Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-16
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.
NAPOLEON BOY TRAVEL
ING IN EUROPE.
An Interesting Letter from Ov-
er the Big Water.
Continued
SENHEIM ON THE MOSEL,
May 10th, 1896.

May 10th, 1896
Tae first thing to attract our attention upon
entering and ascending Il short flight of steps
was marble statute of winged warrior
with sword, helmet and shield. Just back of
this is the Mausoleum proper. soft and
rather dim blue mingled with yellow, light
shone through the skylights of cOorei glass,
upon the white marble sGrcophagi, presenting
to Our eyes weird spectacle. Very beautiful
ly sculptured life size figures Of the mon
archs rest upon the tombs. In the rear is a
small chapel with altar and crucfX and up
on its arched ceiling 4 painting representing
a king and queen about to lay their crowns at
the feet Of Christ, who, with outstretched
arms, bestOwes his blessing upon them, IN
scriptiQus in gold, extend around the entire
t6n of the marble walls and upon the floor at
the side Of each sarcOphagus, cut In the stone
are the names, date of birth and death and
length Of reign of these illustrious rulers of "a
great nation. The mausoleum stands in a
large garden, near the entrance of which is Il
royal palace built in 1899. Here the late and
much lamented Frederick III passed the
greater part of his short reign. A lady con-
Quoted us through a number Of rooms in the
palace, which though handsomely furnished
hardly corresponded with the ideas | had
formed of the great magniticence of the I'M
perial residences. The handsOmest and most
interesting thorOugfare in Berlin is the world
famed Inter den Linden. A wide promenade
runs through the center of it and on either
side two rows of Linden trees, Between the
trees and the curb is a way for vehicles paved
with stone. At one end is the Brandenburg-
er Thor, Il large stone structure with arched
gateways. On the top of it is q large bronze
Chariot of Victory, which was taken by the
French to Paris in 1907 and brought back in
1914 Just within the Thor is Paris Place. so
named because of the victories over the
French in 1S14-15. On one side of the place
is the old palace, occupied at one time by
Blucher, At the other end of the street about
amie distant are the stately palaces of royalty
profusey and elaborately ornamented with
statuary and massive stone columns. A
handsome bridge upon which there are six
marble groups crosses the Spree at this point
Just beyond the bridge is a small park call
ed the Lust Garten". Facing this park are
the old and new Royal museums, in which we
spent many hours, viewing works Of art until
our eyes wearried Of them.
On the other side stands the palace occu-
pied by the Emperor and his court when in
the city. One day during his absence from
the city we were shown through twenty of the
seven hundred rooms which it contains.
Three Of them are worthy Of special mention.
The Throne Room" in which there is throne
of pure silver weighing s4OO TBS. and beauti
full crystal chandelier brought from Worms
and under which Luther at one time stood
before the Reichstag: also lot Of massive
gold and silver table plate made for Fred
erick the Great.
The picture gallery 200 it long and 90 it wide
in which there are life size portraits of all of
the Hohenzollerns and their wives and many
paintings of an historical character. Pass
ing through the Black Eagle Chamber" the
Red Velvet Chamber" and the Queen s
Room" we entered the White Hail." which
our guide told us is the largest and most
beautiful room in the palace. 1t is 100 it in
length, so # wide and 40 it high. Here the
splendor of decoration reaches its height. II
is finished entirely in white and gold, and
statues Of all the electors are ranged about
the walls. A staircase leads from the hall tC
the chapel. the dome Of which is ll3 it high
A few blocks from the Lust Garten is the
Monbijou Palace whtoh has been converted
into museum for the exhibition of royal rel
les. In it saw great many things whlcf
interested me deeply. In one room is the ole
work table of Count Won Moltke. in another
Napoleon's case Of campaign instruments
and orders captured at Waterloo. In the
rooms dedicated to Frederick the Great are
to be seen his favorite horse Conde, clothe:
worn by him from infancy to old age, mum
ber of his flutes and musical compositions
about so of his snuff boxes Il doubt that HI
used all of them) his death mask in wax, thu
chair in which he died and drawings and de
signs by himselffor his Sans Souci Palace.
In one of Queen Louise's rooms Is a bed il
which she had reposed and near it cradle
in which, no doubt, she had often, with grea
mothery love, looked upon the infant wh'
in January 1871 became the first Emperor o
Germany, William |, In a glass case wer'
specimens of her handwriting, fancy worl
made in her youth, lock Of her hair and 1
great many other personal effects, AS gaz
ed upon these reminders of that noble anC
beautiful woman. was deeply moved Sh'
was in my opinion true tipe OF ideal WON
anhood. One who combined an intense low
for husband, children and home, with an ac
tive interest in the political and social welfar
Of her country. One who by her womanly in
stincts, loving ways and noble impulses, ex
ercised such an Influence over her HUSBAND
as to be able to induce him. much agains thi
will, to take up arms against the great Ma