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Year: 1872

She Is the proud, sensual. -olfi,h, impetuouS,
generous. false. and beautiful Cleopatra.
conscious Of all her qualities, and all under
the control of her consummate art. which
she exercises with fascination that makes
us forget TO censure. In our admiration of
her beauty


What more can We ask of the artist than
that he returns TO us the Cleopatra of whom
Shakespeare made his finest creation-the
man whom " age cannot vither nor custom
stale her infinite variety.


A. for technique. Gerome is master Of his
art. We are concerned no longer with his
brush. Long since he learned It's use. We
consider it as little as We do tie length Of
ShakeSpeare's lines or his choice of ~Janza.
No more DO We care To consider his study Of
archaeology any man may be a coStumer.
We take what be has presented 10 u> IS "a
whole We consider his recreation of a
memorable scene We look upon the actors
he has made to appear before Us. We see
them again 20 live IN love and beauty, and
We aye satisfied
Year: 1872

After all, in looking out for a wife, a
man must consider how she will look at the
ffreside, rather than at parties. You can
learn so much Of literary and aesthetic
tastes, the favorite books that are always
in hand, the music that is regularly
studied and sung, the kind of assOcia-
t;ous and the general order of tastes. 1t
is by far the best way of getting up flirt-
alton, which is not unpleasantly done
under parental eyes when such eyes are
kindly and benignant. LOve-makiDg is
an uncommonly pleasant enjoyment for
tie winter nights. You may talk Of the
perils of young men when they come up TO
town; but there is no bstter safeguard than
giving such young fellows the associations
of home and sweet woman. Parents make
an immense mistake in taking too severely
monetary a view of a young fellows pros
pects. | never knew young fellow under
ever so dun a cloud, who, with purpose and
ability, could not work out his way into the
sunlight. Better even the long engagement,
or the early marriage, than many other
suggestions that might be put.-London
SOciPtU,
Year: 1872

a Move fO~ a More Southern Road TO


the Pacific.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-A meeting Of the
Board of Trade was held tonight to con-
slider the question Of an equitable eXtin-
guishment of Indian titles, with view to
further the construction of the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad along the thirty-fifth
parallel of latitude. Quite a number Of
prominent citizens and railroad men were
present and several speeches made, all ia
VOring Congressional action to remove the
obstacles which exist to the progress Of the
Atlantic and Pacific road.


Resolutions were adopted urging upon
Congress the necessity and importance Of
immediate action, to the end that all the
barriers be at once removed that now i'm
pede the progress of a railroad between St.
Louis and San Francisco, via the Indian
Territory, New Mexico and Arizona.


The President of the Board is instructed
to appoint committee to goto Washington
and present this action to the Senators and
Representative from Missouri.
Year: 1872

An exchange has the following
words of wisdom on the subject OF
advertising, which we commend to the
consideration OF our traders and the
general public:


Judicious advertising always pays.


If YOU have good thing, advertise
it. If you havn't, don t.


If YOU don't mean to mind your own
business, it will not pay to advertise
it.


Never run down your opponent s
goods in public. Let him do his own
advertising.


It's as true Of advertising as of any
thing else in the world--it it is worth
doing at all, it is worth doing well.


You cant eat enough in one week
to last u whole year, and you can t
advertise on that plan either


A large advertisement once, and
then discontinued, creates the i'm
preston that the man has tizzled,


lnjudicious advertising is like fish
ing where there is no fish. You need
to let the line fall in the right place.


If YOU can arouse curiosity by an
advertisement, it is a good point gain
ed. The fair sex don't hold all the
curiosity in the world.


People who advertise only once in
three months forget that most folks
can't remember anything longer than
about seven DAYS.
Year: 1872

Read not books alone. but men, and
among them chiefly thyseIf; if thou
find anything questionable there, use
the commentary of severe friend.


People who have the western mov-
ing fever will doubtless be glad to
learn that the cold is so intense out
there that people and cattle are free
ing to death.


A man in Cincinnati is organizing q
Brass Band Of twenty women. Here
We are about to or ganjAe . Bra.a
Band q. d !es.. number Of men.
Year: 1872

Third Game OF the Grand tournaments


The BostOns Taken I'm by the Athletfcs-


Score IL to 3.


About eighteen hundred persons assembled on
the Union Ball Grounds yesterday to witness the
third game Of the tournament series, the contest
Ing mines being the Athletics Of Philadelphia and
the Red Stockings OF Boston. The contest, II 80
enesided an affair can be dignifed by that appea-
ton, was nothing more than mediocre which was,
of the Boston men. or their number, however,
Rogers was the only one to play at all brilliantly,
he making most extraordinary one-hand catch Of
q very hard hit ball. or the Athletics all did finely,
AnsOn and Mack especially, each OF whom played
his respective position to perfection. The following
is the score
Year: 1872

The Aldermen met yesterday, the President in
the chair and took up the matter OF regulating the
hack business OF the city. Various amendments
to the ordinance now existing were offered, but
they were referred to the appropriate committee
to report upon at the next meeting, when the or
dnance will be the special order. The business Of
the session was OF minor Importance and not
worth reproduction In the press.
Year: 1872

Alone, alone sit alone,


know no one, ] am unknown.
With mine no heart will intertwine-
No other soul communes with mine.
There is mask on every face,
That makes me stranger to my race
There is wall round every heart,
That fences them from me apart.
My proffered faith engenders doubts
My hearts own love meets hate without.
give my trust and am deceived
My SOULS own truth is not believed.
One loving heart-one kindred mind
seek in vain through life to find;
All hearts my sympathies elude-
Earth's life is one great solitude.
sit alone in another sphere,
A better world comes lowering near.
A higher life, higher love


Floats through the ETHEREAL space above
Though live alone, there glows within
A pure, bright light that purges sin.
An inner sunshine fills the air
A love divine is everywhere.
Year: 1872




TT WAS dull time in Wall street one
IL sultry afternoon in August. Business
was over for the day, but Mr.. Emmerson
still fingered in his Office, perhaps because
no pleasant home called him away. Certainly
the little room, with its piles of account
books and swarm of flies, could have
possessed no attraction for any but a
homeless man.


The day had been one of unprecedented
success even to Mr.. Emmerson. A lucky
bid on gold had resulted in a small fortune,
an oil well had sprung into existence on a
tract which its former possessor had sold
for a song as barren waste, and some
railroad stock in which he had numerous
shares advanced beyond all expectation.
Yet no evidence of exultation was visible
in his appearance, and farther than giving
the little flower-girl who daily brought her
choicest bouquets TO the wealthy broker,
double price for her roses-he was guilty
Of no departure from his usual methodical
ways. If any man in Wall street had
cause for satisfaction and self-congratulation
it was Mr.. Emmerson, when he remembered
the struggles by which he attained his
present commercial eminence. 1t was well
known among his acquaintance, that not
many years before he had returned penniless
to his native city after short residence in
Europe, which had proved neither credtable
nor profitable. He was no misanthrope,
but cloud of care or sorrow seemed TO
hang around his happiest moments; and
although his constant reserve secured him
from the intrusions of the curious, rumol
had generally assigned an unhappy mar.
riage as the cause; but beyond that ol
speculation society had no resource.


Young Harry Waltham stepped into the
Office on his way down town this afternoon
and was warmly welcomed.


t'Well, Harry, how has the world used
you to-dayg" Mr.. Emmerson inquired
shaking hands with his friend.


Cuisines has been unusually dull at our
place, thank you. heard of your streel
eof fortune with genuine pleasure. Wher
Atkins told me fit this morning, said
If there Is man in New York who deserves
snccess, IT is my friend Emmerson ~
Year: 1872

\ note dated on Sunday is void.


A note obtained by fraud, or from
one intoxicated, cannot be collected


If note be lost or stolen, il. does
not release the maker-he must pay
it,


An endOrser of n note is exempt
from liability, IL not served with no
tiee of its dishOnOr within twenty
four hours of its nOn-payment.


\ note by n minor is void.


Principals are responsible for their
agents.


Each individual in partnership is
responsible for the whole amount of
the debts Of the firm.


Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.


1t is a fraud to conceal a fraud.


The law eompels no one to Go i'm
possibilities.


An agreement without eonsidera-
ton is void.


A receipt for money is not legally
conclusive.


The acts Of one partner bind all the
Others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot
be enforced.


A contract made with a minor is
void.


A contract made with a lunatic is
void.
Year: 1872

Some experiments have been tried
in crossing the buffalOes with dOmes-
tic cattle, and the result is highly sat
isfaetOry; a breed of animals being
produced which retains many Of the
valuable properties of both breeds
The animals are large and strong; the
chief objection to them being that no
ordinary fence stops them for mo-
ment, and that they love the water so
much that they will swim and sport
in it, even when it is full of floating
ice. We have heard Ofa COW and calf
whose love for athletic exercises was
such that they would jump from o
bank ten feet high into deep water
when there was an easy path close at
hand. These personal peculiaritieS
are drawbacks to the Introduction Of
buffalo blood into the veins Of family
pets; but on the other hand, when
properly caSed for, these animals make
most delicious beef, aad their hides,
when soft tanned, are rs much supe-
riOr to the buffalo robe Of commerce.
as wool is to shOddy. The writer saw
the pelt of the COW mentioned above.
IL is much larger than any buffalo
robe which ne ever saw before, was
covered with u mat Of soft, short, cur
ly brown hair; there being nome tfLhe
long, shaggy hair ordinarily seen.
Year: 1872

Secretary KIippart has just returned
from a trip through the State from
Bloomfield to Cincinnati. He states
that a small insect in the larye state
was found in great abundance some
ten days ago on the elm, ash, hack
berry, oak, and some beech trees.
Since that time the larvfe have gone
through the chrysalis, and are now
seen by the thousand, Of milky col
or, about an inch from tip 20 tip fthe
wings when in flight. The body OF
this moth is about llalf an inch IN
lenght, and they are stripping the
trees OF their leaves with wonderful
dexteIity. 1t is said that these pests
are doing their destructive work In
other parts Of the State.
Year: 1872

There is nothing which goes SO
far toward placing young people be-
yond the reach Of poverty, as ccono-
my in the management Of their If.
fairs. 1t matters not whether a
man furnishes little or much for his
family if there is a continual leak.
ing in his kitchen or in his parlor;
it runs away he knows not how, and
the demon waste cries, "Morc!'
like tho lcech's daughter, until he
that provided has no more to give.
1t is the husbands duty to bring
into the house, and it is the duty Of
the wife to see that none goes wrong
fully out of it, not the least article,
however unimportant in itself, for
it establishes a pretense-nor under
any experience, for it opens the door
for Ruin to stalk in, and he seldom
leaves an opportunity unimproved.
A man gets u wife to look after and
assist him through life. to educate
and prepare his children for n prop
cr situation in life, and not to dissi.
pate his property. The husbands
interest should be the WITS care,
and her greatest ambition carry her
no further than his welfare and hap
piness, together with that of her
children. This should be her sole
aim, and the theater Of her exploits,
in the bosom of her family.
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.


70 the Ladies (as usuaD, we
solicit a share of your patronage.


To the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; cxpen-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign Of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Leonowens, in lecture in
Boston on her life at the Siamese
court, paid high tribute to the
Buddhist women, many of whom
were lovely in their lives. In many
respects She claimed these benight-
ed women were in advance Of their
Western sisters, stating the indis-
Putablc fact that with many of us
knowledge ofSiam consists in hav-
ing heard of the Siamcse twins.
Mrs. Leonowens gave her audience
some interesting information in
regard to the social and political
system of Siam, and some of the
physical peculiarities of Bangkok.
The capital has vast numbers of
~Aoating houses-the best estimate is
two hundred thousand and to each of
these the average population is five
persons.


AT night the city is hung with in
Vulnerable colored lights, and the
effect is one of wondrous beauty.
An interesting sketch of the quar-
tcrs occupied almost exclusively by
the women, to which only the priests
are admitted, and then only when
under guard, included description
of the young ladies' gymnasium, in
which the principal instruction is
dancing, and where the fair Siamese
attain such proficiency in bending
backward that they pick up bits Of
straw with their eyelids-which to
the stern Western mind might seem
an unnecessary exertion for the
paltry end of getting something dis
agreeable in ones eye. The women
She said, did excellent service in the
workshops, and under the command
of their captain, "The Great Mother
of War;" had shown themselves
great soldiers. Nearly all the men
are priests during some portion of
their lives, and bit of private his
tory revealed what the susceptibility
ofa Siamese priest might be, and
how it might be abused. Such a
youth, becoming enamored of an
English dress-maker, called to pre-
sent her with flower pot end plant
and as his VOWS precluded his touch
ing the hand Of woman, he begged
her to shake the other end of his
umbrella. This the maiden's prido
forbade, nor would she shake his
hand when wrapped in his soiled
handkerchief, nor even shake hands
with him in secret.


Seeing that he was All object of
ridicule, he claimed his flower pot
and withdrew, sadder and wiser
Siamese. The marriage ceremony
is performed only with the first wife
and the ceremonies of proposal for a
wife's hand are for the youths
mother or aunt to visit the bride,
bearing white dove and rose. If
the proposal is favorably received
the maiden places the rose in her
bosom, and the dove is freed and
flies back to gladden. the heart Of the
accepted lover. If the marriage
proves unhappy the husband is
obliged to return double the dover
brought by his wife. The law recog-
nizes but one wife, yet polygamy
and slavery are the curses Of the
race. When new building is be-
gun the Siamese sacrifice innocent
human victims, crushing them be-
meath the foundation walls, that
their spirits may guard the build
Year: 1872

Our SUN. Professor Young of Dart
mouth College-whosc position as a
scientific authority has been acknow ledg-
ed in England as well as at home-has
recently been delivering lecture on the
sun, which puts that subject in power
full light, if we may use the term. He
records an explosion occurring not long
since on the surface Of the sun, which
sent portions of matter to hight Of at
least 100000 miles. With regard to
the distance of the sun from the earth, it
is now fixed at between 81 100000 and
100000 of miles, with 4 margin of
uncertainty consisting Of about 800 900
miles, which will be settled propably by
future observations. 1t will be seen,
therefore, that the astronomers have cut
off between three and four millions Of the
distance which most of us used to accept
in our schoolboy days. However, they
probably think they have left sufficient
now, for Professor Young says that il
our Puritan Fathers had set out from the
sun at the same time they did from Eng.
laud, and had travelled uninterruptedly
by rail or otherwise at the rate Of forty
miles an hour, they would be due here il
1888 Again, if sound throughout the
solar system should have the same velo
city that it has in our atmosphere, tht
noise of an explosion on the suns surface
would be fourteen years in reaching the
earth's surface.


Gravity becomes so increased at the
sun that bodies would weigh twenty.eight
times as much there as here, so that ar
earthly lady Of one hundred pounds
wei light would become as unwieldy there
as an elephant. The substance of thu
sun Prof. Young regards as probably
gaseous, though there is difference o
opinions on that point. The temperature
is enormous, something like 10000, ,O0C
Fahrenheit. Herschel estimated that i
rod of ice 4o miles in diameter wer,
darted into the sun with the velocity o
light, it would never reach it. Wha
keeps up this temperature is yet unsolv
ed mystery. There is nothing to show
any diminution in the suns heat sine
human observations began to be recorded
Following the analogy that pail of wa
ter freezing does not sink below th
freezing point until all the water is fro
zen, the sun may be undergoing change
which ar sensible only at remote periods


which may explain the difieren e between
the temperature of the earth now aud il
the geologic eras of the past.
Year: 1872

tical and accumulative and the evils Of
many of the other tribes arise from i'm
proper treatment by the white men. who
intrude and endeavor to swindlc them
1t is thought that out of the various
elements found in these tribes can be
formed, with proper care, u real Indian
nation.
Year: 1872

Cas- Of the window she leaned, and laughed,
A girls laugh, idlaand foolish and sweet
Foolish and idle, it dropped like call,
into the crowded, noisy street.
gphe glanced at the g1ancing face,
Who had caught the laugh as it futtered and


fell,
And eye to eye for moment there
They held each other as by spell.
Al tn moment passing there
And into her idle, empty day,
All in moment something new
Suddenly seemed to find its way.
And through and through the clamorous hours
That made his clamorous busy day,
girls laugh, idle and foolish and sweet,
Into every bargain found its way.
And through and through the crowd Of the


streets,


At every window in passing by,
He looked moment and seemed to see
pair Of eyes like the morning sky.
Year: 1872

Coop ADvIcE.-President Porter of
Yale College gave the following advice
to the students of that institution the
other day =" Young men you are the
architects of your own fortunes. Rely
upon your own strength of body and
soul. Take for your star self-reliance,
faith, honesty and industry. Inscribe
on your banner, Luck is fool, pluck
is hero Don't take too much advice,
keep al the helm and steer your own
ship, and remember that the great art OF
commanding is to take a fair share of
the work. Don't practice too much hu-
manity. Think well Of yourself. Strike
out. Assume your own position. Put
potatoes in your cart over rough road,
and small ones will go to the bottom
Rise above the envious and jealous
Fire above the mark you intend to hit.
Energy, invincible determination, with
a right motive, are the levers that move
the world. Don't drink. Don't chew.
Don't smoke. Don't deceive. Do not
swear. Don't read poor novels. Don't
marry until you can support wife. Be
in earnest. Be self-reliant. Be gener-
GUS. Be civil. Read the papers. Ad-
vertise your business. Make money and
do good with it.. Love your God and
your fellowman. Love truth and virtue.
Love your country and obey its laws. :"
If this advice is followed by the young
men of the country, the millennium is
near at hand.
Year: 1872

The President of the Knickerbocker Insurance
Company Of Chicago has submitted afidavits
n the two hundred suits or more against the
company to the effect that ait" (the company
fears that it cannot have, and will not receive,
fair trial in the Circuit Court here because
the Inhabitants of Cook County are prejudiced
against it. The President Of the company,
therefore, asks a change Of venue for the two
hundred suits brought against the Knickerbocker
Insurance Company. The suits are brought
in compliance with the law demanding that
all claims for loss on insurance policies
shall bo sued out in Court within twelve
months from the time Of the loss. The claims
themselves hayo already been adjusted, and the
suits are brought for the recovery of the money
anco Company can enter, or what prejudice
could effect the payment OF money acknowledged
to be due, is By no means clear It is clear,
however, that to be forced to bring suit for
few cents on the dollar, and then to be forced to
take . change Of venue out Of the county to
follow it up, will leave the sufferers by the fire
who looked to the Knickorbocker Insurance
Company for indemnifcation something out Of
pocket. It is also clear that the Knickerbocker
Insurance Company had large amount Of IN
paid capital, and the "prejudices " Of tho
people of Cook County, lead them to believe
that this amount ought to be paid up.
Year: 1872

The extensive condagration in Upper Thames
street, London, which occurred about the Same
time as the Boston fire, seems to have been q
narrow escape from as general a destruction Of
property as that in Boston or Chicago. The
buildings destroyed we're what is called fire.
proof; there was no lack Of water the Fire
Department was in excellent condition, and its
exertions on the occasion are spoken of in the
highest terms Of praise. Yet the Pail A{aN Ga
zeNe holds that the extent Of the ire proves that
London is as much at the mercy of an agent far
beyond the control Of any means or appliances
for its arrest as the two American citieB have
proved to be. It makes the broad statement
that {: fire, to bo dealt with properly, must be
strangled in its infancy and refuses to accept
the excuse that the fire WAS not discovered until
it was too late to check it's progress. It holds
that precaution and watchfulness are the only
safeguards against tho burning of cities, and
that one room in structure like the City Mills,
where tho London fire originated, was to the
rest Of the building just as the building itself
WAS to the rest of London.
Year: 1872

The project for changing the date of the
Pennsylvania election to the same day on which
the Presidential election occurs, will be intro
duced into the Constitutional Convention Of
that State. The Pittsburgh Gazette recommends
the change, and reports that it has been
generally favored by the press through
out the State on the score of economy
and convenience. The fact that the 1sw
Of Congressional elections will force Pennsylra~
MIA to hold an election in November every two
years is an additional reason why the change
should be made. The Cincinnati Gazette favors
similar change. The New York World and
several other influential journals, which it
names, earnestly advocate it as the only means
for preventing the concentration Of corrupting
influences in 8 few localities in determining the
result of Presidential elections.