The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-04-06
it loses its head has long been source
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OF uisluTDancc 10 ieSlncilc minus.
Three colossal cranks are ut large in
northern Africa. each claiming to bc the
long-cXpccted Messiah of Islam Two
are harmless, and one is on the war
path against the Egyptians, with blood
in his eye, Doubtless the sultan will
soon have their heads.
Longfellow classcd Henry Timrod as
one OF the best poets the South ever pro.
duced. On the strength Of this, South
Carolina, his native state, went TO work
to get up monument for him, and,
with only about three months cXertions,
raised S47 for the work.
A Massachusetts hod carrier, when he
worked n whole day dropped a potato in
a nail keg; when he worked half day,
he dropped in half u potato Unfortuh-
ately, some pigs got TO the keg and ate
upehiycntire account, and his employers
brought him out q dollar in debt.
Young man, if you had one and two
thirds tons Of gold coin, you would be
worth million dollars. Every little
piece Of gold you get hold Of throw in
to the junk pile until you accumulate
that weight. You can then sell it and
become rich man.
The sea serpent has made quick
swim from the vicinity Of Long Branch
to Pacific waters Two gentlemen of
San Diego, Cal, saw it few days ago;
they were sober length of twenty fret
OF tho serpent was seen abote water
and there is no mistake about it.
A Philadelphia surgeon has succeeded
in supplying upper and lower eyelids to
a miner whose face was horribly burned
by an explosion. The upper lids were
supplied by skin from the mans fore
finger, and the lower lids by piece cut
from his arm.
Springfield, o.. contains 500 more wo-
men than men, and when a man who
can't see after p. IN. accidentally dis
appears through coal-holc the women
call an Indignation meeting on the side
walk and demand that society shall re-
tmn to the good old days Of andirons
and wood fuel.
Manitoba has real, live pcripatetic
town. 1t is called Boomtown, and moves
as the Pacific railroad advances. A camp
is made at the end of the line, and build
ing lots bring fancy prices. and with an
other advance the place is deserted and
another locality is called Boomtown.
The giant Charles Drummond. col
nrol ,laV lol -, h,,,,...al =.
in his nineteenth summer. He measures
six feet eight inches in height, his shoe
is sixteen inches long. and his weight IL
2j4 pounds. His principal diet since
boyhood has been sweet potatoes. CO1-
rier-Journdl.
Some OF the newspapers are contnu-
ing their fun about Oscar Wilde, and
some of the wits of society are critics.
ing him to his face; but if he should, on
his return to England, write his impress
sions OF America as he has been COM
PEELED to see it what howl there will
be!-Ncw Yor5 Herald.
An exchange says that. by way of OBJ
tanning light on the question of morning
prayers at Harvard, President Eliot
mailed Il circular to the parents and
guardians of all the undergraduate
inquiring whether they had daily morn
ing prayers in their own households. He
received seven hundred and forty-one
replies, and five men out of every seven
said they did not,
"Why, Moses Hockheimcr, on the
ext block, sells suits like those for Sl4."
"laas, my tear frent, l know all about
dot, und dell YOU W he sells dem SO
Scheap. Dey Schrinks -schrinks like
der deyful! Shust Won trop Of water und
oop dcy goes. You know dot pig Shin
Jones, der carpenter? Veil, he BUYS q
suit Of Hockheimer last week und goes on
a spree. He was trunk drec tays. Fiery
night he schlcep on ter Sidewalk, umd ef-
cry night itran. Dem CLOSE sclrlnk cf-
erydime. Der fourt night der bolicc run
him in." For being drunk, chy" ..For
untecsccnt exposure, my trent = dcm
CLOSE vas brctty much ali gone" .~i
That excellent man and admirable
auctioneer, Gen. Cobb, attended divine
service last Sunday evening, and COM
mitted the grave error of falling asleep
over his hymn book. The preacher
cd the pulpit, and still the general slept.
His text was the trial and tribulations
that besct the Christian. "If," said the
reverend gentleman, "thc devil assail
you-" Here the general awokc with
a start and snort, and, calculating III
4 sleepy voice: "a salcP all right, hand
here the catalogue sprang to his feet.
We fear the devil had tho bulge on that
congregation for ten minutes or more,
for the shouts Of the worshippers dis
turbed even the tenor who was making
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