Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-13

IL the Augusta gentleman MI
onym for automobile is devil.
had been present, he womb
revised his vocabulary. The a..
Of the place, lent a peculiar ~ us'
mat fiutonian boot which herr.
every new dash Of the engine a
the arena, and the appearapc.
helpless looking form stretched
its track did not detract from ,ba
preston. Add to this the aaoh
smoke and odor Of gasoline ana
feel that Dante forgot sometb;n.
A long pantOmine began VIII !.
representation Of a Hungarian wal.
introduced fortune-telling hag an
Gypsy band and came to a st...w
close. The Hungarian inn ans
space behind it were uuick,,,
formed INTO a rocky mountain.ra.
which 4 large number Of horsemen J.
cended at forced gallop. disappeari-
somewhere IN the distant heights
performance midway of the pass ~
engaged the attention of the spec,.,a
while the ring below commenced n ~
with water. 1t seemed to attain b
greater depth than six inches. Tbo,.
the water poured in in rapid s,rsaE
the surface rose no higher What ~
came OF the bottom Of the ring we -
er knew Meanwhile the lower MONTH";
Of the nountain-rOad had disanna, ~
and high cliff overhung the Gno1s
| Down the pass fed some scapegras5
| with irate Hungarians in hot purs,t
One after another plunged into the dars
] waves, followed by horses and ride
| Down they all came with thunderin1
| crash, gathering and tumbing ar
yelling and splashing-all disappe1
ing in the dark water, to rise again
the hither side. The curtain fell ~
the middle of the mountain-pass ID
in time to shut out the horrible sid
of the hanging of the crippled Gin
bag.
The Zeughaus, or Arsenal, on Unit
den Linden contains priceless relic
which in two visits we failed to SCI
Among those which we were fortunate
to examine were weapons, shields. en-
tire suits of armor from various nation
| and epochs. Europe and the Orienf
are both represented and the suits d
arlnor present the various styles marks4
days of the Christian era Some he'll
NETS of curious perpendicular form
We're so neglected before their recoveryi
that they are rusted to the semblanco}
Of cast-off stove-funnel. But most I'll
the EurOpen armor, even of early date.
is brightly polished and well cared for
Many Of the breastplates and other
pieces hear distinct marks Of conflict
some, alas! in the back. One and two
handed swords, spears. daggers. bow
guns. catapults, blunderbuses followed
historical development of military art
and usage. The wooden portions oil
many early muskets are richly in!aid|
with ivory or deer-horn, carved ofte1]
with New Testament scenes-amone]
these a once deadly instrument bearing
a picture of Jesus among the little chill
dren! One large room is filled with
cannon, a nearly complete collection3
from the end of the fourteenth century
onward. Another room contains 81
beautiful modern specimen a gift to
Kaiser Wilhelm II. from the late Herr
Krupp of Essen. Behind this gun is a.
e-ess in which stand in n perpendicu-I
lar position several pieces of Chinese
ordnance. beautifully ornamentei.'
which were captured at Picking in 1900.
There arc long, high showcases filled
with lifesiZe wax figures dressed in the
uniforms and bearing the arms OF
European soldiery for several centuries
back. Other showcases are filled with
similar uniforms actually Worn by the
soldiers of those lands and times. Great
areas of floor-space are occupied by1
tables bearing representations in
of battlefields on which
Prussian troops have fought. Hills
and valleys. streams, roads, villages
and city walls are duly represented:
and little soldiers about an inch high
lend vividness to the scene. Artillery.
infantry and cavalry are copied with
painstaking care. The hand-to-hand
conflict; the retreat Of the van
quished; even the smoke from in
dividual muskets Represented by a
little fuzz that looks like cotton bat
ting) has not been forgotten. At the
side of every such table is a placard
bearing the name of the battle and
stating the date and hour at which the
positions We're as represented. The
battles of Dueppel in 1864. koenig-
gratez in 1866. and st. Privat in 1sO'
are depicted in this way. Some OF the
tables bear representations of historic
fields without introducing the active
military presence; and Of these are
Paris. Strasburg and Sedan. one
table bears an intricate modern fortli-
cation with a large space in front.
sore Of bay in one side Of the table al
lows n student to- enter, so to speak
the fertilization; and the whole thlns
is labelled a Schulangriff: whence l IN
ferred that it was designed to aliord
theoretical practise to students In the
Military Academy. A court surround
ed by the Zeughaus contains numerous
pieces Of artillery captured from
France in 1901. All of these are
carefully placarded. and many are
designated as "verwundet." Inc
"wound" in most cases consists Ill 'iio
battering. splitting. or tearing away OIL
the muzzle. at one side. by slan'ihk
or cross-fired cannon-shct. One great
division of the arsenal is devoted 10
galleries of large war paintings nahk-
ing the Hall of Fame. In these pain.-
ings the figures are in the size OF iiie.
The Hall of Fame itself contaiis
,,,;J;to harpaS. ana