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BY T. D- C KELLEY.
Wittenberg,' Berlin, Dresden, to
_jj, Pi •Q-ue,',
ijjje last a jtiefXit off just as the I
B about Luther’s burning
bull. Lor the benefit of
Hi not know, I ex¬
tk/bull (Latin bulla, neck)
^tiling- worn around the
finally meant the seal of the
Pope, and then it came to mean a
iocunie \t to which he had affixed these
Leal. It was one which of the
Ce jjjled documents, m against
pronounced all his a curse followers, in
jitter and
ease they did not retract in 100
javs that the great reformer pub
ly burned at Wittenberg before
a church door, saying, “Now
ieserious Egun work begins: God—it I have
it in the name of
Jibe light.” brought to an truly end* by bold His
L«I; This was a
and though that little
[parchment |sudthat for gave only but a moment, small flame the / ;
a
Heed itself was a torch that set
I tie hearts of the whole German
nation on fire, out of which came,
as the pure metal from the fur¬
nace, the emancipation of Germa
! | sy from the servitude of the Pope.
As we walked into the old town
'of Wittenberg, shaping in our
paginations some of the scenes
of lose fiery times to suit the
i jfoundings, more interested in
j iseenes of 350 years ago than
I Si® then around us, we observed
Sal tlie people were in a great
(Motion, heard shout after
(shout which we could not under
tad, and saw a smoke rising
fom what seemed to be the midst
I the streets. AVe soon disco v-i
■ frecl that the cause was .only a
I tosse on fire; but this agitation
Imed to impress indelibly upon
Iiwimaginations the scenes which
I We enacted there early in the
I ffli century and which were the
I reason of our visit. This
I old city is acknowledged to be
fte chief cradle of the great re¬
formation in Germany. Here
[Jived jp the great Luther the last 25
ara of his life; here lived, died
aB d vvas buried, Philipp Melanc-
1 then, who was second only to Lu
te himself in the German Re¬
formation, and who, though timid
a( l sometimes almost cowardly,
at all times Luther’s trusted
a U ‘So most the leader helpful friend. He was
of the Luthean
P a rty till the time of his death
“is ^irich more was powerful 14 years colleague. after that of It
taMelancthon who, in 1529 at
tae f T e t of Spire, drew up the fa
®°us protest of the evangelical
minority against the Catholic ma
joriiyof the diet, which gave rise
to the name Protestants. At
Jjfiecl ktenberg also lived and was
Irederick the AVise, who
a the death of Alaximilian I.
1 T?) _ declined
the crown of Ger
aan y> and who, though not an
a -owed reformer, greatly assisted
^flior by securing for him a
(
deduct" to the diet of
°rms and afterwards protecting
in Wartburg Castle. Here
also , was buried John
the Con
.‘A brother of Frederick, and
^successor as Elector of Saxony,
e proceeded at once to the
yk'hlosskirche” (Castle-church)
whiefi were interred all the
great men whom we have just
^ laetl ^ but it closed
ke eper ; was and the
could not be found. AA r
fi „ 011 Principal
u door the 95
. f. Ses ^hich Luther proposed
oiacuss with any one whom the
select. AVe saw Ale
to*’^ ^ 0Q inscription ' S to use where according
“he lived, taught
w,, l J nil JL the VTe went through
departments of Lu-
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CONYERS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1889.
tlier's palacial residence given him
Toy the Elector, and in which he
spent quite a number of years
with his homely but amiable wife.
We saw his old chair and his
wife’s, his stove, and both his and
Melanctlion’s original manuscripts
etc.
After taking supper at the sta¬
tion restaurant, where the waiter
seemed to he perfectly amazed
because we called for “a whole
baked hen,” at 8 o’clock p. m. we
hade farewell to AVittenberg, and
arrived at Berlin, the capital of
the German Empire about 11
o’clock.
AT BEELIN.
Next morning early after break¬
fast we proceeded to the Unter
den Linden, a street 19G feet in
width, lined on each side with su¬
perb shops, and beautifully shaded
by lime trees, whence its name.
This magnificent street is inferior
to the Boulevards of Paris only in
length.
Passing under the Brandenburg
Gate, a most magnificent structure
on top of which is ATctory riding
in a four-liorse chariot, executed
by the great German sculptor
Schadow, we entered the great
Thiergarten or park. This beau¬
tiful pleasure ground, is 2 miles
long by § mile wide. AVe walked
by the Column of Victory, a most
imposing and appropriate monu¬
ment to the memory of the vic¬
tories of 1870-71.
Through the park we proceeded
to the west end, where we visited
and walked through the Zoolog¬
ical Garden, one of the most ex¬
tensive and beautiful in the world.
Near by tbe Zoo. was the Hippo¬
drome, a sort of perpetual fair¬
ground, where we saw horse
racing by •wild Arabs, and an ex¬
hibition of tlie home life of the
wild Arabian similar to the AA ild
AV est show at the Piedmont Ex¬
position at Atlanta this year.—Aly
pen can never do justice to Ger¬
man pleasure grounds.
Returning to the eastern end of
the park we visited the aquarium
a most pictureque and delightful
place; such a variety of fish, such
a variety of wonderful water
plants, was to be seen !
Next day beginning early we
went to Borsig’s Engine Factory,
a very extensive establishment.
employing 1000 hands. In these
shops we saw engines in all stages
of formation, and the room in
which the first locomotive was
built in Germany.
From this factory we went to
the Museum, where we admired
statuary pictures, and autiqui
ties,—antiquities, pictures, and
statuary,—pictures, statuary, and
antiquities,—until all our joy was
converted into inflamed eyes,
aching legs, and broken backs.
Sick of German art, we returned
to our hotel, and began to prepare
for leaving the great Kaiser s cap
vtal.
In the morning of the first day
of our sojourn in Berlin an inci
dent occurred which may perhaps
be worthy of notice. The' propri
etors of our hotel came to us and
said that the police wanted to see
our passports. This was the first
time they had ever been demand
ed, and this was caused by Dr.
Scomp s love of fun. The author
ities are very strict on hotel men
in all German cities, requiring
them to make their guests give
their names, where they are from,
i where going, and what is tlieii
business. Instead of all this Dr.
Scomp just wrote opposite his
name in German, “traveler-for
pleasure." AVe of course followed
with dittos. This did not by any
means satisfy the careful German.
In fact, when he came for
passports, he asked if we were
from Texas. I do not
1 hat he thought that our party
was composed of Buffalo Bill and
two of his comrades, but he was
evidently distrustful of his guests,
and suspected we were from the
A! ild AV est. Dr. Scornp told him
that he had no passport. At this
lie showed signs of agitation.
After a short suspense, however,
Dr. Scomp said that the young
men with him had passports.
AVhen these were handed him he
seemed to feel great relief, and
very kindly asked permission to
show them to the police. This
was granted, and when he return¬
ed them, he said the jiolice were
satisfied.
At about 5 o’clack p. m. we left
the great capital, with its palaces,
its million inhabitants, its arts,
and its pleasure grounds, and we
arrived at
DRESDEN
at 8:30 o'clock.
About all we did next day was
to visit the Zwinger Picture Gal¬
lery, where we remained till 2
o’clock. Among a vast number of
very celebrated paintings, we saw
Raphael’s most noted production,
his “Sistine Madonna;” also an
excellent copy of his Aladonna
Della Sedia.
Next day while Dr. Scomp went
in another direction, Henderson
and I visited the great regal
“Green Vault.” Why it ever re¬
ceived this name is a mystery to
the writer, hut beyond any ques¬
tion it is one of the richest de¬
posits of minute ivory and mar¬
ble statuary, precious stones, gold
ornaments, f*nd other curiosities,
in all the world. From this we
went to the Royal Library in the
Japanese Palace. Here we
books and manuscripts of all
shapes, sizes, colors, ages, and
languages. AVe saw a manuscript
said to be over two thousand years
old. In this—-so the librarian
said—a woman was complaining
to her king, or prophet, because
she had prayed without being
answered.
In tbe afternoon we visited
Haufman'ffi Acoustic Cabinet, in
wnicli wo saw music boxes repre¬
senting full-fledged German
bands, and many oddities in tbe
way of musical boxes, One of
these was a small boy—and it did
look very much like a hoy—play¬
ing a solo on a cornet, and it
seemed to exhibit some of the
finer touches of the art.
It was our purpose at 6 o’clock
next morning to go by boat on
the Elbe as far as AVehlen, and
from there on foot through Sax
on Switzerland by way of the Bas
tei, and take the train at Sliandau
for Prague. AVhen morning came
however, our clothes had not been
returned from tho laundry accor
ding to promise; and we were
clieeted out of an excollent view
from the top of that rugged crag,
and also a very tiresome walk over
a very rough country. The scen¬
ery along the Elbe was exceeding¬
ly enjoyable. AVe reached Prague
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Flap—I'm in love, and the only
disagreeable thing about it is
that the girl is older than I.
Jack—How old are you now?
I'm 18.” “And the lady is what?”
“Twenty-two.” “Make your
mind easy, my boy. By the time
you are fJl she'll ho only 20.'’
A man, desiring to have a
pet dog licensed, facetiously ask¬
ed the clerk if the dog had to
make a personal application.
“No,” was the reply. “You as
next of kin, can take ont the pa¬
pers.”
Rheumatism is caused by lactic
acid in the blood, which Hood's
Sarsaparilla neutralizes, and thus
eyres rheumatism.
“No my wife is not good look¬
ing. In fact, she’s very homely.
But she’s good and talented, and
I am proud of her.” “She's of a
literary turn, I believe?” “Yes,
she is now contributing a series
of articles to the newspapers."
“On what subject?” “How to be
beautiful.”
The Cedartown Standard speaks
of. Rev. Dr. A. G. Hay good as
“tho only man who was over elect¬
ed to the bishopric and declined.’
A Japanese paper reports a
battle of butterflies which took
place on the 20th and 21st of Au¬
gust near Nojima. It took place
above a narrow road and was
witnessed by many of tho villa¬
gers. The fight was finished be¬
fore noon on the 21st and the ad¬
joining fields were covered by
tbe bodies of the slain.
A Baltimore justice, before
whom a policeman was brought
on. the charge of profane swear¬
ing on the public street dismissed
the case, as the officer said only
“damn.” The justice explained
that the mere use of that word
was hot more significant than the
word “durn.” Damn as defined
by Webster and AVoncestor and
the encyclopedia, when used by
itself, is not profane language.
If, he said, the prisoner had used
it in connection with the word of
God, then I should have found
him guilty and punished him
severely.
Dom Pedro ex-Emperor of Bra¬
zil, once called on Victor Hugo
and asked the privilege of diu
ing with him. The two men talk¬
ed until 3 o’clock in the morning.
Hugo asked the emperor what
countries in Europe struck him as
being the happiest, “Switzer
land, France and Scotland,” was
the answer. “AVliat reason do
you assign for this?” continued
the poet. “The fact thst Switzer¬
land is an old republic, that
France has accomplished a re¬
publican evolution, and that
Scotland has a republican form
of church government,” explained
Dom Pedro. “The church has
given a moral strength to Scot¬
land which is unique, and her
climate has imposed hardy habits
on the Scotch people.”
“I confess I am sometimes
sorely preplexed,” said the father,
with a heavy sigh, “when I
think of the future of my boys,
It is a great responsibility to
j have the choosing of a calling in
life for them.’ Through the
! open window carao the voices °f
two of the lads at play, “Look
bere j» loudly exclaimed Johnay,
“that isn t fair! You’ve divided
these marbles so as to get all the
best “Didn't ° ne H 111 the your trouble own of V a £; di
I have
vid ing ’em?” reiterated AV lllie
!lotl >'- “Think I'm going to
^nd my time at such jobs for!
nothing?” “So far as Willie is I ,
concerned,” resumed the father, | I
after a pause, “the task of choqs
tag a vocation is not difficult. 1
,hdl make a lawyer of him.”
asSl-W* 0F <*myi***"**»*~’
The orthography of our great
grand-mothers was uncertain,
The old Duchess of Gordon used
to say to her cronies: “You
know, my dear, when I don't
know how to spell a word I al
ways draw a lino under it, and if
it is spelled wrong it passes for a
very good joke, and if it spoiled
right it doesn’t matter.”
Senator Bradwell, of the Ilines
ville Gazette, says Representative
Mclver, colored, has invested
some of the money which he re¬
ceived from the State in a hand¬
some road cart, which he calls his
traveling “convenience."
“Air. Cleveland has lost none
of his admiration for his tariff
message,” says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Nor have tho people lost
their admiration for it. It is
more generally approved than
when it was sent to congress.
AVait until 1892, and you will see.
State Trueasurer Hardeman
has made an estimate of what the
recent Legislature cost the State.
On looking over his. pay rolls he
found the fall session, which last¬
ed forty-six days, cost the taxpay¬
ers a trifle over §56,000. By ap¬
plying the rule of three he ascer¬
tained that if forty-six days cost
$56,000,130 days would cost $161
000. This will make tho total
cost of the last Legislature $228
000, or nearly a quarter of a mil¬
lion. Tho Legislature of 1887-’88
cost the State $186,000. The pay
rolls, however, will show that tlie
last Legislature did $33,000 worth
more work than its predecessors,
and also took in tho exposition.
A. AVilson, of Sparta, is adver¬
tising for. fifty first class stone¬
cutters. He has the contract for
getting out $30,000 worth of stone
for tbe'new Presbyterian church
in Savannah. Ho wants to have
125 hands at work J anuary 1.
There is such a diversity of
opinion among newspapers as to
the effect of the lottery Taw upon
existing contracts that tho opin¬
ion of tlie Attorney-General lias
been requested. There has been
no decrease in the sale of lottery
tickets in Go rgia, but tbe effect
of the bill has been to take at
least $48,000 from tlie newspapers
of Georgia.
A special train on the Michigan
Central carrying Cornelius Van
derbuilt and family, about two
weeks ago made a run of 107
miles in ninety-seven minutes,
stopping four minutes for water,
running at one point for three
miles at tlie rate of seventy-eight
miles per hour. This is the faft
est railroad time ever made in
this country.
When Air. Davis had made up
his mind he rarely changed it
This was illustrated a year or two
ago. He prepared for the North
America Review an article in ref¬
erence to Andersonville and the
other prisons of the south during
the war. It was a reply to the
c } iar g e D f inhuman treatment
ma( } e against the southern people,
;m q as ^ reflected upon certain
federal officials who were friends
Mr. Allen Throndyke Rice,
the editor of the Review, Mr.
J£i ce endeavored to get Air. Davis
to modify it, or to allow it to be
odited . As Air. Davis had pre
pared it w ith great care, and af
t er tedious historical research,
refused to do this, and as a
consequence it was not published
in the Review. It will be pub
ii s R e a i n th e next number of Bel
f or( p g Magazine. 1
— Negro T preachers , , having , i
are a :
bad time in Dublin. Three have !
been arrested during the last few'
^ ««»» <*“*«• of . dninkenesH, . ,
obstructing the marshal m law
ful arrest, and theft.
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TJdliMS HE A SON A BLK
No. 43
Homo of the most prominent
of the New York clergymen have
recently given their opinions n 3
to whether or not clergymen
should smoke. Mr. Talmago
l.says: “Every clergyman must set- ‘
tie tho question for himself ac¬
cording to his own conscience and
bolielf. But as far myself, smok¬
ing is utterly out of tho question.
It is my opinion that many cler¬
gymen who have on their tomb¬
stone, ‘Died in the Lord,' might
have a far more appropriate
epitaph, ‘Killed by Tobacco.'".
Here is something that will
interest Dr. Pasteur in peculiar,
and many other people in general.
Some days ago several children
of Air. Joseph Trogle, of C uni rtf,
Pa., were bitten by a mad dog.
Instead of hunting up a mad
stone, or sending the children to
Paris to he treated by Dr. Pas¬
teur, Air. Treglo called in Dr.
Samuel Sehlaback, who has Lad
some success in such cases. Dr.
Schlabnek’s mode of treatment is
very peculiar. He wrote out 'di¬
rections, and said that they must
be followed implicitly, take off
their clothes and put on clean
ones. 2. Strip their bods of, all
sheets, blankets, etc., and put oh
fresh bedding that tho children
never slept on before. 3. For the
first days they must drink noth¬
ing, and eat nothing except dry
bread. 4. They must drink no
water for nine days. 5. They
must not oat pork for three
months. 6. AVhen overcome , by
thirst give them warm coffee. 7.
After three days they can eat a
little beef and potatoes 8. Keep
them out of school, indoors, and
don’t allow their blood to 'get
overheated. 9. The lacerated
wounds must bo rubbed open
with a piece of pine wood three,
times a diiy until they bleed, and
the medicine rubbed in the'
wounds with a rag. The medi¬
cine of herbs and roots is o to
bo taken internally. Those direc¬
tions are being rigidly followed,
and the effect upon tho children
will be watched with great inter
est.
On Friday the people of Cor
dele voted to issue bonds to the
amount of $17,000 to. build water
works. Only two votes were past
against the proposition.
Rome may try to induce one of
the shoo manufacturing firms
bufned out at Lynn to locate in,
Rome.
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