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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

going 10 India. Mrs. Letters gifts
to her daughter include a complete
service Of silver, cut glass. cAfna,
and household lines and diamond
tiara, all purchased abroad ana not
brought to Washington. Miss Daisy
Letter gave her sister magnificent
string of pearls worn on her wedding
day. Joseph Letters present 10 his
sister was a service of heavy rilver
plate, including large and small sal
yers, candelabra. wine coolers and
tankards of various sizes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
GREAT REFORMS
FOR THE RUSSIANS
NEW LAW FOR THE LIBERATION
OF THE PRESS CERTAIN
ELECTIVE CONSULTATIVE
BODY PROBABLE.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. Petersburg. Dec. 1i.--There is
no longer any doubt that the govern
ment intends to commit Itself to very
extensive reforms, as the result OF
the liberal agitation begun when
Prince Mirslly made his advent as
minister Of the interior The Zem-
stovist demand for a direct represent
alive body to make the laws of the
nation will not be granted; but some
medium OF reform of a representative
body, which can voice
the wishes Of the people direct TO the
sovereign. now seems the probable
outcome. An entirely new law for
tn liberation of the press also is APP
parently certain.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
ORGAN lRlN1ERs' UNION.
a Censorship Oyer Music VIII be Is.
tabiishcd

Philadelphia, Dec. Through or
gaDization OF. an organ grinders UNI
ion censorship will be established
over the mu.ic to 10 dispensed by the
street musicians. An Italian who has
Eean selected for The position o. cen
sor says he is compiling a list Of for
hidden tunes, chiefly old onss, ans
that an effart will be made through
the use Of more classical air1 to edu.
cate the mueical tastes Of the maases
who pa.ronize the members of the
new union.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
SUCCEEDS HER FATHER.
Only Woman Clerk Of United States
District Court.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Detroit sAich Dec. il.-Judge
Swan today appointed Miss Carrie
Dawson clerk Of the United States
district court here 70 succeed her
father the late p ] Dawson Miss
Dlyi1on. who IS bolieYed to be the
only woman clark Of a United States
district court in this country, was as
sistant 10 her father seyeral years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
CARNEGIE WILL
Be 4 WITNESS
BUT AT MRS. cHApWicK'S TRIAL
AND NOT At THE PRELlMlN-
AIRY HEARING, SAYS HIS SEC.
RETARY.
BY the Associated Press.

by inc ASSOCIATED Press.
New York. Dec 14-'rhat Andrew
Carnegie Is willing to appear against
MRS. Chadwick when his health has
sufficiently improved was made clear
IN statement given out today at Car
negie's residence by hir secretary.
Mr.. Carncgles only reason for not
going to Cleveland at this time has
already been given" said the sacre
tary. His health will net admit of
his taking the trip save at consider.
able risk, as his physician has already
said he is suffering from lumbago.
He has been willing to make de-
position at his home, and later on
his return from Florida. he will lend
his assistance and be present to tea.
iify at any subsequent proceedings.
sucn as trial, whenever his testimo-
ny Is needed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting Of the
'tockholdsrs of the City National
bank of Cairo. III. will be held ct the
office Of said bank Tuesday. January
10. 1905, for the election Of seven d
rectors aud such other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. Polls will he open A. 10 O'Clock
IN. and close AZ u an. OF said date
J. s. AIsTH0RPE. Cashier.
Cairo. H., lee =, 1904 got
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
WANT FARNeAkER.

Speaking of Mr. NJ. J. Farnbaker for
reelection to the office of secretary
of the X. !. T. league the Vlncennes
Capital says:
Mr. Farnbaker is certain to re-
ceive the Vincennes vote, and should
receive every one in the league. 4
better man than he cannot be secured
IN many day.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

this and viii spend the approaching
festive reason with relatives and
friends in Pulaski county, He imparts
the information tha Ada Is a progr9s.
sive town OF 4,00o souls has wafer
works, electric lights. an ice plant.
good -four mill aud other public ac-
eossories, AID has prospects for de-
veloDing lead and an excellent quality
OF petroleum. He Is pleased vita his
personal prospects for success.
Miss F. A. McClelland has gone 10
Kuttawa, X, for a yisit Of a few
days.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
MAY SUE FOR 50 OF A CENT.
Fire chIef Refuses TO lndoree Small
est Bill Ever Presented to James.
VIE, Wis, Council

JauesyiHo. VS.. Dccs l3.-The
smallest bill ever presented to tae
council was handed in tonight by P
plumbing firm II was for z cent
for one thrce-quarter inch slug deliv-
cred at the FIRE engine house. The
fire chief refused to o. X. the bin be.
cause he all not order the same, AMI
the firm may bring sui; TO collect it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
MRS. COLLIN cAmpsrLLs GIFTS.

Washington. Dec. 13.-wben Ma
jor and Mrs. Collin Campbell viii sail
for England Tuesday the latter wiz,
take with her some cf the Jameson
est gifts ever bestowed upon an An.
oT,csn bride ami viii end many more
awaiting her ia England where i
viii pass the Christmas season before
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
$4,000 FOR SANITATION.
Cuban House of Representatives
Makes Liberal Appropriation.

Havana. Dec. 1.-THE house Of
representatives today appropriated
100000 for the sanitation of streets
of Santiago, Cienfuege5. Cardenas
MantaDzas. The work is to be done
IN accordance with the request of
the tinted states aud recommends
ton of President Palma. under the
direction Of the general government.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
FAMOUS EDITOR DEAD.
BY the AssoeIatea Press.

by the Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Dec. Isl. Clark
DAVIS. editor Of the Public Ledger. is
dead, aged 70. Richard Harding IA
Wis. .hc war correspondent. novelist
and magazine writer, Is one CT his
sons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
VIOLENCE m STRIKES.
80 Persons Have Been Killed in Last
Two Year1, S3Ys GU. iook.
q ID Assoelal.i 80.

& the associated Fresc
New York. Dec 14.-Tne forthc0m-
ing number Of the Outlook will con
tain an article presenting statistics
on Violence in Labor Con 7icts' Ac-
cerding to this article tS0 persons
were killed in strikes. 1,G51 injured.
1858 arrested between January, 1909.
and juno 50. 1904. OF those killed
1ls we're non-union, 81 strikers, Is
officers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
POST SEASON GAMES.
National League Adopts Resolution
Fayoring Them.
by the Associated Press.

10y the Associated Press.
New York. Dec IA Resolutions
fayosing a series of postseason
games between the champion teams
cl the National ana American leagues
for thc championship OF the world
were adopted today by the National
league
While fayoring postselson games
The masnates stuck to The old sched,
ulc OF IA games for each club.
The application of minor leagues
for a change in regulations regarding
the drafting of players from the
smaller leagues was approved The
new rule adopted is designed TO re
strict and properly punish players
who may be removed from the field.
Changes in the rules of the game
were left to the rules committee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Notice.

Bids viii be received at the corn.
pany's Office until December 3ist.
1901 for painting All p-lss BELONGING
10 the Cairo Electric and Traction
company
Specifications can be had by amply.
ins al the office. The company re
serves the righs to reject any and alT
bids.
CAIRO ELECTRIC C TRACTION
N COMPANY. s1
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
LONE HlefiwAYMAn.
Locke Cashier in Vault and Escapes
With $1,000.

EIibbing. MINI. Dec. IA lone
hiShwaymar held NJ the bank of
Chisholm during business hours to.
day and secured SCION lie forced
Caghier Groiser into Q vault al the
mu--le q = revolver AMI locked the
door The ro5ber escaped
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Chrletmas and New Year Holiday
Rates Via Cotton Belt. Route.

- NtS' ~ 'NNtS'
Tickets viii be sold to all points
on the path. 25tb and aist aud Jsnu-
ary l. limited 10 reurn January 4,
1905 al greatly reduced rate
For rates ami further particulars
apply to the undersigned r. W 10
Boaume, q. P. and T. A.; J II. Jones.
Ticket AGENT, Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15

tied to return January 4, 1905. at re.
duced rates.
Tickets will be sold 10 all points
south. December %. "a. 20 and 81 and
January L. limited to return January
4, 1905. at rate If one and one-thirJ
fare
Fer full particulars. rates. &c. ap.
ply - the undersigned. a. II. Han
SOD. G z A.. Ciicaeo; J. H. Jones.
TicLct Agent. Cairo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-15
Christmas and New Year Holidays.
Via the Illinois Central n. e.

Tickets will be
sold TO all points
On this line ncrth
of the Ohio river.
December q. e5,
and 81 and .Ianu.
airy / and 2. lin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

flimsS philosophy. But when my dag
goned Alter EGO taps inc on, thy "wrinkled
front and says. YOU'RE weak UP l,erc
there're rats In yotr belfry," tie winter
of my discomfort turns into blizzard
and I 70 off into an awful slush. Then
T suffer sure enough: then the ancient.
drled-up ideas which for decades have
been rafting about In my head like peas
ia Il pod become as maddening as
swarm OF offended yellow Jackets. Then
the unspeakably horrible swearisomeness
Of having lived all my past life, and OF
having to live all my future life with
the same lonthsomc Alter Ego. dawns
upon me. and ! an, sandpnpered into q
state OF humility which makes me envy
| even the dlrt-diggers.
| j"A new BRAIN n new idea, new
| identity, q new personalIty--yes, by gum,
even a now set Of cars-if 1t will break
the monotony,i ] cry out. for within me
| + feel some ck-in.the-box a-fluttcrlns
and a-strugglng as though held back by
| infrangible bonds.
This grand. psychological climacterlc.
according to the Commander.l n-Chtef. is
the final coat Of moral whitewashB which
beaches me into responsibility and makes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

Whether you like it or not this Is an
unlenlable fact, and you only have to
visit an anatomical museum to sec IT
proved before your eyes, There IS far
greater difference between the white race
and the apes than between the white race
and tho yellow race, Tho Japanese aud
Chinese are our brethren, but neverthe-
less brethren of q far inferior class.
And what is my conclusion from this?
1t may be summed up in ono word
Justice,
When the question, Is of human be-
Ing, whether equal or Interior, 1t is always
our duty to be just TO be false to your
promises is criminal, whether they have
been given to n negro, 81 Chlnnman or
a white man. To be barbaric and cruel
is always inexcusabe 10 steal from a
Chinaman, to hetray n Japanese, Ia
heat q negro, TO lie to an 1ndian,-all
these are odious acts for which there Is
never any excuse.
I Will even go further and say that as
Hong as we are superior Ia these people
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)IA. PROF. CHARLES RICHET

we should show this superiority by q
higher standard of morals.
TOO often our European soldiers. with
their superior arms, have believed that
they We're Justified in committing all
kinds OF crueltles to natives of priml-
tive countries. and do not understand
that by doing SO they place themselves
below their victims.
But beyond justice we have no duty
to these inferior people.
One must think of the future of human
ity with some apprehension. II history
should once tell OF tho humiliation OF
the white race by the yellow It would
be a cataclysm more deplorable and ter
rfble than any calamity ever recorded
| If the pngodas. the caricatures and the
monosyllable languages should take the
| place OF our splendid civilization It would
| be the beginning of returning to savaG-
cry and animalism, and for this reason
| Russia should have our fullest sympathy
| In the present conflict.
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Of a single township one gentleman.
alone used about seven thousand docu-
ments.
The following are q few of the many
questions arising daily. for which It Is
necessary TO search the records:
Boundary disputes relating to rights of
way. mining rights and possession OF
fisheries. An expert record agent writ
ing with regard to the number of records
to be searched to settle a fishery dispute
disclosed new sort OF Pandora's box:
Possibly the loru OF the manor derives
his claim through a series OF convey
ances from a grant OF the manor made
by the crown at the time OF the dissou-
ton of the inconsistencies. What are the
actual terms of the grant, of which no
copy is now preserved In the locality?
The deed is enrolled in the patent roll.
and Is found to grant the manor as fully.
as freely and In such ample manner as
| the last abbot of some lately dissolved
monastery held the same. Then comes
| the question whether the abbot's tenure
of the manor includes the possession OF
the fishery. To ascertain this, we turn
! to another series Of rolls-the accounts
| kept by the Kings officers Of the Issue
of all crown property for which they
were severally responsible. Here we find
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

One of the first qualifications naturally
Is a ready knowledge Of many langua ges.
notably Latin, Indeed the record-reader
must know Latin-old Latin-familiarly
and intimately, also Norman French and
carly English; but no language comes
amiss, for in the mul1itudinous demands
of the law foreign records have also to
be interpreted.
To realize the work involved In record
searching, let us suppose some studious
divine is writing history OF the Church
Of England at an early period and wishes
to have the bishops records searched.
Some of these documents date< back to
1900, and those belonging to one par
ticular set contain something like the
following: Lists OF ordination candi-
dates, wills, papal bulls, thousands OF
dispensations, formation of vicarases,
erection Of charities. Episcopal letters.
licenses. lists of pl,iralities, summohses
TO convocaton, royal briefs and q score
of other things. 1t Is the same, of
course, In the case of the army and the
navy. each department has a wealth of
It's own literature, In writing the history
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the whole. moral nature. nothing which
so destroys the fibre of character as q
loose rein given the passionate nature.
1t is the most persistent, familiar and
fascinating temptation encountered by
men and women on this journey through
earth. 4i
Because Of all-powerful underlying cre-
alive impulse throughout the entire uni
verse, this temptation Turks in every by
way and on every highway as we pass
along llfe's pilgrimage. Only the half
born or the half-dead are immune from
1t.
DO not think you are exceptionally
tempted. and therefore excusable for
yielding to your tendencies.
Where there is passion there, too. Is
will.
Exercise your self-control and your will
is sure to assert itself. If{you are n.
beautiful or a fascinating woman, you
are no doubt tempted to forget your
dignity and lower your ideals for the
love Of power or the pleasure of con-
quest If you break no commandment
you feel you arc doing. all that could be
demanded of one so peculiarly tempted.
But only as you develop your power OF
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BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

self-control and satisfy your highest IDEAL
OF womanhood are you doing what life
demands Of you. FIJI HI. ii ii III
1t may be YOU are a paragon OF the
virtues. but your weakness lies in the
direction of extravaganza. Money slips
through your hands and you are not
able to account for It's Disappearance
That means weakness OF character,
Use your self-contro and acquire a reas-
enable habit OF economy. 81
Have you never learned how to wait? n
Impatlence Ia not nm attribute Of Mother,
Nature-behold with what quiet industry
she goes along the lear, waiting for
seed ITO sprout. for sprout to blossom
for blossom to ripen into fruit Behold
the patience Of the stars within their
orbits.
Even so learn to control yourself and
wait the coming of events. There is
nothing the sclf-controlled human being
may not accomplish. But the word must
be understood in Its fullest sense and
applied in Its broadcast application
Flo who would conquer heredlty and
overcome temptation. and create oppor-!
tunity and build character must know
the whole definition OF self-control, and,
knowing 1t, live 1t!
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81, ~
go

Did YOU ever get downright. tarnntlon
tired OF yourself--thnt is. 30 weary q
your own pesNy, spawned, rheumatic
identity that you felt like jumping out
OF your own skin into somebody else's.
II you haven't. then YOUR conccit and
Gelf-satisfacton must DO something awfll
and your society worse than the seven
years Itch to those who have 70 ASSOC
ciatc with you.
or course, as & general principle all OF
lis are pretty we'll satisfied With the
way the Lord made us. In fact NC think
we are about tho best job He ever turn
ed out. and that the world docsn't know
what good thing II has IN u.s. But
once In while. just to thump us back
into dccency, some higher power touches
us on some sore spot. and Jerusalem
crIckcts! we feel like the frazzled end of
nothing and want to crawl or and die.
Thcse rleoting periods Of sclf-deprecla-
tlon-we think too highly of ourselves TO
let them last long-don't come often. thank
roodness, but during their brief reign
they do as much good as spring house
cleaning. They are the psychological dis
cnfectants or manknd--the carbolic acid
OF polite society s5l
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@ BEASTLY TIRED OF: HIMSELF. -
60

gold brick; that people will be sorry when
I'm gone. and that I'm powerful good
Ito other folks) in not going off and com
hitting suicide.
But It doesn't work With my old college
ctum, Alter Ego. When he Induces me
TO tako n second peep into the shaving
glass. I observe that my face most en-
phatlcally Is not my fortune; that my
Adnm's apple Is distinctly plebeian; that
any one could look at my thumb and see
I'm dead po'-wlite Then-O hideous
thoughtful realize that didn't elevate
my wife's relations socially BY marry
ing into their family, and that they aren't
SO far wrong when they turn up their
noses at me and Significantly reitcrate
the oft-asserted fact that when the Com.
mnnder-in- Chief was young they had
great expectations for her,
B. we ugly folks. however, have got a
neat little way Of saying that beauty is
but skin dccp--just as If one seeking -
truly good woman, would skin a lady
before he proposed to .hcr!-and IL must
be confessed that our lack Of personal
pulchrltude doesn't weigh heavily upon
u.s. We dodge the Issue with some mighty
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hatred Take ME, for Instance. Now,
usually Il find myself q pretty good roos-
Ter. MI wool and q yard wide. when It
comes to doing little favors Ito MYSELF.
making sacrifices tfor myself and carry
Ing on bright. witty, cheerful convcrsa-
tlons with myself. But some days,
while I am looking at my lathercd face
In the shaving glass, my Alter Ego ups
ana saws: "Niy, you may have winning
ways. but you amt pretty. And since
n come to. think about it, you Amt got
go many winning ways either, Upon the
whole. you're the last Of pea time"
Whcreat | forthwith begin to get bored.
I would get mad. too but remember
that Alter Ego was my room-mate at
college, and that however irritating he
may be. he at Ieast has stuck by me
through thick and thin. Then. too. q
hateful clearness Of perception forces
mo to see that Alter Ego has hit the
nall sduarcly on the head; that he Is
speaking parallels. get wriggy; | try
to lay II all on my wife; seek to con-
vince myself that / am a martyr; that
II am a gem of the purest ray serene,
whose merit tho worlds moral lapldarles
will not see; that blind humanity is
mistaking me4-a genuine nugget for a
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YOU restore your standardization not by
getting rid or your own EGO. but by
meeting new people and incidentally ~
Kidding yourself Of your old friends who
have patiently borne with you In your
adlousncss III short, cash buys kind
of Chameleon Identity, which is n soH
OF Brunswick stew reflection OF all tho
clever folks you have met. You imbibe.
their ideas. not TO gay appropriate them.
and In the fullness of time you work
them OFF as your own. and lreally get
to thinking they are your own. 1f this
borrowed mental capital works we'll, you
soon shake hands with yourself and
forgetting you were once with smali
potatoes. geesomely say: Well after
ali / ain't SO bad; I'm some pumpkins.
The which shows that humility can be
Immensely discounted by cash and that
dollars can buy almost anything on
rarth-leastwisc almost anything save
nov face and gutta-percha digestion.
But my how you catch 1t when you
are poor and grow weary Of yourself,
True. you catch ii on all sides Wien you
are poor, anyhow: but what can be worse
than these intermittent spells Of sell
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corporations, both civil and ecclesiastical,
and grants to private individuals. There
are also the Kings letters patent. In
Guiding appointments of officers, treaties
and truces. patents of nobility, leases
of crown lands, the Kings close letters,
being directions TO Government officers.
writs of summonses to Parliament, or
ders regarding taxation, and endless 9th
crs. Apart from the four great classes
of Chancery Rolls, there are documents
relating to Scotland, Normand, Gascony,
and many others.
When one realizes that among these
State papers are treasured NVolsey's let
tiers to the King, the actual plan drawn
by Burghley for the arrangement OF
Fotheringay Hall for the execution of
Mary Queen of Scots brakes letters at
the time OF the Armada, the direction Of
James /, regarding Guy Fawkes, ito use
the gentler torture If other methods fail. .
the log of the victory relating to the
death of Nelson. and the many thousands
of priceless documents, one can readily
imagine the fascination which the work
of deciphering these national treasures
must have for the scholarly mind. But
the ability TO read some of these records
comes only after years of patient work.
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HISTORICAL TREASURES OF ENGLAND An OPEN Bk %o WOMEN
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET,

that among the profits OF the manor, the
accountant charges himself with the Is.
sues Of the fishery, possibly let out to
farm under lease from the late abbot.
and convent sealed with their conven-!
tual seal This establishes the fact OF
possession by the abbot. There remains
the tracing of the descent of the manor
with proof of the actual possession OF
the fishery until it came into the pres
ent hands,
Such work. OF course. involves fair
legal knowledge and training. And yet
we have not even touched on the world
OF search entailed in tracing genealogies.
showing how the indefatigble record
agent studies tombstones. parish regis
tiers and every available proof. until.
twig by twig. and branch by branch, he
discloses the fair outline Of the desired
family tree.
And ali this Is easily woman's work. in-
tellectual women's work. of course. Az
vet however, the work women do in the
Record Office of England, Is independ-
ent. They are not employed by govern
ment but merely use the advantages Of
present day facilities for searching the
records of their nation, which are. OF
course, public property.