, 1877-06-03
IljlI1LIG.
Student-Life at a German Uni
versity.
The aemi-Annual "0stermesse 49, 4
Great Crowd Of Merchants.
Aich Goods from Evcrywhcre-..No Sun
day . Observance In
Falr.Timc.
Tbs Emperor's Progress Through Alsace.
LoI1aine-E1oitement Over thu
Eastern War.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0Vel tno
Eastern War.
GERMAN STUDENTS.
Special Cb7respondeace ar TAs Tftbuns
LE1PzIo, Germany, May 9.-The lectures hayo
begun sGaln for the summer. OF coufse, no
one, or almost no ono, bad spent the Easter
vacation IN Leipzig; even the most ardent al.
mlser of tts antiquities aud sts beer would hard-
1y consider tho old city attractive enough for
that. The native students 60, "a rule, to
their respective homes. But, for tllc foreigner
and German Of ample means, tho prospect OF
li.t1e trip to Italy, Russia, or even across tho
Rhine into France. ID too enticiuU to be resisted
easily. II one goes to Italy, tho route through
Switzerland Ia rathor cold SO carly In tho sea-
sou. As Tor Russia, tho journey Is expensive;
and then, too, nobody can tell nowadays how
many wars he may stumble upon up there.
30, IN some way OF other, good many OF US
FIND ouRsELvns IN PARIS
every spring. But this tlme Paris was uncom-
monty dull. 1t is seldom that there arc 80 few
strangers In town. The hotcl.kccpcrs we're
grumb)lng sadly. Probably tho visitors will
come back for the ExpostIon--tt,at is, Il tue
affair doesn't "fall th1ough' land there hasc
been omlnous whispers Of thath aud II the
Figaro really gets the speattsv ,nonkeyi
This unlvcralty has o disaRreeable way OF
"catching" conadln9 individuals, especially
Freshmen {whon they cali Foxes): they
get man out here at tha appointed
time, and then begin lectures sono
two weeks Afterwards, learn9 the
hopeful asp1rans for classical honors to
promenade tho streets fortnight, dreaming OF
future gtory. That Is, IN fact, Of smsll co,,sc-
qucnce: for the Freshmen here never do much
work. nnd seldom trouble the lectures. The
story Is not entirely without foundation which
ts, a S fee. me s nsT y f1fa r. re sk4 re
piled the Freshman; "that don't know; Two
ou!y beer. here three months" VI course.
those Who have been hero some time already DO
not return 60 early. but tribe later, say ten
j. oil tho trains cunning this wny; aud, when the
people along the limo hear them singing, they
know that tho Semester has begun once more.
] Wonder II the greater part Of the Amercan'
at no.nn hare before them vivid picture OF tho
EsEnr-DAT LIFE OVER HERE.
Doubtless many rcadcss OF TIE TRIBUNE have
stuiic1 In Gcrtnany.. Now and the1,, when they
pause fur moment ia the busy whtfl Of Amer
smoke ! cigar In the twilight, perhaps ll1cy
recall with pleasure those quiet, peaceful ycars
that seemed 70 pass 10 slowly; tue qualnt stono
buildings, gray With ago: ioT.vaulted corridors,
by; and tho old.fnshtoned tccturc-rooms, on
whose rough, black benches some OF Gcrmany's
grcutcst men had carved their names. Tho or
dInary traveller rnrclY learns to appreciate the
'Eneipe, ,'or sven hsve .csn @ aiittie Rfauken"; Ps
but It Ia "a easy to regard all that obEccttgeiY,
not really thinking and fcoltng nih the student.
In soma respects tho people here ore snore
aro at home. II one Of tboin happens to drink
q little 1n0rc beer than hc can walk with uulct}y
uobody thinks anything Of It At all; and, II YOU
were to cFlttclsc It, people woulo answcF: "Uh,
young oneo." Ono must remember, hoveyss,
that they llaYe Iio out-of-lo0r games, sucil ns
Dall OF cricket, nor do they row or run. There
arc no amuscslicnts which may bo considered as
peculiar TO them the most national nre thelF
FENCING AND DnlNRtN1 ctuus.
Their so-called "duols are not vcsy danger
Gus, aud mostly tend tn Improve t!,etr rapler-
practice, In which they arc " no means clumsy.
Qtaco OF tho French when handling lighter
weapons. They would seldom retain sny marks
from their l!ttle "alsifs,n II they did not
especially Wish them; and 80 they drink rs
healed, in order to mako the scars as rcd Is pos
slble.
a student. ID made quite 4 lion OF, aud II re-
Ear.lo1 M by the people WITH IT,. marked eonsldeta-
twcen German and Engllah un!verstics III ro.
gard to expenses. In England nan snasl havo
considerable money, think, to take any toieraole
position socially. ucsc ho can 10 President Ut
club, live passably we'll faeeor3tng u 1crtnau
lleaa), and drink an unlimited quantity of berr,
for 81, 600 per annu.n. That would be !mpossi-
bic, mn sure, at Oxford or Cambridge. I ~.
member Uoing on to Paris Last summer wish'tlo
yunng ComtG do T., and how bitterly flu CON.
plaincu because his father woul,l only n1l0w him
4t00 year at Oxford Still, It 10 true tt,at tho
men hero, many Of them, borrow considerably;
and have known sotno to marry, quito heavily
l0a,led With debts contracted ut the Urlyersity.
Tho p,sltlou OF student 10 ucrmany!s
why PECULIAR. .
III is regarded a. In nusneru e1viem aedlle,nt-
curutn, md s entirely under tho Jurisdiction OF
thu University Court, no policeman havfnG tho
right to arrest him, but the one IL about rs
bad Is tie other, for tho University las IS
dEngy IN old JUL Al ono coutt wish t0r. VI all
oiTGhses dueltnE IL most severely punished, al-
though encounters with pistols rarely occur,
and there aru far less meetings viii, swords
huFc, comparatively, than At the smaller uul-
vcrsttles,-such al Heidelberg and GoettinGent
for lnstancc. The best tcnccr In ticrrnatly is at
Jeua, ! am told, and the eecond-best st Lclp-
xtc. TTLEa y. KING.
4 rnANsFonMATloN.sCaN
8psetal Cpsrssposasnes af TAI Trtaxna ;.
LEirxI0, Germany, May 1l.-Thaa c!ty hns
just passcd thsoug! tEansfor1nat!on-sccue
which is Of scni.anntal OCCURRENCE, and, to an
American, unique and Interesting. Every
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