, 1874-08-29

seven years, "tho urnud lsc!iquos." fron
tho 10Th to tho 24th Of July. consisting
Of thu following nrtlcless |. Tho rob
=, tho noarigs YIign I'm 1T the Nativity
Hwald'ing.olntl,es in WHICH Jesl'B waa wrapped
compoaod OF ooarso cloth Of yollow color. Q
Tho CLOTH on which The hoad OF John tho Dnr
t!ss was laid. T. Tho scarf woru by Christ a
tho Ctucitlx1on, bearing staisls Of blood. &. Th'
spear BY whlcl, His side wns pierced. All tlles*
roltcs wolo presented to C!,arlemngno, tl,'
sRlom and BY Hnronn~a- -llasc.id. TheY ar
preserved 7, ailiino Of sllvor:gllt, tho work o
ertlsts ein W. q to ninth century II lH0l more thai
C!lapotle to worship those rolics Tho number
| WHO attended tho lust exhibition was teHg. b11I
attll enormous. The Cathedral also cu,1tai,It
many )ewolB, Bems,cn1noos, enanleis, etc., though
hut Tho Fronch carried off several million.
OF dollars worth froul tic twu churches, att
ao!u theth 10 tile loWb to ratBa money to prose
cute ssIoir wnrs of conquest. Tho gold aINl all
ver ornaments, calldluRsieks, aud crH0llixes
| thoy Transferred to Tho ,neting-po. and changed
| them into colt.
Tho next place OF most interest to DO seou Il,
oologno IL sho Church, Ut Ut. Ursula, wl.nne walIs
nre "frescoed" and ornamanted with the bones
ELEVEN THOUSAND vfRa1ss,
tllo companions Of st. Ursula. who, nucordiug to
tho !egend. waa PrinccaH Of Gront 1}ritafu 1S00
yoars ago. who set nail with liar virgin train (oi
rngGn girls> deatinca ~ brides Of a paean army
which bad marched fnto the 1ihino country
that I part Of ragen Germany. " rus "''ns. Mr-
Cologne. which w.s in til. hands
Of The Huns, WIN masracrod the whole party in
evaporation at their refusal to break their VOWS
ol chastity! Tho hideouH rolica lnHot tho gazo
all arounl the wallis Of Tie church, overhead
and everywhore+ They ara built into tue walls,
buried under tho lnor. enoircle tho doors and
windows atld jll! glass caaos. The bones
coffin behind tho aElar, while tho skulls
Of a. few Of her fnyor.to mai1ons aro
deposited in tie goleien chamber. illtnAad n
slyor, along with other relics, nslei as tile stsno
vessel whicl, held the water turned uto wine at
tlo n.nrriagc-ieast,. pieces Of the trno, cross
mills. thorns. etc. Tho wurst Of tho wlola mat-
tor Is, tile cle.gy Of Coloene Bt 1pDd tholr sat,c.
tion to all these pious frauds, because thalr OK
llb,t'on continues to DO source VI revonno to
them. hfnltitados Of tile poor, doudod, super
atitions pcnannts come long distances a,,h l,av
ttor scanty monoy to got Blght of the sacred
hnnlbugE.
From Cologne to Atayenco' iB 12o mins, ut
WHICH point the River Main oNters The Rhine lit
road lends along each bde Of tho riyor, on which
run numerous trauH daily. while tue river itself
In coreled with steamboats,. barges, Bchooners,
and raft4. Except OH Tho Ihainas thovo il no
river in Europe ou which thoro is 80 much COM
THE RHINE
In tho favorite German riyor,-linoat an object
Ut worship. They lAyo Tough. for its possess
sion for 1,o00 years.-evor Binco the days Of
.'ultua Cesar. They l,avo chung to Its valleys
tion uunrcceIoutud in al, history. The I,nnaan
legions drove them away from it . short tatuncc,
after many desperate and bloody battle but
tho Germans continually rouowoi tho atr,,erIo
for i,n re,,onacasion. Cusnr drnve thnm hunk oh6t
5S mlloB to tue east Of It, anu stotioueJ several
lcgions along its line at etrateg,o points. a,ui
t,1auted cutpucH Of Komu,,s Mt ali fla fayorable
h1uts. His successoru carried nut tlle yau,o llno
Of policy, and tile old military can,ps, foritioa-
TONS and walls. constructed by item. may to
seen mud traced ulone tue east s,de OF tic nimo
Valley, from Utrecht, in Holland, to Bale,
in Switzerland, and ,lr the aIain for long dis
ral,ce. Many or those Notifications are so 10 60
miles back from the Rhine, where thoy protect
fertile valleys or commercial strategic points.
S,yoral Of the Gcrn,su fortiiIcations are lu,itod
on Tie same ground of thoae ancient
]toman workH. Towards the oud of tic
first century, these lords OF tia universe we're
in part compelled to surrender tleir conauoYts
tn tIn loutnlio tribes. WHO bud mails At, irro.
aistible onslaught rou tl,e,u; but tbe Empcrors
Tra]at aud lladrla, recovered tho torfito:y
formerly noBaosacl by Rome, and raHtorod tho
wallB aild fortiicAt!ons Which tho Germans had
DESTROYED: Howevor, it Was onlY after long and
tough lighting chat the Tontons wero forced
nwaT from their dear Rhine. The Romans
maintained their sway until near tho
ut the third century, about A. D. 270,
n!taiough continuously RsHnlod by tho untalnabIe
natives At that t!uc the Allelnanni Mattiaci
and FRANKS united Their torceu, advanced against
tho Koman Chain u fortiticat!ona. broke through
II. aemolisheu forts. tnmb'cd dow, walls, mas
sacred colonies, defeated tho leyions. aud drove
thalt Actoaa tho hhlhe, abouBhod tho Roman
soHe' "nu