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Saint Mary's beacon., 1881-02-17
written for the Beacon. J
Friendships Offering.


The pulsing tide of an anxious heart
Was never known TO thee,
Yet would | ask no useless pledge
To set my troubles free.
Nor would tell of hopes decayed,
0flove winch may be vain,
would not pen one verse or line
To give thy bosom pain.
But Friendship, rosy golden chain,
Loves counterpart and sign,
Oh may its firmcst, strongest links
Unite this heart and thine.
Then would be supremely blest,
From care and sorrow free;
The heart to giant the kind request
Lives but in love and thee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
Raising Ducks for Profit.

1t is n pleasing fact that the increase
of the supply of ducks in our markets
is very sensible in the last few years.
and they are readily bought up at good
prices rs n change from chickens and
turkeys. Farmers tell us that they are
as easily raised as chickens; indeed cost
less for food and bring better price,
especially if the kinds are raised which
look plump and appetiaing on the table.
These are the Rouen, and Pekin and
Aylesbury, They are of good size, and
in their growth they consume almost
anything and really keep the premises
clear of many things that would prove
an annoyance, such as insects, grubs,
ollal, wormy apples, etc. In October
and November, when their sale begins,
a liberal supply of corn meal or oat
meal mush, feed a little warm, mixed
with sour or skinned milk, will in
about two weeks fatten them ready for
market From every farm from twenty
five to fifty pairs should be annually
sent TO market. the returns of which
would do u full share in filing the
family purse from the pleasanter and
lighter branches of the farm.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
CHURCHES.

A FKICAN VI E.-Fourteenth street, between
n walnut and Cedar streets services Sabbath IL
=. N and 1880 p, m; Sunday School 30 p. m.
CHURCH OF THE RRDERNER-(EpiscopsD
y Fourteenth street Sunday Morning PRAYERS
lO;3o a, m evening prayers, 30 p. m; Sunday
school y; 80 a. IN, Friday evening prayer 30 D. m.
EIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
4 Preaching at 10 80 m. 3 p IN, and : 80 D. m
sabbath school at 40 p, m. Rev T j. Shores,
pastor
| CTHERAN-Thirteenth street; services Sab.
- bath 80 q. m; Sunday school 2p IN. Rev
hnappe, pastor
NETHODlST-Cor Eighth and Walnut streets
vi Preaching sabbath 1890 a. m and 7 D. IN,
prayer meeting Wednesday 80 p. m; Sunday
school y a m Rev Whitaker, pastor.
DRESBYTRRIAN--E Eighth street; preaching on
NAHbhih al II 90 n m and 7:3O D. m; PRAYER
meeting Wednesday at 1;39 p. m; Sunday School
p NJ. Rev B. Y, George, pastor
SECoND FRBEWILL BAPTIST 49, Ffteer m
y street between Walnut and Cedar streets: ser.
vice. sabbath at 3 and T:90 p. m.
ct JOSEPHS-lRoma CatholicJ Corner Cross
y and Walnut streets services Sabbath 10
n. sunday School at . p. IN. Vespers 3 D. m ; ser.
nccs every day at p. m.
CT PATRICK'S-( Roman Catholic) Corner Ninth
- street aud Washington avenue; services Sab.
oath and III a. m; Nespers 3 p. m. Sunday School
Up. m. services every day at D. m. Rev MasterSon
priest.
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE IN
w ION, holds its regular weekly meetings in
the hall Of the Cairo Temperance Reform Club, ev
cry Thursday afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock Every.
body is invited to attend.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
Care of Harness.

The Harness Journal has very use
full article on this subject, which we
condense as follows; A harness that
has been on a horses back several
hours in hot or rainy weather becomes
wet; if not properly cleaned, the dam
age to the leather is irreparable. If,
after being taken from the horse in
this condition, it is hung in a careless
manner, traces and reins twisted into
knots, and the saddle and bride hung
askew, the leather when dried retains
the shape given it while wet, and when
forced to its original form, damage is
done the stitching and leather.
The first point to be observed is to
keep the leather soft and pliable; this
can be done only by keeping it well
charged with oil and grease; water is a
destroyer of these, but mud and the
Saline moisture from the animal are
even more destructive. Mud, in drying,
abSorbS the grease and opens the pores
of the leather, making it prey to wa
ter, while the salty character of tho
perspiration from the animal Injuries
the leather, stitching and mountings.
1t therefore follows that to preserve a
harness, the straps should be washed
and oiled whenever it has been moist
ened by sweat or soiled by mud. If q
harness is thoroughly cleaned twice a
year, and when unduly exposed, treated
as we have recommended, the leather
will retain its softness and strength for
many years.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
Absence of Mind as a Sign of Incipient
Mental Disease.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter
gives some suggestions and statements in
the article below, which are of interest
and Importance to good many people
II Is essential to skill that the muscles
Of the body should work unconsciously,
but the moment they assert, as it were,
their Independence Of sef-conscious-
ness, and prompt TO the initiation Of eff
forts outside Of what they have been
taught, diseased condition is begun
which we call absence OF mind.n Such
a habit begins on little things, more
generally by an omission than Il COM
mission. Thinking OF something else
while dressing, part OF the toilet is
overlooked, the necktie is forgotten,
the wrong coat is put on and the hair is
unkcmpt
Soon, as the habit increases, rh2urd
and even harmful acts are committed
The collections of anecdotes are full of
stories of such follies. We know OF an
able young lawyer, who, instead of
pouring a tonic from bottle on his
desk, carefully cmptied the ink from
a.
It, Another, an cX-asorney general of
the United States, went ON u fortnight
trip to attend to an absorbing legal
case, HIS wife packed q half dozen
shirts in his porimantean, On his re-
turn there was no shirt visible. Push
ing her inquiries, she found that her
husband had regularly clean shirt
every other day, but had forgotten to
take of the soied one, and now re-
turned wearing the whole half dozen!
An authentic anccdote OF the great po-
litcal economist, Adam Smith, tells us
that when called upon 10 sign a con-
tract, instead of writing his own name,
he made an elaborate imitation OF the
signature of the other party, which had
already been affixed.
Such incidents tend to depreciate a
man, though perhaps unjustIy, in the
opinion OF those with whom he does
business. They become also grave
annoy ance to the individual himself
In q sense they are mental Weaknesses,
which, pushed TO Il certain degree, pass
into mental diseases Scuilitv and in
sanity are not lnUcqueniiy marked by
automatic actions, carried out without
the will or consciousness OF the dOer.
The absent-mindcd one, like the sleep
walker, performs actions without the
knowledge of them, and neglects duties
which are pressing, Justly, therefore,
it is source Of anxiety with every
thoughtful person when he finds him
sell falling into this bad mental habit.
II is usually gradual in its onset, steal
ing over one in moments Of intensest
occupation, Unlike other mind weak
nesses it is not the foe Of the lille man
so much as the busy one. Yet habits
of reyery and day-dreamjur may also
! bling it about. Those VINO feel this
habit creeping over them win do well
to make an early and spccia, clort to
resist it. 1t can be conquered by a
habit of attention, and by severe self
cLiIiu,r NyIor tho mind ,.inuIs 1, IL
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Mr. Hawiotl, the husband of Clara
Morris, speaking of Washington Irving
the other day to an Auburnian cores
pondent, said
When | was q little cub | used to
live up the Hudson some little distance
from "SunnySide," where Irving lived.
used to have an intolcrable longing to
know that man who was so loved by
his neighbors, and about whom | used
to hear so much had n skill on the
river, and one day a party Of literary
gentlemen wanted to be taken to sun
nyside,' and ! took them. When they
got out tagged on behind, and we
found Irving in his shirt sleeves grub
bing in his garden, After shaking
hands with his guests he noticed me
and called me to him. | was an urchin,
bare-footed and my pants were well
ventilated at the knees and elsewhere.
But he took my little brown hand in
both his, and then smoolhed my hair.
And then he sat down on bench and
drew me between his knees. My
boy said he, "do YOU love dogS?'
| did.
well" he continued $50 do |, and
when | was in England and about com
ing home to America II friend gave me
the most beautiful King Charles span
iel that ! ever saw He was "A little bit
OF one, and dared not risk the voy-
age with him, and left him with Il
lady friend to grow big enough to tray
ell so far, came away and after q
number of months, one day | received u
letter in black, | looked at the post
mark and | saw it was from the lady
who had my spaniel. ] dreaded to open
it, and let it lie on my desk for nearly
week and then opened it, and what
do you thinkP'
ale was dead" answered |, with
mouth and eyes wide open,
"Not bit of it, said Irving, mot q
bit of it. There are a great many
wicked men in London. and the dog
sellers that my friend bought my span
iel of fooled him, The letter Just went
on to say il was not what was supposed,
but simply common bull pup sowed
up in spaniel skin, and he had grown
so big he had bursted the skin and was
nothing but common terrier"
81 never will forget said lIarriott,
show Irving laughed and how mad |
felt about it, That incident has never
been told in print, but I'm going 10
write II up some time"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
How Irish Peasants Live.

The dens, misnamed cots, in which
the peasantry of Galway and Mayo
counties live are merely stone shelters;
owing to the intense ignorance of the
people they are not provided with any
facilities for drainage, and are often in
comparably filthy.
The floors are of mud; it is rare to find
more than one room in hut, and only
one story. Beds and bedding are luxu-
ries which the poorer tenants do not
possess; old heaps of hay and straw are
the coucheS on which the lovely brown
eyed large-browed maidens of Con-
naught reposo. The smoke from peat
fire in common peasants cabin
spreads through the room, and you mar
rowly escape strangulation on your first
visit. ! have had this experience in
Herzegovina, and consequently minded
the smoke but little, How family de-
cency is maintained in these dens is
mystery, and how the people manage to
keep clean for they look clean-is
puzzle. The pigs run in and out of the
doors and such wretched pigs! A
North Carolina wild hog would be an
ariStocrat beside them! In dozens of
these cabins sick people are to be found
Sick people dependent either on the
charity of their neighbors or on friends
in America who send them small sums
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Policies incontestable after having
been in force for three years. All such
ineontestable policies will be paid at
maturity, without rebate of interest,
Immediately after the receipt at the
SOcietys office in New York Of satisfac
tory proofs of death, together with a
valid and satisfactory discharge from
the parties in interest. and without re-
quiring any delay, even for sixty or
ninety days, as has been the custom
heretofore, and is still usual with other
companies.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
ALICE OATES.

From the Lafayette lind Courier
This charming and vivacious little lady,
supported by powerful company, appear
ed at the Grand last night, as Roland" in
LES Bavards, "tThe Chatterers) to packed,
jammed house. The opera Is one of Often
bach's most successful efforts, and abounds
IN pleasing melodies, which were well
brought out Miss Oates possesses that
same chic, piquahcy and spnghtliness that
has made her so famous The rendition Of
Good Bye, Sweetheart was rendered in &
most excellent manner Chas Allison gave
a splendid impersonation Of Beatrice q
chattering female, and the scene between
Roland and Beatrice trying to talk each
other to death went with screams. j. H
Jones, as Terrible, was immense
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
Wash for Fmit Trees.

A fruit grower gives the following
remedy for the codling moth; one
quart of lime, such as is used by inc
plnsterers in white coating" one peck
of leached wood ashes. two pecKs OF
COW manure, one quart OF soft soap,
and one large tablespoonful OF Paris
grecn. wet tho mixture thoroughly
10 make II like paste beating i thorough
lyuntil il became tough. | added twelve
Quarts of water or enough to give the
trees thorough coating. l find on the
trees so washed that the old bark Is
dropping off and leaving the new bark
perfectly smooth. On all the trees |
have washed | see perfect improves
ment. 100
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
For The Sunday Bulletin.
"MARGARET."

This Il scarcely a woman's province
-lngemisco
Mourntul and stern Pilatns stands
we tecm TO see the phantom hands
Reach out their lngers wan and white.
Like phosty landmarks In the night,
Where gray mlsts battle the rocky walls
Al gently down the twilight falls,
The camp fire casts its rudy glare,
Upon maidenr Young and fair.
Crown'd with the mountain iyygreen,
While voices shout "long live the Queen!"
Two noble Counts before her bow,
A subjects their allegiance vow.
Rivals for this fan maideu's love,
Their ioalty soon cslld 10 prove;
Beyond the red light Of the FIRE,
She hears their tones Of deepest ire
And gliding from her resting place,
With wiHtiul eyes views each stern face,
Unto each Count extends hand
"Yua most obey your Queens command.
Pehohl ny throne, this rocky ledge,
Ny sub cts, forfeit not your pledge
"A wonan'- province IL not here"
Fails on the maden's list ming ear
"a woman's province, che replies,
IL not to stand with down-cast eyes,
While cruel angry words are said,
And human blood perchauce II she'd.
Thy noble words can we forge,t
Sweet moutain queen, fair Margaret;
"A womans province call 1t not
A gemstrcwn isle, narrow spot.
Proud man, who taught thee to endure'
To "bear the ills thou canst not curey"
Some woman holds the golden key
To every heart from mount 70 sea.
Sweet peace her mission here on earth
She soothes the infant from lite birth;
Cheers each dark hour Of manhood's prime.
And guides the steps grown weak with time
Who counts the grains of desert sand
May tell the deeds Of woman'a hand
Who counts each sunbeam where it lies
May pause TO tell each sacrifice.
From snowy Alps to sounding sea,
Loves glorious banner streaming free
Her province lies with lines unseen,
Broad fields Of life and death between
Still clouds Of crimson, ard Of gold,
Ger Pilaius their goriea fold,
Aud still the quiet twilight falls,
Where Ivy wreatas the rocky walls
In dreams the white ghosts come and 60,
They wander round the lake below
In dreams thy mem'ry fingers yet,
Fair Scottish maid, Queen Margaret"
KATE W
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
The engines of the Kittvwar Stat

The engines of the Kittywar State
railway are worshipped by some of the
simple folk out there, A potter at
Limri having failed to get relief from
any of his gods, at last contracted to
place certain offerings before the
engine god" if that medium would
bring him relief. And sure enough the
fever abated. So the potter offered q
cocoanut to the god. Y TO the astonish-
ment Of the guard and the driver.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

TOntine Savings Fund Policies may
be terminated at the close of certain
defined periods, on terms more advan-
tageOus than upon any other plan.
These policies prove more profitable to
the policy-holder than any other form
OF insurance.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Actual examples can be furnished at
the Society's office, Of persons beiag i'll
sured for ten years, and then upon
terminating their Tontine Policies. re-
ceiying cash in some instances equal to
the whole of the premiums paid; in
others, nearly all.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
THE MAILS.

GENERAL DELIVERY open $50 g. IN. coses
VI 500 p m; Sunday; to q. In.
Money Oraer Department open at 8 q. m; closes
Ats p. m
Through Express Mails via Illinois Central 10
p. IN.
sississippi Central Railroads close at 9 p. m.
Cairo aud Poplar Bluff Through and Way Mail
closes AZ p m.
Way Mail VIA Illinois Central. Cairo and Vim.
eennes ana Mississippi Central Railroads close q,
I:i5 p. III,
Way Nal foT Narrow Cage Railroad closes a,
$50 a. II.
Cairo and Evansville River Route closes At sSC
p m. dsliY except Friday,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

1t is estimated that it will only take
about twenty years to consume tho
original pine forest of Georgia, and it
is thought to be time for the adoption
of some effective measure of protection.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
estimates the consumption during 1880
at little over 250,00 acres.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

The ladies who some time since were un-
able to 90 out, having taken Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, are quite
recovered, aud have gone on their way re.
jolcing.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer is the
marvel Of the age for all Nerve Diseases,
All fits stopped free. Send to 931 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Penn.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Amount paid to Po'icy-hOlders and
their representatives during 1880,
S4,792,937.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

A liberal surrender value in paid-up
insurance is provided for in all ordna-
ny policies, in case offorfeiture.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Assets, S4l, l08,6O2; an increase of
more than Three Million Dollars in
1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

Surplus, S9,228,294; an increase of
One and Three-Quarter Millions of Dol
lars in 1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

New Business, S35,170,805: an in-
crease Of Eight and a half Million Dol
lars In 1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
ASSURANCE.

NOTICEABLE POINTS IN THE 21st
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE EQUIT-
ABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY !;
NEW YORK. JAN. LIST, 1881.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13
ASSURANCE.
THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES, 100 BROADWAY NEW YORK
HENRY B. HYDE President
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, $780,

From the undivided surplus. reversionary diyi.
dcnds willbe declared, available on settlement Of
next annual premium, to ordinary participating
policies
The valuation Of the policies outstanding has
been made on the American experience table the
legal standard Of the state ofNew York
G. W; PHILLIPS, lActnsr,s.
J q. VAN CISE. Ac'uailes'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

No techniealities nor arduous cOndi-
lions in policy contracts.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-13

JAMES w. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres't t.
SAMUEL BGRROWE, I'd Vice Pres't.
Medical Examiners:
f. w. Lambert, NJ. d., Edw'd Curtis, NJ. ID.
L. W. Scott, Superintendent of Agencies
North Western Department
10 Dearborn Street, Chicago
W. \. CRANE, General Manager.
f. A. BURNETT, Agent,
Cairo, Illinois
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-21

In one corner of the Valencia GEM
etery may be seen grave, kept beau
tiful by flowers, which loving hands
have atrewn upon it. 1t is the grave
of the As9na Isabelle She died at
the age Of seventy:four, havingssised
seven children. This is not romantic,
but you can bet on its being a centre
shot on the truth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-21

pressed; White her. reVerses We're
mourned over as peraonal calanities
and Affections; yet in all her misfor-
tunes, he retained tothe last the prin-
ciples for which the founders had
valiantly -oontended without stintsor
compromise.
49, s.As soldier, he stood shoulder-to
Shoulder with his companions IN
arms. Nosdpty was Stunned BY him.
No military order disobeyed: Al
! ways in place in time Of need. The
heavy march, the empty haver-
sack and the cold ground for rest
ing place, were things very Ekailiar
to him, as he shared in them with.
the rank and file Of the army in the
severest campaigns.
"Of his courage we 'scarcels" need
10 speak; for'none were ever fonnd. to
doubt it. No thought Of self preser-
walton caused him to hesitate, even
while the most imminent danger at,
tended his steps, and though he mar
velously escaped injury during the
whole Confederate struggle, yet few
| were more exposed to the missiles of
death than our departed friend.
"As an officer he was kind and
lenient to his men, almost to fault,
indu!ging them as far as possible,
consistently with good order and dis
cipline still exacting obedience from
all in his command, while ne cheer
fully rendered the same to those in
superior positions.
"His religions opinions were held
firmly and with much greater rever-
ence than some were willing to allow.
We take the liberty of saying tLat
he was no skeptic. 1t was my pri v
llege and pleasure to he an intimate
friend of the departed, in the army
and in private life since the war.
Upon inquiring why he did not ex-
plain the charge brought against his
religious belief. he replied: That
while 7 was a student in the South
Carolina College I was very i'll with
fever and became delirious. While
dslirious minister called upon me
to speak to me upon the subject Of re-
ligion. In my delirium 1 repelled
the minister, A report was circula-
ted that I did rot care for or believe
the truth. Ny pride would not al
l5w me to seek to correct such a re-
port. for every one that had heard it
knew that it was while l was deliri-
oas that 1 repelled the minister,
and, therefore, did not know what I
was doing
"Re asked me once if I could pro-
cure him small copy of the Pro-
verbs: one that he could carry in mis-
vest pocket. l procured an English
edition and presented it to him, and
to my personal knowledge it was
his daily companion for q long time.
He said that the Proverbs contained
many comforting thoughts for him.
Great injustice was done to our
departed friend by his enemies, when
he made public speech in Columbia,
S. c., on tne-moral powers Of Europe
being arrayed against the Confedera
cy. General Gary said moral pow
ers or no moral powers, the Confed-
eracy must win. His enemies chang
Ell hisswords to: God or no God, the
Confederaoy must win He'did not
say "God or no God,' for remem-
ber hearing his speech distinctly"
After Rev. Mr.. Thomas concluded
his remarks the body was lowered
into the grave, when he read the usu-
al burial service.
General Gary was born in Cokes.
bury, Abbeville County, sc, March,
1881.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-21

You expected to aHindle newspapers
out of that amounts doubt, but you
will hardly come up ito it. They
found you out before the first quar-.
ter expired.
Ta,-ta. When you come this way,
call on us. but wear a pad, thick,
heavy one, adjusted to the seat Of
your pantaloons..@sat,wtzay- Night.