The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25


not another to be had As a result |
the young woman received another |
invitation before the young man
could go down town and purchase
new pen.
On the suicide subject the commit
tee il in doubt toward the last sec
ton. 1t says that many tragedies
we're caused by small things which
cannot BIO put down TO suicide or hom-
icide. They thinl; the latter however
is the best place for The young man
who carelessly takes position e few
| feet distant from he heels of a mule
or leans up against an alligator cage
or turns his face southwark on the
southbound tracks of a city railroad
and tries 10 see what is going on In
| the slot
They think also that the unsophls-
ticated youth who tried to make a
pet of a gorilla and faced a gizzily
bear, trying to calm II by the power
Of his eye, may be said to come dan
gerously near suicide, probably on the
same line of reasoning that induced
"a Western coroner's jury to bring
suicide verdict on the young man
who forcibly told tho late Wild Bin
in strong words that he was untruth-
! full
Causes of Accidents.
When it comes to accidents the
committee fairly revels in small
things-gnats, one flea, birds, all
kinds of animals from mice and moles
| Up to goats, they say caused troubles
Of the unexpected kind all summer
A sunbonnet, flirtatious young wo-
man, one bumblebee, drest suit
case, an innocent Berkshire pig, many
puppies, a picture frame, a stand of
blond hair (not lomestic) the cough
OF boy in church, seven poll parrots.
the wink of on eye. garter snake.
a tadpole and earwig. The commit ee
grew tired OF counting banana and
orange skins TO say nothing Of the
slippery gangpanks, the sensitive
boat the broken oar blade ana tle
Tin can.
In It's details the committee tells
| Of the case of young woman In
Washington who was nearly Killed
accidentally through an innocent par
rot The parrots fav0rite resting
place was a gas JET in the young wo.
amn's bedroom One night in trying
lis bin it turned on the gas, and the
young woman would 1--WE G.ed il
the parrot had not struck a match
with its bill and lighted the gar.
The tragedy Of the single blond
hair happened to William Former,
of Bangor, Me. II was his wfe's
tress that caused the trouble
Former was standing by her side at
the window one breezy evening and
the wind blew the hair into his
mouth. He turned to expel II quick
ly when his shoulder hit a table, up
setting a lamp, which set the place
afire and burned the house.
The flea accident came from Fres
10, Cal, and the iea was a native Of
chat state. motorman was just
bout TO take his car down steep
ill when he flea made its presence
inown just in the Noman's land, just
south of the shoulder blade and east
yard of the middle of the back. The
notorman became so much intereeted
n waiting for the flea to get In a
igh' ing zone that he forgot his car
Until it was too late to check its
speed. The motorman received three
broken ribs and numerous Commissions
about Ike face. The record does not
hcG what became OF the other par.
iuipant
The mice accileSts were usually
he same and consisted of a narritlye
Of fracture received by falls from
Aaii9 tables ard sofas.
The humble bee, as might be sup.
40 Ell vas Nc along fae sot
Tenry Morton was driving over In
surrey in which wep, MIS- Muuer
and several children. The bee AMI
Mr.. Morton's eye came in 0 clQ. cor
tact and bis gucstures so frigh rne
Ae harea e ran aweg. None w7s
ariously hurt.
Tine picture marks a boeseho'd
tragedy. II wss being Sung ~ On
theodore Beichman, of Beaver. Pa
Mrs. Reichman and hjr great-a''n'
were holding the step-ladder The
picture slipped q little Bit and Reich
aon souee7el his thumb He for.
got where ne was as he turned to ap
ply the usual first aid to a thumb and
fell off the ladder on a great-aunt
who threw MIS- Relchman against
table. where she received a fracture
of the jaw
The tadpole for joke was placed
in the hand Of Miss Bertha Boone. Of
Williamsport, Pa, al a small summer
resort known as Lily Pond. Mss
Boone and some friends were in 2
boat The moment she saw the tad.
pole she shrisked and swung around /
wildly, with the result that the boat
was upset. Everybody was saved
The cough of the boy in church, Il ]
is admitted by the committee appears
rather far fetched but little Samuel /
Rabert was seated one Sunday morn. /