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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-29

BUSINESS LOCALS.
. . . . . . . . o . .
A. M. Spence & Co.'S motto is gu n.
ity. 2O23 WASHINGTON avenue.


A. M. Spence & Co.'S motto is qul.-
ity. 2o2s Washington avenue.
Reinhard, photographer, maker Of
fine photographs. Try this gallery, you
will get fine artistic work at satisfac-
tory prices. 211 Sixth street.
Harry w. Schuh's drug store has
the cough cure that cures the cough
A large bottle costs only &c. 1t
can't be beat. Try it,
p. C. Scullin, leading caterer. Res
taurant and bar, 213 Ohio, right at
Central station. Travellers promptly
supplied, Best cuisine and service.
Buy your dry good. groceries ana
shoes from Ehs G. Greaney, 2O09-20ll
Wash. ave. There are others, but
none better try them.
J. f. Kolb's Union Bakery will soil
YOU bread, cakes and pies for less
money than you can make them fer.
Phone No. 275.
ASK the man who has used ID. F. Nc
Carthy's coal. he will tell you Il
gives the most neat and that il is
clean and desirable.
Uncle Joe's Hotel. best slO0 a day
house in the three states. You &c:
the best of everything to eat AMI
rink. and a nice clean bed
Wood G. Bennett company whole
sale grocers. Mail orders given
prompt attention. We solicit the
trade of merchants only.
Harry w Schuh's drug store has
fine line of brushes, combs and toilet
articles that he is selling at remark
ably low prices. 1715 Com. ave.
+ D. f. McCarthy's wagons always or
time giving you plenty of heat from
the excellent hard and soft coal he
handles. Phones 1913 Cairo. 166 Bell
Powers Livery and Transfer. spec
ial attention given TO transferring
baggage 10 all parts of the city, low
price, 1909 Commercial avenue.
II. Sanders & Son.. farming imple-
ments and wagons. High grade gro
ceries and fine coffees a speciality.
Cairo Iron and Machinery Supply
Store, J. Z. Reed, Prop. 1905 Ohio.
iron. steel and heavy hardware. mill
supplies, betting, pumps, gas pipes.
Cairo Sand. Lime and Cement Co.
TO FITZGERALD Bros.l spec
alties in lime. cement. hair. plaster
,r's supplies. river sand and feed.
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A PROLIFIC YEAR.

This is the bumper year for the
farmer. The corn is better than for
the past thirty years. The tomatoes
are as large as washtubs. The gem
melons are sweeter than John the
Baptist's honey. The sweet potatoes
are as large as the appetite of a ten
year boy.
Irish potatoes have difficulty 70
find skin enough to cover them Cab
bage heads look like japanese gun
boats.
Beans are lucious and pods like a
sea serpent. Chickens are fat, and
as tender as soft corn. Let us be
thankful TO the weather clerk. who
has given ns the shower baths.-Ben.
ton Standard.
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Ina nnrlinrlon Hawkeve says:

The Burlington Hawkeye says:
High water continuing for some
time made havoc with river channels.
This has been found out by the gov
eminent snagboat Col. A. Mackenzie,
which was at Burlington only recent
~. The river bed has been levelled
and many of the old pass
ages which have been used
for years have been filled
up. Major Richie, a naval officer as
signed to lighthouse work, has pre-
dicted that the stage Of the river from
nov on until the close of navigation
will be- lower than during the first
few months of summer. Some idea OF
the work carried on by The Mackenzie
may be- learned from the statement
that the freshets in the earlier part
OF the season brought down vast
quantities of waterloggeI snags and
other obs ructions which have lodged
wherever they Glanced to get foot
hold and have rapidly caused the
formation OF banks and bars. ana
changed the channels. On her up riy-
er trip before the present one. this
boat caught hundreds Of
these oistructions with her derrick
aud hoisted them onto harges. thus
clearing the upper river district. Hers
is n snub derrick Of enormous power.
mounted on her bows and operated by
powerful hoisting engines. Snags
located by river pilots are reported
and relocated by the crew. careful
of the channel being car
rie1 on independently On her re
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SMALLPOX NEAR ceNTRALlA.

s Springfield Special says:-The
state board of health has received a
communication from officials of the
Illinois Central railroad stating that
smallpox exists in number OF
houses opposite the station at Gen.
tralia. where the company has men
working. and that the mayor OF Cen
tralia will not enforce quarantine. In
consequence the railroad employees
threaten to quit work. The commun'
icaiion asks the board TO take prop
or steps in the case Secretary Egan
announces that the board viii enforce
the quarantine.
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IN SOCIETY
, 40 o %H%H% $50
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION.
Mr.. Harvey schutter of Memphis,
was in Cairo yesterday.
Mr. Robert Stout is reported i'll at
his home on Twelfth street.
Mrs. p. Mcnamara mas returned
from visit to the Worlds fair.
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Cohn have re-
turned from visit to the Worlds
fair.
Mrs. w. b. Pope and children of
AIS Douglas street are spending
a few days at Villa Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gibson and
Miss Anna Henry of Arlington, KY,
are guests of Mrs. C. G. Miller.
Mrs +. Honnard, Mrs. A. McKeaig
and George Mckeaig left yesterday
for st. Louis on the Stacker Lee.
Mrs. T. B, Waters of Murphysboro,
spent yesterday visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. b. Pope of Douglas street.
Mrs. Ellen Redman and daughters
Eliza, Nora and Kate and son Mr..
R. l.. Redman leave for St. Louis
tomorrow to visit the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. d. Matthews and
daughter, Miss Birdie Mai and their
guest, Miss Jeffries. have returned
rom the Worlds fair
Judge w ~ Butler spent yester
lay here with his family He is
folding court at Metropolis and re.
turned there this morning
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Jack Mccartney, timber man of
Keokuk, la. is sliding down the
Father of Waters" on log to the
Worlds fair. His craft is an ordinary
lawmill pine log, 16 feet in length
and 25 inches in diameter Consider
able skill is required to keep afoat
on log in the water and as the fresh
water mariner passes the villages
along the route he dances jig on the
deck to let the people see that he
feels at home and is enjoying life He
expects to put his boat on exhibit
lion at the Pike if he gets there with
IL
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Mr. c. L. Kuhn, of the Vlncennes
Commercial was in the city yesterday
the guest Of his brother. Mr.. r. A.
Kuhn of 2i0 Sixth street. The for.
mer is enroute home from 81 Louis
where he has been in attendance as
a delegate to the Typographical con
vention which met last week at the
Worlds fair city. Mr. Kuhn took
prominent part in the deliberations Of
the meeting and served a. chairman
of the Committee on Laws.
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Captain Charles Weakley and fami-
IN will leave New Cambria, on the
Charlton river. about the middle of
August on a barge propelled by an
ordinary traction engine. The band
wheel of the engine is connected with
home made paddle wheel at be
stern, giving Weakley's ship a veloci-
~ of about six miles an hour down
stream. The boat has little tent
forward to shield the travellers from
the sun and rain.
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The International Typographical
laion will build library at the Print.
srs' home. at Colorado Springs. Colo,
o accommodate large number OF
looks presented to the home BY the
ste Congressman Amos J. Cum
iinss. Tbs library presented To the
ssiiiation 10 Nf Cummings has 20
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The Dick Fowler and Henry Harley
brought excursions from Paducah yes
terday.
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Esmuanfeldt and 500. w Holmes.
men.
1909 oliver Wendell Holmes born at Cam
bridge. Mass: died Oct. 7 1894
1S5s-Sir Charles james Napier, noted
British soldier IN India, died q OAK
land, near Portsmouth; born lTs2.
1871 Brigham Young died al salt Lake
city: born at Nottingham w., lsol
isse-George Fawcett Rowe. American ac-
tor and dramatist. died in New York;
n, born 1893
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Prof 7. c. Clendenen who has re-
urned from a visit with his parents
IN Logan county and a trim to the
Worlds fair, was accompanied home
by his brother Mr James A. Clenden-
en- and wife Of Riverside, Cal. who
viii spend a week here
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Messrs. Claude Clendenen. Eugene
Pennebaker. Dan Gillespie and Robert
Swoboda will go to ST Louis tonight
to spend week at the fair.
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1ur,i. n.s Town scared.

Brewer. Me, people arestaying in at
night for fear Of a 3lz-foot turtle
which has escaped from captivity and
is Sid to be more dargerou1 TO NEE
haa a ban doc
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Mr. Clifford Sloo left for St Lou.
is last night on the steamer Stacker
Lee. He will make the round trip
on the boat.
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turn trip she will cover the same
ground as on her up trip. removing
distractions which have since gath
cred.
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The Monte Bauer left at $40 y. m
for the upper Mississippi with barge
OF lumber.
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Mr. "Doke" Robinson, formerly OF
Cairo but now of Carmi. is very III
at that place with typhoid fever.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-29

Mr.. Adolph Kaufman has returned
from trip TO New York and other
eastern points where he has been
been purchasing dry goods for the
firm OF Kaufman Bros.
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Capt George Spence has returned
from seeing the sights on the Pike at
the Worlds fair
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NEWS OF The RIVERS
Results of Government Observations
With Prospects For Cairo and
Vicinity Today.
GENERAL RIVER NEWS.

The GonIolier left al p. M. for the
lower Mississippi.
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Mir David Barry and family have re.
urned from trip 20 St Louis.
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CHRONOLOGICAL
Aug. 20 In History.

90 John the Baptist was
beheaded.
1882 John Locke, liberal
and philosophical writer,
born. died 1904.
1769- Edmund Hoyle, IA
nous authority on
games, died: born 1872.
lSS2-The Royal George,
British warship. sank
suddenly at Portsmouth.
carrying down Admiral
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PURELY PERSONAL

Mr. Frank Farrin leaves for ST. Lou
is tomorrow to inspect the Pike.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-29

Mrs. p. Mcnamara mas returned
from visit to the Worlds fair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-29

Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Cohn have re-
turned from visit to the Worlds
fair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-29

Mr.. Harvey Schutter Of Memphis,
was in Cairo yesterday.
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Mr. Robert Stout is reported i'll al
his home on Twelfth street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

less with terror as they witnessed the
catastrophe which followed. Arching
its vast neck higher than the roof of a
house it bent its head down above the
doomed monarch. The jaws closed
about him and he was borne aloft like
a little fish in the bill of a heron. Then
in an instant the jaws were opened
wide, and the king had disappeared
down the monsters throat. Thus per-
ished the tyrant. Probably this sea
serpent was deemed by the ancients a
miraculous one, sent of God to punish
the man who loved to witness the death
agonies of his fellow men. We hear no
more OF it in the stories of the Britons.
King Morvidus appears in that par
tfcular part of the legendary history of
the Britons where the narrative be-
comes fantastic and incredible. The
story relates that he had five sons, all
of whom reigned after him; that the
descendants of all these five sons ruled
successfully. Among the sons of Nor
ivid were Artegal and Elidure, who
are the subjects of Wordsworth's best
poems.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
A Strange Accident

An Oklahoman named Lawson had
an unpleasant experience while visit
ing his brother-in-la Milo Blodgett.
who lives near Adobe Walls in the
Texas panhandle. Lawson went wolf
hunting alone. Next day his horse was
found saddled, but without bride.
Blodgett summoned about thirty neigh
bors, and began searching for Lawson.
who was located after nearly a DAVIS
hunt. His feet were sticking from the
top of wolf den and about three feet
OF dirt rested on his body. Lawson was
SO fastened that he could not extricate
himself
He had dug down in the wolf den
about five feet on slant in manner
something like the entrance to q dug
out, then lay down in the trench to
reach in after some coyote pups He
caught one and threw it out, and it is
supposed that this frightened his horse.
which was tied to bunch of bear grass
near the hole. The horse, making a
lunge, caused the banks to cave, the
dirt falling on the PROSTATE body of
the man, covering his body and head.
The dirt caught him with his arms
stretched out in front SO he could not
use them to much advantage, but he
managed to work his hands and shove
the dirt down the hole until his head
was uncovered and he could get air
from the top. He lay in this position
from 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon till
10 O'Clock Sunday morning. Kansas
City Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
SOME EXCUSES FOR DRINKING
Familiar Sophstries Advanced for mbibna by FIsbitua
Alcohol Consumers

HAVE you ever noticed" asked the
uu steady drinker. how few of US
there are who drink liquor without
framing up some sort of an excuse
for it,"
That I have" returned the other
steady drinker with decision, land.
moreover, that there is an excuse to fit
every circumstance or mood"
Say rather that every circumstance
or mood fits some sort of a drink and
you'll have it right corrected the first,
as he finished mixing his highball.
Zone might add the stock excuses for
not drinking, some of the sophistries
and a euphemism or two, and call it
runs ritual
1T strikes me that you have the
right idea, but not exactly the word,
said the one who took his liquor
straight. The rubric Of rum IS much
more comprehensive, for our drinking
customs are certainly fixed enough and
written in red on the faces of consist
ent followers.
Perhaps the Oldest excuse for drink
ing liquor with this generation is the
time honored one of curing OF Z cold.
Our fathers took rum and Inolasses,
and the effect was glorious We fall
back on rock and rye, which has just as
slight an effect on the cold. In either
case it is the alcohol effect that one is
after, and il is the alcohol one is ex-
cusing.
The matter Of moods and drinking
must be considered, you know. Yet get
news that makes you happy and you
have. just TO drink-chanpagn cock
tails, perhaps. Your child dies and
your grief is so great that you must
pour down the liquor. But it would be
just the same if the victim Of the grim
destroyer was your mother fn-law.
To hear one of these excuses one would
think that it was case of cause and
effect, but there really is no connec-
ton
There are no end Of sophistries in
this rubric For instance, there is that
argument OF many followers that
Scotch whisky does rot give enc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
BY
Hubert M. Skinner

and devoured men. The king held the
sea monster in contempt. Why did
not the men of the coast kill it? If
necessary, he would show them thing
or two. It was absurd for men to let a
single snake terrify them. Could they
not hurl their spears straight? Were
they using spears intended for women
and children? He could handle the
spear of a giant. He could hurI it so
that it would hit the mark.
When the last of the Gauls had per-
ished on that horrible field of North
cumberland the king advanced at once.
and with eager anticipation, to the
western coast. The place where the
sea serpent was accustomed TO emerge
from the water was pointed out to him.
Near the shore he awaited it with
many spears at hand. His men were
not lar distant, though he scorned to
depend upon them for aid. The sea lay
calm and beautiful in the sunset. and
gave no intimation of what was hidden
IN It's depths. While they were wait
ing and wondering if the sea serpent
really existed, there seemed to be a
slight swell of the water, some distances
away. Then 1t became more notice
able, and then violent. Nearer and
nearer 1t approached, till the shore was
almost reached.
the water, and huge dorsal curves
showed, in long line, while a. glitter
ing tail dashed foam in the rear. Like
great plates of green metal the scales
OF that awful neck seemed Jaws that
opened many feet disclosed themselves.
Horrible claws spread out upon the
sand and the dark body of the MON
ster came into view. With the hiss of
a steam engine the strange being
rushed toward Morvidus To his cred
II, De 1t saieso he bravely held his
ground. An immense spear was hurled
at the monster with great force and
with unerring aim The projeetile was
turned aside as child's toy would have
been Another was thrown, with even
greater force, true TO its mark 1t was
nevertheless of no avail whatever to
stay the advance OF the great serpent
Spear after spear followed as the hor-
ribie monster uncoiled. 1t reached the
kinG His conlDanions were notion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

20 possess part of northern Britain.
ana came with an army across the
channel. and I'D the coast to North
cumberland, where he landed and pre-
pared to make a stubborn fight for pos
session. King Morvidus was furious
on hearing Of this, and Immediately
collected large army and marched
| northward from his capital Troy No
want dondon).
By clever arrangement of the Brit
ish forces the Gauls were cut off from
a retreat to their ships, and then a
battle OF determination began
! The wars Of the old time were much
more bloody than those of this day of
gunpowder. They were hand-to-hand
struggles, with battle axes and swords.
and daggers and spears. Of course.
the story relates that the king in per-
son performed prodigies OF valor It
was the custom in the olden time to
attribute to the generals not so much
wise direction of their forces, as a
great personal slaughter OF the oppos-
ing men, Every great general was
popularity supposed to have killed with
his own hands more than any common
soldier killed. In the case of King
/ MorviduS, it Is said that he alone eff
/ fected more destruction than half his
army did. Like q supernatural being
| he crushed OR transfixed the individuals
VINO rushed upon him, and all day long
| the bodies of the slain were piled up
like ramparts about him, wherever he
| might be. The Gauls surrendered, and
were disarmed, as prisoners of war.
| And now the king, who had devel-
oped tigers thirst for blood. deter
mined 10 kill every one of them. One
at time they We're called out to die.
Dozens. scores, hundreds, were sue
cessively killed, while he looked on and
enjoyed the spectacle. When this be-
came tame he enliyened it by fortunes.
One by one his prisoners were fayed
alive. And when this became mono
tonous, the stakes were driven, and
prisoners were roasted to DEATH To
himself he seemed a very god. Every
body lived only at his pleasure He
was all-powerful, Irresistible
Rut while he was thus engaged there
| came strange runlors from the western
coast. A monster came out Of the sea
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

headache and that red whisky will If
you are subject to headaches drink
Scotch. Yet it is the alcohol that does
the work in either case The favoring
that gives the different color could be
put in ones eye without doing any
damage.
The gin sophistry is equally well
known. Gin acts on the kidneys, so if
you fear diabetes or kindred troubles
drink gin. How it acts the drinkers do
not know, but they stick to it through
thick and thin. AS a matter of fact,
gin simply does up the kidneys if you
drink enough Of it. as any pathologist
will tell you.
1T IS remarkable how many drinkers
go re a bar and quietly ask the bar
tender to prescribe a drink for them
don't know what I want this
morning the drinker viii begin. Tn
suffering from heartburn
The bartender promptly preseribes
lemon and seltzer, or a gin rickey. The
poor victim puts more acid into his al
ready troubled stomach and wonders
why the heartburn still pains him.
You're noticed surely the lengths a
drinker viii go to keep from mixing his
drinks and brands. He firmly believes
that If he drinks more than one brand
of whisky, Tor instance, the same even
ing. he viii have bad morning after.
or at least worse one. They argue it
out hus.
".Oh. erickey. what a headachel Let
me think what did I drink2 In
Smiths 1 had ten or twelve Bunter's
and then we switched the brand and
had eight or nine more. That's it, We
switched tie brand: IL I'd stuck TO
Bunter's I'd be feeling like June
morning instead of a December after
noon Never again for minet'
There are many honest folk who do
not want to drink much liquor and
sticl. to milk punches because il is
nine parts milk After two or three
they insist that they cannot be under
the influence because they have been
drinking nothing but milk punches.
L think most of the eupnenlisns
come from a desire, to avoid saying
Give me a drink of liquor or, in other
words, Hand out a glass Of poison
Just now the most popular one is,
Take = ball A few years ago every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Paint Department

one who asked put it Have smile
with me- Careless souls may say
Have JOLT or Take jab'; but it is
only the man from the West or South
VINO comes out boldly with Come and
nave drink of liquor and 1t is the
bartender in Red Dog, and not in the
broadway rum palace, who says cheer
fully, Name your poison, gents
Yet we have our yuigarisms right
here IN New York. The one that CRATES
on me most is opening wine A Tam
many man or one of the noyeau richie
at the Hotel de Hyphen never buys
champagne He opens wine, and he
thinks he is speaking most elegantly
when ne speaks of it in that way
Another of those vulgarisms is the
expression case goods You will often
hear. We had a great old time last
night; drank nothing but case goods
They mean, of course that they were
not satisfied with the regular bar whis-
KY, but each time they drank demanded
some particular brand which comes in
q case of so many dozen bottles.
IF we have excuses for taking drink
we are nearly as well supplied with
excuses for not drinking. The profes-
sional excuse, ami one that will always
go, is No. thank YOU; I've just had my
luncheon or Much obliged, old man;
I've just got up from dinner Now.
yond me. There is no time more ap-
propriate for taking a drink than Just
after Il meal, and no time when drink
ing does one less harm. The man who
says ne is on the water wagon or up
pole is seldom urged to get off or
climb down. The excuse stands and is
not open to argument"
You've made the case" said the
other steady drinker. And there GER
tainly is material enough for ritual or
rubric, whichever yoGwill. But there
IS one thing you have forgotten and
for which we can both give cur sincere
thallks-it is no longer good form TO
get drunk. 1t was, you know. in the
eighteenth century Even within the
memory OF men still living a man of
genius and talent heightened his fame
by acquiring reputation for nteIn-
perance. An actor could stagger to
a crowded house night after night. aud
an author claimed greater army OF
readers If the impression got out that
ne wrote his stuff at a tap room table.
Neither would be tolerated. today Our
prominent men may get n bun o. an
edge, and even on rare occasions a
skate but drunk-Eeyer
HaEing thrashed It all our without
introspection, this pair proceeded to
drink to the Sophistry of drinking with
It's stock excuses for and its stock ex-
cuses for not lis e,lphcnisnls ard the
rest-the '.rubric OF ruri-''