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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

TX Detroit, wives are bought at auction
and courted week after in order that
they may become acquainted with their
future husbands, and either close the
bsYeaip, or bind it. Fair all round.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

THE toeth-pullers Of Illinois have been
holding state convention a. Rock Island
The next annual meeting will be held a,
Springfield.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

JuDsR PIERRsPosrs declinaiion Of the
Russian MISSION M, given great satisfac-
lion 70 other gentlemen who desire the po-
zion aud has greatly disguised the gentle.
men who are aspiring to the honor OF
wearing the late chief justices robes, IL
being surmised BY them that p. 10 him self
anxious 10 put them on his own honorable
shoulders.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

THE State journal suggests Lyman
TrumbuIl as proper person to succeed
Cbiei Justice Chase on the supreme
beach. Mr.. Trumbull would honor the
position-but, that unfortunate salary
grab. He grabbed with the other boys
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

TIE clerical hummer, Sullivan, OF
Chicago thinks the reporter of the Times
ought TO have been cowhided. Muscle
nos .A.days is every thing in the pulpit.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

BASE ball is not played out in New
York. Ats recent game there the At
lantics scored thirteen, and the Pbilsdsl-
phiAs eleven.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

TIE postal telegraph scheme Is 70 be re-
vived.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

Axrvoturros is in progress in Costa
Rico.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-22

THE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN
John II. Oberly has reduced the subscrip'
ton price Of the WEEKLY CAIRO BULLETIN
to one Dollar per annum, making u Inc
cheapest . spsr published In Southern ilhnoi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

!. Parser ! - drags and plows,
! y ) numhGf0 HEY hne calves and COWS;
yakes no - 1T sends by express
nilk . - - t1ifstiness.
at do the ely folks know about milk?
are betto 1ge4zo1 cloth and silk;
VI. man Who 6urA 1Now, can tell
water Il - - Us6e It well;
icy do moi knoM 1h6nWhere's the sin:
AZ let the ~ &1luH N1ter in"
= talked, % hine6l1, old Farmer B.
b mean he = old can see.
night e - u u fearfnlly dark;
tMateh 81 ~ 1e out to bark;
Y !! !, renf r1nf - rly shattered his door;
Z v6aee hasty breath, oo., -,
Y ing 81 & n d rousng snore,
Ser b. - III on the bedroom floor,
h:he midi 4pyeewas heard no more.
! HE'D On HI r3o ne knew not how,
eis tho16hfG 800 ~ on the choking COW;
i, lWto he yex4 M frightened deer,
Is etingy aoN1 He'd with fear;
Ling around 81 ~ lanterns light
isund thAt NJ e4Uu were there ALL RIGHT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
Door Knockers.

Is there any particular reason, we Won
der, why those sensibly contrived, thor
oughly effective, generally interesting,
and often extremely quaint and artistic
old ,fashio4sd door knockers should have
the inelegant and complicated modern
door-bell have so entirely usurped its
place in the country? Certainly the
knocker was serviceable. There could
never be any doubt about there being
some one at the door when big brass Or
iron knocker was pounding away. Not
only the girl presumably in the kitchen
could hear the noise, but every one in the
house could hear it. Therein was the
knocker hospitable; it announced to all
the household the coming of visitor.
But, perhaps, nowadays the household
does not want to know. But why not?
The whole family need not go to the door.
And bell, unless it is centrally placed
in the house, is often wonderfully inef-
fective How well we all know that-we
who have shivered on brown stone stoops
and white marble front steps in winter,
and scorched and steamed upon them in
summer, while Bridget or Djnah (who
didn't happen to be in the kitchen, and,
therefore, didn't hear the belly kept us
waiting for the welcome opening of the
door. But with knocker, how different!
If Biddy was indoors, and neither deaf
nor dead, she must hear the rapping, no
matter in what part Of the house she had
secluded herself And more than that,
she could not pretend she did not hear it.
The bell may be in measure an annuncs-
ator, ringing out its call to her alone, and
depending upon her alone for its answer.
Not so the knocker. Like public voice
it calls aloud to everybody in general
and if one person in particular (Biddy
does not do her duty, everybody in gen.
eral will know it-Sc,75ner's Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
a KISS IN THE DARK.
m HOWARD GLYNDoN.

- NV A0O oLINOoN
Win you bo1t home tonight, Annie?"
; te person Wko nnked this question, a
~ musculafs looking young far
@us was leanz Don Squire Moore's
Sst gato, 10 the Squire's pretty
n Ill., Ihter, Win y inside of it. AS the
.se ll0 words his lips he redeemed
"a, 41s ienly % 4 roots of his fair hair,
ri. he had - m guilty of some great
4 NJ W. - Extremely bashful was
Avid least in the presence
B1oung 7ost of all in the pres.
ElB sOf Ia Owed. No young man
LII Wilh1 @6ky owned a better kept
. !, o. t1l1e 18th more confidence
wig his or01iloe 81 stock and crops and
= Ike. But thQuBight of pretty foot
e. coming his way affected him
PSI III. On such occasions he De y
what 70 do with his hands and eyes,
ING seemed always 10 feel like screwing
elf into the Nearest mouse hole until
: W u langer-that a TO say, the young lady
4,f 8 past.
IA lis state Of things being considered,
4 tsne ever understOod how he contrived
r ulster up courageenough to enlighten
| Tie Moore On the subject of his prefer
mi for herselk The matter probably
1Eins 70 this day - much mystery to
mi IS i q to others.
Cd siss Annie, however, had a fair share
t e ct and Nou4nly cleverness slowed
:, Giy Aw14 nonoNhere in the recesses Of
u ~ spseety nf11o Nj, although it was car
hare ne inexperienced and
5asG ttle9 ~ fresh eighteen.
Is ID e daQ to be reminded that
/ F 4 W. In worldly way,
If. N moN of her other suitors,
s w tlae ood-looking, good
N. teos mt enough to satisfy
t Cd q s"''l dious person of her
no. NO. ing H. erable and excessive
oor55-1 uins sszz indeed, was never
d ssi s0u =. rlment to the young
;nt Die q circle.
imp az - ID in his awkward,
rsetrfS u tVau1a htened manner, be-
XII ~ Jsn -! his preference for
u Ways, such as wait
splion. 49, 49, ON singing school,
,.,ss,t i y her escort when she
Idsls 1un setback to the lonely
sf sss 2 emu - goods, and singing
ess \ 1us W.. e ! - ent of whatever at
Va r. ons 80. n9 s the nerve to pay,
rssSs.ae tlng parties in the
on npornoe e did not brighten
WITH sou. 0l H. M !:.l nlg passion by any
,ent', elsn9I use or marked pre-
,nr1icc. u1s all in the easiest,
~ ia1sess. - ~! =. !. 1consclous manner
NC pie In uttered and nudged
" Others md the younp men
i yed fuxtfvo JOKES at the expense Of
|ats .imid sultor hut she stood up for
'a'V like RAJ kid hearted, independent
- srsArn Las, - aha was, and tried to en-.
eng { 20 him ont of his shyness as far as
! ;ee e ently could
), HTo eeed to notice any of his
iie@ nders, and very likely
:, s'a g. so considerably when his
~ ~ e - sza. Ae eliminating point,
ret s nv ns! autumn evening, as
49, ss home together from a
e e. 3 -. !. !, r.. t one week ago. An
i ~ -. sssss and had agreed to
u 8. -. - |zgZS aty of bringing father
Pc s lss - I'D" on the subject.
{ fss 49, t. to the house since.
. ps - zs Dry much like a dog
e. II - upon the premises of
psd ~ -. ep-fold he has Just
: pr -. Isl happened that rs yet
eal. Z -. Knew nothing of the
,,aIiss r.! which they kept be-
'e'' - 49, tearing to divulge.
nov Who wished to put "a
noena uNal as long as possible
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

AS an early morning train drew up
at station, pleasant looking gentle
man stepped out on the platform, and in
haling the fresh air, enthusiastically o.
served to the guard, Isn't this invigor-
ating" "No, sir, it's Yonkers, replied
the Conscientious employee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
HEALTH:WEALTH

in the NATIONAL COLONY by Industrious. temperate
people. No others need apply. For the COLONY JOUR
NAL, with full particulars. send stamp to MILLER,
HUMISTON & co, Toledo Ohio
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

! M 1--WE dinaoss exied FarmerB,
NOW who hno Y1ayed this trick on me:
N hanf be stf1 11d the knuckle sore
Knocked to-niahk "a my farm-hous door"
40 ecowlon hi No. and shaking head,
p ef b. again souskt his nice warm bed;
pod th0ughts enc, they were all o'erpow-
trered;
tile good naturs - had had soured.
M he went to watef his milk next day,
B, lidni01t yoaco ooesned again to say,
pumped aWavWifh painting breath,
Is fboet COW, nolehboF, is choking to DEATH
7, neanfne of this No. oon found out,
4 srONH Was DRIVEN n THE OLD PUMPS
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01
Good Thing.

The annexed bit of satire is a good
take off on the practice of magIi-
fying small men into great ones by
writing up their lives when they
are appointed to some unimport-
ant office:
We are pleased to learn that
William p. Grimes has been ap-
pointed to the important and lu-
crative position of toll-taker on the
Ridge Turnpike. Mr.. Grimes was
born at Roxborough while yet
quite an infant and, as it was his
fortune to have a mother before he
passed his childhood, his earlier
years were spent in acquiring
knowledge and getting spanked.
The direction taken by his opening
mind encouraged his father to afford
him an opportunity to decipline
his vigorous intellect with exercis-
es of a saw-horse. Here his soul
expanded and ripened, and, for
many years he persued his research
es into remotest domain of his art
while separating into proper length
the firewood of the Jones family.
Feeling at letter period that the
range of his vision was too limited,
he was elected conductor of the
mules of the canal boat J. p.
O'Brien and there are old scien-
lists upon the foot-path who relate
with admiration the original and
startling manner in which Mr..
Grimes used to twist the mules
tail and swear when any of the ami
mails needed encouragement. Sub
sequently the study of geology en-
gagged his attention, while at the
same time he dabbled little in civ
il engineering. He would combine
the two by digging away at bank
of earth, examining the substance
with a shovel as he placed it on q
wheelbarrow, and then he would
wheel it up and add it to the tow
path for the purpose Strengthening
that p;ominade. He was called
from this position to his present
office.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01
Am Evil.

"He is good fellow; you will
find but few like him." or, che is
one of the worst men in the neigh
borhood-he is rascal"
Such are the exclamations we
frequently hear. They grow out
of mans impulses rather than his
judgement, and are hurtful. Too
much praise is bad, as well as too
much blame. We should tell the
truth-and that only when neces-
sary. The truth is oftener sup
pressed than spoken. The man
who is railing and fault-tinding, is
pretty sure, on the other hand, to
praise too much. The two extremes
generally go together. This is not
right; it is wrong. 1t is hurtful
to the person of whom it is spoken
because it misrepresents hint
gives faulse reputation to him.
The truthful solid man, whom
you can always rely on-he is the
man. When he speaks good of q
man, that man is good. If no
shakes his head, that is enough. 1t
has more effect than the loud
moutheded cry of the impulsivo
man.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01

came so notorious that the rumors
reached her even OF Blythesdale
Springs, and she chose to come and
see for herself. Annette, my dar-
ling, the best wedding gift we can
make to these poor working girls is
a new foreman. Blake, you may
consider yourself dismissed"
"But, sir"
"Not another word" cried Ell
derslie, with lowering brow and
Mr.. Gerard Blake crept away, with
an uncomfortable consciousness Of
Annette's scorneful blue eyes fol-
lowing him.
Elderslie turned to his wife.
"You are right, my love-" said
he. "The mans face is sufficient
evidence against him."
And n new reign began for Jen-
ny Purple and the working girls,
as well as for Simon Pettengill.
And Annette never regretted her
weeks apprenticeship in the Dap
plevale Calico Works.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01
what the MaM Wanted.

There are some persous who
think that editors regard it as ono
of the greatest intellectual Injuries
to pitch into somebody, and thew
suppose themselves to have confer
red a great favor by furnishing bel
ligcrant contributions, in which
some person, corporation or soci-
ETY., is soundly abused. Such peo-
pie may take hint from the follow
ing:
A noted chap stepped into tho
sanctun Of venerable and highly
respected editor and indulged in a
trade against o citizen with whom
he was on bad terms.
81 wish," said he, addressing the
man with the pen, "you would
write very severe article against
R., and put in your paper.
The next morning he came rush.
ing into the Office in violent state
of excitement.
"What did you put In your pa-
peri | have had my nose pulled
and been kicked twice."
"l wrote severe article, as YOU
desired" calmly replied the editor,
"and signed your name to it."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01

All day long the stalwart woodman
Swings his glittering axe amain,
And the stricken forest monarch
Nouns with heart consuming pain.
Each iricessive stroke is followed
BY clean and clcar-cut chip
Though enough 10 pin together
Some Alaskan icc-struck ship.
Round about his feet collecting,
Reaching even to the knee
Two white heaps hewn from the bosom
OF that stout and stately tree.
And at length a timid tremor
Steals upon each limb and leaf;
And groan 40 very human,
Now wall akin to grief.
IIark a sound as II Of thunder
Shakes the hill and shakes the sky,
And the echoes catch each other
As among the rocks they fy.
Now the woodman stands moment
TO regain his failing breath,
And with open, careless collar
Breathes in rosy, hill-born health.
Then he mounts the fallen monarch,
As n king might mount his throne,
And he triumphs in the conquest,
Which his arm hath won alone.
Log on log of lengthy sedgment
Down the hillside soon il rolled
Where the pillow ere long will struggle
To explore the virgin mould.
Now the heaps are nightly kindled,
And the fires light up the sky,
And a more than boreal brightness
Beams about the hill tops high.
Now he builds his cribbed cabin,
Fences round about a field,
Which no foeman e'er can conquer,
Which no freeman e'cr will yield.
Sprinkled be our land with cabins
Grandeur but provoked "a groan-
And liberty is ever cradlcd,
In the cots that poor men own.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01

A Kentucky man purchased n
coffin fifteen years ago so as TO have
it handy, and the other day he was
burned up in a limekiln, and the
coffin was q dead loss.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-01
ADVERTISING RATES.

Business Cards, one year, one dollar for every
line.
Local Notices, ten cents per line each inserties,
and all notices continued for three months or
longer, discount of 20 per cent.
Advertisements unaccompanied by written OF
verbal directions viii be published three months
Advertisements, under contract, ordered out be-
fore expiration Of time will be charged full rates
No piper discontinued until all arrearages ars
paid, except at the option Of the publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid In ad-
vance.
BsS- Terms, CASH, payable quarterly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25
Tricks Of the Drug Trade.

The New York correspondent cf the
Rochester Democrat says: There are
few branches of merchandise as open
to fraud as the drug trade. Some men
have taken advantage Of this facility,
while others have strictly avoided it.
Those who made the most ingenious
attempts at adulterating goods have,
as general thing, been the least sue
cessful Among other features of dis
honesty IS the mixing Of live OIL with
lard oil. or cotton seed oil, which Is
very commonly done. The article Of
rhubarb root is also matter of fire
quent fraud The common China rhu-
barb is frequently coated with
Turkey rhubarb dust and sold
for Turkey rhubarb. the latter be
ing four times the value of the former
Large Quantities of adulterated medi
cines are imported, such as blue pill
mass with one third the proper proper
tion Of mercury. Quinine IS also i'm
ported sdulterated with salacine Sal.
acme itself Is sGmetimes used as med
icine. and then may be adulterated by
something else. Cream tartar Is adul-
terated with marble dust or ground
alum, and all the powdered drugs may
be easily mixed with cheaper material.
a few staples are beyond adulter-
alton, Buch as camphor, lcoIice.
etc, but this list IS small
one. A much greater scope for fraud
is offered III essential oils. It Is mel
ancholy fact that few experts can detect
the adulteration of these goods The
ronlmon ingredient fspirits turpentine}
IS harmless one, but who wishes to
pay one hundred times its value Most
of the expensive oils are thus mixed,
and il IS doubtful IN many cases If even
it be sent pure from the manufacture
ers. There are some brands beyond
suspicion, but others no doubt imrrove
their opportunities.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25
Tie Atlantic Telegraph Business.

Mr.. Cyrus Fields gigantic operation
IN the stock of the New York, New
foundland. and London Telegraph
Company mas proved complete sue
cess, With q view to concentrate the
management OF the whole Atlantic tele-
graph business III London, Mr.. Field
obtained the control Of more TRAN
three fourths--about three and half
mIllIons-Ut the wIole issued stock.
and offered it III The London market
through Messrs. J. $. Morgan S Co
The subscription list WAS opened last
Thursday and closed Monday at F. N,
when there were applications for J, 600
shares III excess 0f the amount offered.
Brokers who had contracted to deliver
large amounts have had to fill their
contracts on the stock exchange at q
considerable premium. It is charac-
teristic of Mr.. Field that he untertool-
an enterprise Of this magnitude
md carried tt through at pc
mod of the year when Englishmer
are thinking Of vacation. Eng
llsh friends advised him to post
pone it till after the holidays, alleging
that every body was going out of town,
that nobody wanted TO enter a new IN
dertaking al the end of the year, and
many other good reasons. But Mr.,
Field turned deaf ear to all such
counsels, and had his way rs usual.
The director Of the nevly-con8tltuted
company Will be Sir James Anderson,
Mr.. julius Beer. Mr.. Benzon of Nay
Tor, Benzon & Co. J, Mr.. Field himself
and Mr. Weaver, the very able manager
nf the Anglo-Amerlcan Telegraph Com
pany, who is to be managing director
Of the whole business between London
aud New York--or as far as Port Hast,
lngs, where the Western Union takes
charge. You will not fail to remark
how strong the tendency Is to concen-
tration of all the Atlantic telegraph
companies. London Correspondence
NCm York Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25
What ,he Sensou srgscsts

To assume warm clothing at the commencement
Of the cold season Is only an act Of common pru-
dence. But something more than this required to
put the body in state Of defense against the search
ing atmosphere OF winter. Damp has depressing
effect On the vital organs and the animal spirits.
The amount OF life power taken out of the strongest
Of US By the chilling vapors which frequently load
the air at this period of the year very consider
able and to the weak and langud they extremely
deleterious To protect the system against their
effects, if must be inwardly toned, regulated and
reinforced, well as shielded outwardly by appro-
pirate garments. Tins essential service more
safely and satisfactorily accomplished by the daily
of Hostetter's stomach Bitters than by any
other within the proviace of medical science
The fact here stated is incontrovertible as \
It. II Is matter of common belief and OF general
record Here the CAGE might be rested but the
public, naturally enough, wants to know why this
famous vegetable specific far ahead of all other
medicines of its cass. This reasonable curiosity can
be readily gratfed. The Bitters comprise five i'm
portant elements, viz stimulant, tonic, an
aperent and a blood depuren. Eacn of these
components well as each Of the other subordinate
ingredients, the purest and best of its kind
They are proportioned in accordance with a
formula that has been in for twenty years, and
operate barmoniousiy and simultaneously. Hence
the uniform success of the medicine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25
Old Age.
II JOHN DENNIS.

4 songless bird. garden without flowers.
\ rlv r-bed died up IN thIrsty hours,
sterile field untutored by the plow,
MIhered blossom on q whitening bough.
a tilckeTln5 light that fails when needed most
10 VAN the sailor from a trencherous coast,
4 thought that dies ere vgt-ti fully born,
hope that gleams ike peoples midst tho
corn
falr IDLE wees that tiaunter n the sun,
ta!r morning hopes that tail ere day be done
Palr Lie, 50 seeming fair, so coldly bright,
tair Lie. beloved OF Love, and youths de-
Al. early dawn, bow fresh thy face appears. :
The twilight secs II furrowed DER with tears
Spring flowers ar sweet, bat Autumn's wood:
are dry,
Spring buds are silent meath Tintty sky:
Spring thoughts that wake to deeds inspire
no more.
When the duI! daylight fades along the shore
The lce-blocked sream can bear no preciou;
freight :
The stripped and sapless oak stands desolate
And the hill fortress that deted the Toe
In orumblipg fra gmcrts fills the vale below.
Yet is there golden beauty in decay,
Is Autumn leaves Outshine the leaves 0,
NAV:
The CAIN OF evening with its roseate hight
The starry sllcace Of the wiutrV night.
lhe stiffness OF Iepose when storms are Ger.
ana the sea murmurs on a peaceful shore:
Inc Breeding memories Of the past that make
i ne & man Young again for Beautys sake
The hope sublime that cheers the lonely roa d
Nhich leads hun gently 10 the hills CT God
1888 @e# -Lo,d9a Spectator.