The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-05-14
Letters from Belfast Lady in Berlin
WALKS ABOUT THE CITY. THE STREETS AND
SCENES OF THE GERMAN CAPITOL.

| great city ALWAYS interests me ana | have
much eri,vnd nv, u.Il,s ,Io,,t pa,Ii, M.
'Do"' - &c :"
hehe A'lahce Lace Is the centre from which |
take NY bearings. | enter il over the Bplie
/ Alliance lril.o ubi.b .r III. - I'LL
n"'htlo o"S can;!S "hch thread the cljy. ilte
On these canals was stagnaIt during IL cX-
| trrme rola ,yaatbor L,+ n,,r +b h,
moyino abot,t Main I,deu ,nost uit, III;
and vegetables whirh tha, sa, co,,a, ~
| Italv. tbough where tba rnnal hnot. mi,l, tI.mt
! ~ do not know Tbny ara li,.bari,olj ~
| men and women yrbn .orr,, ia ,rnii7no
| stnps TO the ton ot III h.nl in halats io, =" ~
| their backs Tha RaIta tiI;a,,"o Iii''I ,iJ"I y"
adorned with four Grams Of st,t,ary in 7,hita
| marble rcnrcsentintr Commerce Fi.hinu a.
! ricultIre and Manufacture tha ,vnrl, ~ pr3
Lersens, a DISTINGUISHED artist and tearher
whose career was Chased n fnw ,veaL. a,r, i,
most tragic fate Ina fir Of ta,,norar' inJ.,,i
tv. induced nrob,nIv Lv iu haaftI ,id r,'a
| work he shot himself ,nI hi> vifa anto,i,'
| The room and tinJin, his litaIa., LnJy fiI ~
| herself. | think Prof I nrsens aIsa Ia. ii
| the ANGELS sunnortino @ilIaJ crown ard go
| MONOGRAM which in NV evas do nor .,forn tha
arches of the new kaiser W'ithaln, RriJro o,.a.
| the Slree.
| The Belle Alliance placa i. , rirrnlor ,orl,
! the facades of the .nrronnJ;n9 buiIJinS. KIM,
| ruryed 10 conform ia Nil shona IN tho- .n,,tar
| is n tan granite roII,,n WIN q ,,,inoaI +a+a
/ Of victory on III sumjlit Thnre ara ajso I'M
| orolps in marble r4,rpsenting prul.io tn',-
| land. Hanover and tie Nether1ands tha fnnr
>!a'es "hlGh cIam me glory Of the victory over
Napo'eoh l. at aterioo, and on either side Of
| the man entrance colossal female figure, one
| IGfleSehtlhS feace ana the other History.
| hls : ousS pace as lrom 1t radiate streets
! III an ulItctiohS. stopped one DAY to watch
one oi the mounted police stationed here, where
the currents OF lie We're floWlng 50 many
ways. lhese mounted police have fine horses
| ana Would furnish good models for equestrian
Htat"es' was curious to see II this one ever
uloNtu' OF was really lilrned To stone. / found
tn''t th@ uftn dll turn his eyes and sometimes
ms hta! littIe, hut could not see that the
morse hloNtn muscle, though he stood with
afchen neck as though ready to start into life
at a word crossing crowded street in BaI-
lin Is a periIou> undertaking. ~ the drivers pay
ne respect 10 fool passengers. who are eNpect-
eu TO Iooh out iof themselves at the risk Of be-
lng tlied tor getting in the way, at least 50 |
nave been TOLD, but fancy If one We're In i'm
hlhehl Danger one OF these statues would wake
up and come to the rescue.
II we take the most westerly of the streets
fuiihDS horth-lhe honrggratzer-We shall
pass ire Gfeat AAhaiteT Railway station said
70 ne one OF the une>t III Europe, and farther
~ me iot>dam station. The Ethpo-raphlra
museum mas IL ctlranrG ON this street. icing
punt ~ the form VI a triangle with the en-
rance y one aH@te. iitrt one can hnd the IA
NOUS Ncnllemahh collection Of antiquities
from the road ahd also relics of prehistoric
races IN America ana other countries, ana next
doof i the industrial Museum, also full of in
ltrG>tInL things, II take fhp " hplm