn WIIM delayed, Hi* body was placed
that the curious might look upon it
under the feet of the very altar before
which be had professed another relig
ion, that peace might result to distracted
France; but the time* prevailed, and
he too, in a few hour* followed with tho
rent, to profanation.
Fram theie we went to the Sacristy.
Here our guide. U iving lighted a lan
tern. opened tha door* of the t'ah net.
The precious scrv.ee of the church
flashed i.efore u*. Tha highly wrought
monstrans, or Pvr, was there, with tlie
I "acred ecclesiastical vessels—and crowns
also, though not so beautiful a* soma I
had wn, yet fully a< historic. 1 stoop
, <H! down and read the names of their
wearers: There was the coronet of the
i assassinated Charles I hike of Berry, and
i next to it a ratiier plainly constructed
: crown of gold, set with a few jewel#, hut
a* weighty a* any that ever pressed the
brow of king It was that of I you a
the Sixteenth. For inheriting that bau
ble the honest, hut weak mart, had paid
Upon the scaffold the (serially of the
crimes of his ancestors. It had been
the pretext of a revolution which was
ofily rf|*r It }g;• 1 firuf.k tlio
Mood of two million* five hundred
thousand human heings! 1 looked Jong
and intently at the unfortunate jewel.
Hie verger saw my interest and held
the lantern close that I might the Utter
inspect it. 1 turned away. He closed
the cabinet to conduct us to the crypt,
j down a dark stairway and under tho
renr of the building. Semi circular in
shape, it swept around the outer edge;
partitionr cut it into section* and win
dows lighted it from without. Hero
and tlu re stood a relic that hadesc*j*d
ti.e hand* of the icoms |;it and de
stroyer. I passed hurriedly through
•lid returned a few steps to await tho
others of tha party. J bad carelessly
placed ruy foot upon the empty sarco
phagus of some defunct king, when toy
eye caught a gleam of light. ] ap.
prtsached it. A gas jet flickered within
a walled space immediately under the
itar. Through a narrow' air slit I
;n*|*-c(ed :ts contents. I stuck my face
ss for in as possible. It was a wierd
chamber. Iyong br# of rusted iron,
el'-iated about a toot strove the floor,
•pfead like huge cobwebs from side to
side, arid on them rested a few dust and
mould covered oofflns. Their adorn
nonts had long since yielded to damp
and hung in rotted utters. A thick
noxious atmosphere pervaded this char
nel house, the leco!lections of which
clung to me for a full day after I was in
fresh air. Whose bodies were they ? I
•ju rationed the guide when he return
ed. Carelessly he rep!i„| t ,be
Sixteenth and 'Marie Antoinette and
* * The sound of his foot falls
smothered the balance of hi* answer as
he Ittirriedlv led the way up stairs, anx
ious to he rid of us. hut only to tramp
down again with another batch. As 1
followed birn, I took one last look alout
me and said to myself. Old walls, you
hold a littli- Royally still, even though
it is but a hyndfu] o! dust—you hold
their crown and wfav not bold what
remain* of them? What a strange
story ! These two unfortunates perib
ed under the axe of the Guillotine—and
j this in sight of the I'slace of the Tuiler
if*, within the Halls of which they long
had reigned in splendor. Two shallow
graves It, the Cemetery of the Made
leine had received their headless trunks,
until, by the change of power so com
mon to France, the race of the Ca|et
went again upon the throne, when
they with others were exhumed and
placed where 1 saw them in the
vaults of St. lienis. How Jong to rest
there who can tell T tlertain it is. had
the Communist* of IS7I held the loca
tion for hut one of the closing hours of
tier struggle, venerable St. Denis, you
with your empty tombs, your few inijiy
rial cinders and all your tangible aasoci
at ions, would have been swept into
oblivion I
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