The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-08

ONCE and the magnitude Of His empire Deity
| who has been freed from hundred frettins
| chains and will In time be fresd from the rest
by the several ecclesiastical bodies who have
these matters IN charge Il was. without
doubt mistake and o step backward whom
the Presbyterian gynods Of America lately de-
ided. BY vote. 10 leave Him stu embarrassed
| with the dogma Of infant damnation- Situated
% we are. we cannot at present know with how
much Of anxiety He watched The baiioHne. nor
with how much Of grisvsd disappointment He
observed the result
Well. all these erss above spoken Of are
| modern. they are oflsst week. they arc Of yes
tsrday. they are Of this morning. 30 10 speak.
The springA the healing waters thst gush up
from under this hillsids village. indeed are an.
Client: they. indeed. are genuine antiquity:
they antedate Ill those fresh human matters
By PROFESSIONS OF centuries: they were born
with the fossils Of the Dent du Chat and they
have been always limpid and alwsys abun-
dAnt They furnished . million gallons dsy
10 wash tho lake jewellers with. The same 10
wash the Csesars with. no less to wash
Balxac with. and have not diminished on my
account A million gallons dAy>-for how
many days7 Figures cannot set forth the
number The delivery. In the aggregate. has
amounted to an Atlantic. And there IL still An
Atlantic down In there. By DR.. wakeheld's
calculation that Atlantic IL three-ouarters Of Q
mile down in che Garth. The calculation is
based upon The temperature Of the water.
which Is 114' to 1T Fahrenheit, the natural
law being that below certain depth heat aug.
ments at the rate Of ono degree for every sixty
feet OF descent
Atx Il handsome and Is handsomely situated.
too. on IT. hill slope, with its stately prospect
Of mountain range snd plain spread out before
IL and aboutit The streets sre mainly narrow.
and steep and crooked and interesting. and
offer considerable variety in the way Of names:
on the corner Of one Of them you read this:
Rue du Puts fEs,fr-Pit Of Hell street Some
Of tho sidewalks are only eighteen inches wide:
they are for the cats, probably There II o
pleasant park. aud there are spacious and
beautiful grounds connected with the two
great pleasure resorts. the oercle and the villa
DIES FIeurs. The town consists Of big hotels
little hotels. and pensions. The season lasts
about six months. beginning With May. When
Il ID at fts height there are thousands Of visitors
here. and In the course Of the season a. many
- 10000 In the aggregate como and 90.
These are not oil here for tho bsths: some
come for the gambling facilities and some for
the elimste. II u . climate where the dsld
strawberry Aourishes through the spring.
summer. and fall Il 10 hot In the summer.
and hot in earnest: but this is only In the day
NmeI II IL hot hot at night. The English sea-
son is May and June: they get good deal Of
rain then. and they like that. Tho Americans
take July. and Tho French take August. By the
let OF July the open sif music and the evening
concerts and operas and plays are fairly under
way. and from that time onward the rush Of
pleasure has steadily increasing boom. It's
said that in August the great grounds and the
gambling rooms are crowded all the time and
no end Of ostensible fun going on.
It Is good place for rest and sleep and Een.
eral recuperation Of forcea Tho book Of DR..
Wakefield says there 10 something about this
atmosphere which is the deadly enemy OF In.
Romnis. and think this must be true. for II
am any Judge this town Il at times the noisiest
enc in Europe. and yet q body gets more sleep
here than he could at home. I don't care whore
his home Is. Now we ere living at
Q most comfortable and satisfactory PEN
sion. with . garden Of shade trees
and flowers and shrubs and o con-
yincins air OF quiet and repose. But just
across the narrow street is the little market
square. and at corner Of that is that church
that 10 nsishbor 10 the Roman arch. and that
marrow street. and that billiard table Of Q
market place. and that church. are able. on .
bet, to turn out more noise to the cubic yard at
the wrong time than any other similar COM
binatlon In the earth or out Of IL In the street
you have tho skull.bursting thunder Of tho
Passing hack. volume Of sound not product
BILE BY elk hacks anywhere else: on
the hack IL lunatio with q whip
which he cracks 70 notify the public to
get out Of his way. This crack is as
keen and sharp and penetrating and ear
splitting as pistol shot ct close range and
the lunatic delivers It In volleys. not single
shots You think you will not be able to live
till he gets BY. and when he does got By. he
only leaves vacancy for tho bandit who sells
lie Petit Journal to fll with bis strange and
awful yell. He arrives with tho early morning
ana the market people. and there 10 dog that
arrives at about the Same time and barks
steadily ut nothing till he dies and they fetch
another dog Just Ike him. The bark Of this
breed IL the twin Of the whip volley. and stsbe
like knife. By aud By. what 10 left OF you the
church bell gets. There are many bells. ami
apparently six or soven thousand town
clocks. and as they are al 1--WE minutes
apart-probably By law-there are no in
tervals. Some Of them are striking all the
time--at least. after you 90 to bod they are.
There Is one clock that strikes the hour. and
~
Then for evenings end Sundays there ID
cblme-a chime that starts In pleasantly and
rnuslcaIly. then suddenly breaks into frantic
roar and boom. and crash Of warning sounds
TINT makes you think Paris is up and the rev.
olutlon come again. And yet 40 have said.
ono sleeps here-sleeps like the dead. Once he
gets his grip on his sleep. neither hack. nor
whip. nor news fisnd, nor dog. nor beil.cyclohe.
nor all Of them together can wrench 1t loose or
mar It's deep and tranquil continuity. Yes.
there Ia indeed something in this air that Is
death to insomnia
The buildings OF the Cerole and the Wills dos
Flcurs are huge In size. and each has Thea
tro In 1t. and great restaurant. also conven-
fences for gambling snd general and vsrie-
gated entertainment They stand In orns-
mental grounds Of greet extent and beauty.
The multitudes OF fashionable folk ut at
refreshment tables In the open air. after
moons, and listen to the music and II 10 there
that they mainly 20 TO break the Sabbath.