, 1870-09-29
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through ths streets Of Berlin pour immense
masses ef men and women, isither and thi!her-
Eauis Of school Children, ara marching, with
fsgs and NOTICES. The machine shops are
closed, ard the workmen mustered with drums
and fagf-
New The summit is reached; the police only
devote their attention to keeping the streets
open to tcarrisges; license reigrs; song is
the order Of tho day; 1lelpomcne yields
ba he'e possr :na TIe a0s a Vines
the Rhine and Moselle mingle WITH the
bee1s of old Teu.oLia- All ID orderly, though
utterly without order: Drunkenness {oxeapt
that Of joy) il not visible, though everybody
drinks. The hery compounds OF America
find but little favor here. Keep moving! You
cakDot stand for q single moment quict IN
either Unter der Linden or my Of the
streets within radius OF half 3 nat1e there
from.
The youth seem to take tho lead in this
Affair. Thousands Of school children pour
III one unbroken stream through the
streets. Childish faces arc lifted to
the unspeakabla joy which fills childish hearts.
The ollttt Geueral OF the army (retised) h1s
dom ed his huliiay uniform and appeared in
the st.ettr Tie Granifathar o. all Berlin
children il he, and hundre.ts Of lis darhngs
greet Alm-:he two ends OF this tEono1ous iife-
journey have met in common svuaHsthv.
's To the palace ~ - To the pal,ce ~ is the
cry. Before this rninposing structure il AL
ready massed seemingly countless thEung Of
human 1.eipEs, who never for moment cease
their .elling or tltir singing. The upper vim
dous Ut the palaces ARE tiled VITA the glad
fac+n II the court ladies and attendants upon
the Queen.
Tie noisy people now hegiR to shout fo- tho
Queen. The To-, q begin IL climb the statue
OF Frederick the Great the buy who reaches
the base Ut the eecdud pazt ls greeted with
shouts Of encouragement, and presently the
ing With eager yonths, who crow.: the haads
of the Generals and ware theR flags to the
yelling crowd below High above Ill, and
not vet reached, T1a..s the great harAa and no
ble form OF tie central fgure- Now \" youth
70 fortune and 10 fame unknown" reaches
though tbs muld.ndes will 90 cEazs with jos.
and bhouts Of "Higher! nighae: !" leave the
venturouh lad no peace: lie ventures aud sur-
veys: hesitases moment, and thsu Selling
the les Of the dlgniaed Frederick, swings
himself high into tue air. Cries OF '| For
praise and waving Of faEs ] sneour.ss si Elm il il
hss toilsome struggle. At length it
is over. The wreath OF laurel il
placed upon the head OF "Old Fritz
nags and flowers are passed up to the triumph
ant youth, who kits proudly upon that iron
from ten thons.nd sLroats. To complete the
scene. the Queen appeared At this moment
upon the La!cony and waved her handkerchief
to the excited peocle-the true royalty OF the
nineteenth century So theae two sovereign
ties licked each other In the eye
over he great triumph. Fire rimes the Queen
appeared upon the balcony AMI bowed to
the shouts Of welcome. and then the vast
crowd thinned away and devoted itaelf to
watching the procession, which, with and With
cut music, passed At every moment the corner
BorsiGs iron foundry, FIVE hundred strong.
with banneEs aud mottoes; BehEqn street
bronze foundry, and Ill the workueRf from the
factories OF the city, an endless tlrong Of end
lees enthusiasm, free from sll fighting, aud
filed with un61oken good humor.
ing OF an entire day would have cooled tho ar
dor Of the most fiery public, but the approach
ing shatles OF evening only added fue. to this
wild excitement. Al the darkness drew on,
window after window waa filed with burning
candies notices. and shields, and eagles, in
gas, which had bullded themselves Al by nj agic
during the dag, graced the fronts Of hundreds
OF houses.
Before 10 o'clock the min streets Of tho
city vere ablaze with Eght--frexosks filled
the air in all quarters with artificial stars,
which seemed to greet tho rear ones above
with confidential nod, aa though they, too,
had an important part in the history Of the
world. The marching of bodies OF men, with
drums and aass. the firing Of pistols and
guns-the police regulations are not very
strinEG Mt tonight. Here goes + squad of boy8
1t full nun through ,he streese, shouting
Lulu il coming is coming!" and
close behind them. preceded BY drum and
fife, comes the "Lulu," that is, go far as
this young Kaiser" can bs represented by
clothing and general appearance.
30 through the sutlio night the manifesto
tons Of uational joy repeat themselves. Tired
and s]eepy the men and wtmen aud boys
wander towards morning to their homes
some to weep for the dead, who have been
nigh forgotten in the excitement of the dag,
and come 70 xejoice At the prospective speedy
roturn Of loYed relatives.