Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-21

BUDwEIss RATHAUs.
books and writing materials lay on the table in
| the position in which she herself had but q few
moments before left them Notes taken on the
spot would be necessary to even an
approximate description of the panel
ing OF oak and walnut which covered
walls and ceilings, all intrcately carved
by hand; the inlaid work on floors furniture
and doors. the ri h. heavy upholstering and
hanglngs. the great ancestral oil paintings. and
all with an air only Of quiet elegance. entirely
without gaudiness or affectation of style. The
castle is castle only in name, but we think
any structure which. when complete, costs
50. 600 has a right to be called a CASTLE
Don't you! 1t is OF modern construction. stone,
with some brick, and stands surrounded by
prettily laid-out garden and park. to which on
Sundays and holidays the public are admitted
without question. Would that we were
the prince. His establishment fulfils our
widest fances of a palace. AL indeed. that
was wanting was a throne room with crown and
scepter lying by handy.
THE CRY OF BuDwEIs
il conferred about the Ringplatz, square upon
which buildings with arcade fronts face and
where stands also the rathhaus, or city hall.
The last makes no professions to great age. but
is comparatively modern and architecturally
pleasing. We could not learn that there was
any steal in the building of it. as sometimes
happens when we Americans build city halls
and court houses. One thing more and we are
done with Budweis. He asked a Budweis ac-
quaintance to tell us frankly. but on the
quiet, OF course, which considered the
better beer in Budweis, the Budweiser or
Pllsener. He said it was Pilsener, but that u
great deal of Budweiser beer is sold for Pill
sene:. That's all.
DIGNITARY on THE ROAD.
As We approached the immense military
| camp being prepared for the autumn maneu-
! vers of the army. near Schwarzenan beyond
Budweis toward Vienna, an open two-horse
carriage appeared i'll the road coming toward
us at good pace. The driver must have
thought we were of the ordinary clay. for he
motioned with his whip for us to remove our
selves from the earth while he passed. His
horses were behaving all right and we simply
took our side of the road, and as Jehu couldn' I
very well deliberately run into us he was
Obliged to turn out little His face was pur-
pie and red with rage at our ''insolence," AMI
he Numbered. Have you no consideration?'
as we skipped by close TO his wheels and gazed
into the carriage to see what he had there tina,
he was making such fuss about. 1t could
have beer nothing less than general, posi-
bly, duke or prince in military attire. We
noticed that farmer $ wagon Rhead, going i'm
the same direction, turned out and stopped in
| response to the officious drivers gesticulation
and CALCULATIONS. Evidently the same was ex-
pected of us, but We weren't accustomed 10
that sort of thing.
THE BLUE DANUBE.
The last day run brought us within sight of
the blue mountains beyond the southern bank
Of the Danube, and after a night at Stockeran,
fifteen miles from the center of the great Ger
man city. We rode in over the very worst road
we have found i'll Europe. IL is composed of
deep ruts and loose stones, which soon tired us
more than any previous days work awheel has
done. We looked for the blue Danube. We
found only an ordinary muddy river. We have
,lr...l oil L. II.
they say they have never seen it, Another
poetlcal fancy knocked on the head. +. E.S