The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-04
,nly Morning Daily in Southern Illinois
Largest Circulation OF any Daily in
Southerrr Illinois.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
New YORK, Dec. 2d, 1879
I From Our Regular c Correspondent


Trump! thump! thump! Who knocks
the three blows2 1t is December announc-
ing itself. Attention, therefore, the pre-
lude begins. The curtain rises and dis,
plays New York to us, already dressed for
its winter season. All the gas lights have
been lighted in front of the theatres. All
the world has returned, and all the world is
hurrying along the streets with a busy air!
The Broadways have regained their liveliest
physiognomy, and New York feels an in
tense desire to protest against the dullnes3
of the atmosphere. If summer is the
epoch of incubation for the men and wo-
men who are our rulers of fashions, the
autumn is the season in which they send
IN their trial balloons. The question now is
to know what will or what will not take
among all the new inventions that are des-
tined to tempt US, for Christmas and
New Years Day are coming with their
forced cortege of exchanges of gracious
acts. What number Of tempta-
tons of all kinds there are
in the store windowsl We go
out with project in our minds, and We
know not whether we will accomplish
it or when we will return to our homes
Rambling is certainly one of the most de-
lghtful pleasures in New York Merch-
ants strive with ingenuity and coQuetry to
attract and retain the innocent rambler.
What pretty fancy articles! What
luxury is displayed in these charming
nothings which nowadays are so necessary
to the comfort of even the most simple
citizens homes. Upholstery-the art of
furnishing-has reached its apogee.
What wonderful stuffs, and what notes Of
admiration have irreslstably been forced
upon me by some of his upholstery, called
so justly artistic upholstery. While l am
on this subject must reply to question
of one of my fair readers the carpet of a
drawing room should be considered like
background IN picture, only Of use in
order to throw out the details Of the
furniture. If had not already too much
to say to-day would describe some charm
ing furniture to you and some of the new
materials now in use for it. will do so
another time.
Stanley, the explorer, has again been
heard from. AT last accounts he had reach
ed the cataracts in the Congo river at the
head Of about one hundred men, among
them twenty Europeans. On board
the comfortable steamship Albion, the ex.
petition had encountered no difficulties,
and were about to move on in the expecta-
ton Of meeting party coming west from
Zanzibar, in about the center of the Cont
nent Although Mr.. Stanly was myster-
iously retcent in regard TO his new visit
to Africa, yet, it is no secret that he has
gone out under the protection and patron
age of the Belgian government, for the
purpose of opening up trade with the
Congo. Valley, which will doubtless prove
as profitable to the merchants of Antwerp
as the East Indies trade has proved to the
Dutch. The King of the Bclgians has
taken very great interest in this enter
prise, which was first proposed to parties
IN England, who had not the sagacity &c
see that trading with West Africa would
prove better paying business than fighting
In South Africa. Within fifty years thu
numerous tribes of the Congo and its tribu