The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1889-01-05

and Mars-La-Tour began az 81. Prlvat.
which had not seen before. aud fol-
lowed the French line To Poiat do
Jour. which ended the first days ex-
ploration.
THE next day followed my own
track 10 the field as closelyas practical.
passing through Gore. recognizing tho
golden angel on the hill rs an odd and
charming friend. and the rayines
where we first saw officers who were
slain, lying with their caps covering
their distorted faces; and pushed on
zealously seeking landmarks and re-
covering, SO far rs might be. the van
ished rccollections of the broad and
picturesque landscape. as enchanting
in its loyeliness-for there is no land
In this world that is fairer than this
as IL Is distinguished in It's history.
"The same strips of woods; the long,
white roads; the rows OF feathery
poplars. their towering plumes touch
Ing the skies; the sunny sweeps OF fer
tile and fenceless fields; the softrolling
hills; the dusky villages. their low
pastered walls rooted with red tiles
all was there, but how mysteriously
great the change! The armies had
gone their ways. / could not find the
house In Gore where l had slept, and
the town was three times as large as
had thought, and no new houses 10
accountfor theincrease. The distances
from place TO place were greater than
/ had believed them. aud the roads
were 10 me SO misplaced as 10 escape
Identification. There are n multitude
of monuments dotting and dominating
the immense plateau - hundreds OF
simple iron crosses, and many impos-
ing structures, some OF them strllsingly
artistic; and ~ il was the anniversary
OF the death of tens OF thousands, all
the crosses and more ambitious MEM
orials were decorated with wreaths.
Several of the graves bore records OF
the burial of hundreds of men in each,
and there were long lists OF officers who
were Wondering where they persisted.
In field that had just been closely
harvested could not find trace of a
trench--not a mark whore l had
seen more than thousand Frenchmen
laid i'm ditch and the earth shoveled
upon them. Or. IL there was a sign OF
that huge grave, IL must have been In
the blood-red peoples that bloomed on
low steps ~ the golden stubble. l
thought the pot where | had placed
my chair, vale the world was ia a
tremor frnm the booming batteries.
and where had drawn my field-glass
and looked upon the vivid and startling
panorama of the battle of tho giants.
In which one empire fell and another
arose, was indelibly fixed in my mem-
DRY. There | had been for hours on
day that decided the destiny OF nations,
within few yards OF the victorious
King and the Field-Marshal aud the
Chancellor, and each tree and house
and hill should be familiar; but
could not lind the place, and after an
effort, absnrdly prolonged to make
sure, gave 10 up. And while | never
had been boastful that knew much Of
the battle, from the accident of being
an eyewitness, il was surprise.
when compared some Of my impress
sions with the charts exactly locating
the forces on both sides, to find how
far of / had been as TO the verities, and
how little knew of that which saw,
or thought | saw, in an atmosphere Of
miraculous transformations.
1.-The batte-fields, though far within
France in war time, are all included
within what's called German territory;
but the village from which the combat
of Mars-la-rour takes its portentous
name Is on the French side of the
line, aud reached il TO obtain lunch-
con and To see "A monument erected 10
the immortal memory of the French
soldiers who fell ON the 10th and 18th
of August, 1870. at Rezonvillc-Vion
ville--as France names theearlier con-
tests--and Gravelottc in defence OF
their country. The monument is in-
pressive, and was loaded with decora-
tons and surrounded by swarm OF
people, fierce with passionate enthusi-
asm for their gallant dead and for the
revenges they believe in and never for
get. IL was the anniversary day for
that field, and Ia their way the French
on the frontier were celebrating il
with tears OF grievous rage and frantic
EXPLANATIONS. The walls OF the church
in this place are filled with plain tab
lets giving in long array the names OF
officers who died for France aud were
entered upon the rolls of glory seven
teen years before. as they aud those
who loved them fondly hold in their
religion. that teaches the worship OF
France.
'.In the door OF one OF the houses OF
this village was seated boy 81 ten
years with bright face. typically
French, wavirg a tiny tricolorcd flag.
and singing a song that called IL the
flag OF glory--'0 ie drapeau dc gioirer
'As passed beyond the ravine be-
hind Gravelotte, on the road TO Metz.
tho sky was black with storm that
had been rising and muttering for