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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
An Off Hand Way to Measure an Acre.

Few farmers know the size Of their
fields or how many acres they contain.
A field of the writer's, before it came in
to his possession, had been plowed and
reaped by contract for fifteen acres. On
measuring 1t, it was found to have but
twelve acres. 1t is desirable. in fact, in
dispensable for good work, that far
mer should know how many acres each
field contains, for otherwise he cannot
apportion seed or manure for II, nor can
he tell how much time it should require
TO be plowod. A measuring cord should
be part of the furniture on every farm.
To make one, procure sixty-scvon feet
of strong rope, one inch around; make
loop or fasten n ring or bar ut each
ond, and make these precisely sixty-six
feet apart. Then tie piece Of rcd rag
In the center. One acre of ground will
be piece four Of the cords (chains)
long and two and onc-half wide, equal
to sixteen by ten rods, making 100
square rods TO one acre. Tho advantage
of the ring or loop Is that one person
can measure alone by driving stake in
the ground to hold the rope while he
stretches II out. Tho rope should DO
soaked In tar and dried. which will pre-
vent II from shrinking when wet
~s-s-' :. ''~~-w-y.- -,rs
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
UADRCHM.

<,nRo BAPTIST. Corner Tenth and Poplar
j streets: preaching hrrt aud third sundays Ia
each month, II a. m. and : 30 p. m; prayer NEST
Inc Thursdsy, 7:3o p. m; sunday school s:au sm
~ Rsv. A. J. HESS, PaHtpr'
r,HuRCH OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
l Yourteenth street; Sunday I:oOh m, hoy
Ruchasist; 9 80 q m :, Sunday school lo.h a'm;'
no,nning p1syets; sTc Il .c %;, evening ''''
I,IltsT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
7 preaching 81 10 80 q. H., p. m, and $50 p IN
!sbhs,h school At $50 p. IN Rev. t. y sho'es'
4 uTHERAN-Thirteenth street; services SAB
l. bath 80 a. m; Sunday school2p IN new
Ensppc, pastor.
NIETuODIsT-Cor Eighth and Walnut streets
Nj Presiding Sabbath it;O q. m. and w p, M
Sunday School at 800 p. m. Rev. j. A. scafteU'
Astor.
INSTRUMENTATION street; prescning on
sabbath Al IL 90 q. IN. and 1905. m; prayer
s..tiny "Wednesday at 7:3o p. m; Sunday schooi
tsp m. Rev b. Y. George, pastor.
,T Joseph s., Roman lcatholicj Corner Cross
t,nd Walnut streets; services sabbath Iu'VA'
1, SUNDAY school At Q p. m; Vespers 2. IN, ser
"a, every day at q. m Rev. OHara, frest'
ct pATRICK's-IR Roman Cstholic) Corner Ninth
d ,trset and Washington avenue; services SAD,
bth 4 and 10 o. m. Vespers 3 p. H.; snnosy oehooi
a. m services every day NJ q. m rev. hasVsisoh
prest
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
Domestic Recipes.

Fruit Pudding To make q plain
fruit pudding, take one cup of sugar,
onc-half cup butter, and two eggs, and
beat together; then add cup of sour
milk and one teaspoouful Of soda, three
cups of flour, and one cup Of chopped
raisins; spices to taste. Put in q mould,
and steam two hours.
Another way which is very nicc Take
one and \ half cups Of flour, one cup Of
bread crumbs, one cup of raisins, half
cup Of currants, two nutmegs, one cup
of suet chopped fine, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, four eggs, wineglass of syr-
up, and little milk if necessary. Mix
very thoroughly, tie it in cloth rs tight
rs possible and boil fast for five or six
hours. Serve with wine sauce.
Hominy Fritters. Take two teacup-
falls of cold boiled hominy, one cup Of
sweet milk, four teaspoonfuls of -four,
little salt, and one egg; beat vigorously,
and drop with spoon into hot lard; fry
until brown. Rice can be used instead
of hominy.
Oatmeal Pudding. Mix two ounces
OF fine Scotch oatmeal in quarter of n
pint of milk; add to it pint of boiling
milk; sweeten to taste, and stir over the
fire for ten minutes; then put in two
ounces of sifted bread crumbs; stir until
the mixture is stiff; then add one ounce
OF Shred suet and one or two well-beaten
eggs, and little ilavoring or gratednut-
meg; put the pudding in abuttered dish.
and bake slowly for an hour
Salt salmon should be soaked in cold
water at least twenty-fours before it is
cooked, and the water should be changed
several times. Boil it in plenty of water,
with some black pepper kernels. When
done put it in jar, and cover it with
vinegar diluted with some of the liquor
in which the salmon was boiled. 1t
should be kept closely covered, and will
be ready for use in few days.
Flank of beef Braised. The flank Of
beef is part generally unknown to
housekeepers in good crcnmstances but
if properly cooked it makes an exceed
ingly good dish. Have about four
pounds of the flank cut in strip twice
as long as it is wide, wipe it with wet
cloth, trim off any tough skin which APP
pears, season it with salt and pepper and
half satspoonful of powdered cloves.
roll it compactly, and tie it tightly in
shape with heavy cord; brown it in n
saucepan with sufficient hot drippings
of butter to keep it from sticking; when
it is brown all over, cover it with boil
ing water, add two tcaspoonfuls of salt.
quarter of saltspoonful of pepper;
cover the saucepan, and cook the beef
very slowly three or four hours until it
is moderately tender.
Spiced Cabbage. another large
saucepan put half-cup of vinegar, a
tablespoonful each Of sugar and butter,
a teaspoonful of whole cloves, and
medum-sized head Of red cabbage,
washed and sliced thin. Lay the beef
on the cabbage, and steam them together
over very moderate fire for about an
hour, or until both are tender; then re-
move the strings from the beef, and
serve it on platter with the cabbage
under it. The broth in which the beef
was cooked may be strained and used
as the basis OF soups or sauces.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
Presence Of Mind.

A Waterford blacksmith while walk
ing on the railroad track short time
ago caught his foot in frog at a switch
and could not release it. For several
minutes, so the report says, he stood in
fearful contemplation Of his fate, for he
knew train was approaching. Final
y, he threw his body clear of the track.
and the next moment the locomotive
crushed his foot of. No one can read
this paragraph without sincere sympathy
for the unfortunate blacksmith. but at
the Same time it Is hard TO understand
why, since he had several minutes at
his disposal, and sufficient presence Of
mind 10 save the rest of his body, he did
not take his foot out Of his boot, having
found it impossible to take his boot out
Of the frog.
Not long ago. young man approach
ing railroad crossing saw a girl with
her foot caught in switch. and evident
ly too bewildercd TO help herself. A
train was approaching rapidly, and
there was only moment left in which
70 assist her. The man ran toward her
with all the speed he was capable OF.
opening his knife rs no went, seized her
arm with one hand, while the other
drew the knife blade up the front Of her
laced boot, dragged her fainting OF the
track, and the train rushed past He
cut her instep and ankle TO the bone.
but he saved her life, and the wound
soon healed A tenth part Of the re-
sources and energy thus displayed would
hayc saved the blacksmith's Icy.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
TAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.

To G.. W. McKeaig. or any other person or per-
sons interested; You are heieby notified that AT q
salc OF real estate in the county Of Alexander and
state OF Illinois. held by the county collector OF
said county, at the sOuthwestery door Of the court
house, in The city Of Csiro, in seid county and
state, on the 8rd day Of August A. d. 1880,
+. Fitzgerald purchased the following described
real estate, situated In the first addition 70 the
city OF Caro- in the county OF Alexander and stale
Of Illinois, for the taxes due and unpaid thereon
for the years A.. ID 1877 1873 and 1879, together
with penalties and costs: said real estate being
tsxed IN the name OF said G., W. McKeaig, to.wit:
Lots numbered twenty one t2lO twenty-five (22)
twenty .three (2) and twenty.fonr (e4) IN block
numbered twentv-three ca az the same are known
and designated on the recorded map or plat of
said addition: that said p. Fitzgerald on the S1th
day Of August, 1880, assigned HE certificate of pur
chase for said premises to the undersigned, and
lh"t the time allowed By law for the redemption OF
sid al estate will expire on the 3rd day OF Aug
us., \. y 1852
LOUIS HERBERT, Assignee of Purchaser.
Cairo. Ills March III, A. d 1892
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

There is no danger that children can
sleep too much. The old provcrb, "Who
sleeps, cats" is illustrated in those little
ones who sleep most. Wakcful chill.
dren arc always pccvish irritable and
lean. II they can be induced TO sleep
abundantly they are quite likely TO be-
come good naturcd and plump. Their
sleep should be as much during tho
hours of darkness rs possible, and there
fore il Is better that they should 20 10
bed before sunset to have their sleep
out, than to sleep long after sunrise in
the morning. 1t is well to let any
hcalthful, growing child or young pcr-
son sleep until he wakes himself, and
then givo him such u variety and
amount Of out door exercise as shall
mako him glad when bedtime returns.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
Training Boys in Correct Language,


correct use of language should properly
begin in the lower grades of the elemen-
taiy school. 1t is at this stage. that the
vocal organs are most flexible and sus-
ceptibility to impressions Is most strong
" marked. If judicoUs mode oftrain-
ing be pursued at this stage, habits Of
correct expression are much more easily
acquired than at later period, when by
the force of vicious association most
boys have become inyetcrate in the use
OF inelegant as well as inaccurate Ian
guage.
First of all it is to be strictly insisted
upon that the selections used for read
ing represent nothing but the purest
types of English. Simplicity Of style is
perfectly consistent with grace of ex-
preston. There could not exist agrcat-
err pedagogic error than to suppose that
coarscness of diction is essential to clear
apprehension on the part of children.
Tbs versatile richness of our literature
will supply an unlimited variety of easy
narratives, couched in the purest Ian
guage. 1t is also essential that rs soon
as boy acquires the use of the simplest
words he shall be diligently practiced in
combining them into short and easy
sentences. This exercise is the germ of
syntax, and the synthetic power cannot
be called into exercise at too early q
stage. Indeed words cannot be strictly
defined except by illustration in sem
fences. 1t is the context that generally
determines the significance of the word
mere abstract definition is often de-
ceptive and misleading.
The exercises in sentence building
will gradually expand into composition,
and they are the best introduction to it.
AS the boy gradually develops, the char
acter of his reading can be easily changed
TO adapt it to his progress. From the
chaste simple story of the lower grades
he can pass TO some of the higher class
les, whose lucid diction renders even the
grarest theme fascinating to youthful
minds of ordinary intelligence and APP
plication. Such works rs Irving's Life
of Columbus, Irving's Life Of Washing
ton, Prescott's Histories, Macaulay's Es-
suNo, oouic VI oil w hllCI pCOll 4NONclS,
Longfellow's Poems, are admirably
adapted to the purposes of class use, to
say nothing of their tendency to stimu-
late the purest taste and the noblest as
pirations.
Minute orprofusc exegetical criticisms
and all purely pathological questions,
such as the evolution of speech, the
genesis Of forms, etc, should be deferred
until the collegiate course is reached.
Until this point is attained the training
of boys in language should have Its
prime object to inculcatc from the very
first models of pure and graceful Eng
fish, to introduce them directly to the
great masters Of our prose and poetry,
to develop the esthetic sense by con-
stanty presenting types Of perfect beau.
ty in language, and to impress upon the
mind Of the student the profound truth
that accuracy and purity of expression
is n moral as well as an intellectual ac-
complishment.- Henry Z. Shepherd in
our Continent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
Madcap Marguerite.

You say, "Of an In plain or grove
She IL the pearl of beauty" True,
But when you udd. "A blonde, by Jover~
You Halle, YOU know you do.
So black her locks TINT ebony
BY contrast showeth almost white.
Beneath each jetty lash, nh mel
How darker are her eyes than night.
So rcd NJ times her blood doth run
To fire II turns her spirit too,
Dare you pretend, "Behold num-"
You tell lie, you know you do.
A Lightning fash, cyclone she,
So suddcn-swift she terrifies:
A colt from whip and harness. free,
Whom spur tamcs not, nor halter ties.
"Touch hut her lips" you say, "wth wine,
And who Is more enchanting, who1
Save that then Circc's self is swiner'
You tell lie, You know you do.
Her soul through all her supple curves
In Maynard tide doth come and 10;
Through whltcst teeth her laughter serves
AS music To It's pebbly now.
To each extreme che turns we 500
To grief, 10 JOY, to wrath, to rue,
But when you swear, she iurns to me-"
You tell lie, you Know you do!
From the French.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

4 lIluNNs
I was This IL to certify that DR. Clark johnson
, - Blood Syrup hnr cured me OF Pain in the
country is valuable medicine Mrs
ne teeth, Centre nm White q
NC your This Is 20 certify that was afflicted vi
rt1Ce do tauon of the Heart for many years II
lnnt for ent doctors Whose prescriptions tended
- -" weaken me than they did 10 strengthen. \
was the res lived to try DR.. Clark Johnsons Ind
lple! syrup which proved to be positive cur
ach which had been troubling me.
MRS MARY a.
@ errors | wac afflicted with Liver Com plant an
uool, ala and failed TO get relief, although us
: "o"N cines from our best doctors | common,
d, &c, | Dr. Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup, and a
ou, free cured me- w. RISING Mo
9 discov This cer1es that DR.. Clark Johnson
, -; Blood Syrup has electually cured mt Of L
Nniellcd' Too much cannot be said In praise o. IL.
he Rev, w. L. WINNER, Bedft
" York Agents wanted for the sale Of the Ind
Syrup IN every town or village, in which
agent. Particulars given on application
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
TAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.

To A. II. Robertson, or any other person or
persons interested;
You are hereby notified that at sale of real es-
tate, In the county Of Alexander and state of Iii.
nois held by the county c-llec or Of said county,
the southwesterly door Of the courthouse in the
city Of Cairo, In said county and state, on the 10th
day OF July, A. d. 1880 Il. W. Halliday purchased
the following described real estate situated In the
city Of Cairo, county of Alexander and state OF Il
nois for the taxes due and unpaid thereon for tho
years A. ID 1874 1875, 1870 1877, 1878 and 1870 to-
gehcr with penalties and costs said real estate DO.
Ing taxed in tho name OF said A. u. Robertson, to.
wit: Lot mum bered twenty-five (2s), In block nun.
bered seventy (70, as known and designated on the
recorded map or plat Of said city; that said
X, W. Halliday on the 9Th day OF February, A. d.
1882, assigned bic certificate of purchase to sail
lowed BY law for thercdemption Of said real estate
will expire on the 10th day Of July, A. d. 1882.
ISAAC X. MORAN, Assignee ofpurchaser.
Cairo, Ills, March Is, A. d. 1882
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
TAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.

To Taylor q Parsons and Alkaline Bugg. or any
other person or persons Interested: You are here
by notified that a, sale real estate In the coun'
" OF Alexander and state OF Illinois, held by the
county collector OF said county at the Southwestern
ly door OF the court house in the city Of Caro- in
said county and state, on the 9th day Of August,
A. ID. 1880, 7. Fitzgerald purchased the following
described real estate situated In the First addition
TO the city OF Cairo, in the county Of Alexander
etate of Illinois, ~ tue same IL known and deslg-
mated on the recorded map OF plat OF said add
tiou, for the taxes due and unpaid thereon for the
year d. 1870 and prior years, together with PEN
atics and costs; said real estate being taxed in
the names as below set forth, TO wit:
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
4. K. TIME CARD AT CAIRO.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R,R. q

ILLINOIS CENTRAL X. X
TRAINS DEPART. WAhs As W..
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tAccom dation. 10 an 'Ekprets ,...'.li ~ a. VI
tRIpres. 80 I:sO D. m Accumulation ..4:Q5 pm
MISS CENTRAL X. X.
,MaIl 4:35 AN I +NAil......... e. BOOT m
tErpress....... i0h5a IN tExpress...... h;3O an
CAST. l.. RR Marrow Gauge.
EXPIRES. 10 10 am sBSptsss. .., $40 pm
sAccom' dalton. l:50 b.m sAecom 'daton i2:S5 pm
sT.L.. I'M as. X. r.
tExpress III SOP. m tBxpress.......- s!oo p IN
tAceon ,GAuon. x;30 pm tAccom dation ~ 40 Am
WABASH, ST. LOUIS a. PACIFIC R'f co.
email AK1.... sou sm sMaii n kx...- 1888 pm
sDsily except sunday. Daily.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

Bronson Alcott says that the blue or
brown-cycd women, with fair complex.
ion, sangunc temperament and fair-siz-
cd feet, love deeper and mako better
wives than any other sort
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City Ohcers.

Mayor--N. b. Thistlewood.
Treasurcr-T y. Kerth
Clerk-Dennis. j, Foley.
Cvunseior--Wm B. Gilbert.
Marshall. II. Meyers,
Attorncy--Wllllam Hendricks.
BOARD OF ALDEEsEr.
first ward-Peter Saup. Il. NJ. Kimbrough.
second Ward-Jense Hlnkle, G., \. Hughes.
Third Ward-B, r, Blake. John Wood.
Fourth WArd--Charles o. Patier, Adolph SWo'
boda. - M.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

Cant you trust me, darling" muir
INJURED Spilklns to tho daughter Of old
Moncy-lcnder mot without real estate
security" replied Isabella, absent mind
edly,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
TAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.

TO r Griffin, McRea & Co, ]. W. Willisms and
Alfred King or any other person or persona inter
ested: You are hereby notified that at safe Of
real estate in the county Of Alexander and state
OF Illinois, held by the comfy collector OF said
county al the sorthwestery door Of the court
house the city OF Cairo in said county and state
on the 9Th dav Of August, A. d. 1889, Joun Gates
purchased the following described real estate. stu
ated IN the First addition 10 the city Of Cairo, in
the county Of Alexander and state of Illinois, as
the so"'a Is known and designated on the recorded
map or plat OF sutu adliuon for the taxes due end
unpaid thereon for the year A. ID. 1879, and prior
years. together with penalties and costs; said real
estate being taxed IN the name of the persons
hereinafter set forth, to-wt;
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

That said G L. Emerson on the Both day Of An.
gust, A. y. 1881, duly assigned his certificate OF
purchase received from said collector, to the un.
dersigned and that the time allowed by law for the
redemption OF said real estate will expire on the
9Th day Of August, A. D. 1882.
HENRY WELLS. Assignee ofpurehaser.
Cairo, HIS March II, 1882
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

That said p Fitzgerald on the 3Oth day OF August,
1882, assigned his certificate OF purchase received
for said premises 10 the undersigned, and that the
time allowed BY law for the redemption of said real
estate will expire on the 9Th day Of August, A. ID.
1892. LOUIS HBRBERT. Assignee of purchaser.
Cairo, He, March l6, 1882.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
County officers.

OOuHty OniCcIo'
Circuit Judged. J. Baker.
Circuit Ccrk-A. IL Irwin.
County Jndgc--R 5 Yocum,
County Clerks j. Humm.
County Attorney-J, NJ Damron,
County Treasurer-Mios W. Parker
shetif--John Hodges.
Coroner--R. Fitzgerald -, u.r,a.
Gibbs and Peter sanp.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18
THE HALLIDAY.
"THE HALLIDAY"

A New ana Compete Hotel. fronting on Levec
Second and Railroad Streets,
Cairo, Illinois.
Tn Passenger Depot Of the Chicago, st. Louis
aD' .ew Orleans: Illinois Central: Wabash, st.
Louis and Pacific; Iron Mountain and Southern
Mobile and Ohio; Cairo and St. Louis Railways
are all just across the street. while the SteamboaI
Landing is but one square distant.
This Hotel Ia heated by steam, has steam
Laundry, Hydraulic Elevator, Electric Cau Bells
Automatic Fire Alarms. Baths, absolutely pure air,
perfect sewerage and torY plete appointments.
ercelled table.
l.. =. PARKER 81 CO.,Lessees
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

Eptlnces
| was
country
ne teeth.
Ike your
rifce do
lOnt for
was the
APPLE!
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-18

The "trimmings"nre coarse shayings and make
the best summer wood for cooking purposes az well
ss the cheapest ever sold in Cairo. For black
smiths use insetting three. they are unequalled
Leave yuor orders at the Tenth street wood YARD
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-12-27

SUNDAY LAWS IN New JERSEY - The
statute imposes upon officers certain dn-
ties ia the enforcement of the Sunday
laws. The Chief of Police Of Newark re-
Gently refused to execute the law without
a complaint. Judge Depue charged the
Grand Jury as follows
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury A mat
ter has recently come to the knowledge OF
the Court to which we desire to call your
attention Information has been given
to the Court that week ago last Sunday
public entertainment took place In one
of the halls of this city, which was clear
violation of the law. The Court is in-
formed that the Chief of Police was noti-
fed of this occurrence, but that he refused
to perform his duties unless a form al CON-
plant was first made. The Chief of Police
is the chief executive of the Police De-
partment, and it is his duty to see that
the laws and the ordinances of the city
are enforced, without waiting for a formal
complaint. II thelfacts are as stated to
the Court the Chief of Police was clearly
derelct in his duty. The matter has been
laid before the Prosecutor, and the Court
requests you to give 1t your attention, as
it is matter that properly belongs to the
Grand Jury. Much of the troubles that
have brought dishonor upon this city
have arisen from the neglect of officials to
perform their duties.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-12-27
A New YORK scENE.-Franklin stree,

A NEW YORK ScENE.-Franklin street,
at noon yesterday, was crowded with
bright, laughing children who came romp-
ing out of the Elm street school. They
clustered outside the Tombs prison at the
moment that Martin Grady, aged 10, and
John Abenichy, aged IS, came out of
prison. They were very small, even for
their ages, and were pale and delicate
looking. Both cried bitterly. They were
handcuffed one to the other, with heavy
steel manacles, and behind them stalked
six foot Deputy Sheriff. The little
prisoners were on their way to the House
of Refuge. The sight of the handouts
spread CONSERVATION among the school
children, and some of the little girls cried
in the excess Of their sympathy. The
Deputy Sheriff hailed car, and the little
prisoners entered, and were driven away
from the throng Of more fortunate ur
chins.-N. Y. Sun.