Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
TRAVELS ABROAD.
LETTER FROM GERMANY
Friend Emerson:


this and previous letters are express
ions of our views as we see them,
others may go over the same ground
and see things in a different light,
but we can't all be of the same
opinion on all subjects.
We left Paris about 10 p. m., and
as we were fortunate enough to have
whole compartment to ourselves.
we we're able to sleep most of the
night with as much comfort as in a
tourist sleeper. On reaching the
German border the custom officers
passed our baggage with superficial
examination, and after stop at
Strasburg with its famous Cathedral,
we passed on to CarIsruhe, which is
the residence of the Grand Duke of
Baden. This is very nice quiet
city, differently laid out than any
other we have been in. The Dukes
palace is the center with fine park
in front and a forest at the back,
streets radiate from the center and
others cross these in circular shape
so you can easily get to the palace
from almost any part of the city.
In Germany as in France soldiers
are seen everywhere, with the result
that not only the women and child
ren, but also dogs and COWS must
work, and after hard days work the
cows have to stand and be MIXED.
Cows are used for drawing the plows
and wagons, the women in most
places can hold the plow and drive
the wagons, and while they rest they
are knitting stockings, even the little
girls going along the street knit.
Dogs help draw small carts, and they
work too. We don't feel sorry for
the dogs, but we do for the women
and COWS, and are thankful that our
parents had grit enough to leave here
and sense enough never to go back.
As Carlsrube has a fine polytechnic
school, yuu can see quite lot of
He idelberg students here with white,
pink, pale blue and pale green caps
their society colors, many of them
have scars on their checks the result
of sword duels, and seem to be as
proud of them as a monkey with two
tails. If they have scars on the head
they wear the hair clipped close.
Carlsruhe, like every city inGermany,
has fine monuments of Emperor Will
lam lst, Bismark and Gen. Moltke.
There are also public markets where
the woman do most of the selling and
knit while waiting for customers
Fish are mostly sold alive, being
kept so in tubs of running water, you
pick out what you want they catch
them and knock them on the head,
scale them and clean them while you
wait. While stroIling around we saw
them drilling recruits, they put them
through regular course of ;athIetics
exercises to make them agile. Here
as in France and most cities in Eng
is good, you get a receipt for your
fare and a seat as we'll, if there are
no seats you can't get on, which rule
necessitated us waiting for the next
car several times. In hotels most of
them charge so much for room and
breakfast. and there are no double
width beds, but two single beds
which are always feather beds. The
same custom is in use in Holland.
After a pleasant stay in Carlsruhe,
we proceeded to delberg, about 45
miles distant, and noted for its uni
versity and what is said to be the
finest ruins of the old style of castles
or Robbers Roosts, for the Rhine
country was at one time n,ted for it's
highway robbers. OF course that
method is not now in vogue. If you
want to know how they used to do
read the "Cloister on the Hearth, :"
now a days they don't kill the
traveller to get his money, there are
laws against it. heidelberg is on the
river Neckar, and lies on the hill side
somewhat like jackson would if
spread out toward the Gate, only the
NeckaI is quite wide. The unIver-
sity buildings are very ordinary
looking, but there is very fine
library here. The ruined tower OF
castle covers quite a bit of ground
and takes about two hours to get over
it. Here also is the famous Tun or
cask, but not in use any more except
for tourists. You can also get good
view of the valley from the castle