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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1913-03-07

Wcribpopiere entiprid,t, oie fernerbia
init 3nItinning Der ltiotiidgn ge.
|loroesl 5lir ai,seobc gelulmen ioatcn,
ionic Den geirng Der Nsietbc, oer iiir
oie .loop" feitaefeet ipcrocn iontc
Die StrabenbobnseisfIifa lift nil.
lens, ben Betrisb Der prpieltirten
.loop" fir ben Gernperiebr su liter
nebmen, fobalb biefe r9oop" hsrgeItsllt
unb nusgsfioitst tpornen III, mnb srpar
su stnem paft3ins. Der flint prosent
auf bic bon Der Stabt fir ben Ban
perailsaobten Bombs betraet porons=
ssfebt jeoch,. bab biefe Bombs bic
Sunme BON 100000 niht iiberitsi=
sfn. Bon bieisr Gumme follen $6,s
10000 fir ben 8au unb $500, 900
fiir pos getriebsmoterioI erousaabt
irerben, jeboh fou bic Stabt lid, pers
pflihtsn, I'm JalIe bic r2oop" iid niht
rentirt, johrlih ben ouf bieie Mei'c
fiir bic StrabenbabnesfefIihoft eniites
henben MusFdn burh gcnblusaaben
gu oeden uno fir iolfs gonoaussdben
fpiro bic Strabenbobnssienihoft Gin
len TN getrase BON 5 prO5ent bs3abs
len.
Die StrabenbahnaeisiIihdft pirb
nah pie Dor fir ibrs gruito,innabs
men eine 4bedbt ppn feds Yro3ent
idbrlih on bic Gtabt bssahIen, ober lie
beaoblt teine abeatsn fur be Gins
FINITE pom gstrieb Der ,9oop".
Wenn jeboh Durh 8erdnberuns Der
Jobrpreiie ober ourt ionitiss 4norbs
nuneen Der itootiiteu geborb.n Die
Neitoeinndbmsn Der GefelIIfaft nif,i
bie auseemodie Summe CUR 9tduns
aler 3infen erreiheu. 10 foQ bic Raie
Der Gb9aben oerart rsou5irt ipsroen,
oab Der Strabtnbabnseienihaft bas
auseemahis Wineefsintommsn aus
iGbrIih oeiihsrt tpirb.
Die Stabt ioa ndh qbIaui bon
sehn Sabren, mad 2lbfhlub bes nsuen
abtommens bas Reht baben, nas Gis
gtnttum osr S.rabenbohnesitdfh
sdufIit Su eriperben, jeoph mub iis bic
0sieLfhaft srpei Sabre porber bon Die
fer Ibiitt in Ssnninib iebsn uno als
Raufpreis ioll bic Siabt ben RominaIs
ipertb Der i'm llmlaui btiinolifen
Wsribpopiers Der e<Ieui6aft su3iislih
BON Ssbn prostni beg 6efammtbetroes
hsohlen. Bon bisIem Ibiommen iino
ieooh Die eepohniihtn 4.tien Der Gbio
9roetionGO. ousgsnommen, fir Die bon
Der Siaot pro Stiid $103 besablt ipers
ben iollen, absuglih Der Summe, bic
ii6 fir oieIe Qttisn i'm Qmortiiaiionss
fonos befinbei Jerner iolIsn in bitIs
4bmuhung lpt0er bns 1roeiion 9es
bouoe. nod Der 3oolo9ifhe 0arien,
nod bic Cincinnati Gar Company eins
eddIOH.n fein.
Wenn bic RettHinnobmen Der Ges
tllifnft bic Ginganes srfpGbnten
Summen iiberiteistu, 10 ioa bief.r
Webrktrog gu gIeitxn sbeil.n spis
i6en Der Siabt uno Der Sirobenhabns
eeituifaft nertbeiIt tperben uno bic
Stabt b3t bas Re6t. bic ih ouf bieis
Weit 3uiommeuoen Summ,n sur Rss
busiruns bes Johrpreiits. sur geoufs
ii6tisung oes getrsbs ober 81 ireenb
.inem onoersn 3iped 3u benussn.
Solte aus irssnRinem grunbe fpds
ter Der auf unbeitimmte 3sii ausees
itellt. grloubniBfhein fir unsiiItis ers
Hart lpsrotu. 10 iolsn bic 8<biHsunasa
o.s seaeutpGrtiseu Jreibrisfs pi,ber
in 9rnf. tre.eu.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1913-03-07
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Neeaahfr, Cots 81 irno 2S in Games
Z. Seaon'S Suboipiiipn in tSlenoale,
ST .O0.
anna @ud an auatii u. Wicgeta,
Got i2 in 2ongportb Elace Snbot1i'
lion in 2odlano; ST
,Srdnf Sd;ntiit H. u. an a0elIne
2eaIeiter, Got 81 in belmont Sano
sEiiociation Sllboiniiion; 81.
ssoiepbine ". Snoipoon al 0eIlie
Ban %. Dtiner, Got 66 IN Z. W.
Sbort's oritter SiiboiDiiiou BON 6eril
ganf; So, 500.
9iihorb ". @bite OIL @aIter 3iln-
merlp, iiini Sabre 9atIt olif 30 Afer
Sano In Columbia SoDniblp; jdbr.
Iid,e Mtiethe $500.
sscrbinnno Z. gsitie on 2isBie ..
Mblte, Cots 81, 80, 80, - uno "a
in EanI Sdaiiter's slueiter Suboiui.
lion rou CnfIep; 81.
esiiIia 9rrrn an Genlis Goof, Get
is in !. gurgoune's Suboiuiiion IN
Roripoo5 Seiahts; 81.
ss. 6. Warbori, 5raiiee. on ar.
thur %. 2obn, A Cots in geedruooo
$l33.34.
N,iriom =. Shierenbed on Sorriet
8. Mif,aros, 80 ssuB on Snnp sIoe
81 90.
slmanSa ". Ghrepe ar ghiIip
8uinep, Got an Oil g., nabe 1ife
Strube; s..
State aman OH 3eiSa Silperslaoe,
45 5mb on Suron aoe.; 81.
u. 4. gfeiIiteder on Ioretha gub.
mann. 90 SUB an eIisabetb StraBe,
Wit. SenlthD; ST.
Tcrothea guininnn on Sreo. ..
glibnann 100 Ji,B on Sincoln ape.,
Wtt. SeaItbD; 81.
Geo. Te la groir an glmelia q.
Warper, 1 Got an Snnoer Ctr, Iiafe
llniperiitp; ST.
Spbia aohlbrnno an 1bos. Z. Mol.
lop, 2 Cots al Woore Strabe, NaSi.
ionpine; 81.
Sranf 6. Suire oil Gatb. 9ott.
man. 90 SUB an Suire gpeHue; 81.
YdIeutine aed OIL Geo. Cooper, 81
,aif, an ganiion Mooo: 81.
Gbns. U. Settler on Martha R.
Stnnnon. 60a4 syliB an gIeuelau6
Ireiue. Eoripcoo: 81.
Gbas. Z. 8bitofer on 9aarf 9.
aecitng / Got an Sarriion slpe.,
Gtrpict; $1,000.
sSuIia gofmann nn Marp sSettig !
Got on 2pou Strnbe, nabe Ohio slpe.
S1.0O.
ssoi. Z. aennebn IL. n. an Worp g.
aetnebp, / Got on Barter Vloee; 81.
Sornb Z. aennett IL. u. an Sol. u.
glofhurii, 2ots an gapuliIler Ctr;
Si.00.
arfbur arum an 2oiiis Rauh, /
Got an WlouisoHern gite, gsoripOoo;
$t.0O.
asn. s. Spenee an Sarriet O.
Speuee, / Got on 0lenmore aue.; );
St.00.
GR. Enlitb an arthur arun, 6os.
ielbe Gigsnthum; 81.
Dsnrfin allen on 60. 6. 2cnett,
% sSiib an sssiiIin Ann Ctr; So etc.
geiiie Reimer on Ghriitopb Barge,
| 2ot on e6en ape.; 81.
&. y. 2rereIius an G. 6. Don, /
Got an Raoiion sfooo; 81.
Nm. y. ssuoion an aliee Glap
s1ioion (Gisii Claim, 90 SUB an
3opfins. nabe @nnrniIler; 81.
gli3abeib Gbomberiin on @m. e.
GhaiHberIin. l6 CUB an Sobn, pabe
ki,,,vpI. CT
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1913-03-07

Die StraBeabohugeieElidaft lat
aetern Die BoritIage BON giirger.
nteiiter Suut be5iisIih bes @i0er.
rufs oes 1reibrieis, Der llebernabne
Der proiettlrten coop" uno Der an.
beren 8oriblGgt, bic bon ben ftootis
ihen gehoroen ge'uaht piiroen, be.
ontrportet.
9iefe 4ntport iii In einem IGnee.
rem Sdreibeu cntbaIten, bas Yraii.
bent W. St. Sd)oepi Der Straben.
babngeieIlfhaft geitern gbeno al
Siirgerrneiiter Sunt, GfobtaHpalt
Bettman, iogpie oos Strobeilbahn.
fomulittee bes Staotrntbes, bei,eheub
aus Den Serren asobn @elo Ved,
Senrp Settler un6 Robert Sc 9Iono
abianote.
sSn bieIein Sd)reiben erfIdrt lid,
Serr Sd,oeof i'm 9lnnten Der Gtrnben.
bobngeieIlitaft fir aiiber Gtonbe, bic
pom gitraermeiiter gerrrnhten Dor.
idlldge besiiqIid) Der aufGnbe beg 80.
jahrissn Jrsibrisfs on3unebmen unb
unierbreitete feinerfests Oesenpors
lhlnge. mad beren anrnhme Die De.
feIlihaft pilIens iii. ben syreibrief ge.
gen einen auf unbeitinrrnte 9eis Ian.
tenben GrlaubniBidein .fiir ben ge.
trieb bes Strobenbabnpersfbrs sin3us
fniidlell.
sSn aIlereriter 9inie perIangt oe
StrabenbabngeieIIidnit, bob ibr iaM.
lid, cine gan3 beitinlrrte Ginnabmc
fider geiteIlt miro, Die ben 8e.raeen
gleihfonmt, meIhe iie geselnpdrtig
oIs End,t on bic Staot, s3infen unb
GipibeHben be3abIt.
Giefe perlonsie Sllnime ieet iih
ipie folst Suianuen :nn Nnd,t an bic
Stabt pro Sobr Sf,f34 1897, flint
pro5ent uuf Bombs Der Dbfn 1nuetion
SO. im9ton,innIrerth pom So, SOC, 600
bis siim GdIligfeitsiernlin, einihlieb.
lid eines idhrlihen Weitrogs bon
$55, 100, tpie IN Der Supofbef porge.
ieben. Snm Observation-Disclosures, INN
bieie 8onos i'm Sabre 1886 einIoien
5n fonnen; flint Brosent niif Er1fe-
refi3nftien Der Ohio Irnction 60. i'm
Ronrinolnertb BON $1,000, 900; rier
g,ro3ent anf bic gegcnipdrtis oiisite.
benOen geipobnliden Aftien Der Cbio
Traction 60. I'M RongifnInertb BON
$6, ,OO0, 900. Jerner rerInngt Die
gtrnbeHbobaseieuifnft aud nod ct.
ne GumuSe peI6e ben Sntardien axi
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Vrobatts WitteI.

6nusfrnn: Mk ih bu9
llne<aiefsr iussesbrnht2 G1ns sinfn1!
Jh babe Das 3immer an sinen Gtus
bfnttn psrn,ietbki; ais er isins Rodt
mad 6nuie tam, bn ptrloren 0ie
Ason5en bic Beoulo. iinb iortgeaoaes
unb babsn iid ME viec<r isbsn lois
fen!4
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gebufs geFriebiauna eines BON

Behufs 0eFriebiguns zines BON
Der Gtdtt gant BON Wsoseptp, O., srs
lafirter llrtbfiIs iiber $75S.65 gsgea
aop.. Wtnrien Riaas. Gisenthiimsr
bss 0ompfsrs gltidxn Ramens. iuars
BE- Der Qebiere, Der am 5ubt Der
Carroll Girabe Dor antsr lisst, prn
bsm 5iIfsiberiff Sohn Qroctsr fes
fhIaoEahmt.
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s. d d ne 9eiHuna.

WnHiIt: Die beviigen Sdnesr bobse
itine 9Ddft Hkbr. ID psrii&tN Ga6,
ainbes, - in bate NAL In Mssn ben
.Sarufros gsfunoen, bdb EN- 6<rr i'm
gnrtnye taub oelDorben In - xnb q
tst = Ai6t tsf1ut,s
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Wiht MI nIif.

4r3t: Sit foeen. sic bdtten furht.
bare ShmerSeH, Jrau 9udn.r. Sinb
bic Shmeraen Hahts gr0bsr2"
patientin: .WabrfdeinIid, 5err
Dottor. Das tann i9 bod aud mid.
ipiHen."
Mrst: rM<Sbolb bsnn qi9t2"
pssxntiH: xTa. neil If f&Iaf!4
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.Sit es Dabr, nnb Sic nit Ser
1ohter ShresGbefs Elm aSe6telnef.
tef" babeu2" .WcrId,tfia lit es
meinerfeits MIR Elm WoGtI"
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SofQl . Seridt.
@eseupor(Gfdse
lluterbreitet bic StrahenbabnseieG
idDaft ben iiGbtiiden Seb0rben.

Sie 8orihIdac be$ giireerineiiters
lper0en itlauftpes abgeIebni. -
3Ie StraBenbabueeielitpait pia
iit iabrlid Elm gon3 beitimmtes
Giutommen iid9ern. JoIls iih Die
prolcttirte .Soop" nit,t be5a5it.
utub Die Sta6t iiir ben sSehIbetras
auftoulren. - lie 8ebinsunaell
inter peIhen Die Stabt oe,l Sira.
beHbabubetrieb ilbernebulen foun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

Christophur Columbuss was born pore
boy. He went to school and studied
hard, and soon disagreed with his teech-
ers and uthers who sed the world was
fiat. Menny ignerrent pursuns thought
that the earth was fiat like a sauser and
that If you travelled far enuff that you
could reech its edge and peep off into
spase and uther ingredients. This shows
how incompitint the publick schools reely
weer fore hundred yeers ago. 1t would
be hard to find a school teecher these
days who would not know better than
that; sertainly if they did not know moor
about georgoggraphy than that they could
not get first grade sertiffcate. know
sum county superrintindints of Baduca-
sion that mite ballS on a questsion of this
carracter. but they air not allowed to
teech schoo1--all they do is to jolly the
publick. This shows what difficulties
Chris had to ovvercum. Our boys this
day and time have better advantages, yet
nun of them have gone out and dscuv-
vered new continint, which proves that
we air degennerrating.
One CRATE trubble with Chris was
that Immediately aftur discuvverrine.
America he failed to join q Chitoaue
lecture Burow If he had dun this he
mite have dyed rich and disgrased.
Instecd of that he simply dyed disgrased.
Dock Cook rite aftur he neer1y dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

some of the abutting precipices that
one conglomeration thereof is chris
tened the "Klamm family" father
mother and children being designated
and presented to the visitor
Quite a novel and amusing episode
was experienced while l was lazily
floating down the Edmundsklamm
amid profound Stiffness Stimulating the
silence Of death. ! had seen Illus
trated descriptions of the waterfall
and was naturally upon the outlook
for the cataract or at least expected to
hear its roar and rumble in the distance
as heralds of my approach to its vicin-
ity, but amid the sheer straight up
sides of rock 1000 feet In height no
evidences OF same were discerniblc.
Suddenly the boatman sheered to the
bank and touched a solitary almost in
Visible wire when as II by magic, Gown
came laundering a vast volume of
water covering me with spray and
deafening me with its roar
It was decidedly an artificial cata-
ract but nevertheless mammoth in its
proportions and remarkably unique in
character.
/ walked from Rainweise TO Herrn-
skrteschen, but was not able to cover
more than 10 miles d day. Five miles
per day was all that / cared to ac.
c0lQpll5H, anu aiillu IHe rOuRn noun
tains two miles per hour is considered
a fair feat Of pedestrianism. But
was In no hurry. I was moving through
a land OF enchantment and at noon
| welcomed the curling smoke Of the
restaurant while at nightfall the white
curtained chamber windows of the
cozy little inn thrilled me with pleasure
bespeaking as they did hospitable
reception and sound nights slum-
ber.
But | was not always early to bed
for l loved to watch the mountains
with ragged cliff and swaying pine
silhouetted in the moonlight
| could almost see the goblins and
gnomes sporting across my window
sill. These gnomes and elves are said
to delve and work in minerals and
metals. i was I'm the heart OF n metal
bearing district and our very word
cobalt rs derived from the name cf
those little imps whom the simple folk
in good old times believed fashioned
that mineral Indeed the remnants of
this idea still linger In the vicnity Of
Dresden and many OF the private yards
of the Saxon capital are today adorned
with myriads of terra Gotta figures and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
BY C. F. MARKELL

with innumerable curves the face and
brow of the rugged cliffs If there ever
was time when elfs and fairies habted
the earth, il there ever was spot where
gno mes and dwarfs and pigmies dwelled.
i ever faun and satyr. ghost and goblin
roamed through dale and dell or hounted
the dep shades of misty twilight in cav
ern and f1ume I veritably believe that this
must have been the region for no more
fitting place could be found for the hid
ing of Aladdins tabled treasures, the Sc
creting of the p1under of the Forty
Thieves. the sheltering of ogre and giant
or tn accommodation o fmidnight orgy or
.druidic dance One almost expects here
at~every turn TO see leering from behind
some selving rock the grinning feature
and crooked form of some haunting COB
lin, ghoul or hermit He senses pres
ence which though not seen is felt with
nervous shudder and timorous shrug.
The government has exercised the great
est spirit of accommodation for foot tray
elers and displays the most commendable
consideration for care and avoidance of
accident, for at every point where iiNe
vista may be commanded one finds COM
Portable bench for the surveying OF the
same and the road is filled with notices
at each hazardous grade forbidding bi-
cycling and even prohibiting the pursuing
of shorter route by cross cuts through
fear of thus disturbing the rocky DEBRIS
or creating minute paths that might
eventually eliminate in rain water courses
detrimental to the ambankment ana
sloles. AT every diverging path one also
encc unters q. sign board amply and intei-
lieently designating the direction.
Though delighted with Preibschtor'
what l can say of the splendors of the
Wilde Klamrr. and Edmundsklamm, two
deep water filled gorges or fumes that lie
at its feet? These fumes, miles in length,
offer a. narrow rocky footpath close 70
tho waters brink, which lead one beneath
gigantic pinnacles of the most gruesome
and picturesque rock formation. When
there Is no longer any room for the path,
the course is continued by gallery con-
sisting of planks suspended upon iron
girders embedded IN the rocky wall under
protruding and shelving cliffs, and at last
when this cannot longer be supplied, one
finds boats in which to complete the jour-
ney. small charge is exacted for en-
tering the Klamfns, which includes the
price of the use Of fhe boat, and at con-
venjent intervals most excellent restau-
rants are found.
So peaked and 30 remarkable are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

flgurines in the shape of elves, gnomes,
brownies and tiny dwarfs with one
foot on the spade or wheelbarrow in
hand or playing leap frog according
to the conceit of the designer
The fisurines are all made at the royal
porcelain factory OF Meissen, some ii
miles from the capital OF Saxony. In fact,
the name Dresden china, 30 universally
applied to the world famous ware, IS O
decided misnorner. They are all from the
royal factory. which was founded in ITO.
one year after Bottiger discovered the art
OF making china
The process differs very little from that
to be seen at the Cantigalia works in
Florence or the national factory at Sevres
rear Paris. though the nodus operandi
at the latter Is deemed state secret. A
large display OF the Meisesn products
may be seen at the Johanneum musee ia
Dresden, where are also the Is early
Chinese blue and white vases which viii
liam | of Prussia gave to Augustus the
Strong in 1Il7 in exchange for a regiment
of 800 dragons and which are known as
the Dragon Vases"
IF it be true that most dwarfs and
gnom mes are distorted In form and crooked
in limb, 1t would seem that a goodly quota
OF humanity in Dresden and it's vicinity
are shaped after the pattern Of the elf
] was simply amazed at the number Of
bow legged men and children to be on
countered in the Saxon capital and re-
edition Of the ''Walkyrie" which | once
witnessed here was made ridiculous by
the presentation of the hero with terribly
distorted neither limbs. while many of the
children struck me with the possibility
OF their being most adyantageously ntil-
ized as croquet wickets. Dr. LoreFz would
would find steady employment in straight-
ening out humanity should he come to
Dresden.
But | have wandered from klamms
and mountain meanderings.
one here encounters many TINY
churches tucked away 10 some secluded
and sequestered nook. They seemed 10
me as ii designed exclusively for we'd
dings as they were only sufficiently
large to accommodate the bridal couple
and the pastor. IT IS still the custom
in Bohemia to divide the sexes az
church service and If the custom is OBJ
served in these diminntive houses OF
worship / am sure that all the men
are placed upon the outside. Many
quaint little cemeteries. which the Bo-
hemians call courts of peace, were met
up with in my journey and they in
terested me greatly as IT is the yoeae
for the tombstones to proclaim the vo-
cation of the deceased. l saw one de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

cuvvered the north pole pulled down
moor coin and Medals while the go
ing was good, than Chris evver saw.
Chris was sum punl1ins as a discuvver-
er, but as a bizness man he didn't
have much on our Red Bruther.
Chris also had to work under CRATE
difficulties. The peepul and the press
maid fun of his proposition. They sed
he had bool weevils in his bellfray.
But he was a good tallSer and sue
ceeded in convincing King Ferdiand
and Queen Isserbeller that 1t was high
time to go out and discuvver sumthing,
or posterrity would point at them an
accusing finger of skorn and say that
they failed to make good. Isserbeller
didn't want posterrity to point emmy
finger of skorn at her, so she sold
the fammerly Jewels to raise the
needful
Chris newer becum a success at emmy
thing exsept discovering, and he got
no creddit for that during his lifetime.
This was ruff on Chris but fine on
posterrity. Chris maid failure of his
life so far as he was conserned, un-
less one would call preparing oneself
to be a statue in the hall of fame at
the sacrifise of meel ticket, q Sue
cess. He was maid guvverner of the
West Indies. but the peepul didn't like
his brand of guvvernering and shipped
him back to Spain loaded down In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

chateau of great age and curious con-
struction being partly hewn out Of the
rock upon which it is built, It's archf-
tectural and domestic arrangements are
the reverse Of the ordinary as its stables
are on the third floor while the ice cellar
and chapel occupy the fifth floor.
In crossing the boundary line one en-
ters a territory known as Bohemian Swift
zerland of which Dittersbach is the CEN
tre and Preibschtor the most picturesque
POINT
The latter, whose name signifies preach
ers' tower or pulpit, is wild towering
rock 1900 feet high and commanding a
superb vista of the Biela valley, the rocky
labyrinthian gorge accommodating the
conflux of the Biela and the Kammitz in
their precipitous journey to the Elbe.
Upon the very top of this gigantic preci-
pice is rocky arch 100 feet high whose
roof. 10 feet thick makes span of 4S
feet and in the very centre of its superb
sweep is a garden restaurant. have at
present available the dimensions of the
span of the Natural Bridge in Virginia,
but If they exceed those given above
am sire that the pride of the Old Domin-
ion pales into insignificance before the
dizzy altitude of Preibschtor with a
promenade upon the top of its mighty
bastion and a restaurant in the arch OF
its mastery span
Here is also a good hotel where the
traveller spends the night. 1T must be
remembered that in this wild region there
are no railroads and no carriage ways,
the only means of transportation being
an occasional boat, the only method OF
progress a journey on foot. Upon the
outer borders a few of the approaches
to the heart of the country consist of
short thoroughfares for carriages and the
odd feature of these vehicles, they are
drawn by only one horse, a custom the
reason for which am unable to explain.
The travel by boats is likewise peculiar.
There course by progress is but one
direction; that is down stream, and after
the tourney is completed by the tourist,
the crafts are towed back, against the
current, by means of ropes after the man.
ner in which our own canal boats are
drawn. Thus it is easily seen why 1
iourneyed mostly by foot through this
part of Bohemia.
But 1t paid me a sthe road from Rain
But it paid me as the road from Rain
way. is q magnificent specimen of civil
engineering, proceeding as it does almost
upon a level, yet hanging to the rocks a
thousand feet In air, winding and turn
ipg in tortuous contour and threading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

of over an hour through the Zscheree-
Grund, wild and extremely narrow
wooded ravine hemmed in on allrsides by
lofty and frotesquely4 fashioned rocks
forming deep flume of such little
width that the wind whistles through
its coursings in chilling draughts and
one shivers in making the passage
even in midsummer. In some places
these Scared and scanned crags, re-
sembling mammoth blocks of stone ma
sonry piled one upon the other, bulge
and jut out overhead TO such an ex-
tent as to resemble rocky arcade for
thousands of feet where one may wollx
in drenching rain and yet scarcely
receive drop of water upon his cloth
ing.
1t is estimated that 10000 Europeans
visit Bastei every year and when the
apices are reached one is asounded as
he stands upon the sheer precipice
above the Elbe at the magnificent view
of wooded gorges,. abrupt peaks and
gigantic castles of natures fashioning
spread before him. Upon one side is
the Crosse Winterbuerg and fair Lii
ienstein while upon the other hand rise
the rough mountains of Saxony, Bo-
hemia and Silesia. In front OF him
sweeps the river placid as a dream; !;
behind him Is yawning pit 1000
feet in diameter. resembling the crater
of an extinct volcano and edged with
serrated pinacles of gruesome igneous
rock.
The Bastei itself is composed Of q
conglomeration of stony steeples nd
spires standing out like fingers of a
giant and yet these needles of gran
lite are connected by iron and stone
bridges, one bridge alone sweeping
over seven pinnacles. Picture a mass
OF rock towering 1000 feet into the air
with surface dimension at the apez of
only five feet square, from which
point swings a bridge, and you
form but faint conception Of the
marvellous engineering skill and daring
here to be found. One feels in trav-
ersing them as though he were tread
ing the galleries of the sky or passing
from church spire to minaret ques-
tioning at each step the stability of the
structure beneath his feet ana doubt
Ing the reality nf his Position
A little farther oil is Kurstall an arch
way of rock 20 feet high and one used
by the peasantry as hiding place for
their cattle in the time of war, from
which fact its name, SOW stable, is de-
rived. 1t summit Is reached by flight
OF 100 steps through narrow cleft in the
rock.
Not far away il Weesenstein with its