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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-12
LEGAL.
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to Mary HI. Phil
N lips, widow and Executrix Of the estate OF
George Phillips, deceased. Josie Phillips, Ida
Phillips, Mabel Phillips, Ovid Phillips. Ciinord
Phillips and Maurice ID. Phillips, Maurice j.
Dudley and James q. Blick, Trustees under
the will Of George Phillips. deceased, that
Lewis NJ. Dayton and John W. Heron, Trus-
tees under the will OF Thomas Phillips, de-
ceased, have this day filed in the Clerks Office
of the Court OF Common Pleas, Of this County,
a petition against them praying for the parti-
tion-one- half to plaintiffs and one-half to de-
fendants--of the following real estat,:
All that certain lot or parcel OF land in the
City of Cincinnati, being parts OF In-lots Five
and SIX on the original plan OF Cincinnati, be-
ginning on the north side OF Columbia street,
between broadway and Sycamore streets, at
point forty-five feet west OF an alley, being the
center of the wall between the west and mid
die stores in the block built By Rufus King
thence west on Columbia street twenty-five
feet eight inches; thence north one hundred and
ten feet to an alley; thence east on said alley
forty -four feet five inches to the west wall or tnt
east store in said block; thence south with sait
wall eight feet, thence west parallel with salt
alley, last mentioned, twenty,one feet nine
inches to the middle OF said wall, dividing thu
middle and west stores in said block, thenc
south with The middle OF said wall one hundred
and two feet to the beginning.
Defendants are required 70 answer on or be-
| fore the first day of July, A. D., 1876
COLLINS & HEBRON,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
| CINCINNATI, April q, 1876. al2S-6tF
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-12

The new Atlas Hotel, Philadelphia,
Pa, has the most superior location OF
all the Centennial hotels near the
grounds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-12

CKETCHING FROM NATURE-In pencil
y and water colors, and drawing and paint
ing in colored crayons: practical instructor,
Illustrated, 60 cts OF any bookseller or JESSE
HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau ST., NY. fe1l-tf
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NOTICES.

DABIES OF CINCINNATI-Awful funny
ID Comic Monthly, 10 cts, at any news stand.
fell-tf
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-12

The entertainment given by the young
ladies of the Clark Institute, at Trinity
and will doubtless take the prize. The
audience was large and appreclative.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
MISCELLANY.
The Pyramids.

A correspondent writing to the New
York Evening Post thus describes his
sensations on frat viewing the pyramids:
Let US suppose now that you never
saw a pyramid. You may have reserved
those at Geezeh for the last, and If. in
your reading, you have ever stumbled
upon any specuiations as to the original
design and motive of the pyramids you
may possibly have turned from il as an
extremely mouldy and uninteresting
topic; but as your donkey. making his
last turn, clears the shadowing palms
and brings you out upon the desert, you
are confronted with something concern
ing which, as it rises there before your
eyes, it is just as impossible not to be
curious as it ia not to breathe. That
huge and towering mass of stone, whose
very simplicity of outline and utter sb-
sence of ornament lend to it a majestic
grandeur and dignity which are all its
own-who reared it there? What did il
hide9 And whether or not you have an
answer ready for these questions, this at
least you know, shat those mighty mon
uments have not beep reared in vain.
If they were meant to perpetute she
memory of great peo ople, verify they
have done it. The race which could
plan such structures and then rear them
the kings who could make their tombs
80 stable that already they have out-last-
ed fifty centuries, and look down to day
upon the ruins of mightiest empires
kings, wicked, cruel, remorseless though
they may have been, were men and not
children, rulers and not puppets. And
YET all this is not the mere ruperlative
of a heated Imagination, it is the simple
truth. If we can be certified of any
fact On earth, then we may be sure of
this-that il 10 more than 5000 years
since the supervising architect of the
Great Pyramid Of Geezeh walked into
the throne-Eoom of Cheops and said.
Sire, your tomb is finished" You re-
member that the pyramids of SAX Karah
are even older than this, and while you
are trying to grasp this fact, your guide
beckons you down into one of the splen-
lid tombs which lie at the foot of these
pyramids. and you find yourself snr-
rounded by a wealth of color and pro-
fusion of adornment which scores of CEN
turies have not been able TO dim or efface
"Who were the people that did these
things?" you ask yourself, and at once
piqued and stimulated by you own
ignorance of them. you ride slowly back
to your dAha5seh again, busy with a
hundred questions to which a month be-
fore you never conceived it possible you
could take the trouble to seek for an an
swer.
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The Widow.
New York World

Winter-kept apples, seasoned wine, a
ciouded meerschaum, a vase around
which the scent Of roses still hangs, all
these have a rare, ripe, evanescent favor
that suggests but cannot express the
charm of widowhood. A young widow
is, perhaps, the most interesting object
in nature-or in act. She represents ex
perience without its wrinkles or its gray
hair. She is matronly beauty and maid
emily freedom combined. She is grief
festival-a silver moon in a sable cloud.
She is too sweet for anythinRl Like all
good things, she can only be created at a
great sacrifice. Mrs. Browning says
that you must spoil a man ~ make a
poet; and certainly man must be pretty
thoroughly spoiled before he can leave a
widow. This black swan-ihis mourn
full Phenix-rises- only out of the fun
eral urn that holds the ashes of hus-
bands hearti Let US wipe away the
briny tear and proceed. Pereite Pierides
Poets, statesmen, heroes and philosophers
have each fel, the inde6nabie influence
of widowhood. Its quality is not strain
ed. Il falls alike npon the just and the
unjust. None can escape il. Edward
Plantagenet wedded the widow Eliza
beth Grey, though she knew she brought
civil war for her dowry. Ned Waller,
Joe Addison, Sam johnson, Geo Wash
ineton, Napoleon Bonaparte, John Wes
ley, Tony Weller, Ben. Disraeli, and all
the boys, married widows. Henry the
Eighth was SO fond of them, that he
took two; and King David was so pleas
ed with Abigail. the widow of Nabal,
whom he took to wife, that he turned
Bathsheba into q widow on purpose TO
marry her. When Judith ceases her
lamented Manassas of Bethulia, puts of
her mourning and adorns herself in
brave attire to set out for the camp of
Holofernea. we feel instinctively that she
will come back with his heart, his crown
or his head, whichever she goes for.
When the widow Naomi counsels the
young widow Ruth how to lay her snareS
in the harvest fields of her kinsman and
spring her net on the threshing floor, we
know at once that the wealthy bachelor.
Boas might as well order the wedding
garments. Allan Ramsay wrote a song
telling how to WOO a widow; he might as
we'll have left directions how to get
struck with lightning.
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How TO Prepare Tomatoes.

There il an ignorance which ia far too
wide concerning the preparation of veg
eiables for the table. They ought to
have cooking very simple and very per-
feet. and they do not always get it. One
of the most delicious and healthful of
summer foods is the tomato, and it Is al
20 one of the most abused. Raw. il is
often brought to the table cut mp into
unshapely Jumps with the skin still ad-
herring TO them. Cooked. il generally
appears merely watery red mess, inter-
spersed with pieces half done, hard and
greenish in color. The ideal dish of
raw tomatoes is thus prepared: Choose
only those which are large, compare
lively smooth. firm, and thoroughly red
ripe. it is an absurdity TO offer small or
immature specimens in a salad, and if
you can't find such as are here recon
mended, you must not attempt to eat
raw tomatoes. Put them in a tin pan
and pour over them boiling water, pour
ing il of Immediately. This so loos-
ems the skins that they can usually be
pnlled off easily, without any violent
application of the knife. Then with
very sharp knife slice them across, dis
carding the first piece, which has the
hard base of the stem, and the last piece,
which is too small Make the slices
thin rather than thick, keep them large
and whole, and pile them carefully in
layers in a pretty dish, delicately sprink-
ling salt and pepper over them. Then
put them away to get thoroughly cold in
your cellar or refrigerator. Prepared
thus they are simply ambrosial, and on
ly pagan could -corn them. If any
body wants to add sugar and vinegar to
the seasoning, that can be done at table
by the eater. Slices of the large yellow
tomatoes scattered among the red, some.
times make the dish look very tempting.
For stewed tomatoes, peel as above,
but cut in pieces, not in slices. Put
these in a two-quart tin basin or a por-
celain-lined saucepan, and add salt and
just enough water to keep them from
burning. While they are simmering
comfortably throw in a very little pep
per, a good large piece of nice butter,
and enough fresh soda cracker broken
into small bits to thicken the mixture,
without making it like pudding. 1t
should be thin enough to run easily
from the spoon. and yet not be watery.
This dish is also exquisitely inviting.
There are other methods Of cooking to-
matoes-stewing with rice, stuffing and
baking, etc.-but in no gniae are they
80 good "a those described above
T TWostern PuraI
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
A Good Seat.

Some years ago, being in Philadelphia
John Cockerill. of Ohio, received an in
PRODUCTION to a prominent divine of ths t
city. The reverend gentleman invited
John to attend his church on a certain
Sunday, which invitation was accepted.
They entered the sacred edifice togeth-
er. 1t was one Of the first churches in
the city, and its members were fashiona-
bic and aristocratic IN the extreme The
minister put John in an elaborateIy- fur
nished pew, we'll to the front. John
nestled comfortably down into one cor
ner of the same, and looked about as in
teresting and contented as a toad under
cabbage-leaf
After awhile the owner of the pew ar.
rived, and at once gave signs of intense
disgust and Indignation at the presence
of the interloper. He looked at John.
looked at the pew, scowled magnificent.
ly, and, finally, after fumbling through
his pockets some time, drew forth a
card and wrote on it with a pencil:-
This is my seat, sirI" and, with the air
of the loftiert contempt, tossed it over to
John.
The latter took it up, read it with
lamb-like meekDess, peculiar to himself,
and then, with the most delightful cool
meas, wrote in reply: "It's a mighty good
seat. What rent do you pay?" and toss-
ed the card back TO its owner.
The latter took it, looked at it with
the most profound astonishment min
ute or two. aud then broad grin over
spread his countenance.
He evidently enjoyed the supreme
brass and GOODNESS of his new acquaint-
ance, and when service was over he ap.
preached John. apolORized for his rude
ness, invited him to his house, gave him
the best he had, and treated him with
the utmost respect and confederation
during his sojourn in the city-[N. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
The Moon a Dead World.

Among the illusions swept away by
modern science was the pleasant fancy
that the moon was a habitable globe,
like the earth it, surface diversifisd with
varied forms of vegetation. Theolog.
ians and savants grsvely discussed the
proba bilites of its being inhabited by
race of sentimental beings with forms and
faculties for opening communication
with them. in case they existed. One
of these was to construct on the broad
highlands of Asia series of geometri-
cal figures on a scale SO gigantic as TO
he vi-ible from our planetary neigh Dor,
on the snpposition that the moon people
would recognize the object, and imme-
diately construct similar figures in reply,
extravagant and absurd as it may ap-
pear. but the discussion was kept mp at
intervals, until il was discovered that If
there were people in the moon they must
be able to live without breathing or eat
ing or drinking. Then it ceased.
There can he no life without air
Beautiful TO the eye of a distant Oh.
server, the moon is a sepulchral orb-a
world of death and silence. No vegeta-
tion clothes its vast plains of stony des-
olati0n traversed by monstrous crevicese4
broken by enormous peaks that rise like
gigantic tombstones into space; no love
ly forms Of cloud float in the black
ness of its sky. The daytime is only
night lighted by rayless sun. There
is no rosy dawn in the morning. no twi-
light in the evening. The nights are
pitchdark. In daytime the solar beams
are lost against the Jagged ridges, the
sharp points of the rocks Of the steep
sides of profound abysseq; and The eye
sees only groiesque shapes, relieved
against fantastic shadows which makes
the charm of a terrestrial landscape.
There il no color-nothing but dead
white and black. The rocka reflect pas
sively the light of the sun; the cratera
and abysses remain wrapped in shape;
fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in
their glacial cemetry; the stars appear
like spots in the blackness Of space. The
moon is a dead word; she has no atmos-
phere
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
NUMBER IL.
st. Nicholas for July

Makes feature Of the national holi.
conrributions,-sto and sketcher,
poems and pictures, puzzles and para
graphs. Ali The American flags Of his
tory, from the Rattlernake" and the
Palmetto" of 1916 to the Stars and
Stripes of the present, wave out at us
from two Of the pages: the Bottom Boys"
who gained their right to the " Common"
are remembered in a poem and shown
in a drawing; and on the "Centennial
Page" the events Of the Century that
are most worthy Of record are duly re-
corded. and some ofIhem pictured.
In its miscellaneous contents, the
number includes many other attractive
and interesting articles. Mrs. OliphAni
has one Of her most charming Windsor
Castle" papers; and Susan Coolidge n
romantic story Of humble life in Ger
many. There ia "The Vikings in
America" in which those adventurous
pirates Of Norway are credited with the
original discovery Of the New World:
"Tnrret-Ships and Torpedoes" a we'll
illustrated article, full Of information
regarding naval armament, inventions.
and warfare; "The Mothef's StrataRem,"
a capital story by Edward King; com.
ical picture called 1.-THE Mou@e's Mia
take" and a sweet little poem for the
girls, entitled "Jemima Brown" "The
Boy Emigrants" begin digging out their
gold under circumstances of excitement
and interest; and Mr.. Aldrich's story OF
THE Cat and the Countess" ends in a
very happy and entertaining manner
We are sorry TO lose this story, and the
admirable series Of dainty and amusing
silhouettes-numbering almost one hum
dred-which has illustrated il to such
perfection.
Marion Harland's ""Little House
keepers" page gives the girls recipe
for "Broited Chicken" "A Young Con-
tributor" furnishes an amusing story;
Jack in-the- Pulpit, and the other de-
partments, have their usual store Of good
things; and chief among the numerous
illustrations is the frontirpice-an excel
lent engraving of "a Wooden Pulpit in
the Church Of st. Andrew, Antwerp"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
Utilizing His Daughters.

John Luikens, a musician residing in
Grand Haven, Michigan, is carrying out
a novel plan to utilize his rather large
family of girls. He has eight daugh-
ters, the eldest Of whom is seventeen
and the youngest is three years of age.
He thinks there will be twelve or fifteen
of them some day in the future, and be-
ing comparatively poor man, show to
make daughters self supporting" has
been an exceedingly practical and i'm
portant question to him, an earnest con-
sideration Of which led him to decide to
teach his girls music and organize them
into a string and brass band, and thereby
make them pay for their keeping. About
one year ago he, with considerable diff
Guilty, procured the necessary brass
horns and violins and engaged teach.
er. His four eldest girls have made
snch progress in their art that, assisted
by their father and teacher, they play
in public occasionally, and will, un-
doubtediy. in the course Of time, grow
into a irst-class band and earn their
own "pin money"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
story That Ought to Live Forever.
From the London EIa.l

There comes TO us from the Western
district a story on the details Of which a
Bret Harte or a Colonel John Hay
would found a poem. The other day a
gang of laborers were employed stack
ing blocks Of stone on permanent way
of the Great Western Railroad, between
Keynsham and Bristol. In fact, the OPP
eratiOn of stone stacking was carried on
within a few yards of the Brislington
tunnel. II wac at the time Of day when
the most wonderful express train in the
world, called the Flying Dutchman,"
was expected, and by some unlucky ac-
ciJent a large block Of stone rolled down
the embankment and lodged on the rail
way line. At this instant the roar Of
the Flying DutchmAn" WAS heard in
the tunnel. There was not a moment to
be lost, 80 swiftly down the bank sped
one of the brave navvies to remove the
stone and save hundreds of innocent
a wife and family at home, but he never
thought Of them. His life was in his
hand, but he never thought of that.
Down the steep embankment sped the
brave fellow, nerved with the combined
strength of Sisyphus and Atlas, to move
the stone and save his fellow creatures.
On sped the Flying Dutchmanw-
Quick, for your life, Jim," shouted the
companion on the bank. Alasl il was
just too late the stone was rolled out of
the way, but the hero was cut to pieces
by the fangs of the lDurderous train
This is as grand and noble story as ev.
er was told. II IL finer than the tale of
jun BlndsS," the moral of whose story
il told with such impetuous vigor and
truth by the author Of" Little Breeches:"
"He know'd his duty dead sure thing,
And he went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt agOing 10 be too hard
On man that died for nenp'
If even there was brave fellow who
laid down his life for the sake of his
fellow creatures, il was this hero of the
BrisliHgton tunnel. His wife and chill
dren onght to be looked after. and have
no doubt come under the confederation
Of the citizens of Bristol But the story
ought to live forever
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23
A Singular Faculty.
dexter (Towa) Herald

About twelve years ago two men nam
ed James Neeley and-Cassidy, who
were neighbors and resided in Warren
County, Iowa, had some difficulty about
line fence. One day Neeley discovered
his neighbor's dog chasing and biting
bis hogs, while he was hunting ducks
near a pond. He had double barreled
gun in his hand, one barrel of which he
discharged at and killed the dog. Mr.
Cassidy being told of the affair by q
boy, took gun with him and came up
to Neeley in threatening manner
Both men pointed their guns at each
other and fred. Neeley was shot through
the hand, and Cassidy was shot through
the body and killed. Neeley was arrest
ed, tried, and convicted of murder in
she second degree, and was sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment in the Peni-
tertiary. He served out faithfully ten
years and half of his time and behav-
ed himself so we'll that he was pardoned
out last winter. This man Neeley has
been a resident of this town for some
months past, and is now at work on our
roads.
But what we wish TO speak about more
particularly is his remarkable dreams
and visions. A few days ago, while a
work on the streets, he informed his fell
low-workmen that his sister, who resid-
ed six miles south of De Soto, had died
the previous night. for he had witnessed
her death scene during his sleep. Sure
enough, in half an hour our telegraph
operator brought him a dispatch cor
roborating his dream of the night be-
fore. During his imprisonment he wit
messed the death of his father and moth
er, and circumstances connected there
with. The events were corroborated
just as he had dreamed, and, what is
stranger siill,ss always before receiving
letters from wife while he was in prison
he was always visited in his dreams by
his wife, who conversed with him and
told all that was written in his letters, so
t1AL ne dl"AES KNEW WucH Tue IctteIs
were coming and what they contained,
and would tell.the news before he got it
TO his prison comrades. He also. has
had remarkable visitations at times
When he was a school boy in Indiana.
and only eight years old, he met every
morning for two weeks in succession, in
the road, ghost, which he calls his an
gel, and which appeared in the shape of
an old, venerable-lookingm man, with long
white hair and beard. One day he met
the ghost at a spring, when it approach
ed him and struck him twice over the
shoulders with hickory stick. The
ghost, he says, looked like one of the
Deputy Wardens of the Penitentiary.
When he Was a boy he also had visions
and dreams. In brief, suffice il to say,
that Mr.. Neeley is a very quiet. inoften-
aive, peaceable kind of man. with no
bad habits about him. and has always
been greatly repentant and Mortified as
any man could be at the act which sent
him TO the Penitentiary.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-23

"'Good night, Miss Lyford,' said,
when We reached the hall. i am going
IN the morning, but shsllsee you again
when you get back to Greenland"
"Good night, Mr.. Foster, she replied,
i thank you for your kindness
Then she added. laughing: Have
you any ord-rs for breakfaaI?
Why yes | should like to remember
you by plate of snch mullins as we had
yesterday
. lyon shall have them SIR she said.
rs she disappeared in the doorway. And
have them We did
Three weeks later Mary came home
to Greenland with more than 500 in
her pure. and a fame that was worth
thousands. | went to see her at her faith
er's house. l found her every way ex-
cellent and lovely; and the end was that
a Christmas we were married.
'Glorious,' exclaimed. Give me
your hand, Tom. ] was afraid you had
been taken in by rome Matilda Lane
DO you think ! am q fool?' aaid he.
Then ] told him of my own choice,
and was still talking when the train
stopped st the station.
We soon arrived at his hospitable
home. His rife was all he had pictured
her; a refined. intelligent, handsome wo-
man, who would develop and grow in
attractiveness every year of her life.
After a merry evening in their pleasant
parlor ! went to bed and dreaUed that
the millennium had come, and that all
women were like my blue-eyed girl and
Mira Tom Foster.