The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-07-13

day we pass the straits of Dover quite near
the English side and in full view of the
famous chalk cliffs Another day and
night Is spent on the North Sea and early
Monday morning we enter the mouth of
the beautiful Elbe and pass numerous
quaint ana curious fishing villages of We
oiden time. The number of wind mills here
Is legion and recollect that all pictures
of rural Germany which ever saw show
at least one wind mill Pretty soon ~.
drop anchor and are transferred with oar
baggage to two small steamers which haXr
come alongside, for the tide will not admit
OF the further progress Of the "ilamu"
MA. Ca we steam past beautiful sum
mer residences, orchards, flower gardcn~
and vineyards Here is Rlankenese lh..
great /, >ort OF wealthy !iambur@erS from
the WORRY and cares OF city life, and look
ing very much like Arlington and Harlem
Heights. Suddenly We turn q bend Of the
river and a great forest OF I>ast~ greet
our eyes, for this is Hamburg, the most
important port OF continental Europe We
go through 40 custom honse formaiiti,.s
for Hamburg Is free city. and still th.
people are prosperous and c0rtentcd Mr.
Blan" 80 the contrary Notwithstanding
Did Mr. Blaine eyer nlr,- 4 tc,rriage 10 taxi.
him l" The hotel IN an Amer can ci,y Tor
less than dollar. Here we paid fifteen
cents. ll.d MIR Blaine ever have his siik
hat lroned ior IrS- than II puatfpr- Herr.
we pay seven cents i,li M t;laIu. ever
ride on {; two story street ear for tive solid
hOur~ with his feet on the railing for Two
and Il half cents: This Is VITA, we did
and have been told thar bottle OF the
best rhine Wine costs only fifteen cents
Away with the cross eyed monster. Pro
lection. which has Que eve ON the rich
nan ) pocket and the other on the labor
erS vote. Let the natural law of the sur
viyal OF the littest have fall sway for il
must inevitably become OF universal appH
cation, and why should we struggle against
this ineXorabie and all pcrvading principle
OF evolution.
Hamburg Is city of nearly half nail
hon inhabitants and is rich in places OF
interest 10 al American. The Geological
Gardens here, wher" Barnum gets his
supplies. are considered the finest in The
world st Nicholas Cathedral is mag
nlfcent structure and after the Cathedral
OF Cologne and the Notre Dame al Rouen
has the highest Steeple in the world. sun
| think st. Patrick's Cathedral Oh Fifth
Avenue, New York. (iust opposite the
Nanderbnilt residences much more mag
uiticent.
Not the least among Hamburg's many
contains 1000 beds and is next to the
great hospital in Vienna, the largest III
the world. Here Dr. Schede whose name
is co-extcnsive with surgical literature, is
chief of the staff and has placed me under
many obligations to him for his numerous
courtesies There is no regular medical
school in connection with this institution
and it is through the Kindness Of my
friend Prof. A. NJ. Phelps, of New York,
whose reputation as Il surgeon | find is
not confined to America, tha' have been
initiated into DR.. Schede's good graces
The news of Emperor Frederick's death
was generally known here 4 short while
before noon last Friday was not uuexpect-
ed but nevertheless caused universal
mourning All the flags of lhe city We're
placed at half mast at once and in nearly
every shop window were soon to be seen
busts and pictures Of the dead Emperor
heavily draped in mourning. On Monday
funeral services in memory Of the beloved
Kaiser were held in all the churches of
Hamburg J NJ II tN~.