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A BARE OLD POEM.
By rfIAR PHILIP.

Poor Friar Philip lost his wife,
The charm and comfort OF his life;
He mourncd her just like modern men,
| For ladies were worth having then.
The world was altered in his view,
|. All things put on yellow hue:
: Even ladies, once his chief delight,
We're now offensive to his sight;
In short he pinned and looked so i'll,
The doctor hoped 10 make II bill.
At las, he made vow to Ny,
And hide himself from every cSc;
Take up his lodgings in wood
To turn hermit and grow good.
He had a son. YOU now must know,
| About a twelvcmonth old or so;
| Him Phillip took up in his arms,
| To snatch him from all female charms,
| Intending he should never know
/ There were such things as girls below,
| But lead an honest! hcrmts life,
Lest he, likewise, mi cht lose his wife.
The place he chose for his retreat
| Was once a lions country seat.
Far in wild, romantic wood
The hcrmitS little cottage stood,
| Hid by the trees from human view:
The sun himself could scarce get through
A little garden, titled with care,
Supplied them with their daily fare
Fresh watcrcresses from the spring.
/ Iurnps, or greens or some such thing.
Hermits don't care much what they cat,
And appetite can make 1t sweet,
Twas here our little hermit grew
His father taught him all he knew,
Adapted, like cheerful sage,
| His lessons TO the nupil's ave.
AT FIVE wears old he showed him flowers.
Taught him their various names and powers
Taught him to blow upon q reed,
TO say his PRAYERS and yet the creed.
At ten he lcctured him on hcrbs
Il Better than learning nouns and verbs
The names and qualities of trees
Manners and customs OF the bees;
But not one word about the Urls
At fifteen wears he turned his ewes
To view the wonders of the skies;
Called all the stars by their rirht name.
As Won would call ON John or James.
And showed him all the signs above
But not whisper about love.
And now his sixteenth year was nigh
And yet he had not learned to sigh
And all because he did not know
There were such things as Urls below
But now a tempcst ragged around.
The hernt's little nest was drowned
Good. bye then, to poor Phillips crop;
1t did not leave a tlIrpip TOP
Poor Philip yrieyed, and his son too;
They prayed-they knew not what 10 do.
II they were hermits, they must live,
And wolves have not much aims TO rive.
lie had disciplcs--rich ones. too
Who would not let him beg in vain,
But set the hermit up again.
But what to do with this youn., SON
PRAY, tell me, what would Won have doncy
Take him TO town he was afraid,
For what il he should see maid
In love. as sure as he had eyes,
Then any quantity of signs,
Leave him at home the wolves. the bear,,
Poor Philp had fathers fears
In short ne knew mot what IN do
But Thought. at last TO take him ion
And SO. with truly Mons care,
He counts his heads in anyious nray,r
Intended AZ a sort OF charm
To keen his darling lad from harm.
That ia. from pretty ladies' yiles.
Especially their ewes and smiles.
Then brushed his coat of silver gray.
And now Won see them nm their way
1t was a town, they all agree,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-01

H"ESs RILLs-Horsemcn viii remember Ina
The FHEs TsipEE printing oftiee Is better pre-
pared iass ever TO print horse bI's nicely
pn,mpilJ ali oa the lowest terms.
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Ire Pass TE,psR Aad Chicago ~eck'v IT,
49, Ur- yrs-. fng Sis
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D a X G r 8 .
W Ar e n O Y 8 G

r UKINs. RANDALL & STEPHENS. Manu-
IL facturers OF CHICAGO WHITE LIME Woo DnrneG
OfBce Al Lime Works corner Broadway ana Fermiuioe
streets streator nj w. II. iuk,ns. Strestor; W Rae'
dali Batavia; I y. Stephens. Aurora oels-N
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Isig, Cations New Book.
A SUMMER IN NORWAY,
with Notes on the Industries. Habits etc. Of the People
History Of the Country It's Climate aad Productioas su
Of the RED Deer. Reindeer, and Elk, By
HON. J. d. CATION IL. d.
syo. toi pp. Illustrated Price, $50.
THE ISrsR-oceAS Gully 81 SAYS

THE ISrER-OCEAS Gully 81 SAYS
,dge Cation has given work possessing 81 me Ss
aIities OF a perfect book Summer Travel cohSAs
either much too little; IL "a written "a 81 -
confidential -tye, without strain or snectatlon. a. W.
writer sails sou by and lakes and rivers suu NJ
gers in quaint Norwegian towns he gives us mere hh
lust sufficient scraps of history IN awaken lhtele-s ~
ancient and wsrike. but PEACEFUL and nuusulous
ple He has the strong cold touch Of mssc une orcS sn
nom beginning end reads like story tod oy te
Az the ~ ad of his table Carlyle sits 10 hs deh
ssa pouring over .Sagss' and ancient msnuscriSs'
stalv art traveller accompanied by his sdes
he ne, pp makes friends with the Laps. HsCus
fishing In the pools sleeps In Norwegian oeds; au a.
In title wholesome rhetoric over ther s.s-
yscrmfort ITS book fresh IS the m0uhts. ssS
while his observation are ful OF tha kHy nil ami
tive feeling which can only come nom susersi mina no
zen uine heart
THE TIMES Gully SAYS; .-, .
"rhe sp,hor Of "A Summer In Norway hiss Sec 2sL s
Whist INIT lev sn,e professional writers are
,hs r,,rnnsfxnres He has given 10 the pat r,
travels sich will hold with any OF
,yie In wsich IL Is written Is conc Sc ter.s 81 ~
~ Is solis and Interesting and sein oI
sprinkled with harmless, amusing ine'o'"1'
told ="
rHE TRIBUNE July 81 SAYS;
..Inare catou a. veteran traveller lie i irAn o.
,h.erysfion and from long experience 3
.n.ey i apt 70 something more sno 20
sna And ont Inorr than the ordinary usN.lrI -
an this he readable ana rneI s.sr. 49,
49, witch IL apt 10 create IL the readcr suOnS as-e ID
mae the sane iourney IN person.
sold IN Ottawa By Canaan Hspsmsn-
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* H% Tp sDr o. SNOW
sale and adjoining counties Oce west OF Court Houss
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~. y. JONhs l.. W. BREWER
ION ES ~ BREW EIS, Attorneys and Conn
sellers at Law, Ottawa, lie. Obcs, Rooms Nos O.
second moor, metropolitan Block octl9,T
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nR. G1LBERT DE rISY, French Ply
~ stefan, 81 years oil prsctce the last ten years ~
Louis Mo. Office, La Sale ST.. II. oe and d. Bern
ard. Residence Washington St. north OF supreme Court
Block) ONCE hours from to 10 o'clock and from
.to5P.a. mayl,75
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p ny 8 ICIA n . .

M. II, M. McARI'H u II, Ottawa illinois,
- Onice-Rooms & 8 =. o. Block Open from O'clock
An 70 6o'cock N. Residence Benton Street. south
OF Illinois Ave. ian22I6
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(iIiAS. II. BRUSH, Attorney and Couuselo.
- At Law. Ohice-Room No. / Post Orice Block OTIS
wa, Illinois. mari;se
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ERANK J.. CRAWFORD, Attorney
cago. Notary Pablc. mSri.s3,
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III NJ. nASC(sM NJ. d., Physician and Sur
liz geoD, Ottawa ILL., Oice ID door north OF post office
Residence Paul ST. OF Supreme Court House junis
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28
HOW MILLIONS WE'RE STOLEN.
Sergeant GrOrgc Prendcr Tells How
Fortunes Were Made by Reporting
Money Destroyed which Was Not
DpsfrOyC0

sergeant Georgc premder Tells How
Fortunes Were Made by Reporting
Money Destroyed which WAS NOu
Destroyed.
The st. Louis Times, of Wednesday.
publishes Il statement from Sergeant
George Ponder, in charge of the signal
station there. made To Il Times reporter
just before Fender left for Washington to
testify before the committee on cNpcndi-
lures in the treasury department. Pen
der asserts that he was public debt state
mcnt clerk in the treasury department
under Secretary McCulloch, and his state
mcnts are to the effect that
while 30 engaged he diScov-
cred great frauds were being prac-
tlced upon the government. That each
public debt statement reported money III
the treasury that was not on liand
while the government was paying three
per cent. for money to meet temporary
necessities. lie says also he discovered
That hundreds of thousands of dollars of
government money was placed in the
hands of toniedcrate's outside who
loan Il IL back to the government n III
dividual funds and drew interest on it.
While pursuing these investigations.
Fender was informed by the clerk in
| the redemption bureau. named
| Richardson. that immense frauds
were being perpetrated in that
bureau. and that fortunes were being
made by reporting money destroyed
which was pres, ntcd: that only Onc-halt
the money turned in for destruction was
actually destroyed. The other half be-
| ing divided among perpetrators of fraud.
| Prender reported these facts to General
| Spinner who was treasurer, but the latter
lecliued inscstigauon. say Ing hc did not
believe frauds were being practiccd. In
March, lSG0, congressional retr,nch-
ment committee was examining allcg-
ed frauds in the treasury printing
department. Prender went to Mr.. Ed
munds of Vermont. who was chairman
of this committee and laid all the facts
before him ana asked investigation. lie
replied that the time of the committee
was too short to warrant an extended en-
animation. and nothing was done. After
Mr. Boutwell, became secretary of the
treasury. Prcnder, whoa that time had
retired from the treasury department.
informed him OF discoveries he had made
while clerk in this department., and the
secretary promised TO investigate the
matter. shortly after this man named
Fox, who had also been clerk in the
redemption bureau, called on Prem
Devastated he had been ap-
pointed a detective by secretary Bout
well 10 work up these frauds, and want
ed all the papers and evidence lie had in
his possession. Prender declined to give
them up except on order from Boutwell,.
Fox lett, and returned in little while
with letter from the secretary asking
for the documents. Prcnder gave them
TO Fox in the presence Of witness who
knew their Character. and is now in
Washington. No investigation of frauds
was ever made. Prender will probably
testify before the committee at Washing
ton Monday, when it is expected this mat
ter will be brought to light.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

crats. are declaring with II hypocrtlcal
air OF sincerity that it Is a shame. an out
rage that Lander was cheated out OF the
nomination for governor. and the boor
Williams. nominated, Now, this is moth.
ing more nor less than bald-faced.
stupid lie. Landers most positively re-
fused to permit his name to go before the
convention; aud when. in the face of this
refusal, his name was placed in nomina-
ton, 1t was. by his direction. pcrcmp.
torIy withdrawn. Nr. Williams. the
nominee, is man Of excellent ability.
his nomination gives entire satisfaction to
the party. and he will be elected.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28
THE TAX THAT VIZ RESIST.

We have heard number of orr tax
payers express determination to resist
the payment of all the taxes charged
against them. whether for State. county,
school or railroad purposes; but such
was not the sentiment OF the meeting.
held last Tuesday evening. Tho State
tax is IS cents on the 500 of taxable
property: the county tax is IS cents: dis
trict school tax 81! cents: corporation
tax 81 10. and railroad interest tax 81 Is.
II was the last named tax the meeting
expressed determination not to pay. It
amounts to more than one-ihird of the
entire tax; and the people feeling that
they were wrongtully bcguilcd into the
debt that crcatcs the tan; that the
authority for Issuing the bonds that con-
s,itutc the debt, Is faulty: tina. the rail-
road companies 10 whom the bonds were
| Issued have ever presented hostile
iron, 10 the city, aud donc nothing iha,
affords even partial reiuru and. reali7-
ing farther, that neither The baslnoss not
2 the property ot The citl can stand such -
tGN, the resolution 70 resist iis payment
meets not nul, The approval Of our owl
conscipncrs but viii command thp ~.
lrrovalof everybody who understands rnC
Necessity that comrcls the resistance.
~ thc school AND corporation tax W,
have a grsa burden hut we cannot SAY
that reduction ri tho a;ipr would VI
Consistent with an efficient administration
iofpublic affairs bu, the cNpoHscs ol oui
sthnot- may hp lcSsnpn,i ooeli, 60 l.,
lcsscned. and, II we arC CORRECTLY informed
a. 20 thr purposes nf thc educational
hnarG. viii he inssencl. Let uhe school
hoard ioin ti's council and county com.
mlssionrs 10 ihei' work q economy and
r';iHnc.h.pUui; }ci our citizens succeed in
ihtlf ceo-is 20 relieve themselves from
ioe Y4yIHea. OF the railroad interest tax !:
and q new life, = new ,igor will possess
our people. and something OF the old
thrift and cheerful hopeiulncss will come
back again. Failure Is ruin: success will
again place Us on a footing that will
bring reward TO cfiort-a new and better
outlook for the city and the people.
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Symptoms Of u CntarrIs.

Dun, heavy headache, obstruction of
nasal passages, discharge falling into the
throat, sometimes prollisc, watcry, acrid,
thick and tenacious mucous. purulent,
muco-.purulent, bloody, putrid, offensive,
etc' In others, a dryness, dry, watery,
weak, or inilamcd eyes, ringing in ears,
deafness, hawking and coughing to clear
the throat, alterations, scabs from ulcers,
voice altered, nasal twang, offensive
breath, impaired smell and taste, dizzi-
ness. mental depression, tickling cough,
etc. Only few OF the above symptoms
are likely to he present in any Al one
time.
When applied with Dr. Piercc's Nasal
oouche, and accompanied with DIR,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as
constitutional treatment, DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy produces perfect cures of
the worst cases OF catarrh and ozmna OF
many years standing, This thorough
course Of medication constitutes the only
scientific, rational, safe, and successful
manner of treating this odious disease
that has ever been offered to the afflicted.
GID 2l-2G.d&wlt
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28
COAL OILOR GAS. WHICH ~ THE
CHEAPER:

The New Y ork Heraid says that illum-
mating gas should be furnished at one
dollar pr 900 cubic feet that one dol.
lar Will secure an equal volume of other
Kind OF lights, and that, therefore, every
cent that is paid for gas above one dollar
per l,OOO feet is money thrown away.
We can't agree with James Gordon.
On the contrary, we are well settled m the
opinion that it would be profitable way
of investing money if every householder
and business man in Cairo, or any other
city, would throw away ono hundred ana
seventy-iivc cents above the dollar, in the
purchase Of gas. False notions of econ.
omy like those in which the Herald in
dulges, bring about losses of property
In every city in the country, equal to the
total cost of the gas consumed. The
Chicago fire, chargcablc to the explosion
OF coal oil lamp, occasioned loss equal
to the cost of all the gas that was ever
consumed in the State of Illinois, How
the account would stand in in Cairo we
do not know; but we are absolutely GER
tain that had gas been in universal use.
the property saved through its use,
would pay for all the gas that has hitherto
been used in the city, and leave surplus
large enough 10 pay tor OUT stIvct lights,
during period OF ten years or more.
Compare the immediate outlays for the
several kinds of lights, and the showing
is slightly against gas. Compare the
ultimate results, and gas will be shown
to be cheaper at So per 900 feet, than
coal oil or its preparations at one dollar
per barrel.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28
THE TAxpAER,s MEETING

The people of Cairo seem terribly earn.
est in their determination to resist the
payment of the taxes levied upon their
property to provide for the payment of
the interest on the city and county bonds
issued TO thee. & ST. l.. aud G.. 4 v.
railroad companies. Fully two hundred
persons--all of them taXpaycrswere
present at the meeting Tuesday night.
and upon all motions and resolutions
looking TO resistance OF payment of
such taxes. the vote was unanimously
"aye." The magnitude and character of
the undertaking was not undcr-estimated
Yet the unanimous determination was
10 make the Issue with the state. and
Ugh, IL 10 final conclusion.
Well. the stream is passed, and the
bridge burned. There is no avenue lei,
open FOR retreat. The fight must 90 on.
How vigorously il is prosecuted. depend.
of course, upon the people generally
ana upon the committee to whom I.
chargca tho duty Of securing means to
dcfray expenses. particularly. The re-
porn OF this committee. 10 he made next
Tuesday evening, will show, we dare say,
thai means for vigorous and protrac,ed
warfare, have been provided. Attend
lhc meeting. and keep the ball rolling
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

GEN. HANCoCk's connection with the
execution of Mrs. Surratt renders ii ccr-
tain that he can never be elected TO any
office of honor or profit in the United
States. So says the Richmond Dispatch,
and. in sayingit gives ulteiancc 10 moth
ing but "bosli." President johnson not
only refused to rescue the woman from
the gallows, but sanctioned her execu'
ton: and johnson was afterwards elect
ed. by the votes of Mortified southerns. tc
the second highest office in the gilt of the
pcople,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

The number of suicides among men OF
families Is increasing at irightiul rate,
and the cause assigned is, in fully one
half the cases, financial trouble, fear OF
poverty and inability to support the fam
lily. For these suicides we feel no SYM
patliy. The troubles and deprivations
they could not bear themselves the pov.
erly and anxiety they killed themselves
to escape, they unhesitatingly transmit
ted to those who were less able to bca
them, viz: their wives and children. The
seliishness and cowardice in this are simp-
~ detestablc. Courageous men they were
not, else they had faced the troubles and
beselments, and, by living them down,
shielded their families, who were UNI
used to and untitled for q contest with
them.
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-nuNIniNs nRrMING.

I We have iniimations from Washington
that developments will be made within {
lew days, that will astound the Who'll,
country. The iorerunner of this new
sensation is mysterious witness who
arrived in Washington on Monday, and
stopping a. a leading hotel declined to
register his name. During the night he
remained in the hotel he told the pro-
prietor that he had package OF very
important papers to be used before a
Congressional Committee, which he
dare not keep in his room through fear
that he might be robbed of them at the
instance OF interested parties. The wit
ness himself was heavily armed. and was
a man of great seli-posscssion, but be.
trayed great anxiety about his docu-
ments. lie was taken Yesterday in secret
to the house of one of the members OF the
committee before which he is to testify;
but no one outside has received even an
intimation of tho character OF his testi-
mony. The impression is general that the
fellow had lightning bottled up to let
loose upon the president.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

"WumELMINA" addresses AN "open
letter 10 Wilhelm, in which She en-
p'oyed the following language: 81,
you are at loss as to the remedy for the
present extravaganza Of the Cairo hubble
schools, just visit the Normal class. now
in session at the high school building,
anu closely observe the ability with
which the talented Miss Mcbride conducts
'he Rotations" Thank heaven, There
49, IL iasl, remedy for the extravaganza
'"a' chafacteriles the management OF our
pup'i' schools. We have it, and it ia
simple: visit the Normal school con
duc'ea ny Miss Mcbride, and hear the
Rotations Now, II there Is ANYTHING
IN the recitations Of the Normal class that
VIII arrest the extravaganza that charact.
erizes the management of the Cairo
schools, the man or woman who resusey
10 attend and "obserye the ability with
winch the talented Mis-. Mcbride con
| uucts the rotations" Is a"Catholc and
mas no higher purpose than to destroy
he schools" Let the friends Of m.
schools then, "obscrve the ability o,c :,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

The sagacious editor OF the .S,o, wants
70 know why, if Alexander county is
Democratic, and the Radicals utterly de-
moralized, the BULLETIN is CRYING aloud
ior orgsnlzationS Wen, one reason is
that we had all idea that organization i,
good thing, and tina. inasmuch a. there
are representatives, senators, congress
men, governor and president to elect. the
vote of Alexander county Democrats
might be Of some service in determining
the political complexion OF the sovcrsl
districts, the State ana lie nation AZ we'll
as the county. We thought 50 nm, :,
we are mistaken we beg pardon, and osl,
Our contemporary 10 throw over Us IA,
mantle Of his forgetiulness.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28
JUST THE THING.

Wonders will never cease. 1t is now
known that disease can be cured by per.
hitting rays OF colored light to rest upon
exposed portions OF the patients body.
a wider vista than this will open up to
those who may choose to push this dis
covery. If rays OF light, colorcd by glass,
can effect mind and body so strongly
as to cure mania in a few hours. who
shall say that the same means may not
work efficiently in moulding and chang
opinions! The wranglcs among theolo-
gians and politicians could be quoted.
and the world could be made an clysium
OF harmony and peace. To accomplish
this, a number OF gigantic glass lars of
different hues would be necessary. II
the hue of Mcthodism is blue, place the
Methodist in the yellow Presbyterian Jar
ana rant and demonstrate as he might
during the process. he would come al
last 10 the yellow views OF the Preshyte.
ran. Persons entertaining the black
views of Radicalism, when placed in the
white jars of Democracy, would a. soon
as the bccalming rays fell upon them,
marvel greatly that they had chung so
long aud tcnaciously to II faith so un.
iitted TO the happiness Of man or the sue.
cess OF Republican governments. And
so on TO the end. White lights; blue, green
anu yellow, would rule the world be
The death of Rcpublicani,m, and of all
other mental ills that distract the human
family
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

"ILhRLMINA, in yesterday mornings
BULLETIN. ridiculos graduate. ~
because In answer to question, lie said
the word ''if' is a noun. ''rhere is an ~
In the way" VIII wilhelmina please
teii us to what part OF speech ."lt "
IN that connection, belongs, SIR, 4.
frequently used as noun and the hoy, I.
answer should have called out explana.
ton; not derision and ridicule. 1t So
happens. however, that the boy was not =
graduate; but youth from Ullin, VIII.
has been but few months at school
and expects to graduate two years hence
His present position is in class sc. >
which Is next 10 the lowest class In IN,
school.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

Hon. WILLIAM HARTzELL is devotlng
his whole time to the business of his con
stituents, scarcely ever being out of his
seat during the houses sessions, and is
never absent at roll cal. This. too, at a
time when many Radical congressman
are at home planning for their re-nomina-
ton, shows how unspeakably mean were
the assaults made upon him because he
LETT his seat a few days at the call of a
sick family.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-28

IHE bonds issued TO Fox, Howard. q
'o', were In payment of a Judgment
against the city, obtained in our circuit
court The issue met the sanction OF the
council and all our leading citizens, al
the Time and although such a settlement
ehtaiied great hardships upon citizen.
who had already paid their portion of the
debt 1t was believed 10 be the very best
adjustment OF the matter that could be
made.