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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30

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Is very hard to dislodee; but a small
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will at once dislodge it, and the trouble
is over know of no medicine
that is equal to it, and it is SO pleasant
to take | can most cordially recon-.
mend il TO all persons needing nedi-
cine for throat or lung trouble" 25c,
soc and $l.00,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30
An Excellent Rule.

The way to choose wives
Is the same as for knives.
Il is i3sm semper-
Be sure OF their temper.
IN. y Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30

Man wants but little here below
When eating Ia carte.
But when it's table . hote he wants
y all. right from the start
-Ials EsrcsF
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30
Tricks " ithout straw,

Mrs. Newliwed Bridget. we'll have
fried eggs for breakfast, and
Bridget-We can't, mum, there not
an egg in the house
Mrs. Newliweed- Wei. sen, just
make an omelet. like that better any
way. Philadelphia Fress.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30
PiIesI PiIesl PiIesI

Df. Williams Indian Pile Ointment IL pre-
pnfsd 70 cure Piles and DOES IT In short or
der, Easy TO sppiy, every boz guaranteed, SOC
WILIfAMe M'FG CO.. CLEVELAND, OHIO
Fos sale y W. p sinner. isot wsstingtcn
asenue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30

What profession do you think Joe
had better adopt?" asked Mrs Thumper
Il dunno" answered her husband
Joe is rather handicapped by circum.
stances The only profession he's nat
urally adapted to is that of capitalist,
and | don't quite see where he's goin'
TO get the money. '-Tit-Bits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30
Why lie Filed.

Demosthenes was rehearsing at his
home one Of his most brilliant orations.
Yes, said his wife; that's very fine.
Now, won't you just step out and dis
charge the cook 2"
Suddenly remembering an engage
ment downtown, he fled from the house
with fear upon his face.-Judge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-30

John Suburbs-.Iuh. my folks are
richer'n yours; We got nottermobile
an horses an everything.
Kitty Communicable. that's nothin':
we've got a hired girl.-Chieago Trib-
uLe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Newest Ideas in Yokes.

Quite the newest thing in yoke is
the square outline, although many pre-
fer to cling to the pointed yoke, find
ing it more becoming. The yokes are
made of lace or eyelet embroidery
with stock attached. The square yoke
has also made its appearance on the
strictly tailor-made suits. Here, how
ever, 1t is made up Of starched chemi-
settle order, with upright collar. such
as used to be worn exclusively with
severe shirtwaists half dozen years
ago.
At the front of the collar on each
corner are embroidered beautiful mo-
tives, such as flowers, butterflies or
design in eyelet embroidery. This
gives truly feminine touch on SO
uncompromisingly stiff an affair.
To state what colors are to be worn
is impossible. There is a perfect
craze for vivid shades of yellow and
orange, which comes under the name
of coque-de-roche. A touch of 1t IS
generally flattering to the face, its
brilliant coloring often bringing out
hidden charms of color in complexion,
hair and eyes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Endurance of Runners.

Every one who has read the his.
tories of the Incas," writes an English.
man, has marveled at the tales of the
native runners, who were feature in
the civilization of that period. Some
of this race of men still remain. When
in Bolivia | have often had a telegram
delivered at the station, forty miles
away. and an answer received and
brought back by the same man, all,
including the journey of eighty miles,
not occupying more than eighteen
hours. The man was well content TO
receive two Bolivian dollars, or rs
cents in American money, for the serv.
ice. | saw man who delivered a
message 200 miles away and brought
an answer back. covering within six
days and nights 400 miles. AS he did
this work for native. his charge was
five Bolivian dollars, about $1.S7 Amer
lean, out Of which he provided his
own food"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
A DISADVANTAGE of pissension.

William Waldorf Astor, before he
set out for his English home. said,
apropos Of the Russo-Japanese war:
Nations engaged in war not only
harm each other, but they lay them
selves open to harm at the hands Of
all sorts of other nations.
"In fact, two nations at war are in
the defenseless and gullible position
of a certain English married couple.
This couple will fall out and cease
to speak to one another for year or
more at a time They have beauti-
full country house, and there is GER
tain elderly matron a great bore, who
visits them continually.
Some one asked this matron which
of the pair was always inviting her.
She answered frankly:
"'Neither invites me ever, but since
they don't speak to each other, each
always thinks I'm the others guest"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
SHE SQUARED THE ACCOUNT.
Little Debt to Bank Wiped Out In
Easy Manner.

81 have profound admiration fol
women" remarked Col John S. Fla
herty, manager of the Majestic thea
ter, New York, but as business men
they fail to impress me. One of my
friends recently deposited 500 in 8
bank to his wife's credit, introduced
her to the cashier and paying teller
gave her a check book, and started
her on a financial career
within a week she received a no
tice by mail saying that her account
was overdrawn and asking her to call
She took the notice and went to the
bank and asked what it meant.
at took some time for the cashier
to explain, but he finally told the
woman plainly that she had no more
money in the bank.
GLOW can that be-" she demanded.
4 still have lot of checks left
THAT may be- replied the cashier,
but you owe us eight dollars
lis that ALP she asked I will fix
that And she took pen, wrote a
check for the amount, and handed it
to the cashier. New York Tele
graph.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Was He Vain?


In one of the big stores the other
day woman stood in a little booth
demonstrating the value of somebody
complexion lotion and face powder
A long line of women, with complex.
ions of every degree of beauty, were
waiting in line to get try" at it.
After thirty or forty women had been
"beautified" a fat little bald-headed
man stepped up to the demonstration.
do you mind fixin me up, too?" he
asked.
Certainly not" said the demon.
strator.
well, shaved myself this morn
ing and did bad job of it. wish
you'd paint me-"
The demonstration grabbed up cloth
dipped it in carmine, and smeared ii
over the little mans fat face. Then
she smeared on the white lotior.
When she was through with him he
looked like a beauty mask
''He looks real purity, don't he?"
said the woman just behind him.
ooh, what luay compilations"
said the little German woman who
came next.
Say are you kiddin' me?" asked the
little fat man as he turned to walk
away.
"Who says men aren't vain?" asked
the demonstration as she made a quick
swipe at a woman's face who was
waiting to be made lovely in appear.
ance.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Ribbon Cuffs.

Ribbon cuffs are novel feature OF
some fine evening coats.
A lovely creation in biscuit broad
cloth cit looks white in the evening"
shows the very broad sleeves to he
gathered into correspondingly broad
cuffs. And these cuffs are of ribbon
OF the very broad ribbon but one
width is required, the pretty. figured
stuff being draped down to width OF
five inches. In this way nearly three
fourths of yard would be required
for each sleeve. The delicate greens
and pinks are especially exploited on
the ivory grounds of these lovely rib
bons. Naturally, the striking novel
ties here suggested do not exhaust the
uses to which ribbon is put. though
the others are not as surprising.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02

architecture, some with shingle and
most of them with matched roofs,
they are not made attractive by their
inmates. Few of the houses are made
with more than one story, unless it be
the space under the roof, which is
never used for anything but lum-
ber-room. Mother, father. children,
sons and unmarried daughters (the
brides are always taken to the hus-
bands parents to live), daughters-in-
law and grandchildren are crowded
into one little hut, and the dirt and
squalor, coupled with poverty, are APP
pallihg. The small piece of land at
tached to the house is worked by the
men, and the women, when the OPP
portunity offers and permission is
granted, hire themselves out to larger
farmers to work in the fields along
with the men, than whom they are
no less able workers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
"Making Up" the Teeth.

81 thought you told me Leading
Manns teeth were half gold" re-
marked Mrs. Karkay, as she rode
home with her husband after the per-
Torrance.
so they are" said Parkay. Told
me himself he's spent fortune on
them
Nonsense! | watched him closely
tonight. He has perfect teeth, as
white and even as yours, my dear"
But | drink with him often at the
club. ought to know" persisted
Parkay. who would not yield his point
through flattery.
Mrs. Parkay shrugged her Shout
ders. She is not an argumentative
woman.
Simplest thing in the world, my
boy" said Leading Mann to Parkay
at the club next day. There is no
longer any excuse for an actor or an
actress appearing on the stage with
teeth that look bad. The latest is a
makeup for the teeth called temper
airy ivory. 1t hides gold filling or
blackened teeth for one performance
all right, unless an actor has to go
through supper scene or drink
something. When the performance is
over it washes off as easily as any
other makeup"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Lovely Hats In Violet.

The violet hats!-too definite for
day wear, but at night they come out
in soft, bewildering, beautiful shades
and styles. Yet the violet refused to
be pushed back for street wear entire
ly, so those dark, rich "plums" have
come to the fore. Made of velvet, and
trimmed with roses Of varying shades,
that tone in perfectly, the plum" hats
have a certain beauty and suggestion
of conservatism in their makeup.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
E-vt~-5v--~~jl~--~tr~.. tr-.-st~-.-~t~-vt~~4E1
]The Russian at Homef
E...~at.~
Especial Correspondence.)

A queer mixture of docility and tur-
MOL is this vast Russian people, who
hate their car with malignity one
moment, and are ready to shed their
life blood for him the next.
They are like great, shaggy. dumb
beasts, snarling and showing their
teeth when kicked by the one who
masters them, and waiting for a
chance to fly at his throat when he Is
off his guard, but fearful and cover
ing before the recognition of his SUI
perior power. But let foreign beast
attack their master, and woe betide
the intruder; If he is less atrong than
they, they will tear him in bits with
out the least conjunction for daring
to touch with anything less than rev.
erence the sacred person of their
ruler
But aside from this fierce uprising
of the emotions, the Russian peasant
has no sense of leadership about him.
He can work under head, but with
out that it is impossible for him to
accomplish anything, and what small
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Beuan Their Careers Late.

Sir Walter Scott began to write his
celebrated novels at forty. Milton be.
gan Paradise Lost" at fifty. When
East Lynne" appeared its author,
Mrs. Henry Wood, was forty-five.
Cromwell was forty-one when he ne
gan his public career. The year of the
Hegira was the fifty-third of Mohan.-
med, and Marlborough reached his in
dependent command at the same age.
In spiritual examples Abraham was
seventy-five when called out of Cha.
ran, and Moses was eighty when he
stood before Pharaoh as the champion
of Israel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Early HousewifeIy Troubles.

Gilbert Livingston is telling an
amusing story to illustrate how the
servant problem has impressed itself
on the minds of even babes and suck
lings. Somebody asked his little
daughter what was the name of her
nurse.
my nurses name is Nana," she re-
piled; "it's always Mana; but the
cooks! they come and they go, they
come and they go, till can't keep any
track of them. New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Have Fragrance Always.

The English housewives, they of the
fine compilations and strong muscles.
make it practice to stand big pots
of potpourri in the halls, and each day
they stir them from the bottom. A
Japanese jar which stood shoulder
high, so high that it long walking
stick to stir it to the bottom, stands
in the hall of handsome house on
the Thames, and each day the owner
stirs it to its depths and sends its fra.
GRANGE through the house.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Dainty Little Frock.

Guimpe dresses always are attractive
and this one is peculiarly so owing to
its novel sleeves and square neck.
The dress itself is shown in blue mer-
cerized chambray with bands of white
embroidery, the guimpe in dotted ba-
tiste, but many other combinations
might be made. All the seasonable
linens and cottons are desirable for
the frock of immediate wear while all
childish woods will be admirable for
colder weather and the guimpe can
properly be of any pretty washable
white fabric. To make the dress for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
HIS IDEA IN MARRIAGE.
Very Little Romance Connected With
the Proceeding.


Miss Charlotte Dodd, the champion
woman golfer of England, was talking
at the Philadelphia County club about
golf in Scotland.
Golf in Scotland is almost dis
ease" she said 1.-The passion and
the perseverance that the Scot brings
to golf are quite incredible. With in
Vulnerable players there is nothing
nothing-that can compare in their
affections with the game.
Il heard not long ago of an elderly
bachelor in Edinburgh who had played
golf from his boyhood up. He was
a lawyer, and every minute he could
steal from the courts was devoted to
the links. This man allowed neither
religion. nor society, nor business to
interfere with his daily golf. He had
never courted GIRL because, he said,
golf hadn't allowed him the time.
Hence, everybody was surprised
one day to hear that the crusty old
gentleman was to be married. A cad
die-the caddies are men in Scotland
went to him, wrung him by the
hands, and said sentimentally:
MAN, I'm glad yer goin' to wed.
think we must love her dearly. l
know your life will be all bliss and
sweetness now, and envy We the
golden days O. romance in store
Pooh, pooh, Robert, said the 9TH
err. It's nothing of that sort. Mac
mann, the champion, took a wife last
year, and it improved his game. | am
just taking one in the hope that it will
improve mine.'"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
A teachers Testimony.

Hinton, KY, Nov. 2S.-(Special.)-
It has long been claimed that Diabe-
ties is incurable, but Mr.. f. ]. Thomp-
son, teacher in the Hinton school.
has pleasing evidence to the contrary.
Mr.. Thompson had Diabetes. He took
Dodds Kidney Pills and is cured. In
a statement he makes regarding his
cure Mr.. Thompson says:
Il was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two of the best doctors in
this part of the state. They claimed
| had Diabetes and there was little
to be done for me. Then | started
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what
they did for me was wonderful. 1t
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney
Pills that l am now enjoying good
health"
Many doctors still maintain that
Diabetes is incurable. But Diabetes
is a kidney disease, and the kidney
disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills will
not cure has yet to be discovered.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Good Subject for Charity.

Ever hear this one on Maurice Bar
rymore? Barrymore and ]. M. Hill,
the old theatrical manager, were en-
gagged in business conversation on
Union square. A blind beggar applied
to them for aims, but they did not no
tice him, and he walked away. When
he had gone about twenty feet Hill ex-
cused himself, ran after the beggar,
and gave him something.
81 always help the blind" he said.
"It's a good idea," retorted Barry.
more. "They can't see what you give
them. New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Less Human Victims of Tigers.

Indian tigers seem to be losing
their taste for human flesh. Con-
siderably fewer human victims are re-
ported. In the district of Canada.
Hashangabad, and Raypur the figures
have fallen from 100, the average OF
previous years, to fifty-nine. On the
other hand, the number of cattle de-
voured had increased from 1920 to s.
938. OF the human victims SO per
cent were natives and II per cent
Europeans.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02

seven divisions or rolls. Each of These
is first made up separately, and filled
with feathers, vegetable down, wad-
ding or any other stuffing that is
available; then afterwards sew them
together. Cloth and velvet placed al
ternately of harmonious shades of
sage green or terra Gotta would have
a pleasing effect.-Montreal Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Partisan Feature in Coats.

In Paris long coats fitted in at the
back and sides, but made plated or
full with the fullness shirred or belt
ed, are in evidence. They are, as one
importer expresses it, "a cross be-
tween a directoire redingote and a
Russian moujik," and are slightly
blOused
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Peasant Women at Work.

Lately, with broadening of ideas
in the country, it has been found that
village workers are considered more
able than those of the towns, and find
employment in all the large cities.
Field labor is undertaken in this way,
and gangs of peasant women may be
seen wedding the market gardens in
the neighborhood of the great cities.
Too often labor of this kind is con-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02

advancement is visible he has copied
from his more progressive neighbor-
ing countries. Like a sponge, Russia
has absorbed; she has not assimilat-
ed. Whatever there is of a Western
civilization in the Russian is veneer
There is no original progressivent 4,
in him, and although he is very apt at
copying, his ability stops there. His
acquired knowledge does not enable
him to initiate similar work. but he
becomes competent very quickly to
act exactly as he is taught.
These are the people with whom the
Japanese, light, agile, intelligent, up
to-date, with strategy in place Of
strength, have to contend. 1t is bat.
lie between the bear and the scor-
pion, and the strength of the great
animal is as nothing compared with
the deadly sting of his foe. though il
he held the latter in his huge jaw he
could crush it in moment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Novel Chair Back.

Here is a charming design for
chair back, which can be strongly
recommended, not only as a comfort
able head rest but also as cover to
disguise shabby or faded chair. 1t
may be made from odds and ends of
cloth, silk, velvet or lengths of rib
bon, and is composed of a series of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
In Memory of Shakespeare.

A slip from Shakespeare's mulberry
tree at Standardization is to be set
out opposite the town hall of the Dor.
ough of Southwark, London, which is
stones throw from the Old Newing.
ton theater. where Shakespeare acted
In 1594-96.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02

shown for children. They are for the
most part done in all white, but pale
blue and dainty pink shades are also
shown. The trimmings consist of silk
drawn on cords. folded ribbons, fluted
laces and ostrich tips. Nothing can
be more picturesque and lovely than
little girl dimpling and smiling in
one OF these quaint bonnets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
AIonq the Way.

My path is lost, is lost to sight,
My way Is gone:
Grant me. o God. strength yet to fight
To struggle on.
Although no more I see the light
That guided long,
For its own sake to do the right
To hate the wrong
Vivian Mordaunt In Leslie's Monthly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Cloth of Many Virtues.

The silk-warp Henrietta cloth has
been seen lately made up in modish
gowns for afternoon wear, and very
handsome it is, too. 1t has the lustre
OF silk, the warmth of wool and much
body, while it drapes in graceful .olds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Bit of uninue Contrast.

A white evening coat has a bit of
color in its collar, which is of sky.
blue velvet. Another goes step
further and uses strong royal blue, in
the prettiest of ways.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Pretty Fancy in Scarfs,

There are new scarfs of soft, creepy
stuffs, fringed, and printed with great
shadow flowers, or with tiny groups
sedately ranged along the borders.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
New Kind of Zibeline.

Closely sheared zibeline, not the
'long-ha!red kind first introduced, is
the madish stuff for the coming sea.
son.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Peat in Sweden.

The total quantity of peat in Sweden
is estimated to equal supply for two
centuries of the present coal import 20
that country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Fires are Frequent.


A dreaded enemy is the demon OF
fire that is necessarily traversing and
running the country. Crowded one
against the other, the wooden houses
with their thick roofs of thatch are
surrounded with ricks of straw and
connected by lines of sheds, while
waited palisades envelop the whole
village like net with meshes Of fine
wood After the long summer
droughts this agglomeration OF
branches, old beams and straw dried
by the sun is as inhammable as tin
der. Fire is continually breaking out
somewhere In a single hour the viii
lage is swept away like field of dry
grass and the peasants, with truly
remarkable resignation to the newt
able, proceed to rebuild the village, so
as to be ready for the next descent of
fire.
Once in a while the traditional pas.
sivity of the peasant is broken
through by an exhibition of passion
against those in power that would
seem uncalled for in proportion with
the matter under discussion. At such
times the strength of the lower class
is tacitly recognized and the dissident
is allowed to have his own way.
Sometimes, in the streets of town,
policeman may make objection to
the congesting of traffic by two or
three drivers of market wagons. At
once a storm of argument is raised
by the accused ones. bringing to their
aid all the other peasants in their
vicinity, until the threatening mob as.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
No. Indeed.

"Oh, well, we've all got our faults"
Eyes, but none of us will acknowl-
edge we've got the faults our neigh.
bors see in u.s."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02
Contrasted With Japan.

There could be no more striking
contrast between two nations than be-
tween those two Eastern countries
new at war with each other.
The brightness and charm. the
cleanliness and attractiveness of the
little people of the mikado's empire,
and of their towns and homes. are
painfully lacking among the people of
Russia. Low, clumsy houses, with
rarely an attempt at anything like