, 1874-09-19
Astonishing Results Accomplished
with Limited Natural Re-
Sources
Products Of Agriculture and
Manufactures,
The Railway and Telegraph systems---
Budget Of tho Empire.
Compulsory Education---seyen Million
Children in the Schools.
benefits Of National Unions Uniform
Systems Of Weights and Measures,
Currency, aud Laws.

Currency, aud Laws.
Special Correspondents Of Ths Chio1ao Tribune.
DEnLsS, Aug, 10, 1871.
The o1tont and confguratou Of tho 0orma
Empire correspond quito noarly to the tcrritor
embraced within the Statoa Of Pennsylvania
tlo Virginlas, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; an
the climate and products of Germany moro neal
iy correspond With theirs than With any othc
block Of States lii America, although tho sum
knorB arc not within 10 dcgroea of being AZ lloI
nor the wiuters within 10 dogroeA Of being +
rold.
Tho South German States of Bavaria, Wurtcnl
borg, and Dadc1,. may stand for East Virginia
nnsl Alsace-Lorraine for Woat Virginia
Pennsylvania for the Rhonish Provinces
aua WestphaIia, Hanover, and Holstein
whilo Ohio relatively occupicH the place of Bran
denburg and Saxony; aud Indiana and Illino'
may Represent the territory Of posen, sileaia
and Eastern Prussia. On this outline, ]}crlir
would bo locatcd just about whcro Co!nmbuB
o., is situated. d,.-DreBdon standing for Ciucln,
nati, Ssettin for Cleveland, philadolplia 70,
Hamburg, pitsnburg for Frankfort,
CHICAGO Yon pAHTx1a,-
tho groat grain aud humber marEot of North.
Eastern Gormauy. Tho similarity mny bo far-
thor o1toudcd BY letting New Jersey stand for
iIolanl, which licB botwocn Wostern Germany
aud tllo ocean, as New Jersey interyanoa be-
iwoon Pennsylvania and the occau. And the
little Slate OF Delaware, by strotch Of tho
Imagination. amy DO ulado to represent Lu<em.
burg, which III not got embraced within the Ger
man Empire though, i. is essentially German III
eyory other regard.
Germany extends aeross tho map OF Europe
from the French frontier to that of lsuBaia,
nearly QUO miles osBt and west. At it's narrowcst
part, on line drawn north aud south through
Stctsin, Berlin, and Dresden, it does not much
exceed 200 miles in width; while, farther cast or
farther west, it iB nearly tmice TINT broad.
The southern and westorn parts Of Germany
billy aud mountainous, mud tho northern and
eastern portions arc vast plain, almost as loyel
rs Illinois hut, for GOO mics along the l'ultic,
mid for st least 100 miloG ln!aud the country is
low and ilat, elevated but a fow feet above the
sea. Spoaking In general tormn, it lisa
COMPARATIVELY nARnEN, USpEopucT1yE DISTRICT
or COUNTRY,
all tho way from HolBtein to Tho yistula Riyor,
600 to COO miles. 1t comprises q portion of
that ysst ss'sd-plan which extends from
Brosncn to st. Petersburg. Fir il almost the
oniy trco Which growH thereon. mud ryo tic only
grain Which yields crop worth tilling. The
eol, ns Il whole, il thin, barren, and sandy
producing hu. scanty vegetation, and tho farn,-
ing population arc, Therefore, Foor, aud whit
adds to thor poverty ii. TINT the creator portion
Of this part OF Germany belongs to tue nobility,
who own vast estates, aud tho rentals exactcd
from tue cultisatora loavo little or nothing for
tho reward OF their labor. These tcuant-penaunts
eoyoral millions in number, work most indus .gi-
ousIy, both women and men, oconomixc to tAo
utmost. and snSo every krou;zor TINT il possible
but still remain mleorAbly poor all their lives;
which III otfiking illustration Of tho beauty Of
tho system Of laud-noMopoly.
III travelling across Northern Germany, the
tourist Will see Hcnttcrcd in every dil cetiou, over
tho sandy pnin, rounded frag,nouts Of granite
and slnte-stone, which BeologiCnily
DO NOT BELONG TO THIS COUNTRY
nor nnywltero nHhror than in Norway aud
Sweden. At so1no past period they must have
becn tprn 1roul tho Scandinavian mountains by
E'acerH, aud transported southward over tlls
ice, and dropped upon this portion OF Germany
ns the leo melted in its progress towards warmer
climates. They neem 10 fulrsl, prolty strong
proof Of tho glacial theory: aud Of tho icc-pcrio1
rocks WAS found ut Furstenwold, 80 miles north
Of Berln, which, after chipping aud Ao!iowinC
down to portable Bizo, WIS conveyed to I..o
Capital with enormous lnbor and expense,
aud thon shaped and polished into the form of
basin, rs feet in diameter, atdB or 10 fent deep,
and capable Of holding perhaps co. ou0 gaslons of
water! It is called
THE K1ad's wAsll-lAsiS,"
and stands in front Of tho old !soyai Palaces,
This enormous, isolated granite boulder, which !
originally weighed sovera! hntldrod tons, must |
have travelled 800 to 400 miles, including it's trip
actoEs the baltic. to rcach tho spot wlloro 1t MAS
found resting i'll the sand.
This low German sRnd-plain. Of Immense os- |
tent, along tllo Baltic from Holutcin to 1tussia,
"as noht likely formad by the currents aud |
waters of ttsH. noa, Tue sand being washed up OIL
lilo low shores By those forces Or tl.is territory
may hare been tho bottom OF tho shallow mar
FL ol tue Ea!tlc, which slight up
iilit, ilit would eloTato beyond the aurface-
level oi tic ocean, aud loayo
ie ,s;!l as nov found-a sand-plan but . fow feet
nlghof than tlIo baltic, Tho sand looks like
occat, 6 washed sand; aad it does not rost OIL q
Del OF gravel nnd boultlerA such as arc found
,naerieath to sandy soil of the grcat plains OF
naYasia' Ill tue Upper Danuhc Valley, or like
those acen III the Valleys of the NAiuo, Nhono,
Or 70. This lihltic-sore rand IL Vi great depth,
aild !litmixcd other with clay or coasao grlyel,
l ~ ,l11Ezk.