The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-02
GLEANINGS.

ripped open wool-stuffed needle cush-
ion which she had used for thirteen years,
and inside found l,0l6 needles.
Out in Kansas they have "cracker"
saloons. A man buys a cracker, and the
gentlemanly salesman throws in a drink
of liquor
Treas, Story, of the Massachusetts,
Charitable Eye and Ear Infrmary, an
nounces that 1852, $50 has been subscrib-
ed toward the fund of 100000 needed to
Continue the charity.
A French surgeon has mortally Offend
ed the dueling world in Paris by going to
recent meeting on the field Of honor
with nothing buta piece Of court plaster
In his vest pocket,
Sanitarian-'Howc can YOU obtain the
statistics for idiocy for this countryPn
Oh, that's easy enough. Find out how
many persons have paid rs cents for
Guiteau's autograph,
a vein Of copper 81 feet wide and very
rich, has been found at the depth Of "a
feet, on the Russell farm, near Monterey
Springs, Adams county, Pa. Work Of
developing will begin at once.
A vein of coal eight feet thick has
been reached in the Dorrance shaft,
Wilkesbarre, at depth of 1875 feet. 1t
is expected the Baltimore vein will be
reached at from 400 to 500 feet deeper.
A young man of 10, n carriage-makor
by trade, for wager of 800 francs,
recently walked, without stopping, com
pletely round Paris, in three minutes
less than three hours. The distance is
close upon thirty English miles
"Pa," asked Fogg's hopeful the other
evening, what kind of combs do they
use to curry chickens WITH" Cox
combs" replied Fogg, promptly. Fogg
says he believes in always answering u
child when you can,
When sculptor digs out statue that
is too bad for anything else, he can,
generally, by labelling it with the name
OF some deceased statesman, induce CON
gress TO buy il and set itup in Washing
ton 10 scare horses.
Fogg can say a neat thing when he
wishes. When Miss Frankinconse asked
him, pointing 10 mirror, what he
thought OF her pier, he replied: 81 think
that in it alone can you find your peer
In beauty"
The famous bell that sounded the sig-
nal for the massacre Of st. Bartholomew
from the steeple of Saint German i
Auxerrois is in possession of the Come
die Franchise, and has been employed in
Alfred dc Musset's "Barbarinc," which
was recently produced at that theatre.
II dunno heap bout poultry" said
old Uncle Pete when they were discuss
ing the question Of the day at the mar
ket, "but de sweetest chicken Use ever
eat was drawn. II was drawn fru do
winder OF chicken-house in dc dark Of
dc moon'
a lawyer once said TO countryman
in q smock-trock, who was UNDERGOING
his eXaminationin the witness-bo "You
IN smock.frock, how are you paid for
lying| LESS than you are, unfortun.
ately,' was the reply, "or you would be
in a smock-frock, too"
. INV uuhltpc uone ny rats on the pub
lie slaughter houses Of Paris represents
an annual loss to tho city Of 50, 600 frame
IL is impossible TO exterminate the do
structiye animals. All that can be done
Is TO thin their ranks little now md
again by organizing monster battues.
Mr.. Perry Pelmont the son of August
Belmont, represents a Long Island dis.
trict in congress. His traits Of charuc.
ter are mentioned ~ contrary 20 tbos,
usually looked for in rich mans con
He Is extremely modest and as s,udiona
ms q bookworm, lie has no liking for
society. but Is good lawyer and a hard
literary worker
The last French census returns show
an alarrningly small increase in the bon.
ulation since the previous census was
taken In 1876 The total population
four departments algeria and the col.
onies) only not included Is now set
down al IS. 497, $3.50, among whom must
be reckonod nearly million foreigners.
The increase since 1875 u only 8S9, O73.