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The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26
NJ ASTbRS SALE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Alexander County,
In the matter 81 samuel ~taat. Taylor and Edwin Par
sous, Trustees or the Cairo city Property W. Ro-
sauna Smith, widow, and Fanny smith. Thomas J..
smith. Anna Smith aud Rusarna Smith, children Of
Patrick smith, d"ceHsed-On Bl to enforce Ven
dor'- Lien.
Public notice IL hereby given, that in pursuance 81 a
decretal order .rerd ia the sboyc entitled cause, IN
the circuit court Of said county, the eighth day OF
october. II. ISIS of the October term, A. u. isGs Of
said Sourt l. John q. Harman Master in Chancery for
said eonrt, will. the ?3th day Of February, A. H.
lst. at u o'clock IN the forenoon Of said day, sell ~
public auction 10 the highest bidder. for cash at the
in said county the following described real estate sit,
uae In the FIRST addition 20 The city ~ Cairo county VI
Alexander anu State Of Illinois, to.wit:
Lots numbered tw"nty-one y aud twenty-five C22
in hlock numbered SiNtysl tI5l, known and desis
mated upon the recorded map plat Of said rst add
uon a. sHd city, together with al aud singular the ten
'Iuents nj hefed, taneuis ihcreunto belonging IN
satisfaction Of snii decree, besides interest ana COSTS
JOHNQ HApMAE, Master in Chancery
CAIRO. Ill. January -
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26
LEGAL.
M ASTER'S SALE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, 80
Alexander County,
In the matter Of Samuel Stats Taylor and Edwin Par.
sons, Trustees OF the Cairo City Property vs. Luther
X. Parks-On Bill To enforce Vendors Lion
Public notice Is hereby given, that in pursuance OF
dccretal order entered n the above entitled rnuse in
the circuit court of said county. the eighth day Of
October, A. D. 1908 of the October term, a. d. 1865 of
said court, John e. Hartman, Master IN Chancery for
1859, II o'clock IN the forenoon of said dy ell M
public auction to the highest bidder for cash AZ Tho
southwest doorof the court house IN the city Cairo
in SAID county, the following described real estate
situated n the city Of Cairo, county Of Alexander and
state Of Illinois, to-wit
Lot numbered sixteen tlCj ia block numbered tven.
ty-two C2l as known aud designated upon the record
ed map OF plat of said city together with all and sin
guar the tencments and i"-" Elements thercunto be.
longing, IN satisfaction of said Decree with interest
and costs JOHNQ. HARTMAN, Master in Chance cry
Cairo H. January IS I.ag-Iy
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26

4 polite philosopher once thanked lady
who had been singing { q party for an hour,
10y saying Madam YOU have wasted orr
time Oh irm'ngly'
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26

MASTERS SALE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS
Alexander county,
In III. matter ~ Samuel Saats TAYLOR and Edwin Par
sons, Trustees II ia" Cairo CITY Property w. John
flihn-on Bin o. enforce Vendors Lien
Public notice J. hereby given. that In pursuance Of
d"'rrtl order entered ia the above entitled cause W
~" circuit court nf said county, tie eighth DAY OF
prtubor, \ ~ lsos, 81 the October iori s. H. ls6s Of
SAT- county ], John z ilarman, Master IA Chuurrry
int saii court, viii. on the z5h dny 1T February il.
1902 ~ II o'clock "a the forenoon II said dan sell a.
publi" nn'tnn 1.-THE highest ddcr, for cash. tho
M said county, The follow ns described real estate
situate IN the hrst addition 90 the city Of Caro- county
OF Alexander and state 81 Illinois. to-wit.
Lot numbered nine pI 100 block numbered twenty
seven (sJ ~ known and ie grated upon the recorded
map or plat II tho said first addition 10 said city
g"thor with all and singular the 'ouomcn- and here
dltaments thereunto belonging u Satisfaction Of sud
decree, with interest aud costs.
JOHN q. HARMAN Master IN Chanccry.
Cairo, Ill.,, January 2S lSGa-iW
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26
4 DMINIsTRATOR-s NOTICE.

Estdtc u UWiam 4. Hocksr, decreased.
The UNDER gnrI having been appointed administrator
Of the estate oi william \ Ni.ltr Ifr ul ilr county
Alexander and ~lute of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives
notice that he v appear before the county court of
Alexander county, 10 The court house ln turpi a. the
March term, ON the third Monday IN March neNt, a.
which time al persons having claims against sail e--
tale notified and requested ~ attend for The purpose
of having the same sdIu.ici, AupcT-ons indebted e.
said estate are requested 90 make immediate payment
To the undcrsi gued,
H. WATSON WEBB Administrator
Dated this ssth day of January, A. h. lstg-iw
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-26
FINANCIAL.
CORRECTED DAILY ron rms EvESiSo BULLETIN.
CAIRO DAILY MARKET.

orftCr orrHg HvgsisG BuLLrris,
tAIEo. February .g ls.i
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

She for whom I had gone to prepare
home had already found one in Heaven.
The tidings of my calamity had broken her
heart. She alone of all the world believed
me innocent; and she had died with pray
er upon her lips, that the truth might vet
be brought to light.
All this had heard, and it had soothed
as with sweet incense my troubled spirit.
Death, however unwelcome the shape, was
portal beyond which 1 could see one an
gel waiting to receive me.
heard the sound of approaching foot
steps and nerved myself to meet the expec-
ted summons. The door of my cell open
ed, and the sheriff and his attendants en-
tered. He had in his hands paper. 1t
was doubtless my death-warrant. He be-
gan to read it. Ny thoughts were busted
elsewise. The "FULL AND FREE PARDON"
were the first to strike my pre- occupied
senses. They affected the bystanders more
than myself. Yet so it was; 1 was par
doned for an offence l had never commit
ted.
The real culprit, none other, it is need
less to say, than he who had sought and
"o"oSo NY hospitality, Hau pecu lnOrtally
wounded in recent affray in distant ci-
ty, but had lived long enough to make
disclosure, which had been laid before the
Governor barely in time to save me from
shameful death, and condemn me to
cheerless and burdensome life
This is my experience. My judgment,
as yours, in the case before us, leads to
but one conclusion, that of the prisoners
guilt; but not less confident and apparent
ly unerring was the judgment that falsely
produced my own"
We no longer importuned our fellow-ju-
ror, but patiently awaited our discharge
on the ground of inability to agree, which
came at last.
The prisoner was tried and convicted at
a subsequent term, and at the last moment
confessed his crime on the scafold.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

WHAT TIE FEATURES INDICATE.
are told that the extremes of both large
ness and smallness of stature arc not IA
vorable to strength Of intellect. Giants
and dwarfs are generally deficient in this
respect, and excessive corpulency or mea-
grcncss is seldom associated with mental
activity. Aristotle and Napoleon Bona
parte, however, were very short, Charles
James Fox was exceedingly fat, Daniel
Webster both broad and tall, and Lord
Nelson living skeleton.
A large head is generally the accompa-
niment of great intellect but small
one with comparatively extensive fore
head is quite consistent with mental ca
pacity. Raphael, Charles XII, Frederick
the Great, and Lord Brougham were illus
trations of the latter fact.
1t is said that any nose which is less
than the height of the forehead is an indi-
cation of defective intellectual power. The
eyes indicate character rather by their col
or than form. The dark blue are found
most commonly in persons of gentle and
refined character light blue and grey in
the rude and energetic. Lavater says
"Hazel eyes are the more usual indications
of mind masculine, vigorous, and pro-
found; just as genius, properly so called,
is almost always associated with eyes of
yellowish cast, bordering on hazel"
The higher the brows rise the more their
possessor is supposed to be under the in
fluencc of feeling, and the lower the better
controlled by his reason. A very small
eyebrow is an indication of want of force
of character. A tolerably large mouth is
essential to vigor and energy, and very
small one is indicative Of weakness and in
dolence. In manly face the upper lip
should extend beyond and dominate the
lower. Fleshy lips are oftener found as
sociated with voluptuous, and meagre ones
with passionless nature. The retreating
chin indicates weakness the perpendicu-
lar, strength; and the sharp, acuteness of
mind.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
dQit and 4umor,
Royalty Incog.

A very amusing anecdote is told of an
Irishman who happened to be in Paris a
short time ago, while three crowned heads
of Europe were there on visit to his I'm
peral Majesty Napoleon. These distin-
guished persons were the Emperors of
Russia and Austria and the King of Prus-
sia. One day, having thrown aside all
state ceremonial, they determined to see
the sights of the beautiful city on the
Seine, for their own delectation, and for
that purpose they resolved to go incognito,
so as not to be recognized by the people.
However, in their stroll through Paris,
they went astray, and meeting a gentle
manly-looking person, who happened to
be an Irishman, they politely asked him
if he would kindly direct them to the Pa
lais Royal.
Faith, and that I will, my boys"
said Pat, at the same time taking ment-
al photograph of the "boys." "This way,
my heartics," j" and so they were conducted
to the gates of the Royal Palace, and the
Irishman was about bidding them farewell,
when the Emperor of Russia, interested
and pleased as much by the genuine po-
likeness of Pat (and what son of Erin was
ever deficient in courtesy and politeness)
as by his naivete and witty remarks, asked
him who he was
"Well," " rejoined the guide, 81 did not
ask who you were, and before / answer
you, perhaps you will tell me who you
be p
After some further parleying, one said,
" l am Alexander, and they call me Czar
or Emperor of all the Russias"
Indeed" said Pat, with a roguish
twinkle in the corner of his eye and an in
credulous nod of the head Gas much as to
say, "This body is up to codding me
bit'") "Aud might make so bold to
ask who you may be, my flower 2"
"They call me Francis Joseph, the
Emperor of Austria"
I" Most happy to make your acquaint-
ance, Frank, my boy" said the Irishman,
who thinking he was hoaxed, and in his
despairing efforts to get the truth, as he
conceived, out of any of them, turned to
the third one, and said, "Who are you 2"
" They call me Frederick William, and
| am King of Prussia"
They then reminded him that he prom
ised to tell them who he was, and, after
much hesitation and mysterious air of con-
fidencc, Pat, putting his hand to his
mouth, whispered:
l." I am the Emperor of China but don't
tell anybody"
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
Selett poetrp.
MONDAY REST.

Calmer than midnights deepest hush
Is the sun-bright summer incoming,
With its cloudy shadows seeking rest,
That fall on the hillside swooning.
Great Night with its solemn starry eyes,
Over Days gate asks us whittier
We 60, what our password is,
To the camp beyond the river.
But sunny Noon with its sleepy smile
Ripples the grain-feld over,
Without thought of the silent graves
That may lie beneath the clover.
Knee-deep the drowsy cattle stand
In the waters golden glimmer.
While berry bush and bramble spray
Along the hot wall simmer.
The plough-share glitters in the sun
Through murdered daisies clinging;
The nested birds leave busy bees
To do the MONDAY singing.
Bright Noon no eager question asks,
But like an old nurse story
Told as she holds us on her breast,
Croons soft of love and glory.
The weary ploughman's lazy length
Lies in the shadow narrow,
That clings about the haystack foot,
Careless as a guarded sparrow.
Oh, peaceful hour of summer Noon;
Life has its midnight slumber;
Has it no monday rest for us,
When cares shall cease to cumber?
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

LESS SrEED,-An English railroad cap
italist argues that people demand too much
OF railway companies when they expect
them to run at high rates of speed with
less rates of fare. The cost of running
trains increases in geometrical progression
with the rate of speed. 1t costs twice as
much to run train twenty miles an hour
as one ten miles. The fuel, wear and
tear, cost of rolling stock, 60. make the
difference. In order to make forty miles
an hour, an engine is compelled to con-
sumo a large amount of coal. 1t must
weigh sixty tons to insure safety, and this
ponderous weight pulyerizes the rails,
skaters the bridges, &c. Furthermore,
the great speed subjects the engine and
carriages attached to ruinous "shaking,"
which finishes them up in comparatively
short space of time. An English expe-
rience, he asserts, proves that no railroad
train pays which runs at a higher rate of
speed than thirty miles to the hour.
1t is for that reason, and because the
government does not require greater speed
for the transmission of the mails, that
trains on American railroads are not run
at a swifter rate than twenty-five miles
per hour.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

SHORT CoURTsHIP.-A moderate time
for courtship is from twelve to eighteen
months. This, of course, greatly de-
pends on other circumstances, but its
length should not be unnecessarily exten-
ded 1t is this sort of fashion-Damely,
that of interminable wooing-that gave
occasion to the young mans objections to
matrimony when it was urged upon him
by his lady love.
"My DEAR" said he, if we were mar-
ried, 1 don't know where could spend
my evenings"
Many young lady becomes weary of
the tedious delay of her suitor, and many
an anxious suitor grows weary of the un-
necessary scruples of the fair one. There
is a story told of a young couple who be-
gan to court at an early age, who went on
courting when they were out Of Their
teens the gentleman ventafed to propose
a settlement, but vas begged to wait
short time lGnger, and so he went on
waiting and youth departed, and the
pledged couple, still courting, began oc-
easion4lIy to notice gray hair, or an un-
mistallable wrinkle, but still went on as
of old, till more than half century had
passed; in word they courted al their
lives, and lived to be old but unmarried.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

Let me whip him for his mother, he is
such naughty boy he the baby tried to
smother, and he's broken Emma's toy.
VI the doll l gave to Ellen he has melted
off the nose, and there really is no telling
to what length the mischief goes just
last night he put cracker meath aunt
Jemima's chair, and he told me such a
whacker when | asked how it came there.
Then when poor old Mrs. Toodlcs was
just starting off by rail, quick he tied her
two fat poodles fast together by the tails.
0, it really is quite shocking how ones
nerves he daily jars putting pins into
ones stockings, and cayenne in ones ci-
gars. You may guess that many other
boyish tricks he's daily at, so I'll whip
him for his mother, as tiresome little
brat.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
NO. 26.

giving a whirring swing with his fail,
brought it down on the head of the cap
tain, whack making the powder fly and
bringing that alert swordsman to the
ground. He was not killed, but severly
bruised and somewhat stunned. For some
minutes the farmer stood in his place.
leaning on his fail, watching the ministra-
tions of the surgeon then as the French
man failed to "come to time" and declared
himself satisfied ("bien satisfait,") the
victor civilly bade the party good-morn-
ing, and strobe from the field, followed by
his man, and whistling the new air Of
d" Yankee Doodle"
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

THE BIC DRUM-A contemporary says
of the big drum used at the late Boston
Peace Jubilee We can only give an
outline of this musical monstrosity: Il is
one hundred feet long, five hundred feet
in diameter, and has an area of about two
and half acres of sheepskin on the sides.
The sheepskins, to the number Of seventeen
thousand, have been delicately but firmly
pasted together according to newly dis
covered process by clever Connecticut
mechanic, which will be patented. The
drumsticks are as large as the masts of
frst-class clipper ship, and will be opera
ted by machinery, somewhat as follows:
A sort of derrick or pedestal has been erec-
ted on each side of the huge drum, with
machinery on the pivot principle for tho
drumsticks to work in. The leverage of
the latter will be light, and the mechani-
cal resistance has been reduced to the low
est practicable point. Only ten men with
ropes will be required to work each drum
stick. These men, of course, will be ac-
complished musicians, and will be under
the control of director, who will also be
guided by Professor Gilmore, the grand
director.
The machinery of the ponderous drum
sticks will be almost entirely concealed
from the audience. The derricks will be
furnished with platforms or seats, which
will accommodate $50 performers. The rest
of the machinery will be covered by Amer
lean flags artistically arranged. AT first
it was intended to accommodate the entire
orchestra upon benches and platforms ar
ranged on alternate tiers of the front Sec
ton of the drum. But it was found that
the many scafoldings required wouldtin-
tcrfere with the musical notes of the drum.
1t was also apprehended that the tremen-
dous concussion of the drum would unseat
them, This part of the programme was
therefore reluctantly leftout.
But the drum as it stands will be mon
ument worthy of Boston. 1t is so large
that it is calculated five hundred persons
could be comfortably dined in the interior.
As for the sound, it is expected that some
of the deeper notes will be heard at dis
tance of fifty miles. etN i9st
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

MILToN.-Iu his early years he used to
sit up late at his studies, but in his later
years retired every night at nine o'clock,
and lay till four in the summer and five in
the winter. If not then disposed to rise,
he had some one to sit at his bedside and
read to him. When he rose be had
chapter of the Hebrew Bible read to him.
and then after breakfast studied till twelve.
He then dined, took some exercise for an
hour, generally in chair in which he
would swing himself, afterward play on
the organ or base-viol, and either sung
himself or requested his wife to sing, who,
as he said, had good voice and no ear.
He then resumed his studies until six.
from which hour until eight he conversed
with all who came to visit him. Like ma,
ny other poets, Milton found the stiffness.
warmth and recumbency of bed favorable
to composition, and his wife said. before
rising of morning he often dictated 10
her twenty or thirty verses. A fayorite
position of his when debating his verses,
we are told, was that of sitting with one
leg over an arm chair. His wife related
that he used to compose chiefly in wintsr,
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
A WESTERN SpEEcn.-"Mu cnmnetit,

A WESTERN SPEECH" My competitor
has told you of the services he rendered
his country in the late #Waaff~ var Let me tell
you that l, too, acted an humble part in
that memorable contest. When the toesin
of war summoned the chivalry of the West
to rally to the defence of the national hon
or, |, fellow citizens, animated by the pa
triotic spirit which glows in every Ameri-
can bosom, hired substitute for that
war, and the bones of that man now lie
bleaching on the banks of the Raisin !"
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

The eccentric Elder S--n, we'll known
to many as an active and earnest Baptist
preacher, once said from the pulpit: "They
say there's no family government now-a-
days. But there isl tell you there is
just as much as there ever was; butt (lean-
ing over the pulpit, and lowering his voice
into quiet and confidential tone) "the
difference is, when l grew up, the old
folks governed the young ones, but now
the young ones govern the old ones !"
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
p TENT
INDIGO BLUEING BAG

THE MOST ECONOMICAL,
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By thrifty Housekeepers and Laundresses.
zach Bag is provided with Box SO that it
- can be put safely away as soon as used.
PRICE 20 Cts-HALF SIZE 10 CTS.
This blue contains no acid, and will not injure
the fnest fabrics. One twenty cent bag will out
iest eight two-ounce walls of Liquid Blue besides
glyng softer color and avoiding the danger and
Patented Dec. "a, 1867, and for sale by
PLYMOUTH CoLon Co. @. T. RAYHoLDs 4 Co.
ioe a ioS Fulton Street N. Y.
Inquire for II at any Respectable Grocery.
April 3-3mos.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

There is so much scandal and falsehood
afoat nowadays that it is difficult to de-
eide what to believe. The most prudent
plan under the circumstances is to close
our ears to all SANDER, and to speak of
every man as we find him.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

"Come till America, Pat" writes a
son of the Emerald Isle to his friend in
Ireland, Its the country to get living
in. All ye have to do is to get three
cornered box and fill it with bricks and
carry it to the top of the three-story build
mig, and the man at the top does all the
work.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
Fashionable Dressmaking.
MRS. ANNIE N. MYANr.

ATE of Philadelphia, offers her services to
IL the Ladies of Middletown and vicinity. All
kinds of Dress Making promptly attended to-
Dresses cut and fitted and an elegant fit guhran-
teed Patterns for SALE Lake street, five doors
east of Broad, Middletown, DelaWare
Nav B-f
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

"Did you know" said cunning Gen.
tile to Jew, that they hang Jews and
jackasses together in Portland? " In
deed" rctorted Solomon; q den it ish
veil dat you and ish not dere."
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

Coon ADVICE. Say nothing about your
self, either good, bad or indifferent; moth
ing good, for that is vanity; nothing bad,
for that is affectatiop nothing indifferent,
for that is silly.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
MOTHERS AND DAueurrns.-It W

MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. was
judicious resolution of father, as well as
a pleasing compliment to his wife, whon.A
ON being asked what he intended to do
with his girls. he replied, intend to
apprentice them to their mother, that they
may learn the art of improving time and
be fitted to become wives, mothers, heads
of families and useful members oe society
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

"My son, know thyself" solemnly said
father to one of his offspring. "Thank
you, sir" replied the son, ''but my list
of acquaintances is sufficiently large alrea-
dy."
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

Corn bread 2" said an Irish waitor ;
we have not got it; an isn't it corn
bafe ye mane? p
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

Sure cure for Corns-Hold your feet
near hot FIRE until the corns pop.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

The song an escaped convict might
sing, The last link is broken"
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26
BOQUET BASE, and
THE BRILLIANT.

Orders will be received and prompt,
filled for any kind of Stove that may b.
desired.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-26

Prompt attention to business, moderate
prices, competent workmen, and a deter
mination to please, may at all times be ex-
pected by those who may favor him with
their Gu. tom.
May lily
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-16
Buffalo and Washington Rail Rod,

General Rail load Convention, to be
composed of Delegates from New York, Mary
sand, Washington City, and the Counties OF
Blair, Huntington, Genre, Mexican, Cameron
and Elk, in this State favorable to the st.
Nlarys route for the Buffalo and Washington
Rail Road will be held in the borough of ST.
Mary's, on Wednesday, May u, 1869. The
citizens along the route of this proposed roat
are requested TO send delegates. Prominent
Railroad men from all parts of the country arc
expected, and grand time is anticipated.
By order of Committee