Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-07-13
WHOLE NUMBER, 355.

SVloJeo Wy luo SoLnn1 uniSto AL Aoi L.
They are heap Of black walls and
show only how magnificent they once
were. The part destroyed is that ad-
joining the Tuilleries. 1t is now be-
ing repaired and, when finished, I
suppose the authorities will proceed
to rebuild the Tuilleries.
Sunday we were at the celebrated
Notre Dame Cathedral, which is visit
ed by every one who comes to Paris.
1t is built on the site Of a Roman
Temple dedicated to Jove. Its efec-
ton was commenced about the begin
ming of the thirteenth century, and
completed in 1857. Napoleon was
crowned in this church in 1906. In
it are several statues, and there are
also statues of the Bishops Of 1892,
lS4S and 1871. Some of the persons
represented in the statues are in an
attitude of prayer and so'well excut-
ed that they seem to be saying some
thing like this: e..
".Sicut ceroa4s desfderat ad .foptes aquarium
Ea desiderat ANNA naea ad te Deus"
From the towers of the Cathedral
one has an excellent view Of the city.
We could see all the most celebrated
buildings. The Hotel de Vile, the
handsomest building in the city be-
fore 1871, is now being rebuilt and
we could see only the scaffolding.
The Hotel des Invalides, with its
gilded dome, was also visible. Here
rest the remains of Napoleon l, whose
tomb we had not time to visit. Notre
Dame suffered greatly during the
revolution in France. Many Of its
great bells were melted in 1892, but
there is still one left which gives an
idea of what the others were. This
bell weighs $4,000 pounds and the
clapper 97G pounds 1t takes eight
men to ring it, and is only rung on
occasions of great festivals.
We also visited some other celebrat-
ed places in Paris which I shall be
obliged to omit
On Tuesday we visited the grand
est Of all places in the world. Ver-
sailles. l suppose there is no place
which extends over so much space
and SO much labor put upon it as the
Palace, with its gardens and parks.
| do not know their extent, but l
Judge it is about three or four miles,
as we did not get near the end Of it.
At this place there were at work at
one time thirty thousand men. 1t
was begun in 1860, and in 1881 Louis
XIV took up his residence in the
Palace. Whole forests were trans
planted; the trees set out in regular
order and some ofthe upper branches
on either side of the walks are
slightly bent toward each other, form
ing beautiful arches. There are
numberless fountains on the grounds,
and when the large ones play. certain
Sundays in the month, notices of the
fact are given in the various Paris
papers. Even the railroads post up
bills announcing it, and on those days
thousands flock to the grounds to see
the "Grandes Faux" In one portion
of the park is the villa known as the
"Grand Trianon." The "Petit Trian-
on" is near it, and not far from the
last is the Swiss Village, constructed
at the request Of Marie Antoinette'
1t has everything pertaining to a vii
lage, even mill. The Royal family
and court used to play keeping
house" in the houses of the village.
1t is beautifully situated and has
miniature artificial lakes all around
it. Some Of the places on the grounds
are not opened to the public, but
what we saw took us all day and then
we did not get through. In the gal1G
leries of the palace are SOUL
paintings of the d.