The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-08

A large dead shark was washed
ashore at North Beach, Cal, recently.
In It's stomach was discovered the skel.
eton Of "A mans hand, upon finger OF
which was brass ring, the corrosion OF
which had inlamed the sharks stom-
ach, causing its death.
o. G. Burroughs, Of Oneida, N. Y,
while digging in his garden near the
bank of Oneida creek, found one of tho
original copper cents bearing the motto,
"Mind Your Own Business" coined in
New Haven in 1887, Thee is valua-
BILE. as but few were coined,
Sportsmen along the Hudson are try
ing TO revive the use Of the hawk in
hunting and have offered fabulous prices
for eggs. Men along the Susquehanna
valley are said to have secured $40
apiece for some which they obtained by
letting themselves over the side Of a
cliff
1t is said that the children of wealthy
parents in San Francisco are not only
absurdly oyerdresscd, but are also pow
dcred and painted The children enter
into the spirit Of the thing rs little CO.
quetteS and fopS, arrayed in rivalry, and
are about as hateful u set OF young ones
as can be found,
During her recent sojourn at Mentone,
Queen Victoria visited all the pictu-
rescue spots in the neighborhood, and is
said TO have wandered on foot through
the quaint streets of the town and to
have entered the polterer's where vases
and fancy articles are made. BY o
shaded path she was able to walk from
her chalet to the hotel where Prince
Leopold was living, and during the ill
ness of the Prince she made this jour
ney several times day
A new kind of bomb has been invent
ed at the Krupp cannon foundry The
explosion of these new missiles, it is
said, owing to their mechanical arrange
mentS and the materials which they con-
tain, will be equal to torpedoes AT the
same works Il new cannon has been
tested. 1t is mounted upon apivot pro-
vidGd with machinery which absolutely
does away with the rebound or kick
ing" The cannon, moreover, is so
fashioned that, Notwithstanding its
heavy calibre it can be mounted upon
the smallest gunboats,
Marie EIcnriette, queen of the Bel
gians, is a comely, middle-aged woman;
more sad than joyous, though she takes
IN interest in many things. She thinks
a good deal about her two grandchil-
drcn, and writes every day to one or
other of her married daughters. Her
greenhouses which are the finest, per-
haps, on the continent, afford daily oc-
cupation, and her horses and ponies and
her dogs are under her direct supervi-
sion. One OF the latter she long carried
in her arms on all state occasions, and
it was always draped in the color of her
mistress dress.
A project for constructing third rail-
way tunnel beneath the Alps under
Mont Blanc already meets with consid-
cradle opposition, particularly on scien-
titic grounds. Herr Helm, Swiss sa-
want of thdW olytechnicum of Zurich,
| contends that the piercing of Mont Blanc
would be work Of immense difficulty.
In one part of the tunnel would have TO
be cut through Attenuation of anhydrous
gypsum, which swells on exposure to tho
air, and is almost impossible to stay.
Moreover, the temperature of the gal
leries, judging from the experience of
the St Gothard tunnel, would be from
minimum of Sc degrees Fahrenheit to
a maximum of l22 degrees.
The "bunalo hunt in which the two
sons of the Prince of Wales were in
dulgcd at Ccyon recently, was painful
abSurdity, 1t was forbidden that the
two burly boys should run any risk of
injury so tame buffalo was turned out,
and, after being chased by dogs, was
shot down by one of the Princes most
ignoble piece OF butchcry, This reminds
London writer OF bear hunt which
occurred in Sweden years ago. A royal
Prince had TO be entertained, and so u
bear hunt was got up for him. AT last
The animal was circumvented. The
Prince raised his gun to fire. the bear
began to dance. II was tame one,
which had been bought of its Snowman
and turned out.