The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-22
NEWS BREVITIEs.

Many actors are like oysters. You
can see all there is in them as soon as
they open their mouths.
Women who 90 out Of their wits
when any startling emergency occurs
seldom have far to 60.
An ordinance against profanity is
rigidly enforced in Avon, Ill. A plain
damn brings fine Of g, and fancy
swearing costs more.
A celery garden Of forty-six acres,
believed TO be the largest in the world,
is cultivated in the suburbs of London,
and produces annually about half
million plants.
The public debt of the United States
is sos per head; of spain, Sl54; of
France Sl36; of England, Sly; Of Hol-
land, $ll4; OF Canada, S28; of Mexico,
S59; Of Switzerland, g.
India rubber has a rival in the milky
sap of the Bully tree of South Amer
lea. 1t becomes soft, 50 as TO bear be-
ing joined piece TO piece, at about l2O
degrees Fahrenheit. but requires 2S0
degrees 10 melt it.
An Indian woman in a village Of
British Columbia was taken with an in
fictitious fever The medicine man de-
Cided that she must be buried alive TO
prevent an epidemic, and the decree
was carried ont literally.
a man never knows himself until he
tries TO accomplish something, and it
frequently happens after some very
successful effort, that he feels like ask
ing some one 10 introduce him to him.
self -.StcVbUrHe UcJuid.
a man in Portland, Oregon, who
proved that somebody had been paying
him 800 "A month for "shadowing' the
mayor Of the city. was, nevertheless,
convicted of yagrancy and having no
means of support.
A contributor to a Toronto paper
plaintiyely asks it to explain that he
wrote "Scnators' where the types
made ii read "Lunatcs." He can find
sympathy in the editor Of PennnSyl-
vania paper which suggested the other
day that its district needed an addition
al Jaw Judge.
\ lunch basket system is being tried
on the Boston d Albany Railroad
Lunches Of varying sorts and prices,
but all of good quality, are delivered
in neat baskets at certain points TO
those who have ordered them of an
agent aboard the train,
An old soldiers overcoat was sold at
auction, in Pennsylvania the other day,
for $3.50. 1t was worn in the war of
1872, and during a part of the first win
ter Of the rebellion, and is still in a
good state of preservation, considering
its long and severe usage.
Vandyke red is new color; it is both
darker and softer than cardinal. Mign-
onctte is revived; so is terra-cotta and
gray-grecn that contrast pleasingly
with many shades; and there is a new
vivid yellow, almost as bright as a
Marshal Neil rose.
The smallest amount of money ever
sent through the money order office in
New York was cents, and it cost the
owner 10 cents 10 send it. Such sums
are frequently Sent. All Otuer ioT l
cent was paid at the Chicago Post-Of-
flee, a few days ago. 1t was paid to
one of the heaviest wholesale houses
in the city, and was from merchant
in Indiana.
A Minnesota family was showed in
and lived for thirteen days on frozen
apples and popcorn, and not one OF
them lost an ounce Of flesh. Fact is we
are too particular about our diet. Hun
drcds Of tons of scraps of leather are
wasted in this country for the want of
some one TO show us how to eat them.
-DeTOH Free Press.
The apron dates far back. The
Greeks and Romans were famous fol
their richly embroidered aprons. In
the time of Queen Charlotte Beat
Brummell showed his dislike to then
by deliberately removing the apron o.
Duchess and ilinging il behind n sofs
at ball given at the Assembly Room
at Bath Mary, Queen of Scots, lief
nearly u hundred aprons of various