The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-09
General River News.

The stage Of the river at p. M
yesterday was 33.1, showing a rise Of
To IN twentytour hours
The j. g. Finley arrived from St
Louis yesterday morning and will re,
un with coal
The Harry Brown arrived with
empties yesterday afternoon and
went back to ST. Louis with coal last
night
The Ferd Horo.3 passed ap TO st.
Louis yesterday al a. IN,
The Stacker Lee was down for
Memphis yesterday afternoon She
had quite a list OF pa sengcrs The
steamboat roustel mas nick name
for every boat They arc not often
complimentary, but always expires
aivc. They usually have uichnames
for the captains, less rarely compli.
mentary The nickname they nave
for the Stacker Ice is Stack Of Dol.
lars"
Tho Voolfolk arrived from below
yesterday morning
George Clark and Fred Waltz are
on the J r. Finley
The series Of steamboat accidents
has been allied by the destruction of
Josie The superstition that when
one occurs TWO more are bound to
follow has again been verified This
sorie is made mp OF the Chattanooga
Fred Wilson and Josie.
Since Tom Boyle made the Worlds
fair trip on the Greenland he is not
only posted on the river, but on tho
Pike While the boat was In port II
fell to HIM to pilot several parties
Town the Pike. He went mp against
several blun reefs and stuck the par
ty often. but got them off BY ligaten-
ing them BY the time they werl
ready 20 return to the boat they were
80 Light they could run the shallowest
place Ola the Pike without sticking
though they labored in way that
was alarming Tom was drawing a
little mere when he came out than
when he steercI into the Pike though
he was not loaded. but he had 20 clean
boilers when they go, back 10 tho
boat, because the different kinds Of
fluids used to supply threatened 20
burn his boilers.
a wen known citizen who s. turn
ing a little gray and wears bis whis-
kcrs Ike Mr. Stevens. was on a train
the other day in Kentucky, when a
party of young farmers 90, On going
to Arkansaw to look al the country.
They crowded into the smoking
compartment where this citizen was
willing away the time reading a
magazine They were soon comfort
ably settled and one Of them had taxi
en- oft his shoes and they were com
menting oa the appearance of the
country from a farmers point Of
Wow. a. the train ran along One
man reached for mis- telescope and
produced a bottle and a cork screw
with which 70 draw the cork from a
Quart bottle with q fancy label. Two
other bottles we're produced and
corks drawn They were passed and
sampled and quality commented on
when one young fellow bcthought
himself Of his Kentucky hospitality
and turned 20 our citizen and said
extending the bottle Uncle. wont
you drink with u.s." It had never &C
Cured to this citizen shat he looked
old enough 10 De called uncle" anil
10 shocked him But a man is only
as 0ii as be feels and a woman rs old
as she looks" Age is not matter
OF ycars. but Of mind. SO to speak. A
man may. from a morbid condition of
mind. quit the struggle Of life early
and sit idly and say. 4 am old
there is nothing more for me" SHch
men arc old. Though in years. not
greater than many men Of affairs.
They are ed in mind They feel cid
We have pilots on the river who