The New York herald., 1874-09-27

poor wretches who did not want to make any
cnange In the method OF going TO the blessed
! hunting grounds and who had special hiking ior
old odn and his pleasant way OF sending out his
WaIhalIa. VINO can blame the old heashens for
! having been little stubborn. From the ninth 10
| the thirteenth century kisalngeu grew up and De-
came fortified with moats and walls and towers,
and mobiles lived there and in the castles that nad
War on Out and the ss gos mad
Their noble snd az seGs Qrds And
sG hs s{ aop q s0'
interest in the place and rented the salt works
broke out, and the Swedes visited the valley OF the
Saale and alter beleaguering the city OF klssingen
would have taken possession mad not Peter He'll,
his advice that, when the Swedes were storming
the place. the peasants mad collected al tnei. pee
hives tiui Of bees Oi cOursel upon the Walls and
cast them among the assailanls, and Klssingen
MODERN IMPROVEMENT.
However, when the Swedes left the people had
to build their salt works again and the long evap-
water trickles. Frederick Karl OF Sch0nborn, be-
gan 10 repair the springs, and through his exer-
and he built the old Kurhaus which is now used
as hotel and restaurant In 1905 Kissingen be.
came a possession oil Bavaria, and from TINS time
dates Its present prosperity. The old walls and
towers were removed, and the present shady
promenade made, and then Ludwig !. built the
arcades anu the Conversation House, bridge
over the Saale and Protestant church for the
guests, and beautiied tho city in many other ways
Gambling was abolished In lS4S, having existed
since $500. In 1850 the large royal baths were
erected and in 1856 the theatre. And the bathing
and water drinking public came year after year
and enjoyed themselves in a quiet. monotonOus
fashion unt the year 1896, when the Prusslans
and Bavarians had fight around and in the city
and frightened the guests away. Some 20, 900 Ba.
yarians defended the city, and $4,000 or 10000
Prusslans stood on the hills beyond the Saale and
tried to get IN. And they DID, In plucXy ana
THE BAvARIANs FOUGHT WELL;
/ xNa f>r fhn Gan1 md a
| houses along the river, and might have asserted
! themselves had their leaders taken proper pre-
but few hundred yards further up the river
there was another bridge, used only ior 1901 pas
Mfs ney Map
! this and sent down few companies to cross 1t
and occupy the houses on the other side. 1t was
bold stroke; q few companies dashed over It,
man by man, and before the Bavarians knew IT,
the city was swarmng with the Toe. Then the
by inch the Bavarians were driven back along the
streets and through the promenades, until they
were driven from the city and compelled to re-
tire toward Schweinfurth. From tue house where
Prince Bismarck resides overlooking the Saae,
he can see the two bridges, and even in the mousse
where he lives he can see the cannon balls
shot, indeed. by the Bavarans from the
in as ,as wall % IN he the paoes they
originally struck. 1t seems to be the pride OF
the people here to keep these mementoes OF 1865:
DR.. Blrur, the Princes host, mad the balls most
carefully placed and then ponsned jet black, ana
the inscription over, above and beneath, July 10,
ever, the inscriptions were efaced and the cannon
balls were painted to correspond with the color
served az all.
JOYS OF THE KlssINGEN CURE.
Life in Klssingen Is regulated by the doctors,
and made as uncomfortable to healthy people as
1t can we'll be Imagined. The landlords ana hotel
Keepers are bound by order OF the magistrates to
give only such food TO guests as Is prescribed by
the doctors; and the physicians OF She CITY, some
years ago, IN solemn session with royal com,
missioner, made out list OF food, what Is good
ior the guests and what IS to be avoided. You are
permitted to eat raw and cooked ham, without
lat and prohibited pork; and worst, you can eat
trout and pike and soles, and are prohibited EEL
carp, all seahsh except solesl and crabs you can
eat caullnower and are prohibited cabbage; you
can eat mashed potatoes and are prohibited roast
and boiled potatoes; you can eat strawberries but
are prohibited all otner raw fruits; you can eat
hiblted roast goose and duck you can drink water
and coffee and milk and light wines and beer
and tea, but are prohibited heavy wines, liquors,
brandy punch, lemonade and sour milk. You
must take your first draught OF Rakoczy at SIX
before breakfast; and by changing the waters and
baths you can get cured Of any disease under
Pandur; If You are too thin take Pandur and
RakocZy-so mysterious and wonderful Is the na-
alike The doctors tell you tney have cured, ior
certain, one case OF Brlghts disease OF the KID
as every doctor In the place has written
pamphlet or book on the charms OF klssingen
and the virtues o. ITS waters ana his own skill tne
cannot cure, and that Is poverty and Goethe say
that "Ohne geld ,st man hat3 kran6" "a man
without money Is half slck.o And, great God
how many OF us are suffering from this disease
SUBMITTING TO THE CURE
Called out OF your bed Just when the sun is peep
Ing over The mountain tops by the choral oil the
orchestra, you are expected TO submit grdclously
to the cure, which produces o terrible state o.
things. For instance. OF tine doctors mas writer
book lin pigeon EnglishJ III which he tells III
how we are to know that we are getting cured
"The chief symptoms OF the cure, the says to
winch even the most conscienclous patent can Dt
subjected, are these:-A certain heavness OF the
forehead and temples. In some cases there ap
pears a general weakness, debility Of the leg!
and lethargy in the day time, followed by sleep
lessness at night. The patient becomes rascibie
appetite fails and the bowels act lrregularly
\ here IS a tendency to hypochondrlasis, tt
eyer slsns OF the cure, getting hold OF you
Without these signs coming you might as wei
have stayed at home: ! asked @ Ia. stout stout good
the waters. He sad 1t got into his head little
. and the doctor had ordered him three hours
: him for half an hour under the trees, while he
told me the means the doctors employed: In,
greatest penance he had to endure, he said, was
the dieting and then the constant exerc sc anC
the prohibition Of sleep afIsr the long morning
asked surprised .'NO,n he answered, 'or tht
eject OF the water is such that II YOU iali asleei
while they are stlll acting on the brain and the
system you are liable to sleep too long, never u
.. wake AGAIN" So he had to perambuate Irou
,, morning TIL evening" without aim, without rest
like the Phantom Mariner or the eternal Anasue
rus until the cure should be effected. In his
, was, | believe u reduction OF c0rpulency. dc
not know the prescription Tor the lean ioiK.
AS TO SOCIETY AND SOCIAL ENJOYAENT
the less said the better. There Is none O
that genial freedom Of social Intercourse whici
we find IN HombuEg and Baden Baden and Wies
baden. ] have lved through the twice two
mortal hours OF music which the director grlnds
, out OF his orchestra at morning and evening
promenade in a sleepy, monOtonous manner Mu
Sic nath no charms to soOtne the savage breast {
4 think this Is the proper quOtation) II &C
companied by the brawhng OF nl.maDneret
Drats and the tramp on the gritty prOmenade
i OF thousand loud talking, fast walking
/ coughing, splitting, according to-Cocker-made
bun niDbnR guests wanting to get we'll as last a.
, they After the music Is over and DreakfaS
finished people take their baths, aud then mopt
4 and read until dinner time; then they NOPE ant
! read again until the music and pl 0menadinR com
mences again, at six, and at eight. when the mus
Q ceases, the guests begin to go nomeward, and u,
. nine they go TO their beds. never saw German
read 80 mucn as they do here. The