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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
Olivia.

What arc the lone waves singing, somournfuly,
cvcrmorc?
What arc they singing so mournlully, as they
weep on the sandy shore?
"Olivia, o Olivia! what else can it seem to be?
Olivia, lost Olivia, will never return to thee!
Olivia, lost Olivia, what else can the sad song
be?
Weep and mourn she will not return, she can
not return to thee!"
And strange it is, when the low wind signs, and
strange, when the loud winds blow,
In the rustic of trees, in tho roar OF the storm,
in the slcepiest strcamlet's flow,
Forever, from ocean or river, ariseth the Same
"Sho slceps-lct her slccp-wako her motif
were best she should rcst--and alone"
Forever the same sad requiem comes up from
the sorrowful sea,
For the lovely, tho lost Olivia, who cannot
return to ne!
Alas fear tits not in the air, or the sea, or
the trees, that strain;
] fear It's wrung heart aching; and the throb
of tortured brain,
And the shvering whisper OF startled leaves,
and the sob of the waves as they roll,
! fear they are only the echo Of the song of a
suffering soul
Are only tho passionless echo of the voice that
is ever with me
"Thc lovely, the lost Olivia, will never return
to thcol"
stand, in the dim, gray morning, whore once
| stood, to mark,
Gliding away, along the bay, like a bird, her
white wing'd bark;
In wi, tnrNn,rl, a Col, n the
radiance rolled,
And the tall masts melted to thinnest threads
in the glowing haze Of gold,
said "To thine arms give her, 0 kind and
shining sea
And in one long moon from this June eve you
shall let her return to me-"
But the wind from the far spice islands came
back, and it sang with sigh:
"Thc ocean is rich with treasure it has hidden
from you and the sky"
And where amid rocks and the green sca-wced
the storm and the tide We're at war,
The night-sought waste was still vacant, when
| looked to the cloud and the star;
And soon the sad wind and dark ocean unccas-
ingly sang unto me:
"Thc lovely, the lost Olivia will never return
to thee"
Dim and still thelanascapo lies, but shadOwless
as heaven,
For the growing morn and the low west moon
on everything shine even;
The ghosts Of the lost have departed, that no.
thing can ever redeem,
And nature, in light, sweet slumber, is dream
ing her morning dream.
IT'S morn, and our Lord has awakened, and the
souls Of the blessed are free =;
Oh come from the caves Of the ocean! Olivia
return unto me!
What thrills me? what comes near me? Do
stand on the sward alone?
Was that light wind, or whisper?--a touch
or the pulse Of q tone?
Olivia whose spells from thy slumbcr my
broken heart sway and control,
At length bring'st thou death to me, dearest, Oh
rest to my suffering soul?
No sound but The psalm of the ocean bow
down to The solemn decree
"The lovely, the lost Olivia, will never return
to thcc"
And still arc the lone waves singing 80 mourn
fully ovcrmore;
Still are they sleeping so mournfully, as the,
weep on the sandy shore
OLIVIA Lost Olivia !"-so ever It's doomed t.
"Olivi9 lost Olivia will never return t.
thee"
"Olivia lost ivia"--what else could tn
sad song be?
Weep and mourn, she will not return-sh
cannot return to thec!'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
A BROTHER AND Two SISTERS DROWNED

A BROTHER AND Two SISTERS DROWNED
IN EACH OTHERS ARMS. Mr. Crittenden
Hallock, who lived in Richland, La, was
drowned, with his two sisters, in BGuff
returning in carriage from Mount Lee
banon, where his sisters had been at
school, He had driven his mules on the
flat at Girard ferry, when the flat got
loose and shot out into the river. The
carriage dropped into the water behind,
and dragged the mules with it. Mr..
Hallock got out, and freed his sisters al
so. The water was deep, but grasplng
his sisters, one with each hand, the broth
err undertook to save their lives The
effort was fruitless, and the three per-
ished clasped in each others arms, in
which position their bodies were found
half an hour afterward
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A CORNER. Chief of Police Savage, OF
Boston, invited the proprietors Of all
the noted gambling-houses in the city
to call at his Office, few days ago.
When they assembled he told them that
he doubted the expediency of breaking
into their establishments and Selling
and destroying property that he want
ed to treat them fairly, and that he re-
ouested them to close their places and
give up the business. Finally, he as
sured them that he would use all means
Mt his command to aid them in the ac-
complishment of an object so much to
be desired. 1t is asserted that on the
following evening there was not gam
bling house open.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
CARRIED AWAY BY THE CURRENT.

Ifyou will believe it, am engaged no
nonsense, but really, truly, and positively
engaged to be married and between our
selves, am not quite sure | like it, 1t is
not Clara's fault; she is a fine girl, and
am proud to think she has accepted me
and if we would be married at once it
would be all right, I suppose. But there
is a profession to be settled upon, and get
fixed in; for, though | shall inherit little
property when come of age, my guardian
says that it will not be sufficient without
some addition, and by the time | am ready
to keep wife Clara will be so much older.
Besides all which, now that the novelty
has worn off, and | am able to think Sc
riously about the matter, | am not so sure
that | want to be married at all not till
am quite an elderly man-that is to say,
thirty or so. 1t is not that ] am unro-
mantle; on the contrary, think romance
is captain book but in real life ro-
nance does not look so romantic, after the
first; at least, so it seems to me.
went to stay with Aunt Bonwick, at
Cartax, a rising watering-place on the
IorhSHiIc CoaS', lttSI SuluIheI' huhV Doil-
wick is gay old lady, and cannot bear to
be without plenty of people about her, so
she lives principally at boarding houses,
and it was at Carleton Mansion that |
visited her.
| liked it; the feeding was very good,
better than what you get in lodgings,
where one has to dine so often off cold
meat or hash and the people were great
fun. Each was so anxious to let the rest
know that he or she was swell, or con-
nected with a swell some of them made
little speeches about themselves and their
belongings, quite like the heroes in Homer
~ am so-and-so, the son of so-and-so."
But still the bow was not always beat,
and we were social enough at times. We
PLAYED at Pope Joan for counters, at three,
r. Jonon ond one old lodv would moi
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
Nearer Home.

One swoetly solemn thought
Comes to me DER and DER;
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than l ever have been before:
Nearer my Fathers house,
Where tho many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea;
Nearer the bound of life.
Where we lay orr burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown.
But the waves of that silent sea
Roll dark before my sight,
That brightly the other sido
Break on shore OF light.
o, if my mortal feet
Have almost gained the brink,
If il be | am nearer home
Even to-day than | think,
Father, perfect my trust,
Let my spirit feel in death
That her feet are firmly set
On the Rock Of a living faith.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

ExpENs1vE.-Keeping a yacht is a
rather expensive pleasure, to say moth
ing of its original cost. Ageneral esti-
mate has been made, showing that the
annual expenses amount to about $4,000
for schooner, and $4,000 for a sloop.
OF course the cost of maintaining yacht
varies according to the size of the YES
sell and the management of the owner.
The yachting season lasts only four
months and frequently the dry-rot at
tacks the timbers after the first year, so
that the pleasure vessels depreciate in
value every year. During the season
table expenses are heavy, sometimes
amounting to $500 week. A schooner
yacht carries crew of not less than
eight men, whose combined wages are
not far from $3.50 q month. For sloop
carrying smaller crew the payroll
amounts to about 5000. In addition the
provisions of the crew will cost from S75
to $3.50 month. Repairs and altera-
tons must be taken into account, as well
as the expense of taking care of the
yacht during the winter months.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A HAPPY Coup1E.-A few days ago
young gentleman and lady from the
rural districts visited Somerset, Pa, to
get married. The young couple entered
the town on this festive occasion astrlde
of one horse. They dismounted, had
their horse fed, partook of sumptuous
repast consisting of crackers, were then
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
by a Justice of the peace, when they
again mounted their steed and wendell
their way to their mountain home amid
the cheers of the populace.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
Cost of Living Abroad.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes as follows
"Allow me to suggest for the benefit
of those in moderate means who have n
desire to see the beauties of the old
world, but are afraid to venture so far
away from home lest their expenses
should exceed their incomes, that some
one of the many travellers who write
letters from Europe should devote few
lines in them to the expense of living
abroad compared with those of this
country.
"Tho description of ruins, splendid
buildings, and beautiful countries are
very charming, but only tantalize, when
one fears that they may never see them
owing to the great expense of reaching
them. Many persons of moderate means
travel in Europe, but no one ever tells
how much it costs to live abroad. If
the prices of living in European coun-
tries were more familiar to us, there are
many families who have incomes, say of
SO, 900 per year, who would 60 abroad
for year at least, and derive great bene-
fit and enjoyment by so doing. Please
suggest to some of your European cor
respondents a hint of this kind, and you
will greatly oblige."
Another correspondent says:
81 am most charmingly fixed in apart
ments in a quiet family in the very CEN
tire of the most beautiful part of London,
near Russell square, and if | were to tell
you the price l pay for four elegant
rooms overlooking pretty square, and
for meals of just what We choose and
when, you would be astonished. Suffice
it to say that my wife and I are living
here in an elegant manner for less money
per week than l, as bachelor, spent in
my one room in Philadelphia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
A Relic of the Siege of Paris.

The readers of the literature of the
first siege of Paris, writes correspon-
dent, will doubtless remember the cele-
brated Sergeant Hof, whose days and
hours in the first month of the siege
were spent in gloomy and silent thoughts
of revenge for the loss of parents and
relatives, whom he averred had been
murdered by the enemy. He was the
hero of every man tongue. Daily tales
came into Paris of Sergeant Hoff's ex-
PLOTS, and the number of Prussian he'll
NETS he brought back from solitary and
silent incursions made on the enemy's
posts. Each night the question on the
boulevards was: "What news of Ser
geant Hoff?" One day, however, the
Sergeant disappeared to return no more,
and for moment besicged Paris became
disconsolate but only for moment
The fate of all those who temporarily
disappear from their circle followed the
mysterious Sergeant. Backbiters began
to hint that there was easy explanation
of the Prussian helmets he used to bring
in from his raids, and that, instead of
being an avenging foe, he was simply a
spy to M. Bismarck Then, indeed, the
tide rolled against the absent man S re-
putation, and all Paris spurned the idol
of yesterday. From that time to the
present Sergeant Hoff had been unheard
Of. No sign was made to any one of his
life. But this week he has again APP
peared in Partisan circles, giving the
practical lie to his enemies by his return
from captivity, but still moody and stoEd
and uncommunicative as of old, thus
adding one other illustrious combination
to the numberless fables of spys and
spydom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

The managers of the China Submarine
Telegraph Company have solved the
somewhat difficult problem of how to
transmit Geographic messages in Chi
nese. At first sight the difficulty of tele-
graphing in a language which is destitute
of m alphabet, and is made up of about
fifty thousand distinct characters, APP
pears almost insurmountable, but the
obstacle has been overcome, and A-fat at
Hong Kong encounters no more difficult
ty in communicating by telegraph with
A-chum at Shanghai than does Brown
and Jones under similar circumstances.
The plan adopted is this Some few
thousand of the more common Chinese
characters are cut on wooden blocks after
the manner of type, and on the reverse
and of each is a number cut in the same
way. Now A-fat having handed in his
message written in Chinese, the native
clerk selects in order the corresponding
blocks from the case and prints off the
numbers on their reverse. This he hands
to his English colleague, who telegraphs
the numbers to the destination desired.
Here the reverse process is gone through,
and the numbers, having been taken
from the cases the characters are stamp
ed on paper, and thus A-chum is put in
possession of the cherished wishes OF
A.fat through the medium of his native
language.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

MAKING STOCKINGS. People there are,
who, although they see stockings every
day, have no idea whatever of what they
cost. wholesale and retail. And yet it is
generally held true that the manutac-
turer rarely realizes more than ten cents
profit on dozen of the pairs produced.
In the following calculation the "sock "
or male stockings not, of course,
considered neither are the various com
plications of legs which result from
drinking too much, taken into account.
Before stocking is ready for sale it has
to undergo about twenty different pro-
cesses, made known to the general pub
lie as follows: spinning the yarn, winding
the yarn, knitting, cutting, and ravel-
ling, footing, sewing and hand scanning,
rough mending, trimming, bleaching,
dyeing, boarding, welting, finished
mending, lacking, mating, folding,
pressing, stamping, boxing, and casing.
Undoubtedly this most complicated way
in which stockings and socks have to be
made accounts, or would account, all
things being taken into consideration,
for the most intricate walking that man
can do.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
HEALTHY CHILDREN. raise health

HEALTHY CHILDREN To raise healthy
children give them an abundance of out
door exercise, fun and frolic make them
regular in their habits, and feed them on
plain, nourishing food. But keep them
overtasked in school, confined closely to
the house the rest of the time, frowning
down every attempt at play feed them
upon rich or high seasoned food, can
dies, nuts, &C., allow them to eat be-
tween meals and late in the evening, and
you need not expect them to be healthy.
Don't cram them with food when they
don't want or have no appetite for it
such a course is slow murder If they
have no appetites, encourage, and, ifneed
be, command them to take exercise in
the open air. Do not allow them to
study too much, and especially keep
them from reading the exciting light lit
erature which so much abounds in orr
book stores and circulating libraries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

Nor so LONELY. queer scenes
ensue in Wyoming, where the women
vote, serve on juries, &C., like their lords
and masters. Recently six married
ladies and as many gentlemen were i'm
panelled upon a murder case there, and
it became necessary to lock them up all
night Three of the husbands stormed
and raved at the Judge and half dozen
children made the Court House ring
with their cries but the Judge was in
exorable, and put them under lock and
key.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A young man who inquired as to what
business would enable him to occupy
high position in society, was advised to
try the roofing business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

GERMAN SHREwDNEss.- "A colTespon-
dent of the London NeWS was told by q
German naval officer, with whom he was
lunching in Berlin restaurant not long
ago, some inpalatable news. " upon
my word" remarked the Teuton, " L
know the ships of your fleet better than
your own young officers" After stating
that every German ship was provided
with accurate charts of the naval ports
of the world, the officer remarked =
"LOrient is q very difficult port to
make | would not like to try that with
out pilot. Plymouth there is not n
lieutenantin the German army who could
not take a ship into Plymouth in the
night time" The correspondent learned
further, much to his establishment, that
every ship in the German service, even
the smallest gunboat, is provided with
detailed drawings and sections of every
foreign war ship. Its weak points are
specifically stated, and details given as
to the spots to be aimed at with most
likelihood of disabling the machinery"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A CENSUS ITEM.-A Marshal in Ohio
makes the following Endorsement on one
of his returns, the names only being fic-
titious "John Thomas, - County,
Ohio. Age 96. I found this man to-day
in his field cutting wheat. He told me
he was now living with his third wife,
and he thought it would take another
besides this to take him through.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A man in Portsmouth, N. H., named
his two children Ebenezer and Flora,
and always spoke of them as "Eb" and
"Flo."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

A FANCY DRESS. AT the fancy dress
ball at White Sulphur Springs recently,
Miss Preston, of Lexington, KY, repre-
scented "Arctic Moonlight" Her dress
was succession of full illusion skirts
dotted with swans down and sparkling
with oxidized glass, and silver bands
glistening beneath the tulle and a silver
crescent looped the overdress on one
side crown of pine cones and slender
vines, frosted with gold and spangled
with oxidized glass rested on her head,
and q veil dotted with swans down span
gled with the glass fell from her head to
her feet at the back. Her necklace was
pearls, with diamond pendants.
It has been ascertained that the man
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

Most people are glad to give their
opinion. Lawyers usually sell theirs,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

It has been ascertained that the man
who held on to the last was q shoemaker. I
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21
COUNTY COURT.

George W. Wall, Administrator Of the
estate Of Edward +. Ross, deceased, filed
his petition for en- order of court 10 sell the
desperate accounts due sad estate.
The La, Will and testament, OF Charles
Cooper, deceased, was proven aud admitted
10 record and Letters tcstamentary grant
eli to Katie Cooper-thc party named in
sai4 will as the Executrix thereof John
Pe,rie, John Sackbcrscr and Henry Whit
camp were appointed appraisers Of said
estate.
John H. Sans filed his petition for Letters
Of guardianship, for Virginia Mcclure
minor heir OF Mathew NJ. u. Mcclure,
deceased.
This March term being the rcgu-
lar term for the adjustmen, Of claims
agains, the estate Of Sylvester Webster,
deceased, q number of claims were allowed
Orcemus Greenley is the Administrator Of
said estate.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21
CITY TAXES.

Notice is hereby given that ,he delln-
quent list ofci,y taxes for the year \. ID,
1870 is now being prepared, and costs will
be added on and after Saturday the 25th
inst, Those who are yet indebted for city
take, for the year 1870 will find it to them
interest to call at the collectors otilce and
prevent their property from being ndver-
tsed. jos. h, TAYLOR City Colr
mcbold5t
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Small Roy Blown tn'o Fragment.
TIE Gne - of finying With ire ANA

lspecial 10 The Bulletin
CARRoSDALE, March 20.--Icstcrda!
abou, II ", most terrible and heart
rcnding accident occurred at this place
resulting in the instant death of Edgar
son Of Frank J. Chapman.
Edgar was little fellow Of three and
half years IA bright, interesting child
Mr.. Chapman for some time past ha'
stored powder for safe keeping, in tho
/ privy belonging TO his residence. On yes
terday but one key remained, and that had
been opened Little Edgar procured
matches, and, by some means getting the
keg open, dropped into it a lighted match
and in an instant the child was blown into
eternity. His body was blown some
twenty-five feet into the air, and was found
some thirty yard from the place where
the powder was stored, mangled and burned
almost beyond recognition. Tho privy
was blown to atoms, and the bricks and
splinters scattered some distance around.
So great was the force of the explosion
that some Of Che larger stone. in the base
ment of Mr. Chapman's dwelling were
pcrceptibIy moved.
Our whole city mourns with Mr.. Chap
man and hi. family; none are more highly
respected, and no child wa. more loved or
loycable than little Edgar The funeral
takes place this afternoon at I clock.
Coon NEws.-Thc Cairo ~ Ninccnncs
Railroad will be built in certain contin-
gcnc.cs, bat the fac, is tia, Elliott IL Hay
thorn are now receiving their spring stock
OF mems womcn. misses boys' and chill
drcn. shoes in every style and Of all va
riotic.. These goods will be sold at the
lowest cash Dri''s.
We ask all Of our old and new patrons
o. cal. and examine our stock and ascer.
tain our prices bu, VIC wish it to be dis
;ine,'y understood that We want oash cus-
,,0sr, No other kind need apply. The
credit system has played out with Us, and
10 avoid mistakes that create III will and
trouble W. have concluded 20 allow no
good. to be taken out Of the store on trial
unless they are fret paid for.
or f,Nr-sr l. n . yrttApE
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21

SIpEwALKs.-Thc sidewalks are in u
desperately bad condition, aud the new
Council should take them in hand as soon
as possible. On tho Leyee there are
several dangerous holes which few
boards, five or six nails aud the labor Of
one man ten minutes might "mend.' ON
the south side of Tenth street, west OF
Walnut, the walk is ina wonderfully
dilspidated condition, !, can be repaired
by building new one.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21
Closing Ont Sales,

Twenty-Five thousand dollars worth Of
ready-madc clothing, hats, caps, hoots.
shoes, trunks and valeses are offered for
sale by =. Netf, 70, Ohio Levec, at AC-
TUAL COST PRICES, 1t being his. intcn-
ton to close out in thai line, and embark
exclusively and more extensively IN the
furnishing goods and merchant tailoring
This closing out sale furnishes an oppor-
tunity to secure clothing cheaper than over
before offered in this market.
decl0tf. ... -.s gfs ..
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21

THAT FILL.--The Street Con mittec are
considering the proposition that CONNER
cial avenue should be filed from 18th
street 10 the levee. This is work which
the peculiar condition OF affairs in the
manufacturing region of the Fourth
Ward loudly demands should be dono ut
once.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21

ORDERS 10 MAEcH.-Worthington or
der, everybody aud their children To-
march to hi' new Photographic Art Gal
lcry and leave their measure for one or
more dozen Of his new imitation porcelain
card photographs, made only at his gal
lery. The line of march should commence
about q o'clock II, m.Nnd continue up till
night. mch2 dtf