The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23

It Is about four hours ride from Hamburg to
Berlin. The country is fat all tho way, and il
is carefully cultivated and beautifully ma
nured. The larger part OF North Germany Is
builtupon sand, and the country Is ono largely
made by I.sn. 1t is an old country but still q
new country, and Prussia has changed consider
ably since snc became the head of the German
Empire.
Berlin has as many new houses as any big
city IN the United States. 1t is growing like a
green bay tree and il will soon have 2 900 900
OF people. IL Is perhaps the biggest mann fac.
turing center 10 Europe outside of Great
Britain. and its people are business from the
word 70. 1 hne number of modern things
here which surprise me, and in which the tow u
Is slead or anything | have seen in America
am in one Of the newest hotels of Europe,
ana in the lighting aud heating and service
arrangements it surpasses anything have
ever seen. My room Is lighted by electricity
and can have an electric light in any part Of
the room wish il. One lamp hangs above my
head as sleep and l can reach this aud turn It
on without rising, or if ! wish to read can I'M
hook Z and set it on my table, where it swings
up on pivot and becomes a lamp.
E&cl OF the rooms of this hotel has q tele
phone in it, and l press the button tell the
servant just what want, and a few moments
later have it.
Bnt how about the cost? 2" you ask. Well
1t cssts tie same 10 live comfortably all the
world over. pay hero about 81 % a day for
my room. and when figure up the extras at
the table and the s. / find that my bill
amounts to just mt what it would in the
United States, or from S. TO s. per diem. On
The WHOLE however, you gst more here for
your money, and ths people not surprised
when you Try to curtail your bills.
Germany has the finest array in the world.
1 had a good chance TO ace this the other day.
1t WAS at the annual Spring review of the troops
by The Emperor, aud through the American
Minister / WIS able TO 90 one of 200 or 300
whose carriages were admitted to tho parade
grounds These grounds are Of about the size
OF thousaEd-acre farm. They are covered
with green, and they as smooth as a floor.
Fully oue-fourth of them were covered with
troops, aud the marching of the cavalry and
the infantry made the whole one moving mass
of color.
The parade step OF the Gerraan army is peeu-
liar to II alone. 1t consists of stiff kick to
the front. and when the soldiers make it alone
it looks aakYard and out of place but when
made in the parade with thousands moving
the same way it ID wonderfully effective and
striking IL is impossible to describe the
spienaor OF this parade or tho gorgeousness of
the efui9taeH OF the soldiers The regularity
and c!ockYerk-llke movement of these thou.
sands Is Uncomfortable without witnessing it,
and VIXEN you remember that even the horses
Of the cavalry have been taught to go so that
they step just SO many times in minute and
just 90 far at every step, you may get seme idea
Of the training of the clen.
saw at this parade hundreds Of harses tret-
ting along In almost perfect step, and the lines
OF artillery and Of infantry, though the soldiers