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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-03

NoTIcE.-To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The Cairo Bulletin will pay no bills con-
tracted by any of its employees, or any one
connected with the Bulletin, unless the
same is made on written order signed by
myself, and the order must be attached TO
the bill when presented, and no contracts
for advertising or job work are valid unless
the same are endorsed by myself.
Z. A. BURNETT.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-03
NEW RICH BLOOD!

Parsons purgatiye Pills make new Rich Blood,
an Will completely change the blood In the entire
ystem In three months ANY person who viii take
PHI each night from to IL weeks may he restored
10 sound health, If such thing be possible. Sent
~ mail for S letter stamps. |, S. JoNSON & CO.
Bangor, Me
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-03
RATES OF FREIGHT.
RIVER NEWS.
ARRIVED.

steamer poILcH .C inclnuai!
Belle mphis......".............Me Memphis
Andy Baun. ..,................ Memphis
W johnson .Paducah
W. p. Halliday. .................S ST. Louis
DEPARTED.
Steamer, GoldenNCty... .............. New Orleans
" Belle Memphis. ..................st Louis
Andy Baum. ............."....,,.Ci cincinnati
VA johnson PadscGh
RIyER-wEATHER-BU
The rivers are rising at the rate of about
lG inches per day There was Is feet, II
inches on the guage last night.
The weather was clear and cool, after a
heavy rain which lasted all of Sunday.
Business remains quiet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Coded City has a good trip for New
Orleans.
The Belle of Shrevcportis due from New
Orleans
The Champion leaves for Paducah at 3
p. m, sharp.
The Andy Baum has fine trip Of freight
and people for Cincinnati.
The Alice, from ST. Louis for Pittsburg,
will be due here this evening.
The Future City, with five heavily loaded
barges, is due from St Louis.
The W. P, Halliday arrived at noon. She
made additions of several Hundred tons here.
The Grafton arrived Sunday. She has 5
barges of coal and stave material for New
Orleans.
Captain John McCord's fine Anchor,line
steamer Gold Dust will pass up for St.
Louis to-day,
The Champion had gay party of Me
tropolis eycursionist for Paducah, on the
up trip Saturday night.
The Tom Sherlock, for New Orleans, and
Cons MillOr, for Memphis, are due from the
Ohio tomorrow.
Captain Charlie Nelis is making prepa-
rations to start for New Orleans the latter
part oi The week with the tug Laurel and a
tow of slaves.
The Belle Memphis passed IN for St.
Louis yesterday, adding here a big lot of
pig iron and wagon material left here by
c. W, Anderson.
For Memphis and Vicksburg, this even
ing, is announced the splendid Anchor
Liner City Of Helena, Captain Isaac Nc
Kee in command.
Captain Bill llambleton, of Mound City
ways, was in town yesterday. He goes to
work on the Garrett and barges as soon as
he gets through with the transfer boat
North Pacific, which will be about next
saturday.
The Chrmpion is thriving in the cxcur.
sion business, as well as making things
very disagreeable for her rival, the W. A.
johnson, in the Cairo and Paducah trade
oh sunday she left this port as stormy and
unpleasant MS the weather was, with two
nuhoreu persons, on her trip to Paducah
inns number was swclcd to about two
nuhdred and fifty before she reached heI
destination, and We dare say there was no,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-03
Sales and Quotations.

fret hands In round lots. An advance is
charged for broken lots In Min. orders,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
She Cured'Hin1

A wife whose husband was much
addicted to the unmeaning prac.
tice of swearing wac advised to
swear back as a meaus of breaking
him.
The next day John came in and
inquired whether dim er was ready
and was told it was not
"Well why the devilisn't itW said
he.
"Because," she colly replied, "the
wood was SO d---d wet that the
fire wouldn't burn.
"Why, Mary, what is the matter
with youa Are you crazy or have
you been driukingp
"Neither," she said, and quitely
proceeded to put on dinner.
The beef didn't melt like butter
between the teeth--it rather resist
ed all efforts at mastication, like
SO much india-rubber; and finally
Jokn blurted out:
"What makes this id beef
so internal fought"
Mary looked up archly and repli-
ed:
"Well, John, ! suppOseyo went
down to the butchers; and without
knowing the difference, picked out
a piece of some ID old stag
that hadn't been fed for q month"
John jumped up. looked at his
wife in dismay, and wanted to know
what such language from her lips
meant.
at means just this, John; you
are the head of the family, and
Just as long as you think it manly
to swear in my presence / intend
to do the same. If you don't like
to hear it, you know how toprevent
.t.n
The cure was radical, and to this |
late Mary has never been compell- |
I'd to administer another dose.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

Here is sound talk by that ex.
cellent democratic paper, the En-
terprise Courier, published In the
mighty east: "What are the po-
litical aspirations of a single man
or several men as compared with
the good of the democratic party 7
They are simply nothing, and should
be so regarded by the party. II a
man considers that he has been
badly treated, it is poor way for
him to get even, to try to pull down
the party with which he is identii-
ed. Such a man hardly has the
good of the party at heart. He is
aiming entirely at self aggrandize-
ment, aud cares not who sinks so
that he swims. A man who is tru-
ly loyal to his party will accept de-
feat, even though it be wrong
ful, rather than assist in sending
abroad dissensions in the ranks of
his party. trusting to the great
arbiter time, who sooner or later,
sets all things right. Some men
are born contrary, and would go
up stream if they were drowned.
The people should steer clear of
such men as those who prefer, per
sonal aggrandizement to the good
Of the whole people"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
What the Microscope Reveals.

Lewinhock tells of an insect seen
with a microscope, of which 27,000,-
900 would only equal mite. In
sects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees,
with branches leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes. The sur
face of our bodies is covered with
scales like fish; single grain of
sand would cover 150 of these
scales, and yet each scale wOuld
cover 500 pores. Through the mar
row openings the perspiration
forces itself like water through a
seive. The mites take 500 steps a
second. Each drop of stagnant
water contains world of animated
beings, swimming with as much
liberty as whales in the sea. Each
leaf as colony of insects grazing
on it like COWS in meadow.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
Predictions About 1880 to 1887.

Ina pamphlet recently published,
the author, Prof. Gaimmer, asserts {;
From 1880 to 1887 will be one
universal carnival of death. Asia
will be depopulated, Europe nearly
so, America will loose fifteen mil.
lion people. Besides plague, we
are to have storms and tidal waves,
mountains are to toss their heads
through the choicest valley 'navi-
gators will be lost by thousands,
owing to the 'caprious defexures
of the magnetic needle, and islands
will appear and disappear in mid
ocean. All the beasts, birds and
fishes will be diseased, famine aud
civil strife will destroy most of the
human beings left alive by plague
and, finally, two years OF fire.
from 1885 to 1SS7-will rage with
fury in every part of the globe,
1887 the Star of Bethlehem will
reappear in the Cassiopia's Chair,
the immediate result being univer-
sal war and portentiOns, floods and
wrecks. North America is
again to be involved in civil war,
unless Napoleon arises to quell
it T.; but during these terrible days
the Pacific States will be perfect
Paradise of peace compared with
the hellish strife that will be wag-
ing throughout the world The
few people that may manage to sur
vive till 1887 will have reason to
be thankful.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
CHANCERY COURT-7TH DISTRICT
GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor.

jackson county, first Monday of March
and September, continuing days.
Harrison county, second Monday in
March and September, continuing 6 days
Hancock county, third Monday in
March and September, continuing 6 days
Marion county, fourth Monday in March
and September, continuing days.
Perry county, first Monday in April and
October, continuing 8 days.
Greene county, second Monday in April
and October, and continuing 6 days.
Wayne county, fourth Monday after the
fourth Monday of March and September,
continuing 6 days
Clarke county, first Monday in May and
November, continuing days.
Lauderdale county, third Monday of
May aud November, continuing II days.
Kemper county, second Monday in May
November continuing 6 davs
Monthly Rifles Of Chhncery Court on
the second Monday In each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
NUMBER 81.
Cotton Manufactures in the South.

|
The surest means to make the
South prosper is to foster and en-
courage our home manufacturing
enterprises. Manufactures has
made the Eastern and Middle
States rich and prosperous, and
they are necessary to develop the
resources OF our section. The pro-
gress already made by the South
III this direction is encouraging
and should encourage us to make
still farther advances. We have
great advantages over the North in
cotton manufacturing, on account
Of the mildness of our winters, and
the fact that we would have no
freight to pay OH the cotton. Ex-
perience has demonstrated that
this business can be made profita.
BILE and we find that it is steadily
increasing. To show the view
taken of this subject by an intilli-
gent Northern writer we copy the
following from the Boston CONNER
cial Bulletin:
''The cotton manufacturing in
dustry in the South is making more
rapid progress just now than ever
before. According to the figures
of the national cotton exchange
the con sumption by Sourthern
mills during the season Just closed
exclusive ofMaryland and inclusive
of Missouri, was 1855, ,4S9 bales,
against 147,747 bales during the
same season of 1878, showing an
Increase of 26 per cent. Both these
amounts include the cotton taken
from "delivery ports," so-called.
the consumption by Northern mills
was l ,3753S4 bales last year, against
1,344 ,653 bales the previous year,
showing an increase Of about 2 per
cent. The consumption both in
the North and the South, was the /.
largest ever known. We may say,
in passing, that, while the con-
sumption in Great Britain was
smaller during the past year than
in any previous year since 1869.7O,
The consumption in the United
States last year was 74 per cent,
greater than in 1S69-70 and the
consumption of the continent of
Europe So per cent, greater.
"The heavy increasein the South
ern consumption last year over
the previous year is confined to
the Mills of South and North Caro-
lima, Georgia, and Alabama North
Carolina increased from 21,S4O
bales, toss, 4s2 bales South Carolina
from 27,918 bales to 34,62S bales,
Georgia from AZ, ,566 bales to 81, ,S2S
bales aud Alabama from 6,091 bales
to 12,OS3 bales. In the State of
Georgia, out of a total OF 100000
spindles, 10000 of which were ad-
ied during the past year, only IT,
300 were idle. The new mill at
Columbus and the large steam mill
1t Atlanta have only recently got
lnder way, and will largely swell
feorgia's consumptlod during the
current year. The excess in Ala
'ama last year is due to the increas-
ID number of mills in operation
me establishment, consuming over
200 bales per annum, which was
losed during 1S77-7Shaving resum-
d work the past year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
Proverbs for Subscribers.

A wise son maketh a glad father
and a prompt paying subscriber
causeth an editor to laugh.
"Folly is a joy that is destitute
of WISDOM" but a delinquent sub
scriber causeth suffering in the
house of newspaper maker.
"All the ways of a man are clear
in his own eyes," except the way
the delinquent subscriber hath in
not paying for his newspaper.
"Better is little with righteous
ness" than a thousand subscribers
who faileth to pay what they owe.
ga just weight and balance are
the LOrd's," but that what is due
upon your newspaper is the pub
lisher's thereof.
"Better is dry mOrsel and
quietness thereof" than long list
of subscribers who cheateth the
printer.
"Better is a poor man who wal
keith in integrity" and payeth his
subscription than a rich man who
continually telleth the "devil" to
call again.
"Hope deferred maketh the heart
SICK" is proverb sadly realized
by the publisher who sendeth
out the bills.
ga righteous man hateth lying"
hence the editor waxeth wroth
against the subscriber who promi.
ses.to call and settle OH the morrow,
yet calleth not to settle.
at biteth like u serpent and
stingeth like an.adder," when the
adder gets through adding up the
due from his subscribers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

"Is your folks rich, JohnnyP
said a small boy to a looking
urchin as they sat in the cleaning
waiting to kill cats. "Purty well
off, de old man owns a dog, mothers
got a silk dress, an got rabbit.
Is your folks wealthy 7" "No, we
amt got no dog or rabbit, but
mothers got q silk dress" "Cos
mother says she thinks your folks
is poor. She looked out on the
clothes-hne yesterday, an she only
saw two shirts, an "a pair O socks,
an night-cap." The cat-killing
was resumed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
A Gate Story.
Burlington Hawkeye.

Burlington Hawkeye.
"Serena, darling, he murmured;
and the old gate scarcely creaked
as it swung to and fro beneath
her light weight, and the silent
stairs looked down with tenderer
glances, and all South ALL seemed
to hold its breath to listen. "Ser-
ena, sweet" be said, and the rad
liant bushes that klndled over the
pearly brow and cheeks, softended
the silent love-light in her lustrous
eyes; "Serena, my own, if every
glittering star that beams above
if every passing breeze that stops
to kiss thy glowing cheeks;if every
rustling leaf that whispers, to the
night were living, burning, lovin-.
thoughts; if every -Oh-h-h, ,o.haf
Ow-w Wow-owl Aw-w nh nb
oh! jimmy pelt! oh, Glory / oh
murder, murder, murf ,eri oh Saa
rang rang the swlz1!en Old gate to- the
DOW vows! All t.,.h,hW And She
said stifliy that. no gentlemen who
couIu uSe s'dch language in the
presence or a lady was an acquain-
lance Oh hers, and she went into
the hodse, And he pushed the
gate open and pulled his mangled
tn'amb out of the crack of it, and
Vent down the street sucking the
injured member and declared that,
however lightly 165 pounds of
girl might sit,on the heart of a man,
it was u little to much pressure
when applied to an impromptu
thuD ole crew. And the match is
drawn, and all side betsare declar-
ed Oft,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
A loaf of bread is the basis {

A loaf of bread is the basis of
some curious superstitions in Eu
rope, special i'll luck being attached
to the turning of the loaf upside
down. In Scotland it is accounted
for by a legend that Sir Walter
Mentelth, the betrayer of Wallace
to the English, made this action
the signal of attack, whence the
reversing of a loaf in presence of
q Menteith was considered so dead
ly an insult as to cause more than
one fatal duel in the old fighting
days. The same belief regarding
a reversed loaf exists in Germany.
The Russians hold this superstition
so firmly that you have only to
turn a loaf upside down in any ma
tive village to see the whole CON-
pany dash at it and reverse it, ex-
planning that when the fiat side is
exposed the devil comes and seats
himself upon it, and is not to be
dislodged without victim of some
kind.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

men, then the boys, and finally tn,
virgins with their hair done up il
loops, and then for few moment.
a solemn silence prevails, during
which the kissing of the serpent.
and the shrill sound of their rat
ties are heard under the buffalo
robe. These are taken us favorable
tokens that the incantations have
been successful, and that Il copious
rain will follow. Then the buffalo
robe is removed, and then the men
and boys leap into the pit, and each
one brings forth a snake which he
holds in his mouth. Sometimes a
man will emerge with two or three
small snakes in his mouth. AS
each man energies from the pit
with his mouth full of snakes, he
runs at full speed down the almost
perpendicular side of the mesa until
he comes to the plain, and there
gently releases bis captives, who
at once take to the grass and quick
ly disappear. After the pit has
been emptied the men examine the
wounds on their arms, breast and
faces, and if blood has been drawn,
they know the fangs of a rattler
have entered their flesh, and they
lose no time in applying the anti
dote.
The wound inflicted by the rat
tlesnake are very painful. The rat
tier when provoked, is the most
savage of all serpents, and will con-
tinue to strike and lacerate an enc
my as long as he is within reach.
Sometimes an old snake with full
grown fangs will fasten upon the
cheek or arm of an Indian and hold
on until the tangs are torn from
his jaws. Mr.. Mateer witnessed
one of these snake dances of the
Moquis recently, and was Mortified
at the sight. He saw the blood
streaming from the arms and
breasts of the Indians, who bore
the pain with stole Indifference,
and seemed to take pleasure in the
intiiction. They believed that the
more srvage the snakes became
and the deeper the wounds inflicted
the more cOpiOus would be the
shower. On the occasion of the
last snake dance the Indians of one
of the villages refused to partici-
pate. For some reason they be.
lieved the rain would come without
the dance, and while the other vii
lagos were engaged in the cere-
mony they sat idly in their houses,
listening to the noise and smiling
at the unnecessary trouble their
neignbors were taking. Subse-
sequently they had good cause to
repent, for when the rain came
sweeping down from the mountains
t poured q copious flood upon the
snake worshipping villages and
heir fields and passed around the
leretic village and their corn fields,
eaving them as dry as Il powder
lorn. The result was that six of
he seven villages raised abundant
rops, and the others had to call on
he agent for government rations.
Mr.. Natter was formerly resi-
lent Of New York city, and ap-
'ears to be a truthful man. He
vas a spectator of the strange
make dance, bat witnessed it from
safe distance, sitting on a wall :
verlooking the scene.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
MY MOTHER.

Thou art growing old, my mother,
And thy brow is marked with care,
All furrowed is thy aged cheek,
Once beautiful and fair;
Thy soft brown locks are sadly changed
Chill frosts have settled there,
And touched with many teasing kiss
Thy gentle flowing hair.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
As catch the half drawn sigh,
Well know that years of sorrow
Have bedimmed thy melting eye;
But with gentle light it beameth,
Beameth on me even yet,
With love that never changeth,
Till the sun of life is set.
Thou art growing old, my mother;
Many of our household band
Have before thee journeyed onward,
To the far-of better land;
Bnt thy voice in tender accents
Still is falling on my ear,
Sweetly brightning my pathway,
Which, without thee, were SO drear.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
And around thy youngest born
Shadows gather, darkly gather,
Even in life's early morn;
But the blessed Savior spareth,
Thee, to still protect thy child,
While the storms of sorrow hover,
Hover Ger me dark and wild.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
Soon feel that thou wilt rest
In the land of the hereafter
In the regions of the blest;
Who will love me then, my mother,
When the last life chord is rivenf
Let us pray that both together,
God will take us safe in heaven.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24
Il Ii L co U Il T s .
REGULAR TERMS.
CIRCUIT COURT-SEvENTH DfsTRicf.
JAMES S. HAMM, Judge.
THOMAS s. FORD, District Attorney.

Laudcrdals county, second Monday in
February and August, continuing IL days.
Kemper county, first Monday IN March
and September, continuing II DAYS.
Clarke county, third Monday in March
and September, continuing II days.
Wayne county, first Monday in April
and October, continuing days.
Greene county, second Monday in April
and October, continuing days
Perry county, third Monday in April
aud October, continuing days.
Marion county, fourth Monday in April
and October, continuing days.
Hancock county, first Monday after the
fourth Monday Of April and October, con-
tnuing IL days.
Harrison county, third Monday after the
fourth Monday of April and October, con
tinuing days.
jackson county, fourth Monday after
fourth Monday of April and October, con-
tinuing IL days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

Prot. Tice says we are to have
on the Nov. 18th, the most brilliant
and meteoroic display ever seen
since 1888, when to all intents a1d
purposes the sky rained fire. TIE
display for this year VIII pot CON-
mense until about one O'clock in
the morning but the Professor says
that the magnifcen.ce of the dis
play will more chan compensate
for the lnconv enience of the vigil.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

A man can always tell exactly
how tall he is by walking through
a low door in the dark. Next
morning he can measure the height
of the door, and then measure from
where it struck to the top of his
head, add the two together, sub
stract the swearing and multiply
by what o'clock it was when he got
home, and the result will be the net
height.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

Idleness is the nursery of crime.
1t is the prolific germ of which all
rank and poisonous vices are the
fruits. 1t is the source of tempta-
tior. 1t is the field where "tbe
enemy sows tares while men sleep,n
Could we trace the history of a
large class OF vices, we should find
that they originate from the want
of employment, and are brought in
to supply its place,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

Recently, at social gathering,
Bishop Harris of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was invited to
sing. He declined, but told the
following incident as illustrative of
his talent in that line: During his
journey through Palestine, one
evening after he and Mr.. Spencer,
who occupied the tent with him,
had gone to bed, the Bishop began
humming tune of the olden time
called New Durham. Mr.. Spencer
joined in, and the two began sing
ing verse of one Of our familiar
hyms. Before the verse was finish
ed donkey outside of the tent
brayed as only a donkey in the
Eastcan bray. While the hills of
Judea were sending back the
echoes of this most extraordinary
and untimely performance of the
donkey, the Arab dragoman put
his head inside the tent and apollo
gizing for his donkey said: "Ha !
you sing one tune he think he
know"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-24

1t was a very mean man who
slipped his hands between a young
man and a young lady in the front
seat, as the train entered tunnel.
He said the young mans beard was
very stiff, the pressure on the otner
side of the hand felt like the tips
of a fur tie.