Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-08-18

eSque, and within hearing OF their
roar. l will give you the past weeks
journeyings. 1t was passed in the
"Fatherland of Germany and a
delightful week it was. Crossing
the line which marks the boundary
between Belgium and Germany we
were soon accosted by a Teuton,
who rushed to the door of our COM
partment and demanded our bag
gage. 1t is sometimes very conven-
lent to pretend not to understand
their language and SO we did not
"sprechen Deutsche" on that oc-
casion and "mirated'' over his ac-
tons in English. We knew that
our conductor, DR.. Cundem, would
appear on the scene later with his ac-
customed statement that we did not
understand the language, possessed
nothing dutiable and alternately pet
the officials and grit his teeth at
them as the mood seized him. In
this way he always manages to get
us through without any examination
of our baggage. A few minutes later
we arrived in Cologne and were con-
Quoted to the Grand Hotel Victoria,
where the clerk and two or three
others spoke English, but the port
ers and chambermaids and majority
of walters spoke only German, SO
we had an opportunity to test the
practicalness of our German studies
on the servants and in the shops
1t usually fell to my lot to do the
conversing for those around me and
| succeeded better than l expected.
At least I always managed to gel
them to bring what was wanted
though l hardly expect to be Offered
position in either of the universi
tiles of Germany Immediately !lO
Of course we visited the stores ot
Cologne and bought as much of the
water" as the fear ofcustoms officer:
allowed us to do. The most beauti
full building in Cologne is the Ca
thedral, the most perfect specimen
of Gothic architecture in all Europe
The lofty spires, the handsomely
carved images, both within ant
without, the delicately tinted win
dows in all their pictured glory mak'
the Cathedral seem more like .
dream than a reality. Its treasure
houses contain more diamonds, ru
bies, etc., than one usually finds il
a good size jewelry store; but thes'
are nothing in comparison with it
sacred treasures. In cask of silver
plated with gold, and with an ent
of solid gold, rest the bones of Gas
par, Melchoir and Balthasar, tn,
three wise men who came from The
East to see Christ. In arichly jew
eled case, curtained with crimson
velvet, are three links of st. Peter
chair; also his staff. In anothe
casket are three of the thorns belong
ling to the "crown' placed On Christ
head-s'all of which l steadfastl,
believe |" Faith is necessary in Eu
rope. While on the subject o
churches I may add that Cologn
has the church of st. Ursula, who's
walls are lined with the bones OF tn
Ieleven thousand virgins murdered
by the Huns. An occasional pane
is placed in the walls through which
the bones may be seen. In on
room panels and ceiling decoration
are made of human bones, while tn
lskulls of some of the more prominen
lheroines have been gilded. Leav
ling Cologne on Saturday we saile'
down the Rhine on the "Deutsche
Kaiser (aGerman Emperor") ant
lit was truly a day crowded with in
Iterest. The scenery is unsurpass
Iingly lovely, and, much against m,
linclination ais a loyal American,
lam compelled to acknowledge tina
the Rhine surpasses the Hudson i
ipicturesqueness. From the castle
:on the mountain tops centurie
| seemed to look down on us and his
tory and fiction throw a halo {
glory around them. Among the In
Iteresting points on the Rhine
Bonn, the seat Of the famous nm
versity the birthplace Of Beethover
and the town ia whose cathedr,