The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-17

6tandS as peaC9luuy In 1tS 04t4uSlVe auu
we'll kept park as II it were miles away
from the busy city-a handsome Renais-
sance edifice, far more attractive than
many moro famous royal rssidsnoes 1t
belonged to the Empress .Eugenle, and
after the fall Of the empire was given by,
her to the city Of Marseillea, to be used
as hospital. believe 1t has not yet
been fitted up for that purpose; at any rate,
It Is not now in use. It Ia finely situated
for hospital, N such an open, healthy
location; It would ba almost worth while
to be sick In order to recover In such q
pleasant spot. s5.5.....s..555;.s.,.
: TIE OTHER KIIp.
. It was while we wore at Hyeres that
we heard OF the Chateau Of St. Eulalie.
Attracted by the poetical na1ne wo re-
solved tosvisit It, although It was repre-
sented as rather too distant for walk.
But With such an object In Wow we
would take the best part Of the day,
start early, and give up our lunch. Fol.
lowing the directions given, we proceeded
down the beautiful valley: OF Hyeres,
between tho .sirnnitts ots5Costa Bella and
the nrioonlntainss0f the gMoora,: tho 1atter
narnssso suggestive ofthastimesSY when
All this Land was .:reoked Sky pfratical;
incnrg3ons Of..thoae savuge smaraude
Crossing tho rapid little Gapand river.
after two or three mile9 walk. and fol-,
lowing It's banl1, we looked In all direc-
tions for the stately edihce wo expected
to show ,its towers above the yellow!
sycamorea, but In vain. Finally, being
directed by the moet polite OF French
cavaliers, whom we fortunately met;
and who might have ridden directly out
Of the middle ages, we turned down q
muddy lane and found-a ranchl A.
ranch, though nobody In this effeta
country knows enough to call It so.
There were number OF long. low
stone buildings scattered among huge.
old olive trees, peach orchards, groves OF
mulberries and grass fields; there were
great ricka of hay, .an old mill, wide
barns ands tribes of chickens, but no
handsome central mansion worthy Of the
noble family that formerly inhabited it.
The only reminders Of the ancient times
when / suppose PRICES used to visit
here were dilapidated avenue Of lofty
trees that once formed the approaches to
the chateau, and singular old tower.
This tower must have been built Us u re-
fuge for the family and dependents when
the pirate galleye were anchored In the
harbor and the alarm was spread from
one estate to- another; tall, round
tower, pierced only BY loopholes, with ?,
lookout on the summit Of Its bell shaped
root. Around Its base were battle.
mented walls, nowin ruins, the former
moat overgrown with bushes and trav-:
ersed by chickens, the only useless part
of the farm. Amenl May all war 30
vanish In peacs and plsntyi
AN EXPENSIVE CANAL.
'Have you seen the falls Of DuranceY
We were asked soon after our arrival In
Marseilles. We replied In the negative,
wondering to what the Lady could refer,
when abe explained by adding: Where
tho water comes into The town" In 1910
the Marssilles people, having been short
Of water for some centuries and having,
as happened. no war on hand TO ex-
haust their finances, undertook to bring
in river to satisfy their thirsty souls.
The expenditure Of 10000, 900 francs re-
suited In the canal Of Roquefavour,
which connects the sDuranoe with tho
city, o distance OF twenty-five miles
Marseilles slopes gently upward from it's
harbor to hill directly east from that
point, about mile and Q half, tho hill
being 400 feet above the SEQ level. On
the top of that bill arrives the cana,
having passed through several tunnels
and crossed the final valley on arches
like the old Roman aqueducta.-Mar-
ssellles: Corr San francisco Chronicle.