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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
FEVER MAKING LAST STAND;
QUARANTINE ON THE WANE
EptpF MIC RAGING III ORLEANS DECLARES MEoio'l s
nat AGAIN Has BROUGHT HOME 70 THE AMERICAN poslie
eprAT. OBJECT LESSON TENDING TO SHOW THAT
scouReE Is NOT TO &c DREADED


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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

And stiil Kentucky III an open
state. The Marine Hospital and public
health service may have 70 ''sit down
III Thu chivalrous but misguided Ken
tuckians. Ii is possible for them ~
endanger all the towns along the ONO
River, But possibly they have never
thpIght al that
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
Mound city and Mounds are anxious

Mound city and Mounds are anxious
wv have The shipment Of bananas
stopped Train loads have arrived
sovcr the ii. Il O., from Mobile and A
protest has been lodged with me oifs-
cials az the Illinois state Board 81
Health. The latter has promised 70
take the matter UP with the railroad
people.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

MAYOR Parsons should at least he
creslited with all earnest desire ~
boost Cairo. He took long, expensive
strlp entirely at bis expense, aud dia
Ill much al anyone could to have an
interview with the president.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

eatable for them 10 be represented
The circulation Of the Bulletin Is open
to the inspection OF the merchants al
any time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
~ colered people celebrate one 81

The COfeTcu ptUpEc UKIFUI 90 ~ N
their anniversaries Of emancipation AN
paaucah Tuesday They don't have
auitc al many now ais they used 10
haye when Col. Bill" Scott ran the
excursions. But Paducah thought the
onc was enough for this year,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
Don't YOU pick out the hotel
His sreelalty.

crayee-Mr Blinks Is vegy popular
wita The girls
Geerge-Kuows how TO make love
/ presume?
Grayce-Not particularly he knows
how 10 make money.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

a Missouri man II suing for divorce
because bin wife refused 10 live IN
T1anras city. ami the papers ct mat
town think lie has good enough case,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

The oldest bclfry ~ America ~ me
scven.ccntury-old Ar tree, eight feet
thick. that forms the spirc q st.
peters church, Tacoma, which is used
for ths beli VI tAe church.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

Yeaiow fever in the South; fy-
phoid fever epidemic II Washington
mid nay fever due almost everywhere
plSe and still Me- are not happy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

the Bulletin would again repeal its
caution. Keep cool; don't grow exclN
esi, and above all, don't believe AL the
r41inors that may be circulated.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

M. Witte smokes cigarettes, white
Marquis Ito writes poetry However
both have risen TO distinction despite
these handicans.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

iii keeping with the eternal fitness
III things, Kansas has i barber named
Trimmer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
SHEARS AND PASTE.
Celebrities at Newport.

That's Mrs Astor. shes me hrst
member Of the 400"
"And who's the fat youth with ms
trousers creased four ways"
ssOh. that's Cholly Leer. Hes the
ao0th member Of the 400"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

Thc Bulletin Ii On sale At the foa.
lowing places:
cclcman's, 2f4 Eighth street.
halliday Rouse news stand.
Walkers, 10 Sixth street.
Union News Co, Union depot.
Blue Front Restaurant.
Wiiheirn ii Fcrritnan, Paducahs ny
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

Thc Gear owns 16o palaces and thus
keeps the niliilists guessing Az io
which ii the right one 10 blow up
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

The above Ii correct statement Of
she circulation of the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday. for the year 1904
.and for the first seven months Of the
year 1905.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this slst day Of July, 1905
LEO y. KLEB,
Notary Public,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
uNama.s Strict Regimen.


Marquis Oyama. commanding the
Japanese forces in Manchrria. IL OK
tremely careful about his health. lle
totally ahstains from all liquors end
restricts his smoking 70 three cigars
4 day. The hour Of his exercise is
fixed ana al times Vie goes out shoot.
Ing. When In Japan his weight waE
175 pounds, but this he has decreased
during the present campaign ny TWEEN
ty.five pounds. HIS health Is consid-
cred To have been greatly improved
BY this.
Wherein He Was Different.
Miss Ansique--i am going ~ marry
/ him because Me IA not like other men
4 Miss ssasstting An, ycs, "a course
4 VIA asked vow tC,s Nm, W. s4s .aVx s AS isAs..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10
Grounds For Suspicion.

Junior partncr--I guess its time 70
flre the cashier
senior Partner Caught him gam
bling. have you2
Junior Partncr--No; but he's begun
teaching d Bible class
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

rake YOUR WHEY, ere she's roasted,
M yTo thc seaside for Il spell.
|r6st VINE thsS from onN who's posted
Evening star., 1905-07-30

ersed the distance in 81 1-5 seconds since
that time. The time for the quarter mile
has been clipped ~ seconds. and that of
the half mile 16 3-5 seconds. In 1876 II.
Lambe ran the mile In 4:51h but Tommy
Conner has reduced this time TO 4:15 3-5.
Nearly two minutes have been clipped from
the five mile record. and the other long
distance records have suffered In like
proportion.
In the field events there has been
wholesale slaughter. w. Byrd Page cleared
the bar at feet 55s inches. which is more
than twelve inches better than Ficken's
jump in 1876. In the broad jump Prinsten,
the old Syracuse University star, changed
the figures from 1904 TO 24.071s, a differ
ence OF over seven feet. The height of tho
pole vault has been increased feet 61-3
inches. Sixteen feet have been added to the
shot-putting record, and fifteen feet to the
discus throw. These are only few of the
events. but they serve to show the re-
markable proficiency attained by the pres
ent-day athletes. The following table will
snow the records of the amateur athletic
championship events made In 1876 and 1901
as well as the record for the events. and
furnish an interesting comparison
Evening star., 1905-07-30

The big fish with the spears imbedded in
their flesh dashed in all directions founder
ing, leaping from the water and leading
their tormentors merry chase. Finally
they would become exhausted and the fish
ermen would kill them. 1t was explained
that the presence of the sharks was peril
Gus to bathers and that they ate up all the
good fish in the bay and it was necessary
to drive them out to sea as quickly as possi-
Bile. This seemed to be effectually done as
the sport stopped within an hour and
half far out near the mouth of the bay.
But IL is left for one of the field Superin.
tendents of the census bureau to describe
some fishing he witnessed two weeks ago
on the coast of Maine to throw the kind OF
sport heretofore spoken of far into the
shade. He tells OF the surf fishing In which
some of the rich anglers of the eastern
cities indulge, and 1t is strenuous enough
to suit such ardent sportsmen as those who
at other seasons of the year go in quest of
big game up In the Adirondacks and in the
far of woods of Canada
1t appears that this fishing is done along
the shore just in the break of the surf,
where big fish feed upon the smaller de-
nizens of the deep. The fisherman wades
out into the water about breast deep and
there casts for big prey with a light pole
fitted with strong line and a strong hook.
The sport requires experience. for when one
of the huge fellows Is hooked he must be
landed on the beach, and this requires no
small degree of strength well as gen.
eralship, and 1t is sometimes attended with
danger The surf fishermen of the northern
Atlantic waters sniff at the tarpon and
tuna fishing of Florida and California, de-
claring that 1t is not to be compared In
point of real sport with the game they
play with real fish on the Atlantic beaches.
According to the description given,
mighty fish are landed, running in weight
from forty TO sixty pounds, and yarns are
spun of exceptional catches of seventy and
seventy y-fve-pounders. Striped bass red
drums, the stingaree and an occasional
shark are landed by the surf fishermen on
the coast of Maine this month, and earlier
in the season along the coast OF Long Is
land as far south as the Chesapeake capes
The striped bass is the fish most sought
after by the surf fishermen. They call him
king of the salt water and there are
scores of men in the cities from Richmond
to Boston who spend many days each year
In efforts to catch some of the big fellows.
The striped bass can be taken from boats,
and thousands of them are so caught every
summer. Weighing from five to fifteen
pounds But there are striped bass SWIM
ming in the break of the surf which tip the
scales at twenty and twenty-five pounds,
and II Is these wary chaps the surf fisher
man wants. He dons a rubber suit, takes
light pole he can trust. and with fly or
: bait goes out to cast in some hollow just
Evening star., 1905-07-30

throughout the country disbanded, among
them being the famous athletic club of
the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia. De-
troit Athletic Club, Philadelphia Amateur
Swimming Club, Warren Athletic Club of
Wilmington, Del. and clubs in Boston,
Jersey City, Washington Pittsburg and
Chicago The work of exploitation, how
ever, was taken up by James e. Su1li-
van, secretary of the Amateur Athletic
Union, who stepped into the late Ia
mented Father Bill Curtis shoes as the
real head of amateur athletics In the
United States.
once the revival began the pace became
little short of phenomenal. Colleges de-
voted large sums of money to the build
ing of Stadiums, gymnasiums and athletic
fields, and outside cities showed renewed
interest in the sport. Open athletic meet
ings were held at which nearly LOCO en-
tries We're received. and last year the
climax was reached when 1000 entries
were recorded at the indoor meet of the
Pastime Athletic Club at Madison Square
Garden.
In many parts of the United States there
are twenty-five athletic clubs today where
there was one ten years ago.
The progress in athletics on the cinder
path and field has been no less conspicuous
than the growth of the sport. Scarcely
year passes that new records do not sup
plant the old ones, and a comparison of the
performances IN the first meeting of the
ANA teur Athletic Union in 1876 with the
present records is a surprising one. AS an
illustration, W. B. Curtis in 1876 threw the
sixteen pound hammer 76 feet inches. but
the record today is IT, feet IL inches,
difference of nearly 100 feet. In 1876 the
same athlete threw the ffty-siX pound
weight q feet. but the distance has since
that time been Increased to 3S feet 71a
inches. Other performances are no less
remarkable. E. f. Merritt ran 220 yards
in "a seconds at the first Amateur Athletic
Union meeting, but B. ]. Wefers has trav-
Evening star., 1905-07-30
The Gentleman From Cleveland.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Do not bother me with gossip touching ON the fad.
of kings;
1 care not about their troubles I'm concerned with
greater things ~
1t is long since have wondered at the prow.s, n,
the Japs,
Although once made reckless wagers on those
lively little chaps;
l would merely read the headlines II tbs, czar him.
self should fall
Gentlemen. from Cleveland; let us talk
about base ball.
I've been paying attention to the Equitable
row,
And I've not the least idea who secures the rake.
OF now;
I've interest in Chauncey nor those foolish
stories which
Have TO do with bold blackmailers who are pr-y!ng
the rich;
Trusts and graft in public Office do not bother me
at all
Gentlemen. I from Cleveland; let talk
about base ball.
Do not talk TO me concerning public ownership
and please
Do bore by describing what you gazed at
Let them .readjust the tariff. II they wish to-I
don't care;
Let the peace commission worry over terms. but
Me from hearing you discussing things so foolish
and small
Gentlemen come from Cleveland; let talk
about base ball.
1 suppose the world is running much as It was
And no doubt the rich nre straIning always after
and more;
l presume the poor were never poorer than they
today. .
old-fashioned way: .
WHY therefore should people bother such
Gentlemen. 1 come from Cleveland: let talk
about base ball.
Evening star., 1905-07-30

single morning. When one of them had
peen brought to shore he gave his captor
an exhibition of his expiring powers by
seizing his leg and nearly biting it off. 1t
was only by the merest chance that the
angler threw his leg partly out of the mon.
ster s mouth as it was closing, and escaped
by losing a large section of the leg of his
waterproof suit
The stingaree is almost as savage as the
shark, and his tail is armed with spike
which he whips about in the most danger
Gus manner, and If the fisherman is work.
ing without gaff, as most of them do, this
monster must be pulled from the water by
main strength or dispatched by blow
the head with stone or a club which may
be lying on the beach.
Surf d&hing demands the use of a free
running reel for casts of about 12O feet.
Much skill is required in making casts with
this length of line. and. with the free run
of the reel the thumb must be brought
down hard to check the line at the right
time and to manage the fish after the bite.
Besides there Is danger that the line may
overrun and result in a snarl which will
take an hour to undo. After the cast and
the angler has satisfied himself that the
line is free, he works the pole backward
and forward as he reels the line slowly In.
About six hundred feet of line are usually
carried on the reel. one hook Is used, and
the favorite bait is the blood worm.
Though the big fish haunt the surf line all
along the Atlantic beaches 1t is not every
place where it is safe or possible to fish in
this way. sloping, sandy beach is needed
for landing, and there are certain localities
which the big fellows most haunt, appar-
emily known only to the experts and few
fishermen who are uually in the pay of rich
men to keep them posted.
The nearest approach to surf casting in
point of sport and success is trolling just
outside the line where the waters break, in
a boat. Big fish are caught in this way by
those who know how. One must discover
the holes where the big ones lie and his line
must be brought by the manipula ton of the
boat or the cast exactly over the spot, or
there will be no catch. For the majority of
fishermen trolling is more enjoyable than
the surf wading. In pleasant weather at
least, one can keep dry, and with gaff
hooks and nets the fish are more
easily landed, albeit the operation may
not be so sporty The tackle used
in trolling may be even lighter than
that used in surf casting. But IL a
is plenty of sport in store for the man in
fish cannot be allowed to tow the boat. He
must be landed by arts similar to those
used by the man in the surf. In other
words, the fish must be tired out and
brought to the boat side by sheer force of
hand and wrist, and when 200 feet of line
are out on the troll this 10 no small matter.
Yet those who have had good day with
the striped bass at any available point on
| the ocean shore will thereafter take little
pleasure in the ordinary kinds of fishing
about the fresh water streams In fact, 1t
| is improbable that they will ever be tempt
! ed down to the Florida coast or out to Cali
| fornia to try the exciting sport of battle
! with the tuna and the tarpon.
Evening star., 1905-07-30
WITH THE ROD AND REEL


This is the season of the year when Wash
ingtonans, taking their vacations at vari-
Gus points on the seashore find excellent
fishing in the bays and along the shoals of
the Atlantic. Black fish. sea bass. weak
fish, founders and other varieties are
caught, and some specimens are large
enough 10 make fine sport for the angler
who gets them on his hooks A lucky clerk
in the Agricultural Department spent last
week in the vicinity of Hampstead bay,
Long Island, and caught 800 weak fish In
four days. disposing of his catch to a fish
dealer ashore for enough to pay his board
bill. He reports the black fish and sea
bass as biting well all along the Long Is
land shore
Another clerk in the geodetic survey went
to Connecticut two weeks ago and has
just returned He reports good catches of
black fish near Milford. Conn., where he
was out for several days. Despite the foggy
weather which prevailed part OF the time
his man says the fishing was exceptionally
good, and one day he and his companion
caught IS pounds of black fish in about
eight hours on the water. Earlier in the
season he says one man from Albany
caught lT5 founders at one low tide, fishing
little less than five hours near Milford.
This man worked a pole and three hand
lines and used about three quarts of CLAIMS
for bait. II appears there are two excel
lent fishing grounds for black fish off the
Milford beach. Fiddler crabs are used for
bait and 1t is necessary to yet the boat in
smooth water and throw out the line the
tide Is coming in. apparently bringing the
fish with ii. The largest specimen caught
there last week was an eight FOUNDER which
measured about eighteen inches In length
Similar reports come from those who
have tried their luck at Atlantic City. A
young salesman In one of the department
stores took his lines along when he went
there last Friday, fishing few hours Sat
urday and Sunday. He made some good
catches of sea bass. Black fish are also
biting in some OF the smooth places just
below Atlantic City on the Jerseg coast.
An elderly friend who is spending the
summer at Eastport L. l.. writes OF a
scene he witnessed there few days ago in
Great South bay in which about fifty peo-
pie more or less went in pursuit of a school
OF sharks. The sharks were discovered in
the bay and Immediately boats were started
out after them. Each boat contained two
or three men. one to row. and one or more
others armed with harpoons. They went
straight into the school of sharks, and
when near enough speared the big fellows
In the back. Then followed pandemonium
Evening star., 1905-07-30

Buermeyer. members of the Nassau Boat
Club, and Mr.. Babcock of the Atalanta
Boat Club met at 200 9th avenue, New
York. and established the first club in the
east. 1t was from the clubs represented
by Messrs Curtis, Buermeyer and Babcock
that the New York Athletic Club secured
most of its charter members and 1t was
at the third meeting of the trio that re-
suits were produced, and on September G.,
1865, the famous New York Athletic Club
was organized. In short time there was
a membership of 300. The first open meet
was held under the auspices of the club
on November II, 1865, in the American In
stitute Rink. Sd avenue and 63d street, and
was open to all amateur athletes. : In 1850
a move was made to Mfef'sz gymnasium,
in ST. Marks places and in fsTSS the New
York Athletic Club was Incorporated under
the laws of the state of New York. In this
year the gymnasium was shifted to
woods" in 2Sth street near 9Th avenue,
and boa athouses was built on the Harlem
river. Here it was that rowing was devel-
oped and became one Of the prominent fea-