The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-08

atterward became the late aged
Emperor Wilhelm l, and he raised to
an unparalleled prosperity the fallen
fortunes of the fatherland and reigned
over Germany entire.
Austria also is not lacking in folk
lore, many OF the traditions are very
beautiful. Austria borders on SwitZer-
land on the west, and that mountainous
end of 1t is called the Austrin- -SwitZer-
land, The Tyrol, etc. On the summit |
of the mountains there, there grows q
little white flower shaped like star,
called the Edelweiss, tits very rare and |
hard to find. About this flower |
legend runs that once upon time there |
was lady 80 pure, SO sublime, so heav- |
enly minded, that throughout all her |
cline no suitor was found worthy to |
win her; so ut last she was metamor- |
phosed into starlike flower as white
as the snow and placed high up on the
mountain tops close to the snow she 30
strongly resembled. Though all men
vainly sighed for her, they were, how
ever, partly consoled to see her 30
loftily placed, there forever to be the
type of that womanhood which is most
lovely and because the flower could
only be found through peril and toll
and an upward struggle it became a
saying throughout the cantons around
in defense of it that he who would win
the love of the highest and noblest
must be one of the first to begin the
upward ascent and be the NEST success
full III plucking the Edelweiss. So at
last in began to grow sacred TO betroth-
ais as the orange blossoms are to the
orrto y until foir IQdU might
be won until her lover himself had gone
alone to scale the perilous heights seek
| ing for the precious Edelweiss; and
many brave and gallant lover endured
untold hardships or lost his life among
the mountain tops in scarce OF the
precious flower, and no lady could
merit any higher honor than to have
the little white flower as her own
emblem thrown at her or placed in her
gentle hands. The flower was indeed
a boon TO all faint hearted lovers, for
like the Scotch white heather, it told in
itself the old sweet tale that will still
be whispered by brave and bold gal
lants in the ages that vet are coming,
for If the lady took his offering the
happy lover knew he might look for
hope, and if she placed it in her girdle
er on her bosom her lover knew that
, she forever was his.
, Vienna is beautifully located on the
, Danube river which flows through one
, end of the city. The old town, the ont
) that the Turks beseiged long ago, is il
the center, composed of massively bull
/ and very high houses and very narrow
, street, many streets permitting tn
4 passage of but three persons abreast
: and the largest ones allowing just tw'
I carriages to pass each other and but
{ four foot side walk on each side. Som
4 of the sidewalks grow narrower unit
It just wide enough for one person and h
Y finally gets pushed off by his shoulder
}, scraping against the walls of th
h houses. The walls OF the houses ar
@ four or five feet thick, and often eigf
t., and ten stories high. In those olde
n times several thousand people, ,perhaps
|, were crow ded together in an entir
p block of buildings, and no one nee
g wonder why, when an epidemic cam
ID upon the city 80 many succumbet
e There are several large market places
}? however, as well as several open ha
d or quarter squares which were used
y parade grounds or gathering places fe
Of the public, etc. The streets are a
1t paved with rock. Space III those day
III was valuable indeed, as the city ws
ly then surrounded by high and stron
Y walls, and the larger the circle tn
g, more soldiers we're needed to defend
~ and thus the inhabitants were crowde
r, together. 1t is quite interesting
Id explore the old town, to go through i
70 narrow, winding streets. and If Oh
~ wants 10 see the sky he has to lie dow
IN almost ON his back to see four-foo
N wide streak of sky above. When tt
of Turks were overrunning all the coul
TO try they came this far westward an
i'd laid siege to this city. Vienna was Il
le last stronghold that barred their pre-
er gress TO the Atlantic. Had it falle
,h they would have overrun all Europ
d, the koran would have supplanted th
as Bible and Europe would have bee
= Mohammedan instead OF Christian
I'd Vienna was very strongly fortified, bl
re probably would have fallen had not Il
" Poles massed an army, marched 10 Il
,p city and compelled the Turks TO rail-
be the siege and the wave of Mohamm'
70, danism to roll back eastward. Whe
re shot and shell succeeded the sword al
g. scimeter, and high and strong wal
e. were no longer an object in deiendir
TX a city, Vienna tore down its surround
er ing wall and erected on its sight Il
he Ring Strasse (Ring streeD which
of composed OF two circles of magnifice
to buildings facing each other, a vic
lie street between. This Ring stree
w which entirely surrounds the old tow
nd is now the center of the city. Fro
a this circle city there radiates from a
to sides like round fan the modern ci
r. of over million inhabitants, the stree
,s. wide and the buildings superb; beau
at ful bouleyards shaded with stately tire
al and lined with magnificent building
he all centering toward the Ring stree
he On the Ring street, which is thrt
ill miles around, are situated most of Il
ng court buildings, garrisons, opei
ce houses state buildings, etc., and maj
a of them richly decorated with marbl
IN At night the Ring street out shines s
'p- the others; it is perfect blaze OF ligt
.s- The elite of the city are all there dri'
he ing around the circle in their carriag
as or promenading past the elegant cate
at the magnificent hotels, the richly di
ny played store windows, the state
ld palaces, monuments, etc. All Vienn
H. nearly is there at night, out on Il
to mash, as We say; dudes and dudine
of unlimited in number, paralyzing eat
C. other with their eye glasses, etc. \
tn matter how late person may go
III, the Ring street the stream OF lie seer
he never to run out. The cafes here a
he very beautiful, the walls hung wi
mt large mirrors, paintings, statues, ett
ch CRYSTAL chandeliers banging from Il
ed ceiling with hundreds OF tinkling pei
he dants dazzling the eyes, marble !
rs, freshment tables, cushioned chalI
ed sofas, etc., and all about the sides of Il
ICE large rooms are little ones shielded
er rich curtains, into which parties CT
he retire for more secluded dinner, tai
he etc. these being not less decorated thi
W, the open rooms. The Viennese divit
on their time between parading the boul
nd Yards and at the cafes. If you have {
sh engagement you refer it to cafe;
in you meet friend you meet him at
o. cafe. Into these elegant retreats so 4
ce elite of the city to rest read the paper
IL converse, partake OF refreshments
nd ogle the passers by, etc. The river
he walled up OIL both sides into ster
pc About thirty atone steps lead from 4
~, bank down to the river. This is tn
up for miles along on each side. On I
he river banks for miles up and down q
he the private residences of the wealth
raj people of the city, and no expen
ad seems to have been spared in beautil
he ing them OF their surrounding par
W, and yards. Saturday. few wee