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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-22

ents were valuable, almost without number,
and beautiful beyond description. The
occasion furnished every opportunity for
happiness, and the festivities were prolong-
ed nearly through the night, the special
train which had conveyed the Cairo friends
of the couple there, and which it was in
tended should return at eleven o'clock not
arriving here until o'clock in the morn
ing.
The following were some of the presents
received:
Medallion set, with diamonds, from father
and mother of bride.
White sewing machine, from Mr.. Thos
II. Hambleton, brother of bride.
Elegant silver card-case, from sisters
Lilly, Jessie and brother, Alfred.
Fancy silk quilt from Mrs. G, W. Whit
lock.
Silver dining caster, from Mr.. G. w
Whitlock.
Silver water pitcher and goblets, from
L. W. Whitlock.
Frosted silver and gold cake basket
from Mr.. Carl Meyer.
Set table linen and napkins, from Mr.
Eddie James.
Silver Bohemian fruit-stand, very elegant
from Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Johnson.
Fancy lamp, from Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Cracker, Brazil, Ind.
Pair wedgewood vases, from Miss Emm
Alderman, Carbondale
Elegant family bible, from Mr.. Allel
Huckleberry.
Solid silver napkin rings, elegant design
from Dow and Miss Addie Reel.
Chased silver card receiver and vase com
bined, from Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Price.
japanese glove and handkerchief box
from Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson.
! Very elegant solid silver frosted waite
set, two goblets, slop,bowl, pitcher ant
salvor, from Mr.. and Mrs. L, Herbert
Cairo.
japanese bracket and glove box, lac
Quered, from Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Waugh.
Silver Holder for cut flowers Mr.. w. G
Hughes, Cairo.
One dozen solid silver tea spoons, frou
Capt. II. Lowry, St. Louis.
Set of silver knives, from Mr.. and Mrs
c. N. Hughes, Cairo.
Solid silver butter dish, from DR.. N. r
Casey, Mound City.
Solid silver fruit spoon, from Mr.. and
Mrs. II. E. Draper, New Albany, Ind.
Elegant fancy lamp, from Mr.. John Fl
Lane.
Chased silver card basket and bouque
holder, from Mr.. and Mrs. P. Fitzgerald
Cairo.
Solid silver cake basket, from Mr.. an(
Mrs. M. P. Walsh, Cairo
Fancy china wash bowl, pitcher and slol
bowl, from uncle, Mr.. II. w. White, st
Louis.
Solid silver swinging ice pitcher, from
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Meyer, Mound City.
Fancy set for toilet CASE consisting of
ivory comb, brush and glass, very elegant
from Mr.. and Mrs. John Sproat, Cairo.
Fancy perfume case, gold and French
glass, from Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hogan.
Set fancy lace spread and pillar shams
from Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Burger, Cairo.
Solid silver water set, goblets, wat Ell
pitcher, slop bowl and salvor, very elegant
from Mr.. aud Mrs. p, P. Manion, Of st
Louis
Fancy astral lamp from Misses Carrie T
and f. G. Boren.
One dozen Magolica sauce dishes, Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Stophlet, Mound City.
Pair silver and French China vases, from
Matte and Ed Mccullough, Cairo.
Silver pickle castor, from Mr.. and Mrs
w. f. Pitcher, Cairo.
Scriptural album, from Rev. Fathe
Masterson, Cairo.
Silk and zephyr pin cushion, from Mrs
Brandt, Mound City.
Bridal flowers, Mrs, N. Lee, st. Louis.
The following are some Of those who
were present at the reception; Capt. jas
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-22
THE EQUITABLE LIZ r
Assurance Society of the United States.
Assets, $38,OOO,OOO.
Surplus, S7,5OO,OOO.

The Popularity of the Equitable Life Assurance Society,"
indicated by the fact that for Eeyen years its average an
na New Business has been larger than that of any other
Company in the world is DUE in great measure to its we'll
known prompmess in the payment of Death Claims and its
rule never to take advantage of tecicalities where
equitable claim exists.
Asa GUARANTEE of this, and to counterct the PERM.
cous influence of technical policy adhered to by many
companies the Equitable makes ALL IT'S POLICIES old and
new throughout the United States.
ABSOLUTELY INCONTESTABLE,
After the policy has been in force for three years.
The Equitable Life has paid since its organ.
imtion to, January lst, 1880, $51,SS2, 736, and
closed it's books upon that date without con,
tested or past due claim"
The Equitable Life Assurance Society was the first to in.
trOduce the
T0NTINE SAVINGS FUND POLICY,
And thereby popuarze life nsuace to degree before
unknown.
By the late report of the Insurance Commissioner for the
states of Massachusetts and New York, the Equitable Life
Assurance Society shows the following strong points:
FIRSTThe Equitable has larger ratio of assets to liza
Utilities than any of the leading companies.
SECONDThe Equitable saved more of its income last year
than any other company.
THIRDThe Equtabes death rate less last year than
any other of the leading companies.
FOURTHThe Equitable realizes higher rate of rent
interest on real estate than any other company.
Thoc pleasure referring following we'll
| insured in the society, composing
ADVISORY BOARD OF REFERENCE FOR CAIRO:
| bmk fsurngjeweers
FRAN
Phillips COLLISION Dry goods
| Wharboat notions
|
WALTON WRIGHT
| Boats
GEO LENrz Superintendent Cairo City
|
HERBERT MAcKIE MAe Co.'S
For any Information Insurance apply to any Member Of
the above Board or to
II. A. BURN EFT, Agent.
Corner Twelfth St. and Washington Ave. Cairo Illinois
wN CRANE Manager Illinois, Nebraska, and the
| Territories, 108 Dearborn Street Chicago
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
OTHER DAYS.
BY EUGENE L. THORPE.

think Of the days that have gone by forever,
And wonder If others as bright viii again
Be mine to throw back, or yet will never
Those visions of youth when you stood beside
me,
ay-dreams of happiness, night dreams of
The goddess worshipped, the siren that held
me,
My angel of youth whom thought would be
true.
The springtime comes back with each year
growing older,
And memories are fading Of the days that
have fed;
And the heart that was warm is each year
growing colder,
AS cold as the days of the winter that's dead.
The past, when you promised whate'er might
Promised TO go with me down through hfe's
journey,
And share that llfe's sorrow and joy by my
side.
Through showers of sweet smiles that have
fallen unheeded
From lips just as red and from eyes just as
My heart has kept faith with the love it first
pleaded,
The love OF my boyhood awakened by you.
And sometimes fancy that life in its waning,
By forgiveness is hallowed ere ITS last sun Is
set
And I know by the token of memory that
fingers,
Though love will forgive, yet it ne'er can
forget.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
The Queer COnklings.

have made some inquiries in New
York about the Conklings, and they seem
to be queer. In Genesee, where they
came from originally, they tell all sorts
of ridiculous anecdotes about them. It
appears that there are three sisters and
two sons. The sisters live a sort of her.
NIT life, and two of them, I think, did
not marry. They say Conkling's brother,
Fred, thinks he ought to be Senator, as
he is altogether bigger man than Ros-
coe. The old man, Judge Conkling,
father of Roscoe, must have been a curl
osity. was told that some gentlemen
called to see him at Utica on one ccca-
sion, presuming that he was staying at
his sons house. Conkling entertained
them with considerable grandeur, sup
posing that they had come to see him.
He was not SO cordial when he found that
they were in search of the old man.
The Judge was found in a little house,
away down the street. and in small
room, and when he heard that they
had called on Roscoe, he exclaimed:
''That is all you come to Utica for, to
see Senator Conkling. You did not
think me worth calling on first" The
attention. On another occasion Judge
Conkling was called on to make a speech
and was introduced to the audience as
the father of Hon. Roscoe Conkling. At
this the old fellows countenance fell,
and he began to stumble in his speech,
and seemed to lose all heart in what he
was going to say and after the meeting
he belabored that man fiercely for having
introduced him as the father of his son,
instead of the Judge himself. 'sThey tell
me that on one occasion Conk-
ling wanted to consult his father on
point of law" said Grossvernor, "the
father being the best lawyer of the two.
So Roscoe began the letter to his father:
Hon. Alfred Conkling, Utica, New York
My dear sir instead of saying: My
dear father, give me some information. ,"
Geo. G. FL. GrossuenO7' in Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
An Educated Horse.

You ask if we have any particularly
bright horses" replied hook and ladder
man. '.Here is Peter; he's been with
us nine OF ten years, and we rather brag
on him. Let me introduce you. Peter,
here is chap from the Detroit Free
Press"
Peter nodded his head and paved the
floor.
s.Peter, have you been to fire to-
day?"
He shook his head.
''Were you out yesterday"
He nodded.
Peter, how old are you?"
''The horse paved thirteen times with
his right foot.
''That's right, old boy. Do you re-
member when loafer stabbed you at a
fire?"
He did.
"Where is the SCARF"
Peter bent himself almost double to
bite his hip at spot where scar could
be traced.
"Now, Peter, show the Detroit man
how you take your place at the pole"
Down went the chain and the horse
covered the distance in two jumps.
''Now walk around the truck and come
and take off my hat"
The horse obeyed to the letter.
ssNow," continued the fireman, as he
lay down on the floor, "step over me. :"
Peter lifted his feet very high and
stepped softly over, and returned to his
stall.
"That horse is one of u.s." said the
man as he brushed off the dust and sat
down. We can rest the foot of ladder
on his back and he will not move
Wherever we stand him at fire he will
stay without Watching. He eats with us,
chews tobacco, likes beer and would
learn to play dominoes in a week, if he
could only handle them. Detroit Free
Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
Spongn-Growing.

The universal and increasing demand
for sponges and the unremitting drain to
which all the best fisheries are SUBJ
jected, has led to partial dearth in the
supply of these useful articles; but art.
which has thus threatened the extinction
of the supply, has in this, as in many
similar cases, stepped in to restore the
balance. It is only within the last few
years that the real nature of the sponge
has been recognized. In it's natural
state it is disagreeable and almost re-
pulsive looking object, the soft, fbrous
mass with which every one is so familiar
being hidden beneath, and it's intricacies
filed up by Shiny, gelatinous sub
stance which rapidly putrefes, and adds
tenfold to the generally unpleasant ma
ture of the thing. The tenacity with
which these objects afix themselves to
rocks and stones suggested the idea that
they were species of vegetable, though
they really belong to the animal king
dom, and are allied to the anemones and
other zoophytes, with the beautiful ap-
pearance of many of which the public
aquaria have helped to make us ac-
quainted. A sponge is nothing more
than an animated stomach, which,
though the very lowest of all forms of
animal life, is endowed with more reason
than the stomachs of the many so-called
lords of creation, or mankind, inasmuch
as it knows what is good and what is bad
for it, and rejects the latter while imbib-
ing only the former. The gelatin GUS
substance, which forms the actual body
of the sponge, being beaten and washed
out of it, the fbrous skeleton is left in
the state in which it is sold in shops.
The search for these creatures employs
an army of skilled divers, the principal
sponging ground being in the Greek
Archipelago, and in other parts of the
Mediterranean, in the Red Sea, and in
the Bahamas and other parts of the West
Indies, and in some of the islands of the
Pacific. The Colonies and India gives
publicity to fact which is likely to di-
minish the dangers attending the opera
ton of sponging, and at the same time to
increase the available supplies of
sponges. 1t appears that two German
naturalists have made the discovery that
small pieces carefully cut from live
sponges, and attached to boards or stones
and sunk in suitable localities, will
grow, in few months, into large
sponges, as though nothing had hap
pened. This fact is of the utmost i'm
portance to our sponge growing colonies.
Our contemporary suggests that close
time should be enacted in the Bahamas
and other localities where sponges are
diminishing in numbers; but with or
without such law, the possibility of
growing sponges at will and increasing
their numbers indefinitely, in the man
ner indicated by the German natural
lists, should soon set at rest any doubt as
to falling off in the supply of these IN
valuable aTticleS-IHe Globe
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16

AN AcToR's MoTHER.-I remember a
whimsical incident occurring in the
atre where the leading member of the
company was celebrated for his magnifi-
cent physique. One night he was en-
acting Virginius, and his mother, who
had never been in theatre in all her
life, happened on the occasion to be in
the boxes. Fresh from her native York
shire village, it will be readily imagined
that she was somewhat bewildered with
the novelty of the scene. When her son
appeared, she was amazed at the grandeur
of his presence, in feshings, sandals and
toga. His appearance caused q great
deal of enthusiastic applause. When it
had subsided the proud mother, unable
to restrain herself, and to the astonish-
ment of all around her, said, "I'm SO
glad you like him. He's my son."
Whereupon the mother Immediately be-
came the centre of attraction, and one
admirer exclaimed, "Well, Madame, you
may well be proud of your son, for he
looks godlike as Roman" ''Ah,"
sighed the poor old lady in reply. I
didn't want him to be Roman. He
would have looked splendid as police
man. "f-Tinsley's Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16

The LEMURs OF MADAGASCAR in
travelling from the coast to the elevated
plateau of the interior, one is sure to fire.
quently hear their loud, wailing cries,
which sometimes make the woods resound
for some minutes together, and have most
startling effect when heard for the first
time. For moment one supposes there
is a company of people not far distant in
deep distress, but after discovering the
source of the sounds, / always found a
curious pleasure in listening to the long
drawn-out, melancholy cries, which are
doubtless rather signs of the little Great
ures enjoyment of their forest life than
any expression of pain or fear. The
lemurs have ali the agility of monkeys,
but with none of their comic ,half-human
expression, the head being more like that
of dog or fox, with sharp muzzle and
large expressive eyes; the fur is thick and
soft, and the tail often long and bushy.
There is good deal of variety in size and
color among the lemurs, and the allied
genera, the largest species, Indris, being
equal to a good-sized monkey, from three
to four feet long, while the smallest Lep-
ilenaur. is no larger than rat or a small
squirrel. One species, found abundantly
in a spur of forest crossing the centre of
the island, is entirely of glossy black;
others are of various shades of brown and
white. One species has curious devel-
opment of hair around the face, giving it
the appearance of having pair of very
bushy whiskers, while another has athick
bushy tail banded with black and white,
which, when the creature is in repose, is
usually coiled like comforter round its
neck. Lemurs are gentle and affectionate
animals, and easily tanned, and are fre-
qnently kept as pets in Madagascar, being
secured by long cord to post of the
veranda. Their agility is marvellous, for
they leap TO considerable distances from
branch to branch; SO wood frequented
by company of them is all alive with
their rapid movements, and resounds
with their cries as they dart from tree to
tree.
The tree lemurs are mostly fruit eaters
but they are said professionally to feed also
on the smaller animals. found in the
woods-lizards, small birds and insects.
Most of them are diurnal in their habits,
but there are some species which are
Chiefly nocturnal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
in her eyes, She believed he loved this


girl.
The sun was shining on the river as If
the clouds were shifting gold-dust over
each ripple, as Margery sat down upon
the bank and began to read. It had been
a lonesome day to her. Ellie had come
home with a headache, and everybody
else had gone away. She had tried in
doors, but the afternoon languor prompted
her to take her book and seek some spot
where there was less of lotus-spel on
everything. She opened her book at
little poem of Philip Marston's, called
'sungathered love-" 1t was a quaint,
sweet little thing, sad as winds in Autumn
time, and in perfect accord with her
thoughts. AS she read the tears crept up
into her eyes, and when she had finished
it the river and world beyond it was
hidden in a mist.
The splash of oars reused her, and she
saw John Cramer drifting down the river
at her feet.
"You here, Margery ?" he cried "And
cryiDg?" what are you reading that has
touched you SO ?"
He gave his boat turn and shot it in
among the lilies by the bank before she
knew fairly what ne was doing, and was
standing by her with her book IN his
hand, and reading softly one little verse
of the poem
When the Autumn winds go waiting
Through branches yellow and brown,
When the gray, sad light is falling,
And the day is going down,
hear the desolate evening sing
OF love that blOomed in the early Spring,
And which no heart had for gathering"
"Margery," he cried, suddenly, lis there
any love for me in your heart that l can
have for the gathering? I am tired of
drifting alone. Will you drift with me
down the ris er ?"
"Do you mean it, John ?" she cried,
with glad eager light in her eyes. "Are
you sure you want me?"
81 want you," he said, simply. and he
knew by the look in her face that he
could gather love in her tender and faith
full heart, and he bent and caught her in
his arms, and kissed her.
And they went drifting down the river
in the waning day, and touched the happy
shore of the enchanted land.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16

Young WIDOWS Ws-Widows are an at
tractive and frequently an engaging class
of ladies, that fill a very important niche
in society, the subject both of envy and
admiration. We have seen them in the
first throes of their bereavement, when
they utterly refused to be comforted, de-
claring that their hopes all lay buried
with their first and only love. in the new
made grave of their dear departed; and
their streaming eyes behind mourning
wells have caused the sympathetic sob to
swell up from the bosoms of all who lis
tened. But, as the time wore on, we haye
observed with satisfaction-for we would
not have them weep always-that com>
fort invariably comes to the young
widows heart and that hope is restored to
her troubled mind. We were called upon
some time ago TO sttend the funeral of a
young and noble fellow who left pretty
widow to mourn his untimely lystaking off.
She sat by the side Of her unconscious
love, dressed in the most sombre but at
the same time most becoming mourning,
with her lovely hair arranged with inf
mite labor and care in glossy finger puffs
all over her shapely head. and her black
bordered handkerchief went ever and
anon to her streaming eyes. Ever and
anon she talked in tones soft, tremulous
and low to the inanimate clay that was
soon to be hidden away forever, telling
him her heart would always throb for him
alone; and what dreary blank the world
would ever be to her without his presence.
Then, in sudden burst of grief and wild
despair, she besought the undertaken to
let the friends fill the carriages and drive
away, leaving her dearly beloved with her.
But the funeral went on in the usual way,
and the fair mourner returned to her
stricken home, crushed and disconsolate.
But, thanks to the soothing hand of Time.
ere her widows weeds had grown the
worse for wear her spotless cap had be-
come mussed or soiled, she rallied suffi-
ciently to marry the dear friend of her
late departed, and her loving heart now
reposes on the bosom of another How
fortunate that her young, crushed affec-
tions have such wonderful elasticity, as
soon as desirable provocation presents
ITSELF Pity is akin to love, and the former
sentiment awakens kindly sympathy for
the fair mourner that quickly ripens into
tenderness that sooths her young heaat
into sweet forgetfulness and makes life
around her look bright once more She
becomes the pet of society, pleasant
companion, charming sweetheart and a
dangerous rival; and We pity the girl that
has to battle against ber.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16

My boys" said an Oil City teacher,
ii you would be President of the United
States, you must be good and studious. y
sWho wants to be PRESIDENT" yelled out
young chap from back seat. SID
rather be Butler Bill and shoot an
Injun." And the boys all chorused,
ssThem's our sentiments .
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16
Professor Nordenskjold's Vessel.

An unexpectedly fine day tempted
me to go and make the closer ac-
qualntance of the Vega. She is a
whaler of 500 tons, painted black,
and bare of ornament, save for u
gilded line below her bulwarks. She
is fitted up with small engine that
enables her without sails to move at
the slow rate of five miles an hour.
AS she lay, SO black and unpretend-
ing in the water, l fancied what
dark little nutshell she must have
looked when jammed among the ice
fields off the East Cape. The
obliging officer showed us the track
of the vessel on the chart, and the
point at which she stuck fast, lit
tie to the southwest of the East
Cape, when one day more of open
water would have carried her.safely
round and spared the ten months
waiting. Here, attached by ropes to
large pieces Office, about 5000 feet
from the Siberian coast, the stout
little vessel waited, and her inhabit-
ants did not suffer too much from
the cold Of winter, for the sides of
the ship are composed of two strata
of wood, between which is lining
of felt; and on the stern, besides this,
there is a vacant space between
wood and felt, through which passed
hot air. Thus, a temperature of
twenty and more degrees above zero
was maintained in the saloons and
cabins, when outside it showed fifty
degrees below zero. Five stoves
were kept constantly heated in diff
ferent parts of the vessel, and yet
the ceilings were lined with strips Of
Ice, the result of condensation. The
cold was not the voyagers' worst
enemy, and they suffered but little
from it, but it was impossible to face
the terrible storms of wind, which
drove the snow along at the rate of
thirty-five miles an hour, and during
such times OF storm, which repeat
edly occurred until the month OF
May, the illustrious explorers shut
themselves up as hermetically as the
Tuchutski, the Esquimaux and other
Arctic populations. Until the In
creasing depth of the snow prevent
ed such exercise, skating and games
Of ball assisted in keeping up the
health and spirits of the crew, not
man OF which was lost or seriously
ill. On arriving in port, Professor
Nordenskjold received from the
King of Italy the Grand Order of
the Crown of Italy, and from the
King of Sweden that of the Polar
Star, through the hands of the Ital-
ian Admiral and Swedish Ambassa-
dor. The news is now confirmed
that the Nordenskjold, the steamer
that was sent in search of the Vega,
and which stranded off one of the
japanese Islands, is now afoat again,
and, if possible, will be newly fitted
out, and next year attempt the north.
east passage in the contrary direc.
ton to that so successfully taken by
the Vega.-Naples Letter to the Lon
don Standard.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-16

Little Gertie went with her mother to
see Nine. Toussaud's wax-works. After
looking about curiously, as if trying to
find out something and could not, she
said: 'sWhy do they call them the wax
works, mamma? They're wax, but they