The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-21

world. They study thirteen years, in
an ordinary college for five years, then
attend n medical school six years, and
end up with two years in hospital.
Experiments with the electric light
in coal mines, made In Pennsylvania,
have been quite encouraging. 1t is be-
lieved the use of the new light In place
of the miners lamp will reduce tho Ii
ability of mines to fire-damp explosions.
Experiments with an electric tricycle.
in England have been so encouraging
that $50 machines will be built They
are driven by storage battery, carry
two persons and are expected to run at
the rate of six miles an hour on level
ground.
Mrs. Emmelinc Rogers, the "Texas
Cattle Queen" has turned the half GEN.
Jury line, while her recently acquired
husband is twenty-three years her jun
Tor. She has induced him to abandon
the ministry, but permitted him to be
elected TO the Legislature.
Captain Renard, of France, the in
ventor of an alleged navigable balloon,
claims that the problem of aerial navi-
cation is completely solved, and that it
is now only a question OF time and
money. He says that balloon postal
system is as easy as railroad system.
The Oldest church of English Or
igin in this country is in the Isle of
Wight County, Virginia, and it was
built, it is thought, in 1882, and of i'm
ported brick. The thick walls and
tower are still firm, but the windows,
doors, and interior woodwork are
gone.
Adulteration of leather is the latest,
and comes from Germany. 1t Is ac-
complished by soaking the tanned hides
in glucose and drying them, which adds
to their weight and apparent solidity
and increases their value. 1t was de-
tected by soaking the leather in water
for twenty-four hours.
A swarm OF bees have been colonized
in the mummy of an OK that has lain
on the alkali flat, near Dayton, New,
for two years or so, and the interior Of
the carcass is full of honey. The skin
is intact over the whole skeleton, and
is rigid as iron. The bees pass in and
out at the mouth of the animal.
japanese magic mirrors are in the
market. These are made of fine bur-
nished metal, and when lightly breath
ed upon disclose geometrical patterns.
landscapes or faces. Their manufac-
ture is secret, but is believed to con-
sist of welding the pattern in one kind
of steel or iron upon plate of differ
ent kind. One which reproduced
faces, sold at Philadelphia for $40.
A mammoth beehive has been dis
covered in the bosom of the noted
peak commonly called "Old Badly"
situated in San Bernardino County,
California. The bees at work in this
wild mountain hive are almost innu-
merable, and they have in store gi-
gantic mountain of pure honey, which
is estimated to be $50 feet deep and 200
feet wide. and contains more than 500
barrels of the genuine article.
Although wives are often unreasona-
BILE and fault-finding and dissatisfied,
yet they cannot be censured for wish
ing some slight degree of financial in
dependence. Husbands ought to I'M
derstand this feeling, and sympathize
with it. If they will set aside for a
wife certain sum per month, no mat
ter how small, and let it be her very
own, subject to her own wishes, they
will find that in every respect it is the
best investment they ever made.
The number of cross-ties in mile of
railway track varies largely in different
roads. Every tirst-class line has at
least 2,640, or one every two feet, and
some exceed 5000 per mile. Then,
again, there is difference on different
parts of the same road. A tie, to
grade, must present clear surface Of
eight inches and thickness of six
inches. Sometimes ties below grade
are used and the difference balanced
by increased numbers.
Walton, lockmaker, of Brming-
ham, England, has master key which
he claims is capable of opening $4,000
patent lever locks, all the locks to be
diflerent-that is to say, each of the
$4,000 locks may be different in their
wards and combinations. The key
weighs three ounces and is nickel pla-
ted. 1t has taken the inventor three
years to complete the drawings of the
different wards and combinations which
enable this extraordinary product of
human ingenuity to be made.
Rolled gold is made by casting an
ingot of brass, and while this is still
hot pouring upon it thin layer OF
gold alloy. The ingot, when cold, is
forced between steel rollers until q
long, thin ribbon is produced, of which
the proportion of gold and brass is the
same as of the ingot. The percentage
of gold is reduced as low as 2 and 3
per cent. This rolled gold is used in
making cheap bracelets and watch
chains, and costs but little more than
brass. 1t wears from one to ten years.