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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12
OF WHAT sPoNGEs CONSIST.

The common washing sponge is still
considered by many naturalists as a veg
etable species, and in fact most people
look upon it as of vegetable growth.
Still, it seems now to he definitely estab
lished that it belongs to those low forms
of an@malcul8 that are comprised uAder
the term zoophytes. evil you make us
believe" here you exclaim, "that this
fibrous network, in which one is unable
to detect the least indication of anything
that reminds as of animal life, is not q
moss or something like it ?" Exactly So
However, the sponge which you use dsi-
ly in your additions, and which forms
one of tue most indispensable articles of
the toilet, IS not the animal as it lives
and thrives, but only its horny SUBJ
stance, its skeleton, if yoL like to call it
so. When cut loose from the submarine
rocks on which it is found at considers
bic depth, the sponge presents itself to
you as a black, jelly like mass, which,
when left in the air for only a few days,
will give off most disagreeable smell,
originating from the gelatinous part in
question. In the natural sponge, you
have not one single Individual before
you, but regular colony Of amin alcula.
Tie elastic, horn like netwsrk of Your
toilet table, il then impregnated to its
innermost parts with Shiny substance
that is penetrated throughout with fine
capillary tubes, not visible to the naked
eye. Upon examining this cureus being
further, exceedingly fine ella (eye-Iashes)
will he discovered. They project around
the entrances Of the pores. and by their
nation produce current which, ia pass
ing through the num5erless tubes, leaves
behind whatever they may need as food.
The horny network is probably emily
their secretion, like the house of the
snail. But that the sponge is of anirn Al
origin is now proven by the discovery of
spermatoz q and embryos in the in erior,
as we'll as by the CON position of the fib
rnuS elastic part itself, which contains
one of the constituents Of silk aad the
spiders web, - 4 ,-Ge.rra" :.
In ord to prepare. it tor use, it is first
left in the air fpr short time, an il the
gelatinous part is composed, then the
mass is washed in hot water, and after
ward In a bath Of dilute 4mnriatc acid
Tha toilet sponges are bIeaehed hy
means of chlorine and hyposulphite of
soda. The so called wax sponges, that
are used by doctors for dressing ulcers.
are purified sponges dipped into fluid
wax. and then pressed between hot
plates.
The French and Austrian Cover n
meuts have lately commsncsd to rear
sponges artlfcially- former on the
sh res of the Mediterranean, the latter
on the coast Of DAlmatia. The cultiva-
ten is said to be perfectly successful,
and to yield large profits
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

A CLERICAL THAEAT.--At the close OF sermon
NJ casual clerical visitor, lately preached within
a hundred nileS Of the Clyde, the rev. preacher
stated that gentleman would stand at the door
with plate for subscriptions, and II tho sermon
was net worth shilling, 1t was Sixpeacs, but IL 1t
was not worth that, no would givo it agsin t~r
nothing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

That Was . very tenier-hesrtsd nsa
who, on being ted that his wife, who
had left the hoAss eAlT on hour before,
was drowned, and that her bsdy was
faund mile or so below, said "She
must have foated down quite lively"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

On Mr.. Dunnina, the celebrated lawyer, being
S"kSd Aow he contrivsd to get through all his bnss
1s'.' ne replied, II divide my Business into three
p~rA the arst part do myself; the second I get
Uone Tor me and the third is never done at all. :"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

VALUE OF ICE.-Independantly Of the
use of ice as q cooler Of food and driRks,
of late years it has been applied to vast
number Of purposes in the arts and sci.
eRce, and in trading operations Without
ice it would have been impossible to lay
the Atlantic electric cable. La order to
secure calm passage, without which it
would have been impossible to have paid
out the three thousand and odd miles of
CO BILE, the summer months were fixed up
on for the operatio /; but the heat is so
great at this time that the cable, coiled
up in vast ciSterns, would have ost its
gutta percha covering by melting. To
obviate this insuperable difficulty, the
coils were iRclosed in surrounding tanks
of ice, and in the most sultrS weather. the
cable went over tho stern, notwitAsaand-
ing the tremendous frictiSn, as lard ~ g
bar Of iroR.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12
POETRY.

From the New York Ledger.
LEGEND OF THE DELAWARES.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

THE UsE OF Both HANDs.-A writer
suggests that it would be a good thing
for men and women were they taught in
childhood to use their left hand equally
with their right. The use OF the right
hand only for certain actions, such as
writing and working with mechanical
tools, is entirely conventional; and there
does not appear to be any reason why
people should net be ambidexter in every
kind of manual work. Persons who have
lost their right hand by accident frequent
ly acquire great facility with the left
after lome practice but grown-up per
sons have not always the patience to be-
take themselves to the necessary prac-
tics. By children the thing would be
acquired insensibly, If means were taken
Co lead them to the practice of it. Chill
dren living in houses where two lang
auges are spoken acquire both with great
facility and what is true of tongues
would be equally so of hands.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12
LOUIS BALLOON.
By II E. H.

/ was sitting quietly in my room one
morning, when note from my old friend,
Lou Livermore, was brought in. / am
very fond of Lou. as. indeed, ali her
friends are; though she still remains like
HalmeS anuL-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

SOARING PEoPLE To DEATH.-Ws don't
so much object to dying. A viriuous life
has prepared us for that But we do pro,
test against being regularly scared to death
1t is most annoying thing to learn shsi
somebody intends to 60 through you like q
dose Of saltz, and then, after making your
last will and testament, and being kept in
trembling suspense fer hours and hours, and
after having taken an affec:ionate farewell
Of all your friends and well wishsrs, to never
be visited BY the bruiser at all. Ones
acquNn,Ances, somehow, feel disappointed
in still seeing him around. Last week we
got all ready to die, and the man didn't
come OF course we felt down in the mouth
Abou, it. Yesterday the same thing
happened over again. We are getting tired
Of it. We therefore publicly notify the
bullgins aud bis relations that propose to
clean out this shebang, that if they don. 10
up the job pretty Soon, We wOn't die worth
= cent when they do come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

NNITH its gloomy attendants, low spirits
w depression, involuntary ennis sions loss
of semen, spsrustsrrhosa, loss Of power
dizzy head, loss Of msmory, and threaten cd
impotence and imbecility, find sovereign
cure In HUMPHREYS HOIaHoPATEIC
SPECIFIC No. TWENTY-FIVE HIT. Gem
posed of tho most valuable mil and potent
Curstives, they strike ct once at the root of tn
matter, tone up the system. arrest the dis.
charges, aud impsrt viEOr and energy, life and
vitality to the entire man. They have cured
thousands Of cases. Prizes, IS per package Of
FIVE boxes and a large s. vial, which Is very i'm
portant to obstinate or old cases, or ST per sin.
gle box. Sold by ALL Druggists, aud Sent
BY mail on receipt OF. price. Address, HUMPH
REYS SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC MEDI
CINE CO., SEQ BROADWAY, New YoRk.
Chss A. Benser aud C. spidsI, Agents fol-
Rock Island,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

MEET Ma By MOONLIGHT ALoNE.-h is
beet that the inner man should occasionally
be braced up with steaks and tender loins,
melted out to the voracious public by Ell.
perienced hands, and TO this end have
Hswes q Zeigler established themselves al
the old metropolitan Market on Orleans
street, opposite Kelley's grocery store,
where they will daily offer for sale superb
slices Of al the beasts OF the fields, to be
roasted, fried, and dsvoured in any manner
the purchasers may choose. They know
how to butcher beef to perfection, elimi.
nate veal, slash upa mutton, or asy q
porker 10 high toned style. Their Gus
toners will be furnished with fresh meats al
all hours and at the lowest prices. They
commenced business this morning, and re-
specially invite ell their friends to lend
them patropizing hand. The firm is com
posed of F. B. HAYES and Peter Zeiglsr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30
RCRAPS
The Yiennsse are a, Springfield.

The Yiennsse are a; Springfield.
Ex-Msyor Slime, of MuscA,ine, is dead.
The Union Pacific road is hlocksded by
snow.
Fourteen degrees below zero As Chicago
yesterday.
man reported frozen to death at ives,
Davenport.
The Scott County Board Of supsrvisots
are in session.
The bridge hands couldn't work yss,er.
day. Too cold.
Quincy packed $4,000 hogs this winter
and $4,000 last winter.
a man had tooth pulled, yesterday, just
to get up an excitement.
Dimock, Gould & Co., will start up their
big Moline factory mex. mouth.
IrOny-asking Alex. Steel, the hard ware
man, the price of cast-s.eel soap.
The thermometer figured at from ten 10
fifteen below, at Moline, yesterday.
The weatberis modera,inQ rapidly, and
will be balmy and delightful again.
Small trim whiskers, coming just below
the ear, is style beginning to prevail.
There is dry goods clerk at Peoria who
bows low enough to wipe his nose an his
boots.
The Union wants lire boy to sell papers
Il probably couldn'I make much use of .
dead one
Turner Bros, Of New York city, have
closed out the 81 900, 900 loan of The Rock
ford road
Epstein Bros, have the largest jewelry
store in the city, and do the best and neA,
est repairing.
The spArrows mate during February. /
you want them about your houses, put ~
boxes filed with cotton, hay, and feathers
Nearly one thousand quilts have beef
taken from the looms of the Moline Qui.
Factory, and are ready for the bleachery
A man refuses to take daily paper be
cause it "helps build Up the city, and tn,
weather. the city gets the higher the taxel
are"
ote Dimick has nephew at New Yorl
City who is only 26 years of age, and il
worth several million dollars. Made it al
himself, too.
The Lingard Drsmstic Company, q
present deligh,ing Chicago, have engaget
the Burtis Opera House for the 18th anc
10th of April.
May Brothers claim to have the first new
stock of dry goods of the season. On,
thing is certain, their estAblishmeut maker
asplendid display.
Keota is the name of the new towr
springing up on the line of the Sigourne,
extension Of the c. r. l. & P. R R., four
teen miles from Washington.
We learn that Bro. Knowlton's oficioua
ness in rushing into print to lampoon th'
ARGUS, gave considerable classification Il
quite . large number of his congregation
They considered that he wss operating out
side Of his element, and getting decided
the worat of Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30
A Card to the Ladies I!
DIR. DUPONCO'S
Golden Periodical Pills
FOR FEMALES.
infalihle in correcting irregularities, removing
distractions Of the Monthly Periods,
from whatever causes, and al
ways successful asG
preventive.

THERE Is NOT A LADY LIVING
But what 1t some period of her life " Ill nnd the
DuPoNCo GOLDEN PILLS Just the med!-
cine she needs. PoE Nervous Debility, Read
ache, and FAintness, they never fail snd may
be depended upon in every case where the
monthly flow has been obstrue ted through cold
or disease. DUP0NCo's GOLDEN PILLS al
ways give Immediate relief, being especially
prepared for married ladies lady writes
"DuPonco's Golden Pills relieved me in one
day, without Inconvenience, like magic"
10 married ladies and young girls Who have
ever been regular, they are peculiarly suited.
they will, in short time, bring on the monthly
? erloi with regulasit,.
Ladies Peculiarly situated, supposin 6
themselves so, are cautioned against using These
pills lille 10 that condition, as they are sure to
produce q mscsrrisge. After this sd N onition
the proprietor assumes no Responsibility, al
though the mildness of the pills will do no in
jury whatever to health, but in all cases they
act like charm. are perfectly harm less, snd
never fail.
y B.-Ask for the ne,c style, pui up in LARGE
| (WHIfEl BONES containing double quantity
of pills, and upon each box you will find tn,
Revenue Stamp, printed fro IN my Pri rate Dy .
| upon which, lengg b wis. of the stamp. You vi
the words Do PoNCoS GOLDEN PERIoDI
! CAL PILLS, in White Letters: without tina
none ade genuine.
Full and explicit directions accompany eacl
box. Price S per boz, six boxes S.. Sold BY
one druggist in every town, village, city an
| hslmet throughout the world. Sold in Rock IL
land, III. by CHAS. A. BkNSER, Drnggis,
sole Agent for Rock Island.
LADIES By sending hi,n 81 to the Fool
Island Post Office can have the pills sent (oonfi
dsntially) by mail 60 any part ef the country
free Of postage.
Sold by Harrison Holman. sole Agents 70
Davenport; and W. G. Morris, Moline.
None genuine unless thi box is signed
8 D. HOWE,
Sole Proprietor, New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

Ours REFEEsHrSG.- When we consider
that our newspaper friend Walter johnson
10 the su,hor Of PhilaHder's letters, the
following commencement to his Sunday e
effusiou reads very refrsshinglT, to say the
lessE
To the Bditor Of the Union:
have read with some interest several
articles which have appeared in the column us
Of the Union Of late, &c.
The idea OF the editor of the Union
writing himself letter aud complimentiug
himself before the public for some of his
previous articles, is as cheeky as anything
Jim Fisk was ever guilty Of Give Us g
few more communications on Wanted
Democratic paper" "Where's the Deceucy,
AMI other kindred and familiar topics. The
public is so ass, and won't know the differ
ence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

THE PREsESr YEAR.-Tbs year through
whose first month we have waded is said by
some one who had the curiosity to count
them, to contain 6fsy-,wo SundAys Sep.
TENDER and December each begins on Sun
day, January, April and July on Monday
October is the only month beginning on
Tuesday. February begins and ends on
Thrr'day, consequently We have Eve Thurs
days, which will not occur again until the
year 1900. 10 the rear 1880 February will
have Eve Sundays, which will not occur again
until the year 1920. The year 1871 began
on Sunday, aud ended on Sunday Tbi.
will occur again in 1852 and every eleventh
year thereafter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

LEAP YEAR RHYMEs.-A young lady de-
sires the insertion of the following leap
year rhymes:
Tell me u9G in idle Jingle marriage is an
empty dream, fer the man ia dead that's
single, and things are not what they seem
Lie is real, ide is earnest. single blessed
ness fb, hs tbou married in due season.
ell thy mission So is spoken of the rib. Not
enjoyment AMI not SORROW. is our destined
end or way, but to act that each tomorrow
ind us nearer marriage day. Life is long
and youth is heeting, and our hearts, tho.
light and gay, still like pleasant dreams. ere
beating marriage marches ell the way. In
the worlds broad field of battle, in the BIZ
vouac of life, be not like dumb driven cat
/ tie, be a hero take 9 wife. Trust TO pot
luck, however pleasant, let the dead pas,
bury its dead! Act in the living present
while there are girls to say "enough said'
Lives of married folks remind Us, we can
live our lives as well, and at parting leave
behind US, such examples as will tell; such
examples as another, wasting time in idle
sport, a iorlorn unmarried brother, seeing
shall take heart snd-cour,. Let young
men be up and doing, with hear. on mar
risge SET sieadfast counting, still pursuing
let each one helpmate get; and through
all the weary future, as DER life's troubled
sea you float, always love the little creature
and with her make an even "tote."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

STEAMBOAT STATIsTICs.-Hereis list OF
ell the steamers that have blown up en-
western rivers for the pas. ffry-six years,
dating from 1916:
W shiugton, Constellation, Teehe. Helen
Mc(--~gor, Ben Franklin, Rob Roy, Char.
TOT aouque, Black Hawk. Moselle, Oron-
oco, ten. Brown, Augusta, Geo. Collier
Wellington, Walker, Persia, Lucy Waller
Elizabeth, Wyoming, Marquette, Fl. W
Johnston, EdsRrd Bates, Concordis, yir
GINA, Gutter, Louisiana, St. Joseph, Angle
Norman, Kate Fleming, Knoxville, Oregon
PocaboDtas, Thomas Stone, Glencoe, Sslu.
dA, Franklin, Bee, Kate Kinney, Timour
Reindeer, Lexington, Lancaster, He.
roine, Metropolis, Forest Rose
Kentucky, Fanny Fern. Cataract.
Buckeye Belle, Titsnis, Princess, San
Nicolas, HAwatha, John Calhoun, Sam
Gaty. Ben Lewis, Fl. T. Gilmore, MsdoD ma
Ben Sherrod, Pennsylvania, Monongahela
Com. Perry, Advance, Igo, Ollie Sullivan
Maria, Ben Levi, Sultana. Nimrod, r. ]
Lockwood. W. r Carter, Gen. Lvtle, Mis-
souri, Phantom, Cumberland, Harry Dean
Eclipse, Magnolia, City OF Memphis, David
White, Silver Spray, Maggie Hays, IbsrviIle
Judge WheeIer. Rob Roy, Raven, New
State, and W. r. Arthur.
These disasters involved a destruction O
1888 lives. In one instance alone, ], 64,
we're lost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30
SEVERE ACCIDENT AT MOLINE.
Two Fingers Torn Away.

A severe accident occurred Q. the estAb-
lishment of the Moline Plvw Company, yes
,srday morning, just as the days operations
we're beginning. William Watts, an ope'
rAtiVe Who he's faithfully served the Com
Pany for many years, was engaged in
tightening the screws of throttle machine,
when his hand became sn.sngled, and q
portion of it was torn away, including the
second and third 6ngers, His suffering
was intense. A messenger was dispatched
for DR.. Davidson, who promptly responded,
aud the ugly wound was dressed. Mr..
Swan than procured carriage. and had
the sufferer taken to his home. The COM
pany will pay him full wages until he is
again able for duty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30
ROGER'S MAGNETIC OIL
AND
Liver Pills

RETHE MOST WONDERFUL oURA-
n tive Medicines nov known. They contain
mercury, no arssnie, no poisono- IS drugs Of
any kind to injure the human system. The
Magnetic Oil Is both an internal and external
remedy, and one that will not only remove pain
without fail in an almost incredible short space
of time, but subdue, infsmm alton the source of
pain. The LIVER PILLS act in harmony
with the Magnetic OIL stimulating the Liver to
healthy action, strengthening the digestive
organs, removing distractions from the Liver
and Kidneys, cleanse the blood, and assist Ma
ture to throw off disease.
The Magnetic Oil and Liver Pills are prepared
under the directsupervision of DR. S. ROGERS
200 Dock Street, Pkiladelphis, and sold by
Druggists and dealers in Patent Medicines.
oct30 decd -mwf& weow3m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

If you do not feel well ynu send for a doctor
he calls upon you, looks wise, scrswls some
hisroglyphics upon piece of paper which YOU
take to o drug store and there pay so cents to
81 90, besides the doctors fee, for re medy nine
times out of ten not Eslf SO good as DR.. Morse
Indian Root Pills which costs but rs cents Del
box. Do you think the for 1er she best, because
you pay the most for it2 II you do, we advise
you to use. just as an experiment, the Morse's
Indian Root Pills. They prepared from a
formula, pronounced by the most learned physi
oians Of our country, to be the best and most
universal of family medicines. The Morse's
Indian Root Pills cure Headache, Liver Com
plaint. Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female irregu
larities, 30, and are put up both sugar coated
and plain. Give them q trial. Sold by all deal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

A bright, healthy child ia perennial spri \ q
OF JOY In every well regulated family, and where
10 that ia her, who after the strife and turmoil
of business. on retiring TO his home, is not be-
guied of care by the iunocent prattls OF his
child? Perhaps this father is q worldly man.
and makes gold his id oil, he may have been a
successful man, an smassed riches Yet place
his child on the sick bad and all his gold IL
at the disposal of the physicians, and the only
return he asks is the re.toratioa of health TO
his child Fathers Mothers would you pre-
serve your child in health? Then listen to us
There is one prevailing cause Of the diieass in
children, and that cause is worms. Ii this
cause of disease Is not removed, your child viii
si'ken and die, or iingsr a suffering aid for
life. We present to you an infallibls remedy
for worms; it 10
Or. Judson's Dead Shot Worm Candy,
and Is put up in the form of q stick Of candy.
aud so piea'ant to the taste, that children
greedily tease for il. It is purely vegetable,
and cannot hurt the smallest child. Ask for DIR
Judson's Dead Shot Worm Candy. For sale
everywhere at 20 cents per package.
W. Il oCMsT0oK, Sole Proprietor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

In numbers there is safety. 1t was upon tn ia
principle that the formula of Judson's Nous
TAIN HsRB Pills was prepared. Dt. Judson u,
intending to spend fortune In advertising ais
pills, submitted his recipe to the revision Of
the most intelligent and learned physicians Of
the age, and the result is simple but most ti
esoious medi cine-the JUDsos's MCurrA II
HEB Pills. They purify the blood, remove all
distractions, cleaase the skin Of all pimpIes
and blotshes. and are psrfec sure and safe in
their operation. The JUDsoN's MOUNTAIN HERR
Pulls cure Billiousncss, Female Irregularities,
Headache, and many Of the diseases arising
from impure blood and q der,.ngsd digestion.
Use the Judsons Mountain Herb Pills, and
when you have proved their virtue rseommsp a
them to your friends. They are both sugar
coated and plain. For Sale everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

New Iork Cork aud Liverpool. New foil
powered steamships, the SIX largest in the world.
OOBAsIC, AHTARTIO, REPUBLIC.
ATLANTIC, BALTIC, ADRIATIo
5000 tons burdsn-R,0o b. p. each.
Sailing from New York on saturdAy from
Liverpool 90 Thursdays, calling st Cork Hsr-
Dor each way.
From the White s,sr Dock, PAvonuis Perry,
Jersey oity.
Passenger mmodations TOR all clAsIes) IN
rlvAlsd, combining safety, speed and comfort
Saloons, staso-rooms, smoking room and bath
rooms In midship section, whore least motion IL
felt.
Surgeons aud ItsvsrdsIsss SsoonpAny these
steamers.
RAtOI Saloon, $50 10 gold. st-srsge $50 In
currency. Thsss wishing 70 send for friends
from the old oountry eau nov obtsin Storage,
prepaid certificates, ta3, currency. Passsn ers
boVksd 10 or from ell psrtJ % AmsrisA, Paris,
Hamburg. NOrvsy, Sweden, India, AuStrAiia, 10
Excursion tickets granted 81 lowest rates.
Drafts from & upward.
Tor information spply at the oompauy's Office
No. 10 Broadway, New TOrk. J. II. SPARKS,
Agent. oot77-ddw VAN
wN.JARvIs, Agent at Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-30

SAD CoSDIrIoS.--Asa R. Hussey, the
train boy on the Davenport & ST. Pau
Railroad who had bis right leg smashed il
q dreadful manner at De Witt, q week age
Saturday, has been in critical condition
for some days. Gsngrene having set in, am
Puts,iOn became necessary, and the opera
ton WAS performed yesterday. The lad ii
| 10 years old.