Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-09
DOWN THE RHINE.
The HOME OF TIE ROTHSCHlLDS-AN ARIS-
TOCRATlC WATERING PLACE.
Songs and Legends Of the Rhins-Ths Only Yer
liable Eau De Cologne-0n the
Field Of Waterloo.


PARIS. June l3.-From Berlin you can
GO either To Parisor direct to London in
less than twenty-four hours. but- the
[ popular tourist route is first to Frank
fort and Wiesbaden, then down the
Rhine 10 Cologne. BY this course you
get some of the finest and most famous
scenery of the continent. Then if you
are not I'm a hurry you can easily take
detour south into the Black Forest re-
gion and Switzerland, or north into Bel
gium and Holland. Our hurried itin-
crary called for the Rhine and Brussels
as the most important points within easy
reach. and after delightful week on
that programme We can heartily com
mend il TO others.
The German railroads are an inn
provement on the French and English
and have the reputation OF being the
best equipped i'm Europe. Their best
trains have sleeping cars and dining
ears attached, luXurieS quite unknown
ON most European roads. The second
class carriages are handsomely uphold
stored and good enough for King.
some very respectable Americans are
even satisfied with third class in Ger
many. while the first class compart-
ments are relegated to English dudes
and the ariStocracy.
Frankfort-0n-tiP-M comes within
an hours ride of being on he Rhine.
The tradition as To its origin is that
/ Charlemagne. kiugof the Franks, being
hotlv pursued by the SaXonS found here
q ford bvwhich he and his army crossed
and escaped annihilation. In memory OF
this fact the town which Sprang up al
that point was called Frankfort, that Is
the ford Of the Frauds. IL is now q
busy commercial city of nearly 100000.
Ii was for long time the seat OF the
German Government. and has many his
I tOrical associations connected with IT,.
10 Is the birth place of the BothSchildS.
Their old home is a small old-fashioned
house crowded iu newer buildings. On
one of the most unfrcQucnted streets Is
the banking house known all over the
world of VI. 4. Won ROthSchild and Sons.
Ii is closed on Saturdays and Sundays,
the Jewish and Christian SabbathS.
GoEruE'S BIRTH PLACE.
The house i'm which Goethe was born
is still preserved in good order, the prop
crty of q literary society. Frankfort
also claims Gutenberg. the inventor OF
printing. and has erected a magnificent
monument 10 his memory in one OF the
public squares.
Wiesbadcn. the famous German water
ing place. is not more than twenty miles
from Frankfort. It's hot springs and
banks have medicinal virtues. but IL Is
chiefly noted for the high toned chardc-
ter of its patrons. The wealth, beauty
and ar.stocracy of England. France aud
Germany visit WicSbadcu. IL is
said mo- poor people live there.
. And the poor traveller must get
out as quickly as possible or he will be
, too poor To- live there or anywhere else.
Ahalf hours drive brings You to the
Rhine. where YOU take the day steamer
for Cologne. 1t is useless TO undertake
here description of the lovely scenery
e of the Rhine. Scores of books have
20 been devoted to it and then Justice has
not been done. Probably no river i'm
o the world has been the subject of So
3 much poetry and has 50 many wicrd
d legends connected with il. The most
5 picturesque part is between Maycnco
D aud Cologne, There are railways ON
$ both sides of the river, but for sight
seeing the boat is much TO be preferred.
Next To- the grand old castles on the
cliffs. the most interesting object is the
GREAT NATIONAL MONUMENT
ON the wooded height of Nicdcrwald,
commemorative the victory over the
French and the restoration OF the Ger
man Empire I'm 1s1O-7i. 1t is colossal
= statue of Germania and stands zoo feet
above the river. Old Emperor William
gave the first stroke of the hammer for
i. the erection of the monument in 1871,
and was present at its dedication six
B. years later What u day il must have
7 been when the Emperor and imperial
P house. many German princes, the gen
q erals who had commanded in the war
and an immense multitude OF people
gathered on that height The motto in
: the corner stone is indicative of the
g. spirit that led 20 the erection of the
memorial deutschland, Deutschland,
uber allies" Germany, Germany, above
everything clSel.
Late in the afternoon the steamer
lands Won 40 Cologne. Il good place for Il
nights rest. / had hearda bit ofpoetry
which prediSpOSed me against Cologne.
The river Rhine. as s., we'll known
Doth wash the city of Cologne.
but toll me. nymph,. what power divine
shall hencrforih rash me- rlrT hhiNe>
They say the poet got that of on them
years ago when there was more or less
GlthiueSs In the ncighborhood. Re
Gently the city has been cleanSed and
improved So that it is not SO bad. The
spires of the Cathedral are conspicuous
e above everything else and remind YOU
! that the Cathedral is the chief attrac-
tiou here. Ii is said to be the grandcst
Gothic church in the world. II was be
gun iu l94S. and was only finished TWO
on three years ago. In this century
alone nearly S5.0O0,OOO have been eX-
p pended ON &C.. The spires are 5l2 high,
the church measures ll4 feet in length
and nearly 300 i'm breadth. and the
height of the roof inside is li5 feet.
But the dimensions give q very poor
idea of the grandeur, and magniiiccnce
of the building. Some of the stained
glass is three centuries old. and the
sculpturings inside and ON the exterior
are simply wonderful.
After spending a while i'm the Cathc-
dral you do not care 10 see anything else
in Cologne. But of course you will buy
q bottle of the "only veritable' Eau de
Cologne. 1t is made and sold at forty
or more places in the town and every
one is the only rcritdJlc. The most
. likely establishment occupies the spot
where the old nunnery stood that dis
covered the original receipt.
FROM COLOGNE TO BRU >sEL>
From Cologne it is about a six hours
ride 10 Brussels, in the heart OF Bel
gium-and from there YOU can 90 to
Paris in an evening. The BelgianS
have never made much stir in the
world and are not great people
numerically. but they have
good country and beautiful
city for capital. 1t remarkable how
successfully Belgium has maintained
her independence as nation with
wars going ON all around her. she
seems To serve as kind OF bumper
/ between England, France and Ger
many: and is so situated with refer
renee 20 them that she is of great i'm
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