The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-01

encounter commissioners 80 STrcn
and gold. Tn. elevator attendants arr
in green and gold. One bows me into
the trap. and the other sends Il ny, IL
/. an important operation here Now !
am in the street. / signal = passing
siree,-car. The driver j. stony and rc-
sanls NE not. wave my hand 81
the next. IL does not .'np. ] sm
three days finding oui that n" Nicuncsc
Stree, ears stop only IT csrrAin stations.
Although hut : o'clock. every body
seems oet. The walks ar iuli If h"llrs
in fashionable csIstune<-and they dress
well here. too. More soldiers anil kettle
drums, file aud lie. Vehicle. dash pa~:,
apparently intended fuT two h1T~.s, hsy-
ing hn, one harnes~ct Ia the pole and
what high hor~s-collar,, aTrhssi over the
animals back Every lsdy sremcd -
be brcakfa>iins nj tables on the >ide-
walk. There are barber poles shaving
/, Indicated BY two br1-- piSie> hung
without, and occasionally 4 horrible a.
fisy of q head with the tongue run out,
Indicating supping and bleeding for the
sick. am shaved. 4 laiy has her
/ hair coifIurcd in the neat chair. The
barber poIirs cold water under my shirt
collar. Ill in a chair suggesting the
garrote. and think If tonsoriai marble
! nails ON Montgomery Street. On ever!
/ side | read, =. Tab1c h. r." indicating
/ the king and kaiser or government To-
bacco store. | buy q cigar-a hong nine.
IL will not smoke. | stop time after
I time &" rclight il. " VIII not draw.
Others are smoking similar cigars
I They draw. Why viii nut mine draw ?
| grow irritable over Nicnncsc cigars.
| There i, a straw running through IL
entire length, which the Austria. pulls
out preparatory la smoking. IL took
me many days to find this out.
AN oPEN CARRIAGE
dashes past driven by " horses tan
dem, with positions in a yellow uni
form. Every body takes off his hat, and
all the sentries present arms. II i the
Empress. There i = scntry-boN on
nearly every block. The poor fellows
are continually on the watch for officers
to present arms to. These are constant
Is passing and re-passing up and down
the street-GcneralS. Colonies, Cap
tains, Majors, Lieutenants and En-
pcrors and Expresses. IL keeps the
s~entries very busy. | think it Is an
amusement of the Generals to come up
on the sentry unawares. l find hug
five or six-storicd barracks everywhere,
and great yards full Of soldiers drilling.
IL seems here one eternal training day
At every corner l. "A "Irinkhalle.
This is a round glass house containing
one pretty girl. who sells sirupy, sick
ish, sweet drinks. Bat there are brandy
shops, wine-shops aud beer-shops. The
most abjcct of the beer-waiterS wear q
white cravat and swallow-tailed coat. Al
noon the laborcrs fling themselves on The
sidewalk and sleep out their siesta. Thu
banking-houscs are closed from l2tili2 III
the afternoon. Then business takes a
rest. No rush here from morning tll
night like that of New York. IL looks
TO ME aS if between every trade buyer
and seller goes to the cafe and has q
cup of coffee. II seems "A bright and
cheerful city. Every street Is shaded
bv beautiful rows Of trees. Some have
four, some six rows. In the parks men
lie down on the grass and 90 la sleep,
So do peasant women with clcphantinc,
Dl4t Ift ltHN anu III h'"hN -"
people take more liberties than IN New
York. In four hours | see at least forty
eases of sleeping on sidewalks, III hall
WAYS and square which would justify \
policc-clubbin@ in America. But there
are no draymcn's skidS across the side
walk, no boxes, barrels and bales Il
Chamber over. Nothing climbs labori,
ouSly here but water. That goes up e.
the fourth or sixth story in an ova
shaped tub, one slave Of which has been
allowed To remain higher than the rest,
So rs tn be bound to the woman porter
back. They give me a pint Of water tc
wash with in a pitcher weighing five
pounds. But beer flows here c%opiously
They would rather | bathcd in beef
than water. Good ann are very
prevalent. At the restaurant, if 4
gentleman seats himself at my table, III
APOLOGIES FOR ~ INTRUSION.
When he departs he bows and bids mC
an impressive and eternal farewell. Tb,
army officers are not afraid of compro,
missing their dignity. They converse
freely with the walters. ! am surprised
nj the practical Democracy in this mon.
archy. How polite they are To eacl
other. What a lifting IF hats Is they
meet on the promenade What an I'm,
covering of bald. shiny heads. What :
general relaxation from business care,
after { o'clock. What n general eating
of dinners out Of doors. ! pass garden
after garden full of trees, shrubs, hot
dinners, flowers, s%ratuary, n music,
tables. hundreds Of families dining a l.
concert, and ten thousand cyer-reiilling
beer-mugs. No 7x9 gardens these, like
the backwards on the Bowery. misnamed
gardens. where the vegetation Is some
times painted on canvas instead al
planted in the ground, but great area
of old trees, turf and beautiful walks.
pass under the Emperor's city palace
Under it. Yes, through an arched way
under the palace into a courtyard, and
thence out again through another open,
ing, and through both in aud out raitl,
cabs and carriages all day long, while
through one of the opened window,
above may be seen a man in armor,
i'm his hand n halberd or pike, o.
some other old fashioned man cutting
instrument, and this man. or rather this
armor with the man inside of il, has, !
am told, for centuries guarded the re,
ception-room of the House of Hapsburg
But the palace is not so much of n pal
ace without as the Windsor or Palace
Hotel. Real palaces 10Y take boarder.
at 81 per day or more. The Princes:
Louise told her friend. who told another
friend, who told it 10 me, that for ;
royal reception a certain hotel in Cana
da had all the conveniences Of the Vice
regal palace. This is the court garden
at ) in the evening. Music, restaurants,
dinner-parties and walks, wherein are
seated elegantly-dressed ladies. sewing,
knitting, reading. An air of repose
reigns over all. Really, there seems
leisure here, and time for people to live.
1t seems as though these ladies came
here to- enjoy the open air and the At
fractions of the place.
PRENTICE MILFORD.
Vice Versa.
How do YOU account for this? In the
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