Foreign Correspondence

To the Coukikr. HerliN, OkrmaNV, ÜCt. 18, '80. When one u rives at the station in Berin, tic must go to a policcinan who is ilways somewliere near, nnd procuro a in ticket witli the number of the cab liere calleil Drosckke), he ia to take, status whether first or second class. Then lie gives Mis tin ticket with UU baggage ;heck, wliich ia a piece of paper, to :i liaggajfe-carricr, taking liis number, of Mtiige, aml waits to be tbowa to his cab md have his baggage brouht, or ilelivered by the Pcket Delivery Company. [f one does not comply with these dircctions he is liable to indcfinlte delay and inconvenieiicc. The coachinan is only allowed to drive otf after the ticket bas been shown. The pólice regulations are very strict' All hotel and boarding-liouse keepers are obliged to report, at once, arnvals and departures. The number of persons who como into the city and who leave it is reportod for every week, and thus they know the exact number of souls n the city at any time, by Includlng tlie number of deaths and birtl 8 To remain for a short time at a hotel, it is convcnicut but not necessary to have a passporl. If one comes t. reniain long, or to live or to board out of a hotel, it is neoessary to have one. The city is under what is cnlled a semi-state of siege, sometliiiij; like martial law, in Germán called a Kleiner Delagertingszustand, and one's papers can be dcmanded at any time. I came away from America without a passport thinking it au unnecesaary article. I had been in my boiudlng place not more than two da}S wheu I was invited over to the pólice offlco for this district, and asked to show my "papers." They asked my birth-place, age, profession, business in Berlín, where I had been for the last Ihree years, wlien I had left home, and froni what city I last carne. Then I was told Ihat I must get a pasport, went to the American Legation, and paid live marks for one. The pólice liare not troubled me since, and I suppo9e I can retnain as long as I now clioose, if I am a well-hehaved citizen. The purpose of thÏ9 Bdagerungszustand is to prevent the orjjanization and demonstratioii9 of socialists. Leipsic and one or two other cities are under a similar restriction. The Soci:il-democratic members of the Reichstag ure allowcd to remain in Iterlin only during its session. It would strike one as rather odd we re a United Stalen fcnalo compelled ly luw to romaio trom Washington exoept dn ring the scssions of oomgreM. The Qertnani fIiow a grein intenst Inr our strike, and in trials similar to the late Chicago trial, and say that, although thcv know that ihrce-fourths of those who Riaka the disturbances are Germans, they ought to he shot, every one of them. The po! ice here are independent of the city authorities, and reponsible only to the state. The whole cost of maintainIng the orjraiiizalioa 19 six and a half niilliun marks ycarly of which the city pays two and a half millions. Tl. e whole force' ofüeers and men, is fortyseveu hundred. Two liiimlicd are mounted. Royalty, of course, has more or less attraction lui eveiy American, and one provea Ihe lust opportunity to see the Kmperor and to go tlirough his palace. QoweTer, nut otily to strangers, but alse to liis own people tlie si'lit ot tliu Kinperor seeins to be ulways Intercsling. Whenevur he is to appear, the people Use the streets, and w.iit to catcli a gümpse of tho tlear, oíd "Kiiiigliche Kaiterliclie MujeHtat."' One raorioj; I was strolliii}; ulung Uuter den Linden, and saw the people all stop and "line off" as they carne near the Kraperor's pnlace. Conjecturiiig what was about to happen, I took my place in the line, and after waiting a quartcr ot an hour wa3 rewarded by seeing his Royal Illghness. He always drives in an open carria?e, and graciously and gracefnlly salutes the people a8 they shout, "Lebe der Kaiser f " On that morning the Emperor looked rathcr palé and haggard, but I lmve seen him when he looked as fresh and vigorous as a man of ilfty. He is in his tieth year only. At the fall parade I stood close by thé carriages of the Einperor, Emprets, Crown Prince and Princesa, and daughter, as they drove pa-t, and liad a good look at them. Although a thorough rcpublican, I swung my hut with the rest and cried, " Vivat ! " All the meinbers of the royal faniily are greatly beloved by the people, and have no enemies except, perhaps, a few extreme socialista. Most of the middle and upper classes conslder au Kinperor an expensire luxury, but they love him, neveitheless, and rnore than we love our presidents in the United States. Usually the liist tblng one reads in hls morning paper is, "Yesterday, the Emperor took a walk in bis, park at Bubelsberg," or something of like import. The ngility and endurance of the Emperor are really remarkable. Every lall he makes tiis tour of inspection of' troops at the "inunoeuvtrs" lliroughout the empire. He does all his official business, and enteitains as frrquently as ever. Some, however, think that Blmarck and the Emperor ae beoomlnf cliildish, and that the Emperor ouglit to give a chance to the Crown Prince who is now lifty-live. The people we re inucli wrought up over tlie little episode between Bismarck and the Pope. Our land-lady remarked one day that there would be very interesting ceremonies here in Berlin, if the Emperor shóuld die thia winter and the Crown Princo crowned. But the opera house and theatres would be closed for several weeks. Since we have been here, besides tlie royal faniily we have also seen the Crown Prince of Grecce and have been to the opera with the Emperor and the Kinjy of Portugal, that is, they were present. Aflairs In Bulgaria eníro38 most of the public nttentinn at present. The people take uo little interest in tlie development of the trouble. Oiers, of Uussia, and Bis111 uck held a consulution here, but uothiii;r resulted. The French and Gernians are slashing each other in tlie newpaperi, and the French are not biokwanl in declaring that if Russla and Germany cross swords, Riusia knows where to flnd a ready and willing ally. The fear of an an alliance between France and Uussia places Bismarck in a tijrht corner. The schemes and efforts of General Kaulbars regarding the electiou ot Beintwn to the Sobranje have caused the greatest indignation. B. October 25, 1880. Duaii Couhieu:- Today is a cokl, glooinj-, wet day, regular Michigan bad weather, but I think we have fewcr such days in Berlin tlian at home. The Emperor lias returned from lila sumnier waudering and inspections and the winter season of opera, theatre, ball, winter gardens and coneerts iiinnmi r.ible lias commencod. List weck wc heard if not tlie best, one of the test qaurtetti In the world- Joadiim, da Aluin, Wirth Mld Hansmann. Joachlm i without doubt the fluest violinist now Uring, nlul llle Qcnuaiis say such a one never lived b ¦- fore. We al-o heard Marcel la Sembrich last week. Slie is rearded nc-xt to Patti, and the- tor Berlín- high prïce of 18.80 admladon did not prevent the hall fiom beinjt full. She is to sing here la ope at the Koyal Opera House in December. Berlín is for a time, to be depiived of its most eelebrated tenor, Herr Xicmann, who hiisjust left for New York. He lias suti2 for yeftN at the Ouera HoUM here and Iscalled Oerm:my"s best tenor. He i", however, advanclng in years, and is Mi(l to have passed liis best days. He has taken witli liim hls costuines and v -ipons, and bis dressing attendant. He is _ f n. - ,1 . - L 1 _ Afl A % t - 1 1 I Y t #l l I It I I t I L J h very fotul of hunting, and snpposing the Uniled States to bo a wild wildenen overrun by wild beasts and birds of prey, he lias also tuken with hini frightful knlvea and wenpons ot incredll Ie dimenlions whieh cau-el h s friends to eonjecture tliat lie was Koinj; on a wlinle-uunt. Juttbefore t ie tnun alarted, Nionn n i diseovered l hit he luid lelt at tome In pocketbook, including moncy, tickets uiid nevcBsnry papers for hiniself and altt'iiclant. Ilaving the coimnon snperstitlon thst tarniBX back betokena ill-lnck, bis friendrt emptied tbeir p.ockets, ind Pent the forgottea parcel by the next train. A friend cautiotied bim witb a mean Ing sniile DOt to inake the HM mistaku in New York on hU return home. A whistle from the locomotive and GermatiyV greatest sinirer batened on the wiiifi f "le wind toward "the land of of dollare." Among the attractlom tliat have passed with the snmmcr was the Victoria Hegia, named after the Queen of Kügland II is in immense plant tliat ;in like a water-lily, with pink and white blos-soms six 'niches in diameter nnd ten inclies decp. The leaves are large and gi een, of tlie shape of the cominou white waterlily le:if, nivl rmtlng on the surfaceof the water with the edge turned up perpendicular)}' all arouiul about thrce fourtlis of an inch. The leaves are Rome six feet in diameter. While in bloom, the ftagla attracted as larce crowds to the Botanlcal Gardens as a game of bim hnll attracts in America. As many is twenty thousand people a diy visit the gardeBt to see it. Daly's theatrical company, of New York, played a week here iu the Wallner Theater aftor tlielr stay in Lonilon. As we go to Ihe theater only to learn Gorman, we had DO inteiition to htar thi'in. But Professor Zupitza, Professor of English, at the Berlín Uiiivirsity, not being uble lo go, sent his complinieiitary tickets over to us. The cumpauy is reported to have had tfi'eat success In London, but herfl they created very little interest. It was a third night of their play, that we went, as above, to hear "Love on Crutches." I'erliaps six rows of seats in the parquet were lilled, which was ratlicr an empty house for the third (Inst.tjiitl. We liave also been favored tiy ; not her exhibition from our native land, in the Flora, at Charlottenburg. A troupe pf 8ioux Indiana and cow-boyí, with their tents, log buts, and mustangs, represented life on the plains, robbed stage-coaches. lassoed wild horses, and gave othcr iutereeting aud esthetic exhibitionsof like nature. The troupe seems to be genuiiif, for Professor Öleniering has liad the cbief, He Crow, modelled for one of the iillegorical figures of the Waiblngton Monument to be erected at Phlladelpliia, The beautiful cre.mi mustang, Prairie Flower, was modelled also. In the absence of the celebrated geographer, Prof II. Kiepert, on a soientitic and exploring expedition in Asia Minor, the Prolessor's wife gave me lus membership ticket to the Alaemeiner Deutscher re for the ailvaiicement ot Germán colonial and foreign iaterests. As the Professor was to take no active part I tliink I representad bim quite well, by lltting quietly and lUtening to speeches. The meetings were interesting to me, not only in the matter presented, but i cially in a linquistic sense. The I ers were fiom all parta of Germany, and I li id a good opportunity to observe the difference in pronuneiation. I have been told that the educated peoplespeak nearly the same all over the Germany provinces. There is, however, a very noticeable ' ference, not so grea: to be sure as between classes in the same city, as between Btrliniêoh and the; languajie of the eduoated Berllner, for example. This difference was moslly in the sound of , ch, ƒ, r not initial, r, w, and g in all positlons. The eongress wasopeued as is everytliint; in Germany witli a gieetiug and clu-ers for the Emperor. The busts of the Emperor, Crown Pince and liismarck, oceupied the iisusul prominent place, as in all public buildings, hall?, restaurants and beer gardens. The eongress showed a very lively interest in colonial affairs, centcring mostly of course, in África. As a mcmber of the coiigreas I waa invited to be present at the openinc; of the South American Expoaitfon. Tlic best part of this was te exCPuent music, a few liides, butterfly ml bug collections, nnda pyramid of a thousund glasajars of different grades and varieties of coffee. The innjority of Ge'inans sceni to know more of South Americi than tliey do of Noith Americ i. Another very Important and smecessfu' meeting was that of the Naluralists' Convenllon. The term naturalist, Naturfortehtr, is used in a more oomprehensive sense than theone wc usnally give it, and Includei all branches of medicine, mathematics, physic, chemistry, ireography, etymology, etc. Th assembly was dlyided lnio tliirty gPCtioim, and the number of membera was over over ferar thousand, and froin all paris of Europe and Amerii'a Foi ty-one were reuistered fiom the United Stalen In connection witli the nssociatiou was ht ld an exhibilion of instrument", appuratus, specimens, etc., of the different departments. In connection witli ezhlbltlont I must inention the fifty-eighth exhibitlon of the Koyal Acndemy of Arts. The number of entries was nearly tour thousand, nearly all palntiogl 11 ti tl Itnttwry. Foreign countries however, seemed to bo not so extensively represented as at a similar exhibitlon held in Munich in 1883. At that time, I remember, that American puinters and art ownPH displayed some three hundred subjects; in this, noe at nall. France, siso, was unrepresented In England's división I noticed Ford's statue of Henry Irving as Hamlet, a cut of whlch appeared in Ilarpers' some time ago. The painting to whlch the tirst golden inedal was awarded is a portrait of HÍM Catliarine Grant, an Engüsli lady, palnted by Herkomer, of England. Nearly all of the paintinirs beinfr for sale, sucli nn extensive oollection will tie a good iliaco for Detroit to lili up her art. gaüery.