Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-08-19
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
BER1GN. MAY. 1871.

for 1t would take month TO go through these
collections and look at everything. The two
muscums-the old and the new-are connect
ed by an arcade. In front Of the old museum
is huge basin Of granite in one stone only,
90 feet in diameter and weighs 75 tuns. On
one side of the steps going up, is group in
bronze, an Amazon on horseback resisting
tigers clutch on the opposite side another
"Killng the Lion"-the former by Kiss, the
| latter by A. Wolf. Going in we enter the ro
| tunda, which is the height of the building IT,
self. Around the galleries are the eight car
loons of Raphael in tapestry-the famo us
"Gobelins' worked by order of Henry VIII
and bought by Frederick William w. On
the first floor we enter the "Hall of the Gods
and Heroes y adjoining is hall containing
Egyptian antiquities, and the opposite side
hall is for the Roman Emperor and Generals.
Up stairs, the halls were so numerous we
could but walk through and note the vast ar
ray of Dutch and Italian paintings, stop and
admire q few and pass on. We are favored in
having DR.. S. in our party, who, while he
speaks both English and German is perfect
encyclopedia in himself He has to work
hard to answer all our questions, tell us the
stories of the pictures and translate their
names, for you may imagine how provoking
it is to understand nothing that the guides
say. Occasionally we start out, guide book
in hand, without gentleman, to "do up" as
we did to-day, the halls of slaluary and of
carved work and crystals. l am honorcd
with the title of the "Beal steak" Of the parry,
which means that as soon as the little red book
is seen The party is known to be American, so
the Germans call them bcei-stcak as we call
them "Sauer. Kraut."
The choicest objects in the New Museum
orc said TO be the six immense moral paintings
Of kaulbach. The one l was most interested
in was, "The Age of the Reformation" with
portraits OF about thirty noted men-reiorm-
ers, philosophers and poets. The central fig
ure Of tile back ground is Luther and of the
fore ground ShakespeaIe--a splendid portrait
All the figures seem actually to stand out
from the rest They are the most life-like,
beautiful paintings / ever saw. | was sorry
TO have one O'clock come, when we must 70
10 dinner. The Egyptian department is Gu
rious place, and really like seeing a bit of
Egypt itself The portico Of the temple of
Carnac in Thebcs, is represented as nearly like
the original as possible, with huge genuine
idols, parts ol the walls also Of the temple
with real hyerogyphics, stones from Egypt
built up in the same form as the vaults for bu-
rial and many curiosities brought from the
graves. There are suites of rooms for the
Northern Antiquities arranged SO that one
can notice the progress of the nations first
the stone age then the iron the bronze the
gold, &c. The other rooms are divided into
sections for each country. Indian implements
and dresses; models Of the huts of the Island
Crs and OF the houses of the East Indians ;
much cXquisi te carved work from China and
Japan.
The Rauch museum contains casts Of all
the statues of this eminent artist. 1t is very
interesting to notice through the various
sketches his change Of ideas. For instance
the statue of Frederick the Great he designed
in Il certain way, finished it, and had bronze
east of it made in small size but it did not
suit him; therefore he changed the corner fl.
ures, and finally settled in his present design
forming first the small cast, and then the i'm
mcnse one which now stands here. So with
his idea of "Njctory." He had several casts
of her and the last proves the true idea of it.
Across the court yard we went into the studio
of Wolff who is at work on the famous statue
of Frederick William Ill, which is to be un.
yelled at the Grand entry of the troops. The
figure itself is now in the park IN front of the
Royal Palace under cover, which is all that
will be shown them. The whole group was in
the studio in smaller size. But the figures loI
corners Of the large one are now being made
What nm immense piece Of work The one
we saw to-day partly finished, represents Sci
cnce; it is the figure of young man with Il
boy looking over his shoulder. The Other
figures represent Industry and Art.
Everything in the city is in preparation foi
the Entry Houses and stores have gas burn
! crs in figures on the outside for the grand il
, Elimination the trees on the Inter den Lin
den are also to be lighted. 1t is almost impos
sible TO secure even now, rooms for that
time, so many are engaged, and already tho
city is entertaining many strangers A win
dow on the Uncr den Linden for that occa
sion rents for 1000 thalers
The Royal Library we visited one day. Its
curious old manuscripts and paintings partic
ularly interested me- Luther's letters and Me
printed book. The first edition of Shakes
pears ana lastly the two hemisphercs and all
pumps that Won Guericho experimental will
I and found that eight horses on each side
. could not pull them apart when the air wa,
exhausted His bust was there and discrip
ton of the experiment.
Another Sabbath found us still in Berlin
y We regretted brcaklasting too late to a,tenC
service Mt the "Dorn"-the church by the Roy
al Palace, where the Royal family attend
but nj ten o'clock we went to a church acros
the street. and heayd some very sweet boys
c singing, after which we found our way TO th
:. English Chapel How refreshing these Sab
r. baths aud the solemn services of Gods house
Strengthening and preparing one tor the nev
scenes of the week. The clocks on these ol
churches have but one hand, so that one cal
s only tell the hours which make them of yer.
G little importance.
l. 1t is strange sensation to venture aEon
. into the streets Of q EOPeign city [ thought