Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-09
empire.
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| SU MINER in EUROPE,

hl'eT uIiFe AZ hrOuuu tue cltyt put "
down in my note book as au incontestatbe
truth, that There is but one Paris The
gay and sunshining city is alone in the earth
uneqnalled upriyaled. In London we nd.
mired the Quadrant of Regent street, because
the houses there, for quarter of a mile, are
of beautiful style of architecture and all
exactly the same in design, height and color;
but here we see miles upon miles Of such
We enjoyed London because we could visit
in the space of single day, two and some
times three wonderful and interesting places
Here, the sights are 80 near at hand, that il
is not worth while 10 hire cab or even mount
an omnibus to get to them. We lbcught the
West End Of London was grand in its brond
clean, aud well paved streets, massive archi
lecture, and green parks, but Paris is pretty
much dHWcst End
We did not give ourselves much time to
take general views of the city or to sit in the
cool courtyard Of the hotel and muse upon
our felicity in being in the merriest commun
ity in christendom but like conscientious
travellers, set ourselves immediately about
seeing what was to be seen. We availed our.
selves Of the assistance which guide books
give, and, AS none Of our party knew French
we also placed ourselves under the care of a
trusly mauytongued Swiss palet de place,
Louis Billnud by name, who for a dollar a
day, took rs wherever we wished to
60 got cards ofadmission for US to the pal
aces and picture galleries, did all our talk.
lug aud made all our purchases, and smooth.
ed all the rough places before us so efTectu.
ally. that our Ignorance Of the language was
scarcely an annoyance. We went first to the
United States Consuls and there found let
ters awaiting US from the dear ones at home.
but he was not in, and leaving them with an
exeeedingly polite yellow boy, who seemed to
be in charge Of the affairs of the consulate,
we hurried to seat ourselves in facre to
read the news from the other side Of the
world which our letters brought Until we
had finished them, even Paris had no charms
for us, but when we read that all were well
and happy, we went forward with renewed
zeat, 10 the pleasures before us
There was church near by-thal Of ST.
Emstache--in which we wondered at
broader aisles and more more immense aud
loftier columns than those ia the Cathedral at
Antwerp and then we dropped in to witness
the proceedings Of one of the courts. There
were three judges together on the bench, who,
with the Sheriff and Clerks, were within the bar.
The lawyers all occupied common, wooden
benches outside. They all had on bla, L gowns
and square caps, and white bands about their
neeks, and thought, although perhaps some
little influenced by profession parliality,
that they were as fine looking body OF gen
llemeu as | ever saw The court was only
an ordinary municipal one, but these lawyers
were no "shyslers" The clerk seemed to be
calling the docket and us the cases we're
named one after another, the aitornies spranp
up and, with many words aud graceful gesti-
culation stated the condition OF the causes
| never heard their language so elegantly
| spoken before, and never so much amented
my inability to comprehend it.
Under the same root, but some little dis,
tance of, we found the Sainte CbapeIle, in
which Louis told US, service is held for the
benefit Of the lawyers, once year. What
the sinners do for religious instruction at
other times, Louis could not tell The chapel
is a jewel Of a building erected A. D.. 1915
as a receptacle for the Crown Of Thorns and
II piece of the True Cross and other sacred re-
lies which had recently been brought to light.
aud is remarkable for its stained GLASS;, which
extends from floor to ceiling all around aud
is as bright and perfect apparently, as il wss
when new--Gl5 years ago
Near by, on the high banks Of the Seine,
we found the small one story stone cottage,
which one shudders 10 think oi-the Morgne
Mrs II could not be induced 10 light to look
IN, and we maaculines did not hlame her a
Bit We went IN ourselves, slowly aud hesita.
tngly, full OF fear let We shonld see death
in shapes that would appal u.s. We breathed
easier, and were really clad, hen We found
that the stone slabs upon which the bodies are
exposed, were all emp,y None had beer
found dead in all the city for the SPACE Of
three days Another day. however, our
curiosity for the horrible was fully salts
fed. There were two bodies then on the
little pallets Que Of which vas as black as
any negro about the face, and there we're
; marks Of violence on his head aud neck which
; told plainly enough the fearful story--mur.
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