Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-11
ON THE RHINE.
Glimpses of Life and People in That
Picturesque Region.
Bonn. July eth, 1892. J
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Thursday, 9:3O z. NJ
We are here tonight instead of at
Cologne. Yesterday it rained in the
morning SO we could not go to Water
100. and we stopped off at Aix-la- Chap
ellie from four o'clock to ten; reached
Cologne at eleven and spent the night
there. At AiX-la-Chapelle we visited
the cathedral. We saw the tomb OF
Charlemagne-simply stone in the
floor with the inscription ..Carola
Magno.' Under that stone, near the
close of the tenth century, Ohio found
Charlemagne sitting in stone chair
with Il crown On his head. His BODY
had been embalmed in the posture of a
king. We saw the very chair; also the
altar at which the German emperors
were crowned until 1858. Then we
went to the Bath house and German
girl guide took US around telling about
the pictures in very broken accents.
There was one large hall. the walls o.
which were covered with pictures rep
resenting scenes from the life OF
Charlcmagne.
4 porter of our hotel showed us the
baths. There are warm sulphur
springs in the town, and many people
come to get help from them. a large
building has many nicely arranged
bath rooms with hot or cold water
There are marble pits or boxes with
steps going down into them where the
patients take baths in the sulphur wat
er, The temperature of the rooms was
very high. Some of the girls tasted
the warm sulphur water, but the smell
was enough for me. It was moonlight
as we rode through Cologne up to our
hotel. and we caught Il glimpse of the
great cathedral and of the Rhine. Our.
hotel was on the bank of the river.
This morning we climbed to the top
OF the cathedral, the highest spire in
the world: five hundred and ten feet,
and you may be sure that vse were tired.
The stairs are spiral and | think much
harder TO climb than straight up and
down stairs. There were five hundred
and eighteen steps. We are lame this
afternoon, bat il was worth the effort.
We could see all OF Cologne, the Rhine.
and in the distance. Bonn, twenty
miles away.
Cologne cathedral IS very imposing.
Inside the aisles are so high the effect
; awe-inspiriug. We also visited an
2ther church, Sancta Maria i'll Capitol.
and the art gallery in which there |
we're only two or three pictures. which |
Interested me. Chief of these was the |
picture of Queen Louise. the great |
Of the present Emperor. |
t was painted by Richter, the same |
nan who painted The Neopolitan
Soy" Really, it is the most beautiful
picture we have yet seen. tits the full |
ength view of q young girl with d face
i incXpressible sweetness and good
less. She is coming down some stone
tcps, and her white gauze dress with
old embroidered hem. trails on the
tone. One hand is at her bosom and
he other holds up her erlnine-lined
ODE. The col0ring is exquisite-in
oft greens and flesh tints. | shall
ever forget the majesty and grace OF
he figure. tried to get a picture of
I, but it is copyrighted and there are
My large photographs sold from ten
nd one-half dollars and up. We had
n extensive dinner at Cologne to-day;
It me tell you the bill of fare: Soup,
,hein salmon, potatoes and butter
ravy. roast beef. maccaroni and pot;l
ham, beets, cucumbers
nd caulitiOwer-ch chicken, lettuce, cher
y and plum preserves rice pudding
: it'll wine sauce (at least think ii was
-ine), cherries and little cakes. Every
hing was delicious. We have butter
My for breakfast, that is the fashion
YER here. The food is SO good and
e are so hungry. Emma and | get
shamed of the way we cat. (
We left Cologne on the steamer at
lree thirty and reached Bonn at six.
his is not the beautiful part of the
hine. but it was charming ride.
he water of the Rhine is very pecul- :
II color, milky with a greenish tinge. :
t first | didn't like it, but / learned to t
we the color. Our hotel is on the t
ank "a few steps from the warf. Our /
,om Is a corner one and to look out q
he would think we were on an island t
II We see waite: from every window. c
yer across the water, farther up the z
ream, are the Seven Mountains. The \
inset was grand tonight Surely 7
onn is dear old place. K
We took a walk to-nightand saw the 5
diversity buildings. large. but not C
interesting, architectural d
We met students: some with red s.
ps, others with purple or blue. d