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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
THROW RICE At BRIDES.
Custom Persists Despite Attempts al
Reforms and Substitutes.


Reforms and Substitutes.
The rice storm still rattles gayly
about the shoulders of the newly mar.
ried, in spite Of the fact that rigorous
Efforts have been made TO suppress it.
statistieians have counted UP the
thousands OF bushels yearly wasted in
Tho ceremony. and have urged that all
this nutritious grain should be put in
10 the mouths Of the poor rather than
dcwa the backs Of the oEuient. Physi-
clans speak Of tho eyes that have
been injured or made permanently
blind by the Tying particles. Half the
people present secretly recent the
singing hail, and tho departing cot.
pie are compelled TO amuso the public
at large for the next few days by she'd
ding rice with every movement,
One must be youag and excited to
thoroughly cnicy the rice scrimmage,
yet il goes on year after year. rowdy
but a permanent adjunct to Lohen
grin, Boston tried 10 substitute inof
taaslse white flakes made OF gelatine,
hht tiS pune WIS not " nc HHoftH
from its rice orsie Then rose leayes
were tried, but they. too. had only
temporary acceptance.
And row the simple ningiug OF a
handful Is being changed Ior a. ciabc-
rate mechanical distribution. AT a
recent eastern wedding breakfast
bomb was arranged under The Hover
In the center Of The table, and at the
pressing Of an electric bEttoa this
blew up. scattering rice in every d.
roction. The next device viii prob
ably he rice shower. arranged on the
of stage rain and falling
alike on the briCal couple and eYe-y
body else.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
EARLY WORK FOR PITCHERS.
Cleveland Team viii Send Slabmen
20 Hot Springs TO Begin Train
ing on Feb. q.

Cleveland, O., Jan. Upon the adj
vice of Manager Lajoie the Cleveland
baseball club has decided upon an i'm.
pof;ant innovation. The club has de.
cided 10 send the six regular pitchers,
Bernhard, Moore, joss, Donahua.
Rhgades and Hess, vita the wo rtgu
in catchers. Bem.s and Bpelow, to
Hog Spring., Ark, on Feb, % for a
gradual boiling and working out
He's and Rhoades and che of he
catcherr viii leave there on March
10 to join the remainder of the team
ON its arrival at the training camp al
Atlanta The other four twirlers and
ona catcher will remain at Ho,
Springs for another week of working
out with such other players as hap
pen TO be at hal resort.
This will give the batteries three
weeks the advantage of the othe,
players and when they join the team
they should be in midsummer form,
and thus be of more advantage N
pitching 10 the regulars for Daitna
practice Tae youngsters TO be tired
ouf in the box ana behind the bat will
report at Atlanta on March 10,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
STORY OF THE LETTER DEAL
NORRIS TELLS In "THE PIT"

new crop and the summer of that
year saw him buying wheat around
ca ANA 10 cents. Tho markets of
Europe We're sending all their wheat
To Chicago and the country was pour.
ing into the cas ors, but sill the
supply vas in efficient. Letter real.
inzed the shcF 70 in the market and
kept on buyil, md forcing up the
price. In the faii of 1897 wheat was
sold at Sl.l0 bushel. II is said tina.
he controlled more than 10000, 900
bushels. II was then that the late
Philip d. Armour. forced to take some
steps to protect himself Sent his
agents through the Northwest 10 buy
UP all the available wheat Il was a
fight for supremacy and for a fortune
between two millionaires. In May OF
1898 Letter had wheat selling at $1S5,
and the prospects were that he would
force it up above So, but the ice broke
and the Armour feet CAME down the
great lakes with her holds fun of
grain and dumped it on the Chicago
market. Letter tried In vain 10 stand
the tide, but the Armour millions
were too strong II was a Titanic
struggle and scenes in the wheat pit
will never be forgotten. Brokers,
crazy with excitement, forget families
and everything elce to save them
selves from ruin The price tottered
and fell way, way down TO G3 cents.
Letter lost, ana with him had gone a
fortune of S15.00o,000; while the Ar
mour combination did not escape un,
scathed. and it is now said among
board Of trade members( that thu
losses incurred by Mr. Armour wor-
Iied him so much that 1t finally
brought on the illness which Led &c
mis- death.
1t is the story of the Letter deal
that Frank Morris has told so well
in fiction. and his novel has been
Grammatical. Wilton Lackaye takes
the part of the nervy trader in the
worlds staple.
Since the Letter deal there have
been many fiurries in the pit" but
none to compare vita It, Corn has
been the ruling factor on the board Of
trade in the last two years, but that
is another story.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
LATEST IN HOUSE DECORATING
All Rooms Done In Various Tones o
..I.L One Color

All Rooms Done In Various Tones o
One Color.
A fad OF the moment, says thc
Brooklyn Citizen, is to decorate all The
rooms OF house in various tones Of
enc color. This Las been done in as
many as eighteen rooms under one
roof, with wonderfully fine effect. rho
mistress Of this house made a point
of getting variety Of designs and treat
ment in the one ever.pleasing color
green.
The successful decorators, Ike .he
most artistics dressmakers. are those
who are ccpyiug natures color casdg
and combinations.
There must be warming nCte In
every room before the decoration Is
complete, 1t may come from isml
shade. or sofa cushion merely. br
there it must be to give the fun CON.
nlement Of colors into whith the white
ray is broken.
In the present era Of rug populari:i
for floors, extra care must be taken
that wall coverings harmonic or con
trast successfully with them. It Is
owing 10 the many colors and patterns
of rugs that very often a plain val
background Is the best. IL figured
walls are selected drGperies at doors
and windows and upholstered fp-ni
ture should be In plain colors. II is
the unfortunate mingling OF incorgru
GUS designs, quite as much as colors
that offend the artistic taste.
Plain papers in dun finish and 9th.
ers Stimulating tapestry arc takins
well this fall. In bathrooms ard hitch
ems there comes a tic glazed paper
that may be washed with water and
a sponge, hence It's sanitary useful
ness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
DO MEN KNOW woMENY
To What Extent the Sexes Are Able
to Understand One Another.

To What Extent the Sexes Are Able
to Understand One Another.
Edward Bennett has some witty re
Elections in his The Passing Hour"
notes in the English Illustrated Maga.
zine. He says.
Solomon, the wisest OF men," de-
elared woman 10 be an enigma. He
appears to have studied the sex in
patches and to have struck an aver
age. He had scarcely time to study
the individual "But many an honest
Darby who possessed heart has un.
derstood more than one Joan. If 1t
is possible to lay down a general prin-
ciple In such a matter. should say
that where men have failed to under
stand women it was owing to want of
heart, and that where women have
not understood men 1t was due to
want of intelligence"
AS matter of fact, It is only In
rare moments of reimbursement aud
devotion to another that anybody
cares to admit he or she IS under.
stood. You don't understand me
one little bit Is often the last despair
Ing cry OF a woman's injured pride
to the man who is revealing to her
the fact that ne knows everything,
even that this cry is a patent insin-
certify"
The man who laments that won
an cannot see how strong Is his devo-
ton, that she perverts and twists ali
his assurances into something quite
foreign to their original meaning, win
admit some day that she understood
him only too well, that his was ma
ture which required opposition to stir
1t into activity, and what was mis-.
taken in the business was that he
himself was SO easily comprehended.
When a man says that the motives
OF a certain woman are unintelli-
gible to him the explanation often is
that she has wounded his pride by
showing too plainly that she under.
stands him and acts accordingly In
other words, her intelligence prompts
her to act differently from what Ia
expected OF the average woman in
similar circumstances, and this exhi-
bition of intelligence is labeled by the
man as incomprehensible II is his
nasty pride which is at fault all the
time. And this applies just as much
in the case of a woman as in that of
a man. Men and women have been
deliberately throwing Gust in one an.
others eyes for centuries, and the
wonderful thing is that they under.
stand each other SO WE'LL"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

The natives u India take alore and
more 10 beer Formerly the con.
sumption was very small; there are
new. however. many large breweries,
and last year their combined produc
ton aggregated nearly 1000 900 cal.
ions II is said that about 40 per cent
Of this production IS consumed by the
army Most Of the breweries are IN
tie Hlmalaya mountain districts. on
tho railroad line between the stations
Of Murree and Darjeling.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
Richest American Soil.

Something frequently happens that
goes 10 prove the fertility OF the s5il in
the Salt River valley. 1t is nothing
unusual 10 hear of cutting several
crops off one field In one season;
grapes frequently bear two crops and
SO do lgs. The latest, however, is re-
ported by James Goodwin. He las in
his yard tree that to the casual oh
server is only an ordinary pear tree.
1t was nothing more than this 70 Mr.
Goodwin until this year. He had al
ways noticed that il was of an carly
variety, and this season along in May
a crop Of pears was picked. A little
later his interest was aroused by motto.
lngsthe tree in full bloom again. What
is stiH more interesting is that at the
present time the tree has another fully
matured crop of pears on it which are
row ripening as wei. as did the first
crop.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
BROUGHT JAY GOULD TO TIME.
Woman Made Financler Pay fcr Her
"WatermilIiens."

WdIcffnltHCns.
While Jay Gould was superint nd
ING the building of the old Rutlan &
Washington railroad, between lgt
lard. VI, aud Eagle Bridge. N. ". !
Che late summer of 1852, It becaas
necessary to cross large farm In q
town Of Casticton. belonging to Mr.
Ann Dincen, SO a strip of her properi,
was obtained a fine patch Of water
melons on the place was too strong q
temptation for The one hundred or
moro men IN the construction gang,
and in day or two the patch was
melonlGss
MIS-. D.aeen complained to Gcnld.
but he Unclaimed any responsibility
Tor the ACTS Of the workmen and re
fused e rscompense her for her loss.
A day or two later Mr.. Gould and
ono or two Of his engineers were oh
tanning relief from the effects OF the
het weather by taking q swim in the
Castloton river, when suddenly Mrs.
Dineed appeared on the bank. Gath
ering up ali the clothes OF the bathers
the woman made a motion as though
to throw thom into tho water and
ghouted:
VIII yez ray me for thin water
millions now, Mr.. Conld2"
The promoters trousers contained o
timepiece worth q large sum and 9th.
er valuablea which immersion would
not have benefited so he agreed to set
tie for the stolen fruit If she would 60
to his ONCE the next day. The promise
was satisfactory, and Mrs. Dineen r.
treated in triumph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
FORMER SLAVE ASKS PENSION.
Lewis lsbcll, Said to Be oldsst Negro
In illinois, Wants Reward For
Recruiting.

Lewis Isbell. 1928 wentworth ave.
nue., who is said to be the oldest col
ored inhabitant of the state. yesterday
forwarded petition to congress for
a pension Of s12 a month. He is Sc
years old and states he was not an
enlisted man. hut was commissioned
for special service in Illinois from
1863 to 1865, recruiting without pay
the Twenty-ninth regiment of Illinois
volunteers. colcred Isbell has no
family aud no means Of support He
had been a slave and came TO Chica-
go in 1898 Chicago Tribune
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
Fixed His Own F,eward.

There is ore finder of other peoples
property who. il only half honest, has
saving sense Of humor. In an ele
waited train citizen dropped pocket.
book containing $50 few days ago
The next day through the mali the
book and SIS were returned 10 him
with this note:
Dear Slr--I needed the missing
amount to pay an urgent creditor. !
think you are damn lucky to get any
thing at all.'-Now York Sun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

The regular snnaal nesting Of the
stockholders Of TIE Weber Dry Good
company Of Cairo 81, viii Be bela af
the Office Of said company Monday
evening. January 2. 1905. at p. a..
fer the election q nine directors and
such other bcsiness as may properly
come before said meeting
II. WEBER. Pres
RoBT. A. CUNNINGHAM. sec aaa
Treas,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the City National
bank of Cairo. III, VIII be held at the
Office q said bank Tuesday January
10 1905. for the election Of seven d.
rectors and such other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. Polls viii be open a. 10 O'Clock
a. m. aud close at p m Of said date
Is. AGsTHORPE. Cashier.
Cairo. H.. Dee 6. 1905 cot
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
MOUSE Pieks the eanlo.

The newest marvel Of AroGt took
county, Maine. is a mouse ihai has
been taught to pick the banjo n G..
Nelson. the man who owns the mouse
and trained It, declares that tho itile
animal has charmed the house cat
with its bario playing and that the
two. once mortal enemies, are now
chums. New York Sun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

OF the two billion odd eggs annually
consumed in the United Kingdom less
than enc third are produced in Great
Britain. Nearly every country in Eu'
rope exports vast numbers Of eggs to
the tight little islsnd." Russia does
the big-es. business N this line.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Free Announcement of Those No
Employed, Who Desire
Positions.

Advertisements OF not exceeding three lines
NH be accepted free for one weeks time from
any reader of The Bulletin 10 be filed by adj
yertiserfh person, on regular form, at the Of
nee % The Bpl ietin Company, zoe Ohio Levce'
The Bulletin Company assumes no RESPONSE
blllty Tor any advertisement or statement made
therein and will not accept the notice OF any
person known 10 he employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertisements
shOnld be made / Y mil.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

The greatest system renovator. Re
stores vitality, regulates the Kidneys,
liver and stomach. II HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea fails 10 cure get
your money back. That's fair 35
cents, tea or tablets. Paul G. Schulz
& Son.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
olatlncnlshcd churohnnn,n sirns.,,..

distinguished Churchman'S Signature
1t the suggestion Of The archbishop
Of Canterbury Columbia university
has established a visitors book for
the autographs Of distinguished visit.
ors at the university. He was the
first to enroll his name on the book
His signature IS Randall Cantaut."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
LOST.

For Rent-Large furnishediront room, up
stairs. 42l Douglas street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
FOR RENT.

For r ,nt-Fiver room cottage No. 4s4 Tenth
street. Bath, good wash aud coal house.
Kent $40. Inquire 43o TENTH street. I'd
Kerth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
POSITION WANTED.

Wauted-A 20 ition BY experienced railroad
clerk. WIZ be at liberty January L. Address
&c, this Office.
Position Wanted-By man with FIVE years
experience rs watchmau Can 5000 Elm street.
Wanicd-sit by a sober, all round Job printer
Rest of references. Address, stating wages,
al" Bulletin office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02

Lost White bird deg, BLACK markings and
scar on top Of head Return to 2ii 1-3 Sixth
street and receive rward
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-02
NAIL oRpEas.

We start on In the mail order business. Full
nf.S1e1fsfs and sample free. American Special
HencY, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
EDileptiC Fits Of Children.

Epilepsy. or fits. I'm children Is even
of greater urgency than in older people
In their active and restless life an at
tack Is liable 10 come at a fatal mo-
will be crushed out of existence. At the
very first sign OF epilepsy or nervous
twitchings or trembiings Elixir Kosine
should be used.
This remedy is the discovery Of a
well-known Washington scientist. and
is the only known cure for epileptic fits
II can be used by all ages and is a
positive cure for this dread disease
MIR. Henry Evans, the druggist has SO
much faith In this remedy that he
gives his personal guarantee that IL viii
cure OF else the price. $50. viii be re-
funded. Mall orders filled. The kosine
CO. Washington, ID. c.. or Henry Evans
ST, NV, Washington. u. g.
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

r:S5 A. M DAlLl-Local. --onburr
Warrenton, Danville. and acps
lO:eI A NJ DAILY-Washingtal. FLORIDA
Limited. First-clasS coSches ana sleeper 10
Columbia Savannah. and JacxsoIviisa
Dining Car Service.
11:l5 A. NJ DAILY-United States Fast Mail
First-ciass coaches and sleeper 10 New or
leans Dining Car service
G.0I p NJ WEEK DAYS-Local for Harr.
sorburg and wsy stations afanassa.
As p. NJ. DAILT-L0cai for wa--enton ana
Charlottesville.
IN p M OAIEY-Sew York and AtIars.
Exuress ElrsI-class Coach 10 atinnrs
Slesnar u Columbus. Ga via AfsaDte. !.
sunset Route Tourist Sleeper aVashIn-ron
10 san Francisco Mondays and Frfdays
a.s0 p NJ DAILY-Ns~ York and FS1orts.
Express Through Coaches and SleeDer< -
Coiumbla savannah and Jackxoo1yfi,s
Sleeper TO Augusta and Port Tampa Dln
ing Car Service q Ia Carte.
1o.n5 p NJ DAILY-New York and Ner,,h,.
limited via LynchbCrg). Firss-ciass erses-h
and sleeping to Roanoke. knoxvsiIa
Chattanooga, and Memphis. sleeper 10 Ns..
Orleans. Dining Car service.
Io:45 p NJ. DAlLY-WaShicgton and SoptA
western Limited All Pullman train on
servation Car TO Atlanta and Macon f,I,sn
Car to Atlanta Sleepers 10 Nashville A.
ianta Macon, Memphis. BlrTningham NeS
Orleans Dining Car service.
H b. SPENCER. General Manages
Oct O. S. IL. HARDWICk. Pass. Traf Mrr
1900 w. Il. TAYLOE. Gen Pass Axenr
l. S. BROWN. General Agent
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

Trnlra leave Pennsylvania Station Daily.
f.sl y M-CHlCAGO AND ST. LOUIS SPE-
GAL. Spnd Vestibule. electric lighted.
piping Car Train 10 Cincinnati. with PtiiI-
man Sieepers TO Louisville, Cincinnati In
diana polls. Chicago, and ST. Louis. Par
lar Car Washington 10 VIrgieaa Hot
springs week days Dining Car from
Washington
ribuIe electric lighted. Dining Cdr train
10 Cincinnati. with Pullman Sleepe-s 10
Cincinnati. Lexington. and Louisville
Compartment Sleeper 20 Virginia Hog
Springs daily except Sunday, Sleepera
Cincinnati Chicago and 81 LouIs
Jining Car
Reservation and tickets at 5i3 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue; COO Fourteenth street. near r and
az the station Telephone l64O for PennsvI-
yania Cab Service II. W. FULLER
Telephone Main 1865 Gen.I Passenger Aer
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
Piles Cured.
Suffering for Years, and Bed-Ridden
From Piles, 7Ceatractor of
Marion, Indiana, Is Cured
by Pyramid Pile Cure.
Trial Package Mailed Free TO All Who
Send Name and Address.

81 was troubled with piles for several
years before l would let II be known.
But at last they became so severe that
could not walk and l had to take my
bed. l tried everything and anything the
doctors prescribed. and took their treat
did me any good. 1 had seen your ad.
in different newspapers. SO L got So
cent box and began using them From
the very first | got quick relief and by
the time l was starting on my third box
saw / was cured. / have not been
troubled with them since Now you can
use this as you please, because IL Is
genuine. Yours. T. A Sutton, Stone and
Cement Contractor. Marion, Ind"
Instant relief can be gotten by using
the marvellous Pyramid Pile Cure. II
Immediately reduces all congestion and
swelling, heals all sores ulcers. and irri-
tated parts.
suffering ends and the cure of your dread
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The Pyramid Pile Cure renders a sur
gical operation foolhardy Don't hack TO
pieces those tender muscles which must
be intact il a satisfactory cure is to be
obtained
The Pyramid Pile Cure is put up IN.
the form of "easy-to-use." specialIv
made. suppositories. They are soothing.
painless. instant, and certain
A trial treatment will be sent you al
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without cent Of expense TO you. if you
send your name and address to Pyra mid
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After you receive the sample. YOU can
get regular-size package of Pyramid
Pile Cure at your druggists for 80 cents
or III ne hasn't IL send us the money and
We will send II to YOU
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
ACADEMY.
"The Dangers of Working Girls" Opens
to Crowded House.

''The Dangers of Working Girls" a
thrilling melodrama in four acts. began
weeks run last night at the Academy
playhouse from footlights to gallery was
given plenty or quick action. sensational
scenes and interesting situations follow
ed each other in rapid succession.
The plot is not very strong and its
development shows the Vaccinations of
Saken. Hindoo doctor. a dealer in
young women whom he lures to their
ruin and sells to the highest bidder,
through the aid of a partially demented
sailor. The play is well staged and is
presented bv competent actors, some of
whom at times are perhaps a little too
strenuous. The scenes of action are
laid in New York, showing life both in
the homes of the wealthy and in the
slums OF Chinatown The chief actors
are Bernard Branton. the king Of
cracksmen. who is in love with Hilda
Murvale, victim of DIR. Saken; Kane
O'Hara. a detective, and ISadore, a swell
thief and friend of the cracksman-
In the first act Lawrence Underwood,
as the king of cracksmen, gives a very
good exhibition OF a modern Raffles. at
an entertainment which he attends at
the home OF Matthew Dean, a New York
broker. The broker. who is represented
in the first act. in which he is killed by
the Hindoo. Alma Powell. as Hilda
Murvale. played her part well and Justly
merited the unstinted applause accorded
her work John Fenton also gave a
good presentation of the manner in
which suspects are given the thirty
third degree in. the sweat box with a
view OF extracting confession.
The Washington times., 1905-10-24
CHASE'S.

Salerno's amazing feats of 1ugglery
and the strenuosity of bucking donkey
are features of an excellent vaudeville
show.
The efforts of four men TO ride a
bucking donkey and stand on rapidly
revolving table made a large house
shout with laughter and brought some
excitable persons to their feet. al
Chase's last night. The contests were
part of Berzac's pony show.
The best feature of this weeks pro-
gram is Salerno's juggling. Besides
amazing feats at balancing. he tosses
handkerchiefs across the stage into his
assistants pocket. lighted cigar from a
table into his mouth, and an ordinary
sheet of note paper some feet into an
envelope. He balanced n tumbler OF
wine on three common beverage straws
resting on his forehead. His title of
great IS deserved
Other features were Abdel Kader's s
lightning painting of a detailed Alpine
scene. and Rae and Brosche's comedy OF
talkative wife. The show as a whole
is good one