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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
He Did Not Mean n

Ex-Mayor Charles F. Warwick. n
exchanging with group OF lsNyrea
tales of funny experiences, related tbts
story as Illustrative Of ron met
perpetrated on him by one Of Bis Elt-
nesses under examination:
you have lived in PHILADELPHIA a
number Of years. Hos lega
"Jget twenty-five years.
Where did you live before that
timer asked the lawyer. hoping 10
prore an important point
y didn't live; | was single. --Phfla.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGF1BORS
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to vote for J r. Williams for prcsi-
dent and Walter Williams for repre-.
sentative Of the 5Sth senatorial di
trict, also recommended James B. An
derson ard Henry Gable as the choice
Of the convention for county central
central committeeman, no better mon
could have been put lp for the place.
They arc sood farmers, good Demo
Gratis and good citizens and will make
good Democratic central committee
mon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21

May 20, 1904,
Mrs. &. r. Brewer, who has been
visiting here for few days, left yes
.crday Thursday for Vienna to WIS,
i her sister, Mrs. L. Q, Whitne
Mrs. VIM. Brandon went to Harris.
0urg yesterday (Thursday)
Mr. H. NJ. Johnson, Of Walworth.
Wis, is visiting here among relatives
md friends
Miss Tressie Farthing, of Harris.
onrg, is visiting Miss Cora Lewis ana
other relatives here this week.
W. II. Stations, late OF DelWood, III.
las opened a new store in our village
IN the st. John corner, recently pur
chased by George Craig.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
Civilization Spreads Slowly

Formerly, in the Trans-Haikal prov
lrces, at Tsasetchu, the cream butter
Wos prepared IN the primitive way;
now there IS butter factory, with sep
arators with a capacity Of 542 pounds
a day handworked, but it is proposed
to introduce steam power,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
Broke HIS NECK.
Ry Associated Press

ny Associated Press.
Lexington, Ky. May 90 Word wa.
received here that Boun less, Ameri
can derby winner IN 1894 fell and
broke his neck on tho farm, eight
miles from mere, last week Bouaa
less. 1t is said made fortune f3r hi
owner J. Z. Cushing, Of Minneapolis
when he won the American derby. He
had not raced since the Chicago
Worlds fair
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
MOUNDS.
May 20, 1904.

May 20, 1904.
Mrs. Tom Whitaker, Of Bclknap
who has been visiting her mother
Mrs A. /. Compton, returned home
yesterday.
Mesdamos George Blank and Geo
sittec were shopping in Cairo yester.
day,
Mrs Louis Zanone, Of Cairo, was
The guest OF Mrs Peter Smith Thurs.
day.
Mrs. OLeary, of Villa Ridge, ana
Mrs. George Woods were Mound City
visitors yesterday.
Mrs Charles Dnnsworth and Mrs.
Albert Nelson went to Dongola Fri
lay.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
Cut flowers at Mrs. l.. M8ddens
1901 Holbrook, Cairo phone i83.
New OCCUPATION for Woman.

A most curious occupation couceiv.
ed by a woman is that Of a dinner
faster She spends a part Of each
day visiting houses and tasting dishes
intended for dinner She suggests i'm
proFements and shows the cook new
ways Of preparing dishes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
~ o. ~ o o. o. O. o. o. O. &,
o BUSINESS LOCALS. 9
o ~ D. o. o. o. O. o. II f. O.

7. A. Dnud, the grocer. has some
Of the choicest table delicacics and
All the staple groceries, good dalry
butter ana fresh eggs walnut 81
Ga2zola Confectionery store, leades
IN fine candies and choicest fruits. Try
)nr chocolates, creams ana bon bons.
Ice cream furnished In any quantity
/ stop az the Hotel Illinois, right IN
the heart Of the business center
Rates $500 per day Both lines o.
street cars pass main entrance
Your cash does greater service al
Stone Bros, than elsewhere. Goods
/ guaranteed to suit you. Price
couldn't be lower If thrown In a well
Too good 10 be passed by! Bcautifui
Silk Shirt Waist Suitings can be had
at Ilyman's for IS cents a yard dur
ing this week.
American saving stamps given away
a. tho Chicago Department Store.
Ask for stamps when trading there,
2l72l9 Eighth street.
Gunther g. Walke, Model Bakers
will give universal satisfaction for
everything In the bakery line. orders
for socials promptly filled, go Sth st
A Haley, wire screening. poultry
netting, water coolers, gasoline
stoves and ovens, step ladders
brushes, hardware and stoves.
Cut flowers at Mrs. L. Madden's
1901 Holbrook, Cairo phone i83
N G. Notzeer, the Washington ant
Goth ST. druggist sells the cough cure
that cures the cough and some fine
headache remedies. ask about Their
Fred D. Nells. the coal dealer, vii
I'll your coal bin for a small amount
of money. Put IN Your winters sup
ply before winter comes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
VIENNA.
May 60. 1904.

May 60, 1904.
Don Hunsaker, of Jonesboro. is
1ere visiting his father, j. T. HIN
AXE.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cosby are
Ierc visiting Mr. Cosz8y's sister. Mr..
J. II. Doris
H. Ii. Jacksn, who has been attend
ng the state Republican convention
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
FOUND GUILTY THIS TIME.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Des Moines, May 20-MH. Ca
Laughter tried the second time tor ne.
jury in connection with tho murc@
u her husband, was found guilty to
day She was charged with hay.n,
killed her husband ana attempted /,
burn The body She swore the Grim,
on one Charley HOLIDAY, d farm HAND
and escaped. She was afterward,
tried for perjury, but acqGitted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21

Americas most popular institution gandct greatest,
pure aest enterprise ea5 rings stages;
half mile track of original Features 100 phenomenal acts;
25 clowns 20 hurricane races 10000 81 GOO 900 mcnagere
Camcls aud Elephants.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21
sToNEFoRT.
May 20, 1904.

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21

A Haley, wire screening, poultry
netting, water coolers. gasoline
stoves and ovens. step ladders
LL1l.hoe hardware anL alnun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-21

You viii find The latest
designs in sterling siyer
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

derful powers, and that he was a sec-
ond Christ, by walking on the waters Of
Mud creek, The water was always mud
dy. A day or two before the time set.
grandmother's brother Robert and a
couple of neighbor boys were accident
ally attracted to the Mormons working
at the creek, and, concealing them
selves, watched the Mormons put down
stakes and put plank on them from
bank to bank, the plank resting about
six inches under water. After the Nor
mons left, the boys went down and tOok
out the center plank. where the water
was ten feet deep The next day 'Ba-
Iaam' Smith came down to the creek,
and, after a long exhortati0n, started
across the creek. He was all right
and on top till he came to the center,
where his powers seemed to leave him,
and he, like McGinty, went to the bot
tom. This was the end of Mormonism in
that old and tried and true Presbyterian
county"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
HER FAR-SlGHTED POLICY.
The Means by Which Japan Has At
tanned Her Supremacy
in the East.

In an article on Japanese Patriot
ism" in Parsons, Mr., Alexander Hume
Ford gives an interesting account of
ans fo~resighted policy. He sayss
Every year from two 10 three thou
sand students are sent to America, and
as many go to Europe. TO enter the most
advanced universities and machine
shops of the two worlds, These young
men are thoroughly impressed with a
sense Of their own Importance, know
ing full well that 1t i9 their destiny to
return to Japan and carry the country
forward along advanced lines Of civ
iligation. Their intense patriotism
urges them, as a rule, despite the obsta-
Giles Of a foreign tongue, to seek the hon
ors of their class, and the Japarase stu
dents abroad may always be found in
the front ranks Of American and Euro
pean colleges. Once graduated. they
quickly return to Japan. Search the
continent of America never so carefully,
and you will not find as many resident
japanese in II as there are Cinnamon in
the cities of either New York or Chica-
go; yet no alien law, as In the case
Of the Chinese, prevents the settlement
of the Japanese in our midst. They
come, observe, remain long enough to
master the workings of cur latest inyen-
tons in scientific apparatus and me-
ehanics, then return home to adapt to
the service of their people all that they
have found useful abroad. So to-day,
because they have prepared in times of
peace, Japanese foundries, s%hipyards.
machine shops and factories are ready
to turn out the most modern ordnance,
battIeships, and firearms fit to do battle
with any power that threatens Japanese
supremacy In the far east"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

packed house and strong sympathy Of
the audience. Grand opera in Chicago
is always an uncertain quantity, as far
as audiences go. The artists never know
whether they are going to sing 10 a
crowded house or to well-tilled upper
galleries and empty first floor seats until
they step before the footlights.
But such Is not the fate Of the
gelist when he to Chicago.
Whether revival services are more to
the taste Of Chicagoans than grand OPP
era or not, we would not like to state,
but the fact remains that the %well~adver-
Used religious meeting with It's big
preacher or evangelist always draws its
Crush" house,
Take it when Moody was alive and
came to town. Day after day and night
after night he packed the same building
where grand opera has been given to
comparatively small audiences, from
cellar to garrett" and then thousands
we're left outside, unable to get in.
To be sure, they did not have to pay my
where from $3.50 to- $3.50 per but it has
always been observed that when Chi
cagoans go to religious meetings they
do not leave their pocketbooks at home,
tucked under the mattress, and do not
hesitate TO give when the call comes.
And, taking the difference in the cx-
penses Of producing grand opera and the
revival meeting, with star preacher in
cluded. the margin Of profit Of the lat
ter Ia greater than the former.
The Presbyterians have Just Inaugu-
rated a movement which takes in all
three sides Of the city. DR. J.. Wilbur
Chapman is directing the religious cam
paign, and such e~yangelists as DR.. John
Robertson, Of London; Or. j. M. Gray.
of Boston; Rev. Thomas Houston, "the
blind evangelist" Rev. A. II. Biede-
wolf, and a score Of OTHERS, are his help
ers. The Methodists have united In the
series Of meetings, and audiences are
gathering nightly In various parts Of the
city which would make the departing
opera singers green with envy IL they
would only tarry long enough to gee
them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

and he throb OF his great heart as be
talked OF the souls needs.
Tie revival meetings being held in
Chicago at the present time have had
where the car barn bandits await the
sentence of death, DR.. Robertson, the
London evangelist. has talked with all
OF the men, and especially Van Dine. who
seems specially susceptible to religious
influence. jast how deep the repentance
and conversion which the prisoner
claims to have experienced goes, per-
haps no human mind can Judge. The
fact that he has, furnishes an INTEREST,"
ing chapter in the career OF the young
desperate.
Van Dine is the only one OF the "Au-
tomato trio" who has a Sunday school
record behind him. When he was a lit
tie fellow he used to so regularly and to
church, too, with his mother. She was
quite prominent in religious work, and
taught her boy religious things; but
there was a fatal weakness In the home
training and discipline. Bad reading
and companions did the rest, and Instead
of filing a place Of usefulness in the
world, he now faces the gallows for his
desperate crimes. And. face toface with
death, how easy 1t must be to repent.
II is r natural and logical development
Tor Van Dine, perhaps. because the re-
ligious Instinct was inbred from his
earliest childhood. His repentance may
be genuine, and then again the young
criminals subtle nature may be deceive
ing him just as he used to deceive his
mother as to his whereabouts and his
companions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

'il''Ni WV "'' hlinr tilpnp
ceCded to a limited
extent, but the reform campaign stirred
up the powerful saloon element, which
saw that It was only Il question OF time
when the city officials would be Obliged
to enforce the law or face impeachment
and trial for wilful neglect Of duty, and
so. believing that half a loaf was better
than none at all. al ordinance was
quickly drafted and placed before the
council extending the time Of closing
until one o'clock. This WAS passed by q
narrow majority. and now IT is up to
the liquor men to obey the law they
fathered. And 1t Is expected that tho
police win be specially ylgllant in ar
resting offenders.
These are busy days for the blue
coated Guardians Of the public morals.
for they not only have to sit up Iato
at night to watch for lights out and cur
taiuB up in the saloons, but during the
day they have to nose around" for the
gambling phone" This is a new
breed Of sporting animal and In causing
the city officials all kind of trouble.
When the tickers were forced out OF
the poolrooms and gambling resorts
where race news was received, the game
sters were driven to look around for a
likely substitute. and they found II in
the telephone. It Ia claimed that there
are 500 telephones whose exclusive use
is the sending and receiving Of race
track reports. This constitutes a sort Of
secret service. The numbers and names
Of the owners Of the phones are not In
the directory,
The telephone company processes ig-
norance Of the existence OF any such
phones, and under pressure has finally
agreed to remove the instruments where
Il Is shown that they are used for the
sending of racing news for gambling
purposes. But II was only when the POI
lice were getting their axes ready to
smash the offending instruments that
the company agreed TO cooperate In the
reform movement,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

IONS Shrine. from ~ Tho
model dresses have been trotted out and
admired and criticised, TO the edifica-
ton of the assembled architects Of the
feminine shape and external drapery.
And the Chicago woman who hasn't her
next dress picked out is either indif-
ferent TO Dame Fashion, or her last
dressmaking bin has not yet been paid
by hubby, and her credit is net good.
At one Of the evening sessions Of the
convention, when 1t had been rumored
that beautiful gowns were to be dis
played by more beautiful living models,
there was a stampede of men lovers OF
the beautiful to the doors Of the on
yention hall, and the door keeper had a
busy half hour OF it keeping them out
and convincing them that the beautiful
models" were constructed Of papier
mache. and not Of pink and plump flesh
and red blood. And while the man at
the door was busy, the modistes whose
p~rize-winning dresses were on exhibition
we're having a strenuous seance getting
the precious gowns out Of sight and
harms way, for the commotion at the
door led them to believe that some rival
organization was attempting TO raid
the hall and steal their ideas. II not the
dresses themselves.
A brief epitome Of the conventions
work includes the Endorsement Of the
corset, the padded figure and the wom-
an who pays her bills and ne questions
asked, and also the determination to
make the customer who snubs her Dress
pay for 1t at so much per snub.
1t will thus behoove the man who pays
the bills to educate his wife and laugh
tiers to q more cordial relationship With
the seaEstress in public places.
WILLIS s. EDISON.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

'F man fearless In q
political fight, and able in the handling
Of the business end of a party ucus or a
legislature.
Rowland J. Hamlln. the attorney gen
eral of the state, is the latest addition 10
the bunch Of goyernorship aspirants
here, He has opened up his h%eadquar-
ters on the same floor at the Great North
ern hotel with those Of the Yates and
Lowden forces, In fact, he has secured a
strategic point between the two, and
will be able TO keep his eyes on the
moves Of his rivals, Warner is also at
the Great Northern. and be keeps busy
out in the state while his forces here d.
rect the campaign.
Deneen. the states attorney, Ia the
only one OF the five who has not his
headquarters at the Great Northern. He
occupies rooms at the Grand Pacific no
tel, one block due west Of the camps Of
his competitors in this six-corncred
fight for the governorshIp plum. With
Chicago away up in the northeast cor
ner Of the state, n might wonder why
political headquarters here was an i'm
portant factor in a state political cam
paign, One reason. as already init
mated. Is that Chicago Is the political
center Of the state, and another is that
the newspaper publicity which may be
gained through the location of head
quarters here proves invaluable and in
dispensable,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
BOYS UPSET THE PROPHET.
Mormon's Attempt to Walk on Water
Frustrated by Vigilant Young
sters-Had Mud Bath Instead.

81 have often heard my grandmother
tell of a joke played on the sO-called
Prophet Joseph Smith, Sr., of the Nor
mon church. says G. II. Cartwell, ac-
cording to an exchange. Some time in
the sos Smith and a part of his follow.
ers were PROSECUTING in MusbinEum
county, o, He appointed a certain day
when he would show the people his won,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
MEN DON'T WEAR cORSETs.
II the Absurd Custom Is in Vogue 1t
Is Concealed from the Mer-
chant Tailors.

OF late years a great deal OF nonsense
has been printed about the growth OF the
corset habit among men, yet there
seems to be very little II any founda-
ton for such statements as have been
made on the subject. Making due allow
ances for the reserve with which the
tailor might seek TO protect his patrons
from publicity, it does not appear from
interviews with several OF the leading
custom tailors In this city and other
cities that there is any truth in these
statements. All of them say they have
no calls for clothes to be fitted over cor
sets. and a leading corset maker for
women, puryeyor to a high-Class custom
trade, declares a total absence of APP
plications to make the articles for men.
The tailors estimate that such items
as those referred to may emanatc from
the press agents Of corset makers, who
would like to increase their trade by
making for men as we'll as women, The
masculine figure does not. as a general
rule, need a corset. Its only effect would
be to repress the stomach and throw
out the chest, giving a form which is
natural to men of athletic habits, who
stand erect, while to men Of other habits
II would be a co%nstraint that could not
be borne with comfort, That the mil
itary figure" for men may be secured
without the use of a corset is shown by
the cadets Of West Point and Annapolis,
who. as it has been definitely estab-
lished, do not use the articles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Bishop Stephen Ma
son Merrill prcsiies
AT the opening SEES
sion of the Methodist
general conference at
Los Angeles, cal
May O. This is IN all
probability the last
general conference Of
the church at which
Bishop Merrill VIII
preside. as be viii at
this time ask TO be
relieved from the Gu-
ties attending upon
active work He IL
the senior bishop Of
the Methodist demon
nation. and has held
his present position
since 1872, and Is now
nearing the close Of
h 8 seventy ninth
year, having b e g
born September 10,
1926, He has given
practically all Of his
working years to the
ministry, having on
tered the Ohio con
ference IN 1886 Dur
ing his more than
half "A century Of ac-
tive church work he
has filed many posi-
o 8, included In
which was the Cdit-
Of the West
ern Christian Adyo-
cate for a period OF
four years IT was
from this position
that he was chosen
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

tually made themselves almost indispen-
sable in the homes of the wealthy. The
Malabar monkey is of the fine species
known as the langur. 1t is very warm
in Malabar, and there Is a fan called the
punka, which used to be kept In mo-
ton by a slave. 1t required a slave to
work each punka, but nov every punka
in Malabar is worked by a monkey.
1t was an English officer who CON
ceived the idea Of making the langur
work in that manner. The fan is q NOV
able frame, covered with canvas and
suspended from the ceiling. The motion
is caused by pulling a cord. The officer
tied the hands Of the langur to one of the
cords, and then by means Of another
cord put the machine in motion. OF
course the monkeys hand went up and
down and the animal wondered what
kind of a game was being played. Then
the officer patted its head and fed it with
candy till soon the langur thought II
was fine fun TO work the punka. The
experiment was successful and now
thousands Of monkeys are In harness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

ports Of Joy TO the
feminine portion
OF ChIcago's pop
ulation during the
past week, and
producing feelings
of another sort
among the mascu-
Unity who have to
pay the bills. The
d~ressmakers have
Just ended a weeks
convention, and the
subject Of gowns
and women has
been d II s s G d
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

by what are called
crush houses at
any Of the per
fOrmances. r h Q
singers have gone
through with their
parts with pre-
CisiOn and pune
tiliousness, b
II they were
paid to do 1t and a
paying" b 0 u S G
was there 10 Ils-
ten. but there was
lacking that en-
thusiasm W h c h
comes from the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
The WAY He Drank.

Waldo P. Johnson, father of w. T.
Johnson, Of Kansas City, was fond OF
telling of a former judge of the circuit
court in a southwest Missouri district
who is now a Kansas City lawyer. Wal
do p. johnson was n of the United
States senators expelled from the sen.
ate at the opening Of the civil war be-
cause he sympathized with the Con-
federacy. He was afterward chairman
of the State constitutional convention
which devised the present constitu-
ton.
About the time of the constitutional
convention Johnson was in Jefferson
City. when his friend, the southwest
Missouri judge, happened to come to
town. The members of the county
court of st. Louis county were in town
and Mr.. Johnson introduced his friend
to Judge Edwards, presiding judge OF
the st. Louis county court. The two
men left together, and that was the
last Senator Johnson heard of them un-
til the next morning, when he met
Judge Edwards. The western Missouri
Judge had gone west on the midnight
train.
Senator" Judge Edwards asked, 'is
your friend a circuit judge or a county
court judge?"
why do you ask that question:"
said johnson.
well, sab, he has all the culture and
manner of a distinguished circuit
circuit Judge. But. Senator, he drinks
like a county judge."-Kansas City
Star.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

does get its share
Of the latter, in
spite of the wealth
er man and the
s m 0 k e
ers(D-and are at
liberty to go where
they please. even to
the revival meet
ing, are not the
only ones who
have a chance to
hear the great
~evangelists and the
Gospel sung, for
the jails are e
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
A Russian Battleship.

That Russian stranded battleship Ret
vlzan, which has figured SO prominent
ly in the news from Port Arthur, is
called after a Swedish battleship Of Ga
guns which was captured by the Rus.
slams at the battle Of Wiborg in 1880.
The word Retyizan means Justice"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

pentance. III ,,tn,.ad -
ligious workers, and the big preachers
are not i%nfrequent callers upon those
shut behind the bars. A work which
came very close to the heart Of Mr..
Moody during tie latter years OF his
life was the prison work, and many a
criminal felt the warm touch Of his hand