Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
HAUNTS OF PARIS APACHE
Breeding Places to Be Raced by
French Government.
FoRTIFICATIoNs SOON TO &C
Three Thousand CFfminaIs Live tn
Strange H~abttatiOns EneircIIng
French Capital - Low
Wages and Prices.

PARIS, Dec. 12-CSpeciaI.)-Before rext
summer rolls around the demolit- on Of the
famous Qualifications Of Paris will have
been begun. For ten years the government
has been talking of such an action and now
It has been definitely decided upon.
III fortificati5ns are interesting because
OF the curious race OF people which inhabtt
them, made UP OF a conglOmerate Of
Apaches and honest citizens and known
under the general name OF "fortifs." It
is estimates that they number something
ike 10000, and they are a people apart
from the Par.sians and the provincial
French alike. OF late years the native
French have been Joined by the riff-raff
OF Spain. Italy and ether European coUn-
tries, vino. however. remain no longer than
is necessary to make what Is in their opin-
ion a tidy fortune and thereupon retire to
their native countries.
Whether you leave Paris by the north,
south, east or west, you are bound to pass
through this strange land, for il enc.rcles
Paris abutting on the great moat which
was part OF the oId-time defences OF the
city. II is a quarter of a mile wide and
its length might be said to be Indefinite.
for it Is a complete circle. On Saturdays
and Sundays its population is enormously
increased by the influx OF small families
with a few sous and a cold lunch on holL-
day bent. IT boasts OF anything but a
monotonous landscape and there is some
thing for all tastes. At the Porte du Pantin.
one OF the gates of Paris. for instance,
there Is a miniature Alps. and there a fine
view OF Paris. gIittering in the midday
sun, can be obtained. Behind the XVLth
reimbursement the heritage is so rich and
green as 20 remind one OF Normandy,
Near LevaIlofs the country resembles the
Basque provinces and goats from that part
Of France, watched over by their red
capped, sunburnt herders come from Hen
daye by Bordeaux and La Touraine and
Craze ther beasts on the Iuxuriant banks
High up the canal ST. Denis. at its entry
INTO the town. reminds one OF Holland viii
its barges and towers
Hiding Places for Criminals.
The Qualifications are first and foremost
an asylum and hiding place for the IN.
desirable and crimnaI OF Paris. No les.
than 5000 OF the tribe Apache live there
and the pOace OF Paris leave him pracu-
caIIy undisturbed SO long as he remains
there and does not enter the gates OF the
city. Even the boys develop a criminal
instinct and IL is a common Occurrences
for little urchins OF 10 years Of age, greedy
o. HuD4GlAJr 70 Alu4A5E N Savage 1n1
sometimes fatal knife play. The singls
doctor, who. BY the way. Is a ragpickeI
by profession and an amateur doctor in his
spare time. says hat the majority OF his
cases among both the children and ths
grown folks come from a too promiscuOus
and careless use OF knives. pistols anC
guns
The habitations take the form. prnei
pally. OF caravans. which can be easily
moved about the country. but many OF
the more Wretched citizens are not abov,
living in holes in the ground. NJ. BOuvler
an Inspector. one night near the ChauIIoI
gate. discovered a hairy, unkempt heaC
sticking cut OF a large hole ana upon drag
sing the man forth learned thar he IA,
been living IN that same hole for the las
ten years. sleeping away the days an,
nights and stealing vegetables in the even
ing for his food
Rent. however. is not high enough IN tn.
Qualifications. one would think. to be be
yOnd the pocket OF anyone. For 81 a yea
one can obtain a very respectable piece o
ground and a cabin thereon. For s. a yea
il Is easy 10 obtain a quite prstentiou
house and for 40 one has attached a yer,
considerable garden Should these prizes