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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

The FOURTH WARD.-One of the most
popular Institutions Of tho Fourth, Ward
Is Ehler's shoe store, where he makes to
order all kinds Of shoes in the most work
inan-like manner. The citizen who uses
his goods will never patronize any other
shoemaker in the city. His shop is on
Twentieth street, nearly opposite the
court house. 81 If
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

A splendid assortment Of bird cages
moss baskets, flower stands, flower train
ers, wire-cloth for window serena, bath
and foot tubs, &c, &C., just received at
BEERWART, ORTIZ J. cos,
a6tf 13G Commercial Ave.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
LAST CALL.

The undersigned is preparing bis dclin-
quent list for State and County taxes, and
will have it in the hands OF the printer
By the LIST pro1imo.. All parties in arrears
for taxes either upon real estate or per-
sonal property at that date will be taxed
with cost. .
ALEX. II. IRWIN. d.
np-7-d I'd. snrRIrr.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

a RAa. CuAScE.-A large assortment
of house furniture, carpets, chairs, desks,
bedsteads, mattresses, wardrohcs, bureaus,
stands, bookcase, etc, will DC offered FOR
sale to-day at the residence Of Joe! g..
Morgan. Those in want should rot fa.l
to attend. sale from . o'cloci, am. a.
IL M Il
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

I will sell, on reasonable terms, my
three story hotel and grocery building, and
lot, located on the Ohio Levce, opposite
the Central Elevator. This is avery de-
sirablc property being close to the new
manufacturing establishment now being
erected in the Fourth Ward, and is par
ticularly adopted to the uses of any per-
son desiring stand for either the hotel
or grocery business. Apply, either by
letter or personally, to
MICHAEL HOURIGAN.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

TRuE.-There can he no doubt that
Baugh Is, par excellence, the boot and
shoemaker Of Cairo. He challenges COM
petition in his trade, and ASSURES the pub
lie that he will guarantee TO his customsrs
satisfaction. HE shops on Eghthlstreet
near the corner Of Ohio Levec II
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

''THn WE MAIsrAIS."-That Alba
never fails 10 do his tousorisl work in a
manner that will warrantu US in saying that
he has no superior in his line ofbusiness.-
Alba's--everybody knows -Albs-k on
Commercial avenue, near seventh street
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
EXCELSIOR SALOON.
Corner Washington Avenue and Four
teenth street.

Fred. Bla.,kenburg's saloon is newly
and elegantly fitted up and supplied with
the finest wines, liquors, beer, cigars, etc,
that can be found in the city; and Fred.
has no superior rs dispenser of delightful
beverages. Do not forget the place, cor
ner 18th street and Washington avenue.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

NOTHING venture, nothing have. Here
is chance to aid in good cause and at
the same time win fortune. This legal
enterprise in aid of public library at
Omaha is conducted by honorable men, in
whom confidence can be placed. Buy q
ticket and win that $50, 900. Sc advcr-
tsement. my2dawlw
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

PERsoSAL.-Fred Theobold, our old
fcllow-townsman and ex-alderman OF
the First ward, is in the city, on busi-
ness trip. He will remin several days.
Fred looks exceedingly we'll.
"A. ID. Stafford returned from Chicago
yesterday.
j. II. Findlay, Robert Bunch, Robert
Castle, Sol. A. Silver and Charles lyle, left
Sunday night for st. Louis.
e. b. Weakely, former citizen of
Cairo, Is in the city looking for a proper
site on which to establish carriage man
ufActory. An establishment of this char
acter will do much 10 advance Cairo in her
steady march Of progression. We wei.
como all such entcrprising citizens to OuI
city.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

NoTIcE.-Ali persons having articles At
the Cairo Dye House are requested To call
and get them before the goth Of May next
or they will bs sold for charges. 80
MRS. ANN REDMAN.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

SrED--lmmediaiely, a girl 10 dc
general house work, at No. 81, Ninth
street, between Walnut aud Cedar streets.
1t Mrs. JEFF. MARTIN.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

SCHOOL PIcxIc.-0ne Of the most in
tsresting and agreeable Affairs Of the
month Of May, the puplic schools picnic,
will certainly take place on Friday, Nay
18th. Preparations are being made 20 Ia
sure success in every particular. Els
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

ndy-M Miss Mary Kyle Dallas, the New
York Ledger story writer, Is soon to be
married to Irving, the rich Now York ar
list. It. matter Of Dallas and sense.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Who is it that does not like smoking
hot biscuits for breakfast? The Fame
Cook stove will bake them in Ave minutes
time by the watch. II
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

For SALE.-The undersigned will sell
at private sale the following described
property: Four work horses; . sets
double harness; two-horse wagons;
several plows and other agricultural inn
PIGMENTS. Parties desiring to purchase
will call Mt her residence or at Robt. Bri-
bach's, opposite the court house Terms
of sale, half cash balance on six month :
credit, with good security. rf t
apr22dlm Mas. KATIE COOPER.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

KYSAsToS.-James Kynaston, the we'll
known butcher of tho Fourth Ward,
opened his branch butcher shop yester-
day, and now invites the patronage Of the
public. His 'brunch' is on the lot next
to the grocery store Of Alderman Carroll
on Commercial avenue, and will be sup
piled with the freshest and best meats in
the Cairo market. Kynaston knows his
business, and always furnishes good meats
and gives full weight. If
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

ItrK Uric patent movable point stee
plow; one extra point given with eaci
pillow. For sale only by
BEERwART, ORTIZ & co,
x6tf 1856 Commercial Ave.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

FI.LISo OF Lors.-JoHS Gocksl and
Peter Nef are filling their lots on Ohio
levce from the debris Of the old St Nth
olas Hotel. Nef propose. TO build upon
his lot. .
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

WAKING Ur.--People begin to realize
that our respected ancestors must have had
n very announcement time of H. without
railroads, steamers, gas, friction matches,
telegraphs, expresses, sewing machines,
and last, and par consequence not least,
Charter Oak Cooking Stoves.
apr25d&wlt
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Be Of good cheer, there |. life and health
for you yet. SO those that have taken
Simmons Liver Regulator attest. rs,
apr25d&wlw 1rt
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Ladies Serge POLISH, sc"llop-top, for
from one dollar and fifty cents 20 three
dollar. and twenty-five cents, at City
Shoe Store, corner Of Commercial avenue
and Eighth street. "
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Gents Oxford Ties, Prin.e Alberta
and Open slippsrs, at the city Shoe
Store" corner Of Commercial avenue and
Eighth street. II
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Ladies Serge POLISH French Kid,
foxed, at City Shoe Store, corner Of Com.
mercial avenue and Eighth street. II
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Misses Serge and Kid Polish, scallop-
top, at the City Shoe Store, corner Com
mercial avenue and Eighth street. u
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

FLoUR.-Choice Family Flour in bbls
half bbls, sacks &c, for sale at the Egyp-
tisn Mills. ....-..t La. su
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

GOLD LOAN IN CAIRo--Jay Cooke d
Co. offer the $50 gold loan Of the North
ern Pacific r. r.. Co, as safe and profit
able investment, but still more profitable
way of investing money Il in Brown q
Edwards barber shop, where, among 9th
er excellent BARRIERS, Gus Hime handles
his trusty razor. Remember the place
Theobolds old stand, Seventh street, near
Ohio Levee. If
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

THE Cry JAIL. - We were shown
through the city Jail by Squire MelIale,
aud must say il is the cleanest. best kept
Jail we have "becn in for many days
Mack Is model iailer. and takes good care
of his prisoners. The promises generally
are tidy and frcsh-looking, and speak
louder than words in favor Of the pcrfon
in charge.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
New Time Table.

On and after 1890, p. m, Sunday, Dec.
4tb, the following timo table will govern
the arrival and departure of passenger
trains at Cairo;
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Coon PLAck-All strangers visiting
the city call on Alba 10 get fine shayes
and have their hair cut in nm artistic man.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
Iht 8uItetin.
NEWS OF THE CITY.

Mems Fine Seal Skin Caters, and also
"Princo Alberts,p at Elliott 4 Haythorn'J.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

RoDRERY, - Saturday night Michael
White and man named Kuzting arrived
in tho city from Missouri, where they had
been working for farmer named Cox.
They took lodgings at Johnny Geekers
boarding house on Ohio levee, occupying
the same bed. Toward morning white
arose from the bed, us Kutzing was
sleeping, appropriated most all of that
gentleman's wardrobe--pants, hat, coat
and Nil the money he conld find lying
around loose. Kutzing awsking sometime
after, soon discovered his loss, and I'M
folded his tale of loss to Chief Myer. A
short search disclosed White in toe act Of
DOMINIC the apparel Of tn, injured'Kutz-
ing in the Gibson House. He was "hauled''
and put into the hands Of the city jailer,
where he remained during Sunday. He
was tried before Squire Shannessy with the
result, as indited in the police report.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
ON. Ch.nreln Ever, Thir,y-Eishs.

Which will bs distributed by chance amosg the
ticket holdeEs, by the Mutual Aid Association Of
80 ADsnuuasl-M n. Bsork, U.s Mssshais Office,
Omaha: Edgar Zsbrlskie, late Union Pacific Rail
road Once, OmasA; J. Tuner. Deputy q. \. Mar.
shsl, Omaha; }. Doyle. Postohhce, omaha, Seb.
r Good re.pcnsibe %csts wanted. Libei al coin.
! ~ LYFoRD CO. Bus,us.s Managers.
Omaha, Nebraska
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

NATIONAL BUNTING.-The national
bunting was unfolded to the breeze yester-
day morning from the cupols of the Rough
and-Ready's beautiful building. All day
long it displayed its bright colors as tho
May winds tossed it about. Few cities
have few such engine houses, in point of
architectural finish from which to unfiirl
tho national standard.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

MYSTERIOUS DIsArPEARASoE. = For
some time past man NAMED Leslie has
been acting in the capacity Of Waterman
to bargcs in the Ohio river opposite the
box factory Ono night last week the
ba-ges were taken from their mcorings,
destined for Memphis. In the morning
after teir departure it was discovered
that Leslie had also disappeared leaving
his lantern on the river bank. Fears are
entertained that he was drowned, as up 10
this time nothing has been heard from him
by his relatives or friends.
Later.-Since writing the above Mr..
Leslie's body was recovered from the river,
opposite the factory.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
n3ld

POLICE BUsISEss.-SKANSE
men were arrested yesterday afternoon,
by officer Veirun, for firing pistol on
Tenth street, near Thornton's building.
Shannessy discharged them.
A negro and white man for engaging
in dsticuff, were each fined IS which
they paid.
Michael White was committed to the
county Jail in default of $3.50 bonds to an
swer to the charge Of stealing money and
clothing.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

RI TIekssn Two Dollars Eaeh-Haiyes One
"a IA Dollar bach.
sorhis enterprise viii be conduct IN pre-.
ci.el, similar lnsnnfr 10 that Of the late Grand
On Concert OF the Mercantile Library As.ocit.
uon. Of san Francisco. which gsre saci universal
: IT Satisfaction. ft'I IIf.. .If"
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

AT the meeting Of the Rough and Ready
Fire Company, held last night, the follow
ing officers were elected to serve the en-
suing year;
President-Wm. T. Becrwart;
Vice President-Hiram Bixby;
Secretay Harry Schulz;
Treasurer--Hermsn Meyer;
Foreman of Engine--James S.Swayne;
Assistant Foreman-Frod. Decker;
Foreman Of Hose--J. b. Taylor; Assis-
tant Foreman, Fred. Strauz.
Board of Directors-W. T. Bcerwart, j.
IL. Oberly w. w. Thornton, II. Bixby,
a. Marx,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

BARCLAY Bros. are selling more Of Sim
mons Liver Regulator, at retail, than Of
all the others OF that class OF medicines
put together. The reason Of this is be-
cause all who try it recommend it to their
friends. ...... my2dlw
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

Picnic EXCURSION MAY st---The
above named picnic is postponed until
Wednesday, May 10th, Oh account pf the
steamer Eckert having to go to thewreck
Of the steamer Dunhan, sunk near Little
Rock, Arkansas, some six days ago. On The
Gay named the excursion win take. place
according t, the already pubiishsa pro-
gramms, when It will be much pleasanter
for steamboat and rural enjoyment.
b JACK WINTER,
BIB. HARRELL, ( 800
w. II. SCHUTTER, Managers
WIN. HAMILTON
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

AN AyTRAY.--A difficulty occurred
last Saturday night between d white man
and negro on Twentieth street. During
the melee pistol was fred by one of the
parties with no serious result. The con-
battants were both under tho influence of
that effective distillstion commonly known
ms chained lightning.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

REMovAL.--Mrs. j. Cummings wishes
to inform her customers and tho public
generally that she has removed her mil
linery goods from her store on Eighth
street to the conrmodious room on Com
mercial Avenue, between Seventh and
Eighth streets known MS Mrs. Oswolds
old stand. Mrs. Cummings. has added
largely to her stock of goods, and now has
n cheap, seasonablo and fashionable col
lection of hats, bonnets, ribbons, etc, to
which she asks the attention of old and
now patrons. m2idtf
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

ARRIVE.


The last named train leaves st. Louis
ut 1890 am. Traders can leave Cairo at
lao am, reach st. Louis at 1875 am, re
main in the city three hours, and return
to Cairo at AS pm, the same day.
The 1890 accommodation and Cairo
and st. Louis express leave daily; all 9TH
evs leave daily except Sundays.
Way passengers should bear in mind
that tho $3.50 pm. train makes only four
stoppings between Cairo and Centralia
viz: Jonesboro, Carbondale, Du Quoin
and Ashley. The 1890 pm. train stops
at all the stations along the route.
JAS. JOHNSON,
dec3tf Agent, Cairo,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

---JOIIy uHmDrIUus HvHi y0VHrhIVHfH MI
day yesterday. rtsa
6. I'D. !, Baker, CIRCUIT Judge has gone to
Metropolis. to hold court.
--Associaic Justice. McCrite arrived in
the city yesterday afternoon.
Free lase''-- were very popular yes
terday morning, and were well pair onized
Commercial avenue and Ohio levee
presented a lively appearance Sunday eve
mag alter the rain.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

-Artuur DoyIes mule created seHsn-
tien yeste rday by going up Poplar and
down Twentieth street at y tearisg rate.
7Eichotf's furniture factory on, WASH
ington syenue is rapidly advancing toward
compilation. .-.-.... e.. no seG
The ferry boat, at every trip from the
Turner picnic grounds brought legions of
mosquitoes to the Illinois side.
The late cold snap is having tenden-
cy to rid our trees Of the caterpillar. They
full to the ground, and cluster together by
The hundreds.
The alarm Of fire last night at IL
o'clock was caused by the burning of an
old shed formerly used by the colored folk,
as q meeting house.
Harry. Walker is running the St.
Nicholas hotel in frst-class style. His ta-
BILE is always flled with the best the mar
ket affords. .l'o .f
One hundred and fifty men, women
and children came up on the steamer ILL
nois, yesterday, from Columbus, on an
| excursion.
Our river editor went away on Sunday
on his fsvorite steamer, the james Fisk, Jr.
for Paducah, in company with Phil How
ard, of whom he writes occasionally. Phil
will most certainly corrupt his morals.
il Hon. Sharon Tyndale, an account Of
VIII ose ASSASSINATION appears elsewhere il
this issue of The BULLETIN, made tn,
first, Survey Of the Cairo and St. Loui'
Railroad, and was, at the of time of hi'
death, a member Of the directory of the
| road. He was well-known in the city.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

sASUcoEss is tho best test of superiority;
the wonderful demand for Simmons Liver
Regulator is one of the convincing proofs
that this article is appreciated above every
thing else of the kind. However much its
jealous defamers may throw their shafts,
truth will prevail end so will this ncdi-
cine. my2dawIw
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
BREyITIES.

Jolly Gambriuu. held highcarnivsl all
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02
HLIN0IS CENTRAL RAILROAD.

np-7-d I'd.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-02

"A Sigh. rain fell yesterday aftern,

and the sky remained cloudy during tn
whofes.ay.i u ~ g. 80 VI
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22

Fairly INFLUENCEs.-Th can be
no greater blessing than to be born
in cheerful, home. It not only IN
sures a happy childhood-if there be
health and a good constitution-but
almost makes sure virtuous and
happy manhood, and fresh young
heart in old age. We think it every
parents duty to try and make then
children's childhood full of love and
chillhood's proper joyousness; and !
never see children destitute OF them
through the poverty, faulty tempeelr.s
OF wrong notions ofparents without
a heartacbe. Not that all the appli.
ances that wealth can buy are neces
sary to the free and happy unfolding
of childhood in body or heart-quite
otherwise, God be thanked! Blu
children must at least have love il
the house, and fresh air and goot
play, and some good companionshil
ont of it, otherwise the young lif
runs great danger of whitening, o
growing stunted and sour, or a
least prematurely old and turned in
ward on ITSELF Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22

.g We have inst received the March
number If I.efftl's Illustrated Mechan-
ical News, IA monthly Journal publish
ed mt Springfield, OHIO, by James LET
fel g. CO., firm already widely kn"wn
as manufacturers of the celebrated LET
FL Double Turbine Water Wheel
The Mechanical News is published in
uuarto form, and is drvnttd to scien-
tific and industrial topics, every de-
partment Of those subjects receiving
careful and impartial attention. Its
columns are, rendered especially at
tractive by the large number of choice
cngravinys which they contain. The
manufacture of needles, among man,
other branches of industry, is fully il
Illustrated in the present number, will
descriptive article Of grent interest
and the matter throughout is of genu
inc practical value.
The subscription price of the Me
chanical News is only Fifty Gents pc
annnm, on receipt of which sum til
publishers will send it to any address
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22

materially in their peculiar name,
of electioneering. Mr.. Starkweatbe,
wanted 100000 for the New London
Navy Yard, but as Connecticut !.
looked upon as "done and gone.
Democratic, he was summarily crt
off.
Senator Summers next speech ha.
been duly heralded in the papers 80
as to secure full house. He will in
the Senate, on Tuesday .assail TIE
President in a name. which NIL,
forever separate them. His speech
will, if as stated it is to be, cause ba
removal from the chairmanship 81
the foreign relasion's committee and
his being ignored by those who have
heretofore been his friends. He pur.
poses to charge the President with
nepotism and with having accepted
presents. Cannot Mr.. Sumner tall
the country something new. Ne
want some new sensation and not
; rehash of what has appeared in tie
Democratic and Conservative papers
for the past two years. Probably
Mr. Sumner did not, until recently
read Democratic Journals. His
- speech will have one good effect how
, ever, it will open the eyes Of some d
D his Radical friends who never read
any but Radical newspapers. Tux
: President never receives presents
but General Grant never refuses
that is the style at the White House
10 probably Sumner will explain III
20 difference betwixt and between.
a. TREBLA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22

OccupAT1oN.-W h 1t glorious
thing it is for the human heart ?
Those who work hard seldom yield
to fancied or real sorrow. When
grief sits down, folds its hands, and
mournfnlly feeds upon its own fears,
weaving the dim shadows that lit
tie exertion might sweep away into
funeral pail the strong spirit was
shorn of it's might, and sorrow be-
comes our master. When troubles
flow upon you dark heavy, toll moi
with the waves, and wrestle not with
the torrent; rather seek by occnpa
ton to divert the dark waters thai
threaten to overwhelm you with
Thousand channels, which the duties
of life always present. Before you
dream of it, those waters will fertlllz
the present and give birth to fres'
flowers, that will become pure an
holy in the sunshine which pene
trates to the path OF duty in spite {
every obstacle. Grief, after all,
: but selfish feeling, and most seltis
: is the man who yields himself to tn
I, indulgence of any passion whic
5 brings no JOY to his fellow-men.-
Exchange. ,r
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22

THE BLESSING OF THE AGE. = M
more Sick Headache, no more. Dys-
pepsia, no more Indigestion, no more
Piles, no moie Chills, no more Liver
Complaint, no more Jaundice, no more
Pain in the Back, no more Kidney
Disease, no mere Costivencss, no more
Heartburn. TUFTS VEGETABLE
LIVER PILL is certain guarantee
against all these distressing com
plants.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

nsas A story is told. in Washington
at the expense of a well-knOwn Senator
who is notorious for taking two cock
tails in succession before breakfast.
One morning, while the Senator was
practising at tho Metropolitan bar, a
friend put to him the pertinent ques-
ton, "Senator, why do you take tive
cocktails as custom? Won't one tom
you9" The Senator drew lrimsely mp
II will tell you why take two cock.
tails. When I, have taken one, j
makes me feel like another man. Wei
you see I'm bound by common courte
sy to treat that man; so take Sc
l:cond."