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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10
A WOODCHUCK STORY
Joys and Sorrows in the Life Of the
Little Animal.
Her History from the Coming Of
ssring 10 the CLOSING Chapter
Of Life In the late
Summer.

Very early last spring, woodehuck
poked her black nose from the mouth
OF the bhrrow in which she had spent
the winter. and blinked her little
round black eyes in the sunlight. Then
she came out. and lay basking on the
mound OF hard earth before her door
way. She looked very weak, and she
was certainly dreadfully thin. Her
grizzled pelt hung loosely on her bony
frame. and when she moved it was
with a languor not usually observed
in woodchucks. The fact is that she
had but just awakened from an ali.
winter sleep, and as she had tasted
since the previous October. she was
not only drowsy but famished. Soon
she found strength to go on in search
of some food
One morning. after the little roden,
had had her morning meal OF clover
and she was taking a sun-bath on the
mound of earth in front of her door,
way, some small object struck the
mould about six inches in front of her
face. and threw pinch of the dirt
sharply in her eyes She did not know
what the trouble was, and she did not
stop TO find out, but pitched headtirSi
into the burrow and stayed there AS
she disappeared. small boy, brand
ishing Fiobert rifle and followed by
a little yellow dog, jumped from be.
hind hillock, and ran up to see how
near he had come to the chuck He
pulled grimaee when he saw where
his bullet had pitted the earth. reload
ed his weapon and went back to his
hiding place. But the woodchuck. not
being quite fool remained where she
was safe until the boy became tired OF
waiting and came back to the hole
the yellow dog still at his heels, The
boy now picked up the dog and put its
nose TO the mouth Of the burrow. and
after few words Of encouragement
the cur, which had more assurance
than wisdom plunged into the black
hole. The boy sat down on the mound
of earth and yelled Isle EN-, Prince"
and for about minute no doubt
Prince was doing as he was bid. After
that, il seems that the woodchuck did
most of the sticking" for the dog
backed out Of the burrow with two
terrible cuts on his head, and bowling
in a most unprincely manner Then
tucking his tail as far between his
legs as he could get II, he made for
home by short cut. and at his very
best pace
Not long after, the woodchuek APP
peared at the mouth of the burrow
with family of Ave little ones. They
had been born some time before, but
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10
SEASONS RECORD FOR DEER.
Party of Nine Noung Men Killed Nine
in Nine Days il tiinton county,
Pennsyivania.

Word mas been received by Edward
Patton. of Philadelphia. that nine OF
bis old acquaintance In Rel yo, Pa,
have been the most SUGGEST hunting
party to invade the wilds Vi Clinton
county this season Strange as ii may
seem, there We're nine in the party,
ana they succeeded in shooting nine
deer In exactly nine days.
The party consisted of NJ. C. KEEP
Ter, George b Dechant. Clyde Dechant,
Harry Bowman. Jared Hulburt,
Charles SALESMAN. Harry Kepler, A. +
Coover and A. F. Irwin. They are all
classed as keen spoftsmen and excel
lent shots. Each year they have an
annual deer hunt, and IL is a usual
occurrence for this party TO return
with anywhere from four TO ten deer
They know where TO go and how to
shoot when they observe their game.
Besides the deer the party also killed
considerable small game. emitting
them to hold the record of being the
most successful sportsmen In this sec
ton Of Pennsylvania for 1903.
The rendezvous of the hunters was
at the head Of Benjamin run. All
the territory throughout the Baker
run region and the adjacent swamp
grounds was carefully searched for
big game. and the deer rounded up
were the finest specimens Of that feet
footed animal ever taken into Remove.
When but ~ years Of age Chauncey
SALESMAN, brother of one OF the
sportsmen. with a Winchester rifle
killed one of the largest deer even
seen IN Clinton county.
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this was their first appearance In the
open. They were pretty, dark-eyed
soft-coated little fellows. ready to top
pie back again out Of sight at sign
from their mother
Every morning now, the whole fam
lily might have been seen moving
through the grass to the spots where
the clover grew the thickest. For q
short time they lived in peace. but one
evening they made themselves pow
erful enemy by journeying into the
next field and eating off, close to the
ground, three long rows of young peas.
The owner of the peas said very little,
but he drove to town and brought back
stick of dynamite, which he thrust
far into the burrow A minute later
there was muffled boom, and the
farmer went off. satisfied that he would
not be bothered again by that family
of woodchucks. But in the evening
cautious gray head was thrust from
the mouth of the hole, and soon our
old woodchuck crawled from her home
and made off slowly across the field
The dynamite had killed the young
ones, but their mother had only been
stunned. She went directly to an old
burrow which she had occupied two
years before and next morning there
was a large heap of fresh earth IN
front of IT, She lived there quietly un-
Ill the latter part of the summer.
when, returning after an absence some.
what lonter than usual she found the
entrance to her home barred by a
snarling black head, with white
stripe down the front. The premises
had been seized by skunk. and the
woodchuck was obliged to seek resi-
dence elsewhere She started to dig
lresh tunnel on the other side of the
ield and for hours she threw out the
soil with her strong claws. The follow
ing afternoon she was still al work.
when the figure of q man, In brown
,veralls, crept under the brow of the
hill. and lay down behind rock al
The top. For half an hour the wood
chuck worked on. and at last she ap-
peared al the doorway for breathing
spell. A little curl Of white smoke
Ieaped from behind the rock. there
was a sharp report. and the wood
chuck dropped back into newly
made grave.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
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To save street Car Msn.

Fifty temperance women Of the North
and West sides of Chicago have organ.
lzed to open club rooms for street car
men, with the idea Of attracting en-
ployes from the saloons. The plan Is to
rent rooms In the vicinity OF each car
barn, where the railroad men can rest
while of duty. The only place of resort
they al present have Is the back room
Of some saloon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

I cred full and complete that that is all
that can be said for time. But is time
TO be weighed only in the worlds per
ishable geld? Time may be money
il may give man the opportunity OF
gaining heaps on heaps OF the shining
metal in barter and trade, but Ii Is
more than money, II is a sacred trust
Days should speak, but they should
speak of something else than mad rush
after wealth: they should speak oil
something else besides self-seeking and
indulgence in pleasures and all man
ner of excuses. And days do speak
In condemnation and Judgment TO
those who will hear them speak m no
other way The sowings OF the yes
terdays bring the inevitable reapinss
of the to-dayS. But the days slip SO
swiftly by that we are hardly conscious
Of their passage. and the year Is some
before we realize it, and We nave
scarcely heard a whispered message
from the days as they have flown by
But while the Old Year is dying. ana
The New Year is about 10 be born, there
is disposition on the part Of man te
stop and listen and think ere he steps
into the days of the New Year. IL IS
time of retrospection and prospeetion
Ii is, as the business man would say
a time OF taking stock and planning
new business, a closing up OF the Old
set of books and the opening OF new
ones. Expenditures and receipts are
carefully figured out. and the profits
And man who has been
intrusted by God With 500 precious
days. and which he has spent one atiti
another, thoughtlessly or thoughtfully
gndlessly or righteoaslg, selfshiy OF IN
kindly service for others, ought TO lake
an accounting at the end of the year
Expended; S65 days, given crisp and
fresh, like new bank notes, from tle
hand Of God. Receipts. What? Profits
What? Days should speak, and what
should be their message?
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

The Birmingham Age-Herald says
Chicago has a no-bathing fad. Still,
discover over the main entrance @
most of us have to stop and wash the
loot of every DAY OF TWO.
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One Of Detroit's boodling aldermen
was recently robbed by burglar The
81. Louis Globe-Democrat remarks that
the penalty for an offense of this kind
should be something that the burglar
can hand down to posterity with pride
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

"fIave you used the new cook book |
bought you. Bridget?' said the madam
"Shure. ! have, mum; | loighted the
foire this viry mornin' with 1t, mum"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Mr. Roxe-This portrait doesn't look
like my wife at all
Artist know IL doesn's, but 1t looks
az she thinks she looks.-JudGe.
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And Holding Their skirts.

A mouse club has been formed In
London. with 400 lady members. The
Denver Post remarks that club bust
ness is probably transacted with all
the members standing on chairs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

What is a stomach pump" asked
The teacher 10 physiology.
.Takin' a trip acrost the lake"
promptly responded Tommy Tucker
Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

DUT days speak not only of the un.
~ certainty of life and of God ane
eternity, but also Of human failure
and sin and selfshness How fresh
and clean and spotless the dave come
from the hand of God. and how stained
and Scared and msrred they become
as man Nils out their record Search
diligently among the days through
which you have passed during the
past year and see II you can find one
day which is free from failure or mis-
take. Most of the days are stained
with sin Of heart and life. and the
cleanest and best days of the year ara
not without their evidences OF human
weakness and failure. Are we afraid
to face them and hear them speak ;
This is not manly; this Is not right
But oh. how many turn from the mem
DRY OF past failure, or wr0ngdoing
past mistake or grievous sin. past Diff
iiculty or trouble. and refuse to hear
these days speak or learn the lessons
which they might teach How many
try TO forget. and rush feverishly into
the New Year with the delud.d
thought that 1t will know no sueh
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10
ERNEsT HAROLD BAYNEs
Charcoal Eph.

Dey am er whole lot OBJ people In de
worl' dat In dey 1igioa am jess lake de
babby eatin' bread an 1asses--dsy got
er heap mo on De outside dan on de in
side.-Baltimose-News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

TT is the presence OF Christ In our days
which makes them worth living. even
though we fall TO recognize that Christ
and yield to Him obedience 1t Is the
certainty OF Christ In the days to come
which fills them full Of hope. II Is
Christ Who can help you interpret the
days of the past. and II is Christ Who IA
able to help you enter the days Of the
New Year hopefully, VIGOROUSLY and
successfully. Retrospectlon without
Christ to interpret and reveal the lessons
Of the past Is failure. Prospectlon
without Christ to cheer and encourage
is dlscouraglng and perilous. New
Years resolutions without the Christ
as the inspiration and the dynamic force
to execute are sooner or later a sad and
dismal failure Samuel Johnson gave
expression to this truth when he said:
Il have now spent So years In resolving:
having. from the earliest times almost
that | can remember, been forming
schemes OF a better life. have done
nothing" What an admission for a
great man But we all have to make the
same distressing confession where we
are trying In our strength TO make and
keep New Years resolutions. But Sam
nel Johnson did not rest there. His
prayer was finally: % God. grant me to
resolve Alright. and 10 keep my resolu-
lions. for Jesus Christs sake," And II
is right here where every one must end
the Old Year and begin the New II he
wouid nave Inc DAYS OF the past speak
true and faithful message to his soul
and be girded and equipped for the fu-
ture. Days should speak. and multi.
tude Of years should teach wisdom. and
hey will II We have the mind Of Christ
TO understand and the will Of Christ
10 do
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

NAYS should speak of human limita
IL lions and uncertainties, and OF God
and eternity. There Ia an awful lack Of
the consciousness Of God and eternity
In the world People spend their days
as though they were to be without end,
they plan with little thought of the
Limitations and uncertainties which
bound those plans II is positively
pathetic to see the bold assurance with
which man passes through this life. He
lives and feels and acts as though he
were fixture, when he is but as grass
and as a flower OF the neld. SO he -four
isheth; for the wind passeth over II, and
il is gone: and the place thereof shall
know II no more" But, on the other
hand, the Lord is the same yesterday,
to-..av and forever" and His mercy is
from everlasting 10 everlasting upon
them that fear Him. and again In J.
Peter l25. after declaring that all
fesa is as grass, and all the glory Of man
Is the GOwsr Ct grass" the apostle goes
on to proclaim that the Word OF the
Lord endureth forever" Mans days
are numbered, eternity Is without end;
Mans plans and devices fall, but Gods
plans and purposes are as certain OF
consummation as that day follows night
What day during the year which is just
drawing to close that has not felt the
tread OF the silent reaper Death? 1t Is
said that with every tick of the watch
a human life goes out somewhere In the
world While we are In life we are III
the midst Of death Friends. acquaint.
ances. loved ones have fallen about US
on every hand. As we look back over
the year. the sad Gays when the hand oil
death has robbed us of those whom We
loved and cherished and esteemed stand
out prominently. And what message Dis
they speak to us? Is ii one only OF per
sonal loss and sorrow? If So, you have
failed to hear its most important mes
sage to your soul. II would speak OF
death which Is sooner or later TO rot
you OF all that life now offers you. and
1t would point you TO God who holds all
you may be possessed of IN eternity
How much did he leaye7" was asked
concerning the wealthy man who had
just died He left ii all was the sage
reply. And the all-lmportant question is
not what he left, but what did he have
laid up Ia store on the other side? Did
he have treasure In Heaven? Did he
have a Saviour Who was preparing a
mansion for him in the Fathers House
after the earthly house of this tabernacle
should be dissolved? Is well with your
soul with ms Quilts the question which
the days filled with death ask as they
pass.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

Twenty thousand young children.
daily and nightly. stand In the streets
Of London Offering various articles fos
sale
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

Mrs. Your husband tried to
kisa me lsst night.
Mrs. Dzsh-Ah. well. hes not pariieu.
t1r uk<h lie is -snkiug The Wasp.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

HE value Of the yes
terdays is meas
ured by the Offer
ings which they
make to the to-
days. The to-days
are wisely and
probably lived in
so far as they APP
propriate and as
simulate the lessons
and experiences OF
{ b e yesterdays.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

Chicago, Sunday. Dec r lsS.
Text DAYS should SPEAK anc multi
fu4e If Ssars should teach wisdom JOB
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record! When Paul declared he was
going to forget those things which are
behind he did not mean that he locked
the past in the chamber OF impenetra.
Bile oblivion ana rushed heedlessiy on
ward in hope Of WANING the prize
No bur he did mean that the failures
and sins and mistakes of the past were
net 10 handicap and discourage him
in the race which lay before him But
those same failures and mistakes and
sins were to be the helpful signposts 70
him hy which he would avoid those same
pitfalls again The runner circling the
track stumbles because Of unevenness
of ground. When next he comes tc
that place he would be foolish indeed
II he forgot all about the dangerous
spot. He must remember IL SO that
he may avoid stumbling there a sec
ond time, But on the other hand he
must forget the failure He must moi
let the impression prevail that he
stumbled there once and must there.
fore stumble there again,
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A Nd In the speech of the DAYS Of the
"A past is found prophecy Of the fu-
ture No one who stands upon the
threshold of the New Year but wonders
what Is hidden within its bundle Of days
Man never possesses more than the pres
ent: God is the custodian OF the future
Gut the days Of the past may furnish
something more than hint sometimes
CT what the future vii be, The sowing
OF the past brings the reaplng Of the fu-
ture Do you fear to let the days Of the
past speak because they may prophesy
Of an unhappy fruitage to be garnered
from the days of sowing gone by? Per-
haps; but will foolish blindness and re-
fusal to Near the message Of the days Of
the past avert the undesirable reaping OF
the future? Nay. verify, DAYS should
speak and multitude OF years should
teach wisdom" And II we patiently and
humbly receive their message we may be
able to change defeat into victory, and
failure into success And what Is the
supreme message OF the days and the
years? 1t is not Of man and his doings.
but Ii Is OF Christ and what He has done
for man. The days Of Christ upon
earth have not ceased to speak Christ
the Son Of God Christ the perfect man.
Christ the sacrifice for sin. Christ the
Saviour Of the world. And every day
since Christ wrought out the redemption
Of man from sin has been laden with the
message Of the Christ
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NAYS do speak Of failures and sins
IL but their true massage is not one OF

Il -
IL but their true massage is not one Of
disbursement, but encouragement
The Devil points to the days OF failure
and SAYS: See how YOU failed: of course
you will fail again But God points to the
days of failure only that He may point
out the cause OF failure and help to vic
tory 81 another time 1t Is not man :
fault that he cannot blot out or rewrite
the past, but ii is mans fault II he does
not learn the LESSONS of the past as q
help to the living in the present Lord
Melville the noted English statesman Of
me hundred years ago when on New
Years day he was wished Happy New
Year. exclaimed: Il hope this year will
be happier than the last, for scarcely
recollSct having spent one happy day in
the whole OF It," He.could not recall the
Year and live 1t over again. For this he
was not to blame. but he was to be cen
sared that he did not search out the rea-
son or reasons for the unhsppineSs u
hat year. and prevent their recurrence
Ia the New Year The New Year brings
with it the worthy impulse to do better
and from this impulse is formed the New
Years NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hastily
formed and easily broken. This is al
ways the comedy and tragedy Of the New
Year. And wherein does the trouble lie?
Not in the making Of the resolution. but
In failure TO listen while the days OF the
past speak their message for the future,
Days should speak. and multitude OF
years should teach wisdom, and espe
eially should this h. true as one yeaf
draws 10 It's close afd the other. bright
and fresh and untarnished. begins to un-
fold
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-10

1T Is an old and trite saying that
] time is money" II Is sad COM
mentary upon the material worldly
standards OF the majority OF people
that this definition of time is consld-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-25
Parlor Car Between Chicago and Omaha
Via the North Western Line.

In addition to it's already remarkably
complete train service between Chicago,
Council Bluffs and Omaha, The North
Western Line has iraugurated elegantly
equipped parlor car service through to
Omaha without change, leaving Chicago
1915 A. N. daily, arriving Omaha 1l.4O
p. NJ, Buffet, smoking and library car
on this train a SO opened to parl0r car pas
sengers. Other fast trains leave Chicago
100 p. NJ, 500 r. M. and, 100 p. M,
daily over the only double track railway
hetwepn Chicago aud the Missouri River.
information and tickets can be secured
from your home agent or address w. A.
u <, Gent. Art, Sol Chestnut stseet,
'Phtladelphia. IA.
76R SIG till S-3t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-25
MIBDl Essex.

Some of the MiddleseX County papers,
notably the Perth Amboy News, are urg-
ing the aboliti3n of the Board of Chosen
F~reeholders and the creation of a commits
sion under the Strong act. II is true that
Mildlesex County voted on this question
once before and defeated the proposition
but so did Passaic County. Both have
since suffered from what the people are
convinced is graft of the most I'M
b,ushing kind. In 1902, when the Strong
act commission was voted on in both
Middlesox and Passaic, the people were
not well informed on the subject. They
did not fully understand the new system
that was proposed as a substitute for the
old one, and they chose to endure the ills
they had rather than fly TO others that
they knew not Of. Now it is different.
The people see that the longer the old
system is continued the worse are the
conditions, the deeper the corruption and
the more defiant the grafters. Passaic
County seems 20 have resolved 10 rid it.
self of the whole system. Middlesex
County could do nc better, If there is
yet time, than get the necessary signd-
lures and ask for another popular vote
on the question next November. The
struggle to throw off the old bloodsuck-
Ing officials will be IA hard one. but 1t
will be successful if the people are in
earnest. Newark Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-25
WAR IN FAR EAST
Army and Navy Working Fol
Port Arthur's Fall.
TAPAN'S SHIPS AIDING LAND FORCES
butter Defenses of Cars Stronghold
Reported to BE Failing enc
by One, Bringing the
i, End Near.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-It is reported
from Weihaiwei that the Japanese
have captured several forts belonging
to Port Arthur's western line of dc.
lenses. If this position has been taken
and occupied, 1t is realized that unless
the Japanese are ut once dlslodged
the whole chain Of forts will be breach
ed and the position of Port Arthur rem
dercd critical.
Advices from Chefu say that the
Japanese armored cruisers Niasin and
KAsaga have bombarded and silenced
the Russian forts east of Golden hill.
at the entrance of Port Arthur.
The forts referred to are very close
to Forts Taipangtze and Chaochanko.
The japanese have succeeded in oc-
cupying Antscshan fort, as well ais
another fort. probably Etschau, about
a mile southwest Of Antseshan. =.
They have driven the Russians from
the parade grounds, which lie about
two miles north of the harbor; they
chanko, which is within the eastern
Notifications, and they have advanced
to a point near Chaochanko.
Scarcely a huil,tinr IL, pom A rtp,,r
rcmoins o,F,amn oc1 rho town hoIl
which u,os s,,sod &c q ,aoy.yino bos
beon deS+roy.od
A. ST peto,sb,ry sneciol disn,tcb
SAYS that orders from Emperor Nicho-
lac tvo,.e ,.o,rcvnd ~ cantoip Reitocn-
stein at sb,ncl.i cou,mon1ing him
forthwith to 1is,..m the cr,,ieh. AZ.
cold and t,.o t,rnnao NM 1ostrovc,.
T,Au.o.. -. 49, ..,.. 49,. -.
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nrnx hal Runxnn,s noax.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. 25.-On
Sunday a body was picked up in this
fed the coroner ordered it to be bur
led. The police now ascertain that Il
mar giving the name Of Runyan, who
had taken a stateroom on the steamer
Richard Peck, intending to go from
this city to New York, did not occupy
fects were found therein Oh the arrival
Of the steamer at New York. 1t is
thought that the body found may be
that of Runyan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-25

ROME. Aug. 25.-There is no truth
in the statement circulated in the Unit
ed States that two hundred English,
French, German and American tour
lists had a narrow escape from death
while climbing Mount st. Bernard and
that rescuers were led to them by
dogs. The story may have had its
origin in the fact that about a hun
dfed tourists were in the st. Bernard
monastery when heavy snow began to
fall, and they considered it prudent
to remain there. They received the
most cordial treatment from the monks
and were at no time in danger.