The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

dists Of Cleveland, Ohio, have built over
twenty church ediices, at cost Of over
100000.
Last year the South raised COO, 900, 600
pounds Of tobacco, which exceeds the
production of any other year by ~
100000 pounds.
The acid poison Of the cobra Is so
active that one-iifth of grain injected
into mans veins would be sufficient
TO cause his death.
Sig. Florelli, in charge of the exca-
vations at Pompeii, estimates that 1t
will require seventy years and one mill
ion dollars to complete the work
The most beautiful pearl in the world
is in Moscow, weighing twenty-eight
carats. In the French crown jewels is
pearl as large as pigeon eggs, val
ued at $1,000
The first railway line built in this
country was between Baltimore and
Washington in the spring of 1874. 1t
was first opened to the public for busi-
ness April /, lS45.
There are at present in this country
2,053 National, 923 State, $50 savings,
and 2,57S private banks, OF these, 263
have been organized in the last twelve
months.
An ant, three-cights Of an inch long,
carrying burden of one-sixth OF 4
grain, moves at the rate of one mile in
eleven hours The weight Ga small one
compared to that they can carry is
eighteen times thir own.
Less than fifty years ago one man
could not make more than IA pins
minute; now he can make more than
400 Then one girl could stick on pa
pers about 10000 pins day; now fair
days work is from 800, 900 10 100000,
Serpents, scorpions, and large pinch
ing-ants, are regarded in Egypt as
transformed villains. 1t is believed
that these reptiles and vile insects are
wickedly disposed, and feel q pleasure
in committing mischief.
The number of bibles and testaments
issued each year by the British and For
eign Bible society is nearly 100000;
by the American society, 100000
Within seventy-iive years 100000
copies have been put into circulation.
Sir Henry Bessemer has taken out no
less than ia patents. The freedom of
the city Of London has just been con-
ferred upon him. Before his steel pro-
cess was introduced into Sheffield the
entire make of steel was 81, 900 tons a
year; now it is $4,000 tons.
California was called the land Of gold,
1t is now called the land of grain
Last year it produced 500, 900, 600 worth
of the former and S90,000,000 worth of
the latter. Agriculture is the back
bone and source of real wealth TO q ma
ton after all.
Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott has no faith
in the opinions OF the ancient dsciplin-
arians Of New England II hold, said
he the other day, that the man who
cannot govern children, or men either,
by moral means-by the power Of his
eve, the charm of his manners, the re-
sources of his intelligence--is not wor-
thy to control his fellow-creatures.
Beware of all imported candies, they
are universally adulterated. A cheap
article of glucose is now made by q
chemical process from old linen rags
and other substances, which cannot be
detected by ordinary taste or means,
and furnishes a profitable adulterant
| for jellies, candies and confectionery
| generally. Pure candy is about as rare
an article as can be found in the mar
ket.
As 4 curious fact, it has been noted
by Sir Samuel Baker that a negro has
never been known to tame wild ele-
plant or any wild animal. The ee-
plants employed by the ancient Cartha-
ginians and Romans were trained by
Arabs and others, never by negroes
| 1t had often struck Sir Samuel as very
distressing that the little children in
Africa never had a pet animal; and
though he offered rewards for young
elephants, he never succeeded in get
ting one alive.
The gross earnings of the Suez ship
canal for the present year will be S.
066, $50, while the disbursements, in
cludpg IS per share, have been only
s., 7Sj, Cos. leaving for distribution
among the shareholders $2,2S0, 9s5 as
the profits of the year.
In Great Britain, as appears from
Treasury return published short time
ago, the receipts Of the Patent Office
during the twelve years, 1868 to 1870,
were fL779,s92, and the expenditure
only fjO4, 1922, leaving q net gain TO
the public eXchequer Of fl,275,57O.
Mary Ellen Chase is authority for the
statement that women outnumbcr men
three to one in heaven. win she dis
gel the agonizing doubts in puzzled
brain by coming forward and explain
ing how, under those circumstances
heaven could be heayen-for the men.
Before the year 1900 the Spaniards
commenced 10 import African slaves
into the West Indies, and some were
landed on the Spanish portion Of what
is now the territory of the United States.
The first slaves landed upon the terri
tory of the original states were 20 sold
from Dutch vessel at Jamestown,
Virginia, in 1919. The earlier slave
trade, after New England was settled,
was chiefly in the hands of Massachu-
sets and other New England shipown-
ers, who not only brough, negroes TO
their own ports, but sold them wher-
ever they could find Il market. Slavery
| in Massachusetts WAS ended by the