Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-14

via Offenburg, and the picturesque
Black Forest. This forest covers a
wide belt. AS we enter it we 90
through aud over the grand and pic
turesque mountains. The railway is
splendid piece of engineering 3s
tunnels, going up the mountain Ike
q ser, ent, first in one direction and
then when we get little higher we
go in the opposite direction, rising
by great sweeps, until it reaches a
height of 2,736 feet. There is all
along the way so much to interest
and attract-the fine macadam road,
the quaint houses with such old and
peculiar roofs, the romantic mountain
scenery and rich and black forest.
This is certainly boldly conceived
mountain railway, as some one has
said, and becomes more and more
marked. After we reach the top,
we have an extensive plateau of
country with waving fields of grain
and grass. The Germans are a won
derful people, showing their thrift
and industry on every side. They
DO not make such display in their
dress, ETC., as some other people on
this side, but this is to their credit.
Our train hastened on and we
were sorry to leave Germany, but
we were glad to get into dear old
Switzerland. We arrived at Neu-
hausen, "The Falls of, the Rhine"
about 4.30 p. m. Here we spend
the night and l wish we could have
spent week there. These falls are
celebrated the world over. They
are the grandest in Central Europe,
as far as volume is concerned. The
total fall of the river here is about
100 feet. The river at this time of
the year is very much swollen on
account of the melting snow in the
mountains above and the water is
very beautiful, being of blush
green color. At night we witnessed
magnificent electrical display and
fireworks over the falls. This was
art and nature combined in exhibit
ing beauty, grandeur and power.
At this place the weather is cool and
refreshing. I slept under blankets.
We reluctantly take a train, July
81, which carries us away from the
Falls. We travel through beauti-
full country, passing through fields of
green and golden grain, clover and
lucern. We cross the Rhine about
ten or fifteen miles from the Falls.
There we go on through Zurich, a
very important city of Switzerland,
travelling by the lake with hills and
mountains around. We hasten on
by Iug and then along the side of
the beautiful lake, Iug, surrounded
by mountains. We soon come to
Arth- Goldan. Here we change cars
and take the inclined railway for
Rigi, which is said to be the most
famous, most visited and the most
popular mountain in the world. AS
we ascend this mountain by a very
steep grade, we get some of the most
magnificent views that | ever saw
and when we reached the top, after
an hours ride on the railway, ele-
waited above Lucern, a city in the
valley on the other side, 4,470 feet
high, we get, [ believe, the grandest
view | ever saw anywhere. This
mountain commands panoramic
view of 800 miles in circumference.
There are ranges Of giant mountains
on one side covered with snow. AS
the eye passes over a radius of over
so miles, IA lakes, Is towns, so vii
lagos and nearly 100 glaciers can be
counted through field glass. The
eye almost beomes intoxicated with
this splendid view, and one can real
ize as never before the beauty and
grandeur of the works of God in the
natural world. We take luncheon
in one of the fine hotels on the
mountain. There are several hotels
up there with all the convenlences
of modern life.