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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-07

of the room showed openings which
they felt assured led to other rooms.
The possibility that they might be oc.
cupiod made the scarchers feel uncom.
Portable and they quickly vacated the
place. The party concluded they had
come upon the Rendezvous of band of
dcsperadocs and on their way home,
stopped at the house of an old farmer
and told their story. The farmer be.
came cxcitcd-left the room and soon
returned with four men, masked and
armed, who made the party of cxplor.
ers kneel and take solemn oath never
to reveal what they had that day dis
covered. The writer of the communi.
ton says the families of the men who
made the discovery are leaving the
country--that others are preparing tc
follow, and that great excitement ex.
lists on the borders of Jackson and
Williamson counties in the vicinity o.
the cave.
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LONGFELLOW.
HOW SOME OF HIS POEMS
WE'RE WRITTEN.

From the Lecture by james 7. Fields.l
1t is always interesting to know un-
der what circumstances poet has
framed an immortal poem or sonnet or
song. As | happen to know some
thing Of the origin and birth of many
Of Longfellow's poems, lot me divulge
few secrets in regard to them. The
psalm IF Life" came into existence on
bright summer morning in July, 1888,
in Cambridge, as the poet sat between
two windows at the small table in tho
corner of his chamber. 1t was voice
from his inmost heart, and he kept it
some time in manuscript, unwilling to
part with it. 1t expressed his own
feeling at that time, when hc was rally
ing from the depression of deep Attic
ton, and he hid the poem in his own
heart for many months. He was ac-
cused of taking the famous verse. cart
is long and time is feeting," from
Bishops poem, but happen to know
that was not in his mind, and that the
thought came to him with as much
freshness and originality as if nothing
had been written before. "There is a
reaper whose name is death" crystalli.
mind and he wrote ii ran;dlv down
with tears filling his ewes ms he com.
nosed f. "Tbe Light of tho Stars"vos
COMPOSED as the poet looked ont mon
a calm and bcout;fnl SUMMER oyon;na
exactly Suggestive Of tho noem Tbs
moon n littlc strin Of silver wos inc,
sctting behind Mount Anburn md
Mar.' was blazing in the son,b Tho,
fine ballad "Tbe Wreck NJ tbe Uosne,
rus" was written in 1899. A violant
storm had occurred the niobt bcfare
and as the poet sat SMOKING his nine
abont m;dnivbt nv the firc he wrocLod
Uesncrus came sailing into his mind
seized him, and he could not sleep. He
got up and wrote the celebrated verses.
"The clock was striking three, The said -,
when | finished the last stanza." 1t
did not come into his mind by lines,
but by wholes tanzas, hardl y causing
an effort, but flowing without let or
hindrancc.
THE ORIGIN OF "EXcELsIoR.'
One OF the best known of all Longfel-
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ItDJA.AI, III d OIII pnOM
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

| For not few years back Williamson
county has been the scene Of many
deeds Of outrage, violence and murder
many Of them bloody and nearly all OF
them dark and mysterious. Men have
been waylaid and murdered on the pub
lie highways; they have been cruelty
assassinated in their own yards and on
their own thresholds; they have been
dragged from their beds at night, hung
upon trees and their lifeless and CHASTITY
forms left suspended in the air to star.
tie the traveller and drive terror and
apprehension to tho hearts Of their
friends and neighbors. In nearly ev.
cry case, the perpetrators have man
aged to conceal themselves from the
knowledge Of the public surrounded
by vail of mystery which neither the
officers Of the law nor the just revenge
Of the surviving friends Of the muir
dcred victims have been able to pcne.
trato, they have managed to elude jus
;ice and escape altogether the penalty
their crimes so justly deserve.
The Farmers Advocate published
in Marion, Williamson county, dated
May 4th, contains communication
which throws an air of wild romance
around the dcspcradocs who have so
long been the terror of Williamson
county. The correspondent of the 'Ad-
vocatc to-. story the substance of
which is a. follows
Not long since party Of hunters
were out at night. In their rambles
they met another party, who they were
Mortified to see, were carrying dead
man. The hunters, who had escaped
the observation of the others, concealed
themselves until the party with the
dead man had passed on, when they
followed Looping at safe distance
behind for the Of perhaps a
mile, when 'hs whole party, dead man
and all suddenly disappeared. The pur-
suers searched but could find no trace
nor sign Of the party, The next day
the hunters returned to the search and
were rewarded by discovering a cave,
the opening Of which, large enough to
admit the body of a man, appeared in
a cliff of rocks overlapping a small
stream Of water. The explorers pro.
cured lights and a reinforcement of
three or icurothcr residents of the vicin-
ity and returned to the cave. Just be.
fore they reached it, three men were
observed running away from it in haste.
Two OF the party entered tho cave and
found themselves in large room, car.
peted and furnished and showing svi
! dapess OF recent occupation. The sides
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Washington, Tazowcll, Eflingham, and
Mason counties. In Franklin lis
healthy color and thickly matted
groth is noticeable. Six counties pro-
ducc ncarlys quartcrof the wintcr-wheat
of the State, averaging in good year
thrco.fourths Of million bushels each
Randolph, Macoupin, Washington,
Monroe, Clinton, and Jcrscy--and OF
those all except Washington report
condition from average to fine (; Ran
dolph (Which produces million hush.
els usuallyD reports every finc."
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa,
though producing in 1873 about nine
ty millions Of bushels Of wheat, do not
together aggregate more than twice the
amount of fall-sown wheat grown in
Randolph County.
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SENATOR STUART, member of the
district investigating committee, has in =.
troduced bill into the senate propos.
ing to abolish the district legislature
and the board Of public works and to
remand to congress the exclusive juris-
diction over tho District of Colum.
bia conferred by the constitution. The
cost of the extensive improvements
carried on in the city of Washington,
including all the stealipss gobblsd by
greedy and dishonest contractors,
has shown that the district govern
ment's ideas of expcnsc so beyond IN
Gle Sans pocket, capacious even as
it is. sG-ta -..
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Pro Mono cannot prevent Bismark
from prosecuting the church but he can
and does raise his voice in vigorous de-
nuncia,ion of the Chancellor and those
who obey his dictates. Not long since
deputation of Roman matrons waited
upon the pope, on Sunday. After
encouraging them as usual, to
prayer and good works, and the care OF
Of their families he thus referred tc
the "great Protestant prosecutor and
those faithlcss catholic governments
which instead of resisting his attacks
upon the church, have received "his
instances as orders -
My beloved daughters,yo cannot be
ignorant-for you are the witnesses OF
it-oi the war now waged against the
| Catholic Church, and you must have
heard the name Of that Protestant per-
secutor who so ardcntly desire the de.
struction of the Church, as he has him.
self openly declared. Not content with
mastering against her his miserable
! satellites he excitcs the Catholic gov
srnments on the other side Of the Alps,
who preceded him in the shameful
track of religious oppression, to pursue
it with more fury than ever, and his in.
stances, alas have been received as or
ders by these governments. 1t is &c
them that the Lord will make allusior
the day that he addresses the Protcs
tant prosecutor, and that he will cry
unto him in the language Of his often
ded justice, "Thou hast sinned, great
ly; but Catholic governments, on which
ever continent they be--majus peccatnn
haJcnt--are far more guilty than thou.
You may easily understand why
this should be, my beloved daughters
Protestant and Catholic may both sin
but how far greater are the sins Of tn,
latter, by reason Of the sacrament o.
confirmation, by which he has beer
anointed with the holy chrism by rsa'
son Of the Eucharist, in which he has
been fed with the body of Christ, and
by reason of his education in the max
inns and duties of the Christian and tn,
thousand spiritual benefits he daily re
ceives from God. His sin is so mucl
graver, as the graces he has received
are greater.
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oN Friday evening next the members
OF the Young Mems Christian Associ.
alton, Of Cairo, will meet in the lecture
room Of the Presbyterian church 70
take under adyisemcnt the question Of
reviving the old association. A full
attendance Of the old members is cx
pected, and all other Christian youu.
men are cordially invited. Should !
be decided not to work under the oil,
organization, some new plan for Unior
meetings and work among the young
people of the city will be attempted
The matter will be Tho -sniy as
cussed on " .-~y evening and every
Christian should have voice in it. r
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FURNITURE
Low PRICES.

I take pleasure in calling
the attention of the public to
my flesh and full stock OF
new and elegant Furniture, at
my Furniture and Matrass
Factory, corner Seventeenth
Street and Washington Ave-
nue.. My stock embraces
Bedsteads, Wadrobcs, Blu
reaus, Sideboards, Wash.
stands, Tables, Chairs, Bug
gies, Mattresses and, in a word,
all that is useful or orna-
mental in my line.
This being the only manu-
factory of Furniture in this
city, l propose offering better
goods at lower prices, and
have made a large red aotST
in the prices Of al; my goods.
Cali lid examine my stock
and secure an outfit of choice
Furniture. TO the wholesale
trade 1 offer special induce
ments. Note the place
Corner Seventeenth Street and
Washington Avenue, Cairo, l|Is'
VIM. EICHHOEE
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fur
niturc and Mattresses.
l95-2-2I-Sm.
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WE pity him If tho report is true
one; but it would not surprise US if
the rumor Of Secretary Richardson's
insanity should be confirmed. The
wear and tear Of his mind during the
panic and the sanborn trial must have
been terrible. Who his successor in
tho treasury department will be has not
vet been determined. ar -r
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a hearty welcome.

= .I"UNDER proper and fitting circum
stances ] would not refuse to go tc
Washington as q senator from Tennes
Sea- is the mild manner in which a
johnson is now expressing his desire to
abandon private life. lfMr. J. should
return to the senate, Tennessee would
have senator who would speak and
compel attention. At present that
state is practically not represented in
the upper house Of congress. Brown
low is an invalid and Cooper is a nom
entity.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-07

WEhdre steam printing office, COM
plete in all its dcpartn'mts, and Ts do
all kinds Of printing cheaper than ii
can be done any,cherc else. We there,
tore ask tie patronage cfMe people Q,
Cairo. We cannot maintain ourseir'
il Cairo business men, aeglccting Cairo,
distinctions, patroai=c foreign cities.
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DON'T TRUST ANY MAN

Who says he will pay $500 for case OF Ca.
tarrh which he fails to cure. Woleott's Ca.
tarrh Annihilator has cured thousands who
a wou,a M, hn,e persisted without it, and my
aSon' VIII return the money to any pur-
chaser who tries bottle and is moi b,nrct t
yea; iDld you ever try WOLCOTT;S PAIN
FAINT by its use Burn. never blister. II
stops Headache, Toothache and Neuralgis.
"ithln I'VE minutes, or money refunded.
-, ". uo,psmi III COR ETH n Locust st., il
"'' 's'"'' ~ H. W oLCoiT. 26s-3-25-Sw
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THE WINTER WHEAT OF ILL.
IN 70 "a ~ INOIS.

From the monthly report Of the de-
partment of agriculture for April and
May We CLEAN the following
interesting facts concerning the condi.
tioa Of the Winter wheat crop of Hi.
noHJ yey few returns from the state are
unf:yorable. The early sown is almost
'unifSinlI IN superior condition in
som5 easss hte sown is failure. The
favorable influence Of good tillago upon
'oPd3tniiurspeatsdly shown. The
roagt ARd Ghspgsabls weather of March
Rikfebi1urious in Grundy, De Kalb,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE

Happy rehef FOR young men from the ef-
iects OF errors and abuses in early life. Man
hood restored. Impediments to marriage
removed. New method Of treatment New
and remarkable remedies. Books and cir
:ulars sent free, In sealed envelopes. Adj
Iress. Howard Association, No. 9 South
NINTH street, Philadelphia, PAN institu-
ton having u highreputaton for honorable
conduct and professional skill. lbs d&w3m
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YOU must advertise or you must close
your places of business; Vyou odccrti.e
your local paper ,oiR prosper; the com
mw,ity in which The local paper pros
pers Is adire' community. For your
o,cn sakes and ours, business men Of
Cairo, advertise IN THE BULLETIN.
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Two millions, five hundred acres OF
land are under water in the state OF
Louisians.i It is believed that ten mil
lions Of dollars 10 low estimate of the
losses entailed upon the people of the
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-07

TIE Jackson county Era attacks
Col. Ben. Wiley, charging him with a
disposition to desert the republican
party and become tho opposition can
didate for congress in opposition to Mr..
Clements. Col. Wiley was the radical
candidate for senator in 1872 and ID o
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CARDS printed at The BULLETIN
office tor t,eo to four and SIC doilors per
thousand, according 10 SIZE ard quaiiy
of cards.
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GEN. FRANK P. BLAIR has become
member of the Presbyterian church.
He has learned to sin no moro, but he
continues as in duty bound to hate
Grant and cling to his portion of the
salary grab.
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i. H. ELLIS. Proprietor,

g., me New Arlington nouso Is now open
,oI tlle reception OF guests, The house Is
located in the heart OF the businesv portion
OF the city. and convenient TO steAmbOa.
landings and railroad depots. Good sample
rooms for commercial agents Watch kept
day and night for boats and trains.
sS-l-29-U.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
Child Life im SlAak kcrd0na.

Children that are placed with the Shakers at
Lebanon are indentured to Benjamin Gates, or
some authority, until they "become Of age, he
agreeing in tue papers to provide them food
clothing, &c. They are then placed in the
..clnldren's order" under the charge Of sisters
designated 10 care for them, who commence at
once to instil in their minds the glories Of the
creed. In their management never blow is
struck. Refractory ones are punished by being
been kept thus PROSTATE for length Of time
they are taken up aud talked to-" the snormity
OF their offences pointed out, and are exhorted
to behave better in the future. Those from
eight to dozen years of age "go 10 confession
every Saturday and town up (or are sup
hay. escaped the notice Of their guardians.
And ~ they receive special approval
after an apparently very full confession, they
early learn to conjure up quite enormous stories,
knowing that they "gull' their confessors into a
deeper belief in their penitence. "Now don't
yun feel better after confessing all that ?" asks
the ancient virgin who has heard the story.
"Yea, yea," says the little miss, and tipping
wink to her companions she walks out NJ sedately
AZ n spnster Of seventy. Another method.of pun
tying it lightly round the neck. Should the child
refuse to get into the bag it il drawn over the
refractory one, and then, head, feet and all
enveloped, he or she is left to repent Of the
offensive disobedieuce. The children are sent
to school four months each year--tlIe boys in
the winter and the girls in the summer Co-od-
ucation hasn't the slightest support here. The
girls and boys must not converse together. II
they happen to meet, and q roguish youngster is
bold enough to break the silence with some pret-
ty maiden, the maiden must be deaf and dumb
to him. "Isnt there some boy here that you are
just little fonder of than the others Z" ia a
standing question in the confessional. The re.
ply always is may" and the blind old goodies
believe It !-PiHstield Eaql.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
Florida for lnyRDlds,

II perfectly equable climate, where sooth-
ing warmth and moisture combined prevail, be
desirable for consumptives, it can be found no
where in the Southern States save in South
eastern Florida Tho number of persons saw
during my Journey, who had migrated to tho
eastern or southern sections of the State many
years before, "more than half dead with con-
sumption, and who are now robust and vigor
o,,s was sufficient to convince me OF the great
benefits derived from residence there. Phys-
clans all agree that the conditions necessary
to insure life to the consumptive are admira-
bly, provided in the climatic resources OF the
peninsula. That great numbers Of invalids
find tile localities along st. Johns river, and
even on the coast, distressing to them, is said
by some physicians to be due to the fact that
those invalids 60 there after disease has become
too deeply-seated The European medical men
are beginning to send many patients to Florida,
caulioning them whore to go. 1t would seem im-
ssible for the most delicate invalid to be injured
by residence,anywhere on the eastern or south
eastern coast from st. Augustine down. For
those who from various causes find that each
successive Northern winter, with its con-
SANITY shifting temperature and its try.
ing winds, which even the healthy characterize
IL deadly, ,'-saps their vitality more aud more,
Florida may be safely recommended az a home
winter and summer. For the healthy and those
seeking pleasure, it will tecome winter para
disc for the ailing it ia . refuge and strength
for those severely invalided its results depend
entirely upon choice Of location and the progress
which the disease has already made. The per-
fec.ion of the Florida winter climate il said to
b. banned at Miami, near Key Bscayne bay, on
ti,e Miami river. There, among the cocoanuts
aud the mangroyes, invalids may certainly count
~ t;ing new hold upon life.-Ed,5drd King
il, >c,,bner's for November.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12

Mexican correspondent Of the Louisville
0oT r. journal writes "On our way back to
Tolu-eo we had All opportunity Of observing
n,vro closely than diligence or railroad can per-
NIT ,I's process OF powing as practiced in this
coun@y. The plow itself is almost facsimile
Of the pattern used by the Egyptians in the time
Of Ayfahsul, and certainly commends itself to
all NJ, s,riculturists on account Of it's great smpi-
cliy aud cheapness. IL consists OF wooden
shalt about four feet long and four inches thick,
urmei 1t its lower extremity with All iron point,
slightly isttened, and sometimes presenting a
feeb!s forward curve. The other end is provid-
ed N.,h round stick passed through hole to
serve as handle. The pole, consisting OF the
,teu, small tree from which the bark has been
peeled is fifteen feet long, and attached to the
shaft by means Of mortice and peg. The imple-
men. ihus constituted is fastened at the eXtre-
NIFTY # the pole to the middle OF very light
wooieu yoke, about seven feet long, which rests
anu liately behind the horns Of a pair OF oxen,
AMI fastened there by thongs OF rawhide
part- around the roots OF the horns. Not less
than nifty such contrivances were crawling Mt a
s,iu = pace over the field which we stopped to
notice, scratching up the ground to the depth of
two Or three inches, certainly to ns very novel
slpliL
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
How the Election Went Off.

REPORTS FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS SCENES AND IN
cIDENTs--.rHE DAY AFTER THE FIGHT
Tn tba u,si1. a,,vn co,ait;o, Of fyoir, nm t,,a
-, , .,,, oA 'lN
oay Ai.ei MI eee''oi', ahu WIN INC iaoor re-
quired in newspaper offices to tabulate and re-
wise returns, many incidents of election day es-
oo,o s,.o,,,;a, Ssn =, ,,,o,, H., ,,.,,,.....
'"P' "''o"''"' ''A' VI '''''" ''"' "'s''''0u
We now report.
At the Milford polls, about three o'clock in the
afternoon, there was serious row between
some whites and coored men Two of the latter
were slightly cut The disturbance was prompt
ly queled.
Some OF tho election boards were occupied
until very late hour in counting off, The Sew
o'clock, even out-stayilg the Fourth Ward,
which is notoriously tardy. In East Dover, the
work WAS completed at half past four o'clock,
having taken liz hours.
In North Murderkill, saws a correspondent, the
disfranchisemont of Republicans was very ex-
tensive There were returned of that party 1873
delipeaueuts, spy refusing to receive colored
mems taxes except from their own hands, and
by other hooks and crooks"
ed, instead OF Republican ticket and one bal
lot for "Dr Jump" instead of Isaac Jump was
not counted. The vote WAS tie OH Governor,
so to so. This WAS q considerable Republican
gain from the Little Election, and there would
have been majority for Jump, our correspon-
dent SAYS, if all the votes had been received
that should have been.
At the polls at FELTON,, in South Murderkill, a
man who keeps an unlicensed liquor saloon at
Bowers Beach, had put up a temporary booth
near the place of voting, and dealt ont his 'bug-
Juice" in open defiance Of the law. As copse-
quence, says our correspondent, drunken men
were numerous and uuarrels frenuept until