The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-01
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drink, so that none need suffer hunger and
thirst. Past occasions of this kind should
teach them how much bread and meat
is needed Tor crowd Of men, women and
children six or eight thousand strong,
and they should govern themselves accord
ingly; but recolect at the same time that it
is safe to calculate upon having to supply
altogether about ten thousand persons with
food and drink. To do this will require
many barrel Of beer and water, and many
ham and several tons of bread. Keepers
of eating and refreshment stands should
govern themselves accordingly.
Within the last few days the dispatch
es from Berlin have given a note OF fore
boding that Bismarck, the man of "blood
and iron" appears to be near his end. His
periods of suffering have been many for
some time past, forcing him to retire at in
tcryas from active pursuits. At last, il
seems, the archer has drawn the fatal bolt,
and all Europe will feel the effects. The
last half century has had its prominent
statesmen, the wisdom OF Cayour, the blum
dering of Louis Bonaparte, and the cum
ming Of Disraeli, but none of them, IN fore
sight, in astuteness, in yigor Of will, in
power of resource, and in unwavering self
reliance, have equaled Bismarck. His policy
has left lasting effects on the history and
constitution Of his country. He made Ger
many nation, but he has left it to the ma
ton to secure larger freedom than was
consistent with his oligarchin ideas. A
great man is leaving the world, but Ger
many will fall back in nothing that par
takes of justice true greatness and genuine
liberty because her abest leader is leaving
the work in younger hands.
AS partial remedy for the continued
serious disorder in the telephone system
here some one has suggested metallic
circle, which consists of one call wire, COM
mencing at the central Office, taking in all
the stations, and then returning TO the cen
trail office where it is grounded. This
would be equal to giving each subscriber
two call wires--one around each
way and if he could not
reach the central office around one way
then perhaps his voice would travel all right
around the other way. Disorders could
then also be more easily located; for if it
were found that one Of the subscribers
could make himself heard only over the left
section Of the call wire then the disorder
must exist TO the right Of him and so, by
following it up, it could be traced
to its very seat. While this would
probably he an improvement upon
the present arrangement and simplify the
detection of disorder which may result
from neglect on the part of subscribers or
u disarrangement of the call wire, it is very
doubtful whether ii would correct the evil
that has given the people and the company
so much trouble with the present system.
There is no doubt but that the chief
cause of all the trouble is chargeable
to the poles and the manner in which the
wires have been put up, and it is safe to
say that no system known will work well
unless these are changed. The poles are
too short and the wires are too close to-
gcthcr, and II the metallic circle call wire
were placed in as close proximity to the
other wires as the present call wire is, the
evil would be just as serious as 1t now Is.
Nothing less than larger poles and gen.
eral reconstruction of the system of wires
will give Cairo reliable telephone ex'
change. =
HektOgraph.