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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
WOMAN'S RAILROAD JOB.
Unusual Recognition of Feminine
Ability by -Four Great
Companies.

The artistic ability Of a woman has
been recognized by four Of the great rail
'oad companies imam unusual manner
by the appointment of Mrs. Annetta z.
McCrea 10 be architect and landscape
gardener in charge of every station
along the roads and their branches, saws
the Pilgrim Her husband was an ex-
pert gardner and when. at his death.
Mrs. McCrea was thrown upon her own
resources in supporting and educating
her two daughters she realized trat
happy hours ia the past had provided
ler with practical knowledge Of land
scape gardening. Though a woman
landscape artist is not usual and the
popular opinion is that The work de-
nands a man, Lincoln park. Chicago. Is
perhaps the best known testimonial to
Mrs. McCrea's ability Her duties with
The various railroads are to Law out
grounds &C stations. report artistic ar.
'augemont Of colors for painting dc
pots suggest plans for improving IN
slightly points around station buildings.
ana. ia general. 10 make the scenery OF
Inc systems more attractive.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
White House Whisky.

Good Judges OF liquor agree that
white house whisky during the Roose
welt residence there has been Of uni
formly eood quality Tradition has It
that James Buchanan kept the best
liquor ever seen in the executive man.
sion. y is said that he had in his
cellar ~ Wheatlsud enormous quartz.
ties of tbc> best ryo whisky ia the
world when he died. u IS said. end
the story used 10 be told with the
precision and circumstaaualty that
gave Il the impress Of truth, that
whisky hat IS. sood whisky auo
such whisky as hc drank had nc
other Intoxicating effect on James Bu
chanan tian q gentle exhilaration and
that he could drink a gallon OF II a
day without pcvceptible effect on his
physique or the slightest disorder OF
his mind
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
RAILWAY DANGER SIGNALS.
The Necessity Of Provision Against
Accident tc Fast Running
Trains.

The existence On i-Eh s.eaa track
OF "A facing point without distant signal
protection stands ont as a great clement
OF danger In an otherwise excellent road
way says the Railroad Gazette The
thought Of il must be a horrid nightmare
TO any officer who Is responsible for g..
and who reads intelligently the records
Uf the past. a lunatic may easily derai!
a Train by other means; but from any
reasonable public standpoint IL is intOl-
Crahie that any railroad company run
ming trains al high speed should give the
lunatic such an easy way of carrying out
his design. one can readily imagine A
mind so disordered that a facing point
switch would be q distinct temptation 10
work destruction But human train
Rreckers aside the existence of the dan
gcrous switch Is now made known 10 all
the world; and the liability OF sane and
Innocent employees 10 neglect their
duty in connection with such a switch
Is also known 10 al the world. How
many other such switches exist on that
road? With men of the best grade.
Win country free from fogs. and with
a tWo-mile view Tor The eneinemen. the
liability TO disaster from negligent mis-
placement Of switch b. indeed. re-
mote, but when one reflects for a no
ment On the low cost Of distant sig
mails and on the horrible results Of q
single derailment occurring PERHAPS
1nve in - or 80 years. the satisfaction
lOund 10 that word remote" turns to
ashes in ones mouth The fast run Of
1898 was made with all the switches
spiked OF attended by special watch
men, What was done 70 safeguard the
special trains run this year is not re
ported. But what ought TO be done to
safeguard all trains is so plain as to
scarcely need staung-haye a distant
signal for every facing point.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

ser3ice~1s CiIescd ihs rdd, writes Leroy
Scott, in American Illustrated Maya
zine. Ii he wants IL Re takes il. if not he
refuses it. OF course he accepts, for TO
run the bes train on the line is a badge
of distinction. Ii is a long journey to
the cab Of Que OF these engines, and most
OF the men are well grayed before they
get there. and some are graudfathers
Pull counts for rothing-except the pull
OF a good record Here is the bare out
line of the rise Of one, more or less typ
Teal OF the rise of all. He was a fireman
for five years; nowadays a man has to
fire ten or dozen years before hesgets
his engine. Then he was given a switch.
ing engine and for years shunted cars
about the railroad yards for long hours
each day; then he was promoted to
SLOW freight and was sometimes on his
engine from five o'clock in The morning
till eight o'clock at night; then he was
promoted to a fast freight, then TO q
local passenger; then, by slow step. 10
a through express; and then the middle
of June, az 81, to an engine Of the IS
hour train.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
PIONEER MOUNTAIN ROADS
Railway in the Alps That Was Con.
structsd Before Our Trans
continental Lines.

. Uncle Sam perbaps thinks that the
construction Of mountain railroads IN
their greatest and most comprehensive
sense was practically pioneered by the
con siruction Of his own great trans
continental lines. the Union Pacific
leading the way But one American
engineer notes that ae rode over the
railrJad from Vienna TO Venice two
thirds of the distance between New
York and Chicago. passing over sew
eral ranges Of the AIRS. and particu-
larry the Semmorins pass. over a
mountain railroad constructed be-
tween The years lS4S and 1854. or with
in - or 20 years Of the Introduction
Of the railway into civilization. and 20
years before Americas first tFanscon-
tinental railway. Thifjy-fye miles over
that pass the Semmering, southwest of
Vienna was constructed during those
years, having in It's length Is tunnels
and 10 viaducts with maximum
grade Of 2iz per cent. The cost OF tn.
IS miles was 5000 600 per mile. Il was
built, as was the entire line from Wien
IA TO Venice. 500 or more miles owned
and operated by the Austrian govern
ment, since al thai time Venice and
that portion OF Itaiy was under The
dominion of the Austrian and Italian
governments Jointly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

60 raG1is fecfed'' in Cleveland il
honor of the memory of John Hay on
July 8. 1905, while his mortal remains
were being borne TO their last resting
place. will be permanently adopted
by the synagogues. both in this coun"
try and -lso beyond the seas, as part
of divine sert ice on our days of judg-
ment and atonement, when, according
10 the teachings of our faith, the
books of account are opened before
the Lord II is now our privilege
and our duty to prepare the materia
for the future biographer OF John
Hay and for the historian of Jewish
emancipation at the end of the nine
teenth and the beginning Of the twenti-
eth century
such is the main purpose Of this
memorial address. May Il be deemed
worthy of modest place in your fam.
ily archives. that it may here bear
witness 10 the undying love and graft
Jude which thousands of representa-
iives Of the AngloSaxon branch OF
the household OF Israel bear toward
the immortal author Of the 'Roumant
an note of August H. 1909, which
not only champioDed with rare cour
age the cause Of the oppressed sub
jects OF King Charles, but also de
Tended with great wisdom and fore
sight the highest interests of our own
land
The memorial is printed on heavy
paper. large folio. with deckled edges.
and there are heavy mourning Dor
ders top and bottom.
The following are among the sign
ers from this city: A. n Littauer
house OF representatives; Julius
Peyser. attorney at law, and II. d
Rothkowitz. law student
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Lace-mahing is to be, a diversion Of
fasA ipnablo women in Washington this
winter Mrs. Roosevelt may BIO called
the pioneer Of this movement though
the wife OF the French ambassador
Nine. Jusserand. and several other
women in the diplomatic corps have
added TO its popularity. When Mrs
Roosevelt receives the women of the
cabinet circle for the weekly boudoil
conference she works on piece OF
filmy lace while important affairs OF
the next social season are discussed
Whenever the presidents wife receives
an intimate friend in the sunny west.
ern alcove on the second corridor Of
the white house. which is her special
preserve, she makes her lace, chats,
stops long enough TO take a cup Of tea
and begins at her lace again.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

elected. BY thunder, but | can't make
it OUT"
1T says so, does liz"
of course it does. Look there.
And you don't know thing about
lt?"
No, nor nobody else in our town
He puzzled over the matter for the
next ten minutes. reading the news
again but after time his eye caught
the date, and the thing was made clear
to him Then he said
Martha. I've called you a fool for the
last 20 years.
Yes. you have.
And I've claimed that | lSnowed all
wuth knowing"
Yes"
Wall I'm goin' to change it a bit
This is one Of last years papers Y0p
are a fool just the same, but on This oc.
CASTOR I'll give in that I'm mighty clus
to bein' dilto,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Senator Augustus o. Bacon. OF
Georgia, who recently returned from
Europe, wears on the lapel of his coat
tiny watch not bigger than a man
thumb. In spite of its extremely deli
cate mechanism the watch keeps good
time. Senator Baeon's purpose il
wearing It 80 consplcuously is to cur
tail interviews with tedious persons
The man who can talk With the senator
on any unimportant subject for any
great length Of time with the lttle
watch staring him IN the face and
marking the passing minutes must be-
possessed Of considerable courage o.
colossal nerve.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
Not on Time.

There & a railway out in Colorado
according to the story of a western
traffic manager, which seems unable
to form anything like an intimate &C.
quaintanceship between It's trains and
the advertised schedules It's trains
are 20 proverbially late that there Is q
mild celebration every time ono
reaches its terminal on time A few
weeks ago word was passed about the
little town that No . would get in Oh
time, and there was a biz crowd at the
station. Some generous citizen pro
yided quantities OF red fire and set II
oil along The track What's the cele.
bration?7 the conductor asked when be
jumped OF at the station. Train
actually on time" explained the crowd
PUT out your fires, you fools the con.
ductor snorted were just "a hours
late" San. Francisco Chronicle
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
Deserved Vacation.

Af;er continuous employment for a.
years. without losing a single days
work for any reason whatever and
without a vacation during all those
years, Vine Hovey agent at Forest
City. No. for the Burlington railroad.
has been given a vacation which will
last two years. his fun pay going on
for that length OF lime. Hovey is the
oldest man IN point Ct service on the
Burlington system. Al one time IN
Nevada lac owned mining claim near
the famous Virginia rine for which ne
was offered sf5o.00o He wanted 81.
100000 and finally rarted with 1t for
a pair Of old horses. Subsequently It
was found that this vss more than the
claim was worth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

mad passed through 1neavy~iog CIT IN
Great Banks.
SO she concluded that she'd let tn
downtown photographers do her deve|
oping and printing for awhile. until sh
could get the hang of the chemical par
of the work
One Sunday morning the young ma
trod stood most Of the guests of thu
boarding house up in corners and tool
snapshots at them. Even the two
boarding house dogs were called IN from
The front of the house aud photo
graphed.
| On Monday morning the young won
an took the films to downtown estab.
lishment to have them developed and q
few prints struck from each film,
The boarders who'd been photo
graphed were looking forward to an in
speotion of the prints The young won
an had requested the developing and
printing house TO send her the developed
films and the prints BY mail
The, thick envelope containing films
and prints was at the young matron Is
plate when she reached the table for
breakfast the other morning The
ether boarders were all at the table and
were eager to see their pictures.
''Ah here are the prlnts!" exclaimed
the young matron, picking up the enrel-
ope and tearing ii open.
The films and the prints therefrom
fell int shower on the table and num-
Der Of the prints, in falling, spread out,
fan--shape, on the table.
The young mauon gave one wild look
at the prints. hastily gathered them up,
pushed back her chair and hastily left
the table leaving the eXpectant board
ers whohad been photographed in a state
of mysti1cation
The young matrcn rushed upstairs To
her husband who was getting ready for
breakfast and Indignantly flashed the
prints before his vision The man, OF
course, was brutal enough to topple
onto couch and roar for about five
minutes
speak at the developing establishment
in sending out the mail The films and
prints received by the young matron
were Photographic studies of a mighty
good looking local artists model. The
yonng woman had obviously been posed
rs Apasia, Sapho. Venus Aphrodite. (
the queen of Sheba, Mes
danes du Barry and PoBpadour and a
few other ladies OF that general stamp
who were willing to sacrifice strict con
gentionality in costume to their love
for the artistic.
The young matrOn is now doing her
own dark room work again. She admits
hat her developing and printing may
not he as good as he shop work. but she
considers other compeusating adyan-
ages.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Among party Of tourists In Wash
ington few days ago was an obsery.
ant young woman from Boston. She
stood for some time in reyereut ad
miration OF the celebrated statue OF
George Washington which stands on
the capitol esplanade Then she ap
preached policeman who was on
duty near by and asked: Can you
inform me what authority the sculpto,
had for his evident theory that Wash
ington was cross-eyed?" The officer
stared Ell The young woman in aston
ishment but as she did not finch he
walked over and examined the statue
The father Of bis country looked back
at him with naughty dignity and a
distinct squint Inyestl cation showed
that o small piece Of stone had been
broken off the eyebrows and had
lodged between the eve and the upper
rart Of the nose, II was removed ana
Washington resumed his natural air Of
straight-risionod benignity.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
Hay MEMORIAL PRESENTED
Tribute to the Late Secretary Of
State the Work of jew
ish People.

Two thousand three hundred and
sixty-three Hebrews of this country
and Great Britain have signed the
memorial address to Mrs. Clara Hay.
in honor OF the late secretary Of state.
Eighty seven cities are represented By
the signcrs The author aud oTigi-
nator OF the document Is DR. lsadc-
Singer. msnaeing editor Of the Jewish
Encyclopedia.
The address which was presented
TO Mrs. Hay October s. Is in part as
follows:
''On the eve OF our solemn dss Of
stonement. on whieh We reTerentially
remember our beloved dead, we. the
undersigned Jewish citizens Of the
United States. Joined by a number oil
our British brethren. beg permission
to present to You and TO your family
this token Of our homage 10 the mem
ory Of that great statesman whose
name will forever be enshrined 10 the
hearts Of millions Of our downtrodden
brethren. to whom he stretched out
helping hand.
In the pressure and stress OF this
busy age even the greatest benefactors
Of mankind arc s1on forgotten. but
Israel. nho has suffered through long
centuries. never fails - rsmsnheT
deeis Of rishteousness AMI loving
kindness wrought IN hsr bshalf
Therefore the. Eaidish zrsTsr Tt.1h
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
THE PRICE WE MUST PAY.

! know right wcii, and you know right
we'll
The thing that We ought TO do.
But the tcmptcr comes win IuitHs
And his wares have roseatc hue;
And we say: This once IL aside we
look
n win never count. ! trow
r;ut What Of the one who keeps The
And don't you suppose hen know
Do you fancy that SIN viii leave no
rt., Law may be well defaced7
Tl,f you cars no mark If what you
"a out On the other ade1
Tho wrong that sou did another yet
bears.
WIN rarty IL All Of the way.
And sure is the time when. unaware
1t viii come. by your side to stay.
on. ! know right well-e'en my blind
ness secs
That the price we shall not escape.
Ths penalty comes despite cur pleas.
To haunt us. a grizzly shape.
Forgotten neglect and the WayWafd
aerd
They shall stand IN accusing row.
Vfts onIF ue good we have done 10
plead
For those who have strayed below.
san Frauc'szn c,-I
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

in The world. The road, only 60 miles
long, is one of the best feeders in
southern Missouri. A purchasing syn.
dicata, headed by John S. Long. Kan.
sas Civ. succeeded Mrs. Holiday al
the helm
Il Gness / have marie more money u
the last ten months than any woman
in America she said II liked being
at he head OF a big enterprise all
right, but it hardeEs a woman and she
drops out Of society viii move back
to St. Louis now and return to society
what made me 90 after the presi.
denay was couldn't have pass while
/ was a director SO ! bought the road
and made myself president Then
had all the passes ! wanted.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
GOT THE WRONG PICTURES
Washington Woman with Camera
Microbe Placed in a NoEtify-
ing Predicament.

A few weeks ago a young matron who
lives with her husband in a fashionable
boarding house in the northwest sec
ton was attacked By the camera mi
crobe. relates the Washington Star.
She purchased a complete snapshot
ing outfit. fixed up corner Of the slcove
Of her room as a dark room and started
IN 70 spoil films
She got the views all right. but the
mysteries CT the developing fuid and
the fixing bah stumpsd ben. 20 that all
q Ag -deFslopsa hlns locked 3 il thsz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
He WAS PRETTY NEAR DITTO
Read tnc News t. His Wife Without
Looking at Date Of News
paper.

Some passengers had LETT an old daily
paper in the seat % the passenger car.
ana when the old farmer and MS vie
got aboard and took a seat he picked up
The paper and began reading il. Il was
daiel The dag after the last presidential
election. relates the Baltimore A1eri-
can, and after reading for a few minutes
and scratching his head in a puzzled
vsF he huz band said.
Aisrtha. did you kror that there was
an election TestsrdayP-
Mercy. noi" she replied.
Wei. Lhere.Fas spd. Roosevelt vas
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
WOMAN WAS PRESIDENT.
Railroad Was Only Sixty Miles Long
But She Made Money
Out Of 1t.

Mrs. Mary s. Holiday. wfo made
hersalf president Of the -amsyit,e
Greenville 4 ST. Louis railroad. be-.
cause. although she vas a director. the
manager Of the railroad refused 10 give
her pass sold the road for 81 600 COZ
receiving the money. and returned 70
sociesy. saws the EUsiRsss Woman E
Magazine
Until she sold the read AIRS Holia-
DAY vas the enly woman railroad pres.
lasnl. . the Usitsd states. pzohstly
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

G. T. Townsend. who Is in his sec
ond term as member Of the house OF
representatives from the Second Mich
gan district, Is already recognized as z
strong force in national legislation
His grandfather emigrated 70 Michigan
al The way from New Jersey By o.,
team in 1894
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
ENGINEERS OF FLYERS.
Men Who Run Locomotives o. Fast
Trains Must Be Ex-
perienced.

The engineers Who run ts-hour trains
and IL cra-k expresses Of oiherroads
are tulc head u their ptofezzi0n- They
ere ctesen by SHORTY tie Oldest man
q Z EAae thai GusIlsss IL tsI SUCH
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
New Rolling Stock

The railroads Of the United States
have this year placed orders for 1900
passenger cars. 217000 freight cars,
and 4,13o locomotives. ArG yet they
are insuflcient1y equipped.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
woman's Hotel

Washington is 70 have a Tomsn'E
hotel-Tfth an electric hair eurler .,
course. IL sTerz room.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-12-08
RECORD OF LIFE SAVERS.
Thousands of Persons Rescued and
Many Crafts Saved.

Thousands of Persons Rescued and
Many Crafts Saved.
The work of the life saving service
for the last fiscal year is summed up
in report of General Superintendent
Kimball to the secretary of the treas
ury. recently made public. The life
saving crews saved and assisted in
saving AGA imperiled vessels and their
cargoes, besides affording assistance
Of more or less Importance to SIT 9TH
er vessels, including craft Of all kinds,
making total Of 1141 vessels to which
aid was furnished. In addition, the
report states, SO steamers and 8S sail
ing vessels running into danger were
warned of their peril by the signals Of
the patrols and lookout in time to
escape disaster. The saving Of many
lives and much property is attributed
to such warnings.
No less than 365 disasters to docu-
mented vessels occurred during the
period stated, involving the lives of
1909 persons. of whom ~ were lost.
The estimated value of vessels and
cargoes SO affected was $10,320. $50, of
which $7.917,3S5 was saved. Sixty
three vessels were totally lost. Succor
was afforded at the various stations to
624 persons, to whom an aggregate OF
1910 days relief was furnished. -Four
hundred and twenty casualties were
sustained by updocumented vessels
such as sail boats and row boats, in
volving 955 persons, 10 Of whom were
lost. The value of property involved
in these casualties is estimated al
$264,690. of which $258,O25 was saved
The report concludes with an earn
est appeal for pensions to widows ant
children of members of the life saw
ing crews losing their lives in the
performance Of duty and for retire
ment when disabled from injury or dis
ease incurred in the service.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-12-08
IDAHO NEWS.

Governor and Mrs. Gooding and
their daughter have left for Phila-
delphia, where they will participate
in the launching of the battleship Ida
no on Saturday. Miss Gooding Is to
|christen the vessel.
Senator Hepburn has introduced q
measure providing for the withdrawal
from public entry Of lands for town
site purposes in connection with irri-
cation projects. The bill further pro-
vides that money derived from the
sale of town lots be expended upon the
construction of water and sewer sys.
TENS. and to be repaid by the town
authorities in annual instruments.
The supreme court has handed down
decision denying retrial for John
Knudson, convicted in Latah county
of arson. He was charged with firing
saloon he owned in Moscow for the
insurance. He is at the penitentiary,
serving sentence for six years.
R. o. Mead was found dead on, the
banks of Snake river, six miles below
Mineral. He had been dead several
days. He had a trap set for coyotes
and wolves near the river bank and
had evidently gone to examine it. His
revolver was lying on the ground be
side him, and it is supposed it drop
ped from his pocket and was dis
charged, as one of the chambers wa:
empty.
The calendar of the district cour
for Snohomish county shows tina
there are fewer cases to be heard a
this term than at any other forme
term in recent years.
James Williams, Familiarity know
as Niger JIM" a colored man ant
an oldtimer of Wardner, recently die,
from cancer of the throat.
The state has sold 2194.16 acres o
school land on Emmett bench unde
the canyon canal now being construct
ed for $55,746.95. The price range,
from $40 an acre to SAC. On top o
this comes a charge Of $40 an acre TO
water. These are regarded as higl
average prices for land still covers
J with sage brush.
w. Poirier, miner employed in tn
ISnowstorm mine near Mullan, recent
lily fell down a chute in the mint
sustaining injuries from which he ma
mot recover.