The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

cation present, and We ~recoznizea
among them many Of those ~ our
worlds sunday School Convention
delegates.
\ Mountain of snow.
From Lucerne we Travelled by rail-
part OF the way and finished IN On
Gamer TO Interlak en-. another pleas
ure resort. at the head of a beautiful
iake- day Of travel mad been
emily n raining during the morning..
but the sun came out after dinner and
we took carriages in a ride up TO the
JungIraw pronounced v~oungfroe%1
mountain, where We stood under tho
Pi'stering whiteness Of the snow that
covered the whole mountain, rising up
In its white shroud eIeyen thousand
feet nigh. 1t was a grand and beau
uful sight and one never 10 be for
gotten.
Into mn and Down the Rhine
Leaving Interlaken by an early train
next morning We spent the day for
most part in travel, passing tnrougn
Strasburg, in Germany, spending the
.- -. puaIuz. AT StraSburg We
tairiad a feW hours visiting the great
Cathedral. in which is the wonderful
clock that required nineteen years in
building and was completed about
- IL - "a 49, - - 49, -
North Carolina Almanac in its wealth
Of Information on times and seasons.
moons phases. signs Of the zodiac.
weather probabilities. etc.
From MainZ we took steamer down
the famous Rhine river. Who has
not heard the recitation "Bilgen on
the Rhine" No tourist fails TO TAX e
this ride il they can help It and If
the day Is at all favorable sit on deck
and enjoy every foot of the.way. The
banks Of the river arc like 50 many
banners Of striking views and chapters
We landed at Cologne at 3 p. m.
spent two hours there visiting its
great Cathedral and a few points Of
interest and proceeded on our Wav,
passing through Antwerp and Rotter-
dam, spending the night at Amster-
dam. While in this great city of Hol-
land, we saw the Queens Palace,
spent awhile in the art gallery and in
a diamond factory. The sight OF
hundreds Of men and women working
on diamonds was quite new and in
structive. We wore told hat not
less than 1900 people in Amsterdam
are supported by the diamond fac
tories. It requires fine skill for the
best work and these Workmen are
paid from $500 to $500 per day.
The Jews Quarter.
There are sixty thousand Jews In
Amsterdam, and one section OF the
city is called Jew Quarter" A walk
through these streets revealed a con-
dition of rad traffic and living that
was beyond description. The peo-
pie are very poor and deal in every
form and fashion of old junk, and live
in w~retchedness and filth that was ap-
palling.
Some of our party went out to the
Island of Marken and saw the fishers
of hat strange town n stranger
looking people.
Brussels and Waterloo.
Leaving Amsterdam after dinner we
went int Belgium and stopped in the
beautiful and large City of Brussels.
and next morning visited the battle
field of Waterloo, one of the most his
toric spots of earth, but we cannot tell
about it here, our space is occupied.
besides we must hurry back to
Brussels, take a carriage ride through
its beautiful streets, stop long enough
to look at the Palace of Justice, one
of the largest and finest buildings In
the world, and then go to the railroad
station and take the fastest train on
the continent for Paris, where we are
landed at Z p. m. and expect to stop
for a week.