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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
A straioht rIo.

Donald Foster Lloyd. one of the
local officials of the Postal Telegraph
company, overheard conversation
the other day between two messen-
ger boys that made him smile. One
of the lads was a very dirty looking
specimen. His badge was furnished,
bis shoes were badly run over and
almost worn out and his uniform
vas frayed and covered with dust.
The other youngster was somewhat
the worse for wear as far as his gar
ments were concerned. but he was
brushed up a bit and he wore a
somewhat soilcd but very high col
lar, set off by an exceedingly loud
neektie.
you'd better watch out" he said
to the first boy, "or &c dog-catcher
will get you"
The dirtiest urchins inquiry as to
why he need fear the collector OF
CANNES brought this retort; Be
cause yoH hain't got no collar on. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
Governments shrewd eehemc.

The Canadian goyernmcnt sa
the Westminster Gazette. has b
built in Glasgow a travelling stan
such as is commonly used at ex
billions. for the purpose Of tours
the country. advertising the advai
ages OF life in the dominion T
wagon is now in Edinburgh. Fro
there II is to travel through lar
part az Scotland The exterior
the wagon is painted bright vermilio
with appropriate notices, and VIII
it comes to standstill the sides a
ends can be thrown up, converti
IT into a stand. on which are sho1
specimens of the products of Z
colony. BY means Of the stand II
hoDed to reach remote ahd otherwi
inaccessible parts of the country.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

A Chicago merchant wrote Fe
word graft" across the face OF q
check which he sent to the cay nan
In uayment for the inspection Ct a
sjgn over his place of business. the
rifv officials then ordered the sign
torn down. The merchant IL one Of
those chaps. probably, who would pc
ashamed to be seen at a primary eiec-
ton. and who is too busy making
money to pay any attention TO the
affairs of his city, state or genera
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

years saved 81 100000 worth of prop.
erty Tue cost OF maintaining the
company In that time was 100000
THE total membership Of The company
was 232
the River God, travelling riv.
81 show, belonging 10 Dan Rice, the
famous Snowman. was advertised TO
sxhihit III Cairo on September 4. 1869,
with Rice making his farewell tour
Of the western waters. The steamer
drawing the floating palaces was
III magnificent new steamer, VIII
s nays
General
william Cullen Bryant was the so
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

THEODORE Roosevelt in writing Of
TaaHas jefferson says he was per
haps the most incapable executive
that ever alleI the pres idential chair 3"
jefferson really was very incapable.
lie was the man who wro.e that silly
document. the declaration Of independ
ence. and for sl5.00o.000 wrested an
empire from Napoleon. Two Of the
most monumental blunders in our
history.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

A young Kentucky editor gives
these instructions on che art Of Os-
cuIation:
Take her in your arms. gently but
firmly, and as she tips her head 10 get
a squint at the north star. nail her to
the cross-let your lips softly imprint
upon hern. and hold hard Count five
ere you release her--fifty If you both
feel that way"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Japan claims that the war is cost
ing her only $25 100000 month. me
civil war in tbs country cost inc
United States government an aver
age rate Of $54, 900. 900 a month. ana
increased the public debt from S95''
ooo 600 on July /. 1861. TO $685.
900. on July /, 1864.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The roster of the Arab Fire com
pany, the local fire fighnng organiza-
ton was published Among the mem
bers were Fl. H. Candee, Henry Win
ter, T. j. Kerth, Jas. S. Rearden,
Chas. D. AFTER, VIM. Klusa, Wood Rlt'
tenhouse, John II. Robinson, John A..
Miller A. Lohr and Billy Winter
Henry Winter was president and J.
S. Rearden secretary The company
was organized in 1859. and in ter
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
Month OF july.

81 zu5U
The above is a correct statement
of the circulation of the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday, ON the dates stat
ed, month OF July, 1904.
A. J. BENEDIC.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed. and sworn to before me
this first day of August. 1904.
LSeall K. !" GiLbEhI,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

VIII the people Of this country vote
for Roosevelt. who believes in large
armies and who invokes war. or will
they vote for Parker. who believes lit
is the liberty. the advancement and he
prosperity of its citizens. not any ca
reer Of conquest. that makes the coun-
try a world power"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
cial lion at Newport.

Alaska, which had just hen pur-
chased from Russia, was said 70 be
already giving evidences u the I'm.
proving hand Of the ubiquitous Yam
kee."
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

If the Japanese want TO learn
something of an effective blockade.
they ought to send few experts 10
Cairo to study several places along
and near Ohio Levee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

1t begins to look as if ii might be
Mr.. Speaker Williams, and there Is
PROBABLY no better equipped man IN
the party than the brilliant Missis-
sippian,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The little czarevitch is probably
wondering it the abolishment Of cor
poral punishment applies to the nurs
cry
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Those Minnesota pot hunters who
were caught with 1000 wild ducks in
their possession and were fined S20,-
900 paid pretty dearly for their
quacks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Hon. Thomas Taggcrt, having
heard OF frost at White Sulphur
Springs, has gone there to shake
few persimmon trees.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Nothing having been heard from
him, that Russian newspaper man
who cried for mo quarter" has evil
IDENTIFY gotten II.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

All Illinois Central, Mobile Il OH
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and d
part form Central station, corner
Second street and Ohio street.
All Big Four and Iron Mountal
trains arrive and depart from II
Union station, Second street and Coz
mercial avenue.
Mail may be deposited in the box
the transfer station, located at Gel
trail station, 20 minutes before the q
parture of any train.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Those Canadians do pet a little
chesty at times but they really de.
serve n better fate than TO be forced
to take the Duke OF Marlborough as
their viceroy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Mr.. George o. cortelyou Is said
to be considerable OF a gum shoe
manager himself.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

A man ont in Iowa invited his wife
OF into the back yard to see him
blow his brains out II is doubtful II
he had any.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The Birmingham, Ala, News sug-
gests that the battleship Louisiana
should be able to raise cane in case
of war.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Something serious must be wrong
with Tom Watson. lie broke an en-
gagement TO talk down in Mississippi
the other day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
For Vice President
HENRY G. DAVIS
OF West Virginia

A facetious contemporary wonders
what baby talk would sound like IN
Russian.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

At last an exchange comes forward
and suggests that the. Czarevltch ~
an infantry colonel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

or and aldermen the outstanding
bonded indebt dness Of the city vas
reported to be $l71,152, requiring an
annual interest of S10,s20.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The Republican campaign in Texas
is coming fast. They have establish
ed Republican paper out there.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
Alexander County. Population 22,9

Alexander County. Population 22,9t
County Judge VIM 8. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS. S. ROCHE.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. M. McMANUS
!. Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK
DAVIS.
County Superintendent of Schoo
PROF. JOHN SNYDER
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

II the campaign should become very
heated Mr. Fairbanks should provide
himself with heavy fanneis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Those Russians may be short on
fighting, but they're long on borrow
ing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The statue of Gen. Enoch poor
the revolutionary war hero. is fin.
ished ana ready to he set up Al
IIackensack. n j.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Capt. Frank Parker, L. s. A., has
been granted permission by the
French military authorities 10 spend
4 month with the Fourteenth regi-
ment of mounted chasseurs to study
their methods and maneuyers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Director George f. Roberts of the
United States mint is in the west
inspecting the minis there.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
q YEARS AGO TODAY.

From The Bulletin Of Sept I. 1859.
At a meeting Of the Board Of May
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Mrs. Newbride-"See here, When
! gave you that pie you promised to
saw some wood"
Hungry Hank-"Well You oughint
to We gave me the pie first. lady. !
just ruined the saw trying to cut d.
pie"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average Daily and Sunday for
seven months ending July 81.
1904 .-..... .... .......... 1881
Average Daily and Sunday for
month of July. 1904. ......... 2072
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, p
ulatlon 16,147. 4

Mayor, CLAUDE WINTER.
Clerk. X. A. HATCHER.
Comptroller, =. Il. POWELL.
Police Magistrate, J ii, ROBlNSO
Chief of Police, T, b. PRICE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

A brewer in rare OLD Berlin
Fell into a vat TO his chin.
He cried: "Haf no fear.
I'll hop oudt OF der beer.
By usin' de hops vat are in"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The earl of Wemyss. now 81, sat
in the house of commons forty-two
years, and has been a member OF
the house Of peers since 1882.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
SHEARS And PASTE.

A bottle Of ale was found imbedded
in the mason work Of n church erect.
ed in 1859 az Orange. y. j.. AMI which
has just been torn down.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President
ALTON B. PARKER
of New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
DON'T BE LATE OR

YoR MAY REGRET IT.
The Sooner You Try an Ad. In the
Columns Of The Bulletin, the Sooner
You VIII Realize the Profits to be De-
rived From Prudent Advertising.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Junior Young Jones has
over siayei his vacation Eve days
shall We FIRE him." No. promote him.
that shows he amt afraid Of hard
work"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Jack-What did your father say.
Darling. when you told him my love
was Ike a broa1 and rushing river?'
Mabel-"He said. Dam IT,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Albert reigning prince of Thurn
and Toxis, wears new suit of
clothes every day and S000 cravats
IA year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Said Leonidas. down At Thcrmopylae:
i think that We have a monopylae
Tho hat.le is won.
Now let's have some fun"
And he went ont 10 celebrate propylae
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

Very few authors own automobile
but some Of their publishers are kind
enough 10 Dot them swing on behind
when they're ont for spin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The cars salary of 100000 an
nually is paid him by monthly
checks of 100000 each on the Nat.
ional bank of Russia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01

The sultan Of Turkey has seventy
one titles.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-01
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

Herbert Putnam, librarian Of CON
gress. has brought the cataloguing
system 10 righ point of perfection
and has made the copyright depart.
ment office of the greatest value
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
PRACTICALLY A MIRACLE
Horace Wilson Falls Ninety Feet
Into the Mississippi River.
Rescued BY Two Men in n Skif and
the Three Rescued by n Tug
When sinking.

st. Louis, April 23.-His own grit
and the heroic work of the crews oil
a ferry boat and a tugboat saved the
life of Horace G. Wilson, bridge work
or, who, after falling 80 feet from
Eads bridge swan more than a mile
in the cold current of the Mississippi,
was picked up by two men in a skiff,
and again rescued, with his r%escuers,
from the skiff, which was sinking, by
the crew of a tugboat.
Hundreds of persons saw the man
drop from the bridge into the river,
sink far out of sight and come UP
again; thousands, crowding to the rail-
ings of ~ferryboats and bridge, saw the
gallant fight for his life.
Wilson is now at the city hospital
with only a. sprained thumb as an in
jury. He will be sent home.
Wilson is 26 years old, and of mag
nificent physique, with broad shoulders,
deep chest and muscles of steel.
During the repairs on the bridge he
has been employed as an iron worker,
his work taking him into the network
of girders and cables under the floor
of the bridge near the third pier, which
is some 200 feet from the east shore.
He had received orders from his
foreman and lowered himself to his
working place under the floor of the
bridge, 80 feet above the water.
Wilson had been at work a few min
utes when he made a misstep on the
iron, covered as it was by the falling
rain.
Charles White and Edward Stevens,
the two men who went to his rescue
in the skiff, are congratulating them
selves on their p~rovidential escape
from what seemed for a time a sure
case of drowning for all three.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
SMALLER DINNER PALS.
Prices Up, Wages Down and Minis
Closing, Business Bad and
Getting Worse.

The republicans are doing their best
to deceive the people as to the real con-
ditions in the business world. They arc
pouring speeches into congress for use
in the coming campaign the tenor OF
which is Stand pat" "AIl is WE'LL"
Prosperity is still rampant" despite a
few facts to the contrary, They would
have the country believe that we are
rapidly recovering from the temporary
setback to industry which occurred
from October to January, when wage
reductions became general and when
nearly half the mills in many industries
had to close.
Although there never was nor i'm
portant business for congress to attend
to than at present, in order to bring re-
lief from the tyrannical trusts which
have put up prices and increased the
known, while reducing wages in all d.
rections, yet it is the aim and policy Of
the republicans to adjourn congress just
as soon as the appropriate bills can be
rushed through. They will then begin
to circulate their "stand-pat" and
prosperity" speeches, hoping to lull to
sleep the great mass of voters and to
keep them ignorant of the real facts as
to the industrial depression which is
still on and which cannot be %vanquished,
even by republican rhetoric. The repub-
licans Know that every day they remain
in Washington will not only bring to
light new scandals in their administra-
ton, but that it will add new evidence
of the depression which is now running
its course. They know that the demo-
Gratis hesitate to picture conditions as
bad as they really are and that, if con-
gress adjourns at once, the democrats
will practically be without frankable
speeches to Offset the frankable prosper
ity speeches of the republicans. This,
they think, will give them another OPP
portunity to fool the voters. This &C
counts for much of their unseemly haste
to adjourn congress.
That the business world, after some
slight recovery in February and early
March, is again on the down grade is
reasonably certain. The testimony of
the trade papers is conclusive. Thus,
that greatest of all trade journals, the
Iron Age, in its issue of March 81, men
tons numerous wage reductions and
closed mills, some of which are:
Mckinley lodge, Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Steel and Tin Plate Work
ers, Elwood Ind, all hot mill men and
numbering 500, have decided to quit
work rather than accept the 20 per cent
reduction in wages proposed by the
American Sheet Steel and Tin Plate com
pany and Endorsed by the officers of the
Amalgamated association"
cat New Castle, Pa, the men in the
lodges of the Amalgamated association
employed in the tin plate mills in the
Greer & Shenango works of the Amer.
lean Sheet & Tin Plate company, have
voted to accept the reduction of 20 pei
cent. in wages which went into effec'
on March 81. At South Sharon, Pa, the
men in the lodge of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION have voted not to accept thu
reduction in wages"
while the Amalgamated officials re
fuse to give out anything to-day as tt
whether the vote is in favor of or agaius
the reduction in wages, we learn from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

Miss M. CARTRIDGE gives some
helpful advice to young girls.
Her letter is but one Of thou
sands which prove that nothing
is so helpful to young girls who
are just arriving at the period Of
womanhood as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM cannot
praise Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly, for it
is the only medicine I ever tried which
cured me. l suffered much from my
first menstrual period, l felt so weak
and dizzy at times | could net pursue
my studies with the usual interest.
My thoughts became sluggish, l had
headaches, backaches and sinking
spells, also pains in the back and lower
limbs. In fact, I was sick all yer
"Finally, after many other remedies
had been tried, we were advised to get
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and I am pleased to say
that after taking it only two weeks, a
wonderful change for the better took
place, and in a short time l was in
perfect health. l felt buoyant, full of
life, and found all work a pastime. l
am indeed glad to tell my experience
with Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, for it made q diff
ferent girl of me. Yours very truly,
MISS M. CARTRIDGE, 533 Whitehall St.,
Atlanta, Ga."- $4,000 forfeit if original of
aboue letter proving genuineness cannot be produced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
SYMPATHIZE WITH TRUSTS.
When Combines Cannot Be Accomno-
dated Republican Leaders
Are Unhappy.

The Tawney tobacco bill has ripped
open the republican party lines in the
WAYS and means committee, to the great
disgust of Chairman Payne. He told the
republican members that he thought it
was foolish for the committee to attempt
to do any business at this session and
useless to have any committee hearings.
So because the republican members OF
the greatest committee of the house OF
representatives cannot all agree on one
bill, the whole machinery is to stop.
What a travesty on popular govern
ment. The representatives of the peo-
pIe in congress assembled are supposed
to be engaged in legislating for the
wants of their constituents, but because
some of his associates do not agree with
Mr.. Payne he threatens to shut up shop,
stand pat and go home. The pluck of
the republican members has certainly
greatly deteriorated or they would re-
sist the do-nothing policy when there
is so much legislation that is demanded.
MIR. Tawney's bill, the matter that raised
this rumpus, was to prevent tobacco
manufacturers from putting prize cou-
pons into packages of cigarettes. 1t is
said to be in the interest of the tobacco
trust, and because some of the republic
an members of the commi'te tee voted with
the democrats and defeated it, led to this
outburst of Chairman Payne. When a
trust cannot be accommodated the re-
publican leaders appear to think it is
time to quit doing business. Possibly
the voters may take a different view Of
1t when they cast their ballots next fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
NOT MUCH OF A SUCCESS
One of the Steamship Lines Pur-
chased by PierpOnt Morgan
Makes First Report.

Liverpool, April 23.-Frederick Ley
land & Co., Qtd.), the first British
line purchased by ]. Pierpont Morgan
when forming the shipping combine
have issued a report for the IS months
ending with December. The directors
say that even after drawing $1,347,500
from the reserve, it is only possible to
pay the preferred dividend for six
months. This withdrawal. reduces
the reserve to $325,000
The directors attribute this result
to the epidemic of foot and mouth dis
ease in New England last year, stop.
ping shipments of livestock therefrom,
and to the inadequacy Of Atlantic
freights.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
F!XI;lG PRICE OF POETRY.
t. Only Way of Deciding What the
Real Article for Magazine
Use Is.

TIE great magazine editor was wrapped
in thought and cigar smoke. To him came
i,ss1atant editor with Il poem, relates
ing Chicago Post.
''Ins seems to have passed the usual
tco,, SAID the assistant.
"lt2ye 1 read it, asked the editor.
~ cs.'
~, as | able to make anything of it?"'
$50
''iuen accept it, of course"
tut how much shall we pay for lt?'
The great editor increased the cloud of
tnragit and cigar smoke.
liate you read it, he asked, at last.
- es.
~ ere you able to make anything out
Of t:',
No.
Looks as if it might be pretty valuable,
doesn't IT. How many of our manuscript
readers have tackled it,"
'GlN,"
Could any of them make out what the
poet was driving att"
well. Robinson thought he got a gllm-
mcring idea Of the underlying meaning
that takes $40 of the price sad the
editor. Just figure it up according to the
u.lal method-Sl0 added for every man
WHO couldn't understand it and $40 deduct
I'd tr every man who could. We've got to
pas good prices for good poetry, and
t,pIc Is only one way to decide what has
real magazine merit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
SHOT WIFE, KILLED SELF.
Tragedy Following Years of study
and Devotion to Bugs BY a
st. Louis Man.

st. Louis, April 23.-Mentally unbal-
anced from years Of study and devo-
ton to bugs, Oswald Deutscher shot
his wife in the head and blew out his
own brains with the same revolver.
The tragedy occurred late Thursday
night at Deutscher's home. Deutscher
was As years old and his wife 80.
Ludwig Giesecke, the woman's
brother, who had gone out to buy a
lunch, returned to their rooms to find
Deutscher's body on the floor and his
wife sitting in a chair across the room.
"He shot me-" cried the woman to
her brother, and spoke no more, for
the bullet had gone through her mouth
from jaw to jaw, and her vocal Or
cans were rendered useless. She may
recover.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
PISTOL DUEL IN A CHURCH
Nesrocs Quarrel over u Woman, and
as Result One is Dead and
One MORALLY Wounded.

Knoxville, Tenn, April ga pistol
duel caused a coIored congregation to
quickly dispense Sunday near Beams
Station, Tenn. George Whitesides and
Arizona Coins had trouble over a wom-
an, and both pulled pistols and began
firing. Coins fell dead with a bullet
through his heart, and his brother, Jim
Coins, was mortally wounded. White
siodes was shot through one arm, while
another bullet, (which would otherwise
had killed him, smashed a whisky flask
which he had in an inside coat pocket.
The shooting nearly caused a riot, and
Whitesides had no trouble escaping to
the woods.