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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Courtship in California.

A story from Haywards, Alameda
county, where romances flourish like
the bay, recites that Peter Mussen is a
chicken peddler, and that he loved the
Widow Wrider, who lives on the
mountain road, not far from Haywards.
She is a buXom dame of 26 years, and
the peddler courted her brayely, but
she would and she would not, until tho
amorous chicken merchant nearly went
out of his mind, such as it is. He did
the next best thing, and sought the lair
OF san Francisco clairvoyant. AS
may be readily believed, the prophet
ess was ready enough with q solution
of the difficulty. Her declaration was
that Mrs. Wrlder was desperately in
love with q man with side-whiskers.
Mussen's cheeks are as bare rs q
pumpkin, so he borrowed side-whisk-
cred mask and shotgun, and skulked
down by the widow house one Sunday
evening recently. He listened outside
the door, and when he heard Mrs.
Wrider tell her children to 90 to bed,
he smashed in three windows and then
broke open the door. Then he fired
charge of buck-shot through the cell
inc and departed, leaving his mask be-
hind him. His intention was to per-
senate the supposed side-whiskered
object of the widows affections in Or
der to disgust her with her hypothetic-
ally hairy-faced lover. He was arrested
and tried before Justice Austin, at
Haywards, and on his trial he swore
that Mrs. Wrider had given him q
powder in his tea some time before he
adopted his novel means of cutting out
his hated rival. He was sent to the
county Jail for six months. Mrs. Wrider
denies that she ever gave him any
powder. san Francisco Call.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Ethics of journalism.

Mr.. Mclaughlin, of Philadelphia,
SAID to Gath: II think the national
convention at Chicago was better re-
ported throughout the American pres.
than any convention we have ever had.
Inc newspaper profession has acquired
more sclf-respect. That is the first
tang to be looked to about the press.
a man came in here yesterday and
wanted me 10 take so worth Of tick
cts Tor his benefit, the door-keeper of
tncaler, Said /: 4 don't quite see why
should contribute $40 to you He
replied that he had been very kind to
the boys Now, said / to the door
keeper, il you will turn every one of
our boys oil when they want to 90 in
free, will engage to give you $50 at
your next benefit, and will give that
TO each OF the theaters in this city
Along in the night if the news is lit
tie dull it is the habit of these news
paper men to sally out and look first
at this tAcatcr and then take in an act
OF that, and half the time we cannot
lay our hands on them if something
happens. Newspaper employees ought
TO be well-dressed men, said Mr.. Nc
LaughIln, "and above accepting these
tayors, We want every man around
US to lee! that he is q gentleman, and
mat his privileges in communicating
with the public are of very eXcep-
tionaI kind, and ought to give him high
responsibility as citizen" Said |:
Your Philadelphia papers are better
than they formerly were?" Yes"
said ne, land it has been discovered
that the success Of new paper does
not supersede another successful one.
The people read in proportion to tho
variety Of the talent you set before
them. If you make three good news
papers where only one was good, a
large portion of the people take all
three. Merely political stipendiaries
nave no longer any standing in our
journalism. One of the best editors
we ever had thought it was an honor
to 90 to Washington and be secretary
OF the senate or something of that
kind With uncXampled opportunities
to be the foremost citizen of his own
STATE, ne considered that those little
Offices digniiied him. A different feel
ing has come over the press. All the
conditions Of journalism have changed.
The time was when a man wrote an
editorial article by referring to what
happened in the first year OF the Chris
tian era. Now the blue pencil wipes
out all that unnecessary verbiage."
How much does the Philadelphia
Ledger make?' | asked. over $780,
900 year. We have four or five morn
Ing papers here which are in very
substantial condition. The afternoon
press is not so prosperous. The Teye-
graDh makes respectable sum of
money, and its older contemporary
makes living for its owners
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Mcissonier's Waggish Gardener.

Meissonier had u gardener who was q
good botanist and great wag. He
knew the seeds of all sorts of plants,
and MeisSonicr was always trying and
always failing to puzzle him.
Il have cot him now," said Meis-
sonicr to some friends Mt u dinner
party, and he showed them package
of the roe of dried behring's. Then he
sent for the gardener All the guests
smiled, The gardener arrived.
"Do you know the scods?' Meis-
sonier asked.
The gardener examined them with
GREAT attention.
80 yes, said he at last, "that is the
seed of the polpus lluximas very rare
tropical plant
''How long will it take the seed to
come up?" he asked.
Fifteen days" said the gardener.
AT the end OF the fifteen days the
guests were once more at table. After
dinner the gardener was announced.
IN. Meissonicr," he said, 1.-THE
plants are above the ground.
"Oh, this is II little too much, said
the great paiater, and all went out into
the garden to behold the botanical
wonder.
The gardener lifted up a glass bell,
under which was little bed carefully
made, and in which three rows of red
behring's We're sticking up their heads.
The laugh was against Meissonier. Ho
discharged the gardener, but took him
back next day.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Peabody BottummH Wins a Medal.

Gam de Hon. Peabody BottOmfall in
de hall dis eayenin'?" blandly inquired
Brother Gardner as the meeting open
ed
He was. lie came forward with an
expression of humility covering him
like blanket, and when he had taken
his station before the desk the president
continues
"Brudder Bottomfall, am about to
present you, on behalf of our organiza-
ton, wild silver medal. You am do
fust an only member OF de Lime Kiln
Club eber receiyin' SIGH a gift, an some
cXplanaohuns may be in order. You
has bin member fur do las three
Vars, an your conduct in an out Of
Paradise Hall has been sich as to call
fur constant praise. We who have
watched you de closest hev observed
dat.
What you.lacked in lower-pOts in
de front yard has been made good by q
BIZ crop OF cabbage in dc back garden.
Your lack of eddecashun has bin
made good by your industry.
'Whar' your integrity has caused
you to hunt up de owner of lost dollar
bill your luck has made you two
dollar friend cherry time.
You hey carried no motto on your
back fur dc world to read, but your
pew rent has allus bin paid in advance,
an your cupboard are neber empty.
you has not demanded to be sent
to de Legislachur' as member, but
your naybOrhood respeCks YOU an
co'ner grocers smile to see you walk
in.
Your prayers hev not prevented
your nayburS from goin to sleep, but
mo'dan one of EN- would depend on
your kindness in case of misfortune.
Your voice has not bin heard from
the stamp or rosturm, but your hull
family w ars wooden undershirts doorin'
de winter, an has ice cream cherry
third Sunday in de summer
You hev writ no poetry, but when
you sign your name to u note it's as
solid rs rock
'Brudder BottomfHll, we am all of
us pleased to obsaryc desc praiseful
traits in your eberday character, an
in presentin' you dis medal we assure
you of great esteem an continued
friendship"
The member was completely sur
prised, and so great was his embarass-
ment after receiving the medal that he
walked over to the water pail and
would have sat down in it had not
Elder Dawson barked his shin with a
vigorous kick. Detroit Free Press.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Industries Of Cities.

The regret is often repeated in rural
circles, says the last monthly report of
the department of agriculture, that
boys will leave the farm for city life.
1t has been shown heretofore that the
proportion of farmers is slowly de-
creasing, and that this is for the best
good of agriculture. 1t has, at the
same time. been shown that the supply
OF farm products is increasing by use
of labor-saying implements and Git is
hoped) by better cultivation. Then
there is no need of regret that all sons
of farmers should not elect to be farm
ers themselves. Some have inventive
genius and taste for mechanical pur-
suits; some manifest penchant for
trade, and others preference for pro-
fessions. A distribution according to
| natural bent and innate aptitudes will
lead to better results, and leave fewer
poor farmers to occupy position for
which they have neither taste nor quail
tications. An examination of the bust
ness of cities shows that they are occu-
pied for other purposes than speculation
and petty swindling, however severely
they may be cursed by the presence of
those who prey upon honest industry.
In fifty cities of largest population
there were nearly 5000, 900 people in
1880. OF these 100000 or more were
"workers,n in addition to the wives
and older daughters who were house
keepers, and the children, the aged,
and infrm. 1t may be supposed that
most of these workers were in COM
merce or transportation in these fifty
great "marts of trade" By no means
for the larger proportion are artisans
and operatives connected with tho
great manufacturing class. New York
itself has II per cent directly engaged
as artiticers, and but q per cent in
trade and transportation together, and
the annual value of the products is the
princely sum OF $472, 92G, 437. Instead
of handling few hundred millions in
foreign goods, they make an equal
value of domestic goods, large pro-
portion of which is labor. So we find
in these fifty cities an average of 43
per cent in manufactures, per cent in
agriculture and "A per cent in trade
and transportation. AS the remainder
are in domestic service, distributed
among these classes but not enumer-
ated with them, and professional peo-
pie dependent upon all these classes,
it appears that fully siX-tenths of the
population of these cities are supported
by manufacturing production; /. e., five
millions of u population of less than
eight derives their incomes from the
productive industries. Thus the great
cities of the country are not so much
''marts of trade rs ''cGnters of in
dustrv.n
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Getting Pass of Dean Richmond.

1--WE n story about Dean Richmond"
said railroad man 10 GlO5e-DemO-
crat reporter the other day, that |
know is true, because | was there |
have never seen it in print, but think
it is as good one rs was ever told on
the old man. 1t happened up in New
York Inlet me sce-'j6, | believe.
Dean Richmond had an office in Buffalo
then, in q little seven-by-nine building,
that he held sole possession Of Well,
one day while the old man was scrib-
bling away-you know he wrote hand
in comparison with which Horace
Greeley's writing was like print-a fel-
low that had lot of shingles piled up
at a station fifty or sixty miles down
the Central walked in. Dean looked
up and asked:
What dye want?'
1--we got some shingles down here
| want to sell you
"'Well; you 90 back home and when
| want 'em I'll send for EN-, and the
old man commenced scribbling again.
about three months afterward the
single man wanted to 90 to Albany
for something or other, and wrote to
Richmond asking for pass, In day
or two he got a letter about eight words
long, written on plain note paper and
signed Dean Richmond There was
not q man in the town that could make
out any of it except the signature, but
the single Spectator supposed it was
Deans way of making out pass, so
he took the train for Albany and pre-
sented it to the conductor, who glanced
at it, said All right, and handed it
back to him. Well, sir, he Travelled for
weeks on that piece of paper, until ono
day he landed in Buffalo again. Pass
ing Richmond's office he thought he
would drop in moment and thank
the old man for his courtesy. He said:
MIR. Richmond, | am very much
obliged to you for that pass.
"What passP' was the grutf re-
Spouse.
"'Why, that pass you sent me
month or two ago
81 didn't send you no pass
Yes, you did; here it is, said the
shingle man, producing the paper,
"Old Dean took it, studied over it
minute, got purple in the face, and
shouted in voice trembling with
anger: why, you - - fool, you,
that amt no pass. And then, shaking
it in his visitors face he pointed at it
and added, with yell: That says:
"Why in HI don't you send them
shinglesP Dean Richmond" Dye I'M
derstand that, you - - idiotP'
The single man beat hasty retreat
and it took tho old man week to cool
down. Sd Louis Gi0Je- Democrat.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Not a Question of Location.

Well, took Mrs, Arp down in the
lowiand wheat this evening, where it is
thick and green and tall, and l ex-
planned to her all about wheat being
first in the boot and then in the milk
and then in the dough, and as we
walked along in a water furrow | said
that it reminded me of the old song of
Coming Through the Rye" that 1
would change it little and say:
If body meet body coming through the
wheat
And body kiss body wouldn't it be sweet2
And she smiled and said the rye of
the poet was not field, but rocky
branch named Rye, and the lassie was
wading through it when her lover met
her on the rocks and kissed her. So
that knocked all the poetry out of the
situation and said no more on the
subject, but I've seen the day when
the wheat field would have been as
good Il place for the business as u
branch, and if anything better.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

Mr. I, W. Atkins, Girard, Kan, writes .
u never hesitate to recommend yonr Elec-
the BItters to my customers, they give en-
tire satisfaction and are rapid sellers
Electric Bttcrs are the purest and best
medicine known, and will positively cure
Kidney and Liver complaints. Purify the
blood and regulate the bowels. No family
can afford to be without them. They will
save hundreds Of dollars in doctors bills
every year. Sold at fifty cents bottle by
Barclay Bros. (3)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Cheap homes in Arkansas and Texas

Along the lire of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Texas and
Pacific Railway and international and
Great Northern Railroad, are thousands OF
acres Of the choicest farming and grazing
lands in the world, ranging in price from
5000 to $500 aud $400 per acre, in a
healthy country, with climate unsurpassed
for salubrity and comfort. Send your adj,
dress to the undersigned for copy of sta
tistics fcrops raised in Arkansas and Texas,
in 1882, and make up your mind to 60 and
see for yourself when you learn that the crop
for 1888 is so per cent larger than that of
1882. To those purchasing land owned by
the Company, and paying one.fourth, one.
half or all cash, a proportionate rebate is
allowed formoney paid for tickets or freight
over the Companies lines.
II. c. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Pass Agt
St. Louis, Mo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

The torments of rheumatism and neural
ga have rendered burdensome the lives of
thousands of persons surrounded by every
thing that could conduCe to their happiness.
Atblophoros, the great specific for these
twin diseases, comes to crown the work, and
to bear the glad tidings that the distressing
complaints can be permanently cured. Rev.
C. D. Diggs, of Trenton, Ky, writes that
his wife who had not been able to 90 any
where fyr three years, tried this great rem
edy and now she is "sound as a dollir.'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
A Walking skeleton.

Mr., E. Springer, Of Mechancsburg, Pa,
writes: II was affected with lung fever
and abscess on lungs and reduced to a
walking skeleton. Got free trial bottle
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which did me SO much good
that | bought dollar bottle. After using
three bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health, with
hearty appetite, and gain in flesh of As
lbs" Call at Barclay Bros drug store and
get free trial bottle of this certain cure
for all Lung Diseases. Large bottles $l.0O.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

Miss Anna Laurens Dawes. a daugh-
ter of Senator Dawes, advocates jew
ish state in Palestine. She praises the
intellectually of the people, and she
finds that in statecraft the Jew has
done brilliant things. "The time is
but just gone by" she says, "when
the leader of the Liberal party in Ger
many was jew, the leader of the Re-
publican party in France was q Jew,
and the Prime Minister of England
was n law.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Their Name is Legion.

Legions of people have had their lives
made miserable by Piles. This painful
difficulty is often induced and always agg-
rayated by Constipation. Kidney-Wort is
the great remedy for all affections of this
kind. 1t acts as gentle cathartic, prom
otes healthy action of the bowels, and 500
thcs and heals the inhamed surfaces. 1t
has cured hundreds Of cases where all other
remedies and applications have failed, Sold
by all druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Do You Want to Buy a Fine

Silver Plated CASTER,
Silver Plated BUTTER DISH,
Silver Plated KNIFE,
Silver Plated Ice PITCHER,
Silver Plated CUP,
Silver Plated GOBLET,
Silver Plated CAKE STAND,
Silver Plated BERRY BOWL,
Silver Plated TEA SET
If so, it will pay you to send SIX CENTS Tor
postage for the magnifcenty illustrated
catalogue of the
MERMOD & JACCARD JEWELRY CO.,
Fourth and Locust Sts., st. Louis, Mo-,
And learn at what low prices they sell the
beautiful goods there illustrated.
WHEN IN ST. Louis CALL ON THEM. (4)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

~ Fitted out for the Season. Dresses,
cloaks, coats, stockings and all garments can
be colored successfully with the Diamond
Dyes. Fashionable colors. Only 10c. at
druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Bur
lingtOn, Vt.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Gasoline.

The use OF gasoline, in any folm, upon
premises where the building or its contents
arc covered by insurance, forfeits the insur-
ance unless a permit is procured from the
company or agent who issued the policy.
Ii. H. CANDEE.
WELLS e KERTu
CUNNINGHAM Il YOCUM.
I'm NJ. j. uOwLEY,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

In the Hop Porous Plaster the virtues of
Fresh Hops are combined with strengthen
ing and stimulating baIsams, and its cures
Of Weak Back, Pain in the Side, Rheuma-
tiSm, and Neuralgia or Pain in the Chest
are simply marvellous, it being more etiica.
cious and thorough than any liniment or
liquid remedies. You'll say 50 after using
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

The Best Salve IN the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter Cbapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction, OF money refunded. Price
20 cents per box. For sale by Barclay
Brothers
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
A Fair Offer.

The Voitaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich
offer to send DR., Dyes Voltaic Belt and
Appliances on trial, for thirty days, TO
men, old or young, afflicted with nervous
debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles.
See advertisement in this paper. .
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
If You Do!

lfyou want to sell anything,
II you want to buy anything,
If you want to increase your business,
If you want to hire anyone,
If you want a situation,
If you have a house to rent,
If you want to rent a house,
Advertise in TIE CAIRO BULLETIN.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
Pennsylvania %!,'1as,

CHESTER. 23d year opens September 10. A
Eilitary College with University Powers Depart.
u'ents IT, civil Engineering, Chemistry Classics
and English. Circulars of Capt. W p. Halliday
and n. b. Th,stlewood, and OF Mesars p. w. Bar.
clay, Charles Gallagher and II. II. Cnuninph ham, of
this city, or ofCOl.. THEO. HYATT President
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. K.
TINE CARD

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
ArrRt Dep're
Z. o. I'm PC
|. c X. h Through lock mall. 3 a IN. .......
..ll:3Ua N p. IN
(way maiD...........4 80 pm. 3 p. III.
(Southern Div.......S p. NJ. 9p. IN.
Iron Mountain K. R............2:3O p. m. 9p. m
Wabash X. R,......................l 10 p. NJ p. III.
Texas Il st. Louis X. R.........1 p. IN. & a. NJ.
ST. Louis l. Cairo X. R.........5 p. IN. $3.50 am
Ohio River Observation-Disclosures p. m. 1 p. IN
Miss River arrives Wed. Sat. q Mon.
departs We'd, Fri. " sun.
p @. gen del Cd II from . ..7: 30 am to 30 pm
Pc. box del. open from, ...,...G a. m. to 9p. IN.
SUNDAYS ger de-. open from. a. m. TO IL A. hi.
Sundays box del open from. 6 Il. IN. to 1880 AIN
s4s"NOTE.- Changes will be published from
time TO time In city papers. Change your cards nc
cordingly. WIN. 81. MURPHY, 7. NJ
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
At Sing Sing, Professor Gorton, q

At Sing Sing, Professor Gorton, q
school Principal, severely whipped y
boy because he could not sing, The
boy then sang, but not the right tune.
The angry father of the boy is now try
ing to make tho professor sing in
court. A musical authority says there
are boys whose nerves cannot stand
hearing their own voice in singing, aud
who cannot be made to sing. 1t is
seldom the case with girls, but with
boys is OF frequent occurrence.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

Mr. I. II. Wheeler, druggist, Bnghamtor,
N. Y, says he has sold large quantity OF
st. Jacobs Oil, the Great German Remedy
and thinks it is the best cure for rheuma'
tism he ever sold. 80 cents bottle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
WEAK, UNDEVELOPED. PARTS

or THE HUMAN BODY EMBARKED, DEVEL.
adyerIisement long nun I'M paper, In reply to Inc
lurles We will saw that there eyidenoe OF hum-
bug abontths: On the c0ntrary the adyertIsers aro
yery MANY indorsed:- IDlerested persons my get
sealel circuars gying nL partIonNrs by nd1tcsslng
ERIE MEDICAL L0.. Bnalo, " 6leo Erca,ag Bce,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24
The Daily Bulletin.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
ENTERED AT THE CAIRO POsTOFFICE FOR
TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE MAILS AT
SECOND CLASS RATES.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-05-22
Tired Mothers.

one day i just like another.
Sewing and piecing well
Little jackets and irow sers.
50 nearly thsi none can tell
Where are the seams and Joining.
Al. the sesmy side Of life
IL kept out Of sight BIZ the magic
OF msny 8 mother snd wife.
II there i any class Of persons vho need
tenderness and encouragement il is the
tired mo,hers weary limbs. sad hearts,
puzzled brains, all attest TO the fact.
There oagh, to be specified privileges
granted 10 tired mothers. az much as TO in
ssiids. Those who have passed through
this irving ordeal kno~ hos TO sympathi,e
with, know how TO excuse many Of the
shortcomings Of those who are passing
through The nsrros gaiewsys. the ihorny
path. and rough highways. where temp
iation holds high revelry. and the ansel of
peace sits in shadow
Tired mothers. Away. anxious. sehem-
ing. planning and econemizing how they
can manage every detail Of domestic life
sfh ess, expense. for children are such a
drain upon the resources Of ones time.
heart and pocket
Mother. dong double work. triple work
themselves. to save for this, or that, until
the nerves are strained and shattered to a
degree uabearab.e 10 themselves. aud par
'icsiiArly offensive to Others Let me en-
treat you. fathers and husbands. deal genily
With the sife and mother cheer and brighten
her life By a.. the means in your poser. FOR
she needs your help IN many says % buoy
her up and susisin her. that she ma, he
nerred with fresh igor 70 impair, 10 the
little one. who are eons;an, drain upon
her lie and energies Dio Ls~is.