Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-04

do not very much dread being on the sick
list. No church has ever been used for SO
novel and appropriate purpose, and
though the sermon preached in it is long
one it never tires anyone The building
or guild-house of the Schifergesellschaft
is quaint, old, Gothic house, over the
entrance of which is written "Allen zu
gefallen list unmoglich" (To please all is
impossible), but it would be a very
unreasonable person who would COM
plain of the entertainment for eye and
palate given within. The walls and CELL
ing are decorated with paintings and
trophies, there are magnificent can
delabra dating from 1885, when the
building was erected. Relies of
the old Admirals of Lubbock, with models
Of their ships, the hour-glasses, by whose
quick running sands those same old Ad-
mirals had to gauge their festivities, in
dread of the good frau at home; the great
stone mugs and glasses of those bygone
days, and much beside, keep the mind SO
interested that the empty stomach even is
forgotten until well-cooked meal placed
before you draws you with marvellous
rapidity into the nineteenth century.
There seems to be a chance to eat some
thing and drink little in every place, but
what we call square meal" is not COM
mon, yet at the end OF the day, after the
round of visits and little dinners is COM
pleted, you find that the circle has been
nearly squared, and if it be only in the
octagon stage a glass of book and fat
little bock-sausage will successfully bring
out all the angles into as square meal as
ever an American dreamed on. Amid all
the medieval scenes it is possible to have
in Lubbock, and in all these cities of North
Germany. there is
A WONDERFUL STREAM OF MODERN PRO-
GRESs,
Which will be applauded by all but the
antiquary. New buildings are taking the
place of old, and fine modern-built dwell
ings are springing up about the city, in
wide streets lighted by gas and electricity.
Tram-ways and elevators assist the trav-
eler in two directions, though the Gift" as
an elevator is called in England, and
rather laboriously put into English on the
hotel card | have before me as Ascending
room," is by no means SO manageable or
safe as ours.
Henry, the Lion, founded the magnifi-
cent cathedral in l173, but it was not COM
pleted till 1881, since which time it has
externally remained unaltered, though
the two copper-covered towers, 1894 feet in
hight, few years ago showed tendency
toward coming down into the city, SO the
framework was made shorter on the OPP
posite side, the huge masses tipped the
other way, and now show a percept-
lble incline, which, however, does not
detract from their beauty. One of
the best pieces of work to be seen is the
railing of iron about the altar, which
ought to have special interest for us, as
being the work of H. NJ the Devil, in
1522-possibly the last physical manifesto
ton his Majesty made in this world.
IN THE GREvERADEN CHAPEL
Is one of Memling's best paintings, con-
tanning over 200 figures. Larger than the
Cathedral, and with a mechanical clock,
on which at noon the twelve Apostles
walk past and salute the Christ, excepting
Judas, who goes by without an obeisance
is the Marien Church. Its spires are 407
feet high, the building 335 feet long, and,
within, the hight is 1872 feet, the ceiling
being most wonderfully groined. In one
small chapel is the gem of Lubeck's riches.
1t is the picture by Overlook, which rep
resents the leaving of Christ's body in the
tomb. The artist was native of Lubbock,
and died in Rome only few years ago.
The entry Into jerusalem" by the same
artist, is also owned by the church, and
these two pictures are worth a long Jour-
ney to see.
The city gates of Lubbock are picturesque
and well preserved, the Burgthor espe-
cially, which was built in 1444, so the in
scription says, and near which the famous
Won Butcher with the remnant of his army
fought with Bernandotte, Murat and Soult;
that was in 1906, but Waterloo soon came
and Butcher learned the glories of victory
as he had known the bitterness of defeat.
Both events are shown on bis memorial in
the neighhboring city Of Rostock, where
he was born.
THE ABSENCE OF ROYAL MEMORIES
And princely names strikes the stranger
as remarkable; also the scarcity of noble
families, but there was time when to be
Lubecker was to be a Prince, and the
successful soldier would receive no title
from the King for whom he fought, as his
birth-right was more. Some such idea
have we in America, and the traveller finds
himself at home among the descendants of
those strong and birth-proud aristocrats
who, in centuries before Independence
Day, thought it nobler to do their work
for the glory of God and the honor of their
free city than to earn the titles and
bear the arms granted by any Prince of
this world. This love of freedom is tree
of such strength that it still lives and
will bear fruit in ages to come, when the
Emperors of Germany shall find their sup
port more true and honest in the children
of the freemen of her Hansa town than
among the titled descendants of servants.