, 1873-08-06


o1collcnt music while thoy drink, mud no combine
meninl anu Physical on}oymont, instead Of l,oing
forced, III order to slako thoir thirst TO 60 aono
into Romo socret dom whoro tonptationH Of MI
Tho hoaltltttl restraint of tllor wvfvoa' stnd chill
dron'a i,roaonco. THO sRsiio reasoning applies to
tho tLsntro. It In here 1llltlor np sort Of ba,,.
! all olnsses Of good borioty nttends It, It IN not
dooa not paiilor to vi|o tassos. {2} Door and
vino are good md cheap. Tiorn is, oonsequollt-
ly,,almoss no demand wilasoyer for ll9nors: l9)
"Trenting" iB something Unknown: II atx mon
Of two. and pays Tor It. III Afnorlca oaoh would
fool Obliged to orspr bcor for six. ThiH would
troblo tito n,lpnnt ilvunls, and tho cost thoroof.
besides thosn nlrondy mentioned, thoro ara
ma1iy .-.,......
Of 5tato interfereuco. a traveller must fill ont a
printed blank for tho police Of oyory city at which
roaro b in IL orn ri a and sa ice
IL obugod alsc to contfdo to tho altliorltoa hiy
age, Ills occupation, hin place Of birth, tho pro-
posed, longth Of his stay, and his religion. III
so,no ssasas, notably a baden, insurance If COM
ru!sory. In MI OF thotn, troops may DO quarterol
upon the citizons for two or throo dayH as time,
whonover tho barracks (ofton tho largest build
inRs iu tho p!aco) aro crowded.
| IL TIE EMPIRE sTnoNa2 -
At first Wow, worry strong. But 1t has many
| clements OF woakiioss. In Tie first placo, tho
! peoplo, ns whole, soo1n to DO grossly ignorant
Of their political privileges, aud indifferent to
them. 1n Droatlon. two university 1nol1, both Of
l'ors Of tho Imperial Parliament wero ooctod or
| appointed. Neither know tho qualifications for
| voting. Ono did not know whether tia Federal
| States had separate Assemblies or not. Tho
timoa and paeos OF meotng, aua Of thoir pro-
| negatives. Both conenrred III saying: "If You
| wish to know alout auy eteh things, you ti11Bt
| nsk lawyer; nobody elno knows or cares,"
that Of tho wl,olc nation would DO painfaiiy like
| NJ. Talno'a inferonco Of all tho vewH Of all Eng
lishinen OIL afl subjects from tho laoks and talk
| OF liB ono folow-trayoler botwoon Liverpool aud
bsory Of the daugor Of inlucfiyc rensoning from
too fow facts, which runs in this wise: tourist
| In America entored in his notebook: "Waa
shaved this morning; tho barber Ind rod hair.
| Mom.: All bnrbors i'll tho States havo rcd hair"
But many othor GormanR havo since confirmed
| what theso two mon said. Agasnand again hAye
| 1boon told that it waB idio to oxpect anybody
but lawyer to know anything about tho struc-
experience gooa, nobody ofao has known. Such
| apnthotic ignorance las sometimes bcon rolled
| upon by despotiemB as their s,lroHt support.
| Witness Napoleon III. and tho French peaBnntry.
| But experience and common-Bonso unto to
prove that peoplo who show Rucll Indifference,
while they will not fight to overthrow their gov
eminent, will not Willingly fight to maintain it
when domestic foes atsaelit. They arc indifrer-
0IlL 10 aI1 local C1lQpe8. 1B lQltR 81 thGlf own
| throata and purso-strings aro loft Uncut.
| This astounding ignorance is perhaps partin[ly
| oxcusablo, for tho oioction-laws arc opt TO bo
| intricato. Delegates to tho City aud stata Coun-
ca re nsaay ooson H. SO many BY tie people
s{ona and trades. This Ia naturally soluowhat
| confusing. Quite simple systom, however, il
| that by which prnsBin regulates
rnorrnTY-sUrFRAtE.
Tho Kingdom il divided into electoral districts
each Of which payB the sanlo amount Of ta1eB.
md elects three Representatives. to tho Lower
House. Say tho amount Of tax is 600. Be-
going regularly down tl.o limo, tho mon WHO
fogosor pay Sd, ,100 nro fnsulod into |" Circle"
and elect one Representative. If ono man phys
third Of tho district tux ho Is o. "Circto Iy
tho samo way md tile third consists Of tho reat
OF tho votes, who, Of collrBct pny flotween them
tho remaining $4,000. This scheme soems to 10
the fairest syatem Of proporty-snffrage get do
yisod. It III snil to work we'll,
| The classes who do take an interest in the
| Government do it
AT TnE1R OWN n1sE. =
| Tho.nowspapor censorship is rigid. THO now
| political writer in Germany into cAains. Free
| 8poeoh doos not exist. Tho loador OF the
"socnl-D Democrats" Herr Bebel, is olooted to
| the Imperial Parliament. In one OF Lis dis
cou1ses \. he soaks evil vi, Of aignitaries mo is
prison-cell. Ton days ago, tho Dorlia prcsa
announced that 4 young workman had boon
Ho waa talking with some friend during a
roviow at Potsdlm. and spoke disrospcctfully Of
tile Emperor. Somebody hoard him. and he was
Of once arrested. His conviction waa followed
by tho triRl Of number Of persons for labi.unl
attendance ut Sucial-D Democratic mootings. This
Ii still pondmg.
THESE soc1AL-pEMocnATs
arc pleguo Bpotn on tile body-politic. They
e'a claim tho control OF the whole workingnlan yots.
! extromc. Tho rod flag waves in their club
rooms, ana their common greeting s: '' Vie
geh!s mil der .Thctlung?" p" How goes it with
the padtsa tn ST. gSr They sro bitterly
| mlurc thoir usefnlnesH, but they do gool
work III maintaining an opposition III tho State,
| i'll promoting corporation amoug themseyca.
THE CATHOLIC EtEMENT
| is ono Of danger. Tho laws now in forco III
Prussia respecting clerical education, &C., how
| ever u.uri they lnny bo applaudetl by ultra
rrotesstanis, Who believe deyoto1y in striking
outrageous in principle, and practice. Imagine a
Inv in America which should compel every
preBbyterlnn clergyman to receive a certain
[ specified education under State supervision. TO
paaa Il Slate examination thorein, to accept
d "call" only whom tho State approved,
and to submit any troubles in which he, in hia
clerical capacity might bocome involved, to tho
decision Of spoolnl State Court, tho ajority OF
| Lne me!nperH u WHICH bol0nEeu to ueNOinlnn-
tions bitterly opposed to his own. This is, III
brief, tho prnsaian lazy in regard to Catholics.
Naturally, tho Catholics OF Tho Empire which
prussia'a ling rules aro indignant thsroat. They
nn1nbor 9o3 Of every 1.ooo itIllahitsnte, ao that
ornlnent 10 regards it IN Bhown by itA activo Of
forts in hehair Of tho Old Catholic acct.
Tho ,nnss Of tho pooplo seem to hnyo little
sympathy for Cntholc wrongH. Tic German
iunrh, klatteradafsoh, "caricaturaH tloprosts
and thoir followers continually. Tho pict,lro-
galleries arc full Of Iita at them. Tho 'dosnits'
rlng,e.Tanglo,', o"arse nelodsalna ailnol
concolt-roons. It Inn long boon 1.a-
tional chnracterihtic to mako fun Of Rome.
Tho very OLD story Of Roinoko fuchs is full of
gross attacls; and tho ancient fos1na Of tito
Faust legend make Mephistoplolcs appear es a
fnonk But how old tito fashion OF sllcf scolling
at clerical dignitarios is appears in an A1ayrian
sculpture, preserved in Berlin, Of o domon In
| prioHt'H COSTUME.
| ALAAOl.~1onRAINE
is not yet TRANSFORMED into ElsasaI I.otllrngsn.
II still requircn grcat garrnonH, aud still slowB
hate Of itB co,sluerOrH. We woro cautioned not
to speak German ia strnshurg shops, i'll order to