The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02
IN.FOREIGN LANDS.
Correspondence of the kkuiqenoer.


The observing tourist will find much 10
admire in the Frenct people. In spi,e
OF their faults and tollies, in spite of their
nckleness and frivolity, they are indus.
trious and frugal, clean and neat in their
personal habits, courteous and oblipinp
TO one another and to strangers, az we'll
as patriotic to the last degree, and posssss.
Ing unbounded faith In "la belle Franco, I,
We left Geneva in the evening. and
going by way of Lausanne and Pontar.
iier, VIC passed over the mountains of the
1ura range and before daylight were ia,
on our way to Paris, which we reached n,
about 500 o'clock in the morning. The
region through which we pass before
reaching the city is evidently one Of the
most fertile and best cultivated sections
OF country which can be found in apy
land. The neat farm houses, the we'll
trimmed hedges, the fine growing crops
the thriving villages, all give evidence OF
a thrifty, prosperous and happy people.
Paris is France" Gays the proverb
but although this may be true to q Ger.
tain extent, it is also true that the French,
man ofthe provinces possesses the nation.
al virtues in far greater degree than
does the Partisan, while the national
vices crop out more prominently in the
a#ssler5 il :ao nstioaEi metropolis. Tbs
contrast between the citiss os London and
Paris are very great, and in not one
point, not even on the score of visible
wickedness, is the comparison unfavora.
BILE to the continental city. u
The French Metropolis is located on
both sides ofthe river Seine, and on the
Islands of the City and st. Louis, by IA,
the larger portion being upon the North.
ern bank. Its population is about two
and quarter millions, and its walls are
twenty-five miles in extent, and have 65
gates. The annual receipts of the muni.
clpal government are about 625, COO, 900,
The central point of the city is the Place
Royal, along which passes the great
thoroughfare of the city, from Southeast
to Northwest. This grand avenue. from
the Place lie la Nation, on the Southeast
margin of the city, to the Place de Ia
Bastile, is known as the Rue de Faubourp
st. Antoine; from the Place dc Ia BastiIe
to the Hotel de Vile, it is called Rue st.
Antoine; from the Hote' Vile past
the Louvre to Place de la Concorde 1t is
the Rue de Rivoli; from the Place de Ia
Concorde to the Arc de Triomphc, the
Avenue des Champs Elysees, and beyond
the arch, the Avenue de 10 Grande
Armee; all North of the Seine. To the
North as well as on the South beyond
the river, the original boulevards, broad
avenues constructed on the old fortifica
tions, approximate to semi. circle in
form.
Among the numerous points of inter.
est In the city, it Is somewhat difficult to
decide what should be seen first; but the
Place de Ia Concorde, on the North bank
of the Seine, is not surpassed in interes.
by anything either within or beyond the
walls. It is one of the most historic 10.
calities in France and Is the most mag.
nifcent place." or Iiblic square in the
world. In the centre stands the obelisk
| of Luxor, one of the most perfect and
beautiful monoliths ever designed. II
was presented to Louis Philippe by Me.
hemet Ali, and VISA bEargaat froEl Egsp:
IN 1886. lis inscriptions refer tc Tie
time of Sesostris, nearly 8. 400 years ago.
| O1 either side of the obelisk IL fine
bronze fountain and surrounding the
Place are statues representing eight OF
the principal cities Of France. To the
East are the gardens and palace of the
Tuileries, with the Louvre beyond to
| the West the Champs Elysees with the
Arc de Triomphe in the distance; on the
South is the Seine, with the Pont de 10
Concorde connecting with the buildingt
of the Corps Legislatif on the other bank
and on the North are the offices Of the
Marine Department, and at the end ol
Rue Royal, the Mamalaine. This square
has had bloody history. Here at the
marriage of Louis XVI and Marie An.
toinette in ITO panic resulted in the
death of more than one thousand persons
Here in 1898 the guillotine was set up
and numbered among lis thousands 'ol
victims, the King Is.s!s XVI, CAs.!c;..s
CoTday, Marie Antoinette, Danton
Robesr::srre and others. Here also
occurred one of the most desperate strng.
giles of the Commune in 1871. Three
times have foreign armies epaamped
,Ehere. The Russians in 1814, the Epglish
in 1916 and the PrussianB in 1871; and
vet 70 see the Place de Ia Concorde of to
day, illed with the life, the beauty, the
fashion Of this gsy capitol, one would
never dream of the sangninary scenesi ],
has witnessed in the past.
East Of tho Place de la Concorde, be-
yond the gardens, is the palace of The
Tuileries, which was destroyed by the
Communists Of 1871. The place Is nov
occupied by temporary structures used by
the Post Office department. until the com
pletion OF their new building. Beyond
this is the palace of the Louvre, also par
TALLY destroyed by the Commune, bnl
since rebuilt. It Is an immense pile o
buildings, with o frontage of nearly hal
n mile on the Rue de Rivoli, and lyipl
between that avenue and the river Thi
/ Eastern portion of the palace was occn
pied in 1872 by Catherine de Medici ant
her con, Charles TX. and here that veal
and bigoted monarch consented to th'
horrible massacre Of st. Bartholomew, th,
! great bell of the church of ST. Gern1nin
| RAuyerrois, just opposite, tolling forti
the dread signal throughout, that aufn
night. The Louvre IL vast store.hous
i of both ancient and modern art. Its gal
lories Of sculpture contain. an innneIls
! collection of the best wosk Of the Grecial
i masters, including the Venus De MILO