THE GERANIUM LEAF.
o
m It is very strnngc, when wo como to
think about it, on wha small cogs
and pivots tho wheels of fatoturn,and
what a slight jnr will do toward chang
ing tho wholo machinery nnd set it to
turning in an entirely different dircc
tion.
It was a geranium leaf that altered
tho whole courso of my liie; but for the
trivial leaf, picked by a young girl m
thoughtless mood, I should not be
Bitting hero to-day in this pleasant
dining-room, whero tho sun comes in
through tho vino-wreathed windows
and falls upon the geranium pots in
Bide; nnd this little girl would not bo
upon my kneo, nor yonder rcd-chcekcd
maiden on tho veranda with young
Sniithors; and neither would that very
handsomo matron who has just passed
into tho parlor havo been in her pres
cnt condition. If you will listen an
hour or so I will tell you my story,
It was just twenty years ago this sum
mer that I fell in lovo with Carno
Dean. Sho was 21 and I 27 both
old enough to know what wo meant
nnd what wo wcro about; at least
was, but Carrio was such a little
coquetto that I used to think sho had
no nunu of her own.
Oh, but sho was lovely! all rose-col
ored and white, and brown-tressed, and
pcarly-tcothcd, with tho roundest,
plumpest figure, as graccful as a fairy
in every movement, and witu uuuuti'
ful, shapely hands that woro a con
stant delight to tho eyes. I was just
homo from college and sho was on a
visit to my step-mother, her aunt, and
my half sister, IjUIu, ana Her cousin. 1
hadseen ugood manycirls inmysoven
years at collcgo, and somoof tho belles
of tlio land; but I had never yet had
my heart stirred by any woman's eyes
ns Carrio Dean stirred it when her
ehtneo mot initio in greeting; and tho
touch of her soft fingers completely sot
mo alloat on tho sea of love.
I was hor slavofrom that hour not
her slavo either, but her passionate
lover and worshiper. And, of courso,
she know it and, of course, being a
finished littlo'flirt, sho queened it over
mo right royally.
Thero was Fred Town, tho country
physician, and Tom Delano, tho hand-.
Botno young farmer, both as badly off
as I was; and a pretty time wo had
of it. J. red anil J, old chums in for
mer days, woro at swords' point now
and hated ench other splendidly for a
low wcoks. And Tom J held in tho ut
most contoinpt, and railed at thorn
both whenever opportunity presented
itsolf, for Carrie's edification after tho
mannor of men, and was repaid by
seeing her bestow her Bweotcst smiles
and glances upon them tho next timo
they mot.
Fred drovo a splendid span of bays,
nnd almost every day thoy diuthod up
the avenuo and (lashed out again with
Miss Carrie's added weight. And Tom
was on hand nearly overy evening,
and sho was just ns sweet to ono as
tho other, and just tho samo to mo;
nnd that was what maddened mo. I
was not to bo satisfied with a "widow's
third" by any means, and I told her
bo at last, and asked her how tho mat
ter was to bo sottled.
"I lovo you hotter thanthoso brain
less fops know how to lovo," I said
hotly. "And now decide between us."
Sho had listened to my lovo confes
sion with blushing cheeks and down
cast eyes, but when I Biiid this sho
turned defiantly on mo.
"Thoy nro no moro fops than you
are," sho said, "oven if they havo not
spent seven yonrsin collcgo. Thoy nro
gentlemen, and I can't say that for
every man of my acquaintance."
And hero sho shut tho door botween
as with a slam and left mo to my
pleasant reflections, and half an hour
lator I met hor at thognto with Fred
going out for a rido, which was vory
aggravating, I must confess. I
thought over my conduct that night
and concluded that I had beonabruto.
Tho next morning I fount Carrio at
tho dining-room window alono and
sought her side. Sho had her hand
among tho leaves of a Bweot-sconted
geranium, and just as I approached
iho plucked a leaf and twined it around
'lor braids. 1 remember just how
bright nnd green it looked among hor
dark locks.
"Carrio," I began, "I fair I was very
rudo yesterday."
"I know you woro," sho said, look
ing indifferently out of tho whitlow.
This was a bad beginning, but I went
on:
"Hut, Carrio, I lovo you so, and
when I boo you with that Fred"
Hero Miss Carrio turned on hor hcol.
"lam not going to listen to you
whilo you Klandor my friends," bIio
jaid. "When you call speak respect
fully of Mr. Town I will return,"
and sho loft mo again,
I left tho house then, nnd did not re
turn till afternoon. As I catno up tho
path I met Tom Delano. Poor follow!
lie looked liko tho last roso of sum
Dior after a rain.
"Good-by, old follow!" ho said,
gloomily. "I'm going away. Sho has
lent mo off and I can't stay in tho
plnco. I hope you aro tho happy ono
I do honestly, Al. Sho said hor
heart was givon to another, and it's
sithor you or Fred. I hope it is you,
nil God bloss you!"
Hero Tom dashed away, nnd left mo
taring after him in amazement.
"Givon her hoart to another!" I re
peated, with a great pain in my chest
somewhere. Well, it is evident that I
mil not that other, and that Fred is.
I'oor Toml poor tno! Tho best thing
I can do is to follow Buit, and loavo
too, I can novor eo hor tho wife of
(mother, and tho soonor I'm off tho
better for mo."
So I wont moodily up to my room
and packed a satchel, and I got all
things in readiness for a speedy de
parture. On my way P I ut Car
rie, just emerging from her room,
KiTayediu her tiding habit, and I
could hoar Fred's deep tones tihoutlng
'whoul" in tho yard below. 1 watch
ful hor trip down tho wtutra and out
vl bight, thlnklnu It wa tho lubt time
I should sco her for years, pcrnaps
forever.
When I had strapped tho buckle on
my satchel, and all was in readiness,
I went down to Bay good bye to father,
mother and Lilla. Lilla was not in
doors, nnd my parents looked at mo
in amazement.
"Huh. Allan, mv flon." nlcadcd
father, "I thought you vould enter
into business with me. There is a
grand opening fo you, and I havo
"I thank you for all that, but I
want to travel a year or two before
going into business," was all I could
answer, anu my miner gave up in ue
snair.
Lilla was still absent, but ifc was
quito dark, and tho train would leavo
in half an hour, so I left a "good nyo"
for her. and nasscd out into tho hall.
It was a long, nnrrow hall, reaching
tho whole length of tho house, and
with several rooms opening into it, but
ns yet it was unlightcd, and was as
dark as Egypt.
About halt wav through it, I heard
tho street door open and shut, and a
moment Inter ran full ngaint some one
who was entering.
"It is Lilla," I thought, and reach
ing out mv arms, caught her between
them. "Is it you, Lilla?" I said; but
sho did not answer, only twined her
two nrms about my neck, "Why,
little sister," I said, softly, "do you
lovo mo so much?" for Lilla was not
demonstrative as a usual thing, and I
was surprised at her movement.
"Oh, oottcr than all tho world be
side, Allan," sho said in a whisper, and
then as I lifted tho face to my lips, tho
sweot odor of geranium perfumed tho
air, and my heart gavo a great leap.
It was Carrio, not Lilla, Avhoni I held
in mv arms! Sho was trying to iliscn
gago herself now, but I suddenly caught
her light form m my arms, and open
ing tho library door I carried her into
tho brilliantly lighted room, ller faco
was hot with blushes now, and her
eves full of tears.
"You aro too bad!" sho sobbed.
"And I hato voul"
Hut then sho noticed my traveling
attiro nnd nauscd abruptly.
"Why, wliero aro you going'" sho
asked, with interest.
"I wasgoing away never to retarn,"
I answered. "But sincoyou said what
you did in tho hall I havo changed my
mind."
Carrio poutod.
"I was only speaking for Lilla."
"Then I shall go, shall I, and leavo
you to marry Fred?"
"I detest Fred!" sho cried.
"And you lovo mo better than all
tho world?"
"So tho flirt was conquered at last,
and I was tho victor.
"Hut how did you know that it was
not Lilla?" bIio asked, as wo sat to
gether.
"Hy tho goranium leaf I sawyouput
in your hair this morning.
"And but for that von would havo
gono away and not como back for
years t
"ics; perhaps nover como back lor
that toll-talo loaf."
"Then wo will keen this leaf al
ways," sho said, taking it from her
hair.
And so wo have. I procured a littlo
golden box, and thero it is to-day, ono
of our tlearest treasures, ut courso i
married Carrio, and of courso that
blooming matron is she,
Tom Delano didn't dio of a broken
heart, but married a lovely girl out
west a few months after his doparture;
and Fred Town is our family physi
cian and has a pretty wife of his
own.
Mnrry.
Tho Dotroit Journal publishes from
an old nowspnpor, tho Gazotto, dated
July, 1817, tliofollowing, which is good
advico for 1885:
"If you aro for pleasure mahry!
"If you prizo rosy health mauky.
"And oven if money bo your object
MAURY !
"A good wife is heaven's last host
gift to man his angel and minister of
graces innuinerablo his Sal Polyeso
iium or gem of many virtues his Pan
dora or casket of celestial jewels. 1 lor
prcsonco forms his best company hor
voico, his Bweotcst music hor smiles,
his brightest day hor kiss, tho
guardian of his innocenco hor arms,
tho palo of his safety, tho balm of his
health, tho balsam of his life her in
dustry, his surest wealth hor econ
omy, Ids surest steward hor lips, his
falthfulcst counsellors her bosom, tho
softest pillow of his cares and her
prayers tho ablest advoeatos of heav
en's blessings on hor heart.
If you lovo tho Creator, you ought
to marry, to raise up worshippers; if
you lovo tho ladies, you ought to
marry, to mnko them happy if you
lovo mankind, you ought to marry,
to porpotuato tho glorious race if you
lovo your country, you ought to
mauuy, to raise up soldiers to defend
it in lino, if you wish well to earth or
heaven, you ought to mnrry, togivo
good citizens to ouoand glorious angola
to tho other."
Homeopathic Perfumes.
Tho odoriferous molecule of musk
must bo incomprehensibly small, whou
wo aro told tho particles ono grain of
musk had, in a radius of ninoty feot
disengaged in one day. No microscop
ical power has yot neon conceived to
enable tho human oyo to sco ono of
these atoms; yot tho organs of smell
havo tho sensitiveness to detect them.
Wo cannot imagine thoir smalluass, aa
it is stated that tho biuiio grain of
musk undergoes absolutory no dimi
nution in weight. A single drop of tho
oil of thyme, ground down with a
piece of sugar and a little alcohol, will
communicate its odor to twonty-flvo
callous of water. Haller koptfor forty
years papers perfumed with ono grain
of nmborgris. After this timo the odor
was as strong as ever. Hordonavn
has vnluated a molecule of camphor
Bonslblo to tho smell to 9,202,58-1,.
000th of a grain, lloylo has observed
that oiio drachm of nHsnftutidu ex
posed to the open air had lost in tlx
days tho eighth part of oiiograin, front
whuh Kuill eonnndiw that in one min
ute it hud loat Ut), 120th of u ijrutii,
Bill Arp Ills Children ami Ills
Grandchildren.
Our grandchildren aro havingagood
'.imo ow. They ha fiftshed break
ng tho bull calf and aro very busy
making flutter mills under tho fishpond
dam. The fall is about fivo feet nnd
they keep tho water busy fiid tho
fthee!, too, and aro' talking about a
littlo saw-mill attachment. I just lot
them go along and uso my tools and
dull my handsaw and gap my ax and
tvaste my nails and leavo everything
wliero they didn't find it. for they nro
on a big frolic now, nnd will havo to
jo back to school in a few days. 1
overheard them talking about school,
nnd ono said: "I wish thero wasn't
Buch a tiling asschool!" And another
3nid: "Well, I don't, for tho school is
nil right, nnd I don't want to grow up
a dunce, but I wish my Bchool days
wero all over that's what I wish."
Hut Jessie, our Jessie, my Jessie, has
left lis. Sho has gono to town to school,
and wo will not see her but one day in
a week. It is mighty hard on us,
for sho is tho light of tho houso and
tho comfort of my ngo. Ono by
ono they havo to leavo us.
Ralph has gone to Florida to live nnd
work, and wo arogetting lonesomoand
homesick. Wo miss them nt night and
in the morning and at tho table. Even
tho dog looks sad and watches tho road
for their coming. Hut all's well that
ends well, nnd wo aro thankful for tho
good that is left us. Carl is hero yet
and a lot of grandchildren. They car
ry their sling-shots with ns much impu
dence ns a town boy carries his pistol
in his hip pocket. Two of them made
a target of sonic fino pears in tho top
of a favorito tree and left tho littlo
rocks in tho pears. I promised them
a whipping but somehow or somehow
else they didn't get it. unero isniways
somebody around tointerfero with my
arrangements. So they wanted to go
to tho baseball again this evening nnd
I just put my foot down and said no.
I determined to punish them nnd now
my opportunity has come. When I
tako a notion I am boss at my own
house, and now 1'vo taken a notion
and I'll show tho littlo rascals how to
shoot rny pears. I'll teach them a les
son. Later Thoy havo gono to tho base
ball with their maternal anccstor,and
that's tho kind of a man I am. At
lanta Constitution.
The Aurora Horcnlis.
From the Literary World.
What is tho Aurora Horealis? many
men havo asked and asked in vain.
Scientific personages havo been
much interested in the matter. It
was as a participator in tho work of
tho international Polar Research Ex
pedition that Ilerr Trombolt visited
tho most distant parts of tho Euro
pean continent. His task was to tako
observations of tho reniarkablo phe
nomenon known as tho Aurora Ho
realis, or Northern Lights, and princi
pally in conjunction with tho Norwe
gian station at Hossekop,in Finmark
en, and tho Finnish ono at Sodankla.in
tho vory heart of tho wilds of Finland,
to effect measurements lor determin
ing tho height of tho phenomenon
nbovo tho earth's crust. Science, ho
owns, is. still at fault; but in answer
to popular hypotheses, it can de
clare that the Aurora Horealis is
not sunshine reflected from tho icq
fields of tho Arctic regions, nor tho re
flection ot sunshino on tho surface of
tho sea, nor tho reflection of sun ijays
in ico crystals suspended in tho upper
strata of tho air. Further, scienco
tells us that tho Aurora Horealis is of
Electrical naturo, and closely related
to tho mngnotic forces of tho earth.
While our author was at his post
every night tho Aurora Horealis ap
peared; at any rate, thero was not a1
singlo clearoveningwhen itwasnbsent.
Bomo times it filled tho wholo sky; of
ten its displays wero confined to insig
nificant and faint phenomena,
low in tho north, just liko thoso
observed in Southern Scandinavian;
but sometimes thoy obtain a
mngnificenco which defied descrip
tion. Ho camo to thoconclusion that
tho great many different forms might
cortainly bo reduced to a fow siniplo
ones. In most instances tho Aurora
forms belts, or zones, which stretch
across the earth in the direction of tho
magnetic east-west, which zones nro
formed by a conglomeration of thin
sheets of luminous matter, ranged ono
behind tho other, their direction being
parallel with tho inclination needle.
The luminous matter in theso sheets
is oven, or diffuse, or divide into
streamers. Tho red color in tho lower
edgo of arcs and bands often under
goes reniarkablo changes, nnd becomes
crimson, or purplo, or pink, or red
ochre or viojot. Tho light, however,
is weaker than was to bo expected.
Americans liusliing to the Cities.
From tho Philadelphia Press.
Population seems to seek its kind,
and such inducements as our cities af
ford prove too attractive for tho rural
population. In 1880 only one-ninth
ol tho population oi imnnesota uvea
in cities. If tho Btatocensus, just pub
lished, may bo credited, ono-lilth of hor
present population lives m cities.
Speaking roundly, it may bosnidthat,
in i uu, ono-uuruoin oi mo popula
tion of tho United States was found m
cities of moro than S.000 population;
m 1800. ono-twentyfuth; in lblO and
also 1820, one-twentieth; in 18110, ono
sixteenth; in lS-10, one-twelfth; in
ISfSO, ono-eiglith; in lbOO, one-sixth;
in 1870, more than ono-iifth, nnd in
1880, half-way between one-fifth nnd
ono-nuartor. The tendency of modern
civilization is to mass population.
Tho strong lights and bhmiows of oui
cities, the lovo of poeioty, the satisfac
tion of bolter sheltor, hotter roads,
stronger institutions, load men to
crowd together, oven when unable to
bo anything but dependents inthesys
tetn to which they unite theuuolves.
Sidewalk venders In Chicago pay
$100,000 a year to property owners.
Steps are to be taken to compel the
payment of tlnwe revenues to theoity
JENNIE JUNE IN EUIIOPE.
"Untcr den Linden" and tho Palaces
of King William and Hisnmrck
Herliii's University and tho
Students ho Slash Each
Other in Duels.
k Palace with rillnrs nnrt Ceilings Studded
with (Jems Sans tioticl, Frederick tho
Great's 1'nlnce, Where He Died,
and its Curiosities.
Special Corrcsiondeuce.
Beiu.in, August 28. It UFcd to be said,
"free I'ar s and die." The saying might be re
versed now to "See Berlin and live." Berlin
Is a great town quite as much for what it is
and promises to be as for what it has been. It
Is a curious mixture of military glory, classic
culture and rardern enterprise, ami a splendid
txample of military methods applied to com
mercial and business uses. B r.In has grown
great very recently. The popular Idea that ita
claims to leauty and consideration on the part
of tho tourist are principally based on Unter
den Linden Is a grr.at mistake. Ui.ter den
Linden Is a dlsuppolntm nt. It might hare
hecu a grand promenade lefor Pans created
Its systtm of mtg'dflcent boulevards and other
Urge cities throughout the civil zed world fol
lowed the example, but it is no longer unique,
no longer without plenty of rivnis, some of
whom surinss It in cxt'iit if not lu beauty,
and the realization of this fiv 1 has do crm lied
Ite Government to extend It one mile beyond
Its present limits, nnd thus add lothcopportu
ni'Ics for tine residences and public buildings,
the must of which occupy thctmposlng.cctliin
between Royal Pa'acc and Brandcnbourg Gate.
7oyjL "PfjLfCE -
rids palace Is the residence of Ihc Emperor,
the one he always occupies when lie is in Ber
lin. He Is very accessible, and almost always
In viewof the people as they p.iss the palace,
llttlng near the window of a small room which
he calls his working room, and which like all
those he occupies Is furnished In the simplest
ainnncr. The window our guldo pointed out
ivas the third one of ttie thieo near ihe pillared
trout of the palace which wo were not
ib'o to enter because it was undergoing re
pairs. It Is not in the state of the Emperor or that
maintained by the royal family that the great
ness present or prospective, of Berlin couslsts,
kut in the pp (cntlon by the Government of
ill Its resources to great public works, to en
terprises that will conllrm Its strength a a na
tion and conduce to the welfare of the wholo
people. As an example may bo mentioned the
iplendld sstcm of metropolitan railway which
encircles the wholo city, connects all the de
potswhich nro the liucst lu the world aud
tncihtatos business, nnd tho movements and
mclnl life of the people In a hundred ways.
Primarily, the object doubtless was to facili
tate military operations and nrrauno for the
massing of troops in any direction, but the ef
fect is to furnleh an aduilrablcst stem of trans
portation, which is nt the same time inexpen
sive nnd Inexhaustible. In other respec's tho
aieans of locomotion nro very abundant and
niarvelously cheap. Carriages can bo hired
or a mark or less, uccordlujj to their appear
ance and th" excellence of the horses tliat Is
their streuuth and swiftness. The police rcjr
alate this matter, and every Inducement is of
htrcd to do and bo tho het, exactly opposite
to our system lu New York, where tlie pre
mium i put upon incapacity and the faculty
lor not dulnir thrives better than the capacity
fordoing. Tho eystcm of tiamcars is also
complete, the cost trill nc aud regulated by
Slstanee, so that the short route people aro not
taxed to pay lor the lonii route people as w th
ns, but each ono pays wlint is just nnd every
opportunity affordeil for pursuing business or
pleasure without wastlug time or money. Tho
auiman Government not only provides tho
bulldliurs in which Its work is performed, but
furnishes tho principal olllcers of the State
with suitable residences which belone; to tho
e-lllce, not to the individual, although the indi
vidual uses It at his pleasuic, aud preserves its
privacy intact if hu so pleases.
-si "i cf
Tho palace of Prince Bismarck, for example.
Is not open even in his absence to tho general
public it Is ns Inaccessible ns tho Prince him
iclf, who is never seen except on public occa
lions, and cites nothing of the sympathy nnd
reraonal devotion which Is so conspicuous a
part of the proper feeling for the Kaiser
'Kaiser Wllhclm," as he Is alwnys called. Tho
Mllclal residences add much to'the Imposing
iterlor of the city, aud thev enable the official
to maiutaln his position without resorting to
petty tricks and meannesses or wholesale
bribery aud corruption. Indeed, the standard
of public moral'ty Is said to be, and seems to
be lu reality, verv high. A man who would
ileal from an individual, Unit individual his
own mother, would not steal from the Govern
aient. Thelowes' depth of dcprav.ty is reached
ivhen a man will defraud his country his
fatherland; nor could he ever recover his
itandlng toclallv or lu a business way if ho
bad oucit committed any fraudulent act, for It
It considered that he wrongs not ono Individual
iloue, but tho wholo community, and exercises
i publicly degrading inllueuce. An instance
of misuse ot public momy Is hardly known in
tho history of local governments. 'Tin public
knowledge of aud uiscuitdou ot Government
doings Is much less than wllh us lu a quiet
way. Within the past ten or tlftcen year
railroads have been bought until thev urn
Dearly all owned, ma ascd, ollleered, equipped
md run by the State. "Great Industrial, edu
Mtlotml and eclentlHo ruterprlss ami institu
tions lure been built up without nalse alino.t
Hthout comment. Tno system of Improve
ments, too, is not routined to the city of Her
II lu At Hanover lias hrcu built the tinest rail
road depot iu the world aud wh eh will remain
l uutiltt is eclipsed by that of Frankfort not
in be completed for two year. In the smaller
pla es the school houses and public works of
every doscript an have been Improved aud
built up tu equal proportion. Tne new
Technical hchool of Berlin on the road to San
Soud is the gn-utrt tMu of the kin I lu ill
world. It u our Cooprr Iiutduto lliacilllled
about 100 tunas -it I Hi fa t ttie woikofn
powerful government Inspired by the mum
ninth e is a lmuoilenut and nybl" mind! lud
tldual. Wlii-ro tho money otmies from for
these great Murks Is u(iu a quesilon with the
Uvrllmu th-nue-lvis, Taxes are low aud ue
pi jSI
strain Is put upon the people; It Is believed,
that every mark nnd cent of the indemnltj
money received from France has ben put iiibi
the acquisition of railroads bv Ihc Government
nnd the build nc of great public works. Iow
that n great t chnlcai school has been secured,
the next great cflort Is the building ot a new
Itathhaus. The old ono Is very small the new
one is to be worthy of Ihe greatness and glory
of the German nation, ami Is to take sevcu
years to bull J. Tho ground has hem boucht,
but the buildings are hardly beaun. Naturally,
muchoi the business pro?pcrltv nnd preat ac
tivity observable in every department of indus
try throughout Go. many are due to the extent
and variety of the public constructive energy
throughout the empire, and wh ch dates from
the rcorgaiizaHon. Government is the
greatest -mp1oyer, nnd its efforts are not con
fined to one town or citv, or one department ot
industrr; neither is "it controlled by tho
wretched contract system, which deliberately
puts a premium upon dishonesty nnd Incompe
tence. The work must be the best, woithy of
tho nation ns well ns the individual. State
palaces are rarely the favorite nsidcncrs oi
Kings, nnd the State pa'acc in Berlin Is no ex
ception to the rule. It Is n ctntcly pile, how
ever, wlihout much claim to architectural
beauty, but verv good for its purpose, wh ch
Is the giving of "slate balls and receptions. It
stands nt one end of tho Ui.t r dcu Lin
den avenue, tho Brandcnbourg Gata
forming the llimlt at the other. Itlsnlsont
tho entrance to the palace often ca led tho
''Elector's" Bridne a statue of the great
"Elector" occupying a niche beyond tho rail
ing. The brldire is adorned with numerous'
marble groups and figures, como historic,
some military, and eoino mythological. In
deed the mixing up of objects of veneration
in Germany is curious, not to eav confusltur.
The military system hero seems to be perfect,,
anu me imuutry men ttie uuest in tne world.
They arc generally tall, splendid looking fel
lows, and always appear In public as if on
dress paiatle scrupulously clean and neat lu
their appointments every button shining,
every thread in its place. 'Every Sunday they
aro marctied to church, which Is little odd.con
slderlng that Sunday Is kept more as a holi
day In Germany, as well as In France, than ns
n day for strictly religious observance. In
this respect Protestant communities (Berlin
contains only 50,000 Catholics out of its
1,2."0,000 of population) are no more exacting
thau Catholic, showlni; that it was not tho
Protestant but tho Puritan element that is re
sponsible for the rigid observance of tho Sab
bath, since It is contlncd to Great Britain and
America. This obligatory church-going is
Jokingly said to be the principal cause of ills-,
satisfaction with tie system of military ser
vice, which Is, physically, a training for the.
common people disciplines and teaches
them cleanliness, order, and Is making of the
German nation the best equipped race in the
world for all great einerucncies. Of course
much is done to foster military pride, power
and glory. The new Artillery Museum, not
yetcomplctcd, is devoted to tho exhibition of
offensive and defensive instruments. Every
weapon that has ever been known or used Is
Included In tho collections. It is, in fact, a
history of tho art of war among all nations
and at all periods of time, and it is not tot
complelcd it Is still being enriched by paint
ings, oy Btatuary anu oy urrcies oi contnuu
tion or nurehnso. The milltarv m-stein is at.
very perfect and its dcta Is so evidently pro-i
scribed that one cannot help wondering why
some regulator or regulation ooes not inter
fere to luinrovo ono featuro of the costume.
This consists of the exceeding tightness and
sllmncss of tho legs of the trousers, which aro
in painfully thlu and Insufficient contrast to
the heavy overcoat, tho toplieavy hat and the
large feet of t! e average t!crmauso!dier. Ho
reminds you of a house built upon piles, con
stantly liable to disaster from tho inadequacy
of Its uuder'-plunlng. Tho rifle practice
among tucmis saiu to oo carrieu io periection,
and tho drilling usually nctlvo and suvctc.
Germany docs not Intend to le taken at a dis
advantage, and great exmctatlons aro-fcascd
on tho uccession of the Crown Prince to the
throne. Others, however, think that tho
Crown Piinco would be content to pursue the
present pol cy of fostering the Arts of Peaco
whllo Keeping prepared for war. He might
have tried his hand at initialing great changes
had ho come into power earlier, but as people
grow older they giow conservative, -they know
that great aud bcuefle nt movements nro of
slow growth and are developed from tl.e in
side not applied to the ouls'.do of tho body
pol tic. The Crown Prince, too, is much
under the influence of Ills wife who. slmnlc.
energetic aud kind y, f till inherits something
of tho conservatism of her motber, Queen
Vle'orla, of Eng and.
The University of Berlin Is tho largest and
perhaps the best equipped in tho world. It
has upwards of 5,000 students, GOO of whom
aro American, all graduates of our colleges or.
the German GyiuuHsia Tho svstcin is, per
haps, as perfect as any system ol education lu
the world, but it is defaced by one glaringly
brutal and barbarous feature which ought at
once to oe wiped out for tho credit of human
ity nnd the redemption from butcherdom ot
the nineteenth century. A scarred face Is a
mark ot honor, and Pr nc BlMuarck has car
ried all h's life evidences ot his reputation as
the gr atest tighter or his university. His ex
ample may have had something to do with
perpetuating the savage practice, which is not
engaged in from any enmity of individuals or
sections, hut to maintain the lighting stau tard
of the corps to widen tho student b -lougs.
On the occasions when tho combats take
piace tho parllclp m's are encased lu armor ad
out tho top ot their heads und faces, nt which
they aro permitted to stab away as violently as
they ploaso fur fifteen minutes. Pnvslclaui
are in attendance to prevent fatal conse
quences, but the students are often disfigured
for lite. A circumstance occurred to a party
consisting ot two young ladles and a gen
tlemau at a cafe lu Berlin quite recently,
which Illustrates the honesty ol the studenti
and tho frequenters of such places. Ii was s
highly rcspictulilo restaurant, fiequeuicd bj
professors uipi siudnuu, particularly Ixx-ausi
it was the agency of a c.-lebra'ed Nurnb.-rgei
beer, ami t'C lltt e party of llireo had Just
called for some witu the usual aicompaul
ineiito, when a ervu:it camo to the table aud
atkcal if one of tne vounx ladies had lost a
wnteh. At llrst inrtli hi n, but on examin
ation ono of l!n voumr l-idies dls-oyervd that
hr ur'teh and ehslu, very beautiful and coa
ly, wore gun. The en nt was followed am)
llio f set nud kiiovcn II- askou the lady tc
dciiribohci properly, wh ch the did, and Im
mediately after he brought It to her. Sh
gave the man a gratuity nnd nsked to be al
lowed to thank trie finder, who was said to
have picked it up outside the ca'o, at the en
trance. The finder declined to be tiiauked but
was pointed out In Ihe person of n distin
guished looking studeut hand-omeln spite of
a tcrrlblv scancd face accompanied by two
magnificent greyhound. Tho girls weic
from Cincinnati, O , and will vouch for the
strict truth of this story. The new picture
gallery ot Berlin, and called the "National"
Gallery, Is hack of the Ilovol Museum, and
contains principally Wagner's col'cctlon. The
most reniarkablo picture, at least the oue that
draws the largest crowd, Is Hans Mukart's fa
mous 'Catherine Connro." The Itoynl Mu
seum scon at the si 'e with Its dome Is popu
larly known as the "Old" Picture Gallery. It
contains pfe'ures gleaned from tno iovu'1 pal
aces especially from S.m Soucl and largely
collected by Frederick the Great. The galler
ies nnd museums arc always open on Sunday
and are usually well flllel. Thousands too
embrace the opp jrtun'ty for cxcursioe-s to Iho
country, so that every means of conveyance
Is crowded. Formally the shops wero kept
open a few hou-8 in the morning or till
church time now they aro ma nly closed ou
Sunday aud the tendency more and more Is to
wards suppressing buslues3 on that day, but
opening every possible uvenuo to self-Improvement
and the enjoyment of the "out-of-uoors,"
which Germans so love and from
which so many aro cut off by their daily avo
cations. From Sans Souci one must return and rlda
quite to the other side of the towu to sco Bab.
bclsburg. This Is the private reddencc and
property of the Emperor bu It with his own
money, ouo room at a time, when he was
Crown Prince, and the most cosy, delightful,
homey sort of a house in the world, it Is a
low, Irregular structure, and looks exactly ns
if it had been built a little nt a time. "Tho
rooms arc up and down two steps and como
upon ynu in the most unexpected manner.
Unlike Queen Victoria, who likes to keep Os
borne House to herself, the Emperor permits
Ihe freest Inspection and seems to be happy in
having nothing to conceal and lu living
In harmony with his subjects. It is ut Bab
belsburg tnat the fannus room was upholster
ed in Scotcli plaid out of compliment to tho
Princess Victoria on her marriage with tho
Crown Prince. The hideous result can bo
Imagined. Tho prettiest room Is tho ono
dedicated to the use of the Emperor's daugh
ter, tho Grand Duchess of Badcu. It is up
bolstcrcd in dark green velvet and embro.d
eredlna design of wheat and asters lu gold
and paler s-hades of bule. In tlio Emperor's
room Is a chair that tho Crown Prince made of
f ine when he was learnlug to bo a carpenter,
t Is not ornamental.
It Is a motherly housekeeper who shows you
over the domain at Babbclsliurg, nnd sho ex
hibits with great prido a stick' cut fiom tho
forest by Kaiser Wilhelm's own hand nnd
says it is the one he always carries. Tho
dining room is a lovely high room, with a
eallery and shelves, upon which are ranged
quantities of tho most beautiful Venetian
glass, enriched with tho arme of various,
countries. All this has liecu received as glf s
and Is highly prized and treasured. Ono end
of the dlnltig-room looks out on the park and
tho other on a lake, upon which were two
yachts and miniature men-of-war, owned by
members of the royal family. At the head o"j
the stairoas'! aro trophies of the chase lu tin
shapo of -deer heads and antlers; also tli
contribution of 6on aud gr.in'ison. Iu manj
respects Babbelslmrg Is moro simple thai
many a country -homo of a rich merchant
prince, but it bears every evidence of beln
one of the happiest homes In the world.
It Is a little curious that the growing wealti
of Bcrliu is lessening the ni.mi er ot personi
who live In apartment houses aud rapidly in
creaMug tho number of line houses and ludlvl
dual homes. As wo aro taking up and rushing
Into apartments aud great apartment houses,
Berlin is getting away from them so that tin
conditions which existed in regard to dwell
ings in tho two cities a few years ago may b
reversed within the next decade.
Copyrighted 1885.
Wliero tho Scorpion Gets His Poison.
When ho strikes yon with tlio cud of
his tail, liko a wasp, ho exudes a ven
omous liquid, and ti man might hotter
nold a red-hot iron in his hand than to
lot a tenth part of this liquid into his
blood. It is not liocossuriiy fatal, par
ticularly in tho 15 a hum ns; but it con
denses tlio hunt of forty furnaces. In
some parts of South Aniorica scorpion
bites aro frequently fatal, but 1 have
not hoard of any ono having boon
killed . by thorn lin Nassau. This is
easily accounted for. Tlio scorpion
likos to feed on docayod wood. In
South Aniorica, whoro dyo-woods and
other poisonous woods abound, the
scorpion foods upon them, and thus
work into ttiomsolves a good supply oi
ouLsido poison, which, takeu togothet
with his naturally poisonous liquid,
does its work for whoever is unfortun
ato enough to bo stung. But, in Nas
sau, such poisonous woods aro fow,
and tho scorpions havo to fatten thorn
solves respectably on pino, cedar, ami
aiahogauy. Nassau Letter.
An Electrical Phenomenon.
Trof. Tyndall, in a recent loctnro on
electricity, produced tho clothes of s
man who" was taking rofugo undor
treo when it wns struck bv lightning.
It was a foolish thing, ho obsorvod, tc
go under a trco during an electric
storm, nnloss a person stood sotno dis
tance from the trunk. In this particu
lar case, however, the man's olothei
woro vory wot, and, though thoy wen
much torn, thoy formed a suflloiontly
good conductor for tho lightning, and
ho escaped with his Hfo- Hnd hi;
raiment boon dry ho would inevitable
havo been killed. Producing tho man'i
boots, tho lecturer pointed out that
tho uppors woro torn to pieces by tin
oloctrlo 11 u id in its anxiety to roach tin
earth, but tho solo. Into the construc
tion of which iron largely entered ii
tho shape of nobnails-funned a gone
oonduotoraud was not hurt. Clevelanc
Herald.
Agriculture Is a dangsrous tmilutsi lu Call
fonila, Last wtxtk squash broke loose fron
vine, rolled down lull, smashed In a fid a
bam and killed a hoite.