The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21


of the principal railways, particularly the
lines toward Strasburg and Metz.
The most noted church of Paris isl
Notre Dame, commenced in the twelfth
century, and completed in 1920. The
holy robes, crosses, and various other i'm
plements of the priests and bishops are
very rich in gilding-other works are
of both silver and gold. Among the rel
les, is piece Of the true cross and one of
the spikes, being portion of the several
cords of wood, and kegs of spikes Of the
same kind to which Mark Twain alludes
IN his book of travels
We attended high mass at the cathe-
dral, at high twelve on the Sabbath, and
besides witnessing some very imposing
ceremonies, listened to excellent music
In thi$ cathedral, on spot which was
pointed out, have been baptized, married
and crowned most of the sovereigns of
France for several centuries past The
Sabbath In Paris differs but little from
other continental cities. In the morning
the shops ere open and mechanics and
laborers pursue their usual avocations !;
the afternoon is devoted mostly to pleas
ure. There are, of course, exceptions
with individuals, but such is the custom
of the public. Churches are open during
the week for service at any time, and they
deem it unnecessary to devote q whole
day for that purpose.
A very conspicuous place in the city is
the tomb OF Napoleon. 1t is an immense
mausoleum, contiguous to the Hotel des
Invalides, containing not only the remains
of Napoleon, but also of those of his
brothers Jerome and Joseph, and several
distinguished French Generals. The sar-
cophagus containing thesremains Of the
Emperor is constructed of red granite,
resting upon base of green granite SIX
feet in height, occupying an open circu-
lar crypt, inclosed 10y marble balustrade
on the main floor of the building, is
about thirty feet across and fifteen in
depth, occupying position Immediately
beneath the central dome. The other
tombs occupy less conspicuous positions
of the mausoleum The various parks,
gardens, palaces and other wonders OF
Paris have been So often described i'll the
books that we shall not be likely to make
them any more lucid, if we attempt
There is one feature which adds mater
tally to the beauty Of Paris. It is the re-
markable uniformity of buildings on the
principal streets and boulevards, in
height, style of architecture, material and
color, being mostly six or seven stories
high and built of light gray sandstone.
Red brick cities are not common on the
continent.
With the morals and amusements of
Paris everybody is familiar who has ever
read books and newspapers. The cafes,
theatres, public gardens &c, are extern
sively patronized. The local guide books
say if we would study human nature, we
must see it under all it's different phases
vicious as we'll as virtuous, and after
enumerating the various places Of amuse
ment which it advises us to visit, speaks
OF the public balls at the gardens, and
saws, ego by ali means once and take
YOUR wife with you, but leave your
daughter out Of the party A half
dozen Americans composed, our party,
and, selecting one of the most splendidly
| fitted up gard4ns, we invested two francs
| for admission. A large crowd was In
attendance, hundreds of them strangers
like ourselves, Americans and English.
! The fairy scenes Of Arabian Nights might
be truly. realized in the splend0rl of the
scene. q All was the most perfect order
and decorum-p promenade and refresh
ments occupied the attention of the
bcroWd until nine O'clock when the music
struck up and the dancing commenced.
To say that the good people of Kenosha.
would scarcely tolerate the style in, Sim
mons Hall, wouldlnotg be saying much.
| We have seen numerous theatrical ballet
they have their peculiarities, but when
! in the regular set young ladies kick
lyoung mems hats off, which we saw, a
ldozen times In succession, we thought the
advice of the guide book was about cor
rect. s,p Shouts of laughter, fun and frolic
continued until twelve, when the gas was
turned off and the crowd dispersed. Let
no yerdant3 one imagine that such einsti
buttons are confined to Paris New York
and other cities abound in them. De
"A few days spent and we were anxious
to leave the city. Our friends with
whom we had travelled upwards of two
months, were to proceed direct to- Lon
don, but we were not satisfied without
making flying trip to Berlin and inter
mediate cities, thence Through Holland
and Belgium en- route for the same destl
nation. AT three o'clock in the morning
we left the Hotel du Louvre and daylight
found us on the way to Strasburg, which
we reached after atediousnde OF eigh-
teen hours Many of the iraVages OF war
which this city sustained by the seige. OF
a yearsago, had been repaired since our
visit there in May lost,and all traces Of
the devastation will soon be obliterated,
Heidelberg and Darnlstaat were taken in
our route, but detained US few hours
only in each city. The latter city has
been the residence Of Mrs. Allpoft and
family, late of Kenosha, foriupwards Ola