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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-08
WEARY OF LIFE,

How many man has jumped into the
river,
When all twas that allied him was disor.
dered liver,
If he only had known that Spring Blossom
would save
He never would have filled suicides
grave.
Prices: Soc trial bottles i0cts
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-08
OHIO AND INDIANA.

OHIO AND INDIANA.
New YORK, Oct. 6.-The inquiries at the
respective headquarters as to prospects in
Ohio and Indiana are so many as to betray
an unusual anxiety as to the result next
week Stripped of all verbiage and specu
lStion and explanation the feeling is this:
AT the republican headquarters Ohio is re-
garded as safe for a republican majority
and the result in Indiana is doubtful. At
the democratic headquarters Indiana is re-
garded as safe for democratic majority
and the result in Ohio is doubtful. II any
inference is to be drawn from this it must
be that the democrats believe and the re-
publicans concede that Indiana will 90
democratic and that the republicans and
democrats concede that Ohio will 90 re-
publican. Probably this is the exact
truth.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

To he Editor Of The National Republican:
SIR The friends of Ex-Attorney- General Aker-
man were panied by the news of his unexpected
death as announced in this mornings paper
When l parted from him In Gainesville, Ga,
three weeks ago, he gave promise of long and
vigorous life. He was engaged In very extensive
and lucrative practice, which was cons family In
crcasing When his hopes were brightest he was
suddenly stricken down by the destroyer, leaving
a wife and six bright, manly little boys with a
host of warm friends, to mourn his untimey death.
His friends were Just now very hopeful that he
would be appointed to fill the vacancy made by
the elevation of Judge Woods TO the Supreme
Bench. No man In the South who could have
been appointed would havo filled II more cap.
ably and honestly, He would have brought 10 the
bench the learning, culture, and careful pains.
taking that are needed to make good jurist
But no words Of mine will add anything to his
legal reputation, already national
/ desire to bear testimony to his worth and high
character as citizen, a neighbor, and a friend.
lie was so honest In his convictions so unfinchinQ
in the discharge of what he believed to be his duty
that nobody could associate with him intimately
without great respect for his reCtude OF life and
character.
Our town and county will greatly miss him, for he
liberal to all public enterprises that promised
good to our people. l speak the sentiments OF his
neighbors, who knew him best and appreciated
him most, when tender their heartfelt sympathy
70 his family who are so greatly bsresysd ave- in y his
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec %, 1880.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
PERSONALITIES.

PRESIDENT GREvy, of France, is seventy
three years ofage.
Ex-GovERNoR HENDRICKS is ill and has
gone to the Hot Springs, of Arkansas.
Mr.. JUSTIN MCCARTHY has fully identi-
fed himself with the Irish Land League.
BARNUM would hang his stocking if he
thought IL, L. Morey would put his present address
into 1t.
CLARA MoRRIs says Edwin Booth NAV
be the Bayard of the stage, but Sara remains Its
bone yard
GENERAL BUTLER is to be Governor
spraguc's leading counsel in the sprague- Chase
divorce suit.
PROFESSOR DARWIN, who is now past
seventy. is confined to his bed by bodily lnirmities,
and may never leave 1t,
BISHOP QUISTARD, of Tennessee, will
build residence at Rugby, the Tom Hughes col.
ony, and make his home there
If General Weaver had reached his
adversary the fact would have been demonstrated
that Sparks sometimes fly downward
GENERAL ORD is more ofa Unitarian than
anything else in religion, and not Roman Catho
iic as stated by paragraph going the rounds.
JUMPENG-JACK SPRINGER" is what the
Springfield Journal, published at the agile states.
mans home calls him. That's a good holiday
name.
MAYOR COOPER, of New York, according
to the Star Of that city, voted for General Garfield
which is one of the best things that has recently
been said of him.
SPRINGER and Sparks are both from Illi-
nois, and are both well named One Is full of
bounce, the other is full of fire. and both nre harm
less.-NelU Fork Tribune,
GENERAL ALFRED G. DANBERRY, of the
British army who won promotion at Sebastopol,
being one of the party that stormed the Redan,
died of smallpox in Canduhar about two weeks
ago,
Mrs GARFIELD recently received let
ter from a lady proposing that If she would pro-
cure retheappointment ofpostmastcr for her husband
she would give her a switch made from her own
hair.
LIEUTENANT SCHwATKA, who tramped
thousands of miles over Arctic ice without suffer
ing harm, slipped upon the frozen snow In New
York and got a fall which will disable him for
weeks.
ONE Of the sons of General Houston, of
Texas, Is writing biography of his father, which
will be complete and trustworthy history COM
piled from authentic papers in possession of the
family.
JAMES BUCHANAN, President of the
United States made an election bet in 1919 and lost
1t, and the deed by which he conveyed the land
he forfeited is, In his own handwriting on file at
Warren, Pa.
Ir is to be hoped that General Weaver
and Mr.. Sparks will avail themselves of tho con-
gressonal recess to work of their superluous bile
and return to Washington as peaceful as Marys
little lamb,
FRANCES CLARE FORD, who is to be the
next British Minister here, Is a very unassuming
looking gentleman with bald head and fair hair.
He will make an intellectual rather than SNOWY
diplomatic parson
VIscouNT LYNuNGToN, Nj. p, who at
tended and spoke at the New England dinner In
New York, Is direct descendant Of Robert Wal.
lop esq, NJ. P, for southampton and Aidoyer, who
was one of King Charles judges and died a pris.
oner in the Tower in 1867, having been sent there
for life after the restoration and deprived of his
estates.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THE Washington REPUBLICAN is edited by Mr.
Gorhnm, who is earnestly seeking and confidently
expects TO get Senator Mahonc's vote TO elect him
Secretary Of the Senate. If had vote on that
issue instead of Senator Malone, and was regarded
by Mr.. Gorham ms commcrc al in politics as he re-
CARDS Malone, THE REPUBLICAN, would have en-
Enthusiastically commended all / said about Vir-
ginla credit, whether true or falsc-AleraRdcr Nc.
ClWre in Philadelphia Times.
Mr. Gorham is not seeking, and has not
sought the vote of Senator Malone or any
other Senator for any purpose whatever
In 1868 he.was chosen Secretary of the
Senate, and continued in that Office nearly
eleven years, and until his party went into
the minority. Two hundred different
Senators, less one, had seats in that body
during his term. He never solicited the
vote of any one of them either for his
election, or for retention when efforts
were made for his removal. He
enjoys the personal friendship of
General Malone, and cntertains for
that gentleman very high esteem
OF the Generals future plans lie knows
exactly what the public knows, and no
more. MIR. Mcclure may be sure that the
fearless Nirginian will not serve the
Bourbons, In whose behalf the letters to
the Philadelphia Times are being written
AS to McClures' commercial proposition,
it may be said of him as of the retired
female firts alluded to by Robert Burns,
he is
~.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
A I,OutI Call.

Senator Call, of Florida, wants to know,
you know. He some days ago intro
duced in the Senate resolution calling
for an inquiry by the judiciary Commit
tee as to the alleged unlawful arrest and
imprisonment Of people" under process
of United States courts, and as to "al-
legged abuse of the process of the United
States courts for personal or political OBJ
jects," and the Senator wants a bill de-
viscd to prevent such alleged things in
the future. Before Senator Calls resolu-
tion is considered and adopted, it ought
to be 80 amended us to also provide for an
inquiry concerning the alleged brutalities
of the ruling classes in Florida during the
recent campaign, and as. to whether the
United States supervisors of election have
returned from the swamps, in which, dur
ing those dark days, they took refuge
from Democratic barbarity.
The alleged desire of the party to which.
Senator Call belongs to have free ballot
and a fair count must have been badly
thwarted in Florida, judging from numer-
Gus accounts which have come to hand.
We wonder if the Senator used his power
ful influence during the summer to pre-
vent the atrocious acts by which the
alleged election in Florida was turned
into burlesque. And we wonder if he
has been imposed upon by some miscre-
ants who are now in the grasp of the law
they have so outraged, and induced to
raise his voice in the Senate against the
courts, instead of against the criminals
they are trying. Turn on the light
National Republican., 1880-12-24
'aiblins nae temptation"
Grant and Sherman.


The recommendation of the President
that General Grant be made Captain-Gen-
eral is one for which neither General
Grant nor his friends are in any manner
responsible. 1t was gracious suggestion,
and the Generals friends undoubtedly
appreciate its kindly spirit. 1t has greatly
inflamed the average Grandfather, and
caused him to perform that movement
known among mule-breakers as dumping
stifi-legged." The various private
and public suggestions of schemes
for adding to General Grants COM
fort are all on the same footing
with the Presidents good-natured
proposition to make him Captain-G Gen
eral; and each one has, in its turn, had
the same effect upon the raw sores on
the heads Of his enemies. Probably the
most friendly office these amiable persons
have endeavored to perform is that of
creating a feeling Of GOODNESS between
Grant and Sherman.
The former has not troubled himself
to give any attention to the various
projects for adding to his modest income.
No man knows of his having expressed
any discomfort with his lot. Indeed he
has, ever since he left the Presidency,
been giving the very best possible evil
denCc of u contented mind and grateful
disposition toward his countrymen. He
has asked nothing, complained of moth
ing. We hope Congress may with sub
stantial unanimity give expression to
Nations admiration and affection by APP
propri0te legislation, which will afford to
General Grant an income upon which he
may select his residence and open wide
its doors to entertain as many as he
chooses of those who are agreeable to
him.
General Sherman has spoken on the
subject, He does not look with favor
upon the proposition for Captain-Gen-
eralcy, but says:
have not the slightest objection toward General
Grant being retired from the service, which could
be done by an act of Congress- and which would
give him thrcc-fOurths of the salary of sl35OO
That would prevent such confusion and compli.
cation as would arise from this new rank of Cap.
tain-General, The only possible objection which
any one in the army could have against that would
be that, ns the number of retired officers Is limited
" l""i h"h"iS"' ~ nOu'ub peInups Keep some one
else out
The General does not, of course, intend
10 intimate that any other soldier of the
Union would claim to be better entitled
than General Grant to place on the re-
tired list. To make him one of four hun
dred would, of course, keep anybody else
from being that one. He never once
sought promotion in the army or civil
office at any time. He now remains
silent in the midst of friendly and hostile
discussion. 1t is especially gratifying
that General Sherman, who has always
received most generous praise at his
hands, has seen fit to come forward and
express himself favorably upon one of
the well-meant suggestions concerning
his old superior and comrade.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Before Christina q.

Gentlemen of Washington, and of
wherever else our unprctending paper
goes, we cxhort You to lay aside your
business, with its anxious looks, its alb
sorbing thoughts, its restless impaticncc,
and its corroding care, and attend to the
pleasure. or ir you like the word better,
the duty of the hour. 1t is your rboundcn
duty to have nothing whatever TO do cx-
ccpt to minister to the happiness of your
homes. You must put on the last finish
ing touches of preparation for the Christ
mas Eve, and the merry Christmas Day.
You who have wives and children must
get right at the work that may be assigned
you by your other and moro agreeable
halves. You must each surrender your
self pleasantly and without a murmur,
to the Martha of your household, who Is
careful about many things" The
Christmas tree must be planted. The
purse, if full, must open for more liberal
ornamentation and lading of the tree
than your prudent partner has venturcd
to provide. Think of the season. as it
used to come TO you when you were q
child, and make it to your children the
blessed day of all the year. Away with
all moods that do not harmonize with
the joyousness of your domestic circle.
Don't be bcarish.
And you who are yet lonely wayfarers
in life's pilgrimage, if you have Il sweet
heart be unusually kind to her to-day.
Is her present ready? OF course it is.
You bachelors incorrigiblc, go with your
boon companions, drink egg-nogg, and
smoke yourselves blind in hot rooms, try
ing in desperate sort of way to pretend
that you are happy. But you're not.
How the stores and sidewalks swarm
with people as we write these lines
How the shop-owncr labors to aid the be-
wildered customer in the hunt for the
object of the right sort and price! And
oh, how the poor look first at the loaded
windows and then at their own narrow
purses! How hard to get something
for each one deserving of remembrance
And far keener is the glance at
Christmas gifts of those who cannot
give, and who do not expect to receive.
Cheer up, sad hearts The morrow will
be the day on which was born a child
whose parents were that night lodged in
stable, because there was not room for
them in the inn. lie smiles on you, and
that shall be your Christmas benson.
Let all sadness disappear; to-day is the
time to prepare for the glad tomorrow.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
A Feeble Tl,renf.

There is said to be great deal in the rnmor that
the DemOCrnts propose TO unto with the Green
bnckcrs and eject Iadd, OF Maine, Speaker OF the
next House. While the Republicans claim au
absolute majority, they do not like the r,imor One
thing IL certain, that II the Republicans attempt TO
turn out southern Democrats from negro districts
on the ground that they have been elected through
bull.dO2ng the Democrats will take the position
on the very first case that the proceeding is reyo
lntionary, and will filibuster TO the end OF the
session To prevent IT, This Is not merely rtiinor,
but y Is the judgment OF the leading members OF
the HUlsc-HOb1e ReQisier.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

onstratcd TO nicely, and we are graft
fed to receive the solemn assurances of
the distinguished Senator from Alabama
that all the South wants is to be "lct
alone" and to be permitted TO express
the abiding and unabated confidence and
respect which the Southern Democracy
fitly cntertains for that Northern Dcmoc-
racy which docs them "iustice."
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THERE will be sudden Democratic ac-
cessions TO the insane asylums if General
Garfield does not quarrel with Mr.. Sher-
man, or Mr.. Sherman does not quarrel
with Governor Foster, or Governor Fos-
ter does not reciprocate on General Gar
field. But its only hurrying matters.
That's where they belong any way.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
. Hew xv..,cr,, uo..,r.

The surface of the building In Washington IN
which the inaugural ball Is TO be held covers two
and quarter acres. The two acres are reserved
for Ohio; and the rest of the Union will have TO
stow itself away somehow in the quarter acre
hiiddclphiu Times.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
The Death of 4" George Eliot" !"

The death of Mrs. Cross ("George
Eliot"), the greatest English novelist of
the present day, is loss which tho
human family will take to its heart as y
personal bereavement. While it is true
that an author lives in the books he or
she produces, yet when death comes the
creations of the authors brain do not
cease to speak and act. In the wide
range of modern English literature,
clothed and embellished as it is with the
choicest gems of reality and fiction, there
is no writer that delvcd deeper into
the affections of the human heart or
more keenly inspired her readers with
the conviction that she thoroughly be-
lievcd what she wrote than this great
authoress. "Adam Bede," "Romola," :"
Daniel Deronda" are wonderful books
-'incisive stories of faith and love,
appealing directly to the heart in beau
tiful language and strangely connected
plot. "George Eliot" was mon
arch of "the Queens English" and
the skillful manner in which she por-
trayed the impulses of humanity in every
phase led many enthusiasts to class her,
after Shakespeare, the closest reader of
nature.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
"Pumysiu Pa"

Good old reliable pumkin pi, one inch and a
diameter. mingled with sweet krcam aud sugar
saturated with nutmeg. and done to u rich golden
brown, the joy ov our grnnddads and the pride Oy
the parsons dessert haz departed aud lct no reci-
pee behind. The cunning Of the hands that once
made them IL now still. Carrots and squash and
Ov existence. The places that knu Il once now
know 1t no more. When I think oy those things
mi heart grows sud and lonesome From Josh BRi-
tDd's |pot
National Republican., 1880-12-24

hendquarers,. upstairs. but there, too, the heads
OF The establishment failed to recognize IL. What
adds point to the incident is that the store where
This took place Is that Of one of the Oldest and most
respected dry goods houses in Boston, and one of
us leading members has national reputation as
afnnncicr Yet the sgnnture'of an ex-Secrctnry
OF The Treasury was not known there Boston
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Grooved paycmcnt. Instead or Rails.

a. company has been organized In New York
which proposes to lay in Broadway Ave sets OF
grooycd tracks suited to every kind vehicle and
from Union Square to the Wall, Fulton, and South
ferries. They promise nn average speed faster
than that Of the horse cars As n consideration
they agree to keep the street well paved and clean.
The company hope to be able to use compressed
air TO propcl their vehicles.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
An ex.Seer..nry,. siana,ure.

The daughter of a gentleman who has been Coy.
ernOr, Representative and Senator in Congress,
and finally Secretary Of the Treasury, finding her
self short of cash, while shopping one day re-
Gently, rendered n check, signed by her respected
father, for the goods purchased, but the clerk 10
whom II was rendered did not know the name
Desirous of verifying the signature, he took 1t TO
National Republican., 1880-12-24

SPARKS and Weaver apologized to the
House, but not to each other. And they
have both gone off without leaving their
addresses. 1t is not known whether they
started toward Bladcnsburg.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THE Richmond Dispatch says that Cen
cral Malone is "thc first white man in
the state who had turned out of office n
white crippled confederate to make room
for "A negro"
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Aus,t,er TI,Ia

Judge ". b. Woods has lived in the South eighteen
years, and yet the Mobile Register calls him an
Ohio man." OF the two Senators and eight Con
grcsslnen from Alabama, three are from Tennessee,
two from South Carolina, one from Georgia. and
one from Virginia. Will the Register say whether
they are Alabaminns or not?
National Republican., 1880-12-24
A HYiIa 1inn.n Cha.c.

The discovery has been made that the Demo.
Gratis are seeking after evidence that General
Chester A. Arthur was not born In the United
states, and therefore is not eligible to the Vice
Presidency. There Is plenty Of evidence that he
was born at Fairfield, W. and the publishers OF
the Morcy letter will have poor reward for their
National Republican., 1880-12-24

SENATOR CoNKLING sums up the whole
matter in saying that the Government
has no right to say what man shall do
with his own time out of the hours of his
employment by the Government.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Spnrks nnd CIyner.

The Reading Eagle remembers that Mr.. Sparks,
who quarrcled with Weaver on Tuesday, Is the
same person who insulted Mr.. Clymer about u year
should have spit in his face but In the light of re-
cent facts we believe that Mr.. Clymer did right In
not noticing this bully"
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THE Post has only sixty days left in
which to use that exquisite witticism, call
ing the President Mr.. Hayes. How dark
and cheerless the future looks after we
shall have been deprived of this charm
ing hon 3DOt
National Republican., 1880-12-24
NJ Ara I.snSuRINl~

A Galveston darky entered lawyers Office and
asked for private consultation. He then stated
he wanted n suit brought against his wife for di-
vorcc. "On what grUunds?" asked the lawyer;
. on account of infdelity?" "Yes, boss; you hit
Il first pop. She goes to prar meetn' foah times
week, and don't get home till way late In de mite"
-L,diresion Ne,rs
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THE law provides that messenger to
the Electoral College who shall refuse
to perform the trip to Washington to de-
liver the returns to the Vice-President
shall be fined $1,000. If this law is EN-
forced it will make the Georgia messen-
gers sorry they did not come.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

A GENTLEMAN in this city is preparing
paper on the Mail Service of the United
States, to be illustrated and published in
an early number of IIarpers.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

TnE holiday recess will give the Demo-
cratic jackass a chance to take breath
previous to displaying its agility in the
Electoral College.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Not Their grisaIop.

There Is some disposition on the part OF Southern
that threatens 1t in the count of the electoral votes.
We have noticed several times that the country
doesn't want TO be saved by Southern Congress
men.- UckSbUr9 Herald.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

THE cigar trade is booming previous to
general swearing off.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

Eloquent Bon cats as well as he talks,
and he talks like condensed dictionary.
National Republican., 1880-12-24

BERNnARDr has captured Canada. 1t is
our turn next.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Cnn n ne Soy
A Typographical Pun.

Mcclure isnothing but lobbyist In politics and
an illusionls rpredigtdieur IN literature. He Is
an utterly contemplate person In both respects
Richmond UhiJ
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Gritinr Dcmorniizcd.

But why can't We depend upon the younger class
OF fncgToCS?
Because they arc being dcmonlizcd By the free
school system
II Is making them
Lazy,
lnSolcnt, and
Useless
A curse to themselves and killing curse to the
State.
A dnrky who can't tell d from bottledore Is
the only darky who is worth his
Hog md
Hominy.--Soiid South
National Republican., 1880-12-24
Couure.smou Fc,,on,. Tr,hu,c.

Speaking geographically and topographcal
at the same time, the South Is still set sod but tn
North leads.
National Republican., 1880-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER ~, 1850.