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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-18
Big -Four Route
BEST LIVE TO
New York, Boston
AND ALL POINTS IN THE
East and Northeast.

indianapolis, Muncie, Cincinnati,
Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland and
points In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
Through sleepers from ST, Louis 70
New York, Boston and Washington.
Trains Leave Cairo as Follows:
No. s--5.45 a. m. Eastern mail and
express. Mt. Carmel. Vincennes, Par
Is. Danville. indianapolis. Cincinnati
New York, Boston. Direct connection
with the famous Knickerbocker Spec
ial
No. ESQ p. m. Mail and express
Carmi, Evansville. Yincennes. Indian
apolis. Louisville, Chicago. Terre
Haute and Cincinnati. $50 a. m. from
vincennes to indianapolis $50 p. m.
LOO p. m.
No. 54-Local accommodation
Mound City. Grand Chain, Vienna and
Harrisburg.
Trains Arrive at Cairo az Follows;
No. $3.50 p. m. Harrisburg, vi
emma and Cairo Accommodation
No. 3-1250 D. m Vincennes ano
Cairo mail and Express
No. $50 p. m. Danville ana CAIRO
mali and express.
All trains daily exceptsundsy. For
full Information and particulars az
To rates. tickets. limits. etc. call OF
write Elmer Smith. ticket agent, II.
H. Hardy. T P. A.. Cairo. III. G. N.
Hiresry, A. C. P. A. 81 Louis, No.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-18
Americans Smoke rons o. robaeco.

Americans Smoke Tons Of Tobacco.
Perhaps the most formidable view
Of the tobacco habit in America Is
obtained WHEN we look at the annual
consumption by weight A cigar Is
not heavy object; neither Is pipe
full of tobacco or cigarette, but
American smokers burned last year
about 100000 tons--enough to make
quite ST. "dgc The ha itual smok-
err however, will calmly asse. be.
tween puffs, that he knows OF no other
product the burning of 800 0o0 tons OF
which would afford as much pleasure
TO the 100000 men who burned 1t
or as much profitable emf loyment to
the hundreds OF thousands Of persons
engaged in growing. manufacturing,
and selling the 'horrid weed -" Roch
ester Herald. N n8
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, Illlnols, Pop
M 8, NIX uiatlon 1917,

Cairo, Alexander County, ilIlnols, Pop
~ s. ulatlon 1917.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A, HATCHER.
Treasurer. JAMES QUINN.
Comptroller, e. s. DEWEY.
Police Magistrate. A. j. ROSS.
Chief of Police, NJ. s. EGAN.
Alexander County Population 22,s65
County Judge, VIM. S. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE E. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS. S. ROCHE.
. Coroner. DIR. JAMES McMANUS.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK r.
DAVIS.
County Superintendent OF Schools
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Board of County Commissioners.
J. J. JENNELLE. Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DR.. EDWIN ]. CAUSE.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-17

Buy a pair Of our gold or gold
filled Eye Glasses for the old folks
--refitting free after the holidays
by our expert optician.-ANNEX.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-17
Linens
Make Pretty and
Acceptable Gifts

Nice linens are the pride of
every housekeeper. There is no
gift that could be more welcome.
We Just secured from one of the
greatest linen houses in the world
their entire line of travellers sam
pies of Pattern Table Cloths,
Table Sets. Napkins. Lunch Cloths,
Tray Cloths, Center Pieces. Dol
lies, Towels, Dresser and Side
board Scarfs, etc. - all are sam
pies. We offer them at Linen
Department (basemen) at about
one-half the usual price for high
class linens.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
MARYLAND.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Coolidge Davis
have gone to Pembroke, N. H., to
live with his daughter this winter.
A. L. Dickinson has gone to his
new home near Keene, N. H. Our
people much regret the loss OF this
kind man.
Miss Idella Benjamin has resumed
her school work in Pomfret, having
had short vacation on account OF
measles.
F. c. Burke has resigned as road
commissioner and the selectmen
have appointed Oliver Brothers, Jr.,
to fill the vacancy.
F. Z. Burke and w. P. Davis
have gone on trip to Maine.
Mrs. w. NJ. Houghton spent sew
eral days last week in Woodstock
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. w.
D. Fraser.
Mrs. S. D. Houghton of Wood
stock is guest of her sou, w. M.
Houghton.
Miss Addie L. Brltton is guest
of her brother Harry in Barre for a
short time.
Mrs. Ida Metz Reed is assisting
in {. Enright's Office in Wind
sor.
Mrs. 9. D. Morse (nee Nora
Richardson) Of Rutland is spending
little ii ne with relatives in town.
Miss Lucia W. Hazen returned to
Hartland Saturday from a visit to
Burlington.
Schools open in town Monday,
Nov. II.
Rev. Mr.. Elliott of Waterbury
preached at the Congregational
church Sunday morning, at North
Hartland Sunday afternoon, at the
M. E. church SUNDAY evening.
Mr. Kidder, the blacksmith, is at
work for A. w. Martin.
Rev. F. M. Miller is still unable
to preach.
The stock sold at o. N Bugbee's
auction brought fair prices.
Dame Rumor says that F. A.
Durphey is to erect one-stor shop
on the site of the one lately de-
stroyed bv fire.
Miss Helen r. Sturtevant is a
guest of her sister in Newport.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
Erection Of eaIIows Delayed.

1t is expected that the supreme
court of the United States will give
decision in the Mary Rogers case
when it reconvenes next Monday.
Sheriff fl. H. Peck of White River
Junction, who is just OUT from a
long illness, was in Windsor Iues-
day in consultation with Deputy
Sheriff ]. II. Kinirv regarding the
arrangements for the execution, in
case it is to take place. 1t was de
cided not TO begin the erection Of the
gallows before Wednesday, Decem-
Der 6. This is two days before the
date now set for the execution, but
as every part Of the gallows is ready
it will be ample time to set it up.
F. b. Flynn of Springfield, one of
Mrs. Rogers attorneys, visited her
in her cell Tuesday. He was nc
compdnied to the cell Ivy the superin-
tendent, warden and matron OF the
prison. The nature of his business
is not made public.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25

'Buy your cigars in quantities,
put them in cedar box, lay the
box away in your cellar and at the
end of three or four years they are
just right for smoking" said a deal
er. "a cigar, if properly kept, i'm.
proves with age, and at the end Of
four years storage reaches the maxi
mum of excellence. There are some
euFious things, however, about even
the costliest kind that every con-
noisseur recognizes. In certain lov
calities the best brand of Havanas
acquire a bitter taste after being
laid away for a few days. / don't
know whether it is atmospheric in
fluence or what the cause may be,
but certain it is that some climates
are ruinous to their favor, Any
smoker of the finest goods will also
tell you that it is necessary at times
to change from the imported to the
domestic cigar, if only for q brief
season, I tire of cigars costing 40
cents each wholesale and cannot
again take pleasure In them until !
have INDUCED for a period in some
genuine Connecticuts. Washing
ton Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
The Anti. Saloon Leagues Policy.

1t appears that the State Antl-Sa-
loon league is not planning a general
attack on the local option law at
present. At a recent meeting of the
league this resolution was passed:
Resolved, That the chief stress in
league work for the present be laid
ON an effort to reduce the number Of
license towns in the state at the
March meeting"
The league shows wisdom IN
adopting this policy. There is a
general opinion that on the whole
the local option law is working well.
Some of the Maine folks hear good
reports of it and it is even said that
the Pine Tree state, that pillar of
Temperance" may follow the lead
of Vermont and New Hampshire and
give similar law trial. The Port
land Argus quotes Gov. Bell as fol-
lows:
II am a temperance man, and be-
lieve in prohibition, but under the
local option law in Vermont today we
have greater area where actual pro
hihition exists than ever was while
prohibition was the law of the state.
The temperance people of the state
are pleased with the conditions ex-
listing under local option, and do not
desire change back to the former
conditions"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
The Deans Accent

There are no difficulties Of Ian
guage to a man as tactful as a GER
lain lord mayor of London, of whom
st. James Budget tells.
The eminent Dean Pigou was
once invited to conduct a service in
french at the chapel of the Hospital
FOR Huguenots, South Hackney.
Previous to the day the dean
rote out in English sermon on
he "Revocation of the Edict of
Nantes" Then with the aid Of Mrs.
oigou, a sound French scholar, he
translated the whole into French
nd preached on the day in that
lnguaGe.
Among the distinguished persons
resent was the lord mayor, who
fastened to thank the dean at the
lose Of service, adding:
"Though, sir, do not know one
ord of French, ] understood you
,erfectly."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25

has been found in greater or. less
quantities in sections OF Rutland
county but those who have invested
money to carry on the operations OF
mining for ii in the past have failed
to grow rich quickly.
Prot. George II. Perkins, the state
geologist, in his last comprehensive
report, dwelt at some length on the
question of gold in Vermont and his
conclusions were not encouraging to
say the least. Among other state
ments Prof. Perkins sys:
"There are those living in this
state who, having seen quartz Lodges
in Colorado, or elsewhere, which
bore gold in paying quantities,
thoughtlessly infer that ledge in
Vermont which appears to be the
same must also bear gold and con-
tain fortune for anyone who will
work the rock. Such a conclusion
is wholly without foundation and
wholly misleading and the advice OF
such persons have often cost those
who followed 1t both money and
labor, the only return for which has
been valuable experience. 1t is true
that all is not gold that looks like
gold and it is also true, unfortunately
perhaps, that many of our Vermont
rocks contain minerals which re-
semble gold, hut which are value
less, and this is unfortunate so long
as the amount is small, for no mining
trap for catching the unwarv Is
more dangerous OF more enticins
than gold mine which pays little
but not enough to meet expenses"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian--Rev c. A. MacDaniel
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at IL
O'Clock. Junior Z. E. at S o'clock,
and Y. P S. c. E. at 7 O'Clock,
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
| 1880. Welco me to all.
Universalist-Rev. H. L. Garfield.
pastor. Morning service at 1890
Sunday School at 1850. Y. P. G..
U. Tuesday evening at 7,3o o'clock.
Congregational-Rev. F. Z. Put
nam, pastor. Morning service at
1895 Sunday school at 1850, YES
per service at s. Tuesday evening,
prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at 80; II.45fo'clock, Sunday
school $50 p. M, Epworth League;
evening service, 7 p. M. Tuesday,
mid-week service 700 p. m.
SdlnOllC -NeV' e. ~ DIOunln,
pastor. Mass at II a M; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village.
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at Q
O'Clock
St. James-First Sunday OF each
month Holy Communion and SER
mon at 1890. Evening Prayer and
address at 500. All other SUNDAYS.
Holy communion at 7 80 a. M, morn
ing PRAYER, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at s. c. H. Wells, rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
DEEP SEA DIVERS.
Some Daring Fsats Performed by the
Workers Under Water.

AT what depth can a diver carry
out his functions? How long can
he remain under the surface? What
is the effect Of high air pressures on
Che human system2 One well known
firm Of submarine engineers limits
The depth of descent to twenty-five
fathoms, or, say, $50 feet. But OPP
erations have been carried out at
greater depths than this, and per-
haps the greatest distance below the
surface at which diver has sue
ceeded in working is thirty-four
fathoms, or 204 feet. This was ac-
comphshed by James Hooper, who
descended to the ship Cape Horn,
sunk off Pichidanque, South Ameri-
ca, and sustained pressure of eigh-
ty-eight and a half pounds on every
square inch Of his body.
Another remarkable feat was that
of Alexander Lambert, who recover
ed 100000 in gold coin from the
steamship Alphonso XII, sunk off
Point Gando, Grand Canary, in
nearly thirty fathoms of water, the
actual depth of the treasure room
being 26 2-3 fathoms, or 100 feet,
This man also performed the daring
feat Of stopping the flooding of the
Severn tunnel when a door in the
drainage tunnel had been left open.
The door was situated a quarter of
mile distant from the shaft, but
equipped in his diving dress he crept
that distance through a narrow pas
sage full of water and closed the
door, This plucky act enabled the
pumps to overcome the volume Of
water which was flooding the work
ing and allowed the completion Of
the tunnel to be carried out.
A further interesting case of deep
diving is that of Angel Erostarbe,
who succeeded in recovering silver
bars valued at $4,000 from the
steamer Skyro, sunk off Cape Finis-
tere in over thirty fathoms. In this
case the diver had to blow away por-
lions Of the vessel with dynamite
before he could reach the treasure
chamber, Three dives per diem
were frequent, and as many as five
descents were made in one day. The
maximum period under water was
twenty minutes.
The effect of high pressure on the
constitution is not found injurious
= when the work is carried out under
ordinary precautions. A French
scientist has gone SO far as to claim
. that breathing compressed air is q
! remedy for asthma and emphysema
! 1t is also said to excite digestion
, owing to the great quantity Of oxy'
gen carried into the blood. 1t has
been found that a period Of two
Q hours should elapse between a mea
and a descent. In descending the
: movement should be slow, and il
= the pressure causes pains in the
head this can be remedied by rising
: gently few feet, when the descent
can be recontinued, In ascending
divers are recommended not to ex
coed a speed of two feet per SEQ
Ond,-Pall Mall Gazette,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
Mo Time Wasted.

Farmer Cy Whipple was said to
ave had more religion than any
)ther man in Mendocino county. He
5oasted that, for more than forty
Years, he had never missed a meal
or neglected to say grace. 1t was
said that Cy's religion and his APP
petite merged so closely that it was
hard to tell where the one left off
and the other began. When the din
rer bell summoned the family and
the help to the dining room, Cy al
ways led the charge. While the 9th
FRS were seating themselves at the
table the old man would start in:
go Lord, we thank thee for havin'
given us such a beautiful day. Sane
tify this food to our souls good.
Amen. Pass the meat. San Fran
cisco Call.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
COMMUNICATION.
THE CASE OF MARY ROGERS.


The case Of Mary Rogers, which
is before the United States supreme
court, had no. been decided last
Friday, Nov. II, but l was informed
Nov. IS from Rutland that Gov.
Bell bad sent an official order to
Windsor tor the re-re-erecttion Of
the gallows on which she is to be
executed. 1t reminded me of our
bows Who would be so cxhilarated
over anticipated pleasures of the
Fourth OF July that the, could not
wait, but would commence opera
tons the night before While there
are several murderers of mature age
in our prison tor life, to hang this
young woman, who was only 10
years old when she assisted in the
crime, seems to many a very un-
just way OF maintaining the dignity
of law which is but relic of bar
barism. | do not believe the ma
jority OF the people of Vermont are
in favor ,Ui it. here has been a
great political reform this fall in
some of our states, bought about by
the common people throwing off the
control of the bosses and making
use Of their own intelligence. If
this will be the means Of arousing
our people she will not die in vain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
CLAIMANTS TO DIVINITY.
Attempts TO Impose Upon the Fanatic
and Credulous.


There have been many attempts
made in the history Of the world by
claimants to divinity to impose upon
the fanatic and credulous. Perhaps
The movement of this kind which
attracted the greatest attention was
that initiated by Joanna Southcott
at the latter end of the eighteenth
century. This extraordinary wom-
an was a domestic servant in the
early part of her career; but, becom-
ing probably the victim OF religious
mania, she announced herself as a
prophecies, and very soon, by dlnt
of her extraordinary claims and
writings, she obtained no fewer
than 100000 followers.
Joanna announced in all serious
ness that she was about to become
the mother of the divine Shiloh and
named Oct. 10, 1914, as the date
upon which the event would take
place. AS showing the perfect faith
her followers had in her claims, it
may be mentioned that they sub
scribed for and bought a silver era
die which cost 81 900 and that $500
was spent in pap spoons. AS the
date approached she shut herself up
in a house specially bought for the
interesting event, and the fever OF
excitement which reigned may be
better imagined than described, for
Joanna was over sixty years of age.
Instead, however, of the divine child
appearing the venerable prophecies
herself died on the goth of October,
or ten DAYS after the date she had
herself fixed for the birth of the
Messiah.
But Joanna is by no means the
only example of human being ar
rogating divine powers to himself OF
herself.
When George III. was king one
Richard Brothers, a masters mate
in the royal navy, suddenly an
nounced that he was "prince of He
brews and rller of the world" and
that therefore King George should
give up the crown in his favor. His
claim met with scant courtesy. He
was promptly imprisoned as a Grim
inal lunatic-though he could moi
have been madden than the poor old
king-and kept in captivity fol
eleven years.
The navy seems to have been a
happy hunting ground for this class
of impostor at this period, for the
next to appear was "zion' Ward, ar
ex-shoemaker, who had served in
the navy. In 1928 he had the i'm
pudence to announce himself as the
divine Shiloh, who had been expect
ed by Joanna Southcott, People
were credulous then, as they are
now, and ''Zion" got quite respect
able following and died a wealthy
man some years after.--London An
sWeTs,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
A Mrs. MaIaprop,

The mistress of a certain board
ing house is noted among her board
ers as much for her entertaining
conversational powers as for the fine
table she sets. Nevertheless she is
something of a Mrs. Malaprop, and
occasionally severely tries the polite
ness of her listeners by the peculiar
'Gbreaks" she makes. They had wo-
men under discussion at the table
the other night, some of the board
ers expressing a preference for slen.
der figures and some favoring EN-,
bonpoint. ri like good, plump wo-
man." said the boarding house mis-
tress. "None Of these thin emanci-
pated women for me" -Philadel-
phia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
Woodstock, VT, Nov. rs, 1905
No BossismP

Congressman Foster may have
been serious in his recent statement
that Vermont had no bosses" but
mighty few people will believe it, and
there is some doubt if he does
While the state doesn't suffer under
the rule of a despotic individual
boss, it has Republican machine
that reaches every corner and every
crossroads caucus within its boun-
diaries, and a few men pull the wires.
Things are run as they dictate, which
comes pretty near bossism.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
A FRONTIER STORY.
Indian Incident of the Early Days OF
the Last Century.

the Last Century.
In the year 1879 Sylvester Pat
tie and his son James went from
st, Louis southwestward into New
Mexico, AT one village Of the Paw.
nee Indians the caravan found a
war party with a prisoner, a child,
whom Pattie and his son bought in
order to keep it from torture. Some
days later the whites came upon a
small party Of Indians, consisting
of between twenty and thirty wom-
en- and children, besides three men.
The story as written by James Pat
tie goes on: Suddenly our atten-
ton was arrested by loud screams or
cries. Looking up, we saw our little
boy in the arms of an Indian, whose
neck he was closely clasping as the
Indian pressed him to his bosom,
kissing him and crying at the same
time. AS we moved toward the
spot the Indian approached us, still
holding the child in his arms, and,
falling on his knees, made us long
speech, which we understood only
through his signs. He was the fa-
ther Of this boy, whom we saved
from being burned by the Pawnees,
He gave us to understand by his
signs that his child was carried off
by his enemies,
"When the paroxysm of his joy
was past we explained as well as we
could how we had obtained the
child. Upon hearing the name Paw
nee he rushed into his hut, He soon
came out, bringing two Indian
scalps and his bow and arrows, and
Insisted that we should look at the
scalps, making signs to tell us that
they were Pawnee scalps which he
took at the time he lost his child.
"After he finished this explana-
ton he would lay the scalps a short
distance from him and shoot his ar
rows through them to prove his
great enmity to this nation. He
Then presented to my father a pair
of leggings and a pipe both neatly
decorated with poroupine quilts,
and, accompanied by his child, with.
drew to his tent for the night"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
ESTATE or EDNA A. WILSON.

The undersigned, having been appoin ed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Hartford Commissioners to re-
celve. exaiaine and adjust all claims and
demands OF ali pesseps against the estate of
Edna A Wilson. late Of Woodstock, in
said District deceased, and all claims eEhib-
tied in Offset thereto. hereby give notice that
We gil meet for the purposes aforesaid a.
f. @. Sou k2ate's Office in SAID Woodstock
on the I'd day OF December next and the
2ist dry of April next. from o'clock D. m
until o'clock D. M. on each Of said days.
Aa9 that six months from the Both day OF
October 4. j. 1905 is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors TO present
their claims to US for sx3qplRliinaatioH and al
iowanGa.
Dated a Woodstock, Vt, this 9Th day of
November, A. d. 1875
FRED,K C. SOUTHGATE, | Commits
10 EPH T.. DANA, sioners
Ohas. Batchelder, Admir-.
Expires Apl. 80, 1916.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
Twice as Many Eggs,

The man who can make two spears
Of grass grow where one grew before
Is certainly a benefactor, What shall
we say of a Poultry Food that makes
hens lay twice as many eggs as before2
Fred w. Frost OF Lyndon, VT, says
that his hens did that after feeding
them Pages Perfected Poultry Food"
Here's his letter: "After using Pages
Perfected Poultry Food for two weeks
my hens laid more than twice as many
eggs as before. I intend to use it right
along"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25

The Friend - SO old Gotrox IL
dead, Ell? What did he die of?
The Doctor-Post mortem insani-
y.
The Friend-Post mortem insan-
ity! Why, never heard Of such a
thing.
The Doctor Well, it is form of
insanity only discoverable after it is
found the deceased has left the most
of his money to charitable institu-
tions.-Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-25
OEATHs.

In West Bndgewater. Nov. 10 Dean D.
Spaulding, aged 20 years
In Barnard, Nov. 1G, Allen @. Kendall
aged "a years,
In East Barnard, Noy, II. Fred l. Graves,
!ed "a years
In East Barnard. Nov. s, john u, Walker,
aged 80 years. II months.
In Woodstock Nov 10. Edwin f.
Thompson. in his Goth year.
In Washington, Nov. 7, Lucian H. Whip.
pie. formerly Of Pomfret, ~ his 92d year,
In Reading Nov. i6, Leonora Allen,
wife of John Foley, aged 81 years.