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" to 4 sect, or grow 10 form with their affilia-
tions, body of vast Importance. Of eourst
the Ultramontanes predict lis failure with
| scorn-but movement to which hosts Of
| the most intelligent people IN Germany
/ England, Russia. and America, wish well
l and 10 which the pioneers Of change IL
/ Southern Europe look with desperate long
] ing. a movement. too. with leaders learned
vigorous and prudent will not easily come
to nought. a
Foreign Correspondence OF the Free Pres
Prom Europe.
HoTEL ScHwEIZERHoF. !
/ LUCERNE. SWITZERLAND. Sept. lC. ls92.
t. the Editor Of the Free Press 4 Time.
DEAR SIR.-What Is more natural than
desire that others should share our pleas
ures, and what more praiseworthy than an
endeavor to persuade them To plan tour
through Europe2 With the usual conceit
Of traveller. we are about 10 recommend
the course we have followed We left Lon
don two weeks ago. via the London, Chat
ham a Dover Railway. which passes
through the County Of Kent. 50 famous for
il beautiful scenery, and upon our arrival
a Dover, we embarked in one of those small
propellers. 50 well remembered by all who
have crossed the English channel. when the
sea was a trihe turbulent We proceeded
via 0stend. Bruges and Client to Brussels,
where we remained a day. visiting the art
galleries. and monuments commemorative Of
the scenes during the reign Of Phillip the
Second Of Spain. and subsequent revolu
town. monument has lately been erected
upon the spot where Counts Egmont and
Horne were beheadel by the direction Of
Duke Alva, and in front of the hotel at
which we were quartered, there Is a monu-
ment to Godfrey Of Bouillon, who led the
successful Crusaders into Jerusalem. We
also visited the lace manufactures In one
Of them there were SIX hundred females at
work upon collars. handkerchiefs and capes,
those expensive emblems Of female weakness.
One commissi0nairc introduced Us to his
daughter, a maiden of twenty summers,
who had in hand, very fine workmanship,
and though assisted by Two lenses Of great
magnifying power she was obliged 10 squint
and ny her young bright eyes 10 the ut
most, all for thirty cents day. ont Of
which she was expected topay for her board
and lodging
Brussels is described IN the guide books,
as a miniature Paris Il isa well arranged |
and clean city. 4 handsome boulevard be |
gins at the railway station and almost
encircles the city. Adjoining 1t are |
the Botanical Gardens, IN which there /
Is an extensive assortment Of natures |
beauties, and palatial residences on either |
side that mark the wealth Of the CITY. One /
sees frequent evidences of the Paul Pry pro-
pensities of the citizens m the miniature
looking glasses that are projected from the
front windows. and so adjusted that one may
zee from the interior Of a room all that Is
Transporting in the Streets convenient
Dastime on Sundays, when good people are
going to church. At one corner Of the Bot
inical Gardens, house j. designated as the
ormer residence Of an English Duchess
VINO gave a ball on the evening before the
lattle Of Waterloo, at which the Duke Of
" ellington was present. Notwithstanding
NJ that he had been apprised Of the ap-
roach Of Napoleon.
Il Is but short drive 10 the battlefield
# Waterloo. Several localities were point
ID out to Us As the scenes of warm skirm-
shes between the French and English sold
ers. And prominent ridge was shown TO
Is as the place selected by Wellington. from
which the battle with Napoleon's army was
o be fought We are essentially for peace
nd cannot enter enthusiastically into the
escription OF battle field We thought
efore we came to Europe that war was an
necessary amusement But We have seen
, many fortresses in Belgium, Germany,
nd France. that We can understand the
,adiness with which the peasantry Of Eu-
lpe espouse the quarrels Of their respective
Hers D
From Brussels We went TO Cologne the I
sual starting point for a tour up the
hine 1t Is an exceedingly uninteresting J
", and rejoices in a variety Of odors arts
2 from bad sewerage that would hardly v
ark it as the place of manufacturing the ?
LIBERATED eau de Cologne
The Cathedral at that place is one Of the Il
lest specimens extant of Gothic architec- =
re 1t is in the process Of restoration, and a
hen completed viii in its exteral beauty 81
-al any church in Europe, save Saint L
tiers at Rome. We strolled along the y
nks Of the Rhine and lust outside of the e,
Ills of the city, came across nicely ar d
nged garden where there was 4 musical
tertainment. Itwas a beer garden, in Ger NJ
N a b1ergartn. One need hardly apollo d.
e for frequenting beer gardens in Ger m
ny They are the places of resort of very ~
pectable people. and the beer rs good, very to
ID indeed and the musical entertainments tn
excellent We wish that similar places II
were popular in England. d.
old England they cannot have them. the TO
mate is too treacherOus, and consequently de
poor people resort to public honses'' g.
drink all they can afford. They get drunk, an
in Germany one rarely sees an intoxica- Ca
individual
1T Cologne we were also initiated into be-
: mysteries of German table d'hotes. They ca
y be good for change. Fancy the taste -; ~;
t calls for boiled meats and vegetables al wa
nately. The other day we were served with by
led fish. after having had two courses of IRE
led meat and one of boiled caulifower. Sn
equired several glasses of Neckar wine
''wash ii down Picture also. with
It disgust one sees his neighbor. per- Int
nee a near sighted, bloated bOor. dash u
food into his mouth with his knife, and 'iO
D plunging the same knife into the salt :.
ar, and butter. Perhaps we were not ter
CRY while in Germany, and we would dr.,
appear hypercritical. We refrain also ha'
n alluding to the custom of kissing tina; y
rails among the men in Germany. They rem
ear to delight in the amusement and poi
er over it. We rejoice however that pul
habit is not among our national idiosyn- strj
les. Two