The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-07

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this US the most vital part of their work.
DIR. Thurber Is pushing successfully a
worthy plan Tor new CHURCH house,
The property he wishes to acquire adj
Joins the church ITSELF 1t will be used
primarily as parsonage, but its Sec
ondary function will be as sort OF So
clal and religious headquarters for that
interesting section al the American coli
ony which Is rounding Oft It's artistic
education in this city. va.
Recurring to the streets OF this Won
derful city, the features one feels most
inclined TO dwell upon are such unique
effects as you see In the Rue de Rlyoli,
where for thirteen blocks you pass I'M
der canopied sidewalk, with tempting
shop windows op one hand, and on the
other broad archways opening towards
the garden OF the Tuilaries. Then there
are the numerous passages, or arcaues,
which are so distinctly o Parlslan leat-
ure that they open to you in the most
unlikely places, and seem often so sorry
to have you leave them, that after end
ing their course on one side OF the
street they Immediately begin It again
on the other side. Then TOO, there Is
the marvellous Palais Royal, combining
the best features Of both the Rue de Ri
wolf and the Arcades-what other city
ia there that can show you such place
as that, with its striking architectural
effects, its long array Of jewelry stores,
its rich historical associations, and its
thriving trade in articles OF luxury and
adornmentl
BEAUTY OF THE STREETS.
Still other wonderful features OF this
captivating city are the length, breadth
and arrow-like straightness Of some Of
its leading thoroughfares. One never
wearies in his admiration OF such
Partisan effects as these, and here again
II is Paris against the world. The
Boulevard Vollaire extends In q perfect
line from the Place de la Republic to
the Place do Ia Nation, which is two
miles, and for the eye to travel this
distance either by gas light or day light
Is an experience never TO be forgotten.
Another fine vista OF mile and a half
is afforded by the Boulevard Magenta,
and still another, almost US long, by the
splendid boulevards OF Sebastapol and
Strassbourg; while, II 1t were not for
slight rise OF ground in the centre, and
the obstruction OF your view by the Arc
de Triomphe, you might stand at the
Place dc Ia Concorde, and follow with
your eye, always looking in straight
line, FIRST the Ave des Champs Elysee,
then the Ave de Ia Grande Armee, after
that, and beyond the city gates, the
Ave de Neuily, and finally the Ave dc
la Defense do Paris, until you saw the
bronze monument from which the last
OF these avenues takes its name-the
whole distance being four miles and q
half.
One marvels that after the late un.
pleasantness there should remain in
Paris street bearing the name OF Ger
many. So it is, however, though the
soft French tonelh calls isBtIeht the
Rue D'Allemaghe. Possibly this name
is retained for the same reason that the
ancients were wont to seat skeleton at
their banqueting tables, viz, as a re-
hinder to Partisan citizens Of their inn
pending conflict with a powerful enc
my. Ii can hardly, however, symbolizo
to them all that a skeleton would inn
ply, for far from Expecting tbsg under
when they meet Germany for second
tussle, they are sanguine OF great trl-
umph. But as to this street of Ger
many, We have referred to 1t because,
with its connecting thoroughfare, Rue
La Fayette, 1t affords another striking
instance Of the many beautiful streets
in Paris which stretch out to great
lengths in a straight,line, the distance
in this case being thee miles and
quarter.
THE BUSIEST POINT.
The busiest point in the streets Of
Paris is where the Boulevard Montmar.
tire is intersscted by the Rue du Fau-
bourg Mohtmartre.i ri is said that
hundred thousand vehicles pass this
point every day. There are times, how
ever, when an immense vehicular
stream sweeps through the Place do
l'Etoile on Its way to the Bots do Bou-
logne and back. On Sunday afternoons,
when the weather Is pleasant, some OF
OF the avenues conyerging at this Place
present an appalling sight to the timid
pedestrians, and only forthe occasional
interference OF the police, ono would be
in utter despair Of ever crossing them.
1t must not DO inferred, though, that
pedestrians are scarce in this locality.
The enjoyment Of the broad thorofares
leading to the Bois dc Boalogne Is not
left to carriage folk, tor the side walks
are even more throngod than the
drives, and as for the great park itself,
which Is five times as large as the big
gest park in London, it Is so thronged
at times as to make you think that, i'm.
PEELED by Its proVerbial passion for open
air life, tho entire population OF the
city must have found lie way there.
10 get passing view, in tho shortest
possible time, and for the smallest out
lay, Of the principal places OF interest
in Paris, the best thing to do is to take
q penny ride on the Seine. Think ofitl
Five and ahalt miles tor only two cents,
and q moving panorama as you akin
along-the view being at close range
withal-of the Jardin des Plantes, tho
Hotel do Vile, the Palais dc Justice,
the Louvre, the 1nstitut, the Chambre
des Deputies, tho Hotel dea 1nvalldes
Tour EilFol, and the Trocaderol Thisis
another respect in which Paris beats
the world. The Seine Is Insignificant In
comparison with the Thames, but you
can SEQ as you travel on II far more
objects Of interest than penny ride on
the London river will reveal to you, and
added TO all there 10 the delightful
sensation OF passing beneath twenty.
five bridges during this cheap ride.
II. 4.
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