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Show MYSTERIES OF THE LOUVRE. Vagae Stories of Imperial Crlmo Reach tho OutslUo World. Everyone who has "done" the Louvre will remember the low-pitched and somewhat gloomy halls in which are s.fored the treasures of Egypt. Beneath these lie yet more darkly mysterious vaults, inaccessible to the public, though approached by a wide and handsome hand-some staircase, such as would lead one to imagine that it communicated with npartments of borne importance. Yet one finds at the bottom nothing but brojul passages disposed in the form of a cross, and without any sign whatever what-ever of door or window. A recent examination, however, of the solid walls gives experts reason to bclioYc that the mnronrv is more recent than the rest of the structure in this, he oldest portion of the forticsa pnl-ace. pnl-ace. M. Vnugneux, a well-known critic. M'lieves that many of the bodies of victims killed in the revolution Of 183Q ero immured bore, nnd that the government gov-ernment was afraid to rowil the facts when thii remains of their comrades cere collected beneath the Colonne de rulllet. On the other hand, M. Blonde, tho 'architect of the building, and M. Nor maud, the secretary of the Society for Protecting Parisian Monuments, hold the opinion that these subterranean passages Jed to the oubliettes into which Catherine de Medicis cast those who were unfortunate enough to incur her hate or fear. A judicious explorn . tion would clear up the matter, nnd settle, too, several doubtful points ns to tiie foundations of bescot's originnl citndel. Unfortunately, the annual grant docs not provido for any such archaeological research.nnd it would be necessary o appeal for funds to the generosity of the chamber. London Chronicle. . . 1 1 " ii ii 1 1 1 |