Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
Stockholm.

beautiful capital of Sweden, which, though
situated in nearly 60 degrees of north lati
tude, has mean temperature of only AZ
or 26 , in winter and 60o in summer:
Cities generally radiate in suburbs whicl
make the visitor aware If his destination
In London and Paris the railroad skirt
miles of dense habitations before it termin
ates in the heart of these capitals. Stock
holm you behold without an instant
warming, like fairy castle in wood. NJ
smoke of factories, no compact settlements
I suggest your near approach. When, a
length, the islets of Lake Malar open anC
disclose their hidden gem to the intruder
surprise and admiration at once seize anC
charm him. The vain attempts of cultur,
to subdue the neighborhood of Stockholm
have left the capital of the north in pos
session of its wild, primitive beauty
Not only has the water of LAX,
Malar and the numerous sheets
that lie around the hills of tn,
city retained their crystal purity unpollutet
by the offscourings of refinement as III,
Seine, the Thames, and Chicago rivers 1--we
been-but also slopes, in sight of the me
tropolis, are still covered by the virgin
forest, or commanded by bold masses O
rock, as they were before Birger Jarl spied
and settled the advantageous little isle
Originally Stockholm meant no more than
a rocky point in the neck of that lake
whose body reaches far inland, near the
place of meeting and mingling of the sail
waters of the Baltic with its sweet current
While this situation was chosen to check
The incursions of sea robbers along the
Malar coast, it soon gained positive advant
age through commerce, whose sea ships
met lake boats from the interior at this deer
and abundant harbor. Tins the city grew
and -ecame known beyond its own king
dom, when Gustavus Adolphus and Charles
al, crossed over ta help, or ayenge. the
princess of Europe.
From the innermost parts of the busy
city glimpses Of landscapes may be caught
over expanses of water bounded by wooded
slopes. Country seems to merge into town.
A few minutes in aconvenlent little tug will
convey you in any one of dozen different
directions from the workshop to the wood
land. Water communication il as active,
ii not as essential, as in Venice not only
| for the business between different points OF
the mainland and the island. but TO pleas
ure resorts and summer homes Of the Stock
holmers also, these agile vehicles, beyond
comparison with the caigues of CONSTANT
nople or gondolas of Venice for convenience,
though not sumptuous as they, ply momen-
tarily across the different arms af the lake
and the sea. Bound in as fhey are by Ia
ture, all summer long. the citizens revel in
this bondage. From noon till night
the tugs are turdened with pleas
ure parties for Djurgarden, a
bluff near by the city, where numberleSs
houses of merriment throw open their
doors in the woods. PanoTamas and pup
pet shows, concerts and circuses, and all
o her city amusements, are seen and heard
while the sun shines in the very home of
Bacchus. An unpatriotic Characteristic OF
the Swedes is suggested by the styles and
names of the various gardens and restau-
rants. The Alhambra, with its fretted
Moorish 'ornamentation the Tiyoli
and Schweizeri, names hest known to
Italians and Swiss, seek to please the
Northmen by this silly imitation of the
South. Nothing is so much priced as that
which bears foreign stamp, be 1t per-
son, fashion or thing. That land is Door
indeed that needs to borrow its very
customs, and hopelessly servile if it bows
TO foreign standards of taste and criticism
Of all the public buildings of Stockholm
the royal Castle is the most imposing for
size and situation. It's history is long, and
underneath the pleasure palace of to-day
are still exposed huge blocks of the foun-
dation of the old fortress and of its walls
of gloomy dungeons. Above the 200 cellar
rooms and vaults, and 33 kitchens, the
vast structure contains j00ighted, warmed
and furnished apartments, some of which
belong to the King, others to. the Queen,
still others to the Qceen Dowager, and to
the royal orders, while the rest are appoi-
toned to the royal household and retain
ers.
While there are ho vast halls and miles
of painted walls, aud acres of frescoed cell
ings In this palace to make a journey thro'
/ IL tediously magnificent, as at Versailles.
the varied succession OF chambers, low and
small enough to be home-like, yet in fur
niture and ornament always kingly, charms
without awing YOU There is no restraint
against your opening gilded volumes, or
stopping TO examine regal couches. and
there is no safety from viewing pictures
artistically arranged, ret not crowded upon
the walls. You pass from the red room
to the white and the green, from the hall
of gold to those of glass and porcelain.-
Everywhere your feet glide over pol
ished floors of various colored wood,
your tongue exclaims before some
darask curtain richer and heavier
than the rest. and your eyes wander over
and wonder at the paper of velvet, the
gilded portals, and the crystal chandeliers
Nothing interested US more than set Of
Colts revoivers, in the Kings story, which
bore the compliments of Lincoln 10 Charles
XIV. Outside of Slotel the stranger finds a
few churches and the National Museum,
NO vic I'M 4f H..
been gradually occupied by tombs, until
now Sabbath services are no longer held in
it. Memorial slabs make up the flooring,
and cast off armor aud tattered flags rang
against the walls. Costly monuments OF
black and red granite fill side cnnpels. and
sarcophagi rest in the gloom of subterran-
can vaults. Ths church OF Kiddarholnl
bas become a mausoleum, and the worship
of God has sunken into veneration for His
creature.
| They have worldly notices upon the
walls, fiaunt human Standards from the
pulpits, and display relics of dad heroes
but the living Christ they excinde. OF call
ing Him merely Jesus, mention His name
with those of Bacon and Socrates. Beside
other old cathedrals, around whose pillars
echoes chase each other, unmindful of The
change in the country's religion and theil
consequent detriment to preaching, how
ever much they may have solemnized the
monotonous Latin of the priest, the chorus
chants, and the organ peals, there are two
built in the reformed style, and presided
over by preachers instead of showmen. On,
of these edifces is copy of Spurgeoni
Tabernacle, and its minister is eloquen
and active as the great Baptist
A HOPEFUL CONVERT. Duringa late re
vival in Kansas, a notorious old slime
Jim K, was hopefully converted, ant
got up in q class meeting to give his exper
ience He commenced sotio uoce and in
measured tone: 'I-dreamed "a dream
dreamed-that died-and went to hell.
A brother here arose and remarked: "Wil
the brother please speak a little louder
We can't hear him in this quarter" jim
repeated, alto uoce: 81 dreamed that
died, ETC., when smother brother rose il
another quarter and rcnewed the request
jim resumed, ahissini0: II dreamed
died, etc. Hereupon ''cullud pusson" il
the gallery rose and cried out: "Wil tn,
brudder speak little louder? Jim resume,
rociferoasly: Il dreamed that died anl
went to hell There can you hear that, yo'
"A psooar 80 =.