The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-20
ISDIAsA STATE UNIVERSITY

Before leaving Germany, / should
be neg'ecting an object dear to many
n Christian heart, if omitted to men
ton
WORKS. AND ITS LUTHER MONUMENT.
This noted old town. in the Prov
ince Of Rhine Hesse. visitednby the
Romans and called in Latin Worma-
tia. had already been the scene of one
remarkable Diet, convened by Maxi
milan 1, il 1895. when Luther was
summoned, in 1921. to appear before
that ecclesiastical body. Wellremem-
bering the fate of Huss, his friends
endeavored to dissuade him from an.
swering the summons; but his reply
was very characteristic of the man.
He would 60, if all the tiles on the
roofs of the houses Ia Worms were
devils; and 60 he did and how nobly
he spoke all know. The old building
in which the Diet met is no longer
standing; but its site. and consider
able portion around it, are occupied
by a beautiful garden and summer
house, and at 8 short distan ce still
stands the Cathedral in which they
celebrated mass. On roof near by
I observed some storks building their
nests as is their habit. La the main
square of the city is erected the cele-
brated monument to Luther memory,
of which Lutker's and WicklIffe's
statues were executed by Rietschel,
g oil ora0Irs ho
Elector of SaxOny, the weeping
Mardeburg, and others. were by Donn-
dorf; while those of Huss and Me-
lancthon were the work of Kietz and
that of Speyer is by Schilling.
The centre group. represents. on
granite base, luther surrounded by
four OF the friends who contributed
to promote the Reformation-Pete
Waldus, J ohm Wiekliffe, John Huss
and Hieronymus or Jerome Savona-
rola.
Separated from this centre group by
a broad promenade, is the outer quad
rangIe, over forty feet square, with
the statues Of the Elector Of Saxony,
Philip, Landgrave of Hesse. Philip
Melancthon andi John Reuchlin at
the four corners, besides allegorical
figures between. representing the city
of Augsburg, with the calm branch of
peace, the weeping Madgeburg, and
the protesting Speyer; also, the armo-
rial emblems of twenty-four other
towns, which contributed aid or sym
patty. The fourth side is occupied
by the broad flight of steps. which en-
ables the spectator to reach the ele-
waited promenade, and read the varii-
Gus notices. chiefly from Luther's
writings: especially the memorable
words uttered before the Diet: Here
I stand. can not do otherwise.
God help me. Amen.
HEIDELBERG AND TROUT RAISING.
Heidelberg still maintains its an
cieDt reputation as the site Of Uni
versity founded by Rubrech, in 1886,
and having now about one hundred
professors and nearly thousand stu
dents. Towering over the city. are
the ruins Of the noted castle. These
walls are 10 some places fourteen feet
thick, extending at the easements to
twenty feet. The dungeons, it is said,
were constructed as early as 1894, and
its largest wine vat or tun is capable
of holding 10000 gallons. There is q
painting Of Carl Theodore, who had
this cask Constructed, and figure In
plaster of his j ester, who could drink
forty bottles of wine each day. Walk
ing few miles up the banks of the
Neckar to q small village, we exam
ined the arrangements for breeding
trout. The eggs are forced from the
large ones, when ready to spawn, and
kept on glass rods, in cool cave, IN
til the proprletors desire to have
them hatch. There are several ponds
in terraces formed to receive the
.-tW o~~1 h oF
different ages are kept separate. The
youngest are in the uppermost and
smallest pond, while the Oldest are IN
the lowest and largest. These last are
fed by giving them minnoWs and 9TH
er small fry caught in the Neekar
When we saw them fed, they seemed
usually to make but one bite and
Qulp in order 10 swallow the minnows,
unless these were of more than ordin-
arv size We now took q small craft
down the Neckar to Heidelberg
again, in order to reach the cars leav
ing for Switzerland. via Stuttgart
In passing near UIm, we were not
far from the head waters of the Dan
ube. here a small mountain stream,
and found the country so primitive
that women were often seen working
in the fields. and COWS drawing the
plov by means of rope traces attached
to the horns, yet the hops and other
crops seemed a good average in
quantity and quality.
BERNIE AND GENEVA.
After the ascent of the Rigi, where,
fortv-two years before, had met
John Randolph, of Roanoke, and
had witnessed the clouds sending
forth rain beReath our feet; but where
This time the sun failed TO greet the
morning crowd, who rushed out In
every conceivable costume (notwith-
Standing the printed notices IN each
room forbidding the bedclothing to
he carried off for that purpose and
= aaseent t0 Kuessnacht, for the pur-
aose Of seeing the spot near there,
Trhere Tell Is said to have shot Cess
Ter. now marked By q chapel, We
swept in rapid car motion past the
feId az Sempaoh, where, In 1886, the
Cwiss routed their Austrian oppress-
ors- and Arnold Won Winkelried
covered himself with glory by his
heroic death.
Near here We observed iron posts
used for supporting telegraph wires,
inst as we had elsewhere seen rustic
beaches of iron made to initiate, In
shapesand color, similar articles fash
toned from limbs of trees. We also
noticed that the borses were attached
20 far from the weight 10 several We