The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-10

those glacier mills are genuine they arc indeed a wonderful phenomenon. Ex cayations made in the year 1872 brought those wonders to light.
 Near the Glacier Garden Is a monu- ment In which the people of Lucerne take special pride. II is the figure of a lion cut out in the face of solid rock by a renowned Danish sculptor There is spear piercing the lions side. The lion evidently Is dying. All of this picture Is intended to portray tho fate and fidelity of the Swiss guards of Louis XVI. who fell vc- tims to tho fury of the French revolu :lonists In the year l7e2 This piece of sculptor is known as the "Llon of Lu- cerne."
 railroad ride of ten hours brings one from Lucerne to Paris throush a comparatively level but interesting country Al Paris. Mrs Reynolds and I went by train to town of sixty miles out, where by appointment we were met by friends who took us In an au. tomoblle 10 the city of Cognac. BIO miles from that point This ride. gave opportunity to study the French people, both peasant and city donlzon. in way that, passing through s conn try on trains one cannot do. We pass cd over the French national road No 10 built by Napoleon Bonaparte. from a.ts .a sf,l eIJ moving his armies l think lt wnuil be profitable investment for tl,o state of Connectirut to send its road commissioner 10 examine one ar more of those great roads of France One national road in France is 6,ssT feet above sea level
 Thre. is one other road ir tho world higher than the French road. lhis high est of roads is In the Russian Caucasus
 In our automobile ride 'hroue France it was extremely interesting to note the different aspects of the dit- ferent sections of the country land seape. as well az the varying customs of the people. For instance. my French friend in the automobile said to me as we were entering department: "Ohssrve the size of caps that the worn- en will wear Tn the country through which ". will now pass for about forty miles And sure enough, presently the caps began to bob up along the road looking entirely different in shane than anything In that line that I had seen tbronebn,t but they do not vie with each other in the same style of hat Tn fact. the style of cap differs according 10 the topography of the department in which the women live.
 After a two days nutomoble ride which marks an epoch in our lives. Mrs. Reynolds and I arrived in the city Of Cognsc This city has a popu ation of only ts0Oo, vet 1t stands third in importance in the French postofflce department. Cognac Is the great bran. dy city of the world. It Is It's brandy interests that make it's postofTice i'm portsnt Tn tho year 1905 the French parliament passed 2 law that brandy made anywhere in France outside of the two departments of the Chsrentes cannot be called Cognac brandies The two Chsrentes produce the best bran dies In France on account of soil con ditions. The Charentes produced last year a,250,000 gallons of brandy. There is one firm In Cognac that was founded in the year 15i2,
 The workmen in the brandy firms are never discharged so long as they be- have well. When they have been thir- " years steadily In the employ of one firm, the government decorstes them, Francis l., king of France, was born in this town. He was born out doors in clum of trees, The spot was point ed out to me.
 HUGH J, REYNOLDS.