The Calumet news., 1914-09-17

TOUI-A northeastern French gar
rison town, 10 miles west of Nancy. and
23 miles from the Lorraine border. It's
population is about 1000. 1t is bor-
dered on the south by the Moselle
river and on the north by the Marne-
Rhine Canal. Immediately after the
Franco German war the whole system
of frontier defense was revised in
France and Toul was made the most
formidable Of snl the new fortresses of
the Meuse and Moselle. The perimeter
of the Toul defenses proper is nearly
80 miles, and their mean distance from
the town about six miles. The city Is
connected with the fortress of Nerdun
bv the "Meuse line" OF barrier forts.
The towns industries include the man
ufacture of porcelain; its trade is in
wine and brandy. 1t is one of the old
est towns in France. After being
sacked successfully by Goths, Burgun- =
dians, Vandals and Huns, Toul was
conquered by the Franks in 45O. The
town capitulated in 1870 after bonn
bardment of II days.
MEAUX-In northern France, on the
right bank of the Marne, the chief
town of the agricultural region of Brie
2S miles east of northeast OF Paris by
rail, with a population of about 1900
| II was here in 1867 that the Protes-
tants tried to seize the French king
| Charles IX and his mother Catherine
| de'Medici. The plot failed, the king
and queen escaping with their cour-
| tiers to Paris. IL was the first town
which opened it's gates to Henry ~ IN
1894. on the highway tn Paris, its en-
| virons were ravaged by the army ol
| Lorraine i'm 1852 and it was laid under
heavy acquisitions i'm 1914, 1873 ant
1870. The town has a large trade II
cereals. wool, cheeses, and other farm
produce. and manufactures Hour lum
Der, mustard. hosiery, plaster ant
machinery
| ULOMMIERS--A French town
45 miles east of Paris by rail, in tn
Brie district, with population o
about 1000. The towns chief indus
try is printing. II also carries on tan
ming, flour milling and sugar making
and trades in agricultural product
especially i'm cheeses named after tn
town. The town contains n statue I
Commandant Beaurepaire, who, i
1892, killed himself rather than sur
render Verdun to the Prussians.
| PARIS TO CHALONS-S SUR -MARNl
The country over which the contend
ing armies have been fighting to TN
east of Paris. is full Of interest. Eigh
{ miles cut is the town of lie Rainc
I built in the park W the chateau whic
belonged to the orleans family and wa
/ pillaged in lS4S. At this point an elec
trio tramway runs to Montfermeil, tw
land a half miles away. Eleven mile
, out of Paris at Chelles was the viii
of the Merovingian kings, in whlc
Fredegunda caused Chilperc To b
! murdered. The town was celebrated fo
4 it's abbey. destroyed after 1890. a fe'
I miles further on is the town Of Noisie
y where one of the largest chocolate fac
! tories i'm the world is located. Seven
teen miles out of Paris is the town {
Lagny, with a population OF abot
e 5000, situated on the river Marne. Her
= is found the early Gothic church of $
II Pierre which is really the choir of a
" immense abbey church which was he
gun but never fnished Beyond tn
place the river makes "a detour Of te
r miles which vessels avoid by shoI
L canal cut through a tunnel runnin
Z parallel to the railroad tunnel. 81
Is miles further on is the town of Esbl
Ion the Grand NORM, a picturesqu