Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-17

in 1764 by Louis XV. We look and admire. The sun is glinting the cathedral walls and soft sunlight permeates the beautiful interior.
 The Champs E1ysees, that beautiful pleas ure ground, planted with elms and lines in the seventeenth century What myriads of people have forgotten weariness and care on this beautiful resort What a grand breath ing place for the pent up myriads :!
 A fine drive it is over this broad ave- nue, as may be imagiHed. The Bois de Boulogne, that fashionable resort of the of Paris and the Hyde Park of that city-here we find gay living picture style in abundance, and it is said that it eclipses Hyde Park for beauty and fashion. And before passing let us note that in it's provision for the amusement of the millions, lies a marked feature of the policy of the French rulers or shall we call it wisdom? But people want liberty as well as diversion. Let the republic fail and the phylloxera continue to eat away the roots of one of the great industries of the nation,- the culture of the vine,-let other heavy blows come, but still there is recuperative power in this people. Witness their recov. cry from the German war, their surprisingly carly relief from the enormous burden of it's war debts.
 Here in the Bois de Boulogne is testimony to the siege of Paris, an event not dreamed of in the Frenchman's philosophy Here are rows of young trees, amid their elders. They replace the old veterans cut down during the siege. Look at that splendid work, the Arc de Triomphe, Q legacy from Napoleon, two miles from the Palais Royal and on an emi- hence visible from any part of the city. Beautiful it is indeed, suggestive of the pomp and panoply of war, but also of the trail of the serpent-misery, want, blood in it's train. But here we come to the Palais Royal, 8 magnificent structure, near the center of the city, a large pile of building entered in three distinct parts by as many portals or archways, and bearing less the appearance ofaprincely residence than of @ place of business. Historical it is from it's princely occupants mouldered to dust The
 district in which is this structure is now de-
 voted to banking, stockholders and trades
 people. It is quarter full of life and rife with the spirit of progress, change, luxury and elegance. Here innumerab1e small arti- cles are purchased by visitors for mementoes for the friends at home. As gazed at it, it seemed to suggest to my mind Bunyans Vanity Fair, with it's bazars and shops and trinkets without end. The arcades of the Palais Royal are studded with little shops. The Tuileries, partially restored since the vandal work of the Commune, are of course visited and admired. and they surpassed our Here in Paris we revel among fine architectural triumphs. Here is Notre Dame church, with it's splendid towers mas sive grand, inspiring, which Victor Hugo has described so eloquently in one of his vol umes, and made the scene of the home of the heroic dwarf The great col lection here of elegant raiment which kings and queens wore, and of priests vestments and of royal jewels attracts hosts of visitors. Locked up thus are millions of dollars worth of effects. The Hotel des Invalides, where France provides for her disabled veterans, and in the center of which is Napoleon's admiration and awe. We will not attempt to describe the glories of the sepulchre of the great military leader who so long bore to victory the eagles of France As we viewed the magnificent tomb of Na- poleon our thoughts reverted to our own loved Washington and to the unfinished monument. A modest tomb in- of His Country, man grand in his unsel- fishness as grand in usefulness.
 We but speak of the Column Vendome a stately work towering 142 feet high, and made of 12,000 cannon captured by Napo- leon. The weight of the metal in it is over one million pounds, and it is enriched with many artistic designs of scenes in ''grim vis- aged war.'' We did not care to ascend to its top, whence fine view is afforded.
 We also visit, not without feeling of awe, the Morgue and view it's appointments.
 Among other places of interest visited was the octagon building in which one sees so vividly portrayed scenes in the siege of Paris. The spectacle was speaking, ife-like and
 impressive. Two very interesting places splendid Sevres china is manufactured, and the great manufactory where the Gobeling tapestry, woven in webs of the finest silk and worsted, is produced.
 One spot we visited also of melancholy in- terest. This was the tomb of the good Arch bishop of Paris, one of the most noted and noble victims of the Commune, whose last words, which still speak from his tomb, were. 'Let my blood be the last blood spilled n this war;
 But time passes and our inclinations take us, before completing Paris, to visit Versailles Here, twenty-five miles from Paris, we reyel n the grand rooms of the former abode of 'oyalty, and view the grandeur of the build ngs and their appointments, and the beauty 'f the grounds and gardens. The royal halls Ire deserted, save of the presence of the men who have the care of the premises Here ve gaze upon the portraits of the great mar hals of France. Now we look at the royal carriage emblazoned and gold adorned, which cost mint of money. We visit the room where Louis XIV (by whom the palace was rected) was born, and where Louis XV. was born and died, and the bed chamber of the ;reat Napoleon, with it's upholstered walls.
 We also view the room where the lovely nd unfortunate Marie Antoinette went forth o her doom on the scaffold, and walk about he grounds of the Little Trianon. We visit he Grand Trianon palace and purchase views if the palace. The fountains are magnifi- l ent, and once month they are set in opera ion and the people are given this expensive | reat
 We return to Paris and are interested in the | 'erfect system of sewerage this city possess | S. The cleanliness of Paris is proyerbial l 3 work. We take trip underground in the l ewers Descending a spiral staircase, we nter boat. Twenty visitors are with us in | he craft, among them one venerable but well l reserved lady of 70. We are in one of the reat sewers of Paris and propelled by man over. We thus pass underground mile | fter mile It is not dark, for the gas is nd overhead are the water pipes, the as pipes and the telegraph wires You do | ot see telegraph pole anywhere above round in Paris. The wires, one of which
 conveying perhaps a message from New Taven to Paris friend, all lie in the upper art of the main sewers, as far as learned. he telephone-one of America's late inven- ons-is of course in use in Paris now, and lese wires are an exception to the rule,- inning over the buildings the same as here the City of Elms The large sewers have sides the top is arched. I ,unted about 40 telegraph wires strung ong on the sewer top, besides the gas and ater pipes, as our craft proceeded There
 a pathway on each side of the running ream, along which the men walk and push
 e boat along Was the air noxious in the wer? Not at all! The sewer air was pur-
 than the air in Strasburg and Cologne. here they have no sewerage, or. if any, very .fectiEe. A volume of running water from