The age-herald., 1899-09-27
REMEMBER" ONE WORD WITH YOU SAPOL 10

many books, they will be disappointed Thought dweNs by the stream and sea, by the hill and in the woodland, and tho sunlight and free wind" and in Switzerland the truism must apply with greater truth and force.
 In Geneva, the beautiful old university town, we enjoyed a most delightful and 1onged for rest, after the hurry of our con- tinued journey on the continent. A Swiss statesman has said that Most of our chil- dren are born to poverty. but We take care that they shall not grow up to ignorance" No doubt he was thinking of the old ph'- losopher poet, who said: Ignorance is tho curse of God; knowledge, the wing where with we fly to heaven"
 And so it was that in Geneva I was most interested in the famous old university and its old cathedral, endeared, of course by memories of the life-work of the faithful and famous preacher-Calvin.
 Then, too we took an interest In visiting the Hotel de Vile. which contains the famous room now called the Alabama room," where the arbtrators sat who pro- nounced judgment upon the Alabama claims, which arose between England and the United States after the war of seces- sion. There is much of interest to the visitor in Geneva, for 1t Is a city of great antiquity, its origin being involved in the obscurity of the dark ages however, 1t Is described by Julius Caesar as a populous and well fortified place. Aside from the historical interest of the place and its stormy scenes during so many years, in later times it has been the residence of many celebrated men, not only Calvan, but Knox lived here and preached. Here too, Rousseau and Voltafre and Madame De Steal lived while exiled from their native land. When the Protestant religion was established by law, Geneva became the center of education for the Protestant youth of Great Britain, Germany and France. At Ferney. just few miles from Geneva Voltaire built chateau and with number of colonists. founded the town of Ferney and, strange to say, also built for his little community a handsome church. Further on at Coppet, Madame De Stael lived in luxurious retirement In her own chateau on the beautiful banks of Lake Leman. But all the beauties of the place and it's surroundings could not reconcile the proud spirit of the author and woman for the harshness and severity of Napoleon in exiling her from her beloved Paris. In the well-kept garden she slum- bers peacefully enough now, by the side of her famous father. Mir. Neckar
 But, one of the most thrilling journeys to be made from Geneva is around Lake Leman to the Castle of Chillou, immortalz- ed by Byron in his poem about it's famous prisoner. The trip there on the lake is delightful one; the deep blue color of the water. the gently sloping hills richly clothed with vineyards and orchards, the noble background of mountains, the grace full lateen sails of the boats peculiar to Lake Leman and the Mediterranean, all combine to form a most attractive pros pect. While the eternal snow-capped summit of Mount Blanc towers maiestical- ly above all else within the range of vision At Ouchy, where the great historian tells us in his preface that the last words of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Elm pire" were penned after the labors of four and twenty years we took small tram car for the castle We went through the barren halls, now seemingly deserted Our interest. of course, centered in the dungeon where the hapess Bonnvard paced his six weary years. The castle is little more now than a shrine for pilgrims, and 1t is a pathetic and touching sight to view the pillar where this noble Swiss pa triot was chained and see the stone floor worn to such depth by his circumscribed and weary tread.
 At Veve nearby, are the scenes that Rousseau depicts in the glowing pages of the "Nourelle He'loise," and fin old St. Martins church lie the bones of the fugi- tive regcides, Ludlow and Broughton, by the latter of whom King Charles of Eng land heard his death sentence read. At Clarens Gambetta had his summer home Eugene Sue, George Sand, Victor Hugo and hundreds of others have left memorials here, and to return to more modern days, that Baron Rothschild. known to all the world as the famous architect of a more famous fortune, has his incomparably mag nifcent home on the rising slopes above Geneva's beautiful lake. The grounds and park of his villa are among the most beau tiful private grounds in existence, and on certain days of the week visitors are per mitted to visit them. From the terrace, there, we had, possibly the best view of Mont Blancs that we obtained anywhere near Geneva. So grand and powerful 1t looked notwithstanding that 1t was nearly sixty miles away and other mountains much nearer were at this distance invisi- ble. But descriptions of Switzerland and its beautiful Alps are futile-perfectly fu- tile. l can only say, "come and see"
 PAUL PRY.