Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-04

p Y all Europe there is nothing more
beautiful than the Rhineland.
The old Princes Palatine used to
point from the towers of their in
comparable castle at Heidelberg
% the glorious plains of the Rhine be-
vond and say: THAT is where the Gar
den of Paradise was; IT. could not have
been elsewhere" To attempt to de-
scribe the Rhine in a paragraph or
two Is impossible, but one can have,
perhaps, the best idea of It's lovliness
from the deck of one Of the Rhine |
steamers Seated In your comfort
able chair you can watch the piano.
rama Of romance and history unfold
itself. and If you decide on stopping
here and there, you can land. see what
Is to be seen in this or that city, and
then return to your boat. In this way
you can accomplish much in fort
night and congratulate yourself on
having done SO.
Not Spoiled by Man.
The Cologne Dusseldorf Rhine
Steamer company have specially ar
ranged ticket which takes you for as
many days as you choose and allows
you to break your journey as you WILL
changing from steamer to steamer on
the same ticket. The journey to be
specially recommended is from Co.
iogne to Mayence, or the reverse. This
will enable you to obtain some idea
Of Cologne, with its splendid cathe-
dral: OF Bonn and its famous univer-
sity; Of the wonderful fortress OF
Ehrenberitstein, Of Coblenz, OF May
ence, and OF score of places hitherto
only known to you on the labels OF
bottles and the prescriptions Of ply
sicians-the beautiful bad" resorts
and the vine centers Of the Rhine
wines. To travel up and down the
Rhine is to see natures fairest pic
ture. which, strange to say. the hand
Of man has not succeeded In spelling;
1t is too big for that!
But 1t is futile to cite any one d.
vision of the Rhine as being more rich
In interest, historical and modern.
than another. One can but select In
stances Of her attractions to give some
small idea Of what she has to offer.
There Is Dusseldorf, model city
which Is not only the home OF art but
a center OF German commerce and
German manufacture. Dusseldorf Is
Indeed, many sided. The winding
lanes. the ancient market-place and
the churches of the old town seem al
remote from the modern part Of the
city as though they were miles re
moved from each other Historically
It cannot. of course, compare with Co
logne. Aix-la-C hapelle and Frankfort
which are recorded as the seats o
emperors and archbishops. Neverthe
less, 1t has it's own impressive dates
Older than the city itself are two o
its suburbs, Blk, which contains tn
old Martins church, supposed to hav'
been founded by the Apostle Suitber
tus and which was rated as a paro
chial village a. early a. 100, and tn
suburb. Gerresheim, known as ia
back 40 S27
History Of Dusseldorf.
Dusseldorf 10 first mentioned b,
name in a deed Of 1859. where It II d.
scribed as a little settlement Of fisher
men at the mouth of the Dussel.
small river which still iows throug
the center Of the town but 10 almos
entirely bricked over. 1t became
parochial village in 1905 and was II
vested with civic rights in $685., afte
the defeat Of Siegfried. archbisho
of Cologne. by Count Adolph v at tn
battle Of worringen. This battle
recorded in the paintings which han
T. NJ picture gallery Of the Kun
thalle In Dusseldorf and at Burt Ca
tie on the Wupper. Dusseldorf the
progressed until 1t speedily became
commercial center.
" was not until a regeneration rot
in his son. John william II. Jan We
lem" a popular hero today with u
towrstclk. that Dusseldorf regaine
,ts former standing. Under him Il
fine arts and trade flourished. ar
coed Zines lasted until his deaf
when the government was transferre
from dusseldorf to Heidelberg and al
erw~rds TO Mannheim. And SO II
history goes. through periods of pro
perity end vicissitudes. until. in 1871
we find II taken possession of forl
ally by the king of Prussia, becomir
In 1916 the capital Of the newly form'
administrative N1ese Idol
and In 1872 - iissrict,