, 1881-03-22

tnnry ltws, but a believer ia temperance. lie
"a -, n9t nelieve n closing salooss % Sunday.
r,,,,1,,,se mol ~ m"e nc % Sr; % M ane
aowoycrs s thu. ' lin viii vi % stioK. " 20 's'''''
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olACkED SkELE ION6
In the catacombs OF Paris-Flligreo
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Yankees arc no match 1or rrencl'mcn IN
practical cleyerness. Tho Parisians mike
even their bones pay. l mean thcls own
bones. When they ure through witt. them
a',u lucy hNVo Rone tnrougn tno Iormahey OF
few years burial, they nre dug up, put III
tho catnco1n1s md made n show Of to visit
ors The 81 show Is free, but visit beeps
a .hnt 10 ,.hara .i,n ,ront %' nss s -, ~ ana " -
wr1ng out of these clever people. SO the
the present generation 1T FrencI,,urn. as thew
! liz thar, In proot hpons ,t,,lnr tho rrnrn,j
o t.o 80 k!eas neaps "''ue. ee s."",;
Win the fats scttt'i11s !hronglthel', are SILL
useful. | went down among these thou
en- In company with some three hundred
liv,nr nan md women ri nil touc,,na o,,,t
nnn;r,as S as'l n t "oe ,aaa oa nl 'ospIs s,, ,a
Any. Thy other visiting aay"is Saturday.
| The ontrance to these to'nbs Is at the Duue-
yard d'Enter. pr Boulevard Of Hell, II you
wnnt the English ot It; Preparatory to tho
awaiting Do bought candle. The end of
zach cantiie was let Into s!9nnre BIT Of
nastSG,oa1a wh'e o protected onss @ ] arGss fro,a on
ay ss aEHp dr 9s s t. syesy III s"ss vsors 9s
sufficient. But we did not know ,this. and
thu French were not going tu tell us alHl
spa1l % tue stte of so eand!es: m llaylGg bought
partly iuc!osed by high board ,fo9ces ,We
waited at lSast tWo hours. Waltlag Is q
business IN 1'aris. The natlVe population Is
brought Up to walt, md Will conte!ltedly SIT
start. and Knowing tlls tgo-a thing which
no AihertGau could DO. 1t ruined little
after the French drlzzllnE fashion. There
no sl,yIter says morelny T%o sSo i,u,
under them and I0nEed to see the bones boz
low. The rn1n ceased. sun we waited,
catldlcs IN hand, Son!e bright spirlt Thought
boay 1T Il lis Or Ier candle: Thaa We s stoosd
with our 800 candles burning and 800 people
waiting.
PATIENTLY WAITING.
cred, HIRED, aud splutteresi. Then some moro
cautious a1il peoliU,nic spirit thVlghtt to blow
Ills candle ont. All tic rest b|Uw their caii-
iight ot aay wIlsn lilo dark cataco'nbs wero
Sse %1S Sasp s5 ~ 81 u oseT fS II esnS wa An
on n English, A'esrea'g; Ftsnsh: M italI;aTn: ;T:
abo,lt Vic Vic scsllud ri ni,thorjty ' over r e ths
boups. Thcn u report spread atlong us that
something q somebody wns co!ang to Do
thnIr culdles. hit nothing wns ttpnu. Thu
candles bWrNed Irjerteiiy, Fifteen minutes
lntvr tia economic sptrits commenced p,,.ting
tl,eIrs cut again. As beforo, every oiu else
then put theirs out. Th9 +, candles smoked
nlla Mnellen vigorously. ln19 paaSeit tWo
ours, And not bone. Suddenly door ut
ie upper eill ot tlle yaTl l St wMs t!lfown ohe. @
Ins ttuu a %a cas tug @ 9gti ~ " taE
passageway. Here M we wera strnlnea through
ono ut ntiille: Ihis unexpected drluy caused
congestlot ut tlie entrance OF n'en, women.
and candles. Ths neAte5 one Kot 70 tho
gestloE1 ~ Tint we were wcdeeu iutn II snllh
mass of humanity,,ltg lighted candles. peopto's
arn,s, Lse9,ne M y, caught and fastened II certain
whatsoever, or wlomsoeyer they Touched.
The candle had no option ill tho inatter, nor
did ths perSo,. WHO held 4, nor did thy per-
slnglU tile, some with sc0rcllud Ur CREASED
coats ana dresses, W. found ourselves In the
passageway leading to tho llnle. Then VIZ
trayerseu q long pussnguway underground.
without lneetln6 a,,y holles Th,.s va
tranlugd n long tlulu III Single file without
seulllK Il bone. On the rocky ceiling was n
continuous black marx. This followed
wouln lend to either entrance and so afford
my laeaarti a snra guidance. Underneath
the mud III places was greasy In consistency,
tarry IN ttnacty, aiNi whitlsl, color, it was
tle gypsum mud abouullIng III rarls, 1t
Jumped On our sltues and gradually over
spread our garments, which broke nut III IT.
l rt.Vt}nr yNhtth nil t1,nH -7-1'