The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-19

low. the drunkard Is punished; and
this Is just and fair that the rich man
should suffer the same penalty as the
poor man for a similar crime.
| Manhood should always be at pre-
MUM and II 1t Is not in America. then
there Is no place In the whole world
where 1t Is.
Germany is also a country OF a pro.
teCtive tariff. This, some say, helps
the country. and others say it binders.
| While in Berlin we went out to the
summer palace of the kaiser at Pots.
dam, which is very beautiful city
and has a marvellous palace. The
apartments are luxurious and nam.
moth and the grounds are delightful
and here during about five months of
the year the kaiser enjoys a part Of
his S2,OOO,O00 yearly salary, but OF
course the royal palace in Berlin Is
the finest building the Germans have,
and this Is almost good enough for
the president of the United States.
Any one will readily notice a thrift
and prosperity about the German EN-.
pire which is not seen in other Euro
pean countries, while Holland, Bel
GUM, Italy and France seem to be
going back and falling in business and
commercial enterprise, yet Germany
Is growing richer and stronger We
were all much delighted to get good
bread and cakes in Germany.
Got Cucumber for Butter.
Each day as we go from place to
place we have some new and strange
| experience. 1t was just the other day
| that Professor -, who processes
| to speak German, went into a store to
| buy lunch to take with him to eat
while on the train, and among other
| things he got some butter-at least he
thought he ordered butter. but when
\ he got on the train and opened up his
lunch he found his butter was large
cucumber.
| 1t is surprising how few people
there are in Europe that do not speak
English, but 1t is being more and more
taught in the schools over here and is
greatly needed by these people in bust.
ness. In fact, it would be a great ad-
vantage to our boys and girls If they
were not only taught German in the
high school, but were also taught
French and Italian, because so many
Americans are coming to Europe each
year and many of these are at the
mercy of the land-gulls of these for
eign countries. 1t is estimated that a
| third of the business in Europe is kept
going by American tourists. Amer
| leans make one great mistake in COM
| ing over to Europe to be driven about
! my many of the impolite greedy
money tiends and accept and pay for
| accommodations here that they would
| not look at at home. Their mistake is,
they do not see the beauty and great
| ness of their own land first. There is
no land that can equal America, for
she towers high above every king
HON, empire and throne. With us
every man Is born to be king and
every woman queen. And we our.
selves are to be blamed and justly so
II we fail. We must all demand the
enforcement of our laws and the pun.
ishment of the lawbreakers. Our
young people should always be taught
the greatness of life and the unspeak-
able blessings of our unbounded lib
critics and guard these securely.
The farming land in Germany is not
fenced off like it is in our country, but
each persons land is marked by cor.
;,
productive and at this season there is
a great rush on harvesting the oats,
rye and wheat.
Germany Has Trees.
The country is greatly beautiful on
account Of the thousands of pine
groves that have been planted all over
the German empire. This timber is
for wood. building, carving work and
general beauty. 1t seems to me that
we need to plant trees in the states,
for there are vast acres which if plant.
ed with trees in few years would be
fortune to the owner and then often
this land is useless unless so used.
On leaving Berlin we took a fast
express train to Dresden, the capital
or Saxony, splendid city, called the
Paris of Germany.
1t is peculiar how people hold to old
tools and old ways in Europe. For ex-
ample, we saw the women and men
cutting wheat with scythe and sickle
and binding it with the hands. Much
of the work in the corntields is done
by hoeing.
Prices Higher Than Here.
Dresden is city OF $1,000 people.
1t is situated on the Elbe river which
has been spanned by an old wooden
bridge, but which is being replaced
with a magnificent stone bridge. The
prices of most manufactured articles
are higher in Dresden than in Berlin,
and in both are higher than in Amer
lea, where you get better goods than
in Europe and for less money. In
Dresden We visited the Zwinger Troy
al picture gallery, the Royal palace.
the cathedral and the green vault, in
which the crown jewels of Saxony are