The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-17
FACTS IN FEW LINES


A motor driver was fined $115 in the
town of East Wolseiey, England, the
other day for passing cart ON the
wrong side.
The population Of the United King
dom according 10 census Just taken,
81 48219778, England and Wales had
81. 152,977. Scotland 46T6,G03 and Ire
land 4,39O.20S.
Wadsworth, New, once a lively rail
road town Of 1000 population, but now
collection of deserted shanties, Is
overrun by thousands of wildcats. the
descendants Of 200 or 800 abandoned
house cats.
Shipping and keeping grapes in cork
dust is quite an industry in some Of the
European grape districts. A considera-
BILE quantity of such grapes shipped
from Spain is annually consumed in the
United States.
The kaiser receives S3,295000 year
as King of Prussia, but nothing as en-
peror of Germany. The king Of Bava-
ria receives 81. $4,000 n year. the king
Of saxony $4,000 and the grand duke
of Baden $4,000.
The worlds diamond production
summed mp shows that India has pro-
duced 100000 carats; Brazil, 12000.-
600: Africa, 5L0o0,000 All the dia-
monds in the world uncut would have
a value Of S5400000o0.
The greatest depth to which sub
marine boat is known to have descend.
cd under full control and without IN
iIny is 1873 feet That record was ma.le
in experiments in Europe by q vessel
designed by the American inventor,
Simon Lake
The owner of variety store in Fall
River, Mass. kept five cats about the
place and boaSted that no dog dared
enter his shop. All went well until one
| day recently a bulldog walked into the
store and between him and the cats
the place was pretty well done up.
Hancock county Me. loses building
Of much historic interest In the old
| town hall OF Castine, which was re-
Gently demolished. II is not known just
when it was built, but 1t was used as 4
courthouse as long ago as 1880, and il
was also the first place of religious
worship in the town.
Loren Miller of Grantham, n. H.. has
succeeded in capturing alive wildcat
Young Miller had a trap set for coon or
| mink and caught the cat which weighs
| twenty pounds 1t took several men
/ Il haI tbn mir "a
| from the trap TO Millers home where
! it Is now confined in a heavy wire cage
| Augustin Poole. veteran trainer
| who fought in the Crmea in lS1i-56
I was thrown into "A burial trench while
| wounded after the battle of Tchernaya,
| but made Il slight movement that was
noticed and was pulled ont again. died
in England the other day He lived
just fifty years after his first funeral
A recent candidate for parliament in
| England wrote an address 30 the elect
ors of the town he wished TO represent
| and a love letter to his best girl. He
put the two etlusions into the wrong
envelopes. The printer was quite sur
prised al receiving an order TO print
10000 copies OF The love letter ia cir
cnlar form
! Eumford Falls {Aiel man who has
! lately had n telephone placed in his
house 10 save him steps and bring his
home closer TO his place of business ran
all the way home one night in the face
of gale 10 learn if ii was his dwelling
40 nd
didn't think of the telephone until his
wife asked him why he hadn't called
her over the wire before he began his
hard jaunt.
s. T. DodSon, Il farmer OF South
Canadian valley, in oklahoma, named
his ten children after rs many states
of the Union. His six daughters are
named Virginia, Carolina Georgia,
Florida, Idaho and Jersey. The bod
son boys are named Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee aud Texas. The ten bod.
son children, II is said. always appear
in public wearing some rod, white and
blue bunting
Mrs Sarah Noble. a widow Of Gin.
cinnat. feeds 1,Oon cauaries in her lux
urious home in that city. During ono
OF her trips abroad many years Dgo she
purchased and brought here the auccS.
TORS Of these birds AZ cost or $1,000.
They live in seventy large cages. 1t
costs Mrs Noble SGi a year to feed hcr
birds. and the most expensive heating
aud ventilating arrangements obiaina
bic are provided for them
Mr. Seddon. the premier Of Now Ica-
land. announced In speech recently
that Japanese would not he allowed to
come To New Zealand and that the col.
oDv would refuse to he dictated 10 in
the matter This is in reference to a
circular from the British colonial Office
addressed 10 the c0lonists and demand
ing the repeal Of laws that are repug-
nant 10 the feelings Of nations with
which Great Britain is at peace.
Governor Joseph X Toolc Of Monta-
ma recently appointed S J. y. McDer-
mott of Helena as state coal mine I'm.
snector for . term Of four years. This
IA regarded as one Of tho hest positions
~ thc disposition ~ The governor. pay
ing salary OF s2poo a ycar and $3.50
for expenses For four wears Ncper