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Show I , . q r J1J Vil ' 1 T PARISa IS 'ABOVE M.hJVM L.-tkl t' L.J.i wwvw,rft . t ' 10 j'r fat 11 at iMott Bcauifui and Attradire of the World's Citl' French i' , i' Capital J3xerci.es a Charmat Is to Be ; M o.'n.s b ' j'j .iFouodNownere Else, , uc V1U UvlL . K 1 r ' ' ., , i iAaWAAAA ii -1 v- '(Special Odrrolspondenco.) ' HB city of Parish after all, Is the most attractive attrac-tive city, on tho' globe. London r is' largerNew York U grander; Bar-lin Bar-lin and 'Vienna are splendid ocapltals, 'bat ;oono u appeals to ,.th yisltor like Paris.' 1 When Jt comes 1 to trl-angles.and trl-angles.and crooked streots'she, ls.far and.away) ahead i of; any of the., i above mentioned 1 towns; .but aho, also has hoi, matchless boulevards, Hhern noble parka, her Intensely InterestingvhU-torloal; InterestingvhU-torloal; buildings, . morei! palaoesio than any -other,! metropolian Versailles, twentyrtwo .miles away, has to wM, 0cst..pafe. ftverjibullt, surrpmnqdjt )r, FouBQ1.Iftrmof..Dea,lMfllllJteTftWod:' jSid,, whyotthej, otheroepviropsiiP)!, r$e capltijJJtarenopj aasaftwof gjeat beauty. Paris is the 'greatest' 'aft9 Center In theJworli.'WBdriln'. and iVletina'J'ttlsV cputec tEs? htit 'evOry1 'imphrtial"6bsefV-r 'er, .Who1 looks linb'th'e matter' cannot' ")Oonie'io1anyJodiWf'coiiclnBlo'A. 'There arc1 6Vefr200,'W)0 TtudbntS''fniParlaatd the-tfmbeV'ls? growing. iNorieHof heV aOerman rivals has half Its ''maiiy'."Onlf .In lnsremk!nUlmusldrhan'the''Vastc'hP ,capithH 'excel her'Inverythlng"elSe' Paris takWth lead.l c) sI"l ' Paris huso amgmmgntmi wltfOeVr 0n4 well-shanbd, aa, theijalL, Blynp; point of, vantage has hr fife ,WHWm,JJj..w4. keepfherat the head bfUes.ssektpg pra-mlneriqeylnthts ,wayv".' , Qn; can out exhausting the open, places (and, the parks which add' so much to ' its beauty. .cThemtbnMilsittMsfltfrdbYAo- ly popnhited -city lnlntWO world, -lP covers ,i an .enormous j!area,.!thti9r5Mn extent Jjotrfwhlchl!cannot'-Jadquat8lj! be measured 1 until one. tratrsestitow ooti.-.Tn.onaJaiorced to1 admit that' 'In alii things Paris Is great i 'nt;.I i . 1 r Belfortilsa fortified. 'tlty. In eastern' France lylpK ,at tho, foot ,of tthe fJu'ra' mountains. It is on the German fron- 0tler ,and Its -poifttcararid' strat6glc1(im; ,ppitantBJianyr,lmpressdd itself upori' '" -ni orit ojicr t ,v ii'S U' j urt lii , . having' carried ioi( one-third 011 tht original .garrison,, wor, thla?.,?, render to the Prussians. i"v.c it To :6mmem6ra:t ;( French government .commlsstonedvtWi and granite. -.The 1 memorial -Ukfefb farm 6f Vassal Agurtjpl' a couobantllo'nionia granftaiMMiani ,ls regarded as one .otsl tiWM amples of this artist's modeling- and is uniyersalfy s,dmlr ' -It Is In th center of the Place Dentert-Rocbereai ln'onWof the handsome residential sections "of Paris. 1 The Bourse, ithtf stock xohange ol Paris, is onathelgtsltjjs 1 'i r y t in i il tnlj iartJ iou lb o.U "t? 1 9U'oa ejw? 1 nSu ft o t i. los'ii'' J.Tt LVMatftlelnt. .''iio-ndajio OT.inoiTW' ; magnificent' triKtunlnarirodaMofti lanOjthoicolumnarjtnatmtatigtTMiJt , ,st'ropg Egyptian,, aspect,, Itwaba' jgun In 1808 and finished in' 1M6. aIJi was-'operied 'fW ,'busfnessJ',byl Kln Cnaries X-belng-the-most-notabU event ln;that i imonsarch'srirelgn members In the Bourse and the'trane Bactlons";t4ltB 0 ;fglii!tntU('JH 'd'clock.1 iPrAvloust-to-Jthls there iar 'rbstohe 'sales' from"!! 6'olock-.',rl 'hundreds of: brokers igathsr on th ;Btopji?',;4r(d'.sdj'cValks' tp' take part ,U or. to watch r this .preliminary to th more exciting'daV which' follows' b hlnMedoors,-The-Bcrs'ecnr fets from ihe, st,Qck exchanges fil ndDorjpNejrTrtk lnjjthat aten well-dressed person is admitted ib th floor while transactions are in proa iwp .Untfl fiiif. fens if3 "ml , ,It takes from twelve to slxteea ,dayS..forra letter to. go from Paris to, Npw',Tbrk:S-h:e.rca,,a,'pa.80ncor;cab: cqver the "distance) J in'"seven days, The'deiaj-'ls ifa' waiting for' a French' steamer to carry it If you mall lottor.iln Parlai8aturday-inamlngjlt 1wll1bt',weekatr Havre before the "iteamer startfjjwhlchihaf tp carry(,lt feyer.Tjho Fjcnph government favors ltsQWflJRnaJ.thorevflnuejrom.iti "transatlantic 'mail Is Immense. Much of this Is divided with the French line and very lltto ft$q.es Wto foreign ones calling aJyrbcJurgliVnless letter Is plainly marked oir the fact t, t 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 il. 1 . i . "' '.'Wa Jon oh lw mo o'U'jttijj Urv .HOOIl '10 HJOf5 IIIIT c 58 im bna soIozjU out 3ili i t'aoi ' .j rjVt, j,vl ' '" )oi) Um. Ij'joji ro;i ol, J 0 a dji'o.a l rv n t 11 ion oh bnn ail-ir (f oUnn W , uj .0J 36 SlVSUV 23ft "oin iti.i( ttijiiJ Inn ,ai 1 I ooiii !;'i"it jl .OCC.ca? ebflM nnrnoW i '. 1- q n imUt, ms , a f otIj.K n oi i-iri ti'It laviJA li u.'Sntii t(LrfnAr'noo a sil fai ,1 r.mM K)o1 T toPrfti''X7' n., rfii,i,hA lo .... .ti tM l3i" - . IUdHX W a ji i( r j v , ijsaBBSBBsrsaBsafBSj , It f Juj 7'1;BBBBm!lMssssssMBBK'i - latin oltljBHyfJl " " . ' 'aSBBBBBBvlBssYSBBCssVffiii h MBasjsaKBSBBSBBSBssBBB ssssssssEssasss ! Notre. Dame, ,from the 8elne. J the' French. A fortress" of groat strength'was erected to"command tho approaches to 'tho' town. Tho allies, flushod with victory at Lelnslc, on tho parch 'towards Paris,, sought to carry Uolfort by assault in'l8H, thoy failed, and then It was besieged but held tho enemy "at bay'unlll peaco'was' declared. In 1870 a Prussian armj corps of 30,000 tried to carry' it by storm, but 'wore repulsed ( thon a: slego began on December 3 which lasted for sovonty-flve days, during which tho little- garrison, of 3,000 men bravely stueVHo'liclr'pds1 though Uio'rdcadIy"mlsslles of wai' rained upotf them for weeks.' The inWst-mont'ended inWst-mont'ended only aftbr tho signing of tho articles of peaco and when tho defenders wero in a starving condll tlon. For the herosm thus displayed tbe. besieged were , 'permitted to march out yjth all tho honors of war and' the little band of 2,000, death line it is reserved for tho Frontb steamer and oven where tho precaution, precau-tion, la taken it is not always followed, k) y I Li '-' i- I I - 1 i,, |