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Show LETTERS OK CUAISR.TI.'LATiO.V. A UnUe Celebrate the fiftieth AnulTeraarjr ofliia Ctetatlnn. BcitLtN, Oct. 20. All last week, from Tuesday to Saturday, tho aristocratic aris-tocratic families cf Qef manv w ere buy sending letters of congratulation congratula-tion to Castle Rauden, where the Duke of Ratlbor ctlebratMl itii elaborate festivities the fiftieth an-uiver-ary of his elevation to tlio Ducal rank by Frederick William IV. The Duke, wiio Is a brother ot the governor of Atacc-Ixirraine, I Immensely rich and the landlord of fifty weavins villages In Hilesla. where U10 2iM,0J0 Inhabitants ar the poorest a cd most negK ctel of the eutiro inipirc. Bciocgiiig to his domain are the districts of llybnlck and iSchwIentitou Its, w here h tinner never quite ceaees to levy its toll ot victims all tho tear ruunu, and nhere the women and children have to exist on a diet of weak enffee, poor potatoe and roup made cf sour flour. TLc meri enjoy the luxury of a piece of bacon or su-sage, su-sage, which they cteira by the riglit of thestron jvr henever pay conies argairg llif they are entitled to liie little nutritious food obtainable as they work haider than the women. Tlie town of Mytloqitl lielongs to tho Duke. This is the place where the IWT weaver ran aline over the river to tho Auitrlau bank to n hlcii was Listened a bag on a pulley to bring over Into Prufjlan territory small quinUtie- cf ilour, that ne cessily of life being ," j.er cent rh(.f.tr In Austria than lu Prussia. The duke's guards soon stopped thl, and the weavers went on starving. In all tho account; of the duke's juhilec I have cot comu across a line ro ludicato that h has made it the occasion for bettering, the condition con-dition of tho;o poor people. They were fed on pork and beet for once in fifty years, but no permanent benefit has been elTfCtcd or promised, promis-ed, an J no newspaper lias been ou-spoken ou-spoken enough to remind the mighty Duke of his duty to his rjflcrJUjf serfs. |