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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18
WANTED.

Foaricrs wanted Room and board, $3.50
pcr week. 52s Tenth street.
WaatedA furnished house for one Of two
months j. =, Jackson.
Waated Driver for delivery wagon, One
that knows TOW aud is not afraid TO work.
A, NJ, Spence n { o., 2023 Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18
SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements OF not exceeding three lines
nili be accepted free for one weeks time from
an reader Of The Bulletin TO be filed by adj
vertiser III person, on regular form, at the Of
fee OF The Bulletin Company, 703 Ohio Levee
The Bulletin Company assumes no respons-
hility for any advertisement or statement made
therein ara win not accept the notice OF any
pc. son known to be employed
Inquiries and replies to advertisements
should be made bg mall.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18

Work Wanted-An experienced nurse wants
work, ran fGroish reference. Call or address
T3i 1hirty-third rect.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18
Strictly Savings Bank.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
DIRECTORS

interest paid On time deposits at the
rate Of three per cent per a1num-
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18

Position Wantea-By a. lady with six years
experience in office work, to work tither IN
store or Office. Address Nj. L., this Office.
situation Wanted White girl, plain cook,
wishes position 60 do house work in private
family, Address II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-29
to the retailer?

TO the retailer?
A good travelling man is willing t.
sell good shoes for good house in q
good territory at 2Is per cent. His roat
expenses will not add l n per cent tC
this-if he is good man doing good
business. This makes total expense
of less than per cent. To cover
poor" territory this ratio will be diff
ferent-averaging nearly 8 per cent.
Taking it all through, though. the
average will be about per cent.
The retail catalogue house in buying,
then, saves the selling expense of the
manufacturer, which as can be veri.
fled by examination of the books of
any st. Louis manufacturer, rarely ex-
ceeds D per cent To man shoe that
costs the manufacturer. say, 81. 10 to
put mp he will add his selling expense
of per cent, and his profit of 21s per
cent, making it cost the retailer about
81. 90. The retail catalogue house will
save this selling expense of per cent,
making it cost them about s.. 10. We
are not juggling with figures. We
know this absolutely to be. the case.
Now, about he selling expense of the
catalogue house as compared with the
selling expense of the country retailer {?
Every one who has made study Of
merchandise knows that the country
retailer does business at less expense
than any other retailer in the world.
b. Nugent admits that when he was
n country retailer he did business at
total expense of, including clerk hire.
advertising, rent, light, taxes and in
surance. of per cent, but that il now
costs him nearer % per cent to do bus
mess IN the city. His is an excep.
tional case, for few country merchants
can do business at an expense so low.
From the figures compiled frcm wide
ly scattered sections Of the United
States we place the average expense
at IL per cent of gross sales, and we
think this is nearly right for the aver.
age country merchant.
A shoe which costs $2 %, the aver
age country MERCHANT will sell for
$500 Deducting his selling expense
of IL per cent, or say 40c, plus the cost
of the shoe 81. 20 or total of g.. 50
from the selling price. we have net
profit Of Soc, which is about what the
average country merchant makes.
What does it cost the retail catalogue
house to do business? The figure is
not easily arrived at. but we have some
figures on which to base our estimate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-29
COUNTRY MERCHANT
VS.. CATALOGUE HOUSE
The Catalogue Houses Do Not
Sell Cheaper Than the
Home Merchant.

We hear good deal these days sbou'
the Retail Catalogue houses beins
able to sell goods cheaper than til,
country merchant, and some of the ar
guments presented sound so plausibl,
that one is half inclined to take 1t as
matter Of course without investigation
kWe are told by the advertising liter.
ature of the retail catalogue houses that
they buy, We will say for example,
shoes direct from the manufacturer
cut out the jobber, sell direct to the
consumer, save two profits, operate ai
less expense and give the public fifty
per cent more for its money than II
can get from the country retailer. This
ls AMI absolute, barefaced, unmodi fed
lie, as investigation will prove.
In the first place the retail catalogue
house buys its shoes from exactly the
same source from which the retailer
buys his-from the manufacturer. The
manufacturer makes profit ON the
shoes he sells to the mail order house,
and he makes a profit on the shoes he
sells to the retailer How much does
he make on each?
The science Of shoe making has been
brought down to such fine point that
it is not possible for one manufacturer
to score much of an advantage over an.
other. 1t costs them all mighty near
the same to make the same shoe The
shoe manufacturer is satisfied with a
mighty close margin of p, oft, for il is
in great volume of business only
that the n oney is made. Any manu-.
facturer of any magnitude is we'll sat.
isfied with net profit of 80 per cent
after all selling expenses are paid He
will demand this, however, from the
mail order house the same as he will
from the retailer.
The only thing the retail catalogue
house can save, then, is the difference
in the cost of selling them, and the
cost of selling to the retailer. In or.
der to give them fair show we will
assume that it costs the manufacturer
nothing to sell to the retail catalogue
house. How much does il cost to sell
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-29

Calumet and Heols, copper mine
on Lake Superior. Mich, has paid
in dividends $50, 900, 900 in 90 years.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-29

The head of the advertising depart
ment of Montgomery, Ward & Co. has
admitted that it costs them $1,000 per
page 10 print the two million copies
of their sixteen hundred page cata-
logue-say a million and half dollars
twic ayear or 50, 900. 600 for catalogues
alone. Supplement this with news
paper and magazine advertising, spe-
cial circulars and booklets, postage,
expressage (of cstalogues), salaries,
and the usual expenses of rent, taxes.
insurance, ETC., and s., 600, 600 would
be conservative estimate of the an
nual expenses of this concern. .ls
How much business do they do?
They are generally credited with a
business of s25, 900, 900 a year, SO it
evidently costs them somewhere in the
neighborhood of 90 per cent to do bus
iness. and I'VE are reliably informed
by man who has spent years in the
mail order business that 20 per cent is
nearer the actual figure. II they sell
this same shoe for $500. we must de-
duct 60c for selling expense and $2.15
for cost, leaving u net profit of Doc,
which is less than they make.
The catalogue house does mot sell
goods cheaper than the country mer-
chant.
1t sells some things cheaper as
"baits.
On the whole. 1t sells the ordinary
run of drygoods from to 10 per cent
higher than the prices obtained by the
rank aud file of the country stores
throughout the land.
Hardware, stoves, baDy buggies, ma.
ohinery and implements they undoubt-
edly sell for lower prices than the av-
erage country merchant is able to sell
them for Just why or how this is
done. We are not right now prepared
to say 1t may be due to the organi-
cations which exist among the manu-.
facturers of these lines, which enables
the catalogue house to obtain its sup.
plies at lower prices than the country
merchants, but when expressage,
freight and the usual incidentals are
all included the advantage is not great.
even In these lines, while in the gen
eral run of drygoods the country re.
taller can fee assured that he has them
beat mile. The Drygoodsman and
General Merchant.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
LEGAL NOTICES.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To A. s. Norrish, Glen Rock, Pa: .
You are hereby notified that have expended
during the year 1904 one hundred dollars In
ohor and improvements upon each of the fol
i",vinU lode mining claims situated in the Big
Creek mining district, Idaho, county, Idaho,
viz The Buckeye, the Harvard and the Weiser
lode mining claims the location certificates of
which are found in Book SO, pages 1876, 187 1S9,
in " the office of the recorder of said county:
Said expenditure was made. in order to hold oL
said claims under the provisions OF section 1924
and the amendment thereto approved January
%. 1880, concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to hold said
December, 1904 And if, within 80 days after
the publication of this notice, you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such expend-
iture as a co-owner, your interest In the claims
will become the property of the subscriber,
vour co-owner who has made the required ex-
penditure by the terms of said section.
mar16jun15 CHARLES w. LUCK.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
\ L, -

Boise, Idaho, April Is, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 8, 1878, entitled Gan act for the sale of
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada, and Washington Territory as eX.
August A. 1892,
MAYNARD R. LOOMS,
of Roseberry, County of Boise, State of Idaho,
has this day filed in this Office his sworn state
ment No. 1888 for the purchase of the neN seq
of sec A, tip 15n Be- and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for it's
timber or stone than for agricultural purposes,
and to establish his claim to said land before
ThOs. B. Snyder, U. S. Commissioner, at his
residence, Meadows, Idaho, on Thursday, the
Goth day of June, 1905.
He names as witnesses: G. A. Christie, Ed
ward Martin, Joseph Downend, c. L. Hammond,
all of Center, Idaho.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said Goth
day of June 1905.
apr20jun15 HARRY j. SYMs, Register
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Contest Notice
United States Land OFF,


A sufficient contest affidavit hay uiias TO- 1906
IN this office by Harry ]. Laforoas g %sn filed
idaho, contestant, against homesteood anunder
600, made June l, 1908, for VIZ nw% enfy No.
nwA swA, sec 10, tip 13n, 4e. ~ 11 T ~ nw9
Martin Alpha, Idaho, contested in ,r rhhUlnas
alleged that Said tract of land has h "ncn IS
abandoned for nine months last mast ete NV wsnOl
entryman has removed from said f"I lou uiu SAD
SAID alleged absence from the said lo ,"du, lna
due to his employment in the army r"u n WAS not
marine corps of the United States a.: navy nA OF
soldier, officer, seaman or marine d"rPm lN az
war with Spain, or during any Other ', wy. me
which the United States may be enea u, var a IN
Said parties are hereby notified IS ann
respond and offer evidence touching SAID aPp pis
cation at 10 O'Clock a. M on July 10 le sr ba Se
Fred s. Logue, u S. Commissioner III Tbw veCe
Idaho, and that final hearing will be baS u
10 O'Clock a. m. on July 26, 1905 before pvu ,t a.
Register and Receiver at the United ststOsT das s
Office in Boise, Idaho. ''''' -dAu
The said contestant having, in pronor om
davit filed May 16, 1905, set forth facts wb %n
show that after due diligence personal seT TtTS
of this notice can not be made. il is beraSv
ordered and directed that such notice be Give!
by due and proper publication. ''''
juSjy6 EDWARD E. GARRETT. Receiver
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Off

UHlIeu States Land Office,
Boise, Idaho, May 20, 1906
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to made final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before U. S. Com
at Meadows, Idaho, on July 6, 1905, viz:
CHARLES w. PARKS,
Fl: E: No, 1867, for the VIZ nel, sec IA. tn len.
r Be, Boise Meridian " No''
He names the following witnesses to prove
MS CONTINUOUS residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: w. B. Boydstun. Iardo Idsbn !.
). ". Pottenger, Roseberry, Idaho; L. c. Lloid'
l.. s. Kimball, Van " yck, Idaho.
Junel-9 HARRY J. SYMs, Register
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Timber Land Act-Notice for Publication

United States Land Office,
Boise, Idaho, May g. 1905
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June B. 1878, entitled Gan act for the sale of
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon.
Nevada. and Washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by act of
August 4, 1892,
GEORGE BEATTIE,
of Boise, County of Ada, State of Idaho, has this
day filed in this office his sworn statement No.
154S, for the purchase of the VIZ neL and wiz
seq OF sec 2S tip lon, De- b. NJ and will offer proof
to show that the land sought is more valuable
for It's timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to said land
before the Register and Receiver at Boise Idaho
on Tuesday, the 25th day of July, 1905.
He names as witnesses: Henry Wesenberg.
Peter X; Enebo, John E. Carter, Albert S. Bib
bins, all of Boise, Idaho
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims In this office on or before said 25th day
of July, 1906
may18july13 HARRY j. JYMs Register.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Timber Land Act-Notice for Publlca''n
United States Land once ,o0;

United States Lana Olloe q ,o6
Boise Idaho June ;, I;sooeI
Notice is hereby given that in c colPnsDr N
with the provisions of the act OF t ion sSe IA
June 3, 1878, entitled can act ior sne Oregon
timber lands in the States of Call1ora d. orsn
Nevada, and Washington Territory a. as ef Sus
ed to ali the Public Land States Dy agS O. county
ust A. 1892, Henry Patrcks of Kosep Sar fled III
of Boise, state of Idaho, has TINS u ,o57 for h
this Office his sworn statement No. W. ~ seC M
purchase of the lot l. and sex Arn neH % show
ion, Be, B. NJ, and will OFFER proc o W its timber
or stone than for agricultural purpose efcre d
establish his claim to said la an his Office y
Commissioner Fred 3; Logu oy q" the 18th day Ol
August, 1906 rohn u Cox, AlbeIs
Holm, William Boutwell,, Marein -'''D
Any and all persons claiming anag,, sSst to dla
above-described lands are req bafore said l5n
their claims in this office OH Vi ''''
day of August, 1905. svMs. Register
juSaug3 HARM -
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office
Boise, Idaho, May ID, 1905
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June g. 1885, entitled "An act for the sale of
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada, and Washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by act of
August 4, 1892, INA GRAY. of Boise, County
of Ada State of Idaho, has this day filed in this
chase of the Lot l, seq neA, e15 seq, sec q, tip
15n, 4e, b. NJ, and will offer proof to show that
theland sought is more valuable for it's timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and to es-
tablish her claim to said land before Register
and Receiver, U. S. Land Office, Boise, IDAHO
on Monday, the oath day of July, 1905.
She names as witnesses: L. NJ. Gorton, D. N
Higgins. of Ola, Idaho; Joseph Pinkham and
Joseph Daily of Boise, Idaho.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said oath day
of July, 1905
my1Sjy13 HARRY J. SYMs Register
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Notice for Publication.
united States Land Office

Boise, Idaho May p, 1906
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before U. s. Com
missioner Fred S. Logue, at his office in Thur
der, Idaho, on July 1, 1905, viz:
FRANCIS NJ. KERRY.
H. E. No. 1887, for the sel14 se1z, sec 3d. 81 Wl,
sec 80, tip 13n, r 4e, and lot a. sec 4, tip I'm rIe
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Oscar PinkstOn, Henry West.
fall, John Atkins, Henry Atkins all of Alpha,
Idaho.
my25jun22 HARRY j. SYMs, Register
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office

United States Land Office
Boise, Idaho, June ], lSN
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim ana
that said proof will be made before I. 5 c. Com
missioner Fred S. Logue, at his office in mum
der, IdahO on July IA, 1905, viz:
JOHN HARALA,
H. E. Nos. 4190 and 4271, for the seq nWA', "a
neH, sec l, tip lon, Be, and lot ., secO' " i'H
4e, Boise Meridian. or,
He names the following witnesses V pi ,;OU
his continuous residence upon ana cnl. rnO,
of said land, viz: Albert Holmes, A. D. lI Sl.r
Kust Koskela, Jacob Kantola, all OF kOseV'"''
Idaho. n.o,0rvp
ju8jy6 HARRY }. sYMs hhOi'lD-,
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
contest Notice
department. of the InterioS
United States I,anodd q,

BoiSas land Office
in this ONCE ' Sg eha afa%yf g Sy,s
$780, ne9e Man against hom ark
sec T. Ns fp ls 81 rs bS for
f p6s eDntestse IN which IL Is D DIeggl@sS
sH%r N Nor %ads a has %s as
ON but has totally abandonedP r sSis there there
and wa asa no ofd dS alleged a from
aarmy, navy, or marine co Trnrsplooyment in H.
marine darRn Plv tbs soldier officer ns United
any other OF wal, in which the epa I'm or during
Sosi6 nSa9seu' 'eu States
respond and offer evidence t nUlhed to appes,
g fbe at 10 oc9cb m June 81 sad
Land Office in Boise, Idaho" az 'he United SsSS
dav fs fn ed sMG aS s. gS5 having in proper
show that after due diligence r.n facts which
OF tnls notice 0d cannot be made it service
by due and proper publication otlce be given
my1Sju15 EDwARD F G.pnm,
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition
Portland, Oregon.

Daily from May 2Sth until Oct
ober 18th inclusive, tickets to Port
land and return will be sold from
Weiser, Idaho, at rate of $3.50.
Tickets will be limited to continu-
Gus passage in each direction with
final limit of thirty days from date
of sale, but in no case later than
October 81, 1905.
J. w. LAPIsH, Agent.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Offic

United states Land Office,
Boise, Idaho, May 90 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim, and
that SAID proof Will be made before U. S. Com
missioner Thomas B. Snyder, at his residence
at Meadows, Idaho, on July 6, 1905, viz
LEVI S. KIMBALL,
H. Z: No S947, for the So ne1l, sec q, to 14n.
Be- Boise Meridian. ~ - " ''
ne names the following witnesses to prove
OF said land, viz: w. B. Boydstun. LardoS Idaho
~ ~, w: Pottenger Roseberry, Idaho; L. G. Lloid'
C.haries w. Parks, Van Wyck, Idaho.
'uhei-@s HARRY j. SYMs, Register.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-06-15
JUNE 8, 1905.
Annual Teachers Excursion, East
Bound.

On June 3, 5, 10, IL, tickets will
be sold to Chicago, st. Louis, St.
Paul, Missouri River and points
intermediate at rate of one lowest
first class fare plus $500 for the
round trip; tickets will bear transit
limit of ten days in each direction
with final return limit of Septem-
Der Is, 1905. For further partic-
ulars see j. w. LAPIsH, Agent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-30
How Il BEGAN.

Representative Hay, Of Virginia,
tells of an alteration in colored club
In Richmond that resulted in nearly
all the members being hauled before
police magistrate.
you were present during this trou-
ble?" asked the magistrate of wit.
ness.
yes, yo' honah."
Then tell us, in few words, just
how the difficulty began"
well, yo honah," replied the darby,
with much gravity, II think 1t was
when the chairman of de entertain
ment committee swatted de secretary
ovah de head wifi de lovln' cup."-Col.
lier's Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-30
SCIAT|C TORTURE
PAIN SUFFERED BY MR.. MARsT0N
AS GREAT AS MORTAL GAN STAND.
For Six Months He Could Not Turn in
Bed-He Tells of Remedy which
Has Given Perfect Relief.


The case Of Mr.. Marston shows that
sciatica can be cured, and no one afflicted
by it should allow himself TO be dis
heartened. He was first stricken about
year ago, and for six months he suffered
pain which he thinks the most intense
that any man could possibly stand.
Asked about the details Of his remark
able recovery, Mr.. Marston gave the fol-
lowing account; ~ was attacked by
numbness or dull feeling just back Of my
right hip. didn't know what the mat
ter was, but thought 1t was simply
stiffness that would wear away in
short time. It didn't, however, and
soon the pain became so very bad that
every step was torture for me. When I
finally succeeded in getting home, twas
Just as much as / could do to reach my
room and get to bed.
"The doctor was sent for, and when he
had examined me he said had sciatica.
He prescribed for me, and advised me not
TO try TO leave my bed. The advice was
unnecessary for 1 couldn't get out Of
bed il wanted TO. 1t was impossible for
me to turn from one side to the other.
The moment l attempted to move any
part Of my body, the pain became so ex.
cruciating that would have to lie per-
fectly motionless.
al suffered this torture for six months
without getting any relief. Then dis
charged the doctor, and on the advice Of
a friend / bought box Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills and began to take them, three
ut dose, three times day. 1 was dc.
termined to give them thorough trial.
1.-TWO months after began to use
them was able to leave my bed aud
walk about the house, and a month later
/ was entirely cured and able to go about
my work as usual. think DIR. Williams
Pink Pills are the best medicine ever
used, and heartily recommend them to
anyone who suffers from sciatica."
Mr.. Marston Is a prosperous farmer
and may be reached by mail addressed
TO Charles p. Marston, Hampton p. o.,
New Hampshire. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills have cured other painful nervous
disorders, such as neuralgia, partial par.
alysis and locomotor ataxia. They are
sold by all druggists.