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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
The Doctors Mistake.

One Of the old mistakes of the
profession was to think that there
were no other ways of curing dis
ease except those which had been
handed down from former times.
It is not to be denied that the
Doctors have done great things
for the world. But when it comes
right down to the real curing OF
disease, it must be admitted that
Browns Iron Bitters has done en-.
ough to earn thegenerousgratitude
OF this whole present generation,
including the medical profession.
There are no mysteries or secrets
about the compromising of Browns
Iron Bitters. This preparation OF
iron is the only preparation which
will not injure teeth or stomach. In
this it is beyond comparison better
than the other preparations, which
are mischievous and injurious.
You need not fear mistake in
trying Browns Iron Bitters. Your
druggist has it. Itgives vigor to the
feeble, and new life to the dyspep.
tic. Children take it, not only with
safety, but with great advantage. 6
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
The Old Timer.

The old time political editor who was
once such power in the land is out OF
a situation. The loss of his power was
not sudden fall, but gradual vast
ing away. He gave up his place of
Importance reluctantly, for when the
proprietor of the paper went in and told
him that his services were no longer
required, he looked up in a dazed sort
of way, as though he did not understand.
you have been with the paper long
time, the proprietor says, land have
done much effective work, but your
style Of composition is no longer popu-
lar. You are man of learning, !
know, and can sling Latin with class
ic flourish, and call an opponent out
to fight with a graceful translation from
the original Greek, but we don't want
any more OF that kind of business. II
any fighting must be done after this,
the horse whip instead of the hair-trig-
gered Derringer will be employed.
That young fellow over there will take
your place. know that he hasn't
much learning and don't believe he
ever had profound thought, but he
has way of saying things in a pointed
manner. He runs over the news of the
day with lamb-like freshness and leaves
lively tracks that take with the people.
He cannot whip politician into line,
but he can shoot paragraphs at him
until he drops in or out as the case may
be. hate to see you totter away,
knowing that you came in with such
firm tread, but your style is too anti
quated for a newspaper Of to-day. You,
although old, are now eminently quail
fled for more serious writing, and | adj
wise you to take charge of the humor-
Gus department of magazine, There
your time-honored sprlghtliness and
octogenarian appreciation of joke
will find its merjted reward. You have
succeeded for many years in keeping
the young men down, and the public
has assisted you, but some of the young
fellows have started paper and are
making such inroads on our circulation
and advertising patronage that we are
compelled to adopt their style"
The old fellow makes no reply, but
totters away He feels that the news
paper world has had its day. He talks
to his old time friends, and they agree
with him, but the paper goes up with
wonderful rapidity after his weight is
taken from it. Poor old fellow. The
magazine is now his only hold.-Arkan-
SaW Traveller.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
TUFTS HAIR dye.
THE EXCHANGE.
A NEW
TELEPHONE!
A Practical Telephonesfor Social and
Business Purposes, Onequaled for
Private and Public Lines.
Sold Outright for $500. No Tx
orbitant Kent.

They are In every way far superior to the many
Amateur Mechanical Telephones now being cold
throughout the country. They are the ONLY tele.
phones having an Automatic Line Wire Tightner
tscted by an Outdoor Lightning Arrester. All
sounds are delivered In clear and natural tones
They are the nestest most durable and require less
attention and repairs than any other Telephone
wanted. THE U. 8. TELEPHONE co.,
Manufacturers,
Nos. 40 b 81 West st., Madison Ind
P. o, Boz a. 3m
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Etiquette for Chinese Women.

Ayoung girl walking in the street
must not turn her head round; nor at
home is she to glance slyly at visitors.
She is to remember moreover, that
girls who are always laughing and talk
ing are not esteemed; and that virtuous
women have been honored from the
earliest times. The philosopher,
Mendze, grieved when he saw his moth
Ell break her shuttle; the woman Tsoun
threw herself on to a sword in order to
save her husbands life; the mother of
40, being so poor that she could not
buy writing materials, taught her sor
to read by tracing characters in thu
sand. Women should be able to read,
write ard use the counting machine, so
as to be in position to direct house,
hold. They should read books of piety
and stories of morality in action, while
avoiding love-poetry, songs and anec-
dotes. Women should be reserved;
and they are cruelty enjoined never to
occupy themselves with other peoples
affairs. Men ought never to talk Of
domestic matters, while women should
never talk of anything else. While a
visitor is in the drawing-room the lady
OF the house should not be heard rails
ing her voice in the kitchen. Women
are not to paint their faces and wear
striking cOlors, for the insufficient rea-
son that if they do men will look at
them. Young women, as well as young
men, are 10 be dutiful to their parents
and always in good humor, even when
their father and mother are not. They
are to ask them whether they are hot
or whether they are cold, to take them
food and drink and to furnish them
with new boots and shoes. When
young girl is grown up and married to
an honest man she must not forget
her parents, and once or twice a year
must ask permission of her husband to
90 and see them. From the highest
antiquity until the present day the rule
in marriage has been that the husband
commands and the wife obeys.' Vir-
tue for wife consists in having an
equal temper, and to arrive at this
much must be supported. If the first
has not the happiness to give her hus-
band male child, he chooses person
he loves in order to have by her son
who will continue his line. 1t is neces-
sary, under these circumstances, says
the Manual, " mot TO give way to
jealousy, but to live together on friend
ly terms in the same house. At present
great discussions take place between
first and second wives. Out OF hun
bred first wives you will scarcely find
one or two of sweet and affable dis
position. have taken great pains"
adds the author, lin writing this para
graph. Do not read it thoughtlessly."
II, however, he had been more thought
full himself, it might have occurred to
him that the want of sweetness and af-
liability which he deplores in supplanted
'first wives" is the result less OF char
acter than of circumstances, and that
it would show itself equally in second
wives ii they in their turn were to be
replaced.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
True to Her Trust.

Too much cannot be said of the ever
faithful wife and mother, constantly watch.
ing and caring for her dear ones, never neg
Letting single duty in their behalf When
they are assailed by disease, and the sys-
TEN should have thorough cleansing, the
stomach and bowels regulated, blood puri.
fed, and malarial poison exterminated, she
must know that Electric Bitters are the only
sure remedy. They are the best and purest
medicine in the world and only cost fifty
cents. Sold by Barclay Bros. (4)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Western Ramblings
CONCLUDED FROM FOURTH PAGE.

the pay is never out of place Of an eating
station m a railway line.
On speeds the train; jolly crowd Of
passengers endeavor to make up in wit what
they may have lost in disgust. Large
tracts Of farming lands, spread out miles
aad miles away, ever and anon attract at
tsntion as We speed on our way. Why so
few farm houses and such lonely appearing
countryl Men of magnificent possessions
have grasped in their clutches these beauti-
tul tracts of country. Large land holders
are serious drawback to any country
Good settlements and schools are impossi-
BILE. As we pass along we notice in places
as high as half Dozen outfits in the same
field, marshaled out IN line, putting IN
grain, each outfit consisting Of one man
managing eight horses hitched to a seeding
machine. Those machines plough, SOW
and put in the grain as they 20. We also
noticed machines that, in harvesting, cut,
thrash and sack the grain re- they CO.
Truly, California is big state, with large
proportions and extensive variations, cou-
Piled with grand successes and immense
failures; combination of superatives up
one side and the same down the other. A
kind OF goiss- you-please success or failure,
a. the case may be.
Talking of big things in Cal. brings to
mind some big stories we heard some "old
timers get of not long since. "Speaking
of big trees" said one "puts me in mind of
the time when WIS taking drove of cat
tie up north and had to cross the Calveras
river, the river was 80 flush that it was
difficult to cross, in hunting for a crossing
found where large hollow tree had fall.
en- across the river, through it drove the
cattle to the other side; on counting found
six missing, on going back to the tree I
found them strayed into one of the limbs,
rode in and brought them out oil night.
"Just so" said. the other, II lave seen
numbers of trees up in the big tree country
so tall that it takes two persons to see to the
top; one has to commence looking where
the other left of. But laying all jokes
aside, Calvares county has some wonderful
big trees, of which our readers have, no
doubt, often read.
Passing through Fresno and Tulare coun.
ties the region is more or less mountainous,
the grade in places steep, tunnels frequent,
and.curves short. The run across the Mo-
java Desert was mountainous and uninvt-
ing, being one continuous waste of sandy,
barren plain. But a. is often said, the
darkest hour is just before day, so here q
dreary desert INTERVIEWED before We emerged
into this southern land of msgnitics Mt
beauty Of which our next will tell about.
J.S.F.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Looks Like sunset" Cox.

Mr.. Boynton, the agent Of the West
ern Associated Press, looks wonderful
ly like Sunset" Cox, writes a Wash
ington correspondent, He is great
Joker, and none the less effective be-
cause trihe deaf The other night
he was sitting in the Riggs House when
a new correspondent for a Western
paper spied him out and went briskly
up to him Good evening, Mr.. Cox"
he began. Boynton didn quite under
stand him, but answered him cheerily
enough. do you mind giving me
few minutes of your timer the re-
porter asked. "Eh?' queried Boyn-
ton. The question was repeated. NO,
I'll talk" he answered, without exact
lv understanding what was wanted.
What are you going to advocate in
Congress next winter?' was the first
question, and when the supposed can
didate had fully got the idea, he began
to see the mistake, and prepared him.
self. Boynton has some original ideas
on the tariff. the Mormon question,
government telegraph and monopolies.
He expressed them in English easily
understood, but rather fiery. The re-
porter was delighted. He evidently
had the interview of the week, and one
that would surprise people. After
half an hours lecture, Boynton blandly
excused himself and went to his office.
The reporter telegraphed his notes
West. They came back in good time,
and Mr.. Cox was not long in seeking
out that correspondent, VINO sent
very humble dispatch that night ex-
onerating the New York Congressman.
Now he wants to find out who it was
whom he So successfully interviewed.
Every one know, il exccpt him.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
STAGES OF THE RIVER.

The river marked by the gauge at this
port at . p. N. 81 feet Z inches and rising.
Chattanooga, Jan. River 8 fee, 7
inches and falling.
Cincinnati, Jan. River SO feet II in.
ches and falling.
Louisville, Jan. 1.--River 10 feet 10
inches and falling.
Nashville, Jan. River % feet 1 in.
Oh and falling.
Pittsburg, Jan. River 9 feet 2 in.
ches and rising.
st. Louis, ] River feet 0 iu.
sh and falling.
RIVER ITELs.
Further information from the sunken
Carrier shows that the report of three lives
being lost WAS mistake, as every soul on
board were saved.
The Paris c. Brown from Cincinnati
wires that she will report here to-day and
desires both freight and passengers. The
Brown is good and shippers as we'll as
passengers will find her so if they will pat
ronage her. She leaves for New Orleans
tonight.
The Ella Klmbrough leaves for Cape
Girardeau this morning. No boat has left
here in that direction for several days and
the Kimbrough ought to get good "send
of" in the passenger line this morning.
We received q telegram that the Sherlock
from New Orleans would arrive here at 8
p. m. last evening, but owing to bad wealth
er she will hardly reach here before this
morning. Passengers going north will do
we'll in taking the Sherlock.
The Gus Fowler arrived and departed on
time yesterday.
The Cons. Millsr from Cincinnati 10 the
boss packet for Memphis this morning.
The Jas. W. Gaff discharged 800 bales Of
cotton here Monday night
The W. H. Cherry from Nashville is due
tonight and leaves on her return trip to.
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Charley Bowers New Years oysters
stuffed with the same kind Of turkeys was
elegant, and it was free blow. He done
an immense business, but never mind Char.
ley the boys won't forget you, and if they
have . few dimes to spend you will get
your share.
The Chss. Morgan follows the Sherlock
and is due Friday morning for Cincinnati.
The r. R. Springer is the next boat after
the Brown going south and will arrive here
Friday.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Void of Offence,

The breath becomes "void OF offence
when contaminated with decaying or i'm.
pure teeth if SOZODONT, the national
besutifer of badly furnished mouths il
used systematically. 1t Institutes speedy
reform of those conditions favorable to
dental decay, such as the corrosive action
Of acid impurities fermenting upon the cor.
onal surface, the destruction OF the enamel
by tar and the injurious influence Of tobac
co. Polish daily after meals, if possible.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
A General Stamnpda.

Never was such rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at Barclay Bros
for trial bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
All persons affected with Asthma, Bron
chitis, Hoarseness, Severe Coughs, or any
affection of the Throat and Lungs, can get
trial bottle of this great remedy free, by
calling at above Drug Store. az
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Bucklen's Arnlca Salye

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chiblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles. 1t ID guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
20 cents per box. For sale by Barclay
Brothers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
Cured When Physicians Give Up.

"Our family physician give up our child
to die" wrote Henry X e, Esq, OF Verila,
Warren, Co., Tenn. ut had fits. Samari-
tan Nervlne has cured the child" $3.50
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02

The glory of a man is his strength. If
you are weakened down through excessive
study, or by early indiscretiops, Aliens
Brain Food will permanently restore all
lost vigor, and strengthen all the muscles Of
Brain and Body. 81; 8 for IS. AT drug
gists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
RIVER NEWS.

W. r. HAMSpIN, nver editor OF rae BULLETIN
and steamboat passenger agent. Orders for all
kinds OF steamboat Job printing solicited. Otice
at Bowers European II otel, No. 70 Ohio leyee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
When Winter Comes.

Winter comes With coughs and colds, and Ben
sons Capcine Porous Pla tiers come TO cure them.
% cents.
The National tribune., 1884-12-18
A Strange lmtefion.

In 1s4e, while Jonathan Bass then IS year.
old, was going to pasture, now built upon in
the city of Lockport, N. Y, he felt q severe
pain in his right foot. He has never been able
TO discover what caused the pain. He became
lame, and tried in every way to get cured, do
ing little light work in one place or another
until 1857. Then, one joint after another hav-
ing become affected until all were diseased, he
was at last pnt on an invalid's movable bed.
He has never since left it. Until 1865 he man.
aged to feed himself. but since then he has
been fed by others. All his joints are firmly
set and immovable, and though he cannot
move any part of his body, and, of course, can
not chew at all, his appetite is vigorous and he
eats great deal of meat by sucking it into his
throat in long slices
He can talk as well as ever, and Is an intelll-
gent and well-rcad man. He read so constantly
when he was first bed-ridden that he blinded
himself, and has not been able to see since 1869.
His body is in such singular condition that 1t
seems as if il was all one solid bone The flesh
has wasted away, and his arms and legs are
very little thicker than the bones beneath the
skin. Yet the bones of the fingers of the right
hand have disappeared, and SO have all the
bones of the left hand and of all the toes. He
weighs only 20 or so pounds, and any one who
can raise that weight can lift him by putting
one hand under his head and one under his
heels, his body being as rigid rs if it were q
log. His muscles are said to be unaffected,
though useless his heart and all his other
vital organs perfectly sound, and his condition
otherwise such as to lead the doctors to believe
be will live many years longer. He does not
suffer pain now as he used to do early in his
affection.
The National tribune., 1884-12-18
Revived After Burial.

story which has very little FEASIBILITY
and probably no truth comes from Egremont,
Mass, and is just at this time creating quite a
sensation. 4 young lady named Estelle New
msn died in that village in December, 1873, and
among the attendants at her funeral was one
II. Worth Wright on whose alleged dying con-
fession, made few days ago, this story Origi-
mated. The night after the funeral Wright
and several other medical students robbed the
grave of Miss Newman and took her body to
Albany on the night train. The lady was pre-
pared for dissection and one of the students
was about to apply the scalpel when unmistak-
able signs of life were discovered in the sup
posed corpse. She recovered but was insane,
and was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital New
York. After remaining there awhile she was
taken to the residence OF an uncle of one of the
students in Schoharie County, where she recoy-
cred her reason about two years ago and mar
ried the young man at whose uncle's house she
had lived since leaving the hospital. Why the
girl has kept silent for the past two years the
story does not state, but it is probably fabri-
cation from beginning to end.
The National tribune., 1884-12-18
Chic Ex-Prisoners of War association.

w. tx. Roswell Columbus, o., writes as fol.
lows: At the monthly meeting of the Frank.
lin County Ohio Association of Union Elk
Prisoners of War, Dec. 2, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres, J. T
Harris; V.-P.. Geo. w. Patterson Rec. Sec,
W. II. Roosevelt; Treas, d. S. Wilder; Cor Sec
s. w. Gale; Chap, E. G. Beach; Executives
B. S. Stevenson, David Bragg and F. w. Cos.
lin; Color-bearers, ID. S. Wilder, Geo. w. Pat,
terson and Chas. III. Durfey
Dec. 4.-The following officers were elected
TO serve in the Franklin County Ohio Associa-
ton of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors, for the ensu-
ing year: Pres, II. M. Neil V.-P, S. w. Gale;
Rec. Sec, ]. w. Myers; Treas, Andrew
Schwarz; Fin. Sec, d. II. Brelsford Chap,
Rev. w. E. Moore; Color bearers, Valentine
Hass and r. T. Fields; Bandmaster, r. E. DE
Butts; Executives, w. J. Cannitz, Robt. Dent
Romeo Gregg, w. II. Rosette and Charles Rob
bins; Auditing Robt Dent, G. ". Carney, Z
f. De Butts p. 7. Laforte and w. T. Cannitz
Relief, Geo. Welker, W. II. Rosette and =
Eialds
The National tribune., 1884-12-18
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The National tribune., 1884-12-18
The Methodist Conference

The attendance at the Centennial Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been
very large and subjects of great interest have
been discussed. The work done for the colored
race was one Of the subjects touched upon, and
in that connection the Rev. J. B. Middleton of
the Colored NJ. E. Church, spoke of the progress
of the colored people in the South for the past
20 years. Mr.. Middleton said that the Colored
NJ. E. Church in the former slave States num-
bers liz, 265 members and 29,6l2 probationers.
There are 1924 churches, having an estimated
value of 81 ,454; Sunday school scholars,
123.476; pupils in industrial Schools 1887 !;
baptisms last year, 1865 children, 10,039
adults; contributed to ministerial support,
$40 SOC p: for missions SII l2S Or