The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-30

German friend; de picture YOU hat
painted is most 'utiful; dere is only Won
word in de English lanckguge vich de-
scrbeS it, and hat vorgoLten it,
She had been over but week, and
Went out as cook They showed her
how to prepare string beans for the Ia
bic. Next day, she liked the green peas
according to the same receipt.
The ArkanSaw 2rarcler'S aged color
ed person says; "My idea of de better
worI is whar dar is election goin' on all
dc time, case den de white folks is al
lers perlight,"
81 wish was worth S5O0,000," said
a gentleman. NV nat good would il do
you, Tor YOU don't spend your present
income" rejoIned friend. "Oh, |
could be economical on n large scale!"
\ number Of BaItinoreans caught in
an unlicensed beer saloon sworo that
they did not know what they were drink
in They probably told the truth.
,ihey would not have touched it if they
had known.
1.-The miraculous good fortune which
invariably attends drunken man" has
Tor once, Mt least, been conspicuous by
It's absence. a Tallahassee man cot
drunk, lay down near swamp and was
stung to death by mosquitoes.
Better left unsad Snookson with a
knowing look through his eye. glass)-
al say, Doodle, who's that uncommon
showy-looking woman your friend
Scamperdown's always about with?
boodle-llis wife-and my sister"
Two gentlemen were lately examining
q pIow-share on stall in q market
place "lll bet YOU guinea, said one,
you don't know what this is for"
Done, said the other at is for sale"
The bet was won and the wager was
paid
Little Miss Innocent Seated at din.
ncr to pompous old covc): "Mr S..
won't you drink?n s.; "Ycs, my dear
certainly. But Why" Miss l.: BE.
cause mamma says you drink like a
fish, and | want to see how fishes
drink s.:
"Vat ees your name?" inquired
German grocerof new customer. "My
name is Cox, was the reply. How
vas dot shpeldt?' why, Cox" yah.
yah; das weisSich schon: but how Won
shpe'dt dot XY' persisted the puzzled
Dutchman.
a labor auctionecr; Eyes" said Fend-
erson, IaziIy removing his pipe from his
mouth to say ii; eyes, I'm in favor of
anything which shall promote home in
dustry." True for you" replied Foge;
"but noticed that YOU keep away from
home when there is anything in the in
duStry line going on. D."
Miss Hope-Edwardes, in her little
book "Eau-de-Nil," gives in one little
anecdote a curious side glimpse into
Egyptian character. When she once
complained to a certain Government Of
fetal, as to a superior person, "Erery-
b0dG seems TO want backsheesb.n the
tatingly: "Certainly-i also. e'"' '"'
They were talking over music and the
drama at the table of their host, who,
as they were already aware, owned his
fortune to his own unaided eXertions.
"You are fond of RosSin?" asked one of
the guests. "Passionately,' replies the
host. Know his BarbelP " "No, sir;
/ do not-never patronized the man;
have shaved myself for the past forty
years"
1t is said that Berlioz, the composer,
once said to hs best girl; ariel, /
adore you, bless you; in word, love
you more than the weak French tongue
can say; give me an orchestra of 100
performers and a chorus of $50 voices,
and | will tell you" The girls reply
is not given, but if she was one of the
ordinary sort it was: whisper what
thou feelest," or words to that effect.
A good story is told by a French pa
per OF two provincials, man and his
wife, who visited the Louvre, in Paris.
''What struck you most atthe LouvreW
asked one of their friends, when they
returned home and began to tell Of the
wonders they had seen, "Oh," replied
the husband, % picture of Adam and
Eve, with the apple and the serpent"
And his excellent wife chimed in Eyes.
we found that very interesting, because,
YOU. know, we knew the anecdote."