The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07
COLOGNE a. ..
b Particulars Of the City Of . Thousand
Smells.
written for the sunday Democrat

I. s;tnatad on the left bank 81 the httlHe,
saected with the town OF Deutz on the
~ Nv bridge OF boats nearly 400 feet
~ and bv railroad With the principal cities
IA continent. The population OF Deutz
y Cologne together ID estimated to be over
IN so,ls. mostly Catholics. The city oc-
n,es the site of the ancient "oppidum tbi-
m and was founded about 81 b. o.
Tbe Empress Agrappina was born there,
a u0pested To her husband Caudius to
~ colony In the town In 81 A.. D., which
~ called "Colonia Agrappina." Cologne was
aornorated In $40 with Germany, and be-
"a ono of the most flourishing cities. es-
stay during the thirteenth century, when
ionsd the Hanseatic league. But the ban
hment Of the most thrifty Professionals and
wtsh traders, the closing of the navigation
tina Rhine by the Dutch in the sixteenth
.uturv. The rising maritime powers ri Hol-
ma and England, as we'll as political con
hets. combined to impair Its prosperity.
After 1897. however, when restrictions upon
Rvioation we're removed. and especially BY
direct communication with the Dutch
Drts and the growing Importance o. thR
! fflSSlaQ MANU- HtJuItS, 1DiOksi5 thS bth pps5bh
Give signs OF commercial activity.
We have thus far given rapid sketch ct the
boinning OF Cologne. 80 much for encyclo-
bdlc information.
We will now proceed with brief sketch OF
hat We know OF and saw as tourist OF
be Cologne Of to-day.
II you approach Cologne by land, via AK,
4nb kho r,t Vic ff Mt
blogne, and few will care to come up the
hine from Holland, for, owing to the rapid
v Of the stream and monotony and hatness
its banks the ascent is both slow and
earsome. Until you have cleared the low
buntries you haze no opportunity Oh seeing
lose strikingly picturesque views On the
bine which SO much charm the tourist.
After leaving Aix-la- Ghapelle, "a city OF
pteIs"-ths number, siza and splsndor q
letn are extraordlnary-yOu travel through
dull, fiat and sandy country TO reach 70
brne The domestic architecture Of this city
not pleasing; while for itl-paved streets,
irt and bad smells tia spite ~ the array Of
erfumes IL maintains an evil prs-sminence,
was our lot to enter 1t on q Saturday, ana
nlnckiiY that Saturday was Whltsuh-eve,
then every houssmaid In the town seemed "
eat work in the CUTTERS each driving before
III such torrents OF tfetid mud as seemed to
hdicats that the operation had not been per-
brmed since ths last anniversary of the feast,
uch power and variety OF bad smells /
ever encountered. They Justified Coleridge's
pigram.
In Koln, that town OF monks and bones.
Ind pavements sharp with jHRged stones;
n bag. and rags aud dirty WAnches,
counted two and seventy stenches,
HI well. defined and separate sinks.
snymphs who rnlo Ger sewers and sinks.
bo I'll was wash th 8, sitv of Cologne;
tell me, .nympbs., what power dlvlne.
hall henceforth wash tne river Rhfneg
Formerly Cologne was one of the high
)laces OF Catholicism. It's monks were
ounted by thousands and its churches by
hundreds, but the converts were stripped and
many Of the churches desecrated and turned
70 secular purposes. Still it's ecclesiastical
buildings are the boast and attraction OF Co
ogne. The principal churches worthy q
note are st Peters. with It's famous alter
piece representing the crucftiEion Of its pat
ion saint, BY Rnbins st. Ursula, with the
shes OF IL 600 virgins, st. GsreDrs, with tue
ZONES OF that saint and the bones OF the war
Tors Of the Ihebau Legion. The Church OF
ne Apostles is d beautiful specimen OF East
I'm architecture, and WAS Imported from the
East during the early Crusade. There are
pther churches with their peculiar relics, all
Furious enough tn their way, and II you are
willing to pay for It, the most inqaisitorialy
Furious can be gratited to his bent.
Of the glorious Cathedral too much cann0e
pe said In It's praise, it II alone worth Jour-
hey to Cologne to see it. This Cathedral
originated under Charlemagne. The founda-
Ion was laid In 1913, and, with continual
aterruptioDs, slowly advanced to compile
aon For six centuries the editice remained
unfinished, and to this day it Il not quite
completed The Cathedral may b. safely
aid to be the finest Gothic monument In ex-
Silence. Such is the representation over
lis work that there Is q legend extant In Co
pgne which attributes to Satan the delay:
me devil was jealous, and tomei that the
Undertaking should never he completed. The
ngerings OF the superstition certainly still
aunt this city. That the devil should make
4 voW-a vow to whom It Is an odd mix
lre Of saintliness and deviltry-
When the devil was sick, the devil q saint
#& - would be,
When tho devil got well. the devil no saint
N was he.o
The interior OF the choir Is said TO reach the
&normons height Of 150 feet; it Is butt Ia the
4ufest and richest style OF architecture, i
4ueh as In RicKman's nomenclature Is called
ecorated. The east end Is circular, sup
Ported by narrow lancet arches OF the same
eight as the spacious arches Of the slde
isles. The treforum 10 very lofty, light and
egant, and it, lightuess Is much Increased
having row or windows, Instead OF the
sual cold wall, behind the arcade. The
t6 odGuttl bi 10 oIboA LA WAA'Sa
eremeInber TO have seen a similar construc-
% The clere-story windows themselves
qaal In height a lofty church; they are
sly elegant in proportion and tracery, all
l.ed with rich painted glass. Externally II
pfopped BY two tiers Of massive. highly
ccotated flying buttresses, capped by
Eoecneted pinnacles of corresponding weight
ne exterior, no less than the interior, de-
go minute examination; although when
~ exterior is viewed from distance the
gIIefal effect of the building Is not SO good
-, a.ormerly the choir ended rather abruptly
-. Wnere nave should be, which has now
- ADDED TO the Cathedral, giving 1t fairer
SporIions. Its enormous height was dis
esuosn,oftioned to its length, and during the ex-
s ~. OF the last renovation of this structure
r any unfinished portions have been appro-
sssiy completed The two towers are to
~ aAased to the height of 500 fest each. The
M ny doorways, in their holiness, richness
rs ~ asspth OF scniptured mouldings, and the
arss stut elegance Of their canopies, are incom-
Nj 10y ay me, and the whole construction 81
nna oWer IS OF corresponding beauty. The
4 stp s,sloof OF Germany IL unremitting In the
lauon 81 this building, and when en-
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