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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01

were my promised wiIe ~ six years olo
that's now twelve years ago--you
see | don't forget our engagement,
dear! Will you fulfil it. Anniep"
She gazed at him with grateful smiles
and tears.
"You Jest" she said, "but il, some
day you ask the question seriously,
will answer you. For the present you
do not believe took the ring"
He answered by reproachful look.
"What question: he said. "Neith-
or does Miss Spencer believe It"
Then turning to that lady, who sat pale
and confused, with eyes cast down:
"a thorough search must be made"
he said, "and will result in the jewel
being found of course No doubt, the
ring is still in your own room"
IL proved so, indeed. They found
il entangled in the knotted fringe of
the opera-cloak which Miss Spencer
had worn when she sat at her toilet
table, the peculiar setting of the ring
had caught fast in the silken mesh,
which held it most securely
Explanations and apologies followed.
Annie's innocence was made clear to
the household, to which she ut once
babe adieu. A few hours later she
lay, sobbing from excitement, in her
mothers arms, narrating the strangely
painful experience through which
heaven had restored TO them q friend.
Harold Hctherington did not take so
long to make up his mind in Annie's
case, rs he had done when Isabel Spen-
Ger had laid her snares for him. Be-
fore a month had passed away he asked
her, in earnest, that tender question,
which, at their first meeting, she had
treated as a jest.
Dear little sweetheart of the past,
will you bring Joy to all my future
ycarsP viii you be my darling wifeP"
What her answer was may be guessed
from the fact that very soon afterwards
there was wedding at which she fig
ured as the bride.
Never was fairer, sweeter, happier
bride; and yet she was thoughtful, too
so much so, that as they journeyed
away on their bridal tour, Harold
noticed her pre-occupation, and asked
its cause,
Surely you are not sad?" he said to
her. The eyes that looked into his
own, the smile that answered him, had
little sadness in them.
"Only thoughtful,' she said gently.
81 saw poor Isabel among the crowd
in cln,rch, and she looked pale and
sorrowful. You know her father failed
last week. Let us help her if we can,
dear, | bear her no i'll will; on the
contrary, | rather owe her thanks"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01

Daniel b. Mellott, who more than
six years ago was tried in Fulton coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, for burning three Of
his children, is again charged with an
act of brutality to one Of his children in
Bedford county. Mellott had given his
child a coin to put in the Sabbath
school collection box, 1t seems the
child failed to do this and took the
money home again. This angered Mel
lott, and as punishment he hung the
little fellow up by the heels. Some per.
sou passing by cut him down and sent
for a physician, but before he arrived
the child was dead
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
Dean Stanley,

About three years ago, on Whit-Mon-
day-one Of those occasions when the
Dean delighted to mingle with the
groups in the abbey, drawing their at
tention TO points of interest and beauty
that might have been missed by work.
ing men, or explaining the history of
particular monumental woman and
her two children, boy and girl, were
lingering around Henry Wis chapel
They were not exactly belonging to the
artisan class, but poor evidently, and
with an air of struggling responsibility.
AS they CHANGED to come near the
Dean who had been talking TO others,
the woman timidly asked him if it was
true that some little princes were
buried in the abbey" Immediately he
took them to the chapel where are de-
posted the remains Of the two princes
murdered in the tower, and spent some
little time talking to the children, es.
pecially asking if they were learning
English history AT school, upon which
the mother answered with pride, point
ing 10 the boy, 80, yes, he learns his
lessons, and he is going to be preach
err"
The quick sympathy Of Dean Stanley
was reused at once, and with that en-
thusiasm which kindles young minds
and is never lost upon children, he said,
"Then he ought TO see John Wesley
monument Come with me-" We fol-
lowed him TO the aisle where the monu-
ment is placed of many Others
added during Dean SANKEY'S time--and
there he pointed out to the small,
white-faced boy of ~ years old or so
the image of the man he was to emu
late, and spoke of the goodness earn
estnesS aud zeal Of Wesley. Surely.
the enthusiasm with which it was done,
shown in voice and manner, can never
be forgotten by those children, and was
as characteristic Of the man we mourn
as was the quickness of his unfailing
sympathy. The Spectator.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
The Highost Lake in the World.

The lake that has the highest eleva-
ton of any in the world is Green lake.
in Colorado. It's surface is 10, 2j2 feet
above the level of the sea Pine forests
surround it, and eternal SHOWS deck
the surrounding mountain tops. One
of these, Grays peak, has an altitude
of 1881 feet. The water of Green
lake is as clear as crystal, and largo
rock masses and petritied forest are
distinctly visible at the bottom. The
branches Of the trees are Of dazzling
whitencss, as though cut in marble.
Salmon trout swim among them. The
lake is 200 feet deem.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
In the seventeenth century, on the
continent of Europe, boots were never
worn without spurs.
Bogus Certificates.

It is no vile drugged stuff, pretending to
be made of wonderful foreign roots, banks,
&C., and pulled up by long bogus certif.
Gates OF pretended miraculous cures, but a
simple, pure, effective medicine, made of
well known valuable remedies, that furn-
ishes its own certificates by its cures. We
refer to Hop Btters the purest and best of
medicines. Sec another coumn.-Repub-
lican.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
Didn't Win the Bet.

The following story was told by Gus
Williams, the well-known German com
edian, during bis recent visit here: Two
friends were discussing the merits Of
their acquaintance, Said one Of the
gentlemen: "Talk about mean men ;
now there's old Strassberger. He's the
hardest, driest, meanest old Shylock
that ever lived That man! whyW
And there he stopped as if words could
not do Justice to the subject
"You are mistaken" said his friend.
"IIes not so bad; even the devil isn't
so blacl, Us he's painted. Now I'll bet
you so can borrow $50 Of him before
night"
"Done!' and the money was put up.
On posted the sanguine book-maker to
bis intended victim.
Strassberger, my boy, how are
youP" and he slapped him on the back
of faded ready-made coat with cap
ital assumption of good-fellowShip."
"Vell, | vas all right. Vot's dc
madden NIT you?"
"Look here, old fellow, made lit
tie bet about you Just nowi la, ha! lts
a capital joke"
"Umr' said Strassberger. "Vell."
ayes, just bet $40 with Smithy that
l could borrow $50 Of you to-day"
"Feefty tollar"
Eyes, that was the amount"
"Und you bet tent"
"That's what Iput up"
"Vell, now look here my friend" Tin
low whisper) "you 60 straight away
and hedge, y Virginia CITY Ch,oni-
Gle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
Don't Lace,

DO you think small waist beautiful
Look at tho Greek statues We have
no more perfect standard for beauty.
Imagine what they would be had they
worn a tight corset. Why, we should
turn away our eyes, shocked at the
painful angular lines that would replace
the graceful majesty Of those aowino
curves Avoid tight lacing, therefore,
Stupid as is the mistake OF the tigbt
shoe, it is wisdom compared with tiebt
lacing, which, less painful, is more ,,n.
relentingly indulged,' and, like a pain.
less poison, saps the beauty, the grace.
the life, from its unfortunate victim.
For, beside running the figure, 1t de.
stroys the complexion likewise.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Parker's Ginger Tonic

Cures complaints Of women aud diseases OF tho
stomach bowels, lungs, liver and kidneys, and Is
eutrcydnerent from blttcrs, ginger essence and
other tenics as It geyer intoxlcetes Jncts and 81
sikee, Large saving buying one dollar size,
IlISCON y CO., Chemists, \, \.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01

A bass weighing seventy-nine pounds
was captured near Portsmouth the
other day. Perhaps 70 was Double
bass.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-01

New York is enforcing law against
young men sending their wives back
TO their parents to be supported. Some
thing turns up every day to brush the
roseatc hue and gaudy glitter from The
face OF matrimony.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
The Sacred Canoes,

bombay Letter to National Republican,
Among the points of interest is the
River Ganges, worshiped as sacred by
the natives, and called by them the
Goddess Gavga. This river is replete
with interest from it's source to its mouth.
Rising, as it does, among hills of eternal
SHOWS in the Himalaya mountains, ano
sweeping down distance of fifteen hun
dred miles to the Bay of Bengal, it
forms the most extensive delta In the
whole world, making and unmaking year.
~ thousands of acres of ground. Accord
ing to an ancient legend this delta was
formed by the god silva, who, squeezing
the water through his hair, let it run
down through his fingers, thus forming
the innumerable streams that divide the
delta. The delta begins distance of
two hundred miles from the sea, forming
perfect wilderness of creeks and rivers,
and during the wet season is almost en-
tirely inundated. It is navigable from
Hurdwas, but above Cawnpore only for
river crafts and passenger steamers, but
below Allahabad for large vessels. A
large amount of traffic is conducted on
its waters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

AN Englishman's idea of America
was well illustrated recently by the re-
quest of an anxious father, who wrote
to Westfeld newspaper man asking
if he could give him information of his
son, who landed at New York two
months ago, and from whom he has
since heard nothing. He thinks she
has gone to a place named Texas" and
would like the Westfeld man, eff it
will not be too much trouble" to run
over and learn if his boy is there, and
send him word.
The Chinese have a capitalillustration
OF the power of perseverance. One of
their countrymen who had been making
strenuous efforts to acquire literary in
formation, discouraged by difficulties, at
Last gave up his books in despair. AS
he returned to manual employment he
saw woman rubbing a crowbar on a
stone. On inquiring the reason, she re-
pl1ed that she was in want of a needle,
and thought she would rub down the
crowbar TIL she got it small enough.
Her patience provoked him to make an
other trial, and he succeeded in obtain
ing the rank of one of the first three in
the empire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
Tragical Tales.

4 quarrel occurred at Connors Bend, Lee
county, Ark, q few days since, between John
Richards, white man. and Isaac Green
(colored). Green WAS felled to the ground by
Richards, but he Immediately regained his feet,
and, seizing maui, pounded Richards head to
jelly.
Constable Hodges. of Cedar Mills, Texas,
was shot and killed on the 9Th inst. by disor
derby man whom he was attempting to arrest.
Santa Fe. N. N, advices state that Billy the
Kid" after his escape, murdered William Mat
thews and another man with whom he was rid
ing. Matthews was witness at the "Kid's"
trial at Durango, lincoln county.
Edward Ryan was arrested at Webster, Mass,
on the Sd inst, charged with poisoning his wife,
who died some time ago. An analysis of the
deceased lady's stomach developed the presence
of arsenic.
at ArbistOn, Ohio, on the Sd inst, and both
were MORALLY wounded.
Joseph Montgomery. Terra Haute, Nd. bar
keeper, shot and killed tramp who entered his
place on the 3d.. inst. and demanded drink
threatening meanwhileto throw brick which he
held in his handif his request was not complied
with.
A cold-blooded murder growing out of
politics was enacted at Ell Paso, ILL.,, on the I'd
inst. Walter Bullock, an old citizen. was de-
iberately shot dead in the street, by P. G. Ran
som, a defeated candidate for the mayoralty,
for making remarks in regard to the election.
A man named Arneta and a neighbor Killed
an Indian at Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory,
recently In order to secure his bottle of whisky.
A bootmaker in Vienna, Austria, killed his
wife and two children, and then cut them to
pieces on the I'd inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

The French assembly has passed bill re-
ducing the hours of labor for women and chill
dren. Louis Blanc tried to secure reduction
alsofo men. Under present regulations a days
work In France means twelve hours labor, and
this is continued through six days of each week
falling alike on men, women and children. NJ.
Blanc pointed out that the labor performed by a
mechanic in France in weeks service of sew
enty-two hours was not so great as that done
by an English mechanic in weeks service of
ffty-eight hours; the toll in the former case was
so excessive that, after the rest Sunday, by
Tuesday or Wednesday, the energy for the work
was exhausted, and the work itself dragged
on the artisans hands. From his long resi-
dence in England NJ. Blanc has had an abun-
dant opportunity for making comparisons be-
tween the methods of labor, and thinks that
much more is lost than gained by these long
working hours in France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

were damaged to the extent of $50. 900 by fire
in Shlrk's warehouse, Lancaster, Pa, on the
4th inst.
The principal block in the town of Hazletcn.
Ind, was destroyed by an lncendiary fire on the
4th inst.
fire at Spadra, Ark, on the 9Th inst. wiped
out the store of j. B. Wadde. Loss over S25,-
600. The fire was the work of an incendiary.
Damage to the extent of 100000 was inflicted
upon firms occupying E. ]. Kings brick build
ing. Boston, Mass, by fire on the 4th inst.
A fire at London, Ont, on the 4th inst, de-
stroyed Leonard's boiler. and engine works
Seventy-five men are thrown out of employ
ment. Loss $780,, 000 insurance $4,000.
Two hundred and twenty-seven bales of cot
ton, In transit from St. Louis on the steamer
Asdrubal, took fire and were consumed on the
Sd inst. Only ~ bales were saved. Loss SIS, 900.
The Douglas machine works, at Warren. O.,
were destroyed by fire on the Sd inst, entailing
o loss of $50, 600.
The Canada Southern freight shed. at st.
Thomas, Ont, burned ON the I'd inst. The
building, 150 feet long, contained large ouan-
tty OF goods. Loss between $95, 900 and $780,
900.
Rock Mill cotton factory, West Point, Ca.
burned on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000; no insur-
ance.
Eddy's lumber yard, coal yard and several
stores burned at Stapleton, Staten island, on
the I'd inst Loss $50, 1000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

The first step toward practical application of
the telephone in Austria has at last been made.
The Vienna Local Telegraph company has ap-
piled for and been granted a concession to es-
tablish telephone communication in the CITY.
In granting the privilege, the Austrian govern
ment has made two conditions firstly, that the
subscription should be as low.as possible; and.
second, that telephone communication should
ID certain cases come under control as is done
with Geographic communication. The first
condition has been fulfilled already by the COM
pany's intending to limit the amount of SUBJ
scrpton to from 100 to lao forms a year.
Telephones are now in operation in London.
Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Stockholm,
Ch11Et,ana, Brussels. Antwerp, Verviers, Liege.
Zurich and between the government offices in
Rome. Telephones are about to be introduced
In Munich, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Rome, Naples,
Milan, Genoa, Turin, Petersburg, Odessa, etc.
1t will be high satisfaction to the Americans
to see the last of their great inventions thus
rapidly spreading over Europe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

The vaccination 'row" on board the Vic
toria in New York harbor, is likely to lead to
reopening of the controversy on the question
all along the line. In England the discussion
RACES in the public prints with vehement ener-
gy. pro and con, and Mr.. Peter Taylor, NJ. P,
In letter to the London Times, says: sin
the last century, when vaccination was unknown,
the best authorities place the mortality by
smallpox at about Is per cent. On what ground
is it possible to imagine that now, under far
more sanitary conditions and far more scientific
treatment-to say nothing of having had the
advantage of eight years of vaccination-the
mortality of the unvaccinated has risen to A
per cent, he, as some put it under an extra
ordinary mode of manufacturing statistics), to
10 or so per cent?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
Remarkable Watch Doos

The night watchmen at the eastern
pen1tent1ary OF Pennsylvania, have very
able assistants In brute companions,
whose instinct and superior training is
little less than remarkable. These are
trained watch-dogs, nine altogether. en-
braclng one full mastiff, two full blood
hounds, and the rest half-breed blood
hounds. They are kept in three distinct
Kennels In as many separate enclosures,
into which the prison yard is divided.
The fences divide them and they never
meet; certain indications have showed
that if they did there would be several
very tough dog-fghts. When the night
watchmen are on duty the dogs are un-
ieashed and accompany them on their
patrol, but the canine guards are more
effective in their way, as they penetrate
the angles and out-of-the-way places,
while the human watchmen follow the
beaten paths. If the dogs hear any un-
usual noise, or find anything irregular,
they notify the guard by sharp bark.
Their capacity to discover attempted
escapes has never been fully tested, in
asmuch as the convicts stand in too
wholesome dread of them to dream of
such thing during the dog-watch.
An instance illustrating the wonderful
instinct of these brute sentinels develop
ed not long ago. The guard one night
was started by warning bark from one
of the dogs, which he found thirty or
forty yards from point where small
ventilating pipe led from the interior of
the prison. A cautious investigation
showed that one of the convicts on that
gallery, but occupying cell on the op-
posite side of the corridor, being sick,
was endeavoring to attract the attention
of the inside watch. The dog had dis
covered the unusual noise in the sound
conveyed through the drain-pipe which
the keepers on the inside of the building
had failed to notice. The suffering con-
vict was afforded assistance which he
otherwise would not have obtained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
Hearing His Own Funeral Sermon.

1t is doubtless pleasant for man to
read his own obituary, especially if it is
a frst-class notice. Such cases have
happened, owing to the man being re-
ported dead when he was living. Some
years age a man listened to his own
fun eral sermon. He lived in South
bury, Conn.,, and was known as an in
veterate joker. Sc Old Sim," as he was
called, was d staunch friend of Lorenzo
Dow, wandering preacher, noted for
bis eccentricities and popular eloquence.
Old Sim-his name was Simeon
Mitchell-determined to have funeral.
a monument, and a sermon from Dow.
He made his arrangements, and then
made believe die. He was laid out in
the old style-a copper cent on each eye,
handsome shroud and a mahogany
coffin.
The Westinghouse bell tolled, as the
procession solemnly marched to the
burying- ground. The coffin was de-
posted by the side Of the newly erected
tombstone, and Lorenzo Dow preached
such funeral sermon as had never
been heard before. It was witty.
pathetic, severe and complimentary.
Old Sim, lying in his coffin, heard his
character dissected by an unsparing
hand. His virtues were praised and his
faults severely denounced. The
''mourners laughed and cried. Prob
ably more truthful sermon was never
preached in that old burying ground.
When Dow had finished, old Sim rose
up, and declared himself satisfied, and
ordered all, preacher and " mourners,"
to return to his house.
It was the strange freak of an eccen-
trio man and of more eccentric
preacher. It just suited Dow, who was
fond of creating sensation. It must,
however, be said in justice to the
preachers memory, that he generally,
so used his sensations " that the peo-
pie were benefited by them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

A BILL has been laid before the Folkething
having for its object the provision of.annuities
for the whole population of Denmark. The
bill states that two ores Zone ore is the hum
dredth part of Danish CROWN laid by daily
from the 18th up to the 22d year, and seven ores
from the 22d to the 60th will-if eleven crowns
are annually added from the public funds
secure at so years of age for men an annuity Of
abont 800 crowns, and for women of about 2S5
crowns. If the saving should amount to 10 ore
daily from the age of 22-60, the annuity would
increase to AT and 81 crowns respectively. It
is calculated that the annual expenses of the
government in connection with the scheme
would amount to about 600, 900 crowns, and that
of the municipal funds to 100000 crowns.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

DR.. LEM has made decisive report that the
project of transforming the desert of Sahara
into an inland sea was utterly impracticable.
DR.. Lenz's lecture before the Paris Geograph-
ical society upon his return from Timbuctoo
gives many interesting facts about the great
desert, and corrects many generally accepted
notions. The fresh water fossils, which are
met with in many parts, show, according to
DR.. LEM, that the Sahara is not the bottom of
dried-up sea. The temperature is not nearly
so hot as might be expected; wild beasts are
rare, and the most formidable enemies to be
met with are the Touraeg tribes, who. accord
ing to the report, have recently massacred the
French Trans-Saharan expedition. On the
whole, the impression is conveyed that the
Sahara is not half as black as it has been
painted, and that is entitled TO an apology from
the entire civilized world
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

IHE American Meteorological society propos-
es to divide the sixty degrees of space between
Newfoundland and Oregon in four equal parts,
and establish separate standard time for each.
AS the sixty degrees equal four hours. the diff
ference IN time between es ch division aud the
adjoining one would be exactly an hour The
continent would be laid out in four parallel
strips, running north and south, each fifteen de-
grees wide, in each of which the standard
time would be based on its own meridian. The
idea is to obviate the present inconvenience of
having about seventy standard times used by
railroads scattered through the country. Rail
road experts, however, say that such a system
would prove great inconvenience on trunk
lines, since trains could not be run as now, con-
tlnuously by time taken at one end or the other
of the line