The Oskaloosa herald., 1892-05-19


land again, although it necessitated
we had made during our voyage. Our
trip across the ocean was most pleasant
no storms,i fact nothing that would
tend to make the trip an unpleasant
one. The weather was the very finest
until yesterday, v hen a dense fog set
tied upon US and We had to lay at an.
chor in the mouth of the river Scheldt
and wait until 1t cleared away. This
morning it cleared off nicely and we
landed, as stated, in good shape. We
took a hack and went TO the Grand
Mirror. Spent the day in sight seeing.
AS we came up the river to the pier of |
course the tirst thing to attract out at
ten, ion were the Immense docks. These |
were constructed by Napoleon III, built |
of Irish granite, and large enough to |
harbOT S,O00 ships. The great quay, |
when finished. with the docks will cost |
about $20,OO00O0. This is a great com.
mercial town, the frst of Belgium in |
fact.
TAKING IN THE TOWN.
The city is full of interesting
things for the tourists and an sure my
eyes never stuck out so far in all their |
are Just like snakes, all tangled up. ] |
am sure if they could be pulled, they |
would be tied up in terrible knots, and |
so narroW-why some of them are not |
as wide as our alleys, full of jabbering, |
wOOden-shoed Belgians, who |
looked at us; the younger ones pointed |
at us, s,shouting something, which, l sup |
pose if translated, would be "hayseed," |
or some such name. But we didn't |
care and tore on at our usual gait. Ev- |
cry one is so slow here, not such rush |
ing people as we Americans. No one |
seems to be in a hurry. take an hour or |
two for meals, etc. such gigantic wag- |
Ons-Only one horse, even on the street |
cars, and they seem to expect so much |
Of one. But l believe the horses are |
much larger than the ones ut home, |
about the size of the Springer horses.
Then the poor dogs have great carts to |
pull which they do without murmur,
an occasional salute, as it |
we're, to some other dog in the same |
position. But passing to things of more |
for consider these things of |
some interest, we see many elegant |
statues placed in the different streets, |
all of historic character, some dating |
from the 18th and 14th centuries. How |
ever we bG ItOWed most of our attention |
on the cathedral of NOtre Dame, whose |
was commenced in 1852. |
1t is built in the shape of cross, 3S4 |
feet long, consists of six aisleS, a nave |
1870 feet high, ,l25 great pillars, and room
enough for one like me to get lost In |
two or three times. The walls are liter. |
ally covered with wonderful prOduc-
tiOns of art, consisting of the finest |
wood carving, carvings in stone, and |
paintings, all rendered by some of the |
most celebrated artists, as Rubens and |
Van Dyck. Among the paintings
will mention THE descent from the
cTosS," by Rubens The resurrection"
by the same artist. We next went to |
the church of st. Paul where are more
of Rubens' paintings; "The scourging
of Christ, which is truly a masterpiece;
The road to Calvary" in wood carving
executed by tive prisoners during a pc
riod of ten years, for which they were
most justly liberated. This church /
also contains a representation of the |
Mount of Calvary" constructed out of |
what would call lava, in which are
entombed some of the old priests. The
most important feature is the"Tomb of |
Christ" into which one may look |
small hole and see the image |
Of Christ lying there. This is fine. but |
ills one with horror. This piece of |
work has been presented with numer. |
Gus medals by the different European
nations. | am very tired; the chimes |
Of 100 bells are now sounding in the |
cathedral tower, and it's nearly mid |
night, so must close.
CUNNING FOR SIGHTS
Feb. I'd. 1S92.-One day we spent Wis
iting aId sight seeing in Oberhausen |
and Essen, which will ever be remem.
beTed. Essen, better known as Krupp's |
Essen, is a city of about $4,000. in which |
Is located Krupp's steel works. the larg-
est manufactOrY of its kind in the |
world. AttendOrf is where his en-
plOyes live, 5000 in number. This |
town is built directly up against Essen /
and consists of rows and rows Of brick |
houses, enough to shelter 1900 work |
men and their families. We merely |
passed through this town twice, and |
spent most our time in Essen watching |
the construction Of cannOns, etc. l |
don't believe l ever quit a town or
place so reluctantly as 1 did this WON
derful place.
AFTER The LINGO.
Do you know it's getting hard for me |
to write English, the German keeps 90. |
ing through my head like house afire. |
can't go to sleep for thinking of that |
language. You would smile if you
could hear us, yes or see US, talk Ger |
man. 1t is regular pantomim l as
sure you; we use our mouths, faces, |
hands. feet, and everything else we can |
get hold Of. Sometimes one of US gets |
30 tangled up someone has to unwind |
the victim, but that is only when we |
wade In TOO deep; We are getting lit |
tie shy now. Indeed we are making |
strides; we have almost |
quit using our feet, ETC., and just yell,
Linding that more effectual.
Another Interesting day was spent at |
Dusseldorf. This is very nice little |
place-not so little either. about 135, 600 |
Here are 'ocated the bar. |
racks, and it was very interesting to |
see the soldiers drill. Important |
thingsl wish Uncle Sam would come |
over here and "swipe" them; you'd just |
ought to see them stepI The dandy |
little gardens, parks, ETC., caught my |
eye; they were like fairy grottos-ele- |
CANT in the summer time, I'll wager.
a OSO1N1 Al 4nn hAkoEhs
BERLIN, April 11.-As far as excite |
ment here is or was concerned, you |
heard far more of it in America than |
we did, l expect. They hush such |
things up here, the papers must say, |
and think, what suits"His Royal Nibs."
attended church with him yesterday |
In the cathedral, just north Of his cas-
tie. 1t was too cold and damp in there |
n h \ -
tism in my right shoulder to sit in their |
old domes, so went out and strolled |
around the castle grounds, and saw an |
elegant fountain, very large, represent
Ing old Neptune sitting on the rocks /
surrounded by all the animals of the |
sea, monarch of all he surveys. Sud |
denly heard the old dome bell. then |
there was quite movement in the |
crowd and the boys of my size ran
the dome; so says TO myself,
better get into the swim, mayhap you |
will see something. There stood the |
and other members of the royalty. In |
sight OF his "Nibs" is concerned, am
thoroughly Germany, | ran around the |
corner, pushed the crowd aside and |
kO0hN hAyoCAA oaoO W cAAO WIN AAlb /
Imperial Smartness," William Ii. |
With what pomp did he stride out to |
the carriage awaiting him The poor
German boy shows his pluck his energy
and his ambition when he hustles the
dust OF bis shoes. in the words of
Kaiser VIM. H., and turns his eyes
toward fair Columbia, where merit is
rewarded, where industry Is bound to
win.
THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS.
All Europeans are democrats as far
as American politics are concerned and
am becoming every day more of q re.
publican. There is no stronger argu-
ment in favor of republicanism than to
step into Europe and see the manner in
which the tariff question Is handled, to
see with what eagerness and joy the
accounts OF democratic victories are
read, while the republican victories are
published In sulien and disappointed
way, and read as when one reads his
doom. For when articles are newly
taxed or the tariff raised on others,
some European hopes are blasted.
believe ! would sanction anything now
that the United States would decide TO
do. The bosh and red tape of these
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