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Musical Education OF Parepa-Rosa.

When two and a half years old she
was able to sing such airs as the rOndO of
IHjut0 in '!SOnmambula,v ~ and she used
to entertain musical exhibitions, being
pldcedsstandiHg on a table for the pur-
pose. The pigmy DyjHlU donna, how
ever, always manifested much reserve
upon such occasions, and if any stran-
gers were present She would only sing
when screened in some manner from
view. Like many others who have dis
tinguished themselves in the musical
world IGUphrOsyne showeda "a wonderful
faculty for retaining in the memory Cv-
cry melody and theme which fell upOn
her years. Although her mother resis-
ted for some years the temptation to fit
her promising daughter for the stage
she did not fail to lay out the ground
work of most thorough vocal training,
exercising, herself, the functions of a
teacher. Indeed, she was well qualified
for that office, having studied incessaHt-
ty for four years under such masters as
CresCcntini, PaUseren, and B0rdOgni.
The training ola vocalist for the stage
self that if a public had "a heart not
made outright of stone, it ought to ac-
cord a success to every blessed warbler
| of them, if only for herOism of the effort
they have made. The girl of whom we
are talking was no eXceptiOu-nOtwith-
standing the wonderful pTecOcity Of her
musical intellect and the phenomenal
formation Of her vocal organs made her,
like Jenny Lind, q prH1O donna by in
tuition, Drill was necessary, however; ;
and at last, when, ut fifteen, it was dcci-
dcd to bring her out as an Operatic So
pranO, she was made to undergo a course
of vocal gymnastics before which the
most of our sopranos who sing "With
Ferdure clad and "Ian rOrc" at our
amateur Concerts, or even =maDF who
travel about the country with their
"LH"r ii gr-sf' and their "COmin'
Thru' the Rye" would quail in abicct
terror. For eight months previous to
studying her upeTatic TepertOry, Eu-
phTOsynC was allowed to sing no note Of
anything but eXcrcises-eXercises-
erciscs. But the reader must under
stand she had plenty Of them, 80 that
She did not at all suffer for musical pab-
uiUm Before she made her debut she
had acquired memOriZed the melodies
Of forty principal operas. I mention
these facts not only because they are rc-
markabIe as naked facts, but because
first they account for the wonderful
vocal execution, the resources never at
fault which this artist possesses; and
second because they may serve to deter
some ambitious maiden who thinks that
with her deficient training Of q few
months and her habits of indulgence,
she may storm the ear Of the public and
conuuOT success from the first note of
Irer rimitiaIrCcitative. No the triumphs
0ftle primo donna are not thus lightly
won. What with trials of training, the
doubt and dangers of q dc5W, the
routine of rehearsal and the tug Oftravel
the life efan opera singer is anything but
one ofease aud WmllOyed happiness -
ITCstcf4t llUttbhL,
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Confidence Game.

: ON last Thursday afternoon as the 50
/ train was leaving the depot, two we'll
dressed gentlemen ~ was seen to jump
aboard. One Of them entered the last
coach, while the other passed ON through
apparently UncOnCeTned, b4Jt it would
have been evident to q close observer
that he was searching for somebody.
As he passed through the next coach he
espied q Young man seated, alone, o.
the middle or the Carfsshe saT
careleSsly up and took a seatip
ly back Of him, and sOOr'
young man into cOnverSatio5
ed among other thing, VIII,
nation was, and the yOUugN
cd him that he was going,
Kansas. "Why,' exclaimed
ger, 81 am a resident of tn.
merchant, i'm business there, '''
car load Of goods ON Tins sg, 40
About this time the confident canli, ,,,- 90
and presented a bill Of freight o.
merchant calling for three hU So
dollars, and demanded the paymeu- - F5-
stantly. This appeared to be q Sc %
to the merchant" as he hadn't
with him; had a cheek on theirz ,t E-izre
apOlis bank, would the yOJ
man lend him S3l0 till IL aChed
that city. The young gem, man WAS
unsuspectiuE and LENT TIE money; it A
was handed over to the agent who res
tired from the car, and everything was
well until the train stopped at Fletcher,
at which place the two gentlemen found
it convenient to stop over. The train
soon sped on it way and the yOUngman
was left alone. minus 500 and "inter-
esting compaBy.'--.E. RD'is Hd,pca-
dent.
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I,us.y,s had Repatatlen.

II IS, perhaps due to the prominent
position in which cats appear in North
ern mythology that they were subse-
mcntly considered as lavOrite cOmpan-
ions of CviI-docrs. The Germans be-
trayed their beautiful goddess Frouwa,
whose charms smiled through her over
flowing tears, as drawn by white cats i'm
her airy car. When these dcities were
subsequently communicated by zeal
GUS Christian priests, all such COmpan-
ions and pets fell into bad repUtC. PuS-
sv seems to have suffered i'm this respect
more than other animals; she became rs
il were, the DEVILS own, and St. DOmi-
nick never preached of the Evil One
without presenting him to his listeners
uudcr the form of Il cat. IL must be
confessed that her thoughtful quictnCss,
as if hrOOding over some deep scheme,
her wicked green ewes, with their fiery
sheen hv night, her tendency tO rive
out sparks when her FUR l. rubbed, and
her cruel temper. ail combined 90 I'M
urr,. ignorant and CrCduluU> people
witNa sense OF fear and horror: 50 they
tormantrd and prosecuted her, and ON
St Johns Day, the day of witches, when
popular belief had 10 that they all left
Town and village tu accompany their
fearful mi~StIe~~t~ 10 lnt great MlltncS
sabbath, they burned q ~oOdiy number
for their delight Such was the custom
I'm Franco for many 81 generation, while
I'm Flanders they were wont To throw
them from church ~tccplc and tower.
History tells U~ how Louis Nil, when
"a child, once begged of his father the
lives of all that were to hc thrown into
the fire: hut mo- acknowledgements wheth-
cr the nine lives pruvcbially granted to
eat, over saved them from cruel martyr
dom. I'm the town of NprcS, at all
events. this does not seem To hc the
case. for there the hlrharoUs custom
continued till the year ISIS, Since
witches have gone ont OF fashion, cats
have Somcwia. recovered their good
reputation. perhaps This Is tu he uScrih-
Ell .1 the fac. ,uat French have given
Pussy as % pct 90 the patron saint of
lawyers, St, Ives, although RaLclias al
ready iutcrprctS the association as hv
mo- means peculiarly creditublc to the
hur.-PEOF. ScIIElE De WE'RE, lJ Hrr-
u.'& luGcug for NurE.
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RAND03J SHOTS.
NUMBER XIV.
BN LADY GAY.

Ofall the popular usages Of the pres
ent day, to me, the most disgusting is n
foxEjonoI7c rc7c7jDq. All the sanctity,
modesty and true innate refinement
and deIfcacy of real marriage Is swal-
lowed up, hidden, and I fear destroyed
by the Ostentation that characterizes
these "siC7c &hotrs" in the bcaiRoadc
/ cannot pick up a paper but the first
thing that meets my eye is "JenR-
ins,' or Marriage in high life, or
'How it is done in fashionable Iife," or
a peep into the upper tendon of Goth
am or some such heading, over the
details Of "a modern wedding, I am
surprised that ,roHlaii in her native ma
jesty does not rise, and crush the social
outrage, say outrage for it is nothing
else What greater outrage can be per-
petrated against an interiorly, modest
and yirtuous moman, than to haul each
article in her bridal wardrobe out, and
display it to the rude gaze Of the world
at large? What true woman would not
shrink from seeing public detail, i'm the
daily journals Of her "aClcr Clothes; and
vet to such a stretch has this absurd and
disgusting custom been carried, that
only a few weeks since lin one of our
sister cities there was q bride who per-
mitted the c,tirc trOUSScoW selected and
made by m0djsfC to remain lin the
show windows, and on the public coun-
ters of ''AIadame 81 establish
ment,J for more than week OH ex-
hibition Old ladies, young ladies',
middle aged ladies, ladies Of uncertain
age, (and more Uncertain matrimonial
Prospects widows, grass widows, miss
es, children, bachelors, married men,
mcn who would not marry especially.
after THAT; old men, young men, good
men, bad men and all sorts ofmen had
the sweet privilege Of pausing at the
fashionable emporium, and not only
look, but handle, tmn over, measure,
take items, make comments upon each
one Of the dainty garments, composed
of the softest, finest fabrics, teemingl
with costly lace and emitting perfume,
that could not have cost less than 81; or
s., ~ and perhaps s. a bottle.
Had the bride whose beautiful form
was so soon to be enveloped in the flee
cy volumes Of point opplq"c and ro10,-
cjCuc~, etc, etc. heard some of the re-
marks made "while the exhibition last
ed" her cheek would have burnt with
shame and modification, that is, if she
one atom of wOmanly refine
ment, but in my opinion, a young lady
who would permit a demonstration Of
this sort, and feel nattered, rather than
by it, is made Of different
than the kind would choose,
if were u man scckinga wife. It was
my privilege, only short time ago, to
be in the house, where one Of those
fashionable jenkins affairs" actually
took place, and dear reader, dotT you
envy me? &o0r il 0H, for fwD days be-
fOrchuHd, UpfOHC present DIOmCit when
the brided kissed 4 hurried good by to
the hundred friends, and started on that
other important feature, "the bridal |
tour" Well, in the words Of the old
GarUist, "as was a sayin, " was in
the house where it happened-saw it all
and mere superficial hollow "alI" it
was.
First iI,a bri,Ir "a IaJyIiI-D ,I,Iiri,,rr
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Early Rising 0n Ingenious Huniu%
Let thc sun Rise First.

There i, mo- greater drlusiou lhau that
which imugiuc~ early rising important
for health. no greater error than that
which places il among the virtues.
While carly rising has been sung ian poe
try, and advocated i'm the proverbs from
time immcmorial, IL has been secretly
and rightlully cursed by its unhappy
victims ever since civilization conceived
the idea of comfort. but we are all 50
bound by the law of custom, -o yudcar-
ed to q pruvcrh or % mustN sentiment,
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The Wages orLubor.

Before tine discovery of Nuu..t.
money was ~o scarce that tEC price gl 81
days work WAS fixed hy act of tine Euc-
Ii>h Parliament I'm 1851 Jt one penny r..
day; and In ISL the allowance or IlI~
chaplain tp the Scotch bishops then ln
prison i'm England was three h1lfpcurr
per day. Al this time, twcuJv-.aur cages
were sold for penny, pGigaf shoes lrr
four pence, a fat goose for Jva and 20
half pence, a hen for % penny, wheat
three pence per huShCl, and u ,at uN t1r
six shiIIiug~ and eight pence. - that.
in those days, ~ days work would buy
hen OF two dozen eggs; four j1y~
work would buy pair of shoes, ami %
lHt OK eighty days work. ON the Whole
human labor brought ou tine ayrrIn
about half az much .rrd and Vvruur
oUr-tourth as much cloth or clothing o.
il now docs
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-23

TIykEr~, sir said q railroad y1udu.-
tor passing through one oithc trains tEr
other day, t0 q passenger. My face r-
my ticket, replied lhco,hrr. Indeed.
said the conductor rollins lgck his
wristbands and displaying % powerful
bunch of tjycS; "wClI my .ulcr~ are lr
punch all tickets passing over .ui- ruad-
And my business g- q director ur thi-
road quietly replied the passenger 'ls
t0 see that conductors .lu not kurrk
down The conductor rcadjusied his
wristbands.
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WHOLE NUMBER llj.

that our lips continually give faint as
sent to the value of early resinr, even
while we long to resist the tyranny
which it imposes upon us. What n
iTightfUl aggregate Of diScomfOrts ac-
cumulate upon q man who practices II
through life-WhO every day is Ushercd
from sleep into the raw, black. of i'll.
dull atmosphere Of early morning and
begins his days existence before the SIM
has dispClled the fOgs, dried up the va
pOrs, warmed the air, and made ready.
like natures great seTvant-Of-alI work
aS it IS, the earth for our useI Early ris-
ing means q hurried dressing i'm n dim
halI-Ii%htCd rOOm,-a sleepy, vawniuU
stumbling descent down dark. cold stair
Ways-I rapid breakfast i'm ur3v
CheeTless, sunless room, while cold shiv-
crS run down the back, and a sensation
OF dCZlHcsS crcCpS over the entire body
and then prccipitatG plunge into thc
mIStS, and vuporS, and general rawuess
in the day begun in this way, and no
health either. The sun should be m be-
fore us to give us light, and warmth.
and comfort; our breakfast-rOom Should
he cheerful with his beams, and our
breakfast should be partakem with the
ease, the comfort, the deliheratiOu, the
social cnliveumcut, that can come only
when we rise at Il rational hour. \
breakfast eaten by candle light, or
snatched in the gray, chilling dawn. is
an adominatioD. Early rising, hence,
opens the day with Keen discomforts.
1t Is productive Of numerous social ills:
il sours the stomach, promotes irritabili-
ty, disOrganizes the nerves, creates bad
temper, and makes of domestic bless a
mOckery. 4 vOyager, long suffering
from sca-sickness, declared that, if once
on land again, he would devote the rest
of his days to hunting up and fiogging
the man who wrote
~ life on the Dream wave"
Similar sentiments animate our heart
when we recall that ancient distich,
Early to bed and early to rise"-but it
IS not necessary to quote what we all
know and have suffered frOm.-.ippIc-
fCU'S ,IDVlu0L
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PIE RAILWAY.


ERIE RAlLWAI.
on and after Monday, N4yCmi,ncr , 10, y, h,,,,rr m
Trains will leave JrhanR, al the following h"'''H
viE
GoiSG WEST.
9HAN N. NIGHT EXPRESS. daily. for Incin.
,,gti nd he West and South, tpnnerlS " ~
fbs ohio and Mississippi and louisyi iIlS
short Line Railways for ~. LOUIS LOUIS >, "ll .i,,cI
sj0gfb and sSOuth-West; ais" stops az pIIIIlC,,
.,5i sssii0ns and connecting points along
sIeoI,iTq i..seh is attached To Ibis train at
= styII y57rl- running through 10 Cincinnati
lo,T a, n. .ACCOMMOBATION, sundays eNc'p'
r. n. DAY EXPRESS, daily, Mondays ; ex;
cented for Cincinnati ana inc W. -. f ",
S0mth inuurcis with the ohio and MiSSls-
fi mi I,,I1is,.iIIe short Line Railway, for
ST. louis and the South and S"n,tm- W VI, ~, ,t
HorneIlsville, running through I" "''' "
lem without change: ... .1.. ,.,..,.,,fo cd
:El5 p. NJ. WAY FREIGHT SUNDAY 'N'' NV We
CoISG EAST.
$50 A. NJ. LIGHTNING ENFlitsH0. U,tLIi III Ssl1- T,
uecting nj New York, for Boston anu ~. H1 -NeM
England cities and stopping al az IL!nJiIl1 i1 w
ssiae,tDg Coach is attached Go ths Train q TN
aa 4, N. AcCoNNopATIoN' sundays eN''r-
,r.,s o A. NJ INCINNATI EXPRESS, Sundays
pyrepfotI. stopping AT all impOrall l,,lLILe
nm main line and connecting AT New 1ork
for Boston and Scw England cities. r,,
A Sleeping Coach accom- lG'hI'> 'i'lN "''"
Neadvillp TO Ngw York. r.,-,,,,c,I
I2E P. N. WAY FREIGHT, Sundays 'N''l'''"'
p,s,,n and New England Passengers, with
their Baggage are transferred Free OF OHii-" III
View York. .-;..,s es1..,,,
The ljpst ventilated and most lnXuTl0uS 7lttp-
fne Coaclles nS 7 y THE NtlltlaI - ''''"'ii-
nauv an nfGfi trgtius on trs iGllWaf-
at-I'he Erie RaiIvyay Company has ollenrd, a
New Ferry from their Jersey tllH I3epo. - ~ ~
1yot OF cd St. New York, thus enabling p,SshR
gers 10 reach the upper portion Of Inc cIl! N,tn -
out the expense and annoyance" 81 " street ''i "
omnibus transfer. 80. ,.r tl,,
The scenery along the entire route ~ J Wy
Erie Railway is of the most plSluItS.l,IJi - a'.SI
hqautiful character. Adnlirer OF Nature 1 '.rT Pm
lies i'm = dnVTight Journey over ihlS l'll!', ~
dnd i'm its ever changing lllluss''ll> S'le0'' 'i
continual admiration and interest
BAGGAGE CHECEED THROUGH
And Fare always as low as by any other route
ya5II FUR TICKETS via ERIE RAlhWAn'
q, osts sle obtained Mt the principal Ilcket
Viii 'tGsees So the West and South-MeS''
s~TygR WNI. r. BARR,
T.. j. RI ,'fs5m,'t. GenI Passr Ag,t.
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ON and Hfcr Monday, November 10TH lHys
Trains will leave CrlanR, al the following h"U'N
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

J. r. WHITE. ROBERT YOUNG.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
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Of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

CIRCULAR FOR SToREKEEpERs. Some gen
ius thus talks Of the manner in which the
Commissioner Of the Internal Revenue make
enquiries Of men who sell things:
Sm-In consequence of the doubtful YER
acity of all distilIery storekeepers, have
been directed by the Grand Cycops to direct
ed YOU to answer each of the following ques-
tions, under oath. Perjury will subject You
to confinement at home for ten days on halt
pay; second offence twenty days on quarter
pay; third oAense, thirty days, full pay but
a deduction Of five per cent. The accu-
mutation of the deduction will be invested
in halffare soup-house tickets and distrib-
uted to those who perjsre themselves.
1st Qestion, Have YOU coms, a sister, q
cane, or dog, not over three months? II
not why not? All to be sworn to i'll the
Affirmative or negative-no division
I'd During your solitary moments do you
improve your knowledge of good whisky, by
frequently tasting of it? Swear, fuller.
3D. After having sampled a weeks run,
can %bu explain the nature Of the French
plebscitum or the result Of the JonesSteven-
son quarrel Swear, fuller
4th. In estimating tie proof of your spirits
do you consult the sissS of the zodiac ii
Ayers almanac, or do y% arrive at the result
from a Patent Office report Swear, one
degree fuller
5th. Can you explain how many of the
storekeepers board at first-class bush-housC
and wear dollar store jewelry? Affirm tt
this question. 1t may be personal.
9th Do you side with the "House o.
Hohenzolern" in the little unpleasantnes'
concerning the Spanish succession? If SO
why, and to what extent?
7th. Do you understand thoroughly the
Napieran system of logarithms, and can yor
explain the bi-nomial theorem Swear.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
WISHING.

Of all the amusements of the mind,
From logic down to fishing,
There isn't one that you can find
SO very cheap as ''wishing;"
A very choice diversion, too,
If we but rightly use it,
And not, as we are apt to do,
PeWert it and abuse it.
l wish--a common wish, indeed
My purse was somowhat fatter,
That [ might cheer the child in need,
And not my pride to fatter;
That might make oppression reel,
As only gold can make it,
And break the tyrant's rod OF steel,
As only gold can break it.
I wish-that sympathy and love,
And every human passion
That has its origin above,
Would come and keep in fashion;
That scorn, and jealousy, and hate,
And every base emotion,
Were buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the waves Of ocean.
wish-that friends were always true,
Andmotiyes always purer;
| wish the good We're not so few,
| wish the bad were fewer;
| wish that persons ne'er forgot
To heed their pious teaching;
l wish that practicing were not
SO different from preaching.
l wish-that modest worth might be
Appraised with truth and candor;
| wish that innocence were free
From trcachery and slander;
l wish that men their vows would mind;
That women ne'er were royers;
! wish that wives We're always kind,
And husbands always lovers.
john G. SAKE
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
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The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

A grand jury ignored a bill against a
negro charged with stealing. Before the
Sudge discharged him from custody he called
up the accused and said to him, "You
can 90 now, John; but let me warn you
never to appear here again" John replied
with broad grin, 81 woud't been here dis
time only de constable fetch me"
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
-SA>&A

The Chicago Post says there is one fat
man less in Cincinnati He drank two gal
Ions of sweet cider, pocketed the wager,
rose, chuckled, tried to make a remark, and
fell over on the floor. That night he per-
ished mserably, having earned the apple
ation Of Sui-cider
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

The Prussans are "making the hair fly. .
They have cut three locks on the Paris can
al. and taken r-tresses in Alsace-makme
seven in all.-Chicago Post.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

THE New York star compliments Brook
lyn clergyman by saying that he ''acts as il
he was a man among men, instead of per
fumed god among lot Of unwashcd apes.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

LOST NEARLY ALL.-Compostors in the
New York Tribune Office are fined ten cents
for each proflne word uttered on the premises;
the money thus gathered is given to the
poor, One unfortunate chap, a new hand,
lost nearly a weeks wages one night over
bit of Greeleys manuscript
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

MAN, so Beecher says, is the one univer-
sally dangerous animal. OF all the wild
breed of Gods creatures in field, forest, and
food, not thing likes to keep company with
him. If +here is some sort of universal SEN
timent among the lower tribes, it is that man
is a cruel and unsocial creature. And so we
are shut out. Bugs run away from us, birds
fly away, worms crawl away, fish swim
away. Man is the center of rcpulson.
What does he care for? In general, moth
ing
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

A HIBERN1AN entering menagerie, was
asked if the pony he saw was not very
small one "Ah, faith, said Pat, GIVE
seen many one in swate Ireland as little as
two of him.