Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-18

OF apostles, il remember rightly. There
is also perpetual calender attachment to
the clock. This clock, being in the in
terror OF the church, sounds much more
weird as it echoes all through the ca
thedrai. - 4te ;.
BADEN-BADEN, -,F =
On our way from Strassburg to Csrls
ruhe we stopped for few hours in Ba-
den Baden. l don't wonder that it is
popular watering place, for even now, just
at the beginning OF the season, 1t is very
attractive. We first walked up to the
new palace where we got good view and
good idea OF the many pleasant walks
that can be taken. Baedeker recommends
a pedestrian tour of eleven days, from
here through the Black Forest. Behind
the drinking hall and the so-caled ICON
versation house" are some beautiful parks.
In nearly all these towns there are
very good opera companies during the
whole winter, or else, as is the case III
Baden Baden, there are performances
three or four times week by singers
from some neighboring town. No won
der the Germans become familiar with
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chances of hearing it-and at very little
expense
You sent us programme OF the per-
Torrance of Tannhauser in Portland by
Walter Damroschs company; we'll, as we
were reading it in the car going from
Milan to Lugano, we noticed that an old
man opposite seemed to be quite inter
ested. He turned out to be the head BARI
tone OF the Dresden chorus; has been
there for thirty-six years; was there
when Herr Fischer, w no sang in Portland
was in his prime on the Dresden stage.
He WAS surprised to think that he WAS
still singing.
We noticed too that the cheapest seats
in Portland were $50; in Dresden,
Munich, or Cologne the most expensive
are hardly ever more than eight marks
| (s2), and other very good ones all the
way up from so pfennigs O2lR cents).
| The so pig. seats are usually unnumbered,
and not in very good view OF the stage,
but in good position for the acoust ic. In
/ Italy prices are higher
CARIsRUHE.
In Carlsruhe we didn't spend much
time. 1t is thrifty place, but very quiet;
1t was especially quiet and especially clean
on Good Friday. The city is very curl
| ously laid out, sonnet hing in the shape OF
a fan, the streets radiating from the castle
and grounds. The palace is built in a
| semi-circle, and it, with the parks is en-
closed by the Observation-Disclosures, which
forms a perfect circle. The Frederick S
pletz (square) is surrounded by some
handsome modern buildings with arcades
and stores and the new building OF the
united grand ducal collections. Near
here is a Roman Catholic church in the
style OF the Pantheon at Rome.
HEIDELBERG.
The next stop was Heidelberg, whose
principal attraction for passing travellers
is the ruins OF the castle. As it WAS
pleasant day we went up to Molkencur,
1907 feet above the castle, Il restaurant,
where got fine view OF the ruins.
From there We walked down to the castle.
The ruins are very picturesque, although
| not nearly SO interesting as the Roman
ones they are sEid to be the most mag
nitlcent in Germany. The castle shows
several different styles OF architecture,
having been built and rebuilt by the
electors after ills partial destruction by
the French. Ia 1864 1t Was struck by
lightning which left 1t in the condition
1t is now. The ornamentatiOn Was re-
served for the inner court the outside
wall being used for the defense, with the
moHt and the draw bridge.
! l,.t
"gesprengte turn" (blown-up tower in
one solid mass " hich fell there " hen the
French blew it up In 1898 The walls are
twenty-one feet thick. Near what is
called the Fredericksbau is a cellar that
contains he big Heidelberg tun, an enor-
nous cask that can hold 1900 gallons,
and on t he top OF which is a platform that
used to be used for dancing.
On the Otto Heinrichsbau is some fine
sculpture OF the sixteenth century. The
| figures Of Joshua, Samson, Hercules, and
David representing strength are symbol
lcal OF the foundations on which the
prlncely house rests, and the virtues that
adorn Tor should adorn) the princely
family are represented by Strength, JUS
tlce, Faith, Charity and Hope. Jupiter,
Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Apollo, Venus
and Diana, being the seven gods OF the
planets, are meant to be symbols of the
higher power that decides all fates.
AT Heidelberg we got some mail which
we read on the train to Mannheim, where
we spent the night, leaving the next
morning as soon as we had looked around
the city. 1t is very regularly built city,
being divided into ITO squares-it may be
an important city in the commercial
world, but it isn't much for sight-seers.
FRANKFURT.
| When we arrived at frankfurt we tried
to remember what you wrote us about it