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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
THE HIBERNIAN's SOCIABLE.

The sociable given by the Hibcrnian fire
company at their engine house last night,
was a very pleasant affair and success in
the fullest sense Of the word A large
crowd Of people were in attendance, as there
always is, At all balls or sociablcs given by
the this excellent company.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
JOHN HAGIE IMPROVING.

Mr. John Hagle is steadily improving,
The soreness has almost entirely left his
limb and ere long we shall expect 20 see
him again, as of yore, tipping the light fan
tastic at the pleasant sociables given - the
various fire companies ofthe city.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
LOOK AT THESE PRICES,

Ifyou want good dish Of Oysters served
in any style, or hot cup Of coffee, 90 to
Sc Ohio Levee, next to |. VI. r. r. office.
Open day and night, Families supplied by
the can. Selects 80 cents, mediums 40
cents per can AT, Dh3AuN,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
nELTAS ATTENTION

The members of the Delta City Fire
Company are requested to meet at the
engineer house at 9;3o o'clock to-day. to at
tend the funeral Of Our late member. Jno. y.
Holmes. S. J. lIrMy sac'v
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
MRS. $. WILLIAMSON

lavitcs the public to call and examine her
stock oftrimmed hats and other millinery
goods, notions and fancy articles, which she
will eNhibifo on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday Of this week.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13

An ounce of prevention is better than
pound of cure. A dose of DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup will asslstyour Baby in teething, anC
prevent it from being attacked by Choler.
Intantum, Collie or other diseases with
which Babies suffer.
If any Of our readers have freight to
ship, or desire to go themselves up the Mis-
sissippi, they will have an opportunity Of
going to-day by the steamer Colorado,
Capt. Tom Shields will answer all questions
concerning her.
,-"Jane Ann" is not up there. The Sun
is barking up the wrong tree; at least, we
know man who is willing to bet two to
one-two pumpkins against Davis head
that the Sun does not know who is. or was,
Jane Ann
The quartette of speakers for tonight
should fill Temperance Hall to Overlooking.
1t is rare treat tor our people to have an
opportunity to listen, on the same night, to
II. Clay Sexton, R. R. Scott, Col. Geo. Bah
cock and Charles Nye.
Large numbers of tickets are being
sold for the ladies fair and festival at the
temperance hall next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. Our citizens apprecl-
o. +ha ,,,l = 81
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13

NOTICE

During the sickness of Mr.. Harrell, Mr..
Ernest Thielecke has been installed local
editor Of the BULLETIN. Any favors shown
him in the way of local or city news will
be duly appreciated, T. A. BURNETT.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
BRAINARD's MUSICAL WORLD.

The November number Of BraiaarG',
Musical World comes to US promptly. and
with the usual large and varied amount of
valuable music and musical news. The
present number contains two new songs.
sailor Jack" and zone Lock Of Hair" a
new waltz by Strcabbog, the celebrated
"TcufcI March" by Suppe, and fine pot
pourri by Macy from Nerdis masked
Ball" The music, if purchased in sheet
form, would cost $500, and is here given.
together with sixteen pages of interesting
musical miscellany and news, and fine
yignette Of Capoul, the tenor, for fifteen
cents. The publishers offer to send the
Musical World for three months, October,
November and December, as trial. for
twenty-five cents. Subscription price $50
per year, and all subscriptions received
during November will get the November
and December numbers free. Address the
publishers, S. Brainard's Sons, 1jS State
street, Chicago, III.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-13
BOAT STORES.

Frcsb Dairy and Gilt Edge Butter. Oysters and nj,
Kinds 81 fruit when In season, on hand and deliy.
cred promptly at residences free. Oysters delivered
an ice
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
Street Life I'm Venice.

Venice's great impression is its street
life-sO brilliant, so highly colored, so
unlike that of any other city. The
commonplace shows of the guide-books
are fiat and disappointing; the prisons,
dungeons, Bridge of Signs and SO forth.
The school girl glamour thrown over
these places is mainly traceable to By
ron's sentimental wash of verse. The
unbalanced poets judgment on the his
toric events of Venice is about as weak
and vicious as his dgmant on other
matters and his ignorance of fact is ap-
palling. The daily picture of Venice,
however, is something of which one
never tires and which changes ever
with the hour. Gondola life is some
thing deliciOusly dreamy and luxurious
In the soft light of day or under the
sheen Of moon and starlight. Let dark
night come and rain, however, and
these long, narrow, deep black boats,
seen mysteriously from the faint point
of light on their PROV take TO them
selves the likeness Of floating collins
steered by the shades. The effect is
iRdescribabIy sepulchral. You seem to
be alone in the waters of Hades among
the spirits. The gondolas are all of a
funeral black, with black draperies
over the dark cabin. Many centuries
ago Venetian law ordered this pattern
and color, for what reason do not
know. The laws of Venice DO not
change, and the gondolas are all black
and ghostly to this day. The streets
are narrow and blaze with light. Their
sometimes not over three
teet-makes very little light serve to
brilliantly illuminate them, and the
jets in the shop'wlndows, kept open till
late st night keep them bright and
blazing almost without the outdoor
lamps. Through them the people
surge in constant streams-all nations,
all classes, all colors. You study the
world, but even the Venetians them-
selves present some strong contrasts,
for they i'm time are made up of the
blood of many people. Que striking
contrast, which you soon note, is that
the Venetian men as a body are dark,
their women blonde. The sounds, too,
are polyglOtta, and everything is inter-
national. 1t was my first sight,
for instance, of Greek money which
received several times in change.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
He WOuIdn't stop

He slid into the Office as il he was
creased. We knew the very minute,
that he came through the hole that
the carpenter had left that there was
going 10 be trouble, and we were not
mistaken.
He said that he was related to Adam
and Eve, and he looked SO, and also as
if he hadn't washed himself since his
ancestor died. After he had sat down
Oh chair and placed his feet on the
desk, he Informed us that he had been
all his life collecting conundrums. He
had about three hundred in his pocket
and would like to read them to US.
Then he pulled about pint and a quart
of paper out of his pocket.
"Why is a baby like an oyster? ?" he
began.
We didn't know.
"Nether do l." said he. and then
he laughed SO loud that the clock stop
ped.
"Why is dead baby like half-past
siXp" was the next one he fired at us.
We told him we didn't know. and
guessed he didn't, too, but he said that
had fooled us again, for he did.
Because its almost hea ven," said he
and the snort that he gave knocked the
ink stand off the table and started the
clock going again.
"Why is lamp wick like a three
dollar and half bull-terrior pHp?"
was the next one that reached us.
+ We didn't know. A A4s-
Neither do l." said he, and he broke
the press with the yell that he gave,''
"By ,graciousI T. ketch you every
trip" hra lssaa ef. 5fu errs.fi 81
.'Why am I like ChinaP''
"Bacause you're near Hades 70 we
shrieked. ........f l..t...-.
"Fooled you again-you're-"
"No, you didn't" said we; ''we
guessed that one right.''
He insisted that we were wrong. but
unless that mans sins were forgiven
before he entered our office, we were
right.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02

Thanks mainly to Metis or half
breed who is i'm the service Of the Hud-
son Bay company, Sioux warrior was
found guilty of stealing horse. and
condemned to pay the animals value
by instalments at one of the company'S
forts. On paying the last installment,
he received his Quittance from the man
who had brought him to Justice, and
left the office A few moments later
the Sioux returned, advanced on his
noiseless moccasins within space of
the writing table, and leveled llis mus
ket full at the half breeds head. just
as the trigger was pulled, the Metis
raised the hand with which he was
writing and touched lightly the muzzle
of the gun; the shot passed over his
head, but his hair was singed off in
broad mass. The smoke clearing away
the Indian was amazed to see hisenemy
still alive. The other looked him full
in the eyes for an instant, then quietly
resumed his writing. The Indian
silently departed being unpursued;
those who would have given chase be-
ing stopped by the half breed with
$50 back to your dinner, and leave
the affair to me-" gs t.ss Ua
When evening came, a few whites
curious to see how the affair would end
accompanied the MetIs to the Sioux en-
campment. At certain distance he
bade them wait, and advanced alone to
the Indian tents. Before one Of these
sat the battied savage, singing his own
death-hymn to the tom tom. He told
his friends in the spirit-land to expect
him that night, when he would bring
them all the news of their tribe. He
swung his body backward and forward
as he chanted his strange song, but
never once looked up-not even when
his foe spurned him with his foot. He
only sang on and awaited his fate.
Then the half breed bent his head and
spat down ON the erouching Sioux ,and
turned leisurely away-a. crueler re-
Venge than if he had shot him dead.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
His Wish.

He stepped into a green grocer's with
a vacant, weary, carewOrn look on his
face. o-
"Do you want some pOtatoes?"
"I never eat them. can't remember
exactly what came in for"
"Perhaps you'want some coifee?"
"tAin't it funny L can't remember %
remarked the stranger, as he scratched
his chin with the back of his hand, and
scanned everything behind the counter,
in wild but Intellectual effort to brush
up his memory.
"Do you want milk?" .s 81
"No, that amt it,"
"Is it macaroni, mustard. .chOw-chow,
! soap or wine-Jelly"
"None of them, SIR"
"Possibly you walt small measure
of beetsP
''Indeed l do not. Then his eyes
sparkled and he said:
81 have 1t now. | remember what |
came in for; it all comes back TO me
like dream of love-"
"What do you want?"
"Well, now, it's as plain as day.
Wasn't it funny didn't think of it be-
fore?"
lit was rather strange; but what
will you have2"
"You WON'T get mad, will youP'
"No, sir" ~
"Well, then, I'll tell you. l just
stepped in here to ask you if you'll
scratch my back II little for me, have
prickle, heat. -
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
Grinding Tools.

Edge tools are fitted up by grinding.
The sharp grit of the grindstOne, be-
ing harder than the iron or steel, cuts
very small channels In the surface of
the metal, and the revolving disk car
rles away all the minute particles that
arc detached by the grit, If we were
70 examine the surface of the tool that
has just been removed from the grind
stone. under the lens of o powerful mi-
croscope, It would appear, as 1t were,
like the rough surface of a field which
has recently been sacrificed with some
Implement that had formed alternate
ridges and burrows. Hence, as these
ridges and furrows run together from
both sides at the outting-edge, the
newly-ground edge seems to be formed
of a system OF minute teeth, rather than
TO consist of smooth edge. For this
reason tool is first ground on a coarse
stone, so as TO wear the surface of the
steel away rapidly; then 1t is polished
on Il wheel Ofmuch finer grit and final
ly, in order to reduce the serrature as
much as possible, aiwhetstone OF the
finest grit must be employed. This
gives cutting-edge having the small
est possible serration. A razor, tor
Xample,. does not have q perfcc.
utting edge, as one may perceive by
viewing itThrOugh microscope. Be-
| ginners are sometimes instrHc.ed
when grinding edge tools, 10 have the
stone revOlve toward the cutting edge,
aud sometimes from it. When the first
grinding is being done it is matter of
Indifference whether this is done or
not; but when the finishing touches are
applied near and ut the very edge,
grinder can always complete his task
with more accuracy if the periphery of
the grindstone revolves toward the cut
ting edge, as the steel that Is worn
away will be removed more easily !;
whereas when stone runs in the OPP
posite direction, the grinder cannot al
ways tell exactly when the side of the
tool is fully ground up To the edge.
This is more especially true when the
steel has a rather low or soft temper.
The stone, whea running from the edge
will not sweep away every particle of
the metal that hangs as ''feather" but
when the stone revolYes toward the
| edge, there will be no Feather edge"
TO deceive the eye of the grinder.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
sorrow, sendeth joy in the morning. And
truly their sorrow had passed away even rs
tale that is told.
Recovering Lost Timber.


That timber in> considerable quanti-
ty and OF substantial value Is daily
found hoating OH the surface of the 1t.
Lawrence river IL well known, but that
large deposits of timber lie sunken at
the bottom of the river at various
points adjacent To Montreal is u fact
that will by no means be SO readily
credited. Such, nevertheless, Is the
case, and daily the timber is brought To
the surface by gangs of inhabitants and
others, who sell 1t to dealers, The bot
tom oEI40ngueuil bay, near tue. shore,
would appear TO be literally covered
with timber, and during the past few
months number OF men in canoes. and
provided with chains and grappling
hooks, have been busily engaged IN
bringing up the logs, floating them
ashore, where they are hauled away by
horses and piled for sale. The timber
consists almost entirely of white oak
and walnut. 1t has been estimated that
most of it has been in the river at least
from thirty to forty years, and has
formed portions of the numerous TIM
ber RATS that, in transit from the West
to Quebec, have been wrecked or dam
aged in or above the Lachine Rapids.
The length of time it would require
even so dense a wood as white oak to
become sufficiently soaked with water
as TO sink TO the bottom of the river
and cause it there To lie as II stone, war
rants the belief that it has been there
at least during the period named. Our
informant states that the timber is i'll u
perfect state of preservation, the action
of the water or insects. having in no
way impaired its texture or affected its
value. Some of the logs brought up ut
Longueuil are two feet in diameter and
from thirty TO sixty feet in length.
They command, when delivered in
Montreal, from thirty to thirty-tive
cents per foot. Timber bee 5 OF similar
character are stated To exist ut many
points along the river below the city,
where logs like that of Longueuil oc-
cur; indeed, it is difficult TO know the
number or extent of layers of valuable
wood resting on the bottom of the no
BILE water highway that flows past that
city, and which short time only may
develop.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
Tall Fish Stories.

"Iwas at the wheel, !" said Mr.. Young,
of the bark Kentish Tar, "sOme of the
men being i'll. Itlwas bright, clear
day, and while was enjoying the fresh
breeze which was blowing at the time L
heard some of the forecabIn passengers
say, 'There Is a fish alongside - Look
ing out on the starboard side | saw it
lying on the water lazily summing it
self. It's eyes were open and its fins
were going just enough to keep him it
the top Of the water. 1t was about six
feet by fourteen, and was the finest
specimen of that species of fish any of
us had ever SEEM"
''Six feet by fourteen" said the re-
porter meditatively, trying to bring all
his arithmetical knowledge to bear
harmonizing this statement with that
contained on the log.
'"''I could not see it all at once," said
Mr.. Thatcher, divining the reporters
thoughts, 'but as near as could make
out that was about the size of it. L
don't think Mr.. Young's estimate at all
exaggerated"
sI am GOOD hand with the har-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02

There ls no dispute as to who ls the
best English jockey. Hls.name 10 Fred
Archer, ard hls record Is as follows:
In 1873 he won 220 races, out Of 6lD In
which he rode. L his was the; largest
number 0hraces ever wOnlby Jockey
In single season, being In excess of
the total attained by Archer In 1877,
when he won 216 races, 2 or I'm 1876,
when ho was successful '207 times.
This year, up 10 August Ist, he had
won 107 races, In toatl ,of.3l3 mounts
or al average Ofsay one-third. The
extraordinary victory Of the horse
''Falsetto" has revealed the champion
jockey Of America, who happens to be
"a colOred boy with che decidedly Celtic
name of Murphy. The New York
Times contends that he is quite the
equal of Archer, and to prove this as
sertIon give the subjoined sketch MUIR
phys riding In the Travers Stakes race,
july Is, and in the Kenner Stakes race,
August %, were the two finest exhibit
tions OF skill in the saddle that have
been seen in this. country in many
years. Murphy has steady hand,
quick eye, a cool head and bold heart
-four qualifications absolutely neces-
sary 20 the success OF every jockey.
That he is very observant during the
progress of a race, and is quick TO per-
ceive the weak points OF an, adversary,
prompt to take ADVANTAGE of them, was
signally illustrated in the run for, the
TraVers Stakes. Asked, soon afterathe
race. why he went up to Harold and
Jericho at the half mile, only to fall
away again, he replied :,,ssN ell, 4 did
not care for Jericho. but, while l
thUughU Spendthrift was the dangerous
horse, wanted to 20 up 10 Harold to
see how he felt: so | tapped Falsetto
with the spur one me, went UP, to
them, felt of Harold, found bimspraWl-
ing over the course and saw he was
out of the race, T. fell back TO keep
Feakes from thinking was at all dan
gerous." He was then asked how he
happened to get between Harold and
the pole on the turn. $'I didn't intend
to go on the turn, was his reply; shut
when we started toward the stretch,
Harold was tired and unsteady, and he
leaned away from the pole, and gave
me room to go in. l thought it better
to run for the position than to have to
round him, so jumped at the chance,
and went between him and the rail. L
steadied my horse here moment to
compel Harold TO cover more ground
on the turn, and beat him good, for he
was very tired, and just before we got
to the stretch left him and went after
Spehdthrift. No explanation could
be better than that. Murphy has al
ready had thirty seven mounts this
year and has won twenty-five, besides
riding a dead heat, and this is a mach
better average than any English Jockey
can show. Han Fa5Fv
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
Mules I'm Mines.

COlliery mules so.Actimes live many
are only taken out of the mines when
work is entirely suspended. The mule
are used i'll hauling cars of coal from
the various parts of the mine TO the
is hoisted to the surface by steam. The
mules go to work with the miners and
continue until evening. They are sta
bled in the mine and are carefully at
tended to. Strange TO say, coats of
mules working in collieres are singu-
larly smooth or glossy-and miners at
tribute 1t to the coal dust that settles on
the hair and polishes it. The lead
mule in a team always carries miners 5
lamp attached to his collar; buC min
ers say that the lamp is unnecessary as
the mules never get off the track i'll the
dark. In some places where 1t is not
convenient to haul the cars mules are
trained to push them, and it is not un-
common to see dozen of the anima.s
working in that way. La pushing cars
the mule is provided with a heavy
breast-pad instead of the ordinary har-
ness. The ample time the mules have
for reflection does not however, seem
to improve their dispositions, as every
mining report contains accounts Of men
and boys who have been kicked to d' ath
or severely injured by them. Owing to
the constant teasing of the driver boys.
mules occasionally become so savage
that they cannot be approached.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
TEX WIND AND STREAM.

a hTcok cHne stealing from the ground,
Nou ScArcel saw its silvery gleam
Among tire herls that hung around
Tlse ho-aers 90 that winding STREAM
pretty stream. placid stream,
A softly ghdIng bN -hful stream
A frreeze cSroe wandering from the sky,
Ilchi ~ the Whisper or q dream
He put the o'erhsnging grasses by,
And rsily stopped % kiss the stream
TIE pretty stream the flst,ered stream,
The shy. wet unreluctant stream.
TIE water ns the wind passea o'er,
SAhcE urw~ra many ClAncing bean,
DimTaea and guiverea mere and more,
And trIrred Slone n hveher etresm.
The AA tered stream, the simrerIog streSm
TIse ECnA aeRshsea, silly streSm .
AWAY the siry wSnasrer few
To wlsege sl,e fields with blossoms TEEN,
To sTpsrSlisrg StresmS ana rivers hlae,
Ana IA ALONE that httle stream
TIE fSfter a streSm. the chea'ea stream
TIE sAa fOrS&ken- lonely stream.
That careless wind no more cSmt hack,
tse w~oSerS vet the itlAsl 1 deem.
Rsss on iss melancholy track
Crmr'la ninC went that httle stream-
The cheated stream. the hopeless stream
The ever-murmurlRs. moSnlnG straa-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
A Big jam of Log.

The big jam OF lC,OOO,O0 logs, on
Carratunk Falls, Maine, is broken
at last, G,0OO, 900 logs going out at
once, which was said to have been II
grand sight 1t took sixty-five men
thirteen days to break the jam and get
the rear over Carratunk Falls. A por-
ton of the ledge was removed by blast
ing. Omar Clark had crew of fifty
men In charge from the time the first
log started on Moose river, then on the
main river, until this time, and not an
accident of any kind has happened to a
man, not even the jamning of a toe.
This makes s5,OoO,OOO logs that have
passed down the river this season.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-10-02
Their Bargain

"Your folks gone anywhere this
summer ?" inquired one bootblack of
another at the post office. T9
"Has your'n ?" was the evasiye re-
ply. & 0l w vsal
"Say, Jim, what kind of boy are
you ?'' asked the first, after long
pause. a.is ns ,s-e..aaeff s.rt .ts.-
''Me ?' Well, never give fellow
away" - ''''-1' .s''4 D''1
'sThen, if you won't let on that my
mother had to stay at home to wash
for her regular customers, i won't say
anything about your father, who is
taking his vacation in the Work
House,"
They shook hands over it and both
will keep mum.