Lourdes

Town of s.w. France, on the Gave de Pau, near the Pyrenees; resort of R. C. pilgrims since 1858, when the IMG:content-1154.png:[graphic] Louisa. of Pru ia, afterward Frederic William III.; mother of Emperor William; greatly beloved by the people. After Jena, 1806, she showed far more spirit than her husband, and strove to preserve his dominions from Napoleon's rapacity.