The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-07

ones nj work full tlme In the mills.
The Memphis Avalanche claims that
the present system of improving tho
Mississippi and preventing ovcrilows
was discarded 1000 years ago 10y Chi
nese civil engineer AS worthless.
A man in Phoebe, New, gave a poor
family an order on a grocer for goods TO
the amount of $500 to be charged to
him. The bill rendered read $4,000 in
cash and Sl5. 00for wine and chocolate"
Dr. Ewing says that "a novel is tho
worlds truth with a beautiful woman
walking through it," and the Christian
Union remarks "Gcnerally, we may
add, with man after her"
The Canadian banks were for hidden in
July to issue any more "a bills, but by
some queer freak the public demands
them, and the dominion government
will hereafter issue bills of that denomi-
nation.
A clay pigeon has been invented for
the benefit of sportsmcn and their vic
Tins. Capt Bogardus has declared in
favor of the invention. and thinks that
in time sportsmcn will prefer the inven-
ton to live birds,
Professor Bull says the world is not
over 400, 10000 years old, No wonder
so many of its mountains are bald, and
not single one of them is able to lift
its foot. But all Of them are still spry
enough to slope
Capt Joseph H. Pratt, who was once
a New York policeman, went to Guate-
mala some time ago To organize a police
force there. This he accomplished SO
successfully that the government has en-
gagged him to take charge OF the police
department for the next five years.
Johnnie, here you are at the break
fast table and your face is unwashed,"
said his mother, with sharp look. II
know it, ma saw the animalcules in
pas microscope last night, and | amt
going to have those things crawling all
over my face with their funny little
legs"
Certain writers, artists and lecturers
of Boston are agitating the project of
college of art for that city, which shall
have some likeness to the Paris conserv-
atory. That is to say, there will be
classes in music, dramatic art, engrav-
ing, painting, and sculpture, all to DO
taught by first-rate instructors
A story is told of an old gentleman
who always took notes of his minister's
sermon, and on one occasion read them
to the minister himself. stop, stop"
| said he, at the occurrence of a certain
sentence. II didn't say that" Il
know you didn't" was the reply, II put
that in myself to make sense
Earl of Redesdale's bill, introduced
into the House Of Lords, making it in
cumbent upon all members of Parlia-
mcnt to profess belief in Almighty
God" is meeting with ridicule. Sir
WiIfrid Lawson declared that if the bill
is sent to the Commons he will move as
an addition that belief in a personal
devil shall also be included.
A thoughtlcss person was discussing
with his pastor some of the wonders of
modern science, Said thepaStor: Look
at astronomy now. Men have learned
the distance TO the stars, and with the
spectroScope they have even found out
renaissance they are made off, yes"
said the thOughtleSs man; but strangest
of all to me is how they found out all
their names"
In Manchester, England, the gas
works belong to the city The price of
gas is Il cents per 1000 feet for gas
with an illuminating power Of twenty
two candles. AT the rate charged the
citizens, lighting the streets and public
buildings costs $4,000 and yet the gas
commissioners turned over $270, 000
toward the payment Of the city expen.
SEES, besides paying all rates, rents and
taxes, amounting to $4,000
A singular piece of raScality has beer
developed in connection with the Kan
sas City stock yards. An owner sells {
number of hogs by weight, and in thu
absence of the purchaser he removes
several of the largest and substitutes
smaller ones from another pen, thu,
dcspoiling the buyer of several hundred
pounds of hogs which he has paid for
Several dealers are in collision, and tn,
frauds have been quite extensive.
During the past ten years nearly al
the German States have made consid
cradle increase in their population, will
the exception Of Mecklenburg- Strelitz
which has added only 64S persons in thir
ty years Its population is now 100, 265
but it has furnished during these thirty
years some 27,000 cmigrants, Flogging
and absoutism still flourish in the Crane
Duchy, and the emigration from it il
proportionately the largest that an,
State in the Empire knows.
Both state and church combine t,
make the life of a Turkish bachelor mis-
cradle. AS long as his parents are alive
he can live with them without mucl
trouble. As soon as they die, he mus
get permit from the civil and religious
authorities before he car be admitted
into any household. Then the proprie
tor thereof, in the interest of public
morals, must see TO II that other persons
than females wait upon his boardcr /
the bachelor be rich enough to occupy
house TO rent unfinished chambers, h,
cannot possibly obtain that simple priv
ilege unless he shows that woman o
good rcpute lives with him therein 4
mother or sister or aunt removes tina
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