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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
Sports ON the Ice In the Days Of Queen
Elizabeth

In Slows Surrey Of London, published in
1893, we have the following quaint account
of how the subjects Of Queen Elizabeth
amused themselves on the ice
When that great moor which washeth
Moorfields at the north wall of the city is
frozen over, great companies of young men
go TO sport on the ice; then fetching a run,
and setting their feet at distance, and plac-
ing their bodies sideways, they slide great
way. Others take heaps of ice, as if it were
great mill stones, and make SO many going
before, draw him that sits thereon, holding
one another by the hand in going so fast;
some slipping with their feet all fall down
together; some are better practiced on the
ice, and bind on their shoes bones, as the legs
of some beasts, and hold stakes in their hands
headed with sharp iron, which sometimes
they strike against the ice and these men
go with speed as doth bird in the air, or
darts shot from some warlike engine; some.
times two men set themselves at distance,
and run one against the other, as if it were q
tilt, with these stakes, wherewith one or
both parties are thrown down, not without
some hurt to their bodies; and after their
fall, by reason of the violent motion, are
carried good distance from one another !;
and wheresover the ice doth touch the head,
It rubs off all the skin, and lays it bare; 4; and
if one fall upon his leg or arm, ii is usually
broken; but young men, greedy Of honor
aud desirous of victory, do thus exercise
| themselves in counterfeit battles, that they
may bear the brunt more strongly when they
come to it IN good sarnest.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
Young Woman In n PredIoament- The
DisRdvantngo of fashionable Attire In

A Young Woman in n PredIcament The
Disndvantngo of fashionable Attire In
Church. . rgj..
The Richmond (va) Whig says A few
Sundays ago, modest young gentleman of
our acquaintance attended the morning SER
vice, in one of our fashionable churches.
lie was kindly shown into luxuriautly
cushioned pew, aud had hardly settled him
self, snd taken an observation of his neigh
bors, before beautiful young lady entered,
and, with graceful wave of the hand pre.
venting our friend from rising to give her
place, quietly sunk into a seat near the end
When hymn was given out, she skillfully
found the page, and, with a sweet smile that
set his heart humping, handed her neigh
Dor the book. The minister raised his hands
in prayer, and the fair girl knelt, and, in this
posture, perpleXed her friend to know which
mostto admire, her beauty or her devoutness.
Presently, the prayer was concluded, and the
congregation resumed their seats Our friend
respectfully raised his eyes from the fair
form he had been so earnestly scanning, lest.
when she look up, she would detect him
staring at her. After a couple Of seconds,
be darted a furtive glance at his charmer,
and was astonished to see her still on her
knees; he looked closely, and saw that she
was deeply affected, trembling in violentagi-
tation, no doubt from the eloquent DO wer of
the preacher, Deeply sympathizing he
watched her closely.
Her emotion became more violent; reach
ing her hand behind her, she would convuI-
sively grasp her clothing, and strain, as it
were, to rend the brilliant fabric of her
dress. The sight was exceedingly painfulto
behold, but he still gazed, like one entranced,
with wonder and astonishment After a
minute, the lady raised her face, heretofore
concealed in the cushion, and, with her
hand, made an unmistakable beckon to our
friend. He quickly moved along the pew
toward ber, aud inclined his ear, as she evil
IDENTITY wished to say something.
please help me, sir" she whispered; "my
dress has caught, and | can't get up"
A brief examination revealed the cause of
the difficulty. The fair girl wore fashion,
able high heeled shoes; kneeling on both
knees, these heels of course struck out at
right angles, and, in this position, the highest
hoop of her new-fangled skirt caught over
them, and thus rendered it impossible for
ber to raise herself or straighten her limbs.
The more she struggled, the tighter was she
bound; so she was constrained to call for
help. This was Immediately, if not scien-
thcally, rendered; and, when the next
prayer was made, she merely INCLINED her.
self upon the back of the front pew-think-
ing, no doubt, that she was not in praying
costume.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

FlRE.-Last night, about six o'clock, fire
broke out in Lotzenbeizer's photograph gal
lery, on Vine street, between Thirteenth aud
ton Of the entire stock of cases, cameras and
chemicals belonging to the establishment,
together with large number of pictures
and other valuabcs. The fire originated
among some of the combustibe materials em-
ployed in the fnishing-room, but how they
became ignited we were unable to learn.
The loss is estimated at 81, 600, which was
covered by insurance. The fire companies
were promptly on hand, and prevented the
flames from being communicated to any of
the surrounding buildings.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

When the great ocean is disturbed it forms
surface waves, which are sometimes of great
magnitude. In gale, such waves have been
more than once measured, and it is found
that their extreme hight from the top to the
deepest depression of large storm waves, has
been nearly fifty feet, their length being from
400 to 600 yards, and their rate of motion
through the water about half a mile miu-
ute. Such waves, breaking over an obstacle
of any kind, or mingling strangely with the
clouded atmosphere ranging above, are the
widest, grandest and most terrible pheno-
mena of nature.
When they approach land, they break up
into much smaller bodies of water but these
are often lifted by shoals and obstructed by
rocks till they are thrown up in masses OF
many tuns to a hight of more than 100 feet
The tidal wave is another phenomenon of
water motion of somewhat different kind,
producing an alternate rise and fall of the
water over all parts ofthe ocean every twelve
hours. In addition to the true waves there
are also many definite streams or currents of
water conveying large portions of the sea
from one latitude to another, modifying the
temperature of the adjacent land, and pro-
ducing q mixture of the waters at the sur
face or at some depth which can not but be
extremely conducive to the general benefit
of all living beings.
Storm tides, or those waves which occa'
sionally rush without any pause along mar.
row and confined seas or up funnel shaped
inlets, have occasionally proved disastrous
to fearful extent. Thus il is recorded that
upward of 100000 persons perished in the
year 1882, and again in 1912, in this way
numerous complete villages aud towns being
washed away by wave advancing from the
North Sea over the low lands of Holland
| Between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
the ordinary spring tide often rises to a high
of 100 feet, sweeping away the cattle feeding
| on the shore.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACUTE DIS
EAsEs.-An English work, lately issued, on
the treatment of acute diseases-such as
rheumatic and continued fevers, erysipelas,
and pneumonia-the author, DIR. R. B. Todd,
makes the following observations "First;
That the notion SO long prevalent in the
schools, that acute disease can be prevented
OF cured by means which depress and reduce
vital and nervous power, is altogether fall
lRcious. Second: That acute disease is not
durable by the direct influence of any form
ofdrug, or any known remedial agent, ex-
cepting when it is capable'of acting as an
antidote, or Of neutralizing poison, on the
presencesof which in the system the disease
may depend. Third That disease is cured
by natural processes, to promote which, in
their full vigor, vital power must be upheld I;
remedies, whether in the shape of drugs,
which exercise a special physiological in.
huence on the system, OF in whatever form,
are useful only as far as they may excite,
assist, or promote these natural curative pro-
ceeseS
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
Especially written for the Cincinnati Pass and
Blue Mondsy.l -..
DI = M A III - M -. rHd
ORTHODOXY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


= Orthodox amenities-arayer.
= Natures winterstyle ofarchitecture--
frieze. -u
= When the voice Of true love speaks, the
heart Of Nature grows silent with Sympathy,
place. not your trust in princss--nor
in pettieoats. ft,ri~ ..oi
As no man is a hero to his valet no
woman is beauty to her maid. .
mo man pays such usurious interest on
debt as when he borrows trouble. .a
The chief cross husband has to bear is
his wife's ill-temper.
Love sickness is a natural complaint.
Who would not be sick Of love Et
That is your dearest friend whom in
afilict1on you most desire to see.
The Present is monarch in rags; the
Future beggar in borrowed splendor.
Men once won and wore women; now
they win and are worn (out by them.
Men OF the world see too much Of love
to have any faith in the passion.
= The chief fear of dying widowers is
that they will meet their deceased wives in
the next world. ,..., NJ
The pleasure arising from the pursuit Of
woman becomes safety and disgust in her
possession.
- However Louis Napoleon may regard
Eugene, no one can deny she has left an
i(e) impress on his life.
Many women hold the old Greek aphor.
ism "Tell thy falsehood perseveringly, and
the gods will believe thee in the end"
Man seeks woman as he does wine, for
excitement merely; careless alike where it
leads him, or where he leads her.
The weak and vicious seek to find ex-
cuse for their conduct in the doctrine of fate /;
but character and pride believe in free
agency still.
He is a wise parent says the proverb,
that knows his own son. She is an unwise
mother who acknowledges the father of her
children.
= The man who has convinced a woman
of his belief in her beauty, can no logger
be to her an object of indifference. Even if
her heart rejects, her vanity will accept him.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

INvAsIoS or IRELAND By FRARCE.-Mr.
Smith OBrien has lately written letter
controyerting Mr.. John Martins proposition,
that French force should invade Ireland,
for the purpose of establishing a national
independence, round which all Irishmen
could rally. Mr.. O'Brien shows that ali such
attempts have failed in the past aud are not
likely to be successful now, and that French
Intervention in Spain and other continental
nations, was destructive Of their freedom. In
such an event, Ireland would loose its charm
for him, and be would emlgrate to Australia,
the wild lands of Canada or the United
States. Mr.. 0'Brien also shows that Ireland
would have far less freedom than under En-
glish rule, for even In France bishop can
not Communicate with his clergy, except
through the government, and that no Irish
newspaper, now in existence, could criticisG
the Dcts of the French Government wit tht
freedom they now enjoy.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

GEoRaE X. Shells, the Democratic menu
ber-of Congress elect is an Irishman by
birth, but was a resident of Cincinnati from
1895 10 l840. He was graduated at Miami
University in 1912; studied law and located
in the practice at Attakapas, Louisiana,
from which be removed to the then Terri.
tory of Oregon in lS41. In the Territory he
has filled many positions of honor, civil and
military. he is bachelor, in the meridian
of life of fine manners and presence, aud
greatly admired for his brilliant mind and
social qualities. In the absence of any
special announcement as to his route to
Washington, where be will take his seat at
the extra session in March, his old Cincin-
natl friends of 1910 are daily expecting his
arrival, when he will be most cordially
greeted.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

INAUGURATIoN SALUTEs.-There is aproba-
bility that considerable powder will be burned
on the 4th of March, in honor of the Inaugural
tion of the President elect. Several COM
panies have issued challenges for mpetition
in rapid firing, for small sums, the amount
to be donated for benevolent purposes; one
of which we give below:
We challenge any artillery company, any
where within fifty miles of Cincinnati to
compete with us in firing one hundred
rounds of cartridge, for a wager of $50. To
be fired on March 4, on the occasion of the in
aueuration of President Lincoln. Any COM
pany desiring to accept, please address
A. J. BATCHELDER,
Captain of Fourth Ward Artillery Co.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

FIRST SHIPMENT OF GAS TO ENGLAED.-A
Philadelphia exchange of late date says:
ave saw yesterday, at the passenger station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Eleventh
and Market streets, number of wrought
iron cylindrical vessels, which we were in
formed contained compressed water. gas.
Upon further inquiry, we learned that the
contractor, who had fitted up the cars on
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad for burn
ing gas, had also taken contract for fitting
out a number of cars 10 be used on the
street railways in London. These had been
sent 10 the railroad workshops at Altoona, to
be filled with gas by means Of the company 8
apparatus there so that before long we may
expect to hear of American street-railway-
cars in London lighted with gas made at the
foot of the Allegheny mountains"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

The decline in the Ohio continues steady
here, the water having fallen, during the
twenty.fo four hours ending last evening,
some fourteen or fifteen inches; leaving a
channel depth at this point of less than
twenty feet. The River is receeding at
Pittsburg, and no doubt, all the way to
this point.
The weather was cold and wintry, yester-
day, with little snow at intervals.
Business on the Landing was almost sus-
pended, as it is on Sunday, and there were
few boats there.
We have no later mails than those already
selected from, in yesterdays issue.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

TIE PTTTING OF SMALL Pox.-The fact that
pittiDg, in small. .pox, is comparatively so
frequently in the face as compared with
other parts of the surface, is well known.
Some explain this on anatomical grounds,
while by others il is accounted for by the
fact that, whereas the rest of the surface is
kept covered, and so not only kept compare
lively excluded from the action of the air,
but in state of humidity, the integuments
of the face remain exposed, and in dry and
heated state. In the more active and nom
typhoid forms of the disease, the application
Of poultlces over the face appears to be the
surest mode of preventing the consequent
Disagreement. This treatment should be
commenced at the earliest period, and con-
tinued to an advanced stage of the affection,
and, If necessary, applied even over the nos
trils, which are generally completely OBJ
structed. By this means, three important
indications are fulfilled, viz; air is excluded
local irritation is moderated, and the parts
are kept in permanently moist state, so
that the drying and hardening of the scales
is prevented.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

A LovING COUPLE IN QUANDARY.-A
Justice of the Peace in one of the rural pre-
cincts of the West, was called upon, last
week, at late hour in the evening, to per-
form the marriage ceremony for young
and interesting couple. 1t was difficult to
tell whether the lovers or the Justice were
most embarrassed. 1t was his first attempt
TO tie the knot and he didn't know how TO
do it, but he made the attempt. They stood
up before him, and he commenced the work
by an address, partly religious and partly
official, and finally broke down.
He then made them Join hands, and de.
claIed them married, but at the same time
told them that they had better send fol
another justice, as he was afraid that il
wouldn't hold-Ihat perhaps it was not done
legally. Here was pretty kettle of fish"
1t was late, and the young couple were in a
quandary. Finally the young man said he
was satisfied that it would hold until the
next morning, when if there was any thing
lacking it could be supplied by another jus
tice.
To this the lady demurred, and refused to
leave for home until she was satisfied that
she was legally married. The young man
remopstrated-th justice guessed they
would find it ALI right" but she was firm
and the husband had to start off severa
miles for another justice. The justice came
and finished the JOB, and the married couple
departed, happy as CLANS at high water.'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

A Famous Character In the FashIouable
"a Worid-Deacriptton of Beau Naah.
A recent essay in an English magazine
gives the following sketch Of q celebrated
character in the fashionable worlds,
The man was immensely fond OF money.
! he liked TO show his gold laced coat and
superb new waistcoat In the Grove. the
Abeey' ground, and Bond-street, aud to be-
known as LIE Grand Nash. But on the other
hand, be did not love money for ITSELF and
never boarded It. II is, indeed, something
10 Nesh's honor, that he died poor. He
delighted, in the poverty of his mind ~
display his great thick. set person TO the most
advantages he was as vain as aov fon
without the affectation Of that character far
be was always blant and free-sDoken bnt
asloDg as he had enough to satisfy his vanity,
he cared nothing for mere wealth.
he had generosity, though he neglected
the precept about the right hand and the ieft.
End showed come ostentation in bis charities
When q poor ruined fellow at his elbow saw
him win at a throw G20O, and marmured.
How happy that would make me- ~ Nash
tossed the money to him, and said, "Go aud
be happy, then" Probably the witless Beau
did not see the delicate satire implied 10 his
speech. 1t was the triumph of a eamester.
On other occasions he collected subscrip-
tloDs for poor curates aud so forth, in the
same spirit aud did his best toward found
ing n hospital, which has since proved of
great value to those afflicted with rheumatic
gout. In the same spirit, though himself a
gamester, he often attempted 20 win Young
and inexperienced boys, who came 10 toss
away their money at the rooms, from seek
ing their own ruin and on the whole, there
was some goodness Of heart in this gold laced
bear.
That he was bear there are anecdotes
enough TO show, and whether true or not.
they sufficiently prove what the reputation
of the man must have been. Thus when
lady afflicted with curvature of the spine,
tod him that "She bad come straight from
London that day" Nash replied with utter
heartlessness, "Then, ms'am, you have been
damnably warped on the road" The lady
bad her revenge, however, for meeting the
beau one day in the grove, as she toddled
along with her dog, and being impudently
asked by him if she knew the name OF Tobit's
dog she answered quickly, g Yes sir, his
name was Nash, and most impudent dog
he was, too.'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

An ANCIENT SHIP.-Ptolemy Philopater
who lived some few hundred years before
Christ, had aship with forty banks Of row.
eTs, being $50 feet in length-l00 feet longer
than the Persia, and 100 feet shorter than
the Great Eastern &c feet from one side to
the other; in hight, to gunwales, it was 96
feet, and from the highest part Of the stern
rudders, each co feet long. When it put to
sea, il held 5000 roWers aud 400 suPernumer-
aries, and on the deck 1900 mariners. Aud
besides all these, there was a large body of
men under decks, and vast quantity Ofpro-
visions and supplies.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

EXPERIMENTS UPoN WlRE-RoPRs.- Expert
ments recently made to test various wire
rope manufactures show that half the
strength of the rope was lost by heating the
wire that the ordinary joint Is much
weaker than any other portion Of the rope
that If fiat rope was well spiiced II was not
weakened thereby, but if the workmanship
was bad, it lost from twenty hye 70 thirty
three per cent. of its strength. In either
event, round WiFe-rope spliced became
thirteen per cent. weaker than before. Round
steel wire-rope will bear more than double
the weight required to break iron wire rope
of similar diameter.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
NEWPORT wS.

On THEIR WINDING wAY.-Having been
convicted in the Circuit Court, Deputy
Sheriff Moses Cook, will, during the present
week, make journey to Frankfort for the
purpose of depositing in the Penitentiary,
Geo. Knorr, sentenced for ten years, and
Frank Sanders, sentenced for two years.
The way of the trangressor is hard.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
Interesting Experiments in Artificial An.
q. fRstheafa.


We find, in the foreign journals, some
further accounts of the recent curious exper-
iments in artificial au@sthesia, made in Paris.
The patient, either sitting up or lying down,
is put in a convenient position. The opera
tor then, standing before or behiud him,
places before his eyes, at the distance of a
few inches, but generally nearer than the
point which allows a distinct vision, some
bright object, upon which the patient should
steadily and continually fix mis- eyes. The
bright OBJECT is so placed that the eyes, in
looking at it, will be forcibly directed up
ward, the contraction Of the superior recti,
being carried to its maximum degree
In this position, the levatores pelpebarum
and recti are strongly contracted, and con-
vergent strabismus takes place.
After this attitude, SO fatiguing, has been
kept up for two or three minutes, the pupils
are noticed to contract, and soon afterward
to dilate; the eyelids quiver rapidly, then
fall, and the patient is asleep. The symp-
toms, almost always present, are then OBJ
served, being, however, in different cases,
more or less marked and lasting: first, cat
elepsy, exactly as described in books; sec
oDd, an@sthesia, which lasts from three to
fifteen minutes, either complete or incom-
plete, but which allows of pfhchipg, prick
ing, and tickling, without any feeling being
aroused in the patient and without any
change in the cateleptic state being pro-
duced. The an@sthetic state is generally
followed by a very opposite condition-the
senses, the feeling of heat, aud muscular ac-
tivity reaching an unusual degree of excita-
bility- At any moment of the experiment
the symptoms may suddenly be stopped by
rubbing the eyelids and directing upon them
a stream of cold air.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

MATRIMONIAL sEoEssION.-G. T. Brigham
married girl fourteen years old, at Marl-
boro', Mass, about year agoi after a
months trial of matrimony, she seeded, and
against her father, which was decided against
the husband, as the little lady told the court
that she was determined 70 break up union
she was sick Of.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25

School BoARD.-The irrepressibe bound
ary conflict between the Fifth and Seventh
School Districts, will come up for further
consideration in the School Board, to night.
We hope some of the members will omit to
indulge in so much gasconade, as they have
heretofore done, who speak on that subject.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-25
SEALED PROPOSALS.

SsEALER PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RK-
- CEIVED At the Office Of the Board o. Oity lm-
provements until nine o'clock A. M. Of TU E5DAHt
March 8, 1861, for building atone arch calvert of
four loot nterlOT diameter and about elehteen nun
dTed feet In Ter 9Th, from Charles Heintzs Brewery
north along the south line Of the Montgomery road
10 point about so feet according TO the plans
and specifications now on ulo In the once Of the
Board OF City Improvements
ders 70 use the printed FORMS ~ no other viii b rO
ceiVed.
fssi.E CaAs. BALLANOE, Olsrk.