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One Year, $1.60. NORTH-WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WE LABOR FOR ITS INTERESTS. Six Months, $1.00. Winston, forsyth county, n. a; Tuesday. October 3 1882. AOLUME IV NUMBER 40. Ilt linst on Tjca&tr pvBusHBo bvbkt TUESDAY r JAMES A. ROBINSON, Owner and Editor, Subscription Terms is advance: One copy, ent yar- postage paid) -t SO One copy, six months. .. . I oo One copy, three bouhsmn.mw- 5 A cross mark en vour naiwr indicate that yovr subscription has expired, or is due, and you arc re soectfullv solicited to renew or remit. Communications containing Hems of local news are respectfully solicited. The editor will not be held responsible for views en tertained and expressed bv correspondents. Advertising rates made known upon application. Winston Cards. EUGENE E. GRAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WINSTON, N. O. ' Ovncs ; Over Wachovia National Bank. taprao-iy W. T. VOGLER, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, Maik St., Optosttb Mskchants' Hotsl, WINSTON, N. C. Keeps constantly on hand ClocVs, Watches, Jew elry, and Silver-plated ware of all kinds. SPECTACLES A SPECIALTY, Repairing of every description done promptly, and all work warranted. ian ix-iv. C. DeJUSTO, Barter ad Hair Dresser, Liberty Street, Ecu Side, above lh, ( Up Stairt,) Adjoining T.RADKR Office. "WINSTON, N. c. Furnishes elegant appointments and first-class work. Always on hand the finest Hair Oils, Dyes, &c. Sola manufacturer of "Cakuh " a perfect Hair Drcssinz 3? CO g S CENTRAL HOTEL; GREENSBORO, N. C. W. PA7L02, Jr., - - - Proprietor. TERMS, S1.60 PER DAT. A pleasant home for the weary traveler. Fare first-class. Cooking superior. Room well ventilated. Beds and bedding clean and ivomfortable. Strict attention to the wants of guests. Act wisely and AIR WAYS STOP AT THE CENTRAL. Mar. 28-tf. DR. V. 0. THOMPSON, Wholesale and Retail DRUGGIST, Winston, 2f. C Ami aov m store a well selected stock mt Drugs, Medicines, . tftenfc Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Mineral Waters, Cigars, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Faints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Whitehead, Putty, Machine am. Tanners' Oil, English ml Amalcm Poltmar. Toilet ArMes, Tootl Emslia, Spouses, it. to which he invite the town and country Merchants. Physicians will find in his store all th t popular propriety articles of the day, such as ELIXIRS, SYRUPS, WINES, SUGAR COATED PILLS, GRANULES, SOLID AND FLUID EX TRACTS, MEDICATED PLASTERS AND OINTMENTS. - Surgical Instruments ordered at manufac turer"' prices. LOOK iHETRIEI If you want Law Blanks, . If you want Bail Tickets. If you want Programmes. If you want Letter Heads. If you want Bottle Labels. If you want Auction Bills, If you want Calling Cards, If you want Address Cards, If you want Check Books. ; If you want Shipping Tags. If you want Business Cards, ' If you want Caution Notices, ' -; If you want Wedding Cards, If you want Invitation Cards, ir . t : - i jh warn ousmea vircuiar3. If you want Job Printing of any description, done in a most satisfactory manner, you can eaficfw a. k n : . - . ' mj J auu ur ksuiuk hi ui r""T nr bs Lsadu. office, Winston. N. C ? IPs- Sigfl 'If ; g3 E in E of i-l? jr - 5 s CD CD IS Brennan's Torpedo A new torpedo baa been invented in Australia, and Bs thus described : Its motive power Is not snm pressed air, neither ia it co tained in the body of the torpedo. o propel the weapon through the wa er at a speed of fr m fifteen to twentV knots an hoar for 1,000 yards, a separate engine, or at least a specialTpnnection with an ex isting one, is necessary. Tuis engine i drives two drums, about three feet in diameter, with p. velocity at their peri- pberies of 100 feet per second. Their j duty is to wind in two fine steel wires No. 18 gauge, the same as used in the deep-ttea sounding apparatus of Sir Wtlliam Thompson. The rapid un colling of theeelwires from two small corresponding reeld in the belly of the fish imp rts to I hem, as may readily be conceived, a i extremely high veloc ity. The reels ; ire conuected with the shafts of the two propellers which drive the torpedo through the water. The propellers work, hs has long been known to be necessary to iDsure g, in opposite direo- straight runniri tiong ar,d both n one line, the shaft of oue being hollotw and containing the shaft of the othtr. At first eight it would seem as if hauling a t rpedo backward by two wires wan a cuf Ions way speeding it "full speed aheiwi,'' but it is found in practice that th a amount of "drag" i so small, a-s compared witn tne power . ... ut liztd in spuuniug the. ret L that give motion to be propellers, that it may be left oat! of calculation alto gether, j The I steering gear of the Brennan is an og-nious contrivance, whereby the relative velocities of the to driving drims, and consequently of the two propellers, cn be Varied at any luoiiient. The jterpeudicular red der, which is very sensitive, is reacted ou by the screws, and in this way the torpedo may bejm&de to follow as tor tuous a path as a figure skater.' " The course the torpedo is taking Is Indica ted to the operator by a slight steel telescopic mast carrying a pennon, is folded which, when not in use, along the back i f the torpedo. A Poet: i L,ast Words. One of Hein 's friends anxious for his convereioo, sjked him shortly be fore his death I he were at peace with Qjd. "Set your mind at rest," an s vered Heine : "le bon Diea me par doanera, e'est i on metier." " Do you believe in the existence of a Supreme Beirjg?" the same person asked on another occasion. " If a Bupreme Be ing, perfectly omnipotent and all-seeing, exists, do jyou think he will care whether a wretched little mouse living in the Rue d'Amsterdam believes in Him or not?" "What good doea it do me," he laments, " that at banquets my health is drunk out of golden gob lets and in the beat of wine if I myself, separated frcml the joys of the world, can only wet my lips with an insipid t'sat el hat good does It do me that enthusiastic youths and damsel crovn my marble bust with laurels when on my real head a blister is being clapped behind my ears by an old sick-nurse ', What lists it to me if all tbero84 of Bhiraz glow and smell for me so sweetly? Alas! 8'ii nz is 2GO0 mil ss from the Bue d' Ams terdam, whert I get nothing to smell, in the melancl oly solitude of my sick room, but the perfume of warm nap kins." "It i time," he sing, "to bur the old, inhappy ditties, and all the sad drean , so fetch me a eoflla vast. It must be vaster than Heidel berg's vt, and longer than the bridge over tne Mam. Ana tnen ietcn a dozen j giantf-t-they must be stronger tnan 8u Christopher, in the Cathedral of Cologne, on Ithe Rhine. They must take up that cpffia and sink it deep in the oce&n wave, for Buch a mighty ci ffln must be laid in a mighty grave. Would you know why my cofflo must be so vast and fetout and wide ? I shall lay all my sorrows and love and an guish there, side by side." Tne Proper Time for Work. The habit f writing and reading late in tne dy and far into the night. says Tne lancec, "lor ine ease ti quiet," is one of the most mischievous to which a mui ot mind can addict himself. The) feeling of tranquility which comes over the busy and active man about 10 80 or 11 o'clock ought not to be regarded as an incentive to work. It is, In fact, tjhe effect of a lowering of vitality consequeot'on the exhaus tion of the physical sense. Nature wants and ca Is for physiological rest. Instead of coi aplying with her reason able demand the night-worker halli the "feeling!" of mental quiescence, mistakes it f Jc clearness and a -uteness, and whips the jadei' organism with the will until it goes on working. What is the teeult? Immediately, the accomplishment of a task fairly well, but not Lalf so well as? If it had been performed with the vigor of a refreshed braiu working in health from proper sleep. Rimotely, or later on comes the penalty to be paid for unnatural exertion that is energy wrung from exhausted or weary nerve centres under pressare. This penalty takes the foim of "nervousness," perhaps s'eeilcssnesrv almost certainly some loss or depreciation of function in one or more of tne great organs concerned in nutrition! - To relieve these mala diesspringing from this unexpected cause tne brain-worker very likely has recourse to the use of stimulants, posfibly alcholie, or it may be simply tea or cvtffeej The sequel need cot be followed. Night work during student life and in after sears la the fruitful canee of ruluch unexplained, though by no meaos inexplicable, suffering, for which it is difficult, If not impossi ble,' to find V remedy. Surely morn ing Is the time for work,, when the whole body )b rested, the brain relieved from its tension, and mind power at Its best. THE BXVXB OF TICK. Ota I a wonderful stream Is the river of time. As It runs tnrougu the realms of War. With a Jaultless rhythm and a musical rhyme, , And a broader sweep and a surge sublime, And blend i with the ocean of years. How the winters are drifting like flakes of And the summers like buds between. And the year In the sheaf bo they come and they go On the river's breast, with Its ebb and flow. As It glides In the shadow and sheen. There's a magical Isle up the river of Time, Where the softest of airs are playing. There's a cloudless sky and a tropical clime. And a song as sweet as a vesper chime, Aud th Janes with the roses are staying.' . . I i A nd the name of that Isle is Lone Ago, ; Aj'I we bury onr ti ensures there. There are brews of beauty and bosoms of '. snow, . There are heaps of dost, bat we loved them . sot There are trinkets and tresses of hair. There are fragments ef song that nobody sings, sd a part of aa Infant's prayer; There's a late answept and a harp without strings; ' There are broken vows and pieces ol rings,' And the garments that sne uted to wear. There are hands that are waved when the ; fairy shore By the mirage Is lifted In air ; 1 And we someUmes near through the turbu ' lent roar. Sweet voices we heard la the cays gone be fore. When the wind down the river Is fair. A Masked Wedding. Oriella and Lance Levering have been married five years the first of this April and they have not yet decided which of them was fooled upon that important occasion. One of themmut have been, that is certain, since their very marriage was but an April-fool-day joke. Oriella declares it was Lance who was the fool, because he had always been adverse to blondes aud despised flirts, and bad frequently asserted that If she was the only woman in the world he would not marry her. All of which Mr. Levering nowun blushingly explains by saying that he was only averse to blondes a before he saw Oriella, that his abhorrence was a general rule, never applied to individ ual cases, and that if Oriella had been the- only woman in the world he never would have had the chance to marry her. At this his wife laughs with soft mockery. And then Lance goes on to say that Oriella was the fool, for she had never au mired him ; she had re peatedly declared her intention to mar ry no man who could not count his wealth by hundreds of thousands, and she was already But I am telling their story too rap idly. Here it is in detail : i Lance Levering proud, ambitious, handsome, with all those transcenden t al views of marriage so common to men who have been too much admired and indulged by women, too easily success ful with them and Oriella Qladmy r a Hid Ian t blonde, and a reputed accom plished flirt met one summer at May Croft. The owner of May Croft, Ned Sanborn, was a distant cousin to them both, and Ned and Lance were fast friends ; so were Oriella and Ned's wife, Maude. Of course the two had heard of each other, and always in glowing terms, until Lance had come to dis miss the subject with contempt, saying tbnt he detested blonde women and despised flirts, and - nad no desire to ever know or see the beautiful Miss Gladmyr : and Oriella had openly de clared that Lance judging from the elegant cabinet photograph of him standing in its rich plush frame upon her eonsin's dressing table was hide ous, and that she knew he 'was cold, conceited, and in every way thor oughly detestable. And it eeemed as if Ned and Maud, who were deter mined that their favorites should know and like each other, never would be successful la bringing the two together. After many-month ef manojvering, however, it all happened unexpectedly at last. ; 1 , . ' ' Lance went to Newport to spend two weeks at May Croft, assured by the fashion reports that Miss Gladmyr was safe in" Kara toga, f And th&t same day, as 'they sat at lunch, just Ned and Maude and their guest, for once alone, Oriella Gladmyr walked in upon them with her gay laugh and her beauty just as dazzling as if she were not robed In the severest of travel ing dresses, and had not been dancing until day-dawn through a l the pre ceding six weeks. ' In his heart Lince had to admit the beauty, however much he disliked the type ; but her style offended him in every particular Immediately. She was a coquette, audacious, independ ent, . self-possessed, . im passionate, thor ughly worldly, he told himself; and he saw no reason to change his opinions as he knew he r better." 'S3 that is Mr. Lance Leveling!" exclaimed Oriella, with the faintest mockl ag curl of her luscious lips, when lance was over aud Maud had accom panied her to the choicest room upon the "seaside" of May Croft. "Yet.; and do own up. Oriel, that he is flue-looking." ' f . 4I cannot, dear. I detest men with dark brown eyes and just a little curl to the hair. They are always Insuffer able couoeited. How stupid that be should be here Just when I had antici- nated having such ' a delicious little visit !" "Well, he is here, and you'll have to make the beet of it," said Maude, in her heart secretly glad that It had all happened. "We cannot send him away." :-..."" ; "Oh, of course not ; bat perhaps he will have the good grace to cut his stay short, seeing that we abhor each other. and it would be much pleasanter for me to have him away." : "But how do you know that he ab horsyou?" "I saw it in his eyes," said Oriella, calmly. All of which being overheard by Mr. Levering, who eat at his open window just next au open one in Mis Glad myr's room, caused him to resolve to stay his full two weeks. He did abhor her, but he was piqued by her, too, and had not the slightest intention of sacrificing his pleasure in any way to hers. Being a man of charming manners, however, he did please Miss G'admyr in many ways ; and as to dancing to gether, they found that it was bliss, eo thoroughly were their movements in rhythmic harmony. They drifted through the two weeks, preserving a sort of armed neutrality toward each other, and then, the last day of his appointed stay, Lance was brought home with several broken bones and the prospect of remaining at May Croft for an indefinite period. He had been thrown from his horse while attempting to rescue some ladles from a carriage drawn by a runaway team. It wa a week after the accident that Lance and Oriella came to an understanding with each other that established friendship between them. He found Miss Gladmyr a delightful reader, but, for reasons best known to himself, he hated to let her -read to him half as long or as often as would have been agreeable to him. Oriella saw tnls, and franfely told him of it. ''You are very silly not to make the most of any generous impulses I may have," she exclaimed, lightly. "I am not often given to benevolent acts. As for my falling in love with you if that is what you fear why, set your mind entirely at rest. You're not at sll a well-looking man, according to my standard of masculine beauty, and Maud tells me that you are not--well. what I call rich, and except that you dance divinely, and have the manners of a gentleman, and just now sev eral broken bones, there's nothing in teresting about you that any young woman should fall in love with you." "Thanks, Miss Gladmyr," laughed Lance when she had ended her gay little mocking speeeh, "for being kind at all to so uninteresting an old fellow as myself." "Not at all. You know it is awful for Maude to have you on her hands iu this way, and decency compels me to help her care for you in any way I can. i cannot do much, but nearly very one likes to hear me read, and since-you enjoy it, top, why you and Maude must make the very most you can out of my small charity." "I intend to after tbls," said Lance coolly. "You do read well." Yes ; it is my one accomplishment. Oace I dreamed of making fame and fortune by it. Now I know an easier way to get the fortuue." "Yes?" questioningly. "Yea; to marry it. I never intend to marry any man who cannot count his money by the hundreds of thous ands." "Indeed 1 Do you tell me that for fear I should fall in love with you ?" "Oh, no," retorted Oriella, nonchal antly. "I know there rs not the slight est danger of such a thing. ' You need no warnings.. You dislike me too much." On the contrary, I do not dislike you, Miss uiaamyr ; due j. ao not ap prove of you." "It's all the same thing. Your ideal woman Is a sweet, shy, clinging con ventional little creature, who has j never been tested in the crucible of the world's tires. I am oh, alm-st everything your ideal woman should notbel" Lauce laughed again. They were nearer being friends than ever before. "And now that you have painted my ideil woman,' would yo5"mind depict- ltg your ideal man ?" "Ob, he is tall, real tall and slender, witii piercing eyes and white hair and beard, and an enormous bank ac count." "I see the money question still pre vails," said Lance, with slight sar Cisnx. Oriella opeced her beautiful big eyes very wide. "Why, of course it does. The ambi tion of my life is to marry rich. But I'm tiling you, I'll come again to read joUafUr dinner. We understand each other now, don't we ? We m ay as well be friends." ' Lance smiled, and held out his well hand to her. It wan nearly winter before May Croft was desolated by the depaiture of its guests, and Maude Sanb jrn enl up to town witn Miss Gladmyr without being able to discover that her two cousins admired each other one whit more than when they first met. Still, as Oriella remained in New Yoi k for the season, lnstetd of returning to her home In Baltimore, they two saw a great deal of each other, and grew, slowly, more and more confidential friends, until when, in March, seme thing of importance befell Oriella, she made Lance the first sharer of her secret. "Be sure aud be at Mrs. Chaudelor's dinner you said there was some doubt about it because I want to introduce you to Mr. Jarvis Jerome. I have at tained my arubtim at last He is al most a millionaire, and has asked me to marry him. Of course, I gracefully and gratefully said I would. 1 wjnt you vt congratulate me. O. G." Thoe were the hastily-scribbled lines she sent Levering ; and Levering thre ' them into the fire with a mut tered curse, -"-r " What do I care thjtt she has en gaged herself to Jaivis Jerome?" he questioned of himself, fiercely biting his lip until the red blood sprung to his pearly teeth. And then be wrote WW his regrets to Mrs. Chandelor. and packed a satchel and went out of town for a week. When he got back he went straight to see Oriella and congratulated her. "Oh, don't talk about that now. It's old !" cried O iella, impatiently, "Why, I've been engaged a week. I want to tell you about Maude's April- fool-day party. It is the fifth anni versary of her wedding, you know. We're to go down to May Croft there are about forty invited and to have at King and Queen of Folly, and a Jester, and all manner of fun. You'll go?" "Yes," promised Lance, and he went- And while the carnival was at its highest some one proposed that just before the unmasking took place the host and hostess be remarried. A young clergyman, a chum of Ned San born's was among the guests, though not among the maskers, and a wed ding would be just the imposing finish needed to the revel. In a minute a place was cleared at the eud of the long salon, and arrangements made for a grand ceremony ; and presently the bride in her white satin domino came in on the arm of a gorgeous cour tier, followed by another white satin domino, and some dazzling April fairies wreathed In crocuses and glitter, ing with rain drops. The cortege advanced to its place, and the two satin demkios stepped for ward and qiiietly assented to the cler gyman's questions, and were pro nounced man and wife. Then the sig nal was given for un masking, and Lance Levering and Oriella Gladmyr stood looking into each other's eyes, her face growing white as that of a corpse. As Oriel's color died Levering's grew to a dusky, passionate red that darkened face, neck and brow, but presence of mind did not quite desert him. He caught Miss Gladmyr in his strong arm and swiftly carried her across the hall and into the opposite room. "Oriel ! Oriel ! Don't look like that," he cried, kneeling beside the sofa on which he had placed her. "For God's sake forgive me ! I had no idea it was you Ned wanted me to cnange domlnos with him to play a joke on Maude. It was only a joke all a joke ! Oriel, will yo l speak ?" "Bring Maud here it was all her fault. Hbe made me change dominos with her for a joke on Ned I" said Oriel, beginning to recover herself, but Beeping her eyes averted from his anxious ones." "But I want you to tell me you be lieve me! That you forgive me," he insisted. She turned her gaz9 fully upon him now. "Of coarse, I must know it was a joke, that you had no idea of what you were doing. I have implicit faith in you." Then she commenced to laugn, her pretty, mocking, musical laughter. "Just to tbink of you marrying me ! There is Maud at the door let her In," He hesitated a moment. "I want to say something first. I am mad, no doubt, but I must say it ! You are my wife, Oriel just for now, until the joke can be undone but I I wish I could keep you my wife forever.' He uttered the words hurriedly but twtt.h a. mhnmnnni tri&fc waa like the tnrobbing or a miguiy sea, ana an nis eager, mad, soulful love burned in his eyes bent pleadingly on hers. Oriella ... - . ... ... -i knew he meant it. And as swiftly as a flower unfolds its fair face to the hot kiss of the sun, she lifted her golden head and leaned it on his breast and let him register his marriage vows upon her lips in fervent caresses. And then a minute later Ned and Maud were in the room, overcome with remorse jnd anxiety. "But it is all right," announced Levering, coolly. "We are married and we only await the congratulations of our friends. Come, Oriel, yo i are equal to the occasion ? Shall we go back Into the parlor, and be congratu lated, and let the nine days' talk take Its way ?" Oriel put her hand on her husband's arm with perfect contentment,' and Maude and Ned looked on half dazed with the unexpectedness and nicenees of it all, and society enjoyed the bit of romance and gossip the affair furnished them, and Mr. Jarvis Jerome was the only sufferer ; for a happier couple than Mr. and Mrs. Lance Levering I have never seen, and the only subject upon which they are known to disa gree Is as to which of them wai the April fHl on the eventful night cf April 1, 1877. Ammonia from Its Elements. j "" Numerous methods have been de vis, d to utilize the atmospheric nitro gen for making ammonia. The latest of these Is a French process in which metallic zinc is employed to furnish .the elements, titanic iron to effect their union. Melted zinc falling into water Bets free the hydrogen, falling through the air it liberates nitrogen, oxide of zinc being fermed in both cases. The nitrogen ia passed over titanlzed epongy iron, and is absorbed by it. When the hydrogen is passed through the retorts containing this sDongy iron it releases the nitrogen from the titanium and combines with it to form ammonia. The oxide of zinc is reduced in retorts with carbon, and carbonic oxide is set free, which needs only to be burned in order to convert it into carbonic acid, which is then allowed to combine with the newly formed ammonia to form a car bonate. Or, platinised pumice or charcoal, is substituted for the spongy iron, and the gases made to act upon it under ten to fifteen atmospheres of pressure. t Cheap Places to Live in. In the richest German household the mistiess superintends the kitchen and lends a hand to the cook. There are certain dishes which she always makes with her own hands, because her Frits likes them so. She may boast thirty-two quartering on her esoutch eon and be terribly proud of her line age, but she has no nonsensical Ideas about its being degrading to put on a canvas apron, lard a piece of veal. make Jams, or dole out with her own lianas the prunes tht are to be put Into the potato stew. She keeps her best attire for Sundays, and makes it serve on a good many of these festals days, for she does not follow fashion blindly or In a hurry. On ordinary days, she dresses with a plainness which would excite the contempt of a French woman ; but then her culinary pursuits do not prevent her from being by far the intellectual superior of her French or Belgian sister. She reads serious books that she may be able to converse as an equal with her well-taught sons ; she practises music that she may remain on a level with her daughters who are trained to be brilliant pianists ; and she finds time to read the newspaper in order that she may understand what her Frits has to say about the topics of the day. The example thus set in high life by the "Frau Grafiu" is copied in lower spheres by the "Frau Doctorin" and the "Frau Professorin." These ladlea keep no cooks : they perform most of the nousehold labors with the assis tance of a maid-of-all-work, and when ever practicable they do all the wash ing of the family linen at home, and make their own dresses. Withal they are very hospitable In a homely way. They delight in evening parties at which cafe an laxt ia served with cakes and sausage-sandwiches. A carpet dance, a little singing and music, round games and a good deal of frank flirtation between the young people, furnish the diversions at these enter tainments. In the winter several families club together to' hire a large room in which Drelstemache (literally make-bold) assemblies are held once a week. Each family brings a certain quantum of the refreshments, as at Id-fashioned- picnics, and dancing is carried on within sensible hours, be tween 7 and 11 p. m. The object of tnese assemblies is to - make yoang people "Iold" to disport themselves at more ceremonious balls should they be called upon to d a so ; In fact, they are unceremonious dancing parties at which the guests appear in morning attire and expect no costlier beverages at supper than lemonade and beer. The cheapest towns to go to in Ger many are the capitals of small Duchies. Berlin has become very dear. Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Munich, are all cheap in Comparison with English cities, and they offer first rate educa tional advantages ; but they will be found more expensive on the whole than such places a? Brunswick, Cassel, Dermstadt, Weimar and Coburg. Taking Brunswick as a specimen of these second-rate towns, it is a place where a family can live in the utmett enjoyment and dignity on a small in come. It is au old fashioned town of picturesque architecture; but the streets are broad, and the houses large, with spacious and lofty rooms, wide courtyards and grand staircases. Most of these dwellings are let in flats, each of whish has its separate kitchen, with its wooden balcony overlooking the yard and a separate staircase for servants. A ten-room flat furnished can be had on a first fleor in the best quarter for about sixty pounds a year ; on a second, for forty five pounds ; and on a third, for thirty pounds ; but pri ces are lower in the old streets on the outskirts of the city. It is not the cus tum to let unfurnished, as almost all the houses contain a stock of old-fash? ioned furniture dating from the last century, when the court of Brunswick was one of the most brilliant in Ger many, and when the city was crowded with wealthy residents. Ithasalltbe appearance ot a wealthy city still, though the present Duke lives most of the year in Italy, and does little to at tract strangers to his handsome palace. It has a university, a gymnasium, a public school for boys, several private schools, and a large academy for girls ; a museum, and public library, and a noble theatre. The Duke chiefly helps to support the theatre, and fr this much deserves the thanks of his sub jects. For many years the condastor of the orchestra was Franz Abt, the eminent composer, and at one time he had the best quaiuor of violinists in Germany under his orders. Perfor mances, are given at the theatre four times a week, operas being performed on two nights, and plays on the other t wo ; and the cost of a Spertiiz or stall is only six thaler., or eighteen shillings a month. All the ducal cities have good theatres, as it is a point of honor with the princelings who rule in thm to show that they are enlightened pat rons of musio. and the drama. The theatre of Coburg has a well-deserved reputation. Tourists will not find German hot-Is cheap, even in the small towns, for landlords have got Into the habit of overcharging Englishmen, and noth ing see rai likely to cure them or it ; but the restaurafiont are very cheap. A substantial dinner with beer can be had tor fifteen pence ; and in the brau eriem, which e fillers frequent, a good upper, consisting of a plate of veal cutlets with fried potatoes, or bacon sausage and aautrkravt, costs but seven pence, a glass of beer Included. Schooling is as cheap as In Belgium, and better, for the disposition of Ger man youth is studious, and the pro fessors are stimulated by the assiduity and sharpness of their pupils. No English boy educated at a German school is likely to come home a dunce. These are the advantages of Ger many; but the country of course has its dsawbacks from the English point of view, although these may be less discernible to our countrymen who In habit the Fatherland than to their friends at home who notice their peculiarities when they have returned from it. German schooling tends to convert an English boy Into a very unpleasant species of young prig, con ceited and pragmatical ; while It makes a girl tame and dreamy. The dreamy propensities of German mai denhood are counteracte 1 by the hard labor they perform among the dish clouts and saucepans of the paternal kitchen ; but as English girls seldom take kindly to culinary tasks, the sen timental ism they acquire at German schools has no checks. . Add to this, that German ladles have no taste in dress and set sad examples of dowdl nefs to the girls who live among them. It would be agreeable to be able to say that the German matron, when she has helped to dish up the family din ner, sits down cool and smart, with her hair neatly dressed, to do the honors of her own table; but the truth s, she Bits down looking hot and un tidy. She may talk finely about cul ture, but her gown is a very uncul tured affiir ; she may play exquisitely on the piano, but it will be grief to watch her coarse red hinds moving over the keys : She may waltz to ue in fection, but the sight of her large 111 sho 1 feet will be en nigh to make a sensitive man sit down in a corner and sigh. The lst corrective to a girl's education in Germany would be a year's finishing in France. Charles Rcade's True Woman. Reade, in fact, invented he True Woman. That is to say, . he was the first who found her. There have been plenty of sweet and charmibg women in Btoriee the patient, loving Amelia ; the bouncing1 country girl. SDhv Western ; the graceful and gracieutei ladies of Scott ; the pretty dummies of Dickens ; the insipid sweetnesses of Thackeray; the proper middle-class (or upper-jlass) girl of Trollope ; the conventional girl of the better lady novelists. There have also been disa greeable girls, especially the bad style, detestable girl of the "worser" lady novelists : bat Reade the tronvere has found the real worn m. You will meet her on every page of all his novels. What is she ? My friends, J Columbus's egg was not simpler. She is just exactly I ke a - man, like our selves but with certain womanly ten dencies. Like ourselves, she arden tly desires love. She knows that it is the best the absolutely best thing the world has to give: that we are all born for love man and woman alike ; that to lack this consummate and supreme blessing is to loss the best part of life. Since she desires above all things to be wooed, and Is forbidden to woo on her own account, she conceals her own thoughts, yet, from her own experi ence in hiding, she is quick at reading the thoughts of others. She is satis fied with nothing less than what she herself gives, which is all herself. Her reserve leads her, in the lower natures, to deceit and falsehood. Her devotion, which Is part of her nature, leads her also in the lower natures to suspi cion and jealousy. She Is always in the house, and therefore her mind is apt to run in narrow grooves. The prodigality and wastefulness of men are things beyond her understanding or patience. She is unversed in affair3, and therefore comprehends nothing of compromise. She is generally Ill-educated, and therefore Is incapable of forming a Judgment; hence she is carried away by every wind of dot trine ; as, for instance, ia matters ec clesiastical, knowing nothing of the Early Church or its history, she be lieves the poor little Ritualist curate, who knows. Indeed, no more than her self ; or in Art, where, f jt want of . a standard, she Is led astray by every fad and fashion of the day, aud wor ships sad faced flatnesses with rapture; or In dress, where, her taste being un cultivated, she puts on whatever is most hideous and unbecoming, provid ed it is worn by everybody else. This is the woman whom Charles Reade presents to us she Is not, at all events, Insipid ; no real women are ; if bhe Is artificial, she shows the real woman beneath. What he loves most is the woman whom fashion has not spoiled; the true, genuine woman, with her natural passion, her jealousy, her devotion, her love of admiration, her fidelity, her lighten. us wrath, her maternal ferocity, her narrow faith, her shrewdness, even her audacity of falsehood when that am serve her per pose, and her perfect abnegation of self. A New Bleaching Process. At the last meeting of the British Chemical Society an Interesting paper was read on a new process o'f bleach ing. The basis of the new process consists in generating the chlorine which is the bleaching agent by the electrolysis of dilate hydrochloric acid or a chlorine salt solution. A low bat tery power gave the most satisfactory results in the experiments. The method adopted consists in passing the cloth to be bleached, for example Turkey red cloth, through sea water between two rows of carbon rollers, the upper row being connected to one pole, and the under row to the other pole of the battery. The rollers are caused to rotate slowly, and thus pass the fabric from one end to the other. Hyp"xmlorlte is formed, and on subse quent immersion in dilute hydrochlo ric or hydro-fluoric acid the cloth is effectually bleached. The Talk of Men and Women. To two classes we pay court : women and the aged. But the nr"i ority of women is perpetually men aced ; they do not alt throned on in firmities like the old ; they are suitors as well as sovereigns ; their vanity is engaged, their affections are too apt to follow ; and hence much of the talk between the sexes degenerates Into something unworthy of the name. The desire to please, to shine with a particular engaging lustre, to draw a Tasoinaung picture or oneself, banishes from conversation all that is sterling and most of what Is humorous. As soon as a strong current of mutual admiration bt gins to flow, the human tut rot triumphs entirely over the intellectual, and the commerce of words, consciously or not, becomes secondary to the commercing of eyes. EsCh simply waits upon the other to be. admired, and the talk dwindles Into pla itudlnous piping. Coquetry and fatuity are thus the knell of talk. But even where this ridiculous danger is avoidedand a man and woman converse equally and honestly, some thing in their nature or their educa tion falsifies the strain. An instinct prompts them to agree; and where that is impossible, to agree to differ. Should they neglect the warning, at the first suspicion of an argument they' find themselves in different hemispheres. About any point of business or conduct, any actual affair demanding settlement, a woman will speak and listen, hear and answer arguments, not only with natural wisdom, but with candor and logical honesty. But if the subject of debate be something in the air, an abstrac tion, an excise for talk, a logical Aunt SUy, then may the male debater instantly abandon hope; he may em ploy reason adduce facts, be supple, be smiling, be angry, all shall avail him nothing ; what the woman said first, that (unless she has forgotten it) she will repeat at the end. Hence, at ' the very Junctures when a talk be- between men grows brighter and quicker and begins to promise to bear fruit, talk between the sexes is menaced with dissolution. The point of difference, the point of interest, is evaded by the brilliant woman, under a shower of irrevelant conversational rockets ; it Is bridged by the discreet woman with a rustle of silk, as she . passes smoothly forward to the nearest point of safety. It cannot be dis cussed in Its natural connection. ' It may be returned upon after a circuit; and if propounded as a problem, with neither party committed to a side, it may then be gently, lightly, but, in the end, thoroughly treated. This sort of prestidigitation, juggling the dangerous topic out of sight until it can be relatroduced with safety In an altered shape, is a piece of tactics amoug the true drawing-room queens. The drawing-room is, indeed, an artificial place ; it is so by our choice and for our Bins; the subjection of women, the ideal imposed upon them from the cradle and worn, like a hair shirt, with so much constancy ; their motherly, superior tenderness to man's vanity and self-importance, their managing arts the arts of a civilized slave among good-natured barbarian all are painful ingredients, and all help to falsify relat ons. It is not till we get clear of that amusing, artificial scene that genuine relations are founded, or ideas honesty compared. In the garden, on the road or the hill side, or tele a-let and apart from in terruptions, occasions arise when we may learn much from any single woman ; and nowhere more often1 than in married life. Marriage is one lmg conversation, checkered by dls utes. The disputes are simply value less; they but Ingrain the difference; the heroic heart of woman prompts her at once to nail her colors to the mast. But in the Intervals, almost unconsciously, with no desire to sblne, the whole material of life is turned over and over, ideas are-struck out and shared, the two persona more and more adapt their notions one to suit the other, and in the process of time, without sound of trumpet, they con duct each other into new worlds ot thought. Weather Wisdom. Some time ago a New Jersey man of science gave the New Yoik Farmers' Club the following weather facts an I probabilities: 1. When the temperature falls sud denly, their is a storm forming south of you. 2. When the temperature rises sud denly, their is a storm forming north of you. 8. The wind always blows from a region of fair weather towards a region where a storm Is forming. 4. Cirrus clouds always moye fro m a region where a storm is in progress towards a region of fair weather. 5. Cumulous clouds always move from a region of fair weather towards a region where a storm Is forming. 6. When cirrus clouds are moving rapidly from the north or northwest, there will be rain In less than twenty- four hours no matter how cold it may be. 7. When cirrus clouds are moving rapidly from the , south or southeast, there will be a cold rains' orm on th--morrow, if it be summer ; and If It L- winter, there will be a snowstorm. 8. The wind always blows In a cir cle around a storm, and, when it blow . from the north, the heaviest rain east of you; if It blows .from the ea . the heaviest rain is south; If It blow from the west, the heaviest rain U north of you.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Oct. 3, 1882, edition 1
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