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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The Bulletin is on sale at the fol.
loving places:
coleman's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House news stand.
Walkers, 10 Sixth street.
Union News Co., Union depot.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

William Virgin, formerly of this
city, will cpend The winter in Cairo.
having accepted a position at Maley's
X, c. cfae Mr. Virgin is a well known
vaudeville performer and has just
closed a successful season with the
German Medicine company and has
contrac, with the same company for
another year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

tropolis Saturday and Sunday.
George w, Vance and wife are Wis
iting in Bloomfield today (MondayD
Several people are attending court
AT Vienna today (Mondayl
The entertainment which was To
have been given November Is, will
be postponed until November 25.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
A Cautious Critic,

Don't You think Miss Spriggs plays
the piano beautifully?
Well, answered the musician who
is both conscientious and polite, let
ms rather say that Miss Sprggs Is
beautiful when she plays the piano
Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
October Circulation,

The above is correct statement OF
the circulation Of the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday FIR the year 1904.
and for the first ten months OF the
year 1905. CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day Of October. 1905.
(Seal) LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
My commission expires January 10,
1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

A
! melons When the jury had retired
: the foreman asked all those who had
never stole melons to stand and be
counted. Not Juror moved and YER
dict OF not guilty was returned. Kan.
sas City Star.
There isn't a political boss" in
America whose boss-ship wasn't per
ceptibly weakened by Tuesdays work
at the polls--New York Tribune.
Four European panlsts have recent
| ly secured American brides Stlll
there are those who insist that there
ia no money in the musical profession
Washington Post.
II simply boils down 10 this, II a
college man escapes death on the foot
ball field, it is only that he may meet
mond Times Dispatch.
When friends urge you To come and |
see them ANY time" f, requires some |
figuring 10 find cut iust when that time
s.-Atchion Globe.
The brass band is the greatest eX-
ample OF nonpartisan spirit No
mater who is elected il plays Hail to
the Chief Wa hington Star
II now appears that President Me
Curdy, of the Mutual Life. wrote a
poem in 1898 entitled Get Thee Be-
hind Ne. Satan" He probably did not
want Satan to know what was going
to be done in life Insurance deals
Washington POST
Even at this distance Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania look as though they
had had bath. Charleston News ana
Courier
It is said thar Statistic an Hyde
freaks out with a new carbuncle every
ime he thinks of what is happening
o some OF our gralters these days
Charleston News and Courier.
ne resignation OF Chltl FFocuFdtpF
Patroyitch pobiedonost-
off quite obviously simplifles things
Il Russia Boston Herald
Can understand the elimination of T
William Cullen Bryant and others of 1t
X mold from our Hall Of Fame, but n
Tho is fespons Bile for the absence Of
IcGraw. Of the Giants. from a niche .
/ the temple New York Herald.
A European CORE pendent says the
-nited States never gives presents to
foreigners who visit it;
iris we are handing oug TO almost any
Ia lord or count who will carry them
ONE -Charlesto News and Courier re
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
Hard Work and Long Life.

Almost every one with generous
acquaintance can recall instances In
which hard work and length of days
have existed amicably together
There is small doubt but that to
work hard and cheerfully means 10
work-and live-long
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
PIThY AND PERTINENT.

The Washington Post rebukes J. P
Morgan for paying $500 for and old
piano. when he could have gotten q
new one for much less: but some per
sons prefer the instruments that are
likely to srOp playing first.-Charlotte
News and Courier.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

What H. the matter with our candi.
date? asks the first politician He
wires me thar he is too IN 10 speak to-
night.
lie made a mistake. explains the
second polit clan. inadvertently he
smoked one of the cigars he had
bought to hand out TO The voters.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Fasser-Yes. sir, old man, I'm
regular shine in society,
Friend CA sort Of parlor lamp.
Ell? No matter how often you turn
EN- down they won't go out-Prince-
ton Tiger.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
SHEARS AND PASTE.
~S~~~~%~~~SS~S
a Joy 70 Her.

Nothing would please that woman
bettea than a chance to gossip with
her ne ghbors, remarked Jokeley.
Really? replied Pokely. She does
not look it
Fact though She's deaf and dumb, -
Philadelphia Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

NOW that public sentiment in New
iork has taken stand against corrun.
ton In public Office il sboula gat .,
me bottom Of the evil by cleaning nm
It's elections. Crooked elections ar
me very basis q corruption in public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Average daily and Sunday circn'
lation for the year 1904 ...... 1915
Average daily and Sunday circu
lation for first nine months OF
Average daily and Sunday circu-
lation month at October 1905. 2156
nn4nhar rireuIatinn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The great problem in Russia today
is whether or not M. Wife has under
taken more than he can do, He al
ready realizes that his undertaking is
manly sport all right
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
Wanted All TO Know.

So Mss Antique captured that
young man al last I don't think she
liked the way the engagement was an
nounced. though.
How did she want e. annOunced2
Through a megaphOne
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Prince Louis Of Battenberg is Doubt
less running over in his mind go
comparisons between New Yort's
smart set" and the elemenr of Ion
don iops they undertake TO ape.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

u Won make your living and aeon.
muiaie property in Cairo il is onI,.
iair mar you should make your pur.
ehase5 here. That is the way TO sbov.
your appreciation Of what Cairo bas
done for yen. ''1
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
Knew The Man.

Higgins says you aggravate him.
! aggravate him? Why?
He saws You always laugh at the
wrong place when he teels a story.
Bless YOU. that's the only place you
can laugh az his stories.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

she-Oh. look at that scarecrow ont
there in the field,
He-That isn't a ecarecrow.
She-It must be See how motion.
less g. g..
ie-Thafs a man working by the
day
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
An lmpressionist.

His Friend-But what does Il mean?
The Arri't--Ah that's iusrit! Don't
mean nawthin! I'm a impress ionist.--
New York American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
A Bio plsapnolntment.

Mae-They We're disappointed in
love, weren' they?,
Helen-Yes. Each thought the other
had money.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
The Return Trin.

Win you have plenty Of fresh fruit
AZ that farm where you 90 Alice?
Yes, Arthur says he win bring a big
haskalfnl every night-Detroir Free
Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The people have go corruption in
public office decidedly on the run, but
they should run ii away so far as To
make II impossible to come back.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Trepoff simply had TO go, He was
like waving a red flag before bull,
and the longer he held his job the
gloomier were the prospects for or.
der
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
WHEN A LIE rs excusAeLE.

Henry Wardorf Francis in the Pa
cifc Monthly saws a lie Is popularity
considered justified on the following
occasions:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
A Lost Opportunity.

\ &c girl, eh?
Oh yes; she's pretty enough, but
she hasn't much sense. Why she had
chance 20 marry me and refused
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The st. Louisfederal grand jury is
busy turning out its winter line of in
dictments against Senator Burton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The kind of liberty which the Rus.
slams are getting does not come up to
The advance notices of the show.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
Riaht In Il.

Miss gsky-Myl I'm glad Mr.
Squirrel happened alons--and he goes
RICH, by my house too.-New York
Evening Journal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Gladys-Has the duke proposed 10
YOU yet2
Gonayieve-Not yet His experts
havent finished going over papa's
books
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Prince Louis is quoted as SAVING
lhat his fleet now in New York bar
Dor could reduce the big city 20 ATONE
N me time il takes my cook to fry
an omelet' Evidently the New YORK.
ers nave been giving the royal visitor
something 10 exhilarate him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

adelphla and countries with which we
have no extradition treaties is expect
ed 10 pick up rapidly from now on.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
No Wonder.

Miss Serpant--Jack, do you know
ince we've been engaged I've NOT
beea able 10 swallow q thing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The Bulletin guarantees advertisers
double the circulation OF any other
Cairo paper.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Secretary Shaw has placed one foot
IN he railroad regulation band wagon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

eases and constipation. Get it II any
drug store anyWhers-l5c.. &c. and Sc.
Every bottle bottled at the springs
owned b the
FRENCH LICK sPslses HOTEL CO.
Ihss. Itsssfi, Pres. fFtneh liek Indiana.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

A Young man was on trial a. Inde.
pendehce. Kan, for stealing water
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The Charleston News aud Courier
that the travel between Phil.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

melons When the jury had retired
the foreman asked all those who had
never stole melons to stand and be
counted. Not a juror moved and YER
dict OF not guilty was returned. Kan.
sas City Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
s sST I H"ss',Rs; ENDORSE
PLUTO WATER.

The only atural
medicinal mineral
water Of the United
States which loses none
OF its properties by
bottling. Il can be
taken at home with the
same effect a. AZ the
Springs, and Is q posi-
tive cure for digestive
trouble. kidney dis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

TO CURE A COLD ~ ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money il
it fails 10 cure. Z w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box 25c
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
Alexander County. Population 22.ss5.

Alexander County. Population 22,e65.
County Judge, VIM s. DEWEY.
County Clerk. JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS. s. ROCHE.
Coroner. DIR. JAMES McMANUS.
Assessor and Treasurer. FRANK f..
DAVIS.
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Board of County Commissioners
j. J. JENNELLE. Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. EDWIN j. CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County. Illinois, pop.
ulation 16,147.

Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. JAMES QUINN
Comptroller, r. s. DEWEY.
Police Magistrate, A. ]. ROSS.
Chief of Police, NJ s EGAN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

There isn't a political boss" in
America whose bossship wasn't per
ceptibly weakened by Tuesdays work
at the polls. New York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

Four European panlsts have recent.
ly secured American brides Stlll
there are those who insist that there
is no money in the musical profession.
Washington Post.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

A European correspondent says the
United States never gives presents to
distinguished foreigners who visit 1t;
girls we are handing oug 10 almost any
old lord or count who will carry them
home ---Charlesto News and Courier
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

1t simply boils down 10 this II a
college man escapes death on the foot
ball field, ii is only that he may meet
mond Times Dispatch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

When friends urge you 10 come and
see them ANY time" 4, requires some
figuring 70 find cut just when that time
Is. --Atch,sou Globe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

The brass band is the greatest eX.
ample OF non-partsan spirit. No
mater who is elected il plays Hail to
the Chief Wa hington Star
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14

II now appears that President Nc
Curdy, of the Mutual Life, wrote
poem in 1898 entitled Get Thee Be
hind Ne, Satan" He probably did not
want Satan to know what was going
to be done in life Insurance deals
Washington POST
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Treated Like a Phenomenon.

Of himself he said: Il am not much
of a judge of literature 1 have my
preferences. of course. but only for pri-
vate use You know, take such a
unique position among contemporary
writer's that l think my critics tTeat
me like a phenomenon in the literary
world.
We live in a wonderful age Only
think. they recently observed a snow
ball on the planet Mars, To write a
history of the nineteenth century would
be a gigantic task for a young literary
man. I mean, with all its progress. from
the tallow candle to the electric light.
from the stage coach to the express
train making sixty miles an hour or SO,
is simply so marvellous that the ma
jority fail to understand it.
Il was the first to mention the sub
marine vessel. Now no navy can do
without torpedo beats. so after all poets
are not necessarily drcamers. but rather
chroniclers of the past and prophets
of the future. People always used to
say that politics and science do not be-
long to the realm of art It seems to
me that there is nothing more fit fer
the imagina ton OF poet than science,
and as for politics. it surely could be
done. But. rs l said before. 1 am an
exception.
How did the idea of writing in your
peculiar style first suggest itself 10
you?" he was asked.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Wealth on American Backs.

What are Americans doing with the
vast wealth of which the newspapers
are telling wonderful tales. bringing the
foreign fortune hunters here in droves?
The passing show" of Easter on Con-
necticut avenue in Washington. on Fifth
avenue in New YORK, OF Rittenheuse
Square in Philadelphia, on Charles
street in Baltimore, on the boardwalk
d Atlantic City points the way to the
road many of these dollars have taken
A large slice of this vast wealth Ameri-
cans are wearing on their backs. especI-
ally the women. The coStumes-no.
creations is the proper word nowadays
the hats, many of which unfortunately
vic with the flower gardens. represent
the actual expenditure of millions OF
dollars.
Easter late as it is this year has given
the people an even greater chance than
usual to prepare for the celebration AS
sured of mild weather they have spared
no pains TO get for themselves the finest
and brightest feathers. In New York
and the more Northern cities. where If
Easter comes early in March, as it
sometimes does. the chances are that a
cold bleak day may greet the enthusi-
asts. But whatever the weather be
next Sunday at least the hopes of the
crowd will have been high.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16

throngs Connecticut Avenue, not even
in New York. For in the great me-
tropolis. where it is possible to find as
many natiOnalities parading the streets
as there are under the sun, it is highly
improbable that they will all be found
on one single street, and that within
a mile
Here iri Washington the diplomats
from embassies and legations, the
charges d'affaires. many of them in
clothes whose cut seems strange to
American eyes, help to swell the throng
1t matters not if they be from Chris
tian countries or not, they are all hu-
man, and will rejoice with the rest Of
humanity in the Nations Capital
Although the President will not be
here TO add his vigorous personality to
the crowd of churchgoers still many Of
the people high in the official world are
left in Washington. and they will
represent the Government in the ranks
Of the passing show" For in spite of
the late date but few persons have yet
gone from Washington for their summer
outing.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
A World-Old Instinct.

who. therefore, has a right to scott at
the crowds who throng the streets OF
ali the great cities, and the towns, too,
of this country next Sunday? The men
ard woman who compose them are only
following their human instinct to rejoice
that their winter of discomfort lies in
the past an instinct that is as old as
The history of the world That the feel
ing OF joy in things earthly is not dying
out in America can readily be observed
by 2 glance at some Of the crowded
promenades IN Washington, Philadel-
mia. New York, and a score of other
NIP ces. Like birds who have put on
their spring plpmage the people swarm
the streets. clad in new raiment There
might be room for reasonable doubt as
IN the actual joy they get out OF these
cIothes when one considers the fearful
aoC wonderful manner IN which they
are construct ID. bat then one must take
into consideration the idiosyncrasies Of
Tho human rae and the fashion makers.
The passing show" Of Easter in
washington car be seen probably bet
.er from a point of vantage on Connec-
tfc,1f avenue than anywhere else. For
who is there in town, If the weather
rroyc fair. who VIII not walk at least
oncs over this broad avenue from the
,1nint where il is cut by ii street TO Du-
non4 circle? Most Of the crowd will
rontin1Ie still farther. No one VINO mas
two legs in good working order
unIess he or she be soured on Ire IN
general or have no new clothes 10 wear.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
When the Churches Are Deserted.

During the hours that the churches
all over the city are crowded the prin-
cipal promenades Connecticut and Mas
SdchuSettS avenues, are nearly deserted.
only those who had rather be out IN
the bright sunshine in the fields. than
In the crowded churches are walking
at this time At last however, the ser
vices are over, and the worshipers
swarm out of the church doors like so
many busy ants. out from st. Johns
they come into II street and Sixteenth.
East. west and north they go to meet
! similar crowds from the Church of the
Covenant, st. Thomas. st. Matthews,
and scores of others The passing Of
! the show Is in earnest
Until 1t is tine for luncheon dinner
or whatever name IS given to the mid
day repast-why human beings should
not eat on Sunday as they do on other
days yet remains to be COMMUNICATIONS
uecticut avenue is more crowded than
is F street or Pennsylvania avenue on
Christmas eve. Hundreds who have not
been to church now join the throng
They are just as brilliantly dressed. and
from all outward appearances might
have spent an hour or two In church
with tDe rest oT' tne real cnurCh-
goers can be singled out from the
crowd They have either that air Of
superiority over the rest of mortals
which the knowledge of piety brings, or
they have that painful expression long
sitting in strained position can bring
to the hardest man or woman. 1t must
be said. however, that these persons
| with the good d-enough-to- -die-young ex-
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
France Supreme in Art.

Nobody can deny the French the ~
premacy in matters of art. But to re-
turn to the subject from which I started,
my actual experience, for the Clipper
Of the Clouds was one balloon ascent.
while had to look over about SEQ books
on aeronautic inventions.
Il think a careful perusal of books
from the best sources on any new sub
Jcct is better than actual experience, at
least for the purpose of writing books.
\ good book on the customs and man.
pers of a country can be written Only
after sojourn of years, while l, at the
very best, could only devote a hasty
trip to it. and. at any rate. my books
would dwindle into very limited mum.
Der of volumes.
People should always remember that
Jules Verne is neither mathematician
nor an astronomer, nor the author OF
scientific handbools, but a novelist who
scatters his knowledge here and thero
III the manner of conversationalist"
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
The Passing Show That
Will Be Seen Next
Sunday.
From San Francisco to
Boston Crowds Will
Promenade.
Woman's S Annual Display
of Beautiful Gowns
and Hats.

" ASTE2 is She greatest religious
- festival known to the Christian
world. except perhaps Christmas,
but while it has it's strictly re-
ligious side it also has its worldly side
in the brilliant pageantry Of the pass
ing show Nor can Easter be consid-
cred only as d religious festival, re-
Iigious IN the sense that it is connected
with the worship of the Divinity. 1t is
aI0ye and even before eli a distinctly
human celebration. Long before the
Resurrection of Christ, before his birth,
Easter was celebrated the world over
II is the celebration of the victory Of
spring over dark winter, of the resur-
rection of all that is good and beauti-
f,,l in the world as man knows 1t. Is
there anv wonder that the ancient
F.pvptiaiis. the Greeks. and the Romans
and peoples that existed in times even
earlier should have rejoiced at this time
of the year2
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
To See and Be Seen.

The parade starts early in the morn
ing. that is early enough to reach
church, which is always early on Sun
day. though it might not be so consid-
cred on a week day. Out of the houses
lining the streets the people come dress
ed in bright colors like so many crocus-
es. purple. yellow, white, all the coloFs
Of the rainbow, springing out Of the
dark brow earth. They are going 70
church with the idea all of them, of
seeing and being seen, some of them to
worship. Many of them start early for
church afraid that otherwise they may
be too late to get seat on this all i'm
portant day. Even t:lose who are Sc
cure in the knowledge that there are
pews awaiting them make an effort to
arrive early, for it is never pleasant to
dispose intruders. OF course, however
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Converted Science Into Romance

''Oh. as boy, in reading the story Of
Baron Won Munchausen.' His fabulous
ridiculous adventures made me think
whether they could not be written n a
serious manner. so I set to work LIE
Tour du Monde was my first great
success, so I pursued the chosen path.
Il read all the scientific books that
are published. In snort, everything in
the book market of any interest to me.
l am also a subscriber to all scientific
journals. Besides, I have connection
With many of the leading conserva-
tories, museums, etc: also that / know
German is great help to me. The
Germans are remarkably clever. but
only theoretically. while the Americans
are undoubtedly the most practical, but
they sorely lack taste. Only look At
their public buildings, Colossal, expen-
sive, but no architecture.