The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-06

fessor makes no such claim. For oursel
we must agree with the verdict that he !
an expert at his art and battles all power
of perception.
On Thursday the St, Mary's Episcopa
Ladies seminary at Knoxville, Ill., was de
stroyed by fire. Several students were in
jured but not fatally aud nearly all the in
mates suffered losses of personal effects
The loss or building and fxures is estima
ted at $250,000. The institution is wei
known here as number Of Cairo's young
ladies have been there or had friend:
there.
Warm weather and heavy rains con.
tinue to augment the hoods on the Rhine
Danube, Saone and all the rivers that take
their rise IN the Alps and Vcsges noun
tains. Numbers of villages are inundated
anu several large cities are threatened
Railway communications with Switzerland
are interrupted in all directions.
The startling discovery has been made
by NJ. Pasteur that the saliva of person
fasting is yenomous, as 1t contains parasites
which will inoculate. Breaking the fast
deprives the saliva of its poisonous quality,
as the parasites are then taken into the
stomach with the food. The eminent bio
logist gives for the present only the fact,
and makes no attempt to explanation
Don't forget that Frank Mordauut
opens at the 0pers House this evening in
"Old Shipmates,' beautiful sea comedy
drama, which abolnds 10 scenes Of intense
interest. Frank Mordaunt is capital ac-
tor, and has with him artists who are first
class in every particular. Buder Is selling
reserved seats at. IS aud so cents.
Brother Potter says he didn't. He
says be has not been an applicant for The
Photographic pass Tor considerable period
back, and wouldn't accept one etc.--Ail
right. Well take it all back, but cannot
help regrettlng that our sympathetic tears
and sweetness we're ali showered upon one
who needed them not. "Bu'" he contn-
ues, "the publisher Of The BULLETIN car.
ried one up to five days ago" The man.
uerof this statement implies positive knowl-
edge on the part of Maker thereof, and
that he is considerably better informed
upon the subject than we are.
- In Cincinnati one telephone subscri-
Der said to another: IF you can't talk
palmer than that, shyt up your d-n tele.
phone" upon which the telephone company
took out the instrument Of "the man what
az 'tother." Thereupon the "mau what
swore' brought suit to have his telephone
restored, two of the judges held that
"damn" is profane swearing, and one held
that tits not such profane swearing as the
statute contemplates. and as to deprive
the d--ner of his privileges, But as the
majority rule, he could not get the tele
phone restored II may be inconvenient to
do without the telephone, yet we are sure
the man will have on great provocation to
profanity removed,
The refusal Of six Republicans to vote
for the machine-made candidates at the
temporary organic alton Of the Illinois leg
islature was considered triumph for the
Democrats aud snti.machne Republicans,
and il prolonged, which now seems likely,
will have an important bearing on the sen,
atorial war which is to engross much of
the front end OF this assembly. The anti.
machine aud boiling Republicans are the
following senators; Clough, Maurer, White
and Ruber OF Cook, Rice Of Olle, Snyder
Of Whitesides and Whitney Of Bureau.
Owing to the lateness of the hour last
night when the bolt from the Republican
caucus occurred the names OF the boilers
were incorrectly obtained and transmitted,
They are correct as given above.
Prof. o. $. Fowler, now nearly 4 score
years old and SO years before the public
as a phrenologicl Al author, lecturer an1 eS.
aminer is paying our city rather flying
visit. He opens course OF 8 lectures at
Temperance hall, (the only available ono TO
be had on 80 short notice, but though small
is neat and attractive), the 6rs takes place
this evening at p, IN. and will be FREE.
A part Of the seats will he reserved at 10
cts, each, Subjects Of the following lect-
uros will be ANNOUNCED in our daily col
umns. Each lecture to close with PUBLIC
TEST examinations Of some person selected
from the audience lie stops at The Ilalli-
day, where he will tell persons all about
themselves from the shape Of their heads,
aud to what they arc best fitted to succeed