The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-16

Senator Frye, of Maine, is said to be
The youngest looking grandfather in
Washington. He has seven grandchild-
rem, and always likes to have them
about him. II couldn't wait any longer"
he said the other day, land sent word
TO have one Of them sent down here
from Maine He came along-a six
year-old and Mrs, Frye has been con-
stantIy busy ever since mending trouser-
legs and jacket-slceves."
Pure alcohol is now prescribed by
manyphysicians in preference to whisky,
wine, beer, etc. To use a standard al
cohol is believed to insure an accuracy
of treatment which cannot be had with
articles which contain the spirit in UNI
certain quantities. 1t is thought impor-
tant not to disguise the taste of the al
cohol in any way, in order that the pa
tient may feel that he is taking it as
a medicine and not as a beverage.
Michael r. Furlong. a lawyer of
Springfield, H., and Mrs Reynado, a
very wealthy widow of Louisville, met
for the first time at Hot Springs, Ark,
and were in the same hotel a week. On
parting, they each promised to consider
the question of marrying, and, if of the
same mind at the end of another week.
to go to the Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
to meet the other. Both were on hand
at the appointed time and place, and the
wedding was celebrated.
Certain New York ladies are accused
OF securing at the engravers the cards of
the aristocracy and displaying them os-
tentatiously upon their drawing-room
table, as if Mrs. So and So had Just been
in The wife of Boston Congressman
was once detected at Washington of
writing with compliments Of upon a
card of Sir Edward Thornton and at
taching it to the handle Of bouquet.
We may pack pork and make our mon
ey in spare ribs in Cincinnati but we
were never guilty of any snobbery as
this. Cincinnati Gazette.
The intellect of New Haven has been
sorely tried of late in trying to discover
whether servant girls or shop girls make
the best wives Instead of proceeding
in the scientific way by collecting sta
tlStics and making experiments, the
parties to the controversy argued from
pri0n considerations. The tedium of
the discussion was relieved by new
method of arriving at accurate conclu-
sions adopted by shop girl and SER
want girl. After discussing the merits
of the question for while, they adjourn
ed to the rear of livery stable and
clutched and clawed each other till sep
arated by the police.
The story of Hilton's acquaintance
with A. T. Stewart, according to the old
gentleman, was this. "A. Il. Stewart
had his law business done by Campbell
a. Murray, an old law firm in which Mr..
Hilton was employed as clerk at $40 a
week. One day Stewart had a contract
drawn up, and as young Hilton did it
very eXpeditiously and Satisfactorily he
made him present of So. That was the
very first money Hilton received from
Stewart, who subsequently took the use
full politician as his personal and conf
dental law adviser, with salary latter
ly of S25, 900 per annum. From So, the
first donation, to $l,000,0O0, the last
gift under the will, was certainly good
bound upward"
Herr krupp, the great gunmaker is
q Staunch believer in the efficacy of vac
cinaton. He recently expressed to his
employees desire that they should all
submit to the operation, smallpox be-
ing prevalent in tho noi~hborhood of
Essen. Only six vi the 5000 barred
their arms To the lancet, whereupon
Herr Krupp issued an utimatum to the
effect that every workman must either
be vaccinated or leave his establishment
He made the terms of surrender easy,
however, by promising that the opera
ton should take place during working
hours, that it should cost them nothing,
and last, though not least, that only an
imal lymph should be used. They sur
rendered at once, like sensible fellows.
There are not many establishments in
Germany where each workman has
model cottage and bit of garden at
tached. a pension fund a relief fund and
dozen other funds in which he can par
ticipatc in case Of accident or superan-
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