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V 26 THE SUNDAY OJJEGOoSIAJN, P0J&TLA2jTD, MABGH 15, 1903. ftMBRieAN INVASION OF BERLIN YANKEES HAVE BEATEN LOCAL MERCHANTS AT THE '.:' V GERMAN CAPITAL ERL.IN, March 2. (Special Corre spondence.) In the capital ofthe German empire. In the heart of Frledrichstrasse, within a block of TJnter den Linden and a few minutes' walk of the Thlergarten, I write of the American Invasion, It. is all around me. I find it Jn everj street and every block. It sticks out like a pimple on one's nose and. here In the busiest part of the city it assumes the size of a big red boll. Over there at the right is a shop with the American shield above the door. It bears the stars and stripes In red, whito and blue, and below It are Dutch figures leaning over a ship rail, looking out at the sea. That Is our own American line touting fdr its lied Star boats, and the German travel across the Atlantic, Next door is a hat store. The most fashionable shapes are American, and the best are made by two well-known New York firms. They are considered superior to any other, and J5 American derbies are worn by the swells. There are American tailor shops in different parts of Berlin, and our styles now vie with those of Paris and London. "Old Glory" as Girls' Hat Bands. But -look at those girls who are now coming' up the street. See the jaunty one at the-Tight She has a hat with a little American flag draped around it." I hear her talking as she goes by. Her features are German, and her speech Is that of the lower class Bcrlinese. She Is aping the American to be In fashion. That Is so with many girls in Berlin. Since the Kaiser has been courting President Roose velt and Prince Henry has visited America pictures of Mr. Roosevelt and the Prince, painted on the American flag, and of Miss Alice Roosevelt, have been Eold In the illustrated postal card store, and the mil liners have labeled the new bonnets and hats "ccht Amerlcanische." American Diamonds in Berlin. Even American diamonds are sold here. I mean flash diamonds of the paste va riety. There -is a store Just beyond the steamship office where crowds are always looking in at the -windows. That store belongs to a man' named Tait, who Is better known In continental Europo than any other American jeweler. He sells nothing but diamonds, and that at a uni form price of a dollar and a half, no matter If the stone be as big as a buck eye or as small as a pea. He brings out the shine with a blaze of electric lights so great that you can warm your hands on the show windows or Tather you could wore It not for the .servant who stands on tho street polishing them. Thl3 man has shops In most of the big cities, and ho is one of the great advertisers. At the time Prince Henry was In Chicago he put a full-page advertisement in the leading newspaper of Berlin, of which the following is a translation: "Eighty per cent of the American ladles who attended Prince Henry's reception last night wore Talt's diamonds." Such advertising Is new here, and In connection with the craze for American things, It created somewhat of a sensa tion. The American Shot Tramping Ahead. Ia the same connection was the adyer tlsement of a well-known American shoe, a full-page announcement stating that at the time Alice Roosevelt broke the bottle of champagne with which she named the Kaiser's yacht she had on these shoes. Speaking of the American shoe, one of tho best shoo stores In Europe Is right here on Friedrichstrasse. Come with me down the street to the corner of Lelpr, siger-strasse ana tai;e a iook at it It Is in a big building belonging to the Equit able Life Insurance Company of New York, and It sells nothing but American shoes. There are a dozen other places in the city where our shoes are sold, but none which does a business like this. It Is crowded Trom morning till night and it Is a poor day when its sales do not run up to 4000 marks. It has been open only two years, and has done a big business from tho start It sells only for cash, and Its methods are altogether American, even to the negro bootblack Imported from New York, who shines your shoes while you wait It has two makes of shoes, one for ladles and one for gentle men, and sells them at the fixed price of J4.50 a pair, which is just one dollar more than the same shoes cost anywhere in the United States. Hvr One American Snccccded. I oropped Into this store the other day and had a chat with tho proprietor. He Is a young New Jerseylte of 25, enthusiastic af to the prospects for American trade. fjT SEE," -said Mr. Hennessy, "that I Congress has knocked off wurruk." "It has," said Mr. Dooley; "or, to speak more ace'rately, th' House iv Rlprlslntatlves has gone back to wurruk. Th' Sir.lt Is. still there with Its feet up on th' desk an Its vlnrable nose burried In Its chest It's been a gr-reat session lv Congress. It will live long In th mlm ry lv th American people if they don't Trget Ivry time I think iv it it makes me proud I'm an almost native lv this counthry where th meanest citizen can go to Wash'nton an get his rights but nobody .else can. "What has it done, says ye? Well, to begin with, It has smashed th thrusts well, almost smashed thlm well, give thim tt good hearty pat annyhow. In th' beglnnln Itv looked as though on'y half way measures wud be adopted. They was unimportant bills to take th' money away fr'm th' thrusts, to bum thlm In He. to murdher thlm, to lock thlm up fr life. But th leaders iv Congress demanded more dhrastlc measures. Me frlnd Slni tor Aldrlch. who riprlslnts a constltooncy that's almost as big as my back yard, was determined that no pains shud be spared to bring th' thrusts to their knees in fear or gratlchood. 'Glntlemen,' says he with a chokln voice, 'th' bills now JJP do not meet th case. They are well enough in their way, but what Is th" use Iv at tackin' th thrusts at their sthrong point which is their money? They have gr-reat knots lv this, as I have obsarved, havln' lived in th' house with thlm; an' th' best . NCE there lived in a Jim CrowTown a Glowing Intellect who was posted on all tho Issues of the Day. Some one had to keep Cases on the Gov ernment ana prevent the whole Outfit from getting out of Kelter, and so the Job fell to Mordecai F. Quinsy. Mr. Quinsy found that he could give his Time to regulating tho Washington Game, because his Wife did sewing and his" Daughter was an Ex pert Stenographer. Between them they kept him supplied with good 5-cent Segars and relieved his mind of all Business Cares. He had nothing to worry him except Af fairs of State. When he tackled a large International Problem he could do so with a keen, act ive brain that had not been fagged out by any cheap Exertion, such as trying to lo cate xhe Winter's Supply of CoaL Mr. Quinsy had the solemn Phiz of a professional Pallbearer, and much medita tion had corrugated the Front of the Dome. Those who merely caught one Flash of him and never looked up his Record and checked of his Pedigree thought he was about due to break into e f mmamss' 11 i ii i i turn u & 4 -A. mfYh i Gizgswa. 1 1 r , rr?2rr-7v'...A PJCTVZF POSTAL Air ADYEWISJIfG- IN BERLW IS DOrfB- OTTO'WERS 0Y3mSEr C0JWAS Here is his story as it came out in re sponse to my questions: "About three years or so ago my father and I sold out our shoe business In New ark. N. J., and looked around for a place to open another. My father had been in MR. DOOLEY'S PHILOSOPHIC LETTER annywan can do is to pick off a little at a time,' he says. 'My idee Is to attack thlm at their weakest point An what Is their weak point glntlemen? It surely Is their binivolence. I propose to assail thlm there. I do It with pain, fr, as ye know, howlver brutal me feelln' to'rd thrusts may be as a pathrlte, as a citi zen I have a rale affection fr wan iv thlm. Th' bill I am goln' to offer in th' name iv'me frlnd Slnltor Elklns, who is poundin' his ear in th cloakroom at this mlnylt wrings me heart It is an assault on all that I hold dear In life an don't expict to sell till It's a good deal dearer, he says. 'But' he says, 'no wan lver knew Erasmus Haltch Aldrlch to fall to respond to th call lv jooty howlver ad valorem, he says. " 'My counthry colls me an' I lay aside Ivry consldheratlon an rush to th' bank,' he saj-a 'Th' still small voice lv Jooty as It ticks off th figures on th' tape Is lver in me ear.' he says. I am here to belt th' thrusts,' he says, "an" here I am. I move ye, sir, that we substlchoot f r th bill en titled a Bill to Murdher Thrusts this here small but fragrant law entitled "A Bill to Glvo Thlm a Hearty Hug." Undher th' terms iv this bill, it will be illagal fr a thrust to charge anywan f r Its produck more thin It can get to pay back money to anyy wan, to divide its profits with th poor, to burn down its bulldln's onlcss In sured, to advance wages, to build churches an" orphan asylums, or to create a fund fr th' missionaries In Chlny. If caught In anny lv these neefaryous Intherprlses anny officer lv a thrust will be lible to a fine iv four mlllyon dollars or lmptison- GEORGE tho Senate. To tell the cold and icy Truth, Mordecai could not have, been elect ed Constable, but just the same he knew all about John Hay's next Move and some times he fretted a good deal for Fear that John would make a Mlscue and permit himself to be Hornswaggled by them for eign Diplomats. Mr. Quinsy could sit on a Kit of Mack erel with a Bunch of Keys, a Barlow Knife, a plug of good eating Tobacco and about 35 cents in Currency secreted in his Jeans and he -could tell the Treasury De partment just how to manage the next $100,000,000 Issue of Bonds. One thing that worried Mr. Quinsy a lot was the possibility that Teddy would make some serious Mistake. He felt more or less responsible for Teddy, Inasmuch as ho had formally nominated him in front of Pilkins Hardware Store as far back as 1SS9. If he could have been at Teddy's Elbow all the time to whisper Advice, there would have been no Chance for the Administration to get balled up. But the Trouble was that Mr. Quinsy was out at Peewce Junction and Teddy was up at Washington, and they could not get to gether to frame up a Policy. Mr. Quinsy was a man of Regular Hab its and very Methodical. Hs had so much. CART) the habit of coming to Europe every Sum mer on account of the rheumatism, and In looking about came to the conclusion that Europe might be a good place for an up-to-date shoo store, e now visited the chief cltlfa, and finally decided to Qpcn one in mint in a loonytlc asylum or both. As I said, I offer this bill with a sad an' achln' heart' he says. 'But I have done me jooty, an' with that I mus' be contint F'rglve th' tears lv a Spartan father-in-law, an', boy, call lip New York an get twlnty-two. twlnty Broad,' he says. "What else has Congress done, says ye? Well, th' House Iv Riprlslntatlves has passed a bill irrltatln' th' arid plains iv th West, an a bill to relieve th' Filipinos 1 lv th necessity Iv askln' fr relief. It I has passed th' chewin tobacco, th flask. the time Iv day, th' buck an th He. di rect It has sung '01' Lang Syne' an' it's gone home. That's a ;good record fr th' House. "Th Slnlt with its thraditlons grim with age Is still goln' on, Hinnlssy. Me frlnd Tiddy Rosanfelt wrote thlm a letther say In' that they had done well. They were a credit to th' counthry an' he was as proud Iv thlm as he cud be consldherln' th' diffrence In their age. He wud like to pat thlm on th' head but he cud on'y pull their whiskers. 'Slnltors,' says he, no Slnlt since I come Iv age has excelled ye. If anny wan iv ye want a rlcommlndation as Slnltor somewheres else, I will write It fr ye. I have found ye faithful, accom mydatln, obllgln. lndusthress. honest yes. Indeed. I have nlver known ye to fail lp politeness In showln' me th' dure. Ye have well fulfilled th best thraditlons lv ye'er hoa'rable body, but ye haven't done anny worruk, so I must call ye In extra sessyon an' ask ye to get busy If ye don't want to be an everlastln disgrace to th counthry, he says. "An there ye ar-re. "What's th throu- ADE'S FABLE to do every Day that he had to work on a close Schedule. In the Morning, after his Wife had arisen and started the Fire and put on the Griddle. Mr. MordecaL F. Quinsy would arise and take a few Observations of tho Weather: He was a very able Prognosti cator, and one of his favorite Stunts was to get up in the Morning and do a little Forecasting for the benefit of his Wife and Daughter. After Ereakfast he put on his Overcoat and wrapped himself up In a Comforter, so as not to catch Cold and lose the Use of his Voice. If Mordecai F. Quinsy had lost the use of his Voice, this Country would have been in a Bad Way. Mr. Quinsy knew a Druggist who took a Dally Paper, and so, the first thing every Morning, he went to the Drug Store to find out what Foul Break had been made by Congress. After reading the Paper he sat by the Stove and laid out some Work for the Ways and Means Committee. After which he went down to the Stalion to see Number Six go through. After which he went up to the Postofflce to wait until the. Mail had been distrib uted. One day in 1SS3 Mordecai received a Seed Catalogue and after that he was en couraged. While waiting for bis Mall, Mr. (Mill BUSES VIEICJfl CFAR&B A CI UAH J tH S jvuujzt- I Its! . .- c' t ,V .v - 8 fSaP I "BERLIN POSTAL CARD VvJTH PR to IOL.NJ -JZOOoZVBLT AND PMCf &BIT&Y-" Vienna. He tried to rent a place there, but as soon as the people found what he was about to do they raised the rent, and 2000 of ,lhe Viennese shoemakers held a meet ing and threatened to wreck the store If It should be opened. He then came to Ber lin, and finally, rented this place. He cabled mo to send on a stock of shoes. I did oo. We sold from $400 to $1000 worth a day at the start, and 'have been doing better right along. "We have, since estab lished shoe .stores In Frankfort-on-the-Maln and In Hamburg. They aro also doing well." America ts. Germany. "What is the difference between the American and the German shoe?" I asked. "There Is no comparison," was the re ply. "The German shoes lack shape, style and comfort; all of which the American shoe has. The Germans have learned the difference, and they aro now trying to Imitate our shoes. They come here and buy samples for models. They have Im ported our shoemaklng machinery, but they have not succeeded as yet They have some big factories, but none so large as ouro. They ought to be able to manufac ture more cheaply, but cannot, although their men receive only one-fourth as high wages as ours. They work more slowly and cannot get the work out of their ma chines." "Will the Germans pay high prices for American goods?" I asked. "Yes, If the goods are worth it The ble, says ye? They ain't anny throuble. Its a question lv Slnltoryal courtesy. What's that? Well, Hinnlssy, ye see, there ain't anny rules In th' Slnlt Ivry body gets up whin he wants to an' hol lers about annythlng that cornea Into his head. Wliln Dorgan was In Wash'nton, he wlnt to hear th. debate on th nival bill an a Slnltor was r-readin' th' Life Iv Napolyon to another Slnltor who was asleep. Slnltoryal courtesy rules th body. If ye let me talk, I'l let ye sleep. Th' presidin' officer can't come down with his hammer an bid wan lv thlm ven'rable men, grim wld thraditlons, to chase him self fr'm th fiure. In such a case It wud be parlyminthry fr th grim Slnltor to heave an ink-well at th' presidin officer. Undher Slnltoryal courtesy It Is proper an even affable to call a fellow-Slnltor a 'liar.' It Is th' hlth lv courtesy to rush over an push his cjgar down his throat to take him be th' hair an' dhrag him around th' room, or to slap him in th eye on account iv a diffrence iv opinyon about collictors lv lntafnal rlvinue. Southern Slnltors has been known to use a small case-knife in a conthrovarsy. It Is etiket to take off ye'er boots In th heat lv de bate. It Is courteous fr a Slnltor to go to sleep an' swallow his teeth while another Slnltor Is makin' a speech. But wanst a Slnltor Is on his feet, it is th' hlth lv mis behavior to stop him except Cr th pur pose lv glvln' him a poke In th- nose. Af ther a rough-an'-tumble fight, th' Slnl tor who previously had th flure gets up fr'm it if able an raysumes his specta cles, his wig an' his speech. But while he has wan syllable left In his face he is th' Quinsy said a few plain Words about, the Kaiser and stood up for the Monroe Doc trine. Abofit 11 o'clock every day Mr. Quinsy acted as Referee in a Pool Game, and then went over to the Barber Shop to look at the Illustrated Papers containing the pic tures of Footligbt Favorties and Noted Criminals. Mr. Quinsy, being .possessed of an Analytical Mind, was deeply Interested in aU, Murder Mysteries, and for every Case he had a few Theories of his own that would have been a great help to the Police. Just at 12 o'clock Mr. Quinsy went home and ate a hearty Dinner, after which he returned to Main Street, smoking a Farm Hand Regalia and gazing thoughtfully at the Ground, trying to straighten out the Panama Canal Business. In the Afternoon he hung around the Courthouse more or less because he played a good Game of Checkers, and besides he. liked to be on hand in case the State need ed the Services of an unprejudiced Juror. Mr. Quinsy had, a Weak Back, which prevented him from splitting Wood, but he loved some kinds of Work, .and the Honest Toil that suited him best was to sit on a Jury In a Case Involving Assault and Battery. A CE JUT AND people know what they want and they pay well for everything. I thought prices were low here before I came over. They are not Men's clothing, If you take the fit and style Into account costs less In New York than In Berlin. I can have a suit made here for 120 marks or $30, but It will not have any better stuff, nor fit as well as the ready-made suit which I can get In New York for from 512 to 51S. A suit made to order at $25 in New York is better than any you can get here made to order for $33. It Is the same with women's clothing. As to prices the kinds of shoes we aro selling for $4.50, were formerly aold for $3, $6 and $7 a pair. Then only the rich bought them. Now they are used by the middle classes as well." One word more about the American shoe. Consul-General Maeon, of Berlin, has done as much as any man In our con sular service to Introduce It He began to urge Its sale six years ago, and at last got our leading factories to send several drummers and finally to establish stores in some of tho chief cities. He says that there are six or eight big German cities where shoe stores like this In Berlin could be profitably established. These are: Cologne . Breslau. Dresden, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart and Straeburg. American Manic for Germans. It is strange that we should be giving the Germans, one of the chief, musical peoples, musical Instruments. It Is neverthless true. The graphophone, gramophone and monarch lv all he surveys. No rules fr thlm ol boys. Ye can say annythlng against thlm, but If ye attack that pala jeem Iv our liberties, th sacred right to drool, they rally at wanst Me frlnd Slnl tor Morgan knew this on' says he: 'Gln tlemen, they'se a bill here I don't want to see passed, It's a mlscheevous, foul, crim inal bill. I didn't inthrojooce it I' don't wish to obsthruct It. If anny wan says I do, Slnltoryal courtesy will compel me to jam th libel down his throat with a stove lifter. I will on'y make a speech about it In the year fourteen hundherd an two' An so he goes on. He's been talkin lver slnco an he's on'y got down to th six teenth clnchry where th' question broad ens out No wan can stop him. Th air Is full lv his wurruds. Slnltors lave Wash 'nton an' go home an' splnd a week with th Xam'Iy, an come back, an' that grim ol vethran Is still there, pborln out moist an numerous language. They'se no roi son why he shudden't talk f river. I hope he will. I ddn't care whether he does or not I haven't a frlnd In th Slnlt As f r th Pannyma Canal, 'tis thirty to wan I'll nlver take a ride on it But that's slnl toryal courtesy." "What's to be done about It?" asked Mr." Hennessy. "What do I do whin ye an' ye'er aged f rind3 stay here whin ye ought to "be homo?" asked Mr. Dooley. "Ye tur-rn out th' gas," said Mr. Hen nessy. "An that's what I'd do with th' Slnlt," said Mr. Dooley. (Copyright 1003.) If there was nothing doing at the Court house, Mr. Quinsy usually went to a Real Estate Office and grappled with the Tru3t Problem. He had given much Thought to the Matter of legislating against Infa mous Combines, and he was one of the first to discover that the Trusts were try ing to whlpsaw the Working Classes. About the time that he had solved the Trust Problem he had to go over and see the Afternoon Train go through and wait for his Mall once more. Late in the Day he usually dropped in at an Undertaker's Shop, where a Veterinary Surgeon and a retired Truck Farmer were collaborating on a Foreign Policy for the State Department Mr. Quinsy was al ways able to slip in a few Suggestions. He was dead set against the Anglo-Saxon Alliance, and believed in the Annexation of Canada, even if it Involved War. At 5:30 he would purchase a Pound of Oyster Crackers and have them charged. Then he would go home to Tea .and tell Mrs. Quinsy and Daughter to fix up the Sofa for him, as he was suffering from a Headache and wanted, to Rest for a lit tie while. Moral What we need in America, is the Gospel of Relaxation. (Copyright, 1208.) the phonograph, arfr all sold la large quan- i titles. The graphophone people have their cylinders put up In boxes, covered with a picture of the American flag; and when .the Empress of Germany bought a mu- chlne for the Crown Prince last year the I records thu boxed were sent to tne I palace The manager of the German Grapho- phona Companjv at my request told mo how that sale, was made. Said he: "The advances .came from the "royal family and not from- us. One day ono ot the Em- i press ladies in waiting came In one of tho royal carriages to our offico .on Frled- j erlch strafe and asked that some ma- chines -be sent to the palace for examina tion on the morning following. We sent j several, and with them one of our best looking German employes to show how they worked. "This was -done at the palace lh the pres ence of the Empress, the Crown Prince and others; The Empress wanted one of tho cheaper machines, but the Crown Prince Insisted on tho beat and got it The money for it was paid at once, and within- a few weeks others were ordered. so thatnow a half dozen are owned by the royal tamuy. i am told that his majesty. tne ivniser, now ana men uses them, and ! that his favorite tunes are out plantation I melodies. Yankees ReHtlnq: the Corners. The Americans appreciate the advan tage of location better than the Ger mans. They are rapidly getting hold of the best corners In Berlin for their dif ferent business enterprises. This Is so with the shoe store above mentioned. It la oa the corner of the two chief retail streets. The rent is high, but It pays. The building, which a3 I have said be longs to an American Insurance company, is one of tho best in Berlin. It has many Americans in It, including the United States consulate general and several American newspaper correspondents. The kodak Is sold on a corner further un the street, and an American cash register company has another corner with windows full of catchy advertisements qf Its ma chines. One of our chief typewriters, has another prominent corner, where you can see pretty German girls clicking away on American machines at any business hour of the day, and the American-German Graphophone Company has also a corner filled with these red. white and blue boxes containing Its records. - , Advertising: In Berlin. One reason for choosing an expensive -location Is the advertisement. The Germans have their own laws as to such matters, and all billboard advertisements have to be submitted to tho city architects before they can be put up. No one can put out a sign without such consent Advertising is not done on the walls. Real estate, boards are not put up In the vacant lots, and when a circus comes to town It has to be contented with little round towers which have been put up at the street cor ners for advertising purposes. When Buffalo Bill gave a show In Berlin he could find no place for hl3 show bills, and when the Barnum circus came same years ago It solved the problem by buying up storo windows and store fronts and put ting the pictures inside the stores. This was not liked by the other German mer chants, but It was a new thing, and at that time no law had been enacted against Unfair Competition. ' One must be careful how hl3 advertise ments are worded. There is a law against stating anything which cannot be sub stantiated, and he who does so is liable to be sued for unfair competition. I have from Bralnard H. Warner, Jr., our Consul at Lelpslc, a translation of the law of unfair competition. It provides, In the first place, that any falsehood In an adver tisement concerning the method of pro duction, source of supply, or character of the wares, subjects the person making It to a fine of $357. Second, that spreading a false report concerning a competitor la punished with a similar fine, or imprison ment for one year. And third, any de ception as to quality of goods. Including false weight Is punished for every In fringement with a fine of $33. The same law prohibits a clerk from divulging a business secret while employed, and any competitor who takes advantage of such information la also liable to punishment The fine In this case Is 3000 marks, or $714. The Yankee Lost His Snit. Indeed, an American who comes to Ger many tp do business has many things to learn. There are new laws for everything, and he needs legal advice at every step. One America who Is In trade here recently wanted to remodel his store and throw four or five rooms Into one. He asked for competitive bids from several builders on the understanding that the lowest bid der was to have the Job. He awarded It accordingly, and then one of the other bidders-brought suit against him for the time HIS LIFE NOW ROBERT ANTON, REJECTED BECAUSE OF LUNG TROUBLE, USES HOFFS CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. A Year Later He !s Accepted, After an Examination by the Doctor Who Failed to Relieve Him. Thousands of American men head3 of 1 Tamilles have been rejected by life Insur ance companies - because of catarrhal or lung troubles. The horror of such a sit uation cannot be appreciated by one who has not endured the experience. Nearly every man Is an optimist so far as his healtn la concerned the bead of the family tolls away at his day's work, and abso lutely refuses to believe that his. sys tem will ever break down. The day comes when the medical examiner advises "the life Insurance company to decline to insure him the awful tide of reflections that fol lows the realization of his actual condi tion Is beyond description. Robert Anton, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, passed through this terrible experience. He tried Professor Hoffs Cure for Con sumption, and a year later was accepted by the great Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, after a rigid examination by the very physician who treated him with out success. Frederick Hammann, the most hope less consumptive case the New York clin ics could offer, was sent to Vienna at the expense of the New York Joprnal, and there cured by Professor Hoff. Hammann returned to America and a few months ago the great New York Insurance Company issued the highest grade p policy on his life. Mr. Hammann's case has been made famous- by the newspapers. Mr. Anton 'Tells of his own case Jn the following let ter: Eendiner & Echleslnger, New York: Gentlemen Inclosed find $5.00. for which pleaie send me six bottles ot Professor HofTa Core for Consumption. Many ot my friends here look to me to supply them with the medi cine, and I try always to have a bottle or two extra, op hand, so that whenever some one who may hear its praises from some one who heart ily recommends It can come right to me and get It at once, without waiting to send. Every person here, without exception, who Is using the medicine is belnff benefited by it. and know it and say so. Three who tried It came to me in less than a week and said that lhe7 noticed a relief from It, and it did them a srreat deal of gocd. . The next time I write I hope to be able to send In a bunch of unsolicited testimonials, and we are only delaying that we may be sure of Its benefits- A man' here who Is taking it has suCered for 20 years from Catarrh and Asthma everj Summer, but since taking Pro fessor Hoffs remedy he has not suffered this Summer, and Is able to work, which he never did a Summer before. Another here has been given up by the doc tor and was uslne whiskey. He becan the remedy and was Improving very elowly. Now and labor employed In making the p!am he had "submitted. The American fought the suit and lost it He hot only had to pay 3100 to the Unsuccessful bidder, but also the costs of the suit and the fees of the plaintiff's lawyer. The man who loses a law suit In Ger many must not only pay tho costs', but also the fees of his opponent. The legal fees are fixed for each case and they are very low. One can Jure a good lawyer for one day for $12.50, and the drawing up ol papers costs little more than the charges for ordinary clerical hire In tho United States. Electric Cars in Berlin. Berlin has "now a good electric-car sys tem. The cars are of the American nat- Jern, many of them .having been made In jlitj mu ovuu uae in pieces, and -are put together by .the German me chanics. Each car seats 23 passengers, and there are a certain number of stand ing places on the platforms. No smoking Is allowed in the cars, but there Is on tho wall outside a little brass shelf with grooved holes Into which cigars can bo stuck by those who wish to go inside. Each groove has Its number, anil tl.e thrifty German after coming out ;sghts up' his cigar and finishes his smoko. The American would throw away the c'gar; the German smokes It to the end, although he docs It in sections. Cheap fares. The ordinary street-car fare is 10 pfen nigs, or 2 of our cents. In some cases an extra fare Is charged where the course Is long,- but I have ridden several miles for 10 pfennigs. This seems to be tho rate all over Germany, an! Is just half that of our American rate. Indeed, I doubt If "you will find a city where transporta tion is cheaper than here. Friedrlch strasse is too narrow for tramcars, und a lame Dart Of Its transit fa on nmnlhnqQ I which charge a cent and a quarter a trip. These busses run every minute. Their iootDoaros are very low, and ono can jump on or oft without stopping tha omnibus. There arc similar vehicles on Unter den Linden. Taxnmeter Cabs. I like tho cab system here. Not only in Berlin, but In most of the German cities there are cab3 knows as taxameters. Each cab has a sort of cyclometer ar rangement on It, a clockllke affair, which Is just behind1 the driver, and so that the man who rides inthe cab can watch the hands go around, indicating how many miles he has traveled and how much the fare is. You pay 50 pfennigs, or 12fe cents, for the first half mile, and 10 pfennigs for each additional quarter of a mile. There is another part of the machine which registers the fare for waiting, so that one can tell just exactly what he ougnt to pay at any point during the ride. Bab gage may be taken on top of such cabs, and the charges are from 6 cents to 3 cents, according to the weight of the trunks, the former being the charge up to 55 pounds, and the latter that for a box weighing 220 pounds. Everything 13 paid for according to tariff, and there is no extortion, like that of New York and some other American cities. FRANK G. CARPENTER. (Copyright 1003.) Soldier's Record. 1. Wa3 there a city directory In use In Cincinnati, O., in the year 1S61-5; and to whom would a person write to find the names of persons registered In those years? ' 2. To whbm would a person apply to obtain the' war record of a soldier of tha Civil War who has been dead for 20 year3? 3. If a soldier was In the hospital at Nashville', Tenn.; would any record show the fact? B. Z. 1. Yes. An inquiry addressed to tha Enquirer, the Commercial-Tribune, the Mayor, or the directory, publishers of Cin cinnati would likely elicit the information you seek. 2. The war record of any Northern sol dier of the Civil War can be obtained by .writing to Major-General H- C. Corbin, U. S. A., Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C 3. If the hospital was a United States Army hospital, the Surgeon-General's of fice at Washington, D. C, or the surgeon In charge of the United States Army Hos pital at Nashville, Tenn., would bo tho proper address. If the hospital Is a city or private one, write to the surgeon in charge. Of course, hospitals keep a rec ord of patients admitted. Quito, the capital- of Ecuador, Is to have a cotton mill. The machinery for it must be car ried on the backs of mules to an altitude of 16.000 feet in the Andes in sight of Chlmborazo. INSURED ! he is able to walk, and before he was usable to go out of the house. He was almost dead. He told me last Saturday that it was tho greatest medicine he had ever seen. I WAS. EXAMINED FOR INSURANCE AND PASSED ALL RIGHT IN THE METROPOLI TAN by the doctor, who bad given me roedlcino about a year ago without any relief, and I told him It was all due to Prof. HoK's remedy, as I am now perfectly free of Catarrh and all throat and lung troubles. 1 fe.el It Is my duty to recommend this medi cine every time I can. for if I had got It In time I could have saved about 5140 for doc tors. ROBT. ANTON, 5 So. Catherine street, Mt. Vernon, O. HOW TO GET THE REMEDY. After Prof. HoITs Cure for Consumption had become famous throughout the Austrian and German Empires, the American Bureau was established at the laboratories of the well known New York chemists, Messrs. Bendiner & Scblesinger, who Import the necessary drugs through their European Branch, and compound the prescription exactly In accordance with Prof. Hoffs Instructions. The American Bu reau sends the compounded prescription for a charge Just above the cost of com pounding it. In this way the greatest good can b9 given the greatest number. No deception like a "free offer" is tolerated. For 51.00 wc will mall a. bottle of Prof. Holt's Cure for Consumption, Contain ing sufficient medrclce for one month's treatment. S x bottles for ?3. It Is dangerous In the extreme to experiment with Prof. Hoft's Prescription. See that this triangular trade mark Is on every bottle. All correspondence strictly confidential. We forward all packages and all mail matter la plain wrappers only. AMERICAN BUREAU, Prof. Hoff's Cure for Consumption BENDINER & SCHLESIHGER Chemists and Importers (Established IS la.) 3d Ave. and IOthSt., New York City Note ImDortant. Those who desire to aid In the cure of consumption should remember that Mr. Frederick Hammann. who was cured ot consumption and later insured by the New York Lite insurance Co., as a test case, at the ex pense of the New York Journal, Is connected with the American Bureau, ana will Dersonally answer all Interviews and Inquiries, aiding all sufferers to follow, at their homes, the treat ment which cured him. He cautions the nubile against alleged "Consumption Cures" Irrespon sible persona ana so-cauea societies, wnose pur pose is to traffic recklessly In human hopes and hnman lives. This evil Dractlce has occasioned the publication of their misdoings.' and a copy of the Mew xorit journal, cauuoning tne puouc against such frauds, will be mailed by Mr. Hapimg-m ca request.