Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
letter From Dr.. Roy.

studying at the University of Bonn,
Germany, writes a letter to the edi-
tor of The Herald. from which the
following extracts are taken.
BONN, GERMANY, Jan %. 900.
We left New York {Dr. Canac
Marquis and myself) the ninth of
November on board of the steamer
Kaiser Frederick of the Hamburg
American Line Co. The trip was de-
lighttul; nice, clear weather all thu
way; very good company and first
class service on board. Landing at
Cberbourg seven days after we reach
ed Paris the 18th at three O'Clock in
the morning.
Paris, the city par excellence" is
about to complete it's improvements
and constructions for the coming
exposition, The sight OF the city it.
self is already subject for admira-
ton. But the addition OF it's numer-
Gus new building: the reproduction
OF the ''Old city of Paris on the
| river Seine, the Arch entrance of the
Exposition on the Place de la Con-
Corde, with all its electric colored
lights; the Art building following Cd;
the central palace with it's immence
and majestic electrical fountains; the
grand basin; the Eiffel tower, all Of
which is to be illuminated by mill
ions OF electric lights OF different
colors this only would be sufficient
to give you a weak idea Of what will
be the ensemble OF the Exposition,
with it's hundreds of other buildings,
when all completed. AS for my part,
80 far as / have seen, am satisfied
this Exposition will be a success.
To pass a pleasant evening. one
has 20 to the Opera Comique and
hear some of the operas rendered
with full orchestra and chorus,
have seen nothing so far equal to it
in beauty and harmony. The chorus
OF singers and actors has become a
perfection.
Having visited most OF the French
clinics and wishing to take a trip On
the Continent before the opening OF
the Exposition, We left for Bruxelles
on January 18th. In that city is
to be seen the court house. the
grandest and largest construction
OF modern art of the past century.
The country seems to nioy as much
liberty and freedom as we do in
| America, even if they have a king.
The next day, found myself in
Cologne at Hotel Victoria in front OF
the Heumarkt on which place is the
monumant OF Frederick Wilhelm; it
is an immense equestral statue sur
rounded by smaller statues of gener-
ais and statesmen, erected by Blaiser
in 1878. The cathedral or dome, the
grandest gothic architecture Of the
German Empire, was begun in 1913,
but after several intervals, was only
completed in ]SSO-This church is
the most perfect and purest gothic
erection that has even been built.
The two towers or steeples are about
$50 feet hight. Cologne is one of
most active commercial cities OF the
German Empire, with a population
OF 100000 inhabitants and a garri-
son OF 1850 men.
Next We came to Bonn, the object
OF my trip in this part of the coun-
try, on account OF it's large and re-
nowned University; also OF the grand
surgical clinics and facilities for
study. Here we find the birth place
of Beethoven, thecomposer of soDates
and symphonies which rendered him
iamoue.
Yesterday Sunday afternoon) hae-
ing nothing better to do, we took
the steamer Bismark going up the
Rhine. On the left side as We leave
Bonn, we see the seven mountains or
Siebengebirge, the highest being the
O'elberg on the top OF which is the
most magnificent view OF all the
surroundings. A little further up is
the Rolandseck on top OF which are
the ruins of an old castle construc.
ton attributed to the celebrated Ro-
land-Then we reached Remargen
where we landed. 4 short distance
from the station, is Victoriaberg on
the top of which is one of the grandest
views of all the neighborhood. Back
OF the city, on the Apolljnarisberg, is
the church OF St. ApoIlinaris erected
in 1889. The road going up to the
! shrine ia chi; into tho rOckASl1 alono-