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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS RUSH.

The Christmas rush is on,
! II was an inspiring scene alonl
Commercial avenue and Eight
streets Saturday night Up and dowr
/ the sidewalks there tramped the spir
ii Of Christmas. and SantaClaus Tn,
resounding steps Of a surging. gooo
naured happy inyincible army were
dinning in every ones ears. and il
was, indeed poor individual whose
soul did not become stirred al tae
sight Of the joyous ,hrong Of shop
pers
Notwithstanding the advice of the
newspapers. the women and children
will insist on shopping at nigh
There is o brilliance connected wita
after supper shopping that they can't
resist The beautifully displayed
show windows. archad and decorated
with incandescant lights in such Law
lsh number as to give them a most
-entrapelng aspect draw the gender
sex and the boys and girls as nothing
else can Night seems to have beauty
that daylight cannot equal especially
for shopping purposes,
The commander Of the army of
shoppers Saturday night was Kris
Krinkle Though he was invisible,
the jolly old gentleman pervaded the
throng and inoculated It more thor
oughly with his own inimitable per
sonality than does kurol,i, the@Japan.
eae hosts and Kuropatkn the black
hordes of Muscovy All were gift
buyers Saturday night The taste
the Judgment, the discrimination Of
each individual shopper is on the qui
yive to accomplish the best results
IN the effort ~ making loving desires
square with the varied contents Of
large or small pochetbooks.
The big stores of Cairo contain an
assortment of stocks which should
meet the needs Of each conner, from
whatever corner they come. Six days
from the present. there will be a
general emptiness Of purses. and all
viii be gifi-receivers, with that cor.
dial joy Of Christmas which does not
depend on price mark of value re,
ceiyed' for its spontaneity or its gen
uineness.
And as you iosile and elbow men,
women and children, young, middle
aged and old you will discover that
the spirit Of Christmas is already
abroad and that good nature Is the
war cry OF this laughing, anxious.
struggling army Ii is contagious
Throw yourself into the vortex ami
forget your Woes, your Crouch. every
thing but good nature and the JOY OF
giving and living
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Safety AppIlance Law suits.

Thomas Worthington, United States
district attorney Of Springfield. H.
has instituted proceedings in debt in
the United States court against many
railroads 10 recover 500 on each oil
twenty-six counts against them for
alleged failure to provide cars with
automatic brakes, air hand-holds, and
grab-irons. in accordance with the
provisions Of the safety appliance act.
Judgments were rendered last Jan.
uary against the Terminal Railway
association OF st. Louis in this court
on similar grounds, and suits are now
pending against the Virgins Ferry
company Of st, Louis. The railroads
made defendants in these proceedings
now are: The Big Four, Southern
railway, Chicago and Alton, Louisville
and Nashville, Wabash. Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern. Illinois Cen.
trail and the Terminal Railway asso.
citation of St. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19


Will you On earth?" he said.
That the members Of the Chicago
I Womans club do not represent the
sentiment of the entire city on the
trace question was disclosed in the
declaration OF Mrs. Celia Parker
! Wooiey that race prejudice exists to
such an extent in Chicago that she
was unable TO rent a building in Wa
bash avenue for Frederick Douglass
center, No one wanted TO rent to
me. she said, became il was going
10 helm the negroes I shall have %
buy house"
The sentiment thar caused anal
snstains the Chinese exclusion act
aid not come from the South, and the
Northern people. as a whole. regard
tho negro with as much repulsion as
they DO the Chinaman. From "a pure
~ ethical point or view Chan PAX
suns logic may be tenabls, but the
Chinese exclusion act will stand fer
all that, and whatever theories OF the
general brotherhood Of man may be
advanced by such doetrinaries as
Prof vi f. Burkhart de Bots. white
people and black people in this eoun-
Try will remain as unmixable socially
as oil and wafer.
The Chicago Woman's club Is MT
representative of any widespread
sentiment or general feeling Ia any
part of the country. II is in nature
akin TO Paris society that gives an
mal dinners Of horse flesh in order ia
convince humanity Of the wholesome
ness of that Kind Of diet II Is not a |
representative of any class
lr community, except few eccentric F.
people with a fanatical hobby. Nash F
9lle Banner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
plseRAcEFuL ECONOMY.

So far as the Stewart bin under
takes TO increase the presidents sal.
airy from $4,000 to 100000 a year #
is an excellent measure.
So far as it undertakes 10 Increase
the salary of the speaker of the
house of representatives from $500
TO $4,000 it is still gooc.
SO far as it undertakes to increase
the salaries of he senators ami rep.
resent atives and territorial delegate
from $4,000 10 $4,000 il is bad.
So far as ii fails TO provide for an
increase of salaries for cabinet off.
GERS and for ambassadors to the most
importan. European capitals it re
quires amendment.
A salary of 100000 a year is none
too much to pay he president. lie
must support the dignity Of his Office
He must entertain generously. He
ought to be able 20 save some money
without being niggardly in his ex-
enditures.
Il is a national disgrace that Grant
should have ever felt the need of
lending his name to Wall street spec.
ula.ors; that Harrison should have
felt obliged TO become a corporation
lawyer: that a Cleveland should have
to exc out a too modest income by
writing for the newspapers and mag
azines. Jefferson's Jeffersonisn sim.
plicity cost him more than his official
salary. and in these days 100000 a
year is j tie enough TO pay to a pre-
ident of the United S ates.
Senator's and repre- eatauves are
sufficiently well paid Their social
duties are not compulsory They
spend only half tleir time in wash.
ington at he most. They are no OBJ
liged 10 surrender their private bust.
ness or profes ione.
Tho salaries paid to cabinet officer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
RACE SOCIAL EQUALITY.

The Chicago Womans club, FIVE
hundred strong. has undertaken the
propaganda Of social admixture of
the races by occasional object les
sons in the line of their endeayor.
At the tea" given Wednesday of this
week by the club both negroes and
Chinese were present and made
speeches Prof. w. e. BurlShart de
Bots. whose name might indicate that
he is Of a parity. in point of lineage.
with the Montmorencys and We're lie
Veres. but who is really negro
school teacher from Atlanta. was the
chief orator, and delivered himself Of
extremely democratic sentiments. not
al all in keeping with his aristocratic
cognomen. THE noxious weed of
caste" he said. is taking root in
America. Caste breeds caste; the
fact that there is a prescribed race
in America makes prescribed classes
easier. The negro is here to
stay. and II we cannot live together
work together and vote together. then
American democracy is a Dir am"
The speaker who represented the
Celestial empire had name more
distinctive Of his race, and he dis
played 4 peculiar Chinese shrewdness
Ia his remarks. Chan PAX Sun at.
lacked the exclusion act How can
son convince a chinaman that DE can
i've among you in the heavenly home
when he isn't good enough TO live
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

by Col Gary a ihe inc Is still stand
iua. ami portions oi the ruius Of
Warwicl, are 10 be seen ON my. re-.
cent visit 10 The locality a falns.1rm
drove me into tho old Ampthill manor
house. where was iEinaIy received by
the present owners WAC are descend
ants Of the Cary family The day was
cloudy ono and could do bur little
With The camera, getting only two
fairly good yiew Of Tie size az she
Ola iron vt rks ana the Cary mills.
out a heavy rain pseyen ed me from
taking the house ~ Ameshlll A. N.
Somers IN Scientific American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
General Mileaae eook.


The question al 4 5000 or 10000
mile booR. good on any railroad. IS
one which Il bound 10 receive some
con liberation hi The future 10 tic
outsider it looks as a most reasonable
solution Of a ycSlng problem. The oui.
side public. or a good many. who have
expressed an opinion on the subject.
say that as the railway sy TENS Of the
country arc being concentrated in
comparatively few hands it is no moro
than right that mileage book should
be good over a good many systems
They think that a. a railroad mileage
is concentrated under centralized
management, mileage books should
be gocl over, at least, all roads pre-
sentod. OF course this theory / omen
10 serious objec ion Ii II an ideal
condition to reach and in this day Of
progress it would not be surprising
to find that the railroad obstacles in
The way Of obtaining such a system
might be overcome.
Il would be very handy for a travel
ne man or merchant t. be abla to
buy l0Q00-mile ticket in New Yorl.
city and travel from one end of the
country, back and sideways ana find
his book good on any road presented.
The practical working on, of The sys-
rem by which each separate road
would secure its share of tle passen-
gers money for the service rendered
is the problem which is up to the rail.
road men and it is no easy one.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
THE FIRST IRON WORKS IA
AMERICA.

Il is not very widely known
that the first iron manufactured in
America was from bog ore taken
from Falling Creek. a tributary Of
the James river, few miles below
Richmond.
In 1919 the London company. the
)ropretors OF HE colony of Virgin.
ia, sent over a Mr., King and one hrn
dred and Fifty skilled iron workers
90 cree furnaces on Falling Greek
These men came chiefly from War
wickshire and Stanordshire and When
once in Virginia named the village
that grew up about their iron works
Warwick The company spent about
100000 in the erection Of a furnace
and opening the mines. from which
for three years they produced a good
quality Of iron Mr.. King soon drop
ped cut of the en- erprise and a Capt
Bmett superintended the erection Of
the works; but his career was short.
after which John Berkeley. son OF
Sir joan Beskley, noblenaa Of
much distinction. succeeded to the
uperintendency OF the establishment,
md conducted II ably until one day
March -. 1622-the Indians under
Optehapan, brother OF P0whatan
Yho had succeeded the latter on hi.
death in 1918. surprised he village
and murdered Berkeley and one hun
lrel and fifty men and women. The
only survivors Of the village were
boy and a girl who did in the bushes
This }erminatGl Tho iron industry,
ana Warwick was but a name associ-
ated vita the massacre for a long
time. In 100 mills were built upon
the ruins of the iron furnace. In
those mills was ground the first -four
exported from America. From that
time on Warwick grew rapidly until
II became an important manufachr-
ing and shipping village as it was a
the head Of navigation. Shortly be-
fore the outbreak Of the Revolution
airy war Col. Archibald Cary acquired
possession Of the vast estate known
as Amptill that lay on the James and
inland along Falling Creek for a dis
tance. The estate was named after
one in England. Col Cary was an ac-
tive revolutionist, being chairman of
the committee that drafted the frs
BIN Of Rights and state constitution
in America. that Of Virginia When
the war broke ont he ook an active
part in the military operations OF his
country in the south Tarleton, the
British general. sailed up the James
river and burnt Warwick and Coz.
Carys mills On Falling Creek. II ISL
said that Benedic Arnold the traitor
accompanied TarleJon on this voy-
ace. Il was an act in keeping with
inc baseness Of his charac or to have
taken such part in retaliation againrt
the patriotic Cary.
The OLD Ampthil house occupied
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
ANTlcARTooN BILL COMING.
senasor Grady, Believing Time
Sipe. win Introduce One.

Senator Grady announced At Tam
many Hall last nigat that he would
Introduce an antieartoon bill a, the
opening OF the legislature re de
'clayed he believed fhat condition
made sueh bill desirable. and thar
the pabiic was ready for it, He stat
cd hat he would do all IN his pow r
70 bring about the passage Of me bin,
Tie late Senator Timothy Els,
worth introduced a similar measure
Jan. a. 1898 Opposition arose All
over the state, and The antaor Of The
bin was derided in The press through
ont the country Some notable car
toons were published referring to TIC
senator and his measure, and he be
came known as Press Gag" Ellis,
worth. The Central Labor union op.
posed the measure strongly Many
III the senator's own party ridicaled
his attitude.
The bill caused such an nDroar
finally at Albany that il was formally
Withdrawn March II. lS9S.-New
York Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

are less than misery The govern
ment has no right 10 expect the serp
ices OF "A great lawyer like MI KnoA
or grea. lawyer and administrator
4 Ike Mr.. Root for $4,000 q year This
is not equal 10 the fee these men can
command IN a single subordinate
case. Moreover, peaty salaries for
cabinet members make it almost i'm
4 possible for peor men to accept such
offices. These places are becoming
the monopoly OF the wealthy rather
1 than the talented.
When poor men DO accept cabinet
portfolios II is in the certainty that
hey will retire from office m debt
Tho tempstion 10 cultivate corpora
ton alliances is very great. Four
eretaris al The treasury hare in
recent years gone from the cabinet
10 ne service of corporations Win
dom, Fos cr. Carlisle and Gage Col
Daniel 8. Lament left The cabinet aud
entered the service Of great railway
company. In the case of the secres
tary of the treasury the country not
only PAYS him a miserahly inadequate
salary. but he Is forbidden 10 be con
nected with any other business du-
ring bis official service lie mast lit
orally surrender he means whereby
he lives.
As for ambassadors 70 ne principal
European capitals, taeir emolumenfs
nave long been a monument 10 nation.
al penuriousness. Their expenditures
are regulated by the social require.
ments Of the capital 10 which hey
are accredited. They cannot econo
mi1e. IN some Instances The am
bassador's salary does not pay his
house rent 1t would he impossible
now for a Lowell u think OF serving
az ambassador to s.. James AMI
Andrew d. Waite al Berlin mus; draw
apon his llmitad priyate fortune. Mr.,
Choate and Ge1 Po~tog could nor re |
main abroad # ,bey were no; men II |
adepe jent wealth
The abuses OF extravaganza are fla /
grant enough in Washingtoa, bu' I
some Of the abuses of economy are j
! disgrace to the American govern +
nent New Yorl; World.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

The engine was designed by J. +.
Muhfield general superintendent Of
the 3. and o., and was constructed
by the American Locomotive com
pany The boiler is the largest ever
placed on a locomotive. having a
heating surface of 1851 square feet
The total weight Of engine and ten
der is a little over 213 tons. The mum.
her of this engine is 2400
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
HIS CHRISTINA WISH.

An. sweetheart If sou only knew
THAT at this YuIctide season
ia SO much rather have lass you
Than stuff so out or season.
Please cut the fancy pillows ont.
The bric-a.brac and Tics;
Pray. let me read the answer 70
My question in yonr eyesi
Bertha Reynolds Mcdonald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Under the name Of Madame De
We're Mrs. Chadwick was pardoned
from the Ohio penitentiary by the
late President Mckinley while 'he
was goyernor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

A ST. Louis literary society declares
Shakespeare's style in "As You Like
IT. 10 be bombas.ic. At any rate it
wasn't foolish. which is the trouble
with most of Shakespeare's critics
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

ants my eomplaxiani I've spent the
whole day al IL
Mr ferguson You're right Ian.
"a Wouldn't Try any more.
Mrs. Fergu ono, You bg;ite.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Some facetlous individual promotes
the gaety Of the proceedings by send
ing Mrs. Chadwick a check on THE
Banks of Jordan for $S5,000, 900.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

In killing Tom Cat Platt's scheme
to scuttle the south President Rooae-
welt presents the south with a very
acceptable ana appreciated Christmas
present
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
TIE EXCLAMATION.

Who may you De. my elderly maid?~
I'm Boston spinster, sin" she said
Why don't you marry. my elderly
maid2"
I'm waiting for a Boston man." she
said
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST

A huge statue Of the Virgin Mary
has been successfully placed on the
summit Of the Dent du Geant, a
mountain in italy 1900 feet high,
near Milan Divine service was per
formed on the summit in celebration
Of the event by the Vicar Of Cour.
mayeur
Great interest has been aroused in
Pueblo. Col. over the announcement
that gold mine has been discover
ed almost within the city limits. Pu-
eblo is noted as Z great manufacmr.
ing city. being called the "Pittsburg
of the West. and now Is bidding for
fame in the mining world.
The corporation of Liverpool want
ed some land TO add 10 the city's wa
tershed, but Offered only S2.2s5.0Q
But the parties submitted the matter
10 arbitration, and The arbitrators fix
ed the yahie Of the land at sG92,555.
The presene Of moisture in tohac.
co is. the Lancet believes. Of some
importance to public health. since
the combustion of tobacco containing
a large proportion of moisture is i'm
peded, while. as the generation of
yapor is increased. so are the chances
of the poisonous principle being car
ried into the mouth.
The congress of naturalists and
physicians which recently met at
B-eslau, strongly condemned the
"goose-s;ep" which Is used in the
German and Austrian armies. One
physician says that this ridiculous
manner Of marching is 10 blame for
the great amount OF knee and foot
trouble in the two armies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

THE above is correct statement OF
the circulation OF the Cairo Bulletin,
daily and Sunday, on the dates stat
ca, month of November. 1904 @
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
business Manager,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
inns second day of December, 1904.
Il. L. GILBERT,
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Re Reaaon.

Claude (afser waltz: DO You
know ! could die waltzing,"
Maude tout Of breath: Perhaps
sou could; but that is no reason why
you should expect others TO die with
youi"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Roosevelt stock goes up SO per cent
in the south at the announcement
that he killed the proposed plan 10
cut down its representation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

tied to return January I. 1908, at re
duced rates.
Tickets will be sold 10 all points
south. December 23, "a 2G and 3 and
January /. limited to return January
4. 1905, at rate Of one and one-third
fare.
For fun particulars, rates, etc. ap-
ply to the undersigned. A. II. Han
son, c. p A, Chicago; J. II. Jones,
Ticket Agent, Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
What to Look At.

NordyI don't see how Gargoyl-
could win such pretty girl
Bults-W Why nor?
Moody Look at his face,
Butts-l-ook at his bank accoint
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Frebrznd crumpacker can now go
way back and sit down.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Gen. Greene Numbered in the in
dex. but was as gentle as a cooling
dove when Tom Lawson called on
him
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
In the Waite House.

What is tae matter? Why have
we been kept waiting here so long?v
The doorke per Is announcing TIC
name Of Russian diplomat"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
SHEARS AND PASTE.


Use For Luxuries.
Mother: Harold, darling. where Is
my string Of paarls2"
Harold: You mean the million
dollar ones. mamma? | lent them to
the poor little girl next door to skip
rope with"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

II is estimated that $4,000 Illinois
Democrats went fishing Nov. 8. And
it wasn't good day for fishing, either
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

One thing in favor of Gov.-elect De
neen is taat he is a southern Illinois
an by birth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday for eley
en- months. ending NOV. 30,
1904 i. !. ......l 1916
Average daily and Sunday for the
month Of November, 1904. ,21l0
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Jones-"Does your son William
stand high at eolege?"
smith-''Wall. | should say 50. lie
led his class in cheering at all the
big games this year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Christmas and New Year Holidays.
Via the Illinois Central r. p.

Tickets viii be
sold to all points
on this line north
Of the Ohio river,
December "a, %,
and n and Ianu-
airy 1 and 2, linn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Ll.eraturs.

These books, winch make a mighty
pile.
No wonder that they make us
finch
The authors write them by the mile.
The public reads them by the inch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
TAX IL ovgR VIE us.

And let us tell you why 1t Is wise 10
advertise in the columns of The
Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Too Unanimous.

Mrs Fergison-"There's Just no
use in my trying to get a cloak thar
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Colossal Locomotive.
The Baltimore ana Ohio has the
largest freight locomotive in the
world. It was built for hauling heavy
freight trains over the mountains
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

commsrciai ave. and Eight street
CAIRO, ILLINOIS