Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-12-03
NUMBER 10.

OLD DACHLLORS.- Ou can tel al o!N
bachelor at glace. There is something
about him which indicates at once that
he needs the humanizing influence Of wo
mans hand. He may not show it in but.
tonless dickies. or wrist bands, or un-
hemmed pocket handkerchiefs-there are
seamtresses to be hired but you II never
find bis hair parted straight at the back Of
his head unless he has been to a barbers.
| Oul J the hand Of woman and wife
can accomplish that shiijful,y. 1t is in
vain to try to manage it with two looking.
glasses. We can tell al the lackc!ors in
our church on Sunday by that crooked
line up the back Of their heads. Another
| thing-a bachelor has always some white
| thread, or spot of whitewash on his
back. He has nobody to brush him bu.
the waiter, and all the waiter has at heart
is his fee. Then his poor feet. lie, like
Mungo Park, has no wife TO pare his
corns = aid if he wears tight boots the
result is torture. Then, too, lie has no
one to wash his neck think Of that mar
/ ried men whose aft iouatc spou5cs see
! tina, YOU are prc>cn,ab!e. Nobody to wash
his neck y bachelor may be presentaJle
when you take a front view Of his toilette,
but there is always some dciiciency-say
ror. Then your decided Old bachelor
| hates babies. On the entrance O: one of
those cherubs into bis prcstuce he scowls
tear:uiIy. lie never gives ii penny to an
| organ grinder, or pats little dog on the
/ head. He never pulls the check string in
! stage for ladies, or offers to hand down"
Biddys marAe. basket. He is precise
and cross, and regards crinolinc as nuis.
ance, and altogether is personihcation
of what man would have been it Noah
, had taken no women folks into the ark.
| The onl y way to harmonize an old bache-
! ior is to marry him Cairo -Nt.cS.
Discovery OF ANrIQCl?IEs AT RoNF.-
! An important discovery Of antiquities has
just occurred at Rome. 4 man sinking
! shat. for a we'll close to the campo del
''', ''"e 'f''' SoN'e s'o'e S'A'' at
/ "'r'' o' ."' "''>' i'''." a. an '"E'e'
0'"' '''a vac ''''o'' = y 4 'lSse
slabs were found to cover colossal
y, D,0""1 ''"'''e' ''""''e' = zee III "''o"'' u
"''>' percy .N''!'' '''1 'ee'' "N'e"
! "'"''"t'' Oh" '"e oee'E'o'' '"c "n"'e
h'''' ''o e'"'' 'o'' I" "'''" '"e
is wanting, but the left hanc bears the an.
pies Of the Garden of the He>pr,iles
Its value is estimated at -. 900 dollars,
and as the line Of stone slab, continues.
, It is thought not imurobab,c that an.,hcr
statute NAV he concealed there. It IS
conjectured that this valuable rrlic was
purposely overthrown and buried nrevijus
ly to some barbarian incursion, and arched
+ over for safety by the iuscription +. sc.
tactUm senate conSulD (done bv decree of
/ the Senate The feet were prubrb}y brok.
en- oil in ovcriArowiny IL, bat luc,e is no
trace OF the rele>t.I. Tuo back o! the
head. as the statute lay on its back, has
probably been lost hy corro>:on. The dis.
covery seems to point at ,hc eAi>teuce of
temple of Hercules at this pout, or
with still greater probability, Of FiJra-
The literary journals will doubtless give
shortly further details respecting this VAL
liable discovery. The statute is a very
fine one.
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III" '"h'' n'> lhN''-lhe Doo2 Is 70
u'e 50 'Nuc" Is certain. "0a' lies beyond:
No one VINO passes the charmed boundary
comes '"e" 20 'e''. Inc imagination
visits '''' realms o' sh"oo"s-sent out
from some "'noo" III the souI over hies