The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20

world are to be found here.
We were shown through the Berghoff
Theatre which is indeed the finest and
mcst complete institution of it's kind
ever beheld, and do mot believe that
there is finer In the world.
| Our stay in Vienna was full of instruc-
ton and replete with enjoyment. Our
hotel, the Royal was a good one, and az
ter a stay Of three days and four nights
we left II on the fourth day with regret
After a seven hours run through the
country. nearly all the farms cultivated
much better than our gardens, we ar
rived at Carlsbad, the greatest watering
place in Europe. I once thought these
springs were In Germany. but they are
| In the mountains in the northern part Of
g, Austria, just above the forty-eighth de-
| gree Of north latitude. There are sew
| eral of the spring, but the sprudlehon,
or big guyser, in the house. is the chief.
| The water Is hot but not so hot as our
Arkansas hof springs. Carlsbad is sit
| uated In the valleys between the noun
tains. So is the town of the Arkansas
| hot springs. They are about TIE same
| size-sixteen to twenty thousand in pop
| ulation. Carlsbad has the advantage of
| climate In the summer, as 1t is further
north, and much cooler. Carlsbad water
| when drank freely. acts on the liver and
| kidneys and thus purifies the system and
| therein 1t has the advantage over the hot
/ springs water Of Arkansas. which acts
+, In the publication of the system through
1.-THE pores of the skin. But the baths of
/ the Arkansas springs are superior to
those OF Carlsbad and are better admin
istered except to the rich people who
| choose to pay for the baths to be, given
| with electricity. They have very fine
| electrical appliances for giving the baths
to persons who will stand the expense.
| The Carlsbad waters are about the. same
| temperature of the hot springs in Viz
ginia, but with the advantage of their
purgative qualities added. Baths are wei
administered at the hot springs in Vir-
ginia. but they are too expensive for poor
people to get the benefit of them.
| While at Carlsbad I unexpectedly met
with ex-United States Senator Smith from
New Jersey, and though never intimate
iy acquainted with him while we were In
Congress I was delighted to meet him.
He left before did, and again. to my
| very agreeable surprise / met him and
his wife on the steamer as passengers
homeward and most excellent people they
are. / met few other people from our
country at the springs, but they we're all
from Northern States and with whom
was not acquainted. There were many
people and among them some distin-
guished official personages. The most no.
table was the Shah of Persia, who styles
himself the King of Kings. He had with
him a suit or retinue of forty servants
or attendants. many Of them much better
looking men than he is. saw him and
them several times walking down or up
the hill. passing our hotel to or from
the springs There are at the springs a
large number of shops filled with all
kinds of trinkets and mementoes Of Carls-
bad for sale. Early Of a morning we
would climb one of the mountains-they
have elegant roadways for pedestrians
and at the cafe on top take our early
breakfast, which consisted of coffee, tea
or chocolate and bread, which is the uni
versal custom on. the continent. We
would take a table In open space where
we would enjoy magnificent view while
taking our coffee. Having seen the sights
! climbed the mountains. drank the water
and enjoyed the hot baths for four days
| we moved on to Dresden In Saxony. one
of the States OF the German Empire
Many, many miles of the seven hours
run were along the banks of the Elbe, q
I beautiful little river. There were num-
! bers of the prettiest little steamboats,
ever saw, not much II any over 100 feet
, long. running up and down the stream
They were so pretty and glided SC
> smoothly, l felt that l wanted a ride or
and seemed fairly prosperous. Dresden
the capital of the kingdom. Is a pretty
city, quite cleanly. with broad streets and
nice parks. 1t contains population OF
go, 900. The place Is noted for its fnt
galleries. beautiful paintings. The hal
of the crown jewels Is exceedingly inter
esting We saw HtoSer'pretty antique and
beautiful things. Jewels. the largest anc
| most expensive diamonds In the worlc
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except the Pope's jewels in Rome. We
went down on the quay Of the Elbe ane
the river looked larger than when we saw
1t from the train. The banks are walled
up with brick or stone to prevent erosion
and keep II in perfect control. There We
saw boats-transports drawn by chair
fixed In the water for many. many miles
as a cheaper method Of transportation
than by steam or the ordinary tow boats
We saw Dresden for two days and in the
AFTERNOON Of the second day we left apt
after a run by train Of three and nal
hours we arrived in Berlin.
The King of Saxony, our guide told us
| was quite Ill. and not expected 10 re
| cover He died a few days after we left
Death, the common leveller Of mankind
overlook him. He Is the greatest mon
arch OF the world. and when he DEGREES
neither kings. queens. emperors nor thu
1 most Bhlltut SNh
resist. All must yield. The old King II
his Young manhood was a great General
and with his corps of Saxons at SedaT
turned the right flank of the French
army and won the battle for Germany
. Berlin. the capital of Prussia ana o
the German Empire, has population 0
1000 900 and is a great and prcsressiv
J CITY, We stopped Fat the Belwien Hote
4 near Pottsdam P1atss. one block to tn
east of the great Tiergarten which latte
= il extensive and beautiful .
Across the east end Of this garden q
. beautiful drives, walks, statues and az
= fractions ia "Legis Alley 1t Is mutt
\ wide with drives and walks but alonl
the sires are marble statues. On the cas-
- of all the Kings, beginning with tn
electors of Brandenburg and rulers o
c Prussia. until she got to the head OF tn
German Empire and since with the stat
a ues Of the Emperors. Behind each Is
smaller statue of his greatest adviser ant
D statesman, to his right his greatest Gen
eral For instanve Emperor William
has Bismarck and Won Moltke hehtn'
him. The German Empire had an exist
ence but an imperfect one one hundre'
years ago, but Napoleon Bonaparte brok
il all to pieces, and made Que of tn
Rhine countries the Kingdom of West
phalia for his brother Jerome, whom h
made King of 1t. When he was over
4 thrown and banished the German Emplr
was not reunited. only imperfectly, unit
in 1871 when the Germans had overthrow
the French Empire, captured and Danish
l.. ed their Emperor. Louis Napoleon, ha