Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

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toned in history as having existed an
early as the thirteenth century.
The present quite as remarkable as
tronomische uhr is the work OF Sch
welgue. a French clockmeker who, in
1888, finished this masterpiece 10 re-
place the clock of Daspodeus. which
is known to have earned rest, having
run for some 21S years. IL the truth
be told, Schwelgue was only able to
utilize few parts of the interior of
the ancient clock and some portions
of the giided decorations: but never
theless the cathedrafs immense uhr is
deservedly famous. Each day in the
year a constant crowd of sightseers Is
grouped in front of il and. at the noon
hour especially. il is the most popular
attraction in the Munster.
On the first gallery an angel strikes
the hours on bell in his hand, while
a figure of Time reverses his sand
glass. Higher up are a group of hg-
ures representing the quarters by Boy
Age" while Death" himself tolls the
hours. There Is also a symbolic figure
to represent each day in the week.
Sunday Apollo steps out from his little
niche. Monday. Diana. and on
through the week,
But at noon the program is even
more interesting. for at that time the
twelve apostles file out and pass
and wooden cock perched upon the
top of the tall tower. within which is
concealed the weights. stretches his
neck. flaps his wings and gives vent
to a shrill crow, which fills the entire
cathedral and seems almost to make
the splendid old stained glass windows
rattle. The clock shows the move
ment of the planets and boasts per-
petual calendar and most. UNIQUE
mechanism by which it regulates itself
for an unknown number of years.
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Every visitor to Strassburg is fa-
miliar with the splendid group OF new
buildings which embraces the mag
nificent university endowed by the
German government. the Landesbiblio-
thick. or National Library, and build
ing known as the 'Landesaussehufsge
baude." which the Alsatians allude to
as the "Palais de la Delegation
rAlsace Lorraine
In the Place Kleber is a monument
to that hero. Gen. Jeane Baptiste
-Kleber, who succeeded Napoleon as
commander in Egypt and was assassin
ated in Cairo in 1900. In Gutenberg
platz another handsome square is the
fine chamber of commerce and a statue
to the inventor, Johannes Gensfeisch.
son of Frielo Gensfiesch. the exile, bet
having adopted his mothers maiden
name.
Poor Gutenberg. the celebrated in
ventor of the first movable type, which
revolutionized the art of printing, had
the sad experiences of many another
inventor. Being in need of funds, Ne
secured loan from a money lender
named Faust, but he should have been
named Shylock, for he demanded b
mortgage on ali Gutenberg stock as
security for the money advanced him.
The printing business was at first not
successful from pecuniary point OF
view, and Gutenberg implored Faust
to give him little more time in which
to repay the loan. But Faust was not
to be cajoled. He at once seized all
Gutenberg's stock and launched out
himself as a printer. taking young
.Schoffer as his partner to teach him
the trade.
Later he married Peter to his daughtef.
to keep him in the family. Bereft OF his
beloved Invention, childless, almost with
out friends and penniless in his old
age, Gutenberg died in actual want. while
his quondam friend to this day appears.
upon many of the monuments erectedko
honor the memory OF the great printer.
the man he SO cruelty despoiled. HI
Close by the cathedrai-sfs the Mum
sterplatz where still may be seen num-
Der of the old timber houses which es.
specimens is known as the kammerzell
Haus and within this picturesque old
mansion one may enter the restaurant on
the first floor and, seated at one Of the
innumerable little tables in the huge dark
hall, regale himself for a few pfennigs
with the Strassburg dish known as
"schnitz,' connection made apparently
of bacon and fried pears, or partake OF
frankforters and kraut or even enjoy
that more famous delicacy "pates de foie
gras," the fattened goose livers which
have made Strassburg famous.
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darkened cellars. It is said. and artificial
ly fattened by being stuffed with maize
and stimulated by diet OF sulphur
until the proper amount of disease Is in
sured to promote the enormous growth
of their livers which are said to some
times weigh as much as three pounds
The export trade in the pates Is enor-
nous. and many citizens Of Strassburg
make their living by fattening the geese
and by the sale of the peculiar dainty
sent to every portion of the globe.
Virginia tobacco is raised in the fertile
fields of Alsace around the city, and inn
mense fields of cabbages are grown to
afford the necessary supply for the
kraut made in Strsssburg. From the ear
Hest times Alsace has been known as the
granary and wine cellar of Germany.
The vineyards are seen extending well
up onto the Vosges mountains, which are
most picturesque in shape and Wen
wooded with beech forests and oak ann
chestnut.
The mountain range runs along with
the Rhine and the hills are known as
balloons" The Balloon of Grubwil-
Ter is the highest, being a little less than
400 feet. The snow fingers on the bal
looms until the month of June. causing
long. cold spring and quick transition
into the heat of summer.
There is a splendid modern bridge over
the Rhine which at this time is of par
ticular importance from a military point
of view. There are large baths on both
sides of the river near the bridge which
can be readily reached from Strassburg
by tram in a few minutes