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Plattsmoutb, Nebraska, Thursday, December 12, 1872.
V7EAT TEB WOME ASS DOINa.
One day when I c.imehome fatigud.
And fo't inclined to grumble.
Because my life was one of toil.
Because my lot was humble,
I Faid to Katie, my darling wife.
In whom my whole life's bliss is, .
"What have you got for dinner, Katie t '
"Why bread and cheese and Kisses,"
Though worn and tired, my heart leaped up
As those plain words she uttered.
Why should I envy 'hose whose bread
Than mine's more thickly buttered?
I said "We'll have desert at once."
What's that f'asked ghe."Whatthia is.'
I kissed her. Ah. what sweeter meal
Than bread and cheese and kisses?
1 gated at her with pure delight ;
.She nodded and smiled gaily ;
Is id. "My love on such a meal
I'd dine with pleasure daily.
When 1 but think of you. dear girl.
I pity those fine misses
Who turn their noses up and pout
At bread and cheese and kisses.
And when I look oayour dear form.
An 1 on your face so homely ;
And when I look in your doar eyes.
And on yonr dress so comely.
And when 1 hold you in my arms,
I laugh at Fortune's wishes.
I'm blessed in yu, co: tut with you.
And bread and cheese and kisses."
T23 SSC2ST CLOSET.
In the year 18, John bmith, (1 use
fictitious names) was indicted for the
wilful murder of Henry Thompson. The
o:( was one of a most extraordinary oa
ture, and the interest excited by it was
almost un parallelled. 1 be i accused was
man of considerable . property,
on his own estate. A person,
be an entire stranger to him,
summer a day, requested
helter and hospitality lor
ia had. it was supposed,
me nguvicuwu-tui, x-
Derfect health, request-
JZxcd at an early bour the
entered hial rOOUlrt
IUUUa tucm I
he aPP'ranC'' I
, , " a 1 I
tliat DO Uail I
iiere WaS nOt I
nee uppu his
ce reiaineu i
A mrni nun
orne aunng
i, ana uuie
the uipan
Pr. Saspit
1 undefined,
and aiter-
he precise ob-
as not indica-
person, some
ted. to Smith,
14 crtnrnAtl in
il T-aranger ; and, in fine,
istrates were inauceu to commit
tb to nil to take his trial tor
wilful murder of Henry Thompson.
As it was deemed essential to the attain
jtrates, all the
.rojuced before the magistrate
jnformation of which the public were in
possession before the trial took place
was that which I have here narrated.
Such was the state of things the morn
ing of the trial.
The counsel for the prosecution open
ed his case to the jury in a manner that
indicated very little expectation of a
couviction. He began by imploring
them to divest their minds of all that
they heard before they came into the
box: he entreated them to attend to
the evidence, and judge irouo taat aione.
It would be proved beyond the possi
bility of a doubt that the deceased died
by poison poison of a most subtle na
ture, most active in its operation,, and
posrfeing the wondertul aud drealtui
quality of leaving no external mark or
token by which its presence could be
detected. The ingredients ot which it
was composed were of so cedative a nature
that, iustead of the body on which it
had been used exhibiting any contor
tions. or marks of suffering, it left upon
the features nothing but the calm and
t.Iacd omet ot re nose.
The prisoner's family consisted only of
himself, a housekeeper, and one man
servant. Ihe man-t-ervant slept in an
outhouse adjoining tjlie stable, and did
so on tne nignt oi iiiompson s ueatu.
The prisouer slept at one end of the
house and the housekeeper at the other,
and the deceased had been put into a
room auioining the housekeeper s,
It would be proved, by a ptrson who
happened to be passing by the house
the night in question, about three hours
his attention excited by the circumstance,
then very unusual, ot a light moving
about the house at that ata hour That
a .rtl,l cf.f. n,t nnitvv tht
he could distinctly see a figure, holding
a light, go from the room in which the
prisoner elept to the housekeeper s
room ; that two persons then came out
i
of the housekeeper a room, anl the
light disappeared for a minute. Wheth
er the two persons went into Thomp
son s rooms he could not see, as the
window of that room looked another
S
but in about a minute they re
passing quite along the house to
Smith's room again ; and in about five
minutes the light was extinguished, and
be saw it no more
Such was the evidence upon which
the magistrate had committed Smith ;
and, singularly enough, Fince his com
mittal the housekeeper had been miss
ing, nor could any trace of her be dis-
covererd.
Within the last week, the witness
who saw the light had been more par
ticularly examiued. and in order to re
fresh his memory, he had been placed at
dark in the very pot where had etood
on that nmht. and another person was
placed with him. Ihe whole scene, as
he had described it was acted over again ;
but it was utterly impossible, from the
cause above mentioned, to assert, when
I the heht disappeared, whether the par
ties had gone into Thompson's room.
As it, however, to tnrow stni ueeper
I y notnriT Ari r Viia CTtMrtPfiinarr rpn!flf
I tion, the witness persisted in adding a
new feature lo bis tormer statement
that after the persons had returned with
I the light into bmith s room, and helore
tne Jigut into oiuuii e ruoui, nmi ueiort
it was extinguished, he had twice per
i . , . ... l
ceivea some aarK oc.ject to intervene pe-
ceived some dark object to intervene be
tween the light and the window, almost
as large as the surface of the window.
itself, and which ho described by saying
it appeared as if a door -bad been placed
before the light.
Nov ja Smith s room there was ootn
a Xi
UUl?.
-S1
a
6
k
i
ject
tedr
zrpoin
k. --fui
IrKf
mg which coaM account for thin appear-
anco ; hw bed was in a dttterent part,
and tuere wa neitner cupooin noriuenui. no Kti'iir. moreover, tnit. a
press iu the room, which, but for the
bed, wa entirely empty, the room iu
which he dressed beini? at a distance bo
yond. ..
do w,-ml.1 srta nnlj ono f.'.t morrt.'
(said the learned counsel), ad hainjt
lnn. h U nto il nr.ui ,1 h tor th iurv
to do theirs. Within a few d tys there
:r r J
I naa Deeo louna in me prisoner s nous.
the stopper of a small bottle of a very
siagu!ar appearance ; it ws apparently
not of Lnclish manufacture, and descnb
ed by the medical men as beinar used by
chemists to preserve those liquids which
are most likely to lose their virtue by
expoare to the air. To whom it ba
lonsred. or to what use it haa beon ap
olicd. there was no evidence to show.
Such was the address of the counsel
for the prosecution ; ari l during its de
livery I had earnestly watched the coun-
tennnce cf the prisoner, who had listen
ed too with deep attention. 1 wipe only
did I perceivS that it produced in him
the slightest emotion. When the dis-
. a a
aDuearance ot tfto house nee per was
mensioned. a smile, as of scorn, passed
overhialm: and the notioa ot the dis
oovery of the stopper obviously excited
an interest, and, I thought, an appre
hension ; but it quickly subsided. I
need not detail the evidence that was
eiven for the prosecution ; it amounted
in substance to that which the counsel
stated, nor was it varied in any particu
lar. The stopper was produced, ap
proved to be found in the house : but
no attempt was made to traca it to the
prisoner's possession, or even knowledge.
ej juae, addressing the counsel for the
prosecution, said he thought there was
When the case was closed, the learn
hardly su
the prison
jury were
ouce stop
s rn &m. a m
j r
their acnuiescenca in his lordshiD s views
rK
teir briefs an J a verdict of acquittal
- - nrlraarl thA nnrt. lift nriTfrl I
2.. 1 a rt Wrmi hirn t( Nt.&tft hH
.'U.' nA r rj1 Kia li mica. I
VytJ VV LUC jUlJ auu -a a j I
LaAnav nifK ar mnri nirnAdtnAiS 9ni I
m aanrmAaA an atmncrv Ke Vila OOIlnl I
that j Mansfiejd though very much
fficient evidence to call upon "ave you ever upenea h yuureu, ur
er for his defence ; and if the seen ?ir. omun open u r
of that opinion they would at i never opem-u u uij-u.
the case. Upon this observa- . -"Di'I you uever keep the keys?
the judge, the jury turned -ver.
t v nmnnt o n A than inhina toft W HO I(l I
agaiQBt his inclination, and contrary to j
h ugual j,abit RyQ waj anJ yieljed
to the request.
The prisoner then addressed the jury, I
and entreated their patience for a short J
time, lie repeated to them thsit he
never could feel ratified to ba acquitted
merely because the evidence was not
aoncl isive, aud pledged himself in a
very short time, by the lew observations
he should make, to obtain upon much
higher grounds upon the impossibility
ot his being guilty o tnearea.uui crime, i
na 1 . r . 1 t a
Or the stopper which had been loun i
he disowned all knowledge ; declared
most solemnly that he had never seen it
before it was produced in court ; and he
asked, could the fact of its being found
in his house only a few days ago, when
hundreds of people had been there,- pro
urs3ntary prejudice against him 7 vJue
fact, and ouiy one, has been proved, to
which it was possible for him to give an
answer the fact of Im having gone to
the bedroom of his housekeeper on the
night in question.
lie had been subject tor many year.
of his life to sudden fits of illness ; he
had been seized with one on that occa
sion, and had gone to her to procure her
assistance to light a 5 re. bhe had re
turned with him to his room for that
purpose, he hiving waited for a minute
in the passage wnue tne put on ner
clothes, which would account for tho mo
mentary disappearance ot the light ; and
after she had remained in his room for a
few minutes, finding himself better, he
had dismissed her, and retired again to
bed, from which he had not risen when
he wai informed of the de.ith of his
guest. It had been said that, alter his
committal to prison, his housekeeper had
disappeared. He avowed that finding
his enemies determined, it possible, to
accomplish his ruin, he had thought it
probable they imirht tamper with his
servant; he had therefore kept her out
of the way; but for what purpose f I
Not to preveut her tatimonv being giv-1
. ..... . .....
- - .Is - 1 1
en. tor she was now under the care oi
n , , r
hi solicitor, and would instantly appear I
for the purpose of continuing, as tar as
he was concerned, the statement which
he had just made.
Such was the addre-s, which pro
duced a powerful effect. It was deliv
ered in a hrni and impressive m inner.
and its simplicity and artles-noss gave it J
an appearance of trunh. The house-1
keeper was then put into.-the box and
pxamined bv the counsel for the nri.soner. I
According to the custom, at that time
nltnost universal, or excluding witnesses
from court until their testimony was re- J
nuired. .ha had been Lent at a limine I
uear at hand, and had not heard a single
word of the trial. There was nothing
remarkable in her manner -or appear-1
ance; she might be about thirty -five or j
a httlp more, with regular though not I
agreeablo features, and an air perfectly I
free from embarrassment.
She repeated almost in the prisoners
own words, the story he had told of hi
having called her up, and her having
accompanied hi in to his room, adding
that, after leaving him, she had retired
to her room, and had been awakened b
the man-servant in the morning with an
account of the traveler s death.
She had now to undergo a cross-ex
amination ; and I may as well state here
that which, though not known to me till
afterward, will assist the reader in un
derstanding the following? ecene. The
counsel for th prosecution had, in his
own mind, attached considerable im
portance to the circumstances meutioned
by the v itness who saw the light ; that
hue the prisoner and the housekeeper
were in the room of the former, som -thing
like a door had intervened be
tween the candle und the window, which
was totally irreconcilable with the ap
pearance of the room when examined :
and he half persuaded himself that there
must be a secret closet which had. es
caped the search of the officers of jus
tice, the opening of which would ac
count for the appearance alluded to, and
the existence of which might discover
the property which had 6o mysteriously
disappeared,
His object, therefore, was to obtain
from the housekeeper (the only person
except, the prisoner who could give any I sasTr..VPil!er'.' his private name being
clue to this) , such v information as.. hiSaody Faulkner." He btill lives, and is
could get without alarming her by any j clerk at the Metropolitan Hotel, Little
direct inquiry on tne subject, wdich,
she could not help eeiri its importing,
I weuld h;ivj lni her at one v a piitiT
I she h id ipt bevn in court, she c u 1 I not
know h v.y much or how little thj ui pury
hul hiouht t- li.ht ; ai by hiuiso;t
tra:itinj: tho tu.tter a ininiiterial, h'
I tU'gbt lead tier to consider it ro, alm,
a,I.by..,ha.t "?e!U" "'Ptedly draw
I m ' no.; kiivw. a:v.-r wpiho u:mu
I u .t, i i
ton- and
manner calculated rather to
awekea confidence than to distrust
"During the limo you ere in Mr
Smith's room, you stated that tJvj candle
etood on the table, in the centre of the
room?
"Yes."
'"Was the closet or cupboard, or
whatever you call it, oponed once, or
twice, while it stood there I
A pause : no answer.
"I will call it to your reoolloction.
After, Mr. "smith had takea the rued
cino out of the closet, did he shut the
door, or did it remain open?
"He shut it "
"Then it wa opened again for the
purpose of lepuciug the bottle, was it
"It was.
"Do you recollect how long it was open
the last time I
"Not above a minute.
"The door when open would be ex
actly between the light and the window,
would it not ?"
"It would."
"I forget whether you said the cloet
was on the right or left hand side of the
window
"The Left."
"Would the door of the closet make
any noise in opening ?' .
"Nine."
"Can you spaak positively to the fact ?
r. omnu hij.
to turn her eyes toward the vt where
1ryrif olanrinal. A nrtl.l. rfftmn SWOat
ctnmt nnn h hrAtr r hi Fact had lCSt
! ) t-aAt- r -nn-avajl a litrincr irn cr(
a I 1 1 U"IVI f W y jp t a tm aa v .--.
at Ati SKft nA mnnna ow Kim t h n
cVi rialraA an 1 rint Thfl OiinW.
nuences of her answer flashed across her
mind.
j
Sbft had heen o thoronphlv deceived
hv tn marner of the advocate and by
the little importance he had seemed to
attach to her statement, that he had
been led on. bv one question to another,
till she had told him all that he wanted
to know,
During the interval (occasioned by her
illness) as to the proceedings, the solicitor
for the prosecution left the court. It
was between four and hve o cl'ck when
tha iaJte r.,su.iied hi seat npon th
the
the prisoner hi, situation at th
e
bar, and th-3 housekeeper hers in the
witnesi-box : the court in the interval
had remaiued crowded with spectators,
scarce one of whom had left his place,
lest, during his absence, it should be
seized bv some one else
Ihe cross-examining counsel then ad
dressed the witness : 1 have a very
few more auction to ask of you : but
beware that. yoi answer them truly, for
your own life depen Is upon a thread.
Do you know this stopper
I do.
To whom does it belong ?"
"To Mr. Smith."
"When did you see it last?"
"On the night of Mr. Thompson's
death
At this moment the solicitor for the
prosecution entered the court, bringing
with him UDon a trav. a watch, two
money bags, jewel c;se, a pocket
book, and a bottle of the same manu
facture as the stopper, and having no
cork in it : some other articles there
were in it not material to my story. Ih-.
tray was plaoud upon the table in sight
of the prisoner and the witness, ana
from that moment not a doubt remained
in the mind of any man of the uili of
the prisoner,
A few words will bring my tale to a
close. The house where the murder had
been committed was between nine and
ten miles distant. 1 he wiiettor, as soon
as the cross-examination had .iiscovereu
.i . 1 i 1 ...
tne existence oi m ciosei, suu i wmt
ton, had set ott on horeoact--, witn two
sheriU s omcers, and atrer pul.ing aown
part of the wall of the house, had de
tected this place of concealment.
The search was well rewarded ; the
a w .11
who e ot the property neiongine to .ur.
Thompson was there, amounting in val
uo to several thousand pounds, and to
leave uo doubt, a bottle was discovered,
which the medical men instantly pro-
nounead to contain the very identical
poison which had caused the death oi
the unfortunate lhompson. mereeuii
is too obvious to need explanation,
The r.vsa presents tho perhaps unpar-
aralleled instance ot a man accused oi
murder so defending himself as to in-
duce tho judge and jury to concur in a
verdict of acquittal, but who, persisting
in cal iner a witness to prove his mno-
cence, was upon the testimony of that
very witness, convicted rtd executed.
An inebriated Granger precipitated
hiuiselr down the depot stairs, and, on
striking the landing, reproachfully
apostrophised himself with. "If you'd
been awantm to come down ttair
why n thunder didn t you say so, you
wooden-headed old fool, an' I'd come
with you an showed you the way.--
Danbury Air.
Among the pall-bearers at the funeral
of .Mr. Greeley was Dudley S. dregory.
who lent Horace Greeley, when a young
man, $1,000, which was the capital up
on which he entered business. That was
not a case of misplaced confidence. The
poor printer bar, who had nothing but
his own hands To fight the battle of the
world, is now followed to the grave by
the highest representatives of the na
tion and a whole people are his mourn
ers. Isn't trut Ftrangcr than fictiou?
A prominent member of the staff of
Gen. Mosbv during the civil war is now
on the staff of the Chicago Inter- Ocem,
where his present pen is mightier than
hi tormor sword.
Everybody has heard of "The Arkan
asiioeic
Number 37.
I TO TH3 PS0PL3 CP ZXZ2 C0717TY.
Thft undersigned have been appointed
ar Editorial Committee, by the Teachers'
Association of Casj county, to prepare
for publication, in cadi isu of the
w;t.!y papers published in the county,
oiio column of reading matter on topics
of educational inteiest.
In pursuance of said appointment.
and in view of the responsibility resting
upon m, not only as the rervants of the
ssociation in said capacity, but as
teachers in the public schools of Cass
county, we deem it our duty to direct the
attention of those whom we serve the
people of Cass counts' to the great and
pressing necessity of an increase in
EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.
Your county is one among the most
favored and beautiful in the State. It
is rich in agricultural resources, yieldiug
a bountiful return for the labor of the
husbandman. Your farms are among
the richest in the West, and your fa
cilities for "making money" are not in
ferior to those of any other country.
Your commercial advantages are superi
or to those enjoyed by many of the peo.
p'e in the older States.
While we recogizs the fact that you
enjoy all these, and that your primary
object in removing from other places to
this county, -as to secure homos and
prosper pecuniarily, we are compelled to
admit, however reluctantly, that the sub-1
ject of Education has not, and does not
receive that attention and aolicitude
which its grave importance demands.
While the desire and effort to accumu-1
ate property legitimately are comuienda-1
tle in every one, yet to do so and to neg-
ect ihe great interests of the youth
their educational interests is a matter
of seriou and grave consideration.
Our county, and our whole State,
both, comparatively speaking, are but
young in years. Ihe labor ot ma3cle
and of brain are both required to build
up our county and State in political and
ducational importance, and in material
wealth. The great and substantial basis
upon which the superstructure of our I
prosperity must rest, it the etlucation of
the youth of the State. The perpetuity
of Republican institutions depends upon
the judicious education of the youth of
America. Without this vitalizing ele-1
ment, free institutions will decay. Amen-
cans will degenerate, and the KepuLhc J Nebraska has a lady bounty nupenn
of America, like the republics of south- ttndent of Public Instruction, Miss Ada
PrnEarnne in the fourth and fifth een-
tuiies. will furl her proud banner, and
take her place among the nations that I
were. .
opportunities are GREAT.
We do not deem it out of place, nor
ii vdrani to direct attention to the fact I
that, particularly in the western States
i i, i.o r .V.
mup.c jjru..v,.. .v,.
payment of instructors of the youth.
American statesmen, with apparent
valuable and munificent donations of
and from the public domain, to the dif
ferent western State?, for the purpose of
securing to the youth thereof the ad
vantages of free education. This fact is
well known by the people of the whole
nation, and "especially, should it be well
L-nnirn hrr thnac fir who hpnpfit the
donations were made. The general gov
eminent has given to the State of Ne
braska more than two millions of acres,
for the support of the common schools.
Of this amount, Casa county i entitled
to more than eighteen thousand acres,
which if sold at the minimum price
seven dollars per acre would give an
irreducible fund of one hundred and
twenty t-ix thousand dollars. This
amount loaned at ten per cent, would
produce annually, an available eum of
twelve thousand six hundred dollars,
which may be used every year to sustain
the public schools.
Uow differently then, is your satua-
tion, in this respect, irom tuac or eur
fathers, and from that of many of our
Eastern friends to-day. Your schools
are sustained, your children are thus af
forded the meaua of free education, ao
far as tuition is concerned, and the only
expense to which you are subject, is that
necessary, to turoish school i-ouse, lurni
ture, fuel, and uch other nccess.riei as
may conduce to the prosperity of jour
schools. Thus the opportunities are
such that uo community of people can
sli.ht them, without perpetrating an in
justice to the youth to their children
those Icings whom the Great Author ot
our exiateuce has entrusted to parental
guardianship ; and not without cotnuiit
tibg a crime, by omission, against the
governmeut, which, in providing the
means, impliedly intended that all the
youth should enjoy thaee opportunities,
and to be thus educated for the per
formance of the duties necessarily re
quired of every true and faithful Ameri
can citizen.
APATHY AND INDIFFERENT.
In nearly every school district, not only
iu Cass County, but we make it as a
general observation, applicable to nearly
every school district iu the United Stated,
thcie are parents and guardians who
manifest but little interest in the educa
tion of their children or wards. This
indifference in many cases does uot seem
to ario from a diaincliuation to educate
the children, but more particularly of
appreciative energy. The children, it
maybe, are never sent to the school
bouse at all ; and if sent, are continued
there until feeling a little wearied by the
school room discipline,' they are allowed
philosophical discernment of the best a road on this side ot the nver. iney
r would then build up Nebraska, instead
means of perpc uat.ng the institution nibARtp.
ira Opie of the Ur.Kllhtot sale r.y IT. J
Mreicrit, at tbe I'ost I'njce. and O. V. John
son. North side Main tMret, between fooosji,
and Third,
to remain away until following the tent
of their own inclinations, they return to
the school room only to annoy teacher
and classes Ly inability to take former
places in their claf.s. Again : The child
may Lo tent regularly and punctually
the parent or guardian may eipenencw
no little inconvenience to do so, yet th
child is never encouraged by even tho
semi-occasional prcfcnro of the parent
In ,no school room. The faithful little
student braves the winter s storm, fairs, it
I my he, cold and uncomfortable, poiea '
j over the knotty textbook, Is repri
manded, perhaps, for irregularity of
conduct, and doubtlesa- often wonders
why the kohool room ia only a plea for ,
children and teacher.
Let parents then render valuable aid
to teacher and scholars, by often visiting
the school. Let them remember that in
their way they can render effective as
sistance in the great work of education.
THE TEACHER,
None but he or the who has the caro
of schools can justly realize the great
responsibility of the school room, and
none but the teacher can form any Just
conception of the arduous duties wbioh .
the profession imposes. His labors are
I underestimated, while his compensatiqji.
j even though it be but forty or fifty dol-
I lars per mouth, is magnified into "Mg
I pay."
In conclusion, we would respectfully,
J yet earnestly enjoin upon parents the ne-
I ccssity of giving their encouragement
I in the education of their children. Visit
yocr schools; render your children com-
fortable while io the schoolroom; at
tend meetings of Toacher'a Associations,
and join with us in an effort to buihl up
the educational interests of Cass county,
B. 8. RaMskt, )
Gertie Johnson, Editorul Com.
L. U.T.Sahm, J
CHIPS. '
Frcm an official statement of ship
ments of wool to Bo?ton and sales of more
there, it is estimated that not more than
two million pounds were lot by the
treat fire
A murderous Frenchman, keeper of the.
f ourteen Mile House, op the msoia
?h?t& f'bSI
arrested and will go to States prison, if
justice is done. Covington Aeic.
Not wlthine to be behind the times
W- Lucas of 1'ierce county.
The Nebraska Herald lasavery sen -
i t ! ..- Kah.i t.itha i run r
D fra ' ,M cLinCeS t0 make it
i.utwe think m this case the
awe. - .
chances are all ou the side oi tne county.
rue POi; j mcn 0f ioc Bluffs have ap-
nniit.'l & poinmittee to make arrange
ments to bring the rvnnsas wiij, pi.
dosepnaua wunciiiiu.M.'ii.-
. t.hP r, tr. That would bo
h-ttrr than nothine. but it would be
infinitely more to their interest to have
There is a gentleman in Nebraska who
has had experience in the mater or
sinking khafts such for instance, as we
expect to fee 6tarted in Liacoln before
many weeks. We allude to Mr. John
Chritinsen, master mechanic ot the li,
k M. R. R. Mr. C. who superintended
the sinking 0f the chart at the celebrated
Hoodie tunnel, of which uol uoane was
I t hf Vflfineff. which WaS 1,100 feet 13
aeptn, biiu is utiuiu. . t.
mechanic. We should like to se eucl a
man in charge of tpe shaft a Lanco.n.
Journal.
Tha Fair Se: &t Genera.
The culture aud character of the Gene
van ladies offer a convincing argument
for extending to women everywhere the
facilities of the higher education. The
effects of solid studies aud of the earnest
nursuit of art are racoenizcd in the in
creased aelf-relianee, independence and
elevation of tone a deepening and rcfin-.
ing of bympathy, and a disdain lor ex
cessive frivolit,, the cardinal traits that
render woman more truly woman. Re
ferring to their appearance in the street,
a writer in tho Swiss Time says : "Pass
hv the Corraterie at uoon anJ witness
the orowd of well dressed pupils, from
hirtfpn to twenty years of age, swarm-
iac out of this industrial hive, in depend-
ent and Re.'t-coiiectea, wirenuiw;' mo
busy, commercial throngs. truatiDg in
their own inuate innocence, without fear,
without danger, simple and guileless,
kuowinc well that each individual, if
called upon for protection, would bhield
them from the biightest anromanu you
witness a wht t ut rarely eJ in otner
capitals, and a theme upon which jpu
. .. . t , ' .1,!;.'
may dwell. I0 uarui comas iroui iuin
spirit of self-dependence ; on the con
trary, it fortifies the mind and forms and
develops the woman. Such a training,
such a republicau inuepeuaence, wy,
however, also bo found among the
Americans. The Genevcse, in conse
quence of the superior education they
receive, mate exceptional wives, anoj.
are admirably form3d for instructing
their offspring. A very pretty custom
still exists of annexing the wiJe a name
to that of the huaband, as. for iubUuoe,
Roauiaout Cayln, or Fazy N'eyer, ttc.
They are very fond of the lecture room,
and during tho long, drearisome winter
months fortunately for them, this taste
ia encouraged by teancex given by first
rate, highly intellectual professors.
TH3!?.W.C3Sl?Sa.
Horace V. Clarke, inhjs testimony yei-.
terday before the referee concerning the
arrest of proceedings gint Jay Gould,'
said that previously Smith, Dram, Trav
ens and others were short on Nortbwo?t-
ern, and they knew Gould was long of.
stock. After the fire, Smith and his party,
bought up a lot of stock, thinking they,
nould sell to advantage incase of a panu-r
On the 23d of November be was told
Gould was to be arrested; ; tnerfore, to,
avoid which, a panic would bo luely to
follow in the Stock exchange., He and.
Mr Schcll decided to bail GoyU. He,
judged that the arrest wa a" stock jot
transaction.'
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