The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-18

superlative degree the ruling trait Of the
quadruped quartered between an ass
and a mare, commonly called mule,
as is amply proven by the steadiness and
persistency with which they pursue given
purpose), and that its object is not to solve
the important problem which has puzzled
the best iutcllects of philosophers, newspa-
per reporters, detectives and sewing circles
of several ages, but to save their beloved
city from the ravages of contagious dis
eases which are prevailing to an alarming
extent opposite there in Kentucky. Aud IN
this purpose lies the jury's great virtue. AS
a thorough nfectant, 50 that no other dis
ease, however death dealing and virulent,
can gain a foot-hold within fifty miles of it,
this jury beats yellow fever, clear out of
time In this respect it comes nearer being
holy terror than anything we have ever
seen, aud Mound Cityites should see that
they are not deprived ot the thing until all
danger Of becoming infected with other
diseases shall have passed.
"A New York entomOlgist announces
that the sparrows will not eat the hairy
caterpillar, which is the worst of all the
park pests. He further says that no bird
within his knowledge has sand enough in
Its craw to devour and digest the hairy cat
erpillar. The sparrow gets credit for de-
stroying the smaller aud more tender
worms and keeping the trees fairly clear of
them but the worst worm of all they allow
to fat,en on the trees, spin their cOcoons,
and sport as gay and festive moths One
OF these caterpillars will eat ten times its
weight in leaves before it reaches its
| growth, and a single family Of them can
strip tree. 1t is suggested that small boys
who are fond of climbing be engaged to 20
to war with the long-haired caterpillars,
There are thousand of idle hoys, and ia
this employment of killing caterpilars they
would combine business with pleasure.
The honorable gentleman who "secur.
ed" the passage of the $4,000 Mound City
appropriation bill in the "Dirty-third" His,
legislature, by the expenditure of $3.50 of
good lawful money, and who was reimburs-
ed for this expenditure by the city council
of Mound City at late meeting, did, we
understand, graciously condescend to give
the name of one honorable member of the
lower house of the Legislature for whose
vote and influence he had paid the sum of
$500. But this honorable member, being
told of the revelation, shed tears copiously
like child, and vehemently pronounced
the allegation an infamous fabrication and
the alligator base liar Now what is the
alligator gong to do about in Will he
open his nav aud send forth mass OF &C.
who thus dares to cast reflections upon his
reputation for truth and veracity, or will he
close his jaws Gown tight upon the lie bur
led 80 encrgetically into his teeth and swai-
low it with an effort and horrible GRIM
acct We pause TOR further developments
But, by the way, what became of the other
S650l Why did the honorable gentleman
not make clean breast of the whole dis
graceful AFFAIR." Why did he give the name
of only one Of those whose votes and infu-
ence in favor Of an appropriation of the
peoples money he had to purchased Why
did he account for only $500, when he ask
ed for and received $950l This transaction
may have been as straight o transaction as
any other transaction ever was. A senator
may buy Legislative influence to secure the
passage of an appropriation for his consti
tuents, just as the head of q family may
take a basket full of money and 90 to the
market for tin cup full
of early vegetables, the only difference
being that in the one case the commodity is
manhood and honor and honesty and the
public interest, and in the other it is SIM
ply csbbages and things. But about this
Mound City transaction there is something
mysterious, and mystery in a matter OF that
kind always affords a reasonable ground
for suspicion Of crookedness, The honora-
begentleman who secured the passage of the
Mound City appropriation bill for $3.50 has
accounted for 5000 of this money (though
very unsatisfactory in view of the en-
phatic denial of the other party to the
transacton); but unless be will now clear
away all the mystery connected with the
little transaction, unless he will tell to
whom and for what he paid the remaining
$780, some people will be under the pain
full necessity of believing that this latter
sum Was appropriated by the honorable
gentleman himself. Let US have a full ex-
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