The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-25
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


coming county, Pennsylvania.
Octave Thanct," the magazine wrl-
ter, is Miss Alice French, of Daven-
port, Iowa, graduate Of Abbott
Academy, Andover.
Mrs. Van Colt, the female rcviyalist,
has broken down nervously from over
work. She has been preaching and
working for fourteen years.
Miss Riviere, Of Charleston, S. c.,
has court dress once worn by Marie
Antoinettc. 1t is Of purple satin, and
is still in good condition.
OF the bishops, judges, and othcrof-
fetal personages who took part in
Queen Victoria's coronation forty
two years ago, all are now dead.
III the collection Of the Babylonan
inscribed cunciform terra Gotta tablets
recently purchased by the British
museum are additions TO the legend OF
the creation.
Indiana has a woman who weighs
$40 pounds, yet she ran tramp over
three fences and acrossa meadow and
pounded him until he had to be taken
away in wagon.
Mary Ann Middicwood, Of Liver
pool, testified in court that her hus-
band George had given her black
eye sixteen times during the four and
a half years OF their married life.
George was sent 10 prison for two
months.
A citizen Of Norwich. Conn, we'll
known as liberal giyer for religious
objects, has offered $4,000 for a new
translation of the bible in which the
doctrine of baptism by immersion
shall receive what he considers its just
prominence.
1t is complained that ladies still
continue TO wear ''outside Jacket pock-
ets,' Notwithstanding the solemn re-
monstrances against this fashion adj
dressed TO them by magistrates as one
which affords facilities to pickpockets
and a temptation to dishonesty.
Mile. Leona, female athlete, gained
much popularity in Germany by her
feats Of strength and skill. One act
was to hang by her knees from a ira
peze and hold another acrobat by her
teeth. Recently in Hamburg six other
teeth and part of her jaw were torn
out, letting the man fall.
Sixty-four years ago occurred the
year without a summer. May II, 1916
the snow fell eight inches deep on a
level in Hartford. July ), that year,
Indian corn was so frozen that the
greater part was cut down and dried
for fodder in Connecticut. There was
frost every month OF the year i'll the
Northern States.
ITO provide home for girls who,
from the evil example, extreme pow
erty or death Of their parents are ex-
posed to temptation" is the object of
the Kensington England Industrial
School for Girls. 1t is urged that
girls require looking after even more
than boys, because they cannot SO
easily recover themselves after false
step.
Rev. DIR. Woods, Of Andover, was
once giving his class some Instructions
about preaching in such a manner as
TO gain attraction and applause
young gentlemen" said he, ''it's II
contained in nutshell. When you
20 to preach in the city, take your
best coat; but when you 90 to preach
in the country. take your best SER
mon"
Sheik About Huda the chief adviser
of the Sultan of Turkey, is about 80
years of age. lie has great rcputa-
tion as well for his learning as for the
purity of his life. He traces his de-
scent through the paterhal line to
Saeid Ahmet Rifai, the nephew of the
prophet, and by the mothers side 10
Khaledibu-Velib the conqucror Of
Syria.
Col. Gordon, the Englishman ia.
nous for bravery in China, is said tC
be a particularly eccentric man, ant
is so honest and clever in his owl
special line that his eCccntriCity il
overlooked. On his last visit to Eng,
land he was invited to dine with The
Prince of Wales, and he refused. Il
would be impossible tor him to 60
mountain had combined against me
he said he was usually in bed at half
past nine; and lie did not go.
An Indian school under the charge
of the Sisters of Charity at the CmuI
d'Alcne Agency, in Washington Terri.
tory, numbers twenty seven pupils
ranging in age from 10 to ii years
The pupils read, write, spell and cX.
plain calculations in arithmetic almos
as well as white children Of the sam,
age and experience. They are ncatl!
clad, appear interested in their studies
and are evidently making rapid pro
gress.
The three most noted men in TIT
world in point Of stature are Chang
the Chine Sc giant, Chccvah, Il Chimes
dwarf, and Brustad, q tall Norwegian
Chang stands eight feet two inches il
hight, has span of eight feet will
his extended arms, weighs 364 pound
and writes his name without eilor
on a sign post 10! feet high. Iii
speaks five different languages, in
Guiding English. The Norwegian j
I feet inches high and weighs 49,
pounds. The dwarf is probably TIN
smallest man in the world. lie is A.
years old, and his hight is only .
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