The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-06

ing Is better. In extreme cases in which
he had been just called in in the nick of
time when the fungus was too nearly closed
to allow the gargling, he blew the sulphur
through quill into the throat, and after
the fungus had shrunk to allow it then the
gargIlng, If the patient cannot gargle,
take live coal, put it on a shovel; and
sprinkle spoonful of birthstone upon it
and let the sufferer inhale it by holding
his head over it.
Those who will take an interest in the
great astronomical event to-day, it will be
Of interest to know that Venus, in Mytho-
logy the Roman goddess of beauty, is in
astronomy, one of the most interesting
heavenly bodies. Her transit is an event OF
the greatest important to astronomers. The
planet is the nearest to the earth and with
the exception of Mercury, nearest to the
sun, Venus, like Mercury from the orbit
being entirely within that of the earth,
is never more than certain angular dis
lance from the sun Venus reyolves Oh her
axis in about "a hours, 81 minutes, sec
ouds. Her light and heat are to that OF
the'earth as 1911 is to 1000. Her density
is very nearly that of the earth. The ve!o-
city with which she moves in her orbit is
about $4,000 miles per hour. We owe to
HALEY the suggestion that the trsnsits OF
Venus might be utilized The estimate
of the suns distance or paradox, was de-
duced by Encke from the transit OF June
1869 The transit of this year was looked
forward to by most astronomers as giving
an opportunity TO make more accurate
estimate OF the suns distance from the
earth The first determination of tue
suns distance completed from observations
of the trsnsitof 1874, was published in
April, 1875 by NJ. Puiseny, of the Paris
Observatory. The result announced for
the solar paradox was S,S79 seconds, which,
if correct, would reduce the distance Of
the sun to a6ou. 100000 miles: The
,raas.: Of Venus a.ways takes place in
June or December.
Still they come The list Of prospec.
tive candidates for mayor con-
;inues 20 grow, and the old
sayiagI'hst one may 20 farther and fare
worse seems destined in the end to be
verified Ju.tus R. Cunningham is now
published by rumor to be a candidate for
mayor on the Republican ticket Ju''us
has but very recently experienced change
Of political sentiment, if one ofou coloTed
papers is 20 be believed. Jl;,us had
been q s,auncl Democrat for years-all
his years, 10 fact He hsd been sn
sc,iya po.i,icisn and Al ambitious one. His
very audible ain has always been 70 serve
the people; bur. somehow, thi: noble su.
bi:ioa La, been Disappointed Reflection
hss probably led NJ. Cgr1iagdLn % GU
clu5e finally tina, the reason o. hLs de-
fss: was 10. in the ingrsa,u5e Of the pso-
pie, butin himss.f--hi: Dsnocr2cy--sno be
has crnc,uiei 10 remove this obssc.s 70 a,s
political prsfernent aud then try i again
on the Republican ticket fJr mayor. Nr.
Cunningha has se7gral good .rieu1s vito
wi.Iurge his claims before the convention
If there shall be one-4nd who will DO
all they can 70 cleo, him. I, be may prema-
ture 10 say anything ab)l, M Canning.
hams qualifications Tor the msyora.'y, and
ii may also be "unheatby;' b1, We will
yet venture to say that We do not believe
he is in all respects fitted for the high
office to which it is said he sspires. He
might have made good city attorney and
better county Judge; he has all the digni.
ty Of bearing, suavity Of manner and beau
ty Of person necessary to fill these minor
Offices with credit to himself;
and IN conjunction with his knowledge OF
the culinary art, he could prepare mix
turc Of law and victuals and "do it up to
a shade of brown that couldn't fail to please
10th sides every time, But the fatal OBJ.
lection to him is that he is not an orthog
raphst and mathematician. The mayor OF
Cairo ought tor be both, and Mr.. Cunning
ham isneither. We regret to say it, and
hope there il no libel in the declaration
thus published, but this is the considera.
tion which would lead US to oppose Mr..
Cunningham if he were to be candidate
for mayor, even if not weighed down with
the nomination of Republican convention.