Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1879 — No Hiding in Paris. [ARTICLE]

No Hiding in Paris.

Paris Letter, San Francisco Chronicle. The population, floating or permanent of every arrondisEQmentoi ward in Paris is counted officially every month. Be your abode at hotel, boarding-house, or Erivate within forty-eight ours you are required to sign a register, giving your name, age. occupation, and former residence. This, within the Seriod mentioned, is copied by an ofcial ever traveling from house to house with a big blue book under his arm. The register gives, also, the leading characteristics of your personal appearance. Penalty attaches itself to lost or landlord who fails to get and Uve to the official such registration of lis guests. There are no unmarked skulking holes in Paris. Every house, .every room is known, and under police surveillance. Every stranger is known and described at police headquarters within a few days of his arrival. Once within the walls of Paris, and historically, so to speak, your identity is always there. In case of injury to any person the sufferer is not dependent on the nearest drug store for a temporary hospital, as with us. In every arrondissement may be seen the prominent sign, “Assistance for the Wounded or the Asphyxiated or Poisened.” Above always hangs the official try-color. I say “official,” because a certain slender prolongation of the flagstaff denotes that the establishment is under Government supervision, and no private party may adopt this fashion. The French flag is not flunghigglety-piggle-ty to the breeze like the stars and stripes, so that none can determine whether it indicates a United States Government station or a beer saloon.