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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-15
HAYD0CK'S
VITALIZED BUCHU!

VIII give almost immediate relief, when all other
means have failed. he most powerful existing
medicine for the cure Of female complaints. Fiity
unrivaled for the disorders incidental to the female
sex. No family should De without it,Rnd it may be
taken by young old, az it viii restore health when
every other means prove unsuccessful
To the stomach We trace dyspepsia, headache and
general debility to the liver, bile, jaundice, and
yellow iever TO the bowels. darrhoea, dysentary,
constipation piles, and fstula; to the lungs, con
sumption, etc; TO the blood, scrofula, scuryY,
and all cutaneous eruptons. By keeping these
organs and vital fluid pure and healthy we may
safely defy the attacks of disease, and medicine
yet prepared for this purpose can equal the &C
ton of
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-15
TOBACCO,

Common Lugs...........,.,. ..u.........s4 5oG5 0C
Good lugs 700 ~
Low Leaf... ; 75l1 d 80
Good Leaf. ..... 500 Z sc
Medium Leaf Observation-Disclosures. 600 s 81
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-15
The Market.

THURSDAY EVENING, Oct. 14th, 1880.
The weather is warm and the days are
sunny and pleasant for the season.
The tall trade does not seem to have
yet fairly opened, and there is very little
activity in the market, -four Of all staple
commodities, being about the only one that
is any more than holding its own against
the transactions of last year.
The river is falling slowly, but there is
an abundance of water for the largest crafts
to all points on the Mississippi.
FLOuR-The market is stiff and prices
still have an upward tendency. Re-
ceipts are fair and are mostly of the choice
grades.
HAY-Common is in good supply.
Choice is in fair demand and little
scarce.
Receipts and demand are both
light. White is quoted little off to-,
day, and Acc in bulk is considered full
price.
OATS-Plenty and easy. Prices are
weak, but are nominally unchanged.
MEAL-There is very little movement.
Prices are firm on city meal, which is the
only kind selling
BRAN-The market is bare. The mills
hold all the stocks, and prices are firm at
quotations.
BUTTER--The market is overstocked,
and sales are slow. Prices are shaded on
choice, and common is not wanted at any
price.
EGGS-Plenty and weak at quotations.
observation-disclosures are overstocked,
and very dull at lower prices.
APPLES-The demand is limited to
choice varieties and is very light. Wine.
saps are not called for any at price.
POTATOES-No stocks and no demand.
ONI0NS-ln light demand at SO.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-15
SALT.

St. Johns IS
ONO RYer.." ,''....,.,.,,..''''... none
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
THE BASKET OF SHAVINGS.
CHAPTER I.

.sBECKY FAIRwEATHER, where have
you been all this whilep'
1t was a shrill woman's tongue that
put the question: and it was timid
child's voice that replied, "rve just
been playing in the court here, along
with the girls. Please don't whip me,
Aunt N ora! Please don't"
Little Becky stood trembling at the
door, with a face tull of terror and en-
treaty, while the woman advanced up
on her with lowering look, whose
dreadful meaning the child knew too
well.
Therer' said Aunt Nora, giving the
little Shoulders a rude shake. "Now
stop your crying. I'll teach you to be
out playing with the girls, when 1
want your
Il didn't know you wanted me,
Aunt Moral" sobbed the child.
''You might have known. Hush your
noise. Now take the basket and 90
0verto the Dimmock house for shavings,
and Don't let me hear another word
out of your head, if you know what S
kOOu lOl lOuScu.
30 aunt! it's getting so dark. I'm
afraid to CO."
"What are you afraid OFF There's
nothing to hurt good girls, and if you're
q bad child, it's your own fault. You
might have gone before sundown.
Come. shall want the shavings to kim
die the fire in the morning; and the
longer you wait the darker it will be-"
20 aunt! l can't 60 into that old
house. The last time was there l
heard something, and it wasn't half so
dark as it is tonight. I'll get up early
and 60 in the morning, if you'll let me.
U aunt dor
The aunt made no reply, but turned
to take down from its place on the en-
try hooks switch, whose marks poor
little Becky's hands and arms had car
ried many day. At sight of it, she
caught up the basket, and ran out of
house.
well, you betterr' said the woman
grimly. YOU'RE old enough not to
be afraid of the dark. You can see
well enough; and there's nothing under
the sun to be afraid of. Now don't you
come back into this house without the
shavings or you'll get such whipping
rs you never had in all your lifer'
which was saying a good deal, if Aunt
Nora only knew it..
Not that she meant to be harsh or
unmotherly guardian to her little moth
erless niece. But cares and toll had
worn out about all the health and pa
'flenee she ever had; and it was nc
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
An Army incident.

The country had few more efficient
servants, during the war, than the
"unwept. unhonored and unsung'
mule. Occasionally he was self-willed
and troublesome with his heels. But
that was his emphatic protest against
the unsympathetic handling OF white
teamsters. A negro seldom had any
trouble with mule, owing to a mys-
terious affinity which adapted each to
the other. Again and again we have
seen a negro make one or more obstl-
nate mules start that white drivers had
exhausted in vain their patience and
all their profanity upon.
Though a grave animal, the mule
was prolific of fun. At the most serl-
ous crisis he insisted on joking. An in
cident, illustrative of this peculiarly,
occurred the morning on which Grant
assaulted the works of Vicksburg. A
regiment, lying on the exposed side OF
hill, had fired away all of its cart
ridges. Two soldiers were detailed to
bring a supply. They went to the
ammunition wagon in the rear, and
strapped two boxes of 1000 '58s'' over
the back of a mule. Starting for the
front, one soldier led the mule while
the other propelled him with a whip,
from behind. Just beyond the breast
works, it was necessary to pass over a
rise of ground which ran for dozen
rods in full view of the enemy, and
then terminated in a hollow and safe
place.
The two soldiers and the mule
emerged from the breastworks on a
run. But when on the top of the rise,
and not hundred yards from the enc
my's fort, the mule stopped, threw out
his heels and stood stock still. The
soldiers persuaded with whoops and
blows. They pulled and pushed; but
the beast fixed himself to that spot as
coollv as if it had been his favorite
baiting-place. Perhaps an inveterate
humorist, such as Theodore Hook,
would have taken in the fun OF the
scene. The soldiers didn't; for bullets
were whizzing about their ears. They
couldn't run, for the cartridges were
needed. Screaming, one tugged at the
bride, while the other pounded the
fanks. Suddenly, the bride slipped
over the mules head, and, with a toss
of his heels, the animal started on a
gallop and ran right into the regiment
He was caught, unloaded and tied to a
bush. When the regiment fell back,
left STANDING as easfna cut cut pes, ard
fell into the hands of the enemy
| YOuthS C0nlpGniOn.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
A. Conductor Who Backed Down.

BEFORE the train left Bay City yes
terday morning for Detroit woman
nearly six feet tall and having COM
plexion like fresh-burned brick, en-
tered the depot followed by a dog al
most as big as yearling calf. Having
purchased ticket, the woman stood
beside the train until the conductor
came along, when she led off with:
"You have been pinted out to me as
the boss of this train"
"Yes'm," was his modest reply.
"WeIl, I'm going to Detroit fur the
old man."
"Yes."
"And this dog is going along with
me. He goes where go every time in
the year."
"Yes, he can 60 down in the bag
8Not any he can't! That's what 1
stopped you for This ERE dog is 60
inc long in this ere car and nowhere
elser'
1.-The rules of the road"
"Rules be-hanged! My old man can
be banged around by everybody, and
he never demands his rights; but Luz
cinda hain't Thomas-not by jugfull?'
Madam, let me"
Il don't want no clawing off, she
interrupted, as she peeled pair Of
black mittens off her big red hands.
"rm going and the dogs going, and
what want to know is whether you
want to raise row on the cars or have
it right now and here"
The conductor looked the dog over
and was about to shake his head, when
the woman began untying her bonnet
and quietly remarked:
Il s'pose, being as | am woman, it
would be no more than fair for the dog
to sail in with me. Come here, Leoni-
dus!'
Madam, - renlied the conductor, as
he felt a shiver 60 up his legs, take
your dog and get aboard!'
Honest InjunP"
Yes"
mo row after the cars startP"
mo-
"Then that settles that, and I'm
much obleegcd, though you did kinder
hang off at first. Leonidus, foller me
and behave yourself!'-DetroH fres
Press.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
CHURCH REHERIES OF a
SCHOOL GIRL.
TIE

:, 80 now bonnet; I'll go up to church
IN 4 n1 hear the new preacher, young Johatnan
Birch: b,,+ +bov sav hos
Hes sipgle and handsome, but they say he
a.sss his sermons are long and dreadfully
d.. haiRrp rsR bachelor, I'll try for his sake
~ iook Interested, and keep Wlde AWAKE
what GOOD congregations I'm glad that L
r..t face ,ei is familiar, but what is her name?
~ YES at the social she sang through ner
1wonder T if Murray will ever propose?
1,bo choir has finished its opening hymn,
me he nreachers too pale and awfully prlm.
r1,s nravers I think tedious, and prosy and
raav iSps say that he thinks even dancing is
What Beautiful mantles the Burton girls
wear; ,,. .Lo;ho;
wonder if they really do bleach their hair?
They dress awful stylish ana hayea veg III dronI I pew
They saw that their fathers as rlcn as Je"'
A., +tore yoes the sermOn--I must listen with
care. .e.,,Lio
Oh. hasn' Frank Fields got beautiful hair!
must catch. if can, the drift of the text.
wonder what beau Belle Laws will have
next? ,, u..
All. mel how wish the choir would sing.
I'd give something nice for new diamond
ring!
Oh, why don't the preachers all preach 10 tne
have sat here till every bones, out of joint;
have creak in my neck and pam III my
declare. Mary Riley has got new sack,
And all lined through with the hnest OF luT'
Inever could see what folks tancled III her!
Well, the sermons progressing, must listen
and learn,
How Twish he'd warm up and not loo. so
Mary fSray is in mourning, l wonder who's
she'd io"k we'll in black if her hair wasn't red.
In the pew right behind me is old Deacon
/ don't mind his sleeping, but why does he
snore?
lust hear that cross baby; know Mr.. Birch
Must hate so to have it disturbing the churcn.;
And how can he preach and pray through IL an!
They say Maggie Ross was belle OF the Dall;
That her dress was just lovely, her dancing dl-
vine,
But won't believe it was better than mine
The sermon is finished the Bible is closed,
The "collection" has wakened the deacons tnaI
dozed; .. s.,,o
must feel in my pocket and get out my, dime
Those boys in the gallery have had good time;
Why, there's Mary Martin! what beautiful
hat; ,s4,
And now we will have tune from the choir;
think that their singing lacks feeling and fire;
/ wonder if Murray will be at the door,
or If he will join that pert Minnie Moore?
She's so proud of her eyes, with their sleepy
old lids,
l do wish had some six-button kids.
-sOld Hundred" is finished and I'll germy mutf,
think for to-day I've had preaching enough,
The aisle is so crowded we'll have to go slow.
Ahl there's Minnie Moore gone OF with my
beau
See how she struts in her new polOnaise;
/ always did hate her impudent ways.
I'll pretend not to see her, and turn up my
nose,
And show how Indifferent am to the beaux.
There's Jennie Jones opposite, waiting to see
II had gentleman come home with me.
All, me, just know pa and ma Will be vexed
For have forgotten every word OF the text!
Cincinnati Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06

saw. The interest on the mortgage could
not be paid, and the house was adyer-
tised to be sold.
The day of the auction arrived. Aunt
Nora had no shavingS, nor anything
else, to kindle q fire with that morn
ing; and she, and the little ones Laura
had left with her. would have Jared
badly, had not the neighborS kindly
sent in something for them to eat. The
poor woman was sick and in despair.
She was no longer able even to take care
of herself; and in few hours she would
be without a home.
She sat moaning in her chair, rock
ing sadly to and fro. The children were
at play in the court. The doors were
open, for it was pleasant summer wealth
er. Suddenly Aunt Nora heard voice,
and looked up.
A young lady, tail and well dressed,
stood on the doorstep, bearing in her
hand an object which presented the
strangest contrast to her cultivated man.
ners and fashionable attire.
"Aunt Nora, may l come in?" she said
pleasantly. 'rve brought the basket
of shavingsr'
"Beckyr' the poor woman shrieked,
starting to her feet. ''No, it can't be.
1t can't be my little Becky"
'It is Becky, but not your lille Becky,
any longer" said the lady, setting down
her basket, and supporting the form
that tottered toward her. 81 am mar
ried, and have happy home, and /
l thought l would come and see you
But, as wasn't ever to enteTyour house
again without
so child, childr' cried Aunt Nora,
weeping passionately, "you do right to
remind me; oOaS cruel to you. But |
didn't know it at the time--only since
my own children-dear! dear" she
went on brOkenly. Il hope you have
forgiven meE'
"Dear aunt, hare forgiven you, long
agoy' said Becky, making the poor
woman sit down again, but still holding
her hand affectionately. And do you
know? l think it was truly providen-
tial thing for both of us that | left you
as [ did. | am able to do for you now
what fear never could have oOne, il
l had always staid with you,
Il heard of your condition only a few
days ago. My husband is out here in
the carriage; would you like to see him?
He went into carpenters shop as we
were passing, and got the shavings; but
see, Aunt Nora. there is something else
in the basket-something for you and
the children. And my husband will
buy the house for you this afternoon.
Aunt Nora could hardly speak a word,
so great was her gratitude and joy.
The child her mkindness had driven
from her had returned like an angel OF
mercy. Her home was still preserved,
and she could still keep Laura's chill
dren.
"Dear, dear! is it all dreamP" she
asked.
"Oh non' laughed Becky. 81 am
really 1; and this is really my husbands
and, don't you see, there are the shaw
ingsr'-J. j. Iroa06rsdge, IN Youth s
CO10DGnion,
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
ALL SORTS,

TOBACCO plants have grown all win
ter near BroOksville, Fla.
The explosion of colree-pot ruined
the eyesight of a woman in Portland,
Me.
THE term Nihilist is said to have
originated with Tourguenief, the noy-
eliSt
The collection of Chinese works in
the British Museum includes 10000
volumes.
A PoTTsvILLE lad jumped the rope
three hundred and eighty-four times
and died.
4 LARGE eagle, while soaring in the
air at New Hamburg, Va, was struck
by lightning.
UNDER the new law of Iowa no insur-
ance company can rebuild, but must
pay all losses in cash.
ADIsPATCH from Rio Janeiro states
that the Emperor has ceded for twenty
five years all buildings belonging to
the City Palace, in extent one block,
for depot and construction of the new
exhibition palace.
THE deep SHOWS in the mountains of
California made the wild animals raw
enous. A four-year old son of William
Higgins of Bodie, stepped outside the
door, at dusk, and the mother was Just
in time to save it from a pack of hun
cry coyotes
JOHN BURKHOLDER shot lynx one
day recently on Mr.. Storey's farm near
Toronto He was alone and had
tough struggle with the animal, which
measured as follows: Extreme length,
five feet six inches; girth of body, ole
foot eight inches; weight, sixty pounds.
A HOUSE built in 1859 still stands in
Dedham, Mass, and is the Oldest in
New England. 1t is beautifully situated
under heavily branching elms, with
moss-covered roof Much of the origi-
nal furniture, 240 years of age, still re-
mains, and has been in the possession
of one family, named Fairbanks, during
all of that time.
AN actor at the National Theater,
Philadelphia, went on the stage without
a pistol in a scene requiring him to
shoot the villain of the play. W. II.
Jones, the stage manager, tried to slide
the required weapon out to the negli-
gent performer, and accidentally dis
charged it. Though there was no ball
in the weapon, Jones' hand was wound
ed, and he died of lockjaw.
The mysterious box of jewels, which
has been in the vault of the Govern
ment Treasury at Washington for over
thirty years, has just had its annual
dusting and examination. Nobody
knows how it came there though. Sec
retary McCulloch expressed the opinion,
in report to Congress. that it was part
of the proceeds of a robbery at the
Patent Office. The contents include
several hundred small pearls and dia-
monds and two Jumps of gold, all worth
about three thousand dollars.
THERE is district in Belgium
where chain of villages along the val
ley of the Geer form a sort of immense
street. The soil is clayey, but crossed
at intervals with chalk, which gives to
straw raised there an exceptional
strength, pliability and brilliancy. This
district is the seat of the Belgian straw
trade, in which some $4,000 persons are
engaged, who earn upward of $780,
000 Every spring four or five thou
sand migrate to work in the principal
cities for few weeks. The chief seat
of this, industry to-day is Roclenze, a
beautiful village surrounded by the vii
las of wealthy straw makers.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06
CHAPTER II.

Aunt Nora was very angry that f3rst
evening at Beckys long delay in bring
ing the basket ofshavings. Then, as it
grew late, and the child did not come,
She was alarmed about her, and per-
haps a little conscience-smtten at the
thought of her own harsh treatment of
the orphan girl.
Tom found the empty basket the next
morning, in the old Dimmock house,
but nothing was heard of Becky for two
days. Then came a letter FROM some
unknown person, in which were these
words:
"Do not be anxious about the child. She
has home among friends who will be kind TO
her. They are as glad to receive her as you
will, no doubt, be, to know that you are re-
lieved of burden of which you have so often
complained"
GOOD riddance!" was Aunt Nora S
first petulant exclamation, on reading
this letter. But she was mot long in
finding out that Becky had been, after
all, less burden than help.
VIII IN the dishes were to be washed,
OF errands to be done, the good woman
scolded well because she missed the
services of her little drudge. Finally,
however, seeing every day how proud
and ungrateful her own daughters were,
she began to cherish very tender, re-
gretful thoughts of poor Becky, and to
hold her up as pattern to Josephine
and Laura.
"Beckv never would have answered
me in that way!' she would say; or,
Becky would have been kinder to her
aunt than you are to your own mother. ="
"Why didn't you treat her decently
then, and keep her, if she was so love
ly!' the young ladies would retort.
"It was to make ladies of you that
1 made slave of her, and this is all
the thanks l get for it!' was the usual
reply, winding up with sob.
Years passed, and never word did
the aunt hear from the lost one.
Meanwhile, the world did not prosper
with the poor woman. Tom turned
out a spendthrift; when in want he
would always come back to his mother,
just as he was always sure to desert
her again when she was most in need
of him. Josephine, too, forsook her,
but afterward came home to die in her
forgiving arms. Laura married an
actor, and finally accompanied him to
California, leaving two young children
to be cared for by her mother.
Fortunately, Aunt Nora owned the
house she lived in, and, by letting
every part of it except two small rooms,
she managed to live, though in mis-
cradle way. But at last, to help Tom
out of one of his scrapes, and save him
from prison, she had to raise money
| ! 5y r1oTttg az ing Ii her i> house. house
This money the scapegrace promised
to work faithfully for and repay; but, OF
course, he never did. 1t is not easy
for young man to change bad habits
formed in boyhood. Tom could not.
Perhaps he had not character enough
left even to try. For that is the most
terrible punishment of wrong-doing;
one loses the power, often even the
wish, to do right.
The endwas what the neighbors fore
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06

HANNIBAL HAMLIN is seventy-one
years old. He still wears his old claw
hammer dress coat, and in the coolest
days of winter he walks down Pennsyl-
vania avenue without an overcOat.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06

"No, YOU won't" cried the woman,
mot until you've told me what's the
matter, anyway. Has your aunt turned
you out?
"She hasn't turned me out, not quite,
but she made me 60 to the old house
for shavings in the dark, and / got
scared, and left the basket, and she
said l wasn't to go home without it
full of shavings; if l did, she'd whip me
worse than ever"
So Becky, amid sobs, told her story.
Mrs. Cary put her arm kindly about
her, and spoke so pityingly that the
child cried all the more.
you needn't 60 home without it,
nor with it, if you don't want to. She
isn't fit to bring up child like you;
I've known it, and the neighborS have
known it, long while. So if you'll
come with me, I'll take you and give
you a good home till l can find bet
ter one for you. So don't think of the
basket, but come along with me-"
Mrs. Cary's house was not far off;
and there the orphan found comfort
and kindness, such as she had not
known since her mother died. Only
one great fear now troubled her. 1t
seemed as though she might as we'll die
at once as let the time come for her
aunt to light the fire in the morning,
without the basket of shavings.
But children soon forget their trouble,
when blessed bedtime comes; and
Becky slept well that night, in spite of
her anxious thoughts. The next day
Mrs. Cary kept her in the house; and on
the day following, two strangers called
to see her-a gentleman and lady
who talked to her kindly, and regarded
her with an interest which Becky could
not understand. At last the lady said:
"Becky, we ike you pretty well;
Mrs. Cary has told us good deal about
you; and, as we have no children of our
own, we would like to have you 90 and
live with us, and be our little girl.
What do you sayP"
80 Mrs. Caryr cried Becky, turning
to her friend, in terrified surprise.
Eyes, DEAR" said Mrs. Cary, cheer
fully. Il know these good friends very
well; and it is for this that l have sent
for them. They will give you good
home and all the advantages a girl can
ask. They live in anothercity, and you
will begin new and happier life with
them"
"But," Becky faltered, joy and hope
getting the better of her establishment,
"my aunt"
"She has no real claim upon you; and
it will be best that you should not see
her again, think"
"Oh! and then l shan't get whipped
for not carrying home the basket"
"No, no, childr' said the lady, TAX
ing the girl in her arms.
IL am so gladr' exclaimed Becky.
"Only-dear Mrs. Cary shall want
to see you sometimes; you have been SO
GOOD to me,n
Sharp County record., 1880-05-06

THE influx of Cinnamon to New York
from San Francisco still continues.