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Show DIAZ GREAT Former Mexican President Receiving Many Hon. ors in France.' PABIR. Aug. 11. Former President Dial of Mexico, who haa fturad to Franc a f tor a visit to Germany, 'o tiaua to receive kooora front th French government, v Aftr being of-dally of-dally welcomed at tka Mlwftia of th Invalid, Gnr Dial rae received by tka eity of Paria at th aity kail. fiaaaral Dial mat at th InralidM Qoaaral Lena and General Faray, both of whom fought with hit. la tha war ia link. Th Mexieaa ia a great mlror of Napoleon, and ftnSiuring tha visit h stopped to deemr that Napoleon's earr wui ant only a glory for Franc, but for all bumaaity. Tlr party visiUd tka ehapel. th rttiary room, whr ia conserved th aiaah f th emperor, and Anally tha crypt. Ga-ral Ga-ral Diaa knalt bfor th nrouhagua ef Napoleon aad when ta th Kfiouary (leeeral Niox placed la bia hand th word of Aosterlita, Diss proaocd hi lip to th historic weapon again and again. Tka fnnnor president had th honor alao of opniag himlf tha door, of th rypt rooking lata tha rt rat-lag rat-lag plae at tk graat rmpmr'. Dacllaan Vaurnai Honor.-. - An tot . Franc. tha e1brtd Praath aonlict, kai ratd mthing f a natiaa i circle of Htoratur hr declining a promotion -ia th Lcjioa of Honor t th rank of rommaadar. Traa declare that Victor. Hugo It tk time of hi daath waa only aa inferior in-ferior orHcar ia tk Lfgion or Honor, whl Lamartln wai only a chevalier. A franc 4n not rank himeelf witk either aa of th great ench lit erarr light, h decides that it would I fc.. Ill . k i .A A Mdul M lion greater thaa those aeeorded to axof distinguished author. MobammXIans la art. Paris kas a Oreek charck aad Kng-luk, Kng-luk, American, Scotch, Dutch and thr ' Protest sat churches, aad ther ia now talk of the ereetioa of s.moeqa for the accommodation, of tha 12,000 Mohammedan Mo-hammedan resideata. It will aot, how- . ever, be tha flrst. Napoleon II., wishing wish-ing th Africaa army to b represented ia Paris, quartered a battalioa of rioe-mea rioe-mea aad a eqaadroa of Bps bis ia tha old Bonaparte barracks, upon tk ait of which th Orleaas railroad 'a Quay aVOrsav terminus now stands. Turkish batha, a Moorish cafe and a mosque were establisheil for th Ai- 5 crime we wer aeeompaaied . from lgiera by a I'lema la guise ef chap lain. After the war of 170, th bar- 1 rack were occupied by a battalioa of the municipal guard. The batha and the eaf a, joined together, became a caateea, and the mosqus waa trans- formed into a clothing storehouse. Eves' ( ia 1897, when the building waa demol- ished to make way for th aew terminus, ter-minus, the arabesque decoration aad i verse celebrating th glory of Allah aad kia prophet were clearly dietin-guiekabl dietin-guiekabl under tk successive eoata of I paiat aad whitewash. Coat ef Living BoMtsd. Increased enet of living In America, aa shawa by th report ef th bur of labor, ia being paralleled ia Fraare, I where the housing problem ha become acute. There is littl place in Paris for th man of email mesne and a large family. Aa illnatrativ esse ia . the following: A working man, earn- , ing about IM a day, aad bia wif aad 1 save children wandered over the eitr, looking for a lodging. He wns able to pay eSO a year, but proprietors of . konsea of that pric refused to receive him whea thev saw the children. Apart 1 from tk question of children, it i extremely ex-tremely difficult for working man te tad aecommodatioa ia Pans at the 6 resent time, however inadequate. :ntn have eteajttl in i i aii.il in lh. peat ten years. By reasoa ef the ia- 1 creased wafea and shorter work hour ia the building trades, th coot of constructing con-structing a nous kaa gone ap 40 per sent. . Formerly the poorer class lived ia J the more remote parts of the city, but the increased liaea of subway bring these districts withia easier reach of tk ater, and tka small two-etery house is being rapidly demolished to make room for eix-eto'rv mod era atrae- tares, where th rental ia often beyond I tee meaaa of the working mas. The) workmaa, therefor, i beiag forced lot the suburbs. Here, however, he is! Inding some difficulty in Installing him-1 elf, as th suburbs of Psris are most always very attractive aad eemmaad i J n fair eaoueb rental. 1 |
