The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-22
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
BERLIN. GERMANr, Oct. 9, 1s7s

sumIng upon your former lenieney, now ask your further indulgence.
 We spent a very pleasant month in Be- lott, Wis, oscillating between my fathers farm II never did like the the term ranch J and my wifes home in town. Then we starfed for New York, stopping few days
 with friends in Evanston and Chicago. We remained eight days in New York, and then set sail for Glasgow. se
 I need not describe our ocean voyage, VI
 most of my readers know what it is by ex- perience. The weather was calm, the sea smooth; there was no accident or delay; the Scottish officers were gentlemen in the best sense; and the passengers were an agreeable and pleasant company. With auoits for diversion by day, and good library and piano for evening, the time passed quickly Our captain was good natured, sharp-y:saged, keen-eyed Scotch
 man. One evening at dinner some one said, "Well, Captain, shall we see land pretty
 soon 2" In way so cool as to be almost
 provoking, he said, ''Oh, l saw land an
 hour agor' I am sure that some of the
 passengers went without desert that eve ming, so eager were they to sec the lard.
 But when on deck it was difficult for our landsmen's eyes to see what an old sailors eyes had discovered an hour before.
 Glasgow is the second city in the British realm, both in size and commercial Impor- tance. It is situated far up the Clyde, a river world-renowned for two things L H,,. ho along the lower Clyde is exceedingly beau tiful, while, as you approach the city, the din of hammers is almost deafening. The first friends who meet you are custom house officers. They are polite and gen.
 tlemanly, at least We found them so. Their man search is for tobacco. In our case, they simply asked if we had it, and made no search.
 Glasgow does not differ in appearance
 from many of our American cities. If there is one point of difference more prom inent than anether, it is the solidi:y of all the buildings. There is manifestly no shoody masonry such as we too often see in America. The city stands for the most part on level ground. X prominent ex- ception is that part known as the Necropo- lis, which we visited. Near by is Glasgow Cathedral, one of the most celebrated in Europe. In this Cathedral we saw the graves of Scotland's most renowned men and women.
 Two hours run through a beautiful country brought Us to Edinburgh, the most interesting historic city in Great Britain. 1 have no word of praIse for the British railway system. It is simply execrable. TO fhnsa bc hax-a ~oror Ipnu-n opv baf for ir is probably good enough, but to an American it is very trying. Each car is di- vided into several ksz:all compartments, each having a door on either side. From eight to twelve persons are put in each, half of whom are compelled to ride back wards. There is no water, or conveniences of any kind. Unhapily for us, while wait ing at Glasgow, we gave our boy plum, the first he had ever eaten. This, together with the fearful jolting we received, made him very sick, his malady resembling an aggravated case of sea-sickness. It was then that we ana our fellow passengers fortunately some very amiable old Scotch ladies-experienced the full beauty of the European railway system.
 But must not forget Edinburgh. It is a quaint, but exceedingly beautiful city. The buildings, mostly of gray limestone CT granite, are very high and angular. The house of seven gables may be seen in many parts of the city. Old High street is known the world over. We were fortunate enough to find quarters in this street, only a stones throw from the Houses of Parliament, St Giles Cathedral, JoEh Knoxs house, and the Heart of Midlothian, memoralized by Sir Walter Scott. Besides these places, we visited Edinburgh Castle, one of the most fmous in the world; the Palace of Holy rood, where Mary, Queen of Scotts, and many other sovereigns lived and died; the old Crevfrlars' Church-yard, where thirty illustrious martyrs lie buried in one grave: {: the Antiquarian Museum, containing Jem- iel Gedde's stool thrown at a Curate's head, in St. Giles; the Maiden, Or guilotine, which took off the heads of some of Scot lands noblest men; together with thou sands of instruments of torture, such as and the like. used in less civilized age of the world; Colton Hill, famous for its monuments and beauty, and many other objects of less but yet of very great interest to every American traveller. We shall never forget our two days spent in 
 From Edinburgh to London is ten- hours ride. The cars fairly fly. The first half of the way is through billy country, but the hills are not so high or steep as to prevent cultivation. Men and women were engaged in harvesting the oats, for which Scotland lis famous. All the fields were small, and were bounded by stone fences There seems to be no wood in Scotland. we approached nearer to London, towns lnd cities were closer together and larger. As ours was an express train, it did not stop at cities of less than thirty thousand inhabitants
 We reached London at 9P. M., and re- nained 1 days. Everybody writes about London, so will hurry on to Paris. The green fields ana orchards and vine-covered, cottages of Normandy were They invite the traveller to stop md rest. How gladly would we have ac- 'epted the invitation, if it were possible.
 We were unfortunate enough to reach ] Paris, as we'll as London, at g r. NJ. Tray 1 slers in Europe should avoid reaching a ! place of destination in the night. as there is i lere no checking system for baggage, caus- ng great inconvenience, confusion, irrita- 1 ion and often detention. Every man must 1 ook out for his own baggage, and general l ' be crowded into some pen or other with l lis ellow-travelers, for half an hour, before l le has even that privilege.
 During our four days stay in Paris, we Iisited many places of interest: the Champs 1 ElySee, Arc-de- Tre0mphe, Church oJ tLe Made | eine, public parks, monuments and boule- Tards, ana above all, the Exposition. This | ,rniix- onuallaI ;t 1sl ,,..