The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-01
GLEANTNGS.


New York City pays $1,000 900 a year
for its religion and 22,OOJQ1l for its
drinks.
President Arthur Is said to have
caught "the largest salmon ever taken
with n fly on this continent"
Russia has thirty.three schools in
which to educate men to manage and
operate railways,
The music for Sunday night bull
fight Ia Arizona was provided by the
band OF Il United States cavalry regi-
meut.
A chap in Harrisburg isgetting ready
to tight duel whenever he is nsulted.
He can split bullets on the edge Of "a
haichet sixty feet away.
A Missouri quock not only promises
to cure nasal Caiarrh At one sitting but
makes the astounding statement that he
will "rcmoye tho catarrh aud place it on
saucrrh
"llC com0th not" she said, aud she
was "sound on the goose he didn't
arrive. His intentions were all right,
but they failed to successfully combat
the bulldog that was screened in the
moon kissed shrubbery.
Mushroom towns are not wholly re-
stricted to new states, Four months ago
dense Virginia forest covered the site
OF Pocahonta>, which now mas popu-
latOn of 1000, 4 coal mine was the
cause.
There died at Lyons, France, a couple
OF weeks ago, one Nine. Laceue, a
sis,er-in.law OF Camille Jordan, who
had in her youth been a personal friend
Of Mine. de Stae and Nine, Recamer.
She was l0j years old.
The champion oyster glutton on rec
ord is the Baldwinsville On. ~ man
who ate two quarts OF raw bivalves.
Cider and crackers in corresponding
proportions accompanied the oysters to
their cavernous retreat,
An observer states that the best pro-
duct Of French vineyards is only 1874
gallons Of wine per acre. In California
II is 700 gallons, and In New York it is
reported as still larger Even Canada
boasts OF producing more wine to the
acre tharany portion of France.
The froth was blown from $3.50. 00O,.
600 worth Of beer, being 100000 gal.
Ions, in this country last year, and the
probabilities point strongly toward the
belief that an equal amount was snugly
slowed away beneath the jackets Of
thirsty Americans,
A fruit-grower placed tobacco-stems
around the trunks Of peach trees, and
there is not the sign OF a borer in any of
the trees so treated. He set the stems
around the butts Of the trees, aud tied
them at the tops. 1t keeps of rabbits
as-well, in winter.
"What are YOU looking around for so
much?' asked au Austin mother Of her
l6-year.old son, with whom she was
walking. Il am looking around on
your account ION nv accountP
"Yes. | want to pick YOU out u good
looking daughter.in-law, "-TeraS SIT
tngs,
The apple industry in Pennington,
Maine. is q rapidly growing one. The
various firms in that vicinity have nut
up this season 1000 gallon cans, 5000
three-quart, and 800 two.quart cans Of
apples, and eyaporated II l.2 tons. All
the fruit used was raised In Franklin
County. and brought good prices
Some lady of indianapolis. Ind,
young, it is to BE- presumed, who signs
herself "A Constant Reader" has writ
ten TO Cincinnati paper asking show
long a lady would have to live in tho
state of Ohio to enable her to be legally
married according to the laws of that
state?N Long enough to have some fell
low ask her.
A New Years Day festivity in Phil.
adelphia hotel was a chase for creased
pic. The cellar of the building was
used tor the sport, and all the partic.
pants, except The pig, were blndiolded
and their hands covered with lard Had
tho pig not crawled into n barrel and
given one Of the men sure thing on
catching him by Impending the barrel,
the game, would not yet be finished.
Experiments in potato culture during
1880 and 1881 on the Munster farm and
dairy school Of the Cork Qreland) Agr.
cultural society, show that potatoes
manfred with large quantities OF ammo.
MICA manures were among the first af-
fected by the disease, while those
grown with phosphates were wholly
unaffected, though In proximity at
either side with diseased potatoes,
Hall chaicS are now generally covered
IN gilded leather, that known as Span
ish being the most popular. Such
chair may cost forty-hve dollars il fin.
ishcd IN handsome wood An ordinary
drawing-room chair In embossed
leather and handsome frame will cost
thlrty.iivo dollars, but both will have
tho merit OF being practically indestruc-
tihle.
Queen Victoria has her own Parlia.
mentary reporter, and whether she Is nj
Windsor Balmoral, or IN the Isle of
Wight, she is acquainted with the pro-
ceedings of both houses long before any
of her subjects. On ordinary occasions
brief abstracts Of the debates are tee-
graphed to her Majesty; but, should tho
discussion be of exceptional Importance,
fuller reports are sent and continued
down TO the close of the debate and tho
taking Of the division.
When Mrs. Nj pave pnc),ace ~