, 1874-04-04
BERLIN.

BERLIN.
official Honesty una stupidity.
Correspondence Of 1Ao Chicago 1ttbune.
BERLIN, prussia, afarch g. 1874.
Whom In Afarmorata chef d'nuyre appeared,
it WAS hailcd by cortain UltramontanoB as q
vet'tnblo coup d'otat. noro was IN opportunity
to bring tho Chancellor to taal and thor Bpol.us-
nun, Mallinckrodt, attacked him accordingly, In
tho House Of Representatives. worry bitterly
charging him. among other things, with having
nogotiated with tho Trench Goyernuout for a
cosHion Of the loft bank Of tho Rhine Provinces,
and tnunting him with his doscrtion from tho
Conservatives. Bismarck, in his reply, declared
that his solo object in his French diplomacy was
to cajolo that nation whilo busy with Austria;
and, in reference to tho latter accusaton ho said
it had always boon his principle to change liB
TiewB na soon aB ho perceived thom to bo incom-
patblo with tho wolfaro Of Gormany. To this
IN organ Of tho UltramontnneB answered, very
pltlily thatit was pity tho Chancollor's discern
mont was not equal to his conscience.
If should make tho statement that Germany
is antipodal to the United States, either in a
geographical or morai sonso, I should bo guilty
Of e1aggeration but, wien affirm that officials
discharge tltir duty moro conscientioualy In tho
former than in the 1atter country, utter H.
n1ontablo truth. To DO slro, tho rrussian Par
Lament grasely spout u whole day debating
added to tho force at Goettiugen, and tho Intel
lect of this dgniac1 body is often Interested in
othor equally.molnontouB questions; but thero
is a satsfaction in tho recognition Of
by tho picture Of an oakes Amcs looming
up in tho foreground Another fncE
worth annotating IL the lack Of "Christiau
stnteHmon, tho only ones in tho neiohstag
being ultramontanes. But !" perhaps q curl
conservative Of virtue in public life ?" Honor,
my dear sir, honor pride in the consciousness
Of ona'B integrity, which is motor so powerful
hero in othcl1l lifo that q subordinate suspected
of L criminal misdomoanor doos not seok viudi-
cation in an appeal to a vote Of confidence, but
at onco puts IN end to his own existence. As
for monitors Of Legislative bodies, they arc nevor
suspected, MATURE. says Ruskin, i" is very
ponurioua in the use of color; It is astonishing s
how she economizes in n1trnmarino ia tho fabri-
cation OF larobol1." But Nature is not less
mlsorly with men than with flowers, md hence
aoa ono raro1y meets meet a person who is both
undeylat1on from duty at tho salno
timo their 1abors aro noott marked By any Of
those intellectual ,acintillations or plays OF
public life in tho United Suites. The Gorman
Bearate il q machine who has no business to IN
dnlgo in original iaeaa, his efficiency being in
proportion to his passyity. For inuta.sco: there
IL low existing by Which person threatening
another can bo mado to give security for oorrect
dcmoanor. Greatly annoyed by the constant
tapping on my door by beggars, placed plao-
formed that :. :, Begging is forbidden here, on
pain Of DEATH" Tllis came TO tho ears of gon-
tloman whose acquaintanco enjoy, formerly
Professor OF JnriBprudenco at Heidelberg, and
| now. President Of the --rath at Berlin, who
| should take tho placarl down, lost Should ba
/ arrested by tho police and DO compelled to give
bonds that no beggar should como to grief at m
Then, thorp is tho Custom-Houso; no such NJ
| fair as the Now York Hiucoure, but q dignihed
| Office, from which NIL evity ia banlslod. Rota-
| ton is unknown, and, when once ono ontorA sor-
vice. ho may consider himself as having Life
Beante may become With prescribed details, io
scons unable to grapplc with adyenttious caaos
| III d satisfactory way. For example: till the
closo Of tho year 1878 thoro waB no chronicle Of
duty paid on maple~sugar. md when, at this
| several cates in package from lomo tho Of
ficials wore puzzled whore to class it. "What ia
tint 7" said tho primo fs1nctionary to which tho
owner replied tint it was sugar made from tue
| sup OF n tree. Tho incraduous official sum-
monod all the aubordlnatcs to wituosa the friyol-
| ity of tho imagination that assumed to
| know moro than tho learned compilora
of tho list Of imported articles dutablo IN Ger-
| tho known facts concerning tho article; iu
vain, following hls example, Tiny taated tho
sugar, anh reiterated the performance till ponrly
| half had Disappeared. 1t seemed but to launch
| them Oh soa Of discussion, in which FREQ will,
! Divine omnipotoneo,-in respect to maple-sagar,
and all tho questions which agitatod tho
| Christian Church III the days Of Seholasticism,
wero ,rcsurrectod, ami the battle fought nnow,
Finally, Us llao only way Of settling the matter,
| nportion Of tho remainder was aont to ehem-
| ist, and tito bill Which tho student paid read
| thus:
hLHeI!caH bHAar. HAtcTH
Chemical nunly ..l7 lnlcra % groacheus
Being, as I Haid, d tl1ooiogian, not single i'm
prccation escaped Lis lips az lie paid tllo bill,
though, like Dantes Ph!cgyas, he pinea inwafa-
| ly. What WAS finally handed over to him ho
preserves in prominent position III his room.
! md Whenever hiB Dyes rest upon It, he muttora
between his SGT tooth: "Thanll God ii our
ociala aro not 10 honqst as lore, at least thoy
| aro not collsummate bloekhoads." Pn1Lo.