Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-27

A million and quarter of people
with their associated wealth ascribes
to Berlin the first city of the Ger.
man empire and the third in Europe.
II is city of vast domains-200
miles of well-paved or cemented
streets, some IA fine as exist in the
world, over 60 parks of various
sizes. Some of these parks were
founded in the 10th century and are
now well arranged forests of heavy
hardwood timber Berlin is the
seat of long-lived royal family.
The present Emperor is 81 years old,
and great. .grand-father-four gen
erations now flourish in health. 1t
is city of unbounded ambition. Its
devotees attempt to rival the world
in knowledge, and claim it TO be at
present the great seat of progressive
science and art In this respect of
rivalship it lays especial stress on
its celebrated medical school, not
admitting superiority in the school
of Paris, nor even in the world wide
famous medical school at Vienna.
Vienna and Berlin medical schools
are ranked among the first in the
world
Berlin has over 1900 students.
| These and other forces make it re-
sort of study for artists and scien.
lists, and market of high demand
for skilled service. The art of Ber-
| lin includes all kinds and varieties,
painting, sculpture, and architecture
1t abouhds in statuary, ancient and
modern, relic museums, and monu-
ments. The material of the statuary
is marble, granite, bronze and sand
stone The statuary is life-size or
larger, The design and object of
most of the statuary is full of beau
ty and serves to keep in memory the
progress and discoveries of some
great and good men. OF course
much catering is done 70 the royal
| family. One of the monuments
which is most beautiful in design
and noble in its object is that erected
to Albert Won Groeife. His monu-
ment is erected close to the place
where he did his notable life work,
This celebrated man was the real
founder of surgery of the eye. lie
taught men that by removing an
opaque lense from an eye that a
blind eye could be restored to sight,
that by shipping out a piece Of the
iris M artificial pupil could be made,
and that by removing an eyeball at
tackea with cancer or other mallg-
nant disease the other eyeball could
be saved from the same fate by rea-
son of sympathy. On one side of
him come the blind groaping like
blind Milton in Sampson Agnoystes
and on the other side they are going
away from him glad with the return
of sight. Two beautiful white mar
BILE monuments double life size are
erected TO Alexander and William
Humboldt. These are the latest
masterpieces of European art. They
were made in Rome and are placed
in front of the Berlin University.
The Humboldt brothers were the
most progressive and able thinkers
of their age.
The most colossal monument
erected TO commemorate single
person is that of Frederic the Great.
1t required II years to build 1t. The
immense square pedestal is built Of
red polished granite. The column
or middle part is Of stone covered
with bronze figures of Frederic's
celebrated generals. The capital or
| top bears Frederic the Great riding
on an enormous black stallion of
double life size. King Frederic the
Great is dressed in military style
with the kings mantle thrown over
him. lie wears q three-cornered hat.
The monument is 40 feet high. 1t
is the greatest master work of Rauch
and his two pupils Wolf and Blaze
ser. The Germans ideals of mill
tary fame aud glory are Alexander,
Caesar, and Frederic the Great.
Goethe and Schiller both have
beautiful white marble monuments
of the finest sculpture, and life size.
Hundreds Of statues are erected
in different parts Of the city. Long
ages have added monument TO
every succeeding great man. The
tops and roofs of almost all build
ings have representative figures of
art on them. The war monuments
are numerous, and monstrous in
size. Their friezes of bronze repre-
sent the return Of the victorious
armies. The kind Of art represent
ed in these monuments brings to the
observer some of the highest and
most skillful in the world.
The national picture galleries Of
painting in Berlin are good repre-
sentation and criterion of the art
painting in every country in Europe.