The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-21

Butter IS SAID TO be the best med-
cine for class of nerve diseases, being
almost chemically identical with healthy
nerve tissue. This being the case, bo-
gus butter, beside being an abomina-
ton on other grounds, might come UNI
der the mead OF 'adulterated drugs. -
Boston HcrdH
The official head of all the dervishes
in Egypt has issued an order forbid
ding dcvotees to cut and slash them
selves with swords and knives, TO beat
themselves with great balls Of iron,
and finally, TO howl themselves into ep-
ileptic fits on fete days. He also COM
mands them not to eat snakes, swallow
burning Goals, or crunch glass.
The novel sight Of big Indian car
rying pappoose was seen in Virginia
City the other day. The spectators
were beginning to express their sur
prise, when his squaw came YEARLY
around the corner bending under the
weight Of two sacks OF flour. that eX-
planned the situation. 1t was u good
illustration OF Susan b. 5 lecture, "The
NOlHlnS W uludll'
Hon. Robert NJ. Cutter, member of
the Legislative Council Of Nova Scotia,
is one of the veterans, being now in his
9th year. He travelled nearly POO miles
to reach the Legislative Chamber. He
was a member of the House of Assem-
bly, sixty-two years ago, and has been
forty-three years member of the Leg
islatiye Council.
A good many people viii be pleased
to learn from the Alliance that ''all the
men who get up early are poor and UNI
known. No man gets up with the lark
unless his necessities compel him to do
so. The great, the rich, and the good
lie abed in the morning. and their
neighbors don't lose their axes and
kindling-wood.
Duluth, that city of the usalted seas,
which furnished the only occasion for
Proctor Knots fame. has lapsed from
the proud state Of cityhood to prosalc
village. In short, Duluth has found
itself unable, as a city, to pay its cor
poration debts, and surrendered its
charter and taken back seat as vii
lage, leaving its too confding bond
holders in the lurch
A white pine tree OF remarkable d.
mansions was felled recently at Crys-
tai Spring, Yates county, N. Y. The
tree was perfectly sound and vigorous,
thirteen feet in circumference at the
ground, and nearly 200 feet in height.
The 'ringsh on its stump indicate an
age of 3l5 years and it is estimated
that 1000 feet of lumber will be cut
from its trunk.
The silk industries of the United
States last year gave employment to
81, 40 operatives, who were paid an ag-
gregate of S0,l07,S 35 in wages. Census
Office returns show that the total value
of finished silk goods produced in this
country during the year was nearly
S35, 100000 and the capital invested
| $40, 100000.
The weavers of Bohemia are in great
restitution, In Upper Silesia, Prussia,
there is Improvement in the impovsr-
ishcd condition of tho peasantry. Their
situation is summed up thus: mo
grain, no potatoes, no food for cattle,
nc seed for sowing. Snow and cold
without, hunger and sickness within"
Soup houses and public kitchens have
been started in seventeen villages.
Tho Massachusetts Supreme Court
has decided that country surgeon Is
not bound to the exercise OF that high
degree OF art and skill possessed by en-
inent surgeons in large cities, and max
ing especially OF the practice Of sur
gerry put oniy TO that reasonable de"
gree OF learning, art and skill ordinari-
y possessed by others Of his profession.
having regard to the advanced state OF
the science. 80 ,@st.