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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30

MUCH SICKNESS, undoubtedly with chill.
uren' attributed to other causes, is occasion
eu ny worms, Browns Vermifugc Comfts,
or Worm l.o2cnges, although etrectual in
destroying worms, can do no possible in.
Jury TO the most delicate child. This val.
liable combination has been successful,
used by physicians, and found tc be abso.
lutely sure in Graduating worms, SO hur,ful
to Children twenty-five cents q box.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30

GILES Pills cures Jaundice DR.. Giles
l2O West Broadway, n. Y. Trial bottles
% cents, Sold by Barclay Bros.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30
NEW YORK GRAIN.


NEW York, January, 80 1910 p. NJ
Wheat--irregular-No. . Chicago, 81 800
81 30 No. 2 Milwaukee, 81 3G@l 81;
Red Wtr, 81 31@l 4GH; No, . Red Wtr,
- AS No, . Amber 81 43; Corn-quict
No. 2, 02@C?ll.
CHICAGO, January 20, 1000 A. NJ
Wheat - February 81 ?Oa5; March,
81 2la..
Pork - February 81? 4?ll; March,
$l2 70.
corn-Slay, AZ; Feb, &74
Oats May, 37lI.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30
Latest News.
BY TELEGRAPH
LIVERPOOL GRAIN,

LIVERPOOL January, 90, . p. NJ
Wheat unchanged Wheat los 3d@11s
Spring, los Sd California, lOs@1Os
lid; California club, los 1Ol@l1s
3D.; Corn Odds i'd C5m-New--
5s 81.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30
Browns HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA is til.

BROWNS HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA is the
most effective pam destroyer in the world.
VIII most surely quicken the blood wheth
or taken internally or applied externally,
ana thereby more certainly relieve pain
whether chronic or acute. than any other
pain aiieyator and it is warranted doubI.
the strength of any similar preparation.
1t cures pain in the side, back or bowels
sore throat rheumatism, toothache, and all
acheS, and is the great rclicver of main
browns Household panacea" should be
III every family. A teaspoonful Of the Pan
acea IN tumbIer Of hot water (swectcned
IL proiercd), taken at bed time, will break
up cold. % cts. bottle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-30
PATENTS.
NO PATENT, NO PAY.
? A I L n I s

obtained for mechanical devices, medical or other
compoHni4, ornamental designs, trademarks and
labels. Caveats, Assignments, lnterieiencgs, In.
Engagements. md all natter relating TO Patents,
promptly attended TO. We make preliminary eS.
aminatons and furnish opinions as to patcntabili
~ free OF charge, and al who are interested in new
inventions and Patents arc invited to send for
copy Of our "Guide for obtaining patents" which
IL sent free TO any address, and contains complete
instructions how TO obtain Patents and other yllu.
able matter During the paat five years We have
obtained nearly three thousand Patents for Ameri.
can and Foreign inventors, and can give satisfactory
references IN almost every county In the Union,
Adlreas LOUIS BAG0ER u co, Solicitors of
Patents and Attorneys Of Law, lie Droit Building
Washington, y. G.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Clipping Queens Wings.

The practice of clipping the wing of
the. queen is pretty generally followed
by beekeepers at the present time; and
although there is some disadvantages
connected with the practice, we would
recommend the clipping of the wings of
all queens as soon as they are fertile;
but it is an erroneous idea to suppose
that clipping the wing of the queen will
keep the bees from swarming. They
are just as likely to swarm. but the
queen being unable to accompany them,
will prevent their leaving for parts un-
known. 1t is only necessary to clip the
tip of one front wing. This will pre-
vent her flying and does not disfgure
her. The queen should be handled as
little as possible, and some of our best
apairist advise clipping her as she moves
slowly over the comb, but we have never
been able to do this with anything like
dispatch. We take the queen by the
thorax, between the left fore-finger and
thumb raise the point of the wing with
the scissors and clip, being careful not to
catch her foot, as she is liable to throw
her leg up around the wing while held.
Never take her by the abdomen as
slight squeeze is likely to injure her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
True Snake Story.

correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
The poisonous reptiles Astounding in
many OF the rural districts of our coun-
try seldom attract notice, unless some
person is bitten by one of them and loss
OF life ensues. Itispretty we'll known to
great medicine men among the Indians
OF our country that certain roots and
plants will. If seasonably applied prove
an lnfallible antidote for the bite of the
most venomous snake, such as rattle.
snake, copperhead, adder, etc. It hap.
pened to be my misfortune when q boy
to be bitten on the ankle by copper-
head. No one of our family had ever
seen one. The snake was killed bv INV
father and brought to the house. 4
servant was dispatched to Nashville,
ten miles distant, for a physician.
Meantime, the foot and ankle were
swelling rapidly, and great fears for INV
lie were entertained. It was harvest
time, and as was the custom in those
days, every farmer laid in q supply of
whisky for the hands. The fact was
wei! known to the ''poor white trash %
as the carkies called our poor peonIe
and they were always on hand to get
soaked with free red-eye.
~ S~-~S OSS&ShOA Cdtlu AICOCK. An Old
pioneer, who had spent most of his life
among the Indians, was present. and
on seeing the snake, threw up his hands
exclaiming, My God, a copperhead. ;"
and started on the run for the woods.
He soon returned with a handful of
bieodroot, and with it proceeded to
paint three rings around the leg about
one inch wide, and three inches apart.
Now" said Uncle Davy, "the D .ison
will not go above the third rims. ~
True: The swelling continued, passing
the first and second ring without any
apparent effect, but stopped at the third
-as though cord had been tightly
bound around the leg. The poison was
nnally worked out by poultices. The
bloodroot is well known to botanists
and druggists, and should be grown in
every garden. We have it in our ward !:
1t Is very beautiful border flower, and
early IN bloom, as the tulip or violet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29

The Hartford Times, of Hartford,
Conn.,, says of the Continental Life In
surance Company, of that city: "The
sixteenth annual statement of the Cont
mental Life is published in to-day'a
Times. Sixteen years of experience in
life underwriting, covers nearly all the
salient features of the business, and may
well entitle the company to rank among
the thoroughly established companies Of
the country.
The Continental has in force 1894
policies. They have issued and restored
during the year 1858, relatively a large
number and, of course, accompanied BY
a corresponding expense. The endow-
ments maturing and paid during the
year amounted to $205, 5,615.23; this pay.
ment is greatly in excess of any which
the company will hereafter be called
upon to meet in any one year on exist
ing policies; this with the other disburse-
ment aggregating on account of policv-
holders $612, ,691. .48 accounts for the large
disbursements of the year. It will be
observed that the company has received
in interest and rents $127, ,696. 81, a sum
equal to nearly per cent. on their gross
assets, and in excess of the claims by
death, $50, ,424.06. Since organization
the company has disbursed on account
of policy-holders $5,2l5, ,621. .88, and now
has assets of $2,797, ,323.28, q surplus on
a per cent. basis Of $26S, ,750. .34, while
on a Al per cent. basis the surplus
reaches $421, ,465.2S."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
GladstOne's Talents.

As an orator, Mr.. Gladstone is almost
unapproachable. AS a writer he would
be, save for his name and reputation,
unresdable. Some one asked Lord Bea-
consield, eighteen months ago, whether
he had read certain article written by
Mr.. Gladstone and at the time engaging
particular attention. "I looked through
it, Of course" the Premier said, "but
can not say read it. l can listen with
qualification to Mr.. Gladstone's longest
speeches, but cannot for the life of
me read what he writes" This was a
criticism given under circumstances
which precluded suspicion of personal
or political animus. 1t was the verdict
of man of letters on the essay of an
orator, and it would be difficult to ques-
tion its justice. Mr.. Gladstone's liter
ary style is as bad as it can be. His
sentences are long, involved, and viry,
and he is IS difficult to read as he Is
agreeable to listen to.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Who First Drew Down the Lightning.

tThe Atheneum.J
The history of ightning-conductor
extends over but brief period of time.
1t is ordinarily dated from the memora-
ble evening when Benjamin Franklin,
accompanied by his eldest son, succeeded
in the bold experiment of drawing
lightning from the clouds down the
conductor afforded by the wet string of
his silken kite. 1t is remarkable that
Mr.. Anderson does no: refer to that
which converted the first failure into
the subsequent success, namely, the
wetting of the kite-string by the thun-
der-shower. But we cannot help con-
Tossing sort of satisfaction, on behalf
of the world, in being taught to antedAte
this triumph of experiment sagacity,
though only by few days, in favor of
an experiment made at the suggestion
of Button by M. Dalibard. At Marty
la-ville, about 18 miles from Paris, on
the road to Pontoise, NJ. Dalibard pos
sessed country house, standing on q
high plain, some 400 feet above the sea-
level. Here wooden scafiolding was
erected, supporting an iron rod so feet
long and q little more than an inch
thick. At about five feet from the
ground this rod was connected with an
electrical apparatus. Shortly after the
whole was liked, on May 10, 1852, (55
days before the observation at Philadel-
phia,) thunderstorm came on. M.
Dalibard was absent in Paris, but he
had left the apparatus in charge of
faithful sentinel. one of his servants, an
old soldier, Coiffier by name, with full
isstructions. Coiffier presented to the
conductor an iron kew with the handle
bound in elk, and was thus the first hu-
man observer who drew down, by tenta-
tive means, the electric sparks from the
clouds. On May Is, 1852, M. Dalibard
started the Academic des Sciences by
reading full report of this first great
experiment made as to aerial electricity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
1t Will Never be Played.

By gum"
What is it, dear ?" she responded.
Say, we've got tired of playing
games, and what do you say to private
theatricals?'
| "How?'
"Why, we'll get three or four of the
neighbers to join in, and we'll meet at
each others houses and have regular
plays
That will be splendidp she gasped.
Hanged if it won't! Wonder we
never thought of it before. Twenty
dollars will get US all the scenery we
want, and each one can furnish his own
wardrobe. By gum! we've got the idea
nowr
"What sort of play could we play ?'
she asked, as he marched up and down
with tragic step.
81 have it-ahaT he exclaimed as
he stopped short. "Don't you remem-
Der star .e1 to write play about five
years ago. 1'll finish it and we'll bring
it out! Now let's see how the charac,
tiers run. There's the Count Dumdoff,
who is in love with Geraldine, the Fair.
PH be Count, of course, as he is the
hero. He kills four men, rescues Geral-
dine from several dangers, and there is
good deal of kissing, and love-making,
and happy marriage"
"And Pll be Geraldine"
You'll Oh, you couldn't play that
part. She must be young and vivacious.
Let's see? l think Ill cast you for
Hannah, who keeps a bakery near a
park in Paris"
"Id like to see myself playing Han
nah in bakery, would!' she defantly
answered. eff you can play Dumdoff,
know / can play Geraldine"
| oh, no you can't, nv love. You
are little stiff in the knees, and how
you'd look throwing yourself into my
| arms as the villains pursue. I shall cast
that little widow D. for Geraldine
Then therell be two Geraldines of
us! If you can play Dumdoff with your
lame back and catarrh, / know can
play Geraldine with this little lameness
in my left knee"
| Now, you listen to reason, Mrs.
| Defoe. You aren't built for Geral-
dine; you are too fat; your feet are too
large; you haven't got the voice for il. !"
| "And you'd make pretty Count
| Dnmdof, you wouldn' she fired back.
You want to get that crook out of
of your back, that bald head shingled
over, your mouth repaired, and your
eyes touched up with paint brush! l
think see you killing your villains
| ha! ha! hap
woman! do not anger mep' he said
in deer-toned voice. as he rose up.
,. And don't you anger your Geral-
g Geraldine! Why, you don't know
a sky-border from fat!'
Dumdofl And you don't know
skye-terrier from big fiddle in the
orchestral"
here!'
Then you needn't! When I play
Hannah in bakery to let you hug and
kiss the widow D., or any other woman,
all over the stage, you'll be three or
four Count Dumdoffsl''
"Ill burn the play, jealous woman l''
IT you don't will, vain mani"
Then they sat down and resumed
their former occupation of looking into
the fire, and the disturbed cat went
back to her rug and her dreams.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Southern Negro Worship.

A Savannah correspondent of the
Boston Congregational st, in the course
OF letter en- negro worship in the
South, says: Next came the cor.
trlbution, when, for the three Quarters
OF an hour they sang and danced, while
the people deposited their tickets-yerv
slowly, for taey have little money and
less confidence in those that receive it.
At length the minister bee me impatient
and shouted: "We has got to raise IS mo.
an tell ye now, ye won't get a mite o.
sacrament till ye've raised it" and the
tramp began afresh. After receiving
several into the church, we had com.
munlon. and 600 partook. All through
the service toe music continued, often
very beautiful. They sang Old Hun
dred and St. Martins with decided va
rlations OF their own, and "Jesus, lover
OF my soul" to minor tune OF exceed
ing sweetness. AS the womsn left the
altar they dropped a courtesy, as they
olo after each exercise. A number
were baptized and received on probation,
and then the babiss were brought. dark
blossoms IN white vestments, with gay
streamers. A name was asked. "Cufy
Austin" "Cufyp' exclaimed the minis
ter with some anger. What do you
glib your chile such name for? Cufy
amt no name It all! Don't neber gib
a chile no such nickname; he'll be
shamed on it as soon as he knows any,
thing" Again he inquired the name,
and the woman was mad and flung out !:
"Cafty Austinr The pastor took the
child in his arms, sprinkled some water
on its head, and said: "I baptize thee.
Cufiy Austin, in ignorance, and that
is all the christening that baby had.
A couple then appeared to be mar
ried, but the minister said he was too
tired to marry them that day, and they
would have to wait till he came next
time. He was then so exhausted that
we began to fear we should have a dead
man to carry home. He was not quite
through, however. The principal stew
ard of the church. a fne-looking, full
blooded negro, who sat behind the altar
and was particularly active, was called
to account for appropriating church
funds, and dismissed from his Office. He
did not take it at all to heart. and the
whole assembly looked upon it as quite
regular proceeding.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Temple Hall.

Meet me tomorrow in the Temple
Hall, at o'clock in the afte4noon,' d
says Prince Henry to Falstatf; and
again, Suffolk says to Plantagenet:
"Witnin the Tempe Hall we we, too loud;
The garden here is more convenient"
The &c Temple Hall" thus alluded to in
the two plays of "King Henry W."
and King Henry vi" is the hall of
the old Middle Temple in London,
wherein on Candlemas Day, February
2, 1901, was performed Shakespeare's
play of Twelfth Night" In the same
room, which, so far as known, is the
only one in England in which any of
Shakespeare's plays were performed dur
ing his lifetime, the same play was re-
cited by Mr.. Brandram on the recur-
renee of the same festival, February 2,
1880. The Middle Temple is one Of the
four inns of court-the word "inn"
signifying, like the French hotel, simply
mansion-each of which has a hall, a
chapel, library, suite of rooms de-
voted to the benchers," who are the
governing committee of the inn, and
number of buildings, divided into sets
of chambers, occupied, for the most
part, by barristers and solicitors. The
Temple became in the reign of Henry
H., the home of the Knights Templar,
who built their church in imitation of
the temple near the Holy Sepulcher in
Jerusalem. 1t was dedicated to the Vir-
gin by Heradius, patriarch of Jerusa-
lem, 1185: and is one of the most beauti-
full specimens of early Gothic architec-
ture in England. The hall, in which
the Shakespearean play was heard in
1901, and again in 1880, was commenced
in 1862, and is regarded as one of the
grandest of Elizabethian structures in
London. 1t is about 100 feet long, and
is conspicuous for the beauty of it.. dark
oak roof. The windows and walls are
decorated with the arms of members of
the inn, and the screen and the music
gallery are of dark oak, elaborately
carved. Over the dais is Vandyke's
portrait of Charles /. on horseback. and
10 be seen there also are portraits of
Charles H., James H., William Ill,
Queen Annie, and George H., and mar
BILE busts of Lord Eldon and Lord Sto.
well. Royal personages have frequently
visited Middle Temple Hall, but they
fade out of mind in contemplating the
probability that William Shakespeare.
play-actor, once walked the floor and
looked upon the walls and ceiling which
have gathered about them three cen.
turies # history and of glorious memo
ries.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
A Free Press.

The New Haven Register in the fol.
lowing article has tersely stated the
petty annoyances to which every pape1
In the land is more or less subjected
The beautiful idea of getting something
for nothing is nowhere more readily
traceable than in newspaper office.
50 much has been spoken, written
and sung about "free press'' that
people have come to accept the term in
a sense altogether too literal.
If a man has a scheme of any kind
terminating he just steps into the edi.
torial room and details It, with the re-
mark, "Im not quite ready to adver-
tise yet, but few words will help me
along" He gets the few words and
never gets ready to advertise.
Two tickets admitting lady and gent
to the &c. r. x. M. T.'s grand balp'
are expected to produce six-line local
and quarter of column description
of the ladies' toilet after the ball is
over.
Church fairs and the like are worse
than balls. Tney never leave tickets,
but demand more space, because, "it's
matter of news, and help to the
cause"
Should boy saw off his finger, CDR.
G. 0. Plaster dressed the wound with
great SKILL" would be a graceful way
Of stating it, and, besides, it is "unpro-
fessionaP' to advertise.
The patent rat trap man brings in
one of his combinations of wire and
mouldy cheese bait, sticks it under the
EDITORS nose and explains how they catch
'em every time the spring works. sTt's
something of interest to the community,
and ii you put in q piece save me about
dozen papers," which he quietly walks
off with, as though he had bestowed a
favor in allowing editorial eyes to gaze
on such a marvel of intricacy.
An invitation "to come down and
write up our establishment" is a great
deal more common than two square
"ad' from the same firm. Newspapers
must be filed up with something or
other, you know.
The lawyer, with strong prejudices
against advertising, is fond of seeing
his cases reported in full in the news.
papers, with an occasional reference to
his exceedingly able manner of CON
Quoting the same. 1t is cheaper than
advertising.
In fact everybody, from a to lizard,
who has an ak to grind, asks the news.
paper to turn the crank, and forgets to
even say thank you, but will kindly
take free copy of the paper as part
pay for furnishing news.
The press being 'free," all hands
seem bound to get aboard and ride it to
death. That is why newspapers are so
rich that they can afford to pay double
price for white paper, and never ask
Congress to aid them by removing the
duty on wood pulp.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Fiendish Rage.

The Golos, of st. Petersburg. relates
the following tragic incident: "a meas
ant OF the village of Olshany, Province
of Kharkof, on his return from the
market, while counting his money. was
called out Of the room, leaving some
bank notes on the table. His little son.
four years old, began to play with the
pretty pictures, and when the father
returned he found only small pieces
left. In his rage he threw the boy vio-
lently upon the floor. At this moment
his wife entered the room with her baby
in her arms; letting the babe fall. she
snatched the boy and fled from the
house with him, but found no trace of
life in him. In despair she returned to
the house and beheld new horror-her
babe was a lifeless corpse floating in the
tub OF water where it had fallen from
her arms. Overwhelmed by misery.
the father committed suicide by hang.
ing himself"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29

THERE is now in Germany a manu-
factory which turns out daily 1000
POUNDS OF pure grape-sugar made from
oid linen. Clean old linen is pure vege-
ea1ie norm, and when treated with
suiphurlc acid it is converted into dex-
trine. Ihis is washed with lime-water,
tnen treated with more acid, and it
changes almost Immediately and crystal.
izes-into glucose, or grape-sugar, which
is so highly valued in the making of
rich preserves and jellies. The process
is said to be economical, and the sugar
is found to be chemically the same as
that of the grape.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29

WHEN cremation becomes fashiona-
BILE, the New Orleans Picayune looks
forward to the time when a man can
have his ancestors put up in Jars
and shipped to any part of the world.
When that blessed time arrives we may
expect to receive such letters as the
following: Dear E.: have to-day for
warded to you per express poor dear
uncle John and little Billy. II you can
spare aunt Jane and cousin Sarah, I
should like to have them for while. !"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29
Won't Bank 1t.

"Sir, l have your note for $20," said
one citizen to another.
eyes, guess you have"
"And youth pay itf'
Not Just now"
"Siri I will have no foolingl If you
don't pay the note Pll-"
eyes"
"pll put it in the bank"
"Just 60"
:. And you'll be notified t, pay it"
"And If you don't it will be pro-
tested" @
"Quite likely"
And-and-"
And the protest will cost you twelve
shillingsl Please put it in the bank,
Good morning, sirp'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29

WHEN / was once in danger from a
tiger" said an old East Indian veteran,
II tried sitting down and staring at him,
as !! had no weapon" How did it
werk." asked bystander. Perfectly !;
the tiger didn't even offer to touch me. :"
"Strangel very strange! How do you
account for it." "Well, sometimes I've
thought that it was because I sat down
on a high branch Of very tall tree"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-29

The Philadelphia Chvnicle- Herald
little or no success at fishing is because
but few of them possess nerve enough
to hold the worm between their teeth
so that they can use both hands in get
ting the hook out Of their back hair"