The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-03
WANDERINGS IN BERLIN.
AN INTERESTING STORY OF 4 YISIT T0 THE CAPI1AL OF GERMANY,

IO THE CAPITAL OF GERMANY. Soldiers on Duty at All Times, and Crowds
 at all Times on the Inter Den Linden
 Palace After Palace Occupied by Princes
 and Notables.
 Dresden, Dec. IF, 13a4
 It is now some months since I have written you a letter, and willI fulfil my promise then given you and send you from time to time an account of my journeyings through Germany, Aus tria, and Italy. I have quite recently arrived in this restful city, having come right through from Rome, in fact hav- ing left the warm bright sunshine of Italy, and suddenly finding the cold Wintry weather which prevails all over Northern Germany. When 1 left Rome on the 18th of November, the Pincian hill was T. .diant with a summer glow, the trees were covered with leaves, and flowers were in full bloom. When we arrived at Dresden at daylight on Sun day, we were in the midst of winter and the hills with their mantle of snow flashed back the rays of the same sum- which even then was shining genially upon the Pincian hill, with the spright- Illness of summer, making that spot the Brightest and fairest in all Europe The transition from summer to win ter was sudden and rather depressing, but I am now becoming used to the change, and as I have plenty of leisure time will drop you few lines which may perhaps interest some of your many readers.
 Well. to begin as far back as last June. 1t was on the 9th of that month when we broke up our winter domicile in Dresden. We stored our heavy lug gage and furniture, and with our light s'imDediments" we took train for the great German metropolis, Berlin. We left Dresden at 1030 a. m., and with adieux to many friends who had kindly followed us to the railway station, we steamed rapidly away towards Berlin. We travelled over a pleasant country, highly cultivated and dotted with many rich farms and white farm houses; the sight of many men and women, as they were busily gathering their crops, clad in their picturesque costumes, was pleasing tc behold
 We crossed many streams which gleamed in the summer sunlight as through field and forest.
 At l D. m. we could see far across the broad plain, the outskirts of a great city, and as we came nearer we be- held many tall factory chimneys, church towers, great railway stations, and magnificent public buildings, and almost before we were aware of the fact we came to a full stop right in the heart of the great city of Berlin, city of two millions of inhabitants.
 We had arrived at the Anhalt station, the finest in Berlin. Five years were spent fin it's construction, the cost of it's erection was eighteen million marks, Or nearly five million dollars. Its mag nificence Is unsurpassed by that of any other station in Europe. There are five other great stations in Europe nearly as grand as the Anhalt station.
 We lost no time in finding our way to our very pleasant hostelry, and after partaking of a hearty meal, I started out to take my first look at a city which I had for over thirty years greatly de- sired to visit. shall not readily for get my first walk through Berlin.
 My domicile was right in the center of the city close by the pretty little green park brown as the Dornhof Platz, where the heart of the great me tropolis beats and pulsates with great energy; immediately after I left the