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It Will cure all UlMuet caused by daiauemcnt 01 tbt LTW To symptoms of Liver Complaint an a ibit in or bad uulatlM month fain in th aaot eidaa or joint, often mistaken lor rbaaina u.iu aour etonaaeb, loeewt appetite. bowU alternately coalive and las, Baadaebe. lott oi iik mo rr with a painful acntalloa of having aile-i i do aomalhing which ought to have len don deuUity, low apiriu, a thick yel low a.,warance of tbt skin and ey, a dry txUKb ortea niialaaen for oooeuinatlon. iaJmet many of theaa symptom atttnt tha diwauw, at other vary few, but tha liver, ihe largest oman in tha body, la centrally tha fat of dueaae and if not regulated in tiiee. Kruat sabring, wretchedness and DKAl U Will en aua. I san recommend at an efflcadont remedy for dieweee ot the Liver, Heartburn and Drapeptia, MiminoM' Liver IteKOlalor. Lawit WuDe. 1?m Manicr street, Atelatant foauuaatcr, Pnil- adelllhla. "We have teeted ila virtues, personally, aid now that for trjepeptl., biliouanwie a'i'l ikrobutng Ueadaebe it u tlie bent medium la world ever aaw, W bava tried forty other rr medio before Simmon' Liver kclruUU'r, but none of tham gave u more thin tempor try relief, but the Kegulator not tnly roller d but cured u."-Ed. 1 IxaoiAT" AD Uus" taa, Macon, Ga. BAD BREATH Nothlag ta to aapMaaant, BothiaR to eomraon a bad breath, and ia nearly tvry cata it come froni the stomach, and can be ao eaaily eorrejt d If you will take bimmona' Liver liegulatur, Do not neglect to aure a remedy for Uua ro puUlv disorder. It will alaj improve voor AiptlM, coinplezion, and Ocneral ileal lb. SICK HEADACHE Thia dlatrattlng affliction oecnra moat fre quently. 'Jhe disturbanc of the atoratCi, arumK from luperfecUr digealcd ontca, caoeea a aever pain ia tha bead, accompanied with diaarreeJ4 nauaea, and tfala coosiua what ia pupiiJaily known aa hick lieadacbo. f or prompt reiif TAKE SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR, OR MED ICINE. Contain four medical lmeata, avr luund in tlie auua happy proportion in aiy oiaei preparation, vi: a genua Cathartic, a powerrol tonic, n nnexoepurnaMe aiu-railve nod a oerula Cvrreetivc olall impart tie oi the body, bnchtigual anoea hat attrnded lu u tat It ia now regarded aa lh EFKEC1CAL BPECIFC a Kernedy in MILAM0U.3 FEVKtt.1, BOA EL COM 1'LALSn, DYSFKfolA, MENTAL Oll'Uan. mc.S,llK-iiLi.l58NS.-i, JACN01CK. NAU HE . iCK HEAUAtJHJS, UJ'JC, CONSllf AXIOS and HI -ilOL'H.NEaS IT ilail .NO EQCAL. ArmedwitbtbiaANTIDOTE.au ehangea of llinat aad water and too may h faced with out tear. Aa a Hemcly in MALABIOIM rKVKS, HOVtL CoMPLAl.NXij, JtbbT J.ErlH.NEiS, JAUN'OICK, .NAUSEA, MAHlTidLlliD OXLT BT 4. il. ZKILKX, Philadelphia, Pa. rricefl.oo. Sold by all Druxk-ilU. . F. Eunkel' Bitter Wine of Iron Tfce greit u MM I and delight of tha people, ia tact uoitiiog of tna kind ai ever been offem 1 to tbt Amvicta people which bat to quickly uaod m idU Uelr goo-t favor and hearty auprjval at L K. Kankai'a liltter Wine of Iron. it Joa ail It propoie, and tha give anlera tlf action, it it guarantaed to cur the war it cate ofdyipepiia or indigattioa, kidney of liver diM, Wjatnet, nervotuaeM. csnvtipa aion, ariiity of the aiouuch, Ac. Oct tnegun uioe. Only aold in tl bottle. Depot and of-fV-e, 'J.Sortn Ninth ttreM. Pniladeiphia. A hit K.unkel't aadtak no other. Sold by all !rug guu. - Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia. K. P. Kunk!' Bitter W lac of Iron it a ture cart for thia disease, it hat been prescribed daily for many year ia the practice of eminent phyiicUni w.ih unparalleled luoteM. Sympiorai ar lost sf appetite, wind and rising of food, dryoe in mouth, bcadaohe, diuiaen, lecpleaaeu aad low iplritl. . (ct the genuine.' Not told ia bulk, only in Si bot tle: Sold by all drugzliu. Ask for K. F . Kun ktl't Bitter Win of iron and uk ao other. SI per bottle, or in battle for $.r. All 1 ak i a trial ofthi valuable m?dicitte. A trial will conn no you at enoe. Worms, Worms, Worms. , K. r, Dimkel' Worm Syrup never fail t rrnwv all kinds of Worm, rieati pin and uiom Worm are readily removed by Hun ker Worm tirrup. ir. KunkH ia the only iiitxxssful pbiiioian In thU country that can rumoT Tape worm In from two to bar hour, lie h ia ao fee until head ana all paste alive aad tn tbi ipaoe ot time. Common tense teaches if Tape Worm can be removed, all other Worm can readily be removed. Atk your druggist for a bottle ol Kunkel't Worm avrup, Prioc tl.uO iter bottl. it never fail or send to tha dotr fnrtirvular. No. 26i .Norta Ninth hi., Phild ti bia. Advlct free. II Bitplanaor ltiaerr. ttiat It l!i Itonl Dr. W. E. lloyt of 25 years successml liractlce iruaiantee gpeeuy and permait cnt cure ot all Chronic, Scrofulaus, Pri vate, Syphlletlo and Fomala Diseases, Spermatcrrhuea, or selt-abuso, at bis Medical institute, Agan & Cheney Blook, opposite the City Hall Park, Syracuse, N. Y. Medicine sent to all parts ot tne U. S. and Canada. Don't be deceived by advertising quicks who throng our large cities, but consult Dr. Hoyt or send for circular treating on hit specialities to his I. 0. Box 276. ' Lames. My tfrcal liquid French remedy, Amle Do Femme, or Female Friend, is unfailing In the cure of all painful and dangerous diseases ot your xex. It moderates all excesses, and brings on the monthly penod with regu larity. In all nervous and spinal afloo tions, pains In the back or limbs, heavi ness, tatlgue on slight exertion, pal pita tlon ot the heart, lownest of spirit, hy gienes, sick headache, whites, and alt painful diseases occasioned by s disorder ed system U effects a cure when all other means tail. Price $3.00 per bottle, sent by mall. Dr. W. E. Hoyt,. Box 278, Syracuse, N. Y. SHEBIFV'S SALE. By vlrtn of two fat bill ta ma directed, by the clerk of tht supreme ooart temhern grand division at Mount Vernon, in tha ttat of II 11 noit. in favor of John 0, Abreght all. and against Jaton B. Smith et ala., I hart levied, upon tha following deanrlbed property, to-wit i lit fourteen (M) In block tlevtn (11) lota twen. ty-tl V), twenty-sevta (17) and tweniy tight (M). In block venty-two (7) Ion thirty on and- thirty-two (3S), to block iwoaty-ala I'io). All tht above detcrlbad property it situ ated to tuaaity of Cairo, county of Alexander, ...I .t.ia nt tfiinni. whlrh I ahall offer for tale at publio vendue at tha front, or weat door of ih nonrtboust, In tht city of Cairo, eomty, of AMtxtaaar and auta or iiunots, a ine ei uj of Ft knurr. l7g. at 10 a'cloak a-m. liatti thia Calro.liL, lath day nl Jannary.A.P. m, .mavauw,tiw7rm .p sh4rlft .-ai --' l ,.,. . VOL. 10 II : "ri " SMALL THINGS. Dwiela not thou unall thing I Tneaoul that loim for wlnu To toar toximeamd height of saeTUlce, ton ofl rorgeia uie uauy runno. A od abakea off UlUe duties while alia look alofl. ' Ood bat net om below, Who inuat tiialr all foratfo. And at bl bidding givelbelr loved, tbelr btatt, 10 lot oiaume, iiat mm, la ainall tiiinn to nutn. Yet Ifthougiv alUuaUUit, then tboo,too, art blast he willing day by day ' To give uu IIltlHouuifMrtat (M'tcaul; To yiam np cnaariuiiy, When lie ahall crave thy dearest and thine aU. i nn, iuuu uwj a. nwij uai Earth I onr little bland horn. And liotiTen Ui neighboring oanUnaut, Vt'lieocewlndatueverviiiletooiue, ; . WlUibaiaileatcuUi. And tnderet whisper tliene) w bear, t rmu ihiiai. who lately aailed acruaa : They love u aiill i aiuce haavan la near, , Death la not lot. roia Blonntaln aloeia of brfand balm, WLat nieuxllea arreit th ear i Mt'lial uenioneerlpiiletiirouab thaealtnl We'll keep near abore, tui: COMIC side or LIFE. Laughter is the language of merri ment the speech of - humor the elo quence of fun. Without it wit becomes cold and pulseless, and social chat lows its attractiveness aud life. It infuses a spirit of cheerfulnecs into whatever cir cle of society it reaches. " It is endemic, cpidc-imi-, ntid ppnrndic, and all are sure to catch it who come within its reach." A good laugher is a welcome gutl at every gathering, unless it be a funeral ; and even at such a gathering he hi not to be excluded, because pathos and humor are so closely allied tne lat ter, it is said, secretes tears. We know that Hood, the king of humorists, wrote " The Bridge of tighs," and that the words of that poem sound like "the dropping of teaw from the eaves of the eyelids." A pleasant wag who laughs with everybody, and who laughs at ev erything which is ridiculous, can be a useful man in his neighborhood. He will be considered the " caustic burveyor of events," the critic of society, who weighs and mcsumros our words and ac tions. He laughs at the Grecian bend, and the echo of his mirth reaches the cars of those who " stoop to conquer ;" and alter his laughter comes the lemon of " bend over tho waah-tub " and " bend over the cradle," but not upon Broad way. "He recasts, restatm. renirbuh- es, and recirculates the old pieces of wit," as men in the mint change panih dol lars and rrench Irunc into American com. When you meet nub a man in the arena of discussion it is folly to argue with him. Yoo can not put down a pun by the use of the mot profound philosophy. Argument will not answer a joke. If you open your mouth to rea son the case you may find yourself in the position of Munchausen's Hon, width swallowed the ass and found itself in the harness dragging the chariot. You muft put him down with the logic of laughter, or suffer defeat. If he iiuns, pun back. If he jokes, joke back. If he dimples th; town with laughter nt your expense, join with the Iaugiiers and show that you can appreciate a good thing. Lord Chatham AhLed ilenmker to define wit " Wit," replied the wag, " is like a pen- sion bestowed by your Lordship upon your humble servant a good thing well applied. V hen a man becomes angry at a joke circulated at his expense, he is like the eagle which stole the meat from the ultar ot the gods, and burned the ntt with the brand which accompanied the .sacrifice. If ho flames out an in dignant rejoinder hw hot thought con sumes his wlf-control, and he will make hiincclf contemptible because somebody dfc has mado him ridiculous. When a was flashes his wit in your fucc, dip the torch of your wit into the run ot your genius, il you have no genius, into the light of omc other per son's sun, and light up the firmament of fun at his cost, or join with the multi tude "In showing tocth wifheut biting." You must, however, always keep truth and justice on your side. Truth and justice have a cuiras impenetrable that tho arrows of wit and humor rattle about them as harmlewly as hail on the helmets of the gods. Jt is impossible to laugh truth into a lie, or to cxtinguifh justice by ridicule culminating in roars of laughter. Dr. Bothune, the poet and preacher, and a man of weight in every sense of tho word, on being introduced to a tall, thin minister of the " Baptist persuasion, - remarked, "bhrunk after the wetting, I see This specimen of genuine humor, with just enough wit in it to make it "sparkle like salt in fire," could not fail to provoke a smile. Had it kindled "anger, the shrinking of the body would have been followed by tho shriveling of the soul. A New York Bohemian, speaking of the price of meat, said that " beef was never so high since the cow jumped over the moon." Now this is pure humor, and the author of it laughs with every body, and he laughs at nobody. 1 shall not attempt the difficult task of defining wit and humor. Hwlitt says : " Dr. Fuller's remark, that the negro is the image of. God eut in ebony, is hu mor: and that Horace Smith's inver sion of it, that the task -master is the image of the devil cut in ivory, is wit." Wit and humor are as closely re lated as the Siamese twins, and like that couple they go together, and it require a aharp blade to separate them. . Fun is a fine art, and ho who-is master of it will know how to stop short of that line which separates it from the absurd and ridiculous. Wit is crank, scornful, analytical, , It inaksa invidious contrasts, tosses analogies in yonr teeth, ipoHs no good stories tor relation av sa$a, n imou a reauerea iSi'V" 'A- i ttfi , ' ' Ml - mm OOca, JBUtiTV SvkUd.lzr, Oomai Twtlft. Staawt tuad CAIROIIJilNOIS, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1878. hail before you can lift a shield, and is ,f sure to hit a tonder pot If a man l0UieV as invulnerable as Achilles, whose annf Wna in Vila it wnnlrl K . wound him nnlces he wore thick boots, which, unlike his line, should be water proof. Americans do not laugh enough. Ve scarcely rcognize the comic side of life. Artcmiu "the delicious," as the author of "Griffith (jaunt" calls him, shook onr aides with laughter, and a few others did so all of them, however, can be counted on the fingers of two hands. These jokers liave'ruade us laugh a little when out (if the range- of the roars of bulls and bear iu Wall Street; but we, u a people, have foiled to sustain first-class comic jour nals. The humor of Lowell and Uulwes and the wit of Saxe are appreciated by a few the choice few because the aroma of their poetry gives a pleasant odor to ; lata merriment. lirUi loJJows us in the street, and overtakes us at our occu paiions; it tickles the rib of sleep, even, Why, then, do we not respond to her ex hibitions of cheerfulness? Because we are in haste to nail a bargain or. fasten a contract. Because we want to U the money market so many are " teetering" on the beam of speculation. Now gold goes up, and they go down. Now stock goes down, and they go tip. Thus they 'te:ter" day after day, and when they truiuble headlong in the crowd, they can uot see where the joke comes in. Becchcr says that the creed of most men ia: "The chief end of man is to glorify gold. Life is the time afforded by Heaven to man to get rich in, death the termination of a great speculation, heaven a place where the streets arc paved with gold, and hell a place where shiftless men are punished with evcrhthting poverty." As we grow older and more opulent," we shall have more leisure and more time for laughing. As it is, there are multitudes who find time to laugh, and they find that " laughter doeth good like a medicine." We see in the lowest phases of mirth little to laugh at ; it crops out in puns and sudden turns of language, and is to the genuine article what tinsel is to gold we Biuile at it once, and then forget it. Puns are the erysipelas of speech. Four puns out of five are failures. Holmes says no young man or woman should indulge the habit of coining puns, for it debases the currency of language. "A punster is like a boy who puts pennies on tho railroad track he may upset a whole freight train of conversation in his efforts to flatten a witticism." Hood said, "If I were juwbhed for every pvn I shed, I should not have & puny shed in which to hide my punished head." The highest, purest, and most perfect specimens of wit ring like the music of golden eagles when dropped on marble. A good pun must have three qualities a body of speech, a soul of thought, and heart of acnti nient. Words without thought or feeling arc of dead letters. The head and the heart must put thought and feeling into the syllables before they can inspire mirth. Tlie manager of a theatre in St. Louis offered a silver cup to the man who would make the best conundrum. This won the prize: "Why is the man who presents this cup like a liquor-seller? Because he presents the cvp which brings many to theiV, while those above are in tier$." Here is another: l'Parva$cin tilla magnum iynern incitct," said a wag, pointing to a small man who was court ing a large woman. He said in plain English, a little tpark kindles a great flame. Fun is volatile, and assumes all phases and postures pinching you with quotations, coruscating in conundrums, laughing at you from behind the mask of metaphor, shooting its Attie arrows who you have no fortress to fly to. An En glish bishop said, " If the devil should lose his tail, he could get another where bad spirits are retailed." ' - Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit illustrates bv uncomplimentary com parisons; humor is careful not to give of- Irnsc. "Have you seen my descent into hell t" inquired an author, a great bore, who' had written a dook wiin a ncry uue. "No," replied Douglas Jerrold, "but I should like to." "Do you see any thing ridiculous in my wig?" inquired a judge of Curran. t "Nothing but the head," was the reply- Thcse aro specimens of real wit wit snarn as a Damascus blade. Some one, speaking of Holmes, said: . " A (Toctorhla profeaalon mns Into th ground. And soma of bis patient tlcep uoiler the mound, Yet hi wit could awaken tbelr risible oougii, Though their tplrlt had gon whara the ITotoo't cutoff." A Vcrmonter on Mr. Evarts. At the great meeting held in Cooper Institute in October last, to sustain the administration of President Hayes, at which it had been announced that Mr. Evarts would bo present, a gentleman from Vermont, who .had never seen the secretary of state, but had a desire to do so, said to tho person seated next to him, " Is Mr. Evarts on the platform? " " No ; he has not yet arrived. " " He's expected ? fi " Oh yes ; he'll be along presently. " " I've never seen Mr. Evarts, though He's I ve heard a great deal ot him. got a farm up to Windsor, in our State." "Well, when he comes in I'll tell you. The' boys generally give him a cheer when ' he . comes on the stage, Ah, here he comes!" "IstViat him?" "Yes." ' "WUliamM. Evarts?" "Certainly." .... " Well, I declare 1 " exclaimed tha . Vcrmonter. - "Why, ho bok at though h boarded !' " ' ' ! TW;. mm r-haWln MaiM - than any othrui State ia the Uniun. .... i -L TIT FOIt TAT. " t.- " Coantry tklitjr. and the hUTCh Festival JDcad-liettt. . lie was the manager of a church fair, and one morning he walked into tlie newspaper office and said : " Want an item this morning?" "Of course," replied the editor. Where upon the visitor laid the following note upon tho tabic : 'The ladies of the Street church will give a festival at their vestry hall ' next Friday evening. Literary and musical entertainments will be provided, and a supper will be served to all who desire. The ladies in chargo of the afair have much experience in such matters and are mire to provide a good time, The admins- wn will be only fifteen enU, and it is ceruim uiat uo one cnu -sijcuu uiui amuuni to better advantage. Bonmre to go and take your friend." - -When the editor had read it, he said : "Ob, I see, an advertisement."- "No, not an advertisement. We pre fer to have it go in the local column," replied the manager. And seeing, that the editor looked skep tical, he continued "It will interest a great many of your readers, and help a good cause ; beside, we have spent so much money getting up our entertainment that we can't afford to advertise it without increasing the price of the tickets. In such a matter as this we ought to be willing to help each other." "Well," said the editor, "if it goes in to the locals, a suppose you would recip rocate by reading a little notice in your own church next Sunday." The visiting brother asked what notice, and the editor wrote and handed him the following : "The' Weekly Clironick for the com ing year will be the best and cheapest family paper in Maine. Its proprietor has had much experience and has all tho help which a large outlay of money can procure. His paper has a larger circulv tion than any other published in the coun try, and is to be furnished at only $2. It is certain that no one can spend that amount to a better advantage. Be sure to take The Chronicle and subscribe for your friends." The manager hemmed and hesitated, and then said, solemnly, that he doubted whether it would be judicious -to read such a notice, but suggested that if it was printed, copies of it might be distributed at the door of the vestry on the evening of the entertainment. "Yes," said the editor, "but it would attract more attention in the middle of a sermon. It will interest a large number of your congregation and help a good causa ; and oesides, so much money is spent upon Tlie CliTonkh that I don't see how the owner can afford to print handbills to advertise it without increas ing the subscription price. In such a matter as this we ought to be willing to help each other." Then the gentlemen saw the situation. Maine Chronicle. Fashion Notes. A new color in artificial flowers is French pink. Pluih is used for Collars und cuS's of cloaks. Ribbons with fringed edges are coming in vogue. - Camel's hair woolen socks are shown for gentlemen. Satin ribbon is very fashionable for bonnet trimming. In spite of all that in said against high heels, they are still worn. . , Rings of milk-white agate are imported among Chinese novelties. Cock's plumes and cock's feather ruches ore favorite trimmings for felt hats. The fashion of wa xiats seems to gain more and more favor with the ladies, T Fine silver ornaments, set with rubies and malachite, are coming in fashion. Bonnets are more fashionable, than hats for young ladies as well as for matrons. Black silk and black velvet continues to be the favorite combination costume of American women. A new lace for flannel skirts is knitted in a varioty of patterns of Saxony yarn the color of the skirt. Moonlight pearl beads and variegated pearl beads take the place of moonlight jet for evening toilet Four or five bows are used on each slipper, fastened high on the instep by means of elastic straps. Light cashmeres in evening colors are combined with gros grain silks of the same shade for the evening.) Uncut figured velvet having a white ground with the figures in colored de signs, is exquisite for ladies' wear. ? - TuE emigrating instinct of John Chinaman, suppressed so long and dcvel- oped recently. with such remarkable force, ! has at last found a welcome response. i Kicked, cuffed and despised, both in Cali fornia and Australia, the Chinese are welcomed in Peru. There are now 70 000 of them in that country, and the Gov ernment have engaged steamers to bring more.' They intermarry, it is said, with the lower classes of whites, and are ac 1 corded the full right of citizenship. .Tho two races agree and get along comfortably. The farmers of York county PennsyU vania am raisin it saffron, an herb they tell to the dmg itorw at remunerative P" yX t, )ir - v WavailLltatrtcaa Jk.i Trade Topic. There are no national banks in Mirrv issippi. A Utah man sold thirty thousand head of cattle last year. : Counterfeit Mexican dollars ore in cir culation in Indiana. Council Bluffs' improvements for 1877 amounted to $195,010. A bunk with a capital of $150,000 is a'xmt to be opened at Fargo, Dakota territory. , ' Money is lying now in Philadelphia in vaults, begging for employment at 3 or 4 per cent. The great bulk of the cotum crop is how grown by white labor, and upon ainall farms. Kentucky talks of udoptuig die " Moffett punch," with a tax on " drinks " after the manner of Virginia; Bowman McEwan is planting upon his farm in Renville county, Minnesota, twelve thousand cotton-wood tree-. The Father De Sinet, Golden Gate, Belcher, and Justice mines, of Deodwood, have been sold lor 1400,000. The New York wholesale dealers in butter have orgHiiizisl to put down tho traffic in oleomargarine, or "bull butter." During the year 1877, 43,260 paupers in Indiana were cared for at the expense of the various counties of the state, at a cost of$C00,C2ti. The best Migar works :it Itdeton, Cal., 1 are said to be working night and day, and using about seventy tons of beets in twenty-tour hours. The American publio use in paper collars eight tons of paper daily, and over eight million five hundred thousand yards of muslin annually. A little over $20,000 was disbursed among the soldiers at the Walla Walla garrison a few days ago. It was their first pay since List July. Lynn is said to be losing its trade in boots and shoes, which used to bo almost a monopoly. Western manufacturers are getting a large share of tlie business. . The vineyardists of southern California are discouraged, and many are proposing to cut up their vines, because they tan only realize $5 a ton for their grapes. The exports from New Haven last year were $7,590,300, against $3,049,400 in 1876; but the increase is accounted for mainly by the number of valuable cargoes of arms and munitions of war sent to the Turks, In 1850 Minnesota contained but 5,000 souls and had but 1,900 acres of under cultivation. In 1877 it contained 750,000 souls and nearly 3,000,000 .acres under cultivation, of which nearly 2,000, 000 were in wheat. An intelligent traveller for one of the largest business houses in Galveston, asserts that tlie country merchants and people generally, in the interior of Texas, are in a better financial condition the present season than for several years past. The Chaplain's Story Tlie Reverend had been uu army chap lain during the war, and while we were hunting for a road that would lead to Hamilton, he told a story about two dy ing soldiers which interested me in spite of mr feet Ho said that, in tho Poto mac hospitals rough pine coffins were fur nished by the government, but that it was not always possible to keep up with the demand; so, when a man died, if there was no coffin at hand he was bur ried without one. . . One night late, two soldiers lay dying in a, ward. A man came in with a coffin on his shoulder, and stood trying to make up his mind which of these two poor fellows would be likely to need it first. Both of them begged for it with their fading ey they were past talking. Then one of them protruded a wasted hand from his blankets and made a feeble beckoning sign with the fingers, " Be a good Mow ; Sut it under my bed, please. The man id it, and left. The lucky soldier pain, fully turned himself in his bed until he faced the other warrior, raised himself partly on bis elbow, and began to work np a mysterious expression of some kind in his face. . Gradually, ; irksomely, but surely and steadily, it 'developed, and at lost it took definite .form as a pretty suc cessful wink. Tho sufferer fell back cjr haustcd with his labor, but bathed in glt ry. Now entered a personal friend 01 No. 2, the despoiled Bolaicr. No. 2 pleaded with him with . eloquent eyes, till pres ently he understood, nd 1 removed the coffin from under No. I'i bed and put it under No. 2's. ' No. 2 indicated his joy, and made some moro signs ; the Iricno understood again, and put his arm arounc n. , 11. .1. ivm a atu mniu waa )- trWli. and this timo ho slowlv butt ...... . a a, a The picture sticks by ni yet. The '-' U- uation " is unique.rJiir& Twam r- .. . . ! .,.- , .., The CTrutiati , IrorM, of London, tayt i that vrresbytcwM iu England, with few exceptions, , favor a revision of tht jno. 21 snouiaer ami imea nun paruy --- - - --. ,. onftnn( . .p.t Then the dying hero turned the Tr dun exultation of hlaeye upon No. l,.nd bemg about 60 pounds for every one of began a slow and labored work wife his j the popula ion. Raw sugary when im hands: gradually he lifted one hand up ported, contains from 2 to 3 per cent, of tow J WfJ, it grew weak 1 .111 f purities, As much as three tons of dropped back again ; onw more h madt have been found in a sindt cargo, the effort, but tailed again ,ne took a t According to exrnnicnta made by Dr. .11 aCmv.ant. ftf hi E Cameron of Dublin and Dr. Uassell of guroly earned his thumb, to the sido ot - . uB.. fcisnoee, spread his guant fingers wide : A case . waa : ktely before the Circuit t- t,mni: anrl . rlmnr-J . tapir . at. oil. .. Court, GlaSEOW, which sllOWftd that aT- aUS 'W wviarwvt. arerava; wB . a r A Mule's Wonderful Trickery. u Speaking about mules," remarked a sixfboter in Arkansas, as he cracked his whip at market, "I've got a mule at home which knows as much as I do, and I want to hear somebody say I'm half a fool." No one said so, and he went on. " I've stood around here and heard men blow about kicking mules till I've got disgusTed. When you comes down to kicking, I want to bet on my mule. A friend caraa along ami took dinner with me the other day, and as he teemed a little down-hearted, I took him out to see Thomas Jefferson, my champion mule. . I was telling tho good man how that niulo would flop his feet around, and lie said he would like to see a little fun. He'd paused his whole life in tho South, but had never teen a mule lay his whole ; soul into a big time at kicking. " Well," ' he said, after borrowing tomo tobacco, " 1 took i nomas out of the stable, backed him np agin a hill, gin him a cuff on the car, and wo stood by to see the amusement. It was a good place to i kick his durndest, and what d'ye s'pose be aid f In ten minutes by the watch he was out of sight. . In five mora we couldn't feel him with a twelve foot pole, and and " the crowd began to yell and sneer, and tho narrator looked around and asked : " Does anybody think I'm lying? Would I lie for ono mnlo? Right here under my arm is a pound of tallow candles which are to light the hole j for to go in after Thomas ; and I got word not an hour ago that the hind icct of a mule were sticking out of a hill thirty-nine miles as the bird flies from where my mule went in. I'm shaky on religion, gentlemen, but our family never had a liar iu it." Evils of Gosbip. We have known a country society which withered away to nothing under the dry rot of gossip, Friendships once as firm as granite, dissolved to jelly, and then ran away to water, only because of this; love that promised a future as en during as heaven and as stable as truth, evaporated into a morning mist that turned to a day's long tears, only because of this: a father and son were Bet foot to foot with the fiery breath of anger that would never cool again between them ; and a husband and bis young wife, each straining at the heated leash, which in the beciuiue had been the golden bondage of a God-blessed love, sat mournfully by the grave where all their love and all their joy lay buried, and all because of this. I have seen faith transformed to mean doubt, joy give place to grim despair, and charity take on itself the features of black male volence, because of the small words of Scandal, and tha magio UlUtteringa (if gossip. Great crimes work wrongs and deeper tragedies of human life spring from the larger passions; but woeful and most mournful are the nncatalogucd tragedies that isuo from gossip and de traction; most mournful tho shipwreck often made of noble natures and lovely lives by the bitter winds and dead salt waters of slander. 80 easy to say, yet so hard to disprove throwing on the inno cent all the burden and the strain of dem onstrating their innocence, and punishing them as guilty if unable to pluck out the stingB they cannot see, and to silence word9 they never hear gossip and slander are the deadliest and crudest weapons man bos ever forged for his brother s heart. Legal. A discharge under the insolvent laws of one State will not discharge the insol vent from a contract made with a citizen of another State. Common carriers ore not liable for ac cidents or detentions arising from the vis major, which human power and forecast could not provide against. When A consigns goods to B to sell on commiisbion, and B delivers them to C in payment of his own antecedent debts, A can recover their value. At an auction or sheriff's sale s bidder may retract his bid at any time before the property ia knocked down to him, no matter what tho condition of tho sale. Permanent erections andfixtures, made by a mortgagor' after the execution of tho mortgago upon the land conveyed by it, becomes apart of the mortgaged prem ises, '.' ' , ., , . An agreement from the holder of a note to give uie principal debtor tune for pay ment without depriving himself of the right to eue does not uncharge tho surety. Under the rule eaveat emptor a teller of goods, chattels or other property, com mits no fraud in law when ho neglects to tell the purchaser of any flaws, defects or nnaxiuttdness in the same. i tna amount 01 sucur annua uv ooo- m, . a . 1, ' T 1 Vrt Ann . I0"1, ".'"ny 100,000 mite' are AIIMI hti tenia was mixed witu sugar. A captain was cliargcd with causing tho death of several seamen by serving 'out putrid V a a a .a -pojj,.- them, .but, on. the sugar being ., suaipcu py at. luaciagau oi ainuurgn, .WJP uflicicnt arsenic , to cause death. This sugar was supplied rata rmin rl it ok Minrl aP Man am i-wnaj , W.ASHnTB A aaw and watauUrtivt l-i . . waaaing.. Waaiaai Us uattt', banar kin soap for washing anything i waeM ta . third of tha Umt t waabaa la fear 4 M toft, hoi or eottt water; tho only pTparatlo ver lnvtoud thai will prtvent woolana frtm ihrlnking; worth four Unci lu brlea for washing woolens bJom, . Mm. Henry Ward Beechsr roeomnuods It to all kotutkttptr, asm "They will rtjotea) both tar teononry't takt) aad tita taftty 01 taalr clothing, tod thai it eaa no mora injure clothing ay kinds tot common warm water." . . BEABCmT A JOflHSOH, 11 PUtt Stmt, Maw Tork. r7"JBartlay Bros, will supply trado la Cairo. Tha Differ), The ordinary Poront Plaster, on eeeount if iu peculiar mechanical action, U esteem id ao article ol merit; but Benson's Capdno P trout Platter It considered an artlcla of extraordinary merit. It hat tht tamt mechanical action, and, la addition, poe tesses medicinal qualities ol remarkable tature, which causes it to act at onct, rttleye pain Immediately, and euro when other Porous Plaatort will not tvtn rtlltvo For Rheumatism, Lame aa Weak Back, Spina Disease, Crick ia the Hack, Kidney Olseaav, 9praina and Bruises, Severa fains aad Butch 11 1 -. . n . ij - ... IV eakna of the Hack, etc Th manufacturer of Benson's Capoine Plaster Beoeived the Highest Medal at the Centennial. It It now the standard remedy. Its aa. tonishlng pain relieving and strengthening qualities attracted the attention 01 tbt Cen tennial Jurroriand thousands of physician who vUttadtha Centennial, who pronounc ed it tbt bttt remedy ever invented for too iSova ailment, gold py all Pmgglsta. Prico.2octntt. . V US' Barclay Bros, will supnlv the trado l In Cairo, HAAatat. THE City National Bank OAIBO, ILLXNOS. CAPITAX $100,000. omorMl W. P. HALLTDAF, President. HEMUY L. HAIAlbAT, VioeFnal. A. B. rUrfORD, Cashier. WAlTIii maibV, Ata'tCMhian.1 DrxiCTOKS. . Staatc Tatlob, ;B. B. CtKwrxanA, H. L. ILtlAfDAT. W. P..Halldat. U, D. WiuxaJttoN, STaraaN Bian, A. O, BAITOHD, Exchange, Coin and United States Bonds Bought and 8 I'd. DEPOSITS received and a general banking buslneaa don. BANK OHcVHTCACD MA.R0H XI, IS t CITY NATIONAL BANE, C AIBO omenta: A. B. SArPORD. Prenlilent. B. I. TAYLOR, Ttoa President. - W, HYBLOf , Seo'y aad Xrasaiaaar. ruicroat: r.w.BaaeLAV, Crua. OtLiaaaa, Y. M. Stocijtj rn , Fact, O. Bcatm li. H. CtntmjitinAja. 9.. L. ELtLupax, i. kl. PmutPt. IKTKKKST paid on deposits at the rata of aU percent, per annum, kiarehlstand Septesa Mr let. Internet not withdrawn is added 1mm Lately to th principal of the deposits, tbarabf rlTtnv tfc.ni --...-i-wi uttereM. Married Women and Children may Peposit Money and no one else can draw it. Opeatvery buaineatday from 9a.m. to! p.m. 1 Saturday evenings for savings deposit, only roots tot o'clock. W. HTSX.OP, TtWtTaMf. r. Bota. President. H. Wells, Gashiet. P. NeiT. Vice Prae'L T. i. Keith. Asst. Ceth'r iiiiii Gn-nar Ooaunarclal At, aad Bth Bttoo OafaIHO, ZXjXjSB. ; DIRECTORS, ' P. Bros, Cairo. Wm Xing, Cairo. I' KIT llairn. Wn WhL l',ix A. fcnaanka, Cairo. R. h. BUlingtly, Ot, LtataJ a,. Duiier, mini. n. nana, Cairo. , f.U. lirlnkman, st Loul. J. T. Cleruaon, Caledonia. A eeateiavl Banattna; Baalneaa Boat KJ-Exchanir told and bongbl. lattMOt pa it paid maoa,) nd all bualaes uronmtlv attended to. n uim navinira iinrtniiiMiK. i:n iMttmna VABIETT 8XORB. New-York Store WHOLESALE AMI) EITAIL.' ' V.ABIETY STdCU INTHECITY.;:r Ooods Sold Very OlM0w j Corner 19th otroot an fTtinmotol Wo OATJttO, XxaUNOia. ; ; ' C. O. 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