The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-11
BARON Won KoTZE.

reported, for instance, that Count x
had petitioned the emperor for a transfer
to another post on account of the charges
in the scandalous letters. The interview
between tho emperor and the count, it was
given out had been overheard by the
Princess of Pless, who could not keep the
secret, and in turn gave it away to other
ladies of the court circle. Count ks
prosecutions We're not to end even there.
Another disgraceful letter made the dis
gushing charge that his wife, whose beau
ty is almost Incompatible at this court,
had been in the habit Of posing in undress
condition before a select number of init
mate friends, not always particular about
the sex.
The chambermaids also had got into the
secrets of the anonymous letters, as cham
bermaids usually do, and from these to
the lackeys it Travelled on and down to the
pages and porters, increasing in volume
and color.
Count X had already sent his sec
onds with a peremptory challenge to Bar
on Won Kotze, but was prevented by the
prompt Intervention of the emperor.
Meanwhile these defamatory letters con-
tinued to increase some of them directly
attacking the Princess of A., beauty
in her day, but now rather passee. She
was reported to have spread stories reflect
ing on the princess and foreign embas-
sador accredited to this court, report says
Count B of Italy-a most delicate and
ticklish story. By this direct reflection
was cast ON the emperor's own family and
might have thrown two countries into an
unfortunate war.
Then, again, and perhaps worst of all,
vile letter came UNANIMOUSLY charging
that the emperor's own and infallible Gen
eral Won c. had been looking deep
into the affection of one of the empress
own ladies in waiting. Another letter
kindly informed the husband of the latter
that his wife had spent many agreeable
hours on the bespangled bosom of the gal
liant general, or vice versa, which amounts
to the same thing.
Like burning lava, all this had been boil
ing quietly since last January, and the pc
lice were unable to pierce the mystery.
Many diplomatic changes had been made
both startling to the principals and sur
prising to the public. Even the president
of East Prussia and until recently grand
master of the imperial court and house
hold, Prince Stolberg, than whom there
is not higher noble in the German list
had resigned, it was said, on account of
certain political manipulations both ques-
tionable and disgraceful.
Finally Baron Won Kotze was arrested;
but, strangely enough, even during the
baron incarceration, the fatal letters con
tinued to arrive in the imperial camp with
undiminished regularity. The baron was
acquitted after a secret trial and has re-
tired permanently from politics, thorough
ly disguised with the vicissitudes of life
at court.
Meanwhile the search for the mysterious
ripper of regulations continues and seems
to be as far from success as ever. While
no two agree on the same theory, every
body has made up his mind there's wo-
man in the case. %
BREAST, CHUCK AND SHOULDER.
These Are Nutritious and Much More
Economical Than the Favorite Cuts.
Philip Armour, the great meat packer,
says that If the American people would
learn to use more soups, stews and
boiled meats, and would ask their
butcher for the breast, . "chuck' and
shoulder, - which are quite as nutri-
tious and much more economical than
the fayorite cuts, it would improve the
general health and be source of great
saving. If the young housekeeper would
make it her study how to buy some of
these cuts and then to properly prepare
them. she might save many dollars
year on her meat bill alone
Of course these parts of the meat are
not fit for roasting They need long con-
tinued simmering-not boiling-to be
praised or stewed properly. Chops,
steaks and choice roasts, all excellent In
their way, are nevertheless unreasonably
expensive, being so much in demand
and SO easily prepared But she who
would study economy had better dele
gate these to the list of Injuries and for