The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-02

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just opposite is the monument of
Voltaire, with statue. VOltaire' q
heart is enclosed in the base of a
model OF his statue standing i'm the
Galerie des Charles in the Bibiiotheune
Rationale, where is also to be seen the
famous ZOdiacal monument from
Den"era, which occasioned so much
discussion i'll the learned world until il
was discovered that the temple OF
Denders was not completed before the
early days OF the Roman Empire,
which pointed to the FAC, that the
Hreek signs OF the Zodiac had been
transported to Egypt.
Inc CatacomDs were formerly sub
'erranesn quarries, worked as far back
az the Rrman period, and Welding a
soft klud OF limestone which hardens
on exposure TO the air. Il visitor must
carry torch, which may be bought at
the entrance. The catacunbs extend
under great part of The city and have
upwards of sixty entrances in different
suburbs. During the Revolution and
the felgn OF Terror, immense numbers
of bodies and boues brought from
various quarters were thrown in con-
fused masses into these cavities, but i'm
lolO regular system was organized
ior the more seemly disposition of these
remains and the preservation of their
resting place. The galleries and differ
ent compartments are completely lined
with human bones and skulls care
FULLY arranged, and several small
chapels have been built with the bones.
AT Versailles the elegant salons of
the large chateau have been turned
INTO museum something like the
Louvre, all excepting the few little
private rooms OF the beautiful queen,
Maria Antolnette, which are shown to
The visitor; also the little secret stairway
ny which she aud King Louis xvi
made their escape to enter a cab and
reach the next station, only to be
recognized through their incogmto by
peasant, and conducted back TO
prison, where they awaited their sad
fate. Then you can walk tbronob the
beautifully laid out and celebrated
park to the Grand Trianon "a hand.
some villa OF one story in the form of a
horse shoe) and Petit Trianon (another
villa winch was the favorite resort of
MARIA Antoinette) and see the room of
winch you read SO much in history and
In Dumas stories; Maria Antoinette's
boudoir, her bath room with mirrors
adorned with paintings, bed room
adorned with hangings presented by
the city OF Lyons and with two fine
ivory vases and two rooms containing
vases from Livres, NapoIeon's rooms,
MS study, etc., the little farmhouse, the
little Jewel of cottage, the mill on the
artificial pond, the Temple of Love,
and the "hsmlet," where the court
ladles played at peasant lite; the whole
place buried almost IN the depths of
the PARK surrounded by trees and
shrub6ery like little fairy dominion.
HOW lnnocently happy she must have
llved here with her husband and
children and few intimate friends.
foor thing; the happiness was great
az 1t was short. The playing of the
Grand Faux (iountains) always attracts
vast crowds of spectators here, and on
tnese occasions trains ruu between
Paris and Versailles every five minutes
III the middle of the day This impos-
ing spectacle costs lU,UOO francs To ex-
hlolt, and takes place ON the frat Sun.
dsY OF every month. and is always adj
Vertlsed long beforehand in tine news
papers The fountains do not all play
simultaneously the jels are about rs
feet high end each fountain plays about
twenty minutes The park is said to
be nearly in The same condition as when
nrst lad out by "LeVotre,' the gar
dener, Oiled 17OO.) His chief object
was to subject nature to tho laws OF
symmetry, and 10 practice geometry,
architecture and sculpture upon lawns,
trees and ponds. Many of the trees
are trimmed in shapes OF birds animals,
trIangles, etc., and the lawns are laiu
out III all imaginable unique and beau
tliui ngures and designs. The E.npress
Josephine IL Inferred in he little church
at Rueil, "a small village eight miles
from Fersaille-l, in which a monument
10 her memory is erected. The statue
represents the empress in kneeling
posture.
Plenty of style in the Paris toilettes-
ln TACT any amount of it. They are
frightiully expensive here, but one
thing they do do s,they fit supurbly. By
the way, the French ladies have such
pretty torms,at least 80 it appears, ,as to
really justify the admiration they re-
celve, have very small, well-shaped
hahds and feet, know how to dress,
nave the art of attitudinizing In their
drawing rooms. (Which are literally
alive with elegant French mirrows)
down TO perfection, and promenade the
streets with a carriage truly Partisan.
Many of the dark skinned and black
haired ones sport quite q dark shade
upon their upper lips, and in one now
ana then this shade has really developed
into a moustache that would ornament
the II OF many dude. But what else
can be expected of a people who eat
frogs, and who fry rat tais up iuto all
kinds OF delicacies ana regard them as
pearls beyond price. They have also
such funny way of kissing, first on
one cheek and then on the other ;should
like to Introduce it in America. The
city OF Berne, in Switzerland, hold the
position in Europe, that Lexington does
In America, for Berne ls admitted to
produce the prettiest girls and the most
beautiful women in Europe, which is
probably true, as by far the loyeliest
woman have seen anywhere since
leaving home, is the Countess Bertha
Wallenstein, of Berne, daughter of a
general in the Swiss army, who, with
his daughter, is here now. | made a
paralyzing Partisan bow to them a few
days ago on the street, but they didn't
even recognize me. Me! the fellow y ho
was OF crowd that waved their hats
to him as he drove past in Berne some
months ago. But such is the ingrati.
tude OF men in high places.
Later n,when mentioning, the occur
renee to lady friend, remaI ked that
that probably il was the elegance of nv
manners that overcame them. However,
my friend assured me that she did not
think it was.
Spittoons are unknown among the
upper-ten, as the French gen
tlemen smoke in the presence of
ladies, and as splitting while smoking
is but habit, they thus do not aquire
IL from the start. Some smart Young
females got into and cleaned out NV
entire stock of chewing wax, w whichis the
more deeply regretable because such an
me few days ago down
one of the principal business streets, he
on one side, on the other, both stop !
ping into the stores on our respective
sides of the street all along for about
twelve miles, but not a single cake of
chewing gum could we find in all Paris. /
which is pretty sad.
Some weeks ago there was a large
mass at the Notre Dame (churcbl. II
being some fete, and the arch bisbon
was to officiate. The church is mag.
niticent, and if understood more of
architecture, | should no doubt rave
over 1t, as everybody else does As -