The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-09
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GLEANINGH.

The man who loves to free his mind
% himself slave to temper.
A cooking school is agood institution
but an eating school would be more pop
ular.
The weight of the Egyptian obelisk in
Central Park. New York city, is 2l9t
tons.
A two-year-old tootsy-pootsy told her
aunt it was gaining" because she
heard its feetsteps on the gallery"
Tommy asked his mother fthe school
teachers ferule was piece Of the board
Of education.
In the State Of California there are
not less than forty million acres of land
lying idle.
Smiles Is the longest word in the Ian
guage. Between the beginning and the
end OF II there is just mile
Sir Walter Raleigh made his way to
fortune and fame by politeness lie was
not one Of the Elizabethan ruffs.
OF all the criminals and paupers that
were sent to our shores by the Govern
ments Of Europe last year. only forty
five were returned TO their native land.
Translated from the Omnibus. Lady
1T is just awful--two wash.b basins
and neither is cleanr' CookeSs-"O,
my lady, that Is the housemaid; | wash
myself the whole day notI'
Out West, whenever an impulsive
vigilance committee hangs the wrong
man. they atone for the little mistake by
buying the widow handsome suit Of
mourning.
In Germany pecuniary damages can
not be awarded by the courts In case
OF breach Of promise to marry, but the
defendant who is found guilty must
marry the plaintiff or else remain I'm
married
Luminous. First swell; II never did
Ike 'May'--not nearly so pretty as
Mary wonder they don't change the
name Of the month to Mary" Second
swell: "Clevaw ideaw, by Jove make
awystaws good to June, you know
Bulwer, Dickens. Thackeray, as well
as Byron, were alike unhappy in their
marriages. Thackeray's wife was in
sane nearly all her married life. And
yet in all cases the wives survived the
husbands
Post Dispatch: Gentleman. by request
Of lady--"Conductor put this lady of
ut the next corner" Polite new con-
ductor-"Excuse me, sir; seems as how
she's behaving Of herself; don't seem
no occasion forproceedin' to extremes.
Since Parisians learned the merits Of
horseflesh as an article Of food during
the siege, hippophagy has made steady
progress in the French capital. In 1875
the butchers disposed Of 1000 horses, in
1880 OF 5000 and in 1881 Of Q, 800. Last
year thssupply Of meat was further in
creased by the carcasses Of 400 asses
and mules.
Nine massive Norman collins have
been discovered under the floor OF the
chapter-houso Of Bristol Cathedral. The
sculpture upon the covers Of some of
them, although very old and somewhat
rude, Is exceedingly interesting. One
Of these covers, which u said TO be AT
least 700 years old, has been carefully
preserved and now stands in the YES
try.
Mrs. Ponsonby De Tomkyns:--"That
lady was evidently intended BY nature
for Chinese, Sir Charles. wonder
who she can bep'' Sir charlottesville
happens to be my sister. May ! ask
you why you think nature intended her
Tor Chinesep" Mrs do Tomkyns
(equa to the emergency)--"She struck
me 20 having such exqulsitely small
feetl'---hnch
One a the Zuni Indian Chiefs from
New Mexico, In On address In Boston,
showed an amazing appreciation Of the
merits Of bis hosts. II am happy 10
look upon the American people" he
said. ''for they smile on me, which shows
the goodness Of their hearts. We re-
gard the Americans US great gods as
70 do The sun. They are like our ami.
NAL gods, However wonderful and
precious they ore, they show by their
Hind looks that they have room for US
n their hoartk."