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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-25

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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
DIR. JOHN BULLS Principal ofhcei
NO. 20 FIFTH, Gross street.
LOu10v1llc. Ky.
BULLS
WORM DESTROYER
Ts ny. United states and Wort,

To NY. United states and World
wide Readers:
HAvk recsived many testimonials from
professional and medical men, ~ my almanac
and various publications have shown, al Of which
are genuine. The following. from q highly edu.
Gated aud popular physician in Georgia, IL ssr-
Il have ever received. Or. Clement knows ek.
sctly What he speaks Of. and his testimony de.
serves TO be written In letters Of gold. Hear
What the Doctor says Of 1ali's worm Des.
viliapow, WAGER County, Ca,
June ~. isSs.
Dr. Joss BrLL-Dear sui 1 have nirecs
gwen your "worm Destroyer" several trials
anr md Il wonderfully eihcscious. II has no
eject. am dong pretty large county prsntnd.
IND have daily Use for some article of "a. kldy
] am free To confess hat know 81 no rein. 80
recommended ~ the ATTEST authorities that II 80
certain ald speedy IN it, effects. On the contra y
they arc uncertain m The extreme. My object IN
writing you ~ to md out upon what terms ! can
get the medicine directly rom you. IL can get
u upon easy terms, shall use n great deal OF IL
to the teachings and practice Of n great majority
OF The vsgsisr line discarding remedy vh.ch.s
know 10 he SUFFICIENT. simply because ws may bs
Ignorant offs combination. For my part, ! shall
make u . rule to use all and every means to al.
leviste suffering humanity vt ch I may be- adj.
more ingenious than my self have learned it-
effects hrst and secured the sole right 20 -ecur.
that knowledge. However. ! am by no means an
advocate or supporter Of the thousand u worthless
sostrnms that hood tn. county, that purpor "a
enre oil manner OF diseases 70 which Hesh Is holr
Please reply soon. and Inform me of your beI.
terms. am, SIR, very respectfully,
JULlCsP. CLEAESI. ". H.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
Benton Barracks. No.. April 50, iss1

Or. JOHN BULf-DcM siri Knowing the EN-
cheney Of your sarspsrlls, and the healing ana
beneficial qualities u possesses, ] send you the
following statement OF my casei
was wounded about two years ago--wAs taken
prisoner and conhpei for sixteen months. Beng
moved 10 often. my wounds have not healed YET
have not sat up = moment since | vas wounded.
am shot through the hips My general health
10 impaired, and need something 10 assist ns
ture, have more faith in your safsapaTiila thar
10 anything else. l wish that that Il genuine
Please express me q half dozen battles, sno
oblige CAPT q. y. JOHNSON,
St. Louis. No.
r. S.-The following was written Aprll 80, lsn.
b, Mrs. Jennie Johnson. mother Of Capt John.
on:
DR., JOHN BULL-De.r Sir; My husband, IL
O y. Johnton, WAS a sklllhl surgeon and phys.t.
ian 10 Central New York. where he died, lesyinl
the above q. j. johnson IN my care. Al thir,eeI
years OF age, he had n chronic darrhca ana
serofula, for which gave him your Ssrssparili,
1T CURED HIM; ] have for ten years recon
lneLced II TO many in New York, Ohio and low.
Tor scTofula, fever sores, and general debility,
Perfect success has attended II. 7as ar.s sgssiss
N some cases " sero's!a asa fever vss Ti'aosl
sssrstsisss. am very anxlons tor my son to agalu
have recourse TO your ssrsaparills. He y itariul
OF getting spurious article, hence ms writing U
you forit. HIS wounds acre terrible, but | be-
l'eve he viii recover Respectfully,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
NOTICE.
To J. n. Hargies and to all others whom it may

TOT. n. Hsrgiss and to all others whom 1t may
Concern
You are hereby notified that al u sale OF lands
and town lots for the State, county anu other
taxes for the year ls6s, held at the Cour, HOUSE
in the bity OF Cairo, county Of Alexandt5 ana
State Of Illinois. on the 18th day OF Jux ,sG,
property, to-wit, The northeast quarter OF the
northeast quarter of section 3, township 10 ru'ge
west, containing 80 66-lOO acres, roe 'he su", w
~ ~, sold in the name of J. Il. liarglss iou are
further notified that the time OF redemP',oh oi
me said property will expire on me ~. ~, y, Ivy ny, oi
July, 1871, and II mot redeemed before ths' tune,
lshall apply for daed for and possession o. SAID
premises. JAMES l.. MCChiTE
January 18th 1871 -lalnwiw Purchaser
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
OH Snlteiin.
Commercial.

Thursday, January 90, ISL.
Business continues as good as At last re-
port.
The Cairo tobacco market will open on
Tuesday Feby. 7th. We have large
number Of buyers among our merchants
and business men, and quite a. delegation of
foreign buyers have communicated their
intention TO DO present at the opening sale
for the season Of III.
There 10 no longer any doubt rs to the
advantages Of Cairo, ms tobacco market;
shat fac, having been fully ard satisfact-
orily established in the past season, We
can give no quotations for Leaf until after
the first sale, when accurate and bona.fdc
sales will be fully reported, as also rates OF
freight to n. y. and N. q.
A large amount Of tobacco has alread,
arrived and will be offered on the eth.
FLOUR.-There IL an active specus
tive demand for sall grades. To-day
prices advanced from Acc to 5Oo over oul
Last weeks report. All in the market find
ready sale. Sales were
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
III INU. L." D"' "HA A""

Many year, experience IN curing Cstarrh, con-
SUMPTION, Dyspepsia, constipation. piles
",-e,se of the Liver, blood, akin, AID
urinary organs, disclosed the Startls
ing fnct that the majority Of them were caus.
I'd by and could only b. cured after curioe them
TONES, -timulants, hypophoshte-, mercury. cop.
alma, cubchs, buchu, injections, and the ordinary
remedies hal proved worse than useless.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28

CORN.-The market continues as at
our Last report firm and with little or no
difference in prices. The supply is fair.
Sales were
49,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28
MERWELL g. BAIRD
CAIRO. ILLINOIS.

hrc prepared 20 take contracts for tH.-. . ror
owing be- .os a. any o. 90 dosrfI ru, ouuy
other kinIof work Iu their line.
They have an the m, hinory appliances for 70.
moving ur rISIug houses uu short notice, AMI ask
oshatc of public patronage. nosif
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-28

report--plenty in market, with no demand
for any except solid packed choice ar
tiele. Sales wore
~ pkgs Northern Roll............24c(d2C Gee
Southern III. 24c
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
Strange DelnSiOn.

The Woodford (Ky.) Weekly has the
following singular story:
A young lady named Miss Nellie Stay
was tried before Judge George on the
9th inst. for lunacy. There was no evil
dence showing her to be a lunatic, but
her own statements clearly showed her
to be monomaniac. She seemed to be
firmly under the impression that she was
married to Mr.. Alexander, of Woodburn
Farm, in March last, in Lexington and
again she would say that she had been
told that she was the child of Mr.. Alex
ander, and that her true name was Nell
lie Alexander. We did not learn which
of the AleXanders she claimed to be des-
cended from, but she seems to think that
the late r. A. Alexander had left her a
fortune, and asked to use his will. Upon
other subjects she spoke nationally and
intelligibly, and gave very connected
account of her life. She was partly
raised and educated at the Orphan School
at Midway, and taught school recently
in the neighborhood of Spring Station.
The only relative she has that is known
is a half brother in Louisville. S4e
seemed to be very we'll educated and ac-
customed to refined society; appears to
be delicate, of nervous temperament, ,and
is prepossessing in appearance. The jury
in the case found her lunatic, and that
she. had become lunatic within the last
year; was about twenty-three years of
age, and had no estate.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
A HHOrs,H Advertisement.

The following advertisement of a
"horse restaurant" keeper is published
in Nevada paper:
Live stock faster than anybody's, and
all trained to respect woman's rights
also children's-yet warranted to get
away from anything else on the road.
Buggies, broughams, barouches, hacks,
sulkies, road wagons, hearses, and every
kind of vehicles for slow or fast travel
with horses to match. Funeral turnouts
cheerfully furnished, and guaranteed to
make the proper impression. Bloated
aristocrats from abroad taken on to any
road, and warranted ahead of any stage
or any other conveyance-for money.
No complaint is ever heard from stsck
fed in this stable. More hilsrity than
was ever known in any other collection
of dumb animals since the procession
from Noah's landing. No hay ropes
about this establishment-everything is
turned loose; the key to the barley sacks
hangs dangling within the reach of the
humblest horse in the stable, and no
pains are spared to make the guests of
the establishment distinguish the differ
ence between this and the desert waste.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
HOnely Girls.

How did that homely woman contrive
to get married is not unfre quently re-
marked of some good domestic creature
whom her husband regards as the apple
of his eyes, and in whose plain face he
sees something better than beauty.
Pretty girls who are vain of their
charms are rather prone to make obser-
vations of this kind and conscious of
the fact that flowers of loveliness are
often left to pine on the stem, while
weeds of homeliness go off readily, is no
doubt in many cases the bottom of the
sneering question. The truth is, that
most men prefer homeliness and amiabil-
ity to beauty and caprice. Handsome
women are sometimes very hard TO please.
They are apt to overvalue themselves,
and in waiting for an immense bid occa-
sionally overstep the market. Their
plain sisters on the contrary, aware of
their personal deficiencies, generally lay
themselves out to produce an agreeable
impression, and in most instances, sue
ceed. They don't aspire to capture par
agons with princely fortunes, but are
willing to take anything respectable.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
Turtles In Brazil.

The immense size of Brazilian turtl:s
may be imagined when the statement is
made that the fiippers and feet of one in
crawling over the sand leave a track of
two irregular grooves, three or four feet
apart, as though great wagon with
immense cog wheels had been driven
over the ground. 1t is an easy matter
to find turtles nest by this track. She
comes out of the sea and travels far up
on the beach to lay her eggs in the sand,
digging hole foot and half or two
feet deep for the nest. Professor Hartt,
who was in Brazil with Professor Agas-
siz, says that he saw turtle deposit one
hundred and forty-three eggs in one OF
these nests. The eggs are all laid at one
sitting, then covered up closely with the
sand and left to hatch. The eggs are
rather larger than hens eggs, round,
and covered with tough white skin.
The Brazilians eat the eggs and also the
flesh of the turtle. The creature is cap
tured in a curious way. Two persons
go behind it, and taking hold of the
shell, turn the animal on its back, in
which position it is at the mercy of its
captors for it is impossible for it to
turn over on its feet again. The hunters
are obliged to creep up behind it eau
tiously, for as soon as it is alarmed it
thrusts its fore paddles into the sand and
throws it behind, 80 that if the pursuers
do not quickly close their eyes they are
likely to be blinded.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
How 1t Feels to be Poisoned With
Strychniae.

A man in Harrisburg recently attempt
ed to commit suicide by taking a grain
of strychnine. The skill of his physician
having saved his life he narrates his ex-
perience for the benefit of science He
says;
"In course of five minutes began to
feel slight cramps in the calves of my
legs. The cramps increased in intensity
and extended to the feet and thighs,
causing the most intense pain. 1 at
tempted to rise from the chair, but fell
to the floor with convulsions in the low
er extremIties. Unsuccessful attempts
were made to bathe my feet in hot wa
ter, each effort to raise me bringing on q
violent paroxysm, in the last one of
which l thought my jaws had become
unhinged. was now perfectly para
lyzed from the hips down, and suffering
the most excruciating pains, which be-
gan to extend upwards; the muscles of
the shoulders and neck soon being con-
siderably convulsed, the forearms still
being free from pain.
81 now prepared for the final strug-
gle, which l knew must be near at hand,
as l had become rigid from the neck
down, save the forearms. The convul-
sions of the muscles were becoming fear
full, and the torture awful to endure.
My hands were drawn in to my sides,
with the fingers drawn apart, and slight
ly bowed, and the jaws became rigid. l
felt myself raised as if by some mighty
power, and fixed immovably, with only
my feet and head touching anything. 1
became unconscious of everything ex-
cept my own agony, which was now be-
yond all description. l could feel my
heart huttering, and my brain beating
and throbbing with an irregular motion,
as though at every beat it would burst
from its confinement, Every joint was
locked, and every drop of blood seemed
stagnated. / remember thinking it
could not be long thus, when must
have lost consciousness.
81 remember nothing more until l
felt sensation of relief, as though the
garments of death, which had been
drawn over me, were now being drawn
back. Those terrible cramps seemed to
be descending to my lower limbs. A
feeling of relief stole over me, and l be-
gan to be again conscious.
From that time resumed conscious
ness, when 1 was entirely free from
crsmp, with the exception of little in
the feet. / had but one attack of cramps
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
A Negro Bank on the White Folks Plan

Sam Johnson, of New Orleans, was a
great authority on the levee, and one
day he called his satellites together and
addressed them on the Importance of
adopting fiscal policy more nearly re-
sembling that which had raised to opu-
lence their Caucasian neighbors. "Nig-
gers" said he, "if you want to get rich
you must save your money. You must
have bank. OATS de way de white
folks does" These words fell on pro-
pitious soil. The project went into swift
execution, and the earnings of the week
were promptly forthcoming. "Niggers,"
says Sam, "I'll be de cashier; you must
posit de money wild me, and when you
want any you must draw onto it. OATS
de way de white folks does" All went
merrily for a while, and the depositors
were highly elated about "de bank"
But by and by there began to be trou-
ble-not with the deposits but with the
drafts. 1t was found easier to get funds
into this model institution than to get
them out again, and Sam was compelled
to face the angry customers and explain.
+" It's all right" says he; "de banks
only suspended, and in a few days she
will 'again resume;' dat's de way de
white folks does" This expedient lasted
but little while, however; suspicious OF
foul play day by day increased, and the
storm was about to burst on tho head of
the great operator, when he found it ex-
pedient to gather once more his infuri-
ated depositors, and face the music
frankly. "Niggers," said he, "dar amt
no use a moulin about it. De moneys
spent, and de banks broke, and dat's dc
way de white folks does !"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28

was the voice OF the missionary as be-
fore the cross he offered up his gratitude
for his little wife's safety, nor how the
dark face of the young chief frightened
at the sight of so much joy.
4 II
This was Fred and Linda Dabyell's
beginning in the great Western wilder
ness. Would you know its closep. Not
many years ago, Fred, somewhat bent
and feeble with his journey of eighty
winters, but young yet with that warm,
fresh stout-heartedness that blessed his
early life, and Linda, many years young
er, but with her hair all silver, and
cheeks where life's red rose had faded to
the white-these two together, as in that
early time, stood upon the broad veran-
dab that encircled their large stone
mansion-built upon the spot where
the first cabin stood-and looked across
to the top of the other hill where the
chapel cnce was, but where now was a
sunken grave with white cross at its
head, and down the hillside, over the
river, and across the valley, to large,
fourishing city, founded upon the land
that he, Fred Dabyell, bought of the In
dians on that long ago May morning.
In that city lived their Oldest son-a
thriving lawyer, man honored and be-
loved they spoke of him as they stood
there, and the daughter who, with her
husband and children aro ind her, kept
tbs care in their own beautiful Rome-a
home that answered to thsir early hopes.
They talked about their youngest and
their idol-their brave Mesnard-who,
like the father they both loved, had
built him rude chapel on the Rocky
Mountain SUBMITS and hung above it
the flag OF his country and the cross of
his Master. And they remembered, ,also,
that mellow twilight, when they foated
in that little birch canoe into the river
bend below them. AS they stood there,
the calm, peaceful joy of the present en-
folding them like softened sunshine, and
the past lying out 50 brown and golden
to their vision, dear, good grandpa
Dabyell-as we all call him-reached
his feeble haud to his old wife, and
drawing her close to him, said, "We
were climbing the hill then, Linda,
love-" And LINDA, love" leaned her
pale face, still beautiful with its sweet
tenderness, against his shoulder, and re-
peated, in her low, broken voice:
"And now that we have wandered down,
Wen sleep together at the foot,
John Anderson, my joe"
Ladies Repository.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28
THROUGH LIFE.

we slight the gifts that every season bears,
And let them fall unheeded fiom our grasp,
In our great cagerness to reach and clasp
The promised treasure ofthe coming years
or else we mourn some great good passed
away,
And, in the shadow of our grief shut In,
Refuse the lesser good we yet might win,
Ihe offered peace and gladness of to-day.
So through the chambers of our life we pass,
Aud leave them one by one and never stay,
Not knowing how much pleosantness there
was
In each until the closing of the door
Has sounded through the house, and died
away,
And in our hearts we sigh, "For evermore"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28

afterwards, which was Immediately re-
lieved by dose administered by my
wife-the doctor having left for short
time-and when he returned felt that
the. poison was completely neutral
ized."
He is not likely to try strychnine
again.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28

Parton is ungracious enough to
remark that many American ladies,
were they sentenced to be hanged to-
morrow, would ask as their first ques-
tion, Have hanging dress I"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-28

was the voice of the missionary as be-
fore the cross he offered up his gratitude
for his little wife's safety, nor how the
dark face of the young chief frightened
at the sight of so much Joy.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-05-18
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
JUDGE pLYLEY, PREsIDISo.l

Ga 40 L.I.. ~ @ .-t lHIt =
ia The Court has been engaged
since Monday in, the trial OF
George Ramey, for aiding and
abelting The Bay burglary. The
trial concluded yesterday eve
ming, the jury returning d ver-
dict Of guilty. Jog -.'
The trial of VIM. Lee, jointly
indicted with Ramey, is now in
progress. ..-..
Three arrests has been made
on Indictments found at the
late session of the Grand Jury,
since our last report:
Joseph Rose Tor horse steal. .
ing, Henry Huff hines for keep
ing a house allowed TO be used
as a brOthel, and adultery, VIM.
Wyatt for perjury The par
ties have all given bail to ap
pear from day 10 day. III ?.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-05-18


THE fences OF the United
States cost more than the
ships, vessels and boats of ev
cry description which sail on
the ocean, lakes and rivers;
more than our manufactures,
with all their machinery, and
more than any one class Of
property, real estate excepted.
Those of New York are put
down at S144, 100000, and
Pennsylvania at 100000. AT
this rate the money invested
in fences alone is mora than
equal to the national debt. As
fences require to be renewed,
on an average, once in ten
years, the annual cost 10 the
country is not far short Of $780,.
600. r....
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-05-18

AT NIinersviIle, Meigs coun,
ty, Ohio, last Sunday week.
Healy De Wolf, aged Is, sat on
bench just outside the church
door, whiting. One Peter
Hayden presently quarreled
with young De Wolf, and
struck him, when the latter
plunged his knile into llaydeL'6 :
heart, Of ccurte causing in
stan. death. De Wolf surrend
cred himself, and was held over
to court under bonds of ST.
500. All tie circumstances
surrounding The affair and the
parties concerned make it a
case of unusual interest to the
community. Young Do Wolf
had gone to the church as All
escort to his sister.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-05-18


TIE ladies of the NJ. Il.
Church scrubbed and cleaned
up the church generally on
Monday last. Their complaints
are not only loud and deep
against tobacco chewers, but
are just. In many places the
tobacco juice was a half all
inch deep on the floor, and a
fillhier Job than cleaning up
this mess could not be imagln-
ed, and we are astonished that
men should so forget item
selves as TO impose such task
upon ladies', to say nothing Of
befouling a house dedicated TO
The worship Of Gvd. The la
dies respectfully request and
expect gentlemen here alter TO
refrain from the use Of tobacco
while III tie church, and as ore
Of the strong minded expresses
it, III they must chew, they
should be compelled to swallow
their spittle.'