The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-01
TIE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN: WEDNESDAY MORNING,


can think the better of him for giving her
a present which she knows is beyond his
means; let these facts be remembered and,
possibly, the memory may have the effect
of inaugura,ipg in Cairo an era OF sensible
holiday gifts.
Ii is said that between two and three
hundred men and women in ST, LOUIS drink
daily from half toa pintof blood. piping
hot from the veins Of slaughtered cattle.
More blood drinking by consumptives and
aged persons is done in September and De-
tober than during the remainder OF the
year. The blood of young steers is the
best, and should be caught rs it comes
from the animal, and drank while the foam
is still on, and the steam rising. Consump-
tivcs arc advised, in addition to drinking
the blood to sit in slaughter house for
couple Of hours every day at killing time to
inhale the "stcam" Of the running blood.
OF the efficacy of this treatment during the
incipient stages Of consumption, evidence is
not wanting even in Cairo. We have in our
minds eye at least two young persons who
owe the preservation of their lives to a free
use of warm beef blood. The dose Is re-
voting at first, but an appetite is soon &C.
ouircd that cstecms bowl Of warm, frothy
blood as most palatablc luxury. If any
of our readers have in contemplation use
of tina. nutritious liquid, the day suggests
splendid starting point
in Cairo to a less extent perhaps, than
in any city of the Ohio valley, do we see
| the terrible results of enforced ideness
among the working classes. While this is
| true. however, it is also true that the poor
are among US in unusual numbers. Scores
of families that had small accumulations Of
money with which to provide for The winter,
were driven, as they thought TO IN Gxpen-
diture of the last dollar of the sum, in
protecting themselves from the epidemic Of
the summer. Some of these, with scores OF
Others who are always destitute, with Others
who have been unfortunate, with Others
who by age, sickness or mishap are render
cd incapable of taking care of themselves
all these form a large total that deserve and
expect the help of the better-to-do citizen.
! But what is m occasional thing in Caro-,
has become thing of alarming fire.
| uuency in all the larger cities, especially
\ of the North and East We refer to the
sight Of heads of fsmilies begging bread.
Since the advent of cold weather the des,i-
tuition among the poor of the large cities
has become appalling. In New York, Bos-
ton, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
Pittsburg and Chicago, the headquarters q
the departments Of charities are constantly
besicged by great crowds Of hungry, siiver.
Ing men, women and children. who are, as
the crowds before them were, turned away
: empty. banded The streets are tllronged
by -drenched, dispiritcd mcr and
women, vainly passing from house to housc
IN search of work--hundreds offering lhcil
labor for the bare food that will keep thcii
t souls and bodies together In New York
t where one would, judging from appear
ances, suppose that all the poor Of creation
? had congregated, the charity department o
! the city government has not been supple,
a with funds. As consequence OF this mos
l reprehcnsiblc delay or oversight thousand
5 of tamilies--l 1900 so the papers say-ar
i brought to the very verge Of starvation
It Strong, healthy, vigorous men plead Il
t, the work that will buy coarse brca
: for their children; women, old and youn:
J. willing to sell themselves to damnation t'
n the scant necessities that will stave off col
is and hunger. And yet, in view of til
y hopeless, terrible dcsttution almost und
our eyes, we look three thousand mil
c. away for scenes of want and suffering
re touch our sympathies While we are spc
Of ulatng what dire sutferings may come
o. the peoples oil England and Scotland, the
,e are thousands and tens of thousands
rs suffering human beings clamorins at o
re doors for bread to stay the cravings
IN present hunger. The picture present.
an by recent New York Herald, OF the pr
re vailng desttution in that city, is somh
he enough in its colorings To throw shade
Il. upon the hearts even Of thcmost miser
,a But to New York we commend the pc
I'd of New York. The people Of Cairo ha
of to do with the poor Of Cairo, and up
10 this blessed First Day OF January, IL
". is most fitting time to ina'
urate increment looking to the relief
those who are destitute. Neither the cour
IL. nor the city has organized systems; and
- the Door had no other source OF help, I'll
IS would s,arve and die by the wayside. Ill
many of those who are able to dspei