, 1879-03-11


| Vi. thls facet That has furnished Amsterdam,
with 70 many philosophers. and urtls.s, md
skilled artisans.-thc tltauond.custinr and pol
isng ot the world was done hero for centuries,
thu celebrated kolIinoor was cut {u1l badly cut}
herc,-thls isolation remains Us perfect to-day
ulmos! as when they locked hitler over 2S)
yeara ngo from Portugal, Spain, and ucrn,any
to !nd freedom to 1--we at'l 10 work. This sc4re-
CATION secIlis to bu tlle rcallit hero Ut t,a,ly
| causes: Tradition, habit, prejudice and religion
entur, 1t Is true, but one lnay bclayo tlut tho
most importaMt diilere''eo between tho Amster-
yam JrW !, o. sl'o ,o, "aarIsI" md hts b'otlrcn
lihcss, which Ii rad!ral unl also irrcprCssible
0nc OF the most characteristic features Of
uoliu1ti sccnerJ is tbs ever present, sluggish,
low.bankGa canal, mud stroll along tie cllartn.
Ing krtzrrs md liccrcu grachtcn viii well repsy
tho Visitor. These cat:is uro The most relebrat-
cu tor their beauty, being about l50 feet wide,
aMl planted on each aide With trees, mainly
elms; Tic housra tl'as front them nru high,
at fur tho most part OF thus lIollnlul regularity
unl calnpusurc VIZ were rapidly lunrIIiti. TO al
miro. No irunt s!ooryards, but grnprrcs u,li
large gFass.p!ats aud tlowcrbcds mud sllrubbcry
looking huuses BY tls n,l,nbrr,-for there was
no a'gn to guile tls,-al descending 10 The
bRst,nrnt, following servant who had answered
our tsns, W. groEcd our way Up a narrow Wind
dark aiite-el.an,hcr, the other door OF which
!eas intu Il bank tt.at counts It's millions. 20
unostrntat!oualy do thrss solvent bankcrs work.
VII ou lHc lIlOdt ll0FlAeE5l p1lflk OF lal4 lii
old Amstcttau,, With outlook on thu II al,u oil
towaId lhe Xuldcr Zoe, rises frun Tho ttat sur
luce turi0Ns 0ll tOwpr, ttlat lab Btnou now
four hundred years scntiHcl a!lts 1ulMi-1nuyk up-
1n thn wharf Wh1ngu sailed tnOse wlIite-lullvd
Eaas INdaticn md other lonG-wtndeu craft, for
distant sraa Probably from this very pol,lt
Hendrix Hudson unl thu little cu!t,ny that
settled New Amsterdam weighed anchor MD
ses satl for that then .trrriblY elistunt haven.
ltcro gathered tu tte'o!.l time The wives ,uli
children, the fathers al mothers md friends of
ttiuso anricnt mariners 10 bid them Godspec4l
tld to weep Anu SORROW Ut the parting; Iienee
It's rottc ilall,n; ihe Sclrctcrstoren ;or CrIers'
Tower, which Il bears 10 thls day. Somewhat
l!ear this, aud tn tho southwark, Atnl.l!s tt.s
"Waag" or Mclghlllg-l'ouse,-the city scales,-
curious ul city cato With several round
polluted toWcrs. III trout Of which, also, In llla
you'd old time, it!o whipping post Threatened,
TIC stalks burllrl ainl the cai4Ion boiled lus llls
aubtugattotl, III onp form or another, OF the I'M.
rcgast!tg hcrctlc. II Is now occupied as u lire
engtnc house. So W9 Nil move.
But this letter spins out to unconsctOnaha
lcn.tl anl Must merely gelcr to few Ut tho
lnahy other objects Of interest. Chief among
tl.rse IL tllr geological tlarluus, supported by
private stsbserpt!oi, bel:ave, ulla public sprit.
There has always existed u generous rivalry
nIslOng fhu merchant hrlslces III 1!p city to udu
tn It's magnificent collection OF bFls u,,tl pn[-
nuts, H.M! ouch sllpnasirr IL Instructed, for the
glory OF his hol.sv, to bring buck from distant
lusaua SONS uew or Faro speetes ot snlual lilo.