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n west Middle Georgia, with a
» and rolling country, 1130 feet
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,ow estimate bet ween 0 000 and
7,000 jwople, and they are all ol the right
sort-wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
nornc if they bring money to help build up the
wn. There is about only one thing we
eed badly jastnovr, and that is a big hotel
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mMm* are entirely too limited for our
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. the historical town of Heidel-
in like manner nature has
poured o it over her the cornucopia
of her charms with a lavish hand, so
that to her the nation throngs m to
some shrine, and around her a bright
great contrast in form and color here
unite to compose one harmonious
picture, the narrow valley, the broad
plaid, the vine crowned hills, the
woody heights, the silver flowing
Rhine, the venerable old castle ruins,
and the majestic old cathedral in the
distance, the profile of which is out¬
lined against the high blue moun¬
tains of the Hardt, all combine to
give an ideal charm to the place.
Heidelberg has another especial
charm, for the town and University
represent in their development im¬
portant phases of the national life of
Germany. The monuments in the
Castle bear witness to the political
history of more than six centuries;
from the days of the splendor of the
Hoheuslaufen emperors,, through her
days of sorrow and humiliation,
down to the glorious restoration of
the empire by the Hohenzollems.
The country bled for its faith from a
thousand wounds, its superb castles
fell into decay, and the towns sank
in dust and ashes. The compassion¬
ate ivy now covers thegaping wounds
of its castles, and In the plains nature
has effaced every trace of devasta¬
tion. Her old castle ruins, the finest
in Germany, she would not exchange
for the most superb palace, for Ger¬
man artists have spread the fame of
Heidelberg through every town in
their land by the many pictures
painted of these ruins, and they have
attracted the sympathies of prices
and people. Her Uni yhrsityfaas risen
phoenix like from its ashes, and is
now a true guardian of science. The
oeigin of the town of Heidelberg
is obscure, but in the year 1226 it
gradually grew into importance,
which was partly owing to its for
tunate position near the embouchure
of a great river district, and at a
spot where commercial highways
crossed. The founding of the Uni¬
versity was an event of great mo¬
ment for the future progress of the
town, and hundreds of studentsflock-
ed there; but when the Thirty Years
War laid the town in ashes she re¬
covered herself very slowly. But there
is now a constant yearly increase in
the number of visitors and strangers
find ready access to all her scientific
and literary institutions. They may
attend the Academic lectures, make
use of the University library, or visit
the well arranged institutes in con¬
nection with the University, nor
they excluded from the medical and
surgical wards of the Hospital. The
collection of antiquities, and the col¬
lection of paintings of the Scociety of
Art in the museum, are very iaterest-
ing. In winter the Instrumental So¬
ciety and the Choral Society give
concerts, while every kind of sport
and amusement find numerous de¬
votees in Heidelberg. The manners
of the people are easy and uncon¬
strained, particularly in their inter¬
course with strangers, and they are
not slow to give expression to their
likes and dislikes. Like Americans,
they love to have a voice in public
affairs and are fond of discussing po¬
litical topics. The people are fervent
worshippers at the shrine olBacchus,
and it is not improbable that the
abundance of wine and the construc¬
tion of a gigantic wine cask have
done more to spread the fame of
Heidelberg among the common peo¬
ple than its beautiful scenery, its
castle, and its University; for the
“Great Tan” which stands in the
has become the badge of
•g. Let us now take a look
at the University with its thousand
of students.
as originally an
ution, and it has
re present century
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students war broke out; it was a
quarrel with the young nobles o! the
court and required the iuterven-
tion the Empero;
death. The confiscated property of
the Jews, who were driven from their
homes, was devoted to the use of
University, while their houses
given to the students and
to live in. But all these favors
not evoke a .corresponding sen$e of
gratltnde in the breasts of the way¬ -
ward students, for they seemed to
have at heart the jealous defense of
their rights and privileges against
the town and government. The
flourishing condition of the Uni¬
versity was finally put an end
to by the Thirty Years War
as by a long icy winter’s night. At
the‘destruction of Heidelberg in 1693
the University was burned. In 1700
it was again established, but it did
not flourish in the 18th century. In
1803 the waves of national intellect¬
ual life which rose so high reached
the University and amounted to al¬
most a new foundation, and it has
now become an intellectual centre,
shedding its beams over all Europe.
The Heidelberg student is no pe¬
dant, and a fine day tempts him into
the fresh air; accompanied by a troop
of jovial comrades he roams over the
hills or visit* some moss grown ruins,
returning in the evening with renew¬
ed vigor, his. eyes drinking in the
beauties of the landscape as it glows
in the light of the glorious evening
sun. Thus it is that in after years
the memories of the pleasant days
passed at Heidelberg become doubly
dear to him, and when overwhelmed
by serious business life, he loves to
take refuge in thoughts of bygone
days and recall his unselfish devotion
to his classmates and friends of early
life. In this consists the charm erf
student life at Heidelberg.
Our next visit was to the
castle, and I will try and give you
some idea of the immensity of
these magnificent old ruins.
The building wascommenced between
the years 1288 and 1329, but of the
original structure it would seem that
only fragments here and there of in¬
ner and outer walls remain. The
most ancient portion of the castle to
which date can be given is the Bu-
prechtsbauof 1401, while the most
recent is the Engleschbau of 1612.
The architecture is of both the Goth¬
ic and the Renaissance style. The
Ruprechtsbau is extremely simply in
character, only a beautifully carved
eagle clasping in its talons the armo¬
rial bearings of the house of Wittels.
bach to remind us of Emperbr Ru¬
pert. In the middle of the facade is
the entrance door, and above its
pointed arch is a piece of Gothic sculp¬
ture in the style of two angels borne
upon clouds and clothed in white
drapery, holding a wreath of roses
in the midst of which is a pair of half
opened compasses. Theground plan
of the castle seems very simple; a
passage divides it into two equal
parts, each of which forms a large
wall with handsome groined ceilings
supported by a column. The east fa¬
cade has a charmingGothic bay win¬
dow. The west side of the building
is a complete ruin of highly pictur¬
esque effect. Built upon a high rocky
terrace it rises from tfie depths in
four stories and forms the model of a
truly princely residence with vaulted
apartments on the ground floor, and
spacious pillared halls in the upper
story, with groined ceilings and ele¬
gant chimney pieces, and frescoed
walls and lofty windows, which com¬
mand even in its ruined state an en¬
trancing prospect over the plains of
the Rhine, while thewmd and the
rain find unimpeded entrance to its
blackened and weather beaten walls.
The “Shattered Tower” was bloyn
up by the French in 1693 and split
in two parts; one half resisted the
shock, while the other tumbled
to the ground and lies in a heap cov¬
ered by ivy and wild flowers that
spring up from its crevices, while
trees have taken root on its summit,
and the sunlight pours fall into its
once gloomy prison vaults, where
massive walls of twenty feet thick¬
ness were pierced only by narrow
loopholes. The library tower held
the rooms in which Frederic IV. once
a fine collection of books, trim
a dark
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i stories and was
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are twenty feet
er was 96 feet in
diameter, a banqueting
room-it in 100 tables,
Statue. . and Frederic V.
now occu, dad niches, and the
history r« is r , corded in
the wail between
—e moat, with Its
verdure, is a resting
of feathered song-
stent,
The Otto Hdnrichebau is the pearl
of the castle. It Is in pure Renaisj
sauce style, and said to be the most
beautiful specimen of eastle architec¬
ture in the world. It is a work of art
in all its details, and in its ornamen¬
tation and statuary. The design
of it is attributed to Michael Angelo.
The statues of the ground floor rep¬
resent Joshua, Sampson, Hercules
and David, four heroes of antiquity.
The first floor is adorned
with emblematic female fig¬
ures, Faith, Hope and Love,
together with Fortitude and Justice.
In the upper story stands Satan with
the child of Maw in full panoply,
Venus, Cupid, Mercury with his rod,
Diana with the crescent moon; and
above, where once the gable was, is
the sun god Apollo, and Jove with
his thunderbolts and an eagh. Only
by the exterior yf the palace can we
judge of the former splendor of its
halls. Scarcely any part of the sur¬
face of the walls is free from orna¬
ment worked in bold disregard of
material, and having the appearance
of plates of metal beaten or bent in¬
to shape and riveted to the stone
walls. The statues are full of life
and are true works of art, being
thoroughly realistic in conception
and treatment. The second floor
contains the municipal collection of
antiquities, and has numerous ob¬
jects connected with the history of
Heidelberg, the Cfstle, and the Uni¬
versity, such as paintings of celebra-
tea neiaeioerg scooisrsy “taxesin©nj
and generals; views of the town and
Castle at various dates, documents,
manuscripts, 2,000coins and medals,
weapons, utensils, and a collection
of porcelain; stone relics of the Ro¬
man period, and other things of
value.
We now return to the town for a
little sight seeing, as Heidelberg con¬
tains many things well worth visit¬
ing. A new post and telegraph of¬
fice building attracts our attention;
it exhibits a combination of Gothic
and Italian style of architecture,
which pioduceB a very pleasing effect.
Entering the door way we are struck
by the magnificence of the vestibule.
On the streets we meet a .motley
throng of citizens, students, and
towns-people, alt as of well the world. as visitors The
from parts
pavements i are are weft well swept and clean
and there are benches placed between
the numerous flower beds. In an
open space stands a fine bronze
statue of Field-Marshal Wrede, a
native of the town.
Continuing our walk we reach St.
Peters church, which was erected in
1485. venerable Peacefully it stands the piety here, of a
monument of
the olden times, with its ivy-covered
walls, its picturesque chancel and its
surrounding rose Hardens. The
chancel was once used as a burial
place for poets and other great per¬
sonages. Amongst the thousands of docu¬
ments included in the University
Library there is the Lutheran Cate¬
chism in the old Prnssion language,
dated 1594, and the oldest known
German newspaper, dated 1609, be¬
sides ments other of five manuscripts and six hundred and docu¬
which exposed in years of
of age, are cases
Behind the the Jesuit University Li-
stauds beautiful church,
contains some fres¬
coes and a nui gnifieent pulpit of in
white marble. te. The remains
Frederic the Victorious rest here.
Beyond the Carls-Thor the rugged
and precipitous granite cliffs ap¬
proach and present nearer and prospect neafsr to of the great riv¬
er a
natural beanty. The bridge as
viewed from bridge here is in perhaps the world, equalled and
through by no otner its arches the river Neeker
is seen flowing towards the Rhine
districts, while above it are the
blue mountains in the distance,
far from here we find the “New
” which is of modern appear¬
ance and crosses the river in slender,
arches of iron. Of moat en¬
the Castle ruins, on a sunny after-
noon the entire when landscape a silvery ...
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For England by the
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Conservatives.
Salisbury Says a National Pa
Would Gradually Grow.
German, '* Colonial Policy tin* of
Debate in the Hetehslau-No Power
Ha* Vet ItecognUed the 1’nivM
Republican Government of Brazil.
Other Fore I#n Heart.
London, Net-. 38.—-A Conservative
conference was held at Nottingham-
Tuesday. Tie princfpSJ address was
made by Lord Salisbury. He said that
the views of Mr. Gladstone, looking to
fee separation of Ireland from Great
Britain. were making no headway. The
bye election* for skirmishes, member* and of parliament
were mere were not
fought that he on the in main issue. forming He declared Na¬
was favor of a
tional party, Which must, he said, grow
gradually. Much apart? could not be
created by one man.
Lord Salisbury addressed a moss-meet-
emng. He said he would
I the eight-hour hill, and it
great mistake for workmen
to have such a bill passed. He favored
an extension of laborers' a llotments, and
'lion. gave a Dwellings qualified approval of the to free he educa* said,
ought to be improved through poor, public
as¬
sistance, and workingmen should he
aided to emigr ate.
GERMANY’S COLON IAL POLICE.
Debate In the Reichstag Over African Af¬
fair*, Samoan ami Other Matter*.
Berlin. Nov. 28—In the reichstag
Tuesday. Herr Richter, commenting upon
the dispute regarding the Niger com¬
pany, contended that the company levied
duties where it had no right to exercise
a protectorate. The German companies
in East Africa and New Guinea, he said,
similarly erred. Herren Hammacher
and Woermann, National Liberals, urged
the government to establish a consulate
at Calabar, for the purpose of preventing
German traders from lsnng overridden
by ment, the they English held, companies. ought also The to govern¬
England’s granting royal charter oppose the
a to
company that is being formed to explore
Oil river.
Count Herbert Bismarck Calabar replied that
tlie the subject Oil river of question a consulate at being consid¬ and
were
ered by the government. The British
government, he said, had promised care¬
fully to examine the charges against fee
Niger that friendly company, settlemi and ’ was tire expected
a of ques-
tion would Ire reached.
Herr Bamberger Bamberger and am Dr. Windtoorst
attacked d fee the government’ government’s colonial policy
as badly r conducted conducted and and as i calculated to
_friendly Count Herbert power*.I Bismarck denied ^ that „
the German colonial policy had caused
any friction with the powers. He said
that he could not now reveal the result of
fee Samoan conference. According to a
mutual arrangement between the powers
that took part in fee conference, the de¬
tails of the settlement must still be kept
secret.
Herr Richter having inquired about
spirit traffic wife natives of German
colonial possessions, Commissioner Kraut
replied in New feat Guinea, such traffic Marshall was islands prohibited and
the
the Bismarck Archipelago, and that the
prohibition would be extend to the Ger¬
man territory i n southwes t Africa.
BrullMut Walt tor Recognition!
Paris, Nov. 28.— Cable dispatches re¬
ceived by the foreign office from Rio
Janeiro say that no foreign government
has recognized the provisional govern¬
ment of Brazil, and feat fee Brazilian
ministry will await the decision of the
assembly before claiming recognition.
The French officials in Brazil have been
instructed to maintain the good relations
formerly held with the imperial govern¬
ment All the foreign consuls .in Brazil
are The receiving Banco similar Nacional orders. at Rio Janeiro
telegraphs the world its the correspondents financial stability throughout of fee
of
new government_
Preparing to Receive Dorn Pedro.
Lisbon, Nov. 28.—The Necessidades
palace has been prepared by order of the
king for the reception of ex-Emperor
Dom Pedro. The king is uncertain as to
whether his uncle, the dethroned em¬
peror, will take up life residence nere or
not. ■
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POW DERLV’S V IEWS.
He Think* the Parmer* and Knight*
Should Consolidate.
Philadelphia, Nov. 38.— Grand Mas¬
ter Workman Powderly has stated his
belief that fee Farmers’ Alliance and the
Knights of Labor should and would con¬
solidate.
will On Dec. 8, two of fee executive the board
meet a committee from Farm¬
ers' Alliance at St. Louis, where they
will thoroughly discuss the feasibility of
federation fee problem. the Knights By an amalgamation andthe Farmers’ or
Alliance will have about 8,000,000 votes,
an army so vast that politicians will not
dare spurn it.
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Pestilence in Illinois.
Monttcello, 111., Nov. 28.—The terri¬
ble afflicting scourge the of diphtheria people inteentral is very Illinois. sorely
At fifty nkpolis and and vicinity deafen there have are over
cases, many oc¬
curred, with many more who trill die.
Public schools have been dosed, and all
churches and Sunday school services sus¬
pended. In some cases there are hardly
enough well to wait on the rick and bury
the dsad for (put of c&tchinfr tho dis^ss 0 .
It fa also very bad at Waveriy, Peters-
Dili Ki —-p* attacks t A ttlWl UnAAkSs P***——8*
The disease the dd as well as the
young, followed by puiiysls
Wifo'Wliipper Whipped, ■
as* 'b’-ssr.!^ and
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m^jmityofi fee
fee Chicago «
suits rof such : is that
the four
which a •
■ general
SiKid'a was organized w
j ec t^are ihhSBmShSShI illegal an d void. Whatever
create “SSTSL. a
t, 1C
“that any number of gas d
be formed, if a giant trust company can
SsSlSSS tion
for the express purpose of
ularly is only a business opposed of
not t
of the state, twt is i
fee^it, if not the letter, c
Proceedings against the were begun comnanies about a deter*- year
auro atis to
state mine and whether, within under the thefaws their of f Agfa
scum* of
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of gas and whether they had not fort
the trust held that the companies 1
not violated the state laws, in ‘ ‘
prot«9tton< having bou
or constitut
reversed and the case remanded.
difference with them. They shall go
under right along old attending that to business, Peo- but
an charter, of the
a new trial._______
We Will Make Smokeless Powder.
which Washington, Secretary Nov. Tracy 28.—Tin* 1ms been powders instru¬
mental to have manufactured in this
Imnm-Jrrftr Jr lmtrnta andimv-mwonf
WHICH UP8 COUvivlivU tjjf lulllW“U
lag Powder director of me of lxmaon England, oc Chute®
company, which
manufactures fee powders in
the contractor now f
to the United States navy to_______
them in the United States, and that as
powder na med by this governm ent.
Rumored Scheme to Beat Allison.
Dbs Moines, Iowa, Nov. 28.-There
mors of a
enable Republican the majority Democmte in the elect senate, United and
to a
States sena tor to succeed Alliso n.
Their Earthly Let Yields Hold.
Holland, Mich., Nov. 28,-The Rev.
B „ I E property m A®
ipSSf They where are they said wUl to be work using among their the riches *>oorer to
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State Dinner
Washington, Nov. aa — Secretary
Blaine gave a dinner to the members of
fee marine conference at fee Normandie
Tuesday night.
Patincefote and
There
‘ and only toast, to
the success or the’ conference, one was wj given.
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The law t
New York
will allow t
streets
W organic
board made
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