Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-11

man quite recently on dark night gave q tip to . Droschsky driver of mark, as he
 thought; judge of his surprise e the driver
 came to his lodgings the following morn Ing with twenty mark pieos, asking fl
 hsin Herr had not made . mistake. Hon.
 esty commingled with fear of the polios
 caused the return of the gold piece, for If
 the mistake had become known to the po- lice there would b. no more drochsky dri.
 ving for the poor fellow in Dresden; no, not even In Germany.
 Owing to the strict police regulations every dog in Drssden-and there are thou sands of thsm hsre-is closely Inuzzled both In summer and in winter, so there is no danger in that quarter.
 Another important thing is effected by the police, 1. c. the regulation of house servants. They know just who your ser wants are and all about them. Every time yeu change e servant you enter the change In c book ct the police office, and the cause of the change or dismissal. Let there bs . hint as to the dishonesty of c servant entered up, and the offender must never apply @ servant again; ergo, he or she must leave not only the city but the country. Nowhere can such efi- Germany. They work very hard, are d. ways honest, cheerful and ready with . smile to carry out orders. InteIliasnt, tidy to . fault and pains taking can te said of all German servants that I have sesn or heard about.
 They are economical to fault. A lady who with her family has recently hired an etage near me told me that her servant who tends the fires all through the suite, kitchen included, uses per week eighty pfscnings worth of kindlipg wood Chat is twenty csnts).
 In all other branches of houseksepine the servants are equally Economical. Kesp- ing house here is not attended with any of the minor or msjor discomforts eIperi enced In the houses of our northern states. While writing about the economy prao- ticsd by the Germans am reminded of . letter written last winter from Berlin to . New York paper, in which 1t was stated that in German shops q person buying an article would receive the same done up in newspaper, and tied about with e oord colored second hand twine. This is not true of the better class of shops, and in- deed I have not seen such s thing ct any shop in Dresden.
 If one buys small fruit in the open mar kst beneath the wide spreading umbrellas of the poor fruit sellers, he often will re- ceive 1t wrapped up in e fragment of c German nesspsper. This wac the case here two centuries ago, for you will see in the very old pictures of still life, painted in 1850 by Pieter de Ring of Leiden, hang ing up In the Gemaldio galleris, the cher Ties or small berries rolled up in small cor nucopiss of newspapers. just like one sees In Dresden at the present day.
 A rich Drssdsner departed this life many years since, and himself 6 lover of fine music, left . sum of money. the interest of which is forever to dsfray the expenses of . weekly singing by a choir of boys at the Krenz kirohe. Every Saturday at two in the afternoon @ choir of one hundred boys sing about the organ in this old church, and the music is very delightful, and the grand old historic church is crowd ed with fully three thousand people to lis- ten to the lovely music. Afterwards e aolo is rendered by some popular female singer, or the sweet notes of the violin cello gre to be heard, or the harmonious strains of the violin accompanied by the organ, de- light all present.
 and .he Lords prayer, and after the whole congregation sings a hymn together (siving all present 6 sauple of what congregational singing ou 2 yht to bel the great concourse of people is dismissed. The Krepz. .kirche is an historic land mark in Dresden. It has c tower three hundred and twelve feet high, commanding e fine survey of the city and surrounding country. The for mer church was destroyed by the Pruseian bombardment in 1755, and from its ashes arose the present very imposing stone edi- Ace. There are many lofsy arches in the interior and q tier of boxes like thestsr stalls runs around the auditorium come fifteen feet from the floor. and far away oh thaoo hayaa sfratoh touo ttara nf r.l- leriss. The seating capacity of the church Is about three thousand. There is in the ohanoel c superb painting of immense size representing the crucihxion, and on the altar are come very large candle stieks. On the left as you enter the church is to be seen what you always will find in Lu theran churches, viz: large oil painting of Martin Luther. In many churches Aelancthore's portrait is to te seen side by side with that of Luther.
 From the church to the circus is a lcng leap down, but ss the Germans attend church every Sabbath morning in spite of every or any obstacle. and vorship devout- ly all securely locked in by the sexton, SO very many of them in the afternoon and evening, am told, are to bs found at the circus which has recently taken up Its win ter quarters in the city, two miles out to- wards Bls7switz.
 This circus travels to Sweden and Rus- sia and to the chief cities in Europe dur ing the spring and summer. returning here In October to spend six months.
 There are over one hundred horses which can do almost everything except talk. and by means of the red and white electric light the temptation is of such po- tency ss to induce large numbers to crowd the seats every night and every Sabbath afternoon. The Germans are devout on the Sabbath till noon; then their holiday commences, and the streets and psrks are crowded with pleasure seekers.
 By the way, have forgotten to tell you about the Droehky drivere; they take you st the rate of thirty cents per hour, or twelve cents for c mile drive; their car risgss are very comfortable and their horses are always in good condition. The drivers at present look very tingulsrly, clad in clothing suitable for the Arctic re- gions, fur caps, fur great coats reaching to their ankles, and boots lined with fur. They are as warmly clad as If they were | standing right on the north pole Poor fellows; they are an honest folk and much | of their lives is spent on tine exposed car riags box in spite of all sorts of weather. The street cars have injured their vocation of late; by the former you can travel fully ten miles for four cents, and short tripi about the oity for two and one-half cents; ! this of course tends to diminish the num-
 ber of Droshkies. Formerly there were I many here, nov not over four hundred
 and fifty. The population of this city is
 two hundred and eighty thousand and fast incrsasing.
 There gre sixteen thousand soldiers ir
 the garrison, of which two thousand are
 cavalry; singulsrly enough the king allow
 the trooper to uss only horses of solid col orr. There is not q single horse in iht
 garrison possessing e single white hair. On . war footing the infantry regiments