The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-31

Darwin, whom he compares TO Socrates,
saying there was in him "the same de-
sire to find some o wiser than him
self the same belief in the sovereignty
OF reason, the same ready humor, the
same sympathetic interest in all the
ways and works of men"
There were 800 stones in Disraeli's
Star Of the Garter, and his executors
have had them removed from their set
ting remounted in rings, with an Earps
coronet and the word "Beaconsiieldn
engraved on the inside Of each ring, and
have offered them for sale to those adj
mirers of the Premier who are willing
to pay something handsome for memen-
toes,
The Bishop of Limerick being in fail
inv health, his physician recently told
him it would be necessary for him to
seek rest and change Of aira Nice. The
Bishop positively declined to do So
Then said the doctor, plainly: "My
Lord, ! tell YOU candidly that your case
is a most serious one; and if you do not
90 to Nice, YOU must very soon 90 to
Heaven" "Oh, well, in that case, re-
piled the Bishop, dsmally II will goto
Nice"
A poor sewing girl who went TO the
late DR.. John +. Gray for advice, was
given phial of medicine and told to go
homo aud 90 to bed II can't do that.
dector,' the girl replied, ''lor am de-
pendent ON what earn every day for
my living IF that is So said Dr.
Gray, I'm change the medicine little.
Give me back the phitl.' He then
wrapped around it SO bill. and re-
turning it 10 her, reiterated his order,
"Go home and 60 to bed, - adding,
Take the medicine, cover and all, "
Baltimore las an electric boy" re-
Gently brought from South America and
soon 10 be placed on exhibition, He is
so highly charged that all hetouchcs be-
comes magnctAed, and an entire as
semblage is electrified by touching HIM
The rubbing together Of his hands pro-
duces a beautiful effect of sparkling,
liyid fire. The citizens are going to at
tach wires to him and establish new
system Of electric lamps for street use
The orange crop in Florida will be
very LIGHT this season. The cause can
not but PARTIAL be accounted for. There
is found very dangerous insect in
many groves which has effected much
damage The insect many years ago
caused infinite trouble in the orange
groves, and it was thought at one time
that orange culture would have to be
abandoned in the state. OF late years.
the trees have not been greatly troubled
in this way.
The worlds production of precious
metals last year, according to the Min
inc Rec0rd, was about rs follows: Unit
ed States S3l, O00,0O0 gold, So, SOC, 600
silver; Mexico and Spanish America,
$1,000, 600 gold, $4,000, 600 silver; Rus
STA and Asia, ~, 100000 gold, $780,
600 silver; Europe, Sl,5O0,OO0 gold, SO,
100000 silver; Austria and Pacific Is
lands, 500, 800, 600 gold, $500 900 silver,
Total, 500 100000 gold, SSl 10000 sill
yer, or S171,5OO,0O0 in all.
The French Government, which main
tains a monopoly on the sale of tobacco
within its Territory, have awarded the
contract for supplies Of the American
weed, As follows: Ten thousand hogs
head, Of Kentucky tobacco, divided be-
tween Ne RS. Hoffman Il Hufter, both
of Paris; 5000 hogsheads of Virginia, to
Marqu Jampo, Of Madrid; 5000
hogsheads OF Maryland, to Huffer, and
1000 hogsheads of Ohio, to Hoffman,
Messrs. Toll Rose Il Co. and Mr. G.
Reusens, of New York, are the agents
of the Kentucky award, and Keynes
Bro, of New York, the Virginia,
veteran officer at the review of the
West Point cadets the other day re-
marked that neither General Sherman
nor General Howard was attired in req
ulation garb, To the eye of the layman
their cooked hats, ostrich plumes, gold
cords, epaulets and sashes left nothing
to be desired. But the veteran, more in
sorrow than in anger, pointed out that
neither wore spurs, that General Sher-
man was without q sword, and that
General Howard S hat was rear side be-
fore. Nevertheless the review passed off
successfully and the heavens did not fall.
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