The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-10

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reading We lock El,lossfo .a,l wy y
all ovefthe city during ine w anu sasf
much TO interest us anu utea oussetyes " \.
that night was realy Msicohe Nus ~ y
} came. Next morning VIC starIeu iioni
Nuremburg VIA lwic6hn, aau as W. % W,
preached Hoi tne ouuines Vi ,ne rIen.si
Mountains were Sspe ssen. ~ n.l 1i!i
kron the chufch s!snas when tiauI!ton
reports as the puiiaE piace ot ths So 19 "
LOT 0rlamnnde, 1e WINE 9ilyl . WON
Boildieu naoe! nislit1oine m nslfe SH,seyssos
Avenel ln Ms ypela o. La Ds y ej SsacSle.
we reached Nursnpulg ~: Il, ooio $1,000
the morning and. resting lniii ten, w
started QUITO see the town,;Wnich ID very
billy. The streets are quaint ana oia.
fashioned. but there are,5Hery elegsl y
stores. we TOOK me way oyer the prinee
and through the MARK. Fiala- past 'tle
Rath sHaas, where we maae qui!e ~
ascent tolthe Brog OF: Imperial Gasue,
founded In l094 by. the EmPeror. Confau
II, and extended an lloSSpy ffieuriscn
Barbarossa, II was presented ~ ihe Guy
10 the, King 10 1904 and restoIeI Ing
castle Is very Interesting on account Oh ils
antiquity, but Is not so handsome as the
one OF Altenbnrg. In the court YARD
stands tree said TO have been planIed
800 years ago by the Empress Cupigunde:
II Is truly o venerable one, and mas peen
well preserved. Alter viewing e1teity
from all available points NC walker doWn
street to the "Eiserne fungtrau. where
the collections OF instruments Of torture
are seen. In olden times the offenders
civil or religious, as the case was during
the middle ages amongst the various par
ties) were tried In an upper room BY
judges wearing long black masks so the
criminals would not even know by whom
they we're Judged. After condemnation,
the sentence was tied around the
unlortunate's neck, who was then lower
ed through an opening into the dungeons
below Tor punishment Ali the tortures
that can be imagined were and are there
still-hand and thumb screws, chains .of
all kinds, collars, bands, racks chairs
with iron spikes In the seats and backs, to
which the condemned was strapped BY
thearms, the feet pinned down by i'm
mense weights-enough hideous devices
to kill or frighten the Dravest. We walk
cd along the dark cells and corridors
with no light save that OF candle, my
blood growing cold and colder at every
step, till we came to the "Eiserne Yung-
frau" When this device was used, the
condemned was brought down and placed
"a hours In the stocks 10 contemplate his
or her fate, and look at the iron figure OF
torture, which Is in the shape Of woman.
1t opens on hinges, and the inside Is stud.
ded with spikes. Tho condemned was
placed In the figure, then the doors were
slammed 10 ana TWO Oh ine SPIKES ehte, ,
ed ,he eyes, many h.o ahe 9 W.. s. uacn
ana other paris OF me 5ouy. Nos eon.e as
WIN thls mureei, tne oGols , were opsaea
and inc poor victim aasnea into q mta
pit below, throagn, uap aool. ine
guide threw lights Gown anu saw many
skulls and bones, the green mouia coveL-
ing them ana ae. walls, maze II q s1 ioa6
ing slsht: just ,hlnk, " !ate Us aooy'
this fearful punshmentWas aaminlsIe,ec'
Having time 70 spare we visited tne Mu.
scum, where there was, maen OF interest
10 be seen, amongst otner thlngs coilec.
ton oil Darers paintings Wnich arc apoYe
price. went 70 see tne mouse Wnete
Hans Sachs lived, then 70 see Dutei
statue ana ms ola home' IN our way "
the hotel we looked az tae famous 81
Lawrence church, rtoleslanl pui!t ~
inc Iorlu dotnlc styie anu very Deautiiui,
some OF the WINDOWS very nanasome anu
quite celeoIatea. Our Journey 10 Man.ca
was through Deautiiul out moun!alnous
country, ana az 1ngoluslaat VIZ CROSSED
the Danube which was as muddy as any
other river and anything Dut inc blue
Danube"
Nearing Munich the country grew fiat,
but approaching 1t l beheld one OF the
handsomest cites I have vet seen ia Eu-
rome. 1t is a CITY of magnihcencc, no
money seems to have been spared in its
building. From the Maximilians Bridge
the Alps can be seen in fine weather, and
looking towards the English Gardens
with the swift FLOWING river and its sur
roundinps, the scene Is fit for a painter.
On the hill opposite the bridge Is the
Maximillianeum a University lor Govern.
ment students, to the left the st. Johannis
church. The churches here are all hand.
some, but the beauty Of all is the "Aller-
heilicen' new Court chapel The COL
umns are OF the most beautiful variegated
marble as Is also the wainscoating above
which are magnificent irescoes done by
Hess, emblematical of the Trinity. The
concealment OF tho windows makes a
beautiful subdued light, and adds much
to the elect. Last Sunday / went 10 the
Basilica Of St. Bonilace, which 10 $40 feet