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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
The Shooting Of RObespierre.

Almost all historians of the French
Revolution have represented the famous
wound of Robespierre as self-inllicted.
Most of them state that the bullet he
aimed at his own head broke the jaw
bone, and thus made it impossible for
him to speak. NJ Theirs, however,
made lighter of the wound, and in his
account of the scene at the Hotel de
Vile says: "Robespierre drew a pistol
upon himself, but the ball, striking be-
meath the lip, only pierced the cheek
and inflicted o severe, though'not dan
gerous wound" This version is now
in process of being altogether upset by
an account Of the circumstances given
in the pages of La France The jour
nal reproduces deposition made by
the gendarme Media or MERIDA, after
ward acolonel in the army and baron
of the empire, and some other papers
which support the story contained in
it, The gendarme says: 81 knew the
elder Robespierre; he was sitting in an
rm-chair-that was in the hall Of the
Hotel de Withdrawing his elbows on
MS knees ana MS nc0u lcdnlnS VI ms
left hand. made rush at him, and
presenting my sword to his heart, said
TO him, Yield, traitorM He raised his
head and answered, at is you who are
traitor, and | will have you shot AT
these words | took one of my pistols in
my left hand, and, stepping one pace
aside, fired at him. intended to hit
him in the heart, but the ball struck his
chin and broke his left jaw" This
story is confirmed by an engrayer OF
the period representing Media in the act
of discharging his pistol, and by tnc
fact that Media was shortly afterwarc
presented to the convention and warm
ly complimented by the president upoI
having committed this assault.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
Duration of the Sun.

There are extinct suns. The fact
that there are such lends new weight to
the reasons which permit us to conclude
that our sun also is body which slowly
gives out its store of heat, and thus will
sometime become extinct. The term OF
100000 years which / have given
may, perhaps, become considerably
prolonged by the gradual abatement OF
radiation, by the new accretion OF fall
ing meteors, and by still greater con-
densation than that which | have asSum..
ed in the calculation. But we know OF
no natural process which could spare
our sun the fate which has maniteSlly
falleu on other suns. This is thought
which we only reluctantly admit. IL
seems to us an insult to the benelicent
creative power which we otherwise ma
at work in organism, and especially IN
living ones. But we must reconcile
ourselves to the thought that, however
we may consider ourselves to be the
center and final object of creation, we
are but as dust on the earth, which
again, is but speck of dust in the i'm
mensity of space; and the previous du-
ration OF our race, even if we follow it
for beyond our written history, into the
era of the lake dwellings or the nam,
moth, it is but an instance compared
with the primeval times of our planet,
when beings existed upon ii, whose
unearthly remains still gaze at us
from their ancient tombs; and far more
does the duration of our race sink into
insignifcance, compared with the enor-
nous periods during which the worlds
have been in process OF formation, and
will still continue to form when our sun
is extinguished, and our earth is either
solidifed in cold or is united with the
ignited central body of our system.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

When a man chooses the profession
Of law he does not expect to be a mu-
stefan and a journalist also; he knows
that if he would succeed he must de-
vote himself to the one chosen calling.
When woman marries she realizes
that in order to reach lofty heights in
wife and motherhood she must sacrifice
lesser aims. She must be willing to
lay aside the delightful occupations
which have made her girlhood pleas
ant; she must know that from the hour
when her baby is laid in the cradle,
dressed with loving fOrethought, Il
that darker hour when the mature mar
lies down in his last sleep, that she will
give full meaning TO the words, Con
slant care" That her mind once I'M
fettered will be at liberty no more, bu
is bound by ties stronger than life OF
death to those who have come to her
from out of the great unknown. Wait
a while, girls; think it all over before
you promise 10 become wives-to take
these duties and burdens upon you.
Sweet and satisfying as are the oblisa.
tions of wife and mother, they are not
to be taken lightly. A husband must
not be looked upon as sort of perpet-
ual beau, and children az extremely un-
certain and improbable adjuncts. Tn.
less, like Wilhelm Meister, your APP
premiership ended, you reach out of
yourself and ask for larger duties, for
wider field Of labor, you had better
stay at home with father and mother,
dignifying the relation of daughter,
filling the old-eStablished home with u
mild radiance which would seem but o
dim light in new one.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
A Good Dor.

Gentleman, very angry and red In
the face; "See here, sir-r-ah! | thought
you said that this was valuable hunt
ing dogP What did you charge me $40
for such dog as this forp"
Fur ten dollars, sure, and l tould
yes no 10y"
Didn't you tell me he was a val
liable hunting dog"
."Av course"
SAnd pray, what kind Of hunting
dog do you call himp Why, he don't
90 anything but sit, and sit, and no
cont know game bird on o shot gun
from MI Erie canal boat"
sure he's q setter sur, an he's a
great hun.er, too--after bones. TOP
Nv inc morhin' " yez sory'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
Got the Rilla M;yod

A little child, the pet Of the entire
household, was taken sick at a fashion
able clearinghouse, II few weeks ago.
A young and handsome physician, who
was the medical favorite about tn
premises, was called in, and brought
the patient safely through It's illness.
Later on he sent in the bill, which was
for $i2, with rebate Of ga for kiss
es." The fond mother regarded this
as a very neat thing and delicate
compliment for her child, and proudly
exhibited the document among her
friends. Where the kisses came from,
and who contributed 10 the Doctors en-
ioyment, the bill did not state. The
mother supposed, rs matter Of course,
that her offspring was the one meant
but some Of the boarders shyly init
mated that explanations were in order
and that the osculatory mystery ough
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Holmes latest edition of poems has
this preface;
"From thu first glcam Of mornng to the gray
or peaceful evening, 10! lf' unrullcdl
In woven pictures all It's ch 'ngcs told
It's Iigh'a, IT'S shadows, every tllt Ing ray
Til the long curt in, iaiu p, dims the day,
Stea from the If rs tisk me sunlights gold
And NJ the craven urs grow dark and
col
Who're late the glowing blaz9 " noontlde lay.
All the warm bioJG runs wild In youthful
veins;
Let me no longer play with painted fire;
New songs to- newborn daysl iwould not
tire
The Ii 'tenng ears that wait for frc,har strains
In phrase ucw-m llcd new.!orged Rhythmic
Oh ms.
With paintiv2 mcNures from q worn.out
Tyre
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

Mr. JAS, l. FELLOWS, Chemist, St. John, NIB.
DEAR Having used your Compound
Syrup Of Hypophosphites for some time in
my practice, | have no hesitation in recon-
mending it 10 my patients who are suffering
from General Debility, or any disease of the
lungs, knowing that, even in cases utterly
hopeless, it affords relief,
Am, sir, yours truly.
II, G. ADDY NJ. d., St. John.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

1t is rumored that The sale of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup has taken such dimensions
that the proprietors are unable to supply all
orders. We advise our druggists to prepare
themselves for all emergencies as the people
rely on them for this valuable remedy.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

Go to Paul G. Schulz for Mrs. Freemans
New National Dyes. For brightness and
durability of color are unequaed. Color
from to pounds. Directions in English
and German. Price Is cents
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

f, II Drake, Esq, Detroit, has recovered
from terrible skin humor which covered
his head, face and hands, by using Cuti-
cura Resoyent internally and Cuticura and
Cutcura Soap externally. This is good
pnuc
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

Gray hairs are honorable but their pre-
mature appearance is annoying. Parkers
Hair Balsam is popular for cleanliness and
promptly restoring the youthful color.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26

The roar of Niagara is pitched in
q falls kew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21

PERSONAL.

The cx-Empregs Eugene is in seriously broken
health; she suffers much from laryngtis.
NJ. Grevy it is reported, once said to Gambetta
"You will die in the skin of an insurgentV and NJ.
Theirs once called the French Premier a "foM
Juricur"
The new member of the Supreme Court. Judge
Horace Gray, is n general favorite in Boston So
Getty He is diguifed yet genial in manner full Of
anecdOte and ready in repartee.
There is said to be male descendant of the Sum-
ner family. It's only representatives are the three
nieces of The great Senator-tho daughters of his
sister, Mrs. Julia Hastings.
A portrait of President Garfield painted on porce-
lain by Herr Sturm, Dresden artist has been sent
from Germany Us a Christmas gift for Mrs Gar
field.
Mrs. Brewster, the wife of the Attorney General
and the DAUGHTER of the late Robert j. WaIkar ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21

ont. he could lave brought forward heavy
achievements and carried on operations IN the
Black Sea. There were no forts, and the canal
was not "A British waterway, but the fleets com
manded it. Let the interoceanic canal be built
and opened to all nations, and it will be at the
mercy-and our Pacific coast rs wcll-ot the
war-ships of the world unless there are fortlh-
cations at either end, and some great industrial
State with thoroughly pacific policy Is reSpoh-
sible for its absolute ncutralZatlOn lhere Is
only one Power that can accept the guardian
shin OF the canal. Unjust I've the unitcd o'aVes'
II must not be forgotten that if Egypt was not
annexed TO the British Crown during the Russo
Turkish war, it was simply because Loru bca-
consfcld was too much of Turk to perceive
that the real centre of the British Empire was
Cairo rather than Constantinople. Bismarck
advised him to take possession OF the Me ana
the canal, and France was not in MOOD 10
resent British aggression. Many of the most
influential Journals in England openly favored
annexation Mr.. Edward Dicey, in the course
of two articles in The Nineteenth Century,
demonstrated that the virtual occupation OF
Lower Egypt had become matter of necessity
for England. He did not recommend any great
hosting of the British flag at Port Said and
Sucz, the erection of few forts on the syrian
side of the isthmus, the presence of small
garrison at Alexandria, and the statoning Of an
ironclad off Port SAID. His arguments were ac-
cepted rs unanswcrablc, even by the great
organ OF the Opposition, TIE Spectator. As he
himself said, there seemed to be q" a general ac-
acknowledgement both mt home and abroad that
" the occupation of Egypt by England is only
"mattcr of time" The advantages OF position
were subsequently frittcrcd away by LORD
Salisbury, and France was admitted to part
ncrship in Egypt. But sooner or latcr-pos-
sibly after another European war-thc English
are destined to establish their supremacy over
the Nile basin. The Suez Canal is part of their
coast line, precisely rs the Darirn Canal is part
of ours. They must control one canal III order
to guard their possessions in the East; and
our people must be responsible for the other in
order to protect their distant coasts and TO pro-
mote the ends of peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21

described as tall and stately woman, with dark
eyes and Spanish air often heightened by lacs
draperies and fan managed with perfect grace
French royaists and in her chateau gathers alb, ut
her all the representatives of the ancient mobiles who
have held their own under the Republic. The scions
of the powerful barons who went TO the wars with
Turenne may be found distributed over the whole
world. Some are out in Africa serving in the Zou
ayes, others have remained at home and q Marduis
has been found under the oil-Stalned garb OF an
engine-dTiyer, while Duke has not been too proud
to carry the wicker basket of rag-pcker The
Duchess Il UZes lives retired life. Her great pas
sion IL riding, and she followed the whole of last
autumn's manGuvres on horseback, camping out
and bearing the hard life of the ordinary trooper
One Of the incidents of the visit of the French
guests t. New-Orlcans was tho presentation to
Major de Pusy, grandson of General Lafayette, Of
a basket of flowers by Mrs. Percy Roberts the
granddaughter of General Nathaniel Greene, and
the grandniece of Thomas Jefferson In accepting
the flowers, Major de Pussy said: 4" am very much
moved by this fragrant testimonial of esteem, moro
particularly as 1t comes from the descendant OF
a general who was. | may say, the right arm
of Washington and a companion in arms of my
grandfather General Lafayette. who had fought
by his side, and between whom existed the warmest
sentiments Of friendship. much regret that my
uncle the Marquis dc Lafayette, Is not present TO
express for his family the qualification which he
would feel at this mark Of esteem"
LorDON, Dec 21.-Mr. Morton, the United States
Minister to France, has returned 70 Paris.
PARIS, Dec. 2O.-The Cross of the Legion of Honor
has been conferred upon Hiram S. Maxim. the cleo
trician, Of New-lOrk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21
Mr.. T4rrERsoy ON TIE GUIIE4U TRIAL.

Froir Ats Washington Letter The Louisville Courier Journal
Accident rather tAan curiosity drew me
toward Judge CCxs courr0ons, where spent this i0ye
noon The effect upon nay mind amounted TO complete
rpversOn OF opinion and feeling. | mad imagined Inc
trial farce il Is tragedy. / had dismissed GDtc1u
IRON, consideration muddy -mCttlcd " kuaVe and
fool" he impressed to-day man OF acute UNDER
sfaudins and though a blundering trlculcnt VII |
al close 10 Tin could every glance OF his eye, every
gcsture. The man excellent actor lie has capi'
rs stage grimate and laughter declare there were
tmea when ne actually c3ptiyated me by his WeltiWed
nterposlt.Ous and elective by-pay. came away pre-
ri,v "A, one vEo has witnessed stirring act IN an &C.
centric drama wherein all sue parts were well pay cd
Gulieau begin with, could not have PLAYED hls part
halter OF course lie Oyerd st. because the mimic world
and the real world not be made 10 narmonze nut,
as a mimic motor on real stage be certainly cuts no
mean cure and will 20 down 10 history IS absolutely
s,j Jspc,sa sort weird and wtzcDod apotDeoEs OF
oe.d Jpuusm All descriptions OF lis personal appear
nner arc AT fault lie IL simply brazeny ana shabby
and arantily gcuee His voice. instead oI beHg iatsn
and unnatural i, both trained ami takss not resonant
Ike the voice Voorhees, not cultivated 10 the icl OF
the two with touch OF Mulberry Sellers and remlns
cepce OF Rim van hiHkie lie Is no more crazy uaH
am He shot Garfield the last desperate venture IN
life Of moral cbliquity and personal discontinue
All the other parts in this startling aFe
well impersOuaed Judge Cox certainly pIeslucsiHlln
dignity and sldrrng pros ana cons, can not zee
now he could have avoided this drO pageant ca me
we'll ana has the case thoroughly in hand He thinks
lac IL suro OF a verdict and agree with him IL - ul
uosslbe for anybody to this exhibition ana come
away without being satisfied that morally, legally IN
t.ectually and sentIuentaly Gutoau deserves 10 DO
hanged, aud will meet no other fate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21

lessness for months when their eyes first caught
glimpse of tnat mysterious shore still, 1t was
discovery which richly compensated them for
all their sufferings and trials. las belong
done anything more than to return half way on
the track of Nordenskjold, the intrepid COM
mander of tie Vega? Unable to break through
the lee on the Behrinc Strait meridian has ne
turned to the left through Long STRAIT ana
sueDdpg two winters on the Siberian coast
only edged his way as far west rs the siberian
Islands? Or has he also made discoveries III
higher latitudcs, 40 that he can do somethit&
besides compare notes with NordenskJolu
The details of his cruise VIII he awaited with
the kecnest interest. The latitude where dlSaS-
fer overlook his trim little vessel indicates that
he had higher ambition than to repeat tne
Swcdc's exploit. 1t is higher latitude thah
that of the northcrnmoSt cape which the vega
rounded. and is on level with Prince Patnck
Land and the southern edge OF SplzDergen.
Whether il was the highest latitude winch ne
had reached. or whether he had made dlScov-
cries of real importance before his ship was
abandoned. we shall know when the log is fur
ni,hed in detail. twill be melancholy, indeed,
if this gallant commander and his plucky COM
DdliOlr INV 4 Sllug-lth anu HN'ANi''' 10 ''NI
must have done without having added matcri-
ally to the sum of human knowledge or en-
largad the horizon OF the polar basin.
In the first flush of this sudden news from
the Jeanette, science and geography count for
little Ii is the human element which touches
the hearts of people of generous instincts
There is Joy over the dclivcrance OF the bulk OF
the crew 4: there is sympathy for the brave com
mandcr's wife, who haS been waiting 80
anxiously for twcnty-cight long months for It'd
ings of his safety; there is sorrow that the ship
company has been divided and that 50 many
brave men may have persisted. But the scicn-
tific aspects cannot be entirely overlooked. The
failure of this expedition may tend to simplify
the future course of Arctic exploration. The
theory generally adopted in recent years has
been that in order to reach high latitude
within the Arctic Circle the vessel must follow
a coast line trcnding horthward. When De
Long left San Francisco in 1879 there were
three coasts which seemed to offer peculiar adj
vantages for Arctic exploration. one was the
Greenland shore, which Kane, Hayes, Hall and
Mares had followed another was the recently
discovered Franz Josef Land, which has since
been partially explored by Leigh Smith; and
the third was Wrangcll Land which was sup
posed to be a large island and possibly one of
chain of islands stretching toward the Pole.
belong hoped to succeed in wintcrng on
Wrargell Land and in following what was fan
cicd might be Il polar archipelago far to the
north. Wrangcll Land is now known to hc a
small island with an impenctrablc sea 70 the
north, and Leigh Smiths disappearance i'll the
Kara Sea ds,ouragcs attempt, 20 make Franz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21
3noer TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


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LOSE or TIE JE1NNETrE.

The Jeanette has shared the fate of the
Tegethoff. That vessel disappeared off the
coast of NOvaia Xemia in J $50, and was never
again seen, bat two years aftcrWard Payer and
Wcyprccht and their companions returned
without their ship, having broken away from
Arctic imprisonment and effected their escape
in their boats Gfter an agonzing struggle. In
like manner the Jeanette has been crushed in
the ice aud her gallant commander CONES back
without his ship two years after it was last
sighted north Of Bchrins Strait. The scene Of
lie disaster was latitude To, longitude 1879
east, and the time June %. The crew en-
barked III three boats, one OF which reached the
mouth Of the Lena on September 20, and an
other subsequently,, while the third las not
reached land. The survivors were in their
boats from seventy to ninety days, and their
condition on reaching land is described as
pitabe Their suierings must have been
even more hcartrending than those of the
Polaris castaways, whom belong himself
rescued of the coast of Labrador; for although
they too lefc their ship in latitude TO and had
been 1876 days on the floating ice when they
were picked up by the Tigress, they had
started with more than a boats load of proyi'
sions. The escape of twO-thirds of the jean
notte's crew is a deiverance almost miracu-
lous. The suilerings Of these brave sailors will
excite drill Of sympathy wherever this last
story Of Arctic adventure is told The Eng
disappearing world, recognizing their Anglo
Saxon grit viii rejoice with one consent over
the safety of those who have been rescued and
will lament the possible fate of the missing
boats crew.
Has belong the same solace which Payer and
Weyprecht enjoyed, when they reappcared
after their twO-ycars' yOyagel They had dis
covered Franz Josef Land. 1t was an accident,
to be sure, for their vessel had been car GIT i'll
the ice and they had been drifting III utter help
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21
qmusemenis Go Night.

Ac,prsr OF MUSCLES Hugucnots;
AHHgY's PAHK 1HEATKE--" Mother
II ,or OPERA HOUSE," Olvette." r,.oher and
8ooTu's THEATRE" Bells OF the h"oneH "1
"COusIn joe . . nh. posoi,g Regiment"
Gxpu,S,a TuEATRH-" Hopfenraths hlD So,ouop
HAynRIIs fipI GARDES Le Voyage en- suisse.
HAyEELY's NlBLo ,1% TuK ATEE-" Fritzin Ireland
N1DIsoS SQUARE THEATRE E a1Sa"
Npw THEATRE CoHIoUb-, Ihe n y. pia etin,ratesr
SSnvsiTy ruEATRL--(BrOOklyn)-" OAu 0i"f4'"'O
90 In tNClsCO IrSsTsELs
S1.sD.HD THK ATBE-" Patience.
dS1.t,s TIIF ARE La MascUttc
nus TIstNo--" Patience" .,r.us,,,
PUSNEIL's MUSEUM c...o,h,,o, socic+v
CTcKYEING HALL-Amcr1cau Ge0grapini.tal So'''J'
T.uOS A. ACADEMY or DEsiGN-EXhoItoh
sIEisWA x, SY--2 and s-Educated Horses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21
A LIVELY WAY TO MAKE NEW STATES.

The Republican party is determined TO keep
IN its asceudency In Congress by the nasty admission u
be Western Territories States Bills tor the admission
of two new states into the Union have alrea ~ been Of
tered The only way 10 offset this movement and Keep
M the equilibrium Is TO divide up Texas into iOur
states Provision made for tails when she was ad-
tted into the Union but up to dale the people OF texas
have exhibited DECIDED aversion To division NlthOag
their consent the Sar OF Empire VIII continue ID ta
course westward and the South viii grow no stronger III
hn