The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-03

doors I found myself in the midst of huge throngs. Cabs, omnibuses, horse cars, private equipages, horsemen, and foot passengers passed and repassed in all directions. Soldiers and bands ot music were marching along with their drilled precision, (there are 25,000 sol | diers quartered in Berlin) and the whole scene was one of very unusual interest | and activity.
 In a short time I crossed over the great Leipsiger strasse, one of the fin est streets in the city; little later passed Tauben strasse Dove street. where Nottaire dwelt, at No. 20, for two long years of voluntary exile, after his rupture with Frederick the Great; and then threading my way through a very long street, admiring the magnifi- cent churches and massive buildings, 1 entered the celebrated "Unter den Lin den," right in front of the historic guard hause. next to the arsenal close by the great palace of the Kaiserin Frederick, the mother of the emperor of Germany.
 The "Unter den Linden" is 200 feet wide and has five avenues of lime trees extending it's entire length of one mile, from the Schloss (royal palace) far away down to the massive "Brandem- burger Thor" through which is the ap- proach to the "Thiergarten." The ''Un- ter den Linden" is the handsomest and busiest portion of Berlin, and is full of interesting historical associations. It's sides are lined with handsome palaces, grand hotels, great stores or shops, and immense restaurants and beer gar dens. Constantly, all day long up and down the broad avenues, under the wide spreading lime trees, is to be seen a perfect throng of citizens of all class es, officers, soldiers, military bands, handsome equipages with liveried foot men and outriders, and four in hands, in fact on the "Unter den Linden" there is ever a great mass of living humanity crowding, toiling, and panting for health.
 Let us walk down the Linden start ing from the Schloss. which has been the royal residence of the Hohenzollerns ever since it's massive walls were erect ed as long ago as 1450, by the Elector Frederick II. This is a striking build ing, $50 feet in length. 3SO feet in depth and 100 feet in height it's great dome is 23O feet high. This palace is open daily and filled with very many objects of great historic interest; paintings, fur niture, porcelain, frescoes, tapestries, bronzes and objects in precious stones; gold and silver render visit to this palace an event long to be remembered.
 There 700 rooms, but the public have access to only 50 apartments, quite suf- ficient, I think, to give one very good idea of the whole palace. In one of the front rooms of this palace Frederick thS Great first saw the light January "A, 1712
 The emperor of Germany resides in the Schloss in winter. Passing out of the great portal, between the colossal bronze horse tanners, a present from one of the former czars of Russia, we see right in front of us a wide open square, beyond which stand the old and new museums, the grand equestrian statue of Frederick Wilhelm III. on a pedestal of granite 20 feet high, and the huge granite basin, 22 feet in diameter, 75 tons in weight, hewn from solid er- ratio block of 700 tons.
 A little beyond and situated upon an enormous substructure stands a purely Corinthian temple 200 feet long and 1O5 feet wide, this is one of the most beau tiful buildings in Europe It is the Nat ional gallery, and right in front of 1t is the magnificent colossal bronze eques- trian statue of Frederick Wilhelm ". But let us leave these splendid art gal leries for the present and walk down the "Unter den Linden" Leaving the Schloss at our back we pass by the lit- tie "Lust-garten" 750 long and 600 feet wide. Here Frederick Wilhelm the First used to drill his giant grenadiers, whose fame became world renowned. It is now planted thickly with horse chestnuts and furnished with seats, where on warm summer days many sit and rest under the shade.
 We now pass the "Schloss brucke" or Palace bridge" 100 feet wide; on this bridge are eight marble statues illus trating the life of a warrior.
 The river Spree runs beneath, and is crowded with steam boats, and great barges coming from Hamburg and Pol and and from far away cities on the El'be. Pleasure boats, too. are to be seen here, and the scene right under the shadows of the palace walls is a very singular one, and this, too, right in the heart of a densely populated city. Af- ter passing over the bridge we come to the "Zeughaus" or arsenal" This is one of the grand est buildings in Berlin. It is 300 feet square, enclosing quadrangle 125 feet square, it was built in 1885 The out side is covered with emblems of war carved in stone, and the heads of ex- piring heroes carved on the keystones are remarkable in their execution. This building is thronged with visitors daily and the contents are of great historic interest.
 The large halls on the ground floor are filled with all sorts and descrip- tions of ancient and modern cannon .4,1r,