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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
A Positive Necessity.

Having to lay upon my bed for II
days from a severely bruised leg,
only found relief when | used a bottle
of Billiards. Snow Eminent, can
cheerfully recommend it as the best
medicine for bruises ever sent TO the
afflicted. II has now become a posi-.
tive necessity upon myself, d. r..
Byrnes, Merchant. Doversville, Texas.
Csc, soc, $l00. Sold by Schulz Drug
Company
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
In LEAGUE for Fair Taxation.

Fourteen New Jersey mayors have
formed an organization to wage war in
the interest Of fair taxation, the chief
object Of attack being railroads
which are believed to have been cscap
ing payment in scandal0ua fashion,
THE New Jersey Mayors Equal Tax.
alton league" as it is called, held a
meeting a few days ago at Mayor Fa.
CANS ofiice in Jersey City and Effected
permanent organizations. The league
is to carry ON a camraiGa Of cduca.
ton by means of public meetings
throughout the state cad by circulation
of suitable literature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Guide Impressed by Minister"

Minister Carter of Honolulu was up
at Rangelcy lakes in Maine one sum-
mer with Senator Frye on fishing
trip lie was introduced to the Sena-
tors guido simply as Minister Car
ter. They visited an adjoining camp
one evening and had a most enjoyable
time. Mr., Carter being the life Of the
party. Just as they were about to
start back the guide Sided up to Sena-
tor Frye and said in a whisper. Say,
Mr., Frye, amt Mr.. Carter the damn
dest minister YOU ever saw. Where
does he preach? p
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many May See Hut II Takes Genius to
Realize,

When James Watt saw the steam
causing the kettle I'D to jump up and
down he said There must be power in
that steam that it can lift such a
weight"
There was.
Millions prior to him had seen the
same phenomenon and regarded 1t as
an unexplained mystery.
Recent scientific research has put its
finger on the cause OF Dandruf, Fall
ing Hair. and consequent Badness. and
has unearthed tiny germ which eats
the life from tho roots Of human hair.
Newbro's Herpicide destroys this
germ and consequently restores the
hair to its natural state.
Sold by leading druggists Send l0c In
stamps for sample to The Herplcide Co.,
Detroit. Mich.
Paul G. Shuh & Sons, Special
Agents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Exposure

To cold draughts of air, to keen and
cutting winds, sudden changes of tenn
perature, scanty clothing, undue eX-
posture to the throat and neck after
public speaking and singing, bring on
coughs and colds, Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is the best.
Mrs A. Barr, Houston, Texas, writes,
Jan. 81, 1902: "One bottle of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup cured me of a very
bad cough. 1t is very pleasant to
take" 25c, soc, $10O. Sold by Schulz
Drug Company
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

became almost real MS he noted the mar
Vicious resemblance Of Number Nine to
one Of the many rabbits he had seen gaze
thus up at him wired down to his dis
I've will take title man in the other
secting table.
room and make nm well. So NIGEL Did
dle-dy dun -dy dee. You bring him, he
added to McAlanus He seems to have
taken a fancy to you"
Bob slipped one arm under Number
Mines mock and the other under hts
knees, The boy gulped a hard BREATH
probably to scream, but the nurse whis-
pered to him.
Don't play off too far kid Bob il
bring you home when he gets to the bat
Sh-shl Easy, now"
The two doctors sauntered into the
smaller room. The nurse followed, carry
ing Number Nine
The attendant arranged the operating
table, AS the nurse laid Number Nine
down he looked the boy straight In the
eye and whispered:
"Will YOU trust Bob, ldd?"
He heard a faint Yes, Bob and the
small form, now Number Nine no longer.
but a subject lay quite still looking out
the window but never releasing his hold
on his protectors finger.
The druggist hustled Importantly la
with the keys to the instrument cases.
The doctors donncd white gowns, Fletch
er was hummiug a tune, DR.. Parks
stuffed some INSTRUMENTATION into a pa
per funnel and bogan3eo pour the ether
You may go now.M said Fletcher TO
the nurse a8
"No-o-o.o" the shrtsa9voce Of the boy
went. keen and startling. through the
wards Outside In theHeorrdOr a nurse
TiftA an
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Dust in the Air.

Approaching the great centers Of
population the quantity Of dust held
in suspension BY the air increases
enormously. According TO Sir James
Crichton Browne, the air of London
contains 10000 proportional parts of
dust to Paris 2lO00o while in Argyll
shire, Scotland, there are only 200.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

The banana possesses all the essen
tails to the sustenance of life. OF
wheat alone. or potatoes alone, this
cannot be said. When taken as a
steady diet the banana is cooked
baked dry in the green state, pulpcd
and boiled in water as a soup or cut
in slices and fried.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
ILLINOIS GENTRAL R.R.CO
Bulletin Of Rates.

Worlds Fair: Louisiana Purchase Elk.
position. St Louis, Mo- April 80, De
cember list, 1904. S745 round trip,
tickets sold daily commencing April
18th, to November 18th inclusive,
limited to return December 18th, 1901.
$500 round trip, tickets sold daily
commencing April 18th to November
Goth bearing return limit Of sixty
(G0), days from date of sale.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

There are many mysteries in life
and one Of them is why HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes hand
some women out Of plain ones. It does
II and that's enough So cents, tea
or tablets Paul G.. Schuh & Sons
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

Annual Convention Travellers Protcc-
tive Association of America. Spring.
field I'll. June 5.15, 1904. $3.50 round
trip to Springfield, tickets will be sold
June 4, 5, and G, limited to return
June 10th 1904.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

Summer school, Knoxville, Tenn,
June 2Sth, Aug. 5th, 1904 St375 to
Knoxville, and return account the
above occasion, tickets sold June 20,
q, 2S. July 3, 6, II, II, rs and 25th,
bearing return limit of Is days from
date of sale; except an extension un.
I'll September 30th may be obtained
under certain conditions.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

Peabody Normal summer schools,
Nashville, Tenn, June Sth, Aug. 3rd,
1904. 6.35 to Nashville and return
account the above occasion, tickets
sold June5, 6, & Is, 90, July 3, 4, 8,
bearing return limit of Is days from
date Of sale: except an extension I'm.
til September Goth. may be obtained
under certain conditions.
United Confederate veterans re.
union, Nashville. Tenn, June II, 16,
1904 i.75 to Nashville aud return,
account the above occasion, tickets
to be sold June 10th to 18th, limited
to return June 18th, except by depos.
iling tickets and payment of 80 cents
an extension until July 10th may be
obtained.
For full particulars call or address
the undersigned.
A. H. HANSON,
General Passenger Agent.
J. H. JONES,
Ticket Agent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Worlds Fair, At ST. Louis.

Tickets at low rates now on sale.
For particulars apply to any Mobile
e. Ohio railroad agent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Passengers
SOUTHERN DIVISION.
THE ONLY DIRECT LINE TO MEMPHIS
NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA. Al
LANTA. JACKSONVILLE, aA-
VANNAH, VICKSBURG
and JACKsONVII.LF.

and JAIkSUN NTT.LF.
2;I5 a. m. 1.-THE Dixie Flyer Memphis,
Nashville and Jacksonville,
$40 a. m Memphis and New Orleans Limit
ed via Memphis, arriving in Memphis al s:i5
a. M. and New Orleans 7:15 D. m.
s.2Oa m, daily, Fulton, paducah and Louis
Vile Express, arriving in Fulton l0:l5 \. III,
Paducah II 40 q, m. and Louisville h.i5 p. m.
80 p. M, daily, Memphis and New Orleans
Fast Mail arriving in Memphis at 40 p. m. and
New Orleans at 1926 a. IN.
/ 40 D. m, daily Nashville, Chattanooga and
Atlanta.
$40 pm. Memphis and New Orleans Special
arrive in Memphis at 1850 p. m, New Orleans
1900 q. M.
5:15 D. m. Paducah, Hopkinsville and Louis
Vile
Ea-For through tickets, sleeping car accom-
modatons and further information apply al
Illinois Central Passenger station, Cairo, III.
j. HI. JONES, Tiki. Agt.
A. Fl. HANSON. Gen Pass. Agt. Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24

down bard on the covers so they might
not see how they We're trembling. Two
doctors were standing by his bed. One
was large, portly man, with bushy
gray hair and pretentious manner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
DR.. MORRISO ~,
I.
Office 7O7 Commercial Ave.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to May 18th, 1904.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Shortest and Quickest Route to
St. Louis & Chicago
Sd Trains leave Cairo

hS-rraius leave Cairo:
80 a. m. Daily Chicago Ncstibule
Limited, arriving in Chicago at 1850 a. m.
connecting with afternoon trains for all points
east and north.
2;20 a. IA. Daily 1t. Louis Night Limited
arriving in st. Louis at :0S a. NJ. connecting
at Union station for all points west. Sleeping
cars open ~ s;4b p, m.
i:i5 q. IN. Thebes Accommodation.
5;l n. m, Chicago Daylight Express,
except sunday, makes all stops between Cairo
and Chicago, arriving in Chicago at $50 p. m.
81 ) n. m, It, Louis Morning Express,
except sunday, arriving in st. Louis at 1924
making all stops.
1885 y. M. ~. Louis Fast Mail, arriy-
ing IN st. Louis at 6;uS u. IN.
1895 y. M Chicago Nift-day Special,
arriving IN Chicago, lose p. nj.
2:2o y. III. Daily II. LOUIS Limited, ar
irving IN 50. Louis at .36 p. m, connecting at
Union Station for ansas City, Omaha, Dem
yer, san Francisco and all points west.
2!2o u. m. Fast Express for Odiu, Ell
bingham, Nation, Tolona, Champaign, Chi
eago.
9:05 y. III. Chicago aud Eastern Ex-
press arriving in Chicago at sos a. M, Indian
apolis, 7:25 Cincinnati i0:sS a. m, Buffalo, s.zs
?. m, New York 1850 a. III. Sleeping cars TO
Chicago,
Passengers Fer For New York aud eastern
that the Illinois Central Is the quickest route
by many hours, leaving Cairo at sos .. m. and
arriyingin New York at 100 the second morn
ing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
EUROPEAN HOTEL

i0i Commercial Avenue Cairo H.
r. w DOUGHTY Proprietor,
$100 PER DAY.
House has Just been remndled and
refurnished- accommodations first
class. Room and board $3.50 per week
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana

An ideal country for cheap
homes. Land at IS, $40 S15
per acre; grows corn. cot
ton, wheat, oats, grasses,
fruits and vegetables.
Stock ranges 10 months
In the year.
South east Missouri. Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Texas
are full OF opportunities
the climate Is mild, the soil
is rich, the lands are cheap.
Low home-seekers' rates
about half fare-yia the
Cotton Belt twice a month
First and third Tuesdays.
For descriptive literature,
maps and excursion rates,
write to
e, w. LAREAUME,
G. p. A. and T. A.
Cotton Belt, st. Louis, Mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
The National Cemeteries.

The Government has expended &c.
100000 on the eighty-three national
cemeteries, In which are buried $780,
700 honored dead. The most of these
cemeteries are situated on battlefields
Of the war, amid beautiful scenery.
The establishment Of this system was
begun in the second year of the war,
when orders were issued to the army
requiring accurate records to be kept
of all deceased soldiers and their
places of burial, and President Lin
coin was authorized by Congress to
purchase grounds and have them pre-
pared for use as cemeteries for sol
diers dying in defense of the country.
On the battlef1elds where the Union
armies won, the interments were so
conAcientiously made, that over nine
ty per cent. of the dead were after
ward identified. Where time permit.
ted. the Confederate dead were also
scrupulous1y buried and their graves
marked. In most of the Southern
prisons the Union dead were buried,
and their names recorded by their
living comrades, often under adverse
and trying circumstances. and in
Northern prisons, as at Camp Douglas,
Chicago; at Elmira, N. Y, and at
johnson Island, Ohio, interments Of
deceased Confederates were carefully
made and the graves noted for future
Identification. In 1868 the first ma
tional cemeteries were established at
Chattanooga, Stone River and Gettys-
burg, and the one in Arlington was
founded in 1864, and the one at Ante
tam In 1855. The most beautiful OF
all the national cemeteries, and the
greatest as regards the number Of
identified dead, is that on Arlington
Heights, overlooking Washington. It
contains 1866 interments-12,21e
known and 4349 unknown. OF the
national cemeteries at Shiloh necropo-
lis contains 1897 tablets and that at
Gettysburg just five less. The big
gest national cemetery in point OF
population is the Vicksburg, where
1859 heroes sleep.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
CAPTURING
How the English First Obtained che
Famous Stronghold.

How the English First Obtained che
Famous Stronghold.
In connection with the interesting
experiments recently carried out by
the Channel Squadron to test the
boosted impregnability of Gibraltar, It
Is worth recalling the circumstances
of the comparatively easy capture OF
the celebrated fortress from the Span.
iards.
This feat had been deemed impossi'
BILE by even the lion hearted Blake, but
in 1904 Admiral Sir George Rookie, as
sisted by Sir Cloudesley Shovel, de-
termined to maJe the attempt.
A council 0 Awar was held on July
II, and on We 21st a combined An
glo-Dutch feet of sixty ships entered
the bay.
AS a preliminary operation, 1900
marines, unler the Prince Of Hesse-
Darmstadt, were landed. on the 18TH,
mus which connects the Rock with
the mainland, and thus isolated the
garrison.
A summons to surrender was then
sem to the Spanish governor, who re.
piled that he would bury himself and
the garrison beneath the ruins rather
than surrender the post intrusted to
him by his royal master.
The British commander forthwith
completed his preparations for the
attack, and at daybreak on July q
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
HAWK, DEAD, cLuNe TO BRANCH.
Mans Strength Required to Release
Grip of the Talona.

Mans Strength Required to Release
Grip of the Talons.
George M. Lee, engineer of the
Pennington River Power Company at
its Tariffville power station, was look
ing out across the FarnnmEpgton River
from a window in the poNfg house one
day last week when hsaasfaw a big
hawk light on one Of topmost
branches Of a tree a0ouA 90 yards
away. "a
Mr.. Lee took from its rSSssk a Lee
navy rifle of the pattern of lsphich his
father, the late James Pab th Lee,
was the inventor. Returninld to the
window MIR. Lee took sight ai.l fired.
The hawk auttered and changed po-
sition somewhat, but as 1t did not
fall. Mr.. Lee thought at first hi had
made q poor shot and missed. He
started to sight for q second shot,
when he realized that II his shot had
not taken effect the hawk would GER
tainly have flown away after the loud
report.
MI. Lees assistant crossed the river
to the tree, but the hawk never stirred
from it's perch on the treetop. Com
pletely mystifed, the man then climb
ed the tree. He found the hawk hang
ing head downward, Its talons still
encircling the branch on which It was
perched when Mr.. Lee fired. The
tendons of the hawks legs were rigid
and 1t required all the mans strength
to release the claws from the branch.
The bullet, which was of only "a
| calibre, had cut a clean hole through
| the hawks neck, killing 1t instantly.
But the hawks grip on It's perch had
grown rigid instead Of relaxing at
| death and the body simply did the
"giant swing" around the branch,
much as an athlete would around q
horizontal bar, except that the hawks
body did not complete the circle.
Mr.. Lee found that his prize meas
ured 5 feet 4 inches from tip to tip
Of o~utstretched wings.-Hartford
Courant.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20

commenced what was perhaps tne
most tremendous cannonade witness
ed up till that time.
1t was computed that in five hours
1900 sbpts were fred on the fortiica-
tions, akd the Spaniards were driven
from thY South Mole batteries. Boats
were az once ordered out to seize
these. they forming the key to the
positioIs and this operation was
promptly performed by Captains Whit
aker, Hicks and Jumper, Of the Not
tingbm, Yarmouth and LenoI.
Thsketreating spaniards, however,
had Efned the place, with the result
that tWo officers and forty men were
killedsbnd sixty wounded.
The" gallant seamen, undismayed,
made good their hold, and advancing
stormed a strong redoubt between the
Mole and the town, thus completely
hemming In the garrison. Admiral
Rookie then sent in a second summons
and the governor surrendered with the
honors Of war.
The capture Of this world-famous
fortress cost the victors the compare.
lively small loss Of sixty killed ana
225 wounded, and from that day on
ward the British ensign has f1oated
over the Rock"
THE French and Spaniards made
desperate and repeated attempts to
recapture GibraltaE during the years
1~7S0-81-82, the garrison at one period
being beleagured for six months, but
British fleets on each occasion success
fully effected relief.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
DROWNING is A QUICK DEATH.
For Man Can't Live Under Water
More Than Two Minutes.

"The story frequently repeated
about professional divers who have
been able to remain under water for
over two minutes is silly" DR.. Joseph
Boehm tells me. mo mar can remain
under water that long without drown
ing, whether they are trained divers
or not. At Navarino, where tho
sponge divers are reported to be able
to remain under water three and four
minutes, tests were made recently,
that nome Of them remained down as
long as q minute and a half. Ninety
seconds seems q very long time to the
watcher On shore, and 1t IS about the
limit Of a divers endurance under
water. At Ceylon, where time tests
were also made among the famous
pearl divers, it was ascertained that
few Of them remained below the sur
face as long as a minute, and other
tests made on the Red Sea among
the Arabs proved that a minute and
a quarter was the longest they could
endure without a fresh breath.
"On the coast Of England several
gears ago a diver, q trained diver.
one of the best on the coast, renown-
ed for his endurance, went down and
was pulled up so slowly when he gave
the signal that he was under water
about two minutes and five seconds.
he was drawn out Of the water insen-
sible, with blood flowing from his
nose and ears, and 1t was only after
long and arduous work that his recov-
cry from the effects of that two-min-
ute stay under water was assured.
Drowning is q quick death. Even
though the water is kept out Of the
lungs, insensibility will ensue In one
minute and complete Inconsistencies
in two. The stories Of people who
have been in the water five minutes
being r~esuscitatnd are generally mis-
takes or untrue. "A man could not be
in the water Ave minutes without
| coming to the surface several times
and be restored T. life."-st, Louis
Globe-Democrat. y
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
Her Papa's cleverness.

Robert B. Mantell, who is starring
in "The Light of Other Days." and
Bill Nye were great friends. When
the humorist first engaged in newspa-
per work he took a house on Staten
Island, and one day Mr.. Manteli went
to dinner with him. Nye exploded
some new stories, and Mr.. Mantell,
turning to his hosts little girl, said:
.every clever papa you've got, my
dear" YES" responded the demure
little miss, when there's company
New Orleans Times-Democrat-
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
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Tulane makes leaders in oil vocations. It's
facilities for instructor in Engineering are
unsurpassed. Unexcelled opportunities for
The study of Sugar Chemistry. Many schol-
arships In the academic department. Ex-
penscs low. Board and accommodations in
dormitories ut low rates. Opportunities
afforded academic students for self-help.
Next session begins October LIST. Send for
catalogue and illustrated circular. Address
THE REGISTRAR. Gibson Hall.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20

the authorities conceded the point
gSudgingly, and the hap1es0 traveller
remained at the capital for four days.
The enforced journey Was then re-
sumed, and Holman was at last turned
adrift at Krakow.
He was never able to learn why sus-
picion had fallen upon him. a few
months afterward a Russian Official
intimated to Holman that i he would
again apply for peSFission to travel
in the empire, 1t would be granted.
But he had had quite enough of Rus
sia.-Youth's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20

Prof. M'Ghee of Washington has
been making some remarks about the
Japanese. They may be kindly meant,
but they do not sound like complf-
ments. THE Japenese head" says the
professor, "is mesaticephalie for the
most part, with a tendency to
brachycephaly in the gross types, and
autobiography in the fnS type" The
Japanese are consoEing themselves
with the reflection that, despite these
drawbacks, they nevertheless manage
to get there"
The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-20
The First Minnesota at Gettysburg.

The First Minnesota at Gettysburg.
The recent dedication of ths monu-
ment. First Minnesota Regiment at
Gettysburg, has called public atten-
ton to the fact that there are in his
tory charges quite as terrible, intrepid
and bloody as that of Balaklava, made
justly famous by Tennyson, and that
the charge of the First Minnesota
Regiment at Cemetery Ridge was m
of them.
On this occasion a breach had been
left between the Unio9 forces Of Han
cock and sickles, and the Coffeder-
ates advanced to take advantage Of 1t.
The objective point was a battery
which was COVERED by the First Min
nesota Infantry. ReinforcemeRts
were on the way, but at the moment
this regiment was the only n to stuy
the advance. Hancock, at the post OF
danger, looking over his little force OF
two hundred and sixty-tWo men, ex-
claimed to the leader:
What regiment Is thts?"
"The first Minnesota"
Colonel" said the General, point
ing to the enemy, charge and take
those colors."
This was no blunder, like the order
at Balaklava, but a desperate chance.
The Minnesota advanced in splendid
order against a force vastly greater
than their own; they did not recoil un-
der a terrible fire that moved them
down; they hurled themselves on the
run into the enemy; they were literal
ly swallowed up in the Confederate
ranks. The line Of the enemy was
| broken and fatally; for the move
ments which Hmcock had in the
meantime ordered succeeded in check
ing the advance.
After the fight was over, and the
| Cemetery Ridge had been saved to
the Union forces, the First Minnesota
fall that was left of them"-came
back with the flag of Wi!cox's Con-
federate brigade. which was the one
that Hancock had ordered the regi-
ment to capture. But only forty
seven men returned!
Fifty-six of the two hundred and
sixty-two were killed outright and
nineteen were MORALLY wounded.
One hundred and forty lay wounded
on the field. Not n was taken pris-
oner.
The light brigade at Balaklava con-
sisted of six hundred and seventy
men. OF these all but M hundred
and ninety-eight were killed or wound
ed-a loss of about seventy per cent.
The charge of the Minnesotans was
the mere brilliant, only because
1t was more bloody, but because 1t ef-
fected its purpose.
Fate hal selected tho regiment for
a sacrifice, and it went to the sacrifice
with perfes. Willingness snG unsur'
passed %intetpidity. Its deco deserves
to be commemorated not only in gran
tie, but in deathless verse.
262 went in.
Sc killed.
10 MORALLY wounded.
140 lay wounded on the field.
At returned with the flag.