The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-02

Personals.
Miss 0dfa Steatey has retnf
from Huntington where she spe4lt z
lew lays With friends.
Mrs. D. ID Hoult, OF State st9eet,
vas the guest Of her sister Mrs.
Powell at drafton Bednesday
M. Austin steaIeys OF Merchant
street was in Manning ton yes9eF-
NATIONAL GE0GRAPHo
s0CIETYss WAR PRIMER BIN p
ToBTs Il mort beast efn Frertch
gafffson town; 15 miles west OF
Nancy, and % miles from the Llor-
'sFaine border. Its population Is ab3rit
III, 1000 IT Is bordered on the fsoflth
III. the Mosel1e river and on tlfa
north by the Marine R hine caital.
INN ediate1y after the? Ffanco-9 Ter
man war tile who'll system sof fri'1i-
tier d fense was revised in Frahce
and sTouI! was made the most form ID :
able Of ali, the new. fortresses of Che
Mouse and Moselle. The perimeker
OF tie Touls defenses proper is near
ilyfsU miles and their mean distance
from the town about six miles: The
city is connected with the fortre ss
OF verddn by the "Meuse line" Of
barrier forts. Tie towns. indus
tries Include tile manufactured OF
porcelain; Its trade is in wine AND
brandy. It is one of the oldest
towns in France. After being sack
ed successfully by Goths, Burgun-
sdians, yandals and Huns, Toul Was
conquered by the Franks in 459.
The town capitulated in 1870 afler
lbombardment of - days.
MEAUx-In northern France, on
the right bank of the Marine, the
chief town of the agricultural re-
gion of Brie, % miles east of north
east Of Paris by rail, with popn-
lation Of about $4,000. 1t. was here
in 1867 that the Protestants tried
to seize the French king Charles IN
and his mother, Catherine. de'Medici
/ The plot failed, the king and queen
escaping with their courtiers to Par
lis. 1t was the first town which op'
ened its gates to Henry ~ in 1894
On the highway to Paris, its envir
ons were rayaged by the army Of
Lorraine in 1862 and 1t was lait
under heavy acquisitions in 1911
1916 and 1870. The town has q
large trade in cereals, wool, cheeses
and other farm produce, and manu-
features flour, lumber, mustard, hos
iery, plaster and machinery.
COULOMNEIERS- French town
AS miles east of Paris by rail, in the
Brie district, with a population OF
about 1000. The towns chief In
dustry is printing. 1t also carries
on tanning, flour milling and sugar
making, and trades in agricultural
products, especially in cheese named
after the town. The town contains
a statue to Commandant Beaurepairc
who. in. 1892, killed himself rather
than surrender Verdun to the Prus'
SLAMS.
PARIS TO CHALoNs SUR
.MARNE-The country over which
the contending armies are fighting
to the east OF Paris, is full OF inter,
est. Eight miles out is the town Of
LIE Raincy built in the park of the
chateau which belonged to the Or
leans family and was pillaged In
lS4S. At this point an electric tram
way runs to Montfermeil, two and Il
half miles away. Eleven miles out
Of Paris at Chelles was the villa OF
The Merovingian kings, in which
Fredegunda caused Chilperic to b:
murdered. The town was celebrated
for its abbey, destroyed after 1890
A few miles further on is the town
Of Noisiel, where one of the larges'
chocolate factories in the world is
located. Seventeen miles out Of
Paris is the town of Lagny, with a
population of about 5000, situated
on the river Marine. Here Is found
the early Gothic church of st. Pierre
which is really the choir of an I'M
mense abbey churach which was be-
gun but never finished. Beyond
this place the river makes detoul
|'of ten miles, which vessels avoid oy
short canal cut through tunnel
running parallel to the railroad tun'
mel. Six miles further on is the
itown OF Esbly, on the Grand MORN
"a picturesque river which frequently
Ffloods the environs of Paris. Twen'
ity-efght miles from Paris is Meau%
with a population of 5000, which
carries on an active trade in grain
land Brie cheese. The cathedral OIL
st. Etiennc is a gothic edifice begun
Sin the 18th century, whose south
tower Is still unfinished. Thirteen
miles further up the Marine is Ferte'
!Sous-Jouarre, small town famous
for its milestone quarries. 1t was
1.-THE "divine fortress OF the Gauis
Eighteen miles further east is Cha
-Thierry, famous for its manu-
facture of mathematical and wind