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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
Homo Again.

Ed. Braxt0n has returned to his old
stand In the Relser building, where he 10
better prepared than ever to accommo.
late his patrons and the public who
may favor him with call. lie has gone
to considerable expense In fitting up a
couple Of nicely furnished rooms, which
he has provided with all the latest Inn
provements and convenlences. He en-,
ploys only first class workmen and those
who patronize him will have their wants
attended to IN style. and will receive
courteous treatment. III I
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AZ Ushoennneyers.

Mr.. Charles Schoenmeycr has received
4 large lot Of the celebrated Golden cider.
(spfel wein) which Is beyond all question
the best and purest cider ever sold In this
city. Families desiring It can procure
this cider in quantities to suit, by the
pint. quart or gallon, or In larger quanti'
ties. Persons desiring elder by the bar
rel can have their orders filled by notifying
NJ. Sehoeumsysr at his saloon at the
corner of Tenth street and Washington
avenue. Mr.. Schoenmeyer has also Just
rseslvsda consignment Of the celebrated
California Healing wine, which Is
equal 70 any Rhine wine. This
wine IL manufactured from the
celsbsated 6erRan grape. and has no
superior IN the country. And further, he
kssps Aoerlsins' beer, the best made,
end . tull line Of choice liquors and 81.
SSnes. Eail and ~ Charlie. He Is al.
ways dad to 80 bis friends. and will be
iouAd ssady 70 ssrvs them. A free lunch
snsSad svsry morning q ten o'clock. tt
a. ~ -
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Mrs. Pauline ". PiIIsbury, Electric
Ian,

With mcdicatcd baths, would invite the
attel alton OF the sick, and those suffering
with chronic diseases, nervous debility
exhaustion of vital power, neuralgia,
paralysis, female complaints, catarrh and
all impurities of the blood. Her system
of treatment is pleasant and soothing,
no shocks are given; she has been very
successful for a number of years, and
she does not hesitate to warrant a cure,
where there is any constitution to build
upon.
Having engaged the bathrooms Of DR..
AFTER on Tenth street, between Washing
ton avenue and Walnut street, where
she will at all times take great pleasure
In attendance on patients. Nov. 7lm
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
You Can save

Money by getting your building materia
Of Lancaster 4 Rice, They are selling lum
Der at mill prices; a large amount Of white
pine and cypress shingles Of the best bran
constantly on hand. We sell pine shin
CLOS at $l.75 per thousand; sawed cedar
posts 1t at rs cents each; white pine floor.
Ing at S92.S0 per thousand; pine siding
1t $500 per thousand. Try your luck
with this frm. II.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
MONDAY, OCTOBER ~,
she will hold her
GRAND OPENING

continuing one week, and wishes all the
ladies to call and examine her goods.
As her stock is large and complete Wis.
,tors can rest assured Of finding her
stock to suit the most fastidious,:. and she
will take special orders for anything that
may not be in stock. Ocl4.lm
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AFEw OF THE PRICES AT
PETTIS & BIRDS
nth AND WASHINGTON AVE,

Anu jill OlueT SOOus very CHcap'
Also, just received, a choice lot OF Pure
Spices, Mustard, English Table Sauce
and Pickles.
Call and see us. 24.6t
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RATES OF FREIGHT TO NEW ORLEANS AND
WAY POINTS.
THE MARKET.

Bank landings 3 cents per lOO lbs, and
10 cents per Dbl. higher.
THE MARKET.
hrOur friends should bear in mind
that the prices here given are only Tor
sales from first hands in round lots. In
filling orders and for broken lots 1t is
necessary to charge an advance over
these figures. ~3t N
h. FLOUR.
The demand Is less active. and sales Of
round lots are limited. The order de.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
Fer Sale.

At $75 cash, q good six octave piano,
worth to those having use tor It 500.
Refer to M. Kuehne as to value and con-
ditIon. Apply to -
Il. s. KENT,
, Western Union Telegraph office.
lO.9.2t.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
There IN Danger Ahead.

There IN Danger Ahead.
When those usually active little organs,
the kidneys are neglectful of their duties
and grow sluggish, fatty degeneration,
Brght's disease. diabetes, and other dam
gerous maliadies, are the result Of neglect
to remedy this inactivity by medicinal
means. When the all important lune-
tons of the kidneys are imperfeclIy dis.
charged, those organs need stimulating,
and the best possible agent for that pur-
pose-since it performs its Office without
exciting them-is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which, in combination with its
tonic and cathartic properties, possesses
valuable qualities as diuretic. Both
kidneys and bladder are strengthened by
it,and the vigor which 1t imparts to them,
and the gentle but effectual impulse
which it gives to their operations, is the
best possible guaranty against their be-
coming diseased. The bltters are invalua
BILE in other respects as well as the above
since they remedy general debility, uter>
Inc troubles, chills and fever, dyspepsia,
constipation, govt, rheumatism, and
other ailments,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09

Tie reputation ii has attained, In
consequence Of the marvellous cures II
has produced daring the last half cen
iury, is a sufficient assurance to the
uublic that it will continue to realize
the happicSt results that can he desired.
In almost every section Of country
tanrc agc persons, publicly known, who
have been restored from alarming and
even desperate diseases of the lungs,
by its use. All who have tried 1t ac-
knowledge its superiority; and where
Its virtues are known, 10 one hesitates
a 10 what medicine to employ to re-
hcyc the distress and suffering peculiar
to pulmonary affections. CHERRY PFC
TOEAL always affords instant relief, and
performs rapid cures of the mllter va
rictcs of bronchial disorder, us well as
the more formidable diseases of the
Lungs.
As II safeguard to children, amid
the distressing diseases which beSet
the 'rhroat and Chest Of Childhood, 1t
i Invaluable; for, by It's timely use,
nultitudcS are rescued and restored to
health,
This medicine gains friends ut
every trial, as the cures it is constantly
producing are too remarkable to be
irgotten. No family should be with
at it, and those who have once used
1t never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the
country prescribe it, and Clergymen
often recommend it from their knowl
edge of its effects.
PREPARED ny
Dr.. J. {. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EyERYwhERE.
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wssA Woshlss Machinery Fer sale
, ore Palmer and Watcher, one Heading
o,a,uer. ~ SaSlAssr and one -Gisssw
r,aehlne, Tx whish ] VIII taks lumber In
paymspt. For terms apply 10
SI-ln JAMS BELL, Ullin, Tile.
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No. l1S Commercial avenue, Winters
Block, calls the attention of the ladies' to
her large stock Of fall and winter millin-
cry. OF the latest designs, which she is
laily receiving from New York and
Philadelphia. On
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09
AND
Master Band OF the World.

In an elegant, ehaste and unapproa'hable
programme OF novelties.
Admission 10 cents. Reserved seats 10
cents. Seats can be secured at 1Iartmap's
China and class Store. 'n
CHAs. b. GBIsTE, Agent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
KeeIey's Motor.

The newspapers lately have had sew
eral reports of recent private exhibitions
of the Kelley Motor, and from these it
would appear that the machine not only
produces an astonishing and unprece-
dented pressure to the square inch, but
that it operates a small engine. In
spite of these things intelligent persons
will continue to regard the whole thing
as an arrant humbug. There are sew
eral reasons why they are entitled to do
so. In the first place, the so-ealled
motor does nothing more now than it
did three years ago. If it is fair and
honest invention, it can move locomo-
tive as readily as it can operate a sta
tionary engine, and it would have
proved its value in that manner long
ago. In the next place, the motor does
nothing which could not be done by an
electric continuance of some kind or by
an earnest cOlored man attached to a
crank in the cellar. In the last place,
it is an established law of this universe
a law established by somebody greater
than Mr.. Kelley, that there can be no
force without Il corresponding expendi-
ture of fuel. If the Kelley motor is not
a fraud, it transcends and deies that
law. That it must therefore be not az
all what it processes to be is just about
absolutely certain.-PhiIadelphja Bulle-
tin
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

To CURE A CoRN.-Bind on it a
crushed cranberry for few nights.
To PURIFY CLoTIEs.-When clothes
have an unpleasant ordor from being
kept from the air, charcoal laid in the
folds viii speedily remove it.
COCoANUT PIE.-Grate l pound of
cocoanut and stale rusk; rub togeth-
er pound powdered sugar and J
pound butter; beat eggs, or the whites
only of y eggs, very light; stir them
into the sugar and butter alternately
with the cocoanut and rusk; add lastly
4 tablespoonfulS milk; bake in a rich
puff paste.
NURSERY APPLE-PUDDING.-G Crate
some stale bread into a butter-dish,
strew upon it layer of sliced or chop
ped apples sprinkled with sugar, alter
nate crumbs, apples, and sugar until
the dish is full; then cover with crumbs
and small pieces of butter, moisten
with little milk, put it in. the oven,
and bake light brown.
OYSTER OMELET.-Beat eggs to a
froth, then add by degrees gill of
cream; beat them altogether; season
with pepper and salt. Have ready l
dozen large oysters, cut them in half,
pour the eggs into a pan of hot butter,
and drop the oysters over it as equally
as possible. Fry to light. brown, and
serve hot.
COCOANUT CAKE cups sugar, ]
cup batter, cup sweet milk, 81 cups
flour, eggs, 2 teaspoonfuls cream-tar-
tar, teaspoonful of soda; put in the
milk, stir the cream-tartar in the flour,
then stir altogether without beating the
eggs. For frosting use the whites of ,
eggs. Make the cake in thin layers,
putting frosting and cocOanut between.
Z DELICATE CAKE.-The whites of
eggs, 7 cupful butter, l cupful sugar,
cupful milk, cupful eorn-starch, cup
full flour, heaping teaspOOnful baking
powder; sift the flour, corn starch, and
baking-powder together, and whip the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth; stir
the butter and sugar to cream, add the
milk and flour, and, lastly, stir in the
whipped egg.
CABINET PUDDING.-4 pound butter
and II pounds granulated sugar beaten
to cream; add the well beaten yelks
of eggs, cupful milk, then pound
of flour, with the whites of ) eggs; last
/ ", ] pound of seeded and chopped rails
ms, with a quarter of 4 pound of well
washed and dried currantS; the fruit
must be Toured before mixing; use a
buttered mold or Toured bag; boil three
hours; then plunge quickly into cold
water; turn it out at once to prevent
sticking; serve hot with sweet sauce.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
Inventions Sold by Auction.

Over a hundred patent rights were
sold by auction in Keeler's room in Lib
erty Street, yesterday, for about $780,
GOO. The rooms were crowded, but the
buying was not brisk, and large frac-
ton of the buying was by two or three
bidders. The following are some of
the prices: A wagon wheel improve
ment, $3.50; the Eclipse Automatic Ex-
tinguisher Burner, warranted to put
out any lamp without the possibility of
accident" SLIGO; an eXtinguisher to
put out the lamp at designated time,
1925; an improvement in burglar
alarms, 1925; an Improvement in the
manufacture of artificial marble,
"wherehy an imitation of marble may
be made for thirty cents a foot"
$500; brake for baby
carriages, which begins to act as soon
as the handle is let go of, $1,000;
an improvement in horseshoes, 1880; ;
design for street lamps, $500; an i'm
provement in horse covers, which al
lows currents of air to circulate beneath
the blanket, and advertises the business
of the owner on the outside, 800; an
improvement in the fire escapes of the
portable ladder pattern, 500; an auto
matte funnel, $7775; charm and key,
$3.50; a street lamp, the frame of which
acts upon the feeder so as TO generate
the gas required for the flame, s ,150;
a needle-threader, $500; an improve
ment in trusses, $1,000; an improve.
ment in under-braiders for sewing ma.
chimes, $3.50; a seed and guano dis
tributor, 5000; an automatic hatchway
protector, $500. No bids were Offered
for an improvement in smoking tubes
which would furnish an excellent pipe
at prices within the reach of the labor
! inc classes or workmen," nor for {
stamp CHANCELLOR, nor for an apparatu!
doing away with the clicking" of stamp!
and envelopes to make them adhere
/ NclC York Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
A Phenomenal Negro.

There is now in this city, says the
Wilmington On. O. Star, one of the
most remarkable specimens of human
ity that has been known to inhabit the
earth since the days of Adam. He is
cOlored, and goes by the name of /" DIR.
George Thomas" and seems to have
literal control of his entire physical ma
ture, being able by the simple exercise
of his will, as it were, to change at
pleasure the location of the machinery
of his body; besides which he is pos
sessed of muscle almost the consistency
of iron, which he is capable of develop
ing to a remarkable degree. For in
stance, he takes solid bar of iron of
about three inches in circumference and
some three or four feet in length, hold
inc it in one hand, bends it by striking
it repeatedly across his disengaged arm,
the blows being sufficiently vigorous to
break the limb of any ordinary man,
but which do not seem to have the
slightest effect upon his own, the mus
cles of which are as hard as the iron it
self. He then straightens the bent bar
in the same manner. He asks you to
feel the pulse in his wrist, and it beats
with the same regularity and power OF
that of an ordinary mortal, but, by a
sudden but almost imperceptible move
ment of the muscle of the arm, the
pulsation apparently ceases altogether,
but is in reality removed from its original
position. By the exCrtiOn of the same
power it is then restored at pleasure to
its proper place. He can also remove
his ribs from the side to the abdominal
region, where they can be distinctly felt
and return them to their proper place al
will; while by the exercise of the same
power the heart is changed from the left
to the right side of the body. Two Of
our physicians, we learn, examined this
remarkable specimen of humanity, and
were astonished at the extraordinary de
velopments which resulted from a prac
teal test of the wonderful powers of the
man. One of the physicians was asked
to place his ear to the region of the
heart, and its beatings were regular anc
distinctly noted, but suddenly there wa'
an entire cessation of the throbbing, anC
on the instant his companion, who haC
his ear to the right side of the body, ex
claimed that he could then detect tn,
beating of his heart on that side.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
Harvest Verse.


From the broad fields, their golden glory
sh0rn,
And sunny uplands OF their beauty reft,
Through the still sunlight OF the Autumn
morn,
And hedgerows, With their lingering jewels
left,
BY The brown river, through the leafy lanes,
ON 20 the farrns,eads move the loaded wains.
The stalwart reaper bears his frightened
scythe
or tracks the course the great machine has
made,
And bonnie lass and lad, sunbumedand 1.-THE,
Round whose straw hats woodbine and pop
pics fade,
wake all the meadow land with harvest
strains,
Clustering and laughing round the loaded
wains.
lis soft September natures harvest yields,
But all through life our ripening fruit We
reap,
Now storing violets from sweet April fields,
Now roses that bright July sunshincs steep,
Vow garnering gray 0ctober's sober gains, .
Vow Christmas holiics pile our loaded wains.
Ali, met how fast the fair Spring flowers die.
How Summer blossoms perish at the touch,
And Hope and Love in useless sympathy,
Weep for the faith that gave and lost so
much!
From half our sheaves drop out the golden
grains;
Small is our portion in the loaded wains.
Yet ere the mighty Reaper takes it all,
Fling out the seed, and tend it rood by rood /;
One ear fun, though hundreds round it fan;
one acre mid IA widowed upland good;
Eternity viii rear on heavenly plains
The smallest treasure won from loaded wains.
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An Unfortunate Family.

OF the six sons born to eX-Chancellor
Halstead, of New Jersey, whose death
was recently announced, five have met
violent deaths. Caleb, the eldest, was
killed at a fox hunt, near Elizabeth,
some 40 years ago. He fell from his
horse, was caught in the stirrup and
dragged until his brains were dashed
out. Robert was Captain of the bark
Griffin, owned by the famous "Pet"
Halstead. In it he carried round the
Horn to California, in 1913, Pet, Abe,
George and Frank Halstead, among the
first TO the gold fields. The Captain
was carried off in his prime by an attack
of g Yellow Jack" The terrible fate
of "Pet," the most famous of all the
Halsteads, is yet fresh in the public
mind. He was killed by George Bolts
in woman quarrel. Not long after Abe
Halstead, the fourth of the brothers, had
both legs mangled by a horse-car acct
dent so that he died. His friends said
he was assisting a lady when he was
caught under the wheels. Then came
Frank, whose body was found drowned
in Minnetonka Lake, Wisconsin, with a
sack of stone about his neck. The YER
dict was suicide, and Maj. George b
Halstead, the surviving brother, went
to look after the deceased's interests in
the West, and bring the body home fol
/ interment.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
Vital Statistics.

The medical director of an insurance
company has recently made a general
survey Of the subject of longevity, and
to this end has collected the biographies
and experiences of $50 men who had
passed the age of 20. Fifty-eight OF
the number were over so years of age,
10 over 90, and one had reached his
Goth year. A series of questions was
propounded to each, and the answers
furnish some interesting data. CUES
tions respecting the habits of these men
at the age of 80 disclosed the facts that
at that age only II were below the aver
age bodily vigor, and 50 judged them
selves above it, half being about aver
age men in bodily health and strength
at that age. A great majority had
spent their lives in the country. Very
few had ever taken vacations or sys-
tematic recreation, but had uniformly
been steady and constant at their bust
ness. Their occupations were classed
as follows: Farmers, 40; working at
trades, G2; merchants, %; liberal pro-
fessions, Il. Almost without exception
they were " early to bed and early to
rise" Of the $50, Isl
were married ut or before
arriving at the age of so years, and
% of the remaing % entered the matri-
monial state at late period. As to
habits, 125 used both tea and coffee; sc
tea alone, 9 coffee alone, leaving eight
of the large number who used neither
Only three were vegetarians. At the
ace of 80 there were go who did not use
tobacco in any form and 113 who re-
ported its use. In regard to intoxicat'
ing liquids, at 80 years of age "a were
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
How the Adams Express Com
pany Was Started.

Mr.. Alvin Adams, the founder OF the
Adams Express Company, died at his
residence in Waterfowl, Mass, on the
LIST. at the age of 10 years.
Nearly 40 years ago Mr.. Adams came
from little town in Vermont and en-
gagged in the produce business in Bos-
ton. A few years after his arrival the
first express route in this country was
started by William Harnden, MIR.
Adams being very much impress
ed with the future prospects OF the
express business. About this time the
little money that he possessed was lost
by sudden fluctuation in the produce
market, and he resolved to start an OPP
position express route. He persevered
in spite of all obstacles, and his efforts
were at last crowned with success. For
three years he was his own messenger,
cashier, clerk, label-boy and porter.
His entire establishment consisted OF
Adams, valise and desk-room in an
office. After while some of Harnden's
best customers transferred their patron
age to Mr.. Adams. In the
meantime Mr.. Adams entered
into partnership with Ephraim
Farnsworth, who was subsequently sue
ceeded by William B. Facnsworth.
Adams & Co. then rapidly extended their
business. First the service extended to
Washington, then between Hartford and
Springfield, and afterward throughout
the State of Connecticut. Agencies
were established in all large stations in
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Louisiana. The West,
Southwest and North were soon includ-
ed in the system, and in 1850 the bust
ness had become so important that Ad-
ans & Co. arranged to send their money
and small packages over the New York
and New Haven Railroad, paying the
sum of 100 per month for a small
space in the car of a fast train. Soon
afterward the style Of the firm was
changed to the "Adams Express Com
pany " and much additional capital in
vested. The California express was
then started, and added greatly to the
company's reputation. In the State OF
Connecticut alone Adams Express Com,
pany had, even in 1855, no less than
twenty offices and transported all the
money of some seventy banks. In
California there were some % offices
and branches in Oregon. The tOta
number of persons employed by then
was estimated at about 1000. The com
pany's operations have not been solely
confined to the express business; 1t has
also been a great clearinghouse
Through their California clearinghouse
in San Francisco, many millions of dol
lars have been transferred to other part.
of the world. A similar banking-hous'
was established by the same firm il
Australia, in 1852.
At one time the stock of the company
rose to $500 per share, the par value be
ing 800 per share. The late residence
of Mr.. Adams on School Street, Water
town, was one of the finest private
dwellings in New England.
The personal appearance of Mr.. Ad
ans was prepossessing. He was larg
and well built, and his well knit frame
and open, fearless expression SHOWED
his mountain origin.-NeaC York Herald
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13

total abstainers and so more became
such later in life. Seven confessed to
being Incorporate at 30, but only Is
were habitual users either at 80 or af-
terward. The number who classified
themselves as using intoxieants ''Only
occasionally" decreased from 105 at 80
to 90 in later life. OF all this number
of old men, ranging from 40 to 90 years
of age, all were able to take exercise on
foot and many to do more or less work
when these inquiries were made.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13

A THREE-YEAR old lad named Archer,
whose home is at Algansee, Mich, fell
into a well 26 feet deep. He went down
head first, "changed-ends," and climb
ed out-all of which is pretty good for
a three-year-old. He was shining up
the pump-rod when found.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13

A breakfast-biscuit or tea-roll made with
DoOLEY's YEAST POWDER is certainly the
queen of the ovCn-so light, white and deli
cious. You lift it tcnderly, break it open
gently, spread it daintily with fresh, sweet
butter, waiting to be gracious. After break
fasting on biscuits made with DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, what man would cOntem-
plate suicide or grumble because his wife
asked him for money?