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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

The German brass band extended
the compliment of very, fine serc
made to Mr.. stephen Schwartz and
his amiable bride last night. 1t is
said that Mr. 8. cordially appreciates
the compliment and put the band boys
through course of refreshments.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
Postmaster General payne has be1

Postn7sster General Payne has been
telling the president that everything
is ali right in Wisconsin. This is per.
haps as near the truth as the post,
masters original assertion that there
was nothing in the charges made by
Tulloch about fraudulent practices in
the postoffice department.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The seven bibles Of the world are
The Koran Of the Mohammedans. the
Tn Pitikes Of the Buddhists. the Five
Kings Of the Chinese. the Three We
las Of the Hindoos. the Zendsvesta.
and the Scripture Of the Christian
The Koran is the most recent Of any
dating from about the 7th century ar
ter Christ
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

The ordinary rates of Transports
ton on a bushel from ST. Paul TO New
York, via Chicago. for several sue
cessive years have been as follows;
St Paul to Chicago, s.32; transfer at
Chicago, 500; freight to Buffalo. $40;
transfer at Buffalo, s.o2;, freight to
New York, $24: total, $40.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

Golliier-You used to make good
living in the country, but you don Z
seem TO be making your salt in town.
Why did you leave the farm?
Gosch-Because couldn't bring il
with me. It was held down by mort
gage
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

A Chicago University professor
says he is going to China to spend
the rest of his days. China may be
sorry she has no exclusion law.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
APPENDICITIS HEREDITARY.

The world has learned much con
eernIng appendicitis in recent years.
Our grandfathers certainly never
heard Of y It's modern and up-to-
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
For Vice President
HENRY G. DAVIS
of West Virginia

II is not the first cost that counts.
as the owner of the automobile OBJ
served after the accident.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

We hope that Uncle Henry Gas
soway Davis middle name won't de
termine the length of his speech of
acceptance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

A negro man in Atlanta, Ga. has
been fined fifty dollars. or six months
service in the chain gang. for marry.
ing a white woman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
Americans Are Agile,
Not Profound Thinkers

Ll HE American nation regarded by impartial observers
~ as agile rather than profound in intellect Whatever
MNl the goal arrive there while other people
fSZN<I$J siderng how to start, YET WE STILL STAND
OUTSIDE THE REALM OF RIPENED WIS
DOM AND ASSURANCE AND STABLE CONVICTION.
The men of time attached expedents than
principles preferrng thought and OUR GENERATION,
full of life and movement. APPEARS AT TINES TO BE
"BOLND NOWHERE UNDER FULL SAIL" We have marvel
inventors few of the first rank excellent writers
books few authorities educaon admirable preachers
tleoogian heard in Europe sku expotor
philosophy thinkers who rank with. those of lands where
thought brood and pen before action begins OUR
AGE Is STRENUOUS TO THE BREAKING POINT .--
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

The Zendavesia ~ the Persians.
next to our Bible. is reckoned among
scholars a. being the greatest and
most learned 81 the sacred writings
IL contains the sayilgs 81 Zoraster.
who lived and worked in the twelfth
century B. G.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

Il Is proposed To use the famous
sentence Of Prince Bismarck. We
Germans fear God. but nothing else.
as the ne -ional German motto.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
Local.

The German Turner's of this city
who participated in the grand Turn
tesday evening much pleased with
what they had seen and experienced.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average Daily and Sunday for
seven months ending July 81,
1904 .. -. 1881
Average Daily and Sunday for
month OF July. 1904 2072
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

Judge Parker's first formal expires.
sion on the issues of the campaign.
made yesterday in his speech accept
ing the nomination for the presidency.
wiz not only satisfy but delight low.
ers of constitutional Democracy. Il
is the voice of one crying in the will.
derness of Capitalization. imperialism
and, autocracy. into which we have
foundered; the clear call to the true
faith of popular sovereignty on which
the republic was founded. by which II
has been maintained. and through
which II must be perpetuated II Is
the voice OF Democrat. Of 4 states.
man. of leader who. at a crisis when
such service seemed most lacking and
was most needed. has risen up to stay
the worship Of strange gods and to
conduct the people back to the altar
OF free government. the constitution.
Louisville CourierJournal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

More than century ago the best
tobacco and the best rum came. from
Aux Cages pronounced O. K9, and
the best of anything was designated
as Aux Cages, or o. X Hence this
meaning of the phrase, O X.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

Alexander County, Population 22,965
County Judge. VIM. S. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE E. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff. JAS. S. ROCHE.
Coroner, DR. JAS. NJ McMANUS.
Assessor and Treasurer. FRANK L.
DAVIS.
County Superintendent of Schools,
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Board of County Commissioners.
JOHN A. MILLER. Chairman.
JOHN A. BOURGEOIS
DIR EDWIN J. CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

H. is now proposed that there
should be tax on cats. This seems
natural corolIary to the proposed
tax on bachelors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

The tone Of Judge Parker's speech
OF acceptance is in perfect keeping
with the sObered sense of the Ameri-
can people. Judge Parker talks to us
as one who from some high place
looks across the smiling busy land
and in calm discourse reminds this
people # certain well known prin
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

Only one man in Florida returned
an income of over $4,000 and but
seven had over $4,000. The total mum.
Der taxed is less than two hundred
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

which already foots up to $4,000 for
the purpose of organizing base ball
nine to beat Cincinnati next year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
The Greatest Crime of Our Day

BY Judge ). of
IT> greatest Of day and generation the favoism
- in freight public highways SAY CRIME,
W4g FOR MORE WRONG HAS BEEN DONE BY 1T
THAN BY ALL THE CRIMES DEFINED BY OUR STAT
UTES 1T HAS CRUSHED AND BEGGARED THOU
SANDS ALL OVER THE LAND.
And say public highways because railroads public
highways That the pablo highways Of country should be used
aegandz and destroy others Infamous and hesess
that we will looked hack upon GENERATION LOST TO
MORAL SENSE for having allowed It SO long
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

A clever woman knows what a
man means when he says things he
doesn't mean.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

MIR. Parker's speech accepting the
Democratic nomination for president
is judicial. straight. formal. honest,
and sensible. with its points well put
aad well sustained
The speech is especially admirable
in its treatment of the tawdry jingo
theory that the United States became
a world power by virtue Of a petty
war with Spain rather than by virtue
Of the moral force Of great principles
of human liberty and free govern
ment New York World.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

The speech Of Alton b. Parker is
more remarkable for the insight Il
gives into the character and the quail.
tiles of the man than for the matter
it contains. In many respects il H. a
model of good taste. force. directnsss.
clearness and discretion. II is bound
to have a vast influence on the cam
paign because il has disclosed
Judge Parker to the people as a man
Of sense. sound judgment. broad mind.
simple tastes. and firm American be.
liefs unclouded by the buncombe of
politics or the claptrap Of the office
seeker. Detroit Free Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
IS YEARS AGO TODAY.

From The Bulletin Of Aug. 70. 1869
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

General.
Chicago has started a subscription
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
DON'T BE LATE OR
yoR MAY REGRET 1T.

The Sooner You Try an AID. in the
Columns Of The Bulletin, the Sooner
You VIII Realize the Profits to be De-
rived From Prudent Advertising.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

II is interesting to watch the his
tory of disease as recorded upon the
finger nails. When looking at the
patients nails you will see ON each
OF them a distinct ridge, showing that
the portion of the nail which has
grown since the acute attack is much
thinned out The more acute the i'll
ness the sharper will be the ridge
No penman, American or foreign
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President
ALTON B. PARKER
OF New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13

What Judge Parker had to say
regarding the United States as a
world power and concerning the size
of the regular army is worthy careful
reading and thoughtful consideration
In fact. there is not paragraph in
the speech that is not provocative of
serious reflection. The certainty of
its being read with more than ordin.
airy attention makes il unnecessary
to do more here than briefly call at
tention TO the topics considered. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
SHEARS AND PASTE.

Most people who grant favor ex.
pect two In return.
When a girl Is not afraid 10 have
her hair knocked down it is a sign
The has plenty of IT,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, Pop
ulation f6,147.

Mayor, CLAUDE WINTER
Clerk, II. A. HATCHER
Comptroller. p. Il. POWELL.
Police Magistrate, j. II ROBINSON.
Chief of Police, T. b. PRICE
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
COMMENT ON PARKER's SPEECH

While vigorously calling for re-
form of abuses in the government
Judge Parker declares that The spir.
1t Of the Democratic platform assures
conservative instead of rash action. :"
While the judicial tone of his speech
may disappoint campaign workers"
who want ringing phrases, the alb
sence of these will favorably impress
all thoughtful readers. The judges
declaration that If elected he will not
accept a denomination and the rea.
sons assigned for this attitude are i'm
pressive. II Is in the demand for a
return to calmer constitutional gov
eminent as opposed to Mr. Roose-
velt's impetus Imperialism that the
dominant issue in this campaign is
found. In comparison with the tariff,
trusts and so on are of minor conse.
quence. What Judge Parker's speech
says on that subject will be pronounc.
ed clear and authoritative by the PEG
pie. and--the people will have to de.
eide. New York Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
Beavers Cut OF Water for Engines.

Many curious stories have been told
about beavers and their ways. Some uf
the lumbcrmcn in Maine say they are
llooding their timber lands to such an
extent that they should have less protec-
ton by law. while visitors TO our lakes
and ponds lind them great attraction.
The biggest" beavers. IN way that
we have heard Of reside in Itcliugtun
township near the Eustis branch Of the
Phillips and Kangclcy railroad. Their
home is GA Il stream that supplies water
for engines y few weeks ago the engine
crew stopped for water and found. TO
their surprise, that the stream was dry.
1t was only dry few days. however,
and the water began TO run again with
out any apparent cause for the change.
Then man followed IN the brook 10
investigate and mile and a half or so
up h. found nice beaver pond 'rhr
beavers had damned the stream for their
own purposes and when their pond was
full the overflow went into The stream
and then thr engine could have the water.
Maine W0od&man
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
MY Pet Economy.

This is the old. honorable. most potent
one OF doing without a maid! 1t is well
ia consider benefits other than pecuniary
resulting from this mode of life, for un-
.leniubly the daily round is occasional
IL irksome, and we sigh for some one
between US and the pots.
First. the saving is not all expressed in
wages. The maids room. food and
washing must be considered. The small
,iaily waste that goes on even with good
,crvants-superfiuou butter and sugar in
cooking. half-scraped dishes. left-overS al
lowed to spoil, brcakage of china in hasty
ar uninterested hands, injury TO good
sraniteware by chipping or burning all
these count.
Secondly, as Il rule. the mother cook
m. IS more wholesome than any cooks.
The necessity of leSsening labor means
u simpler table, consequently less need Of
Inducements.
Thirdly. household exercise is excellent
for women II is regular. imperative and
10 most women interesting, while i'll the
Scrvantless home the rearing of children
10 habits of hclpfulness and industry is
far easier.
Lastly is the economy Of emotion. The
avoidance of the daily possibility of fric-
ton in the kitchen is to sensitive wom-
an positive bliSs.-Woman'S Home
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
2sO"SA
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

lnS great unanimity in the belief that
domeSticity Is endangered by an over
Plus of brains. Juvenal declares:
oh. never may the partner of my he'd
With suhtleties Of logic stuff her head
Nor whirl ner rapid syllogisms around
Nor with imperfect enthymemes confouDd
Enough for NE If common things she knoys
And boasts the little learning schools be-
stow.
hate the female pedaSogue who nores
over her grammar hourly. who explores
MI modes OF speech, regardless of the sense
But tremhlincly alive to mood and tense:
CorFects her country friends and cannot
Her husband so!ecize without sncer.
Thackeray also inveighs against wives
who drive their husbands to find Solace
| IN the clubs the fault being yours for
Sooth. who are too intellectual to 90 into
the kitchen and too delicate 10 think
about your husbands victuals'
''1ll-cooked joints and ill-boiled pota-
toes, according to Smiles. often put
asunder those whom God has Joined in
matrimony; while the misery of a
whole life, nay of n whole series of little
and big lives and subsequent ruin and
suicide arose" according TO another. wise
man, 'out Of an obstinate practice of see
ing leg of mutton three days running
in a respectable family"
y single note in the other direction is
happily sounded by Jerome, who asks:
Who invented the mischievous false
hood that the way to mans heart is
through his stomach? How many a silly
woman. taking it for truth has let love
slip our of the parlor while She was busy
in the Kitchen"
Does not the truth lie in a happy me
dium between these two extremes--a
house neat and well managed in every
respect, and yet all the wheels 80 we'll
creased that they go round" without
calling the attention of the world to all
the secrets of their solution?
Il like to visit al Dicks house" said
an old bachelor lately; everything is 50
mighty comfortable there, ami vet Mrs.
Dick doesn't seem to be always shaving
She must he il manager After all. that
is the secret. Healwork, Or. as our
grandmothers used to say: Making the
head save the heels a faculty that re-
uuireS brains
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
The Magazine Hero.

The Magazine Hero is hig and broad
And handsome and brave and fine.
And We who would write must foliose the
cut
And fashion him line for line
II doesn't matter what real men are
IN everyday life We know;
There are things he Magazine Man must
br,
or Tho Magazine Tale won't 60
Would we dare 10 carve Magazine Man
In the stature of five feet four.
Though the measure 80 men we meet each
day
is very seldom more
The Magazine Man H. college grad
And starred on the football field
How could wC make BIN q dry goods clerk
With pair of shears SO WELD?
oh, the Magazine Hero gets I'M sights,
Aud never with less than two.
Imagine making him run II hc could
Which Is Just what man would lo.
The Magazine hero loves and wcds
Ia 1t month ar q week or u dHv.
For IL isn't question Of dollars and cents,
Which IS only real mans WY.
So We model him after the regular ruie.
And our story S read with Rlep.
For people don't want what ~ real uan Is.
iui what ihcy would Ike him 10 he.
Town Topics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
How Lady Was Taught.

Lady was fine saddle horse and
often rode her out into the country She
liked the fun of a scamper along the
green lanes as well as | did. bnt She did
not like the city sights aud sounds that
met her nearer home. But | had made
up my mind that Lady must learn not
10 fear them. So. first of MI. won her
love and trust by being always gentle and
kind To her, | never shouted at her or
struck her. | knew that that would only
frightcn her more than ever. After that,
whenever we camC to anything thai Wol-
ried her and made her dance. first
soothed her by voice and touch; then
faced her toward the object She feared.
When she had had good look at il, |
made her go little closer to it, aud Then
stop and take another look. Then. pat
ting and talking TO her all the time. |
urged her still closer until She touched il
and saw for herself that it would either
jump al nor bite her In this way
taught her to pass quietly by piles of
brick. stone mortar, boxes. lime-kilns
and all the other queer things that Shc
had never met before.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
u L:ttle cave on the Rill.


-racre's a spot on the hillside far away.
Where in summer tine grass grows green.
" acre. beneath the rustling elm trees
shade
moss covered stone IS seen.
ri, a quiet and unfrequcnted spot,
20 itrde lone and wild:
y somebody's hopes are buried there
lis the grave of Il little child.
~ winter. alHs. that NOISY stone
i hid meath a shrond of snow:
Huf around ii in spring lime fresh and
sweet,
'Fhc daisies and yioletS grow:
And DER il the summer breeZes blow,
With a fragrance soft and mild.
ind The autumn's dead leaves thick!y Strew
That grave of 4 little child.
aud every year there's a redbreast comes.
when the month of May is nigh,
Ard builds her nest in this quiet spot,
Mid the elm frees branches high:
Nth her melody sweet, by the hour she
rrll.s.
Al If by the scene beguiled.
l.rrhaps-who knowsf-'tis an anger comes
To the grave of that little child.
ysS.. somebody's hopes lie buried there
same mother is weeping in vain.
nor. though years may come and years
may go,
Twill never come back again.
Y., blessed are they who die in youth,
The pure aud the indebted;
~cne road to heaven perchance runs
through
Ledger,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08

The misuse Of propositions is well illus
trated br AN incident that occurred re-
Gently in an east side school in this city.
says the New York Commercial in a.
reiew of J. G. FarnaId'S new hook Con
ucctveS Of English speech 4 little
Russian jew boy came ia school one dag
clad in a girls dress The teacher. Miss
Alice harmon. Saw him crying aud asked
him what was the matter. The boys
are calling me a girl he said. WHY
ere You wearing this Dress" the teacher
asked Cause me pants il worn ont
and muddcr ran'l get Inc no new ones.
50 she made me wear my sisters dress.
Well. never mind, Don't cry any more.
III get YOU pair of trousers said the
teacher kindly. The next day the little
fellow came to school wearing the new
trousers that the teacher had bought for
him The principal came into the room.
and soon noticed that the lad was try
ing Ca attract attention To his trousers.
! why. hello, said the principal Where
! Gid you got those nice truuserSt' Il Cos
/ en- off Miss Harmon, proudly AM
sWered the boy. and the other children
| Shrieked with laughter, The teacher
/ hlushed and explai' ed to the principal.
| These east side children almost always
say off when they mean FROM
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
An Attack at Sea.

Imagine a hostile ship lying at anchor
IN an apparently secure position ON .
dark and cloudy night There is jus;
enough breeze and sea to make sounds
on the water indiStinct Around low
healand half mile away from the am
ehored vessel steal four or five boats,
pulled with mutiied oars and filed with
armed men. They approach noiseleSsly.
Perhaps they are not discovered and
thus reach the side of the ship. The
next instant the armed men were pour
ing over her bulwarks and a desperate
fight takes place on her decks, Perhaps
they are discovered before they reach
the vessels side. The alarm is gwen.
The men in the boats hear it, and lash
their oars through the water in Il de
tcrmined effort to reach the ship before
The rapid-fre guns can open upon them,
Flashes of fire illumiue the night. Tht
searchlIghts send out shafts of binding
white. The sharp pealS of the six and
three Founders, the rapid hoarse bark
iEg of lIotchlliSs revolving cannon, the
vicious Sputter of Gattlihgs, break upon
The frightened air, Give way with q
willi' shout the officers of the boats, as
the men bend to the oars and the light
guns in the bows hur their defiant an,
swers back at the wall-sided ship. As the
boats sweep up to the vessels side. gongs
elang and rattles sound. calling away
the riflcmen to repcl b0arders from the
boats If the boats crews can board the
ship and clap down her hatehes before
the crew gets on deck. theirs is the vic
tory: hut if her secondary battery Is
manned and her ritlcmcn stationed he
fore the boats are alongside. then good
bye TO the boat expedition; for there is
nothing more pitilesS Than GatlngS ami
rnYnlving cnnnon.-Si Nicholas
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08

Aluminium brenzc posts, about 2ia feet
in height. especially manufactured for
the purposs. and >ef at halftuiir inter
walls are TO mark the international bonn
Diary line between Alaska and the British
possessions, as determined by the London
award.
Plans for surveying and markjn2 the
line are now bcing made aud the eng.
neers who are 10 DO the work arc as
sembling.
Three parties will hr put into be- field.
each composed Of an equal number Of
Canadians and Americans Each party
viii consist or about ten men in char""
~ a surveyor. Two Of the parties viii
work on the valley Of the Cbik4t river.
while the other party vii 90 mp he
valley Of the Stikinc river and CON" 10
establish the boundary there. II is eN-
pected that the first PARTY will sail from
Vancouver on the Princess May ths
month Sitka Alaskan
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-10-08
How To WALL

There is no virtue IN q dawdliug Sam
ter. The slow and languid dragging one
foot after the other. which some people
cali walking. would tire an athlete: il
utterly exhausts a weak person. and that
Is the reason why many delicate persons,
think they cannot walk, III derive any
benett from the exercise ii il necessary
to walk with a lgnt. elastic step which
swings the weight Of the body So easily
from one leg % the other that Its weight
IS not felt and which produces healthy
glow. showing that the sluggish blood is
stirred TO action in the most remote
veins. Family Doctor.