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Show Some of Napoleon's Monuments. When Napoleon wns at St. Helena n companion asked him ono diy about his treasures "They nre enormous,' the emperor replied, "but In full view Here they lire1 Tliu splendid harbor of Antwerp, that of Flushing the docks and dikes of Dunkirk of Havre, of Nice, tho gigantic harbor of Cherbourg, tho harbor worka of Venice, tho great roads from Antwerp Ant-werp to Amsterdam, from Mainz to Mctz, from Ilordeaux to lla)onue; the passes of tho Slmplon, of Mont Cents, of Mont Oenere. of the Cor-nicho, Cor-nicho, that give four openings through the Alps. The roads from tho Py-rennes Py-rennes to the Alps, from Parma to Spezzla, from Savona to Piedmont; the bridges of Jena. Austerlltz, ot Sevres; the canal from the Rhine to the Rhone; the canal that Joins the Scheldt and the Somme " And so he goes on, recounting the building of waterways and roads as hU lasting monuments. Waterways and roads wouldn't ho bad for the present generation to leave to Its successors |