The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-01

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dense wood, the avenues o. when are
formed by the intersrching ot!the limbs
of the trees, brings you to those famed
places, lie Grand ana Petit Trinon, built
especially for Madam Maintcnon and Du
BARR. You will linger y long while here,
and recall their interesting memories.
In the shadow of Notre Dame, the
most magnificent church OF the city, even
at the very door, you have one OF the
other pictures of Paris lIte-the Morgre,
the receptacle OF all suicides CT drowned
persons. 1t is a one stored white stone
building on this leading avenue. a
broad door gives you access. "A screen
hides the internal sights from the passer-
by. Entering, glass partition alone
separates you from sight OF the sad VIC
tins who he exposed to view IN nuae
COZ dition upon an inclined iron frame
stream of iced water constantly ialIlhS on
the BODY. A constant stream "i iuie
spectators pass backward ana t'rwa "us
AS each lew conner Is exp '>'l |" a"e Tue
unfortunate. There are On M average
three suicides daily, ard most al them
have been busy operators GA 'hv
Bourse, and OF course have IS ALL ana
lind refuge in theswateIs OF the Seine
.Joys and sorrows, pleasures and PAIN
LIGHT and dsrknts', mingle side by s'de
IN this gay city
And rs YOU pass from one spot TO an
other, | would like YOU 10 look III At the
Cluney Museum, old, rare ana antique
in Its contents, and which the Jocose
guides take peculiar pleasure IN sho"li
| TO those whom they fancy, or 10 Ihe
Gobein tapestries with specimens worm
$40. $40 or $4,000, the work OF year,
and intended IS presents Tor the royal'y
| alone; or TO ST. Roche, the Oldest ana
richest of churches; or the Madeline VI
Pantheon, with It's wonderful echoes, ahu
the tombs OF Rosseau and Noitalrei
the flower gardeLs or central markets.
where YOU will see rabbits Tor SAFE py
thousands, and sod with dispatch Ina
is remarkable, but lime won permit ahu
| don't believe you would be much inter
e,ted in it anyhow, although to me ther'
| Is much OF interest IN the markets. IL
| ,iv,s one better chance OF studying the
habits, tastes and pecuiiaritles oil u pee
pie. 49,. o,o,,, y
From Paris TO Geneva takes about IL
Eolrs. and ours was laughaDie trip
| don'L think It will ever be forgotten b.
ATTY 81 our party. 1t was the warthes s
nlTht we have had, and the comparI
rnent WAS lull = young priest, raIhef
pretty French glrl and husband, Just mar
rie5, who being opposite each DINER
fopnd the most comfortable posilioh t0
| he 10 rest each head on the opposite
,boulder, clasping their hands together
u steady themselves, ard taxing sly
NO rs chance allowed them. Another
.av Frenchman, ard Sayer "lle, "uO
olayed euchre all night, and drank their
vine from the same bOttle-(everyoha
carries their bottle here)-the inevitable
Doodle emerging from Its basket eiSn'
yaIises four hat boxes and rs many pun
dies . German aud ourselves made the
car, AS they say here, ''cOmplete; and NJ
though no one could speak the Language
II The other, we had II funny time, ana
rot TO know each other well. gu
would have laughed to see the French
adv hustiing us out of the car Mt DJoh
about day break, rs we were about oe'hS
carried bv the station we should nave
changed ut, and rs we emerged nall
awake, halt-asleep heard her merry
.nurb, and "bon jour, mes
5eur,;' bon voyagr, mon ann.
Geneva of course is n fine shopping
point Tor the tourist -watcnes, music
BOXES, wood carvings, worries, &c, IN such
abundance and variety us 10 SUM the
pockets of any one. Music boxes win
Tuli band at two or three thousand do.-
mrs down To those of two or three DOL
AR But the charm OF the cllN Is the
rasuLiful lake. whose waters, IN CoI"r'
rival the skies in the most e'heri"l vi
clues. The city lIos On either side ot the
Rhone winch mere narro"S ana a"sheS
by with rapIdity. You here see the
swiss women immediately III front OF
our hotel, hundreds IN number, dong
their washings, rubbing, beating anu
rnsling with such vigor as soon dos
trovs all trace o, the fibre. No wonder
ihey wash so seldom Tue ride from
here [. Lucornc 5 grand and Ferl'u'
the shores fn,ly dotted with sum
ruer homes, lofty mountains IN the
rear, Mt. Blanc Tar away, piercing the
clouds. Jungtrau rising 1900 feet high,
the sides and summit clad with ever,aSL-
INC SHOWS, the meridian sun sparkling
aud dazzling rs IL shines upon H. inter-
lacken village of ten or twelve hotels
nestlug aS It's base, Lake Indn, ten
miles long and one wide, the quaint old
towns OF Alpnacht and Sausanrc, The AS
cent and passage OF the Blcnlng pas,
where yeu wind and wind Tor hours ana
sill below you see the spot you have luSt
left. the ride in the diligence AS You dash
down the mountains, with fearful chasm ms
below YOU, the crack vi the driver whlp
rchOing through the mountain gorges,
the rush of A iplne streams over 70 ks
and crags forming wild cascades
81 IN IS Gclsbach, and then as you sail
alone Lake LucrrnP. whose wsters
are rs distinctly green rs Geneva blue.
The bold outlines OF Mount Pilates and
Mount Rig ris3 bctor" you IN swIIli
grandeur. Gladly do We see our hotels
IN the shore and with pleasure embrace
The opportunity Of resting over tho
sabbath. Aud vet it seems 10 these
people rs il there WAS no such day, to
Judge from their manner OF spending IT..
| may tell you another time how it Is
done, but for the present l cease.
Iouls, truly, ). l..
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