The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-07

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The new part is particularly fine, and
the Jews quarter of the old part is a
great curiosity. We pass the Hotel de
Swan, where Bismarck and Thiers
signed the treaty at the conclusion oi
the Franco German war, the house with
projecting stories on the corner Of the
street in which Martin Luther lived for
short time, the small plain house in
which Goethe was born in l749, the
Jewish Synagogue, said to be the rich
est Jewish congregation in the world,
two open squares, one containing fine
monument Of Gutenberg, the father Of
printing, the other OF Goethe, the poet,
the BOrse or money market, and nu-
merous cathedrals and public buildings.
One Of the most Interesting parts of
Frankfort, is the old Jewish quarter,
which has curious wood houses many
stories high. One of the most dilapi-
dated Of these is pointed out as the res
idence of the father of the celebrated
Rothschlld family.
Until 1906 this Jews street was closed
and locked every night, and during
holidays, aud no Jew was permitted to
appear in the city under penalty Of a
heavy fine.
Baden Baden, which dates to as early
an origin as Wiesbaden, is one of the
most popular watering places in Europe,
and has no rival in Germany except
Wiesbaden. 1t is most delightfully."- sit
uated on the little river Oos, just in the
edge of the Black Forest, in the midst
OF well-wooded hills, which only "a short
distance from the city rise into mum
tains. The general characteristics OF
the city are the same as those of Wies-
I baden.
The chemical ingredients Of the boil
ing springs, aud the complaints fol
which the water is considered beneficial
are nearly the same as have already
been mentioned. Baden has its beauti
/ ful parks, music, its Bazaar and its Con.
versationshaus or Cursaal, which il
much finer than the one at Wiesbaden
This was built and fitted up by the les.
see Of the gambling privilege, and in
this building were the gaming tables
which were once so famous ali over Eu-
rope. In 1872 public gambling was pro-
hibiteG throughout Germany, and since
then this beautiful building, with its
great rooms so gorgeously fitted up, is
used as music hall and place for pub
lie entertainments. Baden also has a
fine theater near the Cursaal, aud on
the other side Of it a Trinkhall, where
the water from all tie springs is coll
lecied. This has a broad, open portico,
with large COriuthian pillars, and on
large panels over the windows back Al
the pillars are fourteen fine paintings Of
large size, picturiug some of those local
legends with which nearly every Ger
man village abOunds. Baden, from its
proximity to the Black Forest, which
was supposed to be inhabited by all
kinds Of enchanters End spirits, is par
tieularly rich in such legends. For q
long distance through the city, the Oos
flows in an artiiicially-made stone-cov-
cred channel, the center, where the
water is confined most OF the time, he
I ing gutter less than two feet wide and
not more than six inches deep.
The park which extends a long way
up the stream, is kept in perfect order
but some how our enjoyment Of it re-
ceived chill, when one morning while
taking an early walk we found as many
As thirty old and middle-aged women
bareheaded, sweeping the carriage way:
and wheeling the dirt away ia lsrg,
barrows. Baden is certainly beauii
ful place, and must be delightful sum.
mer residence for a wealty German
For "A few days at least during the sea
son, IN common with three or fou
other summer resorts, Baden basks il
the sunlight of imperial favor, an'
numbers the Emperor William anon!
her honorable guests. The round o
amusements is much the same as a
Wiesbadeu and other resorts. Much o
the klOig Ol DAhGu AEtiAANCA WIN "a
closing Of the gambling establishment
and the citizens think with yearniug
unutterable Of the good times now gon
when the gold so recklessly poured ou
+ at the gaming table flowed in rie
stream through the shops aud boarding
houses Of the city.
, a drive of an hour all the way up hi
E brings Us to the ruins Of the old castl,
a thousand feet above the city. TIL
5 castle was built many hundred yeai
= ago, and is made Of large, rough stOn,
without any attempt at ornamentatior
= The view from the tower gives US
J wide view over the Rhine, the valley
D which Baden is situated, and beyond
{ the broad, sorabre expause Of the Blac
! Forest. In going from Frankfort l
: Baden. distance Of little more tina
= a hundred miles, we pass near Worm
= and through Heidelberg, which, wit
its ruined castle and distinguished uni
= versitv, will be the subject Of our ueN
=, letter. o. X. BUkcHARD.
o A young lady living down on tn