Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-23
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.
NAPOLEON BOY TRAVEL
ING IN EUROPE.
An Interesting Letter from Ov-
er the Big Water.
IContinued.l
SENHEIM ON THE MosEL,

May 16tn, 1876.
On the end of June we arrived at
Potsdam. There are $4,000 people
within It's limits and by reason of its
historical associations stands among
the most interesting cities of Europe.
We stayed here two days, on the first
day we made tour of Sans Souci
park. Mere words upon paper can
convey no idea Of the maguificence
Of this place. 1t is a dream Of beauty,
a veritable paradise upon earth. 1t
is over 15O acres in extent, is hand
somely laid out and contains innum-
erable beds of flowers, statues, foun-
tains and promenades, oil arranged in
a way to produce the highest posi-
BILE artistic effect. On the top of a
high hill stands the palace Of Sans
Souci which in itself is not such an
imposing structure but the great
splendor of it's surroundings fully
makes up for what it lacks in state
illness. 1t was completed in 1747 and
was built for Frederick the Great
who made it his favorite place of res
idence. The hill in front of the pal
ace is divided into six terraces each,
according to eye measurement, about
300 it long, so it wide and 10 it high.
Near the edge of the upper terrace
on each side are marble balustrades
upon which repose figures of lions.
At one end of this terrace are buried
the pet dogs of the Great Frederick,
stone slab with the name OF the
dog engraved upon it, marking each
grave. Nearby is marble statue OF
Flora, under which Frederick himself
desired to be buried. Directly in
front of the palace are bust statutes
of many of the Roman Emperors,
marble vases and urns sitting upon
pedestals, great variety of shrubs
and flowers and a large fountain. A
broad fight of stone steps leads
through the center of these beautiful
terraces from the bottom to the top
OF the hill. At the foot of the lower
one is circular lake, thirty feet in
diameter and in the center Of it a
fountain, the water of which is thrown
112 feet in the air. All around the
lake are high backed crescent shaped
benches of white and highly polished
marble. In the palace many of the
rooms remain just as they were when
occupied by Frederick the Great.
We were shown the room in which
he died, the library containing many
OF his own works, among them the
''Philosophy Of Sans souci" in several
volumes, the dining room in which
there are columns fifteen feet high
and a foot in thickness, cut from
solid blocks Of marble, and another,
the walls Of which were covered with
pictures OF Barberina, the dancer
who was great favorite with Fred
erick. Judging from these paintings
she must have been a remarkabl!
handsome woman.
Within the spacions grounds Il
another palace which is the home o
the present Emperor and family dur
ing the greater part of the summer
Here we saw one of the young prime
es, August William, who was out rid
ing upon his pony. He is nine year
of age and the fourth son of the En-
peror. There are many better look
ing lads in Napoleon.
Near the entrance to the park
the Mausoleum of Frederick III.
is circular in form and the sarcophs
gus stands in the center. Around tn
walls are white and black columns {
Cavara marble and Labrador stone
and back of them a lot of funers
wreaths.
There is still another palace in th
heart of the city which has been, 6
times, the residence of nearly all {
the Kings and Emperors of Germ'
nv. These old palaces have a kin
Of fascination for me and ! determil
ed to see the interior Of this one als'
Father said he had seen enough {