National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-24

THE CITY OF COLOGNE.


THE CITY OF COLOGNE.
Cologne Is walled city, and 10 very beautiful,
and Is exquisitey clean, a. indeed all German
cities are. It Is not until about an hour after
leaving Cologne that you come to the Rhine,
and, most unfortunately, did not know that
Bingerbruck meant Bingen until after II was
passed. noted the walls about tho town; It's
picturesque situation on the banks Of the Rhine;
saw soldiers pacing to and fro tho battle
ments, and sentries In the towers, "a we rode In,
and admired all their beauty, but did not get up
the proper clique Of romantic afilatus ut the
time, as should have done had I known it was
Blngen. Tho Rhine has been sung so much that
have no new ground to go over In bestowinp
my little amount OF appreciation. But the
the green banks, and beneath the grim frowns
Of q hundred Of old castles, and the smile OF the
blooming nelds, Is living panorama that viii
lagos along the road have droll look. not easily
put into words, and the oldest little children live
there-children who never, never "slid down
great bluo moon eyes Of wonder. the little girls
wear dresses down to their feet, and have kor-
chiefs pinned precisely around their ncoks, and
the little boys have pants that come clear w
under their arms, and have supernuous cloth
enough IN the back part to make jacket OF.
There are beer gardens under the trees where
there seems TO he no people 10 nll them, ont 1
arc all cultivated, and vineyards seem TO con-
tlnue for miles upon miles. The wine made here
must be considerable, but all have ever tasted
was so sour that 10 made my hair stand on end,
and every tooth seem as sharp as q razor. Hop
yineya rds look very beautiful, much more so
than a'rapes, and the women working among
ZEN " IN their gay-coored clothes add pleas
III dossn the Rhine and, indeed, so far In all
the coum ~ have traversoi In reaching Wien.
the count y is very sparsely settled, and you
at m, 20 m hefnrp n ain Gle
person. T.here are many little villages, with
streets 30 n arrow that the houses almost bump
heads over them, but they are from two TO four
miles apart, and Il seems that there must be {
grand mistake somewhere when people talk OF
the oyer-crowded state OF Europe. There ART
no intermediate farm-housos between the towns
The whole country seems teeming with luxu
rance and bloom, but though there are many
forests they are scanty, and the trees are small
and all look A. though they had been planted by
nor hedges, aud every foot "a titled with thu
greatest care, aud seems TO be persuaded into
Yielding up the store OF grain.-s,. Louis Giob'
Correspondence
PoLIrENEss OF vtENNoIsE.
The vienuoisc are as polite and cour teous q
tho Prenchmen. No one thinks OF entering I
store, an once, or place Of business without
taxing OF his hat and keeping 1t on, as well Is
exchanging polite bow on leaving. To keer
the head covered Is deemed extremely rule ant
offensive. ia stranger makes inquiry on thu
street, either Of q man or boy, the creates
pains Is not only taken to give the right direc
ton, but they will even follow you to sec tina
you make no mistake, and when you stop u
'ook around In perpiexity you will generally On
IN same kindly stranger at your elbow to poin
Inc way again. Even on entering Gaze Q
resto uraut all the walters bow to you, and , . o
enter, ug or leaving store, the proprietor 10
iows ', VI to the door, and the clerks make tue
obeissnc to you with all the grace OF dnnci ni
master. " Is singular that such people, q
narentiy 40 kind and courteous, arc so given
deception a. I'd Downright knayery IN NJ N.Y. N, :,
shonn,ng even, vions, have invariably found q
attempt TO incr ease charges from their !
agreement, under some plea OF error or mista I
a aner the aareeWeu rs in writing. In COW
satIon to-day with the proprietor OF the Amt \
can restaurant on the tAhioiton gtounus,
sptly remarked that 'thc people ot vienna w
the most courteous and az reeaole ne had ev
met with, and rs lavish " I'm tneir money
Americans; hut" he added, they seem to IA
pleasure IN cheating everybody they deal Win
| Cor. Baltimore American.
SCIENTIFIC.
In Bombay, India, Rbounds a minute speci,
Of ants, that fortify their nests with ,foncentri
circular walls OF sand the Utmost wall ''ciAs IN
highest. The object, II any, subserved ~ thes
Notifications has not yet been ascertaineh.
The French Academy Of sciences has Gun
ferred the Prix Barber upon NJ. Audant, who'll
conjunction with NJ. Personne, the chemist :
the Hospital de Ia Pitic, has recently dlscovert'
an antidote for poison by phosphorus. As
generally the case, the discovery was brough
about by accidental circumstances. A man ha
swallow ed o large quantity Of phosphorus, witt
| the intention OF destroying himself, and nndin
| the action OF the poison too sloS he took aoou
nfteen grsmmes Of essence Of tarpentfne, whic
| counteTacted the effect Of the phosphorus a.
/ by magic. This occur ence came to tire know
| edge OF N. Andant, who Investigated the matter
| and ascertained that turpentine checked IN
| combustion Of the phosphorus. M. Personn
| took the matter up, and his experiments on sew
| eral animals confirmed the accuracy OF the con
| illusions arrived at by his confrere. The efficac
| Of this antidote against the external action o
| phosphorus has long been known in Germany
| Tor In the manufactures where the latter
much used the workmen carry around thel
| necks a phiAl containing essence OF turpentin
to protect the bones Of the face from phosphori
| action.