The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-26
THE LITTLE STEAMER.
Copyright, 1891, by Edgar W. Nye.l

THE LITTLE STEAMER
celain. You go to ST. Cloud by rail or
river and then drive over to Sevres by
diligence or voiture. Some does one
way and some does the other. l rode up
on the Seine, aboard of little, nOiseless,
low pressure steamer about the size of a
sewing machine. 1t was called the Sill
VOC Play, l think.
The fare was thirty centimes, or, say,
three cents. After paying my fare, and
finding that I still had money left, l
lunched at St. Cloud in the open air at
a trifing expense. then took a bottle
of milk from my pocket and quenched
my thirst. Travelling through France
one finds that the water is especially
bad, tasting of the Dauphin at times
and dangerous in the extreme. l adj
wise those therefore who wish to be
well whilst doing the Continent to carry
especially in France, as l did, large,
thickset bottle of milk or kumiss with
which to take the wire edge off ones
whistle whilst being yanked through the
Louvre.
st. Cloud is seven miles west of the
center of Paris and most ten miles by
rail on the road to ersailles-pronounced
Vairsi. st. Cloud belongs to the Canton
of Sevres and the reimbursement of YER
sailles. An reimbursement is not any
thing reprehensible. 1t is all right. You
could belong to an reimbursement If you
lived in France.
= I1o-EF,1 hill c1n1,n
looking down the valley Of the Seine,
with Paris in the distance. 1t is peace
full and quiet and beautiful Everything
is peaceful in Paris, when there is no
revolution on the carpet. The steam cars
run safely and do not make so much
noise as ours do. The steam whistle does
not have such hold on people as it does
here. The adjutant general at the depot
blows little tin bugle, the admiral Of
the train returns the salute, the adJutant
general says "Allonsp and the train
starts off like a somewhat leisurely
young man who is going to the depot to
meet his wife's mother.
One does not realize what Fourth Of
July racket we live in and employ in our
business, Lillian, till he has been the
guest Of a monarchy of Europe between
whose toes the timothy and clover have
sprung up to great height. And yet it
is a pleasing change, and l shall be glad
when we as a republic have passed the
blow hard period, laid aside the ear split
ting steam whistle, settled down to good,
permanent institutions and take on a
restful, sootheful, Boston air which
comes with time and the quiet self con-
graduation that one is born In Bible
land and Gospel privileges, and where
the right to worship in a strictly high
church manner is open to all
The Palace Of st. Cloud was at one
time the residence Of Napoleon in sum-
mer time. He used to go out there for
the heated term, and folding his arms
across his stomach have thought after
thought regarding the future Of France.
/ Yet he very likely never had an idea
| that some day it would be a thrifty re-
public, engaged in growing green peas
or pulling a soiled dove out Of the Seine
now and then to add to the attractions
] VI ucI Justly NCACDA dt-A ALL = t~Is
Louis XVIII also put up at the Palace
in St. Cloud several summers. He spelled
it ''palais," which shows that be had
very poor early English advantages, or
that lie was, as l have always suspected,
a native % Quebec. Charles \ also
changed the bedding somewhat, and
/ moved in during his reign He also add
ed a new iron sink and place IN the
+ barn for washing buggles. Louis Phil
f Ippe spent his summers mere for num-
/ Der Of years, and wrote weekly letters 70
/ the Paris papers signed "Uno," in
which he urged ths taxpayers TO show
I more venerauon for their royal nibb4
/ Napoleon III occupied the Palais il sum
/ mer during lis lifetime, avalllng him.
self finally Of the Use Of Mr.. Bright 8
( Justly celebrated disease and dying az
/ the dawn Of better institutions for
/ beautiful but unhappy France.
J l visited the Palsls, which was burned
/ By the Prussiaus n 1870. The grounds
occupy SEQ acres, which I offered 20 buy
and IL Up, but probably did not deal
with responsible Da<ties This part Of
/ france reminds me very much Of North
/ Carolina mean, Of course, the natural
/ features Nan has done more f0-
/ France. Il seems TO L1e. than for the Tai
! Heel stzoe, and the cities ot Ashevile
and Paris are widely different. The 20
Ice Of Paris rarely get sog@iasr II front
az the court h2use . pitch horseshoes
or dwell CT the outlook fo- the gooOeI
crops
And yet the same blue. oz0uic sky, 4
may b allowed 70 coin a word tna
sane soft, restfal, dolce Jrluze7ati air Q.
gentle, genial health. and Of c4Ek de-