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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-08-27

Corner Holbrook avenue and Twenty
fourth street. Large yard and garden Is
LOTS plenty OF fruit and shrubbery; good
stable and carriage house. viii sell on
very easy terms. The house contains cen
rooms. J. II. PHILLIPS.
-.ot.1m
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To Rent,

Ic'X Rag stock envelopes at the BrL.
LEriN office, % % per VI.
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4 Fine Residence for sale or Rent

MARCO to Schoenmeycr's and try his
Pilsener Beer, S-l5lw
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A new invoice of ladies' slippers at o.
Hawthorn & Co.'S.
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Ladies' NliDpern.

$1,000 envelopes, all grades and prices
lust received at the BULLETIN Job office
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Turner Hall.

New goods to-day at o. IIaythorn a
Cos,
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A cottage, No. % Tenth street, between
Washington and Walnut. Apply to Chss.
Lane. get:
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SEWN Machines at u Sacrifice

Sewing Machines at u Sacrifice
One WHEELER II WILSON. latest
improved pattern.
One silver-platcd GROVER & BAKER.
The above Machines are as good as new,
and will sell either at onc-third their
value. Parties wishing a bargain will do
well to call and see them Immediately.
S-2+lw Dan HARTMAN.
n.l9n A Il the un-pilseunrRnnr Sclinrn-
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WAR DEPARTMENT. RIvEp WEroWr,
Aug ~ lS7J
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Turner hall Is now In the hands OF the
painters, and will be completed and
ready for Use in short time.
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CAIRO MARKET..-WHOLESAlE.

Corrected Daily by T.. NJ. stcarns, commission
merchant, secretary oi the CAIRO Boar" OF
Trade.
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kI~XX Wood stock envelopes at The
BULLETIN Office. So 90 per NJ.
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Louis IIcrber, has PILSENEK.


D"Delcious Pilsener Beer at Schoen-
meyers
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FOR SALE.

A new twO.horse Gamble wagon.
For any Of the above articles, apply at
the BULLETIN office. Z. A. BURNETT.
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A 0oduet1On.

Prints reduced at o. Haythorn 4 Co.'S.
A chance for bargains.
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Delinquent Taxes.

RsD" All the go-PilsenerBeer. Sclocn-
meyer has il.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST "a, 1878.
Local weather Report.


THOMAS JONES, sers,. :. 81, L. 5. a.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09
FOREIGN.

The subscriptions pouring in for the
French sufferers by the recent floods are such
as to give assurance Of generous assistance
for the manv thousands left destitute.
It is reported that the latest news
from Burmah is not satisfactory. The king,
it is said, refuses to allow the passage Of Brit
ish troops through his territory. 1t is be-
iieved this condition Will be set aside by her
majesty's government.
Special kilograms to the London
Times say nine hundred persons persisted in
the flood at Toulouse alone. There an out
break of epidemic Is feared. 1t is believed
that Z. 800 houses have been swept away in the
town and it's environs. The damRge there Is
estimated at from C12, ,OOO 900 to E15, ,OOO 900.
The Daily News special rays the lowest esti-
mate Of deaths in the flooded districts Is two
thousand. 1t is proposed to lombard and
destroy the st. Cyprien quarters of Toulouse
to prevent danger from the crumbling walls OF
houses that yet remain. The Standard pub
fishes reports of fearful inundaGOns in BO-
hcmia, Moravia, Corinthia and Bariat, with
some loss of life and great des. ruction OF
property. Many bridges have been carried
away, thousands of cattle drowned, and crops
in several districts totally ruined
A letter from Maracaibo, of May 20,
gives an account OF the earthquake at Cyrcut-
ia on the 18th The first shock leveled every
wall in the city, burying in single instant
s 900 people out Of a population OF 10000
Several we're not killed, but subsequently died
from tha injuries, aud many were murdered
by robbers who plundeTed in bands. The
shocks c continued. and the fires burned much
property. Thoss saved fled to the nelShbor-
ing country and escaped. When the news
reached Marscaibo two steamers were sent
with food and clothing TO he sufferers by the
American consul and people also corps OF
physicians and committee to disbuTse aid
The government sent soldiers 20 protect the
people. Reports from san Caye tens, Santi-
ago, Gramolate, Arboleda, Cucutella, and SaI
Cristabel, all aGgresatiug a population Of 20,
OOO confirm the previous accounts OF the de
stTuction Of life and property at those places
The shock was fell at Baerida and othel
places, and in Maracaibo there have been hgh
quakes every day since
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An OYSTERS Heart.

Near the hinge of an oyster IS cavity
which leads to its stomach. 1t may DC
called. with a little license, its mouth
not that il has teeth, or that IN any way
IL nasticates food, or that 1t indicates
the Dlace OF the head, for the oyster
belongs TO a division Of mOllusks known
as the dceDh0Latos, or headless ones.
But IL is functiOnally mouth, and 1t ls
like mouths in two important partlcu-
lars. It is the entrance of the food 70
the alimentary canal, and 1t has certain
Iip-like organs with VIII ch to contIoi
the entering of food. II, then, the
oysters mouth Is thus situated near CIS
hinge that part of the creature should
he known a. its anterior or forward end
The opening end, that which the oyster
men call the nib" is therefore really
the rosterior extremity. Everyone
knows that in opening an oyster the
knife has t. be passed through a stout
organ. wrongly called by many the eye;
for the oyster is eyeless. Some call 1t
the heart. This, also, Is incorrect. 1t
Il the great abductOr muscle, with which
the animal draws together its valves.
But the oyster has a true heart. 1t Is
situated near to and forward Of the alb
ductOr mascle, that is, between 1t and
the mouth. If finger Of glove were
cut off and inflated with air, beng
closed up at the end. and then a thread
were tied round so as TO construct 1t at
the middle, we should have something
resembling the shape pretty nearly the
oysters heart. This small organ IS
divided by the construction into two
lesser organs, an auricle and ventricle;
a receiving and distributing reservoir Of
the pale, opalescent blood-its true life
current, which animates every part Of
this complex little being. If an oyster
be opened with sufficient tact and care,
the heart can bo seen at work, beating
much a. our hearts Deat-a true rhyth-
mical pulsation. Indeed, with watch 10
hand, the beats can be counted, as whf,
physician makes a diagnosis OF ones
pulse. As death nears, so slow the
| throbs Of the oysters heart.
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ondition and better cultivated than last

| condition and better cultivated than last
year.
Observation-Disclosures counties, 56 re-
plies. The weather has been generally
favorable, needing rain in some cOun-
ties, and some complaints of cold nights,
producing lice. There has been very
little replaDting or additional planting
stands are good and plant forming veil;
only few blooms ; present condition of
crop is better than last year at same
period; the only unfavOrable ciTcum-
stances are those noted above; the
favorable circumstances are, the crop
is cleaner, bet er cultivated and more
advanced than last year at same time.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Department
Fifty five replies from % counties in
North Carolina, six replies from two
counties in Virginia. FOTty-fve replies
report weather dry and cold ; Il say
favorable, and only two represent the
weather wet and cold. Fifty-four an
swers report the stand as good; some
few complaints on stiff lands ; some
forms no blooms. Seven replies from
seven counties in eastern Carolina rep
resent the stand as below the average
condition very generally stated as good
crop well cultivated and free from grass
and weeds; plant smaller than at the
same time last year, and from eight to
fifteen days later. Five answers from
five counties in eastern Carolina repO {
condition bad. Correspondents state
that the weather since the 18th of May
has been too cool for rapid growth, but
with warm and seasOnable weather a
great improvement is looked for.
Memphis Departmental answers
received. Weather generally repre-
sented as favorable no additional acre
age put in cotton since May 10 !; stands
good and satisfactory plant generally
squaring and forming freely u reports
of blooms dating from 18th to Goth
condition good; fields free of grass and
well cultivated; some complaints of too
10Th to June 5th, mostly remedIed by
subsequent favorable weather.
Galveston Department, Texas We
have received 12O reports from SO cOun-
ties, embracing the period between
May 18th and June Doth weather very
generally said to have been favorable
no addition to acreage in cotton since
May 18th some little replanting where
seed failed to come up stands repre-
sented as good, and IN the coast range
reported to be forming and blooming
well.
A large majority of our reports agree
in the statement that the season IS from |
one to three weeks later than last year,
and that the plant is generally small, |
but is clear of grass and In good con- |
dition. Rains are needed. The cater |
pillar is reported in three counties, but |
so far has done no material damage.
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so the boat didn't run her nozzle against
the bank he aimed for.
"The captain and pilot and a lot of
passengers, after hunting all over the
boat, couldn't find a sign of fire any
where outside the furnaces, and then
they went for Sam. He swore up and
down that he smelt cotton burning no
use talking to him-he knew the smell
of burning cotton, and, by thunder, he
had smeIt it. The first pilot said kind
of soft and pityingly to Sam, My boy,
If you'd told me you was so near the Jim
jams I'd stood double watch for yo1.
Now, yC u go and soak your head in a
bucket of water and take a good sleep
and you'll be all right by tomorrow.
Sam Just billed over at this, and when a
pretty young woman passenger said to
heskipper, loud enough for SaTG to hear.
So young and nice looking, too-how
sad it would make his pOor mother
feel to hear how be drinks he fairly
frothed at the mouth. You never see a
fellow so toned down as Sam was after
that, and though the boys never quit
running him, he never talked back, but
looked kind of puzzled-as though he
was trying to account for that smell of
cotton Cmok >"
Auu WnaG was Gne cause OF the
smell?" l asked min9 Ancient. He
chuckled a full minute and then said
g YOs see there's a speaking tube run
ming from the engine room to the pilot
house. I had in mind the tricks Sam
had played on me, and having worked
him to a nervous state about the fire,
waited till he was alone in the pilot
house, and then set fire to a little wad
of cotton, stuffed it into the speaking
tube, and the smell came out right un.
der his nose. A little s gar on it,
pard. st. Louis Letter.
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MARGARET.


Into the garden I walked ne'er had I seen her be-
fore,
Under budding white rose she stood in the shade
of the door
Quiet aud pale her face, but maidenly bright
were her eyes,
Fair the newly-born moon, when low in the east
eriy skies,
There as stood by her side, my spirit grew happy
Would had said what I thought, that none wou1d
marry but theei
The far-oT bells were toring for twas some ones
And in jbe meadows close by the mowers were
moving the hay.
Into he garden walked; but once had seen her
before,
Then silent aud listening went up to the curtain
less he'd,
There was look on her face, as if she'd been think
ing of me.
" Dear MaTgaref,r then Whispered I, "none will I
marry but thee :"
And the fsr-of bells were ringing, for twas some
ones wedding day,
And in the meadows close by the mowers were
moving the hay.
Silent and dark yon lake, as under the desoIate
Lit by no CLEAN from the sky, it slumbered there
dreaTy and still,
Till with It's swallow like wing, the wind in its wan
derng flight,
Touched into music the reeds, and broke in rip
pes Of light.
Silent ana dark vas my heart, till suddenly thrilled
by the tone,
Fender and pure, of the voice, which told me vas
not alone,
Yet how I Ioug to be dead wheneer, on a calm
summer day,
The far-Of bells are ringing, and the mowers are
moving the hay!
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THE OLD CONTINEETALS.
In their ragged regimentals
Stood the old cOutinentals,

In their ragged regimentaIs
Stood the old cOntinentals,
Yielding not;
While the greuadiers were lunging,
And like hail fell the pIUnging
CannOn-shOt;
When the files
Of the isles
From the smoky night eucampment
Bore the banuer Of the rampant
Unicorn,
and grummer, drummer, grummer,
Rolled the roll Of the drummer
Through the morn!
Then with eyes to the front all,
And with guns horizontal,
Stood our siTes:
While the balls Vhistled deadly,
And in streams flashing redly,
Blazed the fires;
AS the roar
On the shore
Swept the strong battle-breakers
Der the green-ssdded acres
Of the plain;
And louder, louder, louder,
Cracked the black gunpowder,
Cracking amain
Now like the smiths at their FORCES
Worked the red st. Georges
CannOneers:
And the g villsinOus saltpetre
Rang, a fierce discOrdant metre
Round our ears.
As the swift,
StOrm-dTift,
With hot sweeping anger
Came the hOrse=guards changer
On our fianks;
Then higher. higher, higher,
Burned the Olu-fashiOned fire
Through the ranks
Then the bare-headed colonel
GallOped through the white Internal
POWdar-ClOud
And his brOadswOrd was swinging,
And his brazen throat was ringing
Trumpet loud,
Then the blue
Bullets fiewt
And the trooper Jackets Redeemed
At the touch of the leaden
Rifle-bl cath
And rOGnder, rOunder, rOunder
ROaTed the iron siX-pOunder,
Hurling death
Cup Humphrey McMasfe5
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SOUTH

A foreign company, with capital of
S2O,OOO OOe, has been organized for the pur-
posO Of investing in Louisiana land, and of
pursuing agriculture as a science.
On the official report of the New Or
leans board ef health, a proclamation of ten
days quarantine has been made by Gov. KeI
lOgg, against the port Of Key West.
A dispatch from J. V. Harris, health
officer at Key West reports one death from
yellow fever. DR.. Harr' adds: I am sorry
to have to inform you of the prevalencs of the
disease as an epidemic at this place
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fruit. Grapes in many cases escaped
on account of late blooming, but the
vineyards of several sections were
greatly depleted by the extreme cold.
Small fruits were less severely affected
and are reported as producing very
luZuriantly.
Capt. JAS. B. Fades has written a
letter to President Grant and secre tarv
of war Belknap, advising them of the
progress of the ietties at the South Pass.
The main point in the letter is that pro-
vlslonal works. one thousand feet long.
are already constructed on the line of
the east jetty, aud being pushed seaward
at the rate of two hundred feet per day.
Two hundred mechanics and Iaborers
and four piledriving machines are at
work and large quantity of stone and
other material are ready at hand. Ad-
ditional accommodations are being pre-
pared, and in short the working force
will be largely increased. Telegraphic
communication has been established be-
tween New Orleans and the head of the
Pass, and the line is being extended to
the works at the mouth of the Pass.
Capt. Eads says tho provisional work
mentioned is what is known as sheet
pillng, and while il is only preliminary
in character, it will temporarily serve
the same purpose and produce the same
result as permanent ietties. The cap
tain is quite sure that there will be
twenty feet of water on the bar, at the
South Pass, by the Ist of February.
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LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
WEST

The Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
Indians have signed All agreement to reIin-
quish their rights in Nebraska They want
$1,000 in horses, $4,000 in cows, S21OO in
harness, and %, 300 in wagons All are well
pleased
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

Jared r. Buell., of indianapolis, and
Susan d. Gilbert, of Athol, Mass, have
married" themselves by written con-
tract, which is to "be in force during
our Ihysical lives, provided our mutual
love natures ever blend as now-but to
terminate without prejudice by the wish
of either party, if love shall ever cease
to be mutual "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

THE statistical reports just published
by the agricultural bureau indicate
widespread disaster to the fruit-grow
ing interest, as will be seen from the
following notes Insect depredations
are recorded only in Maine, in some
counties of which caterpillars were
troublesome. Iu New England gene
rally the crops were late, and in some
parts tendency to Simultaneous
blooming excited remark. In the
middle, southern and western states
generally, the climatic conditions were
very unfavorable. The severity of the
winter has not only destroyed the fruit
germs, but also the trees. The cold
snap in the spring enlarged the scope
of this injury, and heavy late frosts IN
many places destroyed what had sur
viyed tbs winter. Ia sJme cases 1t Is
noted that the plums stood the severity
of the season better than other sorts of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

KILLING BUGS ON VINES. C Cucumber,
squash, watermelon and other vines are
attacked by bugs and other pests, and
the following mixture Is found to be an
excellent remedy: To two quarts of
gypsum Oand plaster put one table
spoonful kerosene oil this sprinkled
over the vines when the dew is on will
generally answer for the season. If the
bugs return repeat the operation. This
is safer and cheaper than Paris green.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

A Scotch peddler completely cowed
an irascible Welshman, who insisted on
fighting him n an Inn kitchen, by going
down on his knees and implOriDg pardon
for having killed "two men already, and
being about to kill another"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09
TIMELY TOPICS

ONE of the many good points of the
new constitution of Arkansas, adopted
less than year ago, is the provision for
the payment of the state debt. This
provision is row being carried out under
the meaus provided by the last legisIa-
tnrR
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

THE New York World makes the
establishment OF geological garden in
Philadelphia the occasion for the pre-
sentation of some interesting facts con-
corning the famous London geological
gardens. The London collection in
1873 included $50 quadrupeds, 1927
birds ard 225 reptiles, and was at that
time, as yet, the largest in existence.
The first rhinoceros cost Ct, 900; the
four giraffes G70O, and their carriage an
additional G70O; the elephant and a calf,
98OO, and the hippopotamus, though a
gift, was not brought home and housed
for less than GI,OOO. The cost of
maintaining the London gardens is very
great, but the receipts are ample to
meet it..
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

IN 1870, New York city had a popuIa-
tion of 942, 292, and a municipal debt of
1922, 800, 780. In 1871, London had a
population of J. 3.266, 987, and city debt
of S25, 918,0O0 These figures are i'm
posing. The city and county debts of
the whole union are estimated to be to
day $35, ,00O,0 but as this estimate is
only for those having one million and
over of liabilities, the total may be set
down at thousand million. Add the
state and national debts and there re
suits heavy load for posterity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

The American rifle team has achieved
a great victory in Ireland over the crack
shots of that country. a match was
shot last week between the two teams.
In the first bout, at eight hundred
yards, the Americans were beaten by
me point, hut IN the two succeeding
bouts, at nine hundred and thousand
inrds respectively, the Americans came
out ahead, thus winning the match.
The victory of the Americans was re-
ceived with tremendous enthusiasm. and
they were the recipients of the most
distinguished honors from the populace
and their competitors. The contest has
been marked by the most fraternal feel
ing on all sides. The American rifle
men have been treated with the utmost
consideration by their hosts, and even
the sting of defeat has not caused any
suspension of the friendly intercourse,
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a PRIVATE soldier of Prof. Jenney's
escort, in his geological survey of the
Black Hills, writes that he found gold
by means of a pick and a shovel, while
the geOiogists were trying to find it by
scientific principles. His advice is that
those desirous of going gold-hunting
should hold themselves in readiness,
and the instant the Indian treaty is an
nulied TO hasten on. The party had
encountered three mining camps on
Fronch creek. They were panning out
about so a day, each, and were of the
opinion that, when they get their work
ing apparatus in good order, they will
be able to make $50 day. The soldier
had washed four pans of dirt and got
about five cents to the pan of scale gold,
some of the pieces being a little larger
than a pins head. He did not have to
dig loot down for the dirt, and declares
that all that Custar told concerning the
treasures of the country was strictly
true.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

People see things differently. For
instance, the terrible earthquake that
recently destroyed San Jose de Cucuta,
IN Columbia. When the catastrophe
began, most of the inhabitants went
down upon their knees and prayed for
relief and mercy. Yet, in the midst of
the scene, when the earth was heaviDg,
buildings falling, and the dying groans
and shrieks of men, women and children
filling the air, a wild horde of demoni-
acal thieves and robbers swarmed into
the towns, sacking houses, pillaging
bauk vaults, and plundering the dead,
and even numbering. If an earthquake
W IL not quicken a mans conscience,
there is no telling what will.