Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-17

and % miles from the Lorraine border
lis reputation ls abeut 1900. D. o.
buIderod uf the south 5y ihc Nuscilc
rivce amid ou The north ny thc Marine
Rhine Canal Immediately after the
Franco-German War the waolo system
uf frontier defense was REVISED iu
France tnd Tout was made The most
forIn.da1 lc ~ au thc new fottrcfscs Of
fle Ncuse and Ni1seiie. The perIme-
ter ~ the Toil defence proper Is mar
9, 30 miles and their mean distance
from the town about 500 miles. The
,Ity ls Connected with thc fortress Df
Nordun Dy The "Mcusc line ~ barrier
FORTS The towns industries include
the manufacture ~ porcelain its trade
ls leo wine and brandy 90 ls one of the
oldest towns in Furcc After being
sacked su,cos.isoiy hy Goths Burgun-
dtus. Naudus and Huns foul was
conquered boy thc FRANKS 100 $50. The
town captlntod ln 1870 after bonn
htrdmcnt - II days
MEArX m northern France on thc
rlht bank % the Marie. tle chief
town of me agricultural rceion ~
nne. gs miles cast az northeast nf Paris
Boss rH win % population Of abou'
i3 900 90 Uas here Boo 1867 that thr
rrofrstanf tried 90 soize the French
line Charles Us and his mother Cath
crime dc MedicL The rlot failed. the
Sins and queen caeufing with THEN
courtIers to Paris o. vas the FIRST
town Uhi.h opened its gates tp Henr
|IN lu l5at CO.. tho hiehWay 60 Paris.
ts crt iroumouts were ratagod by th'
armr ~ Lorraine boo 1862 and t wa
.Iad under hctty acquisitions Boo 1919
IINt5 and 1870 Tho town nas nre,
trade ln ccrcnis. wool. cheese aud 9th
cr farm produce, ana manufacture
/ flour uuhcr mustard hosiery pias-
Tor and machinery.
coULoMMERs s. French Town. lo
miles cast OF Paris hy rpn. boz tine Hrc.
district wIh population of aUoutI
/ 600 THE towns chief industry
rrnune DO also carries on unnu-.
/ u.ur milling and susar-mlkin. aud
trndcs in agricultural produ.t- espr-
Irmrt r ,hrcao 6amcd nftcr tfo town
/ pine toWr contains statue to Com
mindlu icoutc9arc. who. in lia2 Nt-
rd himself rather than surrender Won
/ don Co DO" rr1ssians
PARIS ru CHALnNS sJH-MARNEi
Tae country over which thc contend
irs armies trc nehtns tu thc east
~ Paris s ron of Interest Eight
...ff.. ...t .. tI.. t..,.. 20 D. u ATAflA.
built Joe thc purl or tuo chateau whIeh
/ heiuugrd 90 tire Orleans mml and was
plpscd tn lsts. At This roirt tn ole.
trie tnmway runs To- Montfcrmon two
and a half miles hwty. Eleven miles
out Ut Paris ~ Chcucs was the villa
Ipf ihc Ncrorinsnn kings boz which,
+ Fred gumm caused Chnpcfc to be
murdered The town was celebrated
/ fur its abbey. DESTROYED after 1890 s.
| Few miles further on s thc town "i
/ NOiSEL. where one II tine argrst
chocolate factories boz the world is lo-
Gated Seventeen miles out vi Paris is
/ the town ~ iagny. with 70 population
pf about 5000. situated ou tho River
Maruc Here Us found the c1rN Gothic
church Of ST. Pierre Whioh is REALLY thc
! choir ot am immensc abbey church
/ which was begun but mower finished
/ beyond This place the river makes II
dctour ~ ton miles which Vessels tulu
hy e shor, oahal Dat thruush uunr'|
running PARALLEL to Csc railroad tunLrl
Six miles fhrthor au .s tHc town ot
Esbly on the Grand Norn pirtur-
rsQuc river which frequently floods tho
ontirons of PARIS Twenty -cisht miles
from PARIS is McauN with l population
NJ $4,000. which carries ou 900 active
TRADE in grain and Urc ohcssr Tho
Cathedral of 81 Euernc les Gotai.
cdificc begun in tine l2th century
whose south tower boz sim unfinished
Thirteen miles further up tho Maiuc
ts Fcrte Sous -Iouarre ID small town
famous Tor its milestone guarrics. it
was tho divine fortress no the G,uls
Eighteen miles further east Is Chateau
Ehicrry famous Tor los manufacture of
mathematical and wind Instruments
The castle here is said 10 have heon
built hy Charles Martcl At this point
heslr the beautiful vineyards of Cham
payne. Eighty-ciRht mites out III
Paris SIS the town ~ Epcrnay the cen
tor 90 tho champagnc trade of Franco.
There ara vast cellars us,-d by the
ohamragnc makers. consisting OF long
gallcrics hcwn in tho chalk rock II
is estimated that annually 5000 600
BOTTLES ~ champagne are lald down
hcrr BEYOND Epernay, 90 miles ont II
Paris, Is q very arcicu, hcronry oecu-
pied annually hy hcrons from February
"a August Fifteen miles further up
the valley of the Marnc is the city %
Chalnns.
GALlCIA The largest province II
Austria. houndssi ON the north un,. east
by lsassia and separated from Hun
gary on the south hy the Carpathnn
Mountains. oH the west II is bounded
by the proviCCe ot Morayta and ON the
southeast by the province 81 Bukotina
Long winters, with an abundant snow
IAN short and wet springs. not sum
mcrs ana hong and steady autumns