Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-14


with seats, whore on warm summer |
days many sit and rest under the shade.
We now pass the "Schloss brulte" or
Palace bridge 100 feet wide: on this
bridge are eight marble statues Illus
trating the life OF a warrior
The river Spree runs beneath, and Is
ero'ued with steamboats, and great
land and from far away cities on the
Elbe. Pleasure boats, too, are TO be
seen here, and the scene right under the
shadows of the palace walls Is a very
singular one. and this, too, right in the
heart of a densely populated city. Az
ter passing over the bridge we come to
the 'Zeughaus," or arsenal. This is
one of the grandest buildings in Berlin.
1t is 300 feet square. enclosing a quad
ranglo 125 feet square; II was built in
1895 The outside Is covered with en-
blems Of war carved In stone, and the
heads OF expiring heroes carved on the
Reystones are remarkable in their exc
cution. This building is thronged with
visitors daily. and the contents are of
great historic interest.
The large halls on the ground floor
are filled with all sorts and descrip-
tions of ancient and modern cannon.
guns, pistols, swords, knives, etc, beau
TRULY arranged, Some Of the above
are of most unique construction and de-
serve more than n passing notice.
visited tn arsenal many times and
never wearled OF its varied contents.
Battlenags adorn the walls, and there
are many models OF French fortresses
and engineering apparatus, including
coppering and mining implements or
sieges; hundreds of soldiers daily study
these models.
In the COURT and beneath the glass
roof are many line cannon taken from
Il s.aNs .Ns.a
ed captured French flags. Two mar
bic staircascs conduct us 20 the SUI
perb halls above, where are arranged
colossal bronze statutes of the Hohen-
zollerns from the .Grosser kurfurst
One great electol) down to the Emper-
or Frederick, the father of the present
emperor. These are among the finest
bronzes in Europe. Then there are
also in the adjoining hail huge bronze
busts OF the field marshals who have
led the Prussan armies to victory. The
great historical painting on the walls
are very grand, they representing the
great battles in which the Prussians
acquitted themselves with honor. The
battles of Frederick the Great are
brilliantly represented with life size
Representations OF the heroes, while
the brave deeds OF the great elector
are wildly portrayed on the canvas,
No description of mine can begin to do
justice to this grand arsenal and its
magnificent contents. One could spend
a month in It's halls and never tire
OF its contents. It's collection OF ORR
entail. medieval and modern weapons
is unsurpassed, and one Is surprised to
behold such beautiful weapons; the eN-
qusite workmanship of the Fourteenth
century armor and weapons is especial
~ worthy OF notice.
Directly across from the arsenal Is
the palace OF the commander OF the
army, a very imposing building, adorn-
ed with carved stone insignia of war;
many officers and soldiers are always
standing on guard near Its entrncc,
Right next to this palace is the pail
ace Of the Empress Victoria. The au-
gust mother of the emperor sun oc-
cupies this fine building as her winter
residence and here she and the crown
prince, Frederick William, and their
children, resided from 1858 to 1857. This
palace is not shown TO the public; it
might as well be accessible, for 1t Is
unoecupled for fully eight months OF
every year.
At the front OF all the palaces and
public buildings In Berlin there are
always stationed two or more guards
in full pansply OF war, and as Ear as
l could perceive, nearly all their time
was taken up in saluting the multi
tuulnous olIlceIs VIM WERE ua ny
passing anu TepassIns' OPPOSITE me
palaGe OF the impress victoria Is tne
royal guard mouse rms IS very olu
structure pulit IN the FORM OF 10
man fortified gate. IL IS at the busiest
spot IN the CITY at noon Tune, for mere
the guards all over the city are chang
ed and the place is crowed with lookers-
on as the soldiers. each Ike an automa-
ton takes his station IN the line 10
relieve guard They drlll with perfect
precision, while the NE drum corps
render this place the liveliest in Der
lin.
Behind the guard house Is the "Chest-
nut Grove" a pretty little park covered
SO densely with horse chestnuts that
the sun even in July caunot penetrate
with It's fierce rays. There are very
many nretty iron easy chairs placed
here on hire at a cheap rate, and they
nre well filled whom the guards at noon
come rmarching nm Inc "Idndcn" with
cTiors fvIng and the band PLAYING live
Iv airs. This is the hour of guard
nount and n nrlrht sight II is. as of
acsrs and soldiars clad in their brill
i;nnt uniforms drill in the presence of
nJt,ir,ng crotvds Near the guard house
stnnd ti1a etafres on Prussian heroes,
,,,lS,or u,bich ara Riucbnr and york,
The ppdestals of these statues are
aJorpod with reIlefs relating TO events
Of isi2-15 CIosa nv and on the other
side If tbe Linden" is the kaiservase,