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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-09
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
UNPRECEDENTED
Bargains 10
PIANOS AND ORGANS
FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS,
Before our Advance in Prices.
PIANOS $40 to 500!

Al, new aud strictly irst-ciGss, and -Old at the
lowest net cash NholcsGic factory price,. direct 10
the purchaser These planDs made one OF the ines,
displays az the Cincinnati Exhibition. and were
universally recommended Tor The Highest HoIoFs
TIE SCuArc GTAll4 contain
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THE MENELSS0HN
JUBILEE ORGANS
Are the Best in the World,

o. prices far below any frst-class make. An g.
stop organ for only S6b, including oil the greatest,
latest and best improvements. possessing power,
depth, briliancy, and sympathetic quality Of tone
Beautiful solo effects and perfect stop action. All
cases OF solid walnut IN beautiful desiens and ele-
CANT finish. All Pianos and Organs warranted for
Eve years, and sent on fifteen days test trial
freight free II unsatisfactory. Send for circular
mailed free,
SHEEP MUSIC, half price. Dollars worth at
onethird ofpriee, Catalogue Of 80 select pieces
sent on receipt of3c. stamp, Address,
MENDELSSOHN PIANO CO.,
81 East 10Th Street. n. Y.
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MANUFACpORY.

Nos. 40. 1872, 59+. 1876, & 1873 W. 51th
St.. 858, $40. 1862, 864 500 1858 h so
10th Avenue.
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NO PATENT, NO PAY.
P A I b N rs
ITO INVENTORS AND MECHANICS.

PATIENTS and how to obtain them. Pamphlet Of
60 pages heo, upOn receipt Of btampe for postage
Address GILMORE, SMITH a CO.,
Solicitors OF Patents- Box II,
WAshinlIt0p, n. g.
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Sales and Quotations.
NorE.-The prices here gveAsre Tor sales from
first hands In round lots. An advance il
charged for broken lots IN filling orders.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-09
MArHUSHEHS
New Patent Duplex Overstrung Seal,

which il acknowledged by the highest musical au.
ih0f!ty 10 be the gfesies improvement ever put into
a Square Piano, producing The most astonishing
power. riehIe.. aud depth OF tone, and d sustain.
log quality never before attained, being Grand
Piano In SQUARE Case
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-09
The Mendelssohn Uplights
ARE THEFINRsTIF AMERICA.

They are pronounced the Pianos Of the Future. -
Tie Upright has more powerful tone ID ough-
ont the entire scale, longer sust lined singing
quality, o ghtrr and more responsive touch and
greater durability and ability for standing In tune
,s great superiority deslins It 10 entirely super.
ctde the ordinary square plano In this country, ~ IL
has already done In England.
Eyeay NendessOhn Upngh, Piano has the very
beet PATENT DOUBLE REPEATING PARIS
.ACTIEN, made expressly for W in Psris, France
All our Pianos are made entirely by ourselves al
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04
The York Post Office.

In the famous interview which the vera
cious ELI PERKINS still insists he had with
the Hon. SIMON CAMERON, that conscientious
chrUnicler makes the aged statesman COM
plain bitterly about the throng Of appll-
cants for the York Post Oflice, who gave
him no rest day or night. The incumbent
was Mr.. JEssoP. wounded soldier. who
had held tho place for thirteen years, was a
thoroughly upright and efficient officer and
had given perfect satisfaction to the public
and TO the department But his term was
about to expire, and the rush OF all sorts
and conditions Of Republicans at York for
the place is another illustration Of what Mr..
LINCOLN called the universal American
itch for Office" "from which," he remarked
In parcnthcsls 81 am not quite free myself"
The Winncbago family were scarcely per-
mittcd TO sleep Of nights. When they sat
down to dinner the applicants rung the
door bell and crowded the vestbulc. They
were awakened from peaceful SAUNDERS and
sweet dreams Of power and spoil by those
dreadful applicants for the York Post Ollco
laundering at the gate. and squabblng
among themselves, and Don and SIMON
would draw tho blankets over their heads
and stun their ears with the down Of their
pillows to shut out the horrid din. 1t is no
wonder that SIMON opened his heart 10 ELI,
and pamphrased his celebrated saying,
when he stood on the steps Of the deserted
Treasury, while the GRANT Administration
was rollicking at Long Branch, and sorrow
fully remarked: Well, this il a hell OF n
time" According TO ELI, SIMON again
used some very bad words, declaring that,
while his friends were as vorncIous as
sharks, HAYES, who was, in the language OF
this wicked old man, "a id rascal" would
not give him crumb TO toss to them.
But the applicants for the York Post Onico
who besieged the lodges OF the Winnebagoes
were on the wrong trail, and SIMON doubt
less told them 30 as he did ELI. But thoy
could not believe that tho sceptrc had even
momontarily departed from tho house OF
the renowned chief, and they continued TO
bedevil tho old Winnebago and the young
one, while the commission was being quietly
Issued TO Mr.. JEssoP. For once-"ju
once" as DR., GREELEY might have said
HAYES Of Ohio observed his own civil SER
vice rules and made crcditable appoint
ment. This would not have occurred, Of
course, II there had been any detected bal
lot-box suffer at York, or any Returning
Board thtef Ia demand and receive tho
office. We suspect that Mr.. Grow or Mr.
COCHRAN or some other decent Republican
ran OF with this appointment while SIMON
was cursing the crowd OF applicants through
the iron bars Of his boltcd gate. Mr. JEssoP
is not the kind Of man the CAMERoNs would
have solected, and it is needless to say that
the stalwart Republicans Of York have
givon notice TO HAYES that he has commit
ted the objectionable sin. They could stand
the Southern policy, and civil service re-
form in n general and Pickwickian sense /;
but when he went back on them with regard
to the York Post Ofllcc, he aroused the sleep
ing lion and also the Bengal tiger.
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How France Managed Resumption.

Our resumption OF specie pa yments, which
was happily begun with the new year, sug-
gests a comparison with the recent and
parallel case OF France. This is the moro
pertinent because, as was lately pointed out
In useful pamphlet by Mr.. II. w. RICHARD
BON, some OF the greenback orators, and nota-
bly, Mr.. KELLEY OF Pennsylvania, arc won't
to bestow their unqualified approval on the
French system OF finance. They speak,
however, in such way that some OF their
followers imagine the public debt OF France
has been paid on in paper and they accord
ingly invite the American people TO follow
the alleged example
War was declared against the French en-
plre by Germany in June 1870. During tho
elk months OF active hostiites which en-
sued, the public debt Of France was largely
augmented by loans contracted for the ma
tonal defence. The aggregate Of the extra
indebtedness thus incurred had already
reached s573,OO0,OOO, when II was agreed by
the terms Of the treaty negotiated between
BISMARCK and Theirs TO pay within four
years 10 Germany an Indemnity Of one bill
lion dollars, To meet this engagement, the
French Government borrowed In the course
Of 1871 and 1872 81 $40, 900 900, for which they
agreed TO pay interest nt the rate OF five
per cent, but these bonds, as Mr.. RICHARD
BON reminds M, were sold at 80, which
discount, with other expenses, brought
the net receipts down TO Sl,14jOO0,OOO In
this way, and no other, the famous milllards
were raised for Germany.
Now France Is so far from having paid OF
It's public debt in paper that II owes to this
day every dollar OF the German indemnity,
and Is paying interest upon IT, Moreover,
tLe aggregate Of the funded debt incurred
for all purposes, past or recent, is not
diminishing like our own, but is steadily in
nrcaslng, for tho sufficient rensun that the
yearly revenue of the State continually falls
short Of the annual expenses Indeed, the
debt Of Franco I'M 1875 was hut So $50 900, 900,
while IL X now 81 G9G, 0OO,O Even I'm 1875
the French interest account reached $780,
100000 was larger, in other words, than
that OF the United States at the acme Of our
indebtedness In 1865. Since the last named
epoch we have reduced our burden Of
interest to S9G,O0O,O0O whereas, in the last
three years the French have consider
ably augmented theirs. And, finally.
while the French Government last year re-
ported q deficiency Of S. OO0 900, this country
could show a surplus OF S3l, 100000 There is,
however, one element Of decided superiority
in the fiscal situation Of France; but this
we are encouraged ~ believe will soon be
neutlallzod by the good sense Of our people.
At present our national credit on the Ex-
changes OF Europe stands relatively lower
than that OF France. The French Govern
mcnt can borrow at three per cent, while we
pay four This Is because there has been no
talk In that country about infation or about
any other scheme or nostrGm which might
tend toward partial IepudiatiOn.
Now lot us look at the management OF
tho French currency during tho critical
pelioa since tie outbreak OF the war with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04

The EMMETT family were brought conspc-
uously before tho public yesterday by tho
published accounts OF the death and burial
Of Mrs. CAROLINE LIE Roy. daughter OF
THOMAS ADDS EMMET and niece oi ROBERT
EMMETT.
Our columns contained. also, another re-
hinder OF ROBERT EMMETT, in the speech Of
Senator EcCrEsISE, who boldly advocated
in Tammnny Hall, and with like fervid elo-
qucncc, the same principles Of liberty To
which the youthful Irish patriot devoted
his life.
The circumstance that tho candidate
brought forward by Mr.. EccLRsISE received
only one vote in Tammany Hall serves in
itself TO show the occasion existing for just
such n speech. 1t illustrates what n mere
machine Tammany is through the instru-
mentality OF which the few contrive steadily
to rule the many.
But, though Mr. ECCLEsINE- Influenced no
votes-as he could not have been expected
10 influence any-it would yet be very
erroneous to infer from that fact that his
earnest exhortation produced no effect. II
will be read with deep interest, not only in
this city, but throughout tho State, and in
all parts OF the country. lie uttered the
language OF true De nocracy, and his burn
ing words will find an echo in thousands Of
hearts.
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ee IL soon subeide, as II is apt to do in jan.

see 10 soon subeide. as II is apt to do in jan
uary.
The tenement houses naturally afford the
best field for the propagation of scarlatina,
and IN them It appears in form Of great
malignancy; but the sanitary inspectors re-
port that IT is also proving very fatal in the
best localities OF the city.
We are glad to SEQ that the Board OF
Health appreciates the Importance Of using
every means Of checking the progress OF the
disease, and II 1t goes rightly to work,
it can produce important results. II has
notified families in which cases of scarlet
foyer or any other contagious disease occur
TO keep their children from school, and an
inspector has visited the tenement houses
TO impress on parents the necessity OF all
possible isolation Of every such case. It has
also cndeavorcd TO enforce the health ordi-
nance against the carrying Of soiled linen,
possibly infected, in crowded street cars.
These precautions, faithfully observed,
will do much to ward of any scarlet fever
epidemic. From such calamity We hope
the city will be saved.
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Germany. In July, 1870, the amount OF
paper anoat was 1881 100000, against which
the Bank Of France held n specie reserve Of
1929, OOO, 900. But month later tho fiscal
horizon became so overcast that specie pay
mcnts were suspended and the banks notes
were made legal tender. Then the volume
of paper In circulation grew rapidly. though,
as compared with our war issues, not in pro-
portion to the magnitude Of the national
dislocation. NJ. ROLAND, the head Of the
Bank of France. whose death was recently
announced, exhibited not only during the
siege Of Paris, but under the frightful
strain Of the Commune, the most re-
markable discretion, foresight, and firm
ness OF will. Nevertheless, by the month
OF June, 1871, the face value Of the notes Is
sued reached $4i2O0O0OO. while two and a
half years later November, 1879 IL touched
the maximum of 5000, 100000. At the latter
epoch the coin remaining in the vaults had
dwindled TO SAG 100000, and OF course the
paper money suffered considerable dis
count, though nothing at all comparable
with that TO which our legal tenders had
been subjected. Soon afterward the bank
entered on process Of contraction, with a
view to resumption, for which the date was
fixed by law at Jan. I, 1873. BY November,
1877, the amount OF paper outstanding had
shrunk 10 Sl9l 100000, while tho reserve
had been swollen to $4i2, 600 OF which,
however, only about five-eighths, or
s277. 100000, were gold And here let us draw
attention TO the fact that the proportion Of
gold coin TO currency in France at this juno
ture was almost identical with that now
presented in our own case, provided, OF
course, the national banks refrain, as no
doubt they will, from presenting the legal
tenders in their possession. As regards the
final act OF resumption by the Bank Of
France we need not cay that its paper rose
to par long before the dato fixed, and that
only twenty million dollars In coin were
called for when tho practice OF specie pay
ments was restored. Indeed, no sooner had
the discount on its notes declined TO merely
nominal figure than specie began spontane-
ously to reappear In sums sufficient TO meet
the wants Of trade, paper being preferred,
rs IL will always be, for large transactions.
The truth is that tho lesson of her dssig-
mats and mdnddts has never been forgotten
by France. Since the total collapse Of her
paper money, issued in the great revolution,
her statesmen and flnancicrs have displayed
n prudence and capacity in monetary affairs
that have made her n model among the ma
lions. II they commit any error IL is on the
side OF circumspcctioE. 1t is In their ex-
cessive accumulations OF specie, begotten
OF wish to render quite impossible rope
tition of the former fiscal catastrophe.
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who Gets This Monevl

The Raymond street Jail has long been n
disgrace 10 Brooklyn. It's crampcd apart
ments, fetid atmosphere, and filthy condi-
ton have repeatedly attracted public alton
tion. They have also Interested the gentry
who have so often fcathered their nests at
the expense Of the taxpayers. These mon
influenced the Board Of Supervisors TO give
an architect $4,000 for drawing plan for
additional buildings TO the Jail. It was the
stepping stone TO still greater appropria-
tion. On Monday last the Board appropri-
ated $240 900 for the erection Of these build
ings The scheme was cloakod under the
petition Of innocent elergymcn and others,
whose signatures were obtained by those
interested in the contract. The measure
was passed at a special meeting OF the old
Board Of Supervisors, called after their last
regular session. Six Of its members retired
from Office ON the following day. Mr.
GUTHRIE, tho Supervisor-at-Large, in
trusted with veto. signed the bill before
the ink with which IL was written was dry,
and within an hour the contract was sealed
so firmly that all the courts in the land can
not break II.
The architect on whose plans the contract
was made told the Supervisors that the pro-
posed addition could be built for $685.
The Board deliberately raised the sum to
s245,0O0 Who gets the extra Si2OOO02
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04

Mr.. WILLIAM II. PALMER Jr, is charged
with the homicide Of Mr.. ASA f. FURNGss
OF that homicide he Is undoubtedly tho
cause. 1t Is lndisputable that he killed
FURNIss; but whether, In any event, any
degree OF guilt attaches TO the melancholy
fact Is point not SO easily disposed OF.
PALMER is believed 10 be insane 10 de-
groe that renders him irresponsible. II that
is so, of course he Is not legally guilty. His
insanity constitutes valid defence.
On the other hand, suppose PALMER 10 DO
entirely sane. Then is he guilty? Three
mon in citizens clothes, without exhibiting
any warrant or other evidence OF authority,
assault him, with the intent forcibly to de-
prive him Of his liberty He had right TO
defend himself To what extent? To any
extent necessary to the preservation Of his
right to liberty. Nothing less than shoot
ing down one of the three who combined to
ovcrpowor him would probably have been
sufficient to deter them.
In this view II would seem TO mako but
little difference TO PALMER whether he be
adjudged sane or insane. In either event,
the law throws equally tho panoply OF its
protection around him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04
Scarlet Fever In the CITY.

Tho report Of Dr. DAY. the Sanitary SUI
perintendont to tho Board of Hoaith on
Tuesday, acknowledges that scarlet fever is
ON the increase in the city. Nobody who
keeps the run Of our weekly mortality lists
needs to be told that. For several weeks past
this terrible disease, scarcely exceeded, IL
equalled, by any Of the maladies which ar
llict the young especially has Leen preva-
lent In Now York, particularly Ia the Nine
tccnth Ward, and its fatality has been great
though 10y 10 means unexampled.
1t is true, as DR., DAY remarks, that scar
lot fever cannot yet be called epidemic horc
but 1t ls not very far from that. In 1850 tho
disease WAS epidemic, and tho mortality
from 1t reached nearly two thousand. 1t be-
came epidemic in July, 1873. and the deaths
from 1t numbered over thousand that
year. In 1873 their total was 1 ,O95, lust 80
more than five years before. or course the
population of the city increased during that
time, and we must take that into the ae-
count; but tho percentage Of fatality dur
ing the present prevalence Of tho disease has
been high, and justilcs the fears that have
been entertained that it may assume pro
portions which can be called nothing loss
than epidemic. If tho weather shall become
clearer and dryer. however, we may hope to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04
ON 4 HpEIIE H.IAIS.
sos-s Indications Of the Easy Kcnnding of
the Debt Of the Nation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Aft,T the close OF
business to-day the Treasury Department re-
ccivcd from Assistant Treasurer liillhouse. Mt
New York telegram that the amount
Of legal tender notes redeemed in gold was
$4,000. and tho amount OF gold received for
loyal tenders was 100000.
At tho Cabinet to-day the Treasury Depart
mcnt reported interesting facts copcornine the
resumption Of specie payments. Tho question
OF refunding the national deUt was discussed ne
the principal financial aim Of tho Treasury.
now TINT sprcie RESUMPTION hHs hccn accom-
plshcd. The large increase In the suls"rlp-
tons to the four Ter cent bonds. which y n
funding lonn was considered n good indcn-
ton Of success in the contamination OF such
measure.
IL is expected that the Secretary Of the Trcns-
ury will to- morrow issue another call Tor tho
redemption Of so 900. 900 $50 bonds. consos Of
1907.
The subscriptions to the four per cent. ionn
to-day amounted to e. Gi3.isO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-04
Where the Money Goes.

Taxpayers are Interested in knowing ex-
hctly how the money which they contribute
10 the support Of the Government Is ex-
pended. The machinery VI Legislation is so
complicated that very few Of the people,
comparatively speaking, with all the means
OF intelligence open TO them, really know
what the actual cost OF tho various branches
OF the public service Is, and how it il
distributed.
The appropriation bill for the navy during
the next fiscal year sums up between four
teen and fifteen millions OF dollars, and II
will become law. with little change from
the main features adopted by tho House, al
though the Senate, as usual, has added some
eighty-two thousand dollars for unnecessary
Items. More than half Of the whole appro-
pration Is consumed In pay for the officers
and men Of the navy proper, and for the on
GERS and privates OF the Marine Corps ON the
active and retired lists.
When dissected, this bill presents some
Instructive features. For example:
Pay Of the active list Of the navy s22 e7s
Extra pay Tor contingencies, &c.............. 1880
Total .... ........ s4eig 2T5
Pay u pett, officers. seamen. landsmen. boys.
Excess Of officers over -. 81 e4s27S
II is thus seen that the pay OF officers Is
largely more than double that Of the whole
working force Of the navy, and ~ this sum
the retired list receives $Glj 400 year for
doing nothing at all. On that list there are
iorty-sx Rear-Admirals, or four times as
many as on the active roll and these re-
tired patriots draw $4,000 year for the
privilege of being idle In all, there are 2o4
Of these pensioners, running through the
various grades Of officers.
When We come to the Marine Corps, tho
following facts are developed:
Pay Of active list Of si7ss7
Pay OF non.commissoned oficers and band 1899. iis.dSs
IS'sl ~, ss9I Ssa
Excess Of officers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s45ss9
In both cases the bare figures confined
exclusively to the absolute item Of pay are
taken as the basis Of comparison, in order
TO show what il costs to keep up this official
magnflcence for rotten, useless, and
worthless navy, which Is n reproach abroad
and a sham at home. The two together
aggregate for pay 81, so, $751; and this, on the
basis OF rank and numbers, exceeds that Of
any navy in the world, and almost doubles
most Of them.
Now we submit it Is unreasonable that a
system like this, giving enormous salaries
10 those who do little, and largo pensions to
those who do nothing. should be permitted
10 continue. A preferred class was created
by the Republican party when the old sim
plicity OF the navy, with no grade higher
than Captain, with which It's brightest lau-
rels were won, was abandoned 10 introduce
European rank and grandeur. We arc
paying dearly for these titlos and decora-
tions when the Treasury Is least able to bear
the strain; and it is high time to apply the
knife OF retrenchment.
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When expert testimony is discrcdited by
experts. jurics IRE certainly justified in receiv-
ing il with caution-cspeci in cases where a
human life is at stake. In the remarkable
poisoning cnsc now on trial at Norwich. Conn.
Prof. JOHNSON Of Yale College was put on the
stand to throw doubt upon the evidence given
by the States experts Prof DoREMus aud Prof.
WrTTHoUsE. who had testified TO finding ar
scnic in the bodies OF Conn and Mrs. BISHOP.
Prof. JOHNSON. under OATH told the jury that he
had not implicit confidence In Prof. DoREMus's
method Of analysis and that he would not re-
gard the finding Of Ave or oven Of ten grains Of
arsenic in body inter death ne conclusive
proof in itself. that tho person died Of arsenical
poisoning, He admitted. however. that in the
absence OF any other known cause Of death such
n discovery would create a strong presumption.
and that Profs. DoREMus and WTTTHousE
might be- right.