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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-02
LITERARY NOBS.
SOME OF THE FAMOUS WRITER'S
ONESEES IN LONDON.

Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
l have been happy since reached Lon.
don. Fortunately l was here thrown
among . class of people had always I'D
mired-Almost o race by themselves - the
"Prs- Raphselites," who appear TO mo like
= little green island set Ia the middle OF
smoky, grimy, money getting London. 1
met poets, painters and sculptors, men of
letters and doctors Of philosophy, literary
critics, art-critics and editors, 10 say no.
thing Of other sorts Of brilliant people.
had taken "lodgings" IN The house
where my old friend. JOAQUIN Miller
lived. Here also I found Prentice Mullen,
another Californian, 10 say nothing OF y
distinguished Polish baron, also . writer.
The other day received cards from
Lady Hardy for reception Of her home,
where all the litsrsti meet, or hope 70 meet.
There saw many OF tho great inen Of the
Plnce--iew OF them great by wealth or title,
but All OF them great by reason Of intellect.
II - reported here that Joaquin Miller
y 70 be married TO tho only daugh OF s =
Thomas and Lady Hardy. She Is . tall,
lovely girl, graceful ~ y cslAlily, and has
written two books herself. Her mother
also ID IN authoress, and has published
e6vorol W0JAbs
] have seen the proof Of Joaquin Miller's
new book, which 10 now In press. 1t 70.
lAtes 70 his life among the A0does. can
say that Il will create sensation.
Lord Percival Graves. who bod just
published volume Of sweet little poems
came up 70 Mr.. Miller 10 DO complilnsnted.
Mr.. Miller brought him TO me. I Sosud
him 2 modest, stirrisg youth whom you
would hardly suspect Of poetic proclivi(iss.
6vlpburns ! have met also, someApw, ~
eeee. not strike ne pleasantly. H b, I
tbiak, Seariully ugly, end he's nervousness
About him. that be makes you Wish hc
you'd keep still juse one moment. Swim
eupne llvpa with his father, short dia-
eal1ee ~ a. town. Every now end then
n aeApes from rigid passntal auahority,
49, lun w q Isondo1, 80 ~ What ~
'Anl|s sss1is. We u CsllfosAlA would 6Sil
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-02
UTAH.
MAIN POINTS IN THE COMPLAINT
OF MRS. YOUNG XVIl3IN HER
SUIT FOR DIVORCE AND
ALIMONY

SALT LAKE, July 30.--Pspers In the
case of Anna Eliza Webb Young, praying
divorce from Brigham Young, wero per-
sonally served yesterday. The Prophet
seemed undistur bed, and passed the docu-
monts to his secretary. Tho following are
the main points Of tho complaint: Plain
ill AYERS that she Is tho wife Of defendant /,
was married ON tho 9Th Of April, 1868; has
two children by former mar riage has 0
personal property or means Of living. For
one year after marriage defendSut lived
with her; since then no has almost on.
tiroly deserted hor. Defendant sent her
and her children 10 live ON q farm four
miles from Salt Lake, where she had only
ono companion, her mother had 10 do
moniAl work, dressing coarsely and faring
badly. Defendant visited hor very seldom,
and mover remained over half an hour I;
treated her with contempt and scorn, and
exActed the earnings Of the farm. In the
Tall OF is72, by direction OF defendant,
| plaintiff took up her residence In Sal
Lako City, which she hes boon compelled
to leave from want OF supporN and fear o.
violence from defendant. Has called upor
defendant frequently for maintenance, but
been refused. IL in feeble health and under
medical treatment; has been obliged 70
sell her furniture to meet current ex-
pensos. Sho sues for divorce on account
Of neg lect and bad treatment states that
her husband has an income of $40, 900 q
month. She prays for lawyers fsos of $780,
900, 5000 Of which are TO be paid down
as q preliminary foe, and the balance on
the termination Of the suit, ske mean VIII lie
to receive $1,000 per month for support
She finally pravs that the sum of H200 OOC
DO set aside from the Defendants estate
and paid 10 her ~ alimony.
The reply Is set for Aug. 8. Judge EN-.
erson win probably hold court.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-02
SCRAPS.

-Four foot snake was killed In a saloon
at Kilburn, Wis. II was hunting for an
eligible boot.
There Is at this timo ovor 100 tons OF
salmon on the wharf at Astoris-ship-
ments from fisheries along the Columbia
river.
Two convicts at work In the shoe do.
partment Of tho Virginia penitentiAry
have made their lawyer an elegant pair
Of boots.
liza Persian turn Christian his head 10
chopped of If they catch him. All sorts
OF wickedness are cured by the shah's lit.
tle Ratchet. ~
"A ship is about to leave San FrAncisco
with tho design OF applying the diving
boil TO pearl fishing of the western coast
Of Mexico. Great results are expected.
"A lady recently applied At one of our
life insurance companies for position a.
agent. When asked what her qualiRca-
tions were, she touched her unblushing
check. She was engaged.
-Four white roses grew this year on
two apple trees in Eyota, MINI. They
were unlike apple blossoms in shape, color
or smell, pure white, and about tho size Of
a silver dollar.
The Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton OF Boston cleared over $4O,0OO from
their recent Grand Bazaar, which goes to.
ward extinguishing their building debt Of
5000
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-02

summit looking eastward IL entirely
chsaeos, Xhve 61Dsr wave cf mounsAini
tops ieoks ~ 81 no wssld like ~ bi|s
lows q thS c9san. The road on The auirsf
nit b very nhe, Asd " 70 along A. ;
speaking RATE for about Two miles whom we
como 70 the
DEscsNr or THE MOUNTAIN,
Which 10 accomplished al such rapid
rate that wo grasp the little iron rail with
both hands for fear that an involuntary
lurch Of the coach will sond US teadlong
from our LOFTY seat, squirning among the
bushes. Al the
FOOT OF TnE MOUNTAIN
We rein up in front Of tho Hoo &C II, u Q
and our stage ride 10 ended. After parsa-
king OF bountcous dinner, TO which all
done ample justice, wc took seats in tho
CARS,
And were soon whirling along a. the rato
Of thirty miles an hour. At 0rocnaold,
thirty.six miles, We changed ears for those
OF tho Connecticut River railway, and
thence northward our course was up the
beautiful
VALLEY op the CONNECTICUT,
Passing highly cultivated fields, thriving
villages, populous towns--in fact through
the heart Of New England. We have not
the room or space 10 dcstribe tue many
objects Of doop interest that were viewed
by us In our rapid transit through tho
MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY.
Ask Herman Meyer, Korsmcyer or any
othor woll-known tobacconist In Cairo,
and thoy will tell you that the finest cigar
wrappers grown In this country, are
grown from the loaf raised In tho Con-
necticut valley, which we were passing
through. We saw field sftor field on
either side Of the
CONNECTICUT RIVER
Filled with the large green leaves of the
fragrant weed. II Is said that when the
crop isshort, they use cabbage leaves in
stead. We think 1t vilo slandor. II 10
also said that some en,erprising individ.
uAl in this vicinity has recently, by some
chemical process, succeeded In making q
good moerschaumlpipo from a::common pc
| tato.
| 1T this ~ 90, all wo havo TO say is, tn "a,
any community whore the people aro So
onterprising NJ To make cigar wrappers
from
CABBAGE LEAVES,
ANA meercshaum pipes from potatoes
will have no use for poor-houses At
BRATTLEBoRo, VERMONT,
Our iron horse stopped for n few minutes
to got his wind and to wood up. Brattle.
bore Is celebrated as having within IL,
limits tho
STATE LUsATIc ASYLUM
knd also being tho home, aud now tho
last resting place OF the late "Princs OF
Erie wo do not know US there 10 any
similarity between tho two, and yet thore
may DO. Mrs. Fisk is now building q
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR TOMB
Over the remains Of the lamented colonel.
His grave Is visited by thousands, and II
is expected that Stokes, after the close o
his lsNs~rs se~so" "srs year, VIII visit IN
SHRINE anu drop few tears tcrocodiles
''' '"' grassy mount OF ms victim.
BELLOWS FALLS.
we ioave tho besutifnl Connocticut, ans
cross tue Green mountains. Once ON TN
other side and after leaving Rutland, W,
ruu "'ong inc oanks OF tue beautiful Otte'
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ON THE WING.

CELESTIALS AT NORTH ADAMS
RIDE OVER HOOSAC NOUN
TAIN--vALLEY OF TIKI CON.
NECTlCUT TOBACCO FIELDS
AND CABBAGE LEAVES-BRAT-
TLEBORO. VERMONT-TOMB OF
jim FISK-PERSONAL, VERY
PERSONAL. IL
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Funny Firemen.

Some years ago new fire company
was organized at Reading, and the mem
bers one evening thought they would
have little innocent fun Mt the expense
of Hopkins, their President. They de-
cided to rush round with the engine to
Hopkins house after dark, to throw up
their ladders, pull out their hose, climb
on his roof and scare him with the be-
lief that his dwelling was on fire. But
that very day Hopkins moved out of the
house and a Presbyterian clergyman
moved in, without the company being
aware of the change. So about eight
o'clock they dashed out, and went
through all the movements, getting on
the roof and splashing water around,
and creating q terrific disturbance gen.
orally. A rival company, noticing what
was going on, also hurried to the scene,
and without understanding the joke, at
tached their hose to a plug, smashed in
the front windows, and began to empty
a two-inch stream on the family of that
Presbyterian clergyman. They squirted
into all the rooms, split up the window
shutters with an axe, broke down the
front door, ran out the furniture, tore
vi tllc SuluBIcS, anu DhWlcu 1lllOuSl
trumpets until the hired girl had con-
vulsions on the kitchen stairs. The first
company tried to explain, but the new
Corners thought an effort was being made
to get them out of the way, and fight
ensued, and presently firemen were
sliding off the roof, and pelting down
the chimneys, and bleeding over the
entry carpet, and having boisterous en-
counters with spanners and brass horns
on the stairs. And the next morning
that Presbyterian divine and his family
moved out. They said the place seemed
to be too animated and sensational for a
quiet domestic circle. They wanted a
house where there was calmness and
peace where they could have more Sc
curity for their privacy and pianos, and
for their front doors and shingles, and
] peace of mind and window sashes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
A Pretty Blonde Boy.

They have raised little story down
in Arkansas about little Billy Hender-
son. He got into Augusta, Ark, no.
body knows how. He was cookbook
ing boy, with fair, curly locks, and a
blonde complexion that all the other
boys and girls admired. Billy Hender-
son had no home, and the estimable
citizens of Augusta took pity on him.
Somebody got him place in hotel,
and waiter knocked him down one day,
and knocked him out of his place. Soon
an estimable citizen took Billy into his
family to do chores, and he became a
favorite i'll the family. The citizen
would not allow him to work very hard,
because he was such good-looking boy,
and he had such soft, white hands. The
citizen was sorry to part with Billy, but
the boy got better place in livery
stable, and went there to do lighter
work. One day Billy and another boy
were missing, and so were two horses
from the livery stable. They said moth
ing about going of, and, as they did not
return at night or the next day, the pro-
prietor began to think they did not in
tend to come back Mt all. He sent some
officers after them, and found them and
the horses near Jacksonport. Billy had
endeavored to disguise himself by dress
ing as woman, but it was no go ; the
officers knew it was Billy. 1t now turns
out that Billy's real name is Nancy Hen
derson, and the name fits the person.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Rich Men of the Olden Time.

Some old fellow has been comparing
the wealth of prominent ancients with
modern capitalists, and has come to the
conclusion that we have no man at pres
ent who deserves to be called rich He
says Ptolemus Philadelphus, in Egypt,
had small fortune of $3.50, 900, 900.
Cleopatra drank glass of wine in
which was dissolved a pearl worth
$40, 900. Stewart, in New York, built
house that cost 100000. What a
pittan, Caesar paid 81 ,500,0 600 for a
country seat. Messella paid $2,000,0 900
for homestead. Seneca, philosopher,
was worth $12,000,000. Tiberius left
property worth $l2,000,000. Nowadays
every one is astonished if man gets in
bankruptcy with $1,000,000. Julius
Caesar owed $14, 100000 before he had
any office. Marcus Antonius owed
81, 800, 900 on his election, March Is,
and paid it off March H. Not enough,
he afteward cleared $720, 100000. Now,
if man like Tweed steals or clears in
office 81, 600, 900, it makes peoples hair
stand upright. What are our entertain
ments, costing a few thousand dollars,
to those of the old Roman times :?
Esop, the poet, paid 100000 for q
single party. Caligula paid the same
price for supper. They drank old
wines worth $50 an ounce, and roasted
pigs over fires made of nuts and raj
sins. The bedsteads of Heliogabalus
were Of pure silver and gold. Eighty
thousand dollars were necessary to keep
up the dignity of Roman Senator.
Cicero and Pompeius once paid visit
to Lucullus. Nobody was at home.
They helped themselves and it cost Lu-
cullus $4,000. The capacity of Rome's
theaters was fabulous. The wooden
theater of Sharurus had $4,000 seats,
the Coliseum $1,000 seats, besides
%, 900 standing places. Rome had be-
tween three and four millions of inhab-
itants. The Circus Maximus had room
for 1856, 900 spectators.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Depth or the Atlantic Ocean.

The main theater of sounding opera
tions has been the Atlantic Ocean, which,
from its relation to the leading CONNER
cial nations, and for inter-continental
Geographic purposes, has been more
carefully surveyed than any other great
body of water. Open from pole to pole,
participating in all conditions of climate,
communicating freely with other seas,
and covering 30, 900, 900 square miles, it
Is believed to represent general oceanic
conditions, and to contain depths nearly,
II not quite, as great as the other ocean
basins of the world, although but little
Is known, it is true, in this respect of
the Indian, Antarctic, and Pacific Seas.
The general result of its soundings
would indicate that the average depth of
the Atlantic bed is not much more than
IL, 600 feet, and there seems to be few
depressions deeper than 5000 or 90, 900
feet, little more than the height of
Mount Blanc. DIR. Thomson sums up
the general results of the Atlantic
soundings as follows SIN the Arctic
sea there is deep water, reaching to
5000 feet in the west and southwest Of
Spltzbergen. Extending from the coast
of Norway, and including Iceland, the
Farce Islands, Shetland and Orkney,
Great Britain and Ireland, and the bed
of the North sea to the coast of France,
there is a wide plateau, on which the
depth rarely reaches 3, 900 feet; but to the
west of Iceland, and communicating
doubtless with the deep water in the
Spltzbergen sea, trough 500 miles
wide, and, in some places, nearly II, 900
feet deep, curves along the east coast of
Greenland. This is the path of one of
the great Arctic return currents. After
sloping gradually to a depth of 5000
feet to the westward of the coast of Ire
land in latitude 80 degrees, the bottom
suddenly dips to 10000 feet at the rate
of about Is to 10 feet in the 100; and
from this point to within about 200 miles
of the coast of Newfoundland, when it
begins to shoal again, there is vast un-
dulating submarine plain, averaging
about $4,000 feet in depth below the
surface-the telegraph plateau
A valley about 500 miles wide, and
with mean depth of $4,000 feet,
stretches from of the southwest coast
of Ireland, along the coast of Europe,
dipping into the Bay of Biscay, past the
Straits of Gibraltar, and along the west
coast of Africa. Opposite the Cape de
Verde Islands it seems to merge into a
slightly deeper trough, which occupies
the axis of the South Atlantic, and
passes into the Antartic sea. A
nearly similar valley curves around the
coast of South America, about $4,000
feet in depth, off Newfoundland and
Labrador, and becomes considerably
deeper to the southwark, where it fol-
lows the outline of the Bahama and
Windward Islands, and finally joins the
central trough of the South Atlantic off
the coast of Brazil, with depth of
$1,000 feet.-The Popular Science
MOntHLU.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Farming i'm Iowa and New York.

In recent conversation with gen.
tleman who had travelled quite extern
sively in the West, he asserted that one
could pay for farm in Western New
York at 800 per acre easier than at $25
in Iowa. This may be the case where
the purchaser assumed proportionate
amount of debt; but suppose he de-
sires to purchase 100 acres and finds
himself the possesser of $1,000. Re-
serving $500 for team, wagon, tools,
etc., he has $1,000 to invest in land.
With this amount the Iowa farm is paid
for, with no interest accommodating while
he sleeps while here in New York he is
in debt $500 with Off the mortgage
runs ten years. an interest of $5,250.
Which is the most desirable invest
ment? While farmers at the West are
talking low prices" and "hard times"
can spectacles of sufficiently high mag
nifying power be produced to discern
better prices here? While corn was
bringing twenty cents in Iowa, fifty-five
cents was the price here at Palmyra, N.
Y. Now, with land at 500 per acre
here and S25 there, with the difference
in labor required to produce, and amount
produced per acre, which is the deepest
in the mire ? Give me the Iowa corn
field. -Edstern PdDer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
A SchOOlbOy's Idea OF Hogs.

A hog is big pig, but little pig
isn't big hog. There is three kinds of
hogs-white hogs, black hogs and two
legged hogs. The contrariest hog is
the black hog, and the meanest of all
hogs is the two-legged hog. If you
want to drive hog anywhere, you must
drive 'em the contrary way. Hogs is
like women in that respect, you can
drive 'em better by coaxing. In other
ways hogs amt like women except,
daddy says, they are never satisfied and
always a-grunting. Women wear ear
rings in their ears, hogs wear 'em in
their nose. Daddy says that's so they
can't nose it. Hogs is very useful. A
hogs head holds water, and his tail
makes nice whistle; but daddy says
YOU can't make silk purse out of a
pigs ear. A hog has ten legs, two fore
legs, that's eight, and two hind legs,
that's ten. Folks call 'em hams. Daddy
likes ham best he says he has had cold
shoulders so often he's tired of it.
Some hogs is fat and some isn't; a
good hog always has curly tail. Daddy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
A Snake Frightens Murderer into q
Confession.

The doctrine of transmigration of
souls has seldom been of such practical
utility as in recent case at Akalo, in
the Bombay Presidency, when his be-
lief i'll it brought to justice a murderer
who might otherwise have remained I'M
punished. 1t seems that this wretched
man, peasant of the vicinity, had
struck senseless to the ground in dis
pute Murwarie boy, who had been
working in the field near him, and, be-
lieving that the blow had proved fatal,
to avoid detection he-according to his
own confession-made sure of his VIC
TINS silence by blowing out his brains,
and then concealed the corpse in a
neighboring stack of dried grass. He
could not resist, however, the tempta-
ton Of passing the spot frequently to
see thatno one had searched thereto the
missing boy. While he was thus stand
ing looking atit three days after the crime,
he was accosted by an acquaintance and
detained on the spot, when presently
the hay was seen to move, and huge
cobra crawled slowly from it, The
murderer, fully believing that the rep
tile was no other than the soul of his
victim in new form, fell into such o
paroxysm of terror as to denounce him
self vehemently, and was forthwith in
formed on.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
The Constitution.

OF all the ships that ever foated
there is none whose memory is cher
ished by all Americans as the old fri
gate Constitution. Greater heroes new
er lived than those who trod on her
deck. Her flag was never struck.
Many will remember that when she had
outlived her usefulness, it was pro-
posed to condemn her as unseaworthy
and break her up. But that stirring
poem, "Old Ironsides," from the pen
of Oliver Wendell Holmes, then young
man, aroused the patriotism of the
country and saved her from that doom.
She was thoroughly repaired and fitted
with new rigging, and is still afoat at
the navy yard near Philadelphia. Con-
corning this grand old ship the A,nay
and Macy Gazette makes the following
suggestion, which will be received with
favor everywhere "Why not have her
rugged and equipped, differed and
manned, ready for action, and nation
al salute fred from her in honor of the
centennial anniversary? Let her wood
en- walls be decorated with the names
and portraits of Nicholson, Barry, Hull,
Preble, Chauncy, Decatur, Rogers,
Porter, cambridge, Stewart, Shubrick,
Jones, Marlborough, Morris, Law
rence-those naval heroes who have
honored her decks"
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says it's like the Esq. to mans name,
more for ornament than anything else
Daddy's hog was once fat, but it amt
now. Daddy had to tie a knot in his
tail to keep him from crawling through
the boards of the pen. He got out
once, and came back with ever so many
little hogs. Daddy says that she was
doing very well, but / don't believe 1t,
else he'd let 'em out again. / like kill
ing time, cause daddy gives me the
bladders to blow up for footballs.
Nanny hooked the biggest one to make
night-cap. There must be two kinds
of night caps. Daddy takes his out OF
the bottle. L suppose I'll know how it
is myself when L grow bigger. Daddy
has got his nightcap, and says if L don't
go to bed he'll make me squeal like
pig.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Better than Gold.

We often hear little boys telling of the
wonders they will do when they grow to
be men. They are looking and longing
for the time when they shall be large
enough to carry cane and wear tall
hat and not one of them will say that
he expects to be a poor man, but every
one intends to be rich.
Now, money is very good in its place ;
but let me tell you, my little boys, what
is a great deal better than money, and
what you may be earning all the time
you are waiting to be a tradesman or a
merchant. The Bible says that "a good
name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favor rather than sill
yer or gold" ga good name" does not
mean name for being the richest man
in the town, or for owning the largest
house. A good name is name for
doing good deeds name for wearing
a pleasant face and carrying cheerful
heart F; for always doing right, no mat
ter where we may be.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
A Word to You, Boys.

Boys, did you ever think that this
world with all its wealth and woe, with
all its mines and mountains, oceans, seas
and rivers with all its steamboats,, rail
roads and telegraphs with all it's mil
lions of cropping men, and all the
science and progress of ages, will soon
be given over to the boys of the present
age-boys like you? Believe it, and
look abroad upon your inheritance, and
get ready to enter upon your possessions.
The Presidents, Emperors, Kings, Gov
errors, statesmen, philosophers, minis
tiers, teachers, men OF the future-are
all boys now.