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BY ERNEST H. FAUT.

Being that I have given a description of one of the monuments erected at Berlin, in my last communication, I think it might be of interest, to give a descripton of the city of Berlin, next, which I shall try to do from memorandum, which I brought with also a kiDd of a historical sketch which 1 hope will be of interest to your readers. Berlin, is the chief city of the Germau Empire in the Province of Brannenburg. The capitol of the Kingdom of Prussia, and since 1871, the metropolis of the Empire. The city is built on what was originally in part a sandy and part marshy district, on both sides of the river Spree, not far from its junction with the Havel, which is one of the principal tributaries of the river Elbe, liy its canals it has also direct water communicat:on with the river Od£r. The Spree rises in the mountain region ot' Upper Larsatia, (in German Lansity,) it is navigable for about 100 miles, and enters Berlin on the southeast it is a broad sluggish stream, nntii it approaches the city, it runs about the center of it, and leaves the same on the north-.vest, within the boundaries of the city. It feeds canals, and divides into branches, which however, r-unite. The river with its canals is crossed by about 50 bridges, of which some have architectural beauty. Among them I may name the Schlossbriike, built in 1822 to 1824, with its eight colossal figures, reyresentiug the ideal stages of warriors career. The statues are of the most high artistic merit, they stand on granite pedestals. The Kurfiirston Brilcke is another bridge which merits notice on account of the equestrian bronze statue of the great elector, by which it is adornv. ed.

Up to a verv recent date, Berlin was a walled city. Those of its 19 gates, which C-' still remains, have only an historical or $ architectural interest, the principal of these is the Brandenburg gate, an iinitav- tion of the Propylea at Athens. It is 201 feet broad and 65 feet high. It is supportA,* ed by twelve Dorie columns and 44 feet 't" "high and surmounted by a car of victory, which was taken by Napolian to Paris in '1807, and was brought back by the Prussians in 1814. The gate has recently been enlarged by two latt'eed colonnaies, each supported by 16 columns. This gate is on //Vthe street called Unterden Linden, not far outside this gate stands the monui^ment which I have tried to discribe in my p'last communication and also Dasneni

Reishsgebande, or house of Parliament. Berlin has about 535 streets which are, '"v with the exception of the most ancient Impart of the city. Long, straight and wide, lined with high houses. The Unterden Linden, the new Boulevard, The

Koeniggratzer Strasse, The Fredrick Strasse and Oranien Strasse, and many others are beautiful. The city has about 60 squares or paiks, 25 theatres and a

number of large halls for entertainments. h" It has an aquarium, zoological garden, and a floral institution with park, flower (and palm houses. The peoples parks are r' .the Humbolte Hain, the Fredericks Hain, the Hasenheide and above all, the Thiergarten, the last one covers 820 Prussian acres (about the same as our acres) and reaches up to the Brandenburg gate. The city, ig well supplied with water, by works """constructed by an English company, which has now become the property of the city.

English and German companies supply the city with gas and electric lights, as used in general.

Berlin is governed by the President of Police, by the Municipal authorities, and in military matters, by the Governor and commandant of the city. The police President stands under the minister of Interior, and has the control of all that stands related to the maintainance of Public order. The municipal body consists of a Burgomaster in chief, a Burgomaster of a body of town councellors, (Stadtxathe) and a body of town deputies (Stadtverordnete) for municipal purposes, the city is divided into 16 townships' and 210 districts, for police purposes the work is divided into 6 departments aud an extra department for the fire brigade and street cleaning, and the town into 6 larger and fifty smaller districts ut the head of each larger district is a police captain, and at the head of each smaller district, a police lieutenant. With the exception of a few higher schools which are under the direct supervision of the provincial authorithies, the Berlin schools are either under the direct supervision of the municipal body of its committee for school purposes, the schools public and private, are divided into higher, middle and elementary. There are 24 higher public schools or schools for the highest branches of a learned education. The second-class of high schools, the so-called Realshulen, give instruction in Latin, but otherwise devote almost exclusive attention to the departments of mathematics, science, history, modern languages and the higher stages ofjgeneral or commercial life. The schoolastic life of Berlin, culminates in its University, which is of cour-e, no municipal, but a National Institution, it is one of the youngest in Prussia, but one of the first in influence aud reputation. It was founded in 1810, when Prussia had lost her celebrated university ot Halle, when that city was included by Napolcan, in his newly erected Kingdom of Westphalia. It was a weapon of war as well as a nursery of learning, that Erederick William the III and the great men who are indentifled with its origin, called into existence, for it was felt that knowledge and religion are the true strength and defense of Nutions. William Yon-Humbolt,|a brother to Alexander Von-Humbolt, was at that time, at the head of the educational department.

Berlin posesscs eight public museums, in addition to the Royal Museum and the National Gallery. The Royal museums are older than the new museums. The new museum is conntCted with the old museum by a covered corridor. In its interior arrangement and decorations, it is undoubtedly the most splendid structure in the city. Like the old museum, it has three floors, the lowest of these contain the ethnographical and Egyptian museums and the museum of northern Antiquities. In the first floor, plaster casts of -ancient, Mediaeval and modern sculpture are found in thirteen halls, and in these departments. On the walls of the grand marble staircase which rises to the full bight of tbe building, Kaulbachs renowned cyolns of stereochromit, pictures is painted, representing the six great epochs of human progress. From the confession of tongues at the tower of Babel acd the dispersion of tbe Nations, to the reforma-

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tion of the 16th century. The uppermost story contains the collection of engravings and the gallery of curiosities.

The National gallery is an elegant building, situated between the new museum and the river Spree, and is intended to receive the collection of modern paintings, which are now exhibited provisionally in the apartment of the academy. The public monuments are the equestrian statues of the great elector on the Lange Briecke, erected in 1703. Ranchs celebrated statue of Frederick the Great, this is said to be the grandest monument in Europe. It stands opposite, at a distance of about 100 feet, the Emporers palace, Unterden Linden The statue of Frederick William the III, in the Lustgarteu, in the Thiergarten is an other line marble monument of the same king, a seconb group of monuments are on the Wilhelms Platz, commemorating the Generals of the seven year wars and a third on the opera platz, the General who fought against Napolean the I. On the Kreuzberg the highest spot in the neighborhood of Berlin, a Gothic monument in bronze, was erected by Frederick William the III, to commemorate the victories of 1813 and 1815, also against Napolian the I. In the Koenigsplatx, Emperor William the I, erected the column of victory in honor of the triumphs of 1864, 1866 and 1870, of which I gave a description in my lust communication. Literature, acienbe and art, are represented in different parts of the city, by statues and busts of Ranck, ~Schinkel, Thaer, Benth, Schadow, Winkle man, Schiller, Hegel, Sohn and many others. I have often heard that Baltimore was the monumental city, but my observation is, that Baltimore will be no comparison with Berlin in this particular. Now, I hope the readers of the REPUBLICAN will observe by reading this synopsis of a description of Berlin, that the same is a great city and much is there to be seen of interest. I was very much surprised when I visited the city last summer. How wonderful the same had improved. A little more than 20 years ago when I was there before, the city bad 500,000 inhabitants, and now the same has 1,000,000 population, this is not naturly so much by excess of births over deaths, as by an unbroken current of immigration. In gast time Berlin, has received a strong eifusion of Foreign blood, even Frenchman, Flemish and Bohemians and almost all other nationalities who have made their home there.

I forgot to mentien at the proper place, while Berlin is not a fortified city, it has a very large garrison of some 10,000 men, and the very best are selected, to serve their time there. As your reader will ob* serve, Berlin is a metropolitan city, it is the largest publishing center in Germany. Berlin produces 44 newspapers, the readers receive their newspapers through the post office or at their club rooms, or news stands. Theire is also an English-Aineri-can paper published there, of which I have brought a copy with me, it is called the English-American, and full of American or United StateB news the news stands are numerous and all the leading American papers can be had. Iealled at one of these news-stands for Fuck, but was kindly informed that Puck was prohibited in Germany, on account of having had a burlesque cartoon on the Emperor, they offered me the Judge, which I purchased, but since my return home I have seen in the papers here, that the Judge has lately been prohibited for the same

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Nelson cost his present owner $200 and is now valued at $125,000. Can't Tell, the sister of Axtell, will be bred next year to the champion two-year-old Avion. This unites the blood of the two and three- year-old kings. The produce should be worth a few dollars.

Out in California they allude to the Electioneers' characteristics of stepping as the "Golden Gait." Delmarch never met a defeat but once and that was by Allerton, in Lexington affair in October. He has reduced his record seven seconds this season.

NOTICE OF .ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.

NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a meeting held by the members belonging to Cedar Grove Methodist Protestant church at their house of worship at one o'clock p. m. on the 15th day of December, 1891, Center township, Hueoek county, in the State of Indiana for the purpose of electing trustees for said church at mid piece. 49t2 D. W. EVANS, Pastor.

ELECTION NOTICE.

HALL OF WARRINGTON LODGE, No. 411, I. O. O. F.

NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Saturday night, December 28th, 1891, at the Hall of said Ledge there will be ata election for the nurpoae of electing three trustees for said Lodge.

A. W. HAMMER, Secretary.

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Teachers AnoclatkTD.

ie teachers of this county will hold their annual meeting at the High School building on Saturday December 16. Prof. J. E.. Wiley formerly of Indiana University and Supt. John W. Carr of Anderson will deliver lectures.

Religious Notico

The Sugar Creek class of the M. E. church Philadelphia circuit commenced a series of meetings lust Monday night Nov. 30, all in reach are requested to meet with us and enjoy the service. The meetings will continue foa an indefinate time. Day meeting at 10 a. m. Evening service at 6:30 p. m.

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reason as Puck. Berlin has also many large manufacturing establishments and old branches are dying out and new ones', are springing into existance. It is also a great rail road center, as rail roads enter Berlin from all directions. Internal communication is kept up by means of tramways, omnibuses, cabs, horse and electric street-cars as well as elevated rail road, also a belt road around the city. The hotel accommodations are the best of any city I have ever been in, and my experience is that country as well as in this, the larger the city the better and cheaper the hotel accommodations. Now, of the description I have given of this Imperial city your readers will see that in visiting Berlin, a person sees'a good part of the world and is therefore well worth a tripjn seeing the same. Your readers will excuse me for not treating the subject better, but I will close by saying, Berlin isteine Goetliche Stadt

JOHN HELM, Pastor.

To Our Correspondents.

Always mail your correspondence on Monday or Tuesday. Monday preferred. Later letters are liable to be left over. The Correspondents convention will be this month. Be ye ready.

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Notice of Dissolution of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of Rickoff & Clark has been by mutual consent dissolved. J. M. Clark retiring. M. F. Rickoff assumes all liabilities of said firm and the accounts due the firm are to be paid to him. Parties knowing themselves to be indebted to said firm are requested to at once call and settle. 4812. ,-s M. F. RICKOFF, .......ju.-./ J. M. CLAKK.

SEPVH1ICANS ORGANIZE.

The Machinery to be Set in Motion.

At the meeting of the Republican State central committee last week, at Indianapolis, the following programme for organization was adopted: Mass. conventions will be held on Saturday, January 9, to organize county central committees and appoint delegates to district conventions. In counties which prefer to do this work by townships, township meetings will be held on the preceeding Saturday, January 2. Delegates to district conventions will meet January 13, to choose a member of the State central committee for each. The State committee then chosen will meet for organization January 20. 49t2

Public Sale

The undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence, 5 miles south of Greenfield and 2 miles southwest of Westland P. O., in Blue River Township, on Tuesday Dec. 15, 1891 commencing at 1 o'clock p. m., the following personal property: 3 mares, 2 in foal, 1 last spring colt, 1 good milk cow, 1 heifer 16 months old, about 30 head of stock hogs, 4 brood sows in pig all good stock 3 wheat drills, 1 double plow, 2 Malty double shovel plows, 1 single shovel plow 1 corn drill, 1 two horse wagon, 2 double set of harness 1 A harrow 1 new Scptch harrow and a lot of corn in the crib.

Terms of Sale:—All sums of $5 and under cash in hand over that amount a credit of 12 months will be given, The purchaser executing notes with approved freehold security waiving recourse to valuation and appraisement laws. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. G. W. Parrish.

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Notice of Final Settlement

THE STATE OF INDIANA,")

HANCOCK COUNTY,

In the matter of the Estate of Richard Smith, deceased. No. 722, in the Hancock Circuit Court, November Term, A. D. i891.

IT KNOWN, that on the 30th, day of November, A. D., 1891, John H. Smith, Executor, of the Estate of Richard Smith, deceased, filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Hancock Circuit Court, his fina! account in said estate. The creditors, heirs and legatees of said decendent are hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said final settlement account, and that the same is set down for hearing on December, 22, A. D., 1891, the same being the 32nd Judicial day of the November term, A. D., 1891. begun, held and continued at the Court House In the City of Greenfield, common oing on Monday, the 16th, day of November, A. 1., 1891, and that unless they appear on said day and shew cause why said final settlement account should not be approved, the same will be heard »i:d approved in their absence.

And said heirs are also notified in addition, to appear on said day and niuku proof of their heirihip to Baid estate.

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scribed my name aud affixed the seal of said court,'this 30th day of November, A. •*IX 1891. CHARLES DOWNING,

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In Hancock Circuit Court, Feburary Term, A 1891. Henry Snow, et al, vs. Samuel Amack, Complaint for Partition of el al. No 6556, lieal Estate.

IT KNOWN, That on this 3rd day of December, in the year 1891, the above named plaintiffs by their Attorney, filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Hancock Circuit Court, their complaint against tbo defendants, in the above entitled cause, together with an affidavit of a competent person, that the defendants, hereia, to-wit: ROsella Moore, Jasper Records and William Records, are not residents of the State of Indiana.

Said defendants are therefore hereby notified of the filing o( said complaint and pendency of said action against them, and that unless they appear and answer or demur thereto, at the callingof said cause on tha 2nd, Judicial day of the next Term of aaid Court, to be held and continued at the Court House in Greenfield, begining on the First Monday In February, next, the same being the 1st day of February, 1892, said complaint, ana the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined in their absence.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court r8KAL] hereunto affixed, this 3rd day of December,

1891. CHARLES DOWNING, CLKBK. Samuel A Wray, At t'y for Plaintiffs. 49t3

NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given, that there will be an election held in the lodge room, of Hancock lodge, No. 101 F. & A. M., for the election of three trustees, to serve respective one, two and three years, on Tuesday evening, December, 1, 1881.

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