Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-08-16

Quinfln Mastiss and we Enw his
and the celebrated awelfs
constructed by him. We say in
Antwerp the State House, PARK and
the great bridge. Bs tbs way, be-
tween The Hague and Amsterdam,
over az arE es.hs sea, We passed the
longest bridge / ever saw OF heard of
] couldn't learn the length, but We
were three minutes passing at al
pretty rapid rate. Monday morning
July ESD, finds us In the ''second
Paris,n the city Of Belgian, and What
Q day is before us. Az | sit here In
my room, late At night think Of the
night before the battle OF Waterloo
which Byron has 20 beautifully des-
cri5ed in Childe Harold, commencing;
sfTbere was 9 sound OF revelry By
night, E4Wv
And Beigium's capitol had gathered
there;
Her beauty and her ehivalry, and
bright
The Tampa shone Ger fair women ana
brave men,"etc.
This is the freedom anniversary Of
these BeIgians, and they are celebrate
ing Il very much a We do eur Alb 81
July. Beautiful Brussslsl We have
lust made the round Of the city visit
ing the Hotel de. Yille, which il the
most beautiful municipal building Of
la Kind 10 Europe; TIE Royal Palace,
which consists 81 . yard whose vast
ness Astoniahes the visitors; 1.-The Palace
Of Justice, which overlooks the en-
tire city and ccst over $4,000. u
have never conceived Of anything
iner than this marble building. The
Counts, Egmont and Horn we're
executed in front of the Hotel de Vile,
By order OF the Duke Of Aiva, and We
saw 10 the 'tPlace de Martyrs the
fine monument erected to their
memory. They died a. martyrs to
faith ana civil liberty, and the story Of
their martyrdom is very pathetic. We
visited both the Royal and the
wiertz museums, and saw some
famous pictures, such az ISL. Peters,
Christ and the PentiHent M~sgdAlene,'
"Orowning OF the Virgin by Rubene;
ssJohn the Baptist Beheaded," BY
Franck; Assumption OF the Virgin
By Rubens; and the following by
Weirtz: "Forge Of vuIcan,'' "Tri-
umph of Christ" Greeks and Trojsns
disputing over the body of Patrochus,"
"Oasting out Beelzebub," "Tne But
ton hole Rose" "The Sentinel" "La
Confidence" and "The Dog In the
| WaIl.D The last three are exquisite
little pictures; some OF the others are
many feet In length. In the Place
Royal we saw the Equestrian statue
Of Godfrey de Bullion, the CRUSADER
and first King Of jerusalem. At the
back Of the Hotel de VILE Is . ioun-
tain the principal figure Of which is.a
little boy called the "Manakin." I
must not described this. Some Of
the streets are magnificent and the
nAnIs Verte," q double avenue along
the Echelat Canal, forms 3 splendid
promenade and leads toward the
palace OF Lacken, the suburban resi-
dence Of King Leopold II. Sorry we
don't get q sight OF this good king.
And now / stop to SO to the battle
field of Waterloo. How ! wish ! could
have all my Mexico friends with me
this glorious day of my experiences In
a foreign country. What care / now
for my old overcoat I left on the ship
on the channel, or my maahed thumb
which is now getting well.
Back from Waterloo. Was the first
Of a party to reach top Of the wLion
Mound" the center Of the battlefield
and 225 steps In height. From this we
had q magnificent view Of the whole
ground and had pointed cut to us the
relative position ofthe wellington and
Napoleon forces, and bad described to
rs, by an old veteran, the strategic
movements of both armies. With
every point thus fully In view, in I'M
agInation ! witnessed this wonder
ful battle that had so much to do with
the destiny of Europe and the world.
This view and this experience was
worth a trip 70 Europe. As we stand
on these historical spots Il lie not 90
much what We see IS what We feel
thai gives us pleasure. As | pass
through what was once the old
Netherland countries and contrast
their condition in the days of the In
QUESTION under Philip II Of Spain, with
their present prosperous and happy
condition under Leopold II and Queen
Wilhelmena, 1 am led to thank ths
Lord for his Overriding p~rovidencs il
the governments OF the world. The
finest crops of wheat, oats and rys
I have zee in Europe are Immediately
around the battlefield Of Waterloo
In the Museum, on the ground, they
show you specimens OF all the wal
equipments that we're used in thiI
great battle, besides the skeletons o.
many who fell in the battle. On
ladies are running wild in Brussell
over the laces made here By hand,
We had the pleasure Of seeing the
women at work In their dextrous art
Tomorrow we 60 to Cologne and ~
the Rhine, stopping for lunch ct AK
Ia-C hapelle, the old capitol, where
many Of the Roman Emperors vert
crowned and where some important
treaties were ratified.
II. K. HEDE.
WAsHNaToa, D. C.-Gensses Pure Focd CO.
LH Roy n. Il aentemen: oar family reeItz.