The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-11

Sterling Monday.
The Republican congress, which came
in with such self-glorifcation and such
bitter condemnation of the Democrats, has
in plain words, made very conspicuous
ass Of itself. The Republican majority has
occupied itself chiefly in hosting legally
elected Democrats out of their seats and
resisting all efforts to secure genuine re-
duction Of the heavy taxation imposed on
the people. This Republican congress has
neglected important legislation to work for
party and only party, 1t has increased the
appropriations over last year by about $780,
100000, II has turned its back on civil
service reform and all measures of economy.
The Republican party has shown itself
utterly incapable of taking charge of pub.
lie affairs.
Some time ago horse was stolen from
some parties in Pinckneyyille, Ill. The
horse was hired by man named "Dr."
Hamilton, who was formerly connected
with Mr.. John A. Reeve in the auction
business in this city aud is well
known here as a very flu
ent talker. The Or" took the horse
pretending that he intended to use
him for but a little while, but
he did not return, and the owner of the
animal sent officers out in search OF him.
Wednesday afternoon,an officer from Pnck
NEVILLE passed through this city having in
charge "Dr." Hamilton whom he
overlook near Metropolis where the "Dr."
had sold the horse for comparatively
small cash price The "Dr. will proba-
bly, go to Chester for while.
A white man named Patrick Curtain,
who has been in the employ of Mr.. j. B.
Reed tor some time, and was discharged
last Saturday for being addicted to the too
frequent ard too copious use of intoxlcants,
gained forcible entrance to Mr.. Reeds ma
chine shops on Ohio levee Wednesday
night, broke open q tool chest
belonging to another employe, took
tberefrom q square, a hand vice, a lot OF
scrapers, trail edges, cellepers, etc. valued
in all at about thirty dollars, and sold
them for anything he could get for them
from five to fifteen cents each. Several
cellepers worth from two to three dollars
he sold for FIVE and ten cents each and
spent the money for whisky. He was ar
rested and brought before Magistrate
Comlngs yesterday for examination, bur
before the trial had proceeded very far the
court discovered that the prisoner WAS too
drunk for trial and ordered him to be
taken to the city Jail to become sober.
He will be examined to day
Well informed writers make it very
plain why English operations in Egypt fol-
the protection Of the Suez canal are not
confined to the line Of that work and its
margins. Those employed on the canal and
the population of the towns on its course
are supplied with fresh water by an acequia
cut from the river Nile above Cairo, and
have no other means OF securing this essen
| tial element of life. With an unfriendly or
rebellious population occupying the delta
of the Nile aud the fruitful regions to and
beyond Cairo, the possession of the canal
would be precarious and wholly unsatls-
factory. To be master of the situation all
that portion of Egypt as far south as the
source of the fresh water supply must be IN
friendly hands or IN the power of those who
occupy and hold the canal. Hence Eng
lands refusal to see the forts at Alexandra
strengthened against herself by a com
mander in quasi rebellion and openly hostile
to British interests. The first step, there.
fore, toward holding the Suez canal by
force andnot by the sufferance of an mimi
cal local government was to occupy or a
least to command Alexandria.
An exchange says; Never whip
children just before they 60 to rest, Lei
the fathers caress the mothers kiss is the
last link between the days pain or pleas
ure AMI the nights sleep Send the chill
dren to bed happy. If there issorro
punishment or disgrace, let them meet it in
the daytime, and have hours OF play and
thought in which to recover happiness. Let
the weary feet, the busy brain, rest in bed
happy,"-That may be all right of course.
We don't profess to have ever been in po-
sition to find out, and do not
know much about the art
Of raising children, but we have in
our minds eye several little children of the
masculine style of architecture in different
parts Of the city who we are reliably in
formed, will leland sob, and kickhc clothes
offand be mean and restless for two hours il