The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-19

Marshall p, Wilder, the horticulture
Ist, SAYS that he found, on visiting the
famous vineyard of Johannesburg, that
the wine made from grapes grown on
the top of the hill brought $40 bottle,
that on the side, half way down, 80, and
that at the bottom only 2 francs.
The fishermen on the American side
of the lakes and St. Lawrence have adj
dressed q memorial 10 congress asking
for protection against Canadian fisher
men, who, they allege, are in possession
of privileges they themselves do not en-
Joy, and are thus enabled TO cut them
out in the American markets.
Millais, the artist, is remarkably
handsome man, of lofty stature-he
measures six feet two inches-and keen,
refined face. He is married TO Scotch
lady and has nine children. He paints
all his landscapes out of doors in the
shelter of thrcc-sided hat smoking
away industriously at his pethe while.
A recent homily on married happiness
says: Married folks would be happier
if they kissed and made up after every
quarrel The writer has no basis for
his argument. Married folks do not
quarrel. 1t is lovers only who quarrel
Married folks fight. Ii you don't believe
it, get married. -NctO Hauen Register.
Most of the so-called "cat-gut'' Of
commerce is formed from the twisted
intestines of sheep. In Italy there is q
small native breed of sheep, from which
the best strings are made-though very
likely the skill of the manufacturer has
quite as much to do with the merit of
the article as the particular animal from
which the material is procured. Great
skill is required for producing the best
article used in musical instruments.
1t may interest a great number ofper-
sons who are compelled to depend upon
dentists for the mastication of theirfood
" know that Mr., Andrew Biscounier, Of
Saranac, Clinton County, Mass, now in
his one hundred and eighth year, has
just succeeded in cutting new set of
teeth. This is one of the most lawful
pieces of information il has been our
good fortune to record in long while
Camphor is well known in the mar
kets of the world as an article which is
apt to be freely adulterated. The most
imaginative mind would hardly be pre-
pared, however, for the statement in a
recent number Of the american Harnld-
ciSt that Boston importer found the
head of negro in a chest of this sub
stance"
The Dominion Government is consid-
ering u project for exploring Hudson
Straits and Bay, to ascertain whether
the state of ice and open water in them
will permit of u reasonable exit for pro.
duce during sufficient period of the
year to make their navigation profitable.
The opening of a short sea route from
the shores Of Hudson Bay to Europe is
considered of the highest importance,
In Western town, recently, the
"star" who shoots an apple off a mans
head missed his cue and killed the mp
ple-holder The audience was so de-
lighted that it demanded an encore, and
the manager came forward and said
that owing to the prodgious expense o.
shipping corpse East they would bC
obliged TO reluctantly forego repetition
Nor Heraid
Frank Mayo is an actor who would
like to play tragic parts, but has beer
| doomed TO make fortune by PERSONAL
ing Davy Crockett AT the beginning
of the present season he returned to the
Legitimate drama, and started on toul
with company costing as much in sal
aries as half a dozen "Davy Crockett
casts The venture has cost him large
amount of money, and he has at length
abandoned it. He says; II haveplayed
Crockett Solong that the public has iden-
tilted me with it, and am not allowed
to produce anything else. | amregard-
ed rs the real Davy Crockett. In West.
ern towns | am invited TO Join hunting
parties, when the truth is never shot {
gun in my life. And buffalo killing ex
pcditons have been organized for my
special benefit, though | have neither
experience nor taste for that kind o
sport often wish had never seen OF
heard Of the play, or at least that | haC
| quilted it long before the public haC
thoroughly associated me with the char
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