, 1870-10-02
The Cities Of Refuge---Lyons vs..
Paris.
Notes on Municipal Life in Germany
and France.
Prussia's Conscience in Victory.
(FRoA ocR owS cuKRIsroHpExr.l

'aiis are orcr1un with Trussians. Scesux, |
lie height whence their guns are direstcd
1pon Forts lss;, vauves, Montrougs. and
Bice,rc, is Little imestnne village OF four
llousaud people, chiaiy washerwonen. cart-
ets, huclHte1s, and eruall farmers, and the
forest Of Yetrieres coming close up TO the
edge Of it, is the nest OF Robinson (Crusoe),
where there are about twenty restaurants IN
tic to;,a Of chestnut trees. There lave !
often sat among the branches, pulling up by
a rope basket OF fowl aud clAset. Between |
Se>aux eni Versailles, there ia almost cou- |
tiuuoas forest. mud sllsgcs in the riffs, cover
Ing many scurcs OF square miles, but French |
fo,eat ls merely th,ckiy wocded Lawn, the |
trees being mathenA:icsly planted. and the
roxds straight L. the ,,ots Of the cuckoo pierc-
ing through than. Msndop, between Versailles
ard ra1ir, ia the 63,e OF old Jerome Bona
parte,a country house, in the lswn Of which
Irving read the sheets OF sB1acebriage
Hail. tc the bankrupt exile, Tom Moore.
Tue. west side Of pztis Il coysred by double
sweep OF the Slime, md only one tall, gaunt
fott, Mont va]eEian, rises over the landscape.
In villages under Valerian Lie sleeping, In
the exnc village church, Hortenes md her
uothsr, Josephine. Between this fort and
Mendon IL st. Cloud,-where Napoleon Bona
p4rta committed hin uaurpation bY driving
out the Nepresensatives,-anda also Sesrea,
the porcelain factory vssiage, half An hour
frvIa Ta11s By horne railway. Serros lies on a
plain and in gorge between heights, and the
Iorlate, sweeps through tho gorge,-the Same
Hllich the mob took to pour thele fury upon
Mare Antoi1ette. At Versailles the p1usaiau
King ii now quartered, probably in the great
chatesn Of Louis le Grand, smo9gs! the
and Aug. sshasdef. oreE slo ftoni
i set the inscription, Dedicated to
Frances Great Ones. In the Yard are colossal
figures Of Dayard, ODgueschin, Tu1enne,
Laae, and the scientific aavages Of the past
orgies Of Louis tic century befora tl1e feck-
oulng, and which used to contain 100, 900 peo-
pie. Il nov an echoiug, li=tless, halt deserted
suburb, vizitea on1y for its museum and its
Fountains. Its wido streets are grown mp
with gsztg uoss covers many houses; the
long etick palace, stretching LOO feet; il oe,
cQpied ty nobody, and the woods bshind it
aio silent and dark. Here, amongst the tro-
plies Of three dynsstics, the ntAmdenbutger
laa tet his heaty helmet dow1 TO rest, AID he
elreps to the Thunder Of his siege cannon.
Aos ,,1o .ns;xfae Las MN moved in three
Turning On this eeene, Ne may follow tho
fight OF tie Provisional Government OF Trance.
Ethiud yekf1il,es, whicl is only eleven miles
frctn rs&Es, We must 60 nearly seventy miles
soushwt IL teiord We reach deep tve1, Ill
Gil the Loire we find the city of Orleans, con-
tainInG3 6D,C00 people, quaint, old. toll
-.s4l11r busy, and surrounded with o1d.fash.
ioied tutlldcationA. Descending the Loire
ti1t niles toward The sea, Fe reach the pres-
sat rest Of the Republican Government.
1oUna.
ToMs is large, dull town, like Rheims and
Z aa1 tr>r r.trfS
$1,000 before the HuEuenots were driven
cut of il. II lies in the lat PLAIN Ut the rive1
Loire, between that river AID tue Cher. which,
without touching il, forms a second ILe Of
defence parallel to the Loire. Paris is 14t
r,iler to the northeast, less than frum Chica-
50 to Springfield, and Lyona ia noatly SOC
miles TO the southeast. 4 long stone bridge
epaus Tue Loire, generally dty or shallow here
aud the pike road from Paris to Bor1csux
cro=eing this bridge, makes the main stfeet ol
aud III imposing cathedral, but the life Of the
town Las long since ebbed, and it is now I
famous Ilscs for cheap boarding in the sum
meT, having fine wine 1nd plenty OF segeta
lies near at hsnd. There il not enough pop
ulace. however, to oyera*e any government
tsEree inpetialists.. AL this part of Frame
was the stronghold Of the Ca!yinists in p
seventeenth century. Historically, it WIS tn
den It Louis XI., tsho created France unite
Kingdom. When Paris fails, Tours will si
DC Ii the rear OF the second eat5 Of Franee.
LJpSa g..
Lyons, once the religious mesropolis OF u
f;arle. ind tho birthplace OF tha Roman En-
pstora, Clau1ins aud Caligula, was : distrac
ID city in Ca1yinistlc times. bat, in al IL
revolutions, it has riva1led Paris in the CIT
terauce Of democratic passion. Lagraug
revolution Of 1913, and wlio threatened to HI
L2martire. Wac native OF this place. II
-Jloc{ Ls 7t4yraux before its Hotel de Vlll'
,yas tie altar o. the guil1otine in the south {
france, and the pareiAn Fauboury de 81 a,
toi,.t, is net 60 dense hotbed Of socialism
the Lyonualse suburb La Erpix lsotssse, II
heights Of the silk-wtAvere. Lyons resists
Paris in 1888, aud was besfeged By its BROTH
l:.publicans and doomed to destruction. II
siege Of Lyons by tho Pzr7sians lasted sixt.
1aiu.tion. WAS deliberately pulled down at .
expenee Of g, 500, ,0o0s
Modern LYONS numbers 80, 900 poople, II
il covers flat peninsu1a between the Sos
and Ehone Rivers, with high hills behind ~
on tho opposite sides. Tne situation Of Fill
OF the town, and tbs opposite banks arc 4
defcrlel by eighteen forts. erect
moro to suppress inBufrechons than
defend the citizens. Louis Philippe put the
up and they require si1 thousand men to
called in 1cquieition to put down y rising
lie 100. .t+0J sf1k Ht.yexs OF tho upper subul
and ~ desperate wero tho socialists that. t
der tho republic, Lyons required garris
Of sa,0JD men to keep them doHn. But
tie eu.uke and mist, Lyous would be ono
t!.c r,vct beautiful cities III Europe. Its gus
ATE the finest and widest in the Eurl1; its +
ers are crowded by twenty bridges; It
si!rec newspapers not inferior i'll circu1aii
s.3 force to the foremost Of Paris; it cs
,.ins tie largest plaza or public place. in q
liri.eiI city: II ID the great bonded wlreaou
tor ssisn AID Mediterranean goods, and it
jH-s 1uD slIles from leueya, 3l6 from II,
aid els t.0u Ma:scilles. 1ts positiou III 70
r"a.se Corresponds to That OF Cairo; chics
standing for Pan. and New 0rleana fur u
! Sni.eons Hctti de Vile and the Ca;he1,
A2po1eun has s;sent laEge su1aB
money TO open military streets in
city. The sisk viewers Of La Croit TO
10 not work in factories. but take their tai
home to their qnarte.a in large, tall, ely
story hens.a. TG.y A.ye sesy perfect
Eanizatio:, Orators aud beneficial aocieti
a1.l are not disposed to be sc1SiIa coEfespo
eata Of Tho lalas workipg.ncu.
BoHDEACx AID TOULOUSE.
The next CREST stream t1ath Of the Iloiy
Franco is tie Gi1onde, whoee principal Il
tiasunnc, s,t,s IL the Pyzenec nsouass
Sixty miles 1rc7n .Le sea, on this river,
,s,:deau551 tteznsitai cis5 q 175,oN -peo
'~-n .;.1 1Ceasiles farther inland lies toulo1s
a! OF II, ,0N people; + Iours shnu'd
o{ tlese cities would become the se.s Of
ttr,rert, CT 10th Of them. snccea4lscly,
N,rec,1.y falling back from Tou1a 1B0 n
II Bordeaux, 1l.d there be snceorpd pr
IA ur reti1e again to the nlouutalu lint
I>n It Ios.:n.e. near Spsln. <,:.,u,;..z
orii,odux N,cpublic1ns Of Franco, snd
i;.t?c ,ti1icAc3 ~ith tho Erreeies Of the N
f.Iuring rcntres, fair lnfusion OF
isl blssa. I'D asnS Ei.r;ssa ,,sstaahsy IN f0F
uu institution. u.a;1,. ueIeo' ,,auos, IN
,.,-.1r tam corsme1aA enlightenment,
en.n;,,J for the bright, hupsfu1, Jet pru
E.,n1..lcaui.m OF those eounirynen ot
ru,a.rd AID naeos. The city lies up
j s,uil:l3 tlain, through Eh'cA TIE nves. II
: thi.sit:c, d3wB broadly and oppossts
e;;3 = Iaug bri3se ser1aes tbs Garonne.
:, .t";ssr. ri ia superb cathedral arc seen II
rrest distauce. Much OF tho town IL old
,, s,uaiu,. and 'smae,6ng Of the Life Of
., Guiennci PErts 4Ee Msa' anu
b nn.,ty, and tue wines are cheaper tllan
" y1,hrsa in Frs,ce. America had great
M VIII BORDEAUX when cur dig could t
.rirt At ia. at bordeaux the moder11
e rnhl,e:or, Fasre, Simon, hefssry. md
uoNI be sraongss eo1Esa ,Sa 1,ae;t,,s c9Hsasu -.
.r I'LL ID Il. Pau aud Toulouse Toulouse
ale sttr.tu,+ for E.txuiAb goods &u1 IL NxH
rri - .S,.f,, ,trroa II 13 ca.lal
II tn3 eAl4ln4e l.t4s4AA4S% 80 .....
tufs.- Lot t,aTt!c1lxl1E U2R4tVAAeT A12 AeVAs
sAoa' 1,l;e. fry,u lie Spanish froutiez. Pau
{ EMa lrus,..t r,lea south OF Bordeaux, forty
~, !, ".r' m n.nlm span. md with 10000 peopl
=, n3:.!, i ;. te1es Eds on a rocky height.
{ I IS1 As4 Tsrsa psoysa r .sss4 s5' !;
,ou s,,rcissx at 2s],oN people. ne r1encl
rh4he. risli rrftt,. Lille, q A4e
j; tnzrArKIt is the French Bostou, aao !,
fs1f'!H u 49, the Belgisn frontier Hith !
'nn ~, sA1v.1nHE !! ne oi galaxy OF tormaao'e IA,