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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1889)
ROCKDALE BANNER. TEEMS : • „ mipvear in advance....$1,00. »» tliree Uqal advertising medium of jiockdale county. Vol. 12. UilT.S OF TRAVEL IS EUROPE y. D • C K ELLEY. T-Antwerp Brussels, Cologne. Bonn. So. , ANTWERP. A Antwerp, (French Anvers), is a flourishing city of about 175,000 inhabitants 60 1 miles from the the noitli- . North Sea, situated on ' as tern bank of the river Schelde, Khich is there one-third of a mile ; width and 30 feet deep. The n is 12 feet. average tide there Under Emperor Charles v. oi Germany (1565) who by the way was the powerful monarch that called the Diet of Worms by which Luther was tried in 1521, this city was perhaps the most wealthy and flourishing on the continent, surpassing even Venice itself; and though, after having been reduced in 1790 through va¬ rious causes to 40,000 inhabitants, it has more than regained its pop¬ ulation, it by no means enjoys its former relative importance. It is, however, the principal arsenal of the kingdom of Belgium, and one of the strongest fortresses in Eu¬ rope; it would take 170000 men to beseige it effectually. This hybrid city, in which the common people speak tho Flem¬ ish language while the upper class speak French, lias for 300 years held prestige in Flemish he arts, and lias for most of that ike perhaps been second to no city in that regard except Flor¬ ence. Here Peter Paul Rubens, ilie prince of Flemish painters, after being ennoble 1 by Philip IV. of Spain, and knighted by Charles I. of England, lived in a style of great magnificence. Here wsbornVan Dyck (dike),Rubens’ most successful pupil, and his su¬ perior as a portrait painter, Was bom in 1599; vdio afterwards be¬ came court-painter to Charles I., by idiom he was also knighted. Here was born, and here lived, labored, and died the celebrated David Teniers. Our party being a little pressed for time went direct to what is called Rubens House, where we found a small but very good col¬ lection of paintings. next went to the Museum. Lie paintings there, though far less numerous, and perhaps no idler, than those in the art gal¬ leries of the exposition at Amster¬ dam, were much more apprecia¬ te! »oksas Dy us, because our guide J well as the paintings Painters emselves, gave the names of the and dates of execution. !“ e *orks of Rubens and Van ftek f Cause interested us most, mainly we had heard more of J® 8 Asters than of the others. 1 next proceeded to the Cathe M where we saw Rubens’ three most celebrated pictures—the Uecent from the Cross,” the “El Gumption.” 'fatiou °f the Cross,” and “The Bubens loved both his wives, 01 ® Was twice married), and ^°ught tf them beautiful, and ^ very very fond of introducingth em F° * S Wor ks as Madonnas. e ^ seerQ ko have been perfect v U es but decidedly of the k. > C , is Baou ^* The Assumption o j 0116 exam P! t ‘Tat NT e ou many, ojv, rves ~ r *’ Rubens,” irreverently ^ an old author, “is plant ^ 88 fiml y and comfortably clouds as if in an easy >gazing with phlegmatic ° n won drous scene jjj^u Sae witnesses in her aerial eg ’ an '! betraying not the faint br!a Pt<)m o{ ecstasy or emo ' r she not be ed t 0 to asham fop Sl ^Here in her flimsy „ ^ , at a Vi re L re sent a goddess—and f too? " P a ^ed through the whole # fif F|5 X =i* ^Hr 3 L 5. PPf ife-::--...- is >3 li Sy\MM fs £>. 3 i i q l ( |ar £ fin* . M'O CONYERS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1889. cathedral, noting carefully tlie painting's by various masters, and making our mirations according as the celebrity of the author and the stars in the guide-book re¬ quired; for we had begun to learn that this was the proper thing to do. After this feast of fine arts we took the train for BRUSSELS the capital of Belgium, and ar¬ rived at that little .Paris late in the afternoon. As the city is very beautiful and well-built, we decided it would be most enjoyable to spend the re¬ mainder of the afternoon in seeing the exterior city, as viewed from the streets and elevated points of observation. We would not bur¬ den our readers with a description of the many excellent streets, no¬ ble statues, stately columns, pret¬ ty flower-gardens, and lovely “Parc” (park), which we saw that afternoon; suffice it to say, that this French city, with the French language, French houses, and French style, presents quite a striking appearance in the midst of a Dutch country, especially to travelers just from Amsterdam, as our party were. Perhaps, how¬ ever, the Place de l'Hotel de A ille deserves special mention as it is one of the very finest medieval squares in existence. In addi¬ tion to its beauty, this open square is made illustrious by the fact that in 1568 twenty-five nobles of the Netherlands were beheaded here by the order of the Duke of Alva, the most distinguished vic¬ tims being Lamoral, Count Eg mont, and Count Hoorne. The main building fronting this square (or market), the Hotel de A ille, is very impressive, but almost too complex to be beautiful; for it seemed to the writer that there must be one thousand life-size statues, bssides foliage, columns, arches, etc. on its principal facade. After supper we amused our¬ selves for awhile by standing at the door of a saloon and observing the proceedings of a kind of “free show.” The stage fronted the large open street door so that those passing by could see the performance, and be induced to come m. It was not only free, but an usher stood at tho door and invited you in, telling you at the same time there was no charge for seats. And they w-ere really free; but in front of each seat was a table, and waiters were constant¬ ly offering visitors lager beer, which they were expected to buy %nd pay a good price for it. The performers On the stage were speaking, making comical jestures, acting farces, and in fact doing anything to retain the crowd and keep them in a good humor, so as to sell them as much beer as possible. 7£ o’clock The next morning at we boarded the cars for Cologne. At Herbesthal we encountered again those traveler's pests, cus¬ tom-house officers; but they were very good-natured indeed. In¬ stead of making us toddle through the depot and be locked up there for about an hour, they inspected our “luegage at the train in our “coupe!” Praise to them or there government, Germany. A little before 3 o’clock we ar¬ rived at COLOGNE or Koln (pronounced nearly like ^ keln) as the Germans call it. This interesting city, with about 145,000 inhabitants, five-sixths of whom are Roman Cathodes, is quite old, having been founded by the Ubii when they were compell¬ ed by Agrippa Germanicus to mi grate from the right to the left bank of the Rhine. In A. D. 51 Agrippina, daughter of Germam cus and mother of Nero, founded here a colony of Roman veterans, which was called “Colonia Agrip pinensis.” During its medieval history Cologne was twice unquestionably the cradle of German art: (1) in 1150, chiefly architecture; and in 1500, chiefly painting. It is now a fortress of the first class. It is very extensively noted for its manufacture of “eau de Co¬ logne,” or Colognewater, of -which there -were in 1880 24 establish¬ ments. The city is perhaps best known on account of its Cathe¬ dral, which is the highest and one of the most magnificent churches in the world. Its two principal towers are each 512 feet in height. We walked through the whole body of the Cathedral, observing its imposing columns, its exquis¬ ite paintings, and its vaulted roof which is over 200 feet in height and lined with the most beautiful fres¬ coes and paintings. Then, on paying the usual fee we were ad¬ mitted through a side door into the Treasury, where we saw the “Reliquary” a superbly decorated golden box finished in 1200, and contains what is said to be the bones of the three Magi or kings of the East, that went to worship the child Jesus. Not knowing whether they are really the bonos of the Magi or not, we shall have to let our readers decide for them¬ selves. The designer of this noble church is not known, but is thought to have been Meister Gerard of Riehl. There is a curious legend about the design of this building which I would like to give in detail, but space will not allow: how an ar¬ chitect bought the design from the Devil, giving him in exchange two souls, his own and that of the first person who should enter after its completion; how the people were troubled when they could find no one willing to be the first to enter; how, by and by, an en¬ slaved woman to gain her freedom proposed to be the first, how she dressed up a pig in her own clothes, put it in a box, and had it carried to the door and shoved in; and how. the pig coming- out in the church was seized by the Devil and instantly killed, while the woman springing also out of the box entered unhurt. Where¬ upon it was said that woman is shrewder than man, since she could cheat the Devil himself. The architect’s neck, of course, like the pig’s, was broken. At 5 o’clock w r e hastened on by rail to Bonn; for there we expect¬ ed to get mail from home. We arrived AT RONN a little after 6 o’clock, and imme¬ diately after obtaining lodging, Dr. Scomp hurried off at a great rate to the post office. AA hen the Doctor returned he was gloomier than the gloomiest of all things, and even spoke of starting home the next Monday. So we all be gan to feel “blue” and bluer, as the night grew dark and darker, but just after we sat down to sup¬ per, we w r ere surprised and over joyed by receiving some letters from home, and Dr. Scomp also received a letter stating that his valise had been found in the Scotch Highlands. From sorrow to ecstasy we changed as quick as infants. We retired happy, and enjoyed our happiness next morning staying in bed till a late hour. numbers , furnish¬ , . . [N. B. Back ed on application to new subscrib¬ ers.] continued.) (to be No form of communication with the public is so cheap as newspaper advertising, no agent is so moderate in his charge and none so untiring in his work as the live newspaper. GOOD FORM. It’s good form to dress well, but not to have your clothes look as if they were so new that you were not used to them. It’s good form to offer a visitor hospitality in the shape of a glass of wine with a bit of cake, but not to make your spreads the attrac¬ tion of your house. It's good form to use a lorgnette if you are really near-sighted, but not to keep one to snub other women with. It’s good form to be punctual; at a dinner it is a courtesy to your hostess, at the theater or opera it is politeness to the actors and the audience, and at church it is the respect due to God. It’s good form to speak politely to every human being with whom you are thrown in contact, but it is not to be confidential with ser¬ vants or familiar with strangers. It’s good form to be hungry and appreciative of what is set before you, and it is not to disdain the food which are asked to share. It is good form to give your photograph to tho man you are going to marry, but not to have it decorate the bachelor apartments of Tom, Dick or Harry. It is good form to be good-tem¬ pered; the woman who is easily irritated can never be a social suc¬ cess. It’s good form to be a good woman, and it is not to have your name connected with any other man’s except your husband’s. BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE 1 The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively quired. cures It is Piles, guaranteed or no pay to give re¬ perfect satisfaction, or money box. re¬ funded. Price 25 cents per For sale by Dr. W. H. Leo & Son. Will Bearden, a white man well known around Decatur and Stone Mountain, was arrested Saturday by Sheiff Austin and put in the DeKalb county jail. Bearden had decided to go in the scalper’s business, and with this view he slipped into tho depot and stole a few railroad tickets, which he tried to sell, but as they had not seen stamped by the agent he couldn’t sell them. The railroad agent hearing of it, sent for Sher¬ iff Austin, and they laid a trap for Barden, which he easily walked into. Boils, carbuncles, and other skin eruptions indicate that the system is endeavoring to Ayer’s reject poisonous acids, imperatively and that need¬ Sarsaparilla is reliable of all ed. It is the most blood medicines. Ask your drug¬ gist for it, and tako no other. A Washington correspondent remarks that “Mr. AVanamaker has broad, business like views on all subjects relating to the postal service.” AYhat good have Mr. AVanamaker’s “broad, business¬ like views” done the country? The postal service in some sec¬ tions couldn’t be much worse than it is. Visitor: “Well, my little man, have you any brothers?” Freddy: ‘Yes, I have one, but my sister Stella has two.” Visitor:" Why how can that be?” Freddy (in some astonishment): “Me and my little brother, of course. OffE FACT Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an American statesman. It is a fact, established by the testi¬ mony of thousands of people, that Hood’s Sarsaparilla does and other cure scrofula, salt rhenm, diseases or affections arising from of impure state or low condition the blood. It also overcomes that tired feeling, creates strength a good ap¬ petite, and gives Try it. to every part of the system. WORDS TO FRIENDS: Job work solieited and satisfac¬ tion gvaranteed. Reliable attention given advertis ing. TERMS REASONABLE. TWO BLIND MEN. There were once in Rome two biind men, one of whom cried in the streets of tho city, “He is hel¬ ped ‘whom God helps;” the other, on the' contrary, cried, “He is helped whom tho emperor helps.” This they did every day, and the emperor heard it so often that he had a loaf of bread baked filled with golden pieces. This gold-filled loaf he sent to the blind man who appealed to tho emperor’s help. When he felt the heavy weight of tho bread ho sold it to tho other beggar as soon as he met him. The blind man who bought the bread car¬ ried it home. AVhen ho had broken it and found the gold, he thanked God, and from that day ceased to beg. But the other continued to beg through the city; so emperor summoned him to his presence and asked him, “What hast thou done with the that I lately sent you?” I sold it to my friend because it was heavy and did not seem well risen.” Then tho emperor said, “Truly ho whom God helps is helped in¬ deed,” and turned tho blind man from him. Begimiiug with January 1st, next, the Rev. T. DeWitt Talinage, D. D., will become ouo of the editors of The Ladies’ Home Journal, of Philadelphia. The famous preacher will have a regu¬ lar department each month written by himself, with the title “Under My Study Lamp.” His first con¬ tribution will appear in the Jan¬ uary number of the Journal. Dr. Talmage’s salary is said to be ouo of the largest overpaid for editori¬ al work. In an interview on the election results, ex-Presidont Cleveland said in Washington Friday night: “It is evident the leaven of tarift reform has at last leavened tire whole lump. Enough for mo to say, I am satisfied with tho re¬ sults. The verdict in Virginia indicates that tho south is still faithful to the Democracy of Jef ferSon and Jackson.” The father of a family, become annoyed at the fault-finding of his children over their food, ex¬ claimed in a rage one day at dinner; “You children are intol¬ erable; you turn up your noses at everything. When I was a boy, I was often glad enough to get dry bread to eat.” “Poor papa," said Rose, tho pet of the family, “I am so glad you are having nice times now living with mamma and us.” Another Great Artist.—“What a wonderful painter Rubens was, remarked Merritt at the art gal¬ lery. “Yes,” assented Cora; “It is said of him that he could change a laughing face into a sad one by a single stroke.” “A\ T liy, ’ spoke up little Johnnie in disgust, “my school teacher can do that. ” Polk county is after a cheese factory which the Georgia far¬ mers saw out in Ohio, and the proprietor is corresponding with Colonel J. O. AVaddell as to in¬ ducements which could be offered for such an establishment. Chancellor Boggs now teaches a bible class of University stu¬ dents at Athens every Sunday morning, and the boys are very much gratified with the arrange¬ ment. “There, darling, tho last one, said he, as he started down the steps. He had nearly reached the gate when she called him back. “I’ve just been counting up, she said, “and that last kiss we took was the thirteenth, and that is an awfully unlucky number, you know.” When he finally got away the score was thirty-seven* No. 39 SELF-MADE MEN. When a “self-made man” com¬ mences his career in almost the same condition that he entered tho world, gets his own education by his own industry, and carves out his own position in life, he is well made, and his Maker has just cause to bo proud of the part he has played in the matter. But remember one tliiug, young man, that money is no test of success, for you may make millions, and still be a pitiable failure. Money can make money, but it takes a man to mako a man. There is another thing that young people should not lose sight of, and that is, whatever there is in this world worth striving for you can tako with you into tho next; hence, “With all thy getting, get under¬ standing.” One million dollars cannot purchase one single hour of contentment. A clear consci¬ ence can do this. As you climb the ladder of intelligence the vices will leave you without effort, and, as nature abhors a vacuum, tho virtues will flow in to take their place. “How absurd,” said Mrs. Sprig gings. “It says here that Gov. Hill was given three cheers and a tiger. He can sit in tlie cheers, but what on airth will he over do with that dretful animal? It is rumored at Atlanta that Maj. Campbell Wallace w ill resign the position as chairman of tho state railroad commission and sever his connection with that body. Two reasons are given for this decision on tho part of Maj. Wallace. First, his increasing age and present ill health; Becond, tho refused on the part of the leg¬ islature to give the railroad com¬ mission additional clerical ser¬ vices, thus leaving to him as chairman of the commission more work than ho feels he will be able to perform. Maj. Wallace was brought home from Canton a few days ago, and is now at his home on Capitol avenue. He has re¬ covered in a great measure from the effects of the spider bite, but he is very weak from the journey. Ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock has written a letter in which he says that the republican defeat last week v r as due to federal interfer¬ ence in state elections. He says: “If the Republican party is forced to defend the issue of centralized power interfering with the domes¬ tic affairs of the states, there will be no possibility of political the growth in the south, and re¬ action in the north will make cer¬ tain an opposition majority election.” in tho next congressional The follow ing is an extract from a real composition written by a small school hoy in New'Jersey. teacher The subject given by the wuis the extensive one of “Man.” Here is what the small boy wrote: “Man is a wonderful animal. He has eyes, ears, mouth. His ears are mostly for catching cold in and having the earache. The nose is to get snifies with. A man’s body is split half way up, and he walks on the split ends.’ On the seventh of December the Alliancemcn are to have a grand rally at St. Louis. Arrangements will be made to perfect the manu¬ facture of cotton bagging for next year. It is said that the |New York World building will be 13 stories high; the foundation will be 35 feet below the street. The Confederate Veterans’ As¬ sociation of Newton county is now fully organized, membership and rapidly in¬ creasing in to 100. Judge E. T. Edwards is president; president; Capt. J. M. Pace, vice T. D. Guinn, treasurer; Rev. Thomas H. Greer, chaplain; Dr. J. C. Anderson, surgeon, Capers Dickson, lieutenant. Governor Loe estimates that a hundred million of dollars of outside capital have been invested in A T irginia during the term of his administration.
