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The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16
A PROBLEX FOB WOMEN.

Jean Ingslow has written . letter 10
Lucy Stone Blackwell in which she re-
marks, that 70 her thought, one Of the prob
lsms, on which depends 10 . great degree
the welfare Of women, 10 70 discover how
domestic work 10 10 be combined With high
culture. 1t will 10 discovered that Miss
Ingsiow evidently regards the sphere Of
woman as domestic one--as home one
and instead Of inquiring how she may be
lifted out Of it, she aims to discover how
she may become the happiost and the most
useful in it. And Miss Iugelow's question
itsslf lets in great deal of light on the
subject Of household labor and household
discomforts. "Domestic work 10 never
done by skilled hands. The seamstrcss,
the tailor, the boct-maIer, the millinsr,
the shirt-maksr, ell pass through a proba.
tionary course Of preparation before they
enter On the particular work in which
they expect 10 engage, and . prstender
or an imposter who would attempt to
practice either Of the foregoing trades,
or many not mentioned, would At once Be
detected and pay the penalty for such
imposition BY loss Of patronage. The
knowledge household servants may have
Of the work required OF them, 10 knowl.
edge picked up here and there Il chance
may direct. Many servants, in fac. the
majority Of foreign born or colored ser.
wants, can neither read nor writs, and
cook.beoks and other aids TO healthy
soenonioAl and tasteful housekeeping are
sealed books 10 them. II 10 . fact that a
woman who cannot read may keep wsll
scoarsa aoon, or snsvy tabls-cloths
ny bsks soed breed and palatabls losvss,
Of cake. but the capacity 10 join oil the
diasssst PERU of housekeeping together,
and cause them, like . ans and complicated
Dssss Of machiasry, 10 run smoothly and
we'll, must cons from . cultivation
Of the mind for the task, and
% 10 suecsssful attainment depends
he hsppiasss OF misery Of the family 70.
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16
CHEAP GROCERIES

TTIE NEW SYSTEM.
oRocERIIS RETAILED AT wBoLksALx
PRICES F0R CASH.
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Our Home Advertisers.
G. WINSTON,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
No u OHro Lnvxx

OGefs the following valuable real es,ste for
sale, which 10 selected nom very large list
OF valuable real estate for sale and lease,
a. presenting very favorable terms for In.
A large two story house, in good repair,
together with lots, on Cross street, near
school house, . No. 1 bargain.
That fine large house aud lot 0, block "a,
city, on Washington avenue between Fourth
and Firth streets.
Lot No. 8, block No. o, Ohio Lnvse.
Two splendid high lots on Walnut street,
next to corner Of Eigth street. Very cheap.
Two lots on Tenth street, between Walnut
and Cedar streets. Very desirable and will
Three lots on Cedar street, well situated
at a bargain.
Those two fine business lots, Is and 10,
block "a, city, on Commercial avenue, near
corner OF Eighth street, on " lich now
Possession given first Of April.
Four lots on Twenty -6rst street, near Com
mercial avenue and freight depot of the G.
Two lots on Commercial avenue, near cor.
ner Of Thirty.third street. win be sold
cheap.
Two good business lots, 7 and 8, block AZ
city, on Washington avenue and corner "a
Fifteenth street. Directly opposite custom
house.
Lots 0, 10. II and II same block and IN rear
OF last mentioned lots. on Fifteenth street.
Lots and 10, block 30, city, on Thirteenth
street, near Commercial avenue. Price $500
each.
A inc farm Of 15O acres, with good i'm.
prov ments nc Goose Island, adjoining the
farm Of .. Greenlee, Esq. The soil and fer
tility are unsurpassed, being rich bottom
land entirely above overflow.
Several well improved fruit farms In Pu.
laski county.
10000 acres unmproved lands in Alcxan-
der and Pulaski counties, In bodies to suit
5000 acres unimproved, well timbered
land In Arkansas, near Osceola, No. / cotton
lands. Titles to all the foregoing perfect.
FOR LEA Sc.
The Perry House. This large and commo.
dious and well situated house will be leased
for number OF years on very advantageous
terms.
Those finely situated residence lots 81, 90
and %, block 30, city, corner Of Ninth and
Walnut streets.
FOR SALE OR LEASE.-Lots In any
part Of the city. l.25-lm
I
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16

The Cincinnati Commercial Gays it is
the poor men in congress who became i'm.
plicatsd in tho Credit Mobilier scheme,
and mentions Sprague, Frelinghuysen,
Cameron, Buckingham, Scott, Chandler,
Cenkling, Fsnton and others, all rich,
whose names have never been mentioned
In connection with the affair. According
to this showing, the "poor but honest
congressman are scarce.
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16
THE SEWING MACHINE RING.

AaH S1 w ANd MACuINE RING.
The owners Of the sewing machine
patents are in Washington in full force to
secure IN extension Of their monopoly.
These companies charge double the price
for their machines in this country to
what they do Ia England. A fund Of
100000 has been raised 10 secure tho
patsnt.sxtsnsions. The Cincinnati Ca.
xstts very truly remarks "that every
'vote cast in favor of this scheme to rob
the people, should bs taken a. evidence
'of corruption" and every memLsr 90
voting ought TO be held in strict account..
bility. The vote should be printed in
every nsvspapsr in the country SO tha.
the people may know which Of their rep.
rsssntativss are In favor Of their bsirg
robbed. The Memphis Appeal ssys Of
the "sswing machine ring
IN view OF the sewing-machine ring, II
Will b interesting 10 know that the profits
TOT the last ten years on the sewing ma.
chimes manufactured in this country
amounts TO Two hundred million dollars,
and the estimated profits in 1871, twenty
million dsllars. In 1872 At least seven
hundred thousand machines were made,
and allowing that two hundred thousand
OF them were exported, tho several comp
eniss must have received at least twenty.
fvs million dollars for the hve hundred
thousand, $3,000,0Oo covering the cost Of
manufacturing and patent fees. It 10
we'll known that the sswing.machine
patents are about to expire, and there is
. formidable combination Of interests at
Washington TO lobby their extension
through congress. There are about
twenty-five sewing-machine companies
in the United States, Eve Of thom manu-.
featuring probably thrse.fourths Of all
the machines produced. The nominal
capital OF these twenty. 1--we companies 10
about twenty million dollars, and, in ad.
dition to the profits on sales, the leading
ones divide "royAlty on the various
patents used BY the "tfibu,ary" compan.
les, ~ they are called.
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16

THE Massachusetts, legislature will elect
. United States senator on Tuesday next,
to take the place Of vice prssident elect,
Wilson. It 10 generally conceded that Sec
rstary Boutwell, will Be the now senator,
In which event President Grant will an.
point Assistant Secretary Richardson, sec.
rstary Of the treasury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16

&c Us. DRY Cuba Sugar for -$5O
81 90
81 fbs. A coffee Sugar, N. Y. Std. l oC
4 Prime Rio Coffee for Oc
81 Choice 4" 0C
Old Government Java / Oc
Teas and other staple and fancy Groce-
ries equally a. cheap.
Goods new and full weight given. Gall
and try.
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16
Home Advertisements.


0ROCG01EN.
N Ew ENTERPRISEl
J. Z. LUFKIN,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
Has on hand at all times Vegetables, Fruit
Butter and Eggs, Lard,
HONEY, TROPICAL FRurrs, Erc., Erc
tTAI goods Warranted Fresh, and sold
at small Profit.
N. d. Parcels delivered to any part of the
city to Customers.
WEST SIDE COMMERCIAL AVE, BETWEEN
18th AND 18th STREETS.
2.2o.tf CAIRO. ILLINOIs.
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TuE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN

. JsAn r. obsriy has fsduesd the subscrip.
- vrics u tie wsRKLY CATRo BULLETIN
= 0ns Denaf per snnta, making It the
Shsapest paper published In Southern Illinois
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16

The Memphis Appeal says the sen.
sts Of the United States closes wisdom
'and Illinois fame by the substitution of
Gen. Oglssby for Senator Trumbull."
The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-16

AT H. c. THIELECKES STORE
AVENUE. BETWEEN TENTH
AND ELEVENTH STREETS.
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NEW ENTERPR19E
, 1873-07-30
%
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that, in respect to nitrogen, the fcces of man produced
III one year are equal TO 81 cwt. s pounds horse-dung;
so cwt. cattIe-dung; % cwt. go pounds pig-dung 10
cw!. % pounds sheep-dung; or 100 pounds mixed
human feces, are equal to AIT pounds horse-duug :;
1888 pounds of cattle-duOg; 45 Is pounds ~pig-dung;
2983 pounds Shee p-duug.
AS compared with the best guanO, which contains
IL per cent. of nitrogen, the yearly product Of a grown
person would equal II cwt. of the latter as regards
nitrogen, or 100 pounds of mixed feces would equal
343 pounds of best guanO.
As the alkaIies and phosphates are of the greatest
Importance when testing the value of manures, it is ne
cessary in comparing the human feces with those Of
animals TO hod out the relative proportions of these
substances.
Experiments show that the mixed feces of a grown
person 10 one year are equal as regards the alkalies
to cwt. horse-dung; 7 cwt. l6 pounds c~ow-dung; Z
cwt' q pounds ~pig-dung 8 cwt. 20 pounds sheep
dung or lOO pounds human feces equal to 100 pounds
hOrSe-dung; iii pounds c%ow-dung; Il2 pounds pig
dung 81 pounds sheep-dung.
In respect to phosphoric acid, the years product Of
human feceS equals 10 cwt. ~ pounds no rse dung; 26
cwt. "a pounds c%ow-dung 13 cwt. AZ pounds ~pig-dung;
fcces equal 2O8 pounds horse-dung AIS pounds cow
dung 2O8 pounds ~pig-dung; 1874 pounds sheep
dung.
In comparing human feces with those of animals,
1t would be we'll to take into consideration the fact that
quantities of straw, &c, are mixed with the latter.
A comparison of human feces with stable manure will
show that 100 pounds of the former are equal in re-
spect to nitrogen TO $50 pounds horse-manure: 753
pounds cow-manure $50 pounds pig-manure 400
pounds sheep-manure. In respect TO alkalies, to 1876
pounds horse-manure 40 pounds cow-manure: 142
pounds pig-manure IS pounds ~sheep-manure. In re-
spect % phosphOrjc acid, TO 800 pounds horsc-manure
, 1873-07-30

fact, many thought that be came out only
bluer than before.
The most learned of the faculty were
consulted, the most distinguished chemists,
all in vain. At last a dyer was sent for,
who in an instant recognised the peculiar
tint, and said.
"Ah, there is but one man in Paris has
the secret Of this color, and he lives in the
Rue de Marais."
Here was a terrible blow to all hope, and
in the Encouragement it inflicted three
long months were passed, De Marsay
growing thin and wretched from fretting,
and by his dependency occasioning his
friends the deepest solicitude.
At length one of his relatives resolved
on o bold step. He went direct to the Rue
de Marais and demanded to speak with the
dyer.
1t is not very easy to say how he opened
a negotiation of such d~elicacy T.; that he did
SO with consummate tact and skill there
can be no doubt, for he 50 worked on the
dyer's compassion by the picture of the
poor young fellow, utterly ruined in his
career, unable to face the worId-to meet
the regiment-even to appear before the
enemy, being blue that the dyer at last
confessed his pity, but at the same time
cried out,
What can I do' There is no getting
it off again !"
No getting it off ogaiu do you really
tell me tbat2 exclaimed The wretched
negotiator.
"Impossible-that's the patent" said
the other, with an iIl-dissembled pride.
{" have spent seven years in the inven-
ton. only hit upon it last October. Its
grand merit is that it resists all attempts to
etIace it,"
"And do you tell me-" cried the friend,
n terror, g that this poor fellow must go
, 1873-07-30
IS

unless it is enriched by allovial deposiD must show the
effect of this constant subtraction. Probably as rich
u soil as the world has ever offered was that of our
western prairies, where it was believed, twenty wears
ago, that the fertility would be perpetual. To-day it
is stated by the agricultural writer's of that region,
that " the manure question IS, after all, the great question
al the Vest as weU as at the East"
In the monthly report of the Department of Agricul-
iure for October, 1867, the editor, ia an article head
ed " Wheat Culture Ruinous,' says:
Is proof of impOverishment wanted2 One witness
acre is the boast of the farmer: then the yield drops
to twenty-five, to twenty, to fifteen, and finally 10
ten and eight. Minnesota claimed twenty-five bushels
average a few years ago, (s0me enthusiastic friends
made 1t twenty-seven0 but she will scarcely average
this year twelve, and will neWern again make TWENTY
TWO under her present mode of farming. To be sure.
there are excuses. The seasons do not suit, as former
y. Blight or rust comes, or the fly invades; but all
these things are evidences OF exhaustion, and prev
upon the soil in proportion to its deterioration.
" The average yield of wheat
IN England is stated at twenty-eight bushels per acre.
never less than twenty-six, unless in a year of unusual.
ly bad harvests. The average in this country is Less
than half of the lowest of these figures. Whv is Il
Certainly not because our soil is naturally poorer than
theirs neither because our climate is so much worse
TOR wheat culture. 1t is mainly for want of a suita-
Die rotation of crops, of a more careful outstanding
of resources of fertilization, Of a more thorough and
careful culture.
This waning fertility has an Importance that cannot
he measured with money 1t protends, if it is allowed
to go on, a lessened ability, first, to produce, for the
support OF other classes, a surplus oveF the needs of
the farmer, and then TO support the farmer himself.
In other words, it threatens a condition in which
money will have no further value. Of course no
, 1873-07-30

down to his grave in that odious-I mean
no ofence-in that unholy tint7"
There is but one thing in my power,
well, what is it, in the name of mer-
cy? Out with it and name your price"
[ can make him a very charming green
I'm beau cert, monsieur"
, 1873-07-30
PROKLAMA,

nLLE og Enhver, som have Noget
III at fordre paa Begeriejer, cand.
pharm. Hans Hansens Fallitbo, ind
kaldes herved med 6 Maaneders
Varsel til for undertegnede Skifteret
at anmelde og beyisIiggj6re deres
Krav.
St. Thome Skifteret, den 29de JUL
1878.
P. M. ANDERSEN.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-08-13
COUDERSPORT, PA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 1873

of earthly ties was all that made il
bitter" She thought this world
Every beautiful" and to be happy
one need only look through nature up
to natures God. Her last words
were, "God! 0, l love Him so much" "
Let us emulate her example to per
severe in every good work; remem-
Der her dying words and live pure
and noble lives; ever keeping in view
the "Star" that points to the
Land far away, mid the stars we are
told,
Where they know not the sorrows of
time;
Where the pure waters wander through
vallies Of gold
And life is a treasure sublime;
lis the land of our God It's the home
of the soul:
Where ages of splendor eternally roll /;
Where the way-weary traveller reaches
his goal
On the evergreen mountains of life. ="
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bed for his accommodation before he
became a patron of the hotel. The
! CoIonels team consists of four we'll
matched, spirited blacks, which are
well groomed and richly caparisoned.
His carriage is an immense high
Berlin phaeton-an exact copy, as
the Colonel says, of the one the En-
peror William drives in. The Colo
mel says he saw the Emperor in his
carriage and he liked the style so
much that he ordered Berlin coach
maker to duplicate it, which he did
at a cost of $4,000. For a driver and
foOtman the Colonel has two negroes
of nearly his own size, black as Ere
bus, and as ostentatious as possible.
Their livery is brilliant, if it is not
in good taste. A broad gold band
encircles their hats, and gilt buttons
are as thick on their coats as CRYING
babies and scolding nurses are in
front of my room at this minute,
which is going as far as the truth
can. The neck-cloths are brilliant,
and an artificial bouquet of crimson
flowers is secured to the lapel of
each coat. The driver is the same
who drove for Fisk, and he manages
his blacks, four-in-hand, with a great
fourish-the Colonel sitting in the
back seat as serenely as though he
were, indeed, the Emperor of all
Germany, and the owner of all the
Jerseys. The Colonel says he has
also four bays and four grays, all
perfectly matched.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-08-13

[From the New York Tribune ]
G'LANG.

Gen. Horace Porter drives a good
stepping team of small bays to a
Victoria, an attractive family team.
Gen. Babcock, Private Secretary to
the President, drives two longtailed
sorrel mares, good steppers, to an
ordinary top buggy. He also has a
family carriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Paddock Mag
gle MitchelD are often seen with
their handsome little daughter tax
ing the air behind a pair of strong,
heavy, high-headed sorrels to a high
box, low seated, roomy family carri-
age-a very noticeable turnout.
Mrs. Paddock also drives a large,
valuable black horse to a low-bodied
driving wagon, with top.
Jay Gould has probably the most
costly turnout, but one of the most
modest, to be seen on the road. His
team is pair of powerful thoroughly
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[From the Alta California;
Dundreary on his Muscle.

We have already informed oul
readers that Mr.. Sothen, during his
trip from New York, had got into
some little trouble on the cars. Oul
reporter called on Mr.. Sothern, but
was unable to see him. Our reporter
then interviewed the conductor.
1t appears that Mr.. Towne had the
thoughtful courtesy to telegraph to
Ogden to the effect that Mr. Sothern
was to have the sole use of the direc-
tors car. Mr.. Sothern appreciated
the kind compliment, and telegraphed
his thanks, &c. The following morn
ing, however, he discovered a six
foot-twoer calmly stretched on his
sofa, coolly smoking his cigars and
slipping his iced claret. Mr.. Sothern
suggested in gentle terms that
the big stranger had made a slight
mistake, as the car was a private
one.
''Private be ID" exclaimed the
stalwart stranger. ''It's big enough
for dozen thin devils like you"
"Possibly," replied Mr.. s, 'but
as you have not even the politeness
to apologize for the intrusion l re-
quest you leave it."
"Not if know it, calculated the
brawny stranger.
Enter the conductor.
Couductor-Now then, sir, please
remove to your own seat.
Mysterious straHger-If either of
you bother me any longer I'll knock
your heads together and pitch you
out of the car. It's only going
twenty five miles an hour and it
won't hurt you much.
Sothern (coolly taking his coat
off)-Come, this is getting interest
ing. Conductor, sit down and do a
gentle smoke while | endcavor to
bring our large friend to his senses.
Conductor sits and smokes. Gloomy
stranger rises, glares and makes a
rush at Sothern, hitting him heavy
blow on the mouth.
There, that settles the matter"
says the stranger. "Not quite re-
plies SOthern, and playfully giving
him one, two, three on eyes, nose
and mouth, closes with him, and
with one wrestling "cross buttock"
sends him spinning over the rail at
the end of the car. The alarm is
given and the train stops. The mys-
terious stranger Is picked up insen-
sible, bleeding at the nose, ears and
mouth, SOthern relinquished the pri-
vate car to him. A doctor on the
train attends to him and says, "A
compound fracture" He still lies in
extreme danger; but the verdict Of
every one is, "served him right"
The strangers name is James Law
son, of Peoria.
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ABOUT WEASEI,S.

"Spry as a weasel" is a very COM
mon phrase; and yet l know of no
family of animals concerning which
it is so nearly impossible to get any
thing like accurate information from
our natural histories.
The genus Mustela, or in straight
English, the weasels, includes-as
every one knows-besides the COM
mon weasel and the fisher, the er-
mine, the marten and the sable.
But if anybody can distinguish these
last three apart, from the printed de-
scriptions, they will do better than
the writer Of this sketch, who has
often tried and as often got mud
died. What one naturalist af1irms
another disputes, till mere amateur
might well lose confidence in them
all.
During the last four or five years,
l have had personal dealings, by way
Of traps, with five members of this
family; and I hope our boy readers
will pardon what seems to me a very
natural desire to say a few words
about them, which l shall try to rem
der plain and reliable.
The five to which | allude are the
mink, the fisher, the stoat (ernine),
the marten and the common weasel.
These five are common in this state
(Maine) and in northern America
generally. They may be termed the
American branch of the family,
though found in the Old World as
well. But the sable, properly speak
ing, is never found in America. Old
hunters sometimes speak of trapping
'sable," but they mean the pine mar
ten, which they by mistake confound
with the Siberian sable, an animal
which differs from our marten con-
siderably in its looks and very much
in the quality of its fur, the ears and
nose of the sable being much the
longer. And its costly fur, which l
may briefly describe, consists of
downy wool next to the hide, through
which grows a thick coat of short
hair. Then, above both Of these,
there rises third coat of longer
hair. This last will lie in any direc-
tion you may stroke it, backward or
forward. The value of the skin de-
pends on this outside coat, accord
ing as it is abundant, black and
glossy.
| find the American MuSteltd8, as
taken in our traps, to range in size
as follows: first and smallest, the
brown weasel; next and about twice
as large, the ermine; then the mink;
then the pine marten; and, largest
Of all, the fisher or fsher-cat; this
last often growing from three to four
feet in length and being withal a
very fierce, not to say dangerous,
animal, more than match for a
hound. These have long, slender
bodies, leap when they run and are
alike wonderful for their courage,
agility and grit. Indeed, | have Of
ten wondered that "sportsmen" have
never pitted them in matched fights,
since they are the most obstinate
fighters in nature.
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G. BREUNLE,
X IL L r wO Rk ,
NOCDERSPORT. pa.

be hesr y, . n.eaastones, etc, finished to order.
..1sf --sSlr..,,'l5ai, lai, style and workmanship, on
EtEy, rr, .lial or left az the ONCE Of JOUR
VIII receive prompt attention
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i. b. NEEFE,
d hRIAGE FACTORY,
N0JDERSPORT, PENN'A.

.-r ,., oi WagOn-making, Blacksmithing,
,l-r "a. @.f age Trimming and Repairing done
t,.l...s'1 Aeaiuess and durability. Charges
2425 '
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-12
Animal Convention Of the State
Reform Club.

The State Reform Club viii hold its Annual Con-
yestion in Augusta, at Meonian Hall on THURS
DAY, FEBRUARY 18th, at o'clock P. NJ,
for the purpose ofperfecng its organization and of
taking such measures may be deemed necessary to
carry out and complete as far possible, the work
which it has successfully begun viz to save the
fallen, to convert the moderate drinker, the wine
Thinker, and the cider drinker to the principle OF to-
tai abstinence from all that can intoxcate to reform
all men who touch, taste handle any kind of nox-
cating drinks, and lastly, to awaken new interest
In the old temperance men in the State to the impor-
lance of renewed moral effort to suppress the evils OF
ntemperance.
1t is to be hoped that every Club in the State will
send five delegates. Distinguished speakers will adj
dress the meeting in the evening.
All Temperance men cordially invited to bepres-
ent and take part in our elaboration.
@ Tx oSGOOD
President State Reform CLUB
By order of Elk. Committee.
GEORGE E. BRICKETT, Chairman
Augusta, February l, 1873