The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-15

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AieAandre Dumas the Elder. A little
further on is Longpont, which has
ruined abby dating from the 18th CEN
fury. Sixty-Ave miles from Paris.
ooissons, an ancient town formerly
lortihed. with a population of about
io'oOo, is reached. Here is the Abbave.
Notre-Dame, now used as a barrack,
founded originally in $50. In 1858 it
contained no fewer than 216 nuns.
VINO possessed valuable collection Of
sacred relics. including a shoe and
eirole of the Madonna. The route
from scissors to Reims takes one up
'ne valley Of the Aisne and its tribu-
tary, the Veles. Relms is one of the
most interesting cities Of France.
Christianity was preached here in the
attn century. About 20 miles out Of
heims, halfway to Charleville is
Hethe', an industrial town, with about
1000 inhabitants, situated on a hill
TO the right Of the Aisne. Three miles
further on is Amange, a railway Juno
ton with a large sugar factory as its
principal industry. A few miles on,
the road enters the wooded and noun
famous district Of the Ardennes, and
the scenery increases in beauty. To
the right is Boulzlcourt, with its large
powder factory, and at Mohon, another
village, are large work shops. Two
miles further on is charieviIIe, an I'M
interesting town, with about 10000 in.
habitants and nail-making, type-found
ing, and hardware goods factories.
Arsonne-A rocky, forestclad pla
teau, extending along the borders OF
; Lorraine, Germany, and Champagne
France. 1t has length of about g.
miles, an average breadth Of 10 miles
and an average height of 1850 feet
, There are few good roads in this dis
, trict, and 1t is hard territory through
which to carry on military operation,
, OF large proportions. 1t lies between
the valley of the Aisne on the west
and the valley Of the Mouse on tn
east, and is one Of the natural bull
,warks between Germany and France
There are numerous forests clothinl
b both the east and the west slopes O
the plateau, the chief of them bein
that Of Argonne, extending for 2
, miles between the Aire and the Aisnt
=, Ardennes-A department of Franc
, on the northeast frontier, with an are
Of 2.028 square miles and a popul,
ton exceeding $4,000. Its rivers ar
the Meuse and the Aisne. Its agricu
tural products are wheat. oats, pot
r toes, rye and many kinds Of forag
| Ardennes is to France what the Blu
! Grass region Of Kentucky Is to II
United States-its horses are know
throughout the country. Flour-mill
saw-mills, sugar-works, distillerit
and leather-works are scattered ov'
Id the department Among its minor !
a. dustries is the making of woodt
re- shoes. Sedan, where the famous 81
ren der Of the French to the Germal
, took place, is located in Ardenne
- The chief cities Of the departing
~ are Mezieres, the capital, Charlevil
ood Dakbal
We hocrol anu ne'hei'
Lyck, or Lyk- A German town
-, East Prussia ten miles from the boz
err OF Russian Poland, 112 miles sout
east of Konigsberg, on a lake a
river of the same name. Its popu
ton is close to $4,000. Lyck is t
chief town of the region known
"a" Masuria. A castle formerly belongi
'' to the Teutonic order and dating FRI
1878 is still standing on an island
the Lyck and is now used as pris
Z There are iron foundries, distilleri
breweries, tanneries, paper mills
-four mills.
Lissa-A town in Prussian Pos
% miles northeast of Glogau and
miles from the Russian Poland bor
line. It's population is approximat
'e' $4,000 and its manufactures are she
machinery, lqueurs and tobacco. I
ing the Thirty Years War the pop'
:. ton of the town was reinforced
us az, other efugees, and LISA became
jimporta ut commercial town. 1t
\ burned in 1856 and again In l7O'
N Lobav-A town Of about $4,000 pc
III lation. n Saxony, Germany, on
" Iobau water, 40 miles east of Ores
' and 100 miles west of Breslau.
hut eight miles from the Aust
frontier. The town manufactures
cultural Implements. pianofortes, 81
.sx machines and buttons, and has a u
its in grain, yarn, linen and stocki
Lobau suffered severely during
25c Hussite War, and was deprived Of