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BEYOND THE SEAS Visiting Old Castles on the River Rhine. A GRAVEYARD OF THE JEWS. raintlncs and Statuary by the Old Mas ters Quaint Customs. ITho following interesting extracts are taken from n private letter written bv a atep-sistcr of the editor, who is now traVcl lnp in Europe MixtsTr.it, Germany, July 12, 1800, We arrived here from Frankfurt u week ngo today. The air here is won derfully invigorating. There are a good many people here and more coming every day. This is a small place and very quiet. In most every private house you can get board and a bath. Everyone who has a bouse largo enough, takes boarders. The water of the springs here contains salt and several kinds of mineral pos sessing medicinal qualities, and seems very much in demand. This placo is situated between high bluffs of stone. no matter winch way you look your eye encounters rocks piled on top of rocks. But for all that, high up on the sides of the mountains are vineyards, and they seem to be in a fine condition. When you take into consideration the amount of rocks and how precious ev ery little bit of land is, it seems as though the wine ought to bring an ex tra 'good price. In the same places walls aro made of 6tone to prevent what little soil there is from sliding down hill. Between these walls are steps made of stone. Everything must be carried up and down for there is no other way to do. Just across the Stinc river are the ruins of an old castle. It stands high up on an almost perpendicular rock which is very difficult to climb. When once up, however, one is well paid for the trouble, for the view then presen ted to the eye is magnificent in the extreme. Some of the cellars aro in tolerably good condition yet. On top, across one corner is a piece of floor around which is a strong fence of iron to prevent any one from falling on". Ehenegravenstine is the name of the castle. A little north of tin's one is another castle, called Ebenburg. It is in good repair and people live in it. It is very grand. Not more than a mile or so furthor on are the ruins of a once very largo and famous castle, at one time the largest in all Europe. Baumburg is the name of it. It was built in the year 900. Some of the looms are still in uso and have the ame old paintings on the walls. Some of the cellars arc still being used, and when I stood and looked at tho stone walls and thought of how the poor were compelled to work on them, al most in tho capacity of serfs, it took away much of the glory of the place, but for all that it must havo been grand. Built on the pinaclo of a high mountain, one of tho corners starts At tho bottom and still stands as solid as when it was built. What an im mense amount of work it must havo taken to build it. Everything had to Tjo carried up by hand. What stories of love, war, crime and debauchery those old ruins would tell if they could only speak. It does not matter where you go, high up in tho mountains or down in the little vaileyB, you will always find good foot-paths and seats. It is very (pleasant in this respect. About the most dilapidated and deserted placo I I havo 6een hero is tho graveyard of tho Jews. Not a tree, not flower is to bo seen. It seems tho Jews lay their dead to rest hero and do not go back till others aro to bo buried. It may bo just as well but it doesn't seem .so to mo. Cologne, Germany. July 19, 1890. Wo arrived hero a few days ago, coming by way of Coblenz. Coblenz is a very nice placo and contains about forty thousand inhabitants. Somo 5,000 soldiers are stationed here. The city is enclosed in a stone wall. On tho four sides aro stoutly fortified forts named respectively, Asterstein, Ehcr enbrectstino, Karthouso and Peters burg. Tho second named is a grand pieco of 6tonc work and stands on top of a high, stony bluff. j We went up tho Ithino to n grand old castle owned by the Emperor. Wo went in and tho first thing we wcro re quired to do was to put on a pair of felt slippers, big enough for a giant, mado so as to go over your own shoes. You go into the garden and from there into a beautiful little chapel, with col ored windows, and pictures painted on tho walls representing the creation, the first sacrifice and other biblical i .scenes, which aro grand works of art. j On the wall in tho garden is a fino ; pieco which was painted August 2Uth, 1 in tho yt'nr 1500. It represent visit iig Emperors arriving in all their royalty. Next is a small reception room with grandly painted ceiling. Tho wainscoting and all the wood work is polished in fine style. T did not s-oc one inch of carpet in any of the rooms. The ft'iorn are fine enough without, bring inlaid with small pit-TO., in fanciful Minpis and various coloml woods, ixlished till they bmk like glass. There is one long room that is perfectly grand. Tho furniture is a mixture of different shades of red, upholstered in satin and velvet. In tho center of the room, to uphold the ceiling, are two black marble pillars, about fifteen feet in height. They aro made of solid pieces of tho choicest marble. Along the walls aro relics from different countries. Somo of the grandest glasso-i for drinking purposes 1 ever saw. The guide told us some of them wore over four hundred years old. In some of the rooms are mag nificent wood carvings many centuries old. The wardrobes are great masses of carving, brown with age. In one corner is a small dilapidated clock that is three hundred years old. It is still ticking away as though it had no idea of stopping. There is a'mautlo ornament in the ioom the old Emper or used to .sleep in on his visits, that represents tho birth and ascension of Christ, that was made in the fourteenth century. It bits on a bureau carved about tho same time in Coblenz. There is also a bed used by the old Emperor, which was made in Sweden. It is a masterpiece of art. The carving is so natural that it seems almost as though you could pick off somo of the gropes. In another room are two chairs that date (100 years back. The wood is get ting full of little holes and tho frames arc very much battered and jammed. There is also a curious looking old wardrobe inlaid with pure tin. It was sent as a present from some king. In a small room is an inlaid writing desk, and chair to match, made of ebony. In the same room is a looking-glass I say glass, but it is not glass. It is about four inches square anil is a piece of steel so highly polished you cannot tell it from glass, tho only difference you can see is it looks a little blue and heavy. Tho frame is of unpolished steel and is set in all kinds of precious stones. It is a grand piece of work and was a present to the castle. I could fill pages, descriptive of what I saw, but will desist. Wo procured a conveyance and wont to a little town culled Arenburg. It is a regular Catholic community. Sure ly tho Catholics here should bo a very pious people. Everywhere you look you can see some kind of a picture from tho bible. In one of tho gardens are ten scones from the lifo of Christ and I must say they are Very tine. Each scene is raised out a little and the faces are very lifelike. In one of the churches is a statue of the Virgin Mary. I could never gt-t tired of look ing at it. It is entrancingly beautiful. In each of tho windows is somo saint or holy object. Tho church ia a mag nificent building. Thore is also a monastery near by. Tho Catholic re ligion may be all right, but I can't see it. L. NORTH POWDBR. Death of T. J. Groves 'Hie Luntosr Busi ness K. Company 0. N. O. Kotos. Nov. 18, 1890. Fine weather. Roads very dry and dusty. Haines is tho most prosperous little town of its size in Eastern Oregon. Tho Baptibt church will commence a series of meetings January 1st 18U1, at this place. J. Carroll purchased a fino thorough bred mare recently. I lor pedigroe is unknown by outsiders. Lumber hauling will :oon cease. Most of tho mills will shut down in about two weeks on aooount of cold weather in the mountains. Messrs. Spencer, Ilamsey, Nibby, Eccles and Mr. West the civil engineer of tho Sutupter valley railroad met at tho O. L. C,s store for a final settle ment of tho old stock company, known as tho Spencer, Kamuey, Hall & Co. "K." Co. ,'lrd Itegt., O. N. (!. will soon lie a thing of the past if the boys do not attend drills more regularly. Every member of the company u re quested to bo present at Armory hall Nov. liith at 7 :30 o'clock p. m. By order of J. it. Hardin, cantuin. On account of tho death of Mr. J. Goves, a prominent oitiien and a inembor of the I. O. O. 1. Lodge No. 88, our townsmen, Mosnrs. II. lioth child, J. A. White, I). Beverige, J. ork, J. l'ltcher, J. Duuboh and sever al other, wore called away to Ja Uraude to attend tho funer d. j Tho way the editor f the O;;E0oi i Scout stunds out mi indei ii.hitl ! against the trans.tctioiiH oi tin- t- ty council is simply liiumiHf. Wmlo h is small in statur- he l.i,; in i ii' ; fraud in either party, do n tor i or it-, publican Some my he i- "ni. wli.t cranky, and inclin 1 t i ki k, t.nt v, notice he fccoro to tit ),n r II -of flying chips, until somo one is hit, ! and wo know his kicks hurt 1 J. it. ir. i THE COVE. ' iteoixminir ol" The Ascen sion School. THE HANDS MEST YOUNG LADY. Daafiof SUttie Wagner ?n:z'od BctScis A wifl Qioyhound. Cove, Nov. 19, 1S90. At a meoti ng of the Cove Dairy Co. Saturday, Mr. Thos. Jones was elected a director. B. Wistar Morris rector and visitor of Ascension school is in town accom panied by his wife. Cove has a young lady so handsome that she has worn out three looking glasses viewing herself. Hog killing season has arrived. Spare ribs, sausage, pig's feet, etc., can bo had at a moderate figure. Mr. Gcorgo Hess and family havo moved to La Grande. Geo is working in the round house and receives good wages, A lot of boots, leather, and findings to be found in a shoo shop will be sold at auction by Constable Grossman next Monday. One Covoito wagered another a new hat somo time since that the Hunt road would run nearer Island City than Cove. Thny are now trying to decide who shall near the tile. Mr. Eugene Foster has gono to Eu gone in answer to a telegram stating that his brother-in-law, Union Wilson was very sick at that placo with ty phoid fever. Mr. Wilson is a student at the State University. Mrs. Underwood and family of Wayne, Ne.b., arrived Sunday. Tho lady is. a sister of J. M. Seldcr. Her husband is expected to arrivo soon with a ear load of furniture etc. They will occupy tho Win, Holmes resi dence property. Mr. Wesley Duncan of Lower Cove has the champion young greyhound. He has only given him three runs. First timo he caught and killed a deer, next time a cayote, and tho last timo a jack rabbit. Neither time did ho have to put in his best speed. Mattio J. Wagner, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, after a week's illness, died at .' a. in. Mon day. Her age was about loi years. All possible was done to stay the hand of the grim monster but to no avail Sorrowing friends had to seo their loved one takon away just as she was budding into sweet and beautiful womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have been particularly unfortunato in the loss of children. They havo the deep sympathy of tho community. The funeral took placo Tuesday and was largely attended. -10 vehicles be ing in the procession. Appropriate hymns were sang around tho grave and a brief sympathetic address was made by Mr. Hondershott. Tho Christmas term of Ascension school commenced Monday. Tho school year will extend over a period of 30 weeks ouding Juno 12th. Tho terms aro very reasonable, being $20 per mouth for boarding and tuition in all the English branches with light and fuel.htd and bedding, instrumental music with uso of piano 5.00 per. month. Day pupils 2.00 per month in all Englifh branches. This is a splendid opportunity for girls and young'ladios to acquire a thorough and useful education and it is to bo hoped the school will recievo much encour agement. It is much needed and is a benefit to tho placo. Every citizen should have a good word to say for .it and loud all the assistance in their power to make it ono of tho most nourishing schools in Eastern Oregon. FROM CHICAGO. An ,TnUri3ttnf Lstter From a Citizen of Union County. Ciiicaoo, Nov.0, lfeOO. Editor Oregon Scout: , I writo you a few lines for tho bene fit of those who desired to hear from me from time to time. 1 arrived hero from Way no county, Iowa, on tho 27th of October. After a general round of tho city I went to the observatory and took a view of tho whole place. It is a vast level plain, a beautiful sito for a city. I then went to see tho prison. No doubt your readers are aware Unit Libby prison has been moved to Chicago, Hero you may mm every implemont of war from a niiunie ball to a two or three hun dred pound shell. Tho most interest ing part to me was tho tunnel exca vated by the prisoners to make their c.-( ape. At the start thoy had to go through a brick wall about 18 inches ti.ick to get into the basement of an other room with a dirt floor. Hero they hud to undermine another wall and dig fifty feot before thoy" came out The best tool they had to do it with was an old chisel, which is also on ex hibition. There were two men to show us around who made their escape through tho tunnel while confined there during the war. From there 1 went to the Art Museum, u very inter esting place. Hut the most interesting thing to niu was the j,rand Liberal mass meeting. Tho best talent in the country was in attendance. Two of tho leading points under discussion were the wants of the church, and the course for tho Liberal church to take to mako progress in tho world. It was argued that they needed a higher and more spiritual lifo and power that they might revel the world and that the lazy members must bo put to work, even in the pulpit, when tho minister was ab sent. The general opinion was that priestcraft is about dead and anybody who had anything good to say should go there. Chicago is a great city and water is no obstruction to its citizens. If thoy cannot run over the water they will run under it. 1 have been under tho river here several times and eamo out us dry as powder. Tho American horse show is now in full blast in tho exposition building here. Tho building is an immense structure yet they are going to tear it down and build ono of greater propor tions for the World's Fair. I havo been out. five miles and located the other part of tho fair grounds. There has been nothing done to it yet. It is in the vicinity of a beautiful driving park. Chicago is a striving placo and a per son needs eyes before and behind to be safe. Everybody is in a hurry and the streets are always jammed with people. 1 have seen two men come in collision and take it as a matter of course, back out and try it again. Othors I havo seen in tho samo pre dicament get mad and curse a blue streak. I do not know what they aro going to do with tho people in Chicago dur ing tho World's Fair. It is full now. I wijl start towaid Dayton tomorrow, stopping at the principal cities. I was out at tho stock yards and concluded that Chicago was a hard place on the brute creation. Thore 1 saw cattle crippled, dying and dead. I never saw so many poor cattle in any market. Chicago is a hard placo on horses. Tho stieet car horses aro nearly dead on their feet by overwork. There is not an electric or motor lino in Chicago. They aro all horse-car or cable lines. There was a beautiful Masonic pro cession in Chicago today. Some eight or ten brass bands were in tho proces sion. It was the occasion for laying tho corner stono for a Masonic temple. This demonstration was only equalled by a Catholic torch light procession, last week, in which it was said there were about 25,000 participants. 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