Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-23

me. Upon payment OF d sinail iee u
the CASTELAR, he kindly condescendeo
to show us some of the handsomest
rooms. As / have but little more
time in which to finish this letter
shall mention but few Of them. The
s'Silver Room" in wich the walls are
covered with ornaments OF silver.
The ''Bronze Room" the decorations
of which are all in bronze. The Mar
BILE Halr a very large room, the walls
and floor Of which are Of colored
marbles. The CASTELAR, called our
attention to a great many relics OF
departed Kings and Queens and
showed us a number of the sleeping
apartments in one Of which Napole-
on passed a night in 1906.
In Berlin we saw what Kings can
do for city, and in Potsdam what
they can do for themselves at the ex-
pense of their subjects. The trip
from Potsdam to Cassel was some
what tiresome one of seven hours du-
ration. Cassel is a very old town,
having been founded by the Romans
population about $4,000. While
here we visited Wilhelmshohe, a
large park in which is castle erect
ed in 1893, by one of the Hessian
Princes. In it Jerome Bonaparte,
brother of the famous Napoleon,
lived for six years-1S06-13, and it
was here that Napoleon III was held
in captivity during the Franco-Prus-
sian war of 1901. The warden, af-
ter receiving the customary fee, al
lowed us to inspect the rooms in
which he passed most of the time of
his Imprisonment. All of them are
luxuriously furnished, and the royal
prisoner could surely have found no
fault with his surroundings.
Not far from the Castle on the
peak of a high hill stands large
stone octagon, called the Hercules.
On the side of the hill are series OF
fiat stone projections, one above the
other, over which, every Sunday af-
ternoon, the water is allowed to flow,
forming cascades. One who is not
too lazy and has plenty of energy
can, by climbing s42 steps, reach the
top of the Hercules" where good
view of the city and surrounding
country can be obtained. did not
have time to make the ascent.
Between Cassel and Coblentz the
country is very hilly. Over a dis
tance Of about $50 miles the train
passed through 1s tunnels from I to
: of mile in length.
Coblentz is situated at the con-
fluence of two of the most pictur-
esque rivers in Europe, the Rhine and
Moselle. Directly opposite the city
upon a hill 1856 feet high, is the large
fortress of Ehrenbreitsleln. Most OF
the great wall built around the city
In the 18th century still stands.
Crossing the Rhine on bridge OF
boats, we made a carriage tour over
the hills to the little town of Aren-
berg where there is large pilgrim
age church, in which Uncle Fred.
was married. Surrounding the church
is garden containing a number OF
beautiful stone chapels having with
in them representations of scenes in
the life of Jesus. These little houses
are made entirely of small pieces OF
rock, none of which are larger than
a good sized potato. The interior OF
the church is richly adorned with
paintings and religious emblems.
After sojourn of three days in
and about Coblentz, we boarded a
pretty little Moselle river steamer and
went up the river to Senheim. The
journey, which took nearly whole
day, was most enjoyable one. The
scenery along this river is simply
grand and is said not to be unworthy
of comparison with that Of the
Rhine. All along the banks on both
sides are immense wineclad hills, en-
livened with pretty little villages
and castle ruins.
Your letter, enclosing a document
for father to sign, reached here sew
eral days before our arrival. Uncle
Fred. opened it and had it translat,
ed into German. In this way they
were made aware Of our coming, and
were prepared to receive US. At the
sight of his old home, father was SO
filed with emotion that we had to
turn about and take a long walk. 1t
was some time before he was suff.
ciently calm to enter the house In
which he was born, and in which
Uucle Fred now conducts q hotel.
Going into the wine room we seated
ourselves at one of the tables. Fred't
wife came in and we ordered q bottle
wine. In a few minutes Fred made