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The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01

A woman attaches more Importance Il
asking three people 10 afternoon tea than
an admiral does to taking battleships mt
actisn.-N. Y. Press.
The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01

Education islthss best improvsment I
farmer can make % ahinasak.8 y &
The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01
ROADS AND LOADS.

shows the comparative loads that can
be drawn by one horse on different
roadways.
The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01
THE LOAD AND THE ROAD.
Graphic illustration Of the Relation
Of the One to the Other as Dis
played at Worlds Fair.

The accompanying picture. made from
q worlds fair exhibit illustrating the
importance of good roads and streets,
The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01

koas. wood, water hsJ IN abunlspoe-ea
cnp1c6oS Ra1Aeio G nventsnl.
The Cooperstown courier., 1904-12-01

- An are eenpd 70 ~ tnan pleassd With ~
- s3so'ss sf The mast sssssss hsrvsss' =
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
THE HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS
OF A CAIRO PRIMA DONNA
1t Took Doctor and Nurse Two Days to
Get Trixie Friganza in Condition After
Christmas Celebration :

The friends of Miss friXie Frigans
"a, the Cairo prima donna, viii read
with interest the story of how she
spent her happieat Christmas The
New York Telegraph gives It a. 70 r
lows:
MY happiest Christmas? Wei |
win tell you Of one that IVES m -
unique in its way, and since l. took ne
back to thai gladstone childhood day
when all the world was young, | te.
lieve it was among my happiest cs.e.
brations of he Yule-tide, | was "A
Chicago. in 1898, think it was, play
ing with The Girl from Paris com.
pany. All my colleagues Were good
fellows, and all that sort of thing, but
when the hour rolled around when
Santa Claus is supposed to make glad
the hearts of the children | was pos
sessed with a yearning to be entirely
alone. and instead of hobnobbing with
the members of the company, who
gave a big spread, | retired TO my
room, where had placed a tiny ever
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
REFORM WITH EXCEPTIONS.

John r. Wallace, chief engineer o.
the Panama canal. protests that Pres
dent Roosevelts order extending the
classified civil service rules to the
canal employees will hamper him grea
ly in his work. If compete freedom
De not given him to hirt whom he
plcases. he says, the time OF con
s.ructlon will be heightened and the
,ost Of tde work increased. The or
Ter deprives the chief engineer, he
ldds, Of the ben fit Of conducting
MS work On business principles
It Is rather late in he day 10 start
an argument on the advantages Of
sivil service reform. No doubt Mr.
Wallace is fully convinced of his own
honesty and singleness of purpose in
seeking wha. he considers the best re.
ults President Roosevelt too Is not
always unconscious Of his own recti
ude and infal ibiliy But this did not
lrevent number Of vegy worthy
members of the civil service reform
association at Washington the o,hcr
lay from scoring him sharply beaaus
] # the surprising number OF times h.
lad suspended civil service rules in
rider to benefit particular inGividu
ais.
If Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Wallace
nay set themselves above the accept
tble standards of official conduct. who
In0ws but hat some successor Of
heirs, equally self-righteous perhaps
sor reasons appearing satisfactory &c
lim personally, may not batter wider
breaches in the civil service sys,eml
I. One thing is certain; all the pat
onage-brokers and spoils-hunteTs OF
all parties will wish Mr.. Wallace sue
cess in his demand for a free hand
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
BIG ROBBERY
IN DANV|LLE
Thousand Dollars Worth OF
Gems StoIen From Sore
IN BROAD DAY LIGHT
ROBBERY is SURROUNDED BY
DEEPEST MYSTERY = ABso-
LUTELY NO CLUES LEFT
FoR THE POLICE TO
WORK UPON.

DanYille, H.. Nee 2.9A big dia.
m0nd robbery was p3fnetrate1 in this
city Ia evening belweet ! and S
O'Clock over 81 aD worth Of pr cious
stones were $40 So from the safe in
the Webher AMI company iewelry es.
tabllsnment en NORTH Vermslion
feet. The robbery is sprraunded by
III deepest mystery and there are alb
soluteIy no clues Oh which the police
can work
The Big theft was committed while
the prumietors Of the q. ablishmea.
ana tle clerks were in the store be-
tw en- s ana O'Clock Two ladies en-.
tered the store shortly before and
asked TO be shown some rings. Mr..
Weber went 10 the safe to get the
ring tray and discovered the loss. The
Stolen diamonds were all Get in rings
with tho exception Of a few and every
diamond stolen was valued at from
$50 70 5000.
The Webber establishment was the
scene Of another daring robbery sew
eral months ago Tho robbery at that
time was committed shortly after {
O'clock in the morning The iron,
window of the store was smashed by
a huge stone and thirteen watches
we're taken ont of the display window
Several of the watches were later re.
covered In ST. Louis. but the robbers
we're never captured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
BOSTON AND THE NEGRO.

A southerner writing from Boston
to tho Charlotte, N c., Observer,
tells Of the immense audiences which
greeted Booker T. Washington at
the Old South church. and adds.
4 have seen Boston people look
openly dlsgruntled and edge as far
away as possible from negroes who
were seated by them in the street
cars. The man in charge of the box
office al enc Of the large theatres
here told ne last week tina. he had
been obliged to change some seats
because the purehaEers were unwiil
ing TO SIT by a negro. I asked If they
were southern people and he did noi
hink they were
1.-The proprietor of well-known
restaurant told me a few days ago
ha. he had just charged a negro
s1.40 for a dinner which would have
cost any one else 50 cents
.srhe same day the following Incl
dent was ted me: 4 negro entereC
a barber shop near here and asked
for shave. The barber at first re
Ius ell, but he law is on he negroa
side. He told the negro that he woals
have Il wait and afser about an nozr's
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

now are urging and doing all in their
power 10 have freight cars loaded to
capacity. Almost may it be said
that the day of half-loadei cars or
those with less than that has passed.
1t is matter OF self-protection for
the railroads, and at the same lime
furnishes, if anything, better SER
vice for shipper and consignee.
One may readily see wherein the
railroads benefit most materially
from the loading of cars to capacity.
It does not cost a cent more to trans
mort loaded car than one with only
portion of a load. Goods are trans
ported really with more safety when
loaded TO capacity as there is less
danger of breakage when the load is
80 packed as to prevent shifting
When it is considered that the rail-
road must foot the same expense for
half a load as for one to capacity, 1t
will be seen that the profit is cut
Just in half, as the freight charges
accruing are just one-half.
Sometimes it is not practicable for
car to be loaded to capacity. es'
pecially when 1t is local business. Al
most always, however, it is possible
for the goods TO be packed so they
can be readily reached with all the
space taken up and this rule is fol-
lowed as far as possible.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
TO STOP FLIRTING.

Il is reported that the police OF
Des Moines, la, have received orders
TO arrest and lock up all pretty girls
who are on the street for the purpose
OF making mashes. says an exchange.
That is a difficult proposti ton. OF
course. under these instructions, a
girl who is not pretty would be per-
mitted to make mashes on the street.
10 her hearts content. Just what
constitutes making a mash does not
seem to appear, and there will be no
end of trouble for the officers TO es-
tablish a rule for their own guidance
in this most important matter. Some
thing similar has been tried by police
officers In more than one city in Iowa
And the results have never been quite
satisfactory. For while the watchtui
officers trailed a handsome blonde
from the depot through seventeen
stores. and another squad followed a
bunch of giddy excursionists to
park. ana a third supervised the con-
duct Of three blushing damsels. who
were irving 10 make an impression
on a soda water clerk. three teams
ran away. seven people had their
pockets picked. there were several
robberies and daylight burglaries and
a disgraceful row occurred on the
main street, and the girls had made
more mashes than ever.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
HAS FINISHED
HER DEFENSE
Before H. ternalional Commission
OF North Sea incident
ACTED IN GOOD FAITH
BELIEVING SHIPS WERE ATTACK
ED HAD THE RIGHT 70 DE-
FEND AND AT ALL EV-
ENTs WAS AN Acct
DENT.
~ The AssoeIated Preas.

by the Associated Press.
Paris. Dec 2l-The Russian de.
Tense before the international com
mission which is ia inquire into the
North sea Incident il practically
completed Tie main features are
F.rstThat The firing by the Rus
sian squadron was justified as de-
lfense against an attack. This en-
tails proving the presence OF Japa-
ncse torpedo boats, Russian dele
gates inform the Associated Press
that they possess this proof in the
most positive and overwhelming
form Second-That even ii the Rus
SLAMS were not attacked they belieY-
ed they were attacked and thedefore
the defensive measures taken were in
absolute good faith
Third--At most, it was an acct
dent at sea where dangers and risks
are extreme and analogous 10 the
British battleship Camperdown ram
and sinking the british batleship Vic
toria and the recent firing by a Brit
tish warshlp upon a coasting YES
sci during the target practice
The prelimInaries of the commits
sion have clearly shown that the
British are anxious for a prompt dis
posal of the case while the Russians
do not object to o delay in il. There
fore the postponment Of the opening
Of tne sessions of the commission ow-
ing to the non-arriyal Of Rear Admiral
Davis, the American representative
developed an incident showing the
rather significant grouping of the
delegates. the Russians sharing the
American view that avis waDs entit-
led to ample time while the British
and French sentiment did not APP
prove Of the postponmenJ.
It develops that Ambassador Choate
sent wireless message to the Fin
land notifying Davis that the com
mission would be opened December
% This probably was the first use
of the wireless system in an impor~'
tant official communication in Mid
Ocean.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

Must Have Automatic coupIers.
All cars, including locomotives.
must be equipped with uniform auto
matte couplers, according to a de
decision by Chief Justice Fuller in
the United States supreme court yes.
terday in the case OF Johnson VS.. the
Southern Pacific Railway company,
The court also held that dining cars
are not exempt from the requirements
Of the safety appliance law when in
use, even though empty
President Roosevelt is receiving
the credit for forcing the fight which
resulted in this decision Not only
did the president direct his efforts
to securing an early hearing and
decision of the case, but at his di-
rection the attorney general took
charge of it, Attorney General
Moody and Solicitor General Hoyt
both signed the brief in the case and
the latter made argument before the
court of strict enforcement Of the
law
The decision is considered by the
Interstate commerce commission and
the department of justice as de-
2ided step forward in the protection
Of railroad employees.
Johnson was head brakeman on a
Southern Pacific passenger train.
and lost his hand in coupling an en-
CINE TO a dining car Both the loco
motive and the car were equipped
with automatic couplers, but of diff
ferent patterns, so that he was com.
PEELED to go between the ends of the
cars. Both the district court of Utah
and the circuit court of appeals for
the eighth circuit decided against
him The op Mon reverses both
judgments and orders a new trial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
POOR CHILDREN OF CAIRO
WILL HAVE BIG DINNER
If Contributions Are Not Sufficient Fund OF
Children's Home Will Be Used.
For the Purpose

The total amount contributed to-
ward providing a dinner for the poor
chldren of Cairo is e19 That SO
sma sum should be given 10 such
a worthy cause does net speak well
for the generosity OF the ci.izens os
Cairo and the only explanation for
sach lack Of interest il that many
nave overlook Il tie matter.
II every wife Who feels that her aus.
band is able 10 give saale hing to
aid IN providing coed sabalan III
dinner for the poor ehiflrca 9f Cairo.
wonli speak to him about II today
the amount would Increase TO such
proportions as TO cause great SIR.
prise.
The dinner. which viii be given at
The Cailircn's home. il n3t for tao
pauper children of CARR bur for those
who would enjoy a dinner such a.
will be provided by The good women
Of the home and who arc unabla te
afford such Injuries. 1t is asked of
anyone who knows of such children
that they arrange, if possible, TO have
the children taken to the home Mon
day.
A Christmas tree--a very modest
one--will be prepared for the ocea,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

green fixed with candles and all the
necessary gew-gaws.
On Tie top of the tree had placed
9 wa dell, which had dressed in inns
ita.ion of the cHeracter | was assum.
" 3. that 81 Bon-Sor. After talking to
nyself nd ay{I q Mis- Doiie to par
take Of ms posc9m and candies, /
lista3 ha, fr2m G tee and said 70
.Eyfo.i "fu j h u of your friends
ana ia,HI | pie G to you Miss
Don Bon FriGanza Dollie was in IA
very receipt, 9 mood, since she main
tanned M absolute silence and
tank she Cnoved il as much as I
did. Taen Dollio and ! had quite a
spread OF goodies. and as an evidence
of how much enjoyed myself, let
me say that it took doctor and
nurse two days 20 get me in condition
for performance.
To quote Mr.. AIDE. "Proverb-The
things that we like the most are sell
dom good for us--mnce pie, broiled
lobster. tiny Christmas trees and
too much candy"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
QUEEN NAMES GIVEN
SOME CAIRO SALOONS
STRANGER At Less TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE ODD NAMES or
SOME POPULAR DRINK DIS,
PENsAToRfES.

viii YOU esplan 70 NE, asl.ei I
stranger IN Cairo. why 50 many sa.
looms n this own - r uci peer isf
names
II ,i8nt see tbs they have peculiar
names, fallevl IFS hiead In what
way are they PECULIAR
see there replied he stranger;
chat saloon called Ny Brothers,
Place, and there's one a Jew doors
below calsd The Owl Up he strest
noticed one called tie Glad Ifanl,
and on another street was one called
Hank Bowery What do such
names mean2 Have tney any par.
ricular significance or meaning
II don know, said Inc Gairolse
That IS peculiar eharaei ris.ie
here. but an not prepare % say
why It is so'
Come to think Of IL" he continued
there are several saloons here VIII
odd names For instance ! motto u
the sign 'Pailor Saloon over on o.
he Quanea saops have never been
inside 70 see If the name was appro
pirate. Their there is the 'Senata,
Elite. White Horse Inn, Hibarnian,
Nammesn, Post Office X. G., Ken
lucky. and First Chance and Last
Chance. There may be many others
but fail to remember Them just
now"
/" can readily see why saloon
named Kentucky might be popular
here. said the stranger, when there
are 60 many daily visitors from that
commonwealth, but how the name g..
&. would aid in drawing trade is
iayst ry."
I'VE once had two Las. Chance
and First Chance saloons" said the
friend. "One Of taem was located on
Sycamore and Thlrty-fourth streets
and the ether was on Commercial
avenue near Second street. The SHE
of the sign seen by the visitor as he
was leaving the city read Last
Chance, while the side seen by him
in coming into the city read 'Fir7t
Chance, consequently they were both
First Chance ana Last Chance sa-
looms"
Il see the reason in that First and
Last Chance sign" said the stranger,
even II one does contradict the other,
but what Of some of tAese othe.
names you have mentioned
Search mo-" thoughtfully answered
the Cairolte, and the conversation
shifted to the weather, or something
more mutually agreeable and compre
hensiye TO both
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
BIG FOOTED CAlROITE
WANTS SMALL SHOES
AT LEAST HE WANTS THEM
NUMBERED SMALL-FRENcH
NUMBERING SYSTEM HELPS
SHOE DEALERS.

Eyes" said the dealer, shoes GER
tainly are queer. Most as queer as
people, sometimes. A leact you might
say shoes are queer coineidently with
some people"
"Why do we use these strange mum
bers? Well tie exigeneies Of the shoe
business demanded it. It would not
be saying too much 10 say that the
French numbering system has done
more for tie comfort of shoe dealers
.han any other one thing Why we
could no more tell the little lies that
are necessary to our daily life, than
We could take wings and fly. Take
Tor one instance the young girl wlo
unfortunately has feet size larger
than she considers proper for a maid
of her height. With the French cys-
en-. if her size should be what is gen
orally known as "4-D:' the French
number might be something like
"l2945G7S." Now what is more easy 10
man of callous conscience, than 10
all it "2-AA?" And they do say that
there are lies and lies, ana that il Is
possible for a man to lie like gentle
man. So you see there is our conso.
aion
but you must not think that the
gcnuer aud bette ones have any
pun on tie yanities Of the feet They
have not. There is a man, a big man
too. in Cairo VINO suffers more from
the fear tina. his feet wi appear 100
large than any woman have ever
seen There he goes now" pointing
20 one If Cairo's well known citizens
no one will eyeT know what travail
of spirit that man has caused me
Yoa can see taat his feet are
'elevcns, and vet / have to perjure
myself about four times a year Try
ing to persuade him that ne wears
'sevens. Before We got French mum.
bers We had to take his shoes out OF
the box. and hide tac box before ne
could sell 'em to him Yes and the
dealer sighed reminiseently, "shoes
and people are queer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

time he reappeared with a razor
which he had fixed for the purpose.
He had taken an old one and had
hammer.i on it fYith Something
heavy until il was denied and the
edge broken in several places He
said to the negro: The law compeis
me to give you a shave, but. by
George. this is what | am going to
do ii WITH. The negro gave one look
al the razor and fled
Collectively the people here seem
to be anxious for the intellectual and
moral Improvement of the negro But
when it comes 10 individuals it seems
to me hat there is just as much pre-
JUDGE as at the south"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
RAILROAD NEWS
No More White Passes.

The management of the Lake Shore
and the New York Central railroads
have decided to make the Twentieth
Century Limited a strictly cash fare
train after January L. Heretofore
the companies have issued a limited
number OF white" passes to certain
high railroad officials. but the new
rule will be enforced against the Of
ficars of both the Lake Shore and
the New York Central as strictly as ii
win be against all other railroad Of
ficials
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
To Use ELECTRIC Motors.

President Newman of the West
Shore railroad. has been authorized
to take the necessary contracts for
The preliminary work OF introducing
electric motoTs. which were recently
tested on the New York Central and
will be in use on portions of the main
line within a wear Connections are
to be made al convenient points be-
tween the West Shore proper and the
new suburban trolley system which
the Vanderbilts are developing in the
central part of that state.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

Those who neglected shopping until
Yesterday or today are probably rail-
ing at their i'll luck and laying the
blame for the delay upon someone
else. In many cases they. alone, are
10 blame for waiting until the last no
ment. but in some instances lack OF
money and other valid excuses are
given for the delay, The trade has
already been enormous and the rush
on several days has equalled that OF
Christmas eve. heretofore. Ton "a
will, of course. be tha occasion Tor a
big Jam of confused and anxious shop
pers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

81. Petersburg reluctantly admits
that the Japanese have destroyed the
Port Arthur squadron. Al the worlG
has known for some time what Ru,
STA is now admitting. After awhile
Russia will be reluctantly admitting
that she has been whipped by Japan
EDDY awpatha.wifNheenr
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

Bishop Mallaheu. who has just
passed his seventy-sixth birthday, is
enc of the hardest workers among
churchmen. Aside from his duties as
bishop. he Is writing a book, Moses,
the Man Of God" is at work on a
long article on Dantes Divine Come
ay. in which the religious attitude
of that author viii be compared vita
that Ct Milton and Shakespeare. and
lis preparing three volumes Of trans
lations Of the sermons Of the we'll
known French Protestant. Bersier
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

While the body of poor. old Dom
Paul Kruger was being consigned "a
the dust Of his beloved fatherlani
British minute guns doomed from the
neighboring fort. Although fred a.,
an honor, they sounded like knell
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
Would Turn OF Everybody.

Don't you some. ines think it would
be a good thing for this governmen,
10 own the railways
NO" answered me gloomy citizen
1T wouldn't do. It would be unfair T.
the party in power Every tine a man
missed a train he'd be so indignant
that he'd vote to turn The administra-
ton out"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

Tom Lawson acts as If the w0gg e
hug Is pursuing him, Tom would
make beautiful martyr and his stat.
lea should be built OF copper or heass
which Ii pretty much the same metal,
and 1ymbolie.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

Thomas Stone Mcclellan. the oldest
printer in Maine, the friend and com
panion of President Pierce, Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Longfellow. has just
celebrated his ninety-third birthday
He lives IN Brunswick. For many
years he has been a member Of Tn f
ed Lodge of Masons and shortly after
his ninetieth birthday took some ad-
vaneed degrees in the ancient craft
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

An actr SIS says the wearing of dia.
nonIs destroys the best expression Of
the face, dims the fire Of the eyes.
and makes the teeth look like chalk
Nobody should refuse them. though.
They can always be pawned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

sion, and il Il probable that Il will be
gazed upon with wondor ana delight
by the many children who have new
er beheld such a sight
The dinner and Chrietmas tree will
be a success, This Il assured from
the fact that Il IS in eharg4 Of the
children's Home board and II will be
given a.ld tae rigna plans carried
Out even 'hough il De neces AIRY to
use money from the Chiidrens Homo
fund 70 accomplish The purpose
This is the last day VIII n contri.
buttons will be received and those
who care 20 donate should do 50 at
once.
Donations will BE received by The
Bulletin or by any member of tho
Children's Home beard
The contributors da Z are as fol-
n
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25
Wood in Iceland,

Iceland has been found to be not SO
destitute Of trees as commonly report
ed. Prof. Prytz Of Copenhagen finds
that it contains trees of considerable
size. A country so cold viii not stand
the reckless destruction of trees which
t has clSg-c1 n c5n--oa with other
once heavily wooded regions With
care it is believed that Iceland may
get be covered with forests
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

1t will be hard to get the people ex,
cited over the question as to what
SHALL be done with the ex-presidents.
The theory Of our system is that no
particular notice need be taken Of
them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-25

The country has been greatly dis
appointed at a gladstone season when
entertainment r. in demand Mr.
Lawson and Col Greene have failed
to get together with dire purposes
Now, would 1t be possible 20 have a
meeting" between Mr. Lawson and
Mr. Rogers?