Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-14
The Gar on His Travels

furnished with rare magniiicence, and to
it is adapted Il system of wheels which
enables it to pass upon any railway in
Europe, whatever be the gauge The
imperial train is preceded by a pilot To-
connective on which is the Director of the
line. Thirty minutes behind follows L
second train, with engineers and work.
men provided with every thing necessa-
nv to repair the road in case OF accident
Twenty minutes after this are the coach
es containing the imperial suite. at an
other interval Of half an hour, comes
the escort of 300 soldiers. Prince
Charles desired to be present at the en-
trance into the Principally of the En-
peror, but his Majesty requested his new
ally to await his visit in Bucharest. not
being willing that an act of simple
courtesy should interfere with the seri-
Gus business Of the moment, However,
the Prince went on to PloieSti this morn
ing. Although there is very little pomp
in the Cars journey, he must be very
well satisfied with his reception, for the
Roumanians can not forget their debt of
gratitude to the Russians in having freed
them from the odious and humiliatins
manian regeneration dates from the
day when the Russians helped their
brothers in creed to cast off the customs
and costumes which the Beys of the
Phanar had introduced into the Danu-
bian Principalities. They remember
that in their community of faith there is
more binding link than any foreign
political combination can forge, and
when we see the Russian standard low
cred to receive the blessings of Rouma-
MAN ecclesiastics, we can understand
how unnatural is the assimilation dream
ed of by few perverted minds between
barbarian and Mohammedan Turkey
and civilized and Christian Roumania.
At Ploiesti the Emperor lodges in the
villa of wealthy Boyard, Mr. Negules-
co, who, knowing his Majesty's fond
ness for flowers, has filed his gardens
with the choicest eXoiics. Fourteen
other houses have been hired Or the i'm
perial suite, and stable has been erected
expressly for the accommodation of the
800 horses of the household and of the
headquarters staff. The town itself is
the capital of the district of Prahova,
and takes its name from a neighboring
torrent of the Carpathians. There is a
national distich which SAYS:
May God preserve you
From the mud of Ploiesti,
From the famine of Gaesti,
And from the fevers of Golesti;"
from which it would appear that it en-
joys rather unenviable reputation.
But | must confess that, whether it is
because the streets have been newly
paved in honor of the illustrious visitor,
or because there has been no rain for
some time, | saw no particular evil
dences in support of the proverb. Ger
tainly there is a considerable difference
from the splendor of st. Petersburg and
the luxury of the Winter Palaces" but
sovereigns often take pleasure in con-
trasts, and the Emperor Alexander is
renowned for the simplicity of his tastes.
The interior of the town is remarkable
for the length and irregularity of its
streets, and for the multiplicity of its
gardens. Its population numbers about
10000, chiefly merchants, whose princi-
pal trade is in wool. OF monuments,
there is but one worthy of even pass
ing nOtice-the Biserica domnescd, or
"Princely Basilica,'' founded by the
Roumanian Duke Matthew Bassaraba,
in honor of SITS. Peter and Paul; but even
this church has no architectural merit.
Two historical souvenirs are attached to
the town-one that it was the theater of
great defeat inflicted upon the Turks,
in the year 1900, by Michael the Brave;
the other because it was the starting
point of the campaign, directed by this
sovereign, against the Hungarian King
Matthias Corvinus. - Cor. New York
Times.