Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-30

! lands form good pastures and support
considerable amount of dairy farm
ing. One of Europe's effectively in
sistent cheeses, a simple peasants
cheese, is ripened there. This cheese
/ is sold in the form of little yellow-green
cylinders, and has a sturdy individu-
atty about 1t which always commands
the immediate respect and attention of
the stranger. Inwardly, 1t is related
to a German product which takes its
! name from the Hartz mountains.
The departments area is about
| 1855 square miles-a little more than
twice that of Rhode Island; and the
population numbers more than half a
million. Peasant holdings abound.
Trig, intensely-worked, though small
farms fringing the roads, the rivers
Somme, Escaut, Sambre, Aisne,
Marine, ourcq and Disc, and the miles
and miles of interlacing canals, give
the American visitor vastly different
idea of the European peasant from
that which he cherished at home. In
Northern France, probably, the peas
ant proprietor reaches his fullest dig
nifty; and his industry, thrift and
pleasing appearance remove him from
Tic CidSS Ol ODJSCIS ludl plIy
Laon is the capital of Aisne. 1t is
built all on top of a Y-shaped hill, the
spur of the Y being given over to fort
ifications and military camps. Laon
is one of the several European towns
which have to be scaled by the tour
ist. 1t takes a quarter of an hour to
climb into the place from the railway
station by means of stairway of 263
steps, relieved here and there by long
inclined platforms.
Les Islettes-A French village in
the Argonne forest, on the route from
st. Menehould to Clermont, 80 miles
west of Verdun. Formerly the town
was the principal center for the glass
making industry of this district, glass
factories being located in all the
neighboring villages and hamlets that
dot the valley of the Griesme. But
today, with coal being used instead of
logs in the furnaces of the large
glass factories, the Argonne region
has lost its advantage. Only two fac
tories now remain in the part of
France, one at Les Islettes and the
other at Senades.
La "a ISuCu
town in the Argonne region, on the
line running from Revigny to Hirson,
five miles from St Menehould The
place is situated amid green meadows
on the right bank of the Aisne On
top of a hill on the edge of the town
is the famous fountain, Cote-a-Vignes,
where ST. Menehould, according TO the
legend, frequently stopped to rest.
The place has become much frequent
ed by pilgrims The surrounding land
scape is as charming as may be found
any place in France
Deynze-A town of western Bel
GUM, nine miles west of southwest of
Client, on the left bank of the Lys,
noted for its distilleries of gin. Its
population is about 5000. The town is
one of great antiquity, the Normans
having ravished it as early as $50. In
1925, Philip " of Spain erected it in
to a marquisate in favor of Diego
sold in 1882. Deynze has manufactor-
les of lace, linen, soap and tobacco
and oil mills and salt refineries.
Wytschaete-A small town of West
Flanders, Belgium, about two miles
from the French border, and eight
miles south of Ypres. The. principal
output of the town is table linen, al
though lace making and weaving are
carried on to some extent. Wytschaete
has a population close to 1000.
Bayazid-A town in extreme north |
eastern Turkey-in-Asia, II miles from
the Persian frontier and Is miles from
Russian Caucasia. Mount Ararat lies |
10 miles to the northeast. The town
contains one of the most picturesque
groups of ruins In western Asia, and !
its palace, until recently, was the |
finest in the Turkish empire. Bayazid |
replaced the old Armenian city of |
Pakovan, founded in the first century |
of the new era, and was named after
its founder, Sultan Bayazid l. 1t is
in sort of recess in a range
of mountains. On nearby summit is
a strongly fortified citadel. Cotton
stuffs are fabricated there. The popu-
lation, principally Armenian, is APP
1000.
Diyadin-A town of Turkish Ar
menia, at the foot Of an ancient fort
ress, near the juncture of the head
waters of the Murad. Nearby is a
ruined caravan station, where former
y stood the great city of Zahrawan,
destroyed by the Persians near the
middle Of the 4th century. At that
Tine in the neighborhood of 10000
people, of whom about $4,000 were
Jews, are said to have lived there.
Oiyadin is a place of little Importance
With a population of about $500.
Kars-A strongly fortified town OF
lbout $4,000 inhabitants in Russian
Armenia, 40 miles from the Turkish
border and lis miles southwest of
Tifiis, on the Arpachai river. Located
n fertile and well-cultivated plain, 1t ,
vas formerly a furnishing town. but the
tussian-Turkish wars of 1928, 1855
nd 1877 laid a heavy hand on it, de-
troy!ng its trade and robbing it of ]
IS wealthiest and most Industrious in
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