The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-12
ALL SORTS.

General Arthur, like General Garfield
began his career as teacher in public
school.
Some of the Egyptian mummies are
encased in bandages more than 1000
yards long.
A machine has been invented in New
York which sweeps the dust from pave
ments and collects it in carts
Judge Hilton's Woodlawn Park, at
Saratoga, contains $50 acres, and has
twelve miles Of highly finished roads
and drives.
Townships are laid out in Manitoba
the same way they are in this country,
and contain the same number of sec
TONS In numbering the sections,
however. they commence with the one
in the northeast.
President Garlield's children are hve
in number. Henry A. and James, tho
eldest two, are well along in their
"teens;" Molle who is next, is about
IA, aud after her comes Irwin Mcdowell,
with Abram following, tho youngest of
the five. Two other children have been
born to him, but both are dead.
General Gordon, of Georgia, is said
TO have acquired more than comfort
able fortune since he left the Senate 1t
came through the sale of coal lands in
Alabama, for which he and his two
brothers and GovernorColquitt received
$780, 900, together with 1000, 900 in
stock of the Richmond and Danyille
Extension Company.
ThcBritish government has concluded
to set mp Cetewayo, the deihroned king
of the Zulus, in the business of farming
An estate has been purchased for him
near Cape Town, and considerable live
stock purchased,
The railroads inColorado run poultry
trains composed of open cars, so con-
structed that large number of coops
may be placed on each. The fowls are
chiefly marketed at Denver. TheCharg-
es for carrying poultry on these cars
are light.
An old gardener states that if the Gu
cumber which grows nearest the root
be saved for seed for a number Of years,
the result will be smaller and earlier
variety. If the fruit on the extremity
be saved it will make larger and later
variety.
Reform sure to Gomez MY dear"
said fond New Haven mother to her
child, "why do you not play with the
little Jones boyP" "Oh, he's horrid.
He says bad, naughty words, just like
papa does" Reform will begin at
home in that family.
Favorite quotation for the "Fair-
Trade league:' HE that is taxed, not
seeing how you tax him, let him not
know it, and he's not taxed at ALL"
Another for their opponents: "Customs
more honored in the breach than the
observance.
Said the night Waterman, when,
about dusk, he was invited to drink a
cup of coffee: "No, thank you. Coffee
keeps me awake all night" And then
he saw his blunder and looked very
embarrassed and tried to explain it.
But it was no use.
Law professor: "What constitutes
burglary" Student; There must be
breaking" Professor: "Then if q man
enters your house and takes S. out from
your vest pocket in the hall, would that
be burglary?" Student Eyes, sir, be-
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Sweet simplicity: We hail Il passing
milk wagon and ask the "boy'' if he
has quart of milk to spare. We get
the milk and ask facetiously if it is
cows milk. ''Oh, yes, sir" And then
with sweet simplicity, "We keep the
cows milk separate from the other"
Recently Loavenworth woman
gave man an old, battered nickel
for rescuing her from drowning.
The man says the next time she falls
into the water the old nickel get her be-
fore he moistens his clothes in another
attempt to snatch her right from the
brink of the subsequently.
In the upper part of Sonoma county,
Cal, railroad track crosses deep
ravine upon the upright trunks of tall
trees, which have been sawed off upon
horizontal line. In the centre of the
ravine firm support is furnished by
two huge redwood tress which have
been Topped off seventy-five feet above
the ground.
Ira d. Sankey has started for Europe
where he will soon be joined by ID. L.
Moody, to inaugurate an eXtcnted re
vival in Great Britain.
Mr., w. N. Mills, of Woodstock Nc.
Henry county, Illinois, has constructed
a silo having capacity Of 1870 tons
Quite number of silos have been con-
structed in Wisconsin during the past
summer, those of Capt, Parker of Geo.
nomowoc and the Agricultural college
Of Madison being of large size.
United States Senator John S, Will
lams sold his crop of tobacco, raised
on seventy-tive acres in the "blue grass"
section of Kentucky, for S2l, 4l9. 90,
There were ninety-fve hogsheads, and
,, the yield from each acre was nearly
$500. He was assisted by flock Of
200 turkeys, who kept the plants clear
Of worms.
An American traveller in Europe
speaks of the fine appearance Of the
many soldiers. He finds the French
soldier to be short in statue, nervous
in action quick in movement and less
careful in dress than the Germans and
Italians. The German soldiers are
large and intelligent and take pride in
their dress and bearing. The Italian
soldiers are young and fresh looking.
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