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The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-30
Dinner Versus Inspiration.

Whistler's laxity IN the matter o
engagements al notorisRRs. No one
ever knew If he were coming or mo-
to affairs. But his point of view i.
explained in his answer to a frien(
Of his, who knew that he had ar
engagement to dine with some swells
in a distant part of London, and who
felt that it was most impolitic fol
Whistler to offend them. 1t was
growing late, and yet Whistler was
painting away, madly, intently.
MY dear fellow" he said at hin
at last, 1T is frightfully lutte, ane
you have to dine with Lady such-a
One. Don't you think you had better
stop
Stop fairly shrieked Whistler.
Stop, when everything is going beau
tifullys Go and auf myself with dis
gushing food VIII d | can paint like
this? Never. Ever! Besides, they
do anything - I get thsre-the,
never do Ar he entire speech il
most charaetefi Of the msn-Har
per's Weekly.
II. carie the asoverer Of radium
has found thaAale rays Of radiun
color glass = Wet blue.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-30
Fire Signals.

Az u meeting Of Hope Heck and
Ladder Go. No. /, held On July 0,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and o Code Of Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate ths loca.
tion Of arss In she future. The town
was divided az follows:
District No. ALI that portion oil
sewn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street, south
and east by corporation, line.
District No. 2-All that portion OF
town bounded by Bellevue street On
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line ON the north and
east.
District No. 3-The portion Of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line 40 the south and west boup.
dairy.
District No. 4-TLe portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by Cor.
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire liz located, followed by O rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 3, first three
taps, ONE, two, three, followed by rap.
Id alarm. and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-30
FOR SALE.

4 house and lot in the town oi
Washington, La, in the square bound.
ed BY Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes ana
Dupre. Frame building made OF
choice cypress. ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside, 20130 feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, ope-
lousas, La. If
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-30
Biz Loayes OF gread.

The gest loayes Of bread bakea
il lies bid are these Of france and
isaly. vile pipe, bread of Italy il
eaaed isf loayas two feet or three feet
long, Y File in Trance tha loaves are
made tndthe shape Of very long rolls.
four fee5' fre feet III length, and ii
many cas six feet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
MOUND CITY ITEMS.

viii Price is now a press feeder in
the Enterprise office
Garb Lowery of Metropolis was the
guest OF Will Kennedy Saturday
o. T. Ragland, prominent citizen
of Metropolis, was here on business
Saturday.
VIII Goodwin lost his boy baby by
death Saturday. 1t had bold hives,
Its age was months.
Mrs. viii Kennedy was summoned to
Metropolis by the serious illness of
her mother, Mrs. Parfmai.
The chair factory owners have CON
cluded that they needed more hons
ing and storage capacity and have be-
gun the erection of an additional
structure. This will make the plant as
large as "all out of doors"-more or
less.
l. w. Read, who distributes The
Daily Bulletin, together with several
other good daily papers. has new
cart, built for the direct purpose 1t
is a counterpart of those you see in
metropolitan cities engaged in the
same line of business.
Fire broke out in the storing yards
of the Dougherty staye and
heading works on Sunday night at
II o'clock. Mayor Mike Browner,
who resides Immediately across the
street from the seat of the flames, and
John Rector. who was yet in his
editorial room in the Enterprise build
ing, were first on the grounds and
soon coupled up the hose and turned
on stream of water They subdued
the flames with dispatch The origin
Of the FIRE il mystery
The steamer MigeddO, now under
SoilS repairs at tne uOCkS Ill tillS Guy,
was used for several months along
the Ohio river and its larger tribu
taries as a headquarters for tnerant
missionaries. When cold weather set
in last fall, the heralds of the gospel
found the project was not self-sustan-
ing and sold their boat to "A more
worldly-minded compact and went to
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

The newspapers of the country have
recently devoted much space to the
discussion of the Indictment of Sen,
ator Burton (Rep), of Kansas. The
New York Press (RepJ has said
Senator Burton is ready and glib
with explanations for the rude action
Of the federal grand jury at st. Louis
in laying against him an indictment
for taking a handsome fee from a
getrich-quick concern in return for
valuable services rendered at Wash
ington. Purely professional services,
says the Kansan. All | did was to
go to the postoffice department to find
out if fraud order had been issued
Judgement must be suspended, Of
course, until the government shows
down its hand and the senator reveals
his legal defense. Meanwhile the pub
lie, having the briggs and Dietrich
cases well in mind will wonder what
peculiar professional skill marks mem
bers of congress above their fellows
in the law for practise before the gov.
srnment departments; 1T will marvel at
the generosity of get-rich-quick
swindler who pays senator $4,000
merely for going to the postofflce to
get information about fraud order
and never by any chance to get the
fraud order stopped and will finally
be amazed at the eagerness of grave
and reverend senator of the Unit
. d States to perform such a
messenger-boy errand at any price.
Such speculations may do Mr.. Bur
ton injustice. Nevertheless, the pub
lie will continue to indulge in them
until jury finds that his indictment
was right or wrong. The senator, who
thinks neither the moral law nor the
Denal code is violated by the sale of
ones inuence as a member of con.
gress under the thin cloak of legal
services says he will press for an early
trial. This is exactly what Senator
Dietrich said when he was indicted
for selling his postof6ces. We hope
the Dietrich parallel will be car
ried further than this. We trust Sen
ator Burton will not permit his coun-
sci, like his Nebraska colleague, to
avail him of a flaw in the Indictment
whereby to prevent a jury from get
ting at the truth. nor will resort to a
senate committee of inquiry, with Sen
ator Dietrich as its chairman. for his
yindication
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

The Bulletin office was the receipt
ent of three comments yesterday in
regard to the spelling Of the word
Nickle or Nickel as it is spelled
ia the dictionaries. Ii was the con.
tention of three persons all especially
well qualified TO pass upon such
point and one of them, the principal
one of the local schools, eminently
so, that the word should be spelled
as it last appears. The spelling of
this word was the subject of lengthy
and warm discussion in the Bulletin
office upon the occasion OF the aXam.
nation Of the numerous guesses that
were received, There seemed to be
an almost even division of opinion
On the part Of the contestants as to
the arrangement of the letters in the
final syllable of the word and it re
CURED the combined intelligence of
Religious Editor, the River Editor,
the Baseball Editor and three report
ars of The Bulletin staff, not to men.
ton the Puzzle Editor and the Of
flee Cat, to reach a conclusion which
was no better than compromise at
that, The metal Nickle is so spelled
by the highest authorities. but the of.
fetal answers to the puzzle is spelled
the other way. 1t is fact that Gus.
tom frequently takes preference over
law inasmuch as "Nickle" is the gen
orally accepted spelling of the word
as applied to the coin there seemed
no fair conclusion but to accept both
spellings and this was done. Similar
ly should the word Crepe" or Grape"
ever appear in Bulletin puzzle either
spelling would be considered as cor
rect and so count.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
FROM PRINTERS INK. "

The following excerpt of the lead
ing advertisers magizine-"Printers
Ink"--shows how The Bulletin Is
progressing in the outside field:
ITO the observer ii would seem that
city like Cairo should support al
least one daily paper that would be en-
titled to a more creditable showing in
the American Newspaper Directory
than is now done Judging from in
formation received regarding the
Daily Bulletin it would appear that
such will be the case. In August, 1903,
the Bulletin passed into the hands of
the present corporation, which has ex-
pended since that time $4,000 in i'm
proyements of the paper Perfecting
presses and Mergenthaler linotypes
have been added to the mechanical de-
partment. The Associated Press ser
vice has been obtained. and the Bulle-
tin has this service exclusively within
a radius OF one hundred and fifty
miles. The editorial and reportorial
forces have been increased. and can
vasers set to work throughout South
ern Illinois. Southeastern Missouri and
Western Kentucky This is expected
to produce a rural circulation Of
1000 10 itself.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

THE late speech of the Hon. vii.
liam J Bryan. in the City of Lincoln,
Nebraska. in which he outlined his
position on the next Democratic plat
form and advocated the ratification
and reaffirmation of the Chicago and
Kansas City Platforms. thereby making
the money issue again the leading is.
sue in the campaign or al least one
of the leading issues. mas attracted
much attention here among the lead
ers of the party in congress.
"A careful poll Of the Democrats in
congress fails to reveal any consider
able number of them who agree with
MI Bryan. More than nine-tenths
Of them are opposed TO making The
money issue prominent in the platform
or even mentioning IL 4. all
They say that the money issue
for the present is closed issue. That
the influx OF gold to this country on
account of the new gold strikes in the
KlOndike and other places. the failure
Of crops in the older countries and
the money dumped into circulation on
account of the late Spanish-American
war, has proved conclusiyely the Dem
ocratic contention in those two plat
forms:-thst there was not enough
metallic money in circulation to do
the BUSINESS Of the country on, that
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

Disturbances of considerable inten-
sity centered yesterday morning in he
northeast and the northern slope OF
The Rocky mountains. Pressure is
highest along the western Gulf coast
The temperatures yesterday morn
ing as compared with those Of Satur-
day, are higher in the northern and
middle Rocky mountain regions, and
lower in the central valleys. The tenn
perature ranges several degrees be-
low zero in northern Illinois and east
ern Iowa, and from degrees TO IS de
grees below in Minnesota. Severe
freezing weather prevails throughout
the Ohio valley. Within the last &c
hours, light snow has fallen in the
Ohio valley. in Tennessee. eastern
Missouri. North Dakota and western
South Dakota.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

BY "a unanimous vote the Republican
congressional committee of this dis.
trict decided Saturday. at Murphys-
boro. that primary elections shall be
held TO nominate the candidate for con.
gress, the date fixed being April 2
next, In addition to choosing candi,
date for congress the voters are to
nominate candidate for member of
the state board of equalization and del.
egates to the national convention in
Chicago Congressman Smith was
present at the committee meeting and
dictated the action, for he controls
the. committee absolutely. AS yet
there has been no talk Of selecting
delegates to the state convention by
primary. This was said to be Gov.
Yates scheme, but il it was seriously
entertained by the committee 1t seems
to have been abandoned, for the time
being. at least
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
sIe PRIcE ZOE HISTORIC oEM
Pendant Jewel. Oaee Property AZ
aHeea tane, Is sold - Auction
ia LondaA for s9z,5UO.

ChFsilss auction raems II Londoa
saw some exciting competition for rars
pieces u porcelain and Quaint Dresden
and other china the other day One Of
the most sensational events ever known
Ia these ROOMS was a fight for ths PCS.
session OF pendant jewel given By
queen Anne 10 Sir George Aiiafdycs.
II was thought that the Fwel might
change hands for somsthing like $1,000.
The bidding bsgan with an ofler q
$500, but econ the competition was LETT
10 the art dealers Charles Wertheimtr
and Davis. who struggled against each
other till the sum III So 500 was reached.
when Davis gave In, NertheImer carry.
inc of the prize for that amount.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

Complaints have recently reach,
ed The Bulletin office about the
condition of the stone crossings In
the city. In many places il seems
that the stone blocks across the
gutter just next to the sidewalk
have become badly worn and do not
rest firmly on their foundations. In
few places the stones have broken in
two and tilt in very unsteady fashion
when STEPPED upon Particular atten-
tion has been called to the crossing
on the east side of Washington avenue
at Twelfth street. One gentleman
has said that he very narrowly escap.
ed hard fall at this place. The cross.
ing over Fifth street on the east side
of Washington avenue has a broken
tagging and has been in this condition
for some time. Pedestrians are IN
danger whenever using this cross.
ing and an injury might result in an
expensive damage suit against the
city. The street committee could very
profitably look into this matter and
see that the situation is remedied
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

A $3.50 Upright Piano for the Most
Popular Young Lady Of Cairo.

The Bulletins contest to determine the most popular
young lady in the city of Cairo subject to the following
conditions
Any unmarried lady, resident of Cairo and over four
teen years Of age eligible to the contest and the
ceiving the largest number of will receive the hand
some upright piano display at Buchanan's Music
Store, III Commercial avenue
only tie coupons bndiished dafly in The bulletin may
be used as baofs, each counting vote AS in
ducement for paid up subscribers to The Cairo Bulletin any
person bringing to The Bulletin Office subscription for
three months accompanied by $780, newspapers containing
SO coupons will be given; for six months subscription
$500 Us newspapers will be given for years sub
scpton at the regular rate 800 newspapers will be given
This arrangement applies to all subscribers both new and
old.
Each ballot must be complete the border date line
at bottom of ballot cut off the vote does not count Each
ballot must be cast not later than 200 O'Clock OF the Sau
day night in which week the coupon is published.
The vote will be announced in The Bulletin from time
to time, and all ballots will be preserved at The Bulletin
Office 703 Ohio Leyee for week after publication.
During that time any contestant is privileged to examine
the ballots.
The contest will close at 900 O'Clock Saturday night,
March 20 1904 and the of the most popular young
lady determined by vote, will be published in the big
Easter Number Of The Bulletin. The $3.50 plane will be
delivered the day following the publication Of theayard.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

The Ohio-At Evansville, will fall
at an increasing rate, the rate of
iall viii become very rapid by Wed,
nesday. Al Paducah, will commence
falling by Tuesday AT Cairo. viii
rise slightly during the next L to
"A hours, then commence falling.
The Tennessee From Florence tC
The mouth and the Mississippi, from
Chester to above Cairo. will continue
falling.
Louisville reports much ice running
in river. At Cairo both rivers arc
bank full of very heavy running ice,
Memphis reports river half full of
soft ice.
p. II. SMYTH, Observer
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

Tolstoi is the most widely translated"
writer in the world There is no Slat
dialect into which his works have not
been transcribed. There are 1870 Bo-
aemian translations. 80 Bulgarian and
100 Seryian, and several of his book
have been translated into Esperanto by
its inventor, Samenhoff. In 1901 the
first Persian translation appeared, in
1901 the first Siamese. In 1894 several
Roumanian and Portuguese transla-
lions were made. That his works have
appeared in English, French. German,
Italian aud Spanish is we'll known,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
President Roosevelt got much credit

President Roosevelt got much credit
from certain sources for his action
in the Miller case, whose dismissal
from the government printing office
was demanded by union labor and re-
fused by him. 1t was said in his be-
half that he sacrificed his political in
terest to the common good. and Henry
Clay's famous declaration: Il would
rather be right than be president"
was applied to him, Friends of the
president would receive some support
in assembling such high motives to him
in the Miller case, II he would take
similar ground in the proposed fifty
million dollar annual pension graft
But in this instance he sinks to the
level OF the common politician.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
tUNERAL or BRyAN's SISTER

Lincoln. Neb Feb l-Fmeraf ser
vices for Miss Mamie l.. Bryan who
died Saturday we're held at the home
Of her sister this morning al 10
clock Members Of the Bryan faHl-
lily in Lincoln, including MI and Mrs.
w. ]. Bryan, will accompany tie re.
mains to the old home OF the de-
ceased at Salem H. where interment
viii tako place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
BODY OF MISSING MAN
Found in Pensacola Bay, Florida
Was that of c. h. Dickinson, Of
Battle Greek.
BY Associated Press.

Pensacola, Fla. Feb. 1.-The body
Of C. II, Dickinson Of Battle Creek.
Mich. missing from his winter home
across the bay from this city for the
past two weeks, was found this after
noon on the beach. Dickinsons yacht
wa found yesterday He was an ex,
pert swimmer and the theory is that
he was struck in the head by the
swinging boom and knocked uncon.
sciOus into the water.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
From Washinqton.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. Feb. l.--Illinois--Fair
and slightly warmer Tuesday follow
ed by snow in north portion: Wednes
day fair and colder; increasing south
winds. shifting to northwest.
Partly cloudy Tuesday
colder in west and warmer in east por
ton; Wednesday fair, colder in east
portion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
WOOD ALCOHOL FATAL
Three Negroes in Chicago are Dead
as the Result of lmbibing
Fiery Liquor.
BY the Associated Press.

Chicago. H., Feb IA number OF
colorod men living in rooming house
on Dearborn street, drank wood al
cohol Sunday night, and as a rcsalt
three are dead, two dying, and one
in hospital with a faint chance OF
his life.
They alleged they supposed they
had purchased grain alcohol and that
they did not know ii was wood al
cohol. because the bottle was properly
labeled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
soFrNEss OF sEALsKlN,
Il Riyaled By Human HAIR Where
DandruR Is Eradleated.

sealskin is admired the wotld, over for
its softness and glossiness; ana yet the
human hair is equally as soft and glossy
when healthy; and the radical cause Of all
hair trouble is dsndruff, which is caused
by a pestiferous parasite that saps the
vitality Of the hair at its root. Newbro's
Herpicide Is the only preparation that Is
fatal to the dandruff germ. Without dan,
druff there is no failing hair. but lux
uriant growth Of glossy. soft hair is GER
tain Securing the scalp won't cure dan
druff. XIII the dandruff germ. Thous-
snds of women owe their beautiful suits
of hair to Newbro's Herpicide. Sold by
leading druggists. Send Zoe. in stamps
to The Herpiclde Co, Detroit. Mich
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special
Agents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

this increase in the gold has supplied
the place of the silver Tor which they
contended, that the consequence was
what they contended il would be, viz.
prosperity. Washington Correspon-
dence.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Salamanca, Feb. Theodore Pet.
croft, the dog faced man." known by
the s0briQuet OF 10 10" and exhibited
by Banum & Bailey is most coun-
tries OF the world, died on his arrival
here from pneumonia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
win BE n weaaer.

A New York preacher became The
father of triplets few days ago. II
he can 90 on preaching peace on earth
now. says The Chicago Record Herald
1t will have TO be admitted that be Ii
q wonder
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
FATAL WIND IN EAST


Paterson, N J., Feb. L. During the
high wind today the Summit Ice com
pany's Ice house al Stockholm was
blown down and Andrew Pulls and
Edgld Boyd were buried in the ruins
and killed. Four others were injured,
Two probably fatally.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

For receptions theatre broadoh exclusively used this
the
blue and white The illustration shows white broadoh
difficult
high made foundation of Liberty silk
chiffon with inserting the kind
5 braid
like shown the design If the cloth heavy
the entire pinch tucks before trimming
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bronze Qulnine Tab
lets All druggists refund the money
IL it fails to cure. Z. W. Groves sig
nature Is on each box. CSC.
many of his hearers:
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

One way of helping yourself to bus
mess is to advertise in the right way
and in the right place. The best ad.
vertising is. seldom that which costs
the least money--not any more so
than the best goods are those which
are offered at the lowest prices.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

their respective homes. When the
craft is righted up il will be taken
into the Tennessee river and viii do
q freight and passenger business he
tween Padueah and Chattauooga
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02

The individual who is habitnally
tardy in keeping an appointment will
never be respected or successful in
life. w Fisk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
NEWS OF The WEATHER
Results of Government Observations
With Prospects For Cairo and
Vicinity To-day.

Indications for Cairo and vicinity to.
lay. Increasing cloudiness with prob.
ably snow or ain and rising tempera
ture.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
General River News.

The stage of the river at pm.
yesterday was 500 showing fall of
"a in twenty-four hours.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-02
River Forecasts.

Stage at Cairo, Feb, |, 1903. 22,e