The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-09
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE cAIR

standing, and contains many Of the old
timbers saved from the fire when the house
built and occupied by the doughty Capt.
Miles himself was burned in 1865. The
grave of the captain at Duxbury has long
been obliterated and forgotten"
AMONG Dean Stanley's requests is a sum
to be used for remunerating the guides of
Westminster Abbey, and 81 aboishing
fees; but that sum is to go to Westminster
hospital in case the Abbey shall cease to
belong to the National Church, as now by
law established in England, (which, how
ever" the late Dean adds, "I think is in
the highest degree improbable"
"MRs. SHAW, the daughter ofProf Agas-
siz and the wife of the Boston millionaire,
has established over thirty free kndergar.
ten schools in Boston and the neighboring
| suburbs. She has busted herself so ener-
getically in the work of founding the
schools and collecting in them the poor lit.
tie waits Of the city that her health has
given way, and she is suffering from ner-
vous prostration brought on by her exer-
| TONS
WILLIAM PENN, the founder of Pennsyl-
vania, once lived in a house in Norfolk
street, London. He had peeping- hole at
the entrance though whichhe surveyed every
one who came to see him tefore they were
admitted One Of these, having been made
to wait for long time, asked the servant
impatiently if his master would not see
him "Friend, +" said the servant, che hath
seen thee, but he doth not like thee" The
caller was one of Penns creditors"
GAN interesting publication is aye Booke
of ye Olde Englishe Fare" which has just
been reprinted for general circulation. 1t
was got up expressly for "Ye Faire," at
Albert Hall, and thousands of copies were
sold, the demand being greater than the
supply. 1t is unique and interesting
peculiarities of printing etc, rendering it
quite curiosity of its kind. Many volun-
teers, lent their aid in producing this an
cient souvenir among the number being
Lady Constance Howard, Walter Crane,
and Mr.. JobF Hollingshead."
"lT is not generally known that Cardinal
Newman early in life had some thoughts of
devoting himself to journalistic career.
When he was young man at Oxford, in
anything but affluent circumstances, he
made such an impression upon the direc-
tors of the Times by some letters on educa-
ton which he contributed to that journal
under the nom de plume "Catholious," that
he was offered an engagement on their staff
at handsome salary-el 800 per annum
is the figure that report says was men
toned. "Shall be free, asked the young
man to whom this tempting offer was made
"to say what think3" The reply was in
the negative
News has been received of the death of
Miss Beatrice Gilchrist in Edinburg. She
was daughter Of the late Alexander Gil
christ, of London, the biographer of Will
lam Blake. She studied medicine most
thoroughly in London and Dublin, and
came to this country for two years in the
Philadelphia medical school and one year
in the Philadelphia Woman's hospital. She
then returned to England and went to
Berne, where she studied until her health
suffered, and she was obliged to return to
London for some months rest She had
begun her studies again with DR.. Sophia
Jex Blake, in Edinburg, when she died
suddenly from the effects of ether inhaled
while carrying on an analysis of condensed
milk, which was to be the subject of
thesis she was preparing for her eXamina
ton at Berne. She had shown rare en-
thusiasm and love for her profession, anC
thoroughness in its study. Against the
drawbacks still hemming in womans
path to higher effort she had studied per
sistently for skilled training. Tribune.
PRESIDENT eARFIELD's DOCUMENTS,
Few public men have lett behind them
such rich and copious materials for the bio
graphers as President Garfield. The work
of his study was carried on with great in
dustry and with an intelligent system, II,
kept oil important letters written to him
and had copies made of his replies Man.
of his speeches in congress were reprinted
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