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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
Building a Home.

The building Of a home calls for
good business mind AMI busine put
jose The partnership must b. in
good faith, there must be an absorb.
ing sentiment that will continually
feel It's interests. q courage that viii
not quail before the effort that must
b. made TO sustain IT, q cheeriUlHess
hat does not falter before the mo
1otonous round Of duties that must
Ae kept up year after year to est1b-
fish il: harmony that seeks the
united inter st and a courtesy thar
ever obeys the golden rme We DE
lieye there is too much complaint
entered against th exactine duties
II home building. From Laying the
Foundations by Jllia Sherman TIP
ON. in National Magazine for April
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Over in Missouri they are charging
that Joe Folk Is not regular" Dem.
ocrat, and for that reason he ought
to be defeated for the guberna.orial
nomination Among those who make
this accusation are United States
Senator Stone, better known as Gum
Shoe Bill. Harry b. HAYES and May
or Rolla Wells. Of ST Louis. The first
of these staintly gentlemen was one
of the managers Of the Bryan cam
paign in 1896 and again in 1900 n
his creed regularity is a virtue anC
its opposite a wise. SO firmly does he
believe this that in 1900 he contribu
ted $500 to help defeat Rolla Wells
the regular Democratic nominee fol
mayor Of st Louis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
To Revive Cotton Industry.

Efforts are being made to revive the
cotton growing industry in jamaica
Sea island seed has been procured
from the Unitcd State Department Of
Agriculture Sea island cotton is a
native cf the Barbados. ana the gov
eminent has undertaken 20 encourage
IFS cultivation Trinidad has sent to
England some samples of cotton Grown
there Cotton t. also being grown on
ST. Christopher, st lacil and tlie
Bahamas aud One outlook Is reported
as favorable
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
SECTION OF PANAMA CANAL.


Fifteen years ago .here were per-
haps 100 electric ears in TIE whole
world. To-day they are in all parts Of
the globe Even Seoul the capital Of
Korea. has al electric railway. bult
by an American
Fifteen years ago 200-Aorse power
generator was thought to be a mon.
ster. but to-day 4 10000 horse power
generator is not big enough to attract
any unusual attention.
Fifteen years ago electricity vas
thought to be almost as much OF o
fad as Il was a business It employed
few men, To-day, in ore plant alone
there are 10000 people employed aui
three out of every four are skilled
workmcn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
SHOTS on the Eur Of Animals.

tFrDM Success
Although We are TOLD that the
leopard can NOT change his spots Il
Is certain that the markings on the
fur Of some animals do change Is.
peclally is this true where the animal
has a distinctive winter coat This
change has been studied by Barrett
Hamilton a British naturalist, who is
Of opinion that whitening OF The fur
generally accompanies development
Of fatty tissue. which Is a manifesto
ton Of insufficient oxidation. and
nee of atrophy. which shows itself
in Whitening of the hair In some
animals-man for instance-this
atrophy is manifested by badness.
That Fat men are often bald is thu
something more than a coincidence
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The intellectual activity of that
oetogenarian prince Of science Lord
Kelvin shows no signs e abatement.
He recently read before the Royal
Society of Edinburgh of which he Is
president, his solution Of the prob
lens raised by Free Procession uf
Waves in Deep Water" in continue
tion OF a communication read by him
seventeen years ago. He to re.
turn to the subject again. bat "at a
much shorter interval
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
FROM THE MAGAZINES
Wav Side Tales.

With the hope OF helping yong
men and women 10 better guari
ganst the snares and pitfalls in GER
ain phases of our social life in larger
stiles, Waysile Tales for May prints
/ striking paper GA the unfortunate
women VI Chicago Nit Eugene Kat
for many years a police reporter fo'
several metropolitan newspapers. is
the author He has made close
study of this subject and his c0ntribu-
ton is both interesting and timely.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
Mr.. NEFr AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Nen estate is one of The
largest realty interests in Cairo. It IL
said that it's income runs up int
many thousands annually nearly a
from rentals. and il could do much {
build up the city. for il comprise
more or less property upon which tht
spirit Of improvement coull put il
SON work with excellent effect Bn'
it's progressive policy seems 20 have
died with its founder, who was for
many years one of Cairo's foremost
most enterprisng aud most highly s.
teemed citizens; ana since then its
manae ment has been directed in or
posltion Ia everything that tended Il
develop the city; It's policy has been
what may be properly termed the
pinch-penny policy which has clutched
at the dimes and boarded the dollars
which missed no opportunity to crit
icise, denounce and oppose Others who
endeavored to do something towarc
making the city more attractive ans
more comfortable as place of resi-
denee. or enlarge its commercial ant
Industrial interests
Ordinarily it would perhaps he i'm
proper 10 make this policy a subiec,
or newspaper criticism. for it might
he said that il is purely private mat
ter. and every man has a right It
manage his own property as his luds
ment may dictate provided il doe.
not intercfera with the rights Of otl
ers. But. naturally the policy wnic.
prevails in the management OF such
large estate affects a community NOR,
or less. especially when it eX rts II
self, beyond its own legitimate limits
10 interfere as stumbling blocl
with the efforts OF others who seel
tC make or promote public and pri
waite improvements. Moreover jus
now the people arc asked to plact
the author OF this policy in a positicl
of influence in the city guvernment
with the boldly proclaim ID purpose q
carrying out a like policy Of depre
sion in public atfaiIs-anI this,
must be admitted. calls for protas
and fllly justifes a critical examine
ton Of that policy as exemplitied il
the management Of the Neff estate
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The first number OF "rhe Mounds
Leader" has MADE It's appearance. II
Is edited and published by Byron l..
connell son Of the veteran newspaper
man Of that name, who 50 long con
Quoted the Mound City Enterprise
The Leader has a splendid field in the
thriving city Of Mounds and it's epyir
ons, and will doubtless receive the
support il evidently merits.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The Bulletin H. in receipt OF j cir
cular letter from It's friend. e. l. Hi
leary. traffic manager Of the Worlds
Fair. at St Louis. which has cause
il some distress. The letter state
that special cars on the tracks Of n,
Worlds Fair Terminal Railroad CON
pany will have % pay $40 per das
while they stand on the tracks. am
q cents per head per day additional
sin be charged for all the occupants
Failing 10 say what kind OF cars vii
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Footnit jeaerstically helping az
)azar WON'T yoa pm in for a raie
or his cushion? OF 1oa-1e it's rather
,scjess and gluJy and SO forth and
personally I think the design is rot
Ill., But do put in for il Visitor
40, thanks. made it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
10 psAoIns

{Dy ". W siilsanD
Fair ornaments Of Spring
That ID my garden shine.
10 me 10 kindly bring
Your odors fine
Your petals. golden hpe
Shines like tn sun:
And sunsets stay with you
When day Is done
From the Metropolitan Magazine
for April.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ALDERMAN FOURTH WARD.

WI Iawler authorizes his ann ,uncement
as candidate for alderman in the Fourth
Ward at the city election 10 be held on Tues
day, April 10. 1901.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
THE PFRPETUATION OF PLATITUDFS
idea of how the


N%1NE Of the most astonishing facts in this asonil
1RM mi ing world the persistence shown by people every
III RrN nation and every tongue in PERPETrAT1NG GER
W%glKl tain PLATIIuDES TRUISMS AND STUPID.
NESsYL1 TIES Certain foolish proverbs be found in
nearly every language and generation after genera
ton repeats them with owke soemniy suitable the first
enunciation If profound and newly discovered truth
For instance the proverb that rolling gathers no moss
implies that should try improve his condition seeking
new fields Of effort It just today was, but if in
1910 millions Of hearing Of gold in California, had
nounced to each other, ." rolling gathers moss" and
settled comfortably down in the Of New England
New Jersey wanp the world would have been wealthy today
as has become BY THE ROLLING OF THOSE ENTER
PIISING STONES So with Kimberley and its diamond felds
with Australia and with all explorers and Adventures By land
sea
Most irritating to me the advice 50 constantly offered per-
conspicuous for the Importance and mperatiyene of their
business other obligations take of Yourself and Now
don't get red Everybody it just because everybody
said from time mcmoriaI but did amy stop AN
AIYZE the meaning Of the sensible sounding
Take Of yourself Well doctors tell "ake
good yourself person 60 bed at regular hour
sleep eight hours rise, battle and breakfast all system
Of hygiene which many persons would very DISAGREEABLE
AND BUIDENSOME You through tie day keep yourself
In temperature avoiding extremes of heat and cold
rents Of air sudden changes You engage much in
sedenary pursuits, and you stand up much You
devote yourself any keeps body
chemical exhaaons the masma of maara districts allow
set bowls and other plumbing IN any you nhabit
YOU MUST YOU
DOOMED TO ALL SORTS DISEASES DISASTERS AND
MUSTN'T TAKE TOO MUCH EXERCISE YOU BECOME the
TIM ANOTHER SET HORRORS QUITE FORMIDABLE
You must your brain too much for the gray NATTER
diminished by every thought which registers itself upon that
mysterious tablet If YOU economically refrain from all thought
you probably bitter grief financial otherwise of which
weacIe says What pity he she hadn't THOUGHT
little about it You mustn't get angry for let your angry
passions the risk Of apopex heart disease lesion
of the arteries You mustn't overeat; you mustn't hurry;
you mustn't 60 too long fasting You short devote pretty
nearly whole time attention and intellect keeping the
machine in the best condition. and for whatl Why that may
remain alive TO BE TAKEN CARE OF SOME MORE
IS life worth the living to take of yourself Is
the and the end of living!
PERSONS OF AVERAGE CAPACITY
HEALTH AND POSITION THE REVERSE OF THIS
STUPID FoeHALETY OF TAKE CARE WOULD
SOMETHING. SPEND YOURSELF AND GET SOMETHING
II. ACHIEVE SUCCESS o. ir NEED
SPEND LIFE ~ TAKING CAPE OF YOURSELF
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

You may not agree with all that .
newspaper says in its editorial col.
umns, but you can make II talk your
way in its advertising columns, and
there will always be goody percent
ace OF its readers whose favorable
Judgment you can command.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Reference has already been mad,
to the one story brick barrack at the
corner of Eighth and Commercial
which has yielded a big part Of tbs
Neh fortune in los time. because OF To-
commanding position in the busInes
heart Of the city Let MS take
glance az Ohio i.eyee On that stree
many important Improvements hay,
been made in the last few years an
lthers ar in progress. Among thos
ately completed is the Lazarus-Nas
auer building which cost in the
leiehborhool Of $4,000. the Hallja,
state building which cost about $50
j00, then there is the Grinstea,
building. which will cost $4,000. ans
he Woodward Hardware company
new Building and Improvement
Fhich win cost at least $4,000: IN,
Armour c9mpanys brick building, tht
big business and warehouses Of r. J
rhistlewcol ana z. j. Pink All these
have taken the places of vacant lot
II tha last year or two. and nothina
leed be said Of the rebuilding of the
City National bank building ana
hree brick business house de
troyed by fire Ohio Levee street has
,rown from practically a dad street
10 be one Of the most important bust
ness thorougfares in the city. there
not a vacant building on the street
md from The Halliday. a. Second
treet. all the way to Fourte nth
street. there is not a discreairabIe
building Oh the street -n0t a shauty
II a barrack, except THREE measley
/ little l0xl5 shacks which are crowded
-ogether upon a Gftyfoot frontage.
tanding Oh stills fifteen feet high
md rearing their squatty. dilapidated
ronts enc story above the street
I g!ih magnificent brick blocks on it,
n side of them How Old thes are
Nobody knows who built them nobody
'.nows. who owns them and main.
aims them in that condition. resisting
be march Of progress. the demand o.
healthy human ambition AMI enter
rise. deiying natures Law that all
Material things shall rot when they
AaYc served their purpose-evers
one knows.
The keff Estate.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

II is in order now for all the Cleye.
land and Hears. clubs to assign their
stock, fixtures and good will 70 the
Parker clubs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ALDERMAN SECOND WARD.

b. r. Thistltwood authorizes his announce
rnAnt M a candidate for alderman in the secunt
Ward, al the city election TO be held on Tues
day, April 18th, 1904.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
USEFUL INFORMATION.

In this department all manner Of useful in
ormation viii be briefly given every day any
question asked by readers concerning any o.
ne multimdinou4 affairs Of daily life viii re
Give careful consideration.
To-day the ua win rise az 5:25 and
et al Csc The moon will rise al
t4l0 in the morning
The battle of Cerro Gordo Mex.
sas fought this date IN 1871
The cork production Of The world is
2.2lo.Ooo pounds annually. The Inir
"a Sta,es imports about $2,0ooooo
worth every year.
The larges. sailing vessel in the
iorld is the Thomas W. Lawson
aunched at Quincy. Mass, July TO-
800. It has a carrying capacity q
100 tons
To make carbon paper Melt ten
arts of lard, one par, Of wax ANA mis-
With lampblack 10 iutm aot paste
With brush saturatc ono side Of ~
lazed paper Remove the excess and
iress,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ALDERMAN SIXTH WARD.

John Snyder authorizes his announcement
as candidate for alderman in the sixth Ward
at the CITY election to be held on Tuesday
April i'd 1904
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Aunt Mary Nora You're n cruel
child. Let tina eat 80 at once Nora
~ But she's been naughty, aunty. an
I'm puuishin her | told her it was for
Ter own good. an it hurJ me moren
hurt her. Brooklyn Life
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Selimterest isconsidered the mlil.
spring Of life VI men viii always
vote their prejudiees before their ia
terest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ALDERMAN FIRST WARD.

VIM. McTale authorizes his announcement
as candidate for alderman iii the First W ard
Ut the city election 70 be held on Tuesday
A nrtl 10Th 1901
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

very small boys made IKE the above design
md exception Of the yoke which
Knocked Smoking is very easy
l. The collar cuffs belt and edge OF
white working cotton ni suit is
with the stitching in white And
fat nat made Of The linen also stitched
in white Tan short ockngs and
tune 10
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Ample Illustration Of what this
policy is and in what manner it has
ervel to hamper and prevent mlhl-t
Improvements IN the city has beel
forcibly presented in the namerou.
Instances cited in these columns; bu
is more slrkingly ilmstrat d in some
Of the property which the estate own
on some OF the most important thor
oughfares OF the city Several q
these objects occupy valuable
ground in splendid business localities
where buildings that would be cree
Il to the city would pay handsome dit
idends: bit the OLD shantes art
carefully nursed, are kept standing b,
Industrious patching and when tht
Wind tears the patches OFF they are
promptly replaced. and when a brace
rots away another Is set MP
and thus these relies of Cairos wa
time history, these wrecks of a Ions
forgotten past. are maintained from
one year to anoth 4. from one decadt
10 another a disgrace 70 the city--be
cause the value Of the ground and
The locality enables the owners t.
lraw big rents from the occupants
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ALDERMAN SEVENTH WARD.

+. Nordman authorizes his announcement q.
a candidate for alderman in The Sesenth Word
ut the city election TO be held on Tuesday
April 10th, 1904
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

All Illinois Central, Mobile & Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and de.
part from Central station, corner OF
Second street and Ohio Leyee.
All Bis Four and Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station, Second street and Cou-
mercial avenue
Mail may be deposited in the box at
the transfer station. located al Cen
trial station, % minutes before the de.
parture OF any train.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Loving Kindness is greater than all
Avs; ana the charities Of life are
lore than AN ceremonies -Talmud
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
& YEARS AGO TODAY.

from The Bulletin Of April i9,t869.
The Mound City Journal says.
Peter Olsson's yeloeipede was ex-
llbited on the streets yesterday. 1t
aas two seats and is worked By two
jersons. one driving the front wheel
While the other drives the hind
IN els, the machine having three
wheels. Il is worked easily and
makes good time
A Texas exchange says: "The
southern Enterprise" comes to us
wrapped in $50 coupons attached TO
600 Confederate bonds, due Ia
SCI
The weather continues very Sari-
.ble and a heavy storm occurred last
right
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

NJ. & O, from North M. & Q .going Nth
No I, 1.3l pm. No 2, 1881 pm.
No. 3 2;0l am. No. 4, 1925 am.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

M. x O from South, NJ. G O. going s tn
| No :, 2C pmINo, !, 1876 p.m
No 4, 2:20 am. No, 3, 400 am
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

&c. from South l. G. going South
No. I, FOG a amino. I, a:20 pm.
No ., 1915 pm No 2o3, 2;l5 am
No 2, 1913 pm INo20$, 3;15 am
No. G, 2;55 pm. No. s, l06 pm
No 8, $500 pm. No. 80, 500 am
tNo. II, 1885 am. eNo4 81, Goo am.
No. A., $3.50 pm No. Il $50 pm
%Paducah.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The battle of Cerro Gordo Mex
sas fought this date IN 1871
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

NE Of the most astonishing facts in this most astonsh
i ING world the persistence shown by people of every
l. nation and every tongue in PERPETUAfING GER
q tain PLATlIUDES, TRUISMS AND STUPID.
j TIES Certain foolish proverbs to be found in
nearly every language and generation after genera.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
HOW THE TRAINS RUN.

c. from North | G. going North
No 1903, EOS am no 2, 1895 pm.
No ?, AZ am NO. 4, l!35 pm.
No. q, 1850 amino. G. 2:2o pm.
No g. l2:4G pm No s, 9:05 pm.
No. /, $500 pm No. POI 2:20 am.
No 49, lO:55 pm No 81 5:l5 am.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15
Tuesday, December 27, next,

between the hours of IL and O'Clock, to-wit, at
2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
Court House, in the City of Woodbury., County
of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, all the
following described Real Estate, that is to say:
All that certain house and lot of land situate
in the Township of Deptford in the County of
Gloucester and State aforesaid and bounded as
follows viz Beginning at stake for corner
in the line of Freas land, about three feet
Northerly from red cedar tree and from thence
running by lands formerly of James Matacl<
deceased, North fifty-five degrees East three
chains and sixty-two links to a stake for cor
ner in the middle of the Glassborough Road in
the line of said Matacll's land and now corner
to said Brewers land thence along the middle of
said Glassborough Road South five and a-half &C.
grees West five chains and twenty-four links to
stake for a corner in the middle of said Glass
borough Road in the line of said Brewers other
land thence by the same North thrty-seyen
degrees West four chains and six links to the
place of beginning containing nearly three
quarters of an acre be the same more or less.
Being the same premises which the said VIM.
Angelow purchased of Robert Brewer by inden-
ture bearing date the nineteenth day of April
A. D. 1878 and intended to be recorded as by
reference being thereunto had will more fully
and at large appear
Seized as the property of George Berry, ct.
ais. Def'ts. and taken in execution at the sui:
of Joseph Y. Batten, ct ais administrators &c.
and to be sold by WILSON T. JONES,
Dated Nov. 81, 1901. Sheriff.
ll-240it5 Prs. fee, 50. L. Matlock, Sor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15

eubating schemes of investigation and
Improvement. Judge SlaaelSleford of
Missouri has opened the ball by intro
1He!ag i resolution to inquire into the
management % the Panama railroad,
wlis'l. resolution il is whispered, will
IeYelop Literature which lie late la
meilted Horace Greeley would have call
"a mighty interesting reading and
whiclthe late ana unlamentea Profess
or Squeers OF DotlleBoys Hall would
have characterized as richness" 9th
ers OF the committee. SO il is rumored,
intend 10 move to cut down the number
Of commissioners fromnine to three. by
which cruel performance six illustrious
ana palpitating patriots would lose life
jobs At S12Q00 per annum and divers
rich piekings. That's bad enough sure
II; but, horror of horrors. they propose
further that the three remaining com
missioners shall actually reside within
the canal zone and their salaries shall
cease when they quit the zone, Really
these hard hearted congressman are
running the risk of being arrested I'M
der the statute against cruelty to ami
mails. They may propose, but the canal
lobby will dispose. See if their reforms
do not end in smoke.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15
SEWELL NURSERIES
sEWELL, N. J.
JOHN McCLEARY, Prop.

This is the season when owners of land think
most of putting out fruit, shade and other trees,
and we want them to know how we'll we can
serve them. / have been in the nursery BUSH
ness about so years, is years OF that period at
Sewel, and are quite sure we know our
business. One of the speakers at the Farmers
Institute at Swedesboro advised the farmers to
buy their trees of home nurserymen. This we
know is good advice, because if sell diseased
or inferior stock there is immediate redress.
while the foreign nurseryman is beyond your
reach.
My trees are all healthy and thoroughly fumi-
logist, Jonn B. Smith. after an inspection of my
Nurseries, issued certificate, pronouncing my
stock free from the San Jose scale
have all kinds of nursery stock apples,
pears peaches, plums ounces, cherries, Sugar
and Norway Naples and Sycamores, California
privit speciality also, all kindslof plants such
strawberry, raspberry / have 100000 two
wears old Palmetto asparagus plants.
Your order solicited
I1-4-04-6m JOHN McCLEARY.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15
Canal Matters.

Lately Colonel William Peters Hep
burn, chairman of the house commit
tee on interstate commerce, and sew
eral of his fellows took a trip to the
isthmus Of Panama to make personal
observation and inspection of men and
things down there They are some
what close mouthed since their return.
but such remarks rs they have lei
drop indicate that there are liable to
be some changes in the mode of pro-
cedure down there Colonel Hepburn
has the building of the canal in his
lifetime very much at heart. He feels.
and justly so. that his fame will
rest largely, if not entirely, on that
great work. lie desires that no SCAN
dals attach to it. His fellow workers
on his committee in fact, all who yot-
ed for the canal share his feeling az
to the Clearly conduct Of affairs down
there. These visiting statesmen are In