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ing University within one-half mile of
here, which, when completed, will be sec'
ond to none west of the Mississippi river.
With these facts in consideration, peo-
pie in the States can have no grounds for
hestating to remove here for fear of debar-
ring their children from educational privi-
leges.
PRAIRIE CITY. a+H
Is fairly under way, with more improve
.ments aud better prospects than any other
town on this great middle thoroughfare.
Such ia our position, that we defy success
full competition. Our main street already
has business appearance. and several
buildings are now IN process Of erection
No place in the Territory will make greater
returns to the capitalists for moneys Invest
ed than will Prairie City
'.' TO MECHANICS.
No class is needed here more than me-
chanics. The most liberal inducements are
offered them by the Association. One, two,
and three lots are donated to them--accord-
ing to the occupation pursued and the
amount invested in improvements. Me.
chanical occupations Of every description
can be followed here with great safety
affording harvests of profits to the enga,
gers. Families emigrating from the States
generally leave their household goods behint
to avoid paying the exhorbitant freight
age up the Missouri, and consequently
they rely upon the Territory for re,ftout
Thus it will be seen that the demand fo
everything indispensable for housekeeping
must necessarily be great.
Dr People desirous of obtaining informa
ton about Prairie City will have all in
quiries promptly and satisfactorily an
swered by addressing either in person o
by mail the Secretary Of the Prairie Git.
Association.
Gen. JAMES H. LANE, Pres't.
Capt. H, J. CANNITF, sec'Y.
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oBsERvATioN,--'rhe habit of oh.
Vorvation is one of the most valuable
in life, its worth can ever be too high
ly estimated, and it Is one that can
easily be cultivated, Never do any.
thing without observing all you dc
is correct. DO not ever take o walk
without having your eyes and ears
open, and always try and remember
what you see and hear, By thi'
means you will acquire more Enowl-
edge than can ever bc learned from
books, as you will find the informa,
tion in exactly the form you are ca
pabls of receiving ii. Read books
and newspapers, but above all acquire
observing habits, for they will bo al
ways with you, and ever ready to store
your mind with the truths Of nature
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Substitute for Milk,

During the winter months, the
thrifty housewife often suffers some
inconvenience from a scarcity Of but
termilk or sour milk, for the purpose
Of mixing dough whichis to beraised
with saleratus. This difficulty may
be remedied in the following manner;
Keep ON hand a kind of Cruel made
by thickening boiling water either
with Aouror Indian meal, to the thick
ness of sweet cream. Allow it to
stand until it becomes sour and it il
nearly as good to mix with Saleratus
as buttermilk. .-'"i''" D''-
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Congeniallty.

There is set of people, the pinks
Of fashionable propriety, whose every
word is precise, whose every move
ment is unexceptionable; but who,
though versed in all the cstogories OF
polite behavior, have not particle
of soul or of cordiality about them.
Their manners may be abundantly
correct; there may be elegance in
every position not a step that would
not bear the severest scrutiny, This
is all very fine but what | want is
the heart and the CAVITY of social in
tercoursc-the frankneSS that spreads
ease and animation around it--that
eye that speaks affability to all-'the
chaseS timidity from every bosom,
and tells every man in the company
to be confident and happy.
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JusT SAVED HIMsELF.-A Boston
paper speaks of pious old gentle
man who had soma trouble in catch
ing, his mare. He shook measure
of corn at her, to delude her into the
belief that she was glad to get it; but
she was not to be deceived. She
would come nigh, and then dash of
again, until the good man fretted bad
ly. At last, he got her in a corner
among some briars and made dash
at her, when she bounded over the
wall and left him sprawling among
the briars. His Christian fortitude
gave way at this, and gathering him
self up he cried, "Oh hell" The
ejaculation had passed his lips before
he thought, butimmediately conscious
of his wickedness, he added-lelu-
jah,' and translated the profane word
into a note of triumph.
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Energy--What it Does.

We love your upright, energetic
men, Pull them this way, and then
that way, and the other, and they on
ly bend, but never break. Trip them
down, and in q thrice they are on
their feet. Bury them in the mud,
and in an hour they will be out and
bright. They are not ever yawNinG
away existence, or walking about the
world as if they had come into il
with only hall their soul; you car
not keep them down-you cannot de-
stroy them. But for these the world
would soon degenerate. They are the
salt of the earth. Who but they star
any noble project? They build oul
cities, and rear our manufactures
They whiten the ocean with theii
sails, and they blacken the heavens
with the smoke of their steam vessels
and furnace fires. They draw thci,
treasures from the mine. They pillow
the earth, Blessings on them i
Look to them, young men, and takC
courage initiate their example, catcl
the spirit of their energy. Withou
life, what are you good for, if it il
passed idly away? We should eve
measure thus lie's employment.
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IAc 4}cMe Circle.
Praise Your Wife.

Praise your wife, man +; for PHYS
sake give her little encouragement;
it won't hurt her. She has made your
house comfortable your hearth
bright and shining, your food agree
able; for PHYS sake tell her you thank
her, if nothing more, She don't ex-
poet it; it will make her eyes open
wider than they have for these ten
years, but it will do her good for all
that, and you too.
There are many women to-day
tbirsting for the word OF praise, the
language encouragement. Through
summers heat and winters toll they
have drudged uncomplainingly, and
so accustomed have their fathers,
brothers and husbands become to their
monotonous labors, that they look
for and depend upon them as they do
the daily rising of the sun and its
daily going down. Homcly every
Jav l;Ia NAV be made beautiful by an
onnroc;ot;on of its homeliness. You
know that il the floor is clean, manu-
al labor has been performed to make
from vour drawer a clean shirt when.
aver Won want i, somebody's fingers
bava ached in the toll Of making Il
40 fresh and agreeable, so smootb
and lnstrous Evorvthinp that please
tho ava md the senses has been pro.
dnoe3 bv con slant work. much Thought
groat caro- and untiring efforts, bodily
and mentally, ,-',.'T'g n
T,;s'mot tbat many men do not m.
nroc;ato these things, and feel a ilow
81 grat;tpde for the numberless atten.
t;oSs n bestowed mon them in sickness,
sni health. but thew are SO selfish n
tLst foelinr. Thov don't come with
ahaaytv "Wbv. how pleasant you
soa%o t5in0s looI. wife !" or !" | am
.n~oh ohl;Sed 70 Won for taking sc
] much nains," rIev thank the tailor
ecr g;v;nv l." "tits 4" thew thank the
49, IN tbs fiji omnibus who
',;~"s ~ tHom a seat tbov thank the
S,v Sounc ladv who moves along in the
Soucart.room s thew thank everybody
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Song.

0, moonlight deep and tender,
A, year and more agone,
Your mist of golden splendor,.
Round my bethrothal shone
o, elm leaves dark and dewy,
The very same ye seem, .
The low wind trembles through ye
Ye murmur in my dream.
O, river, dim with distance,
Flow thus forever by,
"A part of my existence
Within your heart doth lie
o, stars, ye saw our meeting
Two beings and one soul,
Two hearts so madly beating
Z To mingle and be whole
o, happy night deliver
Her kisses back to me,
Or keep them all and give her
A blissful dream of me, ..
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would seek, other sources of happi-
ness n, than your cold so-soish affection.
Praise your wife then for all the good
qualities she has, and you may rest
assured that her defects are fully coun-
terbalanced by your own.
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"My DEAR" said an Irish gen.
tleman to his wife, II would rather
the children were kept in the nursery
when / am at home, although Iwould
not object to their noise, if they would
only bo quiet"
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Y ILIAeL Mqss. / Il
Our Idol.

,,,w,a, Our Idol. vAo-
Close the door lightly,
nm, Bride the breath, i8l X
q Our little earth angel Z ~ N
Is talking with death. sl
Gently, he woos her, HA
She wishes TOD ,stay,
His arms are about her ear
w Hebears her away! .'' "a -o WY,
Music comes floating t.
Down from the dome;
Angels are chanting, N''
The sweet welcome home.
~ Come stricken weeper T7.
. Cometo the bed,' -'
Gaze on the sleeper
raus Our idol is dead ' H@.' ti
Smooth out the ringlets, I
,,. Close the blue eye 49,. agt.u
II No wonder such beauty ~, m
a. Was claimed in the sky. .|m
" Cross the hands gently,
O'erthe white breast,
So,like child spirit
Strayed from the blest. ...
Bear her out softly,
,'H This idol Of ours '' . "
Let her grave slumber
Be mid the sweet flowers
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Married.

In Winoos, by the Rev. Mr., Forrest, Mr
N. Lyon to Miss OonNELIA A. LAMB.
Thus has arrived the happy day,
Foretold in ancient prophets lay
When raging LIONS, grim and bold,
In sweet embrace the LAMBS shall fold,
But stranger things may happen yet,
Since lambs and lions thus have met;
gor years will scarcely pass, ween,
Before young LIONS will be seen,
In playful frolic round the LAMB,
Whom they in truth may call their dam
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EE G. G. Leland, in one of hisre-

ET G. G.. Leland, in one of hisre-
cent essays, after speaking of poem
in which lady tells her poor lover,
who proposes marriage, that "she
will wait for the carriage" says:
"But, don't wait for the carriage
now don't! There ia story
in 'Northcote's Fables of crane
that went fishing, and successfully re-
jectsd roach, dace, pike and salmon,
waiting all the time for something a
little better, and had to dine off q
spoiled clam, after all. And many q
lady has waited for the carriage, and
waited and waited and had to put ur
with very poor donkey in the end :
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ET Should a skunk read Hamlet,
which line would he chose for u mot
to? Methinks | scent the morning
air." We get this from young
man who starts in the perfumory bu-
sinsss next week. 81.
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E That may seem strange, but it
is fact, that men generally are much
more afraid of women than women
are of men and fearing to "break
tho ice," is a fruitful cause of old
bachelorism.
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Ey- We have heard q woman Of
the world say "the state of widow
hood is inconvenient---for one must
assnme all the modeSty Of young
girl, without being able to feign her
ignorance"
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LEY" Shall we take q buss up
broadway" said a New Yorker, who
was showing his country cousin about
town. "0h, dear, mol" said the
alarmed girl, "I would not do that
in the street |" .u.. ..
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RV- He knows his nose. I know
he Knows his nose. He said ] knew
hc knew his nose; and If he said he
know knew he knew his nose, of
course ho knows / know he knows
his nose. ,.1t
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"Why am de belobed OBJ my
heart, Miss Dinah, de sunAower OBJ
do hill, like kind OBJ cloth dey make
in Lowell~ "Don't know, nigger.
WhyT' "Cos she's an un-6leachcd
shee.tinqW
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ET "Stoam," says Dr. Lardner,
I" is tho great annihilator---it annihi-
latcs time and space" "Yes, says
another, 'and inultitudos of passen-
gers, too" EtN.\ .,ll'AN A'1
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INFIpELs THwARTED.--Gibbon and

INFIDELs THwARTED.--Gibbon and
Voltaire and Chesterfield, distin-
guished infdels, labored earnestly to
overthrow the cause of Christ. How
has God, in his providence, thwarted
all their plans! Gibbons house ut
Lake Leman, it is said, is now q ho-
tel, in which there is room for the
sale of Bibles; Voltaire's printing
press, from which he scattered wide
ly his infdel tracts, has been appro-
priated to printing the word of God
which he sought to destroy; and Ches-
terfeld's parlor, where an infdel club
used to meet to rail at religion, is now
vestry, where the groans and pray
ers of the penitent go up to God
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ET- There is nothing more disa-
greoable than continual jesting. BY
cndeavoring to purchase tho roputa-
tion Of being pleasant, man loses
tho advantage Of being thought wise.
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Gy- We agree with contemporary
that young ladies should never object
to being kissed by editors they
should make ovcry allowance for the
freedom Of tho press. M M.
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ET An infamous old bachelor bO-
ing asked II he had ever Witnessed q
public execution, replied, "No, bot
| once saw o marriage" iW
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Ev A farmer who married a long
nose and peaked chin, says he pro-
duced vinegar by simply getting his
wiio TO look into the cider barrel.
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ET Girls uso powder on tho face
as men do in the nusket.pan--to
make them 50 OF,
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EE- Hcarts4-littlc red things that
men and women play with formoney.
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L Il W 0 r FL C h q.
JOHN M. COE,

SVnN m' VVEy
attorney at Lav and Notary Public,
WILL be always found in his Office for
w business, and may be consulted In
any department of his profession but will
devote himself especially to the following
special branches
l. To the preparation Of every kind Of
Conveyance or instrument affecting real
estate and to the determination, by suit or
otherwise, Of contested titles to Town Lots,
Of land in Lawrence or elsewhere.
2. To disputed Claims in the Land
Offices, and in the General Office at
Washington. n,,.
3. To the preparation of all papers and
proceedings in the collection Of Claims,
and the settlement Of estates, and tho
bringing Of suits in the Probate Court for
Douglas and other counties. l2tf
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In this respect, we think, Prairie City has
the advantage over many other towns in the
country While water, as arule, Is abund'
ant, and of a good quality In the Territory,
still IL is Of abotter quality and more east.
ly obtained in some localities than others.
W. think every citizen can have good wa.
or In his yard at an expense Of from twenty
to hfty dollars, This, IL will be acknowl-
edged, Is a desidoratum Of greater value
than almost any thing else, II must be d
great drawback to town, where oil the
water IL brought from aspiring, or hauled
from tho river, Or obtained by digging from
fifty tn eighty foot to obtain IT, N YN b.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
We can truthhlly say that In no part o.
Kanzas Territory are the people so blessed
with educational privileges as tho people Of
this section On "Liberty Hill, z within
the city site, 10 now being erected Semi
nary, which ID designed for four teachers
When completed II will be two stories in
height, snrmounted with an ornamental
supola, Tha Meihodist II Church have
lccafpd md deMgn soyn N ssns'Tenes erect
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A Rat in tiuc Cars.

FAT WOMAN IN TRot BLE'
asy or two since, Just after the express train
,.,, S,.ufn,J where If had been delayed a few
n;nu,ea TO wood and water, rat ran nom one
corner of the cor nnid the feet ol lhe passengers
Assoon MS it was known that there was tht OH
the floor Of the car, considerable excitement
,ooL nlsce among the ladies, aud crnoline took
n sudden rise The passengers struck at lle rot'
a. he dodpcd from one side OF the car 10 lne
other with their umbrellas aud canes, but WIN.
o,,, ,nv efrrct-tlc old rat successfully avoided
ali the kicks nnd thrusts and disappeared under
the seat OF q fat woman, who sat al one ehu oI
the car, half asleep. ,
A "committee OF one" self appointed, backed
nm by hof a dozen "fultgrown boys suggested
20 the fu, lady the propriety OF rising to cnabIe
them to find tho rat o,o
Now il is no easy matter Tor 23o pounHer'
.rcnmbcred by a huge mbss OF crinoinr, TO rise
:, moments notice, therefore she dCClincd.--
Sh. wns duly informed OF the state OF affairs,
.n1 of the critical position which she occupied
in the eyes of the public at mat momenl.--
Again she wns requested TO flsr, but she Posl'
lively refused. Like certain distinguished poIl-
,ic;nns she seemed to maintain her posi-
till broader and more comprehensive platform
,yo. available Various suggestions as 10 the
rats whereabouts were made by e the boys IN
audible whispers which made the tat woman
"Dlush like q full.blown rose"
and TO get hor eyes open Many of the possen.
y.,s seemed to have an idea OF their oWn which
WINS quite amusing--lips were compressed
cheeks were expanded, teeth, worth IRON S2o to
untold fortunes, were exhibited
"Therc was silence deep as death,
And the boldest held his breath
For time"
I'm, ,hat time was decidedly short, for at lhi'
roint the lady in question gave roll whicl
made the car fairly groun, one or two spasmod
10 kicks, aud the 2o0 FOUNDER shot out OF he
sest like skv rocket, upsettmg babies and bond
ho,es. crushing crinolinc and beavers, landing
about six feet from her scat upon iittlc oi'
man. whom she nearly smothered, b'SIdes knock
inv off his wig and otherwise disnuanEmg IN
,o,ist upon which he remarked TO himself tina
sb. Ind better "simmer down and join th
circus After vigorously shaking her dress
amid the laughter of the passc ayers she rcgalne'
her sert, and the huge mass OF crlnomc com
mcnced 10 settle to its proper place, ana que
,y.s once more restored, when one OF "Ihe boys,
whose mirth(ulness must be somewhat inTgei,
Jsv,loned. burst into "horse laugh rh
rfect vas like spark in magazine, the who'll
car exploded and the fat woman joined IN an
lsuphed us heartily as the merriesi Her jolt
old sides shook up aud down, and the carsprng
y;brsted. keeping exact time. But what becom
a the rat is question. hartford Times
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Sentimental,

The following is the hest lyric Of the Lo-Gerbie
school Of composition have over seen 1t is Gallo
the Maid Of Cuynhoga'
OH Maid Of Cuya-hogn.
Whose beauty is divine
Here goes glass of lager
10 the health ofthee and thinc--
cant atTurd the wine,
For. know you, that IL costs ono
Exncuy twice rs much
To drink your health in hnglish
As IL does 20 drink IN Dutch
oh. Maid Of fCuyahog.a.
You're the faircst oftho fair,
And liko atwolnch augur,
In rnglot. hangs your hair
Yet your bonuty isn't there.
But YOU know that II wasn not
Meant Tor me To tell,
So I'll leave IL for some other,
Whose writings minc ehcoll'
oh. Maid NJ CuJshog.a,
Now fur from thee lgo
I'm Oh for Nicaragua
or New Mexico;
But before | co.
oh, Maid Of CuSp-hoPa y,
10 thee thou lovely lass
ofthe beverage called lng'r
I'll drink another glass
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A B'ReuoieW Institution, established by special srdeio-
meat for He relief Of the sick and distressed,
afflicted tCM lrUlent ana Epidemic
Diseases.
FIN0 all persons afflicted with Sexual Diseases such
L as Spermatorrhpa, Seminal Weakness, Iupotenes
Goaorhra Gfeet, SyphtiiS the Wee of Oaanisru, or
Self Abuse, &c, &c,
The H0icard association, in view of the awful de-
struction of human life caused by Sexual diseases
and the deceptons practccd upon the unfortunate vic
tins of such diseases by Quacks several years ago di
rected their Consulting Surgeon, as a CHARITABLE
ACT worthy of their name, to open Dy spensary for
the tire amen this class odiseases in all their FORMS
and to give Medical did Gratis, to all who apply by
letter with description of their condition. (age oc
cupation habits of life, &c) and in cases of extreme
poverty, to Furnish Medicine Free of Charge. 1t Is
needless to add that the Association commands the
highest Medical skill of the age, and will furnish the
most approved modern treatment
The Directors. review of the past feel assured
that their labors in this sphere of benevolent effort
have been of great benefit to the afflicted especially to
the young and they have resolved to devote themselves
with renewed zeal, to this very important but muck
despsed cause.
just published by the Association, u Report on Sper
matorrhua, Seminal Weakness, the Vice of Oman
ism, Masurbation fAbuse and other Diseases of
the Sexual Organs by the Consulting Surgeon, which
will be sent by mail, lin sealed letter envellope) Free
cf Charge the receipt of STAMPS for postage
Address for report treatment DIR. George r. CAL
| houn Consulting Surgeon Howard Association, No
2 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia Pa.
BY order of the Directors.
EZRA ID. HARTWELI, Prss't.
! GEO, FAIRCHI.D, Secretary.
December II, 1S51.-32y.
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Sc,rnce answering simple Cues
iioNs

xyhv 10 min water soft 2 Because il S not
;unreSuu,ed with earth and minerals.
Why is il more easy to waSh with soft water
.h,r with hnrd? Because soft water unltes
sr.ely with soap, aud dissoIves II instead ol de-
c,mposiug it, as hard water does
VIII do wood ashes make hard writer soft =
=, Rscouse the csrbonic acid of wood ashes
.or,hincs with the sulphate OF lime IN the hard
u,a,er and converts it into chalk 81. Wood
.has couvsrt some Of the soluble salts oI water
;nto insoluhle, and throws them down as srdl-
went by which the water remains more pure.
Nhv has rnin water such an unpIeasant smell
vyh.n il is collected in rain water mn or 'anN'
R.causc it is impreRuated with decomp'Sed or
ranic matters, washed from ROOTS trees or 'Ne
casks in which it is collected
Why does water melt salt' Because very
,;,,,,s rnr,icles ot water msiuuate themselves
49,, ,hs nores Of the salt, by capillary ottrac
,;nn mud force the crystals apart from each
other. r,,., 49,, ,,,,,
/, ..,,.es the mir which has been heated by the
food to change rRpjdly and give place 10 'reSN
cool cir. ,.,,
The fresh Particles OF mir may et brought M
contact with their face by the action OF the IAN
and IA every fresh particle OF AR Nnso'os some
hen, from the skin, tAis constant change makes
Whv is there always a draft through key
holes and window Crevccs Because the eX
t.rnal air, being cooler than the air OF the room
we occnry rushes through the window crevicc'
10 sunnly the deficiency caused by the escape o
warm ain up the chimney, &c.
If YOU open the lower sash OF window the,'
;s more dra(, than if YOU open the upper sash
Exnlain the reason of this. II the lower saSI
he on, n. cold external air will rush iIsely int'
tbe room and cause great daft inward; bn
If the uppcr sash be open, the heated air ot TN
,oom Uili rush out, and OF course there Will b
less draft inward, ..-..,-,.,
By which means is room better ventilated
By openine the upper sash, because the hot VI
tiatcd air. which always escends toward u
ceiling, can escape more easily
WHY does the wind dry damp hnen H'
cause dry wind, like dry sponge, inb,ees IN
narticles of vapor from The surface OF The hne
as fast as they are found,
Which is the hottest place in u church
chepel7 The gallery.
Why is the gallery of all public places hoti
than the lower parts Of the huilainG' Beau
IN, heated air Of the building ssccnds, and q
,h, cold dir which con enter through the doc
and windows keeps 70 the floor til it has }
come heated.-LDr. BreTer'S Guide to S'1fH'