Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-05

tuoh obcitek luuC0cu t16fe, anu 20 clean and fresh was the granite In sppesr- arce that l actually looked about me to see If the stone cutters were not returning to their work. 1t was just D. m., and 1t really seemed ss If the workmen must re- turn to complete the point of the apsx. These auarries were abandoned long be- fore the Christian era, but the stone chips are to be seen there as clean cut and as fresh as when first chiseled ages ago. From ssxony to Upper Egypt is a long distance, 80 let us return to tbs banks of the Elbe and pass on to Pirna.
 After passing the qusrriss, We rsmbled through number of small hsmlsts, with quaint ho1ses and blossoming fruit or chsrds. Two of these little towns de- serve special mention. One of them re- ioices in the msllifuent name of yogsI- gesang, while the other brides Itself upon the sesquipedslian sppelsdon of Ooer- Fogelgesang; two pretty unfortunate names you may think, but when I hint to to those who understand the German lsn- eusge that the constant twitteripg of song birds in those same towns, is some thing which I will not soon for why those Iittls towns are 90 named. Towards afternoon We came to one of the countless garden
 restaurants for which Germany Is cels- brsted, and may here state, in every pises in Germany possessing fine view, and on every mountain top and in every pretty valley, In short, everywhere in Ger many can be seen the omnipressnt garden restaurant Under spreading trees pretty tables are prepared and good viands or "prog"," as the West Indians used to call it, can be had in generous abundance. In this country most psople take their meals in open sir in summer, snd to dine under thick lesyed trt tes on the bank of the Elbs river, with fine views on all sides, is @ blessing for which Saxon Switzerland Is famous. Late in the afternoon we walked into Copiiz from
 which small village We were ferried soross 10 Pirns, 8 fine town of 16, 900 inhabitants, and We put up at the hotel known as the Sachtssher Hofr where We were most com fortably lodged, and CT ioysd good beef steak, done in good Ebg ish fashion. Pirns is ten miles from Dresden and 6 vsry old town. There is & splendid postofice here q wonder why the government invariably
 builds such regal postOfficss snd other public buildings, even in small towns An old fortress known as the ''Souner- stein" commands the town and can be sesn far and near; a silent, grim sentinel it is too. In l640 the Sweaes took Pirns, and one hundred years later the Prussisns took the place and destroyed the Notifications Those Prussisns always leveled as they wents and whenever they came into SsEo ny the Saxons were for long rims yisibly reminded of their Prussian visitors.
 From Pirna we went by railroad nine miies up a steep grade (snd so steep was it I that it took full hour to travel that dis tsncel to & pretty village situated in 6 pic
 tuIesqus yslley- This village Is known ss Bsrggissshubel, where there are some cele. brsted mineral bstbs, and charming muun. tain drives and walks leading to a chateau built by the Elecior Christian, the Second, three hundred years sinoe.
 Our destination Was the little hamlet of Gottelubs, situated in deep valley, and oil we started to walk three miles 10 that place. One word as 10 walking h Saxon Switzerland; the air is so pure and swtef, and coming through the pines it becomes SO invigora.lng that the pedestrian tx
 periences a feeling of freshness and entire absence of wea:iness. One can walk for miles in this country and never feel ''done up." OAe may feel at timss a little stiff, but the stiffness can soon be rubbed out, and he best way to keep fresh is to keep walking.
 Gottsluba is like Ea GAnnuu in SsmAris. It Is abundant in springs of cool sweet wa ter. have never seen such copious springs murmuriug audibly from the sloping hill sides. Conduits are to be seen on all sides cunverging .he water to the plAlns which spread ont far and near.
 The country here is very fertile and sur passingly lovely. and the view from tbe bale ny of the "krODpT.rz Hotel" at Got. | telubs is 6 glorious one.
 We visited the bath establishment con nected with the hotel, and were much In ,eTested; Ii consists of & ons-Etory colon | made, with sixty large bAthrooms, with | marble floors, sn establishment very per feet in its way. 4 tremendous chimney tower above the place furnishing power and heat for the baths. There are hot and cold baths, mud aud psat baths, iron, chslyheste, and every other sort Of baths to suit the most fastidious. The expense to build such plant must have ccet deal of money. The place is well pstroniz d, and for rheumatism and lung complaints 1t is most beneficial. IL Is surprisipg to know how many styles of baths, sprays, etc, etc, the human body osn be subject cd to. I bathed oace st ''Hsmsth," near the Lake of Tiberiss, in water, the natural heat of which wss I50 degrees Fshr.-sunh water would boil these Gsrmsns, and 1t nearly melted me.
 After inspecting the baths we bsae fare well (sfter lunohi0gl to our polite host and returned to Pirns. That little district through which We passed is literally full of springs, reminding me of those "upper | springs" which in tLe old=n times Caleb | gave to his daughter Achsah for her dowry. At Plrns We took the steamboat "Msis .en" for Pilniiz St which pretty plsce we arrived in one hour. It wss 8 delightful trip as We followed the curves of the river, and the view of broad meadows green with their new crops was refreshing
 From Pilinitz you can faintly discern the spires Of Dresden, some seven miles distant.
 There Is a chateau here belonging to the king, and large botanical garden; also a delightful park with pleasant drives and walks.
 It was here at Pillniiz that the alliance was formed between the Emperor Leopold