The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-07

house. and tumtling off the sidewalk hurt
himself, In that way, it appears, and not
irom an assault from the robbers, he re-
ccivcd his injuries, Davis was subsc-
Quently arrested, wearing the stolen boots
and ovorcoat, and about his person were
found, If we are correctly informed, the
watch, and six dollars of the money.
Mckay may have lost, as he claimed, $l31 i;
but the proof fastened the theft OF
only 80 Of the sum upon Davis.
No single fact is better calculated to
put an effective restraint upon ones chart
table impulses than to feed poor man" on
the bread of charity in the morning, and
meet him on the street, bcastly drunk in
the evening Instances of this kind have
been of such frequent occurrence of late,
that free lunches for strange callers are no
longer in waiting in scores Of homes in the
city, from which, until recently, the import
innate tramp was never turned away empty
handed, The charity of our homes has
been expended upon the loafng classes too
generously. Ten times more has been given
than has been deserved, for very general
observation has brought confirmation
strong rs the word of Holy Writ, that food
to tramps has been lily, almost crimnally
bestowed in nine cases out of ten. There is
miscellaneous hour-work at our wharf and
dcpots sufficient to employ every tramp in
the city at least one fourth of his time
The price paid is far in advance Of that
given to the constant laborer, yet the lazy
vagabonds, or fully nine out Of every ten of
them, Indignantly refuse to work, knowing
very well that when they get hungry they
can call upon Mrs. So-and-so, and
obtain square meal almost at any
time, But for the misapplied charity of
these good-hcartcd women the city would
be rid Of the tramp nuisance in forty-eight
hours. Gratitude is not an element Of the
tramp's character The woman who treats
him most kindly and feeds him oftenest is
the woman who is most likely to become
the victim of his villainy. This statement
is verified by the whole history of tramp
ism, Why, then, WILL the women Of the
city persist in maintaining in our midst
such an abominablc and dangerous nui-
sance, Us is created by the constant presence
Of from fifty to two hundred tramping
loafers, not from necessity, but choice'
The supper given IN Reform hall by
the w. c. II. Union, last night was well
attended, and we can say, from personal
experience, that the provision made for the
accommodation of the hungry portion of
the crowd, was ample, and Of the very best.
We feel constrained to say, and we do it
without knowing whom we compliment,
that we never drank better TWO cups of
coffee in Cairo. The oyster soup
was the concentrated essence of
the bivalve itself, and was dealt out to
customers with no sparing hand. Then
there was an abundance OF sliced turkey
ham, tongue, bread butter, crackers and
all the condiments that are in place on q
| table of the kind spread last evening. We
cannot, at the late hour at which we write
| find room tor the names Of the ladies who
so successfully engineered the affair
nor for many other details thai
would interest our local readers. Those
who attended and shared the good cheer
and very obliging attentions Of the ladies
know how it is themselves Those whC
were not there, and had no valid excuse fo
their non-attendance, ought to remain il
mcnt for their delinquency. But, to b.
obliging, we will add that the princi
pal entertainment Of the cvcnin,
was eating-eating with relish, Will
manly determination that the ladie
should not infer that the cookery wi
in any other condition than Just right
Very graceful, 1.-the and handsome youn,
ladies were attracted to the table at whicl
Rev Whitaker, Mr.. Ayres and ourselvc
were seated; but that might have bee
expected. Birds of feather, flock etc
2 We dare say that other tables, where tele
graphcr Kent, Treasurer Parker, Fred Smit
g andother gentlemen sat- were equally wei
G served forthere was a manifest purpose on tn
G part Of the ladies not to make anybody un
: comfortable. because he didn't happen t
| bchandsomc. But levity aside, and t
5 conclude, we will add that cverybod
: seemed socially inclined and glad to b
, there. The amount Of the receipts had moi
when we left, been determined.
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'WHEN the swallows homeward fly.
Then is the time when cough and colds be
gin to appear. Dr. Bulls Cough Syru