The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-07
ALL SORTS.

WIG anu vi. due DOCK.
The official list of those who lost their
lives by the accident to the steamer
Victoria, at London. Canada, on the
queens birthday, places the number at
1871. 1t is thought TO be incomplete
Hotel proprietors generally are war
ring against the reception of patrons
pet dogs. Two houses at Cape May
and one at Long Branch prohibit the
admission of dogs under any circum-
stances whatever.
The will of the late Catherine N.
Quakenbusb, of Albany, bequeathing
property of the value of $4,000, main
ly in money and bonds, is being con-
tested. 1t is claimed that she was a
recluse of very eccentric manner.
A fund is being raised for veteran
soldiers home in San Francisco,t to care
for disabled soldiers from any part of
California. II has been ascertained
that there are in almshouses in twelve
counties of the State thrty-four Mexi-
can veterans. twenty-four Union vet
Grams, and six United States army vet
Grams
Mr.. John Bell. of Glasgow. had col
lected a great gallery of fine paintings
which he designed to leave to his native
town, but died wi thout signing his will.
The pictures were sold recently, and it
was discovered that Mr. Bell had been
deceived as to the value of many of
them. The great majority were poor
copies. 1t is said that they originally
cost Mr.. Bell 81 900, 600.
Leonardo Aretino, an Italian author
of the fourteenth cent? y, predicted
that the end of The worlu would take
place in 1881. He was so definite that
he fixed upon the 18th of November as
the date when the destruction would
come. Fifteen, DAYS would be occu-
pied, commencing with the uprising of
the waters, and the human race, before
perishing, would lose the power of
speech.
1t is claimed by some feeders that one
hundred pounds of corn-meal and one
hundred pounds Of bran mixed will
give greater gain in flesh than two
hundred pounds of meal fed alone.
Meal and bran mixed is more perfect
feed than meal alone. Bran contains q
larger percentage of pbosphoric acid.
potash, and nitrogen than Indian meal,
while the latter contains more oil,
sugar, and starch than the former.
J. S. Potter. United States consul at
Crefeld, Prussia, writes to the Boston
Journal that worlds fair in Boston
in 1885 would undoubtedly enlist tho
interest of the Germans to large ex-
tent. He has talked with the head of
several of the great manufacturing es-
Establishments in Germany, and also
with some of the professors in the great
academy and art chools in Dussel-
dorf, and has received encouraging re-
sponses.
During the year 1880 the French rail-
way companies issued l39, 900, 900 tick
cts Ill, 900, 900 for tirst-class passen-
gers, $4,000. 900 for second class, and
SIS, 600, 600 for the third class. There
was only one passenger killed for each
1000, 900, one wounded for each $50,
600. including the victims of their own
imprudence. Out of twenty passen-
gers killed in 1880, five only were killed
by the action of The railway company,
twelve by their awkwardness, and three
committed suicide.
The French wood engraver, Berth
Badoureau, has made the discovery
that the wood of the pear tree can be
prepared so as to make the finest blocks
for the wood engraver. The wood is
steamed for twelve hours, and then
subjected to great pressure under a
hydraulic press. A gelatinous COM
position is used to impregnate the pores
to prevent future warping. This sub
stance is applied after the first pressure.
IL is then returned TO the press, and by
this means the wood becomes thorough
ly impregnated with the composition.
The wood Is then dried for twelve
hours, and has the appearance .and
weight of q metallic substance, II is
declared to be the superior of the best
Turkish lockwood, and TO be adapted
to the finest work OF the engraver
The surviving Jews Of Kieff will DO
glad TO know that their friends
and relations were massacred through
n provoking typographical inadver-
tency. In all the official DEGREES tho
people are summoned 10 assist In
putting down the "Kramolniki" (reb-
els). This word the lower classes con-
founded with the current term OF "Krs
morniki' pedders in the south OF
Russia, chiefly jews, and imagined to
be rendering the governme Mt excellent
service in massscreing the Jews,
Three elephants have just arrived at
Boston from the Island Of Ceylon. They
are said TO be the largest OF their
species that have over been brought to
Europe or America. The largest OF the
three is ten feet in height at the shout
ders. and twelve feet over all. They
are TO be brought TO New York, and 1t
is thought that they will have to be
marched all the way, as the railroad
freight-cars are not large enough to
carry them. II steamer could be
found large enough to give them stand
ing room on deck they would come by
water. Each Of the elephants is valued
at $4,000.
The rapid increase In the demand for