The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-26


I doubt whether there exists in the
word = oity which pictures so{ Hccu-
rAtsly ~ Buchnfest tlih 6o1ntfy on
which It Is the capital. vainly would
you seek In London . corner reminding
You Of Wales, or In Paris one recalling,
Z southern France.7s Berlin has nowhere
deur of the Rhine. Nowhere ht Vienna
are reelected the green and mysteriops
valleys OF Bohemia, or the sharp out
ing In the immense Rsissian Empire Is
discernible at St. Petersburg, Z and the
brilliant frontage Of Constantinopleru Is
the greatest possible CONTRAST TO the rest
of Turkey. Bucharest, however, Is at
present the image Of Roumania- 1t has
emerged from the incoherenoe Of ,yese
terday. and IL aspiring 20 the ssplendouri
B Of ftn-mqrupw.i, Its the rag seeking 70
dye itself In purple, q growing dambi-
ton, the stiff lines Of ciyiiization striv-
ing 70 supersede the caprices OF lbarbarl
ism, It Is the growing capital Of an en-
FAINT kingdom, whose ciyilization Is still
confined TO the centre. and has not Yet
reached. the extremities, hut Is stretch.
1 ing towards them, and will reach them;
for the five million Inhabitants OF
Roumania are certainly destined one day
70 ascendancy over great part
OF the peninsula. This Is now inevl-
table, and whatever the agitations now
going on, or the efforts which may
hereafter be made, this contamination
Is certain sooner or later to be realized.
On issuing from the station the first
thing which strikes you Is the oahman,
his horse, and his vehicle. Here, as
throughout the rest OF tho city, q
wonderful contrast forces itself on your
notice. The cabman. half-barbarian.
half-Turk, with q spice OF mouiik,
run like the wind over the primitive
paving Of the suburbs, while the cab,
an elegant and comfortable open car
riage, would cut a good figure In the
Bois dc Boulogne. Right and left ON
leaving tho station are dingy buildings,
mud-hovols, worm-eaten. shops, which
display fruit and Vegetables, while In
the gaps between them the oapriciously
spaced-out hagstones rest on the bed Of
Shiny mud which forms the interstices.
As soon. however. ms you get through
tho suburbs, tho ambitious capital
strikes the visitors eye. New and lofty
houses, smart aud modern, dwarf with
their massive upstart splendor the low
building which adjoins them; and>which
has yot emerged from the limbo OF the
past. A now palace Is being erected for
tho King, but u will DO merely tempo-
rary. and YOU perceive the necessity Of
such work on passing tho fissured
walls OF tho old palace, which attempts
are boing made 20 repair, and the patch-
Ing up of which ill-oonceals the signs Of
decay. Eyorywhere ls the striking con-
trast Of q city aud country which are
| growing, expanding and embellishing
themselves, and rosolutely marching to-
! wards their future destlnies. Even at
tho carly hour on Sunday whom we ar
rived, Bucharest n fun pf animation
and ofi0rs us, with its crowded aud
| trimmod-up streets, tho most motley
type OF rs inhabitants, whose aspect
and costumes are stlll lacking In real
houangeneousness Yet, the top boot
here, as In Hungary, Is still domlnant,
showing that the roads have yet 10 be
made, and that mud Is supreme. hut II
tho top boot II the baslssof tho national
| costume, tho Astrakhan hat, black, high.
| and pointed, Il the summit, whIIt boz
/ tweon basis and summit there II frnn
scope for caprice. When, after q two
hours drive about tho city, we returned
20 tho station, many Of Us had tho same
Idea. and had adorned ourselves with
this Astrakhan oap--a soft and conve.
nient covering, the more readily assumed
because the morning is chilly, and such
headgear u capital protection from
damp, Cor london Times. lsfr