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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-13
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY.
Only Morning Daily in Southern Illinois.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
CITY TREASURER.

We are authorized to announce the name OF ALI
FRgD CoNISes US q candidate for City Treasurer at
the ensuing city election.
We are athorlzed to announce the name OF WAL
TER L. BRisToL az candidate for the office Of City
Treasurer, at the ensuing charter election.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-13

troiiage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

A TERRIFIED NORTHUMBERLAND
undertaken in New Jersey was re-
Gently called to prepare the body OF
d woman for burial. From some
canse the lower limbs had been
seized with cramps just before deatd,
and were drawn up out of shape.
Ii the attempt to straiShten them
the undelt lker finally sas down upon
them and was pressing them into
the proper position in the cofhn
when something struck him from
behind, and turning his head to see
VIVA. it was, he was confronted with
The face of the corpse close to his
one. The pressure upon the legs
had tilted the body upright, but the
poor undertaken, not understanding,
ran from the house in mortal terror.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

SERVED Her RIGHT. The owner
OF a house in Hartford, Conn, a
widower, lived in the upper story
and rented the lower part to a cler-
gyman. A servant employed in the
clergyman's family was young and
pretty. Her mistress observed that
that her and the widower were de-
voting great deal of attention to
each other, and deeming the matt Ell
seandalous, said to her: ssPick up
your things and quit" The girl
obeyed, but ON the following day
she returned in carriage, announc-
ed that she had been married to the
landlord, and said to her former
mistress: ''Pack up your things and
quit"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
THE ENTIRE WITHOUT RESERVE On
EASY TERMS AND LONG CREDIT.

Wy c. Z. GIRARDEY, Auctioneer-
d Office No. 81 Camp street-SArUR-
DAY. November 80, 1878, at L
o'clock NJ. at the St Charles Auction Elk.
change, in the rotunda of the st. Charles
Hotel, in the city of New Orleans, will be
sold at public auction, by virtue and in
pursuance of a decree of the Hon. T. C.
Billings, Judge Of the Circuit Court of
the United States, Fifth Circuit and Dis
trict of Louisiana, signed on the tenth
of July, 1878. confirming the report of
j. w Gurley. Esq, Master in Chaneey,
dated the thirteenth OF April, 1878, and
rendered in the matter of the '.Consoh-
dated Association of the Planters of Lou
isiana," docket No. SOl4. the following
described property, to-wit!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

IA There. is a kind of fy in
Texas that lights upon drops OF
blood upon horses, cows, etc, and
human beings, depositing hundreds
OF eggs, which form in an hours
time worms, some of them one-half
inch in length. Recently a man,
PROSTATE with the fever, was SO I'M
fortunate as to have some blood at
his nose, when one of these alighted
as soon as the man was asleep. Be
fore the doctor discovered it the
worms were formed. The only
known remedy is carbolic acid and
calomel, which being applied, one
hundred and fifty-six WORMS were
orced from his. nose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
Hack Line!
By ROBERT BADON.

This old and popular carrier, conntin
ing with the Steamer Cdmelia. at Mande-
vile, jacksonville and Old Landing, is
carrying the U. S. Mail and thereby ena-
bled to distance all opposition. Every
one is treated courteously, and charges
are uniform, and no delay on account Of
old horses and other vexation. Traveller
DESTROYS of speed and safety. viii look
out for Mr.. Badon.
CovrsaToS, Sept. l.. 1877.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

State of Louisiana of st. Tam
many-6th Judicial District Conrt.
L. A. FASNACHr Is. j. SCHWEIG-
HAUSER.
BY virtue of an Order of Seizure and
Sale from the Honorable the aforesaid
Court, bearing date October %, 1878.
will proceed to sell at public auction, ut
| the door of the Courthouse, town of Cow
ington in this parish and State, on Sat
urday, the 9Th day of December A. ID.
1878, between legal sale hours, the fol-
lowing described property. to-wit;
1st-A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND,
situated in this parish, on the Bogue
Falaya about three miles from the town
of Covington, being Lot No. 3, in Frac-
tional Section No. twenty-five. township
six range eleven east, containing eighty
acres; also two acrea of Lot No. 6. of same
section, to be taken from the northwest
corner. so as to include a watering place
or spring branch, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon.
Also. the west half of the northeast
quarter of section twenty-five, in Town
ship 6, south of range IL east, containing
eighty acres, With Improvements thereon
Terms of sale cash.
Coviugton, November list. 1873.
J. Il. HOSMER, Deputy Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

~ The yellow fever in the South
has been of great advantage, COM
mercially, to Savannah, in the
Southeast, the stock of cotton on
the thirtieth ultimo at the five prin-
cipal ports being: Savannah 1910,
Charleston 81, 1854. Galveston 50, TO7,
Mobile 1888, bales.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
Heavy Bank Robbery.

The gigantic robbery of the Man
haitian Savings Institution II New
York city continues to be the sense
ton in that and other cities Of the
North and East. The robbers We're
as shrewd in covering their tracks
as they were ingenious IN planning
the robbery. The latest reports
state that of forty or fifty boxes
stored away about twenty had been
opened aud their contents riied. 1t
is possible the amounts tax IL may
be more than $4,000, 900, since the
contents of ten boxes containing
gold coin and government BOMBS,
with which the sides OF the vault
We're lined, have disappeared. The
most singular circumstance in CON
nection with this robbery is that the
ianitor, or Waterman, was intrusted
with the combination by which
the vault of the bank could be
opened. That officer, or servitor,
was the man that the robbers
attacked, handcuffed and forced at
the peril of his life to give up the
combination by which they were
enabled to gain access to the stores
of wealth, in money, jewels and
stock which were placed there for
safe-keeping. The police detectives
of New York are represented as
being at their wits ends for even a
starting place from which 70 track
the men who did this tremendous
job of robbery, and it is probable
that this great robbery. will be
shlouded in impenetrable mystery.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

A NICE LITTLE TAR BABY.-A baby
show was given in a town in Illinois
for the benefit of q church. The
most fashionable mothers entered
their offspring, the charitable object
overcoming their scruples, and over
a hundred were put on exhibition.
One was black; and when the ten
cent ballot boxes were opened, that
one was found to have been voted the
prize for beauty.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

D6 The New York Sun thinks it
is in keeping with the fitness of
things that Beecher, the most cor
rupt preacher that ever stood in a
q pulpit, should advocate the cleo
ton of Grant, the most corrupt
man that ever sat in Presidential
chair.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
NOTICE.

TAX AND LICENSE PAYERS of the
Parish II St Tammany are hereby mott
fed that | will be at the town of Coving-
ton on the ID day of December
next. and will remain there until the
9th. for the purpose of collecting Taxes
and Licenses due State and Parish.
CHARLES AUBRY,
Tax collector.
October 2Gth. 1878
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
THE STATE OF LoUIsIANA-PAEIsH oB ST
TsaIMANY-PARIsH COURT.
SUCCESSION OF STIkLING DIXON.


No. lii.
By virtue of an order of sale, to me
directed, from the Honorable the Parish
Court for the parish of st. Tammany,
La, in the above entitled Succession,
bearing date October 7, 1878, l will
proceed to sell at public auction, on the
premises, near Pearl river. in this parish,
between legal sale hours on Saturday,
the 18th day of November. 1873, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
1st-THE UNDIVIDED HALF IN
TEREST IN and to forty acres of land,
together with the buildings and improve
ments thereon. being the northeast quar-
ter of the northwest quarter of Section
81, Township 8, south of Range 10 east.
2d.-ONE YOKE OF OXEN.
Terms of sale cash.
SYLVIA DIXON,
Administrators.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26

IA Corn is selling for % cents
per bushel in Kansas City, Mo. !;
wheat, 70 cents per bushel; oats, Is
cents. The farmers make sad COM
plants of these prices.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-10-26
In the Parish of St. Tammany.

ali the improvements thereon, CONSISTING,
OF HOTEL, situated in the town OF
! Matlisonville, parish of st. Tammany,
La, in square No. 2 on the plan of SAID
town, measuring 124 feet front on Water
street, by n depth an6front of $50 feet on
Mulberry street, OF which two streets II
forms the corner.
Terms and Conditiors-One-hnlf cash,
and the remainder on credit of one, two
and three years, for notes of the purchas-
ers secured by 81 ~cial mortgage and ven-
doris lien on the property sold, bearing
interest NJ the rate of per centum from
the day of sale until final payment, with
the usual clauses OF . per cent. attorney S
fees in the event of suit 10 enforce the
collection and payment; Improvements
to be kept insured and policy transferred
to the vendors.
/ The property viii be sold free from all
membranes, with perfect title and
the taxes all paid up to the day of sale.
All collectible after that date to be as
sumed and paid by the purchasers.
A deposit In cash of ten per cent. on
the price of adjudication will be required
from the purchasers at the moment OF
sale to secure compliance with the con-
ditions.
The expenses and acts of sale before
Amadee Ducatel. notary public, ut the
expense of the purchasers.
All further particulars mt sale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
American Women.

American women take vastly better
care ofthemselves than formerly. They
have more acquaintance with hygenic
laws, and hold them in far higher es-
TEEN. The days when they exposed
themselves to dampness and wintry
cold, in thin slippers and silk stockings !;
when they abstalned from hannels next
to skin; when they pinched their waists
to semi-suffocation; when they sacri-
feed comfort and health to what they
conceived to be their ppearance-th these
foolish and unhappy days have gone
forever, have bearly been known to the
rising generation. Our women now
have no mawkish and morbid notions
as to themselves; trey no longer think
that to be unhealthy is to be attractive;
that invalidism and interestingness are
synonymous; that pale faces and COM
pressed lungs are tokens of beauty
They dress seasonahly; they wear thick
boots and warm clothes in bad and cold
wea Their; they allow themselves to
breathe freely and they find their looks
improved, not injured, by the whole
some change. There are exceptions
many of them doubtless-but the rule
is as we have described, and the excep-
tons are constantly diminishing. 1t
may be safely said that all sensible
women are becoming, if they have not
yet become, converts to nature, and that
they heed her behests, recognizing the
great principle that what is not natural
cannot be beautiful. -HMpe,'s Bosar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
CoylOn Cinnamon Fields.

Our morning was as usual on first
arrival-taken up by visits: in the after
noon we drove in Sir 3. Barnes sociable
through far-famed cinnamon gardens,
which covered upwards Of seventeen
thousand acres of land on the coast, the
largest Of which are near Colombo. The
plant thrlves best in a poor sandy soil
and in damp atmosphere; it grows
wild in the woods to the size of a large
apple-tree, but when cultivated is never
allowed to grow more than ten or
twelve feet in hight, each plant standing
separate The leaf is something like
that Of the laurel in shape, but of a
lighter color; when it first shoots out it
is red, and changes gradually to green.
1t is now out of blossom, but / am told
the flower is white, and appears, when
in full bloom, to cover the whole garden
After hearing SO much of the spicy gales
from this island, was much disap-
pointed at not being able to discover the
SC Mt at least from the plants, in passing
through the gardens; there is very
fragrant smelling flower growing under
them, which at first led us into the be-
lief that we smelt the cinnamon. but we
were soon undeceived. On pulling off
a leaf or twig you perceive the spicy
odor very strongly; but 1 was surprised
to hear that the flower had little Or none
AS cinnamon forms the only consider
able export of Ceylon, it is, Of course,
preserved with care; by the old Dutch
law, the penalty for cutting a branch
was no less than the loss of a hand: at
present, a fine expatiates the same Of
tense. The neighborhood Of Colombo
is particularly favorable to its growth,
being well-sheltered, with a high equable
temperature, and as showers fall fire.
quently-though a days heavy rain
is uncommon-the ground is never
parched, as IN most other places it not
unfrequently becomes, by extreme
drought
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23

ing only on a perfect equality. On older
trees which have been in bearing a
number of years, it will often benefit
to cut away q large portion of the bear
ing limbs. BY a long series of bearings,
branches will often get bark bound and
stunted preventing the free passage of
the sap to the leaves, In such cases
the sap seems to avenge itself by fore
ing out vigorous young shoots along
way down from the top of the tree. 1t
IS down to these vigorous young shoots
that we would cut the bearing branches
away. One must use his own judg-
ment as to the ACCESSIBILITY of this. If
the tree bears as fine and luscious fruit
as ever, Of course no such severe work
need be done, but if not, now is the
time. And, above all, look after the
nutrition of the trees. Some people
say that land which will raise good corn
will grow good fruit trees, which is all
right; but they should add that, like
corn, they require regular and continu-
Gus manuring. There are some parts
Of the country where corn can be sue
cessively taken for half lifetime with
out manure On these soils we need
not manure fruit trees, but in all others
we must, to have good results. This is
particular essential where trees are
grown in grass. as both the trees and
the grass require food. Where trees
are grown in grass, we prefer top-dres-
sing in June Or July; but if it has not
been done then, do it now. Where trees
are kept under clean surface culture
tho mamma i- Of oo,,,co y,1o,,CboJ ~,
narrowed in with the crop in the spring
Of the year. TO know whether trees
require manure or not, ask the leaves.
If in July they are of a dark rich
green, nothing need be done to them;
but if they have a yellowish cast, hun
ger is wha; is the matter This, Of
course, is supposed they are not infest-
ed by borers, in which case they will
be yellowish in the richest soil-Gaa-
deaer's Monthly for january.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
The Ways of Women.
New York sun.

Let us note the ways of some women
whose affections have been sighted, and
look at the story Of Lewis and Beckwith,
the faithless managing clerks Of Rabbit
the soap maker. Having been cast
aside by Lewis, the woman in this case
made advances to Beckwith that were
rejected Thus doubly sighted, she
made known facts that have consigned
BeckWith, who, throughout his secret
peculation, had lived an outwardly
blameless life for ten years, to striped
suit and cell, and may compel the
dashing Lewis to follow him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23

VIRGINIA begins more virtuously than
Tennessee. The latter state at no time
offered to pay more than 50 per cent
Of its debts, and quickly repented of
that offer when it thought there was q
chance to get off with less The
g Mother OF Presidents starts off with
an offer to pay two-thirds 81 per
cent. more than Tennessee This Is
doubtless a concession to what Governor
Kemper proudly called :" the traditional
reputation of Virginia. ''-Neao York
Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
funbling for her purse. For once she

funk bling for her purse. For once she
was stupid, in her turn
Tom answered steadily, and with a
ring in his voice she had never heard
before:
"Nothin'. [ didn't bring it back for
your sake. But because he was treated
bad, was despised and all that; and,
if ne could stand it, Pm going to try
to-"
He broke into Il sob and tried to run
away, but Miss Wilton caught him by
the arm, and said:
"Forgive me, child, for not under
standing YOU"
She won him to tell her the whole
story, and then she did one or two
strange things for one in her position.
She went home with Tom; pacified and
even delighted the poor ignorant moth
er by her account Of her son; and
left money for a hat, and for more be-
sides.
The next morning she changed Toms
seat-"for meritorious conduct" she
told the scholars.
Then looking straight at jim White,
who covered beneath her glance, she
said:
II believe 1 made q mistake in whip
ping Thomas yesterday; but he wished
me to forgive the real offender, be-
cause of Him who said Love your
enemies"
The whole school felt thereafter that
Tom Dolan was not the same boy in
the teachers view that he had been, and
that It WAS no iOnOer safe to treat him
as heretofore
He never was brilliant scholar, bnt
did his best, and Miss Wilton found her
best for him was different matter from
what it had been.
Later she got a position for him as
GRAND boy in a store. And so he went
on step by step. Never into any lofty
place In the worlds esteem; but the
world'sjudgment is not always just, and
'there are last that shall be first" and
such as Tom Dolan will be found to be
of that blessed company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
Bishop Heber's Arch cry Song.

In an old volume of Notes and Quer-
els we find the following spirited song,
by Bishop Heber, for a bow meeting,
near st. Asaph, seventy years ago.
Besides the interest attaching to this
rollicking lyric in connection with the
revival of archery in this country, 1t IS
also, by way of contrast, very notable
as the production of the author OF
:. From Greenland's Icy Mountains"
the well-known missionary hymn:
The Soldier loves the laurel bright,
The Bard the myrtle bougn
And smooth shillalahS y1eld deIgnt
To many an Irish brow.
The Fisher trims the hazel wand,
The crab may tame ShreW,
The Birch becomes the pedants hand,
But Bows are made OF yeW.
CHORUS
The yew, the yew. the hardy Wv.
Still greenly may it grow,
And health and fun
Have every one
That loves the British Bow.
TITS sweet TO sit by Beauty's side
Beneath the hawthorn shade;
But Beauty is more beautiful
In green and buff array'd d.
More radiant are her laughing eyes.
Her cheeks of ruddier glow,
AS hoping for the envied prize.
She twangs the Cambrlan bow.
The yew the yew, etc.
The Fop may curl his BrutuS wig,
And SANDY whiSkerS stain,
And fold his cravat broad and big;
But all his arts are vain.
His nankeen trousers we ueSplse
Unfit for rain or dew,
And pinch'd in stays. he vainly tries
His strength against the yew.
The yew, the yew, etc.
The hereSS once. of Bowdale Hall,
A lovely lass, | knew
A Dandy paid his morning call.
All diZened out TO WOO.
heard his suit the CoXcomh ply;
l heard her answer, Mo-
4 true-loye knot he ne'er could tie.
Who could not bend bow.
The yew, the yew, etc.
-EDIToR's DRAWER, in Harper's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
Echoes from the Recitation Room.

"What is the significance of the geo.
logical term 'Silurian? q"
g It is derived from Silurii, the name
of a race who inhabited Wales at the
time of this formation.'
"What is Coprolite
Another kind of a reptile, | sup
pose"
"Will you define logography?"
topography, sir, is the science of
logs, the art of reducing logs to kindling
wood. The process isl
Sufficient?'
What is Boyles Law""
"Never to trump your partners
ace"
"What are the tropics ~
"Well, they begin where the Zodiac
leaves off, and they
"Sufficient =
There are several steps to be taken
to find the exact chemical composition
of bone. For example, when we boil it,
what is given OFF,"
"Soup."
"Will you give an example ola COM
pound word %
Hash-house"
What is sophism ?"
TO duck a Frenchman."
"What is the effect when an animal
is placed in the exhausted receiver of
an air-pump
"It imm ediately dies"
How do you account for this %
1t dies not only from the lack of air
in the receiver, but from the tendency
of the air in the animal itself to blow it
up"
Will you describe beeswax %
1t is thick, resinous substance, OBJ
tanned from the bark of certain tree.
1t is much used in the arts"
"What is the neural canal?"
cit is round. cylinder, surrounded
by the bones Of the vertebrae, through
which the spinal column passes"
"Will you name the bones of the
head ?"
give got 'ern all in my head, profess
sor, but can't give them" Ia
Suppose, Mr.. Blank, you were call
ed to patient who had swallowed a
heavy dose of oxalic acid, what would
you administer?
Mr. Blank [who is preparing for the
ministry and is chemical student only
on compulsion) III should administer
the sacrament.
"Suppose a man is murdered in the
daytime, and soon after his death you
remove his eve and examine his retina,
do you think an image of the assassin
would be visible upon it ?"
mot if the murderer came up behind
his victim"
And now, young gentlemen, which
Of you can tell me the name of the
greatest Of the planets champion
planet, SO to speak-of our solar sys-
tenn %
Il can, sir; it's Saturn
And how is that, pray %
"Why, because he carries the belt"
Chow do you obtain oxygen %
You said at the last lecture that
the cheapest and easiest way is TO buy
it."
Can you give me that metaphysical
point, Mr.. Blank? [ ain not quite clear
on it myself"
az quite agree with you, Doctor"
"What do you think Of the justice of
this claim?''
II think" there follows an interval of
intense thought "that [ didn't read as
far as that"
"In what state was zoology in the
sixteenth century?'
"I think it was in France, SIR"
what do you understand by inner
sense%"
elmer sense is the discrimination or
a-a-a determination and a-a-a re-
cognition of-of-of something inside "
Has this definition the criteria of
agreement or Indifference"
Yes, sir, [ think it has"
What are your ideas of religious ex-
perience %
Well, really, Professor, that IS some
thing | know very little about
WHEN a young pastor, two months
in arrears on his board bill, sees his
landlady with a vineear-like expires
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23

WHEN a young pastor, two months
in arrears on his board bill, sees his
landlady with a vineear-like expires
sion seated IN the front pew, it can't be
expected that his sermon will pos
sess thas eloquence which springs only
from mind unembarrassed by earthly
cares
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23

Did you ever reckon up the number
of people you would like to kick if they
were not rich 2-Danbury News.