The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
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| to this country are now chiefly from the
rural districts.
i Jhe Russian court officials are in
| quest of fifteen snow-white horses of the
same size and build to be used in the
| procession at the coronation of the car.
A hen on Gen. Cameron's farm. at
Donegal township, Lancaster county,
"a, has her nest on tree twenty feet
from the ground, from which nest six
eggs were taken in one week.
A curious marriage took place at Full
ler's ranch, near Tucson, Arizona, few
days since, when the Chinese gardener
was married to dusky maiden belong
ing to the Apache tribe.
Eyes, SIR" said Gallagher, sit was
funny enough TO make donkey laugh.
laughed till | cried" And when he
saw smile 90 around the room he grew
red in the face.
How came such greasy mess in
the oven?' said fidgety old spinster to
her maid-of-all-work. ''Why,h replied
the girl, 1.-THE candles fell into the water,
and put them in the oven to dry"
How is it, my dear, that you have
never kindled a flame in the bosom of
any man?N said an old lady to her niece.
To which the young lady replied: 1.-The
reason, dear aunt, is, as you well know,
that am not good match
A patent medicine advertisement is
headed women Never Think" But
Let one find a perfumed note, written in
feminine hand, in her husbands coat
pocket, and she will think with all her
might and main for upward of consider
able.
A negro was suspected of surrepti-
tiously medding with his neighbours
fruit, and being caught in a garden by
moonlight, nonplussed his detectors by
raising his eyes, clasping his hands and
piously eXclaiming Good heavens,
dis we're darkey can't 90 nowhere to
pray without bein' 'sturbed."
Leopold Won Ranke, the German his
torian, has just celebrated his eighty
seventh birthday. At this age he is a
strong and active man, in full vigor of
mind and body. He has just published
the third and fourth volumes of his
Universal History"
The oil painting of Mrs. Hayes, pres
ented to the country by the temperance
| people, has been returned to the white
house from New York, where it was
sent to be framed and Autographed. 1t
has not been hung on the wall yet
And now u marvellous story comes
rolling over the prairies about solid
bed OF crystallized soda nine feet thick
containing 50,000,000 cubic feet of that
useful article in chemically pure state.
This alleged deposit is in Wyoming, and
the Union Pacific railroad is about to
develop it,
The Albert medal has been given 20
an English school-teachcr. Miss Han
nah Rosbotham, of Sutton, who, when
the stone beliry fell through the roof,
killing one child and injuripg others
saw all OF her class removed in safety,
and, AT the peril of her own life, duo out
and resuscitated several of their number
No, he didn't feel strong enough to
push a baby wagon, although it was a
fine, bracing day and his wife said the
exercise would do him good: but in the
tap-room that evening il took three
men to keep him from licking the
apothecary's clerk, who wanted to bet
him drinks that he wouldn't dare to tell
how he became baldhoaded. Bro0kiys
| Eagle.
Madame Blanc's famous Jewels the
fruit of the Monaco tables have Just
! been sold atauction in Paris. The second
days sale brought in $9S,7 1888. One
parure of diamonds, twenty-fouri in num-
Der, was sold for S57,l2O. The prices
paid for these jewels were far larger
than those realized at the recent sale Of
the historical Blenhem books.
When Governor Long of Massachus
etts, asked permission to quote portion
of Mr.. John G. Whitticr's poem after al
extract from the Psalms in his recen
famous Thanksgiving proclamation
Mr., Whittier replied that he was zen
= tirely content, but he was not quite sur,
whether David, u King and u warrior
would care TO be found in the company
of n Quaker and republican"
go to the ant, thou sluggard," is al
very well, but If the sluggard will 90 Il
apicnic, the ant will come to him.
East Sweden, Saxony, Denmark an,
Lower Austria exhibit the highest per
centage Of suicides, varying from 21S Il
III per million inhabitants. Southern
Italy, Portugal Dalmatia, Ireland
Spain and North Russia show the small
est percentages to II per million in
habitants. English landlords kill them
selves sometimes, but suicide is almos
unknown among Irish tenants.
A New York police officer has jus
died worth 100000. AS Now Yorl
police officer would scorn to accep
hush money" fee, II is supposed Il
saved the 100000 out of his salary O
$50 q month, Eighty dollars n, mont
is $1,000 year, and an economical
police officer could save $780, In 20
years.
Lady Burdett-Coutts has paid E75,
600 "A year for the privilepe al ,nar,y;n,