The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-20

OF Texas cattle, can be seen at the signal
office, 1t is the property OF Mr.. Everly,
Mr. Rays assistant, and was made in st.
Louis under his own direction. Two pairs
of horns from the legs and four pairs are
made to form the back and arms.
Mr., James Mallory, who has returned
from trip south by river, reports the cot
ton crops Of the south in very bad con
dtion. He says that the cotton planters OF
the south report this to be the worst
weather for their crops that they have ever
had; that, in many cases. they will lose
their entire crop, partly because they could
not get pickers, but chiefly because, when
they had pickers, the rain and snow would
not let them work
Mr.. w. +. Pitcher is agent for tin
tube attachment for the telephone which is
to facilitate the transmission of sound. IT
seems as though it might be an improve
ment but we have not yet had an opportu-
nifty of testing 1t thoroughly because Of the
disarrangemept in the call wire. And by
the way, thought strikes us; we believe
we are entitled to rebate from the Tce.
| phone Company for the time that this dis
| turbanCe in the system lasts.
The Baptist Sunday school will ccc-
brate the third anniversary of its organiza-
ton this morning at the temperance hall,
commencing half.past nine o'clock. This
school was organized February 10th, 1873,
with about twenty members, since which
time it has been steadily increasing in in e
terest and numbers until it now numbers
over hundred, the attendance reaching as
high as one hundred and ffty.four at one
meeting in January The exercises to-day
will consist of recitations by the scholars
singing, etc.
The call wire OF the telephone system
has been out Of order since Friday evening
and up to late last night, the cause Of the
disorder had not been discovered. Mr.
yesterday claims to be able to account for
the disorder, however. He says that he
was told confdentially, and we repeat it
in the same way, that Mr.. Geo, S, Fisher
intended to kick us on Friday for some
thing we had said, and not having the time
to come down to our sanctum, he
undertook to do it by telephone, which
resulted in the total paralysis Of the tele-
phone system.
Carlyle generally Int the nail on the
head. lie once asked an Edinburgh student
who tells the story IN the Milwaukee
Sentinel-what he was studying for. The
youth replied that he had not quite made
up his mind. There was a sudden lightning
flash Of the old Scotchmans eye, sudden
pulling down of the shaggy eyebrows, and
the stern face grew sterner as he said
"The man without a purpose is like ship
without ruddcr await, anothing, "a no man.
Have purpose in life, if it is only to kill
and divide and sell oxen well, but have a
purpose, and having it throw such strength
Of mind and muscle into your work as God
has given you" And this IS the best advice
that can be given to young man.
The ladies of the Literary association
did not realize very much out OF the Stuart
Rogers entertainment which is to be re-
GREETED. They have been unfortunate in
giving entertainments, the weather never
failed to take on its worst form, whenever
the Library association gave a
public entertainment. Last Friday night
was certainly one in which most anybody
would have dreaded to be away from a
pleasant freside and taking this into con.
sidcration the association has reason to
congratulate itself upon the attendance they
did have The performance is pronounced
superior to any OF the kind ever given here
by all who witnessed it, and it is only to
be regretted that it was not repeated on
Saturday night, when we are sure there
would have been a crowded house.
The Paducah Enterprise wants a pub.
lie library started in that town ard calls
upon tie men-the wealthy men Of the
place, to fork over few thousand dollars
and establish it. The Enterprise man
makes mistake in this--"he is barking
up the wrong tree" as it were; he must
call upon the public spirited ladies' Of his
town if he would be needed. Cairo is
blessed with public library and, while the
men were not entirely inactive in its cstab-
lishment, yet the ladies must receive the
greater part OF the credit for it, They
were the first movers-In fact, they were
the founders of the institution and have
been almost exclusively responsible for its
continued prosperity. We would advise
the Enterprise to call upon the ladies of
paducah to take the initiatorv movement