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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

TIL RECTTE YOU A THING OF NY OWN"
the tune to every joke ahoat. She is
hummed from the Boulevard Mont
martre 10 the Chatelet. There are Ser
polette hats and Serpolette fichus and
a horse named after Serpolette. and
one Of the oldest lmperialstic families
has sent its dearest offspring 10 South
Africa 10 avoid her wiles. Shes hung
with jewels. and she's young and pref
~ and convincing All the managers
are after her. All the jeunesse doreo are
at her feet. There is n song dedicated
to her. There IS Serpolette march.
That Is success ultimate failure. II
you must. Why endeavor TO teach her
to know all things and wisely? She
knows life well She's tasted H. Why
torment ont Of her the tragic noteT'
Old Jsncey frowned.
II like the child" he confessed
"Tbere II something vastly better than
wantOness In her. she is uncommon.
would have her mako her art 50 great
q thing thet she would command rec
oGnitior, from the great as well as the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

hNA nuns tNN'iAthA :
49, IF you will, but there is ore
note she does not strike.
with all her temperament or art or
heart or whatever you like to call it
the note of tragedy"
who wants tragedy in ParisT" re
torted Breyal. Not pleasure seekers
certainly. 10 to the morgue for it.
lou'll find it there, Tragedy in a co.
median? You're crazy"
Il don't want tragedy" continued
Jancey as though he had not been in
terrupted. What | require, what
desire from Mile. Serpolette, II sn I'M
dercurrent to her mirth. It's too
frothy. 1t won't last. We Parisians
are all artists at bottom. We bear
probing when II comes 10 criticism.
You can't probe anything Serpolette
does. She is radiant healthy, pretty
and souIless. light and bright, but she
l"NNc uAtoAi htNAuNt tHttt II no uliUtE-
current which brings the tears to your
eyes when she laughs the way Char
train did in her day. Why, have
seen butcher boy lift his dlngy apron
with his grimy hand and wipe his eyes
when Chartrain sang that song about
the Gamin de Paris How his
tongue is brightest when despair lies
closest to his heart" She struck the
keynote, tell you, always because OF
her undercurrent Of sympathy.
I've ParisianS love to laugh but we
only recognize real genius when it
plays upon all our emotions. like flu
gers along piano keys. We want 10 he
aroused TO merriment, but merriment
alone is colorleSs. Give us at the same
time the consciousness of life. tile be-
lief that the woman who acts or sings
is a sympathetic soul attuned to lifes
uncertainties. Then we fall down and
worship her. Serpolette has not lived.
She has skinned it, if YOU Will. She
las not felt. I'd be glad to 90 to sleep
for ten years and wake to find her as
obscure as last years dancer If only 10
prove to you that il she continues as
she has her light will be quenched in
another six months ut any rate. Its
too bad, \ bright soul A butterfly ex-
istence Nothing more. | had hoped
much from her. | ann disappointed.
And | attest her lightness is as
sumed with malice aforethought," in
sisted Breyal. Il contend she studies
her world and that she has the tact to
see that life Is sufficiently tragedy
without her assistance. | am sure she
knows her business. and she has in a
clean cut fashion resolved TO make the
public laugh. rollick anything you
will But behind it MI Scrpolette IN
derstands life. She is a gamln. n waif
from the streets Why, twenty years
ago when her mother trod the boards
of the Palais Royal, Serpolette, then a
baby, used TO amuse her mothers com
rades at the wings with her little ways
and her wise. bright eyes and her crow
of unmitigated mirth. have seen
Grosbois double up his fat sides over
her comic gestures. lie predicted
great career for her always. She set
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
PERSONAL MATTERS
Notes of interest Relating to Citizens
Their Friends and Rel
atves.

AIr All Meyers, the st. Louis cigar
man, is in Cairo on business
Father j. b. Diepenbrock has re-
turned from a visit to East st, Louis.
Mrs. G. D. Williamson has return
cd from a visit with friends in Mem
phis.
MIR. II. Block leaves for Hot Springs
today to spend several days for his
health,
Mrs. Harry Green and children have
returned from visit with relatives in
New Madrid
Mrs. J. Chauncey Wheeler OF upper
Walnut street. is visiting relatives
and friends in Toledo and Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. OLeary returned
from Murphysboro yesterday. where
Mr.. OLeaFy went on business.
Mrs. Minnie Williford has returned
to her home in Marion. after visit
with MIR, and Mrs, Ben Price.
Capt. b. b Bradley and wife return
ell yesterday from Florida. where
they have been spending the winter.
Mr.. |. Cohen returned this morninl.
from Memphis, where he was callet,
by the Illness and death Of his mother
Mrs. Benz. Etling. wife Of the Cairo
agent of the Green Tree Brewing com.
pany arrived yesterday from ST.
Louis
Mr.. James Smith, formerly OF this
city, has arrived from Springfield and
taken a position as engineer for the
Cairo Ice Manufacturing company.
Miss Myrtle Teichman left for St
Charles, Mo, yesterday, where she is
attending school, after spending the,
spring vacation visiting her father.
Mlsrs. Andrew Lohr and Chas.
Eichoff returned last night from Col
conda, where they went TO attend the
funeral of Mrs. Peter Cuhl, which was
held there yesterday.
Mrs. j. j. Jennelle returned from Mo-
bile and Memphis yesterday. where
she visited her son, John. at the for
mer place, and her daughter. Mrs. r.
A. Given, at the latter.
Word from Mr. James II. Galigan.
who is sojourning in Texas for his
health Is TO the effect that he is feel
Ing fine and having a good time He
was at Houston when last heard from
Rev. DIR. Bowers. former pastor of
the Lutheran church. left for St.
Louis yesterday, where he will max .
his home for a time at least No one
has been procured to fill the pastorate
made vacant by his resignation
Mr. Edward Werner is able to walk
with the aid Of a cane. His leg is still
encased in plaster of Paris, however.
He will not suffer any permanent dis.
ability. which his host of friends will
be pleased to learn
DR. J. c. Sullivan went to Chicago
yesterday, where he will attend a
meeting Of the state board of health.
From there he will 90 to Blooming.
ton to act as counsellor at a meeting
Of the state Medical society to be
held next Saturday.
Postmaster Sidney 3. Miller return
ed last night at 1885 from
Carbonate, where he went to attend
a meeting of the congressional com
mittee yesterday at which a canvas.
was made of the vote of the RepubIl
can election held Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs Underwood. Of New
Orleans. on route home from India
napolis, where they have been Oh Z
bridal tour, are guests of Mr.. NJ. c
Wright and family. Mrs. underwood
was formerly Miss Bertha Wright am
Is daughter Of Mr.. June Wright. o.
New Orleans
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
WASHINGTON Bulletin.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington April 5.--Illinois-
Partly cloudy Wednesday: showers in
east and south portions. Thursday
iair' light 10 fresh southwest TO
northwest winds.
Missouri Wednesday cloudy and
probably showers Thursday fair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

The Ohio-At Evansville, will con
tinue falling and at IN incr lSmg
rate At CAIRO, VII remain nearly
stationary during the next II hours,
with a slight falling tendency Thc
rate OF fall at Cairo will be very slow
for two or three days. it will become
quite rapid by next Saturday
The Tennessee From Florence to
the mouth, and the Mississippi, from
below St Louis to Cairo, will continue
falling
2 II. SMYTH. Observer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
Pests Are Exnensiue

The United States is the host of the
chinch bug at cost of 100000. QUO.
The hcssian fly COSTS $4,000 900 fer
its entertainment: the grasshopper,
see .eee coo. the potato bug. ss.00o. 600.
and the cotton boil worm, $50 900.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

A New York girl testified in
breach Of promise case that the defen,
dsnt had kissed her exactly 1886
times. She must have used a street
car register on him and rung up every
kiss as she collected it.--Denver Post.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
MENU FOR TODAY
"Wednesday April z.
Rrnakfasf.

Wednesday April 7.
Breakfast.
Fruit
Cream Of Wheat
Sugar and Cream
Creamed Dried Beef
Latticed Potatoes
Graham Gems Coffee
Lunch.
Thick Mutton Broth
Apple Pan Cakes Tea
Dinner.
Campbcll's Ok Tail Soup
Boiled COrncd Beef Potatoes
Savoy Cabbage
Radish Salad
Waters Cheese
Date S0ufne
Coffee
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
PhIIipnIns unlvsrsIties

In a recent newspaper article a
Philippine student at Georgetown Uni
versity. Ramon Jose Jacson. quotes
the record TO show that there we're
universities in the Philippines before
institutions of as high a grade were
established in the United States.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
Rain Prophecy.

The best rain prophecy I know,
says a teacher of medicine, Is nerve
ifritahility. II the boys are easily
provoked fmysef alsol. there Is likely
70 be shower.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
PLENTY Of Clernvmen

At wedding celebrated at Bandon.
County Cork, the brides father and
brother we're the officiating clergy.
men. While the bridegroom was also
q clergyman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
Mans Life GROWING lonaer.

Under modern conditions, mans
life is growing steadily longer. despite
the increased strain of competition,
social. political and commercial.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
His Hearing A fIccteds

Senator McEnery is unfortunately
f1icted with certain degree of deaf.
ness. He can hear less at times than
at others. it is said. At those times
when newspaper men seek to draw
information from him that he is un.
willing to give, he is particularly hard
Of hearing.
Yesterday was one Of those times.
At least. this was what the CORE
'pondcnt thought who tackled him just
o. he was emerging from an executive
session.
Wei. Senator, anything doing on
the lnsidef" asked the newspaper
man
Yes. the weather is pretty bad on
the outside" answered the senator.
ITS pretty hard on us old people"
And IT, bowed pleasantly and passed
on. leaving the newspaper man won.
derlng. Washington Tin's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
NEWS OF THE WEATHER
Results OF Government Observations
With Prospects for Cairo and
Vicinity Today.

Indications for Cairo and vicinity
today showers and thunderstorms
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

II one could save cent the first
day Of the month. = cents the next
day. I cents the next. and ~ ON.
doubling the amount each day. he
would hive nearly S3.mOO0O ut Tic
end Of themoulh--pr providing the month
had thirty one days and his salary
could stand the pressure.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06

The only source Of iodine Is the
nitrate If soda redneries of Chile,
where is occurs as a waste product.
The government having monopoly Of
the nitrate industry. permits but a
small amount of the iodine to he
marketed, in order that an exorbitant
price may be maintained
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
A Dramatic
Episode
By HERBERT
MONTGOMERY
COPYRIGHT 1893, on Charles " Lwie

HE'S talented to the end of
her nails" asserted Jancey,
IF you will. but there is ore
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
s;WEARs OFF IN STREE |
rittsburg Magistrate Helps a young
Friend to Take Pledge in Full
View of Crowd,

During the late hours one afternoon
recently. when the financial district OF
pittsburg was crowded with persons
having business with the banks ana
hr okers. an interesting scene was en-
acted in view of the crowd.
A vounp man who for some months
had been looking steadily on wine
while it was red came 10 the conclu-
sion that he had been having a DIG
tirle long enough.
With his mind firmly made up to
swear off he started for a FolTth ave
nue. building in which he had been totd
a position vas awaiting him, proVided
he could assure the man in charge that
he would attend to business. At WOOD
rect and Fourth avenue he ran into
A police magistrate and told him OF MS
resolve. The magistrate suggested
that he take a pledge to stop drink
ing for six months, TO help him keet
the obligation. To this the young mar
consented, and in view OF the pedeS'
TRANS the youth removed his hat anc
raised his hand, repeating the words
Of a pledge as the magistrate spok'
them.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
the youth went to the Office and toe
the man in charge he had taken tn
pledge before the magistrate at tn
street corner. He was put to wark.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
WILL AID COTTON GROWING,
Government Giving Impetus to Indus
try by Furnishing Sea Island
Seed to Porto Ricans.

The United States government
through its az ricultural experiment sta
ton at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, has deter
mined to encourage the growing Of Sea
island cotton in the new possession.
Special Agent Mark D. Gardener il
sending out notices that he has received
a quantity Of Sea island cotton seed from
Edlsto island, South Carolina, and that
he will supply free not to exceed -four
mounds each to planters and farmers
who wish to experiment with the seed.
The seed was bought and forwarded
t. Porto Rico by the office Of industrial
plants in the United States department
of agriculture, Washington. D. G., and it
Is only requested that every planter OF
farmer making experiments shall in,
form the Porto Rico station of the re-
| salts and send a sample Of the product
for transmission to Washington
Mr.. Gardeners offer is accompanied
by a circular letter from President X
NJ. Walker, of the Walker Cotton ant
Industrial company, San Juan, in which
Mir, Walker tells in detail how to obtain
the best possible results from Sea islanC
cotton planting in Porto Rico. Mr.
Walker pleads strongly for a rigid quar-.
antine against the Mexican cotton Dol
weevil and the destruction OF all seeC
except the Sea island variety,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
HIGH HEELS ARE BARBARoUs
North western University Professo'
Tells Goods They Should
Not Be Worn.

High hceled shoes worn ny Nor'h-
western university goods were held up
TO scorn az ldi0tic and barbarous th'
othsr day by Prof j. Scott CLARK.
Prof C1ark's remarks were made 10
one of the advanced English classes a
married student read a paper advocat
Ing dress reform, in which she De
nounced high-heeled shoes as mot ohI!
uncomfortable, but productive Of as
eases in the spine" When she finished
her paper Prof. Clark said:
"You might have made that articI'
much stronger. think your objection
TO high -heeled shoes Is especially well
taken. Of all the barbarous, senseless
ldiOtir customs, that Of wearing high
heeled shoes is the worst. We THINK
If Is horrible for the Chinese to BIND
the feet Of baby girls, but that custom
Ia not so barbarous as the custom
practiced by many American women Of
wearing shoes with lofty heels, The
Chinese custom Is uncomfortable, High
heels are not only uncomfortable anC
barbarous, but they often iniurlouslJ
affect the health for life
The goods listened attentIyely Il
what the professor had to say on tn
| subject, but knowing ones say ina
they will not cut off an inch or two
from the heels Of their shOeS befor'
-. un., FrnFnrrItv Hunpn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
CALLS AID AS SHIP SINKS.
Admiral Makaroff's Signals for Hos
pital Craft-Were the last
He Ever Gave.

A strange incident IN connection
with the loss at Port Arthur OF the
battleship PetropavIOysk ~ told by the
survivors Of that vessel, who stat2
that Vice Admiral Makarof turned to
the signal man and instruCed HIN 10
signal to the hospital ship Mongolia to
come TO the outer harbor from tht in
ner anchorage. As the flags vera
hoisted the ship struck the mine ana
went down. The Mongolia saved " Of
the crew,
The surgeon Of the Mongolia has
written a letter in which he enthusl-
~astIcally describes the fortitude OF the
Russian sailors who survived the dis
aster. He says they are men OF great
and indescribable heroism, undergoing
the most painful operations stoically'
As an example, he cites the case of one
man who, after being a long time I'M
der the surgeons knife, thanked him
for leaving him his legs, and begged
permission to smoke, later asking tha'
he might have a drink Of vodka Will
his dinner,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
is JEALOUS OF OUR NAVY
iE,p Williams Recreations Are
Taken Up in Preparing Stats
tics for Reichstag.

One of Emperor Williams recrea-
lions on board the H~ohenzoIlern is
work on statistical tables about the ma
tiyes of Germany. England and the
United States. When he returns to
Berlin he will present these tables IN
suitable showcases to the reichstag,
He is particularly anxious to show
the peoples representatives that, al
though the growth Of the German navy
has been accelerated, it must be has
tened still more If it is to keep pace
with the American navy. The emperor
IA convinced that he has far better ma
teriaI to mar his ships than exists III
America. The men of the coast DIS
tricts along the Baltic and the Nor'h
seas are unsurpassed, in his estima-
ton, as naval material.
The number of men in the German
fact at present Is 32,053, next year ii
will be 34,4S2 and at the close Of 1906
10000 trained, reliable men. For
long time the Russian and the Japan
csc navies chiefly concerned Emperor
William as q basis for comparison
now it Is the American navy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
IS WORST INJURED MAN.
Trink4t Dealer of Altoona, Pa, Victim
Of Mine Cave-In, Has Hurts
by the Score,

The worst injured man In the world
who lives to tell the story Is now Iiy-
ing in Altoona, Pa. His name IL Al
fred Campbell, and he has a wife and
four children dependent upon him.
While at work in the Sonth Whitmer
coal mine, near Coalport, the mine
caved in on him. and the doctors dag
nosed his case thus: Back broken in
three places, necessitatlng removal OF
l6 pieces Of vertebra; skull crushed In,
necessitating silver plate to protect
brains: legs crushed and broken in
three places; arms broken in three
places; hands crushed; all ribs on left
side broken; left shoulder blade broken
in two places; feet mangled and inter-
nal organs injured. For a week he
laid gaining strength for the operation,
| and for over two months he was uneon-
| sclous to awake and find himself par
aiyzed from the waist down. He makes
a living selling trlnkets along the
street. He has saved sufficient money
10 start a little store and Will soon
open for business.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
NEW CERM-KILLlNC PROCESS
swissvale, Pa, Man Declares He Has
Wonderful Preparation-Would
Clean Pittsburg Water.

Arthur N%estieid. Of SWissyale, Pa.
declares that he has discovered a proc
ess whereby all the water in PIttsbnrg's
reservoirs can be rid Uf typhoid fever
and other germs, and all poisonous mat
ter, at an expenditure Of about $25,
Nestfeld's means of sterilization Ia con
tanned in a secret chemical which he
mixes and rolls into small pills, srC
places them in the water. Five minutes
after the pill has been deposited in the
water, he says, all the germs are Ceat
| and the water is free from poisonous
matter.
The preparation was discovered By
Nestfeld and his brother, DR., v r. Nest
field, Of the English army. Since com
ing to Pittsburg he has been intereFted
in water filtration, He asserts that II
| his preparation is used in drinking wa
ter all danger Of typhoid fever, cholera
and d~ysentery will be gone. He also
declares that the mud coated water
pipes Of the city would be cleared viii
the chemical If used In the water, ane
that once cleared of germs they wouic
remain 80 as long as the preparation wal
used in the reservoir. The preparation
can be used in any quantity and It's in
expensiyeness is one of its strong points
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
cRAzED BY CARE or WIFE.
Devotion Of n Kentuckinn to Insane
Spouse Causes Ultimate De-
mentta Of Former,

One of the most remarkable in
stances on record Of mans devotion to
woman was witnessed at the Eastern
Kentucky lunatic asylum In LeXing
ION the other day, when Sheriff SUD
lett, of Wo0dford county, brought MT.
and Mrs. Owlngton Shock to that in
stltution, they having been declared
insane at Versailles, KY,
Twenty five years ago Shock was a
travelling man for a Philadelphia
honse. During one Of his visits to YER
saillcs he met, fell in love with, ana
finally married Miss Mary Ann John.
son. For several years their married
Ifn A one round OF pleasure ana
hardness. The mind Of the heautlf"'
Young woman began to give way after
a time, however, and Shock was com
peIled to give up his position ana
spcnd all his time with the woman ne
had promised to protect,
For 20 years the husband has peer
faithful in his attentions to his wire
During nil of that time the fortune o.
his wife was being used In an attempt
IN restore her reason. There was M
hone for her, however, and atleT nj
these years Of devotion the nina o
the husband also became unbalanced
and they were both adJudged OF IN
sound mind and ordered to the ioca
agylum
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-05-14
FOURTH WIFE AT ACE OF IS.
Wealthy Octogenarian Claims He Is
Setting Good Example to the
Younger Generation.

In the presence of his son, eight
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children, James s. VanCourt. a wealthy
resident of Mount Vernon, N. Y, who
Is in his elghty-sixth year, and three
times a widower. was married the 9TH
er night to Mrs. Louisa Pines, The
bride, who is about 40 years of age
and handsome. Is a widow and has one
son ten years old. Mr.. VanCourt said;
This is my fourth experience, and
/ take It that | am setting a good ex-
ample to the younger generation. |
was married the first time at the age
of %. Twelve years later my first wife
died, and ! vas married again at "a.
My third marriage occurred when !
was CT years old. The third time J
was married | was engaged at nine
o'clock in the morning and married at
II o'clock"
Then Mr.. VanCourt laughed heartily.
MY third wife" continued Mr. Van
Court, was a New York school teach
er. She died last July, and since thai
time | have been very lonely. That Is
the principal reason why have chosen
a fourth wife. | have a very Comforta,
BILE home and | did not want to breakup
housekeeping and go out into the worlt
at my advanced age. Mrs, Pines Games
| along, and. after a cOurtship Of abon.
two months, we struck a bargain"