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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07

The soluble phosphites and the other !fesustain.
composing Fellows Hypophosphltes
are so carefully prOpOrtioned and So judicously
mingled, that their action upon the nerves, mus.
cles and membranes IN mpartiuc vitality, strength
and healthy action is generally apparent within
twenty-four hours, aud the good effects experience
cd are Of permanent character.
FOR SALE By DRUGGISTS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-07
Is A REALLY RELIABLE REMEDY
FOR WASTING AND merry
Gus DISEASES.
MALARIA.

Persons living In maGrous districts may protect
themselves from ATTACKS Of fever By the Of Eel
lows Compound syrup Of lIypophos phiteS. hs
effects in t0uing p the System enables az to ward
of contagious disorders, aud successfully combat
disease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL AOTRa.

The room Of ex-Minisier Chrislianey
Al lhe National hotel Was entered recent,
y and q box containing diamonds aud
jewelry valued al $1,000 was broken open
and the contents carried away, The ar
lieles stolen were inlrusted 10 Mr, Chris,
lianey Tor sale keeping while minister al
Peru, and were brought 10 Washington
10 other day IRON Tie eustom'house al
New York,
Six Prussian Won Sleubens, from col,
Onel down 10 lieutenant. have accepted
Secretary blaine's invitation 10 come 10
Yorktown,
Treasurer Gilhllan 10 receiving q large
number Ut letters inquiring what the
government will pay for mutilaled silver,
These letters are ir0m people who want
10 go into tie business OF buying such
silver which now cannot DO passed IN
trade, The government buys the muli-
lated coin nj 80 much Tor tie amount Of
bullion contained therein, There Is u
suspicion That the same class Of people
who made u business Of cutting out smal
pieces Of silver from the minor coins and
then passing them are now turning
around and bnying In these coins nj such
q low figure thai they can sell 10 the gov
eminent ut lls bullion rates and make
money, Thus they have scheme profit
able NJ both ends,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

II the energy developed in q battery
can be made to manifest itself at die.
lance as motion, clearly 1t can be har-
messed to some other forms of useful
work besides making a tiny olink on a
sounder. We can imagine wheel hay
ing on its edge number Of types, and
caused to revolve on its axis by clock
work or by electricity. We can also i'm
agine al electromagnetic so arranged that
when set in action by n current received
over line, its armature perform the
useful work OF stopping the wheel, and
Of pushing fillet Of paper against the
rim of the wheel, and thereby getting an
imprint of the type that happens to be
uppermost at that instant. BY the use
OF ingenious and most interesting mech
anism, it is possible to arrange key.
board at the transmitting end of the
line. Depress one of the keys, and that
letter is printed ut the other end of the
line. This is the main idea underlying
the various printing telegraphs, and Of
which the gold and stock reporting ap-
palatus is a familiar illustration. These
printing telegraphs are used upon a COM
mercial scale in Europe, and in this
country short private lines are both
cheap and common. The names OF
Hayes and Edison are associated with
these remarkable inventions, but for ev-
ident reasons the printing telegraphs
offer little hope for cheap kilograms
Haper's MnQdzine
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
WRRIRRA FORREST PIRRa.

These fires, once started, travel Will
Incredible swiitness-at tunes almost al
fast 10 q horse can run, Their roar i
like tho roar Of q cataract, They will
come down upon settlement Will
scarcely any warning, The smoke Il
seen at q distance, II inereases-is s0
soon so thick that the air grows dark,
II becomes darker Candles aud Ian
terms must be lighted in order to SOC o.
move, Suddenly deep red glare, turn
ing everything 10 the color OF blood,
bursts through this midnight cloud, The
heat becomes intolerable, Great sheets
Of fame tower over head, Huge bombs
which are the resinous pine knots aud
other inhamatory pieces seem TO burst
everywhere, setting fire to everything
they touch, People run for their lives,
sometimes In vain others hitehing up
their horses and mounting their wagons
drive furiously over the rough roads,
picking of the burning Goals that lall
upon them, lashlng their animals to the
top OF their speed, and, II not cut Of by
another fire driving down upon them
from another direction, may escape TO q
large clearing or q settlement out Of the
way OF the flames,
Often the fire comes 30 suddenly that
they do not have time to dress, but rush
out with scarcely anything but under.
garments or light dresses upon them,
Young ladies' who have q great abund-
snce OF clothing OF every kind are loft
with nothing except wrapper and ARE
compelled To 90 about bareiooted, II
seems almost impossible that people
having so much around them could come
away aud leave II without taking some
thing with them. Terror and eOnsierna.
ton seem TO seize them, and they leave
everything, A few women were found
literally naked, holding their babes In
their arms, Sometimes their only refuge
are their wells, and tho bitches by the
side OF the road, Ten or dozen people
have been found In one we'll. and In one
case u child was born under these appall-
ing circumstances. The heat IL no great
that person standing In the middle OF
q field Of twenty-five acres would DO
roasted,
Wherever the people live near the
great Lake Huron, they take refuge In
the water. Even then the heat Is 80 in
tense that they throw water upon each
other to keep from burning and the
water Ia no tainted with the ashes that
are thrown into II that although they
are standing up to their nccks in the
lake, they are almost dying like ship
wrecked sailors. Of thirst which can.
not DO qucnched. Dead birds in i'm
mcnse numbers float upon tho lake,
whittier the flames have driven them and
into which they have dropped from ey-
haustion, The shore OF the lake Is lined
with game partridges, quail, woodcock,
squirrels, rabbits, white deer and bears
are found roasted In the woods.
Many persons are unable TO escape,
The smoke suilocates or the heats do.
stroys them. They fall and are burned
to death. Two or three hundred lives
arc reported lost, and it is believed that
this does not include the whole number.
Cattle, sheep and hogs have been burned
by the thousands, The darkness and
fire mado many people think the last
day had como and 1t was hard to per.
suade them otherwise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
CLOUD TRAVELLERS,

One object of NJ NJ. Fonvielle and
Lipmann's recent balloon ascent by
night when they proved tho utility Of
NJ. Troves electric miners lamp was to
see whether the curvature of tho tail of
the comet would be different to the
observer on rising out OF the more dense
and moist lower regions of tie atmos-
phere. The pretty rapid motion of the
comet toward tho pole, bringing the
head into regions where atmospheric
refraction acts but little, and the weather
having got very dry, the curvature be-
came almost insensible, instead of
SECURING fantastic proportions. Some
striking appearances were noted about
sunrise. The earlier rays had quite the
look Of the tail OF an immense comet
partly hidden by the earth. Their cur
vature was greater the more oblique
they were to the horizon. There was
an immense sea OF vapor to the east,
above which the balloon was travelling.
When the first part of the suns disc up.
peared, as dark red spot of elliptical
form, it seemed nearer to the balloon
than to the limits of the horizon. The
sun acquired his usual color in about
two minutes, during which one seemed
to see a sort Of eruptive cone in the
middle of the mass of clouds. When he
had fully emerged, all the region be-
hind seemed to be suddenly eflaced,
and he appeared ut the limits of the
horizon.
With regard to the remarkable comet
now visible in these ATTITUDES, it is note.
worthy that these bodies, once the ter
ror, still remain the mystery of the
celestial spaces. 1t is difficult for people
in these days to realize the panic pro-
duced in ancient times by these strange
travellers of the interstellar universe.
Since the year AID. some 600 comets
have been recorded, and, as many of
these coincided with great historic
events, it is not strange that a connec-
ton should have been established be-
tween certain comets and certain catas-
trophies.
The comet of 1860 was ascertained to
have encircled the sun at the speed of
million Of miles an hour, and approach
ed 80 close to that orb that it must have
been exposed to heat 5000 times great
er than that of molten iron! Yet this
body was not dissipated, and
is due again within our sphere about the
year 1856. What can be the constitu-
tion of body which wristbands such
heat, and endures the friction of speed
which literally appalls the imagination?
London Ners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
BUTTER AND BUDDHA.

AT party the hostess said to guest,
~ want you to entain Mr. Blank little
he looks bored to death. I will intro,
duce him, and you must try to amuse
him. You know his strong point is but.
ter, on which he has written a book
The lady. guest graciously undertook the
task of entertaining the man, inwardly
wondering that he should be so much
interested in butter-of which she knew
very little-when his face indicated q
mind given to much profound thinking.
However, with butter in view, she began
on the weather, gradually gotto the count
ny, then on to farm. from that to COWS,
and at last to butter. The man looked
more bored than ever, the magic word
producing not the slightest effect, and
he left her somewhat abruptly, and soon
withdrew from the house. 81 did my
best" she explained to the hostess ; 81
went through agonies to prove that I
was deeply interested in butter, but it
was all in vain" "Butter !" exclaimed
the host "What possessed you to
talk to that man, of all men, on butter I?
I told you he had just written book on
Buddha, and knew how deeply you too
were interested in the same subject"
And they said in chorus, "Gracious !"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
LEAD POISONING.

AT the recent meeting Of the Kentucky
state medical society, DR.. Holland called
attention to the fact that there are GER
tain distinctive, though rather vague,
symptoms of lead.poisoning which pre-
cede the more marked symptoms of wrist
drop, collie, and lead-line, and which,
VIII more carefully studied, would
sue ce to lead to an earlier diagnosis.
These symptoms he described as head
ache, vertigo, slight colicky pains, and
constipation. He then gave notes Of
the case of woman who, two years ago,
began the use of flake. white powder as
a cosmetic. After exhibiting the symp-
toms already mentioned, she had an at
tack of mclancholia Of months dura-
ton afterwards, the signs of plumbism
double wrist drop and the blue line on
the gums-were abruptly presented.
He related in detail several similar
cases, illustrating the essential points de-
duced from the paper-that lead may
be introduced into the system to the ex-
tent of its toxic effects when applied on
the skin in the form Of powder and To-
tons that the most popular beautify-
ing cosmetics contain lead. The results
of the chemical analysis of various pop
ular cosmetics were given in detail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
SHAKESPEARE'S GRAVE.

Halliwell- Philips has made an inter,
esting discovery respecting the reasons
that led to the burial of Shakespeare
within the walls Of Holy Trinity church
at Stratford. He finds they were; that
this church at that time was "thc legal
and customary burial-place of the own
ers of tithes." He calls attention, fur
ther, to the fact that the tombstone now
lying above the grave in the chancel
floor is not the original stone, the origi-
nal, about fifty years ago, having become
SO much decayed as to need repairs ;
but instead Of providing repairs by
which this stone would be preserved, q
new one was laid in its place. The old
slab has now disappeared entirely from
public knowledge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
RIyoULAR eOysTRUOTIOs.

By q naval conyehtiOnalism "tho ton.
der to II, NJ. =. Flora" Ia the nam0 under
which the island OF Ascension Ia entered
In the Navy List, At ono time there
was Flora, and when anchored here
the island was her storehouae; but,
though tho modern representative OF
that vessel IL now stationed at the Cape,
the admiralty still continues TO consider
the island ~ tho tender OF tho ship
which once on O time was moored OF itS
rocky shores, Ascension Is indeed tor.
resirial man.oi.war inhabited by sailors
and marines, governed by naval cap
tain, and ruled according to tho strictest
naval discipline, There are no "clocks"
on the island, only "btls" No one gets
food, only "mtions," which he cooks not
In q kitchen, but in galley and keeps
not in q pantry, but in "locker." All
oiicnscs arc tried by the captain on tho
"quarter.deck'- which happens to be his
oiilce-and all lights must DO "dowsed'
by ten at night, Kroomon got dinner
"under way" "swab OUT the "cabins,"
and "holystone" the "decks' Of the
church and hospital; while, 80 thorough
ly Is the fiction OF Ascension being a
ship kept up, the population Of the
island are entered in the Navy List as
screw OF the Flora tender" and the OIL
GERS doomed to this cinder.heap receive
full pay, and have their days OF tribula-
ton counted as active service aaoat.
Ascension has rarely more than two
hundred Inhabitants, and sometimes as
few rs thirty, But everybody belongs
to "the SERVICE" the only difference be-
tween life here and abroad q man.of.war
being that society Is kept from stagna.
ton by the presence Of the wives and
families Of the married men. Every
scrap of movable and immovable proper.
ty belongs to the admiralty so that, il
by any chance stray civilian should be
disposed to settle in this remote spot,
his first step must DO to obtain perms.
sion to land and to "buy mtions.
EdDlilu Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
ANCIENT COMMANDING.

The following bill OF fare Of one OF the
oll-time feasts gives us some idea Of the
gormandizing propensities Of the lords
and gentlemen We are pleased to call our
ancestors (churchmen being included
and generally heading the list Of bon
vivants), and IL may be received as all,
thentic and reliable, being taken from
Fullers Church History, and Fuller
having copied it from the original bill
Of fare furnished by the steward, who
was no less a parsonage than Richard
Nevill, the great Earl Of Warwick, known
as "the king maker" The feast was
given by George Nevill, younger
brother OF the said Richard, and the &C.
casion was his installation as Archbishop
Of York, to all the nobility, most of the
prime clergy, and many Of the great
gentry.
This is the bill Of provisions, solid and
liquid, provided "Three hundred quar-
tiers of wheat, eight bushels to the quar-
ter $50 tons, 252 gallons to the ton, Of
ale 104 tons of wine, one pipe Of spiced
ale, eighty fat oxen, six wild bulls, 1,004
wethers, 800 hogs, 800 calves, 5000
geese, 5000 capons, 300 pigs, 100 pea.
cocks, 200 cranes, 200 birds, 1000 chick
ems, 1000 pigeons, 1000 rabbits, 204
bitterns, 1000 ducks, 200 pheasants, 400
patridges, 1000 woodcock, 400 plovers,
100 curlews, 100 quails, 1000 egrets,
about 400 bucks, does and roebucks,
1,5O6 hot venison pasties, 1000 cold
venison pasties, LOCO dishes of jelly
pasties, 1000 dishes of plain jelly, 1000
cold custards, 300 pike, 8 seals, por-
poises and 400 tarts." After reading
such an account we may fairly inquire
whether the scarcity with which Great
Britain is being constantly threatened
by her well wishers is in any way refera-
BILE to such waste in the past.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
ApuLTERATED SILKS.

Some time ago there was announced
complete revolution in the silk trade,
Just as base metals can be coated with q
thin layer Of gold or silver, so, IL was
said, the discovery had been made to
apply q coating Of silk to vegetable
iibers Thus n great saving Of the raw
material would have be n effected, and
silk goods could be produced very
cheaply. II does not seem, however,
that this very difficult problem has yet
been solved, though many attempts have
been made and some real progress has
been effected. II Is admitted that no
fiber can rival silk in fineness, dumbil.
ity, elasticity, and brightness. In all
these points it is unique and unap.
proachable. It's sole defect is its dear
ness. Many steps have been taken to
utilize portions Of cocoons, &C., former.
ly wasted. As regards COATING cotton,
&C., with silk, it is q fact that silk is
soluble in number of chemical agents.
1t dissolves completely in the chloride
Of zinc; also in acetic acid at 5000 f.,
and in ammonia ut 300 +. limbs even
asserts that he has dissolved both silk
and wool in pure water at 374o F. We
can therefore readily understand that
linen threads might be permanently
coated with layer Of silk If stepped in
such solutions at certain pressure and
temperature and then submitted to a
process like wire-dawing, The thing
has been tried, but only with relative
success. Silk, when dissolved, loses its
luster, and the difficulty is to restore it
after being deposited on cotton or linen.
Attempts have been made with some
success to coat the fiber of China grass
with solutions of silk. Articles have
thus been produced of as good appear.
ance, though much inferior to silk, and
at fair price.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
SALMON PIsHIHa.

| From an English gentleman who hai
lately travelled overland from British
Columbia 10 this city We learn that
new device, which has been patented, Il
now IN operation taking salmon on III,
Ooinmba river, This device Is know
as "Williams's Patent Fishing Wheel,
and 10 located on the Oregon side Of ilif
colambus river about mile and hal
below the cascades, This device con
sists OF jetty Of rocks built out from 4
point on the shore Of the river, outside
Of which il q planked sluiee,way, Ia
which an undershOt wheel, with large
tank buckets, reyOlyes, The sluieeway
Was built when the river was at It's low
est stage Of water, and the wheel is hung
80 that II can DO raised or lowered aa
may be desired, according to the stage
Of water,
The instinct Of the salmon Il to run
up the river alongside Of the shore In
stead Of mid'ehahnel, liy this the fish
can take advantage OF the eddies below
iutiing points OF land, On these pro,
jeeiing points the Indians have from
time immem0rial taken salmon Ia large
numbers by using dip'nets, The jetty
built ont from the point above named
makes larger and longer siaek'water
behind II, and the salmon rounding the
point rush into the slulceway to get up
the river, In the sluiceway the wheel
which reyolyes In the current IL gagged
SO as to sweep within foot OF the bot
tom, and tho salmon are seOOped up IN
tho tanks or baskets, which latter let out
the water as they ascend, On the wheel
descending, the fish ara thrown out into
the trough or gutter leading to q pen
below, where they remain until taken
away to DO canned, The catch Of adult
salmon, which are tho only ones canned,
runs from 1900 TO 1000 per day. There
II virtually no expense In taking tho fish,
save attending TO the pen,
Our informant states that the wheel
scoops up all Sizes OF salmon from one
pound weight upward, That MI fish
below six pounds weight are not used
In canning, but are thrown back Into
the river dead aud float away, lie
states that ut one cmptying out OF the
pen which he witnessed, several hundred
OF the young salmon were thrown away
M above stated, aud that, as this occurs
three times daily many thousands Of
immature fish ara destroyed weekly,
which would In succeeding seasons grow
10 size III for canning, In fact, II Is
simply question OF a few years, say
five, with this fishing wheel generally
IN use, when Salmon.canning on the
Columbia river. which averages from
$4,000, 900 to s3,0OO,000 annually, will
have to cease for want OF adult fish to
can. The use OF this fishing wheel
means tho rapid destruction OF salmon.
canning In oil rivers that have q quick
current and rocky shores. II Is q patent
that should be revoked on the ground
Of being adverse TO public policy" and
It's use, or kindred devices by which the
immature fish are destroyed, should DO
prevented under heavy penalties within
the United states,-Sm Francisco Bul-
Ieiin,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
TRAVEL IN SPAIN,

The following is an extract from let.
ter written in 1924 by member of the
escort who attended the transport Of the
royal jewels of England from Madrid to
London, after the breaking off of the
Spanish match, is curious as showing
tee safety of travelling in Spain at the
time, as we'll as the characteristic story.
telling facility Of at least one of the
convoy. Spanish brigandage, which We
were apt to associate with Andalusian
lands, does not seem to have existed at
the time this letter was written -
We were but five horsemen in all our
seven days journey from Madrid to
Bilboa, and the charge Mr.. Witches had
is valued ct 100000 crowns; but
It's such safe travelling in Spain that
one may carry gold in the palm of his
hand, the government is so good. When
We had gained Biscay ground we passed
one day through forest, and lighting
off our mules to take little repast
under tree, We took down our alforjas
and some bottles of wine land you know
It's ordinary here to ride with ones
victuals around him), but as we were eat.
ing wesspied two huge wolves, who
stared upon us awhile, but had the good
manners to go away. It put me in mind
of q pleasant tale I heard Sir Thos.
Fairfax relate of a soldier in Ireland,
who, having got bis passport to go for
England, as he passed through the
wood with his knapsack upon his back,
being weary, he sat down under tree,
where he opened his knapsack and fell
to some victuals he had; but on a sud-
den he was surprised with two or three
wolves, who coming towards him, he
threw them scraps Of bread and cheese
till all was gone then the wolves max
ing nearer approach to him, he knew
not what shift to make, but by taking a
pair of bag.pipes which he had, and as
soon as he began to play upon them the
wolves ran all away as If they had been
scared ont of their wits whereupon the
soldier said "The old boy take you
all il I had known you had loved music
so we'll you should have had it before
dinner !"