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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
Matter of Choice.

Matter Of Choice.
Browne-My wife is inclined to be
ill-tempered most of the time. I'm
glad to say.
Green-What! Glad to say she is
lll-tempered?
Brownies; when she is good-na-
tured she Chicago Daily News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
CORBETT GROWS
AS AN ACTOR
FORMER CHAMPION HEAVY
WEIGHT SAID TO BE FAR
ABOVE THE AVERAGE SEEN
IN NEW YORK ON BROADWAY.

James j. Corbett, former heavy
weight champion pugilist, is to be-
come Broadway comedian. and nexr
fall he will be starred by one of the
most prominent managers in New
York. probably in play by George
Bernard Shaw, the noted English sat
irist. says the NcS York World
When Henry p. Harris, owner of
the Hudson theater, was in St Paul a
few weeks ago he CHANGED to see Mr..
Corbett in his melodrama, Pals and
declares that his work was far above
the average seen on Broadway. A.
that time he asked the fighteractor to
meet him in New York. After a con
ference yesterday tie manager sign
ed Corbett for term Ct five years. to
begin with the opening of next season.
Mr. Corbett is a mighty good light
comedian" said Mr.. Harris last night.
and he will surprise first-nighters In
this town. I am trying to arrange with
George Bernard Shaw to dramatize his
own story. Cashel Byron's Profes-
sion. and If | succeed l will star Mr..
Corbett in the play at a B.,adway
house. If fail in this l win put him
in another play have in mind"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
While They Are Loosina.

O DE pUBSi De buffers, o de
nam fatters, Say. dose stiffs ought.
er 90 jump in dc Hudson! why.
dey couldn't ht a freight car comm
outer a tunnel, Dey couldn't hit a
era n elevator wild brass knucks, Wat
tell Dey couldn't catch the small.
pox! Dey couldn't field lame COW
IN back yard Say. dose uster-beens
oughter practice wild shingles on med.
icine ballsl Dey oughter catch vim
min faintin' Cheese! de Salvation
Army oughter get after EN- for de
errors dey makes. Dey are de lin.
II! swear to chord! and de gaul
of EN-. Two bits for seat In de
bleachers. Two bits! Five beers,
Six packs o cigaretsl Why. tnnder
| wouldn't give 'em a Cancelled pos,.
age stamp to see tripls-header. six.
teen innuns TO de game. Not on yer
life, Dey're no good. Dey make me
weary! Dey oughter be plavin, wild
de kids league in South BROOKLYN
Dat for EN-. I'm donel Count me
out. The National League for mine
heafter-Excbange
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
TELEPHONE in THE THEATER
on Seats Will Enable Deaf
People to Enjoy Play

A woman who is so deaf that she
gave up going to church 10 years
ago because she could not hear the
sermon even when she sat in the pew
nearest the pulpit occupied a back
new at the dedicatory exercises of
the Broadway Tabernacle last Sun
day. and did not miss hearing a word
of the service so long as she held 10
her ear something that looked like a
rubbe~ hunting-case watch. BY the
use Of the same telephonic instru-
ment Blanche Walsh sat in her dress
ing room n the Herald Square Thea
ter. one night last week. and heard
everything said on the stage while
she was not in the scene. With an
other instrument in the managers
office several persons We're able to
hear the voices of the actors as plain
ly as though they had been sitting in
the first row of the orchestra chairs.
THE day is not very far Off said
the man who made these demonstra-
tions OF the possibility of overcoming
deafness and distance, when deaf
persons will be able 10 attend any
church or theater in New York and
enjoy the sermon or the performance
as much as those whc have normal
hearing. We are not ready to so il
for theatrical contracts yet. All The
tests we have made in theaters have
been by way of experiment But
the idea has caught on with actors
and managers. Lillian Russell was
so delighted that she wanted us TO put
an instrument in during her run of
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16

Lady Teazle' In Boston But We are
going TO beg Il with the New York
theaters first A success here means
so mucA more than it does elsewhere
We talked over the details of such
an arrange ment with several mana.
gers. One plan discussed is to sell
the telephones to theaters and have
them rent the ear pieces to patrons
at fixed sum per night, on the same
system that opera glasses are rented
at the Metropolitan Opera House
and several of the larger theaters.
The charge would probably be 20
cents night. No theater would want
more than "a ear pieces. probably,
unless deaf persons who have been
kept away from theaters because they
could not hear anything said on the
stage should decide to go in a bunch.
The telephones enable any man to
hear everything said by the actors
unless he is SO deaf that he could not
hear pistol shot # il was fired close
TO his ear.
All that deaf theatergoers would
nave to do is to ask at the box office
for seats with telephone attachment
Fastened 10 the backs Of the seats
there is little brass plate about the
size of Subway ticket II is connec
ted by wires run under the floor with
the receiver on the stage. This re-
ceiyer is JUST back of the proscenium
arch, out of sight of the aud ence.
The user of the telephone sticks two
plugs in The seat-plate. much like the
plugs in switchboard. Then he puts
the ear piece to his ear and enjoys
the play The rubber tubes connect
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
Expert Plum PUDDING Msn.r

Turning home talent into a trade
has been the work of a young widow
In a northern New York town. This
time it was plum pudding. Possessing
a famous recipe handed down by an
ancestral colonial dame. this Young
woman, from being famous for her
buildings among family and friends.
took to supplying friends friends until
now annually three thousand plum
pudding bags leave her hands for
points from Maine to California and
even across to England.
In November the young manufac.
turer and her homo assistants began
TO prepare the fruit After the baking
the loaves are packed daintily in para
fine paper and then in heavier white
paper afterward 10 be tied with scar
let ribbon and deckcd WITH a sprig Of
holly. Tucked within the box is a
recipe for the brandy sauce, to lie set
burning when the pudding Is served.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16

the bloodiest fight of modern history
Next to him. among the Japanese
IN The personal nature of the interes,
which he insp res among foreigners
comes Togo, who has the naval plorv
to himself. What the japanese tbinz
the public or the army-of their Of
hcers. we do not know. They do no,
iaik and crticise They go ahead
and do. Their generals will probably
not write books or deliver lectures
On the Russian side critic SIN l.
SO public that no generals fame in
This war is free of doubt. Stoessej
was first in incense for a moment
Ills final placing is for the future
huropatkin's reputation has had It's
ups and downs, but the general opin.
ion outside of Russo is that his ac-
complishmSnis have been consider
able and that his failures have been
due 10 obstacles that it would have
taken genius to surmount.-
liers Weekly
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
HOW THE FANS ACT ATTHE GAMES
whiIs Thsy Ave- wInnlna.

SAY. dey're de lilies. de roses, de
for get me uots: Say. dey're aeg ring
ers for de pie crustl Muffin 10 IL,
Cnees! Httini Dose aresfle culs
could hit an in-curvinFballet outen a
rifled Mauserl Dose, are de boys
could keep the sheag off de Raos-
ians wild stick, And on fieldin'
dere's nuttiDg tr touch 'emi Every
pal dere is net Sure. a Nett Dose
Dose boys a got fms like crab scoops.
Why. it'snattin' for Dougherty to run
IN out o. left field and catch foul
tip, And Keller gets EN- ont q de
Top row o de bleechers. Dey can
have my weeks wages. I'm tellin'
yer. any tine. Dat. for the National
Leaguel Desc fellers Kin make mon
keys outen EN-, It's a flag. dat's wat
il is-all STARS. Oats a nine. Fifty
cents 10 see team like dat from the
grand stand. # oughter be twice
dat 10 look frou knot hole in de
fence. sayi me for dat team. Dey
hin step On my neck. I'm tellin' yerl
Exchange
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
JOHN |. SULLIVAN
TRAINING AGAIN
DECLARES HE WILL MAKE HIS
TORY REPEAT ITSELF BY
SHOWING OLD TIME FORM
WANTS TO FIGHT JEFFRIES.

John L. Sullivan is in training again
l received letter from the old cham
pion III week in which he told me
that he is taking road work every
morning and following this up with a
few rounds with his sparring partner.
The letter leaves no doubt that Sui
! Ivan is perfectly sincere in his be-
lief that he can get in shape to meet
the top-notche says Maiachy Ho-
gan, in the Louisville Courier Journal.
Il am going to undertake to make
history repeat itself" he says Il
never felt better in my life. have not
not been asleep for the last few years,
and if people think so they will real
lie very shortly that | was sleeping
with one eye open"
Sullivan writes that he has reduc. i
his weight some twenty seven pounds
within forty-two days. He S now
near the 270 mark, says his wind is
better than ever and that within few
months he can get in shape to put up
the battle of his lfe.
OF course Sullivan says he wants to
meet Jeffries. All of the heavy
weights say that But with all jok-
ing aside the old man is due to receive
credit for his work, although il is TO
be hoped that no one will feel called
upon TO induce him to again enter the
ring for anything more than sparring
exhibition.
In thar capacity the old idol Of the
ring would be welcome. Many fight
fan of the present day never saw him
perform with the gloves, but there is
not one who would not like to get
some idea of his methods to compare
the work of the ring leaders of today.
Sullivan can give a good example of
the work Of twenty years ago even
yet For that reason alone his ap'
pesrance with n the squared circle
ought to draw out big force Of fight
fans at every SOW
Speaking of Jeffris5 reminds me
that Marvin Hart seems 10 have given
up his idea of an immediate battle
with the champ on. His manager,
Jim Mccormick was in Chicago last
week and was hot after match WITH
Jack Root
The two engaged in the hottest fight,
probably. that was ever seen in a
Chicago ring. They went at IL ham
mer and tongs through six fierce
rounds, and at the end Root was de-
clared the winner That was Novem
Der 10. 1902 Since then several re-
turn matches have been talked about,
but one or the other has always slip
ped out of the engagement. Hart was
only a few pounds heavier than Root
then. but since that time he has taken
on all kinds of weight, and will prob
ably go at least twenty pounds over
the Chicago fighter at present,
Mccormick says that Hart wants
to clean up the old defeat al the hands.
of Root, and then defeat Willie, F.tz-
simmons. Gardner and some of his 9th
err rivals before trying conclusions
with Jeifries II strikes me that this
is a wise move on Harris part
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16

ing the ear pieces with the plates are
not IN anybody's way unless some
body in the row wishes 10 go out.
I'VE have found from experience
that some persons prefer to own their
own ear pieces. These take up no
more room in the wa stcoat pocket
than a watch. Some even go so far
as 10 carry their own tubing, which
they may use in the church or the
theater, as the case may be. The be.
lief back of this is the same that CON
yinces many persons. they can see
better with their own opera glasses
than they can with hired ones. or that
their execution is far more skillful on
their own PIANO than it is on an in
strument strange 10 them. New
York Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16

A safe and sure cure for any form
of MALARlAL FEVER, such as Bill
ious Fever Fever and Ague. Dumb
Fever. SUD Pain, Sick Headache.
Neuralgia, Swamp Fever, La Grippe,
etc.
Woods pills are good blood renova-
tors and 10 tone up the system can't
be beat.
Let the aged who sometimes sigh
for the elixir of perpetual youth take
Woods pill or two and he will re-
alize that he has found an excellent
substitute. -.
If your druggist don't keep them
address
DIR. WIN. WOOD & SUNS,
Cairo, Illinois.
Sold by all reliable dealers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
JAKE KILRAtN.
viii Enter the Ring Against Jim JEFF
fords.

Philadelphia, Penn, April 15.-Frank
Mansfield. the manager for Jim JEFF
fords. the former California heavy
weight. has signed articles of agree
ment for a six-round contest between
Jeffords and the veteran Jake Kilrain.
The fight is to take place in Baltimore
at date not yet decided upon.
Jeffords is also matched TO fight
Jack Bonner 10 rounds at Allentown
on April %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
HEROES OF PRESENT WAR.
Kuroki a Fsvorite-oyama the Mos
important Figure-Nobie
Old Nogi.
.o05 Commercial ADenae.

Kuroki was the favorite with The
foreign audience, when the land fight
ing was in its early stages, oyama
will apparently be the most impor-
sant figure Of the war in history, but
he is not so picturesque figure to
the popular imagination Nogi is per
haps best fitted to arouse sympathe-
tic interest. He is an old man, whose
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16
hair Is white when he had lost his
Stoves, Ranges, Etc.

i, -Jns and his only nephew he
ed, but when he thinks he is I'M
observed L Is said that ne bows his
head aud sobs. God took my sons"
be said. ''n order that | might be
better able to sympathize with my
countrymen who are likew Sc bereft
and so that | may the better answer
10 the souls of the many brave men
whom ! am sending to their graves"
He took Port Arthur, doing things
that military experts agreed in adj
vance were impossible He then hur-
ried north to take a central part in
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-16

Some reople TO ar act of meanness
IN one direction ana ~ 10 square
hings h generes.ty sc1-ewhcre else.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
DON'T Be A KNOCKER

Pot away your little hammer, and no
matter how magnificent you may know
yourself to be, stop knocking, and tell
everybody who comes TO town that this
is the best town on earth-and it is. If
there is move on foot to establish an
enterprise that Is good for the town, do
all you can to help it along, Of it is only
to keep still; and if you can't see where
it's possible to succeed, hold your
tongue; yes. hold your tongue; and by
and by it will be easy to see. What you
do, let it be for the good of your com
munity. and you'll help some one Of
your fellow-men. Some have said: We
won't build an opera house. Some said
we wouldn't have the fertilizer factory,
and others have said more that we
woodland go we will Wa are getting
one of them now, and feel sure of the
other soon. Please put away your ham,
mer, and Quit knocking.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
ACCUSED AND IN JAIL

Young Floyd Howell was arrested,
charged with taking a purse of money
belonging to James Warren, and was
arraigned before ESQ. Sims, at Law
renceburg Thursday, and bound over to
court. Not being successful In making
bond, he was lodged in Jail at Lawrence
burg, to await his trial. Mr.. Warren
claims to have lost his purse while out
chestnut hunting, on September 18th,
and that he had reason to believe the
Howell boy took it at that time. So he
lWarren) kept up with all his moves.
Warren claimed there was 800. 90 bill
In the purse, which contained some
$42 90. Only few days ago Howell
dropped in at Squire Lovell's store over
at Southport, and bought q gun, giving
in exchange $40 10 and $40 ILL for
It. A day or two afterwards, Howell,
8 ogether with his mother, came here
and spent with Messrs. Coble, Garrett
d Co., SIG 90, leaving with them $40
bill and 81 In silver. The spending of
the $40 bill led to the arrest. The How
ell family live in Crestview, and Mr..
Warren In Summertown, only mile
distant
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE
Granted Cumberland Tele-
phone Company at
Pulaski.

Pulaski, Tenn, Oct. 2.-Much COM
called meeting of the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen which concluded a con-
tract with the Cumberland Telephone
Company for the payment of $500 per
year until February 10. 1910, for the
exclusive franchise of the streets. The
Board of Aldermen yesterday passed on
second reading bill to grant to the
Long Distance Telephone Company
franchise along with the Cumbe rland.
This was referred to com mittee and
it was resolved to hold an election to
ascertain the sentiments of the people
as to the granting of new franchise.
The proposition Of the Cum berland
Company has been submitted IN private
to the Aldermen for some days ana at
a private meeting this morning was
accepted and was ratified tonight. at a
formal public meeting of the Alder
men.
The CUMBERLAND Company years ago
procured 30-year franchise fIom the
Pulaski municipal authorities which
will expire on February IL, 1910. The
royalty of $500 per year is in payment
of what was already owned by the
Cumberland with the additional tea
ture of excluding all other com anies
The new contract provides that there
shall be no raise in rates IN Giles
County and that this community shall
receive the benefit of all reductions
which NAV be made elsewhere In
rates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
REV. ". D. CHERRY DEAD

Prof. and Mrs. w. D. Strayhorn re-
ceived the sad news about O. clock
Thursday afternoon Of the death Of Mrs.
Strayhorn 8 father, Rev. w. D. Cherry.
Prof. and Mrs. Stray horn left on the 1886
train, to attend the funeral and burial,
which is to take place at Mt. Olivet,
Nashville Rev Mr.. Cherry spent much
of the spring and summer here visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Strayhorn, and had
many warm friends, who will regret to
hear of his death. He was minister
III the Methodist Church. South, and a
member of the Methodist Conference
now in session at Nashville. He was
with his step. daughter, Mrs. William
Robinson, about eight miles north Of
Franklin, at the time of his death.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
LOCALS

The sailors have anchored for the
present, and th Sc on board the ship Of
Mt. Pleasant are resting.
Rev. T r. Curtis being in Nsshvi lie
attending Conference, there we're no
services at the NJ. E. Church.
On account of the revival in progress
at the G.. P. Church the service at the
Presbyterian Church was omitted Sun
day evening.
There Was splendid crowd in town
Saturday, and very good patronage
was bad by our merchants from the
country brethren. but the miners trade
was not so good, as there was very little
work in mining done last week on &C
count of Indictment weather.
Very quiet around the Recorders Of
fee the pat week, and an unusually
quiet Saturday and Sunday, for our po-
licemen.
The Southport road is being built
very rapidly, considering the weather.
The road Is now almost completed to
the Pink Harris place. near Southport,
and work is progressing nicsly on this
end of the road. A great effort is being
made to get the road in condition for
travel before bad weather sets in.
Mr.. Bernice has just completed cot
tage for himself on East Jordan avenue.
DR.. Rippey. of the firm of j. R. Rip
pey & Son, recently purchased the last
but one--lot in Park Place, fronting
on North Main Street, and intends
building Immediately.
The addition to the Shackleford resi-
dence in Park PLACE is progressing rap
idly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
SOCIAL

Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Shofner enter
tanned the Mt. Pleasant Whist Club al
their home Just south of town Thursday
evening. Whist was played at five ia
bes. Mrs. ID. w. Shofner and Miss Riah
Long keeping score. The Club had as
their guest Mrs. Seth X. Martin, and
the following members were present
Mr.. and Mrs. E L. Gregory. Mr. and
Mrs. E. Dan Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Chas
Gilmao, Mr. and Mrs. Chae jackson,
Mr. anJ Mrs. r. G. Jack Oh. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. L, tIieIson, DR.. and Mrs. j G
Friersor, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph G Mat
thews, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. jenkins. Mrs.
some silver bell, and DIR. J. G. Frerson
the gentleman prize, deck of cards.
A delicious lunch course was served.
The Church Workers OF tb.- Presbyte.
rian Church met ThuIsd afternoon
with Mrs. j. H. Ward. Mrs M G..
Frierson read very interesting paper
on "Act from principle rather than feel
ing" The next meeting will be held
Tuesday afternoon, November 18th, with
Mrs. N. B. Stewart, and Faith" as the
subject.
One among the most beautiful affairs
ever in Mt. Pleasanss social life was
the luncheon given Monday at l O. clock
by Mrs. John Kuhn, Jr., in honor
of Miss Florence Williams, the BRIDE
to-be of Wednesday. The guests were
seated at two tables, in parties of six,
the BRIDES table being in white and
green. A cut glass epergne filled with
white chrysanthemums, was in the CEN
ter, candles in green with shades of
white chrysanthemums, in colonial
glass candlesticks, cut glass nut and
bon bon dishes, and a table cloth of
heavy cluny lace over nile green satin. |
The other table was in pink, the center |
piece silver pitcher filed with pink |
roses, silver bon bon and nut bowls and |
cloth embroidered in pink roses The
candles for this table were white with
pink shades. The guests found their
places by dainty white satin bags filed
with rice and the monogram of the
lonoree and hostess done in gold. The
ce course was very attractive, and was
made up of frozen slippers on white
satin mats, "a I'D cakes with orange bios
SONS. The luncheon began with fruit
salad and cocktails were served upon
he arrival OF the guests. Those present
we're: Mrs. F. o. Watts, of Nashville;
Mrs. Luther FreIson, Mrs. G. s. Jack
ION Mrs. F. s. Wheeler, Mrs. Rufus
Jackson, Mrs. E. L. Gregory, Mrs. Chas
Gilman, Mrs. John Frierson, Mrs. WV.
Mrs. A. E. Sheldon. of Century;
Miss Annie Williams, of st. Louis, and
he houoree and hostess. After the
luncheon an interesting game OF bridge
vas played, in which the prize was an
exquisite hat pin, set with eDameled
daisies and an aquamarine. The house
vas darkened and brilliantly lighted
With electricity and waxen tapers.
The town is full of drummers every
sy, 80 the hotel people, bus line ana
Merchants all must be doing land Of
re husiness
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-03
PROF. MACK" IN JAIL
Aeronaut Wanted by Local
Authorities Caught at
Florence, Ala.

W. r. McDade, better known as
PROF. Mack, the aeronaut, !" is in Jail
at Florence, Ala, where Sheriff o. z.
authorities. A telegram reciting the
detention of McDade by the Florence
officials was received by Sheriff Cart
wright Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Lanier
will probably be dispatched for the
prisoner.
McDade is wanted on the charge of
false pretenses and larceny having, it
is alleged, disposed of personality which
is said TO have been mortgaged to a.
Shyer. He lett Nashville some time
ago, the indictment having been re-
turned two months ago
Prof. Mack was the baloonist at
the Maury County Fair.