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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-18
UNIQUE AGENCY AT CAIRO.

The position of the fire and genefal
agency of II. II. Candee q Son, ut
Cairo, is unique in the history OF III
inois underwriting The agency Is
made up OF fifteen fire companies, the
average length OF representation be-
ing slightly over thirry-one years, the
baby" of the office having been adj
mitted in 1887. The agency was es-
tablished by the late Henry II. Candee
and associates. as Sanford Morris Il
Candee, January /, 1858. Two COM
paniss, the Hartford ana Aetna, have
been continuously represented since
that time, or over forty-slX years.
Two others have been more than
forty years in the Office, the Home
since 1861 and the Phoenix OF Hat
ford since 1863 The office has been
the local agent Of the Travellers since
1865. when that company had been IN
existence but one year.
The asency is growing one, re-
porting $4,000 local fire premium to
the city authorities as a basis for fire
tax for the year ending July / last,
as compared with s25.700 for the SINH
lar year previous. 1t has also consid-
cradle outside fire business and large
marine and casualty lines and does
some $4,000 in premiums annually.
The Western Underwater.
September 20. 1904
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-18
American League.

Total. 3,09i,5
Attendance in 1903. 2,345,SSS.
Attendance in 1902, 2,20G,457.
Attendance in 1901. 1,GS3,5S4,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-18
National League.

Total, 2,II4,IUI.
Attendance in 1903, 2.390.3G2.
Attendance in 1902, 1,GSl,2l2.
Attendance in 1901, 1.920.03l.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-18

cities and towns in 81 states, The
prlncely sum Of $3O,000,00O.
During Mr. Cleyeland's last admin
istration there was expended for IN
crease Of the navy $54,OO0.oO0; during
the last four years more than slol,-
600. 900 has been thus expended
There was expended on navy yards
during that administration Si,50o,Ooo,
while during the last four years the
outlay therefor has been $22,o00,ooo
During Mr. Cleveland's last admin
istration there was expended for pub
lie buildings, for increase OF the navy
and for construction of navy yards,
S74, 100000 During the las four
years there has been expended for the
permanent purposes, and In the inter
est of all the people and for all time
the sum o. s153, 100000
During the fiscal year 1896, imme-
diately proceeding the election of Mr.
CIeveland's successor there was ex'
pended for public buildings, increase
of the navy and navy yards. $4,000
900. During The fiscal year 1904, i'm
mediately proceeding the election OF
Theodore Roosevelt, there was ex
pended for the same purposes $4,000
600. or four times as much, besides
an additional $50, 100000 for the Is.
thmian right of way,
Il am surprised that Judge Parker
asks comparisons. but comparisons he
shall have
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-18

has lately
that she is
of plotting
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

admitted to the Royal Microscopical
Society Of London.
Mrs. Roosevelt has a much more
general supervision Of the White
House than any former mistress Of the
mansion. a
Florence Lewes, the young woman
who has 0utshot the best marksmen Of
England, will come to the United
States and try her skill.
The Empress Of Russia, while be-
lever in woman suffrage, is not what
Is known as a strong minded woman.
She is thoroughly domestic.
Caroline L. O. Ransome, of Washing
ton, is the first woman from whom the
United States government purchased a
painting for the walls of the capitol.
missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four
Hundred Miles Below the Mouth Of
the Ohio Absher" is the name of girl
who married James Gill of Toledo,
Ohio, the other day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
Always Keep Faith.

MANY a woman who would not think
of lightly breaking promise made to
a grown-up person is utterly careless
about keeping her word with her chill
Gren. She promises whatever Is con-
yenient at the moment, and apparent
" thinks that the breaking or keep
ing of those promises Is matter In
which she can please herself, and that
her children have no right to consider
themselves aggrieved if she does not
do so.
A mother who acts thus does her
child grievous harm She forgets that
the sense of justice is strong in quite
q little child, and that It Is natural and
reasonable that he should expect his
parents to be as good as their word
and to fulfill their promises, even at
the cost of convenience. Promises
should not be lightly broken, ana the
parent who is guilty Of this soon loses
his children's confidence, which is one
Of the sweetest things which our little
ones can give us.
When boys and girls learn to doubt
their parents truthfulness they soon
look around for someone else whom
they can trust, and on that person they
shower their affection and bestow their
confidence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
Hints for Housefurnishiur,

To have pretty home avoid glar-
ing contrasts Of color.
If the wall papers are figured,
choose plain carpets or draperies.
See that bookcases have glass doors
or curtains to preserve the books.
Remember that the kitchen outfit is
not the cheapest part Of the furnish
ing.
Do not despise any old pieces of fur
niture. If they cannot be used now,
they may come into fashion again in
the future.
Purchase few good articles of fur
niture rather than a host of cheap
things, which will neither look well
nor wear we'll after the first month.
Have a general sitting room where
the entire family can congregate cozi-
ly in the evening. and, if possible. have
an open fire and good reading lamps
there, and comfortable lounge in one
corner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
MEN WHO MAKE THE FASHIONS
The Evolution Of a Smart Costume.


is the lady's love for change that long
ago the whole gamut of possible va
riety In the form and arrangement of
draperies had been run, and that now
adays he goes to the past for inspira-
ton for the future. The fashion artist
keeps in his studio big volumes of the
fashion plates for all years, and these
are ever and anon turned up in the
search for new ideas. Something out
Of the ordinary, widely differing from
the prevailing taste, is required, and
1t is found in the fashion Of a few dec
AIDES ago. This fashion, of course, is
not copied in detail; it simply supplies
the basis for the new design, and the
idea is worked upon and cleverly
adapted till something more or less
novel really seems to be the outcome.
At the present time the fashion artists
are taking their ideas from the 1860
period
Having obtained general notion as
to what sort Of costume he intends
to make, the artist then goes about
the making Of it in very practical
and interesting manner. He sets a lit
tie table in front of him and places
upon it miniature model Of a lady's
figure. He is supplied with a large
quantity of tissue paper Of different
colors, scissors, gum, artists ink and
paints, and a little silken material for
use on the bodice and cuffs where It's
sue paper will not do. First he cuts
out Of the paper a simple skirt, and
trims 1t this way and that until it is
to his liking. Over it are adjusted
more little pieces Of tissue paper Of
various colors, cut into all kinds of ex-
perimental shapes till the right shape
and blend are secured and when at
last the idea which the artist had in
mind is realized it is time to think of
detail. The ink and paint and brushes
are taken up, and on the tissue paper
is painted with all possible care and
ingenuity the representation Of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

should rest, absolutely rest, for fifteen
minutes a day, loosen her garments
and stretch herself at full length.
''That is the treatment that tends OF
wrinkles"
What Of the occasions when wom-
an must WELD broom or bend over a
wash-tub or over frying-pan upon
the kitchen range? These are tolls
that tax her strength and seem to
make little direct return of physical
good, yet they may be carried on ull-
der hygienic conditions.
The comforting fact remains that
most Of the work housekeeper does
involves just such exercises as teach
err of physical culture or a beauty
doctor" would prescribe for her. There
is no reason why she should not be
more beautiful, as we'll as more use
full, than the idlers Of her sex. She
generally is.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
Sit and Set.

Two little words have been a source
Of great modification and trouble to
many well-meaning persons.
A man, or woman either, can set a
hen, although they cannot sit her;
neither can they set on her, although
the hen might sit on them by the hour,
If they would allow it.
A man cannot set on the wash
bench, but he could set basin on 1t,
and neither the basin nor the gram
marians would object.
He could sit on dogs tail, If the dog
were willing, or he might set his foot
on it. But If he should set on the
aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there,
the grammarians as well as the dog
would howl-metaphorically at least.
And yet the man might set the tail
aside and sit down, and be asss lied
neither by the dog nor by the gam
marianS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
chemisette is made a part of the right
front, and can be Of lace chiffon lined,
or Of heavier material, as may be pre-
ferred.

Mrs. John Nicholas Brown is build
ing a 100000 residence at Newport Tor
her son.
The mother of the Rev. K. NJ. Foster,
Of Charles City, Iowa, was second
cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte. AL
Mrs. Hetty Green sswealth is put at
$5O,OOO,O0O or SO, and her living ex-
penses are put at less than $4,000
yearly.
Frau Cosima Wagner has devoted
her entire widowhood to the praise OF
her husband. She is the daughter and
mother Of composer, and has been
the wife Of two
Miss Mary A. Booth, Of Springfield,
Mass, is we'll known in the scientific
world She is one Of the few women
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
Beauty by Homework.


A writer whose useful mission is to
tell women how they can make the
most of themselves physically has been
counting up the development exercises
that one does, or might, take while
busy with her homework. For ex-
ample, she enlarges her chest and
arms by using carpet-sweeper,
strengthens her back and broadens her
shoulders by making beds, and i'm
proves the shape Of her wrists and
hands by kneading dough.
she might round her hips and per-
feet her waist line by using her feet
instead Of her hands as opportunity
offers, as when shutting the oven door.
Ironing tends to make her arms round
and firm; but that end would be more
surely attained If occasionally, while
she waited for the iron to cool, she
would straighten her back and hold
the iron at arms length, using it as a
dumb-bell A proper carriage Of the
body is desirable, anyway, and few
kinds of work really necessitate pos
lures that invite cramped lungs and
rounded shoulders.
The hardest work, 'that which
makes one breathe heavily" brings it's
special benefit, provided one breathes
deeply and breathes pure air. But to
supplement all such physical means Of
grace, says our adviser, woman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

costumiers make the fashion in dress;
but this is only partly true. The male
fashion artist has most to do with it.
His is peculiar and interesting occu-
patton, requiring talent far above the
ordinary, and it is an occupation of
which not many even suspect the ex-
istenee. slll 4a lsS
3 There are several grades Of fashion
artists, but only very few in the
first, and it is these few who make
the fashions for the West End They
are artists in the fullest sense, and
find their profession considerably more
lucrative than the average painter of
pictures does. In some cases they
have been painters Of pictures them
selves and are so still, and they have
large and handsome studios in which
they work. And how do they work ?
One Of the most eminent Of them ex-
planned to me how it was all done. In
the first place their labors are divided
naturally into three distinct divisions.
One consists in visiting the houses of
the great just before fashionable func-
tons take place, and making lightning
sketches Of ladies' new gowns, which
are afterward worked up at home and
then sent for illustration in the yari-
Gus fashion papers. Another is the
making of original designs for dresses
Of an elaborate character for these
same papers, such as the Queen, the
Gentlewoman, and the Ladys Picto-
rial.
A great amount Of thought and care
is necessary for this class Of work, as
the designs are intended largely to an
ticipate fashion. But the most import
ant class Of the fashion artists work
is not that in which he copies, or even
that in which he designs, however
deliberately, merely for illustration,
but that in which he creates for the
costumier, in which he practically
makes q smart new frock, which will
ere long adorn the figure Of lady Of
society.
Such work requires no small amount
Of study, thought and pains, and this
Is how new fashion is evolved. In
the strict sense Of the term, there is
no new fashion any more than, ac-
cording to the old proverb, there is
anything at all under the sun that is
new. Perhaps there is less in fashion
nowadays than in most other things
for the artist will tell you that such
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

most beautiful embroidery work. Skill
and fancy are given a free rein; but it
has always to be borne In mind that
the design shown as paint and tissue
paper must be capable Of conversion
with proper effect into color and the
material Of which the gown Is to be
made. Then the sleeves are fashion,
ed and added and worked upon, and
finally the bodice, until the little dunn
my is fully attired in charming little
costume, made up Of hundreds Of
small pieces Of tissue paper, which Is
months ahead of fashion, and which
later on will be the pride and glory Of
the smartest women in town. The
artist makes elaborate drawings of
the finished design, and then away ev-
erything goes to the costumer with
full detailed instructions as to what
material and what color each little de-
tail Of the gown must be. All Is left
to the fashion artist.-Montreal Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
DANGER IN VIOLENT, EXERCISE.
timely Caution to Participants in
Fierce Afhlafic Gar,.a.

. 81
Iimeiy Caution to Participants in
Fierce Athletic Games.
Now that students all over the coun-
Try are In the midst Of hard training
for athletic games, some Of the ut
most violence, the opinion Of medical
experts upon the effect of violent
exercise On growing persons is espe-
claliy timely. The opinion of the doc
tors upon this point was emphasized
at the recent meeting Of the American
Medical Association at Atlantic City.
DOCTORS are pretty generally agreed
that violent exercise seriously affects
the health Of growing persons. 1t is
a notorious fact that great athletes as
rule are not long-lived. AS they az
rive at full age with especially vigor-
GUS constitutions they might be ex-
pected to live to be much older than
the average healthy person. But such
Is not the case. They sacrifice longev-
ity by the effort required in their con-
rests and In the training preparatory
thereto. e -
1t is medical maxim that men are
as old as their arteries. If ones
arteries show degeneration, however
few ones years, he is becoming an old
man. On the other hand, while his
arteries retain their original elasticity
and health, the man is still young, no
matter how many years he may have
counted. He has an expectancy of
many years Of life. Physicians gener-
ally agree that the great cause Of ar
terial degeneration is hard physical
labor. This is especially true of labor
among growing children. If. the boy
between Is and 20 is obliged to exert
his physical powers to the utmost he is
pretty sure to initiate arterial degen-
GRAFTON. When that boy is 40 or As
his arteries begin to thicken, become
rigid and tortuous. They fail to per-
form their function in the circulation
of the blood and cause an undue tax
on the heart, with the result Of heart
disease or senility. The initiatory i'm
pulse in this case has probably been
given in youth by violent exercise.
Great feats Of strength or wearing
physical labor forces the blood into
the arteries until it distends them.
Sometimes it means lesion and sud-
den breakdown through aneurism or
heart trouble If this effect does not
follow it starts the deteriora ton Of the
arteries, which finally ends in degen-
Grafton. Thousands Of young boys
who are obliged to engage in severe
physical labor for a living must pay
the penalty by premature old age.
There is no help for them. But with
college athletes it is optional whether
they shall shorten their lives for a
little brief prowess on the field. If
medical men are right they will surely
do so by hard training and violent
physical exercise.-Baltimore News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

Not many ladies, when they don a
smart new gown which is right up to
the fashion of the moment, and are
as intensely pleased with 1t as only
ladies can be. have much Of an idea
as to whose genius they have to thank
for their delight.
They would be surprised II they
they understood quite how he did his
work, and most Of all when it dawn
ed upon them that this same man not
only executed the design, but actually
took the initiative, and automatically
ordained what the fashion at par
ticular time should be. The sex may
fancy that they themselves and their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
A Box-Plaited Blouse.

The blouse waist has come to be al
essential to style as we'll as comfort,
and takes fresh variations with each
in coming season. This one is pecul-
iarly attractive, and is laid In full
length box plaits, with additional
tucks at the front, which extend to
yoke depth and provide fullness below
that point. The model is made of
reseda yelling, trimmed with black
banding and combined with a yoke OF
ecru lace, but all materials Of suf.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
Well-AcUuainted.

Two women were sitting on the pi-
azZa of the beach hotel at the time
when all those who bathed daily in the
sea were struggling along the sandy
road in front Of the house. ''There
goes Mrs Granger said one of the
women on the piazza, as stout, pleas
ant-faced person passed by without a
glance toward the hotel.
my! l should think she'd have
lepgthwise stripes since she's taken on
so much flesh, shouldn't you? But
she's real good-natured. / think those
fat folks are apt to be, and l don't
know as they really mind the heat
any more, either. She doesn't. She
says she'd rather have hot weather
than cold, anyway; the cold sets her
rheumatism going" ~
''That's an awful trying thing, rheu-
matism isl said the other woman,
sympathetically
"Well, she's expected it all her life,
for she comes of rheumatic family"
said Mrs. Changers friend. "Ethel,
that's her youngest daughter, has had
twinges already; but she's engaged to
Californian, so she may escape, go
ing to a warm climate, that way. /
guess Tom, that's the son, won't ever
have it, for he never keeps still long
enough to get an ounce Of flesh on
him. Tall, though! He's just running
to inches; springs up like weed. Only
fifteen, and he can't wear his fathers
trousers or coats. Mr.. Granger is sort
of short, like all his family; but he
has a brother built just as Toms go
ing to be. He's the one whose wife
has all her white skirts made hand
tucked! Now did you ever? In these
days, when machines do such lovely
work.
mo, I never did," said the listener.
II didn't know you knew them SO
well-why, you're real intimate, aren't
you? The sun was in her eyes so she
couldn't have told who was sitting
here if she'd looked"
''Well, 1 don't know as she'd have
recognized me right off, if she had
looked" was the guarded answer.
Were not intimate, because haven't
really met her, nor she me; but know
her through and through, and l pre-
sumo she would say the same. The
woman that washes and irons for her
on Monday and Tuesday comes to me
on Wednesday and Thursday-and
guess there isn't any better way to get
real we'll acquainted with another fam
lily than that-though in the summer
I do sort of lose track Of them some
times. YOUTHS Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Some Facts About An Empire in the
Southwest Destined for Statehood.

Some Facts About An Empire in the
Southwest Destined for Statehood.
The Indian Territory figures In the
popular mind as locality peOpled by
the Indians solely. This Is mistake.
A larger number Of Indians are In 1t,
however, than are located In any other
community. These belong to the i've
civilized tribes. At the present time
there are enrolled 1926 Cherokees,
28,573 aChoctaws, 1889 Greeks, 9.713
Chickasaws and 2,753 Seminoles, or
1858 in the aggregate. Then there
are in the northeast corner Of the
Territory, close to the Missouri line,
about 1900 Indians, remnants Of the
Shawnees, Peorias, Quapaws and other
tribes, living on reservations.
These $4,000 Indians comprise only
a small portion Of what the general
public understand by Indians. Among
the S6,653 members Of the five civil
lied tribes there are a little less than
$4,000 full bloods. The rest comprise
mixed bloods (41,269) Of various de-
grees Of dilution up to SO per cent
white, most Of whom could not be
distinguished from pure whites; inter-
married whites Q,33S and freedmen
(18,79O) who were the slaves Of the
days preceding 1865 or their descend
ants. All of these are classed as In
dams for the purpose Of participation
in the distribution Of the tribal prop
erty. AS the five tribes have been gov
erning themselves for many decades,
It can be easily understood that the
term civilized, as applied to them, Is
something more than q figure Of
speech. They have towns, schools,
banks, mercantile establishments,
manufactures, newspapers, churches
and all the rest Of tbs accompani-
ments Of enlightened communities.
The white inhabitants Of the Indian
Territory outnumber the Indians, ac-
tual and constructive, at least five
to one. There are in the neighborhood
of 555OOOO or 100000 people in the
Indian Territory In 1904. all except
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

$1,000 Of whom are whites who have
immigrated from the rest Of the coun-
try or from Europe, or the descend
ants Of immigrants. They are as pro-
gressive people as are found in any
other part of the United States. Under
the bill which recently passed the house
and which will 60 through the senate
In the approaching session the Indian
Territory will be Joined to Oklahoma,
and they will be admitted as a state
under the name Of Oklahoma. The In
dian Territory has great future
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
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sleeves and skirt and also runs down
the three-quarter coat. A soft beaver
hat, with wings across the front, COM
pletes most effective toilette.
3. Silk warp Henrietta cloth Of the
most delicate mauve tint composes this
reception gown. This is deliberately trim
med with applique lace and chiffon roses
and scroll designs of chenille.
4. A fine broadcloth of light brown
has velvet and braided lapels thrown
back to display fawn-color vest. The
full sleeves have stiff scalloped cuffs
edged with fawn color, and the skirt has
shirred pieces of the material let in at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-26

/. The costume to the left of the
sketch above is of chameleon taffeta, on
the blue and brown shades, trimmed with
circles of blue velvet edged with brown
and white silk braid. The jacket has a
girdle of silk velvet, with loops and ends
at the back. With this is worn brown
velvet hat with a white feather sweep
ing across the crown and over the hair
In the back.
2. This smart coat suit is of heavy
novelty cloth on the petunia shades the
lapels being faced with white broadcloth
and petunia velvet. A ladder pattern in
petunia silk braid is inserted in the