The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-09


may long be spared to furnish original +
results to science, and to form future
chemists for the world. DR.. Frese-.
MUS thinks the science is being ap-
piled to so many departments that It
will have to be subdivided somewhat,
as medical science now subdivides It's
chairs.
MUNICH.
Although We did not visit this city
until our return from Palestine and
Egypt, / may as we'll mention In this
connection the items we saw there.
As We walked to the Pinacothek our,
guard pointed out to us the house Of
Lola Montez from which she was driv-
en- BY an Infatuated mob. who felt out
ragged by her influence over the old
King of Bavaria.
i The new Pinacothek contains
much finer paintings than the old;
the Glyptothek, with its sculptures,
was unfortunately closed to the pub
lie the day we were there. The most
interesting visit was to the works for
glass painting. The art is kept Sc.
cret, but the results are exhibited,
and are truly worthy a close inspec-
ton. They are favorably disposed in
a DOB for transmitted light,
the custodian raising in success
sion to the window the pieces
to be displayed. This much
they are willing to impart: that the
colors used are quite different from
those ultimately to be obtained, and
which are brought out by two sepa-
rate hrings, or exposure TO high heats
in the kiln. thus frequently producing
a chemical change, such as the devel-
opment of a peroxide Of the metallic
pigment used, thereby altering the
color. Sometimes, apparently, a
chemical change takes place, il which
the aluminous base In the biscuit
combines with a metallic oxide or
acid in the coloring pigment, and
thereby gives rise to a totally new
color. These results have only been
obtained by a series of long expert
menting. When thus burned in, the
colors are as permanent as the mate
rial on which they are placed, un-
changeable for centuries, they say
forever.
We called on Baron Liebig, bui
found, unfortunately, that his audi
dience hour, a P. n, was nearly oul
time Of leaving for Frankfort, and sc
had to content ourselves by examin-
ing the outside of his laboratory. Or
the opposite side of the street, is the
Crystal Palace, in which, last year
they had a fine exhibition.
Walking from the hotel to the
bridge over the User rolling rap.
idly" we passed the Royal Palace
and some very fine buildings, in the
favorite promenade, and saw the new
college, Maximilianum; also statues
of Count Rumford and other men o.
note. Although in this capital O.
Bavaria. claiming 276, 900 inhabitants
we perceived women performing many
masculine tasks, such as saving wooC
in the streets and carrying it intc
houses by the cord; we wero ye
struck by the general intelligence anC
improvement In cou~ntenances, since
leaving the more Southern ATTITUDES
FRANKFORT. oN-THE-MAIN.
After crossing the Danube and rid
ing all night, we reached Frankfor
and went to see Dannecker's celebra
ted statue of Ariadne. A rotundi
has been set aside for that and a few
more statues Ariadne. placed on 9
pedestal, and lighted from above, i
~eurtaiued from light until everything
is ready, when on withdrawing thu
hangings, she bursts on the view II
the full force Of her indisputablC
beauty.
RIn this vicinity. for the first time il
many hundred mile. we come upoI
sandstone, the soil resulting from
which, is not usually very productive
Yer the region is well cultivated anC
generally level, afording fax, wheat
rye, barley and hops. the two latter en-
pIoyed for the celebrated Bavariar
beer. The firewood is chiefly oak
beech and pine.
Here we examined the Cathedral
particularly the fine bronze statue o.
Helena, the mother of Constantine
and, outside, the statue erected TO The
memory Of the great composer Beet
hoven.
In a pleasant promenade we found
the statue of the poet Arndt, breath.
ing from its pedestal patriotic, liber,
t~y-lovinP sentiments, and, following
another fine promenade to its termin
alton, entered the museum which sur.
prised us by the excellence of its ar
rangement and the extent and variety
of its collection. Truly the students
at the admirable University of Bonn.
have very many advantages-such.
as this museum, fine observatories
the ample d~issectiug amphitheatre
and other professional adjuncts. ]
am happy to say that many Amer
lean students are a%valing them.
selves of the double advantage oil
attending lectures and Of acquiring a
thorough knowledge of German, il
which language countless valuable
scientific works are written, aud
which has SO charming a literature
In my next / propose to take your
readers, in Imagination, to the Crimea
and in subsequent communications
to Turkey, Greece. Syria, Egypt and
Italy, forming In all, probably, a doz.
en- additional letters, if they do not
think the subject connected with
those interesting regions already ex-
hausted by other writer's.
Yours truly,
RICHARD OWEN.