Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-27
GEN. HAYNES AT HOME.
He Returns After an Enjoyable Five
Months Trip IN Europe.



home from his long European Trip on srain
No. s5 last evening. He Is looking in the
best Of health and has evidently fully en-
joyed his long visit in foreign lands.
To = JOURNAL reporter Who saw him
soon after he arrived in the city Gen
Haynes said that his trip had been exceed.
ingly pleasant. The passage home, from
Southampton. England, to New York, was .
cool one. Passengers generally wore their
overcoats upon deck. After Sandy Hook
Was reached the first warm weather WAS en-
countered and when they landed in New
York the heat was intense.
In reply to questions relative to his trip
Gen Haynes said;
II sailed from New York the second day
Of March. The first stop made VAS al
| Giberslter From there went TO Naples.
From Naples went to Rome. where re-
manned two weeks. Then vent back to
Naples and took steamer for the island of
Sicily, and landed at Palermo, called 'the
happy" or La ConeodorA, the golden
shell,'' on account of the beauty of its
situation. went across the Island
to Cs,ania, which is situated
under the volcano Mt. Etna. From
Csianis | sailed for Piraeus the seaport of
Athens"
This is where the Athenians met the
navy of Xerxes, wasn't itr'
Yes, il 10 the scene Of the famous bat
tie of Salamis. and had q good view of
the place where il occurred. From Athens
| went through the Aegean sea to the
| Darisnelles, and the sea of Marmors to
| Constantinople.
| AT Athens saw the Princess Of Wales,
her two daughters and the Duke of York
who were there in the royal yacht Os-
borne. They were present Al the
festivities of the Greek Easter. In
Constantinople saw the Sultan
at the ceremony of SelAmIic. saw the
close of the Fast of Ranazin, the Moham-
medan Lent. II lasts 80 days. They fast
a moon period, not terminating the fast until
they see the new moon. saw the decora-
| tons and illuminstions Of the feast of
Beiram. This Immediately follows the fast.
Then went through Bulgaria over the
| Balkan mountains to Sofia, the capital.
From there went to Belgrade. the capital
of Servis. | was there at the eoup-dciat,
| when the Young King took the reins
of government into his own hands.
From there went TO Buda-Pest. the capi-
| tai Of Hungary, situated on the river Dan
ube From there | went to Vienna, the
capital of Austria. In Vienna saw the
opera given in its bes, form. l also visited
| the historic spots about the city. From
Vienna went to Paris. At the time Of my
| visit here excitement over the Panama
canal scandal was running high.
From Paris went to Berlin. saw the
German Emperor, William II, mounted
and at the head of his regiment. From
Berlin went to Dresden, the capital of
Saxony on the river Elbe. From here !
went to Prague, the capital Of Bohe
| mia saw the old palace
of Hradchn, the spots famous for the
reformation Of John Huss and the events of
of the thirty years war. From Prague which
| is situated on the river Moldau, went to
| Carlsbad. also in Bohemia. This town
means Charles Bath" from the famous
hot springs situated there. Morgan DreIel,
the banker, died there during my visit. From
| there went TO Nuremberg on the river
| Pegnitz very quaint old town. saw
| here the house in which Albert Durer lived,
and other noted spots. This town preserves
its medieval architecture, perhaps better
than any town in Europe.
From there | went to Mezence on the
Rhine, and down the Rhine past the
ruins of the old castles Sonneck, Drachen-
| fels, Rheinsten, and the celebrated rock Of
the Lorelei, to Cologne From here
travelled to Weis Baden, a famous watering
place. and from there to Paris. From Paris
| went to Southampton in England and
| from there to New York by the steamer
Par. of the new American line, beating the
record for the fastest trip from South
| hampton to New York, making the run in
six days and nine hours. l was gone five
months. carried out my trip substantial
ly as / had planned it before leaving home.
| IL returned home a better American, il
possible, than was when I went away.
am satisfied that the growth, the activity,
the movement, the aspiration and inspira-
ton of the American spirit is infinitely
grander than any civilization which exists
abroad at the present time, or which ever
has existed there. There IL no country on
earth which altogether furnishes so many
comforts And so many luxuries for the
money as ours. First-class travel in this
country and frst-class living in this coun-
ltry is cheaper than it is in the old eoun-
tries.
! ''In fact they do not have, at any price,
the higher luxuries Of living and travelling
which We have here, and the attempts
which they make at 1t seem to be designed
TO meet the wants of American travellers.
The amour, Of American money spent in
travel abroad il astonishing. 1t is 30 large
a source Of revenue. that being greatly re-
Iuced in volume this year, there is univer-
sal complaint throughout Europe Of the
dullne.s Of business.
'In observing the manners, habits and
customs of Europeans, ! am satisfied ,ha,
there is no country in the world where tie
appointment of the people of all classes, 81
all times and places, IL characterized by
such kindly spirit Of true politeness, the
poIitene.s which springs from generous,
amisble and refined nature. - in our own
great and good land.
1T was once claimed that TO be Roman
was greater than to be a king. To be an
American ia greater than TO have been .
Roman"
II All the Louisville banks opened promptly
! .