Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-31
IN GERMANY AND FRANCE.
Brief Notes From Letters of Travelling
Saeramentan.


HEIDELBERG, July %, 1889.
Ees. RECORD UNION: Had very pleas
ant day in Strasburg on Friday; saw the
cathedral and the noted clock. 1t is very
fine old building in quite nice city. Ar
rived here Saturday evening at S P. NJ, and
am in the same hotel where Mr.. Flood, the
San Francisco millionaire, died some time
ago. He was here three months. 1t is q
very fine hotel, called the Grand, close to
the railroad station. There are quite
number of English and Americans here
l have met a Mr.. and Hiss Sheppard from
San Francisco, very pleasant people. We
went through the ruins of the old castle,
| the finest in Europe. The ivy creeping all
over the old ruins gives it most pictur-
esQue appearance. 1t is 200 years old and
the trunk is as large as a tree. In the
| evening they illuminated the whole ruins of
the castle with red fire. Itis done once a year
| by the students, and ii is a grand sight as
seen from across the river. There were
] lots OF boats on the river, with -coiored
| lanterns and fireworks and band of
music. The whole of the town seemed to
be out TO see the sight.
| MAYEYcE ON THE RHINE, July 22d, 10
| p. M.-After a walk through the business
| part of Heidelberg and walk up to the
| castle again, we took the train for Mayence
where We arrived at o'clock this evening.
| 1t was very pleasant ride down the valley
of the Rhine. This is fine old city and
is very strongly fortified. There are 5000
soldiers here, and in fact the soldiers are
seen on every hand all over Germany
There was strange sight in Heidelberg
yesterday. Two hundred and fifty of the
| business men, doctors, lawyers and pro-
| fessors had TO go on forty eight hours
notice off to one of the military stations for
three or four months drill and practice,
and they are ell men who have served
their five years in TIE army and are the re-
serves of the army. 1t was very incouyeni.
ent and annoying for many of them, but
they all had to go. We had a drive about
the city, saw the monument to Gutenberg
! who first invented the printing press, and
the house where he was born, and where
he did his first printing. The old press is
here in the museum, but l don't thiHk we
can see ii in the morning. as our steamer
leaves at 8 a, NJ We will have an all.day
trip down the river.
BRUSSELS, July 24th.-We left Mayence
for Cologne Tuesday morning and had G
most enjoyable trip down the Rhine The
scenery is very picturesque, old castle
houses, villages and vineyards all along on
either side. We passed under number oi
very fine bridges. The river was crowded
with steamers and boats of all kinds. We
passed o great many more than we would
meet on the Hudson in New York. We
were on a splendid fast steamer; left at s
A. NJ, got to Cologne by 4:30 1t was q
beautiful day and there was large crowd
on board. Mr.. and Miss Sheppard and
Mr.. Londen from London were with me
so | had pleasant company. Had a
! lyo1a in,
Went all over the cathedral, very elegant
one. Left there at l:l3 and arrived here in
Brussels at $50 P. NJ Have been for a
walk about the city. 1t is the finest have
seen since leaving Paris, in fact they call
it the little Paris. They have wide streets OF
boulevards, fine shops and buildings.
July 25th.-We went to the battle field
of Waterloo this morning and going out
nine miles by train, we then took an omni.
bus to the center of the ielj A guide
pointed out to US all the places of interest
From the top of the mound where the
monument is we had fine view of the
whole country. There was a large party
of Americans there, thirty in all, who are
with one of Cooks excursion parties.
They have very fine park here in tht
center of the city. Near il is the palace
where the Legislature meets Went in
and saw the Belgian Legislature in ses
sion. They all speak French here. W.
also saw the Palace of Justice one of tht
finest modern buildings ON the continent
cost $40 0000 600.
We see so many strange sights here il
this country. Here in Brussels they ust
dogs to pull the carts about We see then
all over the city. The dog is under two
wheel cart, the men, and in many cases
women, have hold of handles to guide
+, them. The dog is harnessed underneath
and looks so funny one feels sorry for some
of the dogs, they put on such big loads
PARIS, July 27th-We left Brussels al
lis yesterday, and arrived here at 6:15, af
ter a very pleasant ride through some
splendid country. The crops ali look well
Went to the exhibition to day. The build.
ings and grounds are very fine, but it is sc
large we will have TO take it slowly, as one
gets very tired walking about so long.
July 3lst-The Shah of Persia arrived in
the city to-day. The troops lined the streets
for long distance on bo b sides. The cav.
airy were the guard of honor. We had
good places to see. When President Car.
not came along there was great cheering
He rode in grand style (six horses, with
outriders) in an elegant carriage. / never
saw such crowd on the streets in my life
Every window, porch and house-top was
full of people, and all the shop windows
|
and charged all they could get for a seat
upon the ladders. Ali the old carts and
cabs at the junction of the streets had men
and women standing on them. 1t was a
gay sight TO see the procession 90 by. | had
a good view of the Shah.
This is the hrst night have been to the
Exposition. The fountains were all illu.
minated, and it was very fine-like what |
saw IN London four years ago, only on a
larger scale. There was an immense
crowd. All the buildings were lighted up
and the lights on the tower looked very
pretty; also on the back of the Trocadero
Palace and fountains. 1t was a brilliant
scene. They have large electric light on
top OF the tower that revolves like light
house, and it can be seen for miles around;
they keep changing the colors, with col
ored glass-red, green, blue, etc. They
have another light that they throw down to
| light large gilt statue on one of the larg-
est buildings, giving most beautiful effect.
to see the bright statue Of an angel stand