The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-16

since taken to the Berlin galleries.
 Near by is the "Orangery," a large
 building one thousand feet long, built
 in the Italian style; here are many fine
 columns, statues and fine paintings,
 In the gardens are splendid views;
 there is a. spot where no less than eight
 long paths dlverge; at the end of each path is either g. fountain or beautiful
 statue almost hidden among Towering
 shrubs. Sleeping Ariadne" is at the distant end of one path, while at the
 terminus of another is a faun and then
 a sparkling fountain at the end of still
 another. Tropical plants and flowers of
 varied hues are to be seen all about us;
 through these bright avenues are to be
 seen every afternoon three little teams
 driven by the pretty children of the emperor of Germany. The park gates are opened daily in summer from day | light till sunset, and three times each week the great fountain is at full play. Right next to Sans Souci is the fa- nous windmill of which everybody has heard. When Frederick the Great had
 expended such large sums in building
 Sans Souci he desired to buy the great
 windmill, which was an odious object | right next to his palace. 1t IS said he
 called upon the miller, who at that time was busy at work grinding corn,
 and said to him, My dear miller. eith- CT you must buy my palace or l must
 buy your windmill" "Oh," cried MT
 Miller, your palace cost SO much that I could never think of buying 1t, and my windmill is very dear tome, for my grandfather gave it to my father, and he left it to me, and no money shall ever buy it. Well, said the emperor, we will consult the law courts at Ser lin; to the law they went, and the re- suit was that the old miller was ale lowed to retain his ancestral mill.
 It is said that ever afterward the em- peror rejoiced as he looked at the busy mill grinding out it's corn, that the rights of Prusslan citizens were de- tended by Prussian law. One hundred years later a descendant sold the mill to Frederick William w., and the gi" gantic affair is carefully preserved as a monument to show the people that there is no law in the land to compel a | man to part with his own, even to the emperor himself. After bidding adieu | to Sans Souci" we drove into Pots | dam and visited the F'riedenskirche, or Church of Peace; this was the favorite | building of Frederick William ". The | emperor and family often attend wor- ship in this church on Sabbath, and | here are to be seen the burial vaults ot | Frederick William " and the Empress | Elizabeth, and all who visit Potsdam come to this church to see the mauso- leum of Frederick III, the father of the Emperor William II.
 The setting sun cast It's departing rays through the windows of the | church and solemn stiffness surround ed us as we looked about and thought of the transitoriness of all earthly | things; verify, mans life is like a shad- ow which passes quickly away.
 As we drove towards the railway sta ton we halted at the old Garrison church to view the sarcophage of Fred erick the Great and Frederick William l., who founded this church. Two thousand soldiers worship here every Sabbath. and the emperor and his fam fly are frequently seen here worshiping after the style of the Reformed faith. There are many gilded chairs here in front of the pulpit which are usually filled with members of the royal fami- ly but the large chair in the center is always vacant; here that lovely wo- man whose name is so well known in Prussia used to sit and listen to the words of the preacher. Queen Louise Is even to this day the idol of all class es. Her chair has been vacant since 1910.
 Many Danish and French battle flags adorn this church.
 At 8 D. m. we are back again in Der in in time for dinner. VlATOR.