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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
UNDER CLOAK OF RELIGION.
c0lored Lady Demolished Finery Be-
longing to Rival.


An old colored nanny, who had
served the mistress of a Baltimore
family many years, was telling that
lady's daughter some of her own PER
sonal experiences in her younger
days Nanny was known as "Aunty
Prior" TO the household and as isis
Prior to fellow-negroes on the plan
tation. She had small drudge
against one, Emeline Dorsey, fell
low servant, but bided her time for
revenge. The opportunity came when
Emeline appeared at meeting In new
Easter bonnet, and Sis Prior. catching
a glimpse of It, seated herself directly
behind the wearer in tn, church.
Every time the speaker paused in
his address, Sis Prior uttered fer
vent "Ameni" BY degrees she be-
gan to rock backward and forward,
and finally the spirit moved her to
lay violent hands upon the inery
adjoining Emeline Dorsey's head.
Il just grabbed that hat OF that
deceiiful niggers head" she told her
nearer. land tramped 1t and tramped
IT, and all the girls yelled 'Emeline'
Emeline. Look what she do to your
bennett And Emeline say. I guess
| have to 'scuse Sis Prior; she done
got religion and don't know what
she's doing:' but" said this arch
hypocrlte, with quiet chuckle. isis
Prior done knew mighty well what
she was doing"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
'-....-....+...++.....+.

Cairo, III. Dec. 10. 1901.
Editor Of The Bulletin.
have read with considerable inter
est your editorial in today's issue
In Regard 10 Street Paving" and
while in the main heartily concur
with tho suggestions II seems 10 me
that you have omitted the most i'm
portant Improvement that could lie
made and the one that would be of
greatest advantage to the city. | re-
fer to the widening and paving Of
Sycamore street. from its intersec-
ton with Washington avenue 10 tie
new subway
According to the city map Syca.
more street Is sixty feet IN width
from Washington avenue 70 Thirty
fourth street, where il becomes
eighty feet and broadens out TO one
hundred feet at a point just south Of
the Illinois Central bridge. Although
there is certainly ten times the
amount of travel on this street than
there is on Washington avenue and
the fact that practi-
cally all Of the country trade comes
down this street, it is. in places, bare
ly twenty feet wide. making it impos-
sible for more than two teams TO
pass at one place and time.
While | am very much in favor of
identifying our city in every possible
way and appreciate the value of at
tracing "a high class of desirable
citizens" as you put it, yet be-
lieve that ii is even more important
10 attract trade and business which
will, of itself. furnish the means Of
identifying our city.
So | say. Mr.. Editor. when you are
street paving, do not
overlook Sycamore street and what
its Improvement means to the city
Of Cairo. Respectfully,
TAXPAYER
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
MY LITTLE rIRELIGHT
SWEETHEART.

oWEE ftEAhi :
She comes TO NE often and often,
AS | sit by the CRATE alone
My dear little iirclight sweetheart.
With face that is like your own.
She's reckoning there in the embers,
And saucily nodding her head,
In a pickering froek of crimson
And tiny. wee tippet of red.
Those QniYering, scarlea streamers
Are the ribbons she loves TO wear;
And that radiant, glowing coronal
Is a poppy she put in her hair.
Can't you see her daintily brushing
That tossing, stray lock from her
brow
Down there where the Goals are the
brightest
Where that reddest one fell just
now?
And now she is archly smiling.
AS she roguishly beckons again
In the door of a little red cottage
At the turn of little red lane,
And now she has come to the win
doN'
Whore a clambering flamc-yinc
ciings
Aud the murmuring Groom of the
embers
Is love song that she sings.
And ever and ever she cheers me
AS | sit by the CRATE alone
NJ dear little freight sweetheart
With face that is like your own,
AS there in the dancing doorway
She saucily mods her head
In the Pickering frock of crimson
And tiny wee uppet of red
MAURICE SMILEY.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
THE DEMOCRATIC SEDAN.

The Times canvass of the presi
/ Dental election with complete re-
turns from all but five counties
which are estimated-gives Rcoss
1yclt 7.G40,561 votes and Parker s.
09I09l Roosevel.s popular plural
iity is 2,54G.470, which equals the
combined pluralities of all the other
| Republican candidates fer president
since 1864.
Judge Parker succeeded In running
l.259,0c0 behind Bryan in 1900-1.- :.
10000 behind Bryan in 1896 iG2 900
behind Cleveland in 1892 and 4i4.000
behind Cleveland in 1883. He polled
only $4,000 moreS votes than Cleve,
land in 1884.
The population in 1854 was approx
imatRly 55.0oo009 In 1904 it was
approximately S3,0oO000- an in
crease Of 2s,O000,00O The total vote
in 1884 was 10,0i4.985. In 1904 it
was 1883 ,S20-an increase OF near
ly 3.50O,000. OF this increase Roose-
welt got 2,792,000 and Parker $4,000.
The remaining $4,000 were divided
among the subordinate candidates In
addition there must have been more
than 100000 voters who did not go
to the polls at all, which shows that
at the end of twenty years of Demo
cratic progress Judge Parker succeed'
ed in gaining $4,000 votes out Of s.
500 900.
His gain over Cleveland in 1884
was only G0.0Q0 in excess Of Greeley's
gain in 1872 over Seymour in 1868,
and the country has always regarded
Greeley as badly defeated candi-
date In comparison with Parker he
hade very eredltable showing, and
the judgments OF history need re-
vision The honor of being the worst
defeated candidate even nominated
By the Democrats for president be
longs so clearly 10 Judge Parker that |
Greeley is hardly a good second.
There were fifteen states in each
ii which Roosevelt's plurality ex.
1ceded Parker's vote and there were |
Ten states in which Roosevelt had .
ranging from 49, 10 /
5000.
Moreover, il Parker had got the
100000 votes that were cast for Debs,
swallow. Watson, CSrregan Roose-
velt's. popular majority would still
nave exceeded McKinley's combined
in 1896 and 1900. And
with this side.show vote added to
his total, Parker on the basis of
per centages. would have been worse
beaten than Greeley was. Yet Rooso-
felt had only 43G, 900 more votes than
Mckinley got in 1900 and only $780,
700 more than Mckinley had in 1896.
The Democrats have been defeated
n great many elections, but it re-
NAMED for Judge Parker to lead his
party to political Sedan New
Work World.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Hairpins Are Ancient.

Women used their hsirpins thou
sand years ago much in the same way
as they do to-day. That, at least, is
the impression one gets from the an
ticuities found during the last year
at the Silchester (Englandl excava-
tions. The most interesting discoy-
cry was the building which formed
apparently the small altar. portions
of capitals and bases, part Of large
basin OF Purbsck marble and some
singular pieces Of metal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Juries Drawn.

The county court proceeded ycster
day in the manner prescribed by law
to the selection Of a grand jury 10
serve during the ensuing term of the
circuit court The honor fell upon
the following gentlemen: p. Corc1-
ran, Samuel Walters. Thos. Wilson.
Samuel Wilson ST., James Kennedy
Jacob Kline. i. McManus and Il. H..
Cunningham Of Cairo. W. A. Thomp-
son. John Craig and Jas. r. Sanders
of Clear Greek, Ransom Thompson
John Hodges ana Geo. vi Simmons
OF Thcbes. Jesse Glasgow and VIM.
ireland Of Santa Fe. A. NJ. Holmes
and Victor Tussell OF Dog Tooth,
VIM. Hulen, Henry Kerr and H. W.
Hanley Of Unity. and L. d. Palmet
and Jno Cauble of lakewood
The traverse jurors were selected
at the same time the regular panel
consisting of John Hurston. VIM. a.
Daley, Anthony Holmes. Samuel
Clutts. ]. \. Brown. Thos, Hobbs.
Samuel Farrell. Thos. II. McGinnis.
Jno. Royal. Jas Garland. Jas. Ross,
a. Susanka, Jacob Riggle, W. II.
Whitaker, VIM. Lindsey, Jas. Miller.
Jno Bankston, NJ Barnhart. oesamus
Greenlec, s. Webster. II. J. Cundiff.
Henry Lofin and Scott White.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
TOO GOOD FOR A DOCTOR.
Decision Which Saved New Highlander
for the Fish Trade.

DECISION winch saved new Englanucr
for the Fish Trade.
The fisherman drove INTO the yard
few days after the new summer
residents had taken possession or
their home. and seeing an open door
he stepped in and confronted the mis-
tress OF the house.
"Gettin settled, s'pose" he said
agreeably. allowing his gaze to wan
der from two half-unpacked trunks to
table loaded with miscellaneous
articles. Well. take your time. take
your time: there's plenty Of Il up here.
understand your husbands doctor.
ma,am2
"Ycs, he is. said the summer resi-
deni. who In spitc Of warnings from
CITY neighbors that sAo had better dis
play mr. spsh'.rcs- cf spirit under
questioning wa treble to put much
cordisiiiy into lcr tone.
Wei. now. comc near beln'
6octor. said the fs'' mgn. still with
wandering gaze. ny folks wanted
should be one. all exceptin' Of An aurt
that had monc5s and was looked up
to help me cut financially II took
up with a profession. She spent one
summer here. and she made a reg'lar
study Of my character an parts, ap at
the end of the season she up an told
my folks that wouldn't do, mus.
go into business,
That boy has got too .Huch intel
lcct to he hove away on q DOCTOR
she said those were her very words
Now, hcw would you like a couple OF
good mackerel all slit up an ready for
the br'iler?"-Youth's Companion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
PIEcED OUT HER MEMORY.
Tribute TO Italian Made Up for Lack
Of knowledge.

Tribute 10 Italian Made Up for Lack
OF knowledge.
There was a reception one after
noon not long since at the house of
ole OF the Western millionaires who
have come TO New York in such num-
bers the last few years II is a large
house on one of the fashionable West
Side streets, and as the furnishing
was left to competent decorator its
interior is a joy TO behold A great
deal of money has been spent on the
art gallery. and the collection con-
tains many notable paintings.
The millionaires wife has been in
terested in art for only three or four
years. bu, she has applied herself
studiously and can recite scraps of
history and general Information about
most OF the paintings in the gallery.
The day of the reception she spent
most of her time steering personally
conducted" parties through the gal
lery. She reeled of her guide book
knowledge with stereotypcd precision
until she came TO an alleged Michael
Angelo.
This picture was painted she be-
gan, but for once her memory failed
her.
This pointing she tried again.
but still the name would not come.
This was done by an Italian, she
said, with a note of triumph in her
voice. "Oh. what them Italians can't
do,"-New York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

Editor Bulletin:
Another good suggestion to rush
public improvements or in other
words boost IL along. would be 10
have the committee Of twenty have
these words printed on canvas and
distribute them to every driver, de-
livery man or coal man or what he
may be, TO be worn on the side of
the wagon or on harness: Please
Give lis Good Streets" Every team
ster should wear them on his team
That would be the best boost of ALL
think.
A SUBSCRIBER
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

the reporter had rubbed ~ against
human nature and he knew that il is
inherently sn p.cinus, especially Wien
II comes to trading. The idea pre-
walls 10 a great extent that he trader
wants to get The be of the bargain
and when man proposes 10 trade
to suffer loss the public are
inclined 10 take him cautiously
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
comfertlnn Assure nc.

When George H. was crowned king
of England the ceremonies we're mar
red by certain blanders for Sdsca
Lord Bingham. earl marshal. vas re-
sponsible. Lord Bingham saw ft
afterwsrd to apologize to the hng
There Vii he no sdcn hluuuefs al
the next coronation, your majesty
said he. King George had o su@-
GENTLY strong sense Ct humor -
lauah.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
An obtuse AnoIe.

Pa" said little Willie, who wa
struggling over his lessons, what is
an obtusc anglo?
AN obsuse angle" replied his
father. us an Englishman TO whom
you try TO explain a joke.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Ny CREED.

DO moi keep the alsbaster boxes OF
your love and tenderness sealed up I'M
ill your friends arc dead FL their
lives with svee.ners Speak loving.
cheerful words while Their ears eau
hear them. and while their hearts
ear be made 10 thrill ard be happier
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

The brutal mob which followed
poor unfortunate woman through the
streets of the great city of Cleveland
yesterday. hooting and ieering at
her anh leapsng upon her its coarse
abuse was a reproach upon Cleveland
and a disgrace to humanity. Few
PERSONS 10 he sure sympathize with
Mrs. chadwitk-exeepi Hesty Green
but the woman is down and only
towards would strike her.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Loafino Heart.

A man in South Bend, Ind, receiv-
ed an electric shock and his heart
stopped for three hours, afterwards
going TO work again. How would
you like TO have a heart that would
soldier like tais?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Some bright Albanian. in order to
keep down an over crop OF cotton,
suggests that the farmers of the
south agree TO burn a million bales,
The trouble with that plan Is that
every farmer will want the other fel.
low to do the burning
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
month q November, l9Q!sE o2ilO

.. The above Is correct statement OF
lIyT iSsthe. crcuIatien. Of the caiEd lBslleiini
daily and Sunday. on the dates stat
II ed. inohth Of NYyeggeF ko&tJ-YE
CLYDE sIA,xFAN.
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
= this second day of December, 1904.
sssssrT f. !. GILBERT.
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
A ssuient Solution.

I've got it figured out " proclaim
Cd Pilkington, why Fairbanks re-
ceived such a phenomenal vote in In
diana"
why was it?" inquired Biylking-
ton.
Every man who voted for him
figured on standing a chance to sue
coed him in the senate"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

The light of day is breaking in Rus
STA. A free press is now certain and
a representative body, members of
which are TO be elected by The people
TO consult with the cars cabine.
ministers Isl also probable. II is a
great stride Of human rights.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
FalIa Easy. Anyway.

Riches my friend said the pluto
crat, do not bring happiness"
Maybe not said the Droletarlan,
but ii must be a heap Of satisfaction
10 have lot of money and be able TO
talk like that to chap that hasn't
got any"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Stark Blind.

Love is blind Maybe that is the
reason she couldn't see his horrid
checkered clothes and his eyeglass
ana his lack Of money aud manners
and morals. or maybe il was because
he was<a lord.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Stocks may slump and rise and
slump. but hey never catch your Tn.
Gle Russell Sage who goes systematic.
ally on clipping his bonds and widen.
ing his profits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Samuel Harper, a son of President
Harper of the University of Chicago.
has matriculated as student of the
Moscow university, having gone to
Russia to study the language of that
country. He expects 10 complete the
study Of Russian for the purpose of
teaching in America.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

prof. Crook, the Chicago professor
who is credited with saying. Il new
err in my whole life either drank,
chewed. smoked or kissed woman, :"
is gpif,gato be married. 1t is pleasing
to know that some good woman in the
goodness of her heart has decided
ID Give the guileless child protection.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

I Tamnaany braves viii march in the
inaugural parade next March. And
why not? Isn't President Roosevelt
the president of the whole country?
And besides, from the election re-
turns from New York City. it looks
Ike Tamhany might have had some
thing To do with il.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Winslow S. Pierce, who has just
been made president of the Western
Maryland Railroad company, sue
ceeding Joseph Ramsey Jr.. received
his education at the Pennsylvania
college at Gettysburg. and later took
a law course at the university Of
Michigan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Hc cot II.

The Scotckman hit him in the eye,
And that blow stopped the fight;
Said he: While I'm no Mason.
I've received the Scottish righ.. :"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
NotmIthstandins oowie's denuncia.

MISUNDERSTANDING UUWIS utIHIINId-
tion Of Santa Claus as shameful
lie" the jolly old fellow will continue
10 make his annual joy-making rip to
generations 10 come-long after Dow
les miserable pretense has been for
gotten.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Judge swayne, who used the rail
road rolling otock tied up in his court
for private junkets evidently thought
it was made for high rolling.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Don Carlos, king of Portugal has
life insurance amounting to about
80 100000 in American money. His
majesty is continually Eat war with
his weight. which. by dint Of vigor-
GUS outdoor life, he has reduced from
over 300 pounds TO 225.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Father. what's the difference be-
tween lunch and luncheon
About a dollar and quarter, my
boy"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Mr. BTyap says congress is no fit
place for IAN honest Democrat. Well,
there are not many of them there
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
SHEARS AND PASTE.


a vial Question.
Il was rather windy asound TIE
Flatiron building.
What are YOU fidgeting about?"
inquired Mr.. Shapeleigh Wonder
ing If your hats on straight ?"
No" replied Mrs Shapele.gh.
with q beautiful blush: q was Just
wondering il my-er-hose support
ers arr on straight"
A True Optimist.
III not repine." said John McFub
Though prices upward creep.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

Dr. Edward Everett Hale is one Of
the Trask lecturers at Yale this year.
King Frederick Augustus of Saxony
on his ascension to the throne pro-
claimed an amnesty for all minor Of
lenses except that OF cruelty to AMI.
mails.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Snipc hunting ought 70 be good at
Oberlin, Ohio.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

While turkeys high and other grub
The microbes sim are cheap
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

The Baroness BurdettCoutts. now
over 80 years old is still in excellent
health and maintains the wonderful
poise which has always been one OF
her leading characteristics.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday for eley
en- months, endirg NOV. 80,
1904 ..--4.. 1920. ,.lel6
Average daily and Sunday for the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
TALK ir OVER WITH US.

And let us tell you why it is wise to
advertise in the columns of The
Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

still, Uncle Andy Carnegie hasn't
denied it
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
THE CONFEDERATE
SEE
TENNgs-

The launching Of the splendid mod
ern cruiser Tennessee" has recalled
IL mind The fact that there ea- .
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

The exports and imports of the
United States are not one-third those
of Great Britain Our commerce is
protected" ont Of existence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

Illinois has $4,000 Baptists. 10000
Methodists, $4,000 Presbyterians and
10000 Congregationalists
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
IS YEARS AGO TODAY.
From The euIleJn of DEC. IS, 1869.

Tennyson is 50 years of age. Dick.
ems only 81 Horace Greeley was IS
on February 3rd. last.
, 1904-03-02

CORRECT PoISE-MRS. NJ. LANDON REED.
and shock upon the spine and nerves
of the back and head. Really, such a
walk is enough to shake all the
out of a woman's brains. The heel
walking habit undoubtedly ~aggrayates
the tendency to weakening and paraly-
sis of the spinal nerves and disease of
the back. Are you a heel walker?
To illustrate perfectly what l mean,
stand before a mirror in which you can
see yourself full length. Now, take
the position many middle aged women,
and girls as well, let themselves fall in
to in standing and walking-chest
down, stomach consequently protrud-
ing and shoulders rounded, with the
weight of the body upon the heels and
out of all graceful balance. So! Your
reflection is not a pretty sight, is it?
Now stand the correct and beautiful
way. Lift your chest as far up as you
can easily and naturally, take a deep
breath or two to fix the pose, then, adj
vancing one foot slightly, throw all
your weight upon the front third of
your foot. See! You will feel buoyant
as a ballet dancer. A heavy, slumpy
old woman can take a dozen years off
her figure by assuming the correct poise
and keeping it.
An old woman can correct bad habits
quite as readily as a young woman.
The essence of Delsarteism is, per-
bAps, that bodily poses affect the mind.
MARCIA w. CAMPBELL.
, 1904-03-02
The Bets We Overlooked.

We ponder Ger our wasted years,
Our follies and our sins;
At times are all but moved to tears
AS backward memory spins.
The many times that in the stew
Our gosling has been cooked
We scarce can count as we review
The bets we overlooked.
There is the girl we might have wed
When we were young and fresh;
Another fellow got ahead
And caught her in his mesh.
Her fathers millions number three;
She as his heir is booked;
This must be charged to, thus you see,
The bets we overlooked.
One time a fellow came around
With tempting mining stock
To let us in right on the ground
At twenty cents a block
We did not follow with our dough
When he his finger crooked;
It's listed high and with also
The bets we overlooked.
The worthy things hat we have missed
Or lightly tossed away
Woul make, We feel assured, a list
From Denver to Bombay.
The worthless things on which we spent
Jul none right along
That never brought us in a cent
Would make a list as long.