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cape girardeau weekly argus yoirvm cckpe girardeau 1 missouri ■july 34 1870 !_. no 6 ' i v echoes of bella lf*a u bt jakes hkdlet jr.pnli j sitting last night in the woodland dell gloanjing turning sweet nature's book page after patio over the fields of the by-gone time roaming *- «- culling the flowers of every age •- *■t anxiously straining and striving to fathom » * hearts that to me seemed but mysteries spells faint as a whispered moan—"dying,--still dyinf>i cometh the echoes sweet echoes of bella .' • echoes of bells that are silent forever v ',' | behs that are nonlc'ring to dust and decay ' ' bells tbat have summoned the bride to her nuptials bells with whose music her soul passed aw*y out from the fields of the red revolution • • - i fancy's earvatcb.es the poncerous knells ' j wafted high over the strife and the carnage ' ' ll » dying atill dying*'—these echoes of bells ■j echoes of hearts that in jubilant measure t -, j . filred all tbe air witb their nrasioal beat -.. j pealing an anthem all timed to tbe tapping - >. ,\ hade on the floor by the pattering feet . made by the dancers as ever in unison ... - - i heart beats with heart and the melody swells ; still to my spirit a duet they're singing dying"—these echoes of hearts and of bells t , echoes of hearts that are broken and weeding | echoes ef anguish of suffering and woe .> < wrung from the-chlldrcn of night's dark oppression down*mid the dregs of the dweller below ** . echoes of voices that ever are walling i " ' wailing in secret—for she never teus ,„, . anguish of the heart tbat is beating so wildly | > • dying"—these.echoes of hearts and these bells anxiously straining and striving to fathom < beans that to me seem but mysteries spells faint as a whispered moan dying still dying j cometh these echoes sweet echoes of bells j t far np above in the watch towers of eden ' i j i rung by the bellman a gratia anthem awells ; ' list and forget tbis strange sadder heart-beating living still living"—uu echees'of bells 1 1 how to arrange a hand bouquet ' a iady correspondent of n english rpagazino gives a few practical bints as to the best arrangement of color's for a bouquet "' ' * ; - •' bouquets for the hand should be maao bf the r choicest flowsrs grace fully arranged heavy solid flowers or massivet arrangements should be as much as possible avoided such bouqaets are necessarily brought uq der the closest inspection of tbe eye should be composed of of del icate structure exquisite fragrance the present stylo of immense size composed'of solid flowers scarcely if at all relieved by foliage is only suggestivejofc qme*enorm©u varie gated or pied fungus hung with silk fringaor put up in lace paper anil t_ie_u tarned^at qveiiipg entertain ments becomes as often a burden as a pleasure to the fair possessor ,- j for successful effect in floral deco ration much-depends upon.the judi cious arrangement of colors : -• violent contrasts are to be avoided as ' also the sameness produced by having too much of one color i j p .. v . .-. , ... • 1 in producing harmonious contrasts j of colors,'it should be reraombered that there are only three primary colors red blue and yellow : from these other colors arise-r-orange be ing composed of yellow and red pur ple of the blue and redj green of yellow and blue x , v > y j ,* j these form contrasting,colors to the primary three with which tbey are in harmonious opposition a the orange with the blue purple with yellow and green_with red ~ | olive'is formed of a combination of purple and green citron from green and--orange;-an4 russet fro a orange and purple-vred and blue and yellow harmonize with each,.other and'lhey"jnay be placed in juxtaposi tion^-but-purple should not be near redw blue as itis cotsiposed of those two colors for the same reason/or ange should n6t.be*-placed next tjo yellow or rqd 3 another rule is that the i neutral - jives brown f maroon slate lavender etc should be used in the greatest quantities and r tbe primary oolors used inemaller quan tity,.for heightening the effect f you lack the proper shade for produc ing the necessary harmonies and find j that two,colors do not harcdonize j well separate them by a white flbwer again always plaoq tbe brightest color n the centre ofyour design and gradually decrease the intensity of tbe tints as you wroach the ek teriorjjand avoid spoblmesa by usinjg as'much as possible one prevailing color " j sol/millar of the'"white cloud chief kansas,''tolls the most re markable duck story on record and vouches for it ttuth/'lte^says i v obe day recently the weather be an to grow very cold toward ev ening large numbers of wild ducks made their way to th s big tarkio lake/over in rush bottom and lit in the wat§r,,the surface of which was frozen to a mushy condition that yielded jo the weight'of tho fow^s butnot allowing them to swim around the freezing progressed so rapidly thafthe ducks were bood fast in the ice which on the 7 following morning solid enough to bear the weight of men lewis ueese and several other persons went on the ice and with hatchets cut out pno.hundred and thirteen living wild ducks ( and carried';th em bomei tbare were hundreds of ducks frozen fast iv the ice'which they did not take oi^t * female gamblers j there weroio gamestresses imong the greeks * and , the romav women , ytero always too much opcupied with their domestic'affairs to iind.time for ■play what will our modern ladies think-when we state that the.empeij or augustus scarcely wore a garment which bad not been ' woven by his wife his sister or-^grand-dangbters i in france women who wished to gamble were at first obliged to keep the tbxtig secret for if it became known they lost caste in the reign's of louis xiv and louis xv jthey became bolder and the wives of the great engaged in the deepest play in their mansions but still a gamestress was always denounced wit horror such women c says la.-bruyere make us chaste they have nothing of the sex but its garments thdii aa now the vice jed to-otber crimel the couhtess of schwiechelt a young nc beautiful lady'from l hai_oyef was much given to gambling rabd lost jivcrs,av_?aris in.order to repaitf this great loss,;she planned ' and executed the robbery of d fine corotieti'of emeralds-,'the property-of madame demidoif herself acquainted „ with tha > place where it_was kept and at a ball given by its owner the hanover lady^cori trived to purloin 4 it orr?.er youtfy and rank in life induced many persons to solicit her/pardon but bonaparte left her io ihe punishment t6 nwhich she was condemned.'1 thisj occurred iii ibo4 ,;, -> s;v ;'■of england gamestresses.".gold smith mentions aftolctlady'ln lhe country-who having been given over by^jier physician played-.with the curate of lhe parish'to pass the time away 1 won all his moneyi sho xext proposed playilg for the fii neral charges to which bhe would-be liable.'unfortunately the lady ex pired jiist as she had taken up , tho game !„ •'• ; . ..- l<>o <• • .■i a'lady who was desperately fond of play was confessing herself the priest represented among ' oth«ir arguments against gaifliqg the great loss of tide it occasioned ah ! that is what vexes me so much time lost in shuffling the csrds !" / j i the celebrated mrs crewe whose husband"was in.lbo6.,made lord c-ewe.ywas'as remarkable^for hor accomplishments wo£th as for her beauty nevertheless she like ; most of the grand ladies of the time1 was a gamestress and permitted tbe admiration of the profligate cnarles james fox who wroto on her th|e following lines which were said to be not exaggerated :''•-- ► . j r<where the loveliest expression to features i*j-in by nature's most delicate pencil design 3 i where^-lushes unhidden add soailes wrtmeut art . speak trie softness and feeling that dwell in tbe heart where in ma__ef enchanting the plemish we tracej but the soul keeps the promise we had from the face ', sure philosephy reason andcol-i-.ess aiust-pruvip j ■defenses unequal to slneli ( ug.,sroi iove.'j < j - nearly oight yearq after ihe famous election at westminister wher she personally,canvassed for fox mrs crewe was still in perfection vith a son one-and-twenty who jooked like her brother the form of hex face was exquisitely lovely her com tilexion radiant i know not mißs '" ' ' ' ' ,' ' ' '/» ' ' i ' ♦ ' i burney writes any;<female in her youth w_io could bear the comparison she uglifies every one near her j ','' during the last • half of the last century many titled ladies not only ... ••' v " . ' '•'' '• ■* gambled but kept gambling houses one of these actually appealed tojhe hous of lords foi prptectiop against the intrusion of officers into her es tablishment on the pica of her peer age i—from jtbe rambling-table by william a seaveb in harper's magazine for june .' '." ?.".. .. j " • »" ' 11 it >' i ,!■-■1 j ( .: # curioug-things to know i •„• '■' besides iljetfact that ice is lighter than water there is another curious thing about it'which persons do not know perhaps namely its pnrityi jl lamp of ice melted will always be come purely'distilled,/wa'ter when the early navigators of the arctic seas got out of water they melted fragments of thqso vast mountains of ice called icebergs and were aston ished to find that they yielded only fresh water < they thought that they-were frozen salt water,..jnot knowing tbat they wore formed on the land and in some way launched into tbe sea but if they had been right the result would have been all the same j tho fact is tbe water,in freezing turns out of it all that i not water salty air,»coloring matter and till impurities frozen sea water makes fresh water ice if you1 freeze abasin'of indigo water it will make it as pure as that made of pure rain water i-when the cold is very sudden these foreign matters have nc time jo escape by rising o sinking aod are thud entangled with the ice but do not form any part of it , another triumph of mechanical genius a gentleman fof this cjty whose name we are not at liberty to make publicl at'present has been putting io bis'leisure time fo beveral monthß past in perfecting an invention of his own for navigating tho air he has so nearly perfected his plans that a working model has already perfofn ed miracles and the inventor assures us that he has great improvements to be added to his machine which he is now building tbe;carrying capacity of which i»to bd about three hundred pounds tlie . working model was exhibited to a party of three gentle men including ourse'lf last friday at a'retired spot near the fair ground and a partial description more we are not allowed to disqlose may bb ofipterest to our readers caveats have been filed,for patents the working model was carried out in a shoe box meaauring'^bout one au<j a s^alf by three'feet and wnen set,up re^yfor businpss looked more like an overgrown grasshopper than any thing 1 the first sight-of this tnachibe elicited in ' audible 1 smile from all wpi'esent including 4he.in ventor who remarked r th&f he ex pected7cyerybo3y~would laugh at it and for that reason he should keep shady ( until bis machine capable of carrying twp men was working suc cessfully in less ; than jen ; miuuies after tbe machine was set.up and fire appji^d to k a small,.spirit lamp the nondescript was ready to sail through the air controlled in^ts light j by a small cord 1 the hands of tbe^nveri tor h ; a stone weighing fifteen pounds was attached and lifted with case.-j the ruddeif being adjusted the ma chine sailed in a,circle and other ap pliances ' jcall them rudders if you chob-e gave it an upward or down ward tendency at the will of the en gineer the wind which was blow ing some-at the time seemed to affect tbe machine but little when carrying weight ' we are allowed to btate that the principal of the motive pow er is caloric and that it is tbe inten tion pf the inventor to bave his large machine ready to operate by the first of july and that on the fourth i tbo weather should be favorable he will exhibit his invention to the peo ple of hannibal.-^-[hannibal courier - r »,«.#.» . j a'ltjcky escape.—tt was formerly a law in germany that a female con demnedto capital punishment'should be saved i any,,man^.would marry her vl young girl in vienna was on the point of being executed when her youth and beauty made a great im pression upon the heart of one of the spectators >- who was a neapolitan but excessively ugly struck with her charriis he | determined to save her and running immediately tq the place of execution declared his inten tion to marry the girl and demahddd , her pardon which was granted o.n condition that ihe-girl was not averse to the match.j the neapolitan then gallantly told the girl be was a gen tleman of some property and wished that he was a king '"<;•'." ' i , " t alas sir said she,'<'l am^fully sensible of ypur affection and gener osity but i am not mistress over my own heart and i cannot belie my sen timents '• i prefer death'-rather than marry such an ugly fellow a_'you."j i j f'well he exclaimed as a last ar gument marry me/and i'will cmi grate at o'nee to america and settle with you in chicago „. . ~, - i then her heart beat with hope she married himy aud is now apply ing for a divorce •*" " •■•- •" j * the soldier who stood guard upon ttie passage connepting napoleon's kitchen and dining-room and under whose nose all tbe savory,diphos have to pass of course without his being alldwed to partakei became so frozen over the deprivation that he blow his brainsvout the pther day t the emperor on hearing of the occur rence ordered that • henceforth the sentinel at this post shall share in the high life below stairß succeeding the imperial dinner - ' i ; ' ';• 1 ' " "■■'■»;»■. ': ;.- '.' i i vjn a little town out west a lady teacher was exercising a class of ju veniles in mental arithmetic she coh-raenced the ' question ■if you buy 1 a*cow'for ten dollars when up came a'little hand j wo a ia it johnny j why you can't buy no kind of ft cow for ten dollarsj father sold one for sixty dollars thef other day and ike was a regular old scrub .' , ; ,'\ ..-."* .'•' , the love of the beautiful what are balfjthe crimes in , the world commi^etffqrt^^wbat brings into action the / best t virtues j i the desire pi possessing t of possessing what?—not paere^noney but species of the beautiful t which money can purchase r as man lies in a little dirty smoky room for^twenty year's of his life and 6umsjup as many col umns of figures as would reach round half the earth if tbey were laid at length j he get fich wha does he do with his riches ? rt eu buys a barge well propprtioned house in the i r rangement of his furniture he grati fies himself with all the beauties which splendid colors regular figures and scuopth surface , can convey he ha the beauties o ( variety,and asso ciation in his grounds : the cup out of which j_e driuks his tea is adorned with jbeautjfui figures the chair in which he sits is.covered with sijiooth shining ieather hl tablecloth is'of . i ■. > • i '. ..... i the most beautiful damask mirrors reflect the.light,from every ( quarter of the v room pictures , of the r best masters feed his eyes with aif the beauties of imitation , r a.million hu man are employed in this couptr^jn pjipistering to this feeling of the.beautiful it is only a barbar ' ji .> 1 » .. ■. . — i .. .., | oos ignprant people that ever be oc cupied by^he necessities of life alone if i tocat and,to tpr.be warm wjrp,th pnfy passions pf.our minds we should all be what the low est of us all are at this day the love pf„the beautiful palls man to fresh exertions and awakens him to a more npble life and,the glory pf # . m*i i ■t i }..•. 7 1 :! ji 0 ri ji ' it is fv that as painters imitate and poets fijng and statuaries carve and . * • 1 01 . r . . 1 i arcqjtects rear up the gorgeous tro phies of their skill—as everything be comes beautiful,,'an4 orderly^aiid magnificent—the activity of the mind rises to stilf greater and tb bettef.pb young women look out i-nbw youpg'-iadiesi iooki out the young men ire after youj not with a view to matrimony cd no i r tbey are going to deal death and destruc tion to borne.-of your " female faults and findings panoplied in conscious right they will go forth'to the battle for the demands "• of their seif ' i'he young men of bontonsport havp'set the ball to rplling by meeting in 1 sol emn conclave and passing these reso lutions the < first rthing you'-know the young men all over the country will convene and adopt them here they arerchold your breath & i.a •• j resolved that we will pay no at tention whatever to any yourig lady whose waist meal-tires'less than thu ty'inches ? ; ,':.','.'/ \ ji a resoliipd th^t.we will t ncjt repog nijze auy young ladyi who paints or powders especially when the powder is visible on her eyebrows ' v;'"i | . resolved,..^h&t,.we will not accom pany any young.lady to church wbq thinksthat bran id indispensable to calves i.-"i '■•' '}• -.;.";•' •: '_' } , resolved hat we will dot accom pany.a young lady to church who re fuses to open her rmouth to sing and then finds fault with the eingiilg ; . resolved that any young l^dy who'wil fcave tb.e chinaman disl charged and cooki breakfast by \ 7 o'clock thereby •' throwing the r poor chinaman ouli of a job aa jaeartlcss and therefore intolerable !■«..; i * ' resolved;<-th&i any yonng jady who needs td be csked morer than six times to perform on the - piano ? need not apply • '^ ti'*<r *>" / ', ." resolved that the ladies with store teeth be rejected>-^exchange ! ) 4 h i.ilhilm<*>l*'t ' i >'.)' i * , a preacher in nebraska city thus addressed his congregation.last sab bath ; . fellow-laborers with christ gallant soldiers of the cross and la borers in god's golden harvest may make a clergyman feel intensely de lighted when he is n arrear^for his rent but we ihink not ithe praise and flattery of a congregation wno have faith io ju'preacher's ability is a good thing but without works jis dead/and preaching without green backs is played out;".»v *_ . ■'< •/« • - ' , " ««'■■»■' ■■■■■~.,', there iz nothing in a'man that a woman admires more than his re diness and ability to s/jiaah another fellow and it is jist so with a ben.'-t when a rooster gets licked the hem all march oph with the other rooster if be ain'thaff sohb-ig and nandsonla • 1 *■'••-* . t < .) ,* i »<■»*« i i i ■'. new york enjoys a,"young amer icaa sword.._flw*ljo.vor_and stone eatfr."i tbey feed him pn ha.sh ta ken from a mcadamized road ' . . . . ♦•' i _ r • haandling reptiles for the benefit of the outside warld.we havo to.put on record tha fact that in our island city there lives a youth who in himself is one pmopg the great phenomena of the agej listen and be judgq jroursejf '» he can . handle snakes scorpions centipedes or what npt with perfect impunity ho makes pets and play fellows of the larger kind of rattle snakes twisting them around bim and , dallying with their forked tongues or twelve rattles he actu ally has carried scorpions in his boi som and wasps and hornets 1 in his slfeeves and pockets without receiv ing bite ( or^f ting in tlie loneliness of the grove or forest or in any se eluded place infested with snakes ho , can by a fpw talismanic wordstcall around him any pumber of snakes i j '• 0.,i *. j-.-!v "•*,' whom he can charm into perfect obe ~ j iii t ~. -.- .' ,- 7 dienpp to all his mandates „ he can pick tber pp'ahcl ay them.down^at any given place an<f,,at iis\biddipg i they will remain there until bis e > . • •-,. " i ■. 4 » • • 10 . > \. f-t *»> „ turn after an absence sometimes of hours o w^-^v . we could relate many incidents.in ' si '» l ' < ••. j4 j "* j this connection lllustratiye of our.liu tldfriend's necromantic facutyy of subsiding the reptile creation but the foregoing must sufi+ce.—-[j£e yosfc dispatch i 6 ' 3i -~, 1 ~ t.'l mm mi ■.'' *'> p ti invalids coming v..under,:,th}s,(.caption rthe j.bocky fountain hews gives the following ; .. j_ee'(.jparis an 4 die t j,;_'2!-0-r»-see colorado andlivej o this is better advice and we are glad to know tbat many eastern people wilt j try thin bummer yo consider it a well set tled fact that there is no pja.ce on tho continent so favorable to incipient lung disease as this territory."-ijhb light and dry air js at the same timo stimulating and heajjng and pro duces an immediate curativo effect except in cases where the disease has r r»r\rr rncann __/-_ fa _• ikoh if nonnnfi _-___> arrested foij asthma our climate is an immediate and certain,,cure as hundreds can testify and } the most ' * inveterate cases are relieved at once as if by miracle . in all cases of re duced vitality with the various nerv ous and other disorders resulting from it a trip among the,jßpcky / • mountains arid free £ life in|ahei.rjglo rious parks are worth more than all the medicines ever invented to start the current of life again 1 in a deeper and stronger stream and expel ppis onous humors from the blood the invalids of the states are finding thin f . • . i . i . ' iii put and as our railroad will be cpm pleted in good time for mpun'tain travel tbis seaeon we lbok^for a crowd of travelers jn search of health and recreation and we are confident they will not be disappointed ' , i -• ' f , <— < ■■» <•■i i ■■'— '. j i v a.french thief i*u ~ the other day says a french pa£er _ lady went into the!jhabordariher'a hop rue fj_icheuea,/»nd jbought a pearugray flilk dress jj the shopman bad noticed a tolerably well dressed man at the-door after,-the arrival of tho lady and seeming to watch all her movements stepping upto*bo cashier's desk the^adyjj drpw^a 200 franc note from^hpr ntirso tj^hat moment the man outside rushed,into • thp shop gave the lady a bo pa t tho ear and tore the ( noto out of ; jier - haodf 7j x forjpid f,yoa t tp s buy t,hat dressy fied be^'but £ ( watebed you and you shall not bavo it.',%__with these words he b.astencd i away tho lady fainted and tfye persons employ ed in the shop supposing the intru der to be an offended husband made no remark and let him go when the"jady recovered the proprietor of the establishment expressed his.re gret at this violent scene and pitied her for beiug dependent on so brutal a husband my husband i criedthe lady eagerly sir that man is not my husband i do not know bim and have never seen hiiji t the pretend • ed husband was a thief * ~ " ■i " t • an absconding.wife is thus pathet lcally appealed to in a personal col umn ; jana your absenoe will ruin all think ot your children ypur parents your husband buturn re , turn all may yet be well at any rate enclose the key of the oupboardl where the ginas \ .. . > •/>• / a little girl in minnesota recently swallowed forty-nine percussio caps her mother was afraid to spank bee for fear of an explosion •,„ ' doing pizarro's tomb at lima consists in looking through a grating into a dark interior and giving ft pionk a low'pennies ; . . r t '. tfi ~ isfcape girard_au argus is piipusheb evert thursday bt | xv.xi u ammox prop'ori tt whom all communications most be addressed j " charles hotel ( — **> \ terms ok subscftif-lon : | • atornce five cents j it '* r a tes op advertising •" c .'• j "'' v-_fc<_ts dersquare first lnßcrtiofa.'..-j.sl 00 ■j iu r f ¥ each additional insertion 60 ' i_rur colnmn one year , j|o 00 : hall column oof ft year f r i 0 00 oa.-«ohiu_ij one year 100 00 i iu c_rd per.year 1c 00 ■_ t.jr^-special contracts iay be maca oj irregulajr proportionate rates vn . i»nnjs >- ! n_-i*-ing aotmda.t_s.~-pot city offices 1 •• • sfy graces 3 state offices 5 congress 10 , ' iv mk^nßsma*vmmiswimju*»mnamßmmumuiuum i'ribofessional cards i : l ider«ivis-&\wii_soi •; attorneys at law cape girardeau mo will aturid vvith promptness and fidelity to all business confided u their care i i oape gi rardoau and adjoining counties uovai attorne y^a^t la^f j cape gjrardeac,mo • will practice in ail the courts of the second dili trict particular attention will be giv_n to real es 4ittß-*o4 ro_«tp'lit»kau»n a^share ot businesv * olicltcd oflice over wm badofa saloon on levee r;;j.:;;2aotls;.noijck j « < il!ltri!h>fh lf-...'w • j <• , . . r ■! f-m * ~< mv.m <!-'- "■...:•• ' ■j — office tj main street over coffman's stare ! , jk.."*i'alllli.'ai n ,-.' i .- ■■!■cape girardeadi mo •''•'[ r nt t uil su i 1 r -,-,,.., . 4 j in'^ll tbe cv-<jfiil , tuyf conrta dt,all the counties of southeast jh&f . o_ri and ui supreme and federal ; 4jourts of the i_tat t..;ir<t bf ■■■'-•.;; ■"■. ap2c ' ' james mcwilliams thos f.'gilro-l o judge of ii g 0 p j , '„ att'yatilaw | icwili_iams u & gilroyi : ; r^al;_estate ag'ts li.r...!n)'»,rl.'dape'girardeau mo ', i argus vy'p_{wlng l main street j * lttlllattendpromptly to celling beat estate eaamf i w in ing titles conveyancing paying rtaxes aiuucolr . tect.ng reuts ci r : yiio^e having real estate to ell jtwiuoixiit to their interest to give tw a call je2g j j^i^^alexi'mss - tti,n t attorney at law .• .... ■. ud i . .!•■... and , ,' • . '~.; hegister^n'bankruptcy l . a , for third congressional district mo office epposite the post office maiu street cape girardeau mo a ► blanks in bankruptcy approved by the u s.tdi.stric court always on band ' > _ ii . il.i • v ; feblb '. . „%_> .. t.v^.r:—l ,; f.,7i'i ii 11 ,"{ jul ft.-wilson atto'y at^law cape girardeau m.0 t vtttill practice in t several courts of the tentl , lw judicial ctreuit o mo and in the counties of fttoddard battler and pemiscot,iia the 16th circuit j l,ottm partifcqiacatteiitian fc>«s n,j_jni_rup-c having provided himself with all the latest forms in u*o 513—a1l business promptly attended to i 3»rhe criminal practice made a speciality { fijuye-gs-rru-de the bant,-on tuemi_-_t octlgy j mcwiljliahiis ~ m attorney.at law . l . i ■t .' it "<■< •! -. f-tl-'l ! ii i ! . '' , fflco-st^charies hotel caps girardeau r /.!'...' i iwill practic-hi all the courts of southeast missoui'i jc_"speeial attention given to the buying aud sel j * jing of real estate p*yment of usee fee •\ ■■■> ;..,;', geo v greene ■,; ; ; t attorney at law v ';;'. offi'c*o ifarmony-at-eet next to marble city hotei p'raotice in all tlie.'courts of the'tenth'district k ,, all business entrusted to bim promptly attended,t • li;;7c;iw travis.--1 rsuegeqn & mechanical dentist oyfics on harmony street over whitelaw '&. gar i ...... xett'^store cape girardeau mq .. tyhole or partial setsj , ! v t-'ofarti.iciai tbeldt,insert-l(^^^^i ed'in t)ie mosti skillful manner and oi 4-*-a__j ( 4)arable maler.inl special attention paid to ulliu s j japd preserving natural teeth and tua treatment of dis easedeums ' " ',' ' '*' . txihlß j • r_i].l i i ill d>;eaa ) •', uif j staple and fancy nu ir goons groceries j jpfi^tjjln^;_?9ot and shoe&i jlortheast coruer of main and independence str-ota -.-,,--- t r . oape girardeau mo [ jiil p n.t-dempbe iial . deijlea imr fine plain and fancy fam'y grroeries stores 1 • wines & liquors of all kinds t^""'fruit street,'2d door south of jackson street ' ! n ca?e girardeau mo '■4 j ihehighest cash price paid for country produce * ull supply of every article in his line always on nd -. in .;••,'• m ,--,<;,. ge_b t ] ■;',;'! "•'.' or • 11 n • ioor ;•• 1 .^ office at his residence on spanish st ibetween themis ita independence formerly occupied by dr stockton j • t l___t*h*-_i jl t * h b—t m now on ** li&-s 3 crating at reduce it?!s^^ipsirw prices and will inset o^^^6^-v^m artificial tekthii vosr&^s^llab m>w •*• figure at same style of wort te^p^^^s_ps9ffl*iacan t*e obtained in 8 ifv^t^w^k^ss^^^iii louis or elsewhere . t^t?js satisfaction guaran / teed in all cases in ** 1 . is-^^s prices as well as worl » t sa^c.^ag-r manshlp j gl^e_i.t reduction f , * in price of i teas & coffees ! f<-ia i increased faoilitiea to club organizers send 101 , . r ffew price lii • xhc great american tea co p 0 box w13 4i x 33 vesey bt new tork cards tiedeuatm^buofsir i-i.;1,1011 commission r . •, . t ■~ and ,-."•'' "- i ; forwarding merchants <. iv,i i water st.,between themis and harmony » '• ' '' '■caps girardbau mo ' . xt eep constantly on hand the vari xv ons brands of the well-reputed jackson mills 8 f,e rdu cap fancy family*our wn,o took the premlmn «* the louisiana tate fair m 1868 jackson mills xxx family whitewa ter xxx also corn meae and rye flocr of the best quality in order to aacommodate retail cus tomers we shall keep at all times flour of the various brands named in 60 and 45 pound paper bags orders for any number of barrels solicited and filled prompt ly at the shortest notice -. fr j f }■, oc«i cho.-g kimmel r si larrt entlkr cape girardeau mo j \ late of m st l.pk'tco kll?lltt_el fc entl.er wholesale & t retail grocers ~;;: •,. and general •• *; » forwarding & com'n merch'ts on levee "■'. • j , . 00t24 « ~' -• , . cape girardeau mo 7-dealer ijj '* " '"•**'' '■. f lai ibs,*.'and gents v >' furnishing goods "/. 800 b »';""*' ' ' stationefty albums fee ~ main street bet themis and harmony in post office *■*'',_, cats girardeau mo -•' apl3 —»■«...*»-■■.. — . in i ~«, ..,.,'•« j john h.filbrun > .■i j s , john ivers j£.j r ; nr fii-lililx & iters i ! 1 ■' --" ' successors to filbrnn & sloan i ••■.! •» ■' ; ' commission forwarding probvce it grocery ml rcejut-tb aiso—agents for parker's express , themis water sts cape girardeau 4't '- references * ; « « i & _! wtrlsh.'st tonis i grover fc miller cairo ocka kvers/st louis i dan able/&coi meuipbis godsmith & c 0 , i je_6 robert stfrdivant •»': : - b-al_i_ti_:_e±!_e : -~ .;: , • '*' '" ' ' corner main and themis streets . ~ b-y and s_lls ... 1 foreign and domestic exchange discounts approved negotiable paper lends money on available collaterals deals in gov't securities and coi receives deposits subject to check at sight makes.'collections on all aeces sil^ie points,,and in all respects does a ' gt-fstatb igenkrat banking busjnkss my:6-ly s.:j.:kisrox gl_\es_at • auctioneer • main street capb girardeau mo ( - t>espectfui&y announce to the peo w pie of this and surrounding vicinity that lie has opened as above parties having ~—* j . goods household furniture or properly of any other-descriptlon to dispose of are invited to give him a call as he wih be enabled to realize orfthe same-jn the shortest possible time i3»auctiou salo ever,y lay .„£_{ '- ~> i"l»pl4 •:- a.jeager , main straet.stwo doors above garaghty gale & co.'s - cape girardeau mo .--- |. 3 4 vwhttle-al and retail dealer jm ', stoves tin-ware /.' '-•»•••' j and , '-"■• > 1 coai olli i.a-jips i "*- an manufacturer o ". i copper &. sheet ironware ~ m ,# guttering and spouting --„ j a/t3 material and btock^of everj i.j_l.kiiid.ib as good aa there is in the market and as cheap as the cheapest coiae and examine jo€-y fi marble citx •'. \ j3hug store harmony t>etweea middle and frederick streets kici_\i-i is igee p'*.-va ' dealer in .- i drugs chemical patent medicines ,'.'.,- ",, ', t v r r -, wines and liquqi^s faiicy-.toilet articles and perfumery paints painter's tools -- "* dytt stuffs varnishes naptha . d \.. coal and lubricating oils • f 4nd everything kept in _ ell assorted drug store hi medicines are of the purest quality piiysi glans pre»ori-tions car«fjilly compounded '* e'.';s'eei;en b t :^ wholesale a^d retail deajler ix _, obpkihgi parlor »!. :/; oand*ukinda*nd yarietieeol .. ' i >•■heating stoves main street e_riy roppbpite ibe st charles , r , ~. cape girardeait mo " . „', * offers to his customers a full'as isortment of cooking snd heating stoves ot the latest and mos.t approved patterns he ispre pared to do all kinds-o work manufactured ont of copper tin and sheet-iron he has all and the newest machinery that is n iae for manufacturing tijiware 4 keeps a shop , , as good as any in the th city ' - ready-made tinware manufactured in his shop in regard to price an quality he defies competition conntry dealer cat jbe supplied with tinware at a fair discount „ guttering roofing and jobbing of au kinds neatly and promptly done janft-$a * filbr(j k iters ' insurance ffemts „ for „ horae insurance xoi n.-jy capital,'bi,6b7,6oi commercial ins st...louis capital 200,00d.00 wb are prepared to take firk or marinb rlg^b for any amount also to make contract marine policies and give the parties with whom we make aid contracts thereturnpreniu.m yers r)aj galusha's j * ' livery mp feed stables harmony between main and spanish streets - * ■cap girardeau mo the bnbscribers thankful for past favors respect fully inform their patrons and the public neneralli that they are constantly adding new horses caruakei audbukßiesto their already well stocked stables am the traveling public oanalwayf rely on bem«*ccouv modatedwithridlnehotßea ot buggiei on aa reasona ble teruw as can be had elsewhere _' " . * dat fc a%.\ksna i j . 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Object Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1870-07-14 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 8 No. 58 |
Date | 1870-07-14 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type |
Newspapers |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | English |
Coverage | Missouri -- Cape Girardeau County -- Cape Girardeau |
Rights | Public domain |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Date Digital | 8/23/2010 2:31:34 PM |
County |
Cape Girardeau County (Mo.) |
Contributing Institution |
Southeast Missouri State University |
Copy Request | Contact Kent Library Special Collections and Archives at One University Plaza, MS 4600, Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Telephone: (573) 651-2245 Fax: (573) 651-2666 Email: semoarchives@semo.edu |
Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1870-07-14 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 8 No. 58 |
Date | 1870-07-14 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type | Newspaper |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | eng |
Coverage | United States; Missouri; Cape Girardeau County; Cape Girardeau; |
Rights | Public domain |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Full Text |
cape girardeau weekly argus yoirvm cckpe girardeau 1 missouri ■july 34 1870 !_. no 6 ' i v echoes of bella lf*a u bt jakes hkdlet jr.pnli j sitting last night in the woodland dell gloanjing turning sweet nature's book page after patio over the fields of the by-gone time roaming *- «- culling the flowers of every age •- *■t anxiously straining and striving to fathom » * hearts that to me seemed but mysteries spells faint as a whispered moan—"dying,--still dyinf>i cometh the echoes sweet echoes of bella .' • echoes of bells that are silent forever v ',' | behs that are nonlc'ring to dust and decay ' ' bells tbat have summoned the bride to her nuptials bells with whose music her soul passed aw*y out from the fields of the red revolution • • - i fancy's earvatcb.es the poncerous knells ' j wafted high over the strife and the carnage ' ' ll » dying atill dying*'—these echoes of bells ■j echoes of hearts that in jubilant measure t -, j . filred all tbe air witb their nrasioal beat -.. j pealing an anthem all timed to tbe tapping - >. ,\ hade on the floor by the pattering feet . made by the dancers as ever in unison ... - - i heart beats with heart and the melody swells ; still to my spirit a duet they're singing dying"—these echoes of hearts and of bells t , echoes of hearts that are broken and weeding | echoes ef anguish of suffering and woe .> < wrung from the-chlldrcn of night's dark oppression down*mid the dregs of the dweller below ** . echoes of voices that ever are walling i " ' wailing in secret—for she never teus ,„, . anguish of the heart tbat is beating so wildly | > • dying"—these.echoes of hearts and these bells anxiously straining and striving to fathom < beans that to me seem but mysteries spells faint as a whispered moan dying still dying j cometh these echoes sweet echoes of bells j t far np above in the watch towers of eden ' i j i rung by the bellman a gratia anthem awells ; ' list and forget tbis strange sadder heart-beating living still living"—uu echees'of bells 1 1 how to arrange a hand bouquet ' a iady correspondent of n english rpagazino gives a few practical bints as to the best arrangement of color's for a bouquet "' ' * ; - •' bouquets for the hand should be maao bf the r choicest flowsrs grace fully arranged heavy solid flowers or massivet arrangements should be as much as possible avoided such bouqaets are necessarily brought uq der the closest inspection of tbe eye should be composed of of del icate structure exquisite fragrance the present stylo of immense size composed'of solid flowers scarcely if at all relieved by foliage is only suggestivejofc qme*enorm©u varie gated or pied fungus hung with silk fringaor put up in lace paper anil t_ie_u tarned^at qveiiipg entertain ments becomes as often a burden as a pleasure to the fair possessor ,- j for successful effect in floral deco ration much-depends upon.the judi cious arrangement of colors : -• violent contrasts are to be avoided as ' also the sameness produced by having too much of one color i j p .. v . .-. , ... • 1 in producing harmonious contrasts j of colors,'it should be reraombered that there are only three primary colors red blue and yellow : from these other colors arise-r-orange be ing composed of yellow and red pur ple of the blue and redj green of yellow and blue x , v > y j ,* j these form contrasting,colors to the primary three with which tbey are in harmonious opposition a the orange with the blue purple with yellow and green_with red ~ | olive'is formed of a combination of purple and green citron from green and--orange;-an4 russet fro a orange and purple-vred and blue and yellow harmonize with each,.other and'lhey"jnay be placed in juxtaposi tion^-but-purple should not be near redw blue as itis cotsiposed of those two colors for the same reason/or ange should n6t.be*-placed next tjo yellow or rqd 3 another rule is that the i neutral - jives brown f maroon slate lavender etc should be used in the greatest quantities and r tbe primary oolors used inemaller quan tity,.for heightening the effect f you lack the proper shade for produc ing the necessary harmonies and find j that two,colors do not harcdonize j well separate them by a white flbwer again always plaoq tbe brightest color n the centre ofyour design and gradually decrease the intensity of tbe tints as you wroach the ek teriorjjand avoid spoblmesa by usinjg as'much as possible one prevailing color " j sol/millar of the'"white cloud chief kansas,''tolls the most re markable duck story on record and vouches for it ttuth/'lte^says i v obe day recently the weather be an to grow very cold toward ev ening large numbers of wild ducks made their way to th s big tarkio lake/over in rush bottom and lit in the wat§r,,the surface of which was frozen to a mushy condition that yielded jo the weight'of tho fow^s butnot allowing them to swim around the freezing progressed so rapidly thafthe ducks were bood fast in the ice which on the 7 following morning solid enough to bear the weight of men lewis ueese and several other persons went on the ice and with hatchets cut out pno.hundred and thirteen living wild ducks ( and carried';th em bomei tbare were hundreds of ducks frozen fast iv the ice'which they did not take oi^t * female gamblers j there weroio gamestresses imong the greeks * and , the romav women , ytero always too much opcupied with their domestic'affairs to iind.time for ■play what will our modern ladies think-when we state that the.empeij or augustus scarcely wore a garment which bad not been ' woven by his wife his sister or-^grand-dangbters i in france women who wished to gamble were at first obliged to keep the tbxtig secret for if it became known they lost caste in the reign's of louis xiv and louis xv jthey became bolder and the wives of the great engaged in the deepest play in their mansions but still a gamestress was always denounced wit horror such women c says la.-bruyere make us chaste they have nothing of the sex but its garments thdii aa now the vice jed to-otber crimel the couhtess of schwiechelt a young nc beautiful lady'from l hai_oyef was much given to gambling rabd lost jivcrs,av_?aris in.order to repaitf this great loss,;she planned ' and executed the robbery of d fine corotieti'of emeralds-,'the property-of madame demidoif herself acquainted „ with tha > place where it_was kept and at a ball given by its owner the hanover lady^cori trived to purloin 4 it orr?.er youtfy and rank in life induced many persons to solicit her/pardon but bonaparte left her io ihe punishment t6 nwhich she was condemned.'1 thisj occurred iii ibo4 ,;, -> s;v ;'■of england gamestresses.".gold smith mentions aftolctlady'ln lhe country-who having been given over by^jier physician played-.with the curate of lhe parish'to pass the time away 1 won all his moneyi sho xext proposed playilg for the fii neral charges to which bhe would-be liable.'unfortunately the lady ex pired jiist as she had taken up , tho game !„ •'• ; . ..- l<>o <• • .■i a'lady who was desperately fond of play was confessing herself the priest represented among ' oth«ir arguments against gaifliqg the great loss of tide it occasioned ah ! that is what vexes me so much time lost in shuffling the csrds !" / j i the celebrated mrs crewe whose husband"was in.lbo6.,made lord c-ewe.ywas'as remarkable^for hor accomplishments wo£th as for her beauty nevertheless she like ; most of the grand ladies of the time1 was a gamestress and permitted tbe admiration of the profligate cnarles james fox who wroto on her th|e following lines which were said to be not exaggerated :''•-- ► . j r |
Date Digital | 8/23/2010 2:31:35 PM |
Filename | 18700714_001.tif |