Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-04

No. 20.


We reathed here after journey of Fix hours
through pretty. foi,ins country, that reminded
me Of the good old hills OF Few England. We
should have liked to stop at Gotha anG - Effort,
but after deliberaton concluded there would DOT
be enough to see 10 warrant US In prolopging our
trip another day, so we passed them by. At
Leipsic we were 1T tie Hotel de Prusse. In the
evening the waiter told as there was 10 be mask
ball and he could procuro tickets for MS II we
wished. We thought there would be something
to see, ~ We went Were obliged to put Oh extra
noses before s,s were let in, but it proved SO
stupid we staid only an fio:.r. Next morning we
were up early and off to see the city. l was
agreeably disappointed in IL. 1t Is a well GUILT
and substantial place, and busy as beehive.
The old vail has been destroyed and converted
into fine promenaded extending around the old
town, while the new lies out6iSe OF them. We
saw the Rath haus, several old churches, the new
Theatre, splendid building finished In 1857, and
took hasty survey Of the very good collection
of pictures at the Museum. The collection, which
is almost altogether modern, comprises such
names amongst its artists as fernet, Reni, Yer
bockhoven, Murlll6, and others of less note.
Delaroche's celebrated pa,ptisg Of Napoleon at
Fontainebleu, March 1st, 1874, Is r,Bo here.
must say of the Museum that it is the worst ar
ranged collection ever saw In point of fact,
can hardly say was rrranged at all. Everything
seemed to have been flung in-tictures and all.
From there we walked past the Augusterum,
the renowned University OF Leipslc. to the Plcs-
senburg, the old Citadel of the city. from the
tower Of which good survey is to be had Of the
battle field Unfortunately II was u little misty,
SO that we could not see SO f1uch Of II as we
wished, but the CASTELAR, pointed out the spots of
interest There Napoleon stood there was the
Russian, and there the Austrian attack. There
was the Grimura Gate which was carried by the
Prussians ca the fourth day Of the battle, and the
loss of which decided the conflict There was
the bridge beyond the Raustadt Gate, by which
the French retreated towards Lutzen, and the
premature destruction OF which caused such
fearful loss of life. OF all the 100000 men engag-
cd, Q50,OOO French, 100000 Allies) over one
fourth were Killed, wounded, missing, or taken
prisoners, the French loss being 10000 men.
From there we went 10 breakfast, In alcgendary
locality, "Auerbachs fellari" restaurant near
the Market Place, in which Goethe lays the scene
of part of the Drama of Faast; where Mephisto-
pheles is represented us having drawn the wine
from the tables for the students. The room is
covered with Mural paintings, Illustrative of the
tradition on which the play was based, and which
date from some time in the 10th injury.
Then ii was the time to drive oil TO the Berlin
station, one mile from town.
Berlin January goth Il am sitting on my store.
with my ink thawing beside me 10 tel you Of our
safe arrival here. The weather is very c'ld, we
we are told this is the coolest day Tor Ave years
got up, no doubt, for otr special ben, 1T took
d short walk this morning cnd came home with a
rIife Zip on each tar
Now for our journey hither. Wr stopped at
Wittenburg, two hours ride from L.ipsic, at The
Adler Hot certainly the most absurd hotel ever
saw. The landlord was drunk, and nobody could
spoek word of any christian tongue. doubt
If they ever spoke German. The head waiter
said he spoke French, hut IL was impossible to
find Il out Under such circumstances, NE
thought ourselves fortunate to get fair dinner
In WitteDberg is the Auguctine Monastery, where
Luther was Monk This cell 10 10 much the
same condition as wheE he occupied u. Peter,
the Greats name is shown on the wall, over one
Of the doors, written in chalk, with glass over it,
for Its preservation.
The University at which Luther was Profess
sor, was ,.ni.ed TO that Of Halle in 1877. In the
Market place are Pine bronze statues of Luther
and Melancthon, by Sthaden. On the base of
so werd's bestchen. lists Menschen work, -lrd's
uutergehen." (If it be Gods work, it will stand.
II it is the work of man, 1t will pass away.)
| Just outside the town, an Oak marks the spot
| where Luther burned the Papa Bull in 1880.
or all the town, however, the most Interesting
| spot Is the old Schlosskirche, the church to the
doors OF which Luther nailed his famous ninety
| five Theses And here may say that, of course,
nothing is left without some mark Of those
| Goths and Vandals Of modern times, the French,
so we learned, the original doors we're destroyed
| by them in 1913. They are now replaced by two
| magnificent bronze doors, on which in raised
Ss ae sSs sdSsss ss az hesss 5000 The
One by Viseher, OF Nuremberg; and like the
| Chapel at Wariburg, pulpit, from which Luther
| has often preached. In the aisle, sunk in the
pavement are the tombs Of Luther and of Me-
ancthon, indicated by simple bronze sluhs, over
which are placed wooden covers for protection,
which the custodian lifted for our benefit, From
here we took the train at I =, m for Berlin.
Our last stage reached here at ~ O'Clock, and are
| at Hotel du Nord," Inter den Linden. must
say we are quite disgusted with Berlin, and the
Germans. In the first Place The weather is fear
| full the food, such MS ! always supposed only
Esquimaux ate, mass of oil and grease And
| the beds-no words can apequalely describe their
| dscOmfortl They are about five feet long,
feathers, of course; ieather pillows, and as If
| this was not enough Of bad thi.g, instead Of
sheets and Blankets, a huge feather bed The
first sensation on going npdor which, is of being
in the Polar Sea; five minutes after of being in
| the Tropics, or even warmer locality. Leigh
Hunt, you know, says there are but Two beds
absolutely unfit for anybody to lie down ina
led Of dozen and bed ef mud.
| We feel, very sensiby the change from the
| good living and wholesome wine of Paris, TO the
style of cookery, which prevails here. DR.. Bel
lows docs not speak any too strongly. OF
the German diet. II Is simply abominabie
Everybody who comes in, brings in perfect
| whrl-wind of cold cir, and we realize fully we
are in latitude 90 deg. North. Speaking OF our
latitude, reminds me to tell you of one thing
which strikes me; that is, the little distance the
sun ever rises, above the horizon. At noon, II is
about as high us at or o'clock with us, and at
| midday the sun never touches the ground in the
streets that run East and West. DR.. y. tells me
| the skating and sleighing are excellent. only
wish those who like that sort of thing could have
| 1t all to themselves, would gladly pass over all
my interest in cold, snow and ice.
| DELAWARE