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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS

II has been reported that country
school teachers in different parts Of
Illinois are resigning their positions
owing TO inability to secure board and
lodging among the farmers as here
tofore, says the Springfield State
Register. The cost Of living has
greatly increased household help il
scarce and hard TO find. the teachers
salar es remain stationery. and, &C
cording to the same report, the resi-
dents Of the. rural districts are be
coming aristocratic In these prosper,
ms lines.
II Is said the farmers are boycott
ting the country school teacher, hui
he wcrd "boycatJ" is a misnomer.
That the situation is greatly exag
gerat2d Is NOT to be doubted. The
most striking feature Is the salary q
the country school teacher. Th'
country school teacher is underpaid
Her workwe say her becaus
most Of the country school teacher
are women--is difficult She has t
teach many grades; her pupils ar
less regular In attendance than i
the city schools. her work in keeping
the classes divided and adyaHrinl
them uniformly Is most ardwts re
iuiring remarkable judgment an
close study; her knowledge must b
VIDE enough to cope with the dc
mands Of nearly every comon schoc
grade; she has 10 trudge back an
forth TO school through rain or sno'
sometimes for miles she Is away frol
home from Sunday night 10 Frida
might, and often does not find It po
lsible to spend even her Sunday {
home. and when she does there is O
4 additional expense of travel. Aud /
when her months work is done al
she draws her $35 or $40 for b,
months work and pays her board al
room from that amount and deduc
her travelling and other expenses, i
tile will be left 10 show for the goo
/ that she has done.
il The country school teachers salar
should be larger. Her profit for h
} work should be- greater.
II Until this advance has been ma,
the farmer should cooperate with d
1 teachers and aid In the good wo
they are doing, by making reasonab
1 lcharge for board and room, and
\
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FINE OUTLOOK
FOR FOOTBALL
! MICHIGAN, CHICAGO AND MINNIE
SOFIA HAVE EXCELLENT MA.
TERiAL TO WORK IN SHAPE
FOR GOOD TEAMS.

Football will soon be occupying the
same position in the field of sports
bat baseball has held for tho past
i've months. The baseball champion.
,. viii not end until about October
Z bit long before that time all the
mcminent college eleyens will be out
for training and preparing for The hard
grid3orn battles to follow during the
months Of October and November.
The Eastern fotball season will be-
gin about the same time as the teams
in the West get together. SO that
the interest will be on In all parts OF
tha country In the West the Eight viii
he between the 'hig nine" conference
colleges, but in reality it will be bat,
lie for supremacy between Michigan.
Chicago. Minnesota and Wisconsin
There viii hardly be championship
teams at Northwestern. Iowa and III.
inois SO that the ''b'g four will fight
It out Nebraska has been dangerous
It times, but never 10 any great ex.
cent.
There will be renewed interest in
Wisconsin This year to see what Phil
X ng, the former Badger coach and his
assistant, Edgar Holt, of Princeton
will accomplish. All the other coaches
have the greatest respect for King
ability AS football general. ami they
! are already counting on having to fight
Wisconsin 10 the last ditch. The
Badgers lost several coed men. buI
/, they will have some good material Il
draw from and King may be depended
upon to develop all the material al
hand. With Mott to coach the lines
men and such men as Andrew O'Des
/ and Alvin Kraenslein TO train ant
condition the players, the results
should be of the best Michigan, Chi
cago and Minnesota all have excellen
material to work on. besides thei
strong players OF last season. 80 tha
Wisconsins task of developing a win
.lnng combination will be all the NOR,
! difficult, but there should be no sucl
word as fail" at Wisconsin, no mat
Ter what the results may be, TIL
Gid Badger cry was Fight to the las
ditch" and the boys will have renewe
n ambitions that way under King, Wi
consin has been badly handicapped L
tho past through rulings Of the facu
W which have deprived the team Q
star players and at times when the
nave been accused Of being too lei
lient. However, tho Cardinal foIowe;
, are preparing to give their team 10.
, al support, and II will be up TO III
: coaches and players TO make good.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

pleasant and harmonious, and spoke
of DIR. Eagan. secretary OF the state
board aud DR. Palmer. his assistant
in the highest terms.
The pump and water supply COM
mitiee reported fayorably upon the
matter Of laying mains through Far
roll's addition. The plan Of giving the
many residents Of this portion Of the
city water service and FIRE protection
has always ben advocated by the mem
bers of the council but It was only re-
Gently that permission to lay the mains
through property owned by the Halli
day estate was granted. The mains
will be laid at once and several fire
plugs installed
AS a result of a communication il
was decided to furnish to Z. A. Burke
al half price. a quantity of grdvel and
crushed rock to be used by him in
building a permanent Sidewalk in
front Of his stable ON Commercial
avenue.
Resolutions for sidewalks were re
fered TO the street committee aud a
resolution by Alderman Nellis to build
sewer from Twenty-fourth street 10
Davidson street on Sycamore street
was referred to the board of local inn
provement.
Mayor Parsons stated that before al
journing he had mater of great i'm.
nortance that he wished To bring be
fore the council Mr. Parso stated
Contractor Serbian was making exca-
yations in a piece of ground just out
side the new leyee opposite Thirty
/ sixth street to depth OF several feet
A strata of quick sand has been reach
ed and Mr. Parsons said that there
was danger that the MissE sippi which
urns in al that point with swift cur
rent, might force its way through the
strata Of quick sand ana through tht
leyee and the N. AMI o. embankment
! Il was stated that an injunction would
/ probably be served by the city and tho
/ railroad to restrain the contractor
] from further excavation. MIR. Parsons
said that he ordered him to stop worl
but that his orders had been ignored
| The matter was finally referred TO the
mayor the street committee and tht
city attorney.
The council adjourned TO meet mex
Friday night TO hear the several i'm
proyement ordinances and for gener
Il business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

There Ia discontent IN Ruusia and
there Is satisfaction in Japan
Giving d hasty opinion one WOULD
be inclined % think that the people Of
the two countries, being human be
ings the result that would follow this
dissatisfaction would be similar.
In both instances this discomfort
has reference To the government
N Bnt there will be big difference
SIn Russia there vii probably be an ep
dcmic Of bomb throwing and plant
.ing of Internal machines.
According to An eminent japanese
authority the discomfort til Japan vii
NJ followed BY an epidemic Of suicide
when the Russian is dissatisfied
\ WIN shc government he tries 10 kil
\ NV officials. His anger ~ hot an'
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

Many people who constantly attack
users CT slang. use 1t themselves, and
when put to the test Of using perfect
grammar and using the English Ian
gauge with unerring accuracy. fail.
Some one accused Robert Louis Stev.
enson Of using the slang phrase moth
ing doing" but The Springfield, Mass.
Republican declares the phrase was
good English before II was slang,
Emerson having used II frequently
Today 1t is one Of common usage. The
Republican also says tnaE Roosevelt
words that he liked people who did
things were anticipated by Emerson.
Then, too, there Is the expression used
by Roosevelt, clean as houini's
tooth. That is found in use by some
authorities who contend II IL good
English. One more of Rooseveits
favoritc expressions Is an The square,
meaning square deal, and this
while quite correct, Is sometimes criti
cised as slang.
Many OF these expressions are potent
Many Of these expressions are 20
tent. Quite frequently legitimate slang
If there be such, viii express a thou
sand time y more than carefully word
ga expression entirely in accord with
the rules of the English language
The Peoria Star believes that thS
language Is sometimes enriched by
SLANG, the English tongue being In 4
constant condition 81 growth, and new
iedaS give coinage to curious EXPIRES
sions. For instance, In the beginning
Of the last century, there was an Eng
lsh physician who used to publish his
dreams aril prophesy therefrom. These
publications excited ridicule and laugh
v ter. The Doctors name was Freake
and So when one Of his dreams was
published people would read il anc
say: Here Is another Freake,' ant
from that expression everythin,
strange and bizarre was denominate,
freak, and II was finally applied Il
distorted, mishappen objects. and nov
Y any thing that Is out Of the ordinary i
called freak. The language is absc
Y Mtely enriched by a new word, come
from the cid doctors name Just a
the Spanish-American war gave us tn
4 now familiar term Of hike II docsn
40 ~ decry alfflang terms
rr...., =. a 49,.
X there are come that are destinel I
live 80 long as the English tongue
spoken.
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ADMINIsTR AToR's NOTICE.

Estate Of John P. Mocklcr, deceased. The
undersigned, having been appointed adminis-
traitor Of the estate Of John z. Mocker.
late of the county OF Alexander, and state
of Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice that
he will appear before the county court oil
Alexander county, 1T the court house in Cairo,
H., at he October term. on the first Monday
Ostober next, NJ which time al persons
having claims against said estate are notified
and requested 10 attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted. All persons IN
debted to said estate are required to make inn
mediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 2ist day OF August, a. u. 1905.
JEREMIAH McCARrY, Administrator.
David s. Isansden, Attorney.
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cHANcERY NOTICE.

state of Illinois, Alexander County, ss.
In the Alexander county Circuit court,
octobe TO IN, a ~ 1905 In chaneefy sitiif x.
L.. { Perks and Ths mss Higgins, complain
It's, VIZ. sim rInall and Huida small, defend
ants. hill in chancery fer foreclosure.
Ihe above defendants are hereby notified
that said compiainants did on January 70, 1906,
file IN said court certain bill in ehanoery for
fors closure against Them and that summons
has issued thereon retnrnahte on the fret day
of the next term OF said coast, 10 be holden AZ
the court house IN Cairo, Illinois. on the 9th
day oil DC oher next.
LEE -. DAVIS, CLERK.
Cairo, Illinois, sept. Z. 1895.
Chas. y. Rice, complain ants solicitor
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
THE DAILY JINGLE
The Old Standby.

Now that peace has come to Russia
and the Japaneee so stout
l know nos what we scribbling men
viii have to write about;
We shall have to hunt for warfare,
and it's just as like as not,
Wen find trouble in the Balkans.
is the only hope we've got.
France has failed to whack the Ger
mans and Morocco is at peace
And there's nothing in Great Britain,
or in Persia or in Greece.
Since the Swedes permitted Norway
to depart without shot.
| fear trouble In the Balkans is the
only hope we've got.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday cir
culation for one year ending De
cember. 81, 1904 .....*......-.t e4s
Average daily and Sunday cir
lation for first six months of the
year, 1905 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .2f37
Average daily and Sunday cir
culation for month of July,
1905 ................. Piss
Average daily and Sunday circu-
lation Tor month of August. 1905, 2f61
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
Tcok No CHANCES.

Il can't stop ter talk now said
Brother Williams. Il done dlgged a
storm pit ter hide me fun de harri-
cane, an gwine ter see bout taiin
out insurance on II. Kaze you know
d earthquake might happenster come
long en- swaller ill., Atlanta Corsii.
tuti0n,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

helping the diligent. hard-working,
self-sacrifieing work she is doing. The
prosperity of the farmer places him in
position TO be better able TO coop
crate with the teacher.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
Still II Paws To Adusrtis.

When | start to read poem in a
paper that i've bought ana find it
quite pathetic, and with true heart In.
terest fraught, oh. I'm quick to be adj
hitting that I've been buncoed into
swallowing an "ad,.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

New while we folks go back to wor'
Tie hotel keeper and his clerk
Fill with our gold their mammoth
grips.
And so on rolay pleasure trips.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
Back From Vacation.

The boys are back in town, we find
They've squandered all their plunks
And some have left their hearts behind
And some have left their trunks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

The Bulletin u on sale at the FOL
loHInu places:
coleRar's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House Isews stand.
WaIkcr'ss 10 Sixth street.
Union News GO, Union depot.
Blue Front Restaurant.
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IN DREAD, AWAIT
ANOTHER MURDER

orally taken Is that another crime
VIII follow, and II is on that theory
that the posse % farmers have ceased
their efforts and win wait develop
ments
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
SHEARS AND PASTE.
Doc Treatment.

Why are YOU perturbed?"
oh, Grace treats me like a dog"
And you find il embarrassing 10 be
fondled in public, l suppose"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

The above is correct statement OF
the circulation OF the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday for the year 1904,
and for the FIRST eight months Of the
year, 1905.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this list day of September, 1905.
tSeal) LEO. ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13

CCHO0L BELLS will soon be calling
- you to come, are you prepared?
We are prepared to furnish you with
New Suits, New Pants, New Shirts, New
Blouse Waists, New Shoes, New Hats.
For the schOolb0ys at reasonable prices.
Respectfully, SAM'L WHITE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
Officers

~. A. Buder. President
Chas Feuchter, Jr.... Vice President
y. Fl. Galligan. ...............C Cashier
y. Spencer. ...... Assistant Cashier
Accounts ~ corporations and individ-
uals especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part OF tho world.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-13
Alexander
County National
Bank

Commercial Ave. and Eighth Street,
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
s.~s~~~s-p~u--s
SdpttSI ..-.. ....s..-. .sfuV,UnU
Surplus and undivided profits, $4,000
The leader., 1905-02-01
Springs and inferred yesterday in
the New Zion cemetery near that
Lincoln Teachers ASSOCIATION.

The meeting of the Lincoln
County Teachers was, probably,
one of the best attended in all the
State. There was a larger attend
ance than at any former meeting.
Among the papers, there were
several notable for excellence and
profound scholarship. Among
these were Miss Susie v. Powells
on the subject The Character of
Work that should be Attempted, =
Prof. w. B. Hogg's on The
Preparation of Teachers and
Prof. w. r. Fosters on Al
Training School for Teachers. =
The few teachers who habitual
" absent themselves from these
meetings are doing themselves an
injustice and should join in the
procession, if they hope to win
the smile of approval from the
county superintendent and the
State, and to exert the compre-
hensive influence d loyal, progress
siVe teacher always wields.
The leader., 1905-02-01
Death Of Herman.

Will Fl. Herman, who died Sat
urday, had a strange, eyentful
history. He had many friends
who helped him along the rugged
pathway Of life, but no intimates.
lie was a solitary amid the pass
ing throng, a recluse no matter
whittier he wandered. He was a
very handsome man in his early
years, but even then be seemed to
have the impenetrable melancho-
" of a Hamlet. He attracted
men to him by the compelling
charm of bis genius, not because
of the charm Of his personality.
Yet with his genius were COM
mingled faults that brought his
splendid torch Of fancy down to
smoke and ashes. The one book
by which be will be remembered
lis The Flaming Meteor, now
out of print. We find in these
poems imagination Of 4 very high
order, and an elemental fluency of
rhythm. That his book has re-
manned for the appreciation Of
the few, and not the many, is
doubtless due to the note Of pes
|simism that sounds all through it.
Had Herman been an opt;mist, be
would probably have been the
The leader., 1905-02-01
BLACK EYE 10 THE BEEF TRUST.
The Supreme Court SustaIns the Ii.
junction Proceedings.

Washington, Jan. 30. The SUI
|preme Court today decided the
beef trust case, or the United
States vs.. Swift & Co, and the
decision is a sweeping victory for
the government. While Attorney
Gen. Moody declined today to
discuss the question as to whether
criminal prosecutions will follow
the findings of the court, it is not
improbable that some action will
be taken unless the defendants,
recognizing the effects Of the law,
quickly obey the injunction.
Ia discussing the results ac-
complished by today's decision Of
the Supreme Court, Attorney
General Moody said Id substance:
&. It prohibits the continuance
Of q combination to suppress COM
petition in the purchase Of cattle
for slaughter. This branch of the
injunction will rebound to the
dement, or Gne caGCle men ana Iar-
mers.
2. The Injunction forbids
combinations to maintain uniform
prices in selling meats. This
section Of the injunction wilImore
directly affect the consumers.
20. It forbids combinations be-
tween parties to obtain discrimi-
natory rates from the railroad
companies. This branch of the
litigation will be of benefit to the
cattlemen and consumers alike.
"A. The highest tribunal in the
land not only perpetuates the VIC
tory In the lower court, but modi-
fies the injunction in such wise as
to make its language clearer and
therefore more binding on the
packing houses. =
The leader., 1905-02-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Taylor-Johnson Grocery
Co., at jackson, has been changed
to the Tay ylor Wills Co.
James Bancum, Of Heidelberg,
aged IA, died suddenly of hemor-
rhage from the stomach.
a party Of Northern visitors
are at jackson and will visit the
National Park at Vicksburg,
James Latting, Of MartinsvilIe,
and Miss Beatrice Dunn were
married on the 10Th, at Wesson.
The annex to the Beauvoir Sol
dier's Home will be completed
soon. There are 45 veterans il
the home and 10 applications.
Adam Harvey, Of jackson, was
killed il alailroad wreck at Til
ton, I'll. He was 20 years of age
and had just started out in life.
The barns and stable Of a. u.
Neville were destroyed By FIRE at
Macon. The loss was Is mules,
/ horse, $500 bushels of corn and
lother feedstuifs. The fire was the
work Of an incendiary
Hon. Ben Fl Wells has been
named By the Governor 70 hold
The leader., 1905-02-01
THE CITY COUNCIL.
synopsis Of What Was Done at Last
Nights Adjourned Meeting.


The Mayor and Board Of Alder.
men held an adjourned meeting
last night with all members pres
ent.
Aldermen Hartman and Larsen
we're appointed a special commit
tee to investigate and report on
the adyisability of purchasing
larger boilers and other machin-
cry for the power house for the
purpose Of furnishing day electric
service.
City Marshal Aaron Hurst was
continued as street commissioner
at a salary Of SIS per month IN
addition to bis salary as marshal.
Geo. Washington was continued
as remover Of street garbage at a
monthly salary of $50, under the
supervision Of the street commits
sioner, subject to suspension at
the discretion of the Board with
out previous notice.
Chas. Hardy was elected assis-
Itant marshal, to be on duty from
g a. m. to IL p. M, and James
Bleecker was elected night police
man, both at a monthly salary of
$50, and be subject to removal at
the discretion Of the Board.
There were a number of appli-
cants for both of these positions
and the contest was sharp one.
Luther Harvey was appointed
special policeman at the Opera
House during performances there,
without salary from the city.
The Council will hold its regu-
lar monthly meeting next Tues
day night.
The leader., 1905-02-01
FROM EDGAR.

We have some wintry weather,
hut the coIlards are not killed yet.
Many of people have grippe
on hand as wen as much cotton
and low prices, and its a bad com
bination. May be better further
on.
Our colored friends down here
are inclined to excuse themselves
froDl the cotton conventions.
White caps, you know = They
say if the negro organizes it will
be said he is plotting against the
whites.
Quite a fine lot of vegetable
seed has reached Edgar, sent by
Congressmen McLaurin, Money
and McLain, and we begin to ar
range for trucking and to live at
home this year.
Monroe Klrk6eld has sold his
splendid cotton plantation and is
going to trucking at Wellmans
Contractor w. M. Russell is re-
pairing and building bridges and
working up his portions Of the
public reads, SO that we can haul
our cotton in as soon as it goes up
to ten cents.
Constable Williams, his wife
and all the little folks at his home,
have henn fpsslino with la grippe,
The leader., 1905-02-01
A Mississippi Girl In London.

London, Jan. 90. Miss Clara
Alexander is a young American
from Mississippi. She came over
last season with a very recent
American reputation, for she had
only been reciting for one year;
but she determined by the end of
the year to conquer London. If
courage, pluck, endurance, an
ever present optimism, .and, per-
haps, genius, with a big II. .
Miss Alexander has not yet had
a proper vehicle to show what she
can do; at present her repertoire
consists of negro stories, poems
and anecdotes, but these are done
as no one else in the world could
do them.
If a girl can take a little poem
from a magazine, which read by
even good reader means only an
ordinary, pretty, pathetic, little
poem: If she can translate the
same poem into a tragedy, so that
the cheeks of her audience are
wet with tears, then she has some
thing very nearly approaching
genius. Miss Alexander has new
er had a lesson in gesture, in
voice production or elocution;
she is absolutely self-taught, yet
one London critic says he knows
| of no voice capable of expressing
as much, except that Of Sarah
Bernhardt. She gives the planta-
tion negro in his gay and grave
aspects; in his camp meeting
songs; in bis character, in his
heart, and in his soul, absolutely
to the life. It is not the negro
minstrel dialect, but it is Che
genuine article.
Lately she has recited with sue.
cess before Lady Ludlow and i
cultured audience, and she went te
Paris to fulfill a few engagements
there. She recited before Mrs.
| lMackay, Princess Colonna and /
lsmalI number of distinguished
lguests, il Mrs. Mackay's beauti,
full new apartments all rose anc
white and gold in the Avenue
du Bois de Boulogne. Mrs. Mack.
lay says that never in her life has
Ishe been more deeply touched
than Id d recitation of Miss Alex
landcr's called Little Rastus. =
It il the lament of a negro woman
lover her dead child, and it gOes
straight from the heart Of wom,
Ian who iDterprets it to the hear
lof the woman who listens. Miss
ALEXANDER like all tragedians
has an unerring sense 0f humor
Iso that much Of her work create.
hearty laughter as we'll as tender
| tears. She has q very pleasing
appearance; brilliant, expressive
dark eyes, q mobile face and :
Iquantity of wavy, nut.biown bali
and a strong. well-knit little fg
lure.