The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-09-21
PARIS,
The Beautiful River Rhine---and
Glimpse Of Basic.


whiting our room at night. We were
I unable 30 get it out or to make the
! French maid understand that we were
/ entertaining an unwelcome visitor and
| wanted her to get it out. However
after various Explanations and strange
! gcstculations the cat was excused and
/ we enjoyed our slumbers IN peace.
] In the morning it was our privilege
| to see an old time market. Women
! brought to square on a two-wheeled
/ cart drawn by themselves or assisted
I by dog or perhaps Il man or another
woman their garden produce, butter,
( eggs, flowers, etc, where they stood by
Il table placed there for the purpose till
I they sold all they had or there WAS no
one left to buy. In this case they
gathered up what they had LEFT and
carried it home, in many instances
upon their Leads.
! Throughout Switzerland we saw many
queer ways of drawing loads. In one
place we saw men and women with hay
( strapped on their backs carrying it to
/ the house. In another a man and
/ woman drawing it on cart. In an
/ other two men and a woman. Some OF
the party SAID they saw a woman and a
/ COW hitched up together. That | did
not see, but cav many cows hitched to
wagons going through the country as
well as the towns. Occasionally We
saw a COW and a horse or donkey work
ing together, often going tandem and a
driver always leading each. Thus it
took as many drivers as animals driven
and made them unable to 90 any faster
than person could walk.
Attracted by the Falls of the Rhine,
one of the most beautiful in all Europe,
We 90 to SchaT hansen near which place
| il may be found. From the many lovely
walks in the town a splendid view of
the Alps and the Rhine is obtained.
! Comparing the tastefully laid out parks
with their monuments erected in mem
DRY of their great historians, their
pretty villas and fountains together
with the view of the whole chain of the
Alps which lies before the eye, Ne
madji Park, Lester Park and even Cen
trail Park of New York sink into COM
parative insignificanCe.
The most striking features of the
town are its old buildings many of
which date from the 10th and 18th CEN
turtles. Some reach back as far as the
18th century, the most noted of which
Is the interesting remains of the Con-
vent of AllerheiIigen, built by Pope Leo
| y in 1862.
The color Of the water Of the Rhine
is similar TO that Of our own beautiful
St Lawrance but the latteri5 a much
larger stream. All the rivers of Europe
that | saw looked very small to me.
The Thames only little larger than
the Nemadji or Black River, \. Y. The
water in this was never clear when !
saw or rode ON it. It was the same
with the Seine and Mersey. The Elury
and Avon impressed one as being small
but their waters looked clean and cool.
The imposing grandeur o! the Falls of
the Rhine can only be appreciated by
those who see it. The river which
has continued its course smoothly down
to Schaffhausen, begins now to form it.
self into violent rapids until it takes its
leap near the village of Neuhausen over
height Of about - feet among mighty
and exceedingly picturesque rocks, fill
ing the air with an noise like thunder.
After visiting this wonderful work of
nature we proceed to Paris which in
regard to splendor the world holds no
other such wonder today. Upon our
arrival we are driven directly to our
hotel Leelee de la Albion on Rue st.
de Honore. If we had hoped for mod
Grafton IN the dining room and hotel
accommodations generally, surely we
were disappointed now for this was the
grandest of the many fine hotels In
which we had had our headquarters.
The first object Of interest visited was
La Madeleine, or the church of St.
Mary Magdalene. The foundation of
this classic edifice was laid by Louis
Nv but was mainly constructed by
Napoleon | and finished under Louis
NNIII occupying in all siNtyfiye years
in the building. II is said to be the fin
est cathedral in Paris and one of the
finest in the world. The carvings over
the front entrance represent the Last
Judgment. On the bronze doors are
groups illustrating the Ten Command
ments. The organ is a fine instrument
presided over by one of the best COM
pOsers and performers in France. The
form of the church is that of parallel
ogram Sol feet long al feet wide and
100 feet high, enCirCling it are hfty-twO
COrinthlan columns. After service we
tends from The Madeleine to the Place
de IL SUncorde the finest Place it is said
IN all Europe. 1t is situated between
the Garden of the Tuileries and the
Champs Ely-ees. In the centre of it
stands the oheiisk Luxor the sister of
Cleopatra : Needle of London and the
obelisk IN New York. During the Reign
of Terror the guiIlotine was placed on
the spot where the obelisk now stands,
and Louis MI and Marie Antoinette
We're two Of the two thousand victims
who were be headed there. Two foun-
tains play here continuously, one is
symbolical Of Rivers and the other of
Seas. There are eight fine statues here
representing the chief towns of France.
! The numerous gas Jets with which this
Place j. lighted at night gives il an ex-
ceedingly picturesque appearance. At
our right stands the Palais de HElysee
the residence of the President of the