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Newspaper

The Evening Star

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1872

Page

3

To-day can sing of yesterday and future dawn

Poetic meditation on yesterday, present beauty, and the lure of a distant morn. The speaker contrasts songs of sorrow with a future beauty, imagining Hope and Heaven’s morrow as a redemptive, almost immortal, promise that arrives quietly and transforms mortal life.

Eyes and No Eyes A Lesson in Observation

A short anecdote about two boys on the same route one eyes open the other shut. A busy man stores small facts he encounters daily turning scraps into a personal store of knowledge. The point is to save bits of learning to build practical wisdom.

Welhek Chrysoprase

Whirling Dervishes of Egypt Enter Ring of Circling Spinners

A large circle fenced on a floor hosts fifteen dervishes and a title boy in dark gowns and white petticoats. They remove shoes, bow to a holy rug, then spin for eight minutes with a seventy year old attaining sixty eight spins per minute. The ceremony lasts about an hour and ends with the troupe seeming to float.

Egypt

Terrible Beast On Egyptian River Hunt

A correspondent recounts mooring near Beni Hasan and an Arab hunter bringing back a rabbit misrepresented as a lion. The incident highlights perceived local intelligence and mocks romanticized depictions of Egyptians.

Beni Hassan N.yerald

George Birkbeck and the London Mechanics Institution

George Birkbeck promoted working class advancement through science and mechanics. He lectured at Glasgow in 1799, moved to London in 1804, and helped establish the London Mechanics Institution, presiding as president from 1822 until his death. A light dramatic anecdote about Amelia intervenes with the wood shed remark.

George Birkbeck England Andersonian Institution Glasgow Ondon London Mechanics’ Institution

Senate debate on civil service reform and railroad subsidies

The Senate discussed civil service reform funding and education policy with opposition to federal centralization. Amendments sought pay for Civil Service Commission members and expanding education bureaus, while others criticized subsidies to Pacific railroads and Panama interests. The session adjourned after executive time.

Morra Cameron Thos. K. Scott Philadelphia Committee On Library Senate the Treasury Pomeroy Land Office Sawyer 8. C Committee On Education and Labor Bureau of Education Thurman Agricultural Bureau Frelinghuysen N. J Bureau of Agriculture Civil Service Commission United States Sherman Ohio Carpenter Logan Ill Civil Service Reform Commission Civil Service Sumner Commissioners of Education Japan Cole Cal K. Kellogg New Orleans

Foreign News Briefs on Europe and Crisis in Germany

Reports from Paris Madrid and Brussels recount royal honors a ministerial crisis and diplomatic appointments. Duels and Vatican politics mix with a Berlin budget debate as Bismarck warns against Catholic influence and pushes language laws while quelling pressure on ministers.

Madrid Spain J. Polo de Barnabe Washington Paris Ree Ies Berlin Ema Charles Moltke Roon Mantenfels Bavaria Geoben Delbruck Fabrik Blumenthal

List of Names in City Committee and Officials

A roster of individuals including WM. L. ROBINSON as President JOHN WALLIMAN as Vice President SAML. W. BELL as Treasurer EDWD. LEAHY as Secretary W. W. Roberts T. H. McGeehir e Roff C.H.Bishop T. C. Campbell C.P Webster Wm. Caven R. H. Flemming Hon. Alex. Long A. J. White John P. Story Dr. A. M. Brown G. W. Cormany Theo. Schumaker John Brenner Jacob Haas.

W. W. Roberts T. H. McGeehire Roff C.h.bishop T. C. Campbell C.P Webster Wm. Caven R. H. Flemming Hon. Alex. Long A. J. White John P. Story A. M. Brown G. W. Cormany Theo. Schumaker John Brenner Wm. L. Robinson Geo. W. Cormany Samuel W. Bell Thos. H. McGechin W. L. Robinson Chas. H. Bishop T. H. McGechin N. Roff Wm. Cayen John G. Jones J. BE. Cormany Chas. M. Epply J. W. Robinson M. W. Farrell W. F. Boyd

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