The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-16
GIIANINGs.

A young man who went West some
years ago is now an undertaken in a
populous Western city. He is under
taking a so week living on ~ n
week salary.
New York Commercial Adrertiser:
"Chmity yaunteth not itself, is not puff
fed up and yet some men expect a
puff every time they give dollar to an
INDECENT old woman's society.
"What is the greatest charge on re-
cordPN asked the professor Of history
And the absent-minded student ans
wered seventeen dollars for haok-rde
for self and girl for two hours
A movement Of great Importance is
in progress for the purpose Of securing
some uniform standard Of time through
out the country. But the question is
what time shall be made the standard.
A farmer living near Shelbyville,
Tenn, has perhaps, the largest calf on
record. The weight at is birth was
lao pounds: at two weeks. l76 pounds,
at four weeks, 2l2 pounds at three
months, Az! pounds.
A schoOlmaster in southern Oregon
has resigned his place because two of
the directors would not sustain him in
his efforts TO stop urchins from squiting
tobacco juice on the stove during school
hours.
There has been, during The past year,
n marked decrease in the quantity Of
obscene matter found in the mails. Not
one obscene book has been received in
Washington, aud to find an indecent
photograph is "A rare occurrence.
Miss Grundy is very much excited be-
cattse there are "only POO decent table
napkins at the white house" This mat
ter probably escaped the presidents at
tention when he was writing bis mes
sage 10 congress, as no mention was
made Of it.. Whcei1E Register.
The first house designed by Syracuse's
female architect contained 50 many
closets in each room that they had to
build an annex TO the structure in or
der to accommodate more than one
half of them. And it is just what might
have been expected. -Norrjst9wn her
aid.
The diamonds worn by Mrs. Sanford.
OF San Francisco, one of which was lost
in New York, We're ceyerly sci in two
hollow globes Of virgin California gold,
which on pressing a spring, parted in
the center and revealed the precious
bnlliants, each worth 81, 200.
When grand hunt is given in honor
Of the queen Of Spain deer is tied to a
tree, the queen rests mu,ket in a fork
ed stick Il foot from the animals side.
and, rs the gun goes off and the animal
drops, everybody yells "Whoope,
ga-lory! Rah for US m-Detr0H Free
Press
The Calf Rock lighthouse on the
coast Of ireland. destroyed by recent
storm, stood on rock from sixty 10
ninety feet high, and itself was ninety
feet in height, and yet it is reported
that the waves dashed up so rs to hide
the top OF il for two minutes at a time.
\ recent enrolment shows that the
state Of Maine has $3.50 able-bodied
male citizens between the ages of Is and
50 years This is gain Of 1874 over
1873. but in that year, perhaps, the en-
rollmcnt was not as thorough as now.
A company has been formed to search
for oil in Somerset county, Pennsyl-
ynia. A tract OF land eight miles long
and four miles wide has been leased,
and the company think the OIL indica.
| tons are excellent.
The Los Angeles Times reports the
residence in that city of the iiancee of
| Lieut.. Danenhower, of the Jeanette.
After his departure, which separated
| two devoted lovers, she returned to Los
| Angeles and led retired life, convinced
from the first that she should never see
her lover again.
Ebcnezer Loud, one Of the veterans
of 1872, died in New York recently.
As a powder-monkey he took part in
the engagement of the Shannon and
Chesapeake, and supported his brave
| commander, Lawrence, rs, leaning
against the captain of his ship, cruelty
wounded. the latter called out to his
crew: Don't give up until the ship
goes down.
Tyndal's theory that heat is simply
| motion in another form must he true
Strike piece of iron and it becomes
hot Strike man and he Immediately
boils over. There is, however, one ex
cepiion to the rule. Strike warn
friend for short loan and he at once
becomes rs cold as an iceberg.
Carbolic acid, so necessary for tn,
production of vegetation, yet only
forms a thousandth part of the atmos
phere. 1t is calculated, however, tha
when taken to the full altitude of the Mt
mosphere the latter contains the enor
nous total of 3, 100000, 100000 tons o
carbonic acid This amounts to abou
twenty-eight tons over every acre of tn,
earth 5 surface.
| The New York Christian Union ha
the following: "a story is told of ia,
Gould dropping into u strange rcstaur
ant for lunch, and not finding himsel
in possession of enough ready cash t.
pay for it, greatly, of course. to his sur
prise and chagrin, he finally attempted
to find relief from his embarrassing
position by telling the proprietor hi
name, but that individual considered
that ''too thin and threatened hin
with arrest for false pretenses. He wa
finally abput 10 show n cheek drawn u