The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07

/ iomea and twenty -one miles north OF
| west OF Czernowitx, on tho left bank of
! tho Pruth. Coming from tho south,
Sniatyn Is the first town which, from
| the houses and steepl,s down to the
dogs and cats, Ia the property of one
nobleman," wrote q historian in tho
early part OF the last century. The
place has a fine castle, college and
excellent schools. Several tanneries
and beet root. manufactures are located
there. and It's agricultural fairs arc
well attended. The population 10 ap-
proximately $4,000.
Pollc1s-A Bohemian town. thirty
miios southeast of Chrudin and an
equal distance from the German bor-
der. The place Ia about 100 miles west
OF Cracow and Is on an affluent of the
Schwarza River. Ancient walls inclose
the town, and school for tho educa-
ton OF the children of Bohemian SOL
| oilers is located there. The inhabitants
manufacture linen and wooden fabrics,
and operate spinning mills and bleach
cries There Ia an nctive trade In linen
| and fax.
RustenburE--A town In the Trans
wall. South Africa, sixty miles west of
4, Pretoria and Ito miles east of Mafe-
King. near the source OF the Hc3 River.
The town. situated ut an altitude of
300 feet, Is regularly built and makes
pleasing appearance. 1t is near tho
] FOOT OF the Magaliesberg, Bananas,
figs. oranges, citron and apricots are
| grown In great profusion In the town
ana It's environs, and form the greater
part Of Its commerce. 1t hns a popu-,
| lation Of about 1000
Heiibron.--A town IN the northern
part OF Orange Free State, a British
possession In South Africa. The place
Is the capital OF district of the game
! name. and is $50 miles northea., of
Bloemfontein and 100 miles south OF
Pretoria. 1t Is in the central part of
the mining district OF the Orange River
colony. and owes Its prosperity to the
coal and iron ore taken from the sur
rounding hilly country. Heilbron has
population OF about 1000.
Montmedy.--A fortified town of the
second class in Northern France,
twenty-four miles north OF yerdun and
four miles from the Belgian border, on
the CHEERS River. Part OF tho town
is on steep height, defended by ad-
vanced works Of considerable extent
| and part on plain defended by wall
and fanked with Fashioned towers.
The houses are Ill built, and the streets
are Irregular. Hosiery, Nails. vinegar,
n hnN 1tI
| manufactured there, while large stone
quarries are in the immediate neigh
borhood. In the nearby Abbey of
Orval Louis XVI. and his family took
refuge on their flight from Paris The
| walls of the town were built in 1920.
Montmedy was repeatedly taken bv
France from Spain In the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. Germany can
tured 1t in 1916 and again in 1870, after
reducing It to heap of ruins. This
half century, the population in that
time having shrunk from 5000 to 1900.
sluis.--Not long ago this little Hol-
land town, just across the Belgian
border and three miles from the coast
line. was fortress Of the first class:
| to-day 1t Is unimportant. It's connec-
tion by canal with the Zwyn, an arm
far inland, but which has been filling
up with SILT since the f1fteenth century.
made the town a seaport. Tho canal
also connects the place with Bruges,
seventeen miles to the southwest. The
place has n curious hotel, with a belfry
of the fourteenth century. It's popu-
lation is about $500. In 1910 Edward
III. of England declsively defeated the
French fleet off the coast. The French
name of the town is L'Ecluse.
Hautmont.-A town of Northern
France, four miles southwest OF Maui
bcuge and six miles from the Belgian
border, near the Sambre River. Sew
eral Iron foundries and rifle factories
are located there. The place has
population of about 1000.
st. Hubert.-A town OF Southern
Belgium, In the Province OF Luxem-
burg. on an elevation near the Homme,
tributary OF Mezieres. France, and
thirty-eight miles southeast of Namur.
The Church Of st. Hubert, built from
1926 to 1915. was one of the largest
Abbey was founded In sos, and was
pillaged by the Normans In $50. and
by the Danes and Huns in 954. IT was
burned In 1877, and was rebuilt later
and was set on fire by the. CalvinIsts
In 1858. After being restored, the
church was burned to the ground by
the Revolutionists In 1897. It was re-
placed by penitentiary. The town
OF st. Hubert was the birthplace of
Pierre-Joseph Redouto, regarded in
Europe as onefof the most remark
able painters Of flowers who ever lived.
The place has a population OF about
5000 and has several iron works and