, 1866-10-16

rae beautiful pla.ter statue OF B5ruSslu,
twenty-five lfea-a:l.h. with al Tag c-cso vned
helmet Oh tts massive head, In the LEFT hand
the sceptze, and in the1Ight laurel wreath,
NE fine form wrapped In Grcc1an war
drapery., At her right an eagle. nlue feet
high, spread Its mighty wings. The figures,
With the pedestal, Fose to total height OF
hty.thsce feet. Tbs whole Was produced
lt's the occsdon, tn : few days, by the best
talent Of the city. Behind The bofusna. and
al1get!y IN fr'nt cf the 6chloes, hnd been ar
ranged ee1!es Ct fourteen more statues, In
groups Of three, REPRESENTING all the rufers
Although they were ten feet high, and L.
though, likewise, they werr gotten up 1t
snott nonoe, were externally nell exc
Suted, End Are worth permanent preserys-
TEE ROYAL PAVILION. =
9eous pavilion. under which The Roy al : FanllJ
and the highest state official, wcre to attend
the divine ser7ice. It had the form oi
large tent, twenty-five feet square. The
1901 rested on eight carved poles twenty:
eight fset high, eseh Of which bora q GIT
The door Of the pavilion vas Lid viii oun, The
richest carpets. Around the altar and pa
vihon we're ranged stands, with scata for
Several thousand ptrsons, covered with red
aud .whlte chlntz: One Of these was rcscsycd
Tor Wnurded eoldieFa, and another for the
one thousand stugers and dve hundred iustru.
mental performers that were to Join In the
vice.
:. All tho ornamentatlou described Eas con.
cetSed and carried out under the auspices Of
the city authosities. Il represented the Of.
ital to the returning troops, But the inhab-
itants Of Berlin At large were not remiss in
maniiesting their heaFtiest sympathy with
The. National cause, and their great pride
II the wonderful achievements Of the
hs''o1s. n tSa s%5m!ss % By ths outward tossP. e.
emil decorations Of their places Of business m
and private zesidenees. t,xer den Linden,
aud In every other leading stFeet, every
building was dressed With dAgs, banners,
garlauds, festoons, inscriptions aud devices
Soess Z II ae hs5s hst ~; hsy
some outward evidence of participation In
the general joy. The upper clssses had
spent money most lavishly IN putting their
palaces and Eesidtnsea In festive attire. Cn-
other streets, there were hundreds Of build
lngs making most brilliant displays. 70
mention the most prominent among them Ia
detail wonld lead too far. Suffice It to say,
that the private decorations were Is rich and
tasteful As the official, and that the city, as
u n 1OlE+ 1l<E luE ulU3L QMulS{Ak01iE evil
dence Of the Intense enthusiasm with which
the population, en- nsdsse, Joined IN the na-
ttonal jubilee.
TIE PROGRAMME or TIE THREE OATS.
The otflcfal. programme for the festivities
IVES As follows.
l. On the fore md afternoon Of Thursdar faoth
inst1nt), Triumphant entrance and reception Of
the First Division Of the Guards, and fepsescnta-
ming. fcstise performances At all The principal
:. u Tho fore and afternoon Of Friday {s,st in
Second division or the Guards, aud oiheT repre-
sentative bodies Of yartou. parts Of tho army. In
The EVENING, esne,.l il9nlaaaoa .nd 6sti;s .aa.
10 hve hundred genera, and heid officers.
re-, >. On sasTtda5, grand municipal dinner to ona
How this programme was carried out in-
tend to describe In the following:
GkEAT CRUSH FoR SIGHT OF THH FRO
CEs51oS,
Already On Wednesday, the day before the
opening Of the jubilee, Berlin presented an
decoration was nearly everywhere complet-
cd, and the whole population, snelled BIZ
many tens ui thousands Of stsaneery. had
taken to the streets TO view It in advance Of
the celebration. Early In the afternoon Of
the day mentioned. the leading thorough
iares were 60 thickly crowded that the pas
sage Of vehicles got to be impossible. and
towards evening the multitude swaEming
lnfer. DIN Linden grew 80 dense that even
The passage On foot became IN undertaking
Of the grcacst difficulty, ,aud nosmall danger.
But the pressure then was nothing compared
with the crush which was to be during tho
two following days. Two-thlsds Of the six
hundred thousand inhabitants crowded the
streets and public places along the lire Of
march Of the military, and additional myr-
lads occupied roof, WIudoWa. trees snd 9th
e. available points Of observation, on Thurs
day and Friday morning. The Influx Of Wis.,
itors from all parts of Germany and Europe
was immense. All the railroads leading 10
Berlin were running, besides their over
loaded regular traius, numerous extra ones
cd States = couple Of hundred specia-
tors arrived ria Hamburg. All the hotels
were filled 10 oserhoEiug iorty-efght hours
before tho Celebration commenced. At the
best hotels Cater den Lindts, all the rooms
had been engaged weeks In advance for tho
readily paid for accommodations. As high
| Is twenty -four dollars room was charged
Cater DIN Linden. l succeeded In engaging
| some dtuEy rooms 1t second d-class hotel.
through friend before mi, arrival, fol
which have had to pay ten dollars day
since occupied them. lnmy hotel they slept
| In halls and on billiard tables, and not ftn
had to sit up. For the privilege Of viewing the
show nom window Gnter dan Linden from
ea5 to 800 was paid. On the smphitheatres,
l
| different points along the road Of triumph,
there was sitting room for over twenty thou.
| sand people. 0t the acats about one-foezth
were gsatuitously given away by the city au-
thoritles; III thG rest readily sold At from g
to Is each, and there wesc applications for
thousands more shAt could not be grattacd.
| THE FESTIVITIES on THURSDAY, THE TWIN.
T1ETH or SEPTEMBER.
The universal wtsh for fair weather was
Eratihcd, on Thursday. The sun rose In :
l al ~S,l fiFy+yn ,{r =
all day. With daybreak the people began to
betakc themselves to the Lfndenstraase
from all parts of the city, and By eight o clock
1t waA already uncomfortAbly crowded, a.
though the march Of the troops was not to
commence before eleven. Even the majority
Of those provided With tickets Of admission
to the stands seemed to think 1t necessary to
be early on the ground, 10 that shortly after
seven most of the "Triburen,' as the Ber-
liner call the stands. were allied. started
Plat. 7tjoiuing the hrandeuburg gate, little
! F~s'H: ',.se, and succeeded In getting through
| throng only by the most pefsIst-
| ~ sGelbowa. The societies oftradeamen
m'' Ak" sud working men generally, that,
| in I'M uS1er he two Lindeu alleys, to he
| f:-bt Att left Of the route Of march Of The
! ,n'1itsv, had fairly to force their way
! ts!:sf:;h - general populace to their re-
! -ire:.ss 'etitlous- What with the cheers
a:1a s.'"''~ OF The surginE multitude. the
!; ~, ii lnnunerablc bands, the sea Of Eccs
i On the street, stands, windows and roofs,
/ and the gay decorations In every direction
the scene WAS most unique Upon the Am
phitheatre and stands on the fnriser Platz
some si1 thousand we'll dressed people we're
seated. The rowB Of seats next to the
thorouEhtarc were occupied by several hun
| dred wounded soldiers. To the len OF and
close to the Brandenburgcr gate band OF
my muaieIaas WIS., stationed. Directly op.
posite 4 stand Was reserved for ffty-fonr
naiaens. who were to receive the King,
Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles,
and present them with a poem and laurel
- III. A9e7t-te eae entrance q the Lin
den under the victory columns there WAS
another stand. on which the Common Couu-
Gu, headed By the Chief Burgomaster, was
assembled, easily recognizable By the golden
chains all the city fathers wore around their
necks. ] anticipated come very dull
houre Of tedious waiting between the
time took my scat. and the entrance Of the
troops through the gnte. But found
passed about me. The native wit and passion
for personal criticism Of all true Berliness
| *hs po6sessed to no ordinary degree By
several Of my neIchbors, whose loud ei-
pres6ions Amleed me not little.
| GENERAL Won MoLrKE.
The passage Of several distinguished milf
tary pcrtonaEcs, all Of whom were bolster
onsly greeted by tho immense aseemblsgr,
auorded also considerable diversion. Among
them the small face and form Of General
Won Moltke, the Kings Chief Of staff, called
forth the strongest applause. Abort hall
rast ten the any falr u,aidens made their ap-
I pea.ance and took their position. -c1.
pected to see galaxy OF female beauties
nnt w1s RFievously disappointed. Not more
than three our four pretty faces were among
them. They were dressed In white robes o1
antique Grecian cut, with bare necks aud
arms green ~reaths on their heads 10
sets In the PrnssIan colors on their shoulder.
and gilt belts around their short waists
They had no sooner come In sight than q
hundred or 80 Of young Pussfan officers In q
variety Of uniforms, who had gathered in NM
open space In front Of rs, made : rush {oy
this stand And commenced to inspect them
IN what considered rather iupudcnt man