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Grace in Little Things.

There is an old story of a certain min
ister who, in arranging his toilet for his
afternoon parochial calls, found button
gone from his shirt collar, and all at
once the good mans patience left him.
He fretted and scolded and said undigni-
fed and unkind things, until the tired
wife burst into tears and escaped to her
room. The hours of the afternoon wore
away during which the parson called
upon brother Jones, who was all bowed
down with rheumatism, and found him
patient, and even cheerful; upon young
brother Hall, wasting away with con-
sumption, and found him anxious to 90
and be with Christ; upon good old grand
mother Smith. in her poor, miserable
howell of a home, and found her singing
one of the good old hymns, as happy as
bird; upon young Mrs. Brown, who
had few weeks before buried her only
child, and found her trustful and serene
in the views of Gods love which had
come to her through her affection. The
minister went home filled with what he
had seen, and when evening came, and
he was seated in his easy chair, his good
wife near him busy with her needle he
could not help saying, What wonderful
thing grace Isl How much it will do
There is nothing beyond its power !
Wonderful Wonderful! 1t can do all
things Then the little wife said, eyes,
it is wonderful indeed but there is one
thing that the grace of God does not
seem to have power to do" "Ah, what
can that be p said the husband. "Why,
it does not seem to have power to control
minister's temper when his shirt-button
is gone"
That was new version of the doctrine
of grace to the parson, but it was such
version as many another religion man
needs to remember. The honest servant
girl said that the best evidence she could
give OF her conversion was that now she
swept out the corners and under the sofa.
while before she was converted she did
not. There Is many a man who can
stand up before multitude and confess
Christ )" who can be most meek when
insulted in some public place; who can
rub his hands and bless God for the DOW
er of religion but who is too weak to
keep his temper at home The value of
art is In the fneness of the work-the
perfection of music is in the little accura-
cies. So the beauty and power of our
religion are seen when we manifest grace
in little things. AS it takes greater
skill to engrave the Lords Prayer upon
five-cent-piece than upon broad steel
plate, so it takes more grace to live good
Christian at home than in public.
Golden Rule.
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The EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL OF VIRGINIA for
January. VIM. F. Fox, Editor. Contents
The Teaching of Language; The Repetition of
the Article; instruction in Postal Affairs. The
Coming Teacher; Examinations; The Training
of Teachers in Germany, etc., etc., etc.
Subscription price 81 per annum in advance.
The SANITARIAN for January New York {:
A. N. Bell, A. NJ, NJ D.. Editor
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BoSNIBELL AND OTHER Poems. By Edward
S. Gregory. Lynchburg: j. P. Bell & Co.
1880.
Literature is the highest expression of life
its spiritual essence 1t lives because it is of the
spirit, the immortal part of man Commerce,
manufactures, trade in its thousand pretentious
and imposing forms, armies, naves govern
ments, cities, nations empires, grow and burst
like bubbes-the printed word lives on. Schlie-
mann, delving amid the ruins of Troy, uses
Homer as his gulde-book. Ilium was, but
Homer is so fresh that the Premier of England
finds in him newer and deeper meanings that
do not seem to have dawned on his older critics
When London shall be shapeless mound on
the banks of the dried-up Thames, Shakespeare
will still be the admiration and the despair of
perhaps thousand millions of English speak
ing people.
Poetry is the flower of literature, its celestial
bloom. In all ages and in all lands, even
among savages and half savage tribes, men hail
with rapture the birth of the poet-the heavenly
herald who, giving voice to their glories and
their sorrows, will announce them to the world
They will not die tongueiess as the beasts that
perish henceforth they will live, honored
and felt, charms of earth and sky, day with its
sunlight, night with its stars, varying year,
their hopes. their joys, their fears, their woes,
their dreams, and their aspirations, they may
now read in golden letters set to music-that
tell the deeper and more beautiful things that
lay hidden in their souls From death thew
have passed into life on the winged and undying
words of their singer. Base, and unworthy to
be remembered, is that people which feels no
thrill of pride in its poets and men OF letters
No surer mark of natural degradation can be
found or even conceived than the indifference
of people to the literature of its own soil
Perhaps at the South we have been somewhat
remiss in this respect
In the little volume before us, tenderly dedi-
Gated to the authors mother and wife, we recog-
Mise the strain of the true minstrel Every poem
which we have read in the collection is credit
able, and some of them are of exceeding deli.
cacy and beauty. There is not one from which
we might not quote in proof of our Judgment of
the authors skill, but we may specially indicate
the sonnets on PIP. rs, 70, SO; the verses after
Tennyson entitled "a Zephyr's Song; the ex-
quisite little poem, entitled Alice" 1.-THE Cid"
The Sword of Lee" We might readily name
half dozen of equal merit. We sincerely hope
that Mr. Gregory may obtain for his verses that
reception which they so well deserve He has
found the gate of pearl that opens on the stair
way to the heavens Let him mount to higher
themes and look into deeper depths of nature
and life.
Our author commenced life as a journalist,
and as editor of the Petersburg Luder- appeal,
ranked with the foremost of the fourth estate in
Virginia. He is now clergyman of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church. Some of the poems
In the present volume are of a religious char
acter.
The work is for sale by West, Johnston & Co.,
Main Street.
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THE CAPTIVE FREED; or. "A. Threefold Cord"
and How to Break It. By Rev. T. w Hoop
err. D. D., Selma, Ala. American Tract So
ciety..
This little tract (22 pages is written for the
colored people, but it is good for others as WELL
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? LTrELIs LIVING AGE for tho vveel. ord;ro
January 9Th contains the following articles S'''
-, The Unity of Nature, part Nv bv the Dnko
Hero Finas Aunt; visit to the Oldest State
IN Europe American Prosperity wordsworth
m 4e Man; My Faithful JOHNNY The Tsle Of
iann together with choice poetry and msce j.
III EjBSBYrERGAN MONTHLY for December. Pub.
pany, Philadelphia. "''i'A'"s oon'-
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HISTORICAL AND COMMEMORATIVE DISCOURSE,
Delivered in the Lafayette Presbyterian
Church, New Orleans, La, Sabbath, Deem
Der 18th. 1880, by the pastor Rev. Thomas
Railey Markham, D. D.
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pyramid, and myself. Everything else
is modern, Go to l'-Charles Dudlcv
Warner, an My Winter on the Nile
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"REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNALIST By Charles
T. Congdon. Boston: James R. Osgood &
Co. 1880.
A handsome duodecimo of some 400 pages. 1t
is sketchy review of the past fifty years by
one who seems to write well. Among the names
and topics once famous which occur in this VOL
ume are such as Democrats and Federalists.
John Quincy Adams, William Cullen Bryant,
Rev. Orville Dewey, DR.. Charming, Daniel Web
ster in court, Martin Van Buren,, the Wing
Party previous to 1910, the Campaign of 1910,
the Great Dorr War, the Fugitive Slave Law
the Know Nothing movement, the Stage forty
years ago, Horace Greeley etc., ETC., etc.
For sale by ]. W. Randolph & English, Rich
mond
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SOUTHERN LITERATURE: It's Status and Outlook
An address delivered before the Ladies' Me
mortal Association of Montgomery county,
Va, at the Montgomery White Sulphur
Springs. July 10th, 1880. By J. B. Wardlaw,
Jr.. A. M.
We have received a copy Of this address which
is published by the Ladies of the Association,
and is offered for sale with the view of raising
money to erect monument to the Confederate
dead buried at Christansburg, Va. The ladies
hope that the object which they have in view,
as well as the merits of the address, will secure
for it large sale.
1t is for sale by West & Johnson and by C..
f. Johnston, Main street, Richmond. Price 25
cents.
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Confde ye a in Providence,
For Providence is kind
And bear We a lifes bitter woes,
Wi calm and tranquil mind.
Tho hemm'd and pressed on ilka side
Ha' faith and yen gang thro';
For ilka, ilka blade o grass,
Has its ain drop o dew.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-19

Lying for the truth is bad, and scold-
ng for it is not much better.
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The SEED ANNUAL for 1881, published by D.
M. Ferry Co., Detroit Mich, is beautiful
publication of 16S pages The colored repre-.
sensations of flowers alone give it great value.
~ seems to be most complete affair for those
IN want of flower seeds, vegetable seeds, plants.
and fruit trees There must be six or seven
hundred cuts
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The January number of The VGRG1N1As is
received-one of the most valuable publications
In the State. This number contains. besides
miscellaneous matter, two articles worth the
subscription for one year 49, the first by Prof.
W. b. Rogers on The Iron Ores of Virginia
ana West Virginia the second on "The Geol
ogy OF the Rich Patch Mountain" by Prof j. L.
campbell Of Washington and Lee University.
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Recent Publications.

BoSNIBELL AND OTHER Poems. By Edward
S. Gregory. Lynchburg: j. P. Bell & Co.
1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19
No Land on which the Sun Shines

Possesses greater natural advantages than
our own, but there are portions of the great
grain bearing West and fertile South
where atmospheric influences prejudciaI to
health initiate against them, in some de-
gree, as places of residence Heavy rain.
falls and the overflow Of great rivers
which upon their subsistence leave dank
vegetation exposed to the rays of the sun
there beget malarial fevers, and there alsc
the inhabitants are periodically obliged to
use some medicinal safeguard against The
scourge. The most popular is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, preventive that has for
over quarter OF century afforded reliable
protection to those whom experience in the
futility of ordinary remedies for iever and
aeue, has taught to substitute for them.
Whether intermittent or remittent, mas.
matte fevers are conquered and averted by
this superb anti-periodic and Certifying
medicine as they are by no other prepare
tion in use. Use it, and abandon impure
local bitters.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Paul Kruger, who now styles himself
president of the South African republic,
and has long been noted leader of ex-
petitions in the Transvaal, has twice
been in England as spokesman for his
countrymen. He first went in the Broad
felt hat, the short jacket and "veldt
schoon' (shoes of untanned leather)
which form the usual and recognized
costume of Dopper. On his return he
met the astonished gaze Of his friends
clad in high hat, long black cloth
coat and the boots worn by ordinary
civilized men. England was we'll
enough" he said, land there were fine
houses; but if man wanted to 90 and
smoke by himself, even away from Lon
don, every piece of the veldt seemed to
be owned by some one or another, and
if you sat down to smoke under tree
you hadn't taken two whils before a
man would come up and say the land
was his and he didn't want you there. y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19
SEALED PROPOSALS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Cry CLgrK's OfrrcE,

CAEo ILL,, March A. 1851
Senlcd proposals VIII b. received at this office
directed 20 the CITY Council Of the city Of Cairo
until O'Clock p. n OF Tuesday March gath 1881
for furnishing he m ter al and doing the work,
or dong he work necessary for he construction
and resons tructiOn Of the following pldewnkr
70 be cnna rutlea Of brick. VIZ: on the north idc
OF SIKH street from Commercial to Washington
avenue on DO h rdes Of seventh street from
Commtrcial 10 Washing on avenues; on the eastcr.
ly eide ui Warrington avenue from Eighth street
TO connoCt with brick sidewalk in front of lot 29,
In block 2i city; on west side or Washington nv.
cnue between sixth and seventh streets, and on
west side Of Commercial avenue IN I ont Oi lots H.,
Z aud \, In block 90 city, To be CON tructed Of
wood on th ca-terly aide Of Poplar greet from
Tenth TO Twelfth street; on the nOrtherly aide Of
Fourteenth street between Walnut and Cedar
streets. and on castorly aide Of Cedar street ho
tween Fourteenth and Fiji zenith streets, and on
n, rthcrly eide Of Twenty seventh street between
Commercial avenue and Poplar street To be re-.
constructed OF wood, VIZ. On west side Of Wash
ington avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets on south side Of Twentieth street between
Poplar street and Comm'r cal avenue; on west
side on numerical avenue between Eighteenth
and Twentieth streets; on eonth side OF Twenty
eighth street between Commercial avenue and
Poplar street; on west side Of Commercial avenue
between Twentyseyenth and Twcnty.oigbth
streets; on north side OF Eighteenth street be
tween Poplar street and Commercial avenue; on
westerly side OF Leyco street fronting lots one TO
inclusive, In block q, city. To be constructed of
cnders. viz on the Wcsi aide of Commercial ave.
nue. between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets,
and on the south side Of Fourth street between
Washington avenue and Walnut street Az pro.
yded FOR bv ordinance No. 81. approved February
ih, 1881, which Is on Me IN this office and subject
10 examination NJ any time. The right to reject
wy ''' ~ D. j FOLEY, Cny Clerk.
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said Laura, sliilly;, and my pearl ring
must be returned"
Il will pay you the value of it my
self, said Mr., Austin, eagerly, 'if-n
"You are very much interested i'm the
culprit,n said Laura, with curl of her
full, red lips; 'but that will not an
swer the ends of Justice at all. No
She stole the ring her confess, or
suilerr'
The curate looked at Laura with mute
surprise almost with disgust.
At that moment, when Miss Heritage
sat, like female Fate, on the sofa, and
Mrs Jennings was comforting poor lit
tie Phoebe up stairs, Job came shutting
in.
'Found your ringP" said he.
"No,n cried Laura
"Here it is" said job.
And sure enough, the great pear
shaped pearl lay glimmering, like a
drop of moonlight, in the horny palm of
his hand.
"Where did you get it?n breathlessly
demanded Miss Heritage.
Job chuckled, and looked rather
sheepish.
Sent booshel o'nuts to my cousin
Jenny" said he. Jenny was always
partial to nuts; and she writ back TO
me--what did mean by sendn' her
pearl ring in emp Didn't | know she
was keeping company with Peter
Crane? And writ | didn't send no
pearl ring; and this monin' this came
back by post nodding his head at the
jewel. "And the very minute | set
eyes on it knowed it WAS the one Miss
Heritage wore that afternoon at the
nuttin'."
Laura turned scarlet.
Il must have dropped it in the nuts"
said she.
"Of course you did said job.
wonder you never thought OF it
afore?''
So the awful shadow of suspicion was
lifted off Phoebe; and Miss Heritage
even condescended to murmUr some
sort of apology before she went away.
"But it's too ridiculous the fuss they
make about that girl said Miss Her
itage, viciously. Richard Austin will
never forgive me for daring to doubt
her.
No; it was quite true, Mr.. Austin was
completely disenchanted with the
dimpled and rock-hearted Laura. And
when he did marry, three years after
wards, the brides name was simple
"PhGbe."
For the dark-eyed child had grown
into radiant womanhood, and Richard
Austin knew that she was a diamond tit
TO wear on any mans breast.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

A suicide under very painful circum-
stance occurred, in the express train run
ming between Hayre and Rouen. On
opening the door Of Il coupe at the lat
ter station, one OF the employees per-
ceved man lying on the floor, bathed
in blood, quite dead, and with reyol-
yer at his side. The corpse was inn
mediately borne TO private room, and
inquiries were instituted, which led TO
the knowledge that the deceased was
M. Warenhorst, wealthy llavre
merchant, who married IA few years ago
a widow whose husband was supposed
to have been killed during the commune.
A child was born, and the happiness Of
the couple was complete, when, to their
horror, il was found that one Of the am
nestled communists who have returned
in the Navarin was this identical man.
The shock was too great Nj. Warren
horst's brain was unable to bear it, and
il was while under the influence of his
first impulse OF grief and shame that he
put an end TO his own life.
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WOrkingnlpn,

Before you begin your heavy spring work
after winter Of relaxation, your system
needs cleansing aud Strengthening to pre-
vent an attack of Ague, Bilious or Spring
Fever, OF some other Spring sickness that
will unfit you for seasons work. You
will save time, much sickness and great
expense if you will use one bottle Of Hop
Bitters IN your family this month. Don't
wait. Burlington IIawkeye.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

The servant Of an officer with fiery
temper, was asked how he got along sob
Excellent" every morning We beat each
others coats. lie takes his off to be beat,
| keep mine on. Spring Blossom beats
everything for curing Indigestion, Sick
Headache, Biliousnes etc Prices ST.,
80 cents, and trial bottles 10 cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Pools ISLAND n f., September 2Gth.
DEAR SIRs.-l have been watching the
progress Of your Eclec,rc Oil since It's in.
PRODUCTION 10 this place, and with much
pleasure state that my antcipations of its
success have been fully realized, i, having
cured me Of bronchitis and soreness Of
hose; while not few Of my "rheu,nn,ic
neighbors" Zone old lady in particular,
pronounces il to be the best article az ,,s
kind that has ever been brought before the
public. Your medicine does not reouire
any longer sponsor, but If you wish me I,
act as such, I shall be only too happy I,
have my name connected with your pros
porous child. am, yours, &c,
JANIS CULLEN.
PAUL q. SCBUH, Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Orange Young was taken i'll in the
night at Westminster, Vt. He was "A,
and alone in house three miles from a
doctor. A terrible storm was in pro-
gress, and fresh snow was drifting deep
on the ground The old man, satisfied
that he would not live until morning
without medical help, resolutely started
out. The struggle was hard one, but
he made the distance afoot, and recov-
cred.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Lord Roseberry intends to build one
of the most magnificent houses in Lon
don on the site which he purchased near
Albert gate. The mansion will front
the park, and command a splendid view
of Rotten row and the Ladies' mile.
There are to be five suits of reception
rooms, and it probably will be one of
the most princely houses in the metrop-
oils
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

JAMES PEARSON, 20 Sixth Street, Buffalo
says have used your Spring Blossom
for myself and family, and think II invalu.
able as household remedy, for regulating
the bowels, liver and kidneys, ! shall never
be without it, Prices: g., so cents, and
trial bottles 10 cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

yXTANTED. Manufacturing concern wants a
w business man In Cairo, an ineycry city not al.
pay for goods on delivery af,er orders have been
secured for the same. $50 per month prof.
guaranteed The most searching Investigation
solicited. A S ARNOLD Il co, corner first
Street and Broadway Brooklyn, ~, Y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

The late-lamentcd Carlyle once called
MS as, 1000. 600 OF bores," gauging the
whole country by the few cheeky
American tourists who used to invade
his work-roOm.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Gruetli, the Swiss colony in Grundy
county, Tenn, is in danger of extinction
on account of defective land titles and
multiplied suits resulting.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Louisiana has S5,45 white and 8S,O24
colored voters officially registered. OF
the whites, 1913 cannot write; OF the
negroes II, SOB can write.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Texas has 2l57 penitentiary conyicts,
for whose use the lessees pay - per
man.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

A wainscoting ten feet high, of blue
thing is being but in the dining-room of
a new residence in New York.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

1t is said the postal card decreased
the sale OF writing paper sl2,OOO,OOO
annually in the United States
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

The graduates of Washington and
Jefferson college residing in st. Louis
have organized an alumni
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

I1N1V1N 4 WITH D UItTIWTI, UNIFUTTHI sFI9NA "
lassitude pair II the back, dina For ToL;,.
ness OF vision, premature old age, SA'04 IAN lug
md many other diseases that Iced to insanity ~
consumption and premature grave.
Full particulars IN our pamphlet, which we de
sire to send tree by mail TO every one The spe
dGc medicine is sold by all druggists at 81 pei
package six S. or VIII be cent Tree by mail or
receipt Of the monty by addressing THE GRAY
MEDICINE Co, No Mechanics block, Detroit
Mich. Sold in Cairo by Barclay Bros, Paul 6
Schulz aud Geo O'IisTa.
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Remedy, an uB-
| falling cure for
\ Seminal Weakness
Sper N at OrrhOea,
lmpotency and all
diseases that fol
low as u cOnsc.
QuenCo Of self
abuse; as losr Of.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

A widower of 90 has just married a
damsel of 65 at Champlain, W.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19

Trade MEX The GLeat Engl.h lEAnE WAX