Foreign Correspondence

To tile COUBXEB: BKHLLN, (KliMANV, NoV. 3, '80. As in most parts of Europe, so in Geriimny, Stimlay s the great c!ay for pleasure .nul recreatlon. ., This Is cspeeiallv tiue of the iniddle and lower classes, mid indeed, one is told that even the beat people lliink ttothlng of going on pleasure oxcnrsioiis, and to the theatre anti opera pp that d:iy that all such thlllgs aie pertVctly proper. However, that many ot the best classes uake a tiablt of theatergering and vislling beer gurdens on SuncUy, 1 ui Inollned to doubt Not that tlu-y have any principie about the matter Inch deten thcin, hut mi account of the mixed .society which one is sure to lind. In niiiiy plaoes prloes of ailmission are reduced o Bunduys, This ií, of course, for the benefit of the poorer and laborIng classes, and they tuke advantage of it. Tliere is, accordinglv, :o place of entertainment uhich is not better patrónized on the Sabbath tliati on week days, anti one who dislikes to be jostled by, and Oilogle too mocfa vvith the rabble rein üns in soine more secluded place, or takes a qulet walk or i drive. The better class of business houses close on Sunday, but never a beer hall or restaurant. Baring beard so ihuch of Haasnbeide, and of the instructive lessons one may there enjoy in obserTing the people and thcir ways, I resolved one Sunday afternoon to visit it. The Hasenlieide is snpposed to bea soit of a park and is situated in the southern part of' the city. Il resembles the celebrated pleasure rounds of Vienna, and is thercfoie soinetlmes spoken oí as Berlln's Wurstelprater. In passing, it may he intcresting to note the meanlngot this word. Prater, mean Ing b pleasure wood, omes (rom the i-i prado, and urstel is another form for Iliihstcur.it, i term corresDonding to tlie Engllsb Jack Pudding,', named from the favorito food of the Ocrmaap, Wurst, (sau sage), mul rat nsed to desígnate the funuwkintc actor ín i play, the button. The Hasenheide, then, is a place where the people can eat sausage, drink beer, listen to the huffoon, and liavu their sport, the last includiug everything jrou can think of from dancing aiul a circuí ilown. The particular point n the Ilasenheide for wblch I liad Btarted was the "New World." For inore than i mile on either side of the strtet before reaehing the "New World," were rows of shooting galleries, "side shows," round-abouts, booths of all sorts, and, of course, innumerable beer-gardens. A motley crowd of people in variovis and variegated costumes thronged the Street, among whom the Diensimiichen in bright colors seenied to be of the most numerous and favored clasa. i íinally arrived at the "New World," o the programs for the great Sunday entertainment also poetically cal led tbe "Mountaiii-Castle-Hrewery." I do not know tliat I should have called it tbe new world, but certaiuly it introduced one into a different world. It was nut lifiívcn mul it was tint lii'II, but one might be at a loss where between the two to lócate it. C'infidering that i was on Suuday, vc will place it on the side of the latter, Adiuission twche and a half cents; two and a half cents extra for a program; a variety of entertaÍMincnt be{íiniiing at 4 o'clock in the altcrnoon and lastiiif.' till lftte at niht. Tlie principal üttraetioiis wee a donble concert by two lari;e orcliestra?, theatricals, singing, juggling, excentrlcf, acrobats, walking on the tight rope, by (Prima) Donna Eroina, paDtomiMfi nul fire-works. In co-inection with tlii-", tbootlng gallarles, Punch and Jud}' sliows, pony-riding, merry-gorouuds and an American Corso," bal vhainpétre and oiher dancing, eating and h inkinjí, and the rest. One remarkable t hinir at all tlieie places is the absence of (lruiikenness. I do nut know that one i ver bicornes intoxlcated here on beer, Hutwlien one looksupon these thou?ands nivblng aboiit apon this day of rest, witli appaient iniioceiice and no twitehes of cpntcience, one is rudely shocked, and were it not for a church tower here and tiiere, wou Id Imagine hlmwlf transported in a heatlien land Instead of tlie capital of Protestuñt Oerman, the stiongest, most learned, and mogt inñneiitinl power on the continent of' Europe. Thc iM'veniment liere aetins lo be toleralily lénleñt in some reapecta. Yn insiance it does not nmnopolize the delivery uf mails. Tiicre are at present in Berlín Unce pogl c upanleí betldea the Imperial post, and ull exeept tlie Imperial seem to tu tlniving. Tin prlce fir clty pottage i is aluays bien lwo and a half cents, the for the wbole ofGeTmaay, and tliis charge led to the establishment ol the neiv compantoi, which deliver letters for half of that or loss, and have taken away from the srovernmcnt ollice neuily all ts local business It is probable that the governinent will be obligad tocóme down. Pustnien are less faTored ben than in America. ïhey are obliged to clinib stairs to the top floor, have long daji labor, only Inlf ¦ day off 011 Sunday, mlfor this receive from $180 to $220 per anniim. The lirst pneumatic post was constructed in Berlín. Pipes sis and ii half centimeters in width are placed about three fett under ground and letters sent by pneumatic preñare every quaiter of in hout at the speed of au express train. There are thlrty-five officers in different parts of tin; city, which have Rohrpott. One very noticeable thiug to the Iravelerin Berlin is thenmount of ham! labor in cartage, etc. There are, to be sure, niany drays, and horses feem to bfl plcntlfnl, and yet a large portion of the local transportaron is done by hand carta, some of whioli, however, are as large as one-horse wagons. These carta are drawn by men, women, boys and doga. I'erhaps the most frequent comblnation is a wiiman harnewecl to ¦ oart witli a dog or two. The dog KM H do the m st of tlie labor, and when a man, instead of a woman is the helper, the dog has the most of our sympathy. There is not so mncli abuse of woman in belng Bsed fot a jai:k-horse as In toma loutliern eities, but it is bad enoagh. As fur the dogs they now and then fnul a friend. A eettahi Mr. Mooie, founder of Mooie's Academy of MtMte, latcly deceased, said, bince man hd 110 liearc or feeling, ht bequeathed liis property to dogs." The money was to be u.ed u tlielr protection, and to buy and set them free. No suo. ccssful plin has been adopted to do nway with dog-labor. A dog ij said to eru a living tor miny a hungry month. TIn great disadvantnge to living in Paris or Berlin durm the glimmer is the total lack of lemonade and soda water! The stuff they cali lemonade and soda water 19 not fit to drink, and made of, I know not what. ],. tl 1 q Soda Water Pounlains of America! We kiiow not how many lives are faved I'rom ruin by itrODJt drink by oftcring a delieious glass of limonade or soda, instead of forcIng a man as in this country to quenoh lus thiist in beer, wine, or other llqaora. Frults, too, of most kinds, are hirh here. Peaobea have been most pleatlful, th;s fall for many years, but the prices have been from twelve to üfteen ceuts apii c ' lor good ones. Apples, iilso, are comparatlveiy high, and one rolgut expect it, for the fruittdealer, when he sho.vs his best apples remarks, "These are from América." Gripes are, perhips, as chenp as anytliinjr, and nice large one like ouix at hom have not been tM tlmn twelve