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A VACATION HOMILY.
The Season Has Arrived When Such as
Can Give up Work and Take
Needed Rest.
Laying OFF City Clothes and Manners,
Humanity Sits Serene in It's
Linen Buster.
Slaughter of Prairie Chickens by
Many Sportsmen--A Vacation
Appetite.
Why Young Men Come to Great Cities
"A Lonesome Time Within n
Hammock.

1t is now the season Of the year when
that portion Of humanity that is not forced
to work six days in a week. iifty-two weeks
IN The year, undOeS its buckles for a season,
lets down its check-rein and turns itself out
TO grass, rs il were, for several days or
weeks. Ever since old man Horace turned
IN his popular little poem on the beauties of
a vacation in dog days out at Maecena's
cottage and Tor some two or three seasons
previous, as certain persons state, the gen
eTal public has been aware OF the fact that
there Is no time like the last half of August
Tor good square let mp from business and
2 total p.unge into that pool of restfulneSS
that comes when one may lie under an ap-
pie tree and feel that he. or she. as the case
may be. don't care continental whether
school keeps or not. There have been few
things invented i'm this world that ordinary
mankind takes to more kindly. When the
cares of business hustle one so recbleSsly
that as he goes about his work he can hear
tie gentle Tustling of the wrinkles as they
creep into his brow, and actually feels him
self grow old between breakfast and tea.
then 1t Is time Tor him 10 pack up his fish
ing tackle and 90 forth, and the farther
forth he goes the better he will like it, and
the less ms friends will get a chance to guy
him about the fish he buys. There
Is probably more vacation Ia
the square inch i'm old clothes thar
those worn by the average young
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ants turned out, the archbishop opened his
shrines and when he came to the head of
st. ApollinariuS the bells suddenly ceased.
The archbishop accepted the saints indi-
cation of where he desired his final rest
ing place to be- The head in its shrine was
carried TO the little chapel and deposited
there, and Immediately the bell rang out
again sweet and joyful peal of satiSfac-
ton, 1t is upon the site of this chapel that
the ApOllinarius kirche now stands.
Arenfels has its legend also. 4 young
knight, son of the Lord of Rheineck. ere
his departure for the cruSadeS, saw and
loved Bertha, one of the two daughters Of
the Count of Arenfels. His VOW obliged
him to depart for the Holy Land and per-
form his devoir as a true knight: but after
many heroic deeds and hairbreadth escapes
he was taken prisoner, and returned years
later to find the castle of Arenfels
ruin, having been subject to. a long and
cruel siege, and all traces lost OF the fate of
the beautiful daughters of its lord. lie was
received with great joy at his own home.
but fell a prey to melancholy and spent his
time wandering in the woods that sur
rounded the former home of his beloved.
One day he stumbled upon hermitage and
found, to his surprise, that il was inhabited
by two women, who proved TO be his be-
trothed and her sister. They were clothed
in haircloth. and though they had dressed
and lived as nuns and sacred hermits for
safety, had taken no VOWS. The Joy on
both sides may be imagined Arenfels was
rebuilt, and a chapel erected on the site of
the hermitage, i'm which Bertha's sister, in
thankfulneSs, dedicated herself to God.
Andernach is one of the oldest and most
picturesque spots upon the Rhine. Ii is
still surrounded by its old Roman walls.
and is one of the fifty forts of DruSus It
has been a royal and imperial residence, and
its castle of HammerStein, some ruins of
which yet remain, was the scene of the suf-
ferings of the Emperor Henry ". then
conquered by treachery and the opposing
arms of rebelliOus son in 1105.
The Old watch-tower is a more recent
structure. 1t was erected in comparatively
modern times, fifteen hundred and some
thing, which seems late date. a compare
lively familiar and next Recommendations sort
of date, when your other surroundings be-
long to the Roman era. Reyivifed. near
Andenach, is a pretty and interesting
little town familiar TO some Americans.
and more Germans, on account OF the eX-
cellent schools established by the Moravian
brethren, disciples of John Russ. here 1t
was also the birthplace of Carmen sylvia"
queen of ROumania, who was princess of
Weld, and spent her childhood here. The
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so madly in love that they fought about
her, and to end the dispute a third, selected
as arbiter, condemned her to be delivered
over to the dragon. But the maiden kept
nm at bay by holding before him cross of
pure gold and by singing and prayer, and
the dragon fled before her. closed IFS mon
strouS jaws and with ShudderS which con-
vulsed the earth retreated until its huge
carcaSe rolled down the precipice and was
buried in the deep waters of the Rhine.
Then the maiden's golden hair became a
halo, the people saw and trembled, re-
nounced paganism and became converts to
Christianity
The general course of the Rhine is so tortu-
Gus and serpentine in its twistings and turn
ings as to justify LOngfellow's figure Of
speech, that with the clustering grapes
hanging about its temples it reels onward
through the vineyards in a triumphal march,
like Bacchus crowned and drunken"
But from the castle of Rheineck, which
is above Rolandseck. to Anderneck, the
river takes a straighter course, and its
shores afford less of picturesque and TO-
mantle beauty. Apollinarius and its
kirche is attractive 10 many tourists, and
the Schloss ArgenfelS, or Arenfels, pre-
sents a handsome appearance, having been
restored" under the direction Of the archi-
tect of the cathedral at Cologne. The APP
ollinarius kirche (church) is interesting,
bOtn because il is fine specimen of archi-
lecture and because it occupies the site of
much-frequented pilgrimage shrine. The
legend runs that in the twelfth century the
archbishop of Cologne went on pilgrim
age to Rome and brought back with him
many sacred relics, among the rest the
bones of the Aagi and the head of st. AD-
Ollinarius, presented to him by Frederick
BarberosSa. These were destined for his
famous church and town of Cologne. But st.
ApOllinarius willed otherwise. After
fair and most prosperous voyage the vessel
came to sudden stop, and stayed, as if
rooted, opposite little chapel at Apolli-
harrisburg. Suddenly the bell, without
mortal agency, began to ring. not an I'M
common thing, if one might judge from the
frequency of such legends along the
Rhine and all over the continent
of Europe. But it was at an un-
usual time on this occasion and the inhabit-
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of liberal Roman Catholics, Jews and many
Moravians, who have lived in great har-
mony and built up handsome and prosper
GUS town. The latter now form a com
munity, divided into separate establish
ments for men and women, where manu-
factories of deerskin gloves, particular
kind OF faience and other trades are carried
OH.
Hobleng and the neighboring heights at
Ehrenbreitstein are looked for with eager
Interest, for here rise 70 a great height ser
RED masses of picturesque Notifications.
Here IS the union formed between the Rhine
and the Musel. here is the center of the
most famous wine manufacture and trade,
and here are castles and churches and oh
Ject of interest without number, including
old Roman remains that will repay the in
designations of those who have leisure to
make them. Many who cannot stay a
length of time, land i'm order TO make the
ascent of EhrenbreitStein and inspect its
museu m of military curiOsities. But the
ordinary tours, passes the bridge of boats,
swung back sufficiently to let the steamer
through, and begins to look out for the ca
ties of StolunfelS and Lahneok. for Bopp-
tard. founded by the Ceits, and fortified by
the Romans with its pretty Pfarr kiTch,
built, according to the guides, about
the year 1900. but since restored.
The next point of interest is
The Brothers," twin mountains, with
twin castles, left by their father to two
brothers, both of whom loved the same
lady, their adopted sister, the ward Of their
father. But one proved false-after having
secured the promise of the maiden. and
brought a Greek bride home from the wars.
In the meantime the other brother had re-
manned at home, and his consistency and de-
votion had been rewarded with the graft
tude of his father and the love of the lady,
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have a sort of brown-stone-front wink in
her eve that catches ali the bucolic youths
the first round, she might be taken for the
daughter Of some well-fxed farmer that
could milk three cows in half an hour and
moi half try. But if you want to see some
thing that is completely changed by a
vacation dress. just catch some man past
middle life who passes when he's i'm town
for an elegant old bachelor. the sly old bow
that the poets tell OF. You want TO get
ham when he goes back TO the farm where
he was raised. and don't propose 10 do any
thing but lie in hammock all day and sit
On nail key in the country grocery at
dusk and rehearse old times with the men
he used 10 go to school with when ne was a
boy. They have grown up now and come
up TO ''the store" in the evening 10 buy
new milestone or barter off a lot of blue
berries that the girls picked" while ne was
haying. The city man don't shave until
his face is as stubby rs the meadow where
he used TO NOW. Instead of a short, closely
fitting coat he wearS his buster.
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AnAmerican Westminster

Rnladelphla Times.
There is something more than a proper
burial place and monument for Gen. Grant
to come out of that unfortunate discussion
now perpleXing the nation. Through it all
the need we have of an American West
minister or Walhalla in which to lay our
braveSt and honOred dead will make itself
plain, and perhaps that would be the larger
object for which to subscribe without de-
lay.
Lincoln, the largest figure of our recent
history, sleeps at Springfield, and Washing
ton at Mount Vernon; others, presidents,
statesmen, poets, and scholars, are scattered
here and there, and some day. unless
brought together, their graves will be for
gotten. America has in its brief history
contributed some noble men to history, and
1t is none too soon to seek proper spot and
temple of the dead in which they all should
be buried.
Soon the entire continent will be so
threaded with railroads that no spot in. it
will be distant from any other And in
choosing site for the American Pantheon
of the future only such feelings and tastes
and judgments should be allowed to work
g. the future can respect and honor. No
spot is too good for Grant and the rest. But
he and his comrades in glory should not be
belittled by the out-Of-the-way scattered
spots in which they are lain.
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who had discovered his noble qualities.
But instead of accepting as happy piece
of good fortune the changed aspect Of af-
fairs, he challenged his brother for his per-
fidy, forced the poor girl TO take refuge in
convent, and himself died victim TO his
own ideas of duty, while the false knight
in turn, abandoned by his wife. died a prey
70 grief and remorSe, and both castles fell
into ruin and decay.
The castle of Rheinfels is very impos-
ing structure, and was founded in the thir-
teenth century. Its history is one of bat
ties and Sieges. of brave defense and wicked
treachery. Twice it was taken by the
French, but it is now one of the possessions
Of the emperor OF Germany.
Every one knows the legend Of the Lur-
lein-the nymph who lures boatmen to
destruction under the waters of the rocky
promontOry which bears her name. The
echo which was supposed TO be her voice is
not awakened from the river. and it is pos
sibie that she has retired IN disgust from a
spot which has been tumneled by a railway
and is now practically famous for the sal
mon caught in the vicinity. But the ''Lur-
lein" has received its immortality at the
hands of the poets of the Rhine. and will
live while they live.
Bingen is known even more widely from
the legend of the wicked Archbishop Ratio.
who made corner in wheat by buying it
up in scarce season and stacking it in a
tower, where. instead of selling il in small
quantities to poor people at high prices, as
was his intention, il was devoured by armies
of mice and he himself eaten alive by them.
than by Mrs. Norton'S beautiful song of
Fair Bingen." The Mouse tower is now
a watch tower used for signaling the steam
ers of the Rhine. but if the story has had
any effect in saving the people from the
greed OF spectators we should do we'll TO
get up stock of such legends in America
The stOried part of the Rhine closes at
Bingen, but our party continued the sail up
the stream, the shores of which shortly be-
came fiat and minteresting, till we reached
the village of Beibrich, where we take the
stage for WeiSbaden. This is the oldest
watering place in Germany. and has resi-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-23
TENNIEJUNEIN EUROPE
| Trip up the Famous Rhine-Its Castles,
Its Legends, Its Ruins and Its
History.
Bonn, the Scene of the Great Fight For In
tellectual Liberty Against Church
Despotism.
The Ruins and Legends of Picturesque
Godesber@, RoIandseck and
Drachenfels.
LurIein and Its Famous Legendary
Maiden Poetic Bingen on
the Rhine.
Correspondence of the Globe.

Correspondence of the Globe.
WEIsBADEN, Aug. 3.
Oh! the pride of the German heart, in this
noble river, and right it is, for of all the
rivers OF this beautiful earth there are none
30 beautiful as this.-Longfellow.
The pilgrimage of the Rhine fittingly be-
gins at Cologne and ends at Mayence, where
N the shadow of the cathedral the first Ger
man poet reposes, whose verses, dedicated
20 the praise and eXaltation of woman, have
received in these later times from German
women the recognition due to poet whose
OWN name is lost in that of ''Frauenlob"
(wOman's praise). No one can do Justice
to the Rhine and it influences who has not
previously, especially if young and Amer
lean, made themselves somewhat acquainted
with its legendary and historical literature,
its poetry and its romance in stone. 1t is
the common thing to find young tourists Oh
The Rhine boats staring about from one side
TO the other of the wonderful serpentine
stream. and making such remarks as these:
"Dear me. and this is the Rhine! Don't
think much of it, do yOu?" ut amt as
wide as the Hudson. Good gracious, is that
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ladies or gentlemen whose parents are suf-
ficiently well heeled to allow them to take a
vacation. Experience teaches this at about
the first lesson and when the vacation out
fit is secured it enters largely into the ae-
count. The young man that wears a high
collar. tall white hat skin-tight panta-
looms and shoes that fit him too near, when
he is at home, gets into a suit of hand-me-
downs and a twenty-five cent straw hat. if
he goes out into the untamed prairie for his
vacation and loses his identity. He NAV
look like tramp, and have no style about
him, but that isn't what hes there for. The
young lady that wears perforated sleeves
and white muslin dress. with an overskirt
that has sixteen and One-half wards of rick
rack around it, and wouldn't he caught on
the street without parasol for anything.
for fear the sun might spoil her complexion.
don't make any bones at all of getting into
a seven-cent print and picking blueberrieS
out IN some pasture until, if she didn't
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Galignani's MeSsenrer.
Mime. Patti has just terminated a very
delicate affair arising out OF her divorce
from the Marquis de Caux. Until now the
monetary affairs between the divorced cou-
pie had not been settled. and that part of
the judgment by which the wife was con-
demned 10 pay 50. 900 francs a year as al
imony to her husband has not been carried
out. BY an arrangement just concluded by
the legal representatives of the parties. that
pension has just been redeemed by the pay
ment of lump sum of 100, 600 francs.
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OLD TIERS.

Why are you here. poor yellow, musty thing
Long years ago hid You out OF sight
Why here to stir SAD memories within
And move my heart so tenderly tonight
What is it holds my hand when raised 10
throw
Your faded pages TO the eager flame?
What weakness in me that there come and 70
Those old, fond, by-gone dreams againg
Why should cherish when the hand that
penned
Long since, perehance, forgot my parting
clasp?
Perchance would fail TO greet mine as a
friend,
Though once with lingering, love-lcnit Palm
held fast.
All. I am humani We the only links
That bind my life to all that's sweet and
true,
Love was its only start waning sinks:
am alone and hopeless, nothing left but
you.
And ye, farewell at last; viii be strong;
Your smoke curlS up in silent, fieecy wings.
Bearing your voiceless prayer, that thus
through wrong,
Ny resurrected love may some day spring.
Mrs. EDWARD HEYDES.
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takes long pull at the hard cider that the
hired man drinks, out of two-quart pail.
1t is ten to one that he will go down in the
hay field and try TO NOW a swath or two OF
yoke the oxen once, just for old times. You
can bet your last nickel he will tell all the
sons of his old companions that he used to
be ''sOme" with the farming implements
himself when he was boy. But go a trifie
light on his yarns. When he says he could
cut the corners OF the best of EN-" tarry
az that idea But | am wandering; what I
intended to say was that this old gent. in
his vacation clothes. resembles no more the
same old gent in his city clothes than does
chameleon on brown messy log resemble
chameleon on piece of white marble.
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had letter the other day from a young
lady on vacation. She has heavenly blue
eyes and a complexion that matches pink
dress. \ number One-and-a-halt brown
kid slipper is just her ut. When she is in
the city she delights in reading Heine, in
the original dialect. and there are not three
swell parties during the winter given by
what the newspapers call prominent So
ciety peopie"that she don't get an invitation
TO. 1t Is my impression that she teaches a
class in Sunday school during the Christmas
rush. Whatever she does IS recognized by
the society ladies and the mothers in Israel
as about the correct thing. She told me
about her vacation and informed me that
she was ''having most delightful time"
which consisted OF driving brOken-dOwn
old horse hitehed to blackboard, until the
morse has to StOp to get breath, and then
she diSmOuntS from the blackboard and lies
down on tine grass at full length beside the
highway until the poor old beast is ready
Tor another spin She said. too. that her
evenings were put in on little lake near by
IN boat with man named Fred. who
pulled water lilies for her while she looked
ut the stars. She sized up this man Fred
as an honest sort of young man, in that
cold-bioOded kind OF a way i'm which Dakota
farmers speak Of their hired men. You can
put down two or three things on that vaca-
i'on which will apply to about 100. 600 SINH
lar cases during this present cal
endar month, namely, people that are
on vacations not only take vaca-
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dental population of $4,000. It is on a
nearly level plain, only 500 or 400 feet
above the level of the sea, and has many
cultivated and charming, but not particu-
larry original or picturesque features. The
great spring is the Hoch-humnar and the
finest building the Greek chapel. but there
was little scare in regard To typhoid fever.
and the season Is comparatively chill. so
our stay was limited To three days, and then
we left for fresh fields and pastures new. ,,
JENNIE JUNE.
Copyrighted by G. W. Hanna, 1885.
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Will tu6 privilege OF drawing at the table
OF his childhood, or somebody else's
childhood, in good thrifty country town.
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Some people have had very comfortable
seasons with hammOcks during their vaca-
ton trips. They are rather pleasant.
especially II you are not alone. 4 ham
mock and yourself alone, while very agree
able for time, will get monOtonous. If YOU
had no other company but the hammock
the conversation will lag after while.
When you have got rested and want exer-
elSe-and Pm not going to spring any
chestnut ON the way hammock will get
the first fall at a cOllar-and-elbow or catch
aS-catch-can mateh-the hammock becomes
the very emblem of solitude. Then it is
that young man feels that he is alone in
the world. He will get some idea of poor
Aleck Selkrik'S feelings after the first year
or two on the island. and he will pine for
society. He will think of some vision of
null and muslin with a gOod-natured look.
and as he sits looking through the meshes
OF the net that holds him he will murmur:
How passing sweet is solitudel
But grant TO me some friend in my retreat
Whom may whisper, solitude is sweet -
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mas Its own story of deep and gloomy
cavern In the heart of the mountain whence
seven SUBMITS rise" once inhabited by
powerful dragon, which was the terror
of the country people, who. TO propitate it
and save themselves, sacrificed to it their
criminals and prisoners of war, who were
at once and mercilessly devoured. The last
OF these prisoners was young woman of
exquisite beauty. with whom two of the
chiefs of the pagan tribes of the Rhine fell
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town is comparatively modern. having been
founded in the Seventeenth century on the
site of village destroyed during the Thirty
Years War by an hereditary prince of
Weld, who invited settlers without refer
ence to religion and free from payment of
money. This brought a mixed population
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1t is said this year they are so thick that
any one who can shut one eye long enough
10 pull the trigger to fowling piece can
bag them. This sport will form the chief
element of vacations taken by the men of
the Northwest during The next three weeks.
IL IS said, too, that the slaughter of these
birds is so wholesale that there is
a possibility that the species will be
soon extinct unless the legislatures of the
states and territories take action to prevent
the killing of them until later in the fall.
when the huntsmen will be less ambitious.
when many of them who butcher them now
will be kept in the cities owing to more ac-
tiyity in business. and when the birds have
arrived at years of discretion and have in
teliect enough not 10 hover too closely
around large cities and villages.