Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-08-28
An Amusing Mistake.
The Wrong Kind Of a Hotel.

The Brussels Echo da Porl;anen
tells a pleasant s.s.y can Englishmar
and his wife. who not knowing wore
of German, but being able to express
themselves vel! in French, resolved t.
visit Berlin and Dresden. At Berlin
they had been recommended to hotel
whittier they were riding in hack,
when ali at once the lady espied an im
posing edifice upon which were inscribed
in large letters lhe word. "iIotel Rad.
zievill" She cried ont, There is a
beautiful hotel, and the situation is splep
did" Suppose we go there ?" sug
g. sted the husband. "All right" 1t
was done as soon as said. The driver
was stepped There were several ladies
about the hotel, but none of them spoke
either English or French. However the
servants were made to understand BY
gestures that they were to take in the
luggage, aud the travellers were ceremo.
niousIy conducted into an apartment.
The lady asked by signs, for sleeping
room, to which she was led, and OH her
return said to her husband IL lie yer
saw in all my life hotel go admirably
furnished. Come and see the chamber
and sleeping roome Having dressed,
our English folk lunched and announced
to the servant that they would dine at
five. They went to walk On their
return gentleman of distinguished ap-
pearance entered their room. saluted
them and said something in German
which they did not understand. The
Englishman. thinking him a little famil-
lar. replied carelesssly in English. Good
morning How do You dog And
the stranger withdrew. A delicious
dinner was served When the servants
had gone. IVY dear said the gentle
man t. his wife. AL this is excellent.
This is evidently first-class But it must
be very dear. and, as matter of pru-
dence, it will be we'll to ask for the bill
tomorrow morning" But he neglected
to do so and two days more passed like
the first At last the bill was asked for
but it was not brought II am begin.
ming to be a little uneasy. my dear,
said the husband. Surely no one can
be better cared for than we are are here
but | am persuaded the charges will be
frigh.ful." At that moment lhe gentle
snsu7uf di-.ips-i-..-==aPP aPPszrancs eaiefed
and the following dialogue took place -
The strauger-"I am Prince Rad
zievill
The Euglishman (rising and bringing
a chair TO what may l attribute the
honor of this visit p
The Prince You have evidently
taken this house for a public hotel"
The EngIishman.-'Certainly."
The Prince -"Well, this is my pri
vate house, my hotel
The Englishman was so astonished
that he could make no reply and could
not explain the mistake of his wife, who,
in the greatest CONSERVATION. began to
tell the prince in Engli-h that the word
"hotel' over the door had caused his
error, The prince, who snw their con-
fusion. politely expressed his satisfac
ton at having given hospitality to Eng
lish people, and begged them to remain
few days longer that be nigh. enjry
their society. Of course the invitation
was politely declined The Enslishman
succeeded in making the servants accept
a few presents. and the prince insisted
upon accompanying them to real
"hotelr = in his own carriage. Prince
Radzievill is the Russian ambassador at
Berlin,
The Pittsburg Chroai L. of Saturday
week says: Yesterday afternoon there
was strange and terrible occurrence at
a house on Third avenue. near Wood
street. The corpse of little child had
been laid out in the front room, and wax
candle. placed around it One of these
lighted candles fell over in some manner
and set fire to the surroundings Of the
little corpse. .aud the body itself Was quite
badly burned before the ,mes were dis
covered. To extinsuish the fire was
but a brief work afteI the discovery of it
Hotels and landlords are often the prey
of sharp rogues. and new tricks are con
tinually brought to light, by means of
which some one gets Heeced. The last
dodge of ALL and one it seems easy to be
accomplished is thus related of one of
these sharpers He took room and slept
in it over night In the morning he
points out to the porter, three trunks from
pile in the hall as his. and directs them
to be carried to his room, which was done
there being nothing to excite suspicion
lie then broke the trunks open, selected
such articles as suited his fancy, and got
away with the spoils.-Ldxcaster Eram
iner
Speak kindly in the morning, it lightens
the cares of the day, and makes the
household and all other affairs move on