The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-29
THE HIGH DIVE
At WORLD s FAIR
Performed by the Man Who
Origi atcd Daring Feat
NUT GROWERS MEETING
So
WRANGLED OVER QUESTION,
SHOULD A GROWTH OF
TREES BE CALLED A
GROVE" AN OR
cHARD" OR PLAN
TATioN.
NUT GROWERS MEETING

Special 10 The Bulletin,
81. Louis, Oct. 27.-The thing tina
disturbed John most. now that the Mis-
souri, mosquito has been put out Of
action by the frosts. is the fact that
he can not be at seven or eight places
al the same time. He has already Ia
mented the absence of eyes in the
| back of his head, but now that so
many interesting events are being
crowded into the days as the fair
wears to its close the inability to
see everything that is going on is
more exaspcrating than ever,
John Sees High Dive.
Yesterday afternoon John wanted
to attend the session of the Nut
Growers convention in congress hall
but how could he do that and at the
same time witness the wonderful high
diving exhibition that is given on the
Pike? IL turned out. however, that the
first dive was at IL. 30 In the forenoon
and SO we had plenty of time to see
this wonderful feat and take in the
Nut Growers convention afterwards
The diving exhibition is merely one of
the many diversions that are now pro-
vided by the Exposition management
free Of charge And the diving exhibit
ton is certainly thrilling perform,
anca
The First Dive.
Nine years ago Kaarney P. Speedy
of st. Louis, made a successful dive
of the Eads bridge, Since that time
he has Travelled all over. the world Civ
ing exhibitions of his daring. On the
pike he dives four times each day from
a tower 100 feet high into a tank of
water &c inches deep. II feet long and
9 feet wide. 1t doesn't take long for
great crowd to gather after he climbs
to the top of the 100 foot pole. While
at that dizzy height he goes through a
lot of maneuyering just to work up"
the crowd and its nerves on edge.
Suddenly a man comes gliding through
space anil there is a grcat splash and
while thousand spectators hold their
breath he climbs out Of the tank we'll
soaked but unframed. The thing that
gives such hazard to the performance
and which whets the curiosity OF the
crowd Is the smallness of the tank and
the fear that he win butt his brains
cut on the bottom of the tank or
miss the tank entirely.
TIE Nut Growers Convention.
OF course. neither Jane nor want
ed to attend the convention Of the Ma
tional Nut Growers association. What
could be dryer than lot Of papers oil
raising nuts written by nut growers?
Jane said. IF II were a convention of
nut crackers there might be something
in It."
But | am glad that we went. 1t was
as good as a show on the Pike. Here
we're a lo. Of fullgrown men, appaI
emily OF sound mind, who were not
interested in anything but nuts. and
they started in by wrangling over the
question whethera growth of nut trees
should be called a grove" an "or
chard." or a plantation very nut
ty problem. indeed. one that would
have been settled by a woman and
her gavol In minute. But these men
take the nut business very seriously
and, to tell the truth. we learned a
whole lot about the nutgrowing indus
try in this country. Indeed. Il is the
first time ever knew that there was a
nut industry in this country.
But al this time we were missing q
whole lot Of things. Five hundred
chicks were hatched out by incubators
over in the live stock barns. and an
acrophone was being tested on the
Plaza cf ST. Louis. there were con
ccrts b. several famous bands. and
who knows but what several air ships
we're flying through the air?
LITTLE EGYPT"