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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

"Thdnk God. / am not too late"
mate friends went out on tiptoo, but the
door leading to the yestry room was
guarded by a man in livery, who would
say nothing but that no one could be
admitted
Meanwhile an exciting scene, though
u brief one, was being enacted behind
that door Just as the two parties were
about to start on their way to the altar
a carriage had driven up furiously, and
from it had alighted Mr.. Barnes He
quickly entered the building and went
straghtWay into the yCstryroom, brush
ing aside the man at the door Once in
the presence Of the groom and his gon-
tlemen attendants, he astonished them
by saying;
"Thank God, am not too late. -
Are you quite sure?" said Mr.,
Mitchell, with provoking calmness
II have come here to stop this we'd
ding, said the detective, little eXcit-
ed
lyon mean to delay it. That You are
doing now, as l should be ON my way to
tho altar to join my bride.
/ tell you, come TO stop this we'd
ding altogether, and
como moment, Mr. Barnes There is
no time to lose, and | do not wish you
to speak too openly Let me talk for
you You have reasons. which can
guess, for wishing me not TO be married.
Am right
Il have said rs much.
If can prove TO you that you gain
nothing by hindering this ceremony,
will you allow it TO proceed and then
act as you may please afterGard instead
If now
"Of course, but that'fsNmnossible."
Nothing is impossible, Mr.. Barnes
Read that if You please "
Taking from his pocket q folded pa
per- he handed it to Mr. Barnes, who
took it ncryously, read it and looked
up amazed
"Tms is an outrage, Mr. Mitchell,
and
"And You have given me your word
not to further interfere at this time. If
you viii meet me at my hotel at =
o'clock, ] viii answer whatever other
demands you may have upon me
think you know that You may trust nee
To keep the engagement Now, gentle
men. we will proceed" Saying which,
he and his friends flied ont Vt the room
and down the aisle Of tine church, much
to the relief Of the immense throug
awaiting them. leaving Mr. Barnes ut
terlv discounted. THE ceremony then
proceeded without further DELAY, and in
half m h0ur Mr. and MIS- LEROY Mitch
81 were taken ia their carriage 90 thc
Fifth Avenue hotel Mr.. BHIa. lid not
wait to see them leave the cathedral,
but hurried away almost Immediately
after having read the document which
Mr.. Mitchell ha1 handed to hin This
was certificate Of marriage dated the
day before, and performed at the may
or's office Thus whatever reason the
detective had for stopping the marriage
the telegram from SETON had enabled
Mir Mitchell 10 once more outwit Mr..
Barnes by simply allowing a civil cnu-
tract to autedate the religious ceremony.
60 be Continued Monday
Special train will leave Union dee
pot $3.50 a. m. Sunday. june 18Th foi
Teue Haute Splendid attractions al
the now Lake View park $50 rUuu,
trip Returning train leaves TER.
Haute at GOO p. m.
Don't fail to see the Mclroscs IL
their high wire bicycle act at LAX,
Yiew park. Terro Hau.o Sun iar
June 10Th, iaa4 Special train leaves
Union depot $50 a. M. only $3.50 70
round trip.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

National Republican convention,
Chicago, ILL.,, June 21-24, 1904, for the
above occasion excursion tickets will
be sold to Chicago and return June
JIG, II, Is, 10 and 20, at rate of SLIGO
limited to return June Goth 1904.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

$3.50 Dawson Springs and return,
$3.50 Cerulean Springs and return,
$5S5 Crittenden Springs and return
ind $S.40 Grayson Springs and return.
Tickets sold daily limited to return
October 31st 1904.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
SOUTHERN, DIVISION.

THE ONLY DIRECT LIME TO MEMPHIS,
NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, AT
LANrA. JACKSONVILLE, SA-
NANNAH. ViGKSBURG
and JACKSONVILLE.
2:t5 a. m. The Dixie Flyer" Memphis,
Nashville and Jacksonville,
$40 a. m Memphis and New Orleans Limit
ed via Memphis, arriving in Memphis at s:l5
q, M. and New Orleans 7:l5 p. m.
GOO II. M. Padueah and Louisville.
S:20a. M daily, Fulton, Paducah and Louis
vile Express, arriving in Fulton 1915 a. nj.
Paducah II 40 a. m. and louisville 5:45 p. m.
80 p. M, daily, Memphis and New Orleans
Fast Mail arriving in Msmphis at TAO p. III. and
New Orleans at 9;25 a. m. ia
80 p. m, daily, Nashville, Chattanooga and
Atlanta
500 pm, Memphis and New Orleans Special
arrive in Memphis at To- 20 p. M, New Orleans
1890 q, M.
$40 IN, Paducah, Hopkinsvlle and Louis
VILE.
Hs-For through tickets, sleeping car accom-.
modations ami further information apply at
Illinois Central Passenger Station, Cairo, Ill.
j. II JONES, Tiki. Agt.
A. H. HANSON, Gen Pass. Agt. Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
Ben Michael, the Old Reliable
pawnbrOker.

Money e. loan ON al vainsblps. Bargains to
ne had IN diamonds. watches. guns and pistols
Carry fuli Zine of leather spft cases and sport
ing goods. Also repair watches At reasonable
prCes,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

For full particulars call or address
the undersigned.
A. II. HANSON,
General Passenger Agent
]. II. JONES,
Ticket Agent
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

Don't fail to see the MclrOses In
their high wife bicycle act at Lake
Yiew park. Terro HaI-e SIN FAY.
June 10Th. i944 Special train leaves
Union depot $50 a, M. only $3.50 for
round trip
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

Special train will leave Union dee.
pot $3.50 a. m. Sunday. june 18Th. for
Terre Haute Splendid attractions at
the now Lake View park. S 80 round
trip. Returning train leaves Tlrrg
Haute at Goo p. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

New Fast Train to st.
Louis, inauguratcd
June s. Leaves Cairo
12:46 p. M, daily.
Dining cars serve all
meals, a la carte. Train
is wide vcstibuled and
consists of handsome
day coaches, drawing
room and library-obser-
vation sleeping cars.
Write Of cali On any
VI. & o, K. r.. agent
for all information.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana

An ideal country for cheap
homes. Land at IS, $40 Sir
per acre; grows corn, cot.
ton, wheat, oats, grasses,
fruits and vegetables.
Stock ranges 10 months
In the year.
South east Missouri, Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Texas
are full Of opportunities
the climate is mild, the soil
is rich, the lands are cheap.
Low home-seekers' rates
about half fare-vIa the
Cotton Belt twice a month
First and third Tuesdays,
For descriptive literature,
maps and excursion rates,
write to
e, w. LABEAuME,
G. p. A. and T. A.
Cotton Belt, St. Louis, Mo.
ft0i
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Best and Quickest Line

Evansville, Paducah, Vincennes,
Danville, Terre Haute, Indian
apolis, Louisville, Cincin-
natl, Pittsburg, Baltimore
Philadelphia, Washing
ton, New York Bos-
ton, and ali East
ern Cities. 49,.
sSTrslns leaving cairo;
No. s-5:39 =. ui.-CfuciuBsti. Louisville, Nsp
York, fast msil and express. Only one chansa
Of cars t. New YORK and Boston.
Nc $500 3. m.--Chicsgc, Indianapolis. Gin.
ciunsti sHd eastern express. Best iins fer,
disnsPolisi csn got sieeperat 9;2o 2. M.
No. ST. 100 2. us.-Locsi accommodation
ee-TrAins arrive st CairD ~ noon. 90 D. n
aud 10 S :. n. Al trains daily except sandSy
Fur rates, maps. railroad guides aud genera
Information, cali on or sdaress ELMER SMITH
Ticket Agent, Union Depet..or
W.. !. LYNCH. q. p. & I. A.. Cincinnati. CT
". r. pErPE, A. q. P. A., 81 Lonis. Nc.
]. II. STONE, I. r. A. Cairo, III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
DR.. MORRISON,
K.
Office 7O7 Commercial Ave.
tHF
ILLINOIS Central
Corrected to May 18th, 1904.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Shortest and Quickest Route to
ST. I,OuiS & Chicago

so a. m. Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited, arriving in Chicago at 1850 n. m.
connecting with afternoon trains for all pointa
east and north.
2:20 a. IN. Daily st. Louis Night Limited
arriving in st. Louis at ns q, m, connecting
at Union Station for all points west Sleeping
cars open at 9:45 .. m. tars-.
i:t5 n. nj. Thehas Accommodation
5:I "A. m, Chicago flgylight Express,
except Sunday, make AL stops between Cairo
and Chicago, arriving In Gtic1go at $50 p. M.
5:l , a. M, IT. LoaIis Murhing Express,
except sunday, arriving in Sc Louis al IL ga
making all stops. hS4
12:35 y. m. st. Isanis Fast Mail, arriv-
ing in st. Louis at eos III M, ~
1885 y. m. Chieasoissf it-day Special
arriving in Chicago, 1o.ta Pm
2:20 y. M. daily ~, IEd4s Limited ar
irving in st. Louis atJsSG pxsrp, connecting st
Union Station for X l5lsasIlity Omaha Dem
YER san Francisco and All points west
2:2o D. M. Fast Express for Odin, e.
hngham, Nation, TeIahs, Champaign, Chi
cago 8
6;l0 p m, Thebes accommodation.
9:05 y. m. Chicago ana Eastern Ex-
press arriving in Chicago at sos a. M, Indian
apolis, rs Cincinnati, 10:S5 a, M Buffalo, s:2s
2; m, New York 1850 q. m. Sleeping cars to
Chicago, t4.,,
DaScanUarc For New York and eastern
IdssSiigefS cities should bear in mind
that the Illinois Central is the quickest route
by many hours, leaving Cairo at 9:05 D. n. and
-
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

that the Illinois Central is the quickest route
by many hours, leaving Cairo at 9:05 .. N. and
arriving in New York az ESQ the second morn
ing ~ U01f
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

VERY picturesque bit of ornamental legislation
has lately been enacted in Massachusetts,. 1t pro-
hibts giving tips, gifts commissions to servants
employees agents when the gratuity is intended to
influence their actions with their employers and the
person giving receiving present under such cir
cumstances is liable to be fined from $40 to $500 and
to be imprisoned for year. The purpose of the
law is "to prevent the corruption of employees by
the giving or receiving of brbes.'' In the future
when butler accepts present from the grocer with
whom his employer trades, or when the foreman of a
factory accepts box Of cigars from salesman who
wants to sell the factory bill of goods, he does so
at his peril And when they offer the gifts, the
grocer and the salesman are also jeopardlzing their
liberty.
That the law cannot be enforced is admitted by
the solons who framed it. That secret agreements
cannot be prevented, and that man cannot be fined
or imprisoned for simply giving receiving pres
en facts admitted by the most ardent supporters
of the law. But they assert that it will accomplish
it's purpose by giving tradesmen, statesmen and others
who have heretofore been compelled to give commits
sions the opportunity of refusing to continue the
practice the ground that to do would be to risk
their liberty and regulations. Whether they will
take advantage Of this opportunity remains to be
seen. The law is very pretty paper, to be sure.
But the trouble with it is that one make it
observe the law so long as the hundredth grocer ig-
nores it, it will be Intellectual Ii it IS observed by
the majority it's effect will be to put premium
dishonesty And thus, while it may be the prettiest
thing on the statute books, it will be harmful
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

his address the Yale law students New Haven
advice regarding participation politics based
abundant experience and wide observation.
Unlike many politicians and o6ceholders who assume to
advise young the did tell the law students
keep of politics of the public service He did de-
clare however that the greatest misfortune that bea
young who has only character and education and
ta accept Office In celebrating this statement he said
No be made legitinately in public employment
and therefore, competence can be laid up
While disclaimng all intention of discouraging praise
worthy ambition to community in position of public
trust Senator Dpews obvious purpose to dsabuse the
young Of notion they might have that there smoney
politics. that money be honestly made of public
office.
Kidding the minds of young of our time of notion
that they entertain to the effect that the public of
rs great opportunities for money-makng hardly fail to
rebound the welfare of the country and the benefit of
the young Politics and government have suffered
gevousy from the moneymakers while thousands of young
who have been tempted the public by
emouments have been disappointed Aermany
of service they find themselves and without trade
fesson or business.
Honestly and properly conducted public office affords
but moderate salary and the young man who accepts it
should do with the knowledge that it is money
making scheme that it merely presents opportunity for
serving the community in which he lives and for fulfilling in
Ipubcped and honorable way Of the obligations rest
ing upon him as citizen Chicago Record-Herald
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

REGRETS and lamentations characterized the
seventysixth annual meeting of the American Peace
Society, held in Boston recently. The members
found much to deplore and little to rejoice The
proceedings of the gathering, reported in the pa
pers, interesting. One paragraph from the sec
retarys report is startling This follows: 'The
estimates for the navy the coming year amount to
$1OO,OOO,OO0 In eighteen years the naval budget
has increased 700 per cent The population has dur
ing the time increased but so per cent and its
wealth only 100 per cent. We at the present mo-
ment building vessels than any other coun.
try except Great Britain
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

The department. Of agriculture doesn't talk much,
but it is constantly saving wood. The secretary OF
agriculture is more important today than he
was ten years ago. and his department is steadily in
creaslng in efficiency. To find way to extermlnate
the boil weev the insect that threatens to PROSTATE
the cotton industry Of America is the latest benefit
conferred on the people by the department Its en-
tomologsts have discovered small and unobtrusive
ant a native OF Guatemala which will do the bust
ness Boil weevils are fruit for this ant. He eats
'em alive. So the secretary Of agriculture will send
scientist to Guatemala to escort large party Of
ants to the cotton fields Of the South where they
will be put out to pasture the boil weevls. Now
let us hope that the ant develops bad traits OF
character necessitatng the discovery Of another ant
to correct him. He'd better behave The depart
ment 'plays both ends against the middle and the
insect doesn't live that successfully combat it.
Chiseled in stone above the door Of the secretarys
room are Swifts words:
A flea
Has smaller heas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em;
And so proceed adj inJinitum.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

Mr.. MELVILLE p. STONE, general manager of the
Associated Press, is up against the real thing
His very impote statement that yellow journals
supported by women, has been taken up by the club
OF the country in congress assembled and has
angered them. Mr.. Stone will be asked to explain.
That his assertion is true, does not matter it is not
chivalrous. And the women, tho they work in fac
tories stores and Offices and beat men at their
games at ever turn, demand chivarous treatment Mr.
Stone has performed many brilliant and daring feats
he bearded the of Russia and practically COM
PEELED him to remove the press censorship; but he
will eat dirt before the club women get through with
him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

Rabeais blush and Balzac destroy his "Drol Stories
out Of sheer chagrin a few papers are far-sghted
enough to refuse such advertising and they are
building up an enormous home circulation and WELD
a wholesome influence but the average paper can't
deny itself the money the vile stuff brings in If it
chooses to do So the post Office department. choke
off the business in a week
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

Mr.. GEORGE F. BAER is either very careless
speaker or else he has very wholesome contempt
for public opinion. Testlfyng before the Interstate
Commerce Commission last week. he said: "We shall
hold up the price of coal just long the people
will pay it. AS long there is demand for all
the coal mine at the price we ask, there will
be no reduction in the cost to the consumer"
A pretty cold FLOODED statement that; when one
remembers that Mr. Baer and his associates have
what amounts to absolute monopoly Of all the
thracte coal in this country very irritating state
ment. There is substitute for their coal. You
must buy it from them 60 without it. And they
won't sell it to you for any less than is charged fol
coal that has been imported from Wales, notwith
standing the fact that the latter must pay duty be-
fore it is admitted. It emphasizes what socialists
have long been preaching: if the people are to gel
the worth Of their money, natural monopolies must
be owned by the people and operated by the govern
ment
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

The post Office department has at last decided
to take steps to eliminate Objectionable medical adj
vertisements from the newspapers This will bedone
by excluding from the mails papers carrying matter
that has been condemned by the department. It is
strange that this wholesome action has not been taken
before Perhaps the department has been waiting
to find out how tough the stomach Of the public is.
It is tough all right Americans are hardened where
obscene literature is concerned but there is limit
even to their endurance. Parents want their chill
dren to read the papers, but they object to putting
into childish hands mephlc and erotic patent med
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

weekly published in the Minnesota State
Prison. the and edited and
aged home to encourage
acquaint
public pathological
dpeng that prejudice which has been
mans The paper entirely
financial IT at time there
surplus would expended
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

h
benefit Of the experiments for
nothing.
1t is claimed that an absolutely
silent pavement has been found in
the use Of India rubber, treated by
some clever process which gives it
firmness and at the same time pre-
serves its elasticity. Thus it would
seem that municipality millenni-
UNI was impending until the in
formation is given that such paw
ing would cost SIS per square
yard. To lay rubber on one i'm
portant thoroughfare of large
city would cost we'll up in the.mil-
lions. Until such time as this
rubber combination can be pro-
duced more cheaply, or until there
are many more Carnegies, the fact.
that such paving would have a
very extensive life and would
absolutely stifle all the racking
noise of traffic is not likely to go
very far in neutralizing the senti-
ment against the colossal expend-
iture. However, some similar pave
ment would be Godsend to the
nerves and nervous systems of
jewellers in cities.
st. Petersburg, April 80, 'O4.
Odds and Ends, The MIRROR:
Since writing my last, things are
getting worse than everisky. What
[ said about Kuropatkin seems to
be turning out to be trueisky. The
general did considerable blowing
to me about what he could do
with the Japovitches when he got
a chance at them on the landisky.
The Japovitches played smash on
the oceanovitch, and while I never
took as much stock in Kuro as he
took IN himself things are turning
out great deal worse than I ex-
pected. So far Kuro hasn't taken
a trickitsky and I begin to fear he
never will. It wouldn't surprlse me
much if the Japovitches captured
him and his whole outfit before
this letter reaches you. There are
several things that give me weari-
ness. One of these things is the
rumor that the Chineseovitches
are going to take hand in the
fight. Then there are the Ger
manovitches and others whom we
use to think were our friends, are
back-pedaling now and talking as
if Russia is whipped. Another
difficulty confronting NE is Kuro-
patkin's last telegram, which asks
that I send him 100000 more men
by the next balloon. L haven't
heard a thing from Skrydloff
in quite awhile, and I begin to
fear that the Japovitches have
him freed or that he has strayed
off into Siberia or somewhere and
got lost.
Then there is my war minister
who now wants to call the whole
thing off at the first favorable op-
portunity; bat how and where in
the great horned spoon is the first
favorable opportunity going to
come in for fellow to call the
scrap off, with credit and honor to
this great and glorious nation?
$50 far the Japovitches have done
most of the calling off and played
the fddles and we have been dam
cling to their musicitsky. I have,
Ion more than one occasion, re-
Iquested Mr.. Providence and every
last one of our little homemade
gods to help us out, but it begins
to look as if they Will do no more
for me than they would do for q
common little civilized Japovitch,
or an anarchistovitch, one ofwhom
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

=
strategy. An ounce of correction
is sometimes worth u pound Of
slipper.
Whoever Mrs. Edith Palmer Put
nam may be, the people of the lit
tie town of Rushmore, Minnesota,
ought to be proud Of her, and con-
graduate themselves on having
resident who possesses the ability
to write such page as that lady
produces in every issue of The
Volunteers Gazette, New York.
According to a writer in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the number of
words in the English language
cannot be definitely ascertained.
While the Century Dictionary con-
tains about 225, 900 words and the
new edition of the Standard lays
claim to over 100000, many of
these words are obsolete. The
common estimate of the average
vocabulary of educated people is
said to be from 5000 to 5000
words.
It has been suggested that an
apology is due the readers for the
muddy appearance of the print Of
an occasional issue of The MIRROR.
It should be understood that The
MIRROR Office is not responsible
| for this. The blame rests with the
blamed Kid who manipulates that
downtown printing machine.
Whenever he feels too tired to re-
|plenish the ink pot he reinforces
the daubing apparatus with ST..
Croix River muddy water. On
one occasion a few months since,
the entire MIRROR edition was re-
turned to the printing house and
| reprinted.
> 3 =
i The agricultural department of
the United States government
used to be of small account, but of
late years it seems to be worth all
it cost. The government pays out
for this department about five mil
lion dollars year, and good use
seems to be made of most of the
money. Hundreds of live stock
inspectors are sent out to the cat
| tie ranges of the West to see that
no diseased cattle are shipped to
market. At the various packing
houses there are hundreds of ex-
perts in the employ of the govern
ment, testing the dressed meats to
see if they are sound. It requires
a small army of experts to main
tain Gordon of quarantine stations
, around the shores of America to
guard against the introduction Of
foot and mouth disease and other
plaques to which cattle and other
live stock are subject. Not only
: such animals as cattle, horses.
sheep, swine, etc, but all kinds
: of Eliminating animals imported
for circuses, geological gardens
f etc, are subjected to period Of
j quarantine varying from Is to Is
8 days. Dozens of agents are sent
out over the world to find new va.
lrieties of cereals which can BIZ
probably grown in the United
5 States. Other experts are out look.
t ing for something that will do ~
! the pests that ruin the farmers
crops and trees Thousands 0,
dollars are expended in growing
different kinds Of grains under diff
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02
NO TIC =.

PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who are
regular lists will please consider such as
sample copies reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy patronage send name to this
trial subscription at rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

ferent conditions as to soil and
climate, and the farmers get the
benefit Of the experiments for
nothing.