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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

Clarence Kilpatr lex son of Mrs.
c. T. fitzpatrick is quite i'll today
at o28 corner Washington avenue
and 9th Street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

The Missouri Con-
tracing and Building
Co. haveWorkmen who
are experts and can do
anything done with
paint or wall paper.
Phone "a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

Our heavy stock of
McAlester Lump coal
is going fast at prices
as cheap as others
charge you for inferior
grades. Send us your
coal orders. Amsdens
phone 90. If
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

McAIester Lump coal
is the best produced
or used in lie we ST.
Our heavy stock must
re reduced. We want
your coal orders. Ans
dens phone 63. TT
Don't throw away your clothing.
Do you want them thoroughly
cleaned, pressed-original colors
restored, or dyed another color ?
No. 4o7. Chickasha avenue is the
place to get first class work done.
Respectfully,
If S. o. SoUTHwIcK.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

Claude Erwin is in Kansas City on
business.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

Carpenters Wanted:-Four good
mechanics can get work with me
must be hustlers. w. +. May.
45-47
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

Office hours $3.50 a. m. to 500
p. m. Residence phone 382. If
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-02-27

If stray stock trouble you, phone
the poundman. Phone 362. f
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
SMELLS q.
AND THE PEOPLE.
Will Mingle Today at The Rus
sian Red Cross Bazaar.
GOOD AMERICAN COIN
WILL TAKE CARE OF RUSSIANS
WOUNDED IN THE WAR WITH
THE YANKEES or THE
FAR EAST.

Washington, April 2S-For the
modest sum of 80 cents the plain
people will mingle tomorrow with
The heaviest swells Of social official
and diplomatic life at Countess Cas-
sinis Russian Red Cross bazaar
For half dollar the retiring gov.
eminent clerk may gaze in rapture up.
ON bewtching countess herself, garb
ed as a flower girl, and for very few
dollars more may accept from her
lily white hands wee nosegays.
For four bits the small tradesman
and the bookkeeper in the commits.
sion house acting as postmistresS At
the fair, or buy small glasses OF beer
at % cents or thereabouts from the
granddaughter of Senator Cullom, all
attired in quaint Dutch costume
Mime Jusserand, the wife of the
French ambassador will be at the
head of the Russian bazaar. where
small articles made by the ears
tlthtL SUBJECTS Will bt SNlu 1T idTSt
prices. Nine Hengelmuller, the help,
meet of the Austrian ambassador, will
have flower booth, aud enter into
spirited competition with the countess
in the vending Of bouquets.
Between the hours Of / and G Mrs
Bessie Stewart Rockers cafe chant
ant will be in full blast. a dance of
the nations being the principal attrac.
lion promised. Mrs Dearing is to
oblige with an Indian dance; the
Misses Fremont will be seen in
Dutch terpslchore, and the children
OF Count Botkekoff will earn the plan.
dts Of the multitudes with Russian
dances
The advance sale of tickets and the
contributions in cash have already
footed up more than 10000 and be.
fore the bazaar is over the countess
expects to gather in $4,000 to send
across the sea for the assistance Of
her fighting countrymen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
NO MORE WILL
WAR Be BLOODY
Ii a IInrgarian's Invention is
Not a Fairy Tale.
ARMIES PUT TO SLEEP
BY LIBERATION OF GAS IN A
SHELL WHEN IT EXPL OOES-
THE BEST GUNNER WILL
WIN ALL BATTLES.

London April 2S.-War Is hell. said
Con. sherman. A Hungarian benetac-
toi OF the species, however, has inye..-
ted means for making it truly hui
name without his guilt, and villa
only rs per cent Of its danger, as Mr..
Iorrocks observed in hunting,
This amiable genius whose cxper-
fence of war dates back to the Aus,
trian campaigns against France in
1859 and against Prussia IN 1866. has
hit, he declares ON solution OF ,he
problem Of making military omelettes
withoat breaking eggs,
lie has invented a new Kind Of she'll
which on bursting liherates a Gas war.
ranted to incapaci:ate all who breathe
it, without producing any parmaaen--
ly serious effects. A single shlll OF
the kind bursting between the deckS
of Il warship, would convert II INTO
the palace of the sleeping beauty, on
ly when the crew recovered they
would find themselves laid up in a
hostile port
A regiment thus put ont Of action
would be none the worse in few
days. but they would need to g,y1 a
parole not to fight again or The wars
would never end.
This sounds likes a fairy tale, hu,
it Is by no means scientifically impos,
sible
The inventor is full of confidence
that he can do what he promises, and
Is now in communication with the
japanese government His natiGaa
hatred Of Russia, dating back % 1SiS
prevented him from approaching the
car, to whose pacific tastes such an
invention should specially appeal
If the shells in question prove to BE-
eificacious- as to which one must
await the trials which the inventor is
eager 10 unIcrtake-The Hague con
yentiun must include a new clause.
20 the effect that all combatant8 once
put out Of action are to consider them,
selves dead until the end Of the war.
IN the future army at least one half
will consist Of ambulance corps for
the removal Of these inert bodies.
More probably regular armies will be
put do"n, and there will be premium
IN volunteering.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
MURDER
IS CHARGED
Against Mrs. De Witt Who Denied
Relationship to the
Victim.

Binghampton, n Y, April IS Mrs
Henrietta De Witt was arrested yes.
lerday at Sidney, Delaware county,
charged with murder in The first de.
gree in causing the death of her II
year-old daughter Florence Mackin
tosh by poisoning her with arsenic.
Until today Mrs De Witt has al
ways called the girl her stepdaughter.
Today she admitted that Florence
was her own child.
The evidence before the coroner's
Jury pointed strongly toward the
mother having caused her death 70
obtain $4,000 life insurance.
Mrs. De Witt, when arraigned be.
fore the coroner. was apparently the
most unconcerned person in the room,
taking her seat carelessly and pick.
ing up paper to read about her
case. She waived examination and
was held for the grand jury
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS


visiting his mother and other rela
tiyes here this week
j. w. Gaunt was down from Grand
Chain the early part Of the week.
Miss Dora Tobin, who resides near
villa Ridge, was the guest Of Mr.
VIII Kennedy a day or two this week
Mrs. May Smith, Of Olmstead, has
been visiting in our city this week.
Il guest Of Mrs. Hester NJ Smith and
Mrs. James r Weaver
Mrs. Frank Grain was ia from
Mounds yesterday.
Charles f. Wehrenberg's two little
children, who have been alarmingly
i'll, are much improved
Rev W. Baker has announced to his
flock that there will be no services
in st, Peters church next Sabbath,
lie will occupy the Episcopal desk
in Metropolis IN that day.
A lodge Of the Woodmen of the
World has just been organized in
this city by Julius Loesacr OF Cairo.
The fraternity starts with thirty
members. @
The National Building one of the
Lest pieces of business property in
this city, has Just gene through thor
ough renovation in the way Of paper,
ing, granting, etc. Sam McNicho1s,
an artist in such work, vas the con
tractor. 1t is absolutely the lest
specimen Of granting, papering and
painting that has been done in this
city in years past. And this is no al
it is the truth.
The Cornet Band, of this city, made
music for the l. 0. O. f. celebration
in Wickliffe on the 2Gth inst.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Vanity.

The sun comes up, ana the sun gees
down
And day and night are the same as
one,
The year grows green and the year
grows brown
And what is II all when an Is done?
Grains Of somhre or shining sand
Sliding into and out of the hand
And men go down in ships To the seas.
And "a hundred ships are the same as
ONE;
And backward and forward blows the
brcaZe.
And " bat is IT ALL when all t. done?
tide with HeFer e.QhOre in sight
Setting steadily op ~ tho eight
The fisher lroppcth III nct liz the stream
Aud i bundled streams are the same
as one
And tie maiden dfsam th her loveloru
dream
Ana what e. II all when all Is done?
The ret Of the Usher the burden breaks
And always TIE dreaming the dreamer
wakes.
Harriet Prescott Sponoid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
WORLDS FAIR CASCADES
A Recent Test Of Pumps Shows Com
pletion Of a Famous Worlds
Fair Beauty Feature.

ST. Louis Mo. April 27.-Water has
been sent rushing over the sculpture
bedecked course of the Cascades at
the Worlds Fair, and through the
fountains that play into the Grand
Basin. This was to test the marvel
Gus conception and for nearly two
hours the GROWING feature of the
oXpo4ition's architectural picture was
seen in all It's gorgeous beauty.
The result of the test was highly
satisfactory and proved beyond doubt
hiatt he facilities installed are more
than equal to the demand upon them
Only one of the three pumps under
the Cascades was put into service
and the engineers estimate that 49,.
600 gall,ns Of water a minute was
rushed over the ways. with two
pumps at work all the water the Gas
cades can carry would be supplied,
md one machine will at all times be
reserved for emergency use. obyiat
ing any interruption of the flow.
This test made in advance Of the
Worlds Fair opening gave the cngin.
ners ample opportunity to make any
lefects should they have existed. and
when the permanent 1ow is turned
N the delicate mechanism will be so
finely adjusted that the effect will be-
most marvellous. This was in fact the
ease al the preliminary trial. Director
If Works Taylor declaring that the
spectacle was the finest ever pro
duced by artificial device.
This pretentieus ornament. TO.
gether with the great Festival Hail
aud Colonnade Of States at les head.
is the centerpiece of the semi-clrcu-
lar layout of the principal exposition
buildings The Cascades are divided
into three parts, large middle course
with smaller one at each side, the
water flowing directly into the head
Of the Grand Basin. which in turn
again supplies the pumps
The picture presented by the Cas-
cades is NEST beautiful The eniiro
front of Art Hill is covered with
sculpture and gardens. Above Is tow
ering architecture, and below tho
most beautiful scenery and landscape
Of the exposition. The sight is even
more inspiring at night when thou
sands Of varicolored lights. concealed
under the SPRAYS Of the Cascades.
throw ont their wonderful glow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Golden.
April 2s.

RpTll 90
Lucille FawIey, OF Alto Pass, Is Wis,
iting friends here this week.
Miss Allie Dickinson, of Anna, at
tended the dance here Tuesday night.
Jack" Price, who has been ID ST.
Louis the past two years, came down
Tuesday night to spend few weeks
with Golden friends.
Geo Baggott went to Carbondale
Monday evening to play with the Car
bondale band during the |. o, o. f.
meet in that place.
The Twentieth Century Club gave
dance at Miller's Hall Tuesday
night. About 80 were present and
all report good time
Mrs. Beo. Bell and daughter, Doro-
thy, expect to leave for st. Louis in
the morning friday
Quite n number from here expect
to attend the Egyptian meet at Ma.
rim let ..tc..
II. A. DuBois and Mesler & Co.
are both running their mills at night
in order to supply the demand for
box material which they ship out by
the many carloads,
One feature of Saturdays program
will be the opening NJ O. p. Jeans.
To get any temperance drinks yor
want and receive a beautiful aouye,
mir
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
A SWINDLER
IS ARRESTED
Forger of Drafts For a Large Sum of
Money Under Arrest In
Alpena.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
New York, April 2S.--A telegram
received here today announcing that
T.. NJ Witherout. the alleged forgar
and swindler, under indictment for
grand larceny for having obtained
$lS,S00 on raised bank drafts from
the Nassau Trust company of Brook
Ign, has been arrested in Alpena
Mich
Wtherout's alleged transactions oc.
Cured in the latter part of December
1903, and early in January of this
year The drafts deposited by him on
which he is alleged to have drawn
$1S,S00 purported by him to have been
issued by the Peoples National bank,
Of Jackson, Mich. to the National
Park bank of New York, and also by
the First National bank of Chicago.
20 the First National bank of this
city.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29

I WANT THIS RABBIT FOR MY DINNER.
great race! The dog went SO fast that
he gradually gained on the fleeing
hare.
"Tll have you In a minute" said tie
dog
mo, you won't" answered the rab-
bit.
why" called the dog.
Because there IS another somebody
that wants me more than you do" an
swered the rabbit
And. sure enough, at that very mo-
meat a great big hawk swooped down
from the skies and dug his talons into
the back of the rabbit Then the hawk
spread his wings again and mounted
to the skies.
Il want this rabbit for my dinner"
said the hawk as he winked at the
dog.
And the dog felt just about as cheap
as anybody ever did to see his prey
get away from him in that way
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
MOUND CITY.
April %.
, 1899 +~.*> +%%

Mrs Ben Brit;on Of Mounds, has
been visiting Mound City friends this
week.
Miss Dora Cluge, of Grange Park.
was circulating among Mound City
young lady friends yesterday.
Miss Margie sieagala, of Cairo, was
the guest of her cousin. Miss Leah
Tinnemeyer, yesterday.
Miss Ar;ic Johnson was visiting
young lady friends in Mounds this
week.
Mrs. Givens. Of Mounds, was call
ing on lady friends here "Wednesday.
Lawyer w r freeze is among the
Southern Illinois attorneys now at
tending circuit court here. Mr Freeze
now resides in CreaI Springs
The Board of Education has re-
chosen Mai. NJ Larry Ylen as It's
clerk
Constable Tom Mowrey. of Wetaug.
has been a circuit court at;endent this
week.
Mrs. DR.. r. F. Brown. of Pulaski,
has been the guest Of several Mound
City lady friends this week.
Claude Johnson. Of Murphysboro, an
erstwhile Mound City man. has been
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Al Apimal Story For
Little Folks
q. Disappointed DOG

A dog saw rabbit sitting In the
middle Of field munching away upon
carrot top.
"I'll Just catch that rabbit" aaid tie
dog, and away he went after it at full
speed
But he was not quick enough. for
Mr. Rabbit saw him. dropped Ills car
rot top and scaElpered. Oh, it was
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Life in CITY OF Mexico.

The City Of Mexico is a wealthy capt
tai; many people there live as do the
most opulent in the United States. and
money flows ont all the time into the
shops mo people Ike the Mexieans
Tor layishness, said a merchant with
q cosmopolitan experience. Mines. fac
tories, great landed estates. etc. fur
nish the money which makes this a
city Of luyrr'~us shoDs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
~ TOLD THE TRUTH.
Reluctant Singer Nary Properly De.
scribcl Hie Vsice.

Reluctant Sinner VERY proncry De.
serlbel H,. vslce
Once q rnn,bor ~ lrdra1 sn,rits
wern ani,,.ro oa,rrar a., tho i,rd ~
Burns Whom he cloth was removed
and the us1al fo,st. were prooos I'd
some ono eugge,tad a song Tie ef
forts of flo Gret saalebnan mot with
such A ia.Fy ,es.. tio, NAT others
wore t.,.,a,7 fl, f.t4,,. Y,ts oy.tc,.Io
Ia tho r9l il ga3 fonnd mat c.ery
one lad cerfrimi.ad 10 Tho evenings
entertain orr re, tbe no1ira1 y tla.
man vb, ,no,,,t,3 40 80, ohotr
Come conc W a,ocaora,;r said
tie ctairlDau "c. cannot tot Won ps.
caue.n
Tho doc.or rr..o-tol ha c.,ia 90,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
THE SON or NUN.
Joshua an Acceptable Name for Par.
entless Child.

SSsiiba di NSNcptdUlt NdIHG iOT r ar
entless Child.
Not long ago, on a certain Sunday,
a horny handed son Of toll with his
wife, attended by a few sympathizing
neighbors, appeared before the font Of
small village church in England.
carrying little founding which had
been deposited on the villagers door
sters. and which he was bringing up.
"Ah." exclaimed the minister, who
was acquainted with the little cpl
sode; then you have brought no
body's child to be chrstcned?"
Yes, sur replied the kindly VII.
lager; I'VE ha brought the fatherless
and mitherless little orhn for we to
bapti2e"
Aud the name?" queried the cler
gyman. as he held out his hand for
the slip Of paper which he always re-
quIred with the name written there
on.
Well replied the foster father.
eve amt quite decided yet Ye see.
we wanted something suited spec al
for i'm. We thowt first o. Melchlze.
dek, as he had neither father nor
mither, but that was too long Then
we thowt Joshua nd do
"Ah. yes, observed the Clergyman.
and pray why did you come TO select
'Joshua?"
Well remarked the hospiiablc
cottager. as the semblance Of smile
passed over his stoIid features, BE.
cause he was the son Of Nun"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
BELKNAP.
April %, 1904.

Npilt So lpO1s
MIR. T. J. Hughes, employed as op-
orator at Harrisburg. visited at the
Cottage hotel Sunday, coming down
Gu the excursion.
Miss Daisy Wiser departed for Chi
cago Wednesday evening
We are sorry to hear that James
Browns health has not improved
very much as yet He having gone to
California q fortnight ago to seek a
more genial and healthful climate.
Mr.. r. p Eyers, of Grand Chain
vas a Belknap caller between trains
Monday afternoon
Mrs. Nell Weeks and two littld
sons visited relatives in Grand Chain
Wednesday,
Grandpa Weeks is improving some
from his long illness.
Mrs. Ramar, Of Ilillerman. has boon
over recently to see her father
Grandpa Weeks.
The school board has employed
the following corps Of teachers for
the coming term: Prof d. G.. Martin
principal; j Wilkerson, Intermediate
and Hester l. Evers. primary.
Miss Mary ana Master Willie
Wright, of Dongola, are visiting rela
tiyes and friends in Belknap and vi.
cnna this week.
Mr. H. NJ. Cummins announces a
boy at his house
Joey" delivers the morning pa.
pers promptly, politely and cheerful
ly
w l.. Williams, w. Il. Lacy and Ed
Wade returned Thursday morning
from the Republican convention held
II Carmi this week
DR.. O. p. Martin and wife spent
Thursday in Cairo.
G. W. Evers says If it fairs up he
will be ready to serve ice cream Sat
mday afternoon ana Saturday even
ing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
MOUNDS.

April %, 1904.

Mesdames Dr. Whitaker. OF Ohm
stead, and Hall Whitaker, of Mound
City. were the guests of Mrs. A. l..
Compton yesterday.
Miss Mamie Porter, who has been
visiting Mrs John TraYers, returned
to her home in Danvlle Thursday
Mr., and Mrs, A. II. Plemons enter
tanned at popular finch Wednesday
evening. The participants being
Misses Able Sanderson, Maude An
derson, Tillie and Ora Aldred, Bur
nice Simmons, Messrs, A. G. Ander
son. Jesse Pl.mons, Walter Hudson
Leonard Armstrong The affair was
a most enjoyable pasttime.
Mesdames j. d. Quarles, Lester
Grandstaff, Cal Bushman. j. w. Hard
ing visited Mound City Thursday.
Miss Nellie McMurtry is guest Of
Miss Delphia King, of Mound City
Mrs. o. II. Aldred and son, of Pu.
laski, were visitors here today
Thursday.
Mesdame5 p. Smith and NJ. Jaeck
ell were in Cairo Thursday on bust
ness.
Miss Emma Woodward. of Cairo
spent yesterday here instructing heI
progressive music class.
Miss Augusta Frederick is recover
ing from an attack of Illness.
Worth lIealey returned Tuesday
from pleasant visit in Jackson
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29

In the Bernese Alps the limit OF
perpetual snow is 5000 feet; on Mt.
Aetna. some hundreds of miles nearer
The equator. it is 1912 feet; on Popo-
catepetl. in Mexico, it is 1900 feet,
and on Aconcagua, In Argentina, it is
1880. And as we continue south the
the snow line sinks again nearer to
the sea level-3,GO0 feet at Magellan
straits and $500 feet in Terra del
Fuego.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Little Emereonla Quandarv.


Father what Vi a sparrow asked
little Emerson Beans, looking up for
an instant from a volume Of Thoreau.
Why sparrow responded he, Is
one Of those little birds that you
see"
Little Emerson listened with a puz.
zled expression
The Old gentleman tried another
tack
1T is what IS known as pasaar DO.
mestcus
little Emerson began to under.
stand
"Of the family Frlnglllldae.
"Oh Of course: ! recognize the term
now how stupid Of me There Is only
one possible objection 10 Thoreau.o he
continued. "and that is he uses such
nursery terms, - is sometimes hard
to comprehend them.
Ard the yugh returned to his book.
leaving his fatLer In dire perplexlty
as 70 the terms in which he was to
announce to him that II was time to
go TO bed New Orleans Times Demo.
erat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Eoreidn pzrcels pnst-

The United States has a parcel post
arrangement with Germany. James L.
Cowles sent suit case from New
York directly to New Haven. The
stamps cost S3ss. He could have sent
it via Germany for s1.95. Offered at
any postofice as fonrth.class matter
It would not have been accepted at all
II weighed eleven pounds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
vase Or millions.

Dalnay harbor, near Port Arthur,
built by Russia for an iee-free ter
minal port for the Siberian railway at
a cost OF 1900 600 rubies. is a dis
appointment, for since the breakwater
has been built it freezes over as did
Vladivcstnk Tho raarpsf r1ssihie ice
free bay is In Korean territory.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
COUNTING CHICKENS.
BY Associated Press

st. Petersburg, April 2S.-The of.
fetal messenger publishes a circular
issued by the foreign office to- Russian
representatives abroad, declaring cat.
egorieally that Russia will not accent
recitation to terminate the war
which, the circular declares, was
forced on her.
Neither will Russia. il is declared.
allow Intervention of any power what.
soeyer in the RussoJapanese negoti
atoms after the war.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
RUSSIAN REvERSEs.
By Associated Press

DF AhSOCIdItu FTeSS
Shanghai, April est is under
stood here that the Russians have
suffered a disastrous repulse after
two days fighting on the Yalu river
The japanese forces crossed the rlv
e. and the Russians retreatel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
FIFTY MINERS KILLED.
By the Associated Press.

Bulletin. Madrid, April 2S.-The
caving in of a coal mine at Tooina,
Seville. today buried many miners.
Fifty bodies have been recovered.
Tea miners were rescued but all are
badly injured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
VILLA RIDGE.
April 2s.

April %.
Mr. and Mrs w. r. Head enter
tanned quite a number of their friends
at their home Tuesday evening All
report a fine time
Some OF the people here are talk
ing Of going to St Louis on the M. &
O. excursion today, Thursday.
l.. +, Grain has been on the sick
list but Is able to be out in town
again
There will be a gold medal contest
at the Congregational church Thurs
dag evening May 3.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Live BY Amusing Others.

In the vaudeville business alone
100 600 persons earn a living in the
United States. All told something like
1870 600 persons gain a livelihood from
the amusement stage in our country.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Iiliter1te Children.

The number of illiterate children
between ten and fourteen years Of age
IS: In Alabama, 6e.072: Georgia. CO.
?29: Louisiana. 55.9,l; South Carolina
Il ,536; North Carolina. 5l.190: Missis-
iippi, 44334; Tennessee. 1876.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-29
Japanese Gratitude.

A Japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents as a slight
recompeuse for the trouble they have
had In rearing her.