The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

After seeing this, one can form a
real opinion of what Jesus endured at
the hands of the Roman soldiers and
rulers when he was crucified.
After two days stay in Ober.Am.
mergau we returned to Munich and
then took fast train to Nuremberg
at which town | am now writing
This is a city of 100000 people and
is divided by the river Pegnit2. There
are three fine old churches here name.
ly Saint Lorenz, Our Lady, and Saint
Sebald. II was here that Durer the
great painter, was born and lived for
many years; as also the house of
| Hans, the Cobbler poet, and his tomb
The most beautiful fountain is the
Tugend Brunnen fountain of virtues
which is made of bronze.
The most strange and peculiar of all
places here is the Old Burg castle
where the kings and queens lived
1t is on a high cliff above the city
! from which you can look away across
the level country as far as the eye
can reach.
| instruments OI IOTluTes
| Besides the master paintings and
the quaint furniture which are now
most valuable, for the castle was
founded by Conrad II, the emperor in
| 1924, almost 1000 years ago. There
is the place of most interest at the
castle is the chamber of torture. These
were for the beggars, the musicians
who did not play we'll and the politi-
cal criminals. They are horrible in
appearance and were used in the IF
| teenth, sixteenth and seventeenth cen
| turtles. Here are spoons to pour hot
lead in peoples mouths stretching ma
| chimes on which to kill people. Saw
one sword that was used to cut off the
heads of 500 people. | shall describe
| one other it is iron and on the out
side looks like former Nuremberg
woman, but when it is opened 1t is
| full of sharp iron spikes, the criminal
| is put inside and then the machine
with thousand sharp nails, then lest
the criminal still lives the body is
dropped down through machine with
a thousand sharp knives and is cut
into as many pieces.
/ think there were 1000 different
| instruments of torture.
We visited the market place, where
most all the shop keepers are women.
The women surely have hard time
over here, for we saw many as we
passed through the country blowing
with oxen in the fields. The men seem
to loaf, play cards, and drink beer.
| which is the greatest profession with
the native people.
AS we moved along the streets our
party was taken in hand by the po-
lice, because we were walking on the
wrong side of the street. Laws are
very strict in Bavaria but we soon
were released and allowed to go on
our way.
Women are not allowed to look out
of the windows into the streets.
How | would like to see copy of
The News, for sometimes we go two
weeks and never see an English pa
per.
Chas. Wayne Ray.
The Picturesque Rhine.
Island of Marken.-Special to The
News: Since my last letter from Ber-
lin we have been moving, for we saw
the sights of Frankfort on the Mainz,
and then jumped to the poets fair
Bingen, on the Rhine river, and for
location this is very beautiful. My
mind has often been active concerning
the famous Rhine valley and the won
derful beauty, and / was not disap-
pointed in my dreams for the hills,
mountains and landscape are elegant.
The lofty hills are all terraced with
beautiful vineyards and then there
are old castles on either side of the
river as the steamer glides down to-
ward the mouth.
We passed the noted castles of Rhein-
stein, Falkenburg, Sonneck, Helm
burg, st. Goar, Marxburg, Lahubeck
and many others just as famous. The
trip on a fast steamer lasted all day
and was a pleasure to all our party.
The river was filled with small and
large boats and ships with passengers
and freight plying up and down the
river.
We broke our journey by a stop at
the city of Cologne, with a population
of 100000 people. The noted feature
of this city is the iron bridge across
the Rhine, and the famous old Ca
thedral We took carriage here and
drove to all the principal public build
ings of the city.
Leaving Cologne we travelled all day
by train, out of Germany, into Hol-
land and stopped at Amsterdam.
Germany is a prosperous and thriv-
ing country. The public highways are
very good. The railroad stations are
large, substantial, and many are built
of massive stone and are clean and |
we'll kept. On Sundays even the sta
ton newspaper stands are closed up |
tight and the station is quiet and or
derby.
Sunday in Germany is not beer
drinking holiday. but the sturdy Ger |