Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-10-15

A wealthy peace society NulCh ho" 'A'~
work in charge, counts on making It's
general notification Immediately if still possible.
It is entitled Guide to the Ruins of Europe, ana
is supposed to be compiled in America hundred
wears from now for the use OF American AusIfa-
liam and Oriental explorers in the style OF Macau-
leys New Zealander, DESTROYS TO VISIT the pies OF
ruins that once proud capitals and cities
blessed with art industry and commerce before the
great war destroyed alike the populations and their
tenters and left Europe waste, sparsely inhabited
by scattered communities Of survivors without
strength or ambition to restore civilization
We give herewith selections from the chapter
entitled Paris
PARIS (ruins of, ancient capital OF france
Under no pretext should the explorer neglect these
ruins They are more accessible than the ruins
of Berlin or Vienna, and better preserved than
those of London. The natives still hold pathetic
nretensons to constitute a city Of light for the
vast and desolate territory dotted by the lairs OF
savage shepherds and the stronghods OF primitive
cultivators. that stretches from the RUNS OF S'.
Petersburg to the ruins of Rome and Madrid and
called the wastes of Europe. tSee VINE LII
miere' in the historical chapter)
A printing press even exists in the Challlot
Catacombs connected with the ancient subway
which is the winter habitation of the better poI-
ton of the Partisan natives. Parls-Apres-Mlul
two pfenigs-cuir sold in the Bosquets OF the
Opera and the Pantheon cockpit tsee Pantheon'
rims orr bv the slaves of Monsieur Balao. an
thropopithecus of Java and ross OF Chaliiot' Is
not a newspaper, but mere weekly program OF
the so-called pleasure Of Paris CPfenlg-cuH,
see leather money and barter system Slaves,
see hungry mouths The slavery is voluntary
The fact that four books have been publlshed
in Paris in the past decade discoses an mtellec-
tual effort unequaled elsewhere ON the DARK oon--
tinent They are Our Fathers Culture (Woros
of one or two syllabes), 100 reproductions of pen
dra awnings processed in New York and gratultous-
" distributed in all the resorts of pleasure, by
Monsieur Isaac Blumchen, President OF the ne,
public; Hair Growing as GOOD as Clothlns
brochure "A ppO, by Monsieur Samuel RICE
hendatate of Bucharest, Minister or Footoali'
"The Paris Song Book and New Dances, by VI
co,nte Raoul de Sancy new edition preparing;
and INV Pets" by Miss Annie Bloomfontaln the
beautiful young South African dancer, VINO mas
had the concession of the Opera since the year
cool explorers regularly purchase these unique
works in quantity, to encourage the natives see
Pfenig.cuir and Barter System. Any usetui 90
,ac+ such as a finetooth comb or cake OF soap
or article of adornment like single eyegiass'
string of beads or pair Of eightounce boxing
gloves will provide the visitor with abundant sup
plies of Leather Money!
Great Hunts.-Monseur Won Hundspfote, MIN
lister of War Marquis de Montmorency Trap
per and Peter: guides, porters, dog trains Inc
Casoar Blanc Boss of the Northern Shepherds, is
q useful person to fee
Places of Interest. The Opera-This grandlose
monument of the past destroyed along with the
Church of the Madeleine and the entire Opera
Quarter (see Avenue de lOpera) in the second
bombardment by the Germans in 1914-15, is under
the control of Miss Annie Bloomfontan and ner
Troupe of Blondes Variety show on the Grand
Stairway every afternoon, from June to OCTOBER.
The crumbling interior, overgrown with wild yege-
tation is unsafe. (The Wild Dogs of the Opera,
which formerly made it their lair, were extermi-
mated by Roosevelt Expedition OF 1881
Market Of the Madelene.-Chief place of barter
CT the natives among the broken columns. tSee
Bombardment of Paris In the Historical ChapterD
Twice week this picturesque spot is the scene
of the greatest animation of the Dark Continent,
the native women here exchanging hnery which
sets the fashion among the simple populations IN :
far distant Berlin Antwerp, Marseiles and bu-
charest The great Fur Mart is held In August,
traders by dog-team carrying back with them the
Partisan lproducts (Sees Articlesde-Paris and
Recrudescence of Big Game In .EuropeO a0fg}tg
Avenue de ropera The Jungle of Paris)-Un-
safe for any but armed parties OF explorers, but
.tsitors can buy protection from Boss Balao, Mon
sieur Solomon Bobownikon Syndic OF the Bour'
geois Tribes or Miss Annie Bloomfontain CSee
Trout Fishing) Inhabited by the Bourgeois
Tribes and Hungry Mouths. (See Photographed
Note1 The Avenue de lopera Is considered the
most grandiOse example of Twentieth Century