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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
FATHERaSH0T
BY 9f SON
Mistaken For BurgW ey BOY While
In copdhjon OF
NghtiuSre.

by the ASSOCIATED FfcB.
Duluth. Mimi. March ll.--G. A
Klein, one Of the leading jewelers. of
this city. was shot bylhis son early this
morning and dangerQslsly wounded
According to the Story told by the
family, Klein was awakened by a re
volver shot, and on Investigation found
his son, who Is 21 years of age. wildly
waving a revolver, and shouting there
we're burglars in the house, believing
his father was a burglar he shot twice
at him. one bullet going through the
body and another through the arm.
The family say the boy was subject
to nightmare and was in that condi
ito when the shooting occurred.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
DISASTROUS soRTiE.


Mukden,
torpedo
10TH encountered the eneny torpedo
hot action enued in which the torpedo
discharged Whitehead torpedo and OF
the torpedo boats
Stereguschtch
BY eight o'clock the morning five
destroyers had returned.
evident Maka
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
ATTACK IN 1nRse DIVISIONS.

BY Associated Press.
81. Petersburg. March IA special
dispatch telling of the bombardment
of Port Arthur says The enemy's
ships in great force. formed into three
divisions. among which we're distrib
uted nine armored ships. Each divis
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
OHIO RIVER RISING.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Evansville. Ind, March 1.-THE
Ohio river here passed the danger line
of IS feet tonight and is still rising.
A stage of forty feet or more is ex
pecfed
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
RUSSIAN REFUGEES HERE.
By Associated Press.

New York, March ti.-0f the two
thousand and sixty-five steerage pas
sengers brought here by the steam
ship. Graf Waldersee and landed at
Ellis Island today. fully eighteen hun
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12
Where Sheep Have psssvred.

II takes six years for grass to grow
where sheep have pulled it up and
trampled II.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12


This the likeness of
of Dnvie Vermlon Illinois speaker of the United States
mentioned
by the Representative VIM Alden Smith Michigan provoked the wild
enthusiasm participated only Republicans but by the
The
could
with the for impetus fresh
breaks
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12

II is said that Texas alone markets
s5o,0o0.c00 worth Of cattle annually.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-12

Continued on Fourth Pare.)
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The progress., 1904-08-27
II the girl drooped # wasn't perceb.
Raadx for the; rest.

IBIS is de snake season" said the old
Georgia darks. zen da lsayin' dat ct you
swallers quart er whisky wen snake
bites you de snake'll die en- you go free
But dar's a question dat comes in right
dar."
And what is that?"
II we'll knows whar plenty er snakes is,
but whar is gwine. git de whisky?'-
Atlanta Constitution.
The progress., 1904-08-27
PLUCK OF INDIAN BANDIT.
The Renowned Raisuli Once Proved
His Utter Indifference
to Danger.

"At Tangier," said Chicagoan, ac-
cording to an exchange. 81 once saw
Raisuli. He looked as magnificent as
an Indian Rajah. and a Frenchman
told me that he had foolhardy and
reckless valor.
This Frenchman said that Raisuli
had entered the shooting gallery Of
'Tangier one day while a Tunistan wal
trying little pistol practice.
"The Tunistan was an excellent shot
He broke glass balls. rang bells. split
pipe stems, and penetrated bulls eyes
without number. At each shot a po-
lite murmur of applause arose. The
man was all puffed up with triumph.
"Raisuli looked on with sneer, and
finally he said in loud voice:
In duel this gentleman wouldnA
shoot so WELL
Wen see labout that, yelled the
Tunistan, and he challenged Raisuli,
and ten minutes later they were on the
field.
"They were to fight at IL PAGES, each
to fire one shot. Lots were drawn as
to who should shoot first and Raisuli
lost. He took his stand before the Tu-
nistan calmly, and the latter lifted up
his weapon. took careful aim and
missed
"Raisuli smiled What did I tell
your he said,
"And he thrust his pistol In his belt
and strobe away humming a French
song" >.
The progress., 1904-08-27
NEWSPAPER FOR A KING.
Emperor of Austria First Monarch to
Introduce the Custom in
Europe.

The emperor OF Austria was the first
royal parsonage to have a newspaper
published for his own private perusal.
About. so years ago he thought Il
would be a nice idea to have each I'M
portant, article condensed By comre,
tent writer, and the results written out
on small square sheets. which are
then slipped into binding coter'and
laid on his majesty's breakfast table.
Nothing that concerns him, agreea-
BILE or disagreeable. is ever omitted.
and to make certain nobody is foolin2
him he occasionally. orders a fresh
bundle of papers to see if his orders
are obeyed. True, the emperor. loses
a lot of amusing things. as everyone
does who cannot read newspaper for
himself; but he is now an old man and
doesn't like to try his eyes tco long at
a time. - :
His royal newspaper was likewise
adopted by other: European monarchs,
until the more modern I, kingships
found that they were not getting all
the news, and then they took to doing
their own "condensing" and skim
ming. King Edward is an indefatiga-
BILE newspaper reader, despite his
busy day" programme.
The progress., 1904-08-27

HELPS FOR THE HEALTH.
Some Simple Remedies Which Are
Suggested for Common
a. Ailments.

Oranges are said to be excellent for
a sallow complexion. Of course, one
at breakfast time cannot be depended
onto make an appreciable difference
in ones color, but four or five day
will be likely to.
Garry a cake of chocolate in your
handbag when. taking a long drive or
several hours train ride. A nibble
now and then of this will prevent q
headache or be sufficiently nourishing
to check the restless hunger apt to be
noticed on such occasions
If cold water fails to relieve tired
and aching feet,.try rubbing the feet
and ankles with al.ohool, then powder.
ing with talcum. Nothing is more con,
ducive to discomfort and inability to
work with vigor than aching or uncom.
Portable feet.
Some one has drawn attention to the
fact that music exercises an influence
on the growth of the hair in most
curious manner. Constant playing for
some years on metal instruments. the
trombone in particular, will cause bald.
ness; while the playing of the piano,
violin and violincello rather increases
than otherwise the growth of the hair.
Flue and clarinet players are not sup.
posed to be Influenced either way.
Persons who are sensitive to drafts
should not sit in strong breeze gene,
rated by an electric fan. One good
way to derive comfort from these use.
full contrivances, without permitting
the waves of air to beat directly
against the body. is to turn the fan
toward the wall, from which they will
rebound. An agreeable change in the
atmosphere of the room will be felt,
without the strong wind continually
blowing on ones back
II takes long time TO cure enlarged
pores, and the only certain remedy is
by the use of the scrubbing brush and
pure hygienic soap. By this process
the pores, which have become enlarged
by the clogged secretions. are kept
free, and gradually they will contract
and become normal in size. Thousands
of cures have been effected in this man.
ner.
The progress., 1904-08-27

Meanwhile her huttering heart prayed
that TIE late train might make W time
and that tho Hight on the hill might
avail her. She thought Of escape, but
there was the money.
With an oath he flung her to the 9TH
Or end Of the room.
"Gol darn you, want, no interfcr-
ence." he drawled, trying the safe once
more.
Margaret steadied herself In last
effort. The man on the hillside had
said: zone can never tell" Was this
the time? She was the guardian Of the
safe this outlaw was rifling.
Thus in all her strength she cried
out:
"Get out this minute, or I'll shoot"
A revolver was leveled at him. He
rushed forward to disarm her, SO SURE
Of his strength was he. But he fell in
heap at her feet. She remembered
four shots and groan. She looked
queerly at the weapon In her hand.
then at the bleeding thing on the floor.
With scream she dashed out of tho
door into the darkness. A strange fear
clutching at her heart and her brain
In a terrible tumult, she ran on and
on. The night suddenly seemed full
of dangers. Would she never reach the
little house on the hillside?
The sharp ascent drove her breath
less to his door. She paused mo-
ment. She could hear him pacing up
and down the room. So he was not
studying after all. She gave a low
knock.
Margaret" he exclaimed, seeing her
flushed face and disheveled hair.
She could not speak, but she man
aged TO gasp out:
1--WE come to give myself up. L
Dick Gray-is Shutdown at the de-
pot. Your revolver-did it,"
He gazed at her wonderingly.
"You, you shot that terror" he asked
incredulously.
'T--I couldn't let him get away with
that money-and you gave me the pis-
tol, Howard, you remember?"
Howard was not listening to her
foolish questioning.
"And now you've got to arrest me-"
she ended, passively. Her face was
growing pale and her voice low.
He led her to an arm chair and put
The progress., 1904-08-27
PRAISE FOR THE JAPANESE
FAMOUS English Writer. Is Of ths
Opinion That They Are
Valuable Race.

George Meredith, whose commanding
figure is almost the last survival OF the
literary giants Of the Victorian age In
the course of an Interesting interview
has given his views on current topics
of the day, reports the New York Sun.
Speaking OF the Japanese, he said:
They are people capable Of great
ideas and exact mastery Of detail. They
have known what to Go and have never
botched or muddled. Besides, they are
an artistic people, full of invention.
The English people have little real love
Of nature. The highest English ideal
of beauty in nature is southerly wind
and the cloudy sky that proclaim the
hunting morning. In regard to the de-
feat of European nation by Asiatics,
that does not trouble me in the least.
Their natures will give free play for the
best to win.
eve think. of the Russian chiefly as
dogged, but Inkerman was always .
mystery to ME. Ii the Russians we're
really dogged and wanted to come on
cannot believe that the fellows OF the
foolish class our officers are drawn
from could have defeated them. OF
course, it has been called especially a
soldiers battle. All our battles are SOL
diers' battles. Our army will remain
in chaos so long as 1t is controlled by a
singularly unintellectual. ill-educated,
unbusinesslike class With their Buddh-
ism, self-dcvotion, restraint, fearless
ness of death and artistic sense, 1t may
valuable race from natures point OF
view than the Russians.
Referring to the recent outcry against
pagan England and pagan London, Mr.
Meredith says: ''It is curious that 40
years ago | had to give up going to
church because could no longer listen
to the nonsense heard spoken there.
The parsons were worse than the unedu-
Gated. The deadly monotony of Sun
day sermon Is constant and should have
episcopal supervision. The church, liks =
the army, is now a chaosof men without
overseers. The clergy are drawn from
the same narrow. incompetent class as
the officers"
Talking of foreign affairs, Mr.. Mere
dith declared that in speaking Of a for
eign nation We always try to realize
what it has done for the world"
"Take America" he said. "She has
been the shrewdest leader of men. She
has given us Emerson, that very great
writer Americans have endowed the
world with priceless inventions and a
promise of great things TO be expected
from them, and they are humane,
large-hearted people. but are very young
people still. Hitherto the country, per-
haps, has been rather too large for
them"
The progress., 1904-08-27
The Way Things Act.

When things go crooked just hold stu.
And make no hub-bub; for they will
In just a tTinkling. sure as fate.
Make one more twist, and then go straight
Detroit Free Press
The progress., 1904-08-27

glass of water to her lips. The
breathlessness was all gone now, and
dark shadows danced before her. He
laid her head on his shoulder, patting
her hands continuously.
my train!" she suddenly exclaimed,
lifting herself with an effort.
Never mind, dear. Pm going fol
you, instead of with you, this time
. Then he called his sister. TAKE
care of her, Kate. Dick Gray's in Coal.
ton. won't be gone very long"
He left the house and walked quick.
ly to Margaret's station. He arrived
there in time to meet No. % with the
precious parcel. The incoming train
made a longer stop than usual. Coal
ton does not hold dead Dick Gray
often. The trainmen heard the news
with eyes wide opened. And that lit
tie Miss Margaret, too! Who would
have thought it?
So the girls heroism flashed up and
down the road. All the world knew
it the following day. A mere slip of a
girl had ended the career of most
dangerous character. for whose CAP
ture, dead or alive, a big reward had
been offered long since.
Howard entered his little house on
tiptoe. Kate met him smilingly, say
ing, "No, she's not asleep. She's in
your sitting room waiting. She thinks
she ought to go to Jail or something,
silly child. had to laugh at her, How
ard"
He went 10 Margaret and found her
huddled in his big chair He bent over
it slowly, calling her name very softly.
She looked up, startled. "Oh, I'm
afraid of yOu!" she cried.
Her nerves were strung to the ut.
most, that he saw. readily. He knelt
beside the chair and folded her in his
arms.
Afraid" he queried gently.
She met his eyes wonderingly. Then
the tension snapped. Her haggard lit
tie face was buried in his neck and
she wept like desolate child.
MY Margaret. my Margaret" he re-
peated again and again, stroking her
bright hair in infinite tenderness.
Something in his voice destroyed for
ever her want of eirlish freedom. Here
was her rest and mayhap her work.
All of which accounts for the pres
ence of the stubby little old man now
master at Coalton stop.
The progress., 1904-08-27

Plain and Inexpen1ive Material That
Serves Well for the
Purpose.

The neighborlng merchant, says Ada
sterling, In Hsrper's Bazaar, may not
keen the variety Of dcmins so popu.
larly adopted BY city housekecpeers,
and so truly useful in the home OF
modest aspirations. but he Is alto
gether likely to carry quantities Of
red-brown or old-blue "overhaulin' !"
and these, in weave that Is kind OF
compromise between Jeans and duck,
and not unlike the denim. are admira-
bic substitutes for this favorite mate
rial. From the point OF view Of the
artist, their tones are excellent. A
whole sitting-room may be done in
either. beginning with the chair cush-
ions and those Of the imprOvised settle,
the draperies. and even the floor GOV.
ering. To give color to the dining.
room of farmhouse, generally white
washed or kalsomined and plainly
painted, such materials will prove ex.
cellent. They improve in softness as
laundering becomes necessary. and
will take needle ornamentation admir-.
ably. This. when done with rope-linen
thread or mercerized cotton. is often
highly effective. A room with blue
duck cushions as feature, with white
walls, and soft. fresh muslin curtains,
with hooked or woven or merely
plated rag carpet, will be dainty, mod
ern, and refined. Interiors SO treated
are no longer accounted plain and
"countrified," but are being devised
again and again in the colonial cot
tage homes that distinguish the beau
tiful suburbs of New York, Philadel-
phia, and Washington.
Many calico designs seen upon the
counters Of country merchants are
wholly unfit for wearing apparel, but
they will often be OF pattern and col
oring and body which will serve admir-.
ably for the making OF trunk covers,
closet curtains. for the dressing OF
beds, and for making box-plaited or
gathered mantel lambrequins. They
are fresh and. sanitary, and, by means
Of neat workmanship in making them
up, may become things of real, beauty.
A room SO treated should not contain,
OF course, more than one pattern of
goods, the curtains and ruffied trunk
covers and valanced bed being done in
the same. Where variety is desired,
colored Innings may be given the bed.
spread or the curtains. such as plain
rose or blue or green; or, where even
this is not available, a soft yellowed or
unbleached muslin will serve with
good effect.
The progress., 1904-08-27
THAT TALL GLASS JAR.

The country store l used TO know comes
back to me to-day
In rising tides of memory that sweep the
=. years away.
see lis weather beaten front, the dingy
window panes,
The sugar scale, the letter box, the floor 6
tobacco stains.
The jumbled stock of groceries in package,
pail and bar.
And, best of all, l see once more tai
glass jar.
This jar. was filled with candy sticks, a
goQdly sight 10 see.
And better still to nibbIe at-that joy still
stays with me.
sweet peppermint and wintersrecn, hoaf-
hound and cinnamon
Vanilla sticks like BARRIERS poles-1 ioSs1
them every one
Nolasses. too. and chocolate, and tooth
some peanut bar,
see them all IN my minds eye in that tail
glass jar. q.
+. f.ife's brought ne many Pleasures as the
years have slipped along;
Far more Of sun than shadow, little sigh
ing, much Of song
. I've seen the sunlight splendor on the iortiil
hills Of Rome.
Had luck in love and business when I've
stayed right here at home.
But never felt an ecstasy as great as when
my ma
=. Would pass me out a nickei for that tai
.. ..kiass- jar
Ia give ten Thousand dollars just TO be a
boy again
one esnsie day. and pssdie, barefoot. in the
summer rain;
Just 10 run my mothers errands TO tfat
iittie dirgy store.
with glad anticipation tinsling to my be-
ings core.
No cio1d or ibs horizon ny sheer harp.re4s
70 mar
The progress., 1904-08-27
Vegetable Marrow Soup.

Pare one good-sized marrow, cut it in
slices and remove the seeds. Add it
with one peeled and sliced onion to one
ounce of butter which has been melted
in saucepan. Let it cook very gently,
without browning, for five minutes.
Then add one quart of water, some salt
and pepper, and simmer gently until
the vegetables are tender. Put through
a hair sieve. Melt one ounce of butter
in saucepan, stir in smoothly one
ounce of -four, ami aad gradually one
cup of milk. Stir until it boiis, then
add the vegetable marrow soup, let it
again come to boil, add one teaspoon
full of chopped parsley. and serve
Good Housekeeping.
The progress., 1904-08-27
OUR NEGRO POPULATION.
OF the Nine Millions in the United
States Nearly Half Are
Illiterate.

As result of requests forinformation
from all oyer the country, the census Of
flee has issued bulletin on Negroes in
the United States," containing statistics
with regard to the extent, character and
condition Of the negro population in the
several states of the union. The sum
mary OF results given in the bulletin Il in
part as follows:
"The number of negroes in the Unit
ed States (including Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico) is 100000. perhaps
larger number than is found in any 9th
er country ouside of Africa. Nearly
nine-tenths of the negroes in continental
United States are found in the southern
states. The largest number Of negroes
living in compact masses are found in
certain urban counties, several Of which
lie outside of the great cotton growing
states The four. each having over 10
900, are the District of Columbia Shell
by county, Tenn, containing Memphis;
Baltimore City, Md, and Orleans par
ish, La, coextensiye with New Orleans.
"The district in which'the proportion
Of negroes Is greatest lies in the Missis
sippi alluvial region along both banks
Of the lower Mississippi, where five
eighths of the population is negro, he
maximum being in IssaQuena county,
Miss. with more than. Is negroes TO
each white person. The center Of the
negro population is in DeKalb county,
Ala. about four miles from the east
ern boundary of Georgia and a5 miles
south of the southern bounGary Of Ten
nessee ~
In the country districts as whole
the negro males outnumber the negro
females slightly and in the cities the'fc-
males outnumber the males decidedly
This disassociation of the sexes between
city and country is far more marked:
among negroes than among whites and
has increasedSsince 1890
Among negroes AIS per cent. are il
literate. The percentage of illiteracy
has decreased rapidly since 1890, when
1t was 571 per cent. Iliteracy amore
negroes is about seven times as common
as among whites, and this ratio between
Jnc dCcS udS uOC dllCIcu materially III
the last ten years. Illiteracy among
southern negroes is about four times
that among southern whites. IL the per
cent. Of illiterates should fall in each
succeeding ten years by as great al
amount as it did between 1890 and 1900
an improbable assumption, it would
reach zero about 1910.
There was decided increase be.
tween 1890 and 1900 in the proportion OF
marriages among young negroes. This
increase of early marriages was Yet
more marked among southern whites
of both sexes and was probably due II
the great prosperity of the country ius<
before 1900.
There are nearly 4 1000 900 negroes in
the United States engaged in gainful oc-
cupations. Those persons, who may be
called breadwinners, constitute 45.2 PEI
cent. OF the total negro population
while for the total white population the
per cent. is 1913 and for southern whites
34.3"
The progress., 1904-08-27
SWARM IN STRANGE PLACES
Bees Get Together and Settle Down
Wherever the Mood Strikes
Them,

Bees sometimes swarm in strange
off the shore and installed itself in and
about one of the ventilators on the up
per deck Of the British warship Diana
as she lay alongside the Mole OF Glib
raltar, says the New York Sun.
One of the seamen, with the aid of an
old soap box and boarding pike. quick
ly hived the bees, and was afterward for
tunate enough to dispose of his capture
advantageously.
Some workmen upon fixing their lad
ders high on the south wall of the coun.
Gil chamber at Abingdon, England.
found swarm Of bees. AS no one ap-
peared willing to remove them, the may
or ascended the ladder himself fixed
hive over the bees. and after occupying
his uncomfortable position for an hour,
came down with the whole swarm nicely
hived. His constituents had assembled
to watch the operation and loudly
cheered his descent
At Dorchester. England, a large hive
of bees swarmed into the brake van OF
the Southwestern express from Wey-
mouth to London. The guards were
compelled to fight the insects until the
train reached its, destination, when an
apiarist came to, the rescue and hived
the whole swarm.
One swarm few days ago took pos
session of big tree in the center of a
pleasure park at Kansas City, Me-. and
formed an interesting attraction of the
place. OF the hundreds that saw them
no one made any attempt to hive them
until farmer, named John Alcorn,
came along.
"What'll you give me to take the bees
away?" he asked the manager of the
park.
THE BEES" was the reply, and bar
gain was struck right there.
Alcorn climbed up to the swarm, and
swept all the bees he could into a nail
keg. He must have got the queen with
the first handful, for the bees did not
object to the treatment After he had
got the bulk of them in the keg he turned
it upside down on the ground and placed
q stick under one side.
Then he beat on tin pan. and the
remainder OF the bees left the tree and
swarmed into the kee Alcorn gathered
up the keg and its buzzing occupants.
and started for home
The progress., 1904-08-27
To Restore White Silk.

A good way to restore white silk
articles that have become yellow in
washing is to dip them in tepid soft
water containing to each quart ta-
blespoonful of ammonia water and a
few drops of bluing. Wiring them out
and il still yellow add little more
bluing to the water until they are
fully restored Hang in the shade
and dry partially. and press with a
hot iron between folds Of cotton while
damp.-Household..