The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20
GEN. OATES WRITES OF HIS
RECENT TRAVELS IN EUROPE

FContinuea from last Sundays Adver-
After crossing the Danube and an un-
seasonabie delay in the examination OF
passports the train moved out and we had
4 very fair breakfast on the dining car at
saehed When we Travelled in Europe
thirteen years ago none of the trains had
dining cars. sleepefs. drinking water or
closets. Now they have all these COM
forts and conveniences. We have Amer
tcanised them. The railroad people alive
to their interest, seeing that the num-
Der OF travellers from the United States
Of America was greater than from any
other country and about equal to the to-
tai number Of foreigners from~all other
csuntries, have tried to please the Ameri-
cans and hence these Americanized inn
provemefts. Now our railroad people
ofght to learn little from the railroads
over there. Here people are dumped In
together in one long open car and crowd
ed. two on one short bench. with scarce
~ any room for hand baggage. and all
the tickets sold are of the first class,
and unless an exorbitant price Is paid
for the privilege stop-over tickets are not
allowed. In Europe all the railroads sell
three classes bf Tickets and the cars In
each train raFs marked accordingly Tick
cts for passage on first class EARS are
sold at cents per mile. secofi& iklass
cents and on third class cent per mile,
Division into classes and fixing the1prdce
accordingly is necessary.
Many people who want to travel by rail
are not able to pay the present high rates
Of FIRST class passage Another regulation
hero would break up ticket scalping. Over
there q ticket is good for twelve months.
provided the traveller or ticket holder at
- "a - - rkn -vl1
station master to stamp his ticket with
she date OF the stop. Then it Is good when
he starts again II within twelve months.
II may give the railroad company little
more trouble at first in keeping books but
II would soon come all right and easy
enough. All the roads over there are dou-
BILE tracked and hence collisions do not
occur The roads in our country will
come to that a few years later.
A little after / o'clock in the afternoon
khe train arrived at Budapest. the capital
of Hungary. a beautiful city Of 100000
population. The Hungarians have figured
largely In various wars and established
quite q reputation as brave and warlike
people. But for several years as a part
of the empire Of Austria Hungary they
have been at peace and seem prosperous
Their country is largely agricultural,
adapted to the growing of grain, grasses
and fruits. Cattle and sheep are raised in
large numbers. The people, like their Aus
Arfan neighbors, are generally fair or of
hight complexion, intelligent and good
Docking. After a run of about four hours
from Budapest we arrived in Vienna. the
capital of Austria, and of the empire
IT is q beautiful city of nearly 100000 peo-
pie. The buildings are elegant. the streets
well paved and clean. More pretty stores
and attractive shop windows than / ever
saw. means of transportation varied, abun-
dant and cheap, the people are good look
ing and intelligent and large number
Of the ladies are quite handsome. The old
French Kings always went to Austria
for their wives, and now l understand the
reasonable Austrian Processes were
beautiful. We visited the Winter Palace
qf Emperor Francis Joseph I'm the heart
OF the city. 1t Is magnificent palace,
: furnished with antique and costly furni-
ture. with many presents from other SOW
erelgns. Many of the large rooms seem to
be unused. The Emperor has not married
since his Empress was slain by an assas-
IN at Geneva, Switzerland four years
ago. He Is 70 years old but In
me and vigorous health. He Is good
sovereign and has had a long and peace
full <eign. lake nearly all monarchs
= Though he has not plunged his peopi'
into war;. he lives in royal extravaganza