The Portland daily press., 1895-09-23

Paris. They are all Partisan III 1nell
style for Paris can never be anything but
monarchial in its tastes however long
France may remain Republic l shall
not soon forget the radiant look OF the
young man who stepped up to as. as we
were standing among the palaces III brus-
sells, and told us that the carriage passing
contained the royal family. so pleased
was he not only to possess the lnforna'
ton, but to be able to impart it to others.
But since we Americans are al k!hgs
and mobiles in our own right, tne iuea
of royalty can never be trehehuous
thing to any of it's citizens.
Since the Duchess of Richmond gave
the famous ball ON the eve OF the patGie
of Waterloo the "sound OF reyelTy py
night has always been heard IN beigl-
um's capital The people OF BRUISES lss -
like those in Italy seem never 70 go 10
bed, but still those here seem always 70
be getting up Our rooms were direcGly
in front overlooking the hustle OF the
street. The noise and the jollity OF people
going home from their merry making
lasted until after two o'clock while The
early traffic commenced before uhree So
that there was scarcely an hall hour VI
quiet during the entie night.
THE CITY FROM IT'S BEGINNING.
Brussels t seems was little village by
the name of Brussella. 1t is situaUeo on
the river Senne, branch of the ochelde'
and is named from the word BROCK
marsh, "brocksele, I" dwelling on marsh.
Ohio the Great refers to church there IN
the .enth century. In the eleventh century
1t was an important place and walled.
These ancient ramparts which had stoou
to many sieges were levelled into peau5l-
full avenues about the beginning o. 6ne
present century. In the twelfth century
the Duke of Brabant ruled it and In the
fifteenth Burgundian princes were sur
rounded by a retinue Of French knights.
French was then, as now, the Iasnlona-
BILE language. Flemish as at present, being
the language of the lower classes. 1t
reached the-height of it's glory IN the Time
of Charles Y. After the wars OF the FIRST
Republic Belgium and Holland were
again united, alternating in their capitals
from Brussels to the Hague, pu5 were
finally separated in $780,
Napoleon occupied the Royal Chateau
at the right of the present royal palaces
from 1909 to 1914 and from here dated his
declaration of war against Russia.
THE CITY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
The whole of Rue Royal from the gilt
tering church of st. Maria, to its extern
sion into Rue Regence as we'll as the Bots
della Cambre is at night fall gay with car
riages, promenaders and riders. At this
time the Royal Park is particularly beau
tiul. 1t ends at the Maison du Roi, the
residence of the King and Queen.
Near here are some very fine stores hav-
ing for sale the most exquisite Brussels
lace.
Also in this quarter is the fine monu-
ment of Counts Egmont with colossal
figures in bronze and marble figures OF
compatriots, while forty eight smaller
bronze figures surmount the pillars of an
artistic railing representing the Indus
trial Guilds. Also farther down on Rue
Neuve is the fine Monument to Martyrs ,
erected to the memory OF the Belglans
who fell in 1880. This is very elaborate
memorial, with reliefs, inscriptions, and
allegorical figures.
Among the most distinguished build
ings are the Hotel de Vile and the Palals
de Justice, the latter being the largest
architectural work of the present century,
and one of the most remarkable. 1t cost
ten million dollars to build it,
There is also here another one OF those
ttiresome things''--a Jas one of our bored
Western men several years ago astyled 1T.
It is the Cathedral of the thirteenth CEN
fury. These grand old relics all over
Europe will never be finished as work is
and repairing and rebuilding. They con-
meet past ages with..the present and future
and will no doubt stand as long as time
endures. They are mo such lifeless things
as the Western man styled them but are
full Of the maturity of the past and the
glory of coming ages.
WATERLOO.
The morning we had chosen for Water
loo was fine and getting an early start we
found the trains comfortable and not too
many people along the route.
In going to the field. of Waterloo one
finds it better to stop at Braine L Attend,
one station beyond the village of Water
loo, and to take an omnibus from that
point to the Mound of the Belgian Lion
the SPOT on which the Prince of Orange
was wounded We're it not for the beg
CARS it would be very delightful walk
but the beggars surpass those around
Naples in their somersaults and Tricks OF
standing on their heads Indeed they
seem Of exactly the same genus, IshoWing
that apy profession, even that of solicit
ing salms develops 1.-The same points OF
character and finally the same personality
in all parts of the world. Environment
is certainly more potent than heredity
One little fellow in red stockings rum
ming along beside the carriage with his
wooden shoes in his hand started the pro-
cession drawing out "a centime, a CEN
time" Another one offered not only to
stand on his head but to do this i'll the
water for sou. We were told by the
driver that we must give them nothing
since their begging had become such a
nuisance that the authorities were trying
to break it up and that there was great
danger too that some Of them would get
under the wheels. And sure enugh when
contrary to orders some one in another
party, out of curiosity to see them scram,
BILE did throw a penny, q boy and girl
came to blows over it and almost dragged
each other under the carriage.
This Mound of the Lion is two hundred
feet high and is said to have been made
out of the ground on which the decisive
part of the battle was fought. long
light Of about ninety steps goes up to the
top and here you have general survey OF
the battlefield which is over twelve miles
in extent and looking far and wide, ,yo3r
can see every point and the position hello
by the different armies.
The English guide described the man
oeuvres as they were carried en- at the