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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
About Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever.

The Methodist Record derives very
little comfort from the fact that not
withstandng the widespread preva-
lence Of both diphtheria and scarlet
fever, the types of the disease are not
unusually severe at present. 1t con-
tends that this is by no means a subject
for congratuation Mt the present time
in view OF the reasonable possibility of
the increase OF the diseases during the
next few months, aud the probable in
crease of their malignancy Very few
physicians have lost 80 per cent of
their cases Of diphtheria thus far. Even
20 per cent, would be very high figure.
Still, the prospect of the continuance
of this comparatively low ratio of NOR
tally is far from promising, At least, the
wise practitioner must be on his guard,
and do everything he can, not only to
treat promptly and efficiently, all cases
in hand, but prevent their increase.
Whatever can be done by the physi-
clan TO narrow the chances of the
spread of the contagion, lessons the
chances Of morality. crec in mild epi-
denies. CONCERNING the pread of both
diphlheria and scarlet fever, there are
certain well established causes. Wheth-
er one can believe in either this or that
theory of Infection is not essential.
The physician can always afford to be
on the safe side by giving his families
the benefit of the doubt. To this end
he should see to it not only that the
houses are properly ventilated, but that
the priyies, water closets, drains and
cellars are in good condition. A per-
sonal inspection regarding these points
has so often been rewarded by tracing
the causes of disastrous mortality in
certain houses, that no special pleading
is needed for it, A knowledge Of prin-
ciples of good plumbing and proper
drainage is as essential to the physician
as is that of any other preventive of
disease. -New York Tribune.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
RINGWORM.

Geo W Brown, 4S Marshall street, Providence,
r cured by Cuticura Remcdr Of q Ringwoun
Humor, got at BARRIERS, which spread all over his
ears, neck and face, and for six years resisted all
kinds of 1 eatmont
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
SKIN DISEASE.

S. A. Steele, Esq Chicago, Ill.,, says: ~ will say
that before used Cutcura Remedies | was in 4
fearful state and had given all hope OF ever hav
ing any relief They have performed wonderful
cure for me- and Of my own free will aud accord /
recommend them.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09

BANKS.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
Cairo Illinois.
CAPITAL. $1,000
OFFICERS:
W.P. HALLIDAY, President
u: L. HALLIDAY, Vice.Presidcnt,
THOS. W. HALLIDAY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
o,sIAAho TAYLOR, W, r. HALLIDAY,
h"Nna u, HALLIDAY, Il. II, CUNNINGHAM,
a. d. WILLIAMSON, srrpurN ptpn
H. II. CANDEE.
Exchange. Coin and United States Bonds
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
ccnducted. ''''"'''
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
ASSURANCE
THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
FTHE UNITED STATES, 1870 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
HENRY B. HYDE, President.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, $780,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, ESQ.

From the undivided surplus. reversionary diyL
dends Will be declared, available on settlement Of
next annual premium, 10 ordinary part cipating
policies.
The valuation of the policies outstanding has
been made on the American experience table, the
legal standard Of the state ofNew York
! G ~ yhhiii CIsE Actuarics,
We. the undersigned, have, in person, carefully
examined the accounts, and counted and examined
IN detail the assets OF the society, and certify that
the foregoing statement thereof is correct
BENNINGTON Y. RANDOLPH,
JAMES VI HALSTED,
THOMAS A CUMMISS,
HENRY =, TERBELL,
JOHN SLOANE,
Special Committee. Of the Board Of Directors,
appointed Oct, y, 1870, to examine the assets
and accounts at the close Of the year.
BOARD Of Dir rFTORS.
Ilcn,y Is HYDE Jonn A. Stewart,
George D. Morgan John Jones,
George r. Adee, Robert Leno1 Kennedy,
Henry A. llurlbut, ChauncyM. Depew,
Henry I Spaulding, nlamIn Williamson,
William II. fogg, Henry VI. Alexander,
" illiam A. WheelOrk William Walker
Parker Handy Henry Day,
William g.. Lambert f. BOudinot Colt,
Henry 6 Marqrand Thomas A Blddle,
Jamcs W, Alexander, George W Carleton,
Henry > Tcrbell George G. Kellogg,
THOMAS y. 1Ouug, Jose navarro,
Thomas 4 CHmmius, John j McCoOk,
Robert Blisr, W. Whitewrght,
Daniel d. Lord, Stephen II. Phillips,
james NJ Hslstcd Samnel " Torrey,
Horace Porter, Charles g. LandoE.
Edward W Lambert, Samuel Holmes
B, T Randolph Theodore Weston.
AanEOu Trask Alel andeT y Irwin,
John sloane, I. De Witt Cuyler,
AshbeI Green, Louis Fitzgerald,
Samuel BOrrOwe, William NJ. Bliss
Henry V. Butler, William Alexander.
George II. Stewart, Samuel G. Goodrich
JAMES w. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres't
SAMUEL BORROWE, I'd Vice Pres't
Medical Examiners:
+. w. Lambert, VI. D., Edwd Curtis, NJ. D.
Z. W. Scott, Superintendent of Agencies.
North Western Department
l06 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
W. n. CRANE, General Manager.
Il. A. BURNETT, Agent,
Cairo, Illinois,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City Officers.

MhyOr-N II. ThstlewOOd
Treasurep-Edward Dezonia,
Clerk-Denns. j, Foley.
Counselor--Wm. b. Gilbert,
Marshsl--J II. Robinson
Attorney-Willam Hendricks.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
First W.rd-M. J gowley. Peter saup.
Second Ward-Dayid T. Linegsr
Third Wsrd-Egbert Smith. b T. Blake.
Fourth Wsrd-Charles o. Pstier, Adoph Swo.
hvds
Finn Ward-T ", Halliday Ernest B. Petit.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
SALT RlIEU NJ.

win Mcdonald, 25i2 Dearborn Street, Chicago
greatfully acknowledges cure Of SAT- Hhepa - 4
head mock, face, arms TAD logs for seventeen
years not able TO walk cxGspt on hands ana knees
for one year; not able TO help himself for eight
years tried hundreds Of remedies; doctors pro.
nounced his case hopeless; permanently cured by
Cutcura Remedies
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09
ECZEMA RODENT.

+. ii. Drake, ESQ agent for Harper and Broth.
ers, Detroit, Mich, gives an astonishing account
treated by consultation OF physicians without
benefit, and which speedily yielded to the Cutcurs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
What He Hadn't Got.

a certain rich man possessed OF great
wealth was won't to be proud of his
possession and TO refer to them often.
but withal, he was not man of intel
lect.
One day he had an old Irishman
working for him, and he went out to
oversee the job. He looked at Pat
minute, hard at work, and said:
''Well, Pat, it is good to be rich, amt
itp''
ssYis, sur" said Pat, who had the
wit of his action.
II am rich, very rich, Pat"
s'Yis, sur.
al own lands, and houses. and bonds,
and stocks. and railroads, and-and-
and"
..Yis, sur,'' said Pat, shoveling
away.
land what is it, Pat. that haven't
gotP"
mot bit av sinse, sur remarked
Pat as he picked up his wheelbarrow
and trundled il off full of dirt; and the
rich man went into the house and sat
down behind the door.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
An Unaccommodating Actor.

The other morning as Mr.. Sheridan,
the actor was vending his way from
rehearsal, he was waylaid on Kearney
street by an agricultural procession,
consisting of a granger, accompanied
by grangess and string of six child
rem.
BE you that barbarian fellow with
the big meat ax?" inquired the party
from the country.
'.That whatP'' replied the urbane
tragedian.
why that fellow with the tiger skin
ulster that gets stuck on that yaller
headed gal in the play?"
Mr.. S. admitted, rather stiff1y, that
he was performing the part of Ingomar
at the Bush Street Theater that week.
''Irather thought you We're the cuss,
exclaimed the rancher, With much sa-
tisfaction. ~ powerful glad we ran
acrost yer, You see, / was trying to
tell Amanda here. how alfred natural
you snatched up that gal and rushed
clean of the platform with her under
your arm"
You must really ex-'' began the
actor, trying to crowd past.
"And the hull crowd of 'em up our
way allowed it was all q rippin' lie,
and YOU couldn't do it. | made four
bets on it, and were all going to take
| in the show tonight to prove it. ltn
cost a pow'ful sight, though, and II
tell you what I'll do. l don't mind
giving YOU four dimes if you Ii just take
Ellen Ann there. She don't heft over
one-fifty- skip across the street
with her. It'll save me big money, and
we can all go back on the $50 train.
| Come. now, what yer say?''
| But the eminent fac-simile of Louis
XII corrugated his brow into three
| ply scowl and staIked Indignantly off,
| while the honest farmer repocketed his
four dimes with some prophetic re-
marks concerning the ultimate fate OF
people who scorned small profits and
put on airs generally.-San francisco
| TO1cf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
Comets Viewed from Balloons.

Recently paper by NJ. W. de Fon-
yielle was read before the Balloon So
cietv, in which the author described the
appearance of the comet Il, 1881, as
seen by him at midnight from the car
of balloon. The brilliancy of the
light which the comet showed when
the balloon arrived at an altitude of
over 1000 meters, increased in very
large proportion, notwithstanding the
transparency of the atmosphere. SO
far as could be judged of similar chang
es without the assistance of optical IN
struments, it seemed that the brilliancy
had increased about half beyond the
normal brilliancy as seen from the
earth. The tail was a little longer
than seen from the earth, but most re-
markable was the manner in which 1t
terminated, for it was cut straight, as
if line were drawn over it horizontally
with ruler. The singular circum-
stance made M. de. Fonvielle think that
the end of the phenomenon might be
terminated by ffeecy cloud. The APP
pearance of the tail was as if produced
by legions of large stones travelling in
planetary space independently OF the
comet, and having no other connection
with it than that of being temporarily
lighted by the rays which It's atmos-
pliere had caused to deviate. more OF
less, from their natural route. These
myriads of remnants of worlds would.
therefore produce the same effect as
dust lighted by ray of sun admitted
into a dark room through a crevice.
NJ. de Fonvielle dwelt upon this theory
at some length, and insisted that it was
to this cause that the zodiacal light was
in all reasonable PROBABILITY TO be at
tributed. He also insisted that astro-
nomical Investigations should include
hallnnninU
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
Beautiful Women.

1t is not the smile of a pretty face,
the delicate tint of Il complexion. the
Turing glance of the eye. the beauty
and symmetry of person, nor the cost
" dress or decorations that compose
woman's loneliness. 1t is her pleasing
department, her chaste conversation,
the sensibility and purity of her
thoughts, her affable and open dis
position, her sympathy with those in
adversely, her comfort and relief to the
distressed, and. above all, her humili-
ty, that constitute true loneliness. Dis
raeli observes: 1T is at the feet of wo-
man we lay the faurels that, without
her smile, would never have been won;
it is her image that tunes the Tyre of
the poet, that animates the voice in the
blaze of eloquence, that guides the
brain in the august tolls of stately
councils. Whatever may be the lot OF
man-however unfortunate. however
oppressed-if he only love and be
loved, he must strike a balance in favor
of existence, for love can illumine the
dark roof of poverty and can tighten
the letters of the slave. Beautiful wo-
men may be admired, bat who can re-
frain from loving the impersonatien of
grace and virtue we every day encoun-
ter in the charmed circles of domestic
life?a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
Some pen,;n;na Penn,;ar;t;es-

There are little peculiarities indivi-
dual to the fair sex which are both cur
ious and amusing. Why does woman
so often drop her fan or her handker-
chiefr That has puzzled many a mas
culine brain. There are two reasons
for the accident. if it may so be called
for want OF better word. First, the
fair creatures tongue runs so fast that
the wagging of the organ loosens the
tension of the muscles of the hand !;
second, the fan or the handkerchief is
purposely dropped that a ''horrid man"
may show his gallantry in picking IL
up, and ten chances to one the lady
purposely beats him in that operation
after he has bent his rheumatic limbs
in an effort to be gallant. She is salts
fed with the display OF servility. Why
do women when looked at by man
proceed ct once to chew their lips, or
conyulsively press them together in the
intervals of chewingP That proceeds
sometimes from modesty, which urges
them to do something that they may
divert their minds from the masculine
impudence or admiration. or it may
suggest that the owner has very kiss
able mouth, the lips of which bitten
will become beautiful red, or it may be
the result of the unpleasant feeling of
a new set, or the oscillatory movement
of an old set, of artificial teeth. You
need not pay any money for the show,
and yet you can take your choice of
reasons. Why is it that women with
fine eyes roll them toward the ceiling
or the SKYE That is easily answered.
They wish to look angelic, and they
usually do. But last of all, why is it
that a woman whose male escort has
urged her to sport in the festive surf
will go into the water ankle deep, give
little scream and refuse to go foot
furtherP Here one is invading delicate
ground. There never has been an in
stance of woman of fine physical pro-
portions refusing to show them in a
wet, clinging bathing suit, but there
are numerous instances of women made
up by the dressmaker who do not wish
a beau to know how much he is to mar
~ of what he externally sees.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22

The Manitoulin EGpositor says a
natural curiosity was discovered III the
creek just below the Shegulandah saw
mill. 1t was about eight inches in
length, with a head like an alligator
and throat apparently capable Of
swallowing n iarge-sized chicken.
What appeared to be its ears were
formed of the three small ridges on
each side of its head. The beast had
four legs and feet like those of beaver.
The tail was fashioned like that of a
fish, but without any fin. Although
preferring the water it was quite ca
Dable of walking on land.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22

There are thousands of young folk
who long to write for the papers and
get we'll paid for it. From the first they
think they ought TO receive three or
four dollars n column, valuing their at
tempts by the labor expended upon
them rather than by their capacity for
pleasing the public. Now to get hand
somely paid one must write handsome
"; to write handsomely one must know
what the public knows or would like to
know, and be able to tell it in such q
style that the public will BE- eager to
hear it. There are thousands who long
10 write but have no special aptitude or
preparation or resource for writing,
Just as there are thousands who long
to be rich but cannot compass their de-
sires in that direction, and thousands
vino long to be beautiful, and vainly
exhaust fashion, cosmetics, corsets,
and all that in the attempt Mean
time, those who are bound to succeed
at writing and ''have it in them" to-
succeed, will keep OH steadily and
quietly at their books and their pens,
climbing up slowly, it may be, but
steadily, to place and pay. first deserv-
ing success AMI then attaining it-just
as men grow rich by small accretions
Mt first and larger accretions afterward.
There is an immense reading public,
and there must be an immense army of
writers to supply the demand. AS ed
ucation and Intelligence advance, the
demands on writers for higher and
higher grades of literary work and
newspaper work will advance, and the
more difficult will it be to fill the high
est places of honor and emolument in
the world whereof the pen is the power.
But the lists are open to all, and some
must surely succeed. Why not you as
we'll as another?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
High Art.

It's Art! High Art! Old Masters!
|. too. go to see it. | aamire-the cost!
Fool like the rest Companion fool
comes along. Fellow countryman.
Rich American. Lover of Art. Es-
thetic tastes. Utter. unutterably utter.
Fifteen years ago was Summing out
mining reservoirs at $3.50 per day.
Glad to get the job. Rubber boots,
blue jeans pants, half suspender,
short clay pipe, gray flannel shirt, one
sleeve ripped to the shoulder. Too
lazy to mend it. At work wet sleeve
flying up and hitting him in the face.
Rolled it up about 500 times per day
Sleeve Immediately unrolls and whacks
him as he lifts his pick in face as be-
fore. Now buying Old Masters in
Paris. Slumgullion School. Lived in
pine log cabin. Bugs, feas. cent?
pedes, scorpions in the walls. Yellow
jackets everywhere else. Tea and ba-
con and cord of whisky bottles stack
ed behind cabin. Struck bonanza.
Is crazy now to buy an sold Masterr'
Wants another restored door-mat to
take home. French connoisseur finds
him one. Finds it in q third-class res
taurant. Has hung on the walls 200
years. Beautifully smoked and fly
specked. Fly specks date back to the
time of Louis XIV. Only one ear and
one front tooth visible. Portrait con-
nofsseur discovers it to be a genuine
Guido. Bon. Buys it for five cents
Has it ''restored.'' Beautiful frame.
Sells it to lover of High Old Art from
Slumgullion Flat. for 5000 francs.
Picture shown few approaching
friends on arriving in New York.
Beautiful! What coloring! What
style! What an ear! What a front
tooth! No tea store would dare to Of
fer it, though, for prize chrome conse-
quent on the purchase of five pounds of
tea.-PQT1s Letter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22

most diseases are caused by dsordered Kidneys or
Liver If, therefore, the Kidneys and Liver are kept
in perfect Order perfect health viii be the result
This truth has only been known q short time and
for years people suffered great agony without being
able to find relief. The discovery of Warmers safe
Kidney and Liver Cure marks a new in the
treatment of these troubles. Made from simple
tropical leaf of value it contains just the ele
ments necessary to noursh and invigorate both OF
these great organs. and safely restore and keep
them in order. II is POSITIVE REMEDY for all
the diseases that pains in the lower part of
the body-for Torpid Observation-Disclosures
- Dizziness -Gravel-Fever, Ague-Malartal Fever
and all difficulties of the Kidneys. Liver and Url-
nary Organs.
1t s an excellent and safe remedy for females du-
ring Pregnancy. 1t will control Menstraation and
is invaluable for Leucorrh9a or Falling of the
Womb.
AS Blood Purifier it is unequalIed. for 1t Gu res
the organs that the blood.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
A Railroad in tho Tree-Tops.

Tie Petaluma, CAL. Argus says: SIT
may not be known outside of the neigh
borhood where it is situated. but it Is
nevertheless O fact, that in Sonoma
County we have an original and sue
cessfui piece of railroad engineering
and building that is not to be found in
the books. In the upper part of this
county, near the coast, may be seen an
actual road-bed in the tree-tops. be-
tween the Clipper Mills and Stuart ;
Point, where the roads crosses q aeep
rayino. the trees are sawed off on .
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
READ THE RECORD.

SIT saved my life" -E LakeIy, Selma. Ala
ut is the remedy that will cure the many diseas-
es peculiar to women 77---Notaers' Magazine.
1T has passed severe tests and endorsement
from some of the highest medical talent in the
country New York World
mo remedy heretofore discovered can be held
for one moment in comparison with it.''--Rev A
Harvey, DID,, Washington, D. c.
This Remedy, which has done such wonders. is
put up in the LARGESr SIZED BOTTLE of any
medicine upon the markot and is SOLD by Druggists
and all dealers at $1.25 per bottle. For Diabetes,
enquire for WARMERS SAFE DIABETES CURE.
II is POSITIVE Remedy.
II. Fl. WARNER s CO., ROCHESTER. NY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
PILEsi PzLEs.. .FrLEsill
a Sure Cure Found atsLast. no One Need
.FrLEsil!

a Sure Cure Found atsLass. no One Need
Suffer.
A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding.
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DR.. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has saDred
the worst chronic cases of Is and II
years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions,
instruments and Electuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after
getting warm in bed), acts as poul-
tice; gives instant and painless relief.
and is prepared only for Piles, itching
o. the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. J. NJ. Coffin
berry, of Cleveland. says about DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: /
have used scores of pile cures and it
affords me pleasure 10 say that 1 have
never found anything which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all druggists, or mailed
on receipt of price 81 90.
S. It. Henry & Co.. Props,
Cleveland, Ohio
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22

level, and the timber aud ties laid on
the stumps. In the centre of the
ravine mentioned two huge redwood
trees, standing side by side, form q
substantial support, aud they are cut
off seventy-fye feet above the ground,
and cars loaded with heavy saw-logs
pass over them with as much security
as if it were framed in the most scien-
ftfie mauuar -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
$50 teach the orphan boy to read,
The orphan girl TO sew"

Let her learn to cook, bake, brew; let
her adopt a music. posi-
bly-and work at it. Let her go into
lady's school and teach. Let her
keep a clearinghouse, paper walls,
hang pictures, embroider, dust, sweep,
become the manager of q business, do
anything but sit down and NOPE and
wait for something to turn up. Many
pair of unhappy old maids are now
dragging out miserable existence in a
second-class clearinghouse, turning
their poor little bits of finery, who
might if they had been brave in their
youth have won large repertoire OF
thought and a comfortable competency.
But they preferred to keep alive one
little corner of pride, and that has
been but poor fire to sit by to warm
their thin hands-hands which should
not have been ashamed to work, hands
which would have been whittier for hon
est effort
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22

The fashion in Paris is 10 wear pre-
coius stones of different colors. Ear
rings, too. are no longer made in pairs;
one earring may be formed of a large
sapphire circled with diamonds, and
tie other of different dimensions OF q
ruby also .circled with diamonds, 81
s197lsi de SUITE.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-22
Professions for Women.

Anything can be forgiven of wo-
man except career of vice or vanity,
or the wretched numbness of inactien.
No woman should insult her Maker by
supposing that he made mistake in
making her. A morbid or useless
woman was not contemplated in the
great plan of the universe. She has
always sfere. If home is unhappy
beyond her power of endurance, let