Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-01

been covered with this vegetable soil, it
becomes very fertile.
Between The Hague and Rotterdam we
stopped for few hours at Delft, cele-
brated for its porcelain. The sights there
are the cathedral, the house OF William
Of Orange, The Silent, where he was
killed, and the porcelain mandatory.
In none Of the other china factories we
have seen, either the Sevre (French) or
Delft, have they shown SO much of the
factory or given SO good an idea OF its
manufacture as at that of Royal Nielsen
near Dresden.
Rotterdam may be an important COM
mercial city, but it is very dirty one
1t rather resembles Hoboken. The pic
ture gallery is good, although inferior to
those Of The Hague and Amsterdam.
ANTWERP.
In Belgium we visited only the two
principal cities, Antwerp and Brussels
Antwerp is more interesting as to art,
but Brussels is a much handsomer CITY,
Antwerp is great place to study Rubens'
paintings. 1t possesses his masterpiece,
"The Descent from the Cross and other
OF his principal works, besidexa coilec-
ton of engravings of most all OF his
known works, which are about 1000 in
number. The cathedral, which is the
largest and finest Gothic church in the
Netherlands, contains three of Rubens'
most celebrated pictures-the "Descent
from the Cross, the elevation of the
Cross" and the "Assumption", which is
the high altar piece.
The museum has, among Others, seven
more Of his well-known works, one OF
which, "Christ Crucified between Two
Thieves" is considered by some to be his
masterpiece. 1t has also noted works by
Van Dyck.
One Of Antwerp's curosities is the
"Mount Calvary; it is an artificial
mound covered with some kind of black
and white substance, and embellished
with statues OF angels, saints, apostles,
etc. In the upper niche is the figure OF
Christ on the cross; in the next below
Mary with the body of Christ, and then
the repentant Magdeleine. In the grotto
'Sio" hhS iolg puItHIC ~ ID
meant to be represented
One of the sights that was, for certain
reasons, most interesting to us was the
house OF the famous printer Christopher
Plantin. His printing office was set up
here in 1919, and ,the business carried on
until 1876 by the family of his son-in-law,
Moretus. The proof-reader's room, the
printing Office and the saesroom have all
been left as they were, and look as if
work might be resumed at any minute.
BRUSSELS.
Brussels is fiourishing modern town
with handsome new boulevards and
buildings, the opera house, the new ex-
change, the royal palace and the large
new palace OF justice, which was finished
in 1888. 1t covers an area greater than st.
Peters at Rome, which is PIP 900 square
feet, while this covers 100000 square fee.,
and cost S10,0oO,000.
In contrast to the modern part is the
"Grande Place. or market place. This
square is one of the finest medieval
squares in existence. 1t was on this place
lnHA tuuul- ilttGH Htlu EpnpDl anu
Philip de Montmoreney were beheaded,
beside twenty-five other nohlemen, by
order of the Duke OF Aiya.
On one side OF the square is the town
hail; on another the so-ealed sibread-
house,, and on he others tile old guild
houses. There are fine galleries OF ancient
and modern arts here also. At the Mu-
scum WiertZ, which Was once the resi-
denee and studio of that painter, we saw
some of the straHgest paintings we ever
had the pleasure CT seeing. No wonder
he is called eccentric.
\ NV bo4I .a-L =ncjrafes the town; it
is built on the size of the old city walls,
of which the Porte AHA is the only
structure loft. 1t has been fitted up as a
museum Of weapons. The Brussels lace
was interesting.
From Brussels We took an excursion to
Waterloo, which WAS extremely interest
ing, especially just now that we are
doubly interest ed i'll battle fields and
fighting. HELEN ROLLINS.
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