The most encouraging feature of the
week is a report from Chicago that
while store business has fallen off,
order business lias increased largely,
o the total volume of transactions in
staple lines is fully equal to that of a
year ago.
ANOTHER LOVE FEAST.
TIE THAT HINDS WILLIAM AND
BISMARCK STRENGTHENED.
The Visit of the ExCbancellor to the
Emperor Returned by the Latter
in a Triumphal Manner.
• Tiedriohsruhe, Feb. TJ. —Another
Uuk was forced iu the chain of re
conciliation between Emperor William
:uut the iron-chancellor, when the
former visited Prince Bismarck hero
today.
In spite of the request by the em
peror that there should be no demon
stration upon the occasion of his ar
rival here, the railway station and
the village were gaily decorated, and
the road to the castle was a long
tuonue of triumph.
i I'nnce Basmarck upon leaving the
i castle for the railroad station, iu order
| to meet Emperor William, was greeted
with loud applause by the crowds as
sembled. The emperor , stepped
briskly out of his carnage when the
j train drew up at the platform and ap
proached Prince Bismarck. Warm and
repeated handshakes were exchanged
between the two, aftr which the former
car fully wrapped his grey cloak around
the prince’s shoulders, Bismarck hav
ing doffed his garment just previous
to greeting the emperor. The em
peror and prince then walked to the
castle of Friedrichsruhe, ollowed by
the emperor's suite of seven persons
They were enthusiastically greoten
by the crowds lining the route. Upon
their arriving at the castle Emperor
William greeted Princess Bismarck
ami, with the princess upon his arm.
the emperor proceeded to the salon.
