The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-14

gradual climb. After three hours
walking ana resting. with an occaai0na
Hraylng on on the side 20 Indulge II
pranks, among other things cllmblnp
% the top Of a construction used 0nl,
By surveyors to get a view. we begar
a. meet tourists. and before long ",
we ~ the monument. u n an i'm
po. .Hs structure. which had Dren erect
ID by the old soldiers and dedicated
10 Emperor William I II had Just beer
raissl the past spring ana people wsr,
there IN swnrms 90 zee Il. The greater
number ha1 come IN the same manner
ns we. Great. big. TAT men and fatteI
women. with little streams OF pcrspira
tlon flowing down their faces. would
come putting up the hill and ask "sind
wir nicht bald da? stop minute Il
mop on. ana then go laughing and
taking among themselves. having sush
q Jolly good time as Only Germans
know how on expeditions Of ,hat kind
And what walkers these people are
"Spatzlercngehen" seems 20 be a motto
with them. II their good example In
this way were followed by a great
many of our American friends they
would soon notice beneficial results.
our walk back to the station was
simply a case of running down hill.
Rothelcr0dc vas as far as We could
yet that night from Kelba. We had
no idea what hotel 10 Ko to or II
there even was one. so we stopped al
the first "Gasthof" we came to. and
OF all gasthots. this Is one which proba.
bly, II too well impressed on our m@n.
oIres ever 10 be forgotten. But We
were tired. having walked over ten
miles and for the first day we were
content. The next morning. on COM
pairing notes. We found that imaglna.
tion had played a large part as a dis.
turbiug element In the resting Of
the past night. After waiting for the
hens 10 lay the eggs and the COWS "a
be milked, We had our breakfast and
started Tor stolberg.
We some way had the faculty Of al.
ways taking the longest road TO get
TO a place. II was a lovely walk
and we had great fun. trying "a
carry our baggage where II would
hurt the least. We had to take
that with US II was not murti. b,.t
even the lighiest OF burdens 1D,om $
heavy when carried a long distance.
Siolberg ls little nest. as IN, Ger.
mans say, up In the southern Harta
and ruled over by court ~ the sanl
name. a part of which we were made
aware oi by the numerou, signs up IN
all corners. forbidllig all sorts OF
things. possible and impossible s.
We conscientiously shut all gates, nut
bars In their places, and tried not tc
trespass Thund'. ond lightning her.
aid our approach. on the hills around
the women are harvesting hay. They
would tie a rope around an immense
bundle. strap u m Their backs, and
come down with It to the village.
Here We saw the answer to the old
German riddle. what house has three
stories and no stepS," The answer Is
The Kath Haus Gqwn halh at Stol.
berg, II is built dgdlI,si the side OF
a hill and e.,rA story is entered from
a different Sidewalk.
After eating our dinner we went or
through the pourins rain, We trudget
along Ike old stSgers and pretended wc
liked Il. our guide b'N sail To take
a rad straight Up blur. II was like
s. ling a wall our reward AZ the
t. was dry wea'He and n restau,
'ant In which Was sold nothing hui
a herman beverage warranted to bt
the only cure for paNcrc', throats.
TOW came one Of ths prettlest walk,
W. had 90 the Mole trip. We lef
the road and wandered through tn,
meadows, The Gowcrs made a Garnet
ici us which a king Nigh: envy. II
is nearly impossible to describe tn,
beauty and luxuriance Of the wild flow
ers here, We came to little brook
The earth over which II was Towns
was quite red from the iron IN tn,
ArlK,lsfpar tat
foried by nature. and oh! how we en-
joyed Il. Countless little blue butter
flies few around us and the flower.
nodded and smiled as though they wer,
glad to see us; hazy blue IN the dis
tance and the sun shone brightly over
head. What more would we visa
II was ideal, and We. like little children
playing In natures garden. We coulC
hardly contain ourselves, so happy dit
we feel. With what sighs OF regret
did We leave II and turn again int
the chausee. There II was real darl
and solemn; the dark pines looked as
though they might be holding confer
ence and discussing some weignt,
question. We went from the uln,
woods out into the beech and oak for
ests. At once we feel the difference
The last rays of the setting sun wer,
kissing the bright green tops, making
them stlll brighter. and the birds vert
giving a last concert for the day. They
told us to hurry on, for 1t would sooI
be dark.
But we still had much to 10, ",
were to see the ruin Hohenstein, III,
largest In the Hartz. In the twliiSh
as we saw 1t, It was made doubly I'm
pressive. In its largest halls mighS'
trees have grown up, standing ther
as ghosts Of past generations. 1t wa
grand old ruin, and suggested ever!
imaginable legend.
Down in the valley lay the little tow
Of Neustadt. a summer. resort. Thithe
we turned our steps after conquerin,