The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-28
The friends and relatives Of the late

The friends and relatives Of the late
Captain Hanning Spoke, the great Ami
can explorer, are very much grieved al
the imputation that Spoke put an end
to his life. The facts are as follows;
Captain Spoke was out shooting with 4
relative, and was attended by game
keeper and other persons. In the act
of climbing over stone wall his gun
went off, with the fatal results known.
The Court of Appeals of New York
has decided that bonds issued by the
town of Hancock, Delaware county, in
aid of the New York and Oswego Mid
land railroad are invalid In the hands
of bona tide holder because the law of
1866, under which the bonds purported
to be created, provided that they should
issue only on the consent of n majority
of the taxpayers owning or representing
more than half Of the property on the
assessment rolls, and that such consent
was not obtained, The assessor had
made affidavit that the necessary con-
sent was given
The Society for the Propagation of
the Jewish Faith, the headquarters of
which are at Berlin, estimates the num-
Der of Jews in the world at from 9, O0O,-
600 to 1000, 000-about the same num-
Der that is supposed to have existed in
the time of David. There are 5000, 900
in Europe, 100000 in Asia, 100000 in
Africa, and nearly 100000 in Ameri-
ca. Russia has the highest number of
any country in Europe, and France the
lowest There are said to be more Jews
in Berlin than in all France, and near
ly twice as many as in all Palestine.
The production Of n good and cheap
dinner by the New Century Cooking
Club, of Philadelphia, was recently de-
scribed. The same same society has
since provided a 9-ccnt dinner for
twenty-five persons. There were real
" thirty-two guests, which reduced the
cost to seven cents head, and there
was plenty of food for all: The bill Of
fare included pea soup, Irish stew,
rolls, butter, potatoes, pork and beans,
veal croquettes, cold slaw, maccaroni,
rice pudding, apple dumpings and cof-
fee. Nothing was charged, however,
to the account Of fuel or labor.
A traveller in Sonora, Mexico, init
mates that the postal facilities there are
not equal to those Of the United States.
He says: al cannot get postage stamp
here, though this is town of 800 in
habitants; If could and if | and the
postmaster obeyed the rules, | should
be obliged 10 attach it TO the envelope
in his presence and mail il in his office,
for it is contrary to regulations to sell
more than one stamp at time, and
stamp mailed in any other Office than
that which issues it would be worthless.
Every stamp should be crossed with
the number Of the office that sells it.
An eminent pianist, having suffered
much from the irrcpressible converse
ton of drawing-room audiences, de-
vised, the other day, a means of giving
a little lesson to the town. He ar
ranged with his violin, his violincello
and the rest that the music should come
to sudden stop in the midst of the
loudest passage of the piece. at given
signal from him. 1t was done. The
bawling and shouting voices were left,
in the twinkling of an eye, high and
dry, as it were, upon shore of silence.
Joyous, clear and distinct above them
all, arose from the foremost seats the
voice of lady! And these words were
ringing upon the startled air, 1--WE al
ways fry ours in lardn'
Victor Hugo on the 10Th anniver-
sary of his birth, stood at an open win
dow at his residence in Paris for six
hours TO receive the salutations of his
friends. II is said that 100000 people
passed, as were, in review before him,
throwing flowers and laurel wreaths at
his feet. No hnman being ever had
such an ovation before. OF course he
made speech: IL salute Paris. sa-
lutte this immense city. / salute it, not
in my own name, for am nothing; but
in the name of everything that lives,
reasons, thinks, loves and hopes here
below"-and much more of the same
gush, which sounds well enough to
French ears, but is bit boshy to Amer
lean pars