| Show A VISIT TO PARIS narrative of its sights PARIS famis dec 6 ediew despret bews yews I 1 1 would like ike to send you IL a few lines from beautiful fl paris before leaving it although toe the wear weaker is so cold this morning that it Is anything but pleasant to handle the pen people here are not it seems used to have dregoi in their rooms still they have the sweetest little fireplaces chave I 1 nave eve evens seen maybe they are sot pot employ employed empl for an anything talog but bat ornaments ilker t cha and priests A propos of ebur churches ches I 1 have of 0 course visited the famous notre dame I 1 went through throna the imato building and peeped antu most moat of the jrade de abels k everywhere burred J eights gl to the honor of some saint or inhere berj t and a I 1 a d e everywhere here did pious wor mostly young girls I 1 ir Is and old women bend bead their knee fa m devotion and sprinkle apri akle themselves with holy water the ornamental work on this building and the size of the house it self must be seen in order to be appreciated precia ted no description can give an adequate idea ot of either the whole is one mass of ornamentation some of the sculpture work over one of the main entrances attracted ray my attention particularly on examining it I 1 found it to be a representation sen ven tation ot toe day of judg lodgment rient to tile oest dest ot the attis artists ts understanding on off a kind of elevation surrounded by clouds cloade were seated the holy trinity us uce with wim ft a per of scales in her hands bands in one of the scales was a remarkably small soul necessarily small in order to find room in the scales being weighed quite a number of little devils were ou on toe other side of the trying to pull their side down whereby these of course appeared to be too light and consequently the property oi 0 f the devil the little soul however seemed to hold its own having gone through the interior of the vast edifice the tower was next in la in order A common winding staircase led us up to the top it was a jong iong march round and round and round sometimes in complete darkness and the passage was so narrow that two twe persons persona were able to pass each other only by t the h e exert exercise I 1 se ol of some moderation on both sides think I 1 counted 3 steps before reach reaching iiii the summit of the tower but bar once there the view which opened up before the admiring eye was indeed wonderful I 1 paris lari sall ail round Us its many churches monument houses teams and people p 1 e appeared as so much toy so small email d did I 1 d tt it all seem from our elevated point ot of view but it was a grand sight there was the river seine thrown ilko a silver girdle round the slender waist of the charming que of cities the two large delia bells in the twin tower were to us oue one of these bells I 1 understood our oar cicerone to say was taken from the russians during the crimean war it was a relic from sebastopol sevastopol Seba I 1 have noted two remarkable thing during mv short abort stay in parts paris one is ane scarcity of beggars Iha I 1 have seen only one ol of this class alt although bough I 1 nave have seen been round a good deal this beggar was stationed at the enli entrance rance to the church of notre dame dalpe religion and chanty charitel char ityl tuese go together toe tae other singular incident was wad a play without any horror in it I 1 went to the palais royale the other night and found the building crowded with spectators to witness a new play pepa 11 kite Oro production was liberally applauded yet can my theatre going friends in U lab comprehend this there was no murder marder in it no robbing no stealing no fighting no shooting it was a quiet but faithful picture of everyday life it treated of 1 I a question of vit vital importance to many people in france namely the divorce question here the eb church will not marry any person who has a divorced husband or wife living and this tact fact was held out in ill toe the play bitter sarcasms were in dalgai 41 at the expense of the church be but hole play was very good 01 ort it I 1 felt elt like saying I 1 thank god I 1 ibave have had an opportunity once more of seeing I a play without bloodshed and vice in it from paris my way goes to bern where I 1 expect to attend the conference of the saints thus I 1 am nearing the orient I 1 long to see my field of gabort lamorand lab orand and also to see something accomplished complis hed tied it possible it seems to me in contemplating the various signs of toe times that we can expect wonderful things in a near future the nations of europe are only kept from devouring each ea ti other by a strong hand As soon as this hand of odthe the almighty releases its hold they will rush together like so many hungry wolves and devour one another in the meantime it would appear that the jews are being compelled to turn their eyes homeward towards palestine hundreds of this unfortunate race have been driven from russia and prussia and hundreds have sought a refuge in this the united states as so many persecuted people have done before but it seems that america is no land for the jews I 1 have just learnt from a paper called lische that the jews in dakota suffer a great deal A gentleman whose name is J harpmann has visited a settlement of jews consisting of 70 families or souls living 18 miles from devils lake this people came over two years ago from chicago chicado Chic aeo st paul and other blaces es carry rry ing with them different kin implements necessary to a atari far 4 also some in money dought lands land built ille huta but k commenced clearing the land 0 one i yest vest was good but la in the next se ly an anything to thing was left to gat bertin berlin dig the lath ot of u us his ye ear salmo ig ith a fearfully ri jr at an and AM alfoot e everything on t nd w was kolod toe the linstid nd had bad bee before and hp he interest a added oed to the capital it thia gouid let the ept people 00 I 1 e have ho ar enera faoro the stores and the he carpo were sold lold by auction in 1 order to geigand deto ands ataee t who held the part gages the hof e win winter was fast approaching fhe he poor jews in the sei settlement were walt without out wood and without bread the children were alwast almost naked and men and women were clothed eg in rapt rag without shoes or stoc kina in reading the account of the destitute condition in which these jews are placed la in america while so ganv poor settlers have rained gained wealth I 1 reflected that america is alter after all not the country where jews shall settle palestine is their home and aad god will drive them 1 home by the ibe persecution of the nations and by the withdrawal of I its his blessings from the land until they go to their own ca country antry may blay the day soon come when the worship of god shall have been established upon mount zion and in Jeruss lein according to the promises lie he has baa given through the mouths of his holy prophets prophet is the sincere wish and prayer of J M S |
