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THE CAIRO' BULLETIN, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1D08
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Yerterday's Cairo Temperatures
Maximum l0
Minimum '"..;'
At 7 p. m
At 1 midnight (strest record I
71
f.;;
General Conditions.
The day. was generally fair al
though a trace of rain was recorded;
but It was one of the roughest Uys
to many moths' beng characterised
by a ?s!e which rea::b?d a velrp'ty of
48 .mil3 per hour for live minutes ! u r
in? the afternoon. The government
bulletin reported rnin from 13 points,
very little In the upper river valleys.
Extremes of temperature wers 84 at
Shreveport, Charleston and Dodge,
and 38 at Winnemucca and Sa't Lake.
Forecast For Today.
Cairo and vieinty: Showers and
thunderstorms; tnild te nperature-.
Sun and Moon.'
Pun will rise today 4:40 a. m.
Fun will Bet today 7:07 p. m.
Moon will set tonight ... 3:14 a. m.
' Note: The above sun and nron
record la for minors and aoproxl
mates the record at Cairo within a
few minutes.
Washington Forecast.
"Washington. May 11. ILLINOIS
Fair Tuesday and VKlnesday, with
showers and fresh to brisk southwest
winds.
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1 KEWSOFTHE RIVERS
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The river marked 41.C on the Cairo
gauge last evening, showing a rise of
0.8 of a foot la 21 hours.
The Annie Russell pulled out for St.
Louis yesterday morning.
The Cit yof Saltillo from Tennessee
river passed to St. Ixmii.
The Dick Fowler was in port as us
ual yesterday, from and to Paducah.
S;.e will be the Paducah packet today.
The excursion steamer "J. S." is
coming up from Memphis.
The Oakland should be out from
Ixiulsville today or tomorrow with coal
for souihurn ports.
The Ferd llerold will be out from
.t. Louis in the morning bound for
Memphis.
Nothing has been heard for sonu?
tl.no of the Cairo and Cape Girardeau
packet. Was it a "bluff?"
The fine gravel road over which
President Roosevelt drove up from the
wharf boJit on October 3, 1907, at this
point has been out of sight for weeks,
and seems likely to be wiped off thn
map before the present flood goes
down.
The Joe B. Williams Is coming up
from New Orleans with empties. She
passed Memphis Sunday morning.
Some iWar History.
Under the head of "Cairo in 18C4"
elsewhere In this paper appears an in
teresting paragraph regarding Capt
Henry Partee, who was pilot of the
steamer Aurora during engagement
between Federal and Confederate
forces at Kastpoit, on the Tennessee
river, nnd whose heroic conduct dur
in? that engagement was made tho
subject of favorable comment by the
officers In command. Capt. Partee re
mained at the wheel till the Imat was
out of the enemy's lange, although
the brat was In a hall of lead, an am
munition caisson on board was ex
ploded, a steam pipe cut, and the boat
was on Are.
Tarpaulins Unnecessary.
A Galllpolis, Ohio, telegram says:
Ohio river steamboat owners in this
section today received notice of an
important decision of the secretary of
commerce and labor which permits
assent er packets to carry hay and
uti-aw without tarpaulin covering.
Heretofore It was that the law made
H compulsory to use trapaulins for
coverings for hay and straw. The sec
ie:ary's notice states that. the revised
statute of United States marine laws
nr. not violated if tarpaulins are not
Vd.
Yesterday's River' Bulletin.
Flood Stage Chang
Stage 24 hrs
littsbu-g 22 1.1.1 fi.R fali
Tarkersburg ... 30 27.3 1.3 fall
Cincinnati 50 43 9 fl.3 rise
luisvi!Ie 2S 19.6 0.5 rise
Eansvil!e 35 37.3 0.8 rlsr
S't. Vernon ... 35 36.G 1.2 rise
M. Carmel ... 15 24 5 1.0 ris
Kasbrllle 40 19.3 (i.l rise
Chattanooga .. 3.1 12.2 O.fi rise
Gvntersville ... 31 10.1 0.5 rU"
fb.rence 16 6.1 0.2 fall
Rlvertoa 26 10.3 0.6 fail
Joiinsonville ... 21 12." 1.6 fall
Paducah 4!) 33.9 0.8 rise
Ki.nsas Citr ... 21 10.6 0.4 rise
SL Louis 30 20.5 0 8 rise
Ctester ,..,... 30 19 2 0.5 ris?
C. OirardeRu 28 21.1 0.5 ris1
New Madrid ... 34 32.6 ft. 7 rhv
J! -mphii .. 33 23 6 0.8 rie
Vli krbiirg -A3 46.2 0.2 fa?! I
Tew Orleans ,. 16 18.3 0.1 fall j
Yesterday's River Forecasts.
The Ohio ut Evansvtlle, will con
tinue rising during the next 48 hours,
reaching about 38 feet Wednesday. At
Mt. Vernon will contin e-urising until
Thursday, and reach a crest of over
38 feet. At Paducah and Cairo, will
continue risius three or four days. The
water now in night will give Cairo i
stage of between 42 and 4:1 feet.
The Tennessee at Florence, will rise
during the next oil hours. At River
t,wi nnd .lohnsonville. will continue
falling 24 to 30 hours.
The Mississippi from Chester to
Cairo, will continue rising 3(5 to 4S
hours.
The Wabash at Mt. Cannel, will con
tinue ilsing at least three .lays, reach
jug between 25 and 20 feet.
W. E. BARRON.
Temporarily In Charge.
Call up Buchanan's Music Store if
you want your
oiANOS OR ORGANS TUNED OR
REPAIRED. M. R. BRIGHTER,
Resident Tuner, 2b years experience.
All Work Guaranted. Moderate
Charges.
MORE'LIB' LIFTERS
PAY BIG
POLICE PROVE THAT SUNDAY
CLOSING ORDER IS NO JOKE
BAN ON GAMBLING ALSO BIG
CITY DOCKET.
In the city court yesterday, Judge
Ross presiding, a long list of offend
ers were arraigned as a result of Sat
urday's and Sunday's woik by the po
lice. Chief among these were the fel
lows who tried to lift the Sunday
"lid," by selling intoxicants contrary
to law and to specific orders from the
mayor and chief, and there were sev
eral who were accused of gaining.
Four men who gave the names of
W. S. Hoskin, A. J. Jones, Willie An
derson and Wni. Urown were caught
in a back room of Enoch lire ze's
dace on Washington avenue and
Twentieth street Saturday night and
some of the implements were capture I
with them. Sergeant Cowell and Off!
cers Higgle, Carmody, Johnson and
Bradley were in this raid. The offend
ers were fined $20 each and Breeze
was fined $."0 and costs, a total of
$55, on the charge of keeping a gam
ing house.
J. B. Brewer, the druggist on Wash
ington avenue, was fined $13 and costs,
a total of $19.85, for selling liquor on
Sunday. Several bottles sold by him
on that day were taken from men ar
rested for being drunk on the streets.
Arrested by Chief Egan.
Edward J. Maley, who runs a saloon
on Ohio street, south of Fourth street
was arrested by Chief Egan and Offi
cer Casey, for selling liquor In bottles
In a hallway at his place of hisiiiess
on Sunday. He was fined $13 and
costs $17.20 in all, which he paid.
Henry Coldwater also charged with
loitering about a gambling room was
fined $18.20 and given a stay. Arrested
by Officer Casey.
All of these defendants pleaded
guilty.
There were eighteen others arraign
ed for various petty offenses, nearly
all disorderly conduct of some sort.
and fined.
Officer Casey arrested a negro
named Cornelius Davis, wanted ;it
'Hickman, for assault to kill a white
man, taking a shot at him with a pis
tol and wounding him. Sheriff John B.
Evans and Jailer Jackson were here
from Hickman to take the prisoner
home. The latter refused at first to
return without requisition papers but
changed his mind and went on the
evening train. He bad been placed
under $500 bond by Judge Ross.
WE MAKE
SIGNS
THAT ANYONE CAN READ.
MARBLE, THE PAINTER,
220 EIGHTH STREET,
CAIRO, ILL.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
RUSSELL Died at Birds Point
Mo.. Monday, May 11. Ilios. at 12:22
a. m., James Russell, aged 57 years.
Funeral service will be held this
(Tuesday) afternoon at 2:"" o'clock,
at Birds Point church. Remains will
be taken to Jackson. Mo., for Inter
ment. Friends Invited to attend.
(Wickliffe, Ky., papers please copy.
INJURED III
ELEVAIED CRASH
PASSENGERS THROWN FROM
SEATS AND CUT BY GLASS
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE AT
HIGH SPEED.
New York, May 11 Twenty five
persons were injured byai accident
on the Tihrd Avenue eleate, road
tonight. A south fmund train was
discharging passengers at One Hun
dred and Forty-third street when an
other train loiind in the same d'ree
tion whirb',1 around a curve. The
motorman of the second train did not
see the rear coach until he was al
most upon It.
The force of the collision
broke
the windows of the two colliding cars
1 assenge rs were thrown from their
seats to the floor and rt by flying
glass.
It is bUuvtd that the accident was
I
due to the failure of the block g.vB
tern during the rush hour. None of
the victims was considered ta be in a
serious condition tcn'ght.
IHLl FIF1K
MILES All 1J0UR
WAS VELOCITY OF WIND IN
CAIRO YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON FOR FIVE MINUTES
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE.
Women who wore "Merry Widow"
hats and meu who wore "balloon"
trousers ha 1 some difficulty inning
along In the "streets of Cairo' yes
terday afternoon when the wind LL'W
48 miles per hour. Te.iple who did
not wear these things could, if they
were inclined to be rude, find Bonn
entertainment watchi ig tlv.ise who
were thus decorated (or aff icted.)
until a handful of dust or sand or
gravel was suddeuly chucked into
both their eyes, and Jjieu these
amused fellows had some trorbl of
their own.
The wind did cut up most shame
fully in spots. By actual record at
the weather bureau It blew at the
rate of 48 miles pfr hour for Aw
minutes, nnd it varied from that to
25 miles for several hours: it came
from the west, generally speaking,
according to the record; but hundreds
of people will swear that it came
from six different diiei t'.ons ad back
again at the same time no matter
which way you turned it was always
fritlii. If-va lwvt.l tlptit tn I'hlH-k voitr
peepers full of real estate. That it
diil turn about with reckless disregard
for the eternal fitness of things was
testified to in many places by the lit
tle whlrlers that seemed to ris: from
the grat nd spontaneously and spin
along the streets here and there, car
rying things upwards in columns to
the height of 25 feet or more.
The wind had almost a clean sweep
over the block belonging to the Cairo
& Thebes railroad, which has been
filled with sand from the bottom of
the Mississippi river, and there it
seemed to enjoy itself fully as much
as the boys and girls have b.en doing
on their wax home from s?liool. It
took complete possession of tha
premises for the time being and none
of the little folks who have be 'n re
garding it as their own property ven
tured to dispute its claim. It turned
sumersaults, played "skin-the-cat,"
"leap frog," "hop-step-and-jump," and
half a dozen other games never be
fore heard of even by the "oldest In
habitant." It kicked up great masses
of sand and there were those who
expected it would sccop out old
"Lake Edwards" again anyway, that
there would be gullcys and rifts and
high banks and an Irregular topog
raphy generally as a result of this
"rough house" performance of "old
Boreas." But this was not the case.
On the contrary, when the wind sub
tided the C. & T. premises were al
most as smooth as a dancing floor,
nnd the little folks will have more
fun than ever, now that the weather
has settled a bit.
Luckily little damage was done in
the city. Some wires were torn down
and a few trees damaged. Some of
the tin roofs were severely tested
but none gave way, as far as could
be learned.
SURE CURE FOR BABY'S ITCH.
Oil of Wintergreen in External Wash
Produces Remarkable Results
How to Get Prescription.
Is your baby burning up w ith tortur
ing itching Ecema? Is he tearing hi--t
nder skin to shreds vainly trying to
scratch away the terrible agony?
Are you or any member of your fam
ily suffering with an aggravating per
sistent skin disease?
I'se oil of wintergreen mixed witn
thymol, glycerine, etc., In D. D. D.
Prescription. It will give instant re
lief. Oil of wintergreen, this simple
everyday oil cf .wintergreen, mixe I
with other healing herbs and vege
table ingredients, cures the worst
forms of skin disease, and the rem' -dy
is so easy to apply, just an extern
al liquid wash. No drugs or medicine..
just a few drops of the wash applie I
to the itching, burning sols. then in
stant relief. The Instant the oil Is ap
plied the itch Is gone.
To secure the proper results from
tbis sot thing curative remedy, it U
necessary to use oil of wintergreen
compounded with other mild ingre
dients. This compound known as D.
D. I). Prescription, not only relieves
but permanently cures. Just try D. I).
D. Prescription. Try a few drops and
note the relief. We ositively vouch
for the merits cf this remedy. Her
man C. Schuh.
FLEET MEN SEEING FRISCO.
San Franciso, May 11 Th offi
cers and men of the fbet evotd
today chiefly to sight seeing in and
about cities bordering on the bay.
More than a thousand enlisted m-n
were f,hown the city and it! environs
from observation cars.
MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS.
East St. 1-e.nis, III.. Mav 11 Twen
I ty seven families are honied ss as a
(result of a fire that lat todav
'wrecked the plant of th
general I
" ('""",an- The los is $150,
000.
Requires No Press Agent.
Virtue should be its own adTertia
njent .
MUCH BUSINESS
FOR GRAND JURY
CIRCUIT COURT CONVENES FOR
MAY TERM WITH UNUSUALLY
LARGE DOCKETS.
CITY EIEG1I0N FRAUD
To Be Brought to Grand Jury's At
tention By Law and Order League
Today Default Day Di
vorces to Be Heard.
There was not much done in the cir
cuit court jesterday, but Judge But
ler go things started for a busy teun.
A special grand jury was empaunelled
und was busy all of yesterday on the
five homicide cases which have been
recorded since the previous grand
jury. The present grand jury is com
posed as follows:
T. J. Kerth (foreman.) Leon Denl
son, Charles Feucher, James Barrow,
C. C. Terrell, Rufus Flack, A. Glauber,
H. Downing, T. C. Graves, David
Brown,.. W. B. Huette. Albert Brawn
and Dr. C. P. Spann of TTfebes, F. M.
Culley and Herman Bunch of McClure,
F. M. Atherton, Augustus Botto, (Jus
Swoboda, Henry Ilasiit, Bert Redman.
There were many witnesses called
to testify before the grand jury in the
homicide rases. It is understood al
so that some citizens will appear be
fore the jury to give testimony In sonin
a!IPtHl in connection with th
late city election ami asR that tuie
bills be found, or that the matter lie
thoroughly gone into by the jury.
The jury will be in session probably
all of today.
The bailiff's for this term of court
are iV. W. White. James Davidge,
Joseph E. Mueller, Albeit Frost.
-There will be no trial til! tomor
row, when the petit jury is ordered to
report
Today will lie "default day," on
which cases w ill be called and marked
off the docket if the parties do not
appear, or judgments rendered against
them. In this class of cases a number
of divorce applications are recorded
which will be granted
The term is expected to he one of
the longest and most important this
county has had in a long time.
KNOW IT WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known
Hundreds of Cairo Citizens.
to
A familiar burden in every home,
The burden of a "back ache."
A lame, a weak or an aching back
Tells you of kidney ills. ,
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you.
Here is Cairo testimony to prove it:
B F. Wright, 2912 Park Avenue,
Cairo. 111., says: "I take pleasure in
telling the public that Doan's Kid
ney Pills procured at Schuh & Sons
drugstore cured me of kidney and
bladder trouble of several years stand
ing and which other remedies had fail
ed to even relieve. I have every rea
son to know that Doan's Kidney Pills
act as represented and I am glad to
say that I have not had an attack
since using them."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New
Yirk, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Number 146.
License to marry was issued
County Clerk Miller yesterday
by
tj
Louis Thomas, 37, and Florence
Washington. both of Cairo. It
was the 1 Pith license this year.
Will Meet Tonight.
The city council will meet tonight
in second regular session this month.
It is understood the mayor will ap
point his police force tonight. Several
new names have b"on mentioned.
G. A. R. Service.
Warren Stuart Post and the Wo
man's Relief Corps will attend service
;it the Presbyterian church May 21.
Rev. A. S. Buc hanan will deliver a ser
mon appropriate to the occasion.
Belt Tore His Scalp.
A belt broke at the Singer factory
yesterday and struck C. W. Coy. in-
juitjhg him on the head. It struck him
on the forehead and tore bis scab).
Dr. W. C. Clark attended him.
Trees and Glars Damaged.
Several big trees in the upper part
of the city and several big panes of
glass in the Denison Ghols-'n Dry
Goods company's store on lower
Commercial, were r. recked by yes
terday's wind storm.
Real Estate Transfer.
One document calling for a trans-
fer of Cairo real estate was filed for
record yesterday in Circuit Clerk
Davis' office, to-wit: Mary Vincent
to Elizabeth Ross, w d. May 3. 1f''8.
lot 1;, block II. city of Cairo, $r.nn.
Going to Carbondale.
Prof. John Snyder, county school
superintendent, is preparing to go to
i ariM iidale Saturday to attend a
mei ting of the executive comm'ttee
of the Southern Illinois Teachers' n.
soi iatiiiti. nf which b" i-i a nieinb r.
The purpose of the no-ding is to out ,
line a program for the next meeting
of the association.
S
Tr.e Bishop's Christian
Psychology, What it Is.
NO EDDY SCIENTIST
He Differs from the Followers of Mrs.
I "(lily In (but He Does Not Scorn
llie Aid of a Regular Physician
In I'uet Insists Upon a Donor's
Diagnosis.
S'aid orthodox circles in the I'n.t
d States were not a little astounded
by the announcement that Bishop
Mamuei Fallows of the Reformed
Episcopal Church had become a rival
of Mrs. Mary' Baker Glover Eddy.
and set himself up as a "mental
healer" of diseases.
Bishop Fallows, however, differs
from all other advocates of "mental
healing," "faith cures" and the lilc.
He does not scorn the aid of the reg
ular physician. In fact, he insist
that all his patients bring a physi
cian'? diagnosis with them .and in
all his "treatments" he proposes to
have a physician of the recognized
school present.
Neither does he call his new cult
Christian Science. He designates it
ah "Christian psychology." He
does claim, however, that "Christian
psychology" will cure anything that
Is curable by Christian Science meth
ods, which are, he believes, simply
cures by faith on the part of the pa
tient that they will be healed. He
declares that this faith cure Is prac
ticed by all physicians, and he be
lieves it should be practiced in !s
highest form by all earnest Chris
tians. ,
"This is not a new or a sudden
fancy of mine," said the Bishop with
a whimsical mile. "For twelve
years I have been lecturing on physio
logical psychology at the Bennct Epi
leptic College. For the last three
years I have been making a special
study of the relations between men
tality and dlsease.
"I have arrived at the conclusion
that mentality when based up
on a -trust in religion, is a powerful
aid toward the cure of all functional
nervous disorders. t
"I do not go so far as to Fay tnat
all diseases may be cured by mental
suggestion. Organic diseases like
cancer and typhoid fever demand ".lie
services of a skilled physician. But
In every disease the mental attitude
of the patient has much to do with
his condition, and In alt those nf
fectlona of the mind which might ne
classified as functional nervous disor
ders the mental attitude of the pat
ent Is the greatest single Influence."
Th bishop then outlined a few of
the diseases which he believed fce
could cure by Christian Psychology.
1 - included in his list the follow
ing. Hyphochrondria.
Sleeplessness.
Nervous dyspepsia.
Melancholia.
Hysteria.
Drug habits.
Want of self-confidence, irritability,
worry, anger, fear, and weakness of
will.
"The cure of the ?rip, I believe,"
said the Bishop, "can be aided great
ly, and perhaps entirely effected by
the direct Influence of what I my
call strengthened mentality. One of
the chief factors in the potency of
grip Is the mental depression into
which it forces its victims.
It was last Sunday evening that
Bishop Fallows In bis sermon a 1
nounced his purpose to put his be
lief into practice.
But so great was the confidence of
the Bishop that the sick and suf
fering did not wait for the first
Thursday's meeting to receive treat
ment. On Tuesday afternoon the BIship
treated his first patient. A Jani-
to named C. P. J. Esnorff could not
wait until Thursday afternoon nd
sought the Bishop in the vestry
rooms of the church. He was suffer
ing from a disease of the eye and
was anxious for relief. He told the
Bishop that medicine had fulled to
afford him any help.
Esnorff sat down and listened
while the Bishop told him that he nnd
two minds the conseiuos and the
sub-conscious and how they con
tained the force that was to drive tho
sllckness out of his eyes.
He then instructed Esnorff and let
him go. The patient went away de
claring he felt 100 per cent petter
that the Bishop's talk ha 1 effcted a
wonderful improvement.
The Bishop hopes to enlist all the
churches in the country In this
movement. He explained this pur
pose In the sermon in which he first
made his announcement. He said
Christian psychology uses every
curative agency in the world of na
ture as an aid to the powerful influ
ences of suggestion and auto-suggestion
for mental and physical health.
It unites the physician with the cler
gyman in the great work of healing.
It alms to give the physician trained
men and women to ahssist him in
his ministry to the sick and suffering.
"It is along these lines that the
Boston Emmanuel Church movement
has been carried on for more than a
ear by the Rev. Dr. Worcester and
the Rev. Dr. MrComb. The ablest
neurologists of Boston and New Eng
land are heartily cooperating with
th"ni. The remits have been uiosl
encouraging.
Why Pity Him?
Why pity the man who Is letting a
woman make a fool of him? He
happy.
1
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A BAN ON PMRTIKO.
South Dakota I'u-scd An Ordinance
Making It a All.Mleincunor.
The town council of a towu out la
South Dakota turn just passed an or
dinance that makes flirting In publlo
places a misdemeanor and punish
able by a fine. The some ordinance
also prohibits "young people from
loitering on the steps of churches or
other public buildings, or in the
doorway of any store for the pur
pose of tnkiws anil eating candy and
peanut!1."
The nilsdeiiicuncrs. or crimes,
named in this law bivm to need a
lot of overhauling in the way of
official ilcliiuiiiiua befure any satis
factory enlorcL'Lieut will be possible,
taya u writer in the providence Jour
nal. "Flirting" is a broad term, and
uo one has ever yet succeeded In
defining it exactly. To the fancy of
the hoi polloi it consists principally
of waving a handkerchief or making
oogle eyes at members of the oppo
bite sex.
In higher circles, however, flirta
tion la generally regarded as a very
suutle procedure, a niatter to be un
dertaken In some quiet corner like
a conservatory, just as they do it In
thi lovely novels by Mr. It. W. Cham
bers. If carried on In the street or
any other public place the process
would be so extremely subtle that
no one but a member of the elect.
with a subtle understanding of such
things, could see through it. The
ordinary policeman might tseo a
high-bred flirtation going on full tilt
not more than four feet from his
nose, and he would never know that
th. law was being flagrantly violated.
According to the highest English
authority a flirt Is "a flighty female,
a pert, giddy girl, a coquette," And
flirtation is "the desire of attracting
the notice and admiration of men."
Our own highly esteemed Mr. Web
ter agrees with this definition by de
claring a dirt to be "a young girl
who acts with giddiness, or plays at
courtship."
Thus wo learn on the best of au
thority that flirtation Is altogether a
niatter of feminine practice. Accord
ing to the leadlug dictionaries men
never flirt, and the natural presum
ption it that they are Incapable 01 it.
So It would appear that men are ex
empt from the operation of this new
South Dakota ordinance, and the po
licemen of that town will do well to
btur the fact In mind. In other re
spects they seem to bo up against a
perplexing problem. If a flirt is a
joung girl who "plays at courtship,"
how is anyone to tell? It frequently
stumps the young man most inter
ested to determine whether the young
girl in the case is merely playing at
courtship or really means business,
so how can a disinterested police
man diagnose the gyrations of her
emotional wheels and say with, any
certainty that they are either frivo
lous or serious?
Cot and Bath Combined.
The" United States is regarded as
the leader in the matter of inven
tions, but occasionally we get some
very striking novelties from the
countries over the sea. The one
shown herewith comes from Eng
land. It is called the bahfkot, be
ep use it combines the nursery tied
and bath. It Is designed especially
INGENIOUS NURSERY DEVICE.
to meet the demandB of the summer
time, when It Is desired to take the
baby to the country or shore with
out all the paraphernalia of the nur
rcry. When not In use It packs In a
fiat package, and It is made of a
convenient height, so that there Is
not the backache which mother or
nurse finds Incidental to the ordinary
method of bathing an InfanL
Three Hints Worth Trying.
An easy way to make a rosette of
baby ribbon Is to wind the ribbon
tiround the four fingers. Then slip it
off and wind very fine wire or a
thread around It In the middle. Pull
the loops Into place and you have
a rosette such as a milliner makes.
To make baby ome cheap bands,
take the best part of soft old woolen
underwear. Cut two pieces 7x8.
Btltch sides together with embroidery
silk. Use two strips 4 Inches long
for shoulder straps. This will make
as good an article as usually costs
75 cents.
Instead of tacking the oilcloth on
the kitchen table paste H on with a
good flour paste. Let the oilcloth
come over the aides, and paste un
derneath. Troublesome Sleeven.
If a narrow tape Is run In the bot
torn of your kimono gowns In ths
sleeves they may be tied in a bow
and kept out of the ay when on
Is working about the bouse.
He Will Not Get Mad.
Don't wait, for an Introduction to a
man if you have reason to give him
praise.
KI KB"
War Slays Its Thousands,
Peace Ten Thousands.
COAL MINU DISASTERS
The Country' Has Pcen I'urtlciilii-iv
Shocked by Them Hecei tly F lr
IlapiK-ucd With.iu u Period of a Few
Weeks, In Which .'to Lives Were
Lost.
War slays is thousanls an! peace
its ten thousands. For -the ytar
1906 the Interstate (Commerce Com
mission reported the number of rail
way accidents in the United State., jj
108 324 a total greater than all ; i
casualties of the Boer War, wh. .1
lasted three years. The records . (
the Public Service Commission sh.j :
that 165 people were killed by stre i
cars, elevated, steam and sub
trains in New York City in the th..
months ending November 30th, 19
and that 500 more were seriously in
jured These figures have attract I
niuc'i attention but they do not pr 1
trat the rallioals are sinners ah'j t
all the Industrial agencies 01 ti
country; on the contrary, there .11 'j
many more accident In factorial r. 1
In the building trades U an on tin
radrc ads, but t:ie)r vast total is n I
appreciated because it Is tha duty vl
the statistician to reiord them accu
rately. Only one State, New Vor i
hat male any serious atte.upt to
gather accurate figures relating to
the loss of life by industrial a'vi
dents. On the oasis of a repoit .l
the romuil s oiier of labor, made 1
number of years iro, ;t in computed
that the industrlil arellent rat 'n
t.e fnrtnries of New York Stit i
reaches the appalling flgui"s of 4 1
to 1,000, and that more thr 232,0 M
lactory employes (,te k.lb'tor injur"!
every year In the Untied 'states. Min
ing and railway tasiifcltlVs bring rhj.
total of slaughter, mut'Jatlon, an I
other Injuries up io more than 524 -000
cases annual'y -a record whl"h
mnkes that of uny twelvemonth '3
the M iory of war pale into lni's
nlflcance. The ertlie losses, In kill
ed and wounded In the Russo-Japanese
War were 33,786.
The country has bpen particular!)
shocked of late b the succession n
coal mine disasters Four within a
period of a few weeks in whil
about seven hundred .Ives were lost;
and the recent exnctlon of this droil
ful d' ath-toll lends speclnl In
tereat to the report on coal-mlrte .n
cldents which l as Just been Issue! It)
the Unite! State's Geological Survey
This states that In the year ISO I
nearly seven thousand men were kill
ed or injured In the coal mines ol
the United Stales, and that tho mm,
ber of mine explosions has been
Bteadily increasing. This lncreas'
1j s-.id to be due in part to the 1-
of properly enforcible safety reguta
tlotiB, which are Insisted upon In Eu
ropean countries, particularly tr
France, where the accident death-rat 1 f
anion? coal-miners, Is less than on'
to every tt.ousaud emplo.ved; th 1
American ratio is 3 1-2 to 1,000, !
ing three and o.ne-half times that -i
Belgium and higher than that of eith
or Prussia or Great Britain. Or
of the devices employed in Oerino 1
nines for the rescue of miners caur !
In suffocating gOBes consists of :i1
air-tight mask fitting over eyes, mo,
and mouth and connected by tubet
with reservoirs of oxygen.
The amelioration of the horrors 01
peace should be regarded as equad
Important with the amelioration ol
the horrors of war. Some foretjt
philanthropists view it in this llgut
and not only have they Induced em
ployers and the governments of thi't
respective countries to take actlii
resulting in the installation of pro
tective devices of many sorts, bl
they have established several m ii.
eums In which the mos tlmproved i
these devices are kept on exhibition
for the benefit of employers an (
work people. A slm.lar work b"i
been undertaken in this country oy
the American Museum of Safety De
vices and Industrial Hygiene, whl:h
maintains a permanent free exhibi
tion at No. 231 West Thlrty-nlnt;i
Street, New York, w here the mana?
nient Is demonstrating to employer!
the economy to say nothing of ihl
higher considerations of insurbiil
the safety of their work-people.
lYoductlon of Gold.
The production of gold In the Unit
ed States during 1906 was $94,373,
800. as against $88,180,700 fof
1905. a gain In 1906 of $6,193,100.
The principal gain was In Alaska
which amounted to $6,439,500.
Nevada's gain In gold was $3,919.
500; Oregon's, $75,200; Arizona's.
$55,800. The greatest less in gol 1
production by any State was in Colo
raao, where there was a decrease of
$2,766,700.
The l-.orisn stock exchange n
tacked by a dynamite bomb is 6tar.'l
to have been located In the anclni
temple of Neptune. In this counfv
our stock operators do not ha'e ir
seek the aid of Neptune. They -can
furnish all the water they want them
selves.
Mnrhiictt Densely PopnlMed.
Massarhusytts Is the most densely
populated State of the Union, having
about 350 Inhabitants per squads
mile.
Toads In Hibernation.
Toads become torpid In winter and
hide themselves, taking no food for
five or six months.