The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-20
W. c. AND L. ASSOCIATION COLUMN.
Edited In the interest OF the Cairo Public Library
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.

THE Poets Corner" of the Mitchell pub
lie library at Glasgow contains at present
the works Of 1,222 Scottish poets and
verse-writers, of whom 1,O22 are named,
and the rest anonymous.
THE neice of the poet Heine, Inc Prin-
cess della Rocca, is about to publish in
Italian volume of "Souvenirs of the Pri-
vate Life OF Heinrich Hene.o
FRANCIS POWERS CoBBE, in her latest
volume, says: "When women Of my age
look back on the state Of things, which
prevailed in our youth, we seem to have
passed under new dispensation. Only
seventeen years ago, myself read a news
paper in Guild Hall at the Social Science
Congress, pleading for the admission Of
women to university degrees; and every
newspaper in London laughed at me (nota
bly, now our most friendly SPECTATOR, for
asking what never would be granted, Two
years ago, when had the honor to 90 up
on deputation to Lord Granville to thank
him for this very admission of women to
London university, placed In his hands to
his amusement my much ridiculed address.
Mrs. MARY b. Posi- has been reelected
Town Clerk and Treasurer of Georgia, VI.
Her husband held these Offices nearly thirty
years. He died in 1878. Mrs. Post has
acceptably filled them since.
PROF, VIRCHcw says he who speaks to-
or writes for, the public is doubly bound to
test the objective truth Of what he says
For my own part | am inclined to doubt
whether there is any method of self disci-
pine better calculated to clear ones ideas
about difficult subject than that which
arises out Of the effort to put them forth in
clear precise language which all the world
Can understand
The art of engraving originated in some
experiments of Maso Fimguerra, Floren-
tine, IN the first half of the 18th century.
He was an artist who engraved on silver
plate, and being DESTROYS of preserving i'm
pressions Of his engravings, he took casts
in clay and produced impressions of these
by roller in liquid sulphur, and some
times on damp paper. Then by engraving
in reverse he got impressions on paper the
right way of the original. Block print.
ing came before the world in the same age
and much resembled the continuance of the
Florentine, the pages were cut in the wood
and impressed on paper in the same man
ner.
THE combat between the Horatii and
the Curiatti. Tullius Hostillus, the 3rd
King of Rome was chosen successor of
Numa, and carried on a vigorous war
against Alba, .nelghboring city; but as
the belligerent proceedings were productive
only OF the useless determination OF the
people of both sides, they agreed to decide
their differences by combat, which should
take place between three individuals, chos-
en- on either side The Romans in conse-
quence elected three brothers named the
Horatii, and the Albina a like number from
the family called the Curiatti. Two of the
former, during the contest, fell MORALLY |
wounded, while the third, who had escap- |
ed unhurt, pretended to fly, and turning
around at intervals upon his opponents,
killed the Curiatti. Abb was
destroyed three years after, when the inhab-
itants established themselves at Rome.