, 1876-09-27
MRS. SWISSfIELM.
Neutrality-suspicious. as to Stran-
gers in a German City.
A Municipal Goose-IsOnd, and Its
"Subtilc Spiritual Atlnos-
pherc."
Tho Approaching Visit Of tho Kaiser
Wilhelm to Leipzig.

fWes'o' e"F's't""oe"cr " ms si7ouNe.
., saxo"S' aug 11~i 'nlnk toia YOU
..as "s,y ..'rt tnu ponse " ,'ch'1 nau heht
's4u.o't'on AZ, uo'os'al'n's.' "Aese' oi eaen one
'",', y. us patsy, u. , o1ef M ~ ucte.l"o whether
~ "oua .o'po't %.tn NV oaau.y "nu u'en'ty OF
49,. ~ Esl't ~. ".5 VI 10 :" tc"a!h'
Whct"cs aM or hot, IL IL true anu true asao
tnat VIC scht IN written aeeo'lht ot OURSELVES;
where wn were born, mil When; the names by
ylcl VIC were known: our object IN comInr IL,
Leipztr: yl,nt we nrnnoaca to ,fo: nnJ low
1o,,r o. 1von,oI ~ s,ar A.. ..". "'- ns,. ~"
4o"s NO "n''1.a 10 6taS' A'teF ihcso ooeu-
mehts Elau been considered, our pass
ports wcro called for und handed
uycr. These tho CITY Fathers retatn-
cd. nerbars sor rcfcrerrc. or. mavbc. =, n
,,,n,n. - ts,,tsz t1,,S1s os ~ ."y w. 40
1s.s' mea"e " nou'ns onele oal'uet anu oeesetary
Flsh personally feepohsIb1c Tor our good bc-
BIT of nnncr nhnut as ,nr,-e ma half n a,,nc. ri
note viii souc % caI,nlistic wors w. E nrnt"% 1Iea an
"isn su"'e e,''s.'s T., "otas pt'su also
"f''ou oii t"e.', IN tAat '1ost e1eefapo literary
abo1ninatfon, the German alphabet; charged 4
few grosclcns for them, which VIC paid, and
fonlly believed We Ind permission to remain IN
as ,..",.. ~ ~ ~ WV 'ui' sea'0' "ut NJ
nAse lately 1onhu that
WE WE'RE MISTAKEN.
The Fran1cIn wlom VIC employ as German
sr,.s1 ~, rs,,,,,,. -. Is .sso ~
sl'sh anu freneil 10 otnef Ffau1etne, l'os matse
lis understand that there Is something seriously
wrong about our standing at pulfce-hcatl-
quarters. What 1t Is, VIC arc not ablc to mako
~, ,ns ~ .e' y. p.eesAe nceu, tof
s''e .alks at'a Ecst'cuhtes' hhFugs er shout'crs,
mud Is 50 serious as to seem quite alarmed.
I. .rolize!t Sc !, !nusstt Sic haben nlcl,tl' sl2c
antl comics back ncxt' day. Wiatayer may
happen to tls she, nt least, Is In trouble on our
ace1nnt. Our INTERPRETER has gonc to England;
our Consul aud Ills vile are Ii BwltzcriAn1; ind
what will come of 1t.
suppose tl,o worst would bc to be sent ont
OF town under guard, or pitt Into the loclx-,tD
for safe.keepnE; snd either alternative would
groscl,ci,s they wal,t wc still have some, and
ise quite willing to
-. FAT OUR SHARE
toward city-cxpcnsea.
iavu no sympathy with that form Of Wom.
an's.ltights protest wIlcll consists Ia d refusal
to pay faxcs. Tho 1ysal PROTECTION Of gSrsr,,.
mcnt is worth oil It costs; aud i should not
like to place myself on tho paupcr-i!st, anl a.
ont bearing iy slare Of tic common burdens.
When refuse to nav rlty.tax. / s,aii iivc IN
tho country. because wouil not bo ticncntlcnt
on any man or wol, or set of mcl, Or wu1n-
ed strcets, nuy 1n5re tl,an uolitd stcaI q Film
Of, car. or ri, admission to a concert. sa' II
there ia more tax due. trnst Inn Citr raiiers
will succeed Ia 1nukins ulc understand; md. II
they set It down tn ngurcs,-s many marks anl
pud s'sI nav p pronptv nnn js' "@' Is tn' matter
Whatever difficulty ti1erc mar be In com-
mnnicatlng ideas on other subjects, there is
on q money question, owing, PERHAPS. to liz
general ,,as OF the sumo form of runlcEuts. We
hare no trouble about settling even With thc
post~mau, although wc have iot been ablc to
ind out whether the extra postage is for Tie
Consul" Either these words, or that kind Of
stamp, or both, do
MAKE LETTER VERY HEAVY.
sometimes think It Is tho stamps on which We
more stamps, tho more postage; bit then thcre
ia always tl,s co,clilcntd Of tl5o tCosrl's carnH
aud tic threc-rcnt stamps, with postage to bo
collected. So It Is not improbable tilnt tiiu
tllcir intelligence. That my one al,oufd assume
that tIlcy, or tho police, giiuulu lu i,t,nrant ~
tho whereabout or Wlintalout Of nny John
Smith IN their DISTRICT is a1 Insult ia tetr sys-
tenn. II we wcre on q tour, It would bn iii
right to have our letters sent to Consulatcs;
bit, after being two weeks in Mace yhern w.,
propose tu remain longer, thr lettcra tlcsIgned
Tor his Atnjcsty might a. well be sent to nv
asuro delivery; but The trobie lnay y be- ii ia tho 10
stamps.
There arc flye-cent stamps for foreign lctters.
md tiuY ought to be used, Quo Ut tuem brings
Il letter all right; while, fur one with three
thrcc,ccnt stahps, We Lave paid is cents add~
tional postage.
dug. 23 -Therot hayc found out what wns
the matter! The police wanted to ''>''
sEe our r1CKEry-oF.l,gAyE 70 Stay
to be sure we !l preserved Them carefully, n,
the case rcqusred,-ard 10 inlorsc t!c,n ol,ro
nloFrl We ulso know tist. during cycry ti,rcc
months of our Btny, tlesu tickets must be nrc.
senscd ut uur pulitc.stattun for renewal; antthis
makes luB fcei az comfortable as a click Under
tic wing Of III did hu1i, "1s'
1t denionstratcs the use Of City Fathers. At
tI,ey were GOOD Tor; for T. at lcast. as oun of
their chililycn, lloyc rrycr had nnv no,irc TINT
they kno,y or cared nnythintr nl,o,,f mr. rn,nn
md went, or stail, Us 1t suited ms; and micht
hnyo rf,ttan intn iii n,nnnrr ~ misnhtcf far III
tIoy Or their uuiirc seemed In rare: hut hcr,. s
tllc1r 1atheriy oversight uu1 attention arm hn.
yonl oucstion: md, II 1 rn,n1nit nmv rin,rmt
hrcncl, of Iaw, it viii not be froln not Inowinr
fnot it, ,njTIstnrs I"v" ~ o,.a 'non mn """""6
On The tith or NH of nnxf mn,tf.
KAlaru Wi1,urfM
ts to pay LIS q visit, alI / Incline to th,nle hc
nl,,st ba rotnfnr to see ,nc nnr thtn,, nn1.o, M'
he did not go,nS until ttl. Il IA sj5ty.tIror, ",