The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-08


to others No landlord tells of his misfor.
tune to fellow business man in fear Of
damage to his house, And thus they are
allowed to prowl about dcvourng all whom
chance may have thrown in their way
1t was only yesterday that one OF these hui
man parasites or walking and talking
sharks attempted to beat prominent hotel
of this city.
The Knights of Honor will celebrate
their second anniversary tonight with mu-
sic, dancing and fasting. The organic
alton has reason TO feel good over
the manner in which the first two
years of its existence have passed away.
There is not an institution in the city that
has been more prosperous from every point
of view that it has been. 1t has lost only
one of its members by death and has con-
stanty increased in membership, and its
assessments have always been promptly
met. The celebration tonight will be a
grand affair.
The Mystic Krew celebrated the in
stallation Of their newly elected officers last
night in magnificent manner. The full
membership was present including great
many invited friends and the
ceremony was conducted in a
manner highly credtabc to those who
had it in charge. The table was especially
fine and called forth many EXPLANATIONS Of
satisfaction from those who paNook Of its
daintes. 1t was spread by Mr.. VIM. Gun
diff, G. G, c. and his wife. We regret that
the latencss Of the hour and the lack OF
space prevent us from saying more about it
at this time
The latest addition to the telephone
directory is the residence Of Mr.. Andrew
Lohr, which is numbered 121. Mr. S. p.
Wheeler's law Office has also been connect
ed and is numbered 1873. The system
seems to continue to spread, slowly but
surely, in spite Of the fact that so many
muttcred implications are called forth
from some Of the subscribers. There
are various WAYS in which all things may
become nuisance, but in most cases
where Il really useful article becomes so
the cause is not in its use but in its abuse
The telephone system here is one of meal
culable value but it is just like all other
great blessings 1t is not en-
tirely beyond the reach of evil
minded or mischievous persons who
use it, or rather misuse it, tor the purpose
Of vexing persons, who have neither time
nor inclination to serve as the butts for
foolishness. And when they have irritated
some poor overworked clerk into madness
they withdraw and let him find out the
best way he can who his tormentor was.
The victim, then filled with wrath, strikes
trail and pursucs it in hot haste until
he comes upon what he supposcs to be the
wretch that dared to mock and abuse him |
He pounces upon him intending to chastise
him for his brazenness; but alas the sup. |
posed wretch proves pretty good pouncer
himself and the victim of verbal abuse
now becomes the victim Of physical abuse.
This is shameful. The telephone is to
blame. Through it the mischief was done.
1t does not shirk the responsibility and it
should feel the heavy hand of the victim.
The difficulty experienced in securing
jurors in murder cases where the accused
has money or friends suggests the adysa-
bilty Of change in the law defining the
Of jurors in murder cases As
the law is at present it is almost impossible
to get intelligent jurors In every commu-
nifty nearly everybody is newspaper read
cr, and those who read little else are pretty
sure to read the accounts Of murders. Ev-
eryonc is influenced in some measure by
what he reads, but because man forms an
opinion from newspaper statements, it
doesn't follow that he is unable to change
that opinion ii the testimony brought out on
the trial Of a case jushfes change. A man
is hardly entitled to be considered intelli.
gent who, having formed an opinion from
statement Of facts which he has read or
heard, admits that his already formed
opinion would not be effected if the
statements on which he based his opinion
were shown to be erroneous A great
many intelligent men, in order to escape
Jury duty, take advantages of the law and
boldly declare they have formed no strong
an opinion that it is impossible for them to
Judge fairly between the state and the ac-
cused person. Very few of them would be
so positive in their declarations if thev were
not influenced by desire to avoid the per-
Torrance Of disagrecabIe duty, or if they
did not think that their private business