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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23
KNIGHTS or BEN HUR
ENTERTAINED AT ULLlN.

A comsany Of members OF the Tribe
Of Zen Hnr went 70 UIin yesterday
afternoon to institute a lodge Of 10
members there, Robert A. sicldes
healed the party. The Cairoites were
entertained by the Ullin people with.a
pread last night
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23
FUNERAL OF INFANT CHILD
HELD YESTERDAY MORNING

The funeral Of The infant child Of
SIR ana Mrs S. G Barth Of 17lo Cen
ter street, was held yesterday morn
ing. the interment was made az VII
Ia Ridge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23
PLUMBERS WANT
LAW ENFORCED
Petition City Council and Mayor
to Appoint Inspector
STATE LAW EXPLICIT
REGARDING INSPECTOR AND
BOARD or ExAMiMER6-SAY
UNSANITARY PLUMBING
IS BEING DONE IN
CAIRO.

The {Ourn egmen plumbers Ql 1attU'
are circulating a petition when Is |
being signed by Cairo physicians and
citizens. requesting the Honorable
Mayor and CITY Counc / % appoint
board Of examiners and a City Plumb
er Inspector, in accordance with tae
sta law which requires That all cit
.es OF over 10000 inhabgitsnts Haf@
regular hoard Of examiners ana III
| spector
The local plumbers declare tnas
under the present system some %.
competent men have been employed
/ and rs a result unsadsfaet ana uh-
sanitary work has been cone. Inc
plumbers have issued a small circular
headed. Enforce the law in Greater
/ caro-. The circular is cong 81 tle
stase law enacted by the tQltieta
/ general assembly and Is copied Pc
low.
An act to provide for the licensin@
81 plumbers and to supervise ana In
spact plumbing
Section l. Be it enacted ~ the pee.
Dle Of The state of Illinois, Represented
the general assembly. That amy
person now or hereafter engaging up
/ 1r working al the business OF phmp.
ing in cities or towns OF 5000 inHabl1.
ants or more. in this stare. either as
master plumber OF employing plumber
ar as a journeyman plumber shail
first receive a certificate thereof in
accordance with the provisions OF tais
act.
Sec. 2. ANY person desiring 20 en-
gage in or work al the business OF
plumbing, either as a master plumber
1F employing plumber or as 39Hl
| aeyman plumber. shall make appi-
carton 10 i board OF examiners herein
lfter provided for. end shall at such
tme and place ais said board may des
eaate. be compelled to pass such ex
animation al I'd hits qualifications. as
said board may direct; said examine.
Il I'm may Is made Ia whole or in part
n WRITING. ana shall be Of a practical
and elementary character but SIT.
goiently strict 10 test the qualidca-
ioas If the applicant.
Sec 4. That there shall be in every
In.tv fown or village of 10000 inhabit
anfs or more board of examiners of
plumbers consisting af three mem
eere ore nj which Shall be the chair.
man ~ fhe hoard Of health who hall
= Office fey-offcio) chairman Of said
hoard ne examiners 3 second mem
5er VINO shall he a master plumber.
.rd fbird member. who shall be a
icnrnavrnar nlumber Said second and
, .btrd members shall be appointed by
M ,,,ovor and annroye3 Nv tho coun
+, ou mr. Inv the board Of trustees of said
own mr. VILLAGE v-ifbin three month.
after The massage of This act for the
form, on one vg,r from the FIRST day
NJ Wsv fn the wear ~ appointment
and tseresfra~ annually before tho
arst ds,. of NAV and nall h. mai.
s.,,, tbo tre,s,,r,, oe said citv town
ar ,.tnaoo thc I'm, ,s other officer.
A. sn.h s,rg as t5a sutboritios ma,
Iasionate (
,'''e s.t5 ,o,r5 80 oyanfnor
IN -, -. - ~ aftor tbn an
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Friend-I hear you're no longer liv-
ing with your son-in-law.
Genial MotheT-inI-aw-No. discov-
cred that age and grabbed youth can
ret dwell together
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Mrs. C. G. Terrell and little son left
for Charleston, Mo, this afternoon to
visit the formers parents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Miss Lena Marshall of Sikeston,
Mo, is visiting Mrs. H. A. Dawson OF
upper Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Miss Grace Mabry will leave in a
few days for Sedalia, Mo, 10 enter
the Central Business college.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Mr. H. Rosenberg of the Grand
Leader returned on Tuesday from a
business trip to New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Miss Bee Boyd of Fulton, KY, is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Herp on
Eighteenth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Mrs. AL staehle and her guest. Mrs.
BIainey. accompanied by Mrs. H. O.
Farrow, go TO st. Louis on March %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

eThe Model, Eighteenth and Com
mercial avenue. will be open for bus
mess on Wednesday, March %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

Nj sam Gould, of the Grand Lead
or returned from New York Wednes-
day morning. where he has been e
nnrchase 3 large stock. Mrs. Gould
i ID Alton. III, wish relatives,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23

The ". G. T. L. will meet with
mrs. II. A. Julian on upper Poplar
street Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-23
PURELY PERSONAL

Miss Minnie Comba goes TO St
Louis today. She will return on Sun
day.
A son was born yesterday to MIR.
and Mrs w II. Gibson of Twenty
first street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
NOT TO BE TRUSTED,

It will not be a great while now un- til the country will know whether the recent reform movement in Pennsyl- vania is to be permanent or if it is only spasmodic revolt against bossism. We are informed that on last Monday a conference was held in Philadelphia at which Penrose, Martin, Lane and other leaders of the State machine were present. It is not stated, but we've no doubt that McNichols, Durham and others of the Philadelphia gang took part in the conference.
 At this meeting it was decided that it was of vital importance that the next State Convention shall be controlled by the old gang or machine, of which Penrose is head. As one means of | accomplishing this 1t was decided that the 11S delegates allotted to Philadel- phit must all be Penrose men. and in order that there may be no slip in the business, instructions were given to the | effect>that when the primaries are held no Republican shall be allowed to vote | or have his vote counted except those who voted the machine ticket at the late election.
 This is the program outlined, and as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
PUTTING ALL oN.THE JURY.

As The Chicago Tribune sums 1t up, the Supreme Court of Illinois has by & recent opinion held that under the laws of that State the jurors in a criminal case are judges of the law as well as the facts. It is easy to see how this construction of the law may result. If. for example, a man Is on trial for any crime, although there may be no doubt as to the facts and the evidence, the jury may acquit him on the sole ground that the law under which he was tried his case.
 A jury in a criminal case may be composed of intelligent. well-informed conscientious men, but who may at the same time be totally ignorant of the law. The Judge may explain and lay down the law governing the case in the plainest terms. so that the wayfaying man, though fool. need not err there- in,' yet the twelve jurors for reasons of their own, or for no reason at all, may acquit him. and the Judge has no right to censure them. The law, as it stands. goes on the theory that the jury knows as much law as the Judge does. and they are under no obligation to be instructed by him. The Tribune asks why the late session of the Bar Association, instead of attacking one of the incidental and infrequent abuses connected with the administration of criminal law in this city, attempt to go to the root of the matter? It could have put on record its belief that jurors should not be judges of. the law in criminal cases-unless, indeed, its mem bers are of the opinion that the judges who sit in the criminal court know no more law than twelve men drawn at random from the body of the commu- nifty. That may happen occasionally"
 The Tribune is slightly sarcastic, but the matter is really an important one to the cause of justice in Illinois, un- less juries there are very different from most others. Even the best class of jurors usually find it hard enough to keep up with the facts in an important case, and if in addition to that they are required to construe and apply the law we should think it would require a very superior order of intelligence and information to enable them to do | justice in every case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
Want. to Be Enrolled.


 Under all the rules of the game we are entitled to enrollment as son ot the revolution /" Some of our folks were at Bunker Hill and at Bennington. A great t-ereat-g uncle ot-footed in the retreat at Brandywine. More than a score of our line played part in the activities and reriis of the time Some of them. we have reason to be- lieve. did their duty nob]y and courage ously; others may have fiuked. as so many have done in the hard pinches of war. We are not responsible for the glory or the shame that may have been m arited by any of the bunch. Accord ing to family tradition one of the great-great- -uncles, after an honorable discharge from the continental army, following the victory at Yorktown, went back to his home in Vermont and became one of the most picturesque and persistent inebriates to be seen staggering home on the Jericho road. We decline to shoulder any of the bdium that attached to his name because of his bacchanalian revelries, or any of the glory of his brother. who lived across the road and was a sober and high-minded citizen. It is what we do. and not what our dead ancestry did. that establishes our status among men. One of the meanest men we ever knew was related to somebody that had been somebody. and he wanted to be looked up to and admired because of that fact. One of the best men we ever knew had a wayward son who had to serve two years in the penitentiary for stealing horses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
RuiIdinr Un Forces.
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GeneNd FttdpbIs ,
 The very fact that Birmingham IS making such rapid strides in the indus trial and commercial fields is an addi- tional argument that every citizen of Birmingham should speak well of the city and district whenever he goes out of town.-Birmingham News.
 And also of the railroads. which made it. What would Birmingham be today without them? And yet The News is frantic supporter of B. B. Co- mer Contrast the services to Bir- mingham and to the State of the two Conner and the railroads. What has Conner done for Birmingham? What has he done for the State?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
rhe nocter.. rndorrement.

Before President AnEeil of the University of Michigan had attrined to his present high position. a young hopeful entering college, was recommended to his consideration, says The Detroit Free Press
 ''Try the boy out. professor; criticise him and tell us both what you think" the par ents said
 To facilitate the acquaintance the profes- Sor took the boy for a walk. After ten minutes silence the youth ventured fine day. professor" +.
 "Yes." with a faraway look.
 Ten minutes more and the young man. squirming all the time. ventured: This Is a pleasant walk. professor"
 "YaS"
 For another ten minutes the matriculate boiled to his bones and then blurted out that he thought they might nave rain.
 Yes" And this time the professor went on Young man have been walking together for half an hour, and you have not said one thing which was not commonplace and stupid"
 '"True." answered the boy. his wrath pass ing his modesty, " and you endorsed every word I said
 Then they laughinKly shook hands and word went home from the professor that the boy was all right and that they were great friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ?, 1905.
4 WAY OUT.

The New York Evening Post has. been considering the Senatorial situation in that State and has arrived at the con clusion that there is plenty of time for both Platt and Depew to resign. II holds that if they will send their res- ignations to Governor Higgins at once he can appoint their successors to hold till the Legislature meets again, but it adds that the moral lesson might be two New York Senators were left empty. They are empty, as it is, for all purposes of effective and honorable representation of this State If the two Senators cfface themselves legally, 1t will be only to complete what they have already done morally
 Whatever the moral or legal effect might be, we predict that there Is little prospect of such solution of the sit- uation. That both men have discred- ited themselves and their State can hardly be considered doubtful, but that they win resign is a matter of extreme doubt. Whether the revelations that nave pSSu nhuS VIII ulScTeQlS them Tn the Senate and thus render them DOW eriess for good is a matter that can only be determined by future events, hut as the Senators have associated with men who are worse than either Piatt or Depew. we do not suppose they are likely to find themselves biacIiisted.
 But suppose they should take 1t on themselves to resign. is there any certainty that they would be improved on. either by the Governor or the Leg fsiature? It may be that Governor Hig- gins would feel it incumbent on him to select two good and clean men, but at the same time he might find it to his interest to fill the vacancies with ma rhine men who would be no better than the present incumbents. Again, his appointments would be good only till the Legislature meets. which, we be- iieve. will be January l. That body would elect two Senators, and. so far as we know, it will not be composed of any better material than previous ones However. we suppose this Is useless speculation, for we think their resig- nation among the things not going to occur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
An .AlIeEea Reasen.

RIchmond News Leader. ----
 There is one phase of the Chinese straisRtensd SeI ont 'ar says The MontgomeTy naTy (Ala0 Adve -tiser. "As we understand it." continues The Advertiser "Chi- nese' Is the collective name of the peo- pie of China. Is it correct to cali an individual of that nation a Chinese? :? Might we not with equal propriety call a single Englishman 'an English or a single Frenchman a French? How about it?'
 We confess we don't know how about 1t. Yet there is one thing we do know or rather believe. That is that The Ad- vertiser wouldn't give a continental shinplaster to see the question straight ened out, and raised it simply-no not simply. but maliciously--in order to set Norfolk Landmark and The Petersburs Index Appeal by the ears, in a triangu- lar, hair-splitting. contemporary befud- ding discussion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
RAhnIxed Him.

T had a peculiar dream last night, Mary said a Kansas City railroad man to his wife yesterday, declares The Kansas City Times. q dreamed I was appointed agent for our line in San Francisco at double the salary I'm now getting"
 HOW fine.' said his wife with q smile.
 "Yes," continued the man. 'tand I started for San Francisco to take the place. At a small station in Kansas where tho train stopped. I saw a dog fight going on. and stepped off the car to witness it. The train went on with out me. and I woke up before l could catch another.
 The wife's smile changed to look of keen disappointment. Henry" she said. with emphasis. you have the in- stincts of a brute. Why didn't you stay on that train and let that dog fight alone? You'll never get good job if you act like that"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
Danger Ahead.

Dadevile Courier.
 We have never been able to make cotton and buy a living. But when we make a good living at home we can grow cotton and make money. Don't be deluded into error that you can not make an over crop of cotton, for fear YOU do not make a sufficiency of home consumption. It IS the independence of the farmer at home that enables him to control the cotton market, if he can control it at all. There is danger in all cotton and scarcity of meat, corn, oats. peas, potatoes, sorghum, hay, etc. but with plenty of all else and then all the cotton we can possibly grow we will never run up against the breakers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
rHE nonnoRs or wnEcr<s.

f
 If there is one thing in railway con struction that Is more badly peeded than another, 1t is some way of con- structins uninf1ammable passenger cars. A recent account of a railroad wreck informs us that the wrcckage caught fire and some of the passengers were incinerated;" burned to death or suffocated." another wording has it.
 All who read the news know that this is not an uncommon, statement in reports of wrecks,g In many cases where a car is thrown from the track. or overturned. there may be but few passengers killed or mortally injured They may be so confined or pinned down in the wreckage that they are unable to release themselves. In most cases of this kind If tho work of res cue could be carried out at once the deaths would be few, but "the wreck age caught fire." and that is the end The unfortunate beings, unable to es- cape. must remain there and see and feel the slow approach of the Ire which is to consume them. The rescuers, driven back by flame and heat, are poweriess and must stand by and listen to the last agonizing cries of those who are being roasted to death.
 Such sacrifices are not uncommon. as all know who read accounts of wrecks that are continually occurring in all parts of the country. This burning is one of the most horrible features of railroad wrecks. A lighted lamp or hot stove sets fire to the wrecked car and helpless passengers are burned to death.
 Is there no remedy? Not while wooden cars. lamps and stoves are used, we are sure. No human care or fore sight is powerful enough to prevent wrecks entirely, and as long as cars arc made of wood and fire is used in them the same story must be told over and over again.
 Some days ago we read statement coming from railroad expert to the effect that the days of wooden passen- ger cars are numbered, and that in the near future they will all be construct ed of steel. If this mans views are correct, we may look on the proposed change as q long step in the direction of safe passenger traffic.
 And there will be two great advan- tages in the proposed innovation. The first is the greater strength that will be obtained by substituting steel for wood. A wooden passenger coach Is very often crushed by a wreck. even if there is no fire. and passengers are killed or maimed in that way when if the coach had been properly construct ed of steel it would have remained whole and no one have been killed. But the most important advantage would be that metal cars would not take fire and thus one of the most fear full features of wrecks avoided. Of late days wood has been so largely l replaced by iron and steel in building constructor that we can now see no good reason why passenger coaches may not be made entirely of metal and thus one of the greatest horrors of rail- road wrecks be avoided. Why not?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
Sidewalk Pencilinss
A New Ki.d of Germ.

There seems to have been prevalent Tn this country very remarKable in- lection, sad an observer yesteraay. think 1t more remarkable Tn iact, than dengue. distempers or anylning else. reIer to the spread Of only the last few months. The most prominent victims are Henry Hyde. formerly or the Agricultural Department at Wasm s ington: Oswald Wilson or Iexas, TOT merly connected with the southern Sot ton Association, and former Freslaens McCurdy of the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
 The germ is not altogether domestic; for I believe we now have connrneo case in Paris, where our friend, Judge Hamilton of Albany fame, Is residing while the shot and shell Of Examiner Hughes and the legislative committee are shattering the walls or corruption up in New York.
 The attacks are so queer and come with suddenness, but one symptom IS common, and 1t is. therefore, traceable to single germ, that Is that all get it in the neck. All are compelled to go abroad to effect cure. Mir. Hyde had to ride the Atlantic waves, MT. Wilson had to hurry to Mexico. Judge Hamilton is already abroad as if he had a premonition of the bacillus, Tn all events, there Is an epidemic and some more victims are liable to be counted before the thing is all over. Publicity is good cure for this pecu- liar germ"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
How the Turk Holds On.

Boston Transcript.
 The Turkish empire has been great ly pared down in the last century. but still the Turks seem rooted in Con stantinople. The explanation of this tic and in a measure racial. If Euro pean diplomacy is paralyzed by jeal- ousies the Turks are a strong people. Pressed into a corner. they fight with achievements of their ancestors. They are a serious. earnest race among peo- ples whose convictions are not strong their religion so deeply that they are willing 10 die for it. A people who in this age are capable of that sacri- flee must be put out of Europe by SUI not do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
SundOwm.

 Froo de cedar trees de sky am growth red,
 Des lak de sun had hurt hisse'f an done fell whar he bled. Owls an Hazards. bull bats, too-each one am movln' roun'. De twilight stretches OCT de woods an swallows up de groun'. De ole man hobbies home again--de long days work am dun. Home-it's des a cabin--but he knows dar's waitin' one Ole nanny Jane. his faithful wife, who cooks his hoecakes brown She knows he'll be a comin' home at evenin's close--sundown.
 Sundown- . s+ Well, de word you see it has another meanin', too, Besides refersin' to Sie time de vests rosy hue. Ans trabbled many miles along life's rocky road An know, Ans had ma share ob happiness an had ma share ob woe. Amt right to be complainin' but An often sets and sighs Fo' good ole days before de war-mah gracious, now time flies. Ans not complainin', Understand-Ah ain't de one to frown-- But An ain't gvine to trabble far here at liee's sundown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
Shipping Radishes to Pittsburg.

GreenViIIe AdVOCHte.
 Two of our truck farmers, Messrs. A. H. Vann and W. F. Walker. have for seevral weeks been shipping rad ishes to Pittsburg, Pa. From thirty five to forty barrels go forward every week. These farmers say this is the first time they have made much Of a success in raising radishes in the fall. They usually ship this vegetable by the car load in the early spring. They are making big preparations for early shipment of strawberries the coming season as well as many other kinds of vegetables.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
Alabama and Railroads.

Dadeville Courier.
 If confidence between the railroads and the people could be restored m Alabama, the rate question would De easy to settle The want of conf dence makes both sides seek the ad, vantage which is wrong in spirit ana prevents a fair adjustment of the mat ter. When the roads once realize that they must submit to reasonable re form and are assured of justice me fight will be over. But as long as the fight is tainted with enmity and Dit bitter end. every effort at rate reform and will not reform until they reaeh the limits of the courts. Such condi- tion of affairs is hurtful to Alabama and to the railroad interest. The roaos and the people should have square deal, free from demagoguery ana pre- judices. Alabama should rise above such and force her candidates TOT state offices to get on a higher plane.
 The citizens of Alabama Is not ike the peasantry of Russia and should not be insulted by low appeals of men, who are for office on any kind of q platform that tickles the masses. A candidate for governor of Alabama, several years past, argued earnestly. and was cheered by the bowling audi ence. As soon as the speech was over the candidate said. In disgust to friend: q don't believe in the theory myself, but it pleases my hearers. A man void of principle and traitor 10 his people.
 Again, we say, Alabama ought to rise to higher planes and select men broad interest in the state and for every thing and every body alike for the good of Alabama,