Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-08-07

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The old Princes Palatine used to
point from the towers of their in
comparable castle at Heidelberg
to the glorious plains Of the Rhine be-
yond 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 its lovliness
from the deck of one OF the Rhine
steamers Seated In your comfort
able chair you can watch the pano-
rama of romance and history unfold
Itself, and II 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 a fort
night and congratulate yourself on
having done SO.
Not Spoiled by Man.
The Cologne Dusseldorf Rhine
Steamer company have a 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
togne to Mayence, or the reverse. This
will enable you to obtain some idea
Of Cologne. with its splendid cathe-
dral OF Bonn and It's 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;
It Is too big for that!
But II 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, a model city,
which Is not only the home OF art but
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 as
remote from the modern part OF the
city as though they were miles re-
moved from each other. Historically,
II cannot. OF course. compare with Co
logne. Aix-la-Chapelle and Frankfort.
which are recorded as the seats OF
emperors and archbishops. Neverthe-
less, It has its own impressive dates.
Older than the city itself are two Of
its suburbs, Blk, which contains the
old Martins church. supposed to have
been founded by the Apostle Suitber.
tus and which was rated as a paro-
chial village as early as 100, and the
suburb. Gerresheim, known as far
back as S27.
History Of Dusseldorf.
Dusseldorf is first mentioned by
name in a deed OF 1859. where II is de-
scribed as a little settlement OF fisher.
men at the mouth OF the Dussel, a
small river which still flows through
the center OF the town but is almost
entirely bricked over. II became a
parochial village in 1906 and was in.
vested with civic rights In 1888, after
the defeat OF Siegfried. archbishop
OF Cologne. by Count Adolph at the
battle OF Worringen. This battle is
recorded In the paintings which hang
In the picture gallery OF the Kuns.
thalle in Dusseldorf and at Burt Cas-.
tie on the Wupper. Dusseldorf then
progressed until It speedily became a
commercial center
II was not until a regeneration rose
In his son, John William II, Jan Wei.
lem" n popular hero today with the
townsfolk, that Dusseldorf regained
its former standing. Under him the
fine arts and trade nourished. and
good times lasted until his death.
when the government WIS transferred
from Dusseldorf to Heidelberg and aft
erwards to Mannheim. And 80 the
history goes. through periods OF pros
perity and vicissitudes until. In 1915
we find II taken possession OF form
ally by the king of Prussia. beoomins
In 1916 the capital Of the newly formed
administrative district, Dusseldorf
and In 1872 special town district.