Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-16


must be brief II would take a good sized
volume 10 record in detail the many things
| Of interest which / have seen in this great
city and my impressions concerning them.
We uassed the whole of one day in the Do
illogical Gardens. The animals, coming from
all parts Of the world, are so numerous that
one day will hardly suffice to see all of them.
Compared with this great Zoo that Of y. Y.
| City is insignificant. In one Of the pens was
an animal which looked very familiar. Up
on the gate was his card. which read "Ameri-
ranishe Maui Esel' which translated means
American mule" He looked old bat very
digniled Twas about to greet him as fell
low countryman when he turned about and
walked away. We witnessed two grand mill
tary demonstrations while here, the occasion
Of one Of them being the coronation OF the
Car Of Russia. the other, one Of the two an
nual military reviews. which took place up
on large commons called the Temple Of
Heve. were assembled over twenty thousand
soldiers Of all arms cavalry, artillery and in
fantry. All Of them were paraded before the
Emperorand Empress and were then dispurs-
ed. The Empress mounted upon charger
passed within few yards of us. Father said
she winked at him a. she passed. II she did
II escaped my notice. The Emperor we saw
only from a distance. Two days were deyot-
cd to sight seeing at the great Berlin Indus
trical Exposition which was opened in May
and closes in October. We did not see much
Of what the vast buildings contained, but
enough 10 convince us that Berlin can well
hold her own with other large cities in the
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life comfortable.
In the village Of Old Berlin one Otthe Mid
way Plasance features, we remained Tor
some time. \ sign upon one Of the quaint
old 18th century buildings read An under
ground tour" 1t aroused our curiosity to
know what it was. We went in and were Ush-
cred into what appeared to be an elevator.
4 young lady pushed button, there was a
rumbling sound and itseemed as though we
descended deep down into the bowels Of the
earth. The door was opened and We stopped
out into Fairy GrOttO with numerous pas
sages in which there were many mirrors, the
whole forming a maze. We did not know
which way to turn until guide made his ap-
pearance andtOok us through number Of
the beautiful and intricate pathways. We
came to flight of steps which ourguidetold
us to ascend. We did so. passing through a
trap door at the top into a small room with
walls Of mirrors in which we could see 800 re-
nections Of ourselves. \ great crowd Of
Johnand Henry Thiesens in various positions
could be seen in every direction After a
hearty laugh we joined our guide who was
waiting for us below. After walking but a
few steps, to our great astOnishment. we
found ourselves once more in the open air
bat a few feet from where we had entered.
The descent of the elevator was an illusion
created by moving pannels before openings
in the littIeroom with cushioned seats which
we thought an elevator. 4 procession head
o by a brass band, now passed us, which
represented the return of the hunters \
number Of young girls in Knickerbockers
with loose flowing hair and all carrying
flowers precededthe hunters who were dress
ed in the fantasticai costumes of ''ye olden
time" and followed by an old cart filled with
game. After leaving the old village we saw
another sideshow attraction of q novel char |
acter. A navel battle between miniature gun
boats. The display took place on one of the
many pretty lakes within the park-like
grounds. The boates, ten of them in all, |
varying in length from to 10 feet and built ,
iIstlike our large war ships, circled round
and round in the water, following no regular
course, and moving quite rapidly. \ deaf
ming noise was made by the firing Ofthe can
mons upon their decks and protruding from
holes in the sides of the vessels. Flags were
lowered from and hoisted to the tops of the
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fort at one end of the lake and tOrpedoes
thrown which exploded in the water. How
these boats were operated was a deep mys-
terry which we were unable to solve. But to
return to the city, Berlin is grand! Berlin is
beautiful! Berlin is superb The streets up
on which there are no unSightly telegraph
poles, the wires extending over the roofs of
the houses, are beautiful. The private resi-
dences, with their handsomely ornamented
fronts and many balconies filled with plants
and flowers, are beautiful. The public parks
and places, of which there are great many,
are beautiful, | hope you will not think me
like most travellers who have seen but little
of the world, and very apt to ascribe great
beauty to that which would command but
little attention from one with a wider and
more extended knowledge of the world and
what it contains. When pronounce a thing
beautiful kindly condescend to think that it
is So not alone in my eyes but in the eyes of
the world.
| firmly believe that in Berlin and subur-
ban towns including Potsdam there are more
bronze and marble statutes than in the whole
of the United States outside of those cor a II.
ed in the art museums. Many of them are
wholly devoid of drapery and true to life in
every detail. Whether this is conductive of or
detrimental to good morals, is a question
which cannot answer, not having given the
subject sufficient thought, but from a close
observation of the people with whom we were
brought in contact, both in public and private
places, would say that they are more modest
and reserved in their bearing than are Ameri-
cans in our lagre cities During the whole
of our two week s residence in Berlin, we did
not hear one profane utterance, not one harsh
word spoken.
Iii the cafes and gardens where immense
quantities of beer are consumed, the German
being the greatest beer drinking nation in
the world, the people are quiet and behave
we'll and extremely courteous in their de-
meanor. Men acquaintances always tip their
hats to one another and have several times
seen them embrace and kiss with as much
fervor as that exhibited between two school