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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

the people. With our Federal Constitu- ton making trade absolutely free be- tween the states. we have known noth- ing of this sort of taxation. But we may get fair conception Of it's practi- cal working by considering that if we had such a system of transit taxes as China has now undertaken to abolish foreign goods destined for a Rhode Island consumer would have to pay one tax on being unloaded at New York, another on passing through Connecticut and still another on entering Rhode Island. That has been the practice in China; and. to make it even more of a hindranee to trade. the tax leveled on goods as they passed from the domain of one Viceroy to that of another has not been fixed and certain, but depend- ent in amount on the caprice, necessities or greed of the officials.
 To say. in the words of the new treaty, that this system of taxation i'm pedes the free circulation of commo- dities to the general injury of trade" is putting it very mildly indeed. It has been in all cases a serious, and in some
 
 American goods into the interior of the empire. Perhaps there has been of late some overrating of the practical possi- biiities for us commercially in that country. But there is certainly an available market of considerable value in the densely populated districts of go vast an area; and we shall surely be able to expand our dealings there now that so troublesome drawback is to be removed. The promise thus offered is in the very nature of the case better than that at present offered through the mere opening to us of two Manchurian ports.
 It is true that there is hereafter to be collected at Chinese ports a tariff of twelve and half per cent. instead of five per cent. But as the amount is fixed it can readily enough be embraced in the calculations of the business; it was the unforeseenable variations in the amounts of the lilkin almost as much as the tax itself that discouraged trade heretofore. As for the Chinese Govern ment, it will doubtless be able to get as much, if not more. revenue out of the surtax as it could recover from dis honest viceroys. left to their own sweet will in the matter. The only real sufferers from the change the only per sons who can look upon the new ar- rangement with disapproval, are these officials. Their doubtless stoutly de- tended and earnestly cherished system of graft is gone.
 That is, it will be gone as soon as the new treaty actually goes into effect. Upon that point some doubt may be felt by those who have no inside official in- formation. The State Department an- nounces' casually that the treaty will be- come effective fin day or so.'' But the terms of it are that the likin taxes are not to be abolished till all the pro- visions regarding their abolition ''shall have been accepted by the Powers hay ing treaties with China" If the State Department is strictly correct, then all the other countries than the United States which are in treaty relations with China much have signified their satis- faction with the proposed arrange ment. But so far as recalled no in- formation to that effect has ben made. public.-Providence Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23
4 PRETTY coMPAKrE TRAGEDE.

What can be done and happen is in dicated by a story which comes from the little town of Fries in Virginia. W. R. Browns daughter was taken sud- denly i'll with a fever. Whiskey was prescribed for her The father started after it. He obtained a large bottle. On his way home he became intoxicat- ed. His son, who had been sent to look for his father, met him on the road. The latter was in savage, dan gerous mood and killed his son with a knife. When the news of the tragedy reached the mans home a daughter who was not i'll became violently. in sane and died in a short time. Five hours later the sister who had been i'll was also dead. Brown himself and his wife fell victims to the fever, and the man died in twelve hours. The only remaining member of the family is Mrs. Brown. She is so i'll from the ef- fects of the fever and her grief that there is little chance of her recovery.
 This is pretty complete tragedy. There is at least one conspicuous moral in 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23
ANoTHER SToRY.

l All is not gold that glitters. There has been considerable glitter in the talk about Glasgow's success i'll munich pal trading, or the municipal owner
 ship of public utilities, as we call it in this country. Another story is told in
 report to the Ontario legislature for
 the guidance of the members. It is the
 boast of Glasgow that it takes care of lits citizens from the cradle to the
 grave. The municipal corporation SUD- Iplies Glasgow with water, gas, electric light, transportation and telephones. lit also provides baths, wash houses, slaughter houses, burying ground, shops, houses, warehouse, theater, churches, hotels, golf links and bake- house. Most of these are rented out by l the city. Glasgow farms over 1000
 acres of land, raises large crops, util- izes it's sewage for manure, operates lquarries, builds street cars and has 900 railway wagons delivering freight.
 There is, says the report, a current fic- ton that on account of these many en- 1 terprises the citizen of Glasgow prac- tically escapes taxation. This is an er- Iror The revenue of Glasgow in 1901 was about $14,045.00O, whereas it's ex- lpenditure was $14.23O,OOO Here was a deficit of $1S5,000. Besides this, the city 1 had capital outlay in that year of $9, ,3S5 000. Thus in all, it's current re- ceipts fell over nine millions short of lits expenditures. The most startling feature of Glasgow's experience is the growth of it's debt. Ten years ago
 Glasgow owed $27,240,OOO, Its debt now lis s64,3S5,O00. In the same time the Irate of municipal taxation has nearly doubled.
 This wont discourage the advocates of municipal ownership of public utilities lin this country. Perhaps nothing can discourage them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

Henry Watterson doesn't seem to un- derstand Brother Bryan. He points lout that in a free country, in coun- try ruled, or supposed to be ruled, by public opinion, parties, being merely lthe expressions of the popular will, must needs on occasion revise their lines. All parties have done this. The Democratic party, in particular, has of ten done it. What, for example, he tasks. would have been thought of the Democratic platform in 1868 repeating the Democratic platform of 1864, which declared the war "a failure?" What
 would have been thought of the plat form of 1876 or that of 1880 repeating the greenback declarations of the plat form of 1868? In like manner, after two successive overwhelming defeats, the second even greater than the first, what must be the effect of the platform makers of 1904 taking their inspiration
 and their cue rather from the platforms |of 1896 and 1890 than those, let us say,
 of 1892 and 1Ss4 on which decisive vic-
 tories were won?
 MT. Watterson calls this sheer politi- |cal insanity. Brother Bryan calls it
 beautiful political consistency, and he
 says it will prevail in the next conven- Ition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

those days. too,. and hastily seized the wires. They were drawn taut, so that when one was freed it fled up and caught me here under the nose. When was able to get up my face was cut from ear to ear and was bleeding pro fusely. When I got to Baltimore the doctor said it was a serious cut. That same day the mob assaulted the 9th Massachusetts and wounded several men. ! figured it out that I was the third man wounded during the Civil Wan
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4 ph.,an.hropisI

He never built library He didn't have the cash, He didn't seek to turn the world From follies vain and rash: And yet he loved his fellow-men And sought to bring them ease; He scattered ashes on the walk When it began to freeze. And though forgotten by the world His way perchance he'll go, The neighbors will remember him Whene'er it starts to snow, And fame will sound his praise sincere In humble words like these ''He scattered ashes on the walk When it began to freeze"
 -Washingtnn Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. anc other small Advertisements, One Cent Word each h. eertion: Five Gents a Word for full week
 Display advertisements. per incn. one ins gertion sf.20: each subsequent insertion. 4U cents: one week. $40; one month, SlV' one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

The scarcity of Sunday school teach CTS is causing much anxiety to London clergymen. In many parishes the teachers complain that their classes are too large to be dealt with effectively and helpers are not forthcoming, even from among crowded congregations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

A German method of testing the puri- ty of milk is by dipping into it polish ed knitting needle. It should be held upright and immediately withdrawn. If the milk is pure some will adhere to the needle. but if water has been added. even in small proportions. it will come forth quite clean.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

An international service os automo- piles will join the Simplon and Gothard railroads until the railroad from Locar- no to Gravelona. on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, is completed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

It came out recently that Andrew Carnegie might put in an application for injuries received in service in the Civil War. The ironmaster met Con- missioner Ware during the recent in- ternational arbitration conference in Washington. Mr. Carnegie said he thought he might get a pension. T shall be delighted to pass on your case, :, said Colonel Ware, who was unable to make out what MT. Carnegie was driv- ing at. 'It was this way" said MT. Carnegie. Tn April 1861, the 18th it it was, I was on train between Balti- more and Annapolis. That was while I was an operator, too. ! noticed that rebels had cut the telegraph wires and had attached them to stake which they had driven into the ground. The wires were effectively grounded, and l knew that no business could be done on that line until the wires were freed from the stake. I was the boy to do it. jumped off the train q could jump in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

A Milwaukee chemist has made care ful examination of old paper money and declares that one old, much worn dollar bill carried more than ninety-six million bacteria. another thirty-four thousand and even nice new bill had six hun dred on it. Moral. Don't have any money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

It is said that the first American shoemaker was Thomas Beard, who came over on the Mayf1ower with ''hides, both upper and bottom The governor gave him lodging and diet and fifty acres of land. Some of his descendants are making shoes yet. But the 'sgentle craft" of St. Crispin is about wiped out. The lap-stone, waxed thread, hog bristle and awl of olden time have been replaced with the most wonderful machinery. There is a ma chine which sews the soles on $50 pairs of shoes in a day. There are enough of these machines in use to sew O0,000,- 900 pairs in year. There are heeling machines which press into a solid mass the leather heel and set the nails ready for driving, One man to-day does the work that twenty could not do by old methods.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

The Rev. Henry De Long, Method list preacher of Council Bluffs, was brought up as a Mormon, his parents having become imbued with the teach ings of Brigham Young. They lived at Nauvoo. Illinois. but later moved fur ther west. In after years the young man became a professional gambler in Council Bluffs. One evening he agreed to help break up revival meeting which was to be held by a travelling preacher, but instead he became con- verted. That was forty years ago and almost continuously ever since he has been preaching. Five years ago he was appointed Sunday school missionary of the Methodist church and now he is. known all over Iowa.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23

An American traveller writes: Athens itself, as a city, is insufferable. It is raw, garish, new, staring, crude. It smells of paint. It reeks of varnish. It is redolent of last week. It is the newest city one sees in southern Europe. It is dusty. it is noisy, it is vulgar. Everything in it is imitation The palaces are imitation. The hotels are limitations. The army is imitation The city is sham. It is joy to leave the commonplace streets, to quit the insufferable city and to climb the Metropolis. There everything is calm and peaceful and the magnificent ruins are restful. There only in Athens do you find a spot which is not oppressive ly new and raw. The royal palace is one of the newest and the rawest of all the raw, new buildings.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-23
District of New Haven, $. Probate Court.

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court. January q, 1904. ESTATE OF CHARLES F xuTTLE, late
 of New Haven, in said District, deceased.
 The trustee having made written appli-
 cation for an order authorizing and en- powering him to sell and convey certain ieal. estate of said deceased as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, 1t is
 ORDERED, That said application Sle bate to be held at New Haven. in said Dis trict, on the 2sth day of January, 1904, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that pubic notice of the pendency of said application thereon, be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District
 By order of Court,
 JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE,
 i223t Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

Tine Oakland came through the
bridge With Tie sistaaea or tho tuy
Tho ye5f ylay with coal tow Of
noon
T .be river has So fucl
ii }.r md that t Gems top
ewrt for The #mar compaus Gitor
fho Mary Nicba IS tunud up VIII
fow hnrrs aul should D. here to-day.
Capt Lowell wige1 Cspt Campbell to
ps.h h.r through if 89s lble.
1ae Fowler had a snail cousign-
ment @; siaVa bolts Tor Eogdmans
factory
The ". !. Abbott at down to the
MNis ip9i river yes efday afternoon
20 by the .ce She found it too much
for her and returned 70 port.
Daring tho recent run of'hcavy ice
out of the Ohio Mitch Ripperdau
who lives three miles below Newiois.
No. on a farm. caught a raft Of four
hundred logs With q gasoline boat
The boat was made fast to Tire end Of
the raft. bat NB5 bottom ur end
silently damaged bar Hhe cn~lne
which b 2 four Ioue pnter cueipc
; not hurt III HipperdaH e aieeia-
down the bank and viii pull the boat
ont and repair her she hss no name
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
USEFUL INFORMATION


IN this department an manner Of useful tp-
formation WHY bo briefly given every cay any
snes.ioh ass21 oy seaa''' eenaeta'ns "nS q
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To k.li Srass or weeds, sprinkle or
saturata VITA strong solution Of salt
or soda
The sun win rise today at $50 and
sci III c.sT II vIU Be on meridian at
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

fara tba epl,obipro8 psf1re If Err
am vbo b,,a ebsa bagrafa 81 taars
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n tbo I-ni,e5 s,ates are a1,a3 "a -,l
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rbf4 is tba ar,,,,,,eut ~ which If IL
bope3 to waio nabjie opinsan 10 rho
isa If Passia no t5.s Is a5sel
,aat Isp1n wins ssa Will summon
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avn,l rf-ano and America from ~
ern Aeis Trfe III nir,l- sterra
Janan inflicted crnshfae defsat
uprn caina eight ar nsne wears aea
and Vas robbed by Eurape of the
rgi;s of victory She had NO idea
of rs isr.rr mo comb,pot.6n ~ fha
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
Many Seeking Homes Where
Lands Are Cheap and
Climate is Mild.
Low Rates for Homeseekers and Cot.
onists Twice q Month.

Many farmers in the northern and
eastern states are selling their high
priced lands and locating in the south.
west-in Missouri, Arkansas. Louisi.
ana and Texas Many who have been
unable to own their home In the older
country are now buying land at tie
low prices prevailing In the new coun
try-S7, SO, SIS, per acre and up
These lands are mostly cutoycr tim
Der lands, some Of them possessing
a deep rich soil producing corn, wheat,
oats. clover cotton, fruit and veg
etables. Well improved farms are
scattered throughout this country
Many places with small cleaTings and
some improvements can be bought
very cheap Our descriptive literature
gives a fairly good idea Of this coun
try 1t tells about The soil crops, eli.
mate, people, schools and churches,
water, health. It contains maps show.
ing location Of countries, towns, rail
ways and streams, and gives names
and addresses of real estate dealers
in tho towns.
Reduced rates for homcscekcr5 and
colonists are in effect FIRST aud third
Tuesdays Of each month, By way Of
St Louis. Cairo or Memphis and the
Cotton Belt Route. Let us send yon
our literature and quote you rates
Address Or
n. ADAml, (. w. LaBEAUME,
Tray. p. hgt., Gen. r. & T. A.,
Cotton Belt RE, Cotton Belt Rte,
Cairo, Ill. 81. Louis. Mo.
Homeeeckers and Settlers Rates
To the Sunny South.
On aft and Third Tuesday Of each
month 70, and Including April 1901
Write lup u Hesfl. A. 6. 4. A.. Mo
bile Il Ohio r. H., St Louis, Mo-. stat
Ing to shat point sou Wish rates.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

On request 81 the attorneys for The
prosecution in the circuit court We
teraay, The case Of Hlclson. chars e
with completely in the Thebes moh
was again continued But the
court (Judge Butler, presidiae}
admitted the prisoner to bail in the
sum Of $4,000. which had hitherto
been denied Il may be that the peie
oner win be able 10 get this bond al.
though he and bis people are poor
but a more Reasonable conclusion ia
that he viii Iie III fail four months
longer, making the total time Of lis
Incarceration year and two mouths.
The reason given for this latest con-.
tinuanee Is that some OF the state
important witnesses were not present
nor available. There has not been am
other case tried in this county in
many years, in which circum stances
were developed that wont SO far 10
Justify forfeiture Of public sympathy.
and q proper public desire for the en-
fnrcemeat OF the law. The consglsu-
tisaial right of q apo iy trial and The
constitutional right If fair nia7
have been alike denied 10 this prison
er. to say nothing Of thai strong sell
defined Of asiye faint % partisan
politics and race prejudice. which
gives 10 some part Of the prosecution
ihe character OF scheme 70 serve
The ambitions Of lot Of office seek
ers. lite and bic.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars to
California Points via The Iron
Mountain Route.

Leaving St Louis $3.50 a. m daily
Tor Los Angeles, via True Southern
Route" also tourist sleeping cars or
this same train for Los Angeles and
San Francisco every Wednesday and
THURSDAY Best winter route 20 Call.
.oruia. Fer further information cali
On or address,
G. G Miller, q p A., Cairo I'll
Elmer Smith, D. T. A., Cairo, ILL.,
i. c. Townsend, G. p. & T "A, St
Louis, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

T'" Ohio "a Evansville #i.j can-
meHce ia'l.cg by tonight and fan Tor
several Gag8 1T Padueah and Cairo
Wiil continue rising during Che regt
p hours com TO stand, then prob
ally fan The Tennessee, from Flor
enc 10 the month and the lliasis.ip-
u.s. FROM below 81 Louis TO above
Cairo Tli fail dsfiag The nest Sc
horra Note Heavy ice continues
running ot Cincinnati tha running
Ice al lon.sfille b not quito go heavy
this morning ZEE continues running
ln tha Mississippi! river back Of Cairo,
b1t Els not very heavy
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

BY Associated Press.
Washington. Feb. 17-Illinois-
snow il north, rain or snow in south
portion Thursday. warmer; Friday
fair. calder in central and south por.
ton brisk % high north winds
Missouri Snow in north rain or
snow iii south portion Thursday; Fri.
Day fair
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
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A $3.50 Upright Piano for the Most
Popular Young Lady Of Cairo.

The Bulletins contest to determine the most popular
young lady in the city Of Cairo subject the following
conditions
Any unmarried lady resident Of Cairo and four
teen years Of age eligible the contest and the re-
ceiyng the largest number Of will receive the hand
some upright piano display at Buchanan's Music
Store, III Commercial avenue
only tie COUPONS published dafly in The Bulletin may
be ascd bak0S, each counting vote As in
ducement for paid up subscribers to The Cairo Bulletin any
person bringing to The Bulletin office subscription for
three months accompanied by $3.50 newspapers containing
50 coupons will be given for six months subscription
$500, Us newspapers will be given for years sub
scrptou the regular rate 300 newspapers will be given
THIS arrangement applies TO all subscribers both new and
old.
Each ballot mast be complete; if the border date line
at bottom Of ballot is cut off the vote does not count Each
ballot must be cast later than 700 O'Clock of the Satur
day night in which week the coupon is published
The vote will be announced i'll The Bulletin from time
to time and all ballots will be preserved at The Bulletin
Office 703 Ohio Levee, for week after publication
During that time any contestant is privileged TO examine
the ballots.
The contest will close at 900 o'clock Saturday night
March 90 1904 and the Of the most popular young
lady determined by vote will be published i'll the big
Easter Number Of The Bulletin The $3.50 piano will be
delivered The day following the publication Of the award
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
so.cALBED YELLOW PERIL y

We are now told that it is
combat Of civilization. Of race ideas
Of Asia against Europe And in this
struggle Of civilization against bar.
brism we are asked to take Russia
as the champion Of civilization In
the contest Of the Caucasian agains.
the Nonsolian. Russia is the prosa-
Eaaist Of the nobIer type In the
Hafiare # Asia azainsi Europe. Rua-
nla lhsElgh lar uafe an Aestie ihan
Eafenean PgNcr. ie selected 10
hsaE aloft The banner of Europe. Eus
sis i white, japan is yellow. there.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18
Group

begins with the symptoms or a com
mon cold there is chilliness, sreez-
INK. sore throat, hot skin, quick pulse,
hoarseness and impeded respiration,
Give frequent small doses Of Billiards.
Hogehound syrup, Che child will cry
tor it and at tho first sign Of oroUpy
cough, apply frequently Billiards.
snow Eminent to the throat
Mrs. A. Vilet New Castle, Colo,
writes. March 18TH 1901 81 thlnl,
Hallards H0rehound Syrup a wonder.
ul remedy and SO pleasant 2Jc,
SOC and 81,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

Golf is a very old game. isn't H.
pop9'
Yes, NY son.
They played golf in the ark, dida1
they, pop
"WhaE are you talking about?"
Why they had lynx in the ark, didn't
they popg'-loubers Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

Plus j. is becoming erred 81 his tortly
life. amid the gpauGor and tile core
mon5a, oil the vatican. and now A.s
aree sisters ere TO come and live in tbs
vatican, where they will occupy thi
apartment "a present tenan-ed by the
ardinal secrejary OF state and part Of
that OF the late &sv, Folpiah
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-18

Replying to tha Bullo'r
ment that the Cairo CITY Gas ca-.
pany holds It's charter from the state.
granting It perpetual corporate ex
istence, the Argus Gays: "lf The 9nl.
letin's statement is correct there IS
no help for il bat to submit t3 h e
actions Of The gas company 81 TALL
back oh coal 81 and candles ~ Nat Al
att. No such conclusion may he drawn
from tha fact stated fAe H4lleia
also stated thar "the exclusive priFi-
lege To SIMPLY the city and people of
Cairo with gas, which wss also grant.
ed in that charter, has expired Fer
reasons Of its own the Argus chooses
TO ignore this statement and follow
the example of u mail dos deter
mined e. have trouble Tie city S
entirely q liberty O. contract for liaat
with amy ether concern that viii esc
a reasonably good guarantee Of asti
factory service.