The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-12
+, H. SMYTH, Observer.

creaslng rate
7. H. sMYTH, Observer,
The L. s local inspectors, Abbot
Veach and j H. Moon, inspected tho
Gondola yesterday morning and the
Katherine the night before.
Ferd Herold passed up % St. Louis
yesterday morning.
The Stacker Lee, the bull Of the
woods, Of the Lee Line, passed down
to Memphis yesterday afternoon. She
had a fair trip
Carrie V got in with a raft Of
logs yesterday Afternoon.
The Savannah is to be the flagship
Of Governor Yates and staff, and will
leaye st. Louis Saturday morning a;
to o'clock for schlo. The Memphis
viii leave in the AFTERNOON with the
high priyates. These boats will be
here twcntyfour hours later The
Tennessee IS to take the Governor OF
Indiana from Paducah
The gasoline boat Shilo, left the
Halliday elevator Monday with
barge loaded with oats
The CziQue took coal here and left
Tor Memphis yesterday morning Maj
lucas had Mr.. Mcqueen and two
daughters as guests. Mf. Mcqueen
was I'll and had to have the yatten-
ton of a doctor. but was able to go
on with the boat She is being taken
down by the Ttan's crew Capt Fer
guson in command, who is doing the
plotting from Cincinnati to Memphis.
This boat was build at Charleston. w
VA. for a pleasure boat She is nine
ty feet long and has triple expansion
engines. ana a boiler made entirely 0f
tubes Her propeller wheel works in
a tunnel and she has ono rudlcl ford
Of her wheel and ono aft Her cabin
is elegantly fitted up and all living ar
rangements are on a pdladal plan,
having bash rooms, hot and cold vat
cr throughout the boat and electric
light The government has bought
her as an experiment with a view TO
giving this class Of boat a trial
There are some glaring mconsis-
tcncies in the laws for the govern
mcnt Of steam boats Passenger boats
are prohibited TO carry gasoline and
ferry boats cannot PIT an automobile
with gasoline motor across the river
but there arc thousands of crafts car
rying passengers and doing all kinds
Of business which are run by gaso-
line motors, and they have from two
gallons To two barrels of gasoline
aboard all the time. 1t would look
funny to tourists TO be refused trans
portation across the river for his au
tomobllc. because II had gasoline
motor. by a gasoline ferryboat
The Katherine brought a circus
in from IT, jefferson yesterday after
noon. which is working It's way north F,
from the gulf The ladies of the
show presented an appearance Of neg .
Iigce bordering on abandonment The
girl with the auborn hair was dressed f.
IN a dressing sack with flowing /.
Iooscncs5 quite na'tering which I.
threatened 70 leave her with every Z
breeze. Her dark skirt was orna
mcntcd with several dust covered F.
spots Of axle grease but If yoa saw
her in the ring with her pink tights
on sou wouldn't know her The drcs
sing sack which is so popular among
women OF all classes. show and other I
wise. seems to be worr because il is !
as close 10 nothing as it admissible to /
get in the matter of apparel They /
are often made of three pocket hand /
kershiefs ami have q way of farms
MP at the bottom which often dis
plays a safety pin skirt band As a
substitute Tor the dctesti5lc mother /
hubbard, they are not an improve
mcnt
Tao Cleaner is reported 10 NAVE
burst a cylinder below Evansville.
She had thirty-two pieces Of coal. but
was landed by the Jewel without the