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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23

STRONG YOUNG MAN FOR FIREMEN AND
brakemen Minnesota and other railroads;
iremen average $65 monthly, become engi-
neers and average $125. Brakemen average
$50. become conductors and average S1O5.
Name position preferred. Send stamp for par
ticulars. Railway Association room 81, 221
Mnnrna st Brnoklyn N Y
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
LARGE TOMATO CROP.

The outlook for a large tomato crop
in Southern Illinois was never better.
There was never larger acreage tnan
rs now growing in the field, AMI the
plants never looked hottcr. Tho fruit
will be a little later perhaps than
usual owing to the latenes5 Of the
season Tomatoes seem TO be the
'dd reliable among ,he fruits and
vegetables. While the yield is como.
times snOr- and the prices moderate.
still there is money in the crop taE-
ing one year with another Some
growers have gone out Of tho BUSH
ness and have turned their attention
to some other fruit but their places
nave been filled by others, and the
steady production goes right along.
Sweet potatoes is another OF IN
Oh reliahlea II is a crop that, some
times light yet never fails Tn
acreage BE- large this year perhaps
larger than last year. A severe
drouth may shorten the yield IS {
widesproaIing hailstofm may 40
great injury to the tomatoes, yet
hopes built on an average crop are
not likely 10 be di sppoIntal.-Cgb-
den Sentinel
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN R'Y.
Straiat 40 the Crow Fiies" Kansas
City 20 tho Gulf.

Passing through a greater diversity
Of clinste, soil and resource than any
other railway in the world for its
length.
Along It's lines are the finest lands
nited for growing small grain .orn,
fax, cotton; for commercial apple and
peach orchards, for other fruits and
erriea; for commercial cantaloupe,
potato, tomato and general truck
farms; Tor sugar cane and rice cult
vation; for merchantablo timber: for
;aisins horses. mules. cattle, hogs,
sheep. poultry and Angora goats, at
prices ranging from free government
bomesteads to twenty-five dollars or
moro per acre. Cheap round trip
honeseekers and one way colonists
sckets on sale first and third Tues.
days OF each month Write for a copy
of Current Events published by the
Kansas City Southern Railway the
short line to inexpensive and com.
Portable homes"
q, O. WARMER, @. p. G I. A.
Kansas City, Mo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
BIG FIRE THREATENED
Destruction of Vincent Block BY Fire
Narrowly Averted Late Last
Night.

Abou. II o'clock last night. Mr.. Al
bert laurent. who conducts sd.
loon at So0-2 Commercial avenue, IN
the Vincent block, aud rooms up
stairs. started TO his room. Golng up
the stairway on Eighth street When
he reached The top of the stairs Nc
discovered that the hallway and up,
per portion of the binding was filed
with smoke
Tie Immediately ran through the
hall kicking on the doors anf aruus-
ms the roomera. many Of whom had
gone to bed lie then turned in a
fire alarm and both companies re-
slouded ana after considerable work
located ana cxlinE1sbcj tho blaze
The fire originated in a C3sl bin al
most directly over the barber shop o.;
George Steinhouse and is supposed
to have been caused by some one
dropping a match among The trash
which USUALLY aceumuates in suCr
places during the summer Conaid,
cradle damage was done hy water
and smoke to the saloon Of Mr Lam
rent and the rear of the barber shop
Of Mr. Stcinhouse
The damage from fire was slight
as the flames had not gained muca
headWay
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
Some Pointers Regarding ST.
Louis and the Worlds Fair.
What To % And What Not To Do,

In tho first place. select your roate
ana select the best The rates are the
same by all and you are entitled to the
best because you are footing the bills
If you are located on the line of the
Big Four Route, or sufficiently near t.
avail yourself OF their magnificent
train service, by all means do so.
The Big Four Route il the old re.
liable and long established road to S.
Louis 1t is the Old Bee Line route
aud has been operating fast, through
trains t. St Louis for over a gtner.
zion,
The Big Four operated magnificent
through trains TO St Louis before the
Fair, it will onarate magnificent
through trains during the Fair and al
ter The Fair Is over and forgotten il
will still be serving the public with
magnificent through trains to St
Louis.
You can depend on an old estab-
lished line of this kind, they have
their reputation to sustain
Next decide what class of ticket
you desire to purchase. There are
four classes. The coach excur ion
ticket good seven days, sold al rate
81 about one cent per mile; the fifteen
day ticket. sold at about one fare for
the round trip also the sixty day
ticket, sold at somewhat higher rate
All agents of the Big Four Route
are supplied with these various forms
Of tickets
As to HOTELS or BOARD
ING HOUSE accommodations at
st Louis they choud be secured in
advance whenever possible, although
this is not absolutely necessary a.
there arc ample accommodations for
everybody at reasonable rates.
Don't try to see the whole eNposi
tion in enc day, but don't fall TO see it
all. If you have 10 stay month.
If Won desire any specific or detail
Cd Information, call on the nearest Biz
Four agent or write TO Warren J.
Lynch. General Passenger Agent, Big
Four Route Cincinnati, o.
!. NJ. STONE, ELMER SMITH,
7. p A., Big Fuur Ticket Agent,
Cairo, Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
FRONT VIEW.

etc, are shingled with cedar shingles
The coruice and ornamental work on
the piazza are Of white pine and cy-
press lumber aud holdings The piaz
"a columns and the newell post are
boxed and turned from clear kiln dried
yellow pine and have caps OF wood
The main roof and piazza are cover
cd with white cedar shingles, and the
windows, except those Of the cellar,
are fitted With outside white pine blinds
and folling Stats aud hung with
wrought hinges. spring back hooks etc.
The exterior is painted with two
conts of lead and oil paints, and the
shinglc work is covered with two brush
coats of shinsle stain. The colors are
light gray for the body, light green for
the trimmings. yellow for the sash,
dark bronze green for the blinds, brick
red for the shingles and moss green
for the roof.
The floors are of narrow North caro-
lima pine filled nnd vanished. ,Sd the
walls are Iathed and plastered with
patent plaster, sand finished. The
stairs, dressers etc, are Of clear kiln
dried cypress Of special designs, with
plain nodded heads. and the stair new.
els. rails ana balus:crs are Of turned
and nodded oak finished natural.
The trim md other woodwork are
stained mahogany In the parlors and
halls and oak in the dining rooms. prop.
crly rubbed and vanished The bed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS.
rooms and Kitchens are finished in nat
ural wood in the gauc manner. the
flantels are OF CHARTERED dark oak,
wiz tiled facings and plate glass bevcl-
eli mirrors. and tie hardware through
ont IL Of ornamental dark bronze, with
apple wood knobs, roses and escutch-
cons.
TIE h0use IL piped for gas and fitted
with fixtures The sinks in the kitch-
ems are steel gray enameled, with backs
and brackets. The ranges are portal bic,
with boilers over item. The bath
rooms contain iron porcelain enamele1
open bathtubs with oak rims and the
basins are porcenlin with marble slabs
ai.l backs. The plumbing is Of oIren
nickel work in each of the bathrooms.
The dumb waiter il of modern make.
THIS house is designed for thirty
foot lot and can be buiit in most places
for 5000 though the price viii be sf-
fccted by local conditions The design
can be greatly improved by making II
wider for 4 wider plot II would make
a comfortable hone or . good invest
ment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
Have You a Couqh7

A dose Of Billiards. Horehounf
Syrup will relieve f. Have you a
cold? A dose of Herbinc at bed time
and frequent small doses Of Hore
hound Syrup during the day will re
move It. Try II for whoping cough,
for asthma, for consumption. for
bronchitis. Mrs Joe MeGrath, .R r.
1T street, Hutchinson, Kan. writes;
Il have used Billiards. HorehOund
Syrup in my family for years, and
find It the beat and most palatahe
medicine ever used" 25c. SOC, 81 90.
Sold by Schulz Drug Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Mrs, Farrow has moved her stock OF
millinery to the Gilbert block. A beau
tifui line of new goods just received.
Stop ar the Hotel Illinois. right IN
the heart of the business center
Rates $500 per day. Both lines Of
street cars pass main entrance.
Fred D. Nellis, the coal dealer. will
Ill your coal bin for a small amount
of money. Put In your winters sup
ply before winter comes.
Engraved calling cards Your
name engraved on copper plate I'm
script and a hundred cards for $3.50
loo cards from your own plate for
s10o. Johs.A. Miller, jeweler, Ninth
and Commercial avenue.
Botto's restaurant and bar Is pat.
ronized by Cairo's leading business
and professional men. Neatest clean
EST sod - meals.
Every clothing house in existence
has $500 suits, but they are not our
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
For Piles.
Sample mailed free.
One application gives relief

The continued use Of Hum
phreys' Witch Hazel OIL per-
manently cures Piles or Hem
Orrhoids-ExternaI or Internal,
Bind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief imnnediate-cure certain.
Three Sizes. ,5c., sec. aud Al 90. sold By
Drnggisls. ~ sent prepaid on receipt % priee.
Humphrey Medicine Co., Cor. William and
John ~ts., Nsw Ynfk
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
Ideas in Building
ATTRACTIVE DOUBLE HOUSE
Up 20 Date In Every Way--Estimnted
Coat $4,000,

ICopyrieht 1891 by St.u'ov a Dcnuis $50
BrNadwNy. New Yor'll
The plan ana design here shown
represent an attractive and comfortable
modern two family house six rooms
and bath on each lloc" with provision
In the attic for four rooms if desired,
There is 4 cellar under the entire
house, with brick walls, ccmentcd floor
and'Coal ans. The furnaces, which are
of the hot air type. are located III the
cellar
The frame is Of hcmlock lumber, and
The wallis are covered with hcRlocb
boards, narrow bevelcd siding and two
ply paper. The hay windows, dormcrs,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Free Announcements OF Those Not
Employed, Who Desire
Positions.


Advertisements 81 nnt exceeding three lines
VIII be accepted free Tor one weeks tine FROM
any reader OF The Bulletin TO be tiled by al .
yertiser IN pefsgn, on regulat form, st the of
nee OF The Bulletin Company, T63 Ohio Leree'
TheBnleiip Company assumes no respons-
hilitv for any advertisement or statement made
therein and viii not accept the notice Of aus
person knowHto be employed.
ln9airies and replies to dtertisements
shonld be made by mail
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and othel
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. %, in use
over 40 years, the only success
ful remedy. 81 per vial, or spec
lal package for 3erious cases, 81
Sold os iragssts, Or cent sEsasi receigtof FFicS
HunphrsYs' Ned. Co william jcha s.s,aY
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
MARRIED IN FRANCE.

Bv the Associated Press.
Paris. June 25-tIis Lcishmau
daughter Of the American minister 10
Turkey. and Count Louis NJ GJafalt
Bir0n we're married today The guests
Included many of1ciais diplomats
ana members Of the French nobility.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

He who steals my purse, steal
trash. and the dealer who sells me
Imitation Rocky Mountain Tea robs
his customer Of that which enriches
him not, but leaves my health poor
Indeed. 50 cents. Paul G. Schuh g
sons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
JUSTICE BROWN MARRlES.
ly tie AgSocfat I'd Press

BordeuiOwn, ~ j., June z5.-Mrs
Josephine f. Tyler. OF CrossWicks
and Horny Brown, justice u the su
premc conf, " the United states
we're married today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

The ladies' Of the Me'hoiis church
viii gre a lawn fetp Al tn residence
Of Mr. George Parsena. Thursday.
June goth, afternoon AM evening
Everybody invited.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS
Brief Mention of Events Concerning
tina People of Cairo and
Vicinity.

Albert Johnson ana Miss Bertha
Bla1iar both Of Willard, Louis Jack
son ana Mrs Ella Wat on. both of
Cairo. were married yc ,erday hy
Judge A J Ross at his office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate of Christian Merit. deceased The
undersigned. having been appointed admins
TRAITOR II the estate OF Christian Merit, late OF
the County Of Alexander, and the State Of
Illinois. decreased. hereby give notice that he
will appear before the county court of Alexan-
der county, at the court house in Cairo. at the
August term, on The First Monday in August.
next a. vi. len time All persons having claims
against said estsSc are notified and reguefted
20 sttend for the purpose 81 having he ssfne
adjusted All persons iniebted to said estate
are required 70 make iEimediats payment ~
the undersigned.
Dnted this eth DAY o.
e. P
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
FEATHER BEDS.

WANT Ed 900 old feather beds, Sell the Id
feathers aud bus ewmittrsss as we pay cash
for old feather beds We vi i'll remain IN the city
fer one week, Send postal to Boston Feather
Co., general delivery, Cairo. H.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

Ii dells that -cyth of Father Time
drives away wrinkles Of approaching
old age-the elixir OF life. that puts
hope m the HUMAN heart-IIolister r
Rocky Mountain Tea s. cents. Paul
g. Schulz & Sons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
FOB SALE.

4 FOR sALE-dood family horse. Apply 10 Is.
A. boz ke's livery stable or P, A. Doud's grocery
etorv :.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
FOB RENr.
WANTED.

FURNISHED COTTAGE for ut. all mod ern
coast ateness. Inquire at ll0s Poplar street,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
! POSITION WANTED.

Po5TIoN Eaoted by bright, industri Us
boy Of yeara. Anxious 10 work in store or
toftee. Z IN give best OF reference. Address
Roy keanedy, n Commercial avenue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
MAIL ORDERS.

We start you In the mail order business Full
particulars and sample free, American Special
Agency, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26


,'Jn ana Mrs Ella Wat on. both o.
! Cairo. were married " ;erday b,
! Judge a. J Ross at his Office
Il WAS stated Yesterday morniag
that Judge Robinson had dned an of
fender SIS for assault To msrder'
The judge pleads not luilty ana SAYS
such eases are not under his jurk7iic
ton The charge was as ault and
battery
Thomas Mcfarland. 81 Chicago
VINO has just located here in the um.
Der business. has purchased six loR,
on St Mays Place West and will
erect fine $500 cottage on them.
Architects Kelly & Ku5ener are draw.
ing the plans.
Fulton comty's wheat crop this
year is tho banner one for many
years, and the farmer who had in 3
good acreage is lit Not only this.
bnt the outlook for both corn ana
cotton is considered excellent ana the
prospects for season If unprccc-
dentod prosperity were never bright.
Hickman lkyl Courier
There is one tang hard to under
stand about the beer war down in
Hickman The brewery people clam
10 be in their legal rights in their at
tempts to sell IT there, while the
Hickman paper say that ,he whole
town is opposed TO them, aud indeed,
such seems to H. the fact. Now.
what puzzles those net on the gro~nd
is who In the thunder il buying the
stuff and why 10 she brewers want to
operate a store In town where there
are absolutely no customers ?--padu.
cab Register
The theatrical season viii open AZ
the Cairo opera house Thursday. Aug
II and following are some Of the at.
fractions booked: Quiulan and Ward
minstrels The TendeRoot, Charles
d Hanford Tn Sbakespearean play,
Amelia Bingham. Al r. Wilson. Miss
Bob White George sidney. Harry
Bcrcaford. Nat N. wills. Tho Eternal
City, The N'limmy ard the fIummint
Bird, Quincy Adams Sawyer, The Sill
yer Slipper, Murray AMI Mack, Joseph
De Grasse In Hamlet
Negroes Of WickIide are being gen
tly warned, with dynamite bombs
that they must hunt other Quarsrs.
or there's no telling what painful
things happen to them Recently The
population of tine town was disturbed.
as II wa. about turning in for the
night ty an unusually loud explosion
Considerable excitement was occn
stoned until Do dey,lJpei that tae OK
pl1siou was nothing Hafe than big
dynamite cartridge exploded in close
proximity to the dwelling of n family
of neu9cs for whom come Of Wick
life citizens had conceived q dis
like The negroes have gone -Pasu.
cab New democrat
The jance given at ST. Narya park
pavilion Friday night WAS attended
by The following Misses Aleda Ten,
NY. of Spartanslurg, s e Florence
Barlow, Of 81 joe Mich; Catherine
Staplcton, Sarah Pink, Loretto Fitl
gerald, MaJee Zimmerman. Erma
Winter. Isle Ellis. Myrtle Teichman
Ruby Zonnc, Frankie Farrov. Abbic
Williams, Idaho Sutherland and Alice
Wengcf, Mos4rs Charlca Walker
Gilbert Casey Harry Becker Cicm
ems Blooms. Charles Giidofer. Harry
Allen. Ray Abel Louis Coin, Flint
uaudmant George stark. VIII Hulu.
hill, Or Morrow Walter I1uette. Bob
Levi and Logan Mueller
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

Nspted position collecting or Ia office, by
lady rith some experience Address, NJ
care Bnlletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

Thomas Mcfarland. ot Chicago
VINO has just located here in the mm-
Der business. has purchased six los
on St Mary's Place West and viii
erect a fine S&,500 cottage on them
Architects Kelly & ku5ener are draw.
ing the plans.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
short Announcements representing
Their Wants, Trades, Profes.
aons and Various Ac.
tivlties.

PROFESSIONAL.
DR.. Dunn, eye. ear, nose aud throat. Corner
sixth and Washington. IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-26

Fulton county's wheat crop this
year is tho banner ono for many
years and the farmer who had in
good acreage Is Ill" Not only this.
but the outlook for both corn ana
cotton Is considered excellent ana the
prospects for season Of unprccc-
dentcd prosperity were never bright,
Hickman lkyl Courier
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

The Dyak nation of the East India
community has an effective way Of
dealing with liar, says the Boston
Transcript, While he is alive they
take every means to spread abroad his
evil repute. and when he is dead they
perpetuatc his infamy with monu.
ment.
On the site whore he lived the chief
sufferer from his wiles thrusts the
branch Of tree into the ground, at the
same time uttering vociferous curse
against the wrong doer. Whoever
passes that way contributes more
branches and more curses, until there
grows what is called the tugong bula
Its evolution proceeds through the
years, and for generations and gener-
atoms the memory Of the poor mans
barefaced inaccuracy is kept alive.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

Many fancier has been disappont-
ed with the matches that have come
from a given pen Of fowls. lie has Sc
lected the very finest looking male he
could find and has prided himself
that. mated with the excellent females
he possessed, only the besr results
could possibly be obtained. When 1t
wiIs too late he discovered that
his male possessed little or no vitality,
hence the failure Of the eggs to hatch,
Ifshe had used an egg tester from the
time he first began to incubate the
Eggs, he would not have thus been SO
badly disappointed, for he would have
discovered the source of the trouble.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

freedom could u
responsibility and he used phrase some
what like this:
among peoples restraint
there inevitable result anarchy which nesaoR of all govern
substituted self
restraint and the of freedom as people
liberty depends which shall exercise that self
restraint
good good people,
will
produce So liberty ANA the responsibility Of sgovenmen being
things which easily and they peculiarly things that can
the highly developed capable mastering
real liberty ...
self
small much
the thought Of the bulk of
The who writes the who
furnishes the the
people
believe Of this people Ibeleyo
NJ this because believe that those like
tasks the prno always but gentlemen
Of and should eyy
boafunes.
Individual thing
thing If there quality which deprecated
public the public writer alike
produce with
brought
which should they
We have large field in warning evil home When
ought be Nation and
then talk about reforming the rest mankind Let begin home
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

Like most men of genius, the late
Professor Mommsen, the great Ger.
man historian, had striking eccentrlcl.
ties. One Of these was absent-mind.
edness. He permitted his hair to he
fr;zzled Off by candle by whose light
he was reading. But the most charac.
teristic incident was his thrusting an
infant into his waste paper basket
when 1t cried. Bismarck had not much
respect for Mommsen as a public man,
but 1t would have gladdened the old
Chancellor's heart to see the scholar
publicly reprobating the language Of
the Kaiser not long ago, No man out
side the Socialist ranks dared have
done such a thing In Germany.-Lcs,
Hes Weekly.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22


tened board that is wide enough so
mat Its lower edge will fit closely to
the ground
II desired this board may be hinged
10 The scantling so that it may be
raised and the window opened. The
Illustration shows how this plan works,
ana shows the comparatively small
openings that are left at the sides
when the board is in position. This
board should be abont two feet longer4
than the window, so that 1t will ex-
TEND beyond the window a foot on eth
en- side when it is placed in position,
no make this protection even better,
line the inside of the board with tar
paper, or even with old newspapers
doubled.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

one of the charges that are made
against the new woman" is that she
Is less sympathetic than is her sister
who abldes closely in what is called
"woman's sphere But in the light
Of the above arraignment Of sympa.
thy as the vice that it not infrequently
is, may not the "ncw woman" confess
Judgment upon this charge and
strengthen her case and her position
by 50 doing? Woman has been called
a ministcring angel, but would not
more practical name better befit the
woman Of the twentieth century? win
not the services of women to the world
be greater and of more enduring eff.
feet If they cast aside unreasoning
sympathy as worn out garment that
disclOses rather than conceals the
moral nakeduess of those about whom
II is cast, and substitute therefor the
armor Of personal responsibility? 1t
has been said that there is woman
behind the door Of every mans sue
cess. IF there is," says the writer,
rest assured that she isn't a sympa.
thetlc woman whining through the
keyhole, Give it mp If it's hard, but
a woman of nerve and backbone. who,
like the Spartan mother Of old, is cry
ing out Come home with your shield,
or on it, Portland Oregonian.