The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-09
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"On leaving Trenscen we Travelled
down the Danube, when an hours
journey brought us to Orsova a quaint
oriental town on the Roumanan Dor.
der just above the Iron Gates. A gen
tie specimen of the unspeakable Turk
rowed us across to the island of Ada
Kaleh, midway in the Danube, where
the people of a Turkish colony live
under Hungarian protection, exempt
from taxes and military service, max.
ing life picturesque for themselves
and for the strangers who visit them
to sip Turkish coffee and buy Turkish
wares at their funny little shops.
The finest stretch of the Danube
lies just above Orsova, and the days
voyage from there to Belgrade was
well worth the early start on a chill
October morning. The glorious seen.
cry of the defile of kazan, the coming
and going of peasant folk of many ma.
onalities-Servians, Hungarians, Rou-
manians. and people from farther east,
with an occasional grand Turk spread.
ing his praying-carpet on the deck at
| sunset, make a steamer-voyage on that
part of the Danube memorable.
"There is. indeed, no pleasanter
mode of travel in Hungary than by
the steamers that ply on the Danube
and the Tisza, and it has the advan-
tage of economy, since fares are low
and you can sleep as well as have
meals on board.
"Our steamer anchored Just above
the flashing crown of electric lights
that marked Belgrade, and, after a
day spent in the capital of King
Peters kingdom, where there is a
| fascinating market, we took train for
| SZeged. Not that we had any special
wish to see that prosperous but some.
what prosaic town, which has been
rebuilt on the site of one washed
away by the floods of the river Tisza,
some so years ago. II was but a CON
venient stopping-place on the way to
| the most fascinating part of Hungary,
| Pennsylvania; and its shops and thea
ter and picture-gallery, even it's mar
ket-place, ablaze with costume and
afame with red pepper, did not tempt
us TO linger
For time was flying, and to leave
| Hungary without making a tour in
| Transylvania would be to miss the
| finest forest and mountain scenery,
the most bewitching variety of cos
tune, the most characteristic portion
of the land of the Magyars. 1t is In
Pennsylvania that many Magyar no
bles have their country seats, and
there the best shooting is to be had,
the most delightful hospitality is dis.
pensed. II is a vast country. and up
in the mountains and off the beaten
track the traveller may have occasion
ally to rough it, Another pleasant
town is Nagy-Szeben German, Her
mannstadD, where you seem to stun
BILE into the middle ages or a Faust
legend. so old-world are its cobbled
streets, its churches and houses. and
market-place peopled with Saxons,
Roumanians, and Hungarians in pic
turesque costumes. Both Negy.Sze'
ben, and Brasso German. KronstadD,
few hours nearer the Roumanian
border of Hungary, are good centers
for excursions among the peaks OF the
Carpathians. The Carpathian club has
mountain shelters where travellers can
obtain simple fare and beds, and Is
ever ready to help the stranger with
advice and information from it's Off
ces in these towns.
ut was, however, too late in the sea
son for more than a flying visit to
some of the quaint little walled cita
dels of the Saxon settlers, whose for
tilted churches tell of the surprise
visits Of the Turks to dwellers in
these regions. But before leaving
Brasso, / travelled as far as the Rou
manian border. and had glimpses OF
mountain scenery whose rugged
grandeur reminded me of the Scottish
Highlands