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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

OF all the queer auctions in the
world, none perhaps is queerer than
the sales Of unclaimed and abandoned
property at the New York Custom
House. Here is the llotsam and jet
sam of commerce and private proper
~. The packages and boxes, unclaim-
ed and abandoned which have lain
there for year ava ting owners. at
tract the most yariegated crowd to
be found anywhere in the Metropolis
There are curio hunters and curios-
ity seekers. bric-abrac and picture
collectors, junk dealers and small
SPECTATORS Of all sorts. Men with
thirsty OF an expensive character go
there in the hope of buying very
much booze for very little money.
and often they are rewarded in
wonderful measure. At the sale last
week longshoresman bought bar
rel of sour wine for fifty cents JusC
thing what must have happened on
the dock. Five hundred straw hats
were sold for forty-five dollars. A
loiIar ana halI ap zee. Tor them Will
be cheap on the fifteenth of next June.
In the miscellaneous collection of
hings which piles up in the Custom
House every year some amazing |
reasurers have been trove, particu-
arly in old pictures pottery, textiles
md the like. Some pictures bought |
or a song in the Custom House
auctions have later, it is said figured |
It astounding prices in the uptown |
galleries, and gone to adorn the man
ions of men of boundless means.
But in the long run, 1t is likely The |
fluff bring about what it Is worth |
which Is, in fact. true of every auction
Though the great, easy public, hun
ny for anything in the nature of a
argain, hates to believe it,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
A Hint

The train was just about 10 steam
out Of he station when forlorn in
diyidual with sideboard whiskers WIS
bundled into a smoking carriage.
whore a young man sat steadily smck-
ing cigar
The iorlorn one scoaied. first az the
young man. then at tao cigar.
DO son know. young man he sail
in a hollow voice. that five cut Of
six people who suffer from heart trou.
bic have brought il upon themselves
ihrouen the dithy habit OF smoline2-
"Really?" said the young man bland.
ly And might ask you. SIR if yon
are aware 81 the fact that nine oui Of
Ten people who suffer from black eyes
can trace the complaint TO a habit Of
not Winding their oUn business
The f0rlorn one sighed deeply, but
spoke no more London TitBiis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
War Horse Platt Still Answers the
Buqle.

A delivery horse harnessed TO q
huscksteta wagon heard hugleT
practising cavalry calls the other day
When the animal got through with the
manoeuyres the bugle called for, all
that part Of town was strewn with
cabbages, carrots and other articles
Of a commssary nature As the estab-
lishment dashed down the street at
Charge. bystander shouted.
Whoa. Platt."
asked him why he said that
Easy" he answered. that's an old
war horse, That bugle would start
him If h. were dead"
II wasn't so far wrong. either
Thomas C. PlatR has been retired
from pol ties 10 the express business
80 many times in the past twenty
years. by those in whom the wish is
father 10 The thought, that it is get
ting to be n joke, aud he genius Of
political history has contracted writ
cris cramp trying to keep tally of the
times ne has fooled them
70 find out where PLAT IS Il is only
necessary 10 sound boots and sad
die" for a campaign. A fortnight ago
they had him dying in Denver. and
New York newspapers had his obiiu-
a'g written and standing in type in
the composing EOms. all ready to
jump into the forms fo~ an extra.
\ note Of the political trumpet and
into New York slid the deacon. bland
and smooth. 1T was all canard.
%" said softly. 81 haven't felt better
in a long me" Then he changed mis-
no el, leaving the Fifth Avenue
where he has put up for almost half
q century and taking rooms in the
new Gotham. where you cant get a
drink except 10y messenger, because
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
LAST WEEK OF
HIS WORK HERE
PAYNE is PLEASED BY PRAISE
OF FRIENDS HE HAS MADE.
MADE TWO WOMEN THANKFUL
They Tell Stories Of Relief From
rheumatism and Catarrh.

Payne says with an unusual RECORD
behind him, he has started on his sec
ond and closing week and the predic
lions made by him when he first cam,
to Cairo that before his visit endeC
many people would speak in prais,
of his remedies apparently are beins
futile.
In the short time that he has beer
IN Caro- large numbers of people
have called to see him and many in
teresting stories have come to ligh
daily. Cases of rheumatism, catarrh
and stomach trouble where the vic
Tins assert they have been relieved
present some remarkable conditions
according to the statements of the
| people
Anon those who called yesterday
TO tell about their experience were
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Mueller
Mrs Hall lives on Washington ave.
nue. She said: My husband has
been troubled with rheumatism for
more than six months. He tried al
most every medicine advertised, but
all failed 10 reliye the pain and swell
ine
Il was told of the wonderful effects
of the Payne remedies and bought
several bottles The effect of the
preparations was almost instantan-
eous. My husband now sleeps and
rests wen and we cannot speak too
higly of The Payne Remedies
Mrs Mueller who lives on Eighth
street, said: Il have had cattarrh Of
the throat and stomach for the last
three years. In the morning | would
feel faint and dizzy as il | would
vomit My stomach apparently was
full of slime After taking one bottle
OF Payne's New Discovery these con
dtiohs have been removed My stom
ach apparently is in its normal condi-
ZION and | feel strong again.
Payne, when he was seen last night, |
said he was greatly pleased with the |
praise he has received and he says !
he expects to make his last week in
Cairo the banner week of his visit
lie wishes most particularly 10 i'm
press upon the minds Of everyone that
MS remedies are positively offered 10
he public on trial.
All should convince themselves of
he wonderful and marvellous powers
IF this medicine by taking advantage
If Paynes most liberal offer You are
invited TO call and meet him at Her
nan c. Schuhs, sol Washington ave
lue from a. NJ. to pm
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
THE ADS THE BEST READING.
japanese Admiration for information
They CONVEYED.

ney conveyed.
Commodore Edward Durham Ro
bic, who sailed on Perry's flagship in
the historic American expedition 10
Japan ffty-two years ago, talked in
New York the other day about the
japanese
What impressed me most at that
time he said was their incredible
bravery. There we were. a strong
fleet with modern equipment. and
when We approached their port they
sent their greatest battleship--a junk
TO turn MS back They defied us,
and pointed to the line we must not
cross
AS remarkable as their bravery
was the brilliance of their minds
minds q once powerful and naive. A
great samurai got hold Of an American
newspaper. and had II all translated
10 him. every word. from cover TO
cover. AZ the end he said 10 Perry:
j have read mis- newspaper with
delight especially the advertising sec.
ticn Within that singuarly narrow
space The author has contrived TO col
lect the most valuable information
The bargains offered by the various
merchants. the humble marriages
which have taken place. the houses
for sale or 10 be let. many investments
and business opportunities. and.
above al. the most valuable and
precious medicines.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

The neWfangled system of teach
! ing in the public schools is fast reach
ing the point where it will take pre-.
cedence of the servant girl problem.
/ The theory that knowledge of the al
phabet is an unnecessary accomplish
mant belonging only 60 normal schools
and postgraduate degrees. and that
all education should be purely pictor-
ial Is beginning to have the appear
anca of an epidemic malady. for the
control Of which mental boards Of
health will be required.
A nauseated father thus pours out
his complaint.
My little girl, nine years old com.
planned last night of Il sore throat.
My wife is afraid Of diptheria and
called in the doctor Nothing danger
Gus, says he make gargle Of alec
hol and water and give it 90 her every
half hour, In the morning she'll be
all right
No, doctor says the girl, Z can't
use it,
And why not. my dear says the
doctor
Because, looking very superior, 4
study physiology, and ! know that al
cohoI destroys the mind
when | asked her to tell me what
latitude was or to define the equator
and few other little things like that, |
she was up stump.
And her brother is just as bad |
Hes seven years old and writes out
long sentences for me in bulgy hand. |
Il see four apples on tree" and |
things like that. Ar he knows is the
picture Of the sentence BY and by
5omebody'll give him a big check, and
he'll cash it for half its face if he
losen't happen to have seen the pic
ure of that amount on the blackboard.
tell you. Ehen this crop of gradu-
'tes grows up and gets out into life,
anybody that ever learned the three
Rs won't have TO go to the theatre to
augh."
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
sishop Potter,s Latest.

Bishop Potter is certainly a rest
less and progressive soul. II would
be Interesting TO read a complete
schedule of the advanced ideas for
which the Bishop stands sponsor.
One by one they are coming to light.
On the heels Of the failure of the Sub
way Tavern to remold the rum bust
ness of New York His Grace has now
ar sen in favor of woman suffrage.
Before leaving for Europe he made a
strong prunCuncement on the subject.
declaring that under the present laws
4 woman without a ballot is without
protection and Is a victim But the
Bishop put in a saving clause wo-
man's suffrage. he said must he de-
tcrmined by woman's education and
fitness for the use of the ballot And
a woman with property is especially
entitled 10 vo'ce.
Cynical people will wonder if the
good Bishops attitude upon this vital
question has changed since his matri-
monial union 10 the Clark millions.
Tn sea-sprpent season j. over. but
il is very difficult TO curb the inven-
tive mind OF the Jersey Coast fisher
man Aside from The fact that the
shore resorts are deserted it is worthy
Of consideration that the sea-serpent
IS not as attractive a monster as ne
used 10 be. for the press agent has
ag-ked him 70 fhe point # exhaust
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

ion. But meteor! There is a mar.
vel TO awaken the Imagination of the
most case-hardenad cepyreader Two
Atlantic City fishermen went in their
dory the other day far out Of sight OF
land and out Of reach OF contradiction,
and came back with a story af a
molten meteor. at white heat, which
plunged sizzling into the sea fifty
feet from their boat, making an awful
This was alright but why waste it in
the Fall, If it had been saved until
next June Atlantic City would have
bad the convention of the Internation-
al Society Of Meteorologists and of
the Newspaper Humorists Associa-
ton
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
is DANGER IN ANrlsEPrlcs.
Too Free Application often Results In
Worse Injury, SAYS Physician.

Worse Injury, Says Physician.
"A popular misconception OF the
antiseptic theory is resulting in new
aflliction-carbolic gangrene," said a
physician. ut is caused BY excessive
use OF carbolc acid on common ct,ts
and bruises, and sometimes the It's.
sues actually begin to rot before the
case comes to the physician. The
carbolic acid is in every case applied
AT home, where some member of the
family has grasped the fact that the
acid Is an antiseptic, hut does not
know the other fact that it can do
great damage if 1t is used to excess
Going on the principle that there can.
not be too much of a good thing, these
people are not content with simnly
bathing the wound in the antisepdc
but soak cloth and bind it on the
injured part AS a result the tissues
around the wound soon begin TO dead.
en-. and in week the arm or leg is
in a terrible condition, If allowed to
continue we would have to do some
cutting to save the persons life.
I'VE are sending such cases to the
hospital now, where they will have
the most careful treatment, but it was
some time before we actually woke IN
to the danger OF this home use of car,
bolic acid Patients have been very
much surprised when have explained
that they would have had no trouble
from their wound If they had left it
alone, and invariably say, Wen, |
didn't want any blood poisoning in
mine, so | just slapped on an anti
septic. II people will insist in treat
ng themselves with carbolic acid,
hey should tell their druggist for
what use it is intended and get him
c instruct them how to use It.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
HIGHER THE LID IS LIFTED
MORE UNSAvORY GROWS DOOR
Plat Still Answers Bugle-B Bishop Potter's
Latest--Uncle Sans Auctions
Ecclesiastical Hair Splittings

Governor Higgins vetoed the SAKE
bill and so killed the Gotham's license
1T was the only favor | ever asked of
him said Mr. Plat
The things that are happening to
Odell are ye"y suggestive Of the Plat
method. In Wall street, where Odell
had warm welcome once, there are
icicles on the caves when he comes up
Jut of the Subway, and in political
circles, the smile is certainly coming
off. II is d good gamble that Odell
will not make any more Governors.
Mayor of Newburg and a quiet life for
his. 1t is the rear, seasoned cavalry
horse that remembers the bugle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
Sharks ard Other Sharks.

We are getting strange tales or
sharks lately. A most shocking report
comes from the North Carolina coast.
70 the effect that a monster recently
carried OF a boy who was wading meas
shore IN very shallow water. this be-
ing the first known instance o. tiger
Of the sea selling q human victim IN
hat vicinity. although hey have been
seen there in numbers in The past
Now comes a dispatch from Oyster
Bay. J. J.. announcing that q medium
sized shara has taken mp his abode in
the bay, attracted by a big school ~
hiucfi-h. and has been seriously fright
cning ihe bafhers-
Are these marine pirates growing
mere nu-erous or more hungry Or
are they merely cmulatng the meth
DDS Of their prototype on land and
displaying their natural tastes with
less restraint, Certainly this IS appar.
emily an 0ucn season for sharks. even
a. there ass rtter B much exr1. ere
Of grating and crcnkcdaess. Maybo
the sea sharks smell rrey as the re
form wave washes up the human mar
eaters. Here at least. IS a chance for
both the ichthyol0eist and the sociolo-
Eist - coilahorafe and evolve an e1-
plantation " the phe-cmara
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

New York. Oct 81. The higher the
lid is lifted off che Insurance pot the
moro nn:ayory grows the odor Of the
broth Equitable was bad enough in
all conscience, before its reformation.
but il Us plain now why President
Paul Morton said all he wanted was
to have rhe other companies scruti-
n zed and why Thomas F. Ryan
when the legislative investigation
was talked about, simply smiled and
saii nc hing. The list Of constructive
lines which fortnight's quest oning
has revealed shows pretty nearly ey-
cry sIony short of arson and murder,
and as many misdemeanors as adorn
magistrates docket
Ana az for the money that was
squeezed from The army Of industrious
policy holders the insiders, to .il
fluenc" legislator: and cary cleo
ions-besilos the figures now reveal
ed the shady transactions in the
Equitable look like petty larceny IN
the ! glt Of the fact that McCurdy Of
the Mutual Life, his son and his son
in-ldW ogether took four cold millions /
of the policy holders money in TWEEN
~ years, George w Perkins, Of New |
NorI, Life and ]. p Morgan & Com /
pdny, looks to be almost as selfdeny- I
ing young man as he says he is
at first 1t was all very funny to |
tho insurance magnates, but pride
cC. ainly goeth before fall, and when
John A, Mccall went up for his second
days graaling, he showed weat and
tear very plainly "Al" Adams, late
OF S ng Sing, on the situation would
be hugely diverting and illuminating,
but Adams can't Galk, of course. He
is going in for high finance now, and
there is homer even among high finan-
ciers But ii must fill the Policy King
with b tier resentment toward fate to
find Ina just when he has reached it,
the graft below the Fulton Street dead /
line Is knocked in the head Some
people never do have any luck.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
FOR HEALTH or TROOPS.
Scientists Prepare incubation Against
TYphoid Fever.


Typhoid Fever.
The best way to protect an arm!
against typhoid fever, that terrible en-.
envy which ii must face in both peace
and war. is doubtless by careful sant
tation But TO apply that method sue
cessfully during the stress of war re-
Quires 2 yeritablc genius for the say
ing OF life which no nation except the
Japanese has ever yet shown. Another
method. from which much is hoped and
which can be applied in time Of peace.
so that it's coOd results may be reaped
later on in time Of war, Is by inocula-
ton. Germany has recently had
commission, composed Of some Of the
nations greatest medical students, at
worl, uron the subject and the find
ings have just been made public.
Part of his report deals with the
best methods of incubation. and is
therefore technical in character, but
other parts have a wide interest The
commission is convinced that inocu-
iatiuu can be carried on with no risk
10 the health of the soldiers On 4
survey Of all experiments that have
been made on animals and men and
of all practical experience that has
been gained the commission says that
at is impossible, even when proceed
ing with The greatest caution. 10 doubt
that incubation can confer certain
measure Of protection, and that it is
urgently desirable 10 seek for further
based so far as is ros
sible on absolutely trustworthy data
with regard TO the degree and dura-
ton Of the protection"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
SHE LIKED THE HAIR TONIC"
Substitutes Mistake Had No Very Sc.
rious Results.

Albert f. Hatton of Dorchester trav.
cling salesman for button company,
was formerly drug clerk.
On one occasion. returning from
lunch, he took charge of the store,
while the proprietor refreshed the in.
ner man.
Mrs Blank came in and asked if
her hair tonic was ready The clerk
looked on the prescription case, where
he found four-ounce bottle of red
liquid standing on a piece of paper in,
scribed, Mrs. Blank, hair tonic.
which was accordingly labeled,
wrapped and delivered.
On his return the proprietor in,
structed the clerk to compound sope
hair tonic, for which Mrs Blank would
soon call.
why, gave it to her. said the
clerk.
"Oh, you put it up?'
No, found it put up on the case,
standing on paper on which was
written her name and hair tonic
We'll, y said the startled apothecary,
i made that memorandum for you to
act upon, and just before you returned
jerks, the liquor drummer, left a four
ounce bottle of whisky for me to eX-
anime and analyze, and he must have
stood il on .h4t paper Wen it is best
TO let 1t go. as no harm can come from
H.
Some time later the clerk. when
waiting on the lady, asked her how she
liked he hair tonic, and was pleased
o be informed that she thought il
Tas "imsf snlnndid
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
poetical place Name

The yo0rtrekkers had fine sense
Of the poetry OF things. ID in the
Transvaal there is little place
which rejoices in the name Of waach-
teenhcisjebe ideboschfoutein. It is a
name which speaks Of leisure. whose
gentle invitation 10 the thirsty tray-
eler 20 rest a little by the brook be-
-ea'h the cool shade u The Tree calls
ap a. once the Thought of a green
oasis in q dry aud barren laud.-Cape-
town Times
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

There are some refreshing develop
ments this season in athletics. One
IS the determ naJiCn of the authori-
ties at Columbia TO put an end to
the somiprofessioual. business in the
college sports A Columbia student
who wants 10 represent The institution
on the football team has got to tns-
wer questions in such a manner as to
show clean bill of amateur health
and then sign and swear To ii. This
isn't priggishness. It's simply good
bus'ne Every big college in the
country has realized The value of ath-
ietics as advertising for higher edu-
cation and has winked the other eve
while all kinds of strong men were in
duced To come TO college and cultivate
their minds. The pendulum is about
TO swn g the other way and Columbia
is showing sagacity by getting out
in the front rank of reform.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

The Municipal Arr Society. which
mas hitherto been held a joke in some
quarters. is now proving its worth TO
a sane city government IN the broad.
intelligent manner. in which Il has
ser about the mapping our of Staten
Island for future utilization a. a part
of the City of New York
What the Municipal Ant Society is
try 'ng 10 do is. 10 make best use of all
its natural beauties for residents and
park purposes. and OF its level areas
and waterfront for the conduct of
business. To lay out the streets in
such manner as 10 compel the most
rational development as the growth
# the island progresses, viii prevent
the tumble of streets and the de
stTuction Of what should be available
space. which now makes the lower
end of New York a bywurd and dis
grace. The Municipal Art Society has
stood many q Joke. but Staten Island
bids fair to he a monument that viii
neutral " them all Other munich
palit.ss please copy
ROLLlN KNOX.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23
Then He Stoned.

A certain preacher in a small town
had reputation for his long and dry
sermons. One Sunday be was living
well mp TO his standard and one by one
his congregation LETT the church In
iisTsyed. the preacher continued. IN
til finally al had left but The faithful
sexton. At last the old sexton came
forward and. putting the keys on the
pulpit. said.
-Sav- doctor. when you're through
lock ID. wiz seq
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-23

If churches and what they teach are
losing their hold upon The masses
perhaps nothing Is more nearly re
sponsible for it than such witless per.
fornances as the protest of clergy.
man against the angles carved by
Sculptor Borglum. for the Belmont
Chapel Of the Cathedral of st John
the Divine
Ii was all very wen TO redden the
rivers Of Europe with the blood of
the nations over the question of trans.
substantiation, but when in The TWEEN
tieth century a fnanc al dominic halJs
a great architectural construction 10
have the hips pared off from the
statues because the Scripture never
said anywhere that there were female
angles, it would seem that the limit
of ecclesiastical hair splitting had
about been reached.
II is consoling TO note that this
sculptor behaved like an artist and a
gentleman and consented to doctor
the simulacra of Gabr eel and one other
other confcssedly male angel If he
mad been less sagacious. who knows
but the Anglican Church of America
might have been split for generations
by dispute on this fine physiological
and scriptural point
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-21

Heading the program will be Marshall T.
Wilder. the world-famous humorist, who
has just returned from his complete tour
OF the world and will make his first
Providence appearance in 1--WE years. Mar
shall +. Wildcr's reputation as the fore
most story-tCller OF the day makes IL UNI
necessary to dwell in detail upon him.. lie
has appeared before all the notable people
I'm every corner OF the world and he has
SO completely mastered the art OF making
people smile that his very name Is now
sufficient TO draw big crowds 10 any
theatre I'm which ne Is appearing.
Originality is his trade mark, and not
only are his stories provocative Of mirth,
but they introduce character studies that
are very clever The late Sir Henry
Irving said OF MIR. Wilder: He H. a re-
markable student of character and
many OF the famous people who have
come I'm contact with the little humorlst.
who has been handicapped by nature.
speak enthusiastically of his f%unmaking
powers. Staley and Birbeck, "The Must
cal Blacksmiths," viii offer a novel act
I'm a transformation scene. The act opens
showing the performers arrayed as black
smiths. and the scene the interior OF a
blacksmith shop They extract music
from the ringing anvils and burning
forges, and sYddenly thc scene shifts 20
a fashionable drawing room ana the cos-