Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-16

and as thickly settled, no doubt she
will have these good roads too.
I visited the tomb Of Napoleon in
the building already mentioned.
don't suppose there Is a more costly
tomb in the world, nor finer one
The tomb consists Of an immense
monolith of Finland porphyry, weigh
ing $4,000 pounds and cost about
three hundred thousand dollars. I al
so saw in the Louvre Palace, Napo-
Icons sword, with its multitude OF
diamonds studding the handle. 1t is
in a glass case surrounding by rail-
ing. Within the railing there Is a SOL
dier who guards the case. In the case
Is a magnificent diamond which is
said to be worth three million dollars.
1t may be so, but am sure would not
here a representation Of the original
crown Of Napoleon which was sold for
large amount, the interest Of which
Is used 1 believe to keep up this great
"IlCh SoNClo oCICS VI 6iohhN
and which has thousands of the finest
paintings in it, some of the finest in
the world. But there is nothing have
seen that can come up to the British
Museum in its wealth Of collections.
England seems to have drawn from
every age and country to fill her great
museum with objects Of interest.
What about the people In Paris? ]
was surprised to find them so demo-
cratic in their dress and looks. I i'm
agined that every other man would
have on a silk hat and a dress suit;
but I don't think I have seen as much
Of this in Paris as in London. The
people in Paris are very polite; but
they will get the best end Of a bar
gain If you are not careful. They don't
and wrong. Signs of this are seen all
around. The difference between the
people here and in London, or New
York, is this, or at least this seems to
be one difference: the people In Paris
have no ideal, no standard Of morality,
while the other two cities have. You
will find the same kinds of sin in Lon
don that you do in Paris, but the pub
lie mind in London recognizes a
standard and has an ideal, while 1t
does not seem to be 80 In Paris. There
seems to be no public conscience In
the latter place--sin is popular and
open faced. There Is practically no
Sabbath in Paris. The stores are open
and doing business, people are engag-
ed in all kinds Of work, and those
who recognize Sunday look upon 1t as
a day Of recreation and worldly pleas
ure. A few people 90 to church in the
morning and confess their sins, but
they go right back to their evil ways.
I had pretty good opportunity yes
terday to see how little the Sabbath Is
recognized and observed in Paris. The
devil seems to have his own way.
What difference there Is between
London and Paris in the matter OF
Sabbath observance! They seem to be
in different worlds. / attended church
yesterday morning in the American
church and enjoyed the service very
much. This church is non-denomina-
tional. Something like the church OF
the Strangers in New York. was
agreeably surprised to see as good
ine church. OF course, it does
not come up to one of the. big
cathedrals; but 1t reflects credit on the
American congregation that worship
there. DR.. Thrusher, the pastor,
preached a good sermon, full Of gos-
pei truth, on the text, "One thing thou
lackest." There are a great many
Americans in Paris all the time and
this church furnishes them a place
for worship. The congregation was
composed Of good looking and well to
do looking people. Last night I at
tended the Mccall mission. The SER
vice was conducted in the French Ian
guage which, Of course, could not un-
derstand. But having heard so much OF
this mission and the work done by 1t,
I was anxious to attend one Of their
services. was disappointed in the
congregational was very sma!l-only
a prayer meeting attendance. But the
minister who conducted the service
seemed to be very much in earnest.
After I finished my last letter, and
before I left Geneva, I visited the
church in which John Calvin preached
and sat in his chair. I also visited his
grave over which spruce pine casts
its shadow. There Is simple stone
there about a foot square, projecting
itself a few inches above the ground,
with the letters ]. c. on top Of It.
What q humble monument to such a
great man! But Is it not fortunate af-
ter all? He needs no monument or
granite, or marble, or brass to perpet-
uate his character and life. He erec-
ted his own monument while he lived
and this monument has been growing
ever since and will continue to grow TILL
the end Of time. Our ride from Geneva
to Paris was the longest we have had
on the railway on this side. We were
on a fast train and 1t took us nearly
ten hours to make the journey. The
lands through France do not seem to
be as good as those In England, Ger
many and Scotland, and you don't see
the beautiful and magnificent scenery
here that you do in the other coun-
tries. I hated very much to leave
Switzerland. There Is something very
attractive to me about this country
and always has been since l have
known anything about 1t. don't be-
lieve I saw a single flock OF sheep IN
France. l reckon this Is the reason
why her people eat horse flesh. There
are places in Paris where horse steak
Is kept for sale. I hope I haven't eat
en- any since l came here. I would al
most as soon eat human flesh.
commenced this letter In Paris;
but l am now in London, having come
over today. We came by Calais.
where we took a steamer and sailed
across the English channel to Dover.
the Channel-about fifteen miles
as It was when we went over
on the 14th ult. When we got into
England today we saw hundreds OF
sheep and cattle grazing in the pas
lures. We took a through train AT
Dover and I don't think 1t stopped
tin it got to London. Thase thr"'us n
trains over here make splendid time