The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-10-21
GERMANY.
n..eriutive Letter Of the Climate,
People, Ruling
NJ Hamburg, Holland, Etc-SOme Pc,
cHliar Customs.
oxford and Its Great Men, Ar5 Etc.

AxfoTd ana Tvs Nfehl men, ATC, re.
HoYBouR0, GERMANY, Sept IS, 1885,
,,,sc,.l Core. pondencel-M visitor to
M, part OF the world know Hombourg.
Uisa fashionable and delightfully."- German
~, probEbly with more reputation than
nvothet watering place in Europe. 1t
ANAL clear pretty town at the foot of the
T.unus mountains, and some half hours
70, nv sail from the old city of Frankfort
lnn'the Main. There are five different
SUa,ings here, situated in delightful park
N owned and managed by the municipal
snrncratiou of Hombourg. The grounds
s,o open fine oaRds OF music playing most
1.-THE time, and to me, one of the creates
charms is YOU never have a begger or am.
Sody else running after you soliciting fees,
wbich is very uncommon thing in Europe.
The expenses of keeping up the springs
md mark are met by special tax on yisi.
,ors each of whom. who remains over five
Says. has to ray Is marks, or 81 80. This
,;yes Won also the entree to the 'kursaal -
slarpe building, magUiiicently decorated
;psidp with painted walls and immense
class chandeliers, now used for dancing
5ooms. reading rooms, etc. tor visitors. II
wSs built by the famous NJ Blanc, for gam
;ng and during the gambling DAYS of HON.
honrg. millions OF dollars used to change
hands here, at ecarte. etc, u will De rec0l.
ected that the government put stop to
This several years ago. What peculiarly
strengthens the reputation of Hombourg,
Il is extensively palronized by royalties
The empress OF Germany has been here
some time, and we see her riding out every
y,rpaapHal hu pntrfAar NJ,
countlng tine numerous lords and barons
lhe prince of Wales Is also here drinking
Inc waters with vim. He is out early be-
fore breakfast and walks abou: in the
crowd and drinks his water like any olher
mortal. He is very stout, weighs 30
pounds, and report says he is trying TO re.
duce his weight The particular spring he
patronizes, the EliZabethen, has an antl-h [
reputatlon, so you well know don't use il !
The two springs Idraw my rations of water
from, called Steel Springs, have exactly
heoppOsite tendency. The prince is not
yery royal in his looks, and appears to me
very much like Henry VIII as see the lat.
ter portrayed il the picture galleries. lie
has had SO many Of the good things Of this
world that he looks 10 me as II troubled
with ennui. and If he had lived in the time
of Henry VIII. | somehow imsgne he
would have made very good duplicate of
that stout king. his brother, The duke
OF Albany, has also been here, and is very
trim, nice looking fellow. The climate OF
Homborg is also delightful, very little rain
and when 1t does, the ground is dry an
hour afterwards.
The great event here for this season
comes OF this week, being the Grand
Manoeuvre," when Emperor William, aud
VOnMoltke and some four or five visiting
kings review some 60 900 troops. All told
Hombourg IS delightful place 10 rest your
limbs and eyes after tour OF sight
seeing, which is certainly q herd job
yet. until you exactly try IL you can't pos
sby appreciate how hard 1t is-mentally
and physically. You see so much, fire.
Quently you become so mixed in trying &c
Ietrace what you have gone over that you
can't tell "tother from which" Just think
too of trying to take in and masticAte the
British museum in London in one day
which tried to dol When you get through
your ewes and legs will ache you so thai
you will fell exactly like Hawthorne on {
similar expedition, He says: at quits
brushes person to see so much at once
and wandered from hall to hall, with
weary and heavy heart, wishing (Heaver
forgive mel that the Elgln MARBLES and The
Frieze of Partherion ware all burnt int
lime, and that the granite Eg ptsn statuel
we're hewn and squared into building
stones, and that all the mummies had al
turned to dust two thousand years ago
and, In fact, shat all the metiral relics OF 50
many successive ages had disappeared with
the generations that produced them
CHURCHES.
1t is not somuch museum that you Sc,
over here, but II is churches. Churche,
everywhere and all the time until you arr
almost apt 10 feel like an American
EhomI lately heard express himself
1t was In London, and he had jus
returned from the continent en- rOut
home. i overheard lady Isl
him. How have you enjoyed your trip
Sii2 hope you have had most delightful
time.n Ii replied, "Well, IL does pretty
well over here, but the chief things the!
have got to show are churches and grave
yards; in fact | have seen so many that
propose TO knock down the first man tina
says church to me-" However, must ad
nit they are among the most interesting
II not the most interesting objects to b,
seen over here. On the monuments In tn
churches particularly, are so often seel
very interesting and at tunes odd inscrip
tons. took down the following from
prominent monument inside the old Trim
lty chu CD at StralfDrd-On.AVOn, in q fel
ieet OF where the resting place.oi Shakes
peare Is marked by his immortal epitaph
This is erected In memory OF Mr.. Wm
HlCcOx, eldest son Of Mr.. ThOs. llicCOI
who was twice mayor OF this 6Oroug
and standing justice 20 years. Tn
said Mr.. VIM. UlCCM was a capital bun
CESS Of his borough, but died single ma
The 2j,h August, in the 25th year OF hi
age, aud in the year OF our Lord l'u1.
Al once thought Of our esteemed dru
friend in Dallas who spells his name
was related to this Mr., WlliaI
HiCcoX, who died a single man. II 81
hecan congratulate himself as he HiCco
hmily was once a prominent one IN thu
SECTION.
II were asked what was the most int
esting place | have visited In Europe,
would say oxford Neither the guld
books, nor the horde OF American touris
say much about II, 80 It may be- am pr'iI
diced In It's favor, and that am somewni
influenced by the recollection OF the d
hghllul days spent myself, at my oN
anna mater In America. Oxford more tha
realized my expectations. procureu q
intelligent guide, and rs | strolled throug
ihe various colleges the great Bodltian
sn"Ns lht plONuEe EhHtlANo ellN III No' 80"
the beautiful grounds IN different dire
uons, especially "Addsou's Walk AZ
The beautiful broad romtnade leadw
down from Christ college to the rlv'
where the boating Is done, fully realize
mat here was the highest seat ut learnir
70 the world. 0ne breathes. Ms II were,
literary atmosphere, and IL struck me that
young man Of moderate ability could con
mere ana by only keeping his eyes aad ca
Open for twelve month he could absol
more information and gain better educ
uOn than he could ny four years hard on
Hhg out Of books by midnigl
amps, Everything in the shape
knowledg. that money, brains aud the
inundated labors Of many OF tho create
minds of the world for ages are here The
700, think Of what associations cling aroHt
y4'ordl Just realize that here In the he!
uay OF life in this their Alma Mater wake
snoout and lived, Milton, Ben JohnsoI
KY, Fox, w sley, Maosu.ay, Sir villa
baekstone and hUniteds OF 9th re- equa,
Mus,tious la tact. as ] walked across u
yuad In Christ college, | was absolute
mulled hy the loud peat from the gre
VIZ bel, Tom, ~ when / pndeayOred 10 7