Amador ledger., 1907-11-22


They have about 10000 employees,
among them about 200 analytical
chemists. We happened there at
noon and most of the employees come
out for dinner, they walked six and
eight abreast like soldiers marching,
and it was about 10 minutes before
they we're all out, and we saw only
those at one of two gates. No one
not employed is allowed to visit the
works, everything connected with the
making of the dyes is kept secret.
Any employe caught betraying is i'm
prisoned after trial as long as three
years. After visiting with some newly
made acquaintances, who were hospit-
able to us, we returned the same day
to Heidelberg.
We will now stop in our trip to
tell you few things we observed.
Living expenses or food is much
higher here than in England OF
France. Beef none less than % cents
a pound, pork about the same, veal
2S cents, -four "a per 100 pounds. In
France you can get Ioaves of bread
six feet long, here most of them are
the size of goose eggs, and good
deal OF rye bread is used, also
sausages. probably because any kind
of meat will work up that way.
Wages are low, from 60 cents to 81. 80
day for mechanics. Railroad
employees from IS cts. to 85 cts.
Women house servants work from 6
a. m. till l1:30 p. m. in hotels for
Sl.50 week. Eggs, the best, 10
pfennigs each, to 6, and pfennigs
for those not the best, You can
imagine what the cheap ones are.
The'best or drinking eggs are dated
with ink which will stand sboiling
water, those are the kind you get
when you order boiled eggs, 100
pfennigs equal ] mark or "a cents.
Halloween and all Saint days are OBJ
served by putting lighted lantern or
flower wreaths on the graves of dead
relatives. Many stores had both on
sale while we we're there. As the
weather was getting quite wintry,
being rainy, cold and foggy we tock
our departure for Cologne, where we
spent two days seeing the sights, the
principal one being the Cathedral
with the tallest spires in the world,
about 800 feet high. Inside the
cathedral does not come up in archi-
tectural beauty to many of the Eng
lish, but externally it is grand in it's
carvings, but the sparrows and
pigeons nesting among the images of
the kings and saints somewhat spoil
their complexion. There are many
manufacturers of eau de cologne each
one claiming to make the only
genuine, original article. Coming
down the Rhine from Mayence, the
tog lifted enough so we got a good
view of the scenery along the river,
which to our eyes was no better than
you can get along the Mokelumne
river. The scenery along the Rhine
has been written and talked about
for ages, while some or most of
American scenery is unknown to
most of the world.
Leaving Cologne we stopped to
make some inquiries for friends at
Crefeld without results, and passed
on through the lower Rhine country
to Rotterdam, passing the custom
inspectors of Holland without bother.
We noticed as we approached Hol-
land, and also in Holland, women and
COWS we're more respected. The COWS
were allowed to peacefully Craze in
the pasture, while the women only
had TO dig potatoes and turnips or
ruter bagoes, besides probably taking
care of the children and doing the
house work. We spent one day (Sun-
day. in Rotterdam walking along its
famous quay or dock on the river
Mas, also taking a train ride and
seeing as much as possible in day.
There are numerous canals hereabouts
and it is astonishing to see so many
buildings out of plumb, some as
much as two feet, and that sometimes
in two directions. After supper we
started for the "Hook of Holland, -
where we took the steamer and after
smooth passage across the channel,
sleeping all the way we arrived at
Harwich, England. just as the fog
was going to make a landing impossi-
BILE. As we had no whiskey or cigars
and no more tobacco than the law