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TIIE CAIRO BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 190S
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bul
letin printed dally and Sunday
during the year 1907 2116
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bul
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of May 190S 208
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correct statement
of the circulation of the Cairo tulle
tin for the year 1907 and for the
month of May lo$.
CLYDE Sl'LUVA.V,
Busiuess Manager.
Subscribed and Evvoru to before me
this firet day of June 1908.
IJ1C, J. KI.KR.
Notary Public.
The Bulletin la on sale at the follow
ing places:
Coleman's 214 Eighth Street.
Halliday House Newsstand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
ANOUNCEMfcNTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
H. W. PROCTOR, of Benton, III.,
authorizes his announcement ,as a
Democratic candidate for Reyresenta
the iu the Fiftieth Sanatoria. DJs
trtct, at the primary election to le
held Saturday, Aug. 8, 1908.
FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY.
FRANK M. MOORE, of Cairo
ctitlsnrir.ra the announcement of hi;:
candidacy for the Republican noiui
nation for the office of States Attoi
ney fit the primnry election to b.- hell
SaUi.iay, AueuHt 8.
CKLY A SCAR JSC RO'W.
Reports from Chicago are that tin
Taft men fear nothing now but a
Stampede to Roosevelt led by the
friends of candidates who have been
trampled on by the Taft juggernaut
says the Centralis Democrat. This
is quite impossible, and we do
not believe - the Taft . people are in
earnest when they expiess. this fear.
Vpou the assurance of Roosevelt that
he would "stand pat'' Secretary Taft';;
brother has invested upwards of a
million dollar in securing delegates
"for Taft. These delegates have, either
directly or indirectly, been bought and
paid for. Those who have not been
Becnred by the actual use of money
bavi been influenced by patronage,
either promises of jobs in future oi
the coercion of men holding office
The brazenness of this HysU-ni is
shown in the case of Frank II. Hitch
cock, ho is now driving the Taft
juggeranut. Last fall while Roosevelt
xvas on his vacation a plan was fixed
up to make George 15. Cortelyoti a can
didate for president and Hitchcock wa
given charge of the work. When
Roosevelt got back on the job, he
threatened both Cortelyoii and Hitch
cock "with' decapitation 11 they did not
come into line for 1 art. I liev sur
rendered and Hitchcock was placed i i
charge of Tarts campaign, it leu
been thim all the way down the list.'.
f fit bout Teddy's big stick and Rrotlu :
Charley's check book, Taft would not
have been able to even start in the
race. If Roosevelt should desert Tat;
at this stage of tbe game, lie an I
Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold
would be triplets.
The delegates have not only b.-en
bought and paid for, they have been
wrapped up and delivered. All that
Is necessary for the Taft managers to
do is to open the packages and check
up the invoices.
Not only the Taft money is in the
wav of a Roosevelt stampede, but alto
the money of Wall street. The Wal
street magnates have flocked to Taf
rather than lisk Roosevelt, and they
are not going to take a chance on let
tine the convention get away from
them. The delegates from New York
Pennsylvania. Illinois ami Indiana
will never lead a stami-de to Roose
nelt, for if they did, Papa Wall.Ktree
would disinherit the whole bunch.
' The Roosevelt talk is now, as it has
cter been, only a scarecrow to fright
en tb money Interests into support of
Taft. If they had not been afraid of
Teddv they would have wiped Taft
off the map with little trouble.
UNFTTERF.D ELOQUENCE.
3V pause to ask why a JLOuS.SQl,-
894. ,17 congress should be so purei
nioiiioim as to limit the "leave U
print" in the Congressional Record to
a paltry and Insufficient , live days.
Not a half of the chol;ed and stilled
utterance!! of the kcssIoii can be cram
med Into the Conirres.sional ll or.I a
live dav cunacltr. And when wo think
on the wondrous, Jest iny-ilotitro In;;
and fate- defying thoughts and Pleas
that will be .spruiiK on the public or
SO luucft or It. as gams access to in
Cont'.res.sional ltecoi il in those tiv
days we weep at the further thought
of what must be omitted. What John
Sharp Williams thinks on the cur
rency question Itutls place. We feel
that there must be others in congress
whose ideas on the currency question
are as valuable as those of John Sharp
Williams. It could hardly be other
wise. "WJiat Congressman SmSilh of
Missouri feels re ii a nihil? the demands
of labor must find echo or elaboration
in complementary congressional minds.
Phe Conrcssioiiul cKcord tells us that
there was "applause on the I h-moeratie
side," never heard this great speech
on the demands of labor, to be sine,
but doubtless the applause is more
sincere for that. I,et it be granted
that the applause Is general. Incident
ally, why not, next: time, inaugurate a
new system? Let the "leave i.i prim"
be extended Indefinitely throu'-'Ji the
dull summer season - and assess the
cost, of these extra issues upon tie;
glorious contributors, in ;ust proper
l ion. Boston Advet t:Sr.
TODAY i!i HISTORY
June 17. j
I 7 :l John Wesley, ' .un ier cf MetU-;
o.lism boi'ii iu L'lovorth, Kiisli-i.d ,
lied in Io:i.;oa. March 2, i;pl.l
17 I." I.ouisbori t, X. S , takra by t. e
Britsh from t.e Frucb. j
177a I artle cf Bunker Hill.
179:1 City of Archangel, northern'
Russia nearly uietroyed by tii'
IS52 William Kiag. first goverucr t-t
Maine, died in Ball:. Born feu ;
9, 1 70S. j
1861! General Lewis Cass, soldier mi I
statesman, died in IKtioit
Horn in Exeter, N". H., Oc. 9,'
17S2.
1877 John S. C. Abbott, popular hi '.
torian, died in Kairhaxeii, Conn.
Horn In I'.runiiwii k, Me., Sept.
IS, IN 13.
189S Sir Kdward r.urne-.lomv, Ko
lish painter, died. Horn in IS!::.
190:!-lf.'giua, Sa,katchew an. Incor
porated as a city.
Biography.
Ebeu Summer Draper, lieutenant
gi.vii'uuc-of AktsiathuM(ti iiuJ ro
ibly the next governor of that Mate,
was born In Hope, late. Muss,, Join
17. 1R3S. Alter pia.luatin? from the
Ifftssachusetts Institute of Techno;
ogy he entered the great cotton nianii
':ctiiiing linn of which bis father was
the head. For a number of Mar.; Mi.
Draper has teen c-ne of the leaders
of the Republican party in Massa
chusetts. He was chairman of the He
publican state committee in ISO.', and
.haii'inan of the Masaidnsetts dele
gation to the national convention at
-t. Louis in iv'n;. where he had a
urotnlneiit part in securing the strong
leclaralion of the platform in favor
if the gold standard. He Was chair-
nan of the Massachusetts commission
the Nashville Imposition In IV'T.
m.l was elected in isa7 as a MoMu-
lov and Roosevelt elector fi'oiil t.c
Kleveutit Massachusetts district.
CAIRO IN 1865.
..(From the Cairo Daily Democrat,:
published by the Cairo Democrrt Co.;
John H. Oberlv was senior edito., and
Ed S. Trover, local editor.) i
The Democrat of October "1st ga.e
pilte a lot of Interesting Information
about the R-,ugh and Ready Fire Coin
.any. ilI tb:.t time, a crack volunteer
onipar.y In Isiil, eight meiiiber ef
'he Arabs withdrew, aiol ormmized
the Rorghs, with u membeiship of -pi. i
Win. h. Dibble, b' iug pr -sidnt. The i
imiiifi'ay at time bought the riitiii" j
l)-i;g." and hi;:;e cart, at Nadni'l" I
for $St",i. the city having cciitril-ut- d '
i'm in scrip wh'c'.i was t-c' ; f:r '.'!'.'
In 1 SOS. the ' O'.w ' a.- i urdus.-.!,
ilso at Nashville. f.,r J.y i'.i" f:eigl... '
and other expenses a:n.'it:ti". to JJCO. j
The t it. yappropnaled ?3"i ;r.t re i:i '
scrip, which was soi l ii r $('. . Oa
Inly 4th. lSil.V the con.pur-y i:u:e a
ictiic Irotii wliU li it re?,, i.v .1 ?.:..,. :
gross receipts haviaa an.tiu.t?! t. ,
. Th.-;. i'inviius'! tv. ': lets in n
"ilia Ri.U-c crricH-jrv. oi.- fcr r.irtrrle I
mi mbcrs, and the otber for unna.i iee
.liomb" rs. 1
i
General John A. Logan was in town
Oct. 17th. He was Kerena.i-d and
nude a speech.
Mr. Martin Fgan who took a c iisas
of Alexander County for 1st'."., reported
the number of white males to bo f,:'.:'T.
White females r,IV!
Total . .
Total No. male negroes.
Female negroes
.11 8i :
14. '7
14117
L'lit
Total population county.
.11,711
No. of white schools in county..
No. pupils attending
No. negro schools
No. pupils attending
loi
The Bulletin has the largest cli-cu-latlon
and tbs beet circulation.
I LEGAL DECISIONS
ia inuui 4
Action Againr-t Husband By Wife
The repoit of th" case of Copp v. I'upp
Uo Atlantic Ri'iioiter, -tr,S, decided by
the Supreme Judicial Court i f Maine,
discloses an atteiit on the pait of a
J wile to collect from her liiisband on
a claim tor labor as cook in ins log
f.ilK ciiinp. Pmiiilift' a'.s.t sought t
establish a lien on certain los;s. The
court held that no judgment i ouM
be obtained by a wife atfa'iist her lu:s
band. and sustained a demurrer to
the declaration.
Compelling Answers to Questions
of Interstate Commerce Commission
-In the interrogation of Mr. lltrri
liian duriiu an investigation by the
Commerce Commission, be refused to
answer the questions asKe.i nun con
cerning his operations. In Interstate
Conihieice Commission v. Hairiinati
et al.. l."7. Federal Repoiter. 4:12, it
was contended that congress had no
power to make such investigation or
to delegate an;- such power to the
commission. Tne Cnlted States Cir
cuit Court held that respondents
should be compelled to answer the
questions propounded. , sa ing: "No
person or comply can eiiwaso in any
corimercial occupation without capi
tal, ar.1 the management and invest
ment thereof is as much a commer
cial !n.struTii"itaUty as is a locomotive
or an engineer, and that the power
of eongrfss extends over ail instru
nvnM'ities rf commerce is no lom.'er
doubtful. To m. it s.-ems dear that
fnancial rerul.itlrn if corporations
i', in into!
lien of tw
its a.-...;'
ft-itr
ii:i'-rc.
rce bv
is a
IVgH-
.uta'-
u: iii-tru
KANSAS ENDEAVORS.
Coffey x lile.
1 'nisi. is! ie .-in
. .bine
Clui.-ii
1'
An
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i.v of
F.'.i
i:id
ilea or
w;i!l re
-s has invadi
iiaia in pe;-s
the next two
ill.' t i ,-nt tir
1 ( iitj" -.iu
moii' of lie
dav.-?. Th.
t annual c
c city durii!-'
oi a- ii'ii i
on vent ion el'
An attractive
i and v ei".'
ta.
.:i
state hit animation.
;ra'n li.is be.-u arranp
iu iii at ion points to one
of the mo-;
the l.'ilid e.' l'
successful convention of
!i. i.l in Kansas.
ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK
Dayton. Ohio. June Id. Wesl bound
Baltimore and Ohio pasf-.-nger train
Xo. lo7 from Columbus svas wrecked
by spreading rails near Madison Mill
tonight. Kngineer Joe Floyd, of New
ark. Ohio, was killed and Fireman
I b ei ge Kuniger. of Newark, ve: ions! '
injure, I. Tin- pas ;eie'. rs all escaped
serious injury.
TAFT IS LEFT CUT.
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nicac.o. ill., .inn"
i;.
I th
dale
i:
,.ii!,,iaii preside:. Lai c
eept William, li- Taft h
i'.',l in tin' banquet to
tin- licthel A. M. K chur.
tie negro delegates to
Ri publican convention,
b is been aranced b the
in
,,,e I,.'.
b" civ
li totiig
n i.i
a tt
it lor
Hi"' national
The affair
Cob-red Sole:
1 Mi.
tion.
: ippi. anli Tatf organi.a
TEXAS PHARMACISTS.
Lalvo ton. Tvk-is. June it;.
wa a large :,;i, r, on -m :ii:h :'. e
alli-n le. 1. iy al tie- i l .'111114 of t!
t ainHi animal convention
-Th.
of the
social ion.
various
biisin.-:.'.
y .1 u I Lie
.ram a!:. .
.... 1'iia: macell! ical
!';ii"':-s and .li.-cu.-.sioas
.pi :.t ions reiat iug to t
will l."'P the diH'ists
! !:e et three .lavs. Til"'
provides elite! 1 iiilinO'llt ,
l.tc
,r.
FREIGHT AGENTS MEET.
Toledo
O .
June 1 -
, llllil'i'll'l
!' lelli' llt
lil sy-i.
l-'reiiJit claiin-
last-ill' aiioti
ireight, the r
cr
oi shipi
spun sibi'it v
of forsvai'l
topics ;ire
th" atlliU'll
iu A-'si.oia
in:: aneiits
,'at..l for
l i -ll "'lit ioll
lid mat-.y "th'
lisi'tission at
,f the Alneri-
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t ii ii.-
t-.,.-e
.f Loi a! F.
wl'i.-h be;-,
to-lav.
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W'SCOMSIN G. A. R.
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g.ji' its annual buse
ui'. l hall today, while
id si:m:'.tan'.'oiisl bv
1 other Mixiliary or
city i f:!-.. d with the
friend, fiom a'l
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titles v.i re h'
W. R. v'. an
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OWLS AT KNOXVILLE.
Know ill". Te,,n , .Inn. '.; - The Or
ib r of Owl:;, a trat.-inal ui l'aniat ion
Which 1,
iii.-.' i
is li.iblir
this city.
1..-.I1 i-l-
cei.ie ll'
,i I euiat I. abb growth
isiioii ti ki years a.'o.
national convention in
.rat, 4-nl erl :ii;iineiit h i
oi ,-ai
its
Hiab.
pai.d
for Hie ,1" legates, who
lead
(lions of the eollli
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Winiiip. ;;, Ma. i.. June 1'.. A join!
svnod anl Sunday school coiif.'t'eli'
of the diorce of Rupert s Laud open
cd ill this Oty today with a good at
it. in lam e of deb-gates. i lie opening
.was nrecebd bv a quit t hour seivic
ifor the ( I.'I'lv. conducted in St. John's
jcaiht.lral by Rev Theadore St-dwicl-
of 1st. 1'aul. Minn.
Life More Than a Treadmill.
Life ought not to be a treadmill,
and when it appears to be such there
la 3kMj:1ilu w.ong.
lt)UCK DO(iS AT WOltK.
A faMiial Lucounter of m.nu and
Nogl on Duty in HcooLly n.
A night worker on his way home
In the Prospect Park section at an
early morning hour recently saw a
dog with a Jingling tag fastened to
It neck come running along the op
posite side of the street. The do
ran up to the front door of a house,
sniffed and was down off the porch
ana around' to the rear like a (lash.
Judging from the unusual conduct
of dogs the llrut thought was that this
one was either Benrching for his
home or looking hungrily for a stray
bone.
At the next house the same per
formance was repeat. Al with equal
thoroughness. A little further down
the street a man swung the gate
open and entered the yard about the
same time the dog arrived. The dog
followed him up the steps, waited
until he took out his kev and let
himself In, then, satisfied, went on
about its business.
The man who had forgotten, just
at the moment that the policing of
the city Is now being done by im
proved methods, was at a loss to ac
count for the dog's performance be
ing repeated at every house until he
saw the animal run out into the mid
tile of the street and si.itT at a daik
object lying there. The dog circled
around the object several times and
then darted off at top speed.
In a short time' it returned, fol
lowed by another dog. Not far be
hind the second animal was a police
man who had been trying to keep
pace with the dog. Under the po
liceman's prodding the object moved
and proved to be a man who got up
and walked off uncertainly down the
fctreet.
Then the dog that brought, assist
ance to the intoxicated man ran on
in one direction and the policeman
and the other dog went the opposite
way. It was Dona and Nogi, two
of the police dogs doing their duty
fftlthfully and without any fuss.
New York Sun.
A Tall l-'Uh Story.
"Speaking about showers cf fish."
uuSd the Poh-:uu -looking faker from
h:.; s-eat on tho starch box. "reminds
I.i... of lae time we were marooned on
;.-i Ishniu In the blue Pacific. For
t .o long hours there was a shower
of fiedb mackerel, and strange to
say, they all dropped Into a salt lake
on tiie mountain side. That brined
them."
"Whew!'' the eld codgers chorus
ed In "nlson.
"Hut that's not the strangest part
of the story. Ten days later a cy
clone came along, picked up the
Lrined mackerel "lid dropped them
into a Lotpriuet. That boiled them,
and, gentlemen, they were the finest
bulled mackerel you ever tasted. I
ti otiirht about sending tome bolne to
the folks, but "
Ther.. wa;; a sudden interruption
and six strong men took the. nature
fiker outride and ducked biui in the
horse trough. Chicago News.
Clack and Wb'te and Scotch.
Mrs. Blank, wife of a prominent
minister near Boston, had in her em
ploy a recently engaged colored cook
as black as the proverbial ace of
spades. One day Mrs. Blank raid
to her:
"Matilda, I wish that ym. would
have oatmeal quite often for break
fast. My husband is very fond of
it. He is Scotch, ana you know that
the Scotch eat a great deal of cat
meal." "Oh, he's Scotch, Is he?" said Ma
tilda. "Well, now, do you knew,
I was tliin kin" all along.dat he wasn't
d"s like us." Woman's Home Coiu-
; anion.
Baker's Dozen.
There used to be In various coun
tries heavy penalties for short weight
In bak'-is" foods, and the bakers, in
order to avoid ail ri.-k of inem-riir' the
fine, iis-e.j to give a surplus number of
lo.t'.es n for a d-z. n.-New York
Auiei i.-un.
Perseverance Essential.
Tle-re Is a certain point of pro
ficiency at which an acquisition begins
to be of u-e, mid Ulile.-.s vv. bave the
C'.neand resolution necessary to reach
da! oinf. our labor i a- o.n; letely
throw n Mwav as il.at of a mechanic
vvl'o b. ,r:,n to make an engine but
never finished it. I'. G. I!a:..cj"un.
Ceylonese Land Leeche3.
Land leeches are plentiful in Cey
lon. 1 hese blooiisiicker-, hang Oil
buhes and trees and lurk i:j the grass.
The only way to get them olT one's
body Is to squeez.. a few (boos of lem
on on tlit lit. Then they fall to the
ground.
A Labor Saving Schem;.
"John." said the le -.vlv n.airled busi
ness man. "Y" .sir." r"iq.on led the of
fice boy. "Call up my W'.fee'.ery If. nun
ut.s, ami mumble iovey ilovy, tootsey-wi'i't.-'-y.
ah nit seven or i-U-ht tiuns."
Kxchan -e.
No New Discovery.
An l.nlish author a.-suitH one that
a v ..nan is l.ot h:i! iraliy ',mii. lik a
r.,,11..
Five Minutes
Sri v ! al ivp'p.l i' u '.: :y !:va:i
al.ul .(.' Ml;'!"' ;!';: l.efor
l !l hi". '.!' i! qoicivly with
U do.X' i- t.i'O Oi
-i-ij I-, t. ii L J.( l)w Uli CvC
HAD THE DOWrt FIGURED IN.
Youthful Suitor with Well Dsveloped
Head for Finance.
There la a young fellow In Pitts
burg who will undoubtedly "set
along," although, as yet, be has not
.-succeeded in amassing vast wealth,
lit fact, he receives a weekly wage of
$15. He is. however, an extremely
good-looking ami entertaining youpK
man, and not long ago succeeded In
makiu .; such an impi essioii upon the
daughter of a we'.Wto-do manufacturer
that it was decided between tln-m that
he "should ask papa." This he pro
ceeded to do, and to his surprise was
received not unkindly.
'Well, let's see, my boy." the old
man rental ked, pushing up his glasses
"What is your annual income?"
"Well, sir, I should estimate it at
$2.0(11." the young man replied.
"Well not so bad. not so bad." the
old man said. "That added to her in
terest at four per cent, on the $jU.0at
I have always said 1 would settle upon
Mary at her mariiage would give jou
SU.oOU. You should be able to get
along."
"Well, sir. to tell the truth," the
young man interrupted, "1 took the
liberty of figuring that interest into
my estimate." Harper's Weekly.
RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY, j
Novel Schemes by Which Large Sums I
. Have Been Gathered. j
Times may be hard for all classes
this year, but certainly charitable en
U'i taiiuiunts have never been mine
enthusiastically undertaken nor moie
.-nhuisly carried out than has been
the case dining ibe season just past.
Charily balls have ever been a popular
way of inducin-T those not otlnuwise
uencroiisly Inclined to part with a
tew if their almighty dollars for tin.'
. ood of the masses, pet foriuau. es ot
M.iue play or opera that Is the iliji'
of the moment have bifoie this year
been given with all surplus from the
exorbitant prlc-' demanded for en
t.'ance and seats handed over to K.uiie
worthy Iiim itut ion or organUation.
Iu Knghuid, however, the (li;ii:u
was capped this year by the durhos
of Sun.b'i land, a ho demanded a i-hiil-ii;g
for each glass of champagne doled
out. at a large dinner, and the
money, of cou:ai was devoted to
charity. So lucrative did th" diiin-T
prove that the sudden inspiration was
at once Imitated, quickly became, a
fad. and from that U now almost a
custom among popular hostesses in
London.
Danger of Wood Pulp Cargo.
Abnormal stormy weather prevail
ing on the North Atlantic during last
November and Oecember was ie
spcrtslble for. many fatal accidents to
small vessels. Seven men the sur
vivors of a crc'v f 11 who were
picked up in the Atlantic after dril't-
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traitlc story of the loss of their ship.
She was bound from Nova Scotia to
KngLiinl laden with wood pulp, and
after fighting storms for a fortnight
lost her masts', sprang a leak and
drifted helplessly. For two days the
men pumped, knowing nil the time
that It was merely a matter of tim"
before the gaining water would be
sucked up by the pulp, which w ul I
s.vell like a sponge and burst the ves
sel's seams. At last the end came
and the men took to the boats as the
vi s:sel went down.
French Vv'ords Used by English.
Few people amohtf those who object
to the Knglbh habit of employing
words like naivete or ennui bi'caii.j.
they are Fi-ein h are conscious bow
many words in the most common Kng
li: h usage have been taken from th '
French language. Prof. Lome bury of
Yale, in Harper's Magazine, directs at
tention, to no less striking examples
than the words chagrin, ridicule,
foible, trait, etc. An additional point
about the word trait, on" that will
surprise the American, is that in Ktig-li.-h
it is pronounced without the final
t, as in French, ami is so sanctioned
by the dictionaries. The read "r will
be amused to learn in this ar' i' le bow
an eighteenth century critic r.poko.) f
the French words "amateur" and "es
cort" in Knalish usage as "disgracing
and deforming the language."
Every Bird a Weathercock.
"Whole':; the v'inl.'" scoffed the
sailor. "Why, look at the birds
llny'll tell you. Don't you know that
every bird's a weathercock? Slop
rnosteiiin' your ling -r and holdin' it
up," he went on. in a tone of disgust.
'The practice ain't hardly cleanly.
Look at the birds !s all yon got to do,
for every hiid sei.s with its bead al
ways straight at the wind, livery live
bird in a tree is as reliable a weather
cock as them dead birds on the spires
what is so much considered iu this
beie season."
Explained.
"Yes," said Mrs. Dresser, "Miss
Dowdey is a dear soul."
"I olten wonder." said her husband,
"why it is that all you women like
her so much."
"Well, you see, she always wears
such plain gowns and bonnets. She
neve, has anything to make ua en
vious." Sunday School Lesson.
Two girls returning from Sunday
: chool in the country were dlscus- ing
their progress in the shorter cate
i l'ism.
"1 am past original sin," said one.
Tie' other immediately responded:
"Ob, I am farther on than yoa, for
I'm pt redemption."
AdTortisln; In The rtulletln Is prom
ablo to the advertiser because It bas
the hlgneat clai circulation.
JH ARITY IN CHILDISH HEART.
Bright Spot Too Inf reipiently round
by Workers Among tha Poor.
"Here's one of the bright spots in
.diaiity work," Agent (lustav Frellson
said one afternoon recently to a Mil
waukee Free Press reporter as lie
handed out a letter he had just re
ceived. The superscription on the envelope
read :
"Dear Mailman, please give this to
Mr. Frllson of the Poor, from Hilly
L'nertl," and It was written In childish
characters, painfully precise. This is
the letter:
"Dear Mr, Frllson, please give this
to that poor lady on tlvvth street for
Hilly; that one that had to send her
boy out to steal milk and roolls.
"My mama just read about a poor
family who had nothing to eat and had
to send their boy out barefooted to
steal milk and 1 felt so sorry for you
that I will send you one dollar which
my uncle goorge sent me for candy,
you can buy something to eat. my
mama will send you something to eat
and some clothes so I thought you
would be very happy If I send you the
mouey. 1 wish your mother would send
us that little baby for I am sure that
we would be good to It. My little sister
would be glad to play with her. Let
me know bow miuh you want for It.
1 will save all my bank money to buy
it if you will come toinoriow we will
give viiii some rhoes too vicar. Call
at -1"! Cold Spriug avenue and auk
for Hilly.
"P S Just send vour boy to my
bouse every inoiiiliig and he can steal
our milk and rolls if he wants to.
Mania won't care."
A dollar bill was inclosed.
HIS METHODS COT THE MONEY.
Portland Character a Very Effective
Bill Collector.
A queer old chai actor who in his S".
years of life had been curs-.d piobaldv
ntore than any other man iu Portland,
Oie vv,-. i buried in the poller 's Held a
"hort time :".;:o, a!'.hoii;-h Sir William
McDonald cf Toronto, Ontario, a
wealthy uia.'iiif.'.ct.irer. Is his brother.
The dead man Is ".liuimie" McDonald,
who for tl. last years had Kept
boily and sotil together from small
conimis-ions in collecting dead beat
bills,
McDonald' age and general disrepu
table appearance naturally prevented
ldm from using the methods of pres
ent day collectors. but he pot the
money ofteiier than any of them. His
system was to stand in front of the
house or office of the debtor and ring
a cow bell. Pedestrians would stop in
wonderment. Others would come
st roiling up. thinking an auction was
to take place. Meanwhile McDonald
would nonchalantly ring the bell till
some one would inquire the cause.
"Oh." he would leply, "there's a
man In there who owes a bill and Is
trv iug t' beat 't."
Another of hi.i terrifying methods
was to hail debtors when out iu com
pany, singing this unpoetical distich:
"The Judgment il.iv Is .b:ilng nih.
Ami nub-si you piy t-vov lull ywu owe.
Vim can never u-'.ir a pi.ld.-n crown."
Many time.-: he was trounced, but
times without number he got the
money.
Never Had His Hair Cut.
This town hoa-ts a modern day Sam
son. In an eccentric old man, who, like
the hero of old, has never permitted
his hair to be trimmed, savs a dis
patch from Jlaii!.' falls. Wash., to tin
New York American. He wears long
locks which hang nearly to the ground.
He ti a lowen'uiiv built man and
stan. Is six feet V.' Incites. The man
is John Fiti atri.-k, 7.") years of age.
ii ml who. tie u "ih so old, can lift a bar-
re! of salt, welching 27t pound, at
arm's letifth over his head.
()n of bis recent feats of strength
was at the Yakima county fair when,
in the presence of many person, lie
picked up a grand" bowlder which.
when previously weighed, tipped tlm
scales at 4."' pounds, lie raised the
huge oblong Hione In his arms, can led
it 4!) f'"t. and b-.ded I ?::t a, v.--iijon-
box w i li no a I. lance.
Must Be Done Grammatically.
She was a Hrookline girl (just out
side of Ho-don. you know i, and when
her steady company, while parting
vviih her at th- fate one evening,
blurted out the quettion: "Can I kiss
you?" she looked him calmly and re
provingly in the eye and responded:
"Possibly you can. but I should hope
you are not going to attempt it with
out first, asking if you may." Illus
trated Sunday Magazine.
Abe's" Duty to His Mother.
"Abe had a powerful good memory,
fle'd go to church an' come home an'
say over tie sermon as good as the
preacher. He'd often do It fur Aunt
hairy, when she couldn't go. an' she
said it was jist as good as goln' her
self. He'd say over everything torn
beloved brethren to amen without,
cnickin' a smile, pass a pewter plate
fur a collection, an' then we'd all Jine
him In singln' th doxology. Aunt
Sairy thought a heap o' Abe. an' he
did ' her. an' 1 reckon they'd "a' done
most any thing fur one another." Den
ills Hank's recollections in Ameiiean
Magazine.
A Far-Fetched Argument.
"The earth,'" remarked the professor,
"pursues its mighty i athwaj through
space without. Interruption and on
wh.it you might call schedule time,"
"Which." remark-id Mr. Dustin Stax,
with confident emphasis, "goes to
show what a g od thing a peipelual
franchise ii."
Have The Bulletin on your break
faRt table efcry moinlnn. It will coet
uu onlx twa inu ier Chj.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County,
Population 10,M7.
Illinois.
Mayor, CRfi:;:; r.v.i:noTM.
Clerk. II. II.VTCIIHII.
Trea-.ui'or, TIIOMA;'. I'l. M-XIIONKY
City Attorney, Fit NK Mtuilll'..
Couiptroll.-r. llllNi.'.T NO!!0.IN.
Police Maulsti.'ite, A. ,, KO'V..
Chief of Police, M, a. KACAN.
Alexander County, Population ??,4fi7.
County Clerk, .IFSSF, hi. MII.I.10U.
Circuit Clerk. I, I'M P.. DAVIS.
Sheriff. Flt.-WK K. DAVIS
Stale's Attorney, Al.FA'. WILF.ON;
County Superintendent of Schools,
PliOF. JOHN SNYDF.lt.
Assessor and Treasurer, FltKI) D.
NKI.I.IS.
Board of County Commissioner.
.1. .1. .IKN'NKI.I.K, Chairman.
CKoKCI'l PAUSOMS. x
DR. Ill i WIN OA HSR.
TIME CARD CAIRO ELEC TRIG im
HlCl.T UN M ran duo tn tu v Hwannl nt. i
.a north 1.11 tluiinuf o-l! Aim., iry r. ..Oa ..
men from 6 . 111. U 11 p. ,11
OoiiiK no. Hi 011 Wnliiul. t. xrf in minute
twin! 0 iu. Ui 111:6.1 u, 111. ,
I'OI I.Alt tiT. I.IMO lloleroi k Ao,it
ea lriivt Mei-4.no V. K.-tu,;' UTiti 011 MolbriH
. . l 6:f.7; 6. ;:!; rt:,i7; 7: H . 01. 'i.1
-iii iitiuiU efcry hour until 10. i., mi It '
v. "J.
O.ilnr w.nt 011 Twen.jr Ktfchlli Ml. !.:
(:le d-M; ft IU; u,l ;:IU a. iu ki.-I 0.1 -.miio mtu
Lit- vt'ry 1. 011 r until 10:34 ami It m ji. 1.1
C..iUr HI. cars itu" to f HI. Mry'
IS iinniiu nft.Hr lf iug t.wlon. Mt.
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N't-rlli uu ('.'iiiii.i'ri lKl -'i 00 V- .i I 00
ul. tt (hi 111. S on a. ut. l co u , 4 . ui.
Belt ami Unl cars are "tun u, W
Thlrlv ourtb tit. Ift tutuuLe IWr 1nalui
Hnonnrl Mt
m For Pruukennt 11, Otjiotii.
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itnil 104', SritJ t$ !Mkl t
Madame Josephine Le Fevrt,
l" t l.ramul at., I'ltllnua., I'a.
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Dr. J. l. I ! LACK'S MAGNtIO
h'i M VVATfcli i; ptiiiilems, lun mle.-i;;,
'.oiiLrtits no poison, uml will c urn
any case; of .sore eyes iu tlm worlil.
.'liaiiiifaetiire.l bv J. U. II LACK
MKDI CI CO.', KKNiN'KTT, MO.
'' .".; .1.' ;l')il o .i;ii aiil.e(.l Iry
Por Sale by Harry W. SchuH Drug Co.
i3t,JV'jffii-
aol t W-3 '
BENO & WILLIAMS
TIN, COPPER and
SHEET IRON WORKS
Sole agents for the PERTECT
PANTRY the Bug Proof and
Germ Proof Method of keeping
Groceries in the house. Aik
our solicitor to call.
810-12 Commercial Avenue
Cairo Phone 467.
I-l it ii;; ai i! Hi u'lu;.
Mn4 j.iihlii' t o a i i't'T a mihllc
dliiins; room. i. -vv sjn:--:r 1:1 haiol,
!'';.iue at t"" I.IjI of fare. orl"-r roiuo-ii.ite-
in ha:.te ami liurv tiielil-elve
;ti '-ei'-.'i'. i. i;-" or t-alHi.ilty f .Silorial.
i'.rtaUiUot L.-i.ej t.:i.y curt '.t In
:-iooioi!;i to the huii;;l eavitv, liivt
with em- hx'i I. th n with t!i other.
f'i:iif.'i; tie i'-vr ir.un rli'ht to
! It i:ii. lievi , r.K !!? ( -ntei.ti a-s
i r- eillly .,. tiiev !...,: 1 he f. -.t. It IS
... t .1 ;.-..;. . : j . i.-'i. 1 - ' t- 1- t
t;t. e ;., ; I,. 1 1, u u l.e.iw. 'I li n Hier?
!:: ;! . :n - a : ''. '. I .' i: ; ' : '
u . 1 .ju ; in: ', , : hi.:.- ':e-tr 1.1
tia i i -a: ::..' ., ! :,r V- h the --i ' '
e., ;.tl fXreil- 1,1 .'li;i', lr l-i:er ti'.a'l
:l:i,tril.e a of w.u-r, t.i-ll -i
rin- . et cr, . thr-... . - -.' I"'-
it.; u;i..ii the iolli. ,ii. li.nj t ' 4
or " !c:.ii.ii ; the uuiU. -' V.ii
If l!ie Sun or. i.li.i.
If ttie .min were l.!;:e the, vo-il 1
he only two colors tn ti:e oil t, h;u
Mi.1 blark; or If It were re 1 every
th'iit? wouIJ he red or blaek. In
the latter ca;e. th -re woiill he rel
ituvv, red lilies, black P'a. a black
clear fky and re.l doioU. There
oulrl he a little variety, however. If
the sun were green. Things that are
now yellow would still remain that
color, but there wouhT be no rtda,
Iiurjiles, oranges, or rlnkn. and Y.-ry
few of those cleery hues that niako
the world bright ami ile,nnt. Be
gldes color the temperature of thlB
earth wojld be very much changed.
InJianapolis News.
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