Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-25

played, when no more can be received. How different is our American custom, where street cars are packed as full as sausage.
 The tomb of Napoleon on the banks of the Seine, the Bastile Column, Arc de Tri- umph, the Louvre steamboat sails on the Seine at cost of two cents, with four in hand drives to various points in the city, constituted some of the sightseeing of our party during our visit.
 The drive to St. Cloud and Versailles was a never-to-be-forgotten occasion. At the first named point the ruins of the magni6- cent palace still remain unrestored. De- stroyed by the French guns at Fort Vslerian to drive out the Germans, who had gained possession in the memorable and disastrous struggle of 1870. as their fire could destroy any public building in Paris seven miles dis tant, it stands as a sad monument of those dark days.
 A gambler offered to rebuild it at his own expense, provided he could have the use of 1t for short term of years, which was de- clined. Various other plans for it's restora- tion have been proposed, meeting 8 similar fate. At some distant day the building will rise, if possible, in grander proportions than before, for the French excel In the art of decorator, and in the spectacular, notioeably.
 LUoERNE.
 From the maelstrom of human beings, na-
 
 we start for Lucerne, Switzerland.
 Land of William Tell, Winkelried, John Calvin, John Fletcher, Michael Servetus, Rousseau, Madame Ds Stall, Huber, Neckar and Dumont, all hail! Welcome, ye mighty Alps with your snow-clad mountains, gush- ing cascades and rushing riversl Land of liberty and deathless patriotism, of grand and rugged scenery, musical boxes, watches and peaceful homes.
 nf ha f1l1 oh mered on the placid lake as we arrived at Lucerne at late hour on Saturday night Our ride from Paris during the day had cov- cred three hundred and twenty-five miles. The mountain scenery proved great delight as we approached the border line between France and Switzerland.
 After substantial meal at the Hotel Lu- cernerhof we found rest. The Sunday opened with splendor. Mount Rhigi with difficulty reared it's sublime form above the belt of morning mist that environed it, while the rising sun made the beautiful lake with it's romantic shores, numerous boats with their futtering flags and handsome out 1 lines, to appear like vast panorama before | us. Indeed they were
 Things of beauty and joy forever" A popular watering place. Lueerne abeunds with hotels, but has few attractions beyond those furnished by nature. The chining of church bells was soothing and | the mighty organ at the cathedral source of l inspiration. Time could not be spared for 1 the ascent of Rhigi or sails on the lake with l out violating our views and vows regarding l the Sabbath. Clouds around the summit of Mount Rhigi often shut out the glorious view after the ascent has been made. The merchants depend largely on the pa- tronage of tourists. Carved wood in vari- ous forms, views of native scenery, rare stones, canes, clocks and musical boxes are among the attractions offered the traveller. | The lion monument, by Thorwaldsen, in bas relief, cut into native rock, is we'll worth a visit. It was erected to commemorate the vslor of the brave Swiss soldiers who lost their lives in defense of their king.
 A dying lion pierced by an arrow is shown. In his expiring moments he places his paw 1 upon a shield, token of the deathless fdel- ity of the heroic Swiss who fell in the fa- nous fight.
 l Many visitors find their way also to the 1 Glacier garden. Remarkable boulders, con- veyed to the spot from remote regions by the melting and moving glacier of an early peri- cd, are displayed in an excellent state of pres l ervation. Most of them are in the form oi oval mill stones resting in deep cavities oi the rocks, produced by the law of attritior | from the swirling boulders amid the waters Evidences exist that nearly all of Switzerland l and much of the northern hemisphere wa once covered by immense masses of ice dur ing what is known to geologists as the gla cial period. The region at the base of th Alps was once the bottom of the sea, as me rine shells and animals found abundant prove.
 To-day our Palestine party goes to Milan Italy, via the St. Gothard tunnel.
 NATHAN HUBBRLL.