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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-17

N'N'g' WY iOb lDi ~ W. b~A.
Didn't tell you to 90 and leayc me
llonc' In the name of all that's idi-
otto al imbicilc. why do
you COZ tinue to shuttle about
hcreY Or are you trying to drive
me crazy with your presence, as you
have with tina, wrctchud music box
that I've just dropped under yonder
tree! Ita an hour and half yet be
fore the tagc p.sso- DO you think, do
you imagine for a single lnqmcnt, that
| can tolerate you until thon-eh?
Why don't you speak, Are you asleep?
You don't mean to say that you have
the auIaci'Y TO add aomuambulism 10
your other weaknesses. you're not low
enough 10 repeat yourself under any
such weak protest as that--oh2 30
q. \ FL Of nervous coughing ended this
extraordinary cxo-lium, aud halfsit-
ting halGIcaaing against the ,arauda,
Mr.. McClo-ky guest turned hi. face
and part OF % slight figure toward his
host. The lower PH1ou ct his up
turned face wore an Lahitugl czprcs.
sion Of .,.liou discomfort with an
Bnt ,bo Ira,. l,. L ,,.. r,, , ''i' ~ >
zeal, and pair IF dark, mir,htll eyes
set in pl. yiul judgment over the super.
sensitive mouth and it's suggestion.
II allowed 10 90 70 bcd Rilgcway, "
-otl NJ M.IU. lie. ...f.f.. d.. -.
Girl .Jinny,. IL. -, L',l f,,r ~" " i;',iJ
tcar nm at Egbino,p. and AIM. i'm.
clincd to mrr ,g co., Won know
wba, .,;rI. =, 4.l ,l.,,l., ,r, ,lra.
would H., L,y, .,...r IL., ,a.,..Lar
70 mas. ,w,y tbr linn.
Won .n.cyl,,i.,,. ,I3 i..,.,,..o .lo
go, b,,l a,' hmm. a,,, - ~, I,.i..n,r .',
"a. ,,., a.v,r..i,rti,, o.,,., -, Lc.,
who La. I,sn bsYr,ir', ,tc l1,.. ' ,.,or
Sine, can lit NJ E.l;,rf G,,itta
an ,n,,rr,..;r, ILL.,. ~. ,,n a.a
.yny,y Jl'...cJ o.'.,.,l ,.,, - IT,. J'.l
ib,t - - ,-,tn,r,. h.. ,''' .. -
.a,lo- y, -
A., . ,,
~ ~ !. H'N 'Oa"J we p, 700 il 'c'' S'uu"cd
W '"l' evidence % h''ao"ay appair
After enjoying his hosts confusion for
moment with his eyes Eilgcway's
mouth asked .riwly
And who is that g,ri anyway,
Nancy
Your v....
'Yc. Ea, look ser, N.dsgvly. said
McCloshy laying 1Uc hand implorin.,y
on Ridgeway- sleeve, 10, word
aboutitto jimmy. She thinks her moth-
er's dead--licd in Missouri Eh?'
Ridgcwoy nearly rolled from the
ycranda IN AN excess of rage. Good
God, Do You mean TO say that you
have been cUuccaling from her fact
that any day, any momcut,may come to
her ears That you 70 been letting her
grow up in ignorance Of something
that by this time she Nigh, have out.
grown and forgotten, That you have
been, like % be.o.ted Old ass, all these
year slowly Forging thuulorbolt that
any one may crush her With That
but here Ridscway. cough took posses
sion OF his voice, and even put mois-
ture into ms dark eyes as he looked at
IcC.oshy 5 aim'css band iccbly en-
ploycd upon his beard
But sa'd McCIosky look how she S
done shes held her head a.
nigh As any of 'cm. she's
to be married IN q mouth to the
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

AN EyESTFrL Here is the lesson
of life Born Of a good Kniekcrbocker
stock. the boy breathed the air of Iiroal-
way, smoked Broadway cigars. s,rolled
through the lobtics Of broadway hotels
rs if he owned them. His weakness was
hor> eff III. At 90 lie was to do smash
ing business and drive a four-in-hand. -
lie began with the pairimonial capital.
aud at 80 he sat amid rnns. So he tried
in succession ,elegraphy. insurance and
brokerage. Still he failed, anl still his
dream of horses grew apace. \, 80. saws
the New York Gipiic. sowing at IL.
reapin-; at 81; struggles; at 10, passions.
Then he held position in the post office.
where he seemed TO have found his mis-
sion. From one place Of trust h. rose to
another; he had a commanding figure. n
bland manner. unbruuied assurance. n
,ich. handrlasp. and brave eye Dur
ing 1860. 1870. 1871 this man drew n
salary &c $3.50. and he was spending at
least Sl5 600 per annum. He lived on
his splendid estate at Plumfeld. n. j..
ard kept bis s,ua Of twelve horses. most
ot them tloolcd stick. He was never
absent from duty. The heal books were
under his charce: but these books were
fa'sifcd. 1t was the modern siory-he
borrowed. speculaied. lost: bat the crash
came. The postmaster was brought to
bitter grief. and all who had trusted him
were made to feel the pangs of shame.
and ruin, and disgrace 1t was the life
OF Norton. the d"faultcr There is a SOL
er.n moral contained in this story. or.
rather. number of them. Never be n
Knickerbocker and attempt to speculate
upon a moderate capital of brains; don't
live in New York. or You will be sure to
be appointed to pos, efficc; avoid horses.
Cor they eanno, lie supported upon a mod
crate income: don't appropriate the mon
ey OF the Government. for when YOU are
! old j, will be taken away .rom you
/ Neither \ borrower nor lender be
-Sliakspeare. All which morals the
/ in,ellisien, reader will please arrange 70
SUI, himself.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

AN EXPENSIVE JoKE-A man WIN
plays practical jokes upon his wife de-
serves to be punished, and Sattcriy OF
Nuncy was punished His wife has
dread of cats. and before retiring a. night
shr always looks c,rcfllly under the oed
to sec iha; % stray pass aud 10 man. on
robbery intent. are concealed there. \
few nights ago. after Mr.. and Mrs. S'at-
'erly had retired. S'a.tcrlv. who has hccn
learning vcn,riloariSm. though, he would
amnse himself aud scare his wife by gen.
tle yG@lins and make the sound 90 un-
der the bed. Mrs. Slattcrly instantly sat
up and exclaimed:
Josiah, do believe there is cat in
this room
oh. nonsense grur.cl Sl,tterly; and
thea he made the mise again,
Il tcl you Josiah cxclrimrl Mrs s.
Il hear eat under this bed | wish
you'd ge, up and drive i, away, 4..-
oh. 20 to sleep. Matilda. srid Slater
ly. 4 don, hear anything. There's no
cat abent'
Then Josiah. with his mouth beneath
the covers, uttered Louder screcch than
before.
Wei. If you won't clear the cat out.
you brute, I will said Mrs. Slanrrly.
So she reached over. picked up Josiah's
boots. and pat them on in bed in order to
pro.ec. her fee. and ankles from the insn-
ria.ed animal. Then she took Slat'cr'y's
cane an! stopped down to sweep II around
beneath the bed just as she did so. J"-
siah emitted fearful yell wh.ch might
have come from n cat in the last par"x-
isms Of hydrophobia. This startled Mrs.
Sla,tcrly 50 that she sprang backward.
and. in doing So she stumbled against 'h"
dear bahy's cradle. which was overturned.
and she went headforcmost against the
twenty-five dollar looking glass on tho bu-
rcau. while ,be cane few ont Of her hand
and lighted with considerable fnrcc on
Sla:.cr!y's head.
The screams Of Mrs. S!a:tcrlv aroused
all the ncighhorhool au! even brought
ont the FIRE department. So that 10y thu
time the baby was rescued from the wreck
and the broken glass picked up. two en-
giucs and streams played upon the house.
I and The iron. door bad been burst opcu
by the police: and the fircmcn were en-
gagged in dragging wet hose over the
entry carpet anil up the font stairs jnSt
as Sla'trrly came down TO explain things.
rha, feline vcn'riIoqrism cost him just
ninety dollars for carpets and io"k'ns-
glasses. aud confusion on the bead.
which the people Of Muncy to this hour
believe he received in apnG'liS'ie cnc"un-
ter with bis wife.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12
No, -
- n q

II.aisy anaatsrp 'fasmcr Bat Iyoa have
sps toll n.e ssseshsr. you frHive me,''
Ill dom, kspw. re,egtd Fanny half
lanehing. half crying,
sa'Fsnuy. Fanny. II you knew hcw ! lcsc
ycs. .aShe cried. Suddenly stopping 10 front
of her, i do think YOU woold-' saaas
Ill am SO glad ,~., 4, La sges
II was not, poli'ie. perhaps, this con-
fession hu, il was very natural . =
,....Aad thiisk lsein match yoirr alder
mans honse. he aiaea. taking her handy
in his: dear. dear Faany,' -.t...iy -,
.And sis lsnrses.' laughed Fanny. look
ing ap With beahiirg eyes. Y 80
.iics. aearest. and perhars-1himself.
aud the ringing laugh. united. resoeud-
Ell ,hroagh the hpase., i. q. .ra. a., .,
Oh conrse Harry-who hal an inkling
and Olive cauie down stairs. aud OF
eoar.c everybody Was h.pry avcr il. 5.
ssFfmry. said T'an. sficr q moment, j
thiak | sm cured .,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

TorGu on Tur FIsu.--A dcvout clcr-
cyman sought every opportunity to im-
press upnn the mind of his son the !ac.
that God takes care OF His creatures: thas
the falling sparrow attracts His aitcntion.
and that His living Kindness is over AL
His works. Happening, ono day. to SC:
a crane walinc in qu"s. Of food. the rnot
man pointed out to his son the per'cch
aiarration OF the crane TO get his living
in TINT manner. = e. SAIL he. show hts
,rrs are formed for waAing. What long
slender bill he has. Observe how nicely
he folds his feet when putting them in or
drawing them out of the water. He does
not causc the slightest ripple. IL is thus
enabled to arrrcrcii he fish without Civ
ing them any notice nf his arrival
Nv son.' said he. 1T is impossible to
look at iha, hir.! without recosniz ng the
goodness Of God in thus provil!ug tire
means &c Subsistence
Yes replied tho boy. 4 think l SOC
the goodness of Col. at least - Ear a. the
crane is conccrnrl: tu' after all, father.
don't you think tho arranscmcnt a ht,'e
tough on the d.h ?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

Trr LARGEST BHrD1R ~ TIN WoHLp.-
The hri,lge To tc constructed over Tho
F;rsh IL Firth. will hc by far ia" |a-grst
in the world tccor.lin. II tie London
RuH Ter, i: hcish, will b. lj9 fe"t. Snl
the number of span. nearly 100. flIa
smaller spans uili be li0 feet wi!e. w.'ea
is beyond the average width oi the / r.c-t
spans ia ordinary bridge: but the or Hu-
ing mrrvci oF the whole structure Is tho
rr, at span in the centre, winch is TO u,
/ 800 feet. or nearly enc ihir'l Of a mile
in sid;h--nn extent unparalleled IN any
existing structure of the knit. The en-
tire cost Of the bsilgc ~i.l be at hsst ten
millions Of dollars.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

fF-A philosophical victim sdvertis-s
as follows If the person who took a
fancy 10 my ovcrcnat was Influenced BY
the ineiemeney Of The weather. thea. con-
trary 20 the weather. NIL Is serene: but il
he did 81 f-cm commercial considerations.
| am r'sdy TO enter into financial nego-
t,z;ioas for lis rcturs.'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12

To determine whc.her man is drenk
or not get him to say. 'rh, scene Il truly
rural if he says 'trurai rury, % n y
put L.m dowu a. 4ra.k
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-12
.ur'rgslf twrifsen fer The neq
ii b rra RErResPEcTaoG


otce more upon nv chiidhossi
After years Of fearful strife. .
I muse on pleasures that have & PC
And the ricissifudcs Of life.
! dream OF happy boyhood days
OF frierds used TO know, %
Whose smiles from earth have p aws
Since ten short years ago. ?
In though, again culi the fiowd 81
/ Beside the cid oak tree,
Whose foliage of in sunny hours r
Has sheltered friends and me. ~
No ieafy branch is standing nov
For the gentle winds to blows;
It's lofty boashs have passed awa
Siace ten short yesrssagc.
] view once more the hallowed spot
Where the old house used TO stand
And curse the fate of ,hose whose lot
Was TO desecraie the land.
No flowers now are on the lawn,
Where once they used to grow;
Those little gems have passed away
Since ten short years ago.
walked beside the little brook
Where I've watched the Eshes play;
lis waters now SO silent look
Beneath the suns bright ray.
No tramblGs grew upon the bank,
Ger il their shade to throw,
Alas they too have passed away
Since ten short years ago.
Once paused awhile to see
An old familiar place,
It's past scenes in my memory
O!how love TO trace;
II brought me back 10 boy hood days,
Tho there was nothing left 10 show
Its pristine oeauty now pas; for aye
Siaee ten short years ago.
SEiiS
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Buying Mirrors.

The total disregard of many of our
people to tho fitness of things is in no
respect so clearly manifested as in the
purchase of mirrors. One kind is true
in its reflection, the two others are ex-
aggerative. OF the exaggerativc one
unduly expands the figure, and the other
unduly elongates it. Hundreds Of
mirrors are bought every day without
reference to this fact. You will find
short, squatty people with mirrors that
make them look still shorter and more
squatty; and thin, gannt people with
looking. glasses that pare them down
fully one-half. And thus, through
carelessness and Indifference the seeds
of dissatisfaction and distrust are sown,
and many happy homes are broken up,
to scatter their broken-hearted con-
tents upon the world. People with
square, expansive faces should select
elongating mirrors, and those who are
long and thin-faced should get those
which will expand them. Self-opinion
is stronger than anything else, and
when our own glass assures us that we
look well, it is nothing whatever what
other people may think. You know
that yourself.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Wool and Silk Suits.

How to make spring costumes for
church, visiting, and brides travelling
suits is the query of correspondents.
Pretty shades of gray, either the clear
hue, or the slate gray with blue tinges,
or the greenish sage gray, are selected
for these; the skirt and sleeves are silk,
the over dress and founces are CASH
mere or vigonia. A tasteful French de-
sign for these has n sage gray silk
skirt, trimmed with n straight vigcnia
founce three fingers deep in front, and
much deeper behind. The lower edge
has bias green velvet band two inches
wide, while the upper part is scwed
down twice in revers pleats that form
puff. The long apron over-skirt of
vigogne, corded on the edge with vel
vet, has the front breadth buttoned
down each seam by laIge buttons in
velvet bound button-holes A.; it has two
narrow side cores and full back
breadth, is draped high by green
velvet bow on the left, and hangs long
on the left. The English basque of
cashmere, corded with green velvet,
has silk sleeves with velvet cuffs, and a
velvet Medicis collar. An extra gar
ment worn over this is a sleeveless
loose jacket, quite long, with n pointed
velvet hood, side pockets, and breast
pocket.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Titles in Great Britain.

Nothing can seem more perple1ed
and complicated to aforeigner than the
arrangements of the English Peerage.
For example, most strangers are ac-
quainted with the general principle
that peer can only have seat in the
House of Lords, and cannot have any
thing to do with the House of Com
mons. So far everything is clear. But
the first time foreigner listens to a
debate in the House of Commons, he
hears perhaps the Marquis, Of Harting-
ton is in fact no marquis at all, but
merely Mr.. Spencer Campton CaSen-
dish, eldest son OF the Duke of Devon
shire, having, according to English
usage, the title "by courtesy" of Mar
ouis, a title without any legal effect,
and which will not serve rs description
of its possessorin in any formal document.
If the son of the Duke of Devonshire
has to be described formally, he is spo-
ken of as "the Hon. Spencer Campton
Cavendish, commonly called Marquis
of harrington" He therefore may be
elected to sit IN the House of Commons,
which House in fact swarms with elder
and Younger sons of the nobility, bear
ing courtesy titles.
This much, too, one foreigner easily
understands but he suddenly remem-
bers that Lord Palmerston was mem
ber of the House of Commons up to
his death, at the age of eighty-one, and
he asks in consternation, was his too
only courtesy title, and was Lord Pal
merston's father living at the time? 1t
has to be explained to him that Lord
Palmerston was Peer with q genuine
title of his own but then he was only
an Irish Peer, not entitled, unless
elected representative Peer, to sit in
the House of Lords, and therefore
qualified to be chosen a member OF the
House of Commons. Then perhaps he
is puzzled about Lord Russell, who he
knows sat in the House of Commons
for q long time, and now sits in the
House of Lords, and who has not sue
ceeded to any peerage in the meantime,
for the head of the house of Bedford is
alive and we'll, and Lord Russell is far
out of the way OF the succession in any
case. But here comes in new condi-
ton of things. The Queen conferred
upon Lord John Russell in 1861 peer
age of his own, and he sits in the House
of Lords as Earl Russell.
In fact, VIC have at least five distinct
classes of mobiles who possess or are
courteously gifted with titles. There
are peers of England, peers of Ireland,
peers of Scotland, peers of the United
Kingdom (created since the Legislative
union of the throe coun.Eies), and the
sons of peers who bear titles Of cour-
tesy. The peers of England and those
of the United Kingdom sit in the House
of Lords by right, and cannot be elected
to the House of Commons. The Irish
and Scotch peers sit in the House OF
Lords only when they are elected as
representatives of their order there,
and when not so elected they may be
chosen to sit in the House of Commons
if they can render themselves acceptable
to a constituency. The bearers OF
courtesy titles may sit in the House OF
Commons, but not in the House OF
| Lords,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Sad Suffering.
Lords.

Among the numerous cases Of suf-
fering which have recently been
brought to public notice in New York
is that of poor Hungarian woman liy-
ing in Second avenue. Once-as was
gathered from her almost unintelligible
English-she Lad owned some real
estate, and being unfamiliar with our
language and laws, she had committed
her business to the care of pretended
lawyer, who had cheated the poor wo-
man out of the results of her hard earn
ings. She had been living for weeks
past upon fragments of bread obtained
from neighbors.
"You look SICK" said a visitor, "and
have a cough have you no fire in your
room ?"
This question seemed to puzzle the
poor woman at first. The idea seemed
preposterous. She had not had fire
in her room, she said, for eleven weeks.
Then holding out her right foot, the
answer to the first part Of the query
was given.
81 have tried" she said, to borrow
two dollars to get pair OF shoes for
my feet, but no one would lend or give
tome. And" pointing her finger toward
her lungs, she added " the cold of the
streets and of the snow comes up here,
and I feel sick and faint"
In answer to further inquiry wheth-
er she had had anything to eat or
drink that day, she answered in the
negative-nothing only q few ends of
loaves. When hel immediate neces-
sites were relieved, her JOY and g,ati-
tude seemed boundless.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
A Narrow EScape,

An engineer on the Hudson River
Railroad told the writer of a narrow
escape he experienced only short time
ago. After twenty-four hours continu-
ous service, he was ordered out with a
Through freight " from New York to
Albany. He protested against the as
signment, as both the fireman and him
self had already done double duty, and
were in danger of falling asleep. The
foreman of the yard, however, had no
one else to send, and insisted that the
engineer should run the train. So he
started. After run of two hours he
yielded to his overpowering exhaustion
and-as his fireman had done some mo-
ments before-fell asleep! He knew
no more until awakened by the conduc-
tor, who had come forward to discover
what had caused the stoppage of the
train, and had found both men curled
up and asleep on either side of the cab.
The throttle was wide open, the reverse
lever was "notched down" well for
ward, but the steam-gauge registered
only eighty pounds pressure some
pounds less than was necessary to haul
the heavy train. The engineer was not
awakened minute too soon, for it
was then half-past one A. NJ, and at two
o'clock they were due at Poughkeepsie
switch to make way for the express
which left New York at eleven o'clock
and overlook the freight at Poughkeep-
sic. The blower was put on, and in five
minutes the guage showed a pressur,
of ninety pounds, and the train covered
the eight miles between it and Pough-
kecpsie in about two-thirds of the time
that is usually consumed. Fortunately,
the conductor was n staunch friend of
the engineers, and that terribly danger
ous nap remained secret as far as the
management was concerned.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
The Centennial,

The President of the United States
sent the following message to Congress
relative to the Centennial:
To the Senate and House Of represent
atives:
have the honor herewith to submit
the report of the Centennial Commits
sioners, and to add word in the way
of recommendation.
There have now been International
Expositions held by three of the great
Powers of Europe. 1t seems fitting
that the one hundredth anniversary Of
our independence should be marked by
an event that will display to the world
the growth and progress of n nation de-
voted to freedom and to the pursuit OF
fame, fortune, and honors by the lowest
citizen as we'll as the highest. A failure
in this enterprise would be deplorable.
Success can be assured by arousing
public opinion to the Importance OF the
occasion. To secure this end, in my
Judgment, Congressional legislation is
necessary to make the Exposition both
national and international. The beno-
fits to be derived from successful in
ternational exposition are manifold. 1t
will necessarily be accompanied by eI-
penses beyond the receipts from the
Exposition itself, but they will be COM
pensated for many fold by the COM
mingling of people from all sections OF
our country, by bringing together the
people OF different nationalities, by
bringing into juxtaposition for ready
examination our own and foreign skill
and progress in manufactures, agricul-
ture, art, science, and civilization.
The selection of the site for the Ex-
position seems to me appropriate, from
the fact that 100 years before the date
fixed for the Exposition, the Declara-
ton of Independence, which launched
us into the galaxy Of nations as an ln-
dependent people, emanated from the
same spot. We have much in our
varied climate, soil, universal products,
and skill of which advantage can be
taken by other nationaities to their
profit. In return, they will bring to
our shores works of their skill and
familiarize our people with them to the
mutual advantage of all parties. Let
us have complete success of our Gem
tennial Exposition, or suppress it in its
infancy, acknowledge our inability to
give it the international character to
which our self-esteem aspires.
U. s. GRANT.
Ereeutirc Mansion, Feb. 25, 1873.