The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-25
GLEANINGs.

TO feel faint and i'll.
Head Barmaid. "These tarts arc
quite stale, Miss Hunt; been on the
counter for fortnight. Would you
mind taking them into the second-class
refreshment roomP" Pinch.
An order posted at IIorneslville, N.
T., forblds any engineer or fireman
from running by the telegraph Office
with the steam-cock of his engine open,
because the operators are thereby dis
turbed.
The Carson, New, Appeal asserts that
not one in hundred OF the pioneers Of
that state has $500 that he can call his
own. The wealthy men Of the state to-
day are those who went there after
1860
Persons mailing printed matter or let
ters should be careful how they tear of
their stamps, the post-oilice department
having decided that postage stamps
with fragments torn off them are inyal-
i'd
A Georgia clergyman, Mr. Haygood,
says that II is incorrect to think that the
South, as unit, fought for slavery, or
now regrets its extinction, considerinr
that not family in twcntyeycrown d
slave,
A wife and mother suggests this mot
to as an excellent one for the dining
room wall; ut is a GOOD horse that new
er stumbles, and a good husband that
never grumbles."
johnny was asked by his little broth
er whether they were going to have
chicken for dinner there came such a
smell Of burnt hair from the kitchen.
mo said johnny, "mother is only
singeing the hash. TN Judge.
Judge l.. b. Harrigan, Of Memphis,
Tenn. has instructed the sheriff to seize
all the pistols, bowie-kniyes, stilletoes,
aud other unlawful weapons left on de-
post at the several hotels Of the city,
and 10 hold them as evidences of crime.
Garbaldi is not the ignorant, unculti-
waited man that many people suppose
him to be. He knows many languages
and many literatures, and he is well
versed in mathematics As a child, he
was contemplatiye, poetic, and fond OF
solitude.
At house weddings the newest feature
is to have the bride and bridegroom
stand during the ceremony in a tlorai
grotto made Of chrysanthcmums asters,
lilies, passion flowers, and smilaX. The
effect is too gorgeous for anything, and
the whole arrangement just too-too ut.
tcrly lum tum for our New York fash
lonables. ~ Y Nail.
An Arkansas man shot his wife a few
days ago, because they disagreed about
passage in the Bible, 1t isa fortunate
thing for the New Testament reviserS
that this Arkansas man was not men,
Der Of their committee. All the other
members would have died with their
boots on before reaching the Acts of the
Apostles
Alice writes to n New York story
paper "A young man comes to see me
six nights week. should | consider it
rs being engaged?' If we were her
father and mother, we should consider
that she was engaged altogether too
much, and tell the young man 10 curtail
his visits at both ends. NoT{s'0Un
HcrdM.
The top slab on which will rest the
feet of the statue Of George Washington
al the New York sub-treaSury. will he
the same block of marble on which the
first president stood when inaugurated.
When the old Federal Hall in New York,
where the first congress met, was taken
down, the stone was preserved. IL Is
now at the Bellevue hospital.
An incident occurred in Brooklyn
from which two morals have been
drawn A young lady was carrying
her purse in her hand, along the street,
when q thief sna,chcd it and ran. The
young lady started in pursuit, and
gained upon the man so rapidly that he
threw the purse down TO save himself,
and she recovered it, Moral for ladies':
Learn to run, even at the risk Of being
considered fast, and keep your purse in
deer pockets.
81 say Jcems," drawled out our No.
I loafer, as he took an extra brace
against the building, "why amt you a
statesman You have got talents; why
don't you use emp "Well, Jack
lazily replied our No. 2 loaier, hitchine
up his pantaloons, II consider myself 4
statesman, as It's. I've got all the at.
tributes of statesman except salary
and he sighed profoundly as he thought
how reckless the country was to try to
get along without his services.
In Scotland the topic of sermon or q
discourse of any kind is called by old.
fashioned folks ''its ground OF, as they
would say, ''its grund." An old woman
busting into the kirk rather late, found
the preacher had commenced, and
opening her Bible, nudged her next
neighbor with the inquiry. whats his
grundp" co." rejoined the other, who
happened to be brother minister, and
therefore privileged critic, 'he's lost
his grund long since, and he's just
swimming"
Sir Wilfred Lawson, the greattemper.
anco leader in England, has weakness
for Durham cattle ("short horns'O, Sc
he recently bought bull of the Duke Of
Devonshire at an extravaganza price. A
few DAYS later the animal was found
dead. Sir Wilfred was called, and after
looking at the dead creature, turned
around and wrote this impromptu cho
rus:
Hero lies Baron oxford 9th
| Quiet and cool,