The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-21

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Professor Bangs, in giving him some
finger exercises, unluckily told him that
the composer Schumann broke one Of
his third fingers in his effort TO make it
do his will. Tobias Eliakim was of the
stool in minute. i'll never touch the
piano again" he cried. II should not
be surprised if my fingers were injured
now. They frequently feel ashley were
coming oll, And no amount of coax
ing or scolding could make him change
his mind.
One day while he was painting the
professor began giving him lecture on
the pigments, "EyeYthing in the
world, my dear boy, has some bene-
ticent qualities Arsenic, now which
is such virulent poison that ii causes
the most intense suffering il taken into
the stomach. furnishes us this brilliant
green with which ] shall touch up those
beech trees in the foreground OF your
picture, aud as he spoke he squeezed
some Of the color ON his pallet and set
TO work But this ended Tobias Ella
kim painting, Il will not handle poi.
sons, - he said; ''what if | should acct
dcnlally swallow a tube Of that paint?"
And thereafter he would study nothing
but drawing.
Besides his tutors he had dancing,
master, and fencing-master, who had
also to teach him to shoot NJ Il mark, &c
ride and to slide down-hil,
He did very well with the dancing,
but when he attempted to fence, he was
so afraid that the BUTTON, would com,
off from the tops Of The foilS that the les.
sons had 10 he continued as best theN
could be with wooden swords The first
time he fired n gun, the recoil OF the
weapon nearly knocked him down, ---
"What if that gun had shot Of back
ward, who knows chat it will always
shoot OF frontward, and if lose my
head, how am to get another he
said. NO, Master Middlcbury. | shall
not use that gun again. Sir Timothy
regretted his son sdecision because, y
he said, "a gentleman education is not
complete without knowledge OF fire.
arms; but Lady SuppOsing, who had
opposed these lessons from the first wa,
delighted.
Sir Timothy was DESTROYS that Tobias
Eiskim should be an expert horseman.
If there should be q warwheu he crow,
up he said "thc King would undoubt,
edly want him 20 command an army,
and there would be times he would have
TO rides but as there is no telling what
a horse may do, in giyingmy SON lessons,
want YOU to always ride thchorse with
him, and hold the reinS, so as TO be neal
in case of accident,
Tobias Eliallim at first rode IN from
of Master Aliddlrhury but one day Jere
miah stumbled. what if this horse
should take notion 10 kick his hind
legs straight up?' said Tobias II
should, no doubt pitch over his head
and break my neck y After that h,
rode behind, till one day, when they
Were going up small hill, he noticed
that under some circumstances he couln
slide off over the horses tail only toe
easily, and then he would not ride nj
all
Once the teacher, complained toLadl
Surprising. They said they felt thu,
their efforts were almost thrown away
their pupil progressed so slowly. Indy
Surprising was very much distressed
and sent for the family doctor
As soon as he received the message,
the doctorpacked his saddlc-bags full of
his biggest pills and powders, which he
kept prepared for his titled customers,
put mp his bliSters and lancets Chamber.
ed into his chaisc, and drove OF 70 the
castle without delay
He examined Tobia, Eliakim thor
oughly, and asked him and his mother
and teachers questions for woholus and
then graycly shook his head. MY dear
madam, " he said "your son is suffer.
ing from one OF the gravest maladics
known to science, and one quite beyond
the reach of medicine. Al can tell
you about II is that il is known 10 the
profession rs 'Congenital Whalir" and
putting up hismcdicincs and blister, and
lanccis, the doctor drove away
As Sir Tim0thywas very much afraid
Of being poisoned by bad air and also
of catching cold, men with all sorts Of
patent venilalors and furnaces to sell
came to the castle every day. the l-o.
ccSsi0n often reaching rs far as the eve
could see, and Sir Timothy had every
one tried, so anxious was he TO secure
ono to his mind
Life in the castle went on very much
as have described till Tobias EliOkim
was sixteen Years old, Sir Timothy
continued 10 try all sorts Of patent ven.
tlla,ors aud furnaces, and ut last man
came all the way from Dhc shore Of the
straits of Sunda and showed him mod.
Ell which be thought 40 perfect that he
ordered furnace and ycnlilaor like Il
TO be IN the castle rs soon as possible.
The first hight il was used the north
wind was blowing At a fearful rate, and
the fire in the new furnace burned 30
Hereby and all the great hcat.ppes
grew 50 hot, that they set on fire the
woodwork Of the partitions they tray
crScd The hall into which the family
rooms opened connected with the castle
by one small doors to be walled up
And this small door was always closed
at night and locket 10y SIX putcnt locks,
lest the servants, or somebody, orsome-
thing, should attack the family in the