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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-07
cueA CLEANING UP.

Bv The Associated Press
Havana. Fen. e-sanitafy work Is
in progress In ali The rs argp cities
Of Cuba fgr which lhe government
has appropriated $4,000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-07

the range cattle will not recover In
s@ MONTHS from the damage done
them So far There Is no ign of the
blizzard abating
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-07
II h Q BulIetin

Stands For Cairo and Its
Progress
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-07

IconeIaaea oa seeasd =
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
A BELATED PRAYER.

a eooi aBecdote is related Of a
Young minister VINO was supplying the
pulpit OF the Wren,hanl Congregation
al church during the absence Of its
pastor Rev FISK" whose pastorafr I'm
this church covered a period 81 fifty
six wears
Upon open'ne the Bible The tounE
minister came across the following
notice. which he read MIR. Llbbius
Porter desire The prayers of the con
ereeltion. hat his loss may be sauctI-
fed Cor his good"
Signs Of repressed merriment APP
reared through the congregation. bu;
the cause was complete mystery 70
he Young minister, who. upon arriving
at the home ~ Nj Fisk for lgnc1,
inquired II NJ -s FISK the cause Of the
nnseemIy hilanty
Snn informed him he bad sead au old
notice. used 5y her husband as book
marx. It had been presented by Mr..
Porter year or two before upon rhe
death Of his tairG wife NJ Porter
with his fourth bride. .at in The con
eresation while it was being read
Boston Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
A STUDY OF HELEN eoUt D.

She is, ia the main, ,imld woman r
not in the sense OF dreadmg danger
but of fearing initiative.
She shows this also in ner shrinking
from conspicuousness. None OF HI
breezy, sometimes blatant, ease ano
freedom OF the newer type is hers.
Nor has she lost sell consciousness IA
the largeness of her work and its i'm
portance She resoluiely declines 20
be a public figure, in spite of her pub
lie spirit and her public usefulness,
The casual camera, the familiar inter.
view, are not to her liking. She can
not accept their inrusions and dismiss
their memory with a tolerant shrug
she cannot cater eood-natnredly to he
curiosity of the world as is the tradi-
tional habit of royalty. rulers, and The
great in general
It may almost be said that Miss
Goulds only osjentaiion Is her malt
morbid unostentation II shows Itself
in various ways For instance. whom
her town house on Fifth avenue is
closed and she comes IN from Irving
ton She does not take a suite al AIRY
gorgeous hotel She goes to the
Martha Washington. that admirable
refuge for smaller incomes than hers
Sine dimes in the public dining DOM
There she is not distjneuiShabIe. Icy
richness or "smarmezs" Of attire. or in
air If leadership. from hair rho othe
y~.aE women who enjoy IT'S hospital
ity--Anne O'HaRau in Harper's BAR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
He LEARNED THINGS THOR
OUGHLY.

William p. Leeds has expressed the
opinion that mdly young men fail to
succeed because they are MOI careful
about the steps they take on the bot
tom rounds Of the ladder, II by hook
or crook they attain he middle round
with swift jumps they have not the
ucwlelge requisite for hanging on.
Within ten years he has acquired a
vast fortune and attained the position
OF president OF tine Rock island railway
system, directing the destinies Of S,00u
miles Of road There rs no position
for which he felt himself TOO good
Ho learned ne business thorougha
from Top TO bottom. never Sinking a
duly bcoaus it was hard or disagree
able
For time he leiJ the railway 20 en-
cage in a manufacturing business with
either young aggressive mon whom h,
met bur this even, ualiy led him agar
yn the railway business, and his ex
pert knowledge made him the right
man fer his present position by pro
c,ss of natural selection.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
STARTING THE GAME.

We've lost our appetite for pie, our
thirst for foamy beer,
We've even ceased 10 sing our love to
a certain little Gear;
Our face is pale and haggard our foot
steps SLOW and lame,
For We're waiting for thai dear old
cay. Please, umpire. start the
same.
Six months we've waited for the call
ana waited all in vain.
The coin the magnates did not gel
was counted as small gain;
Our memory laes behind our thoughts.
we've e'en forgot our name,
But all the world will smile once more
when the umpire starts the
game.
Yorll see as there in all our gilt, the
fair gill by our side;
Wen root and yell and whoop and
roar, and Join the screaming
tide.
Wen mix with prince and pauper, fol
all mankind's the same
ON mat great annual holiday, whcu
The umpire starts the game.
Ten thousand fans all stand in line
and firger out their gold,
Ten thousand tickets in the box, anC
every pasteboard sold;
Tebeau. ourselves. the fans, The Sirl
our Joyous rootlngs frame;
We're listening for that magic call
The umpire sta''s the game.
Louis lille Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
To be Continued.
WALLACE AND THE SULTAN.
Turkish Rulers High Regard for the
American Minister at Ccnstantinople.

I
Springfield Republican The late
Gen. Wallace enjoyed the warm friend
ship OF the sultan of Turkey. He once
gave the following account of re
markable conversation between them:
Il was four years and six months the
American minister at Constantinople.
and when | resigned and came 10 take
my farewell leave of the sultan he be
slowed upon me very great honor
After had been presented 10 him. he
said he did not want me to leave his
country. but that he desired ! should
take a position IN his service. l init
ated that such a thing would be i'm
possible. He at once said with some
intensity: If you will remain will
make you my field marshal, to have
charge Of my armies at any salary you
may name. Oh, if you prefer, you
shall be my minister at London or
Paris, just as you like best
Then he paused for my answer.
assured him l REALIZED the great honor
chad done me. and appreciated it
with all my heart. Then you remain
with me- he interrupted No l an.
swered quietly. yet positively. He
seemed confused and unable apparent
~ to understand how l could decline
saw he was disappointed and l
spoke mp: = decline for your sake
said. If were to enter your service
all would be agreeable for awhile, ana
we should get along splendidly. But
your subjects would soon become jcal-
Gus Of foreigner and a Christian as
your aide. and they would make YOU
unhappy by al kinds Of criticisms of
me. You would bear this for a gimc,
probably for years. but it would break
you down ultimately. and YOU Womb
have to let me go He seemed i'm
pressed with what ] had said and
after discussing the matter I little it
was passed by and soon returned 10
America"
Although Gen. Wallace did not ac-
oept presents from his majesty during
his ministry he had some forced upon
hem when he was going away. He
was then a private citizen. having
given mp his mission. In the cabin Of
his steamer, upon leaving, two velvet
covered boxes were found. One was
labeled with the generals name, and
the other with that of his wife. Upon
opening them note dropped out,
stating that the enclosed mementoes
were sent from the 81 an as toens Of
his friendship and esteem, The con.
rents Of the general box were a solid
gold snuff box set with thirty-eight
large solitaire diamonds. and the order
# he Mejdiyeb. which also blazed
with diamonds The box labeled Mrs
Wallace" contained a brooch too large
for ordinary wear. set with magnificent
diamonds These presents were 1JI
rica That rha customs officers at New
York refused TO put 2 valve upon
them. and they were 5y order Of the
secretary of the treasury, afterward
admitted free.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
CHATTER Kill

On this night of his existence Sir
Heron Letchford could say with Mac.
beth, that he has murdered sleep;
mates of the Void are concerned For
in the great champer overlooking the
park sits my lady, all a-tremble with
wrath. with disappointment and wound
ed pride and in her cosy room Rose
Navaeour lies. wide-eyed and--it is an
unpleasant word. but no other will do
vicious: and not far off Vane Vava-
sour smoking smreptitioUs cigarettes
ND the chimney. ruefully contemplates
the breakdown and collapse Of a pretty
little scheme which he had been con
coct!ng an which had for its end and
aim the ~"Dtnre of Miss MAY Dalton
and forty thousand pounds. White
below Them all. in the sn2Cking room,
Sir Heron. aiia Macbeth, PAGES to and
fro. smoking huge cigars consuming
coda and brandy and reca.:inG the rap
turous delight of the sweet girlsh
Kiss which sealed NAYS love troth.
And. wonderful to relate the cause
of FL this CONSERVATION les sleeping
with = smile upon her ITS and her
lovers voice singing through her
dreams, happily unconscious of her
enemies who are broodirg over her
work and already scheming to balk
her happiness
Some time in the small, hours Sir
Heron goes slowly and thoughtfully to
be6. but not to sleep; and the break
fast gong sounds in vain through the
old hall One by one. however, they
come down. Rose Vavasour in a
charming morning robe of a delicate
blue, which makes the clear white
and pink of her complexion look like
the inner lining of a she'll Vane, in
his well-worn but gracefully fitting
shooting coat: then my lady. looking
pale and harassad. but calm and self
possessed a. becomes a Letchford;
and. lastly. Heron himself all traces OF
the cigars and soda washed out by the
cold bath and the sharp. swinging
walk with which he always commences
the day. be II wet or dry.
Calm and se!f-possessed. as usual.
he goes up TO his mother and touches
her forehead with his lips shakes
hands with Rose and Vane and sits
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12

bit and reviewing the rise and taA
OF the hat nuisance in theaters, 1t will
be found that no complaints against
the head covering worn by women
were made until it assumed such pro
po lions that no one in the house
could tell from his own observation
what was going on upon the stage.
The circumstances began to arrive,
and as a result there came the pres
ent convenient relation between the
hat and the theater But now that
hats are no longer to resemble screens
viii their owners reason that they
may remain an their heads instead q
reposing in their laps during perfor,
nance? And if they so reason. who
is 10 show them the error of Their
ways?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
MAKING NAVY LADIES.
Captain Ross Lectures on the Train
lna of Recruits.

Captain Ross Lectures on the Train
ing of Recruits.
Captain Albert Ross. [. 5, ~, re
Gently of the Asiatic fleet and assigned
to duty as commandment Of the Lake
Bluff, H., training station, ice ured be.
fore a large audience at mail hail a,
the university las night on the Train.
ing of the United states Navy, relat
ing many interesting facts Appren-
ticee must be between Is ard Il years
OF age. while iandsmen range from Is
10 25.- On the arrival OF he appren.
tice a. the training station, the first
thing fought him is to obey orders. no
hael, talk, and come a runnia, Afre'
five months OF small arm GriIl, setting
mp exercises and training in ever
thing possible on land the apprentices
are taken aboard the training snip for
am extended cruise
Capt. Ross stated that tho now obso.
letc sailing vessel is retained IN the
navy only as a training ship, because
it is best adapted to the developm 2nt
of sailors. The apprentice has to be
come so familiar with the complicated
tackle and rigging which is found cnly
or sailing vessels. that on Inc darkest
aud stormiest night he can find ii a.
a moments notice.
Owing TO the innate cusseduess il
human nature said capt. Ross, III
is almost impossible to compel the ap.
prentice to wear the uniform provided
Tor him by tho government For origin
ality in costume and dress he Is most
/ resourceful
Speaking Of The morals of The navy
! Capt. Ross said that it was of the
highest. DurnS three or tur time.
when shore leave was given, not a
+ single man reported late OF under the
influence Of liquor,
Capt Ross accompanied his lecture
/ with lantern slides Illustrating the
various stages Of me apprentice, his
drills. exercises and the way he lives
/ Capt Ross spoke in The interests o.
the United States Naval league, Of
Which Madison mas a section. AT
t citizens are eligible for membership
and its purpose is for the improvement
I of the personnel of the navy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12

whether it was the actual truth Oh
May. fancy Aren't Hou very happy?"
Very" says May. with a sudden
glow in her brown ses Very happy
and rather hungry Carrie
May, Hungry"
i only said ii to tease Won, dear
Happy Carrie
"Dear-dear May" cries The Young
girl. throwing her arms around her;
then. with awful severity: But am
ashamed OF your oversleeping Yourself
this morning, OF all mornings in your
life 1t looks as if you didn't care.
Don't you know that In all novels the
Young ladies never sleep a wink on the
night of their engagement
Don't they?" says MAY springing
out Of bed What wretchcd objects
they must lock the next morning 1t
is a wonder the gentlemen don't re-
tract ] wonder whether MY gentle
man feels sorry Of his bargain this
morning."
Now. MAY. are YOU going 10 be
cynical about Heron already? ] won't
stop TO listen to you. BE quick
there's a darling your bath is all
ready. And. May. dear. wear the pretty
a-green dress-and oh, I've brought
YOU flower for your hair There
do be quick You wouldn't like not to
he up if he should ccme"
No Carrie. he shall find he victim
properly decked What a beautiful
flower, | shall never find d more de
voted lover than you CarTio-no. not
in all the world"
To I,a Continued
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
WASTED JOYS.

Fai away on bending beach
The surf leafs all the day.
Fan in a hin brooks shadowy reach
A 'routlct leaps at play,
Far OF. rooted in a sheltered nook
4 catb0at lies ashore.
Rut yoE and ] IL the town must sigh.
TIL the sprinS cut rates are DER.
Newark News
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
Beware of Ointmvhts for Cat&rrn maY
Cor CaiD Mercury,

as mercury vii surely destroy the sense Of
smell and conn etely derange the whole system
when entering through the mucous surfaces
Such articles Should never be used except on
prescriptions fr0l1 reputable physicians, as the
damage they will dc Is tenfold 10 the good you
can POSSIBLY derive from them Halls CataTTh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co, Tole-
do O., contains no mercury, and Is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system In buying Hairs
CataTrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t Is
taken internally. and made IN Toledo Ohio, by
r. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12

WHSx4SSxMzsYz2wE n rAsv1AF9A. VA 7s.a
Continued


''Well?" she says
Vane Vavasour sets the candle
down and looks at her.
There have been critics who have
dared to hint that Rose Vavasours
beauty is too perfect-that it lacks
feeling and expression If they could
see her now they would announce a
complete recantation.
White to deathliness is the fair skin;
the blue eyes, which the whole world
has never seen anything but languidly
iimpid, are glittering like a basilisk's
the thin lips are compressed over the
white. even teeth and the low brow is
full OF lines eloquent of suppressed pas
sion Want Of expression, there is
expression enough TO set up a modern
actress.
'Well?" she repeats,
pretty kettle of fish this!' he says
With a smothered exclamation she
rises in all her glorious height and
stands before him.
why did you bring me here?"
Vane shrugs his shoulders.
Gould foresee that Heron would
make such a complete fool of himselfi
He is over head and heels in love with
Tie girl-a girl nobody ever heard Off
And he thinks he viii marry her,
she says. Her, and I am here
and she stretches out her bare arms
and very beautiful arms they are-"he
thinks ne can pass me by as if Il
were mere nobody"
Evidently he thinks So" says Vane
"Confound it, | did not foresee this
But it mustn't be. you know-it must
be stopped He's right cut of his
mind-he cant marry her"
"Cannot-shall not" she says
Look at me. 1t was you who per
sudded me to come to this miserable
place and now see the consequences
But you do not care"
DO | not?' he says, opening his
eyes But | do, most confoundedly
Why I meant going in 4or the girl my
self"
YOU"
Yes. l." he says. There was NJ
opportunity of telling you bat the ole
man-confound him.-let out that he
meant to give her forty Thousand
pounds Forty thousand pounds The
very making of a man nowadays! anC
meant going in for her But now
and he shrugs his shoulders-"the hes
thing we can do is to throw up the
game and try fresh pastures new"
And leave this girl TO become Lady
Letchford mistress of the WOld?"
How can we prevnt herr" he saw:
dolefully
How? I do not know-yet, but ",
must-must. Do you hear? I have
set my heart on it,"
ooh. didn't think you cared abou
it,.
You do not understand she says
but I vow that this girl shall never bt
the mistress of the Wold,"
who is to prevent herr" he says.
r." she SAYS. Il, We will see
who is stronger. or that miserable
girl You smile. You tifnk that i
is Heron I care for. No matter
think what you will: but I say that she
shall never ride roughshOd over me
Mistress of the Void! Mo- If any
one is to be mistress of the Wola il
shall be T.
IAN right he says But what are
YOU going to do? neve~ saw mar
so hit as Heron
mo matter" she says, with a sudder
flush leave it to me. Go, now; ] an
tired OUT
And so ends the night Of Mays be
trOthal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
81 Hats II the Theaters.

Boston Transcript-It is perfectly
natural that trouble borrowers should
already begin 80 ask If tine small hats
our women are affecting ai'I not lead
10 a repeal Of all the laws which re
quest and require ladies' to remove
their hats IN the tbeater. Going back
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14

rIts perfect nonsense, Bessie, for you to
talk of being laid on the shelf. Why, it all
depends on yourself Forget your worries,
your aches and ailments do as did, take
plenty of out-of- door air, cultivate happi-
ness by not allowing your mind to dwell
on the trifles and the worries of life. / sent
thirty-one cents in stamps to DR.. K. ".
Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y, for his Common
Sense Medical Adviser, and found it con-
tanned much useful information about the
care of my health, about physiology, anat-
omy, and everything woman should know.
then decided to write DIR. Pierce and tell
him all about my ailments. l received
such nice, carefully considered and con-
6dential letter, in reply, giving me advice
about my diet, exercise and all. This
advice is free to everyone and wonder you
don't write him at once. 1t didn't take me
many months to regain my good looks.
Ever since | was fifteen | have suffered
untold agonies periodically but now / am
free from pain, worry and bad temper. Oc-
casionally / took DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets--this for the complexion, and to
stimulate the liver Then I took DR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription three times
q day for those womanly weaknesses
I told you about That's my secret of
beauty. It's the easiest thing in the world
TO be happy and keep ones good looks
Look at the thousands of women who have
been made we'll by DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription look how they keep their
good looks. DR.. Pierce offers $500 reward
for any case of Leucorrhea, Female Weak
ness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb which
he cannot cure All he asks is fair and
re ason able trial of his means of cure"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14
woRkMEN TURNED AWAY.
Strike in German Coal Regions May
Be Resumed.

Essen, Prussia, Feb. 13.-The strik.
ers' executive committee OF seven has
sent the following telegram to Char
cellor Won Buelow:
''At a conference of delegates of the
striking coal miners held Feb. 1t was
determined to resume work. In this
they met the wishes of your excel
leney, bat the workmen were turned
away In masses from many mines.
Great excitement has been caused by
this action and we, In consequence,
fear the worst We beg your excel
lency TO use your influence In authori-
tatiye quarters TO prevent these provo
cations from occurring again.
The Mine Owners association, re-
plying to the assertion that the own.
ers were excluding workmen by whole
sale from the mines, aver that they
are unable to take back workmen at
some of the mines except in small
numbers antil the damage resulting
from their inactivity is repaired.
According to the government mine
bureaus figures 146,942 miners went
into the mines at the beginning of
the morning shift, leaving about 9S,-
600 men idle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14
sRiep sirs or NEWS.

Marshalltown, Ia, Is facing Goa
famine owing to a snow blockade.
The twenty.frst ballot of the Mis-
souri, legislature for a United States
senator to succeed Senator Cockrell
was without result.
Rev. Washington Hager of HaGley
w. Va, Baptist minister has been
arrested charged with passing s2 bills
that had been raised TO $40
Anton Westmark shot and fatally
wounded his wife at her parents home
In Dubuque, la, and then blew out his
brains. Jealousy caused the tragedy.
Fannie Moran-Olden, formerly well
known as an opera singer, is dead II,
a private sanitarium at Berlin, where
she had been a patient since October,
1903.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14
FINDS MISSING RECORDS:
Chicago Millionaire Claims Title to
Wisconsin Lands.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb. 49,
James Donovan, millionaire lumber
man and lawyer OF Chicago, says
that ha has found in this city papers
which he claims are records torn
from the books of Oconto county, Wis
consin. He declares they make good
his title to $4,000 acres of Wisconsin
state land, for which he started suit
last spring in Chicago against United
States Senator Thomas C. Platt OF
New York, and which he says shows
peculiar land conspiracy.
''This discovery cost s30,000," de-
clared Mr. Donovan. 1T means that
my s3,000,000 suit started against Sen
ator Platt in Chicago courts will
stand"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14
FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY.
Salvation Army Girl Convicted in
Court at Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-lnga Hanson, the
way company, has been found guilty
Salvation Army girl who for five
years has been involved in sensational
litigation with the Chicago City Rail-
of perjury. She sued the railway cor
poration for damages on account of
injuries received by her in a street rail-
way accident which, she alleged, de-
priyed her of speech, sight, hearing
and power of locomotion. She event
ualiy lost the suit and claimed to have
been restored TO health by miracle
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14

Pineules is the name of new discov-
cry put up in new way A certain cure
for all kidney. blood and bladder dis
eases, and every form of rheumatism
Pineules relieves backache and kidney
pains permanently. Ii you need such a
remedy let US show you the wonderful
Pincules. Sold by Stoddard & Halstead
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-02-14
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. Feb. 13.-Cattle-G t0
prime steers. s5.6566.45; poor to me-
dium, $390@560; stockers and feed
ers, s2.4064.40; cows and heifers, 81
2504.90, calves, $3.006D735. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, s4.95m5.05; good
to choice heavy, s50065.10; light,
$4.70Q4s0 sheep-Good to choice
Eethers, s5.7o0610; Western sheep,
s450@590 native ,ambs, s5.75QS 10:
Western, s5.154 500.