Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-31
BIZ BrKr TO BApES-BADEN.
And Four Miles Down Eniil Into the
REhicrfhRI.


George D. Mitchell in the Philadelphia North
American.
''Ah there |" heard some one say TO
me as we rode into the CITY of Baden
Baden late one evening, end looking up
recognized the Shah Of Persia, who had
seen me in London. Although we had
made the journey all the way by bicycle,
he had reached Baden only one day be-.
fore us, and he looked quite changed as
he came out of the great bath. house, for
he had just been taking bath. There
was a great crowd OF people in front
Esjoicing over the event, and ct night
they had brilliant display Of fireworks
on the hillside Ia honor of the apniver-
sary.
Baden.Bade is beautiful place, and
as everybody knows q very popular re-
sort, situated il a marrow valley just ct
the head of the Black Forest, with many
fue drives and pleasant walks round
about, making easy of access to the
romantic visitor the weird ana mysterious
receBses Of the secluded region, go
Bingularly rich in legendary lore. We
had read somewhere that it was the ap-
propriate thing in Baden to rise early
and 90 out somewhere TO see something
or other, so we were mp and abroad at an
unusually seasonsbls hour next morning.
We wandered about simlessiy for while,
unable to discover the attraction, until
anslly we consulted Herr Baedeker, and
found it was the Trinkhale. So to the
TrinkhRlle we wont to sec the waters
''get drunk" as one OF my companions
said. The larger portion Of the pop1la.
ton were out, listening to the orchestra,
kakipo chair INTO brao b N az Ia
and making faces over their morning
draughts Of the hot mineral waters. For
my own part liked the Baden Baden
water better than that Of Wiesbaden, FOR
did not taste it. Indead, as one OF the
gentleman under treatment told ne, the
less you drink of il the better you like it.
On leaving Baden Baden we made a
detour into the forest, instead OF pursu-
Ing the direct route along the edge of it |;
We visited the Gsroldson waterfall, which
Is considered quite q natural wonder.
hot to disparage, however, the attrao.
tions Of Baden, one would hardly go far
out of his way in America to see such q
one. We now had q stih climb of two
hours, our first experience with a noun
tain pass. The road led By numerous
windinss to a height OF l, 500 feet or more
above Baden, and though the ascent was
gradual, we were forced to trundle our
machines most of the distance on &C.
count Of the persistent heavy rain Of the
preceding few days. From the summit
we gained an extensive view over the
upper Black Forest region, with ita
sombre pine-coyeIed hills piled closely
In upon one another, from bshind which
occasionally peeped ssquestesed
valley with grassy slopes and few scat.
tered cottages. As We mounted our
wheels for the long coast down the Buh-
lerthal, looked at my watch, and in just
is minutes we had made the four miles
Co the typical busy village of Bubl. The
coast was the finest ever experienced,
and with bells a-jingling we swooped
down the winding road at gait that
seemed to paralyze the few natives along
the way, to whom the sight Of bicycle
was evidently new, for no doubt the cy
clists OF the neighborhood know better
than to try to ride through the Black
Forest. I have riddenHthe untamed to-
boggan down the icy slide; have held
on to my breath and the girl beside me
as we wrestled with the frisky roller
coaster have fed on Che western bron-
co before the pursuing prairie ire, but
all rolled into one, they offer but faint
suggestion of the sensation one expe
riences when tearing at almost railroad
speed down one OF these winding noun
tain roads, and the lonely hermit in hit
cell, il he appreciated what ne was miss
ing, would throw OIL the cowl, renoune.