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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
WANT THE RIGHT
To Use Washington Avenue for
III New Cairo Road
lNcoRPoRAToRs PETITION CITY
COUNcIL.-MANY oRDlNAN-
CES READ LAST NIGHT
AIN MEETING.

The most important thing that came
before the city council last night was
the petition Of the incorporalors of tbs
Cairo and Thebes Railroad Company.
asking for the right TO enter the city.
The railroad company. composed of
Cairo capitalists. plan to build the
road from Thebes TO this city and
gain entrance TO Cairo on Washington
avenue beyond the city limits ami
down the levee. The terminal Of the
road has not been decided upon but
options have been secured on large
tracts on land in the rear of the city
The survey for the road Will be com
menced Immediately
Beyond a few building petitions ant
petitions for various sidewalks, cross
jings. etc, the entire time of the eoun
Gil was taken mp with reading ordiu
lances. A number were put on theil
second reaiing and many more were
Eaad for the first time Most Of th'
ordinances were for sewers and con
crete sidewalks in various parts of tbs
city
Alderman Koehler made a talk il
favor Of brick paving instead o
! gravel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
RevIval At eaptlst chureh.

A good congregation greeted DR..
Powell at the Baptist church last
night His discourse was mainly 10
Christians. urging them 10 active work
in the cause Of Christ. At The close Of
his sermon he appealed TO sinners TO
turn from their wicked ways. Ser
vices again at 2:3o p. m. and 1880 p.
m. Everybody is cordially invited.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
Special Meeting Called.

There will be special meeting Of
the police. jail and fire committee to-
nigh; at the city hall % near the
charges preferred against Officer Fred
Whitcamp Whitcamp il is alleged
struck a well known citizen without
proyocation and badly injured and
isfigured him The meeting was
called by Mayor Parsons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
Work Stated on New euilding.

The work on another handsome new
structure for Cairo-the Marx Denlson
Dry Goods Companys building, was
started yesterday. The old houses at
Fifth and Commercial avenue on the
site of the proposed building are being
demolished and the ground is being
cleared. The new building will be
one of the largest wholesale houses in
the city.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Washington, Oct 3.--The following
is the forecast for Illinois for the next
"A hours:
Fair "Wednesday anil Thursday:
light to fresh south TO southwest
winds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
TWO BURNED TO DEATH
In a Mysterious Fire on North Da
kota Farm

jamestown, n. D., Oct "a man
named Hambley, an engineer, and an.
other man of the same threshing crew
stranger, were burned to death TO
day while sleeping in barn on farm
near Courtney, n D. The or gin Of
the fire Is a mystery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
CONGRESSMAN MCKINLEY
Given Royal Reception on His Re-
turn from the Philippines

Champaign, H., Oct 2.-The Univer
sity 81 Illinois military department
and several thousand citizens tonight
welcomed home Congressman McKin.
ley upon his return from the Philip
pines. he being member of the Taft
party.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

H. H. Hardy. the newly appointed
travelling passenger agent for the Big
Feur railroad, arrived yesterday from
ST Louis TO assume his duties Mr.
J. NJ Stone. his predecessor, will leave
today for Dallas. Tex, in which dis
stict he will represent the Big Four
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
The WEATHER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;
Today's Forecast.
Partly cloudy and warmer.
Weather Conditions.

A hank Of high pressure exten
from the middle Pacific slope eastwt
to the Alleghanies, with crests central
in the Ohio Valley and In Missouri
Depressions center off the New Enc
land coast, on the middle Gulf coast
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
a colored Wedding.

William Jordan and Ophelia Pur.
dell. negro couple OF Cairo procured
marriage license yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Solitude is where there is no adver
Using ii your business is duh use
The Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Bulletin ads pay? Ask any mer
chant that has used It's columns during
the past year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

DIR. r. A. Mccall, of Vienna, who re-
Gently underwent a successful opera
ton for appendicitis. passed through
Cairo yesterday on his way to Ard
more. Indian Territory 10 spend the
winter for the benefit Of his health.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
CAIRO PRINTERS INK
Judiciously Used Brought Hundreds
to the Furniture Store of Rhodes
Eurfcrd Yesterday.

Again yesterday printers ink
showed the results Of iudicious and
intelligent use Rhodes BmfoFd Fur.
niture company drew crowd Of hum
dreds. Judging from the crowds that
thronged the streets leading TO Tenth
street and Commercial avenue the
whole population OF Cairo was aware
that on this appointed day and hour
this eate~pr sing company would be
glad to entertain it and right royalty
it did
The newspapers carried the invita-
ton into every home in this city Il
could NOT have been done in SO shori
a time. in 50 effective way nor sc
economically by any other means thar
by newspaper advertising.
Mr.. A. II. Newman, the local mana
ger, and large force of assistants dix
everything possible to make the yisi
tors comfortable
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

DRdensbuTB. "
sge2 - Rutherford Birchard Hayes. nine
teenth president. born in Delaware.
o.; died Jan. IT. 1888.
iss2-Battle OF Corinth, Miss.
1880 - jacques orfenbaeh. celebrated mu-
steal composer. died at Paris; born
1873
sSe5-professor Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
OF Columbia college. well known as an
author and literary critic. died In New
York city; born lSss.
ssO4-Henry c. Payne. United States post
master general. died at Washington:
born 1sis Frederick Auguste Barthol-
di. the noted French sculptor. best
known by his statue Liberty En-
tightening the World" In New York
harbor. and the ''Iion Of Beifert' at
= Belfort, France. died; born 1884
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
COAL

guarantee best grades. and posi-.
lively 1000 pounds for ton Try an
order and see.
q. r. THisTLEWooD.
Phones Cairo, i3l, Bell. rs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Hank Goettel and Homer Allen are
in ST. Louis for few days visit.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

shol about three weeks ago was able
10 leave ST Msry's Infirmary yester-
day. having nearly recovered from his
injuries.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mrs. W. P. Halliday has altered her
plans and instead Of spending the win
ter in Europe will return to America
this month and is expected in Cairo
about the 10Th 10 visit her brother.
|ex-Mayor NJ G. Wright.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Wanted--Two or three select boarders in
private family no children. Apply lio6 Wal
nut street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Wynn TulIy, prominent horseman,
OF padncah, was in Cairo last night.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Capt. G. o. Vincent. of Hodges Park,
returned from a visit to Ohio yester-
dty and will leave in few days on
two weeks trip to Iowa He says he
has the "gad-about" fever and cant
stop
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

w, r. Burial manager for KreSs
& Company, at Little Rock Ark, is
in the city and while here viii make
his headquarters with the local con
Germ,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mrs. Gus Osterloh and Miss Louise
osterloh are visiting friends in ST.
Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Ben Brewer, OF Charleston, Mo. who
accompanied his cousin, Or. w, F.
Grinstead, of this cry 10 Rochester,
Mimi. has returned home DIR. Grin
stead being considered as steadily I'M
proving.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Attorney David S. Lansden left this
morning for St Louis for several
days trip
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

The Bulletins subscribers have
money to buy with
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mrs. F. Axley, 713 Walnut was the
winner of the handsome heater given
away by Rhodes Burford Furniture
Go No. 1894 won
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Alderman W. F. Simon has gone 70
Springfield, H., on business.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Al Anderson, the barber who was
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

roo Late to Classify.
For Sale--One half interest IN corn meal
mill for sale. Appyto Joseph Mulham, Future
City
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mrs. Charles Robinson was in Cairo
last night on her way home to Chi
cage. Mrs. Robinson has been to
Paducah whore her father IL seriously
iii.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Charles Gibbons has accepted a pos.
tion as car clerk for the Illinois
Central railroad.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mrs. Cora Ross and Mrs. Joseph
Fullerton and Misses Margie Slo>
comb and Jessie Neadstine, Of Mound
City, were in Cairo yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
CHRONOLOGICAL
Oct. 4 In Bfstory.

6ss-Edwin the Great. king
of Northumberland.
was slain at Hatfield.
sTf3 - Henry Carey, musi-
clan. author OF God
Save the King" died in
London
I'M Battle of German
town and defeat OF
General Washington.
tS12-General Jacob Brown
defeated the British at
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Robert Holderby has arrived from
Metropolis, H., where he has been
spending the summer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04
Washinoton Bulletin.

rising temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

| PURELY PERSONAL
Observation-Disclosures

w B. Huette is in st, Louis on bust
ness.
DR.. A. A. Bondurant was reported to
be about the same last night
Alderman W. F. Simon has gone 70
Springfield. H., on business.
Hank Goettel and Homer Allen are
in ST. Louis for few days visit.
Wynn TulIy, prominent horseman,
OF paducah, was In Cairo last night.
Mrs. Gus Osterloh and Miss Louise
osterloh are visiting friends in st.
Louis
Attorney David S. Lansden left this
morning for St Louis for several
days trip,
Charles Gibbons has accepted post
tion as car clerk for the Illinois
Central railroad.
Robert Holderby has arrived from
Metropolis, H., where he has been
spending the summer.
r. r Robbins. Of Seventh street viii
leave Sunday for an extended yisi
with relatives at Hyde Park Chicago
and Dubuque, la.
Mr.. and Nh, Herman Friedman
and son James, Of Paducah, arrived
in Cairo yesterday and will leave to
day for st Louis
Mrs. Cora Ross and Mrs JOSEPH
Fullerton and Misses Margie Slo
comb and Jessie Neadstine Of MOUND
City, were in Cairo yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Robinson was in Carr
last night on her way home to Chi
cage Mrs Robinson has been &
Paducah where her father Is seriousl
i'll
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

DR.. A. A. Bondurant was reported to
be about the same last night
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

Mr.. and MSei Herman Freidman
and son James, Of Paducah. arrived
in Cairo yesterday and will leave to-
day for st. Louis,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

r. r Robbins. Of Seventh street will
leave Sunday for an extended visit
with relatives at Hyde Park, Chicago
and Dubuque, Ia
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-04

w B. Huette is in st. Louis on bush
ness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

girls are called away in the middle of
backing CRATES, sweeping, busting, max
ing beds and what-not, and obliged to
tidy themselves up and sit IN misery,
thinking Of all the things they ought to
be dong, until prayers are over
1t had not occurred to me that our gen
tle-1nannered maids ever cursed and swore,
although | knew that they often had
opportunities of picking up an extensive
vocabulary from women of the smart =
society, who habitua1ly season their wit
and relieve their feelings by the use of
language not considered becoming in an
officer and gentleman.
So unaccuStomed are our maids to
kindly consideration that they cannot
believe it genuine when they do receive
any. One girl who had just been engaged
by a friend Of mine went down to the
servants hall after the interview and
asked: How long does the sweetness
LAST In that woman'S case the sweet
ness "a. e., politeness) is lnexhaustible,
and she has certainly solved the Servant
Problem satisfactorily, as far as the COM
fort of her own household is concerned.
When engaging a servant, she uses one
invariable formula:
Please understand, she says, that
this IS a business arrangement. You
undertake to do certain duties, and |
undertake to pay you certain sum for
doing them. | give you good wages, and
you must earn them by good work. also
expect Your conduct to be exemplary.
There is no reason why you should not
be as much a lady in the servants hall
as | am in the drawing room. - And
about going out, ma am? - Oh, that
YOU must arrange with the other servants.
/ like YOU to get out as much as you
can; it is good for you. When one of
YOU goes out, another answers for her.
] only stipulate that you shall keep early
hours; but Your own self-respect viii
make you do that, | hope. Once your
duty IS done, your time is your own, as
it would be in any other occupation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

Sometimes when out driving in the
afternoon this woman meets her cook
miles away from home, bicycling; but
dinner is always punctually served, and
all the better done, doubtless, for the
flip from the fresh air and change of
scene the cook has enjoyed on her bike. :"
In the matter of having one manner
for the rich and another for the poor,
mistresses of households are perhaps
the greatest sinners. A woman who IS all
smiles and affability to her friends is
often habitua1ly rude to her servants
We don't want to be deared,
respectable housekeeper once said; we
only ask for reasonable politeness. But
we're shouted at for nothing at all,
abused like pickpockets for the most
trifling mistake, and get no credit for
it when we are doing our best. A mis-
tress who is 1adylike all over the house
as well as in the drawing doesn't
generally have anything to complain of
Servants certainly take on the character
of the household in which they find them
selves, and " give back as good as they get.
We hear constantly from women about
the trouble they have to get servants,
and the trouble they have to keep them
when they do get them. The present
conditions of domestic service make this
inevitable, and if there is no change for
the better, matters must 90 from bad
to worse, until only the lowest and least
intelligent girls will accept the position.
Mistresses themselves are lowering the
standard every day BY requiring obedi
ence of their servants instead of a sense OF
duty. Obedience induces servility and
incompetence; a sense Of duty develops
the intelligence and self-respect of the
worker, and results in proper apprecia-
ton of her possibilities. Domestic ser
vice should be considered one of the high
est Callings for women workers, as 1t GER
tainly is one of the most important; and
until it is so considered, and the attitude of
t'only a servant stamped out the best
class Of women will not go into service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
GRIFFIN'S Rem MINATIOR
By Smith d. Fry

Fighting Joe, Hooker; and we were
ordered to capture Lookout Mountain.
1t was an awful task to climb that noun
tain 1t would have been task even
as a picnic; but when we were climbing
up in the midst of showers of bullets,
.cannon-balls and shells, you may imagine
it was hot work We soon lost our
Colonel As we were halfway up, we
lost our Colonel. We kept on.
Our comrades were falling all around us.
We lost SIX color-bearers, and as we
mounted the crest the seventh color
bearer fell
Major Griffin was then in command,
and he took up the colors and went on
ahead of lis Although out of breath
almost, we cheered when we saw Major
Griffin leading us, with sword in one hand
and the colors held aloft with the other.
/ saw him going right in between the
laundering guns, which belched forth
flame and smoke, and which am told
deafened him; and then a Mimic ball
shot out both of my eyes The last
sight they ever witnessed was that glori-
Gus scene of Major Griffin carrying the
colors and leading the regiment right
through and past the batteries of the
enemy. God bless Major Griffin!''
And Major Griffin was renominated by
reclamation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
BREyITY THE SOUL OF GHOSTS

HERE'S the shortest ghost-story in the
4 world said the red-nosed man, who
now, with the coffee, broke silence for the
first time at the dinner.
Two men were travelling from Boston to
New-York; strangers, but sharing between
them the smoking compartment. After a
bit, one laid BY his magazine and said: Seems
a bit jolty right here Yes replied the
other; was killed just here three years
ago
Shortest in the world did you saw" re-
marked some one at the other end Of the table
But here's shorter A lonely old bachelor
waking up late at night reachcd out his hand
for the matches and they were handed to
him
Then the host nodded 70 the butler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

HNE Of the most thrilling as well as
" most effective political speeches
ever delivered in any convention was
uttered in a quiet conversational tone by
a sightless soldier in Detroit in the
spring of 1894.
Major Griffin represented the Detroit
district in the national House of
Representatives and he was dilgent,
faithful Congressman; but his hearing
was defective, growing worse, so that
he was almost wholly deaf. He had
no enemies; but he had rivals, and one
of them who was anxious to go to Con-
gress started the story that Major
Griffins deafness incapacitated him for
public life, and spread the falsehood
that the Speaker of the House could not
do anything for Major Griffin nor for his
constituency, on account of his intlrmlty.
So diligently was this scheme worked,
while other games were being quietly
PLAYED, that when conVentlon-tlme came
it was practically settled that Major
Griffin would be defeated.
The momentous day came, the pre-
lininary convention work was all done,
and nominating speeches were IN order.
Before they were made, however, there
arose an outcry from convention floor
and galleries for Thomas ]. Giddey, a
blind veteran Of the Civil War. He came
upon the platform, guided by another
veteran on crutches Facing the audi
ence the blind man said: know that
this IS a political convention; but | am
not a politician, and | don't know why
/ am called upon. Tell me. !
Tell us how you lost your eyeslght,
came from every part of the house.
"All of my friends know the story,
said the sightless one. It IS short
story. We Michigan boys had been with
Grant for two years, and in November,
1865, we were at Chattanooga when
battle called the Battle of Missionary
Ridge began 1t was a big battle, and
We were IN it, although many miles from
the Ridge We were brigaded with the
Twentieth Corps, under command OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

riture from one house to another, re-
marked when he came to the servants
ed-roons: This lady keeps her ser
wants, III be bound When asked why
he thought 50, he replied: Because
of the pretty furniture and the nice,
clean, comfortable beds | 90 all over
the country for my firm, and often in
The best houses the discomfort Of the
servants rooms is disgrace
! have talked to numbers of intelligent,
nice-minded women about their expert
ences IL. service, and have heard many
pathetic stories of what they have had
Is suffer from the want of consideration,
the heartless seltishness. the injustice,
and even the frauds, of the women they
have had to serve But what causes the
most general resentment IS the sacrifice
Of their liberty, the state OF Imprisonment
in which they alone of all respectable
working women are kept. One elderly
cook who had faithfully served in the
family Of a country gentleman for many
wears. complained bitterly that she always
had to 20 like child to ask leave of
her mistress and give a reason if she
rather than suffer the repeated humilia-
ton. She STAYED indoors. 1t would have
been better for her employers, as well
as for herself. If 1t had been an understood
thing that she should 90 out as often as
possible to recruit in the fresh air after
the heat and fatigue of her duties, for
eventually She broke down; but even
this consideration did not occur to them.
They were people who thoroughly under
stood and expatiated much on the value
Ct fresh air as a restorative, but they
seem to have thought that only their own
iIlcness had a right to ii.
\ Young girl, sister of one Of my maids,
came from the first place to stay with us,
IN utter wreck. She had been only four
months in the place, but during that
tizue She had never once been allowed
10 90 out Women sitting on their
GrsIi0ned seats in church, when they
hear the PRAYER for the desolate and the
C1rressed. would do well to think of all
e lonely little maids in the house, fresh
from home. pining for their mothers,
anxious TO give satisfaction, but filled
with apprehension by the harshness
visited upon them for the slightest mis-
take. seldom. if ever, out in the sunshine,
OF allowed any playti1ne, often left alone
81. their prisons for hours, frightened and
distressed. but for the most part dong
their duty to the best Of their ability.
4 clever lady's-rnaid of mine once
--Ied rle by remarking casually: The
nv that causes most curslng and swear
Ing among servants IN gentlemen's houses
is morning prayers. Mistresses have no
mercy on the housemaids. The rooms
haEe to be done to the moment, but the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-19

press and transportation companies. II
has gone IS to- the railroad tconpu1,,cs
greatly Increased the amount of taxes
required from them, and has made them
pay q &falrer share of the tax burdens,
Under tho new Constitution q nov fran
chise tax was imposed upon corporations,
which last year yielded the State 1922,
#E"Ttls ts tho splendid record the De,noc.
racy Of this State has made during Its
administration OF twenty gears
X Mr.. S. Swanson said that the great
achievements OF the Democracy In tho
past furnish proof OF tho great good 1T
would accomplish IN the future, and
Justified II In receiving In the coming
election an overwhelming vote OF conf
dencc.
u ie hen described the rious resources
Of Virginia In agriculture, In mineral
deposits In river ana hurbor facilities,
In Watcr-pOwer. and the glorious future
which awaited her under honest, wise and
business like administration OF State ar
fairs. lie promised 4 IL elected Governor
to- do what he could 10 develop the
material resources OF Virginia and pro-
duce industrial development and bring
capital within her border to improve
public roads and make further progress
and Improvement In the public schools.
He closed with an earnest appeal 10
the voters TO continue III power the
Democratic party, With Its splendid record
and great good and reforms 1t had
brought to the State.
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