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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16
A WELL KNOWN DRUGGIST.

Nv drugstore was tbs first to sell swift's Specific.
1t was then put up In quart bottles which sold Tor
S5. 90 each. IhAve seen great m my cases cured
by Its use, and some who had tri' oil sorts Of
treatment In fact have ever known 1t to fall
when taken operly. sell rye quantity OF II,
and for al diseases that are Dope dent on blood
poison or skin humur. II cnrrs
PIMfLEs AND CHEZ ON THE SKIN,
and makes tn complexion fair and rosy As for
blood tain there Ia no such w,rd as fall II cures
cases tn have long wibstood otner sorts OF treat
mem, and wi hOut any of those ecurring troubles
that generally follow mercurial and other So
called cures T. l.. MASSENBURG,
Macon, Ga.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16
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'6|are.

OF the continued use Of mer ury aud otash for the
treatment OF Is God and skin diresses--they never
cure. and near alwa injure or totally ruin the
general n, Al tn
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16
Sales and Quotations.

hrst hands in round lots. An advance ir
charged for broken lotsin filing orders.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16
TOBACCO.
RATES OF FREIGHT.

VIckrhnre, PtIntesS House, y4c peF cWt., Anf
es per Dbl. higher.
All other wss points below Memphis 70 New Or
ems, came rates % TO KlinsOtop.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
Preserving Power Of Salt.

1t is well-known that in soil where
lime abounds, dead bodies are fossilized
in few years or even a few months
after burial. In soil where there is no
lime there are sometimes other ele-
ments which often preserve the fea-
lures of buried body unchanged for
many years. The philosophic Hamlet,
musing by an old grave over the fact
that man turns into dust, and dust into
earth, exclaims:
1Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop hole to keep the wind away !"
But what would have been his mus
ings if he had stood beside the disin-
TERED body of his father and seen brow
and form appearing as natural as when
he gave "the world assurance of a
man?" Yet this might have been,
for there are numerous cases on record
where bodies disinterred for removal
after years of interment, have been
found to be as well preserved as if
they had been only few days dead.
General Washington's features were
quite perfect when his body was taken
up to be put in the sarcophagus where
they now repOse. The same was true
of General Wayne, when his body was
removed forty years after death; and
of Robert Burns, twenty.one years
after burial. But it seems almost in
credible that the body Of John Hamp-
den, who was disinterred 200 years
after death, should have been in a
similar state of preservation. But
Lord Nugent records the fact. His
wcrd is not to be questioned. Possibly
the most remarkable fact of all these
cases is that the bodies crumbled to a
heap of dust soon after exposure.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
Opium Smokers.

Most authorities agree that the first
opium smoked by a white man in
America was consumed in California
but there is a division of opinion as to
when. the vice was introduced. DR..
H. H. Kane of New York, who has
given the subject careful study, says
that in 1868 the practice was begun in
the United States by California
sport" named Clendnyn, but DIR. Allan
McLane Hamilton says that he saw
white smokers in San Francisco joints
leng before that time. The habit
travelled rapidly Eastward, and reached
New York in 1876. In Park, Mott
and Pell streets among Che Chinese the
first joints were opened. Now more
than 5000 Americans are said to be
slaves to the habit of opium smoking.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
Locomotive Caprices.

1t is perfectly well known to expe-
rienced engineers that if dozen diff
ferent locomotive engines were made
at the same time, of the same power,
for the same purpose, of like material,
in the same factory, each of these loco
motive engine would come out with
Its own peculiar whims and ways, only
ascertainable by experience. One en-
CINE will take a great meal of coal and
water once; another will not listen to
such thing, but insists on being coax
ed by spadefuls and bucketfuls. One
is disposed to start off when required
at the top of his speed; another must
nave little time to warm at the work
and to get well into it. These pecu-
iarities are so accurately mastered by
.killful drivers that only particular
men can persuade engines to do their
best. 1t would seem as if some of
these excellent monsters" declared,
an being brought from the stable, "If
Ms Smith who is to drive, ! won't go;
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

ga dream of fair women" - rich
men.
What mother lacks in skill she
makes up in enthusiasm when she
cuts her boys hair.
"I'm going to turn over new leaf,'
as the caterpillar remarked when he
had successfully ruined the one he was
on.
Strong as is the power of imagina-
ton you cannot make woman be-
lieve that she does not need new
bonnet.
"Whisky," said the doctor, "hardens
the brains" "Maybe it does," replied
the horrible example, "but it softens
the knees most won 'erfully."
A Venetian glass manufacturer is
fabricating ladies' bonnets by the thou
sands, and selling them, too. That
style of bonnet ought to make good
looking-lasses.
"Where are the springs of long ago?"
writes Edith M. Thomas, in sweetly
flowing verse. Give it up, Edith Some
of them may be hanging in that old
hoop-skirt in the attic.
"Let us pursue the subject a little
farther" said the medical students at
the bedside Of dying patient. So the
next night they went and stole the
body from the cemetery.
A fence-ral was blown right
through the body of a mule by the
Mississippi cyclone, SO the story goes.
Even cyclone has to approach mule
sideways to get the better of him.
The scene is laid in railway car
riage, where seven passengers are
smoking furiously. The eighth pas
senger, courteously: II beg your par
don, gentlemen, but l do hope that my
not smoking doesn't Inconvenience
you"
He had turned and twisted in his
seat for nearly an hour, vainly trying
to make an impression on the young
lady who sat behind him. At last hi
asked: "Does this train stop at Cic
ero?" 81 don't know, sir" she quick
ly replied, adding. 81 hope so, if yol
think of getting off there"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
An Account of the Slaughter Given by
an Indian Woman.

An Account of the Slaughter Given by
an Indian Woman.
Since General Custer and his CON-
mand of 800 were massacred by the
braves of Sitting Bull, two or three ac-
counts have been given, each of which
purported to be a correct history of
the fight. But of the particulars of
the scene there have been only meager
accounts. The st. Paul Pii,aeer Press
publishes an interview between cor
respondent at Standing Rock Agency
and the wife of Tatatukahegleska, or
Spotted Horn Bull. This woman is
first cousin to Sitting Bull, and the
story is vouched for as being a true
account of the battle. After describ-
ing the advance and the retreat of Ma
ior Reno-whom she declared to be
either drunk or crazy and his men
thoroughly panic stricken-the wom-
an stated that the retreat and its con-
sequent slaughter was scarcely ended
when the blare Of Clusters trumpets
told the Sioux of his approach; but
they were prepared for him. The men
quietly crossed the river, and hundreds
galloped to his rear out of range at
first but soon hemming him in constant
ly narrowing circles. The woman
mounted her pony and rode behind
her camp, where she could get a good
view of the hills beyond. She saw the
troops come up and dismount. Each
fourth man seized the brides Of three
horses besides his own. The rest de-
| ployed and advanced on the run toward
| the river. She saw the terrible effect
of the withering fire which greeted the
approach from the willows on the In
dians' side of the stream, and laughed
as she said: ''Our people, boys and all,
had plenty of guns and ammunition to
kill the new soldiers. Those who had
run away left them behind" Slowly
trotting north along the outskirts Of
the encampments, she noted the Indians
who had crossed getting closer to the
troops. She watched the latter-those
who were left Of them-retreat to
their horses and mount She heard
the yells of her kindred and the shouts
of the whites; but soon, as the former
grew plentier and the latter fewer, she
could distinguish little save here and
there an animated cluster Of men and
horses.
Slowly her pony logged down the
stream. When she reached the Mime
COMO camp, on the extreme left. not an
hours ride, she said not one white
soldier was visible on the field. Oh
horses there were plenty; these the
Indians spared. The Custer men were
soon stripped and the Indians knew
they had killed the long-haired chief
by his buckskin coat trimmed with
beaver which they found upon him.
The Sioux lost thirty killed, and more
than twice as many wounded, the
Indians numbering five thousand in
all.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
A Canine Critic.

In the year 1889 phenomenon APP
peared in the musical world which
attracted considerable attention in
Germany. A gentleman well known
as an enthusiastic musical amateur of
Darmstadt, in the Grand Duchy of
Hesse, had female spaniel, called
Poodle. By striking the animal when
ever music was played, and false note
struck, she was made tohowl. At last
the threat of the appraised stick was
equally effective, presently a mere
glance of the masters eye produced
the same howl, and at last the false
note itself. A German paper of the
period says: "At the present time
there is not a concert or an opera at
Darmstadt to which Mr.. Frederick S.
and his wonderful dog are not invited
or, at least, the dog. The voice of the
prima donna. the instruments of the
band, whether violin, clarionet,
hautbois or bugle-all Of them must
execute their parts in perfect harmony,
otherwise Poodle looks at its master,
erects its ears. shows it's grinders and
howls outright. Old or new pieces,
known or unknown to the dog, pro-
duce the same effect" 1t must not be
supposed that the discrimination of
the creature was confined to the mere
execution of musical compositions.
Whatever may have been the case at
the outset of its musical career,
towards it's close vicious modulatien
or false relation Of parts produced
the Same result. sometimes to tease
the dog" says our German authority.
"Mr. S. and his friends take pleasure
in annoying the canine critic by emit
ting all sorts of discordant sounds from
instrument and voice. On such occa-
sions the creature loses all self-oom-
mand, its eyes shoot forth fiery flashes,
and long and frightful howls respond
to the inharmonious concert of the
mischievous bipeds. But the latter
must be careful not to go too far, be-
cause when the dogs patience is much
tried it becomes savage, and endeavors
to bite both it's prosecutors and their
Instruments Socjetu.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Idleness is the door to all vices
Success is fruit slow to ripen.
Egotism is the tongue of vanity
Many are esteemed only because they
are not known.
Conscience warns us as friend be-
fore it publishes us as judge.
Hints are like thistle-down. You
cannot tell where they will light.
Those who set up standard must
expect to be judged by that standard.
Lose not thy own for want of ask
ing for it; it will get thee no thanks.
Thought is slow-paced--imagina-
tion often reaches the goal ahead of
it.
A torn jacket is soon meuded, but
hard words bruise the heart of a
child.
You may depend upon it he is a
good man whose intimate friends are
all good.
The light of friendship is the light
of phosphorus-seen plainest when all
around is dark.
We seldom find people ungrateful
80 long as we are in a condition to
render them service.
Envy is passion so full of coward
ice and shame, that nobody ever had
the confidence to own it.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
# it's my friend Stokes, 1 am agreeable

if it's my friend Stokes, I am agreeable
to anything" All locomotive engines
are low spirited in damp and foggy
weather. They have great satisfac'
ton in their work when the air is crisp
and frosty. At such time they are
very cheerful and brisk, but they
strongly object to haze and mists.
These are points Of character on which
they are united. 1t is their peculiari-
ties and varieties of character that are
most remarkable.-Elecated Rdtt,ody
Journal.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
By BEN. $. GILMORE.
The Music Of the Rain.

..Alling, falling, on the house. tops,
With music quaint and rare,
Like tho sound of human heart.throbs
On the silent midnight afr;
Or the tears OF angels falling
When they weep with those who weep.
Or the lullaby of mothers
When they rock their babes to sleep.
Like the drowsy wine of poppies
With its wierd, enchanting power,
Coming to the weary listener
Like the dew to dropping flowers;
Like calm sleep to those who suffer,
Or like tears to those who mourn;
Like remembered words of loved ones y
From our aching bosoms torn.
Strangely sweet, bewitching music,
AL enthralled my senses lie,
As 1 watch the mystic Future
With the shadowy Past 60 by,
While calm and holy quiet
Steals upon my heart and brain,
Then fall asleep, still listening
To the murmur of the rain.
So, mayhap, sometime hereafter
shall lay me down to rest,
Overweary, and shall listen
For the music / loved best;
When, its gentle cadence falling
Through the midnight silence deep,
Softly soothes my troubled spirit,
While it lulls me into sleep.
When, at last, my soul has fallen
Into sweetest, glad repose,
That on earth sunshine nor shadow
No awaking ever knows
Like the voice Of waiting angels,
Or the vesper bells in toll,
May the soitly-ialhng raindrops
Chant a requiem for my soul.
-.q66e Kinns IN BaldwAs's Mon thly.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
SPEAKING TOO SOON.

1t was sunshiny May day, with an
immense bee booming among the lilacs
and peonies in the school garden, an
intense glow of golden light on the
grass, and a dreamy languor in the air
that made Alice Hopkins sleepy in
spite of herself, as she sat with the
little children's copy hooks in a pile
before her, inscribing the months
marks upon their covers, according to
their respective merits.
Alice was scarcely more than a child
herself. Barely nineteen, with
slight, young figure, color that came
and went at the slightest variation Of
her pulse, and pleading hazel eyes, it
was the hardest work in the world to
assume the dignity that was necessary
for her position as assistant teacher.
II never saw such babyishness in
my lifer' said Miss Negley, the princi-
pal; land 1 shall not put up with it,
Miss Hopkins ns--dont you think It'll
Dignity, in the educational line, is
everything. And I do not call it
fitting to the position of assistant prin-
cipal to be racing around with the
children in their MONDAY games. and
dressing corn-cob doll on tfie sly for
little Priscilla Jones, to say nothing
about bursting out crying like a great
baby, when Billy Smith killed the
robin-redbreast with astone. Dignity.
Miss Hopkins-dignity should ever be
the watchword of our profession"
Miss Negley was tall and grim, with
heavy black hair, sallow complexion,
several missing front teeth, and some
thing very like a moustadhe.
Alice Hopkins covered before her
severe glance.
'1'm very sorryl' faltered she. "Tll
try to be goodp
"More like a child than everF' said
Miss Negley, despairingly.
"I-I mean," Alice hastenad to cor
rect herself-'I will endeavor to set a
guard upon my rash impulses"
"That sounds more like itp' said Miss
Negley. "And now, Alice, see herel
expect some of the school trustees here
tomorrow"
"Oh, dear!' said Alice, remembering
the signal failure of her class upon q
similar occasion, not SO very long ago
ut isn't another examination, ex hope?'
"Worse than that" said Miss Negley
-"far worseP'
Alice lifted her hazel eyes in amaze
ment What could possibly be worse
than Fanny Dow spelling cat with a k
and Lucy Malley asserting that Balti
more was situated on the left bank O.
the river Nile.
"There is proposition on foot to re
duce our salaries" said Miss Negley
Actually, to reduce our salariesp'
"Oh," said Alice. "But mine is YER,
small already. Only one hundred dol
lars year. / don't think they can re
duce it much"
"They can reduce it to fifty, can
theyp" said Miss Negley. shortly.
"In that case" ventured Alice, "
could go and be a shop girl in m
uncle's store in the city. One mus
livep
you've no proper PRIDE" said Mis-
Negley. "a shop girl indeedl But
don't intend that they shall carry ou
their nefarious plans. If My goo
gracious mel there comes Mr.. Bal
thorne now jogging along on his ol
gray horse just as composed as if b
wasn't bent on an errand of evi
They do say that old Barthorne is tn
head and front Of the whole busines
I'll show himl A reduction of salarie
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-23
The Train.

The Train.
Hark
1t comes!
1t huns!
With ear to ground
catch the sound,
The warning, courie--roar
That runs along before.
The pulsing, struggling now is clearer!
The hillsides echo "Nearer, nearer"
Till, like drove OF rushing, frightened cattle,
With dust and wind and clang and shrek and
rattle,
Passes the Cyclops of the traini
see fair face at a pane,-
Like piano-string
The rails, unburdened, sing;
The white smoke flies
Up to the skies;
The sound
Is drowned
Hark!
Charles III. CrandaH in the Century.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

TRUSTEE'S SALE of FOUR SETT \ WOOLEN MILL AND MACHINERY-SHOD-
 DY MILL AND MACHINERY-FLOCK MILL
 AND MACHINERY-and other property by
 Auction:
 Will be sold by public auction on the premises, on the 10th day of Apwtl. 1883, at Il o'clock a: m., in SsaffOrdyiIas, Conn. the property Of K. A. CONVERSE & CO, and of K. A. Converse, and is described as follows: One Four Sett Stone Woolen Mill, four stories, 96xs5.
 One Stone Picker House, 40x2s.
 One W ood Store House, 40x1S. One Wood Wool House, 46x19.
 One Dye House, 61x26. -.----
 One Boiler House and Dye House, 111x22. 19 feet Fall, with improved machinery suitable for making ali-wool Goods. Heated by steam with 46 horsepower boiler.
 Two Tenement Houses with [ tenements. Said mill has been running up to first of March, 1883, on Cassimeres. Also one Brick Shoddy Picker House, with suitable machinery for making fine Shoddy.
 Also Flock Mill and Water Power, with Storage Room.
 Property of E. A. CONVERSE as follows:
 No. l. 8 acres of Pasture and Moving.
 No. 2-40 acres of Sprout Land. No. 3-13 acres of Sprout Land.
 One Dwelling House with two large tenements. Also a considerable amount of Personal Property. The above property will be sold to the highest bid der. No postponement on account of weather. D. F. FAIRMAN, Trustee
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

The negro, Brooks Johnson, who is sus- pected of killing and burning the East Hartford women, used to live in Chicago, and is given very bad character by the Times of that city. As thief and razor manipulator he was often in bad sorapes. and is now wanted there forashootlng . negro in 1877.
 The legislative committee on temperance have received 226 petitions on behalf of the prohibitory constitutional amendment which was passed by the legislature a year ago. To be successful the amend ment must get 8 two-thirds vote in the legislature this year and be ratified by the people. The committee report favor ably, and the question is made special order for to-day
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

TIRE subscriber has on hand fully 100 m
 \ 1t. Oak, Chestnut and Pine Logs, most Of them f length as cut in woods and is prepared to saw to order anything you may need in his line. Seasoned Pine Plank Boards aud Shingles for sale Respect fully yours, E. ". bnOtAo.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

NOTIe,E.-An per sons liable to pay taxes in Stafford, list Oct. 1882, are hereby notified that will meet them to re- ceive said taxes, at the following places:
 At Post Onacs, West Stafford, April 14th, 1858, from 10 a.. m. till 2 D. m. .
 At Parson's News Ofice, Stafford Springs, April sth 18th and 18th from 10 .. m. to p each day.
 Wool shop Orcuttvills, April 17th, from to 12 g. m.
 A. S. Eaton's store, Staffordville, April 10th and 18th, from 10 .. m. to 2 p.
 At the Town House. stafford Hollow, April 17the from to p. m., and April 2oth. from 10 .. m to D. m.
 ew By vote of the town s.the taMes are due March 2Oth and if paid on or before April 2Oth per cent will be discounted' After April goth. costs for ool lection will be charged and interest at rate of per e eut per annum G s. ADAMS, Collector
 a. afford, Ct March 20th, 1898.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

THE Connecticut Farmer has made re. cent improvements In several ether par. ticulars as we'll as in typographical ap. pearance, Its corps of local correspond. ents well cover the state, and keep its readers we'll posted in the agricultural news of each locality. Its conductors are perfecting their acquaintance with the re. quiraments and temper of their readers, and improvement will doubtless continue, until we may look to see the Farmer ful. ly accepted by the agriculturists as their mentor and guide, as model state agri- c1usurai juurua3 stsoSA Ha
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

VKTANrED A competaHt. reliable man. to w worx on farm the coming year---man with g fymily preferred. ApgN 90 sI~ A MEtftssfW. x.
 15eft6w Seesases&c9qg Ss
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

MT9l1vCE.-An persons iabIe to pay IN taxes i the town of Wilmington on list of iass s .asS ton sor purpose of receiving said taxes on Monday, Apsii ga, 1888 from 10 o'clock 2. m M tl from % oelooi. ok n m Eli o'clock D. on said day. addition of percentage an5 costs for collection man will be made on all taxes not paE on or 1sI4re way 2d 1883. J< EGf6ksns vss.f sIAseSNsa. W%RAN34f 45x.e4 NsaSs ly s&ERef
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

Dke@s @.i+t. In Somers, Fist. Erastus R. Billings.
 In Stafford, 17th, Mrs. Clarissa Anderson, of Three Rivers, Mass.
 In Pomfret, Eth, Mrs. Sophia Copeland, ,83. In EllenvilIe, N. Y., 25th, Mrs. Mary B., widow of the late Amasa Holt, formerly of Willington.
 In Andover, Jssruha O., 80, wife of Geo. o. Brigham. In Stafford. 26th. Esther Rockwell, widow of Park Rockwell, 89 years, Il months.
 In Andover, 26th, after months of feeble. ness. Porter Sprague. S2; 26th, Mrs. Fannie Cleveland. wife of the late James Lathrop. In Stafford Street, 18th, Julia M. Read. Funeral Friday, at p. m., at the residence oi her mother, Mrs. Jones, Stafford Street. In SouthssCoventry, 27th, Mary Annie, year, only daughter of Henry and Mary J. Squires. In Holland, Mass, 18th, Harriet M., 50, wife of William Lillsy, formerly of Stafford. In Mansfield, 16th, Catherine Mlnnon, S5. Ia Coventry. 24th. Oliver Edgarton. 67.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01
sTAFFORD SPRINGS. CONN.
Thursday Evening. March 20, 1Ss3

POSTMASTER GENERAL HOWE died on Sunday of pneumonia. He was three times elected to the U. s. senate from Wisconsin, leaving that offlse to enter the cabinet He was native of Maine, and was 66 years of age.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

IT is not to be- C<rtain straight-cut democrats in Rhode Island have nomi- mated ticket, which is so certain to draw of votes from the mongrel Sprague ticket as to destroy the hopes that had begun to faintly flicker ia the breast of the cratic young man whose greatest achievement in life was the winning of Justice Chass's dang htcr Ill marriage.
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

THE matter of realstricting the state for congressional representation is being agitated Ths distric as now made up are, with population, as follows
Tolland County press., 1883-03-01

R EFFORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE 1O STAFFORD NATIONAL BANK at Stafford Springs in the state of Connecticut at the close of business March 1Sth 122g -