The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-26


and intermediate observations must be
taken almost continually The reports
must be made out and delivered to the
several bulletin boards and other general
office work must also be done. Mr.. Ray
has done all this work alone for these many
months in the expectation that an assistant
would be assigned him soon but as
yet such help has not arrived. 1t is to be
hoped that the necessary relief will soon
come.
The third of September is near at hand
and our Democratic organizations will look
forward with interest to the great meeting
that is to come off at DuQuoin, His, on
that day The affair has been extensively
advertised by large fancy posters both in
the German and English languages, which
have been distributed all through the dis
trict, and the people of every county will be
on hand to take part in the imposing cere-
monies. II is to be one of the grandest
Democratic meetings OF the campaign.
Excursion trans will be run from Cairo,
Chester, Bellevlle Centralia and Eldorado.
A monster torch light procession will be
one OF the chief attractions and the most
prominent speakers in the state will be on
hand to furnish substantial, political food
for thought. Hons. Lyman Trumbull, j.
H. Oberly, K. w. Townshend, Vim. Hart
zcll, J. S. Black. W. j. Allen, S. A. Mar
shall and Gen. Jno. W. Palmer will be the
speakers of the occasion. Cairo will send
several car loads Of staunch Democrats 10
participate in the festivities.
Our young friend of the News WILL
persist, in spite of our advice, to flare up at
whatever we say, like turkey cock at q
piece of red flannel This is not as it
should be, and may result seriously to his
health and be the cause OF this community
mourning the loss, by death from consump-
ton or other ailment, OF peculiarly
bright and talented young man.
In hi; last nights Issue be says: For
pure. unadulterated cussedness we COM
mend the young man Of The BULLETIN,
ETC." The is the unkindest cut of al,
since we are the most inoffensive OF human
crestures-kind TO 8 fault and loving in our
na,ure-who would. could We afford it,
pour precious ointment on the heads Of our
enemies sud not abuse. We are one Of
those very rare beings who never strike
with fist or pen, even when we are struck
bu. with meekness turn the other cheek
and nightly remember our enemies in our
prayers, ''for they know not what they do
Yes, We aever ye; found i, in our heart to
irjure the most tiny insect, and pride our
self even more on our quality Of heart than
I o: head Or head msy 20 wrong. but our
h=sr- .e7e- does. There IS no other hear,
Z Caro- Ike II, I; Is 2pr;e, large and DIS
Interested 5=srr-gae Q: tia, kind Of hearts
Gbc.: zaiea the poets sing, aud which vas
. -ais 70 I've hereafter-yea, eterua!ly.
!#sI:1g upon pLeasan, pastures at the
-ig.: hand Of the throne, singing hs.lelujah,
Aa-s.-i4h
i. .ay kind Of financial institution it
Il se.t eyidea: fact that where the re-
cetp.s o7er expenditures are largest; where
tae greatest amount Of yearly business is
,-alsac;ei. and where the largest returns
s-s received from investments in real
estate and otherwise, men may look for the
1es. and mos. careful management and
MI. there find the safest place TO invest
m0aey aud this is especially the case IN
life insurance. We are led 10 these re-
marks from looking over the New York
Insurance department chart for 1880. We
find there that in all these essential points
the Equitable Life, Of New York, leads all
the rest. For instance, her excess Of in
come over expenditures in 1879 was
] S<,VSs' its-9. - SUN iaL5cI " Too'oo',-
~ than that Of any other company in the
United States The amount Of new bus.
mess done by the Equitable in 1919 was
f2G.54254l or $l,4SG,756 more than
that Of any two other companies com
bincd and for every dollar OF LA
bilities she has Sl25.ls with which to pay,
or lG cents more than that Of any company
on the chart The zeal estate owned by the
Equitable, taken from the same authority,
: yields rental Of 5.7S per cent which i:
nearly double that received by the largest
, companies Of the United States and is onl,
Appropriated by the New England Mutua
. which receives a rental Of 4G7 per cent
. 1t will be seen by these figures that TIN
: Equitable's real estate yields rental on it
total value, which exceeds the rate of inter
, est obtainable on any class Of govenmen
/ securities (The Equitable building i
rented, from garnet to cellar, at rates more