The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-28
INDIGESTION

The doctrine of cremation, while
languishes in the new world, Is making
rapid strides in the old. To the Gre
matories in Milan and Gotha will soon
be added one in Copenhagen, where
the movement has met with exception.
al favor. At a meeting of the Danish
Cremation society, held in Copenhagen
ON May 81, it was shown that 1t counted
1,409 members. among whom were
SO physicians.
The Texas legislature passed an act
to take effect July 30, entitled: "Au
act to punish baggage-smashers." The
act provides, by way Of amendment to
the appropriate article OF the penal
code, that any baggage-master, ex-
press agent, or haek-driver, or other
common carrier. whose duty il is TO
handle. remove, transfer, or take care
of trunks, yalises. boxes, or other bag
gage while leading, transporting, tn.
loading, transferring, delivering, stor-
ing, or handling the same, whether or
not in the employ of any transportation
company or common carrier, who shall
inaliciously, or carelessly. or recklessly
break, injure, or destroy the said bag
gage shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and on conviction be find in
sum not exceeding 500; provided,
that prosecution for a misdemeanor,
as provided in this section, shall not
be a bar To an action for civil dam
ages
A new incipent Of the Froude-Car-
lyle controversy has arisen in England.
Mr.. Froude recently sent to Carlyle's
niece, Mrs. Aiken Carlyle, check for
$500, representing the profits which
had thus far arisen on the sale of the
"reminiscences In acknowledging
the receipt Of the draft, the recipient
used expressions which showed that
she regarded the sum as her just right,
and not as free gift of the donor.
The latter, acting under legal advice,
at once stopped payment of the check,
being warned that ii it were received
in the spirit of the written commuui-
cation he would render himself liable
to account to all the members Of the
family, not only for this sum, but for
any other accrung from the literary
inheritance to which he had succeeded.
Mr.. Froude had therefore no alterna-
tive but TO adopt a course which can
not fall to aggravate the unpleasant
ness existing between himself and some
members Of his deceased friends
family.
The returns published by the minis
tries of agriculture and commerce and
of public education show that savings
banks are rapidly establishing them
selves in popular favor throughout
France: for al the end Of last year the
total number of deposits was 1888, 427.
as compared with 8, 1919 at the end
of 1879: so that there was an increase
of $40. 1875, or nearly 10 per cent, while
the total Of the amounts paid in was
e16, 72O, 600, or f560,0 900 more than in
1879. AT the end of the year the differ
ent savings banks had on deposit a sum
of Is, 10000 ,000 this being more than
double the sum which they held on de-
post six years ago. Concurrently with
the ordinary savings bank there are
the school savings banks, which were
only instituted few years ago, but
which also seems to be doing well; for
they now exist in l4,006 different CON-
munes, and 100000 scholars have
money on deposit in them.
Eleven years ago little girl living
in Dorchester was presented on her
sixth birthday, BY favoriIe uncle, with
a valuable garnet and pearl ring. The
little miss wore it few times; eXtraor-
binary care was supposed to have been
taken of it, but suddenly the ring was
and thorough search could
not discover it, The other day the
door-bell of the house from which the
ring was lost was rung, and by chance
the former little girl that lost it an
swered the bell to find the postman of
the district with agreasy- looking envel-
ope in his hand, addressed to her
On opening the letter it was
found to contain the long-lost ring.
There was nothing TO show where it
had come from, and there are no
grounds for any suspicion. Beyond
dirty piece Of batting there was
nothing but the ring in the envelope,
which was as fresh and bright as when