Evening journal., 1914-10-02

celebrated town of France, on the left
bank of the River Aisne, % miles
southwest of Mezieres and 10 miles
east Of Rethel. Chilperic II died here
in 720. In S22 the famous council at
which Louis I performed public pen
apce in expiation of the murder Of
his nephew, Bernard, King Of Italy,
was held here. Bernard had melted
a revolt but the rising was easily sup
pressed and he was mutilated and
killed Louis repented of this cruelty,
and after the death of his wife he
pardoned the followers Of Bernard
and restored their estates. The pres
ent town has a population OF about
5000.
PIERREFONDS-A village on
lake at the southern border of the
forest of Compiegne, and nine miles
southeast of the town of Compiegne,
France. While the town is much fire.
quented for the sake of its baths, sup
piled by mineral springs. its chief in
terest is centered in its feudal castle
rising high above the houses of the
village The stronghold was almost
entirely rebuilt for Napoleon III at a
cost of about S1,000,000. Il was orig
inally a fort built by Louis de'Orleans
in 1890. Having aroused the jealousy
of Richolieu, as the stronghold Of
Fronde. il was almost battered to
pieces by his orders in 1917. The town
now has a population of about 1000.
LIE TREMBLOIS-A small town Of
northern France west Of Mezlerres
and close to the Belgian frontier, ad-
iacent to the battlefield where the
Grand Conde, at the age of %, gained
the greatest of his victories over the
Spanish in 1643. The plain was for
merly surrounded by marshes and
dense forests. but modern drainage
has abolished the former and the lat
ter have been cut down The army
opposed to Conde was composed of
veteran bands of Walloons. Spaniards
and Italians, commanded by the Span
ish General Fuentes, who conducted
the battle from a litter. He was after
wards found among the slain. Dur
ing the Franco-German war, a divi-
sion of German Landwehr occupied
this region and. during a thick fog
on January 5, 1871, surrounded the
neighboring town of Rocroi and caus-
ed its 300 defenders to surrender after
a five hours bombardment
VARENNES- -EN-ARGONNE-A lit
tie town on the Aire River in north
east France. Is miles northwest of
Verdun. owing It's claim TO fame To
the fact that Louis XVI was arrested
here on his fight from Paris in June
1881. He was taken back to the capi-
| tai and maintained as a constitutional
king. The town has about $500 in
habitants and manufactures leather
and paper goods.
STETTIN-A German seaport, on
the oder River. 30 miles from the
Baltic Sea and "a miles northeast Of
! Berlin. Extensive and strong fortiti-
cations girdled the town until 1874,
when expansion of its commerce and
manufactures compelled the tearing
down of these barriers to its growth.
| From a population of 99.475 in 1885
! Stettin grew to city with 236,145 in
/ 1910 Warships and other vessels OF
all kinds, locomotives, boilers, and
machinery are made in great estab-
! lishments, while the city manufac.
lures clothing, cement, bricks, soap
paper, beer, sugar, spirits and cycles
The city is unique in the number o
/ insurance companies which have theil
headquarters there. The town is sale
to have existed in the 9th century
In 1906 the city yielded TO France
without any resistance and was held
by the French until 1913.
CZENSTOCHOWA-A fortified town
of Poland. 80 miles south of southeast
of Kalisz on the Warta, owing its
fame to the location of a fortified
convent on Mt Klarenberg also call
/ ed Jasna Gura, which separates New
! Czenstochowa from the old town, a
mile and half away. The fortress
in the shape of a quincunx, commands
] the roads from Silescia to Warsaw
and from Posen to CracOw by way OF
Paris. Il was defended against the
Swedes in 1866 and again in 1704
when the Monks retained it. In 1772
it fell to the Russians, was captured
by the Prussians in 1898 and capitu-
lated to the French in 1906. Chap
lets, images, etc. for pilgrims to the
/ convent, form the chief article OF
local maintenance, although the city
manufactures cotton goods, cloth and
paper. It has a population of about
10000.
ODESSA-The fourth city Of Rus
sia in size and foreign trade, at the
northwest angle of the Black Sea, the
| seaport for the basins of the Dniepel
and the Dniester, halfway between
/ the two estuaries. It's bay has an
area of ID square miles. The city
is built on a terrace 100 to 155 feet
in height. Catacombs extend under
meath the town and suburbs. its pop
ulation in 1910 was 47S.9 800. 1t is esti-
mated that no less than $4,000 arc
living from hand TO mouth in tho
utmost misery, partly in the extensive
catacombs. The city's occupations
are connected with exporting, ship
ping and manufactures. Grain is the
chief article of export. The bay oi
Odessa was colonized by Greeks al
an early period. In 1854 the town
was unsuccessfully attacked by the
Anglo-Russian fleet, and in 1857 by
the Turkish. In 1905-06 Odessa was
the scene of violent revolutionary dis
orders.
PSKOV-A Russian town, on both
banks of the Velikaya River. 40 miles