The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
DELIGHTs or SoRDERyEY.
Bathing is Superb and the Beach Is as Hard -.-r- as 1t Can be.

have message to you from this wee islet of the north. We left Berlin on 2sth inst. having spent seven weeks in that magnificent metropolis. At a future time 1 may give you n descrip- ton of the grand sights to be seen there. The palaces at Berlin and at Potsdam are of very great interest. the statues. the museums. the arsenal. the thiergarten. the "unter den Linden." deserve. each separate letter. but l forbear at present.
 From Berlin we journeyed on an ex- press train to Hamburg. then by the Cologne and London quick express to Bremen. a city familiar to very many of your readers From Bremen we travelled to Geestenmude. and there we got our first glimpse of the great wa ters of the North sea. or more properly speaking the German ocean," The harbor and slips were filled with steamers and ships coming from and sailing to all parts of the world. Across narrow stream ferry boat conveys you to Bremenhayen, the headquarters of North German Lloyd Steamship company. which owns no less than one hundred and fifty steamers. Vast amounts of money have been expended on harbor improvements here and. at other small places lying along the banks of the Weser river. which Is nearly two miles, wide in this locality.
 The largest steamships can be handled here as easily as little yawl boats. Steamers from all ports of the globe can load and unload here quickly. while quick trains of cars stand ready to convey their burdens to all parts of Europe and even into Asia to Constan- tinople. predict the day will surely come, and that day is not so very far distant either, when the shores of New Haven harbor will be made available in landing our vast imports and ex- ports. and hope our patriotic towns man, Captain c. H. Townshend, may live to see that day, for he has prophe- sled the above for many years. We slept at a hotel at Geestemunde; at 8 a. m. on the next day we crossed to Bremenhaven, and boarded the North German Lloyd steamer "Lachs," and away we steamed for Norderney. The day was bright and the scene on the wide Weser river was a beautiful one, as we passed incoming ships, lazing along with light wind, drifting in from far away ports.
 The singing of the sailors was a fa- miliar sound to my ears, and the sur- roundings at'once Carried me back to the isles of the tropics. In a short uary of the Weser into the blue bosom of the delightfully."- cool North sea.
 We had smart race with the steam CT Augusta Victoria" bound for Hell igsland, the race was a drawn one for we shortly changed Dur courses and separated. and in few minutes we lost sight of each other. Many large steamers were discernible on the dis tant horizon, throwing athwart the cerulean blue, their huge pillars of jet black smoke, which drifted for miles behind them. Right out into the North sea our little steamer turned her prow, and the clear, pure ozone which drifted all about us was fairly intoxicating and invigorating. We soon lost sight of the continent of Europe and contin- ued on our course. passing now. and then small islands, the houses of the I Q nj ri Rcbo hoI yho, Motley writes so interestingly. These islands are named .Wangerog, Spick- erog and Langerog. Having gotten well past these, we made long stretch and at last sighted the island of Nor derney, and in due time we passed the tall lighthouse, and ran along the coast which presented beautiful sight, as the beach was thronged with people bathing and promenading, carriages passed up and down, flags were flying in countless numbers and such scene of iveliness was very surprising and interesting.
 Fine hotels and concert houses were to be seen just above the ,ibeach, and streets with many villas. were to be seen in all directions. It seemed as if city had suddenly appeared, rising like the Cytheran Venus, right out of the blue waters. We finally rounded the point to the eastward, and arrived at the wharf, and entering landau made our way to the Strand hoter' a mile off, and situated right on the beach. This is very superior hotel, possessing mag niflcent view, 1t is we'll kept, and we'll filled with guests. Norderney '(North- ern island) is seven miles long and one and one-half miles wide with 5000 in- habitants. There are over 10000 visi- tors every summer to this island, which Is one of the most popular resorts in Germany. It is the largest of the East F'risian islands, and the climate is most salubrious. ~ '''-''H.''.' The cool waters drift down from the Arctic ocean along the shores of Nor way and Sweden, and following the coast line of Denmark, pass here, on their path. to the great Atlantic ocean, and thus the air we breathe here is pure and ethereal, and the whole en- vironment seems unto that fair land of the Lotos-eaters, "a land which seemed ever to be afternoon" ,.. So. healthy is this little island of Nor derney, that many consumptives come here in winter, and there are two large Establishments here for those who suf- fer from week lungs. There is tax of one and one-half dollars levied on all over ten years of age who remain l