The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-26
The Daily Bulletin.
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nually lost in Kansas by the unnecessary
exposure Of EARNINGS tools,
Business alarm is not now necessa-
ry.' says the Philadelphia Press, "but
business caution is. "
The annual products Of the British
America sea fisheries are set down at
about $50, 900.
South-bound steamers from Alaska
take at each trip, during the Summer
months from ten to fifty thousand dol
lars worth Of gold dust
In China, corpulence is the symbol
alike Of social and spiritual distinction.
All their gods are represented as enorm-
Ously fat.
Recent forest fires in Oregon and
Washington Territories have destroyed,
it is estimated, Sl,00O000 worth Of
timber
The area Of Dakota Territory is &c.
500 900 acres, or just four times that Of
the State Of Ohio, Her population Is
quarter of million. and constantly in
crcasing.
The floor Of the case-room in the
Waltham Watch Factory has been taken
up and is being burned in furnace in
order to save the accumulated silver and
gold dust, which is supposed to be worth
$1,000.
A successful farmer says he always
makes il a rule 10 raise twice as many
potatoes as will be needed for his home
demand; then il the price is high he has
them to sell; If low, he gets a good value
for them by feeding them out.
The returns Of the census taken on
January l. 1883, which have Just been
published, show that the Empire of ia.
pan contained population of SO, 700, 100,
made up Of 1888, 1913 males and
ls,l0l, III famales.
Jefferson was the champion absentee
President. He was away from Wash
ngton 79G days in eight years Monroe
is next. with 70S DAYS in eight years.
John Quincy Adams was absent 222
days in four years, and Washington ISL
days in eight years.
gentleman who was out hunting on
the Nueces River, Texas, saw n bear 60
into hallow tree. Ii" made him come
out shooting him as he did SO. There
upon in rapid succession six other large
bears came out Of the same tree, ali Of
whom the mighty hunter laid low. 1t
is supposed that the hollow in the tree
communicated with I subterranean cave,
in which colony Of bear. dwelt
Here is an idea for housewives afiiict-
ell with the pest of reaches Ii is report
ed that the green peel of cucumbers laid
along the edge Of the floor where they
most do congregate and repeated freshly
for two or three nights, will drive every
cockroach from the premises. This is
an unfailling remedy, and the secret is
in the fact that the juice of the peel is
alike irresistible and poisonous to the
selfish vermn.
II you wish to propagate hardy
shrub that does not sprout from the
roots, the way TO do it is by layering.
Select a slender, low-growing branch,
strip of all but the terminal leaves,
bend il down and tasteu il against the
ground and cover with earth, From
the leaf nodes tiny rootlets will start
and a new plant form, which, when
well rooted, can be severed from the
bush
Professor Arnold urges dairy farm.
ing; first, because it costs 10 per cent.
less to operate dairy farm than grain
or mixed agriculture; second, the ever
age returns are larger than for other
farming; third, the prices are more
uniform and trustworthy; fourth, it
does not exhaust the soil, fifth, it is
more secure against changes in the
season.
Mr. Arstide Marie is probably the
richest man of color in America. He
was a large slave owner before the war,
and his income from his property in
New Orleans is not less than $50 900 a
year Besides this he has a large per-
sonal estate, consisting of tirst-class
securities. Mr.. Marie is man of fine
accomplishments, graduate of one OF
the best institutions of France, and lives
abroad about half of each year
Henry Study, on dying at Ransom,
ILL.,, has left strangely-acquired for
tune of sos, 600. He was a cripple from
birth. At the close of the war he dom
ned the uniform of soldier made up n
pathetic story of having been wounded
in battle, and went on tour as 4 beg
gar He was wonderfully successful,
by reason Of his clever talk and mser-
able appearance, and in three years ac-
Cumulalcd the sum mentioned. He
ever afterwards lived idly on the interest.
"A farmer has no more right SAYS
the I1IcricUs CNliua'Or. '1o grow n
crop Of weeds upon his own land to
furnish seed 10 trouble his nrighhors
than he has to build fires upon his own
land where they will oblgc the nei. IT,
Dor 10 fight the fire in order to protect
his own property from the flames.
Denmark farmers are compelled to
destroy all weeds on thoir Premises,
aud IN France man can prosecute his
neighbor for damages who permits
weeds to 90 to seed whchmay eudanger
neighboring lands
The Utica Hcydld'S New York CORE
spondont says of the "banco steercrs''
and their victims: "Some OF our readers
may be surprised that grcenhorns
aro so easily duped. Well, reader