Show A Il octy brench Trai cler r SI if jules Des fontaines of nantes france who recently lectured before tho french 14 sl eakin literati of new orleans Oil cans has astonished astonish eil old travelers by the great extent of his journey I 1 in buss s on oil ell an ill in 91 come of t twenty enty I 1 dollars per p 1 ipso 11 1 P 1 1 T mouth month ilis hia family refused all aid when he ct started artel J out as a y youth auth to see tile the world but on his little stipend lie ho made inneo tho the tour of italy sicily and tunis I 1 then explored the out of tile w ay pai ts of indea tile the sahara and australia ills 1113 fa family remained obdurate but the Gec geographical graphical society of nantes took hini him up anti and tho french government made him a small allo allowance for scientific collections then his family relented so eo far as to allow him an annuity of 00 in forty months ho be traveled miles on his twenty dollars a month and his lectures on australia and the blands of tile south pacific have a wonderful charm at now 01 oilcans leans ho he lectured on I 1 the enchanted isles of polynesia and delighted 1 I his audience ile ho has receive received a high b honors cill in france and is now on a lon long journey through the united ste states tes mexico and cuba a and nd thence aroun around ti lie world by layf lay way of f japan china slum slam borneo etc tc a trip which will last veral everal years |