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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

An oficious little country station
master recently discovered a gentle.
man enjoying a cigar in compari-
ment not reserved for smokers Tho
traveller wore a top hat and the little
tation master approached him in all
humility.
you should not smoke, Sir" he be-
gan.
..Igdced'" %. .cjaculq,ed the traveller,
ibat Is What my friends say'
You msundeysiand me. sir re.
turned the station master you must
not smoke
SO my doctor tells mo responded
Tho other
The station master was rapidly los
ing mis- temper. and assuming the most
cycfe attitude he could command. ho
roared:
But lbs against the regulations, and
you ahan't smoke. sir"
Dear mel" exclaimed tho unmoyed
BENDER in grave tones That's my
r. tfe. % a tee"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
49,. &C. Nor, .CN

J. ita~ &c. Morley, when d
member OF congress; also Sir Edward
thornton British minister. and tho
carl Of Dunrayen. All of these and
others rode in johns hack at differ
eht times and praised the old man for
his courteous attention.
On one occasion when Gen. Grant
reached Washington unexpectedly 10
his friends and early in the morning.
he asked for John Buffers team. John
drove the hero of Appomattox from the
Baltimore & Ohio depot 10 his home.
then on street, near New jersey av-
enue northwest Gen. Grant handed
Butler IS bill, but the driver refused
10 accept more than his rightful fare.
$2.5o, exclaiming as he showed tho
money in his pocket:
General, ! would not have missed
this job for $50"
After Daniel r. Siclzles had shot
Philip Barton Key the meals Of the
former were carried 10 him regularly
by Butler IIo alyso numbered among
his patrons Thad. stevens and former
War Secretary William II. Bcibpap.
Butler lived continuously in tho Dis.
irict OF Columbia from the day of his
birth. q years ago. At the time of his
death his residence was at G09 Brown |
court
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
TEXAN HAS & LIFE PASS.
MADE Railroad Company Give It to
Him, and Has Used 1t for
Fifteen Years.

VIC we're travelling through Texas,
and stopped al little settlement in
the woods. The only passenger that
boarded the train was an old man. and
when we say old We mean very old.
He seemed a relic Of antediluvian
times, as much out Of place On a rail-
way as a mastOdon would be IN a mod
ern menagcrie. lie did not seem 10
be travelling for pleasure. The pass
ing landscape had no interest for him,
relates correspondent IN the Kins-
ley Mercury.
When the conductor came through
he seemed inclined 40 ignore tbc old
man and pass him without collecting
the fare The old man, however lie
clin1i 10 be- ignored From an inside
pock he produced J worn and greasy
account book and from tina; extracted
pa that was nearly worn TO rags.
The CONDUCTOR. with an air OF impa-
tienca, looked at il careessly. and
passed on. The old man. apparently
satisfied that he had forced the CON
duclor to note the faet that he had "A
pas, sank back into his senile reyerle
and ruminajion. AT station about
30 miles mp the road he got off, NOV
ing slowly and with difficulty
The possession Of a pass by one
50 little liked to have it excited oar
curiosity. aud we dug the history Of it
out OF one of the brakemen. When the
road was building through that coun-
try the old man owned a piece of land
through which Il vas desired TO OBJ
tain right of way The old man
fought the company vigorously. and re-
fused to give or sell them a right OF
way through his land. except on condi
ton that he have pass. Not an an
nual but life pass
The company tried 10 bluff him, bit /
the old man didn't hmm worth cent /
and "a hen the company started 10 build I
across his land the I'D man came out /
vita he Old rife he had carried q I
San Jacinio ami cheerfully informed /
the foremost thai he would shoot the 4
first man that trespassed on his land.
The old man was then 40. anu as 4
his tenure Of a life pass promised 10 l
be short. The company finally agreed
10 his terms. The road was completed I
and he old man by virtue of his pass
rode on the first train through. which
was, BY the way. the first railroad train
be had ever seen.
Thai was II years ago. and every
day. rain or shine. since then the old
man has ridden on that road, some-
fines in one direction. sometimes in
the other. but never further than would
enable hin TO get home the same day
on the next train coming bach His
life pass has been worn almc1t 10
shred Eers conductor On the rosd
kroTs lin AID -ould fai1 dis-a-f. +
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Washington is. next to New York.
ihe most expensive American city in
which TO live Rents. fuel. groceries.
meats and clothing are ali high. The or
linary government CLERK Of family has
10 live not only on an economic basis
but on one Of actual niggardiiness.
barren OK comforts and FAR removed
rom the semblanee OF luxury For
him TO live within his income is scarce
- possible. At best there is LEI 10
margin for insurance. for medical at
iention or for the savings bank. For
him 90 buy a home would be as likely
as for him to buy the capitol Yet,
habituated TO a round OF duties he
iines 10 bis place for he IS out ~
touch with other opportunities and
1oes that were he 70 retire a sore
Tould scramble Tor tbs vacancy ~.
: Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
Buried in Che Cam

The glass coffin in which Tamagno
The sree- singer. was buried recently
was not the first which has inclosed
curious character. There was a
misery Sir Thomas Bancroft. who in
pa London days hcaped up great
riches. Even when his time came
10 die he could not bring himself to
give DTS property away, and so he
ief. hts estate 70 be improved uuin
De should rise again. which he ex
rrcel shortly TO do. lie had .
ri7iow built In bis coffin. movable
from The interior, ana windows and q
giaf,d door 70 his tomb and ordere3
that AZ frequent intervals these should
Dc opened and himself inspected b,
the trustees. But The latter had haa
enough OF ihe man. They built aims
houses with bis estate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
HISTORIC CHARACTER GONE
John Butler, the "san 'wieh Nan Of
Washington. Has Passed
-

The recent death vi John L. Butler,
The hot sandwich man. marked the
passing Of a yeritabIe human land
mark Of old Washington. says the star.
Butler was venerable and colorcd.
DE was born in Georgetown ia 1851
when that place was a port of much
importance and sailing ships caluo ND
he Potomac laden with careoe8 oI
every description. When Butler urs a
boy he played about the wnartes Of
old Georgetown and used 10 wonder al
The great water birds-ss be- termed
The ships-NiI h their great stretches
Of white wings.
In the SOS he was known a. John
Butler the hack driver" He owned
his own team. and his passengers were
often regaied by the drOil stories hat
The driver told vi men and things ia
the oiden time. IN his Ume John
hacked many noted men. One ~
his Irregular customers vas samuel
Ward. familiarly known a. "Tucls
sam. who gave many famous dinners
at Welcker's. a. thar lime the Del
Of Washington.
Mr Ward was The medium through
which Butler came in touch with
number nf flr erest mcu ~ ibis na.
ion Among thsee we're serTets--
lf Ffer la-cn. Cen C1rEsld. Samuel
doop Cen r s GraDC. Gen. Rote.f
e S-hs1-k senator Bsysrd. William F..
Z .Eszass.sI<JEsLd IA .ss.sE.. Es1usl ]
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

7's.h ',a Tou1la O. taking his num.pt,
but tho old man Is bound that the CONF
gany shall treat him just as IL would
any other passenger and always insists
on presenting his pass and having it
entered in the conductors book.
The brakeman said that the old man
hal received from three to five dol
lars worth of transportation every day
for Is years, and while he looked feeble
he would probably live to get the worth
Of that pass The station where he
gets on is a flag station, which makes
it all the more aggravatlng. as nine
times out of ten he is the only pas
senger the train has to stop for. and
every time a train stops it means
loss Of dollars in stopping and start
ing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
STATED STRIKING FACT.
TtT.incer Tells What Would Be tho
Result Of Sudden Stopping
OF Trim.

A young man was riding in the cab
with a locomotive engineer.
Now said the Young man. shud-
dsrag, suppose a great sleigh load OF
children was to glide on TO the track
from thai lane-what a blessing il
would then be If Won could stop short,
Instantly, like man walking"
blessing said the engineer.
why young fellow. II that sleigh you
speak Of was TO appear now and !
could stop short like a man walking,
wouldn't do H. instead. I'd keep
right on and Kill tho kids
Why"
Because 1t would be the humaner
cour.e. In one case there would be a
sleigh load Of kids slaughtered; in the
ether case there would be the slaugh-
ter OF a train load OF people
For this train is going at the rate
of IS miles an hour. and The sudden
-topplge of a train going az thai rate
would give the passengers precisely
hc same shock precisely The same
hal they would get from a fall oil -
eet-s fall from housetop.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
FORTY YEARS IN OFFICE.
War Department Odacial Who Has
Served That Length Of Time
in Once.

Recently there have been claims and
'ountcr-claims as to clerks I'm the gov.
rnment service who have held office
or the longest term. Grange S. Fir
nan. assistant chief OF the paymasters
iiyis-on in the Office OF the auditor for
he war department a fe. days aeO
celebrated his fortietn annirersart o.
governmental service. rot uuIy having
7ecn in Uncle SANS service. but in ths
tame Office without "a break for aid that
unFe The oCcssion WIS htuurlr rc.
memtered ty p deak loaded with D..
ted pants and cDt Towers a. pleas.
aut surprise i0 air. Tlrmin. snd by tho
sincere congratulations of hir assoc
iafes. i0 whom be has endcared hlm-
self by fairness. courte-y and con-
sideratiOn.
Mr Firmin has been sent by The de-
pariment on special missions 10 En-.
rope aud various parts OF this conn
try. ard placed upon important OH
cial committees appointed for par.
F0sea 81 invest gafi0n and colsuIta-
Lon g. TO bettermsni Of the service.
M Firmin came 70 Washington
rom Connecticut he was fn The
sere1iernth C0nnect-Cut volunteers -l
he rivil war. serving three years. Hs
Is 5asi master of Harmony ioaee
flfe member ~ Mrunf Kefruh
hsut9 = a ~ Wsshinz-on ccu-
na1le1y no. and 3lithras is5--.
h A s. r TIs is afso q member CT
71-Esl5e rcst. c 4 2 Ct ths Uri3n #
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27
Notice.

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of tho Weber Dry Goods
company wifi be held at the office of
said company. No 70f Ohio stree.
Cairo. ILL.,, on Monday. January !.
1906 at eight O'Clock p. m. for the
purpose Of electing ne directors AMI
the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting
Cairo. H.. Dec 20. zoos.
HERMAN WEBER.
T. J. KERTH. President.
Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

The Dig -Four win sell tickets to all
point on their lines account of Christ.
mas Holidays at one and che third
fare Tor the round "trip Dates of sale
December 2, %, %. 81 1905. and Jan.
uary I, 1906 with final return limit
January 3. 1906 See agent for full
particulars
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

You might be living in a house twice
as big as your present one If you had
begun to watch the want ads. for
clsnees and opportunities and invest.
ments years ago
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Led De- Mrs. Roosevelt the wives %
Dc cabinet officers have decided 10
raise thc standard ri the culinary art
Wellington. Thcy h1Fe established
cooking schools in private ramlles. 50
RAT POSSESSES may have The pleasure
II preparing dishes f1- their guests
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

soldiers alliance ai prdminaat in
the Sons Of the Revolutiaa organi7a-
ton In personal appearance Mr.
rirmin so closely resembles Rear ADJ
miral Schley thai many incidents both
ludicrou9 and pleasant have arisen
from the likeness which The two gen.
tlemen have talked over together.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

IBID you see my picture 10 the pa
DT Iarf Sunday asked Miss Elder
lrieh
replied her u1etfy cousin
H9E many bottles did they give you
70 your tesiimonisi7"-Clevelssj
Lssdsh
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Special low rates for the round trip
10 an points on the Iron Mountain
Alcsour-Paci6e system. account Of
Christmas and New Year holidays.
See agents for full particulars. Tick
cts sold December 2s. -. e. Is. 20
and 81. 1895. and January l. 1896. good
for return TO and including January
3. 1906.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

The new train service via the ron
Mountain leaving Ca TO daily at see
q. ~ affords a convenient trip for
Cairo people 10 visi, friends along the
lire during the holidays. Special low
rates.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

Low rates 20 New Orleans and re-
turn via Mobile and Ohio railroad. on
December 20. q and IS Limited to
January 9Th 1906. Apply to 81. and o
railroad agent for fun part culara
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

II has been ascorafned thar cancer
occurs rarely very far south or far
H8rtf
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

The Big -Four VIII rlsn heir through
trains Kos. s and 9 sundays, pecem-
Der "a and 81 same schedule as weak
lays - accozzg1slS &oadz7 trs7el.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-27

The Bulletins subscribers S-..
nonsT o bug Fith.
The oasis., 1905-09-16

money to buy that land from private ownership, and donate it to the railway company. With that the climatic advantages which through seven months in the year enable men to put forth greater exertion and accomplish more work than in Guaymas would turn the scale against the donation and it's accruing advantages, which Guaymas can offer in her sub- merged lands on the harbor front. That is another place where we'll organized board of trade can work to good advantage.
 Then there is the Twin Buttes railway, which viii be built surely from Tucson southward. It can be induced to come to Nogales, which would be great advantage to the town. But to get 1t to come there must be some substantial induce ment extended-depot grounds at least. Suitable grounds are to be had, just northeast of the townsite. But they are held under private ownership and will have to be bought, and the money must be raised by subscription. In raising subscriptions and conducting all negotiations q board of trade would be valuable and useful instru- ment.
 Now this is not written for the purpose of Encouragement THE OASIS has held always, yet holds, and will hold over that there is future for Nogales. But to mater ialize the possibilities there must be concerted, active effort upon the part of all. The great growth an- ticipated will not be eompassed with talk and prediction only. Work must be homework along intelligent and conservative lines.
The oasis., 1905-09-16
AVOID ExTREM ES.

It is always advisable to avoid extremes. Particularly is this as sertion true when dealing with the prospective growth of towns, cities ard regions. Many a town has had a goodly sized boom and seemed destined to reach a high stage of wealth and population, only to suffer the worst form of stagnation when the boom burst. Those engineering 1t were too ex- trayagant in their claims for the place, people believed and invested in real estate at high figures, to suffer joss with the inevitable col lapse of imitation. Upon the other hand many towns in goodly loca- tions have failed to reach the high est development possible because their business men were too pessi- mistic and failed to gee the oppor- tunities within their grasp.
 During many years there was at the fore in Nogales an element which had no faith in the future of the town. According to some of the most prominent business men of q decade ago the town "could never be anything but a Mexican plaza" " Yet in spite of them Nogales has steadily grown and prospered. But the very men who then took the pessimistic view of everything were responsible for the line cities losing their greatest and grandest oppor- tunity-the Cananea railway. At a critical period in the develop ment of the great enterprise at Cananea Mir. W. 5. Cranz, repre- senting Mir. Greene, came to No gales and asked q little help. It was not granted, and inc great en- terprise turned elsewhere for the assistance needed. Had Nogales business men had the perspicacity to see the opportunity and the nerve to grasp it, they would have made fortunes individually, the Cananea railway would have been built from Nogales, and all the vast trade and traffic of that great and growing region would now be coming to the line cities instead of going elsewhere.
 The pessimistic view which for merly prevailed has done vast aud incalulable harm to the line cities But there is now arising an optim- istic spirit among our people which may do just as much harm as has been done heretofore by the other extreme. The railway extension now starting upon the west coast of
The oasis., 1905-09-16

something will have 70 be done first in order to secure them. The railway company is not compelled to locate them here. It has choice of locations. Under the con- sion granted by the Mexican gov- ernment the shops may be at
 Guaymas or Nogales, (Sonora). Now when 1t comes to locating them the railway company will inaugurate between the two cities a competition in inducements. Usually the inducements asked in such cases are lands for the sites of shops. The people of Sacramento gave the old Central Pacific Com pany [now merged into the South ern Pacifc), 500 acres of submerged land known as China Slough. The railroad filled it up to a level with its tracks, and the entire area is now covered by the great build- ings, tracks, etc. Right along the waters edge and immediately ad- iacent to the present depot grounds of the Sonora railway, the muni- cipality of Guaymas has several thousand acres of submerged land, part or the whole of which can be donated to the company for the proposed shops, By dredging the ground to fill in can be taken right out from the bay, and when com- pleted deep seagoing vessels could come alongside the shop site to load and unload their cargoes. It would be a site for great ware- houses as well as great shops. Now Nogales will have to bid against that offer from Guaymas. What can be offered? South of the Nogal- es Water Company's well, near the railway track, to the head of the valley there are about 1000 acres Of level land which would be an admirable site for the purpose, that would require little or no iill- ing or grading. Now if Nogales succeeds in getting the shops her business men will have to raise the
The oasis., 1905-09-16

"The American Gentleman the finest and handsomest shoe for gentlemen's wear, at the Red House, Ramon Vasquez.
The oasis., 1905-09-16

help Nogales greatly But there will be nothing gained by discount ing the future and precipitating an ephemeral boom. Already are enthusiastic optimists showing a tendency to foster imitation. It is very freely predicted that Nogales will be another Fl Paso. Grant that. El Paso has now about 25,- 1000 population. Last week one enthuastic optimist predicted that within five years Nogales will have a population of the same size. Now with five great railways centering there (the Santa Fe; Southern Pacific; Galveston, Harrisburg < San Antonio; Texas x Pacific; Mexican Central) and two more added within three years past, (the Rock Island and the Fl Paso < South Western) the City of El Paso has been more than twenty years in growing from town of 5000 population to a city of 25,000. Nogales has as yet certain only two lines of railway centering here (pract;cally one system, while the lines at El Paso represent four competing systems-the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Rock Island), and what growth comes here must come for long time upon development of the region served by that one railway system. With four systems. competing at El Paso for traffic, that point had an advan- tage in trade which made 1t a cheap mart. With one system only Nogales will find 1t necessary to induce the management of that system to grant rates of freight which will make this q cheap mart II our merchants draw the trade to make another Fl Paso they will
 
 have to enjoy freight rates which will enable them to undersell all points in the surrounding region. Now two of the points on the rail- way extending down the west coast of Mexico, of which Nogales is al- ready the northern terminus, are ocean ports-Guaymas and Maza- tlan. They have the cheapest transportation in the world--water. To get their traffic the Southern Pacif fic system will have to grant rates that will meet water competi- tion. In development of her trade Fl Paso has never had two sea- ports right in the region out from which she has developed 1t. Now if Nogales is going 10 reacb the size and importance Of El Paso in the magnitude, volume and value of it's trade the merchants here must have freight rates that will enable them to reach out into the same region that Mazatlan and Guaymas will sell to, and compete with the merchants of those cities. To do that successfully the first and chief requisite will be a well
The oasis., 1905-09-16
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-28

chaser, but as he passed his along
 when he found out things he lost iIt- tie. One of those he passed the stuff along to was Judge Alton B. Parker. Odell threatened suit to recover his remaining losses, but nothing ever came of 1t. Mrs. Wood threatened suit also. Now she expresses herself as satisfied The game is to satisfy everybody-which, as 1t Is done with other peoples money, is easy-and then pitch in and by better manage ment make it up to the treasury of who is the poor old giant lamb in the whole transaction? Equitable, of course. Equitable Director McCook, Equitable Director Alexander, rela- tive of the Equitable president, were the leading spirits in the shipbuild- ing trust. Right through 1t and past it and until now they have remained Equitable directors. To hush up the victims this man got job from the society or from the state of New York, that man, not wanting a job, got cash. The whole business has been grossly scandalous and dis grace to New York. To say that worse is done in New Jersey and as bad in Pennsylvania is cold comfort.
 Even cynical Wall street is worked up over the matter. It is perfectly safe to say that out of the noisome mess will come improvement in Empire state insurance methods.