The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-18

OF greater interest tllan mas Dcen Eelu III
this state for years. The state board are
making unusual efforts to accommodate the
exhibitors in every department. The large,
liberal premiums will attract the attention
of the best stock breeders in the state, and
the speed ring promises to be one of unusu-
al attraction, as some Of the fastest stock in
the country will be present. The reduced
rates on the various railroads will be taken
advantage of by thousands of people to 60
and see the "sights" of the capitol of the
great state of Illinois, and to attend one of
the best affairs in the country. If you con-
template visiting any fair you should go to
the state. fairly all means.
General Haskell's salvation army form
ed IN line in front of its headquarters at
about seven o'clock yesterday evening and,
to the sound of the usual martial music,
marched to the Comique, in front of which
the General delivered prayer and
the army sang several religious songs.
Mr.. Walker, the proprietor, purchased sew
eral books from the General, and showed
the army every courtesy and compelled the
crowd, which had congregated, to do the
same From the Comique the army march
ed to The BULLETIN office. While stand
ing in row in front of this office the
army sang several songs, after which
the General prayed that the blessings of the
Lord might rest upon it and the other
newspapers of the city, etc, and then
marched the army down to the Reform
| hall--the crowd, which had assembled,
following 1t thither. The hall was well
filled with peope-chietly ladies-who, it
was evident, expected to hear more logi-
cal and heightened address than that
which the General delivered. Of all the
talks he has made since his stay in Cairo,
none was poorer or less calculated to IN
spire confidence than last nights. He did
nor sufficiently address himself to the I'M
Outstanding Of his hearers, but INDUCED in
many eXtravigant and amusing stories,
which although told well enough, were
not calculated to set drinking men to think
ing. He spoke for about an hour and
half and, naturally enough, said some
things that were very good in their way,
and which met the hearty approval of his
hearers. But it would be strange, indeed, if
IN that length of time he, or any other man,
could not say something to the point and
worth saying. We have, in all our COM
ments concerning the army and
the Generals remarks striven
10 do him justice, and We
now feel that no injustice is done him by
these remarks. That he and his army
are sincere we have no doubt, and are in
clined to believe that he MAY do some
good and will do no harm, and therefore
his Objectionable peculiarities should be
overlooked as much as possible and not be
made drawback to him.
DR., Tanner, the famous faster, deliver.
ed his first lecture at Booths theatre, New
York, the other night. In the course of
his address he argued that the healing
power is in the man and not in the medi-
cine, that personal magnetism is better then
drugs and that he has proved the existence
OF the soul. He severely criticised the
various School OF Medicine, and referring
to the ordinary remedies Of drugs, said
that they reminded him OF the man who
tried all sorts OF things to get rid Of the
rats in his barn. The last remedy was
to burn down the barn. When the people
learn the uselessness of drugs there will be
fewer seven story pa aces built upon cough
drops and antl.dyspeptlc pills, He said he
was not afraid to step aside from the beaten
paths that the followers of Escuapius have
so long trod and would not be bound by
the dicta of medical experts of either the
allopathic, homeopathic or eclectric schools
Although the medical uses of abstinence
from food had been heen his favorite hobby,
he was not exactly willing to die for ii. He
thought that ii he should live for it, his IA
vorite theory would be more apt to be ap-
precated.
In another place we publish a call
signed by VIM, Perez the secretary, asking
all BOOSTERS to be at the coop, in uniform
at six o'clock this evening. tor the purpose
of going in body to Hodges Park pei
Narrow Gauge train. Transportation is
free, and all are expected to be on hand
We hope our boys will turn out in full
force.
Mr. Oberly's speech to the ratifying
Democrats, last Tuesday, although delivered
eytemporaneously, was eloquent and full
ofirresistable argument His dissection OF
the election laws and his representation o,