Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-11

kONbEA IS 4 fliE ui auulhNt7|-
eru France .l miles south Ot s1uth-
vest of Paris ou tine Girondc River.
go miles from tHr sea. and 40
milo from f.. Spanish frontier in
I4II. the l.fs had population ol
gGlE1N Under the Roman Empire
bordeaux became e ilourisHinR COM
mcrcial ciiy and tue capital oi
Auuiiania Sscundl u belonged tp
the English king from lIal 20
1858. when b. $50. taken hy charles
WI. of France 10 Was the mead
quarters 0f tho GirundIsts durir
the Revolution. and during the Reign
of Terror suffered severely In 1870
the French government was transfer
red 20 Bordeaux from Tours TO
which II had been moved from Parisl
ON the approach of the Germans io
Tours. Tie trade Of Bordeaux. 3D."
fourth port of France. is chiefly ear
ried ON by sea From 1000 90 ,-ul
vessels can be- accommodated in 90"
llarbor The most important In
'dustry Is ship building and retittins.
Iron-clad aud t0rped0-boats, a. We'll
as merchant vessels are construct
ed. Tho city II the center Of trade
In "Bor3 s6u&" wines Other prin-
clpal EFFORTS are brandy. hides and
skins, sugar. rice. wooden and cot
ton goods salt fish. chemicals. oil
cake. pitwood fruit potatoes and
other vegetables. There are also
flour mills sugar refinories. chDmi-
cal works. machine shops and pot
teries
AMiENS a city of northern
france. capital of the department OF
Summp. GA the lcit bank of the
Sommr. 81 miles north 80 Paris
hv rail and 80 miles from the Eng
lish channel o. population BIS Ap-
proNImately 81 600 The city Was
once % place of great strength. hu'
uuuleyards. hurdered ht handsome
residences have replaced the ram
parts which surrounded b The ia
nous treaty between Great Britain.
France. Spain and Holland. which
took los name from AWirus. Was
SIGNED there on March ,'. 'sn- Dur
iur the war between France ni
. Germany. Amion-. after uu iWpor-
taut action feIl into thy hand. H.
prussiIns ON November u.s. 1870.
Textile Industries. for which Ameu
has Been celebrated since the Mid
die Ages. include manufactures of
velvet. cotton wool STIR hemp and
NaS spinning. and the weaving ot
hosiery and a variety ~ mixed Cab.
RIGS Machinery. chemicals black
iuE. polish. and SUGAR are also mIuu.
featured Amipn. u0.Upie. the site
of the ancient sambrohrIya. capital
OFT the Nmbiuai. FROM whom n uf1.
Ilhly derives its name
pERONNE 4 town OF northern
France ON the right bank of 'ue
Somme al its confluence with "a.
Cologne. 80 miles east Hy north li
Amieus bv rail lu 1886 charles y
hesicged Pernuue but without sue.
cess lu H. defence % woman CALI
cd Marie Foure greatly di.tin
suIshed herself. and O. statue of nei
stands iu the town Peruuu' great
esq mis'0rtuues occurred during 90,
Franc0-German War. when Do wa.
invested and bomharded from De
cemher rs. 1870 90 January g 1871
uuon which date ON account of th'
sufferings of the civil population
among whom smallpox had broker
out. % Nas compelled to capitulat.
LAON-A town Of northern
France 81 miles northeast uf Pari
with o population of about 1000
u is situated on am Isolated rid-,
ohlch rises some $3.50 feet allow
the surrounding plain and the lttl
, river uf Ardon From the railwa
STATEN a straight staircase OF Soy
eral hundred steps leads to the eat
OF the town. aud an the roads con
uectiuE Loan With the surroundin
. district. are cat In 1igEags on %
sIeep slopes l.aon forms. with 2.
Fore ana Reims. triangle VI i'm
portarf fortresses H. fertilization
consist 90 an inner line of works ID
she em.nence OF Iaon itself. and ~
groups OF detached forts. one som
.tVo and a half miles southeast ahou
the village Of Bruysres. the cthe
about three miles west of souihWes
near lauiscourt In 1874 Napoleo
tried Boz vain 90 dislodee Blurho
from l.aons ln 1870 an engine"
blew up the powder magazine of th
citadel as the German troops Yer
entering the town
RETHEI.-A town of u0rther
France. 90 miles southwest of Me-
ieres hy rail- and 23 miles ncrthves
|, 81 Reims. on the uEht bank of Oh
Aisue and the Ardennss Canal Voc
] as.HuuHrH n. u..a. In.u 80 HHnHf MOI
On fabrics. and the manufacture q
farm implements are the princip,