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cumber and along the other two SIDES were
slices of beet. The enclosed space was NIL
ed in with chopped onions, and IN the cen
tire was a ring made of a strip oil hsh INSIDE
of which rested about dozen grains OF a
vegetable called carpus. Everything except
the bread and the veal was picked. Inc
blending of colors was really artistic. Inc
deep red of the beet joined with the green
of the cucumber to surround the whlte
onion which in turn encircled the gray fish
holding the dark green carpus. win the
sauce of hunger and a great mug OF beer,
and the honor of the Oberburgomeister to
maintain, set to, nothing 10th, and while
| cannot say after first acquaintance, as
the Irishman of whom my friend butter
worth tells who was sent out TO the clerk
Office to read the Constitution of United
States by a Judge in Cincinnati as preliml-
nary TO naturalization and, after an absence
somewhat less than would be necessary TO
peruse the preumble. came back with beam
ing face and informed his Honor that he
was perfectly delighted with it, | can yet
confidently say that am willing when hum
gry To have the same lunch our Mayor takes
when he visits the Schmidt restaurant there.
In Frankfort | have been chiefly interested
in the old Roemer Hall in which the en-
peror of Germany used to be chosen; in the
ban0ueting room where the feast that iol-
lowed the election took place; aud the bal
cony from which the emperor elect showed
himself to the people in the market place
below, where stands the pump that ran with
wine rof the popaace on such an occasion !;
and even more in the splendid monument TO
Goethe, standing not very far from the
house in which the great poet was born, one
hundred and forty years ago. The house Is
in perfect preservation and Is one OF the
landmarks in the city.
From here | am TO go, tonight, to May
ence and take a steamboat down the Rhine
as far as Cologne. This will carry me
through the most picturesque part OF the
Rhine. where the hills are crowned with
ruined castles, around which German his
tory and legend cluster, rs also through the
most celebrated wine producing region of
Germany. from which the white wines are
brought A vineyard Is Disappointing
thing in appearance resembling a cOrntield
with short corn. Getting among the Ger
mans | recognise at once how much nearer
they are to us in blood and language than
the French. Indeed | would have difficulty
in German crowd in saving that most OF
them might not be English or Americans,
and while I can speak French much more
copiously than German mot protesting to
10 much with either | find that | can un-
ders;and German. when spoken to me, much
better than French This is due not only
M the fact that the German speaks more
and dl tinctly, but that many German
woods. although pGzzing TO us by their
smelling. are when uttered so much ike COR
responding English words, that | recognise
at once the meaning 1t is sad to see two
great peoples. for both of whom we have
kindly wishes. and TO one of whom we are
hound by ties of kInship, 10 the other by
ties of sentiment reaching back to orr revo-
lutionarv struggles. and latterly rekindled
bv their efforts to maintain republican insti
tutions under most adverse circumstances,
cherishing for each other feelings of hostil-
itv thst mnst eventually precipitate another
struggle.
From Cologne | shalt go 10 Belgium,
thence to Holland. the home Of the heroic
Dutch. next to the inhabitants of the British
Isles our nearest kin in blood and speech.
After wishing them. | will cross again to
England. and turn nav face homeward. MY
Ocean VOYAGE over was one long glorious
exhiarating draught. Homeward | fear II
may be rough and stormy. w. l.. w.