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which their forethoughr or ingenuity had
imposed upon me, they would burst in with
the unwelcome query of, well, and what
would you like to do now?"
The Intention Is Hospitable.
OF course, there is no help for 1t. One is
obliged to fall in with their ceaseless sug-
gestions, and one returns to one own home
thoroughly worn out both mentally and
physically. The worst of it is that it is i'm
possible to quarrel with such man as this,
either in his house or out of it, as the inten-
tion is so manifestly hospitable and kindly,
and his manner 80 hearty and cordial, that
one cannot even enjoy the satisfaction of
, asking him to leave one alone just for q
short time. I am sure that there are many
OF my readers who will sympathize with
me when they read this and who will recall
memories of their own experiences OF an
analogous character.
There must be certainly many OF them
who have been led around to see stables
which did not interest them, scenery
whieh did not charm them, dragged
from cellar to, garret for The purpose
of inspecting all the household arrange
ments, conducted over fields and bitches to
observe the condition of crops; called upon
to admire the porcelalns, ivories or any
Otner pet IaQ OF the nOSl-eVefy "au mss
some hobby of this kind-or else treated
to all the local gossip in which one
can have no possible earthly inter
est or concern. Hosts, such as these, should
be avoided no matter how good their heart
or excellent their household arrangements.
Objections to Liberty Hall.
Equally Objectionable is the man who as
sures you that his house is s'Liberty Hall" &"
and that YOU are expected to do everything
when and as you please. When staying at
another persons house, especially when 1t
is for the first time, one likes to have at
least some little kind of direction and indi-
cation as to the ways and customs OF the
place; nor does one like to be lett too much
to oneself 1t is not pleasant, tor in
stance, to come down to breakfast and
either to be forced to wait an hour for that
meal or else to find it half-fnished and
the rest OF the things cold. Nor is it agree
able to discover the people on their knees
in the act of family prayers. such as is
still the fashion in great many houses.
The way people thus engaged look around
over their shoulder at the person entering
the room and disturbing their devotions is
peculiarly disconcerting. Hosts who de-
scribe their house as ''Lberty Halr' are,
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of nv work for this time has been don
long before hand and everything that can be
done now has been done"
1.-The army has stores at various points,
Captain Bingham went on, land they are
ready for emergency, and every company
and every officer is down in the scheme tor
every situation that might come up, and
the whole works like clockwork. German y
is ready for war with almost any nation
here at any time. If the Emperor presses
the button the army will do the rest"
The improvements in army methods are
wonderful, and the German Government
here is experimenting all the time on pow
ders, balls and guns 1t keeps its chemical
experts at work upon the food for the army,
and it has been experimenting on potatoes
and peanuts and corn as meal for bread
Horse food is quite as important as human
food, and they have here condensed food
for horses They have balls of horse food
so small that man can carry enough in his
pocket to feed horse for week, and they
are studying the concentrated essence of
food for horses Upon such food the horses,
will run down, but they can march a week
and live.
The Head of the Army.
The Emperor is the head of the army, and
he has the entire control of it. Il is not
subject to public opinion and the German
troops have to obey him unconditionally
and they swear an oath OF fidelity TO him.
The Emperor is now not yet 81 years old
He has hardly reached his prime and it
would be wonderful if he did not feel some
what inflated by the power which he has
under him. Think of It'll He knows he has
the best military machine ever gotten to-
gether and he has 800, 900 men always
under arms. He knows that he can call
1000, 600 seldiersdnto the field by raising
his finger and he has go, 600 horses to mount
his cavalry. There are olher troops which
can be called from the people which make
his war strength fully 100000 OF trained
fighting men and this vast army is so organ
lied that it can be directed by him sitting
in his palace in Berlin and pressing his
fingers on the telegrsphic button which calls
his officials to him.
The machine-like character of the whole
is wonderful and German officer is ex-
pec.ed to be machine and he is punished if
he acts on his own responsibility. One of
the most famous officers of thejwar of 1870
achieved victory by acting quickly with
out orders against the enemy. In America
or in France he would have been made
hero, but in Germany he was stripped of
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his command and ordered to go home. This
was General Steinmetz And 1 am told
here that officers are not given places be-
cause of their bravery, but because of their
ability to handle troops. There is no such
thing as iavoritism in the army and promo
tions are by merit rather than by length of
service. Influence counts for nothing, and
while Bismarck was Chancellor his two
sons were serving as privates.
Change in School Studies.
Returning to the Kaiser and his photo
graphs, large number of his pictures repre-
sent him with his family. He has beauti-
full home life and is very fond of his chill,
dren. He has five children, all healthy,
bright and good looking, and the little
Crown Prince, who is now about 10, is an
officer in the German army, and he puts on
quite as many airs as his father. He often
rides with his father, and his father makes
him obey him and salute him just - one OF
his soldierh When he IL at home, how
ever, he is father among his children, and
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OTHER MEMS HOUSES.
There Arc Hosts Who Make Guests
Entirely Too Much at Home.
INVITATIONS TO BE REFUSED,
Liberty Hall Not tho Most Cheerful Abode
That Can Be Found.
THE QUESTION OF TIPPING AGAIN
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. !

One of the most Objectionable aud fire.
quent manifestations of bad form is to be
found in the manner Of entertaining guests
who are staying in the house on more or
less prolonged visit So very few persons
possess the delicacy, tact and intuition re-
quisite to make their friends "feel At home, I"
and so many are the discomforts both Of .
moral and physical character which have
been called upon to suffer under that head,
that cold shiver goes down my back when
ever am requested to "make myself at
home"
Thus, what can be more distressing, for in
stance, than the host who is so solicltous of
our enjoyment that he cannot bear to see US
doing nothing. He seems to have an idea
that it is reflection upon his hospitality
and that i. is his duty to provide US with
occupation for every waking hour out OF
the "a To such pitch have known men
carry this that, even when they would see
me reclining in an easy chair glancing over
the days paper and resting from some labor
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A GREAT CHANCE GAME.

Napoleon's Luck Once Depended Upon a
Young Officers Gambling.
Washington star.l
Lord Holland relates in his memoirs how
once the military career of Napoleon L.,
and herewith to certain extent the fase of
Europe, depended upon a game Of hazard.
When Napoleon was appointed for the
first time as an independent commanding
general of the Italian army, the directory
then at the head of France were not will
ing, or perhaps not able. to provide enough
money for him to deiray the expenses of
himself and his adjutants to the seat of war
and to make proper show as commanding
general of so considerable an army at its
headquarters. Napoleon borrowed money
from his friends, and after exhausting all his
credit had succeeded in collecting 20, 900
francs. He gave the whole amount to
Junot, a young officer, wto was known as a
frequent visitor of the gaming table, and
told him either to lose the whole sum at
the amount doubled, as it would depend
upon his success whether he could accept
the appointment as commanding general of
the Italian army, and also appoint him,
Junot, as his adjutant, as he had in view.
Junot went, as ordered. Napoleon
waited almost the whole night for his re-
turn. Finally at o'clock in the morning
Junot enteredl and gave Napoleon s., 900
francs with tho remark that he had gambled
away nearly the whole sum of 20, 900 francs
until he had att last succeeded in winning
several high shakes in succession. Then
Napoleon accepted the appointment, which
was destined to $onfer the highest glory
upon him. JuIAot became one Of his
marshala
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moreover, very apt to assure you, when
inviting you, that they never dress for din
ner, and that it is altogether unnecessary
to bring your dress clothes.
Woe betide you, however, if you take
such man as this at his word and leave
your evening dress at home, for you will
certainly find on your arrival that your host
is in evening dress entertaining his friends
on a scale OF peculiar magnifcence. 1 have
been caught several times this way, and
have consequently made it fixed rule never
to, believe man who tells me ''not to dress
tor dinner" even when he declares it on
oath that he never does it himself 1 like
wise endeavor, as I mentioned above, to
avoid the host who tries to find me occupa-
tion, and l make a point of invariably re-
fnsing all invitations to Liberty Hall
No man really can feel so comfortable in
another persons house as in his owns and 1t
requires considerably more than the ordi-
nary modicum of tact to be able to strike
the happy medium between neglectiug ones
guests on the one hand or overwhelming
them with attentions that become irksome
on the other.
The Question of Tipping.
Another drawback to staying at other
peoples houses is the question of tipping
the servants, which in many places is car
ried to far greater excess than most OF my
readers would care to believe. Thus, in .
country house there is the butler to be at
tended to, and the man-servant appointed
to look after you. likewise the chamber
maid intrusted with the care of your room.
Then there isa lso the coachman who
drives you to and from the station, and one
of the grooms, If you do any driving dur
ing your stay, and last, but not least, the
gamekeeper, If your host happens 10 have
any shooting preserves. All this consti-
tutes heavy drain on the pure. when one
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Wonderful Construction of
the Enormous Army of
Germany, With
THE KAISER IN COMMAND.
ALI the Plans Ready for War With
ANY Nation at Any Time.
PERSONALITY OF THE EMPEROR.
Famous Hunting Pictures and Photographs
of His Home Life.
BEFORE THE QUARREL WITH BISMARCK
rcoRRrsroNpENcE OF THE D1spATcH.I

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH,l
BERLIN, Nov. 16-I have had q
good chance to learn something of
the young Emperor during nv stay
in Berlin. 1 have seen him a number of
times on the street. 1 attended one of his
reviews and saw him march up and down
me line in the uniform Of a Prussian
colonel, and you can't walk along the streets
OF Berlin without being always in sight OF
his photograph. There is no monarch in
the world who likes to be photographed so
much as the young Kaiser. There are at
least hundred different sittings of him for
sale and you can get photographs Of him at
every stage of his existence from babyhood
to manhood. He has been photographed
again and again since he has been Emperor,
and his poses are SO many and so ostenta-
tIous that they are really laughable.
One OF the most striking of the photo
graphs in the light of the present situation
is one which was taken at Friedrichsruhe,
Bismarck's home, in 1888, when the young
Emperor visited him there. Bismarck
stands with his dog beside him, leaning on
a cane and with a military cap on his head.
The young Emperor is also in military un-
dress uniform and the two are smiling at
one another like two lovers, and no one
looking at them would suppose that trouble
could ever come between them. Now Bis
marck has been humiliated by the young
Emperor and dlslikes him heartily. The
Young Emperor reciprocates the feeling,
and the photograph is the personifcation OF
z diplomatic lie.
One Photograph With a ScowL
Another photograph which is equally IN
teresting is one taken on a steamboat where
the Kaiser and the Gar met last summer.
The Kaiser here leans against one of the
smokestacks OF the ship and his face wears
terrible scowl. He has cane in his hand
and he looks as though he would club the
man at the right of him, while the lace of
Alexandra I'LL is as placid as the waters of
a mill pond. The picture is fair repre-
sentarion OF the wo men, and Alexandra is
as plegmatic as the Kaiser is nervous and
spssmodie in his actions The Gar is on
friendly terms with the Kaiser notwith-
standing the newspapers to the contrary,
Bat he has sized up the young man in his
own way, and his estimate of him was given
aen he made the remark, which l have
Dted before, in which he said, 'Der Gott
tst allies, aber der Kaiser weisst allies
er," which, being translated, is, THE
God knows everything. but the En-
Dr thinks he knows all things better"
he Emperor is very fond of hunting and
Y winter he goes to Russia to hunt. He
a couple of friends who have large
es in Russia, whom he visits, and in
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been at any time such an organization a,


this.
, Speaking of the German army we have
had here until within a short time ago one
OF the best of our military attaches. You
know the War Department sends officers as
attaches to our different legations with in
structions to report from time to time upon
the condition of their army and inform US
whether any new military inventions are
made. We have an excellent man of this
kind in St Petersburg in the person of Cap
tain Allen and for the past few years the
German army has been the study Of Captain
Bingham, who was lately removed from
Berlin to Rome. 1 talked with him before
he left and he gave me some interesting in
side matter regarding the constitution of
the troops here. He said: ''You can have
no idea of the wonderful machine that this
German armv is and how well they are pre-
pared for war. They have a chart made out
whicn shows Just what they must do in the
case of wars with the different nations. And
every officers place in the scheme is laid
out beforehand. There is . schedule of
trains which will supersede all other sched-
ules the moment war is declared, and this is
so arranged that the commander of the
army here could go and telegraph to any
officer to take such train and to 60 to such
place at a moments notice.
Ready for Every Emergency.
'When the Franco-Prussian war was de-
clared, it is said that Won Moltke was
awakened at midnight and told of the fact.
He said coolly to the official who aroused
him, GO to pigeon hole No. blank in my
safe aud take paper from it and telegraph
as there directed to the different troops of
the empire He then turned over and
went to sleep and awoke At the usual hour
in the morning. Everyone in Berlin was
excited about the war, but Won Moltke took
his morning walk as usual, and a friend
who met him, said: General, you seem to
be taking it very easy. Aren't you afraid
of the situation? 1 should think you would
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their vast forests spends week or so going
out bear shooting. Not long ago he killed
big brown bear on these estates, and at
the moment of the shooting a photograph
was taken of the Emperor standing beside
the bear, and there are photographs of him
In the stores here representing him just
ready to start out to hunt He has his
pantaloons in his boots and fur cap on his
head, and, curiously enough, there is long
porcelain German pipe in his mouth He
is by no means ashamed of being smoker,
and he is fond OF good tobacco and good
beer He is not a heavy drinker, though
be likes wine with his meals.
An InfIrmity SkillfuIly Concealed.
To see Kaiser Wilhelm on horseback you
would never imagine that he had only one
hand. At this review of his troops he rode
6 magnificent black stallion and be gal
loped over the field at the top of his horses
speed. He managed his horse perfectly
and he seemed to be in his element. This
parade took place on the great drilling
grounds near Berlin. Thrse are about the
Size of 1,000-acre farm and they are as
smooth as a floor. Nearly the whole Of
this ground was covered with troops, and it
took hours for them to march along in front
of the Emperor and his staff. The EN-
peror wore a helmet and a military uni
form, and the Empress watched the review
with him. She was also on horseback, and
the two formed magnificent pair. A pho
tograph was taken of him as he came home
from the field, with the troops behind him,
and in it it looks as though he was holding
his horse with two hands instead of one,
and, as usual, he rides At the head of his
army.
His photographs have been taken in
nearly every different uniform that the
army has. He watches the drilling of the
troops very carefully, and if regiment
pleases him he puts on the uniform of this
regiment and the soldiers consider this q
reward and are very much complimented
by it. He is very rigid in his conduct with
the armv, and he is doing all he can to
make Germany vast military camp. He
encourages the establishment of military
club in every village and q constant drilling
goes on over the whole empire. The soldier
IA omnipresent here and you can't get out
of the hearing of q military band in Ger
many.
A Most Wonderful Machine
There ar. nearly half q million soldiers in
the army, and 1t 10 the most wonderful
machine that was ever gotten together.
Think of 900 horses being so trained that
thew keen periect step and so that they
make so manv steps to the minute and
march in perfect harmony with one another.
The soldiers themselves move like clock
work. and the artillery and the infantry
move across the field like one machine
worked by cogs of even magnitude. have
seen the Russian soldier and the French
soldier, but they are nothing like these, and
doubt whether in all the world there has
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remembers that stay rarely extends be-
yond . week-sometimes only couple of
days and during the course of the summer
and autumn months one pays a good many
Of this kind of dine and sleep visits.
Still another drawb back to staying at other
peoples houses is the question of church
on Sunday. If at ones own home, one
Would probably go to church Of ones own
free will and accord, but at friends house,
one feels to certain extent that one is un-
der compulsion to do so, and this in itself
is quite sufficient to render the matter irk-
some and to give rise to the longing to re-
main away from service.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
In all English and American houses
where /. have stayed the attendance at
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means it. He is full Of personal
magnetism, and though it is hard tor
King to have a friend, 1 believe that the
Little Kaiser" as he is called, has his
friends here in Berlin. His best friends
are men of soIidity and nerve, and as for
the Emperor himself there is no doubt OF
his having his full share of courage. He
showed this when he dismissed Bismarck
and took the reins of government into his
ows1 hands. II is generally conceded now
that he could not have gotten along with
Bismarck, and though the Germans here are
sorry to see the old Chancellor out OF office
andthough thev respect him, they are fast
becoming to admire the Kaiser and to think
that Bismarck expulsion might not have
been such a bad thing after all. As be-
tween Bismarck and the Kaiser. the Ger
mans will always go with the latter.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
In Ohio Alive and Determined to Lead
the World.
Extract From a Lecture at the Surgical
Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, on Chronic
Catarrh, by DIR. 5. b. Hartman.

Catarrh is the continual scourge of
christendom. 1t hovers OmimouslY over
every city and nestles treacherously in every
ha let. 1t flies with vampire wings from
countryto country and casts black shadow
of despair over all lands. Its steafthy ap-
proach and its lingering stay makes 1t a
dread to the physician and pest TO the
patient. 1t changes the merry laugh OF
childhood to the wheezy breathing OF Group,
and the song of the blushing maiden to the
hollow cough of consumption. In its
withering grasp the rounded form Of the
fond wife and mother becomes gaunt and
spectral, and the healthy flush of manhood
turns to the sallow, haggard visage Of the
invalid. Cough takes the place OF con-
versation, speech gives way to splitting, the
repulsive odors of chronic catarrh poison
the kiss of the fondest lovers, and thlekened
membranes bedim sight, impair hearing and
destroy taste. Like the plague-strlcken
Egyptians, a cry of distress has gone
ont from everr household, and the mildew
of woe clings to every hearthstone Catarrh
in some form, catarrh in some stage, turks
as an enemy in the slightest cough or cold
and finishes its fendish work in heart dis
ease and consumption. No tissue, junction
or organ of the body escapes Its rayages;
muscles wither, nerves shatter, and secre-
tions dry up under its blighting presence.
So stubborn and difficult OF cure is this dis
ease that to invent a remedy to cure chronic
calarrh has been the ambition OF the great
est minds in all ages.
Is it, therefore, any wonder that the vast
multitude of people who have been cured
OF chronic catarrh by Pe-ru-na are so lavish
in their praises of this rene y? That the
discovery of Pe-ru-na has made the cure Of
catarrh practical certainty Is not only the
. testimony of the people, but many medical
men declare it to be true
As no drugstore in this age of the world
is complete without Pe-ru-na, it can be OBJ
tanned anywhere, with directions for use.
A complete guide to the prevention and
cure OF catarrh and all disease of winter
sent free by the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufact-
uring Company, Columbus. O.
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The researches OF NJ. BONNER on the
growth of plants and trees under the infu-
ence of the electric light have led him to
conclude that the electric light is deci dedly
less effective in promoting vegetati on than
solar light; but as he does not state the in
tensity of his artificial light as compared
with that of solar light his conclusion is
open to dispute.
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Needed a Grammar Lesson.

A Washington woman was recently sur
prised to receive from her quondam wash
erwoman the following note, which the
Washington Post copies verbatim ct punctu-
atum: 'f am Very sary i cant Wash for
you any am all Worked out and nave got
to stop it as am gointo get marrid and try
that While But ma Bee worst of than
all always like to Work for you Best than
any one else"
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Narrow Escape of a Train.

The Indian mail train to Brindisi receutl
had narrow escape OF being wrecked near
Pescago. The two leading wheels of the
locomotive slipped off the rails, one of them
being fractured, but the driving wheels re-
mained on the line, and the engine ran some
400 yards with the front wheels tearing the
permanent way. After a delay of an hour
and three quarters, another engine was pro-
one was injured
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ictured as such, and his religian seems to
,e broad one.
L understand that he is very genial man
n private and that he throws of his dignity
then he is off duty. He has no frills nor
surbelows about him at such times and his
shole face lights up when he talks to his
riends. He has way OF winking at people
in the party during his conversation, and
when he shakes hands he shows that he