The sun., 1893-08-13

the place Of tho birth and death OF Charlie
wSs @ seated at his his deatS. 0 and % Ia " wSicR ts S
ctoYned. oyer ono thousand. years old. and
good as new, we all sat In Il. as have done Nic-
toEs Epgfnpe and msny Sope sesiaesb ~
! made Of an eiephants tusk, and presented to
him by maEopn al Rasehd sch ,rS STe o Is tb the silver
ervation Of tho sacred relies, which he be-
aueathed to it. and which now holds his ashes,
purpose three hundred and tifty years later
ho sat in his tomb whom II was opened by Pope
Otho Ill, in the year 1000:
measures eight inches by nine in diameter by
rule sh1wGS an s,S hsad 10 eysn Tor
So far as these 60 the relies are evidently
authentic, and bring us face TO face with a
in So IN wsS
may tax the creduity, too strongly others not
nne Nno now 'e as mi in his time. that dctormined the
choice OF Charlemague for this spot. Yet tis
ty, % Surrounded by lofty and picturesque hills.
| I'VE visited the castle. which stands on the
site Of that which no often occupied in which
lors Of his wife. Fastrada.
That which marks the place wherein ,,h his run run
baud. Eeinhardt, for SO many years, lies few
miles out OF town, o,,... .,,u,,.
IS hn irpesaIar in n0t% form. but someth the
would make. short work with with she ,Melrl.
the landscape view from tho top OF the hnl o.
%ne hoSs 0dsF tHs 70 by rn
twenty-five miles. We entor Holland q few
q A WAN and md sooa dsa ai ysGW rSTs
ana snSta crops SU are senerally good At all events
n. snS Si oan SEs ef O
the strongest places in Europe. The fortress
Eronpd rs ON Which can be Hooded and in this con- ~
| sists its great strength. as 1t cannot be takon
by regular approaches. Parma, however took
Aside from the fortress, the, town seems
Of h1S a two bpot and th5sS
| losses. making it's licences seem impregna-
bic. 1 have seen no town which appears SO
stance to strengthen the deiences;, The river
broad canal made on the river front, On the
outer side is 9 massive brick wall fifteen Or
orinr ene SIDE es Of the canal The inner % side
| is also OF brick. and forms the quay, or mnin
ssSs % sRs is S GS sst sGse sS h !. Thu. h h
| com m ercial channel. When the gates are all
thrown open the water rushes through the
the losses and bitches and can be made in this
| way to quickly surround the town and fortress
erected e to put the defe enees in their present
condition sarpasses belief. These gigantic
walls are marvels Of human labor and scien-
vast stone bridge srans m An ~ the ,,S river yer which
angles with the river and .aboye the town
stretches the great ridge OF yelloW chalk or
RES Of Maestrcht. They have been worked, it
is said, since the time Of the Romans and on
wails Of an old castle lined with the soft stone
Of the quarry. which is called the Chateau o;
The vast caverns under the hill are simply a
Ghoss eenS
The SQUARE @ Columns left sta nd ns in the quarry
Judge. from twenty to iifty feet high.
The traveller at once enters a perfect laby-
r.ns possisiity d ind his way %nalded. some monks no
psrished here in 1880. and the spot is shown
minutes sat % walk from the entrance. ' A'' ''uf
the s Ss
from overhead. which fills stone basin By
dsGGs TS Of
the ysy back through the centuries to the
'SSsa aS Aa wrote lis name here. which was
smoked out sy RMFnssan MiI Glce5 s6. with his
Orange. Gran e. with numerous laser dlsnitarios. "
s II 6rsass eass
went in with twepty.tve: which r, must have
places flint stones Interpreted with the same
chalk that marks the cliffs OF Normandy. and
Fsspa 6he wS
years W @ old. looks precisely the same The rec.
%sse are ,s5ps sSe hesi sssss t6s, s
d1aWns Of % Feugh pcture 4@ss1 rs
and recorn 1 OF the opeplne OF the Aaestricht
All The ei View wv from tho bluff where the ruins o,
scepe. sea- ea''i The River Mas runs in front and
broad belt Of bottom land stretches away be-
ySnf e
vile askassinations here. and they have also
left their marks In certain stately and eiab-
There Is an, extensive paper manuiactory
and ana q Sands men, S
poyn Il
It manufacturers two kinds Of ware. the ordi-
nary and supsr9pr p kind bIt none Of what is
Sssa Ss Dne Of Of m % Eopa ssa
glass manufactory is connected with it.
The proprietor took me quite tee, over the % works
ter substance they pay from four to eight dol;
costs them four dollars ton at the mines In
Liege. and about three or four francs to trans
port It 10 Maestricht.
The process Of printing the ware was tho
most Interesting to me- being new. A man
works hand press on copper plate. and
prints from pig ment rubbed on at each i'm
preston on very tn in sheet OF nearly trans
parent paper which IL at onco seized by a lit
tic girl. who clips the impression into pieces.
which are instantly, pasted upon the piece OF
thiri and fourth pat the paper into its place
with sponges and deposit tho ware In water.
and another removes it and lightly brushes
away the pulp Of the paper which remains.
leaving the printed impression remaining on
brings out into the desired color.
The process OF preparing the clay is the
most dllIicut ono in the manufactory. 1t has
to be brought to precise condition Of lne- |
moss and dryness, and to have expelled from |
1t all foreign substances 1t Is purified in n |
LIQUID state OF all iron by heing passed through |
a sluice iilled with magnets. The last process |
Of drying Is to wrap 1t In cloths and subject it |
June 8-Left Maestricht at II A. NJ. in the |
steamer down the Mas. a crooked and rapid |
strenm with low banks soon after leaving |