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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
-t.E CHAPTER XIV.
Under the Southern Gross.
} AlSING his head quickly the lad gaze
Copyright 1901. by I.othrop
Publishing Co.


&A Under the Southern Cross
n AsNG his quickly the lad gazed with swollen
IL eyes at the doctor, who held in his hand folded
paper which Paul had noticed before. s.
Good gracious, - he exclaimed, twhat contempt
and leave no trace when had promised faithfully to
meet him at the steamship office And after his great
kindness to me, too.'' > : = 81 -,.,g..-- = =.
Now don't worry about that, interrupted the
doctor " LII write to him in care Of his agents and
plain matters that will completely reinstate in his
he nrbabH the Iii
least Of course, would think of looking for you
in an insane asylum But take this and read what he
says
The sheet folded that the sscare' lines head
ing the story caught Paus eyes directly The marine
'eed in the accounting. It follows:
"Captain Wilson of the Southern Cross, just in from
it not fully corroborated by the officers
and crew Of the vessel. He states that a week
while standing direct for the Bluff the lookout reported
man overheard on the starboard bow flying signal
of distress boat lowered and the unfortunate
fellow brought board in unconscious condition.
He was youth probably not much II, about five
feet inches in height well built with dark hair
and regular features. He adoat seaman's
chest which, being watertgh had sustained his weight
and saved his life. The lad was delirious for over
week and exhausted when he became conscious that
no one attempted to question him. During his rawlings
the captain gathered that the boy had been in big
was able to talk nationally he told of the loss of the
Koturah and of his forced exit from the vessel just
Tore she made her last plunge He retcent about
giving particulars and in fact his physical condition
such that it would have been cruel to compel him
to talk He promised however, to go with Captain Will
to the steamship office Melbourne and give de-
tailed account of the wreck he able
And now comes the queerest part Of the story. Cap
tain Wilson declares he brought the rescued adwhose
name, by the way, he gave as Paul Fraser-up from
sandridge to Melbourne. At Flinders street they sep
arated as Paul wished to make few necessary pur-
chases but it with the understanding that he
to meet the captain in hour the office of the agents
of the Kourah There Captain Wilson waited the better
Init fho oi1o4
then no trace of him has been discovered AS he was
still very weak, it is feared that he may have had
fresh attack of fever and in his derious wanderngs
perhaps fell into the Yarra% and was drowned'' o.
This ended the captain s. statement, but the Argus
commenting upon it, added
'eThe missing lad is undoubtedly Of the crew
Of the Inflated Koturah and what renders CAPTAIN Will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
A Moonless Month

The month Of February, 1866, in respect the
most remarkable in the worlds history It no full
moon. January had two full moons and had March,
but February had none, Do you realize what rare
thing nature that was It had occurred since the
creation Of the world And it will not occur again. ac
cordng to the computation Of astronomers how long
do you think?-2500 years. Was not that truly q
wonderful month ?-Golden Days ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
what Chicago Faces TEL.

Chicago's great mission of uplifting
the lower strata Of races Is broadly eyi
dent in the faces Of its masses.
or course only by viewing rhc multi
tnde as a whole Is the effect recognizes
bic. The observer can know nothing OF
individuals: but. looking into the coun.
teuances OF hundreds OF 1eutons, Jews,
Celts Scandinavans and Slays. the pre-
vailing types seen daily on the streets.
he discerns the American quality in va
lying degrees creeping III 20 suppiant
some of the more marked native Inca
ments. \ distinguished homogeneous.
ness Is working onr of the heterogene-
Gus human compound
Even two or three years as janitor
teamster. gardener, junk dealer or hod
carrier in large American city have
an effect IN molding away the aborigi.
nal inertness and depression FROM the
features OF au allen-Loren Fl B. Knox
in Atlantic
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
What Should We Eat7

Germany is eating horse A ten.
course dinner OF Algerian lion was
served BY 4 Partisan Tartarin, who
basey bought instead OF shooting the
game, says Everybody's Magazine.
Monkey is said 10 be excellent with
faraway flavor of rabbit. but many
diameters more sayory. Still monkey
eating is cannibalism. if our ances-
tors really were arboreal in their hab-
It's.
An English traveller and game bag
ger in Africa sWore that baked ele-
plants foot was dainty dish to set
before a Eing-not an African woolly
monarch, but even Edward VII. him
self, who knows something OF the re-
fnemenis OF artistic cookery and has
an experienced palate Another Eng
is 1t always an English
man to whom these original and
tastes are attributed an
avelTed that beacon
stricior. properly cooked. was better
than the best veal And yet beacon
striciOr has no mercy on the calf
To conclude, man can and does eat
most anything. and in drink lis cour.
age Is still greater.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
LOU DILLON DOPED
WITH BELLADoNA IN MEMPHIS
GOLD CUP RACE sWEARs
DR. FEHR.
Effect Of Drug is to Kill for Time
Being the Speed in the Strong.
est and Fastest Horse in
the World.

San Franc &C., Feb. IA sensa-
tional affidavit WAS made here today
IN connection with The race al Mem
phis between Major Deimar and Lou
Dillon. The affidavit is sworn 10 by
A. n. Fehr, veterinary surgeon, who
claims he was official veterinarian OF
the Memphis racing association at the
time the horses contested for the
$4,000 gold cup. Fehr says after the
first hear ne was called by Murray
Howe. the secretary of the Memphis
club 10 Lon Dillon's stable
Howe. he said. was greatly excited
ana declared the mare was suffering
with the "thumps" Fehr says ne
found nothing wrong with the mare.
except she was nervous as would any
horse be after a hard race. Howe in
sisted he should treat her for thumps.
Fehr says. and he gave her small
dose of the usual remedy. belladonna.
Fehr says the effect of the drug is
TO Kill the speed in the strongest and
fastest horse in the world for the time
being. Under these conditions il was
impossible for Lou Dillon 10 win the
Memphis cup. Fehr says
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

Recently the German emperor swOrt
in the recruits Of the Potsdam garrison
in a manner 10 inspire the soldiers with
the spirit which swayed Oromwelrs
IronsIdes, According TO the Lokal An,
2eiger of Berlin, he said; You see be-
fore you an altar On It behold the
cross, the symbol Of all Christians. AS
such you have taken the oath of allie
glance to the colors, and hope and re.
quire that You VIII ever be mindful OF
this pledge. As | stand here a memo
rable episode rises before my eyes.
When the Kaiser leopold Of Austria
handed over the supreme command OF
his army 10 the famous Prince Eugene
and gave him the marshars baton the
prince seized the cruclfx and, holding
1t aloft cried, This shall be our gener-
allsslmo" | require and expect similar
sentiments from you desire pions
and gallant soldiers in my army. not
Knockers "
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

81 saw what certainly seems 20 me
the queeresr way 10 catch birds when
was in SiWanganea. in India. last
year' said a traveller "A native sat
behind bushes in which were con
cealed number Of nets, one smaller
than the other aud the smallest one
hung with snoo3a of horsehair The
man was initiating bird calls and do.
ing o. very Well 'ndeed-so well that
the birds were dWiering from au
points 10 see waat was going on
But good as his limitations were.
they were nor good enough t0 lure
the birds into the nets They merely
fitted around isst in front OF the con.
ceaied hunter. ana ! wondered what
he would DO Tn, answer came boz ihe
shape of zcbu which appeared sud.
denly Qua of tbo bushes and headed
straight toward iAc birds. which boz
their haste to gee out of the way
darlal inIo fhe bushes where ihr nets
were spread Thon { saw char ,he
zebu was being driven BOP another M.
tive. aud they told me rnat tbp animal
often drove as many as haii a hundred
birds into tha Het 90 once
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
MillIonaire,s Eirs. $1,000.

Thomas Dolan. millionaire head OF
the Philadelphia United Gas Improve
ment company. was askesl many times
TO give his views on the question OF
how 20 get rich He could never be
induced 10 give the story until he was
approached upon the subject one day
by reporter who had been fortunate
enough To- do the millionaire a good
turn The newspaper man asked him
how he had made his first $1,000.
You want the truth. | suppose" said
Mr. Dolan Certainly" Well.
never had any first $1,000 I had $3.50
and a reputation for making good
Ny reputation made my $3.50 iook like
$500 90 another .ello.s .'nd ne trusted
me Ny FIRST deaf showsl a prof Of
$4,000 so thar my first $1,000 was
really so3J0."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

Faris IS about thu only great city IN
the world where household rents are as
much affected by overcrowding as IN
New York. Yet in the French capital
'DI.10S people hire apartments costing
less than S9T33 year; tl419s pay
less than Si94G6 ana more than S97 .33.
Only 62426 families live in apartments
costing more than SlG.22 a month. Only
l1,G20 pay over ST7SG4 a year.
That Is not very much like New York.
Yet Paris was the birthplace of the
"hat'' idea. The first apartments built
in New York upon the now familiar
model were called French fats"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
For EoreteIIlnn Weather.

The weather forecaster has a new
Instrument hich iells The amount OF
aqueous vapor IN approaching winds.
The old wet and dry bulb thermom.
eters have proven entirely unreliable.
so that accurate observation has re-.
quired apparatus too elaborate for or
binary use. The new "aquameter." a
simple instrument. therefore fills an
urgent need. The opening ana shut
ungs OF two taps and raising and low
ering of a mercury reservoir draw a
measured quantity OF air into a glass
vessel. and as this comes in contact
ailh anhydrous phOsphoric acid the
water is quickly absorbed, causing the
mercury TO rise in a narrow glass stem
10 point showing the exact percent
age OF aqueous yapor in the air.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
To Insnre MnrId Peace.

The suggestion has been made that a
triple alliance To insure the peace OF
The world should be formed by Great
Britain. France and TIE United States.
This should prove most effective com
binati0n II would bring into unison
one-thlrd OF the population OF the globe.
with fighting force OF 100000 men
and Lose battleships. Japan would
doubtless cooperate with the alliance.
thus adding TO its strength. -Leslle's
Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
HORN WAS PLAINLY APPARENT.
-hicagoan Had Not Been Close
Enough to Perceive II.

EUOugn 10 perceive H.
! He was an automobiles o. genial
nature, and he had been lnnching
atheI freely. He came down Broad.
way In a green touring car and dash
4 Tip 10 the Astor Hotel entrance az
sweeping pace. His car came TO a
stop there with a sudden jerk, six
riches from a corpulent member of
t4e Chicago delegation to a recent
conference who was crossing the
street 70 the hotel A snort of the
green cars horn marked the approach
20 me Chicagoan and The sudden stop
the Iotund delegate spun around
@tth jump and looked as though he
Eere threatened with apoplexy
What the dickens do you mean
sir By nearly running me down." he
demanded furiously.
Mean? Mean?" cried the automo
bilist coming up to the other, while
q dozen delegates looked on. What
DO you mean yourself by asking me
impertinent questions. sir? Haven't
Won got ears-didn't you near my
holn?"
A distinct suggestion Of the wine
cup floared on the air as the chauffeur
approached, and It was plain that
lunch had been Of a generous nature
Tie Chicasoan smiled.
No, sir said he, II did not hear
yonr horn, bat smell Il now New
York World
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
HOUSED HOLD CARES
Tax the Women Of Cairo the Same as
Elsewhere. ss4

Hard TO attend 10 household duties
With constantly aching back
A woman should moi have had
back
And she wouldn't II the Kidneys were
well
Doan's Kidney wills make well kid
neys.
Here is a Cairo woman who endorses
this claim:
Mrs. T. NJ. Thompson. Of 3209 parl;
avenue says: "All at once a dull ach
ing In the small of my back was very
apparent il | overtayed myself or
caught cold. tried ordinary simple
household remedies but | never was
able to check the trouble let alone
coure il until gor Doans Kidney
Pills at Schuh's drug store. | don't
il understood that every vestige of
aching has left my back for house
hold cares will bring about that tired
and languid feeling ana lameness
across the loins, but an appeal To
Doan's Kidney pills when they occur
has never been made in vain up to
date"
For sale by all dealers, Price so
cents. FosterM ilburh Company, Bnf-
falo, New York. sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
PAID $4,000 FOR HIS BRIDE.
Miss kassouf Put Herself Up az Auc
ton to Provide FOR Mother.

L
ton to Provide for Mother
Six thousand dollars in cash to the
girls mama was the price paid for a
wife in Dubois. Penn.
Maud kassouf was the belle Of all
the Syrian colonies in western Penn.
sylyania, and there we're scores OF
suitors for her hand. But the girl
said she would not marry unless pro.
vision was made for her mother.
Charles Hazey. also a Syrian. senior
member OF big confectionery house
in Altoona, came to ask for Miss Kas.
souf's hand. The mother told him
there were several others in the field
and il was finally decided to bring to-
gether the more eligible of the sutors
and have an auction.
A wealthy young Syrian in the town
appeared and began 10 hid against Ha.
2ey The bidding was spirited and
finally as ciincher The local Syrian
bid $4,000. Hazel Al once raised him
81 600, and the girl was knocked
down to him al $1,000.
The cash was paid TO Maud's mama.
the Rev. f McGiveny was called in to
perform the marriage ceremony. and
the couple are now at home in Al
toona.-New York World.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

nh. acomias Out" Inception.

-.
So many coming out" receptions
have been held in Washington aud Bal
tiniore lately that mothers Of The more
exclusive sets have about decided 10
abandon such affairs and will allow
their girls to blossom forth without
ceremony. The custom on the CONT
nent Is for mother TO take her daugh-
ter 10 call on their friends and to leave
cards Then the gill will be invited
To III suitable parties and Is considered
properly launched. This method is
gaining favor everywhere. Instead OF
the coming out reception, which al
most always has in uncomfortable
crowd-and to which unbidden stran-
gers often come the wise parent waits
until the girl knows her contempora-
ries. and then all enjoyable festiSity
can be given. In London debut parties
are rare. In Paris ana Berlin they are
thing Of the past.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
ON HIS PROFESSION
Doctor Forgot for the Moment He
Was Not Operatina

/ Senator Beyefidge desired To Illus
trare forcibly the force OF habit.
In Sullivan where / spent my boy
hood" he said. there was physi
clan whom everybody liked a hard
working, modest. absent-mnded man.
This physician was the guest Of
honor one Thanksgiving at the house
o. leading citizen and ahen he gay
assemblage entered he dining room
The leading citizen said to HIM
NOW, doctor. on account OF your
surgical skill, III ask you 10 carve.
That bird is twenty-fom FOUNDER
ana he is as young and tender as
spring pulet None but you could
30 him jnstioe.
The physician. his MIND on other
things smiled absently took he head
oi he table. raised the knife and
made a deep incision IN The breast Of
the turkey
Then he frowned. rummaeed in
lis pocket and brought out some all
sorbent Gotten a roll of bandages and
: paper Of pins With these he pro
-eeded to dress ana bind up the
wound he had made.
The guests we're stricken dumb.
they looked on in utter amazement
Thc doctor inserted the las, pin and
3atted the neat dressing he had made.
Then he looked mp and smiled
And now he said. let as hope
hat IN week with rest and care /
'ur patient will be on bis feet /
gain
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
Admired the whole Family.

Auef having spent me DAY at a
county fair 81 which an Indian en-
campment was q feature. was an
amused listener that night 10 the fol-
lowing conversation which took place
in bed between two Of the children:
sadie 10 her brother who vas half
asleep say. George. don't you think
The Indians were the best. and don't
yoe think the chief was a fine big
1r1w. and wasn't Es snuaw awful
fat and say. George. don't you think
II g. .i.Tl- l0uab vas q cite ,i.tIe fei-
loW New York World.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
A Novel Association.

A novel organization has recently
been effected n New York city called
the Foreign Missionary Industrial as
ISOLATION Its purpose is TO assist TO
self support those natives In foreign
missionary countries who by reason Of
their acceptance OF Christianity are cut
of from ordinary means OF livelihood.
The association Is neither denomlna-
tional nor evangelical.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

Restaurant keepers OF Berlin are in
the midst OF a war with their GUESTS AS
to whether "brodchen" shall be free
with meals or be charged for IN the bill.
From time lmmemorlal Berllners have
eaten rs many rolls as they desired. but
the restaurateurs determined to put
the bread into the reckoning. They
hung Up notices to that effect IN their
dining rooms, but their guests tore
down the placards and refused to pay
for their "brOdchen."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
DEEP CONSPIRACY
Is at Bottom Of Their Arrest. Claim
Two Prominent Men of Nil.
ford.

kankakee, lll, Feb. 1l.-Charles e
haInes, mayor of Milford Hl., and Gil.
bert Nennum. a politician Of Milford
VINO were bound over to the grand jury
a Ie" days ago on the charge of entc-
ing Myrtle Taylor aged lG and Essie
'AiIds aged is years. were re.arrested
To-Day on charge OF spiriung away
Witnesses in the first case.
Both were bound over TO The grand
jury each furnishing $4,000 bail. They
declare they are the victims Of q con.
-piBcy
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
Substitute For ceup,o,a

An Austrian chemist. Or. Zirn. has
invented a process whereby casein the
essential element of cheese and butter,
may be solidtied and shaped into the
various articles that are now made
of cellulold 1t Is said that This new
product possesses many advantages
over celluloid. Ii is not innammalde.
so that the danger from fire sometimes
encountered in the use OF articles made
Of celluloid is entirely avoided. The
new industry Is now being developed
at Surgeres. France, one Of the great
centers for the manufacture of butter
and cheese.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

The census return. snow ina. 5000.
600 and more women are emplo,ed
10 ihe nations Industrial ufe. There
are nov three zines as many women
tenoeraphers as there were Ten wears
ESQ. while DE number OF women book.
peers and accountants has doubled
p He percentage VI -aiesw0men also
SLOWS corresponding increase. Won.
Cd have risen to be- ireasufar- -
street railway. presidents 81 national
and savings banks. secretaries of fin
anciers ON salaries Of $4,000 and SO
20. executive heads or building and
on'tactine firms buyers for large
stores. efc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
Rich Men in Land sp.eul,,,o,

Seven young New York mTliaraires
ALFRED Gw}nne Vanderbilt Recin.
aid c. Vanderbilt Harry Payne Whit
ney, Charles T. Cook. Ogden Mills.
Lawrence E Sexton and Horace Por-
ier-have purchased for nearly g. .n00.-
600 a tract OF loo acres in the suburbs
OF that city. They have organized
syndicate 10 speculate In the lois
which are on the line Of the New
Haven railroad and line which is
about TO be built
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
SETTLED THAT BON|
Concluded From First Page.)

nue. du Bots de Cologne. The effect OF
this interlocutory order * 70 exclude
the Count from the mansion, as the
law considers il Incompatible for two
separate dcmiciles to exist under the
same roof The Countess remains
there with the children, and she ex.
pccts 10 be Joined soon By members
of Howard Gouli's family
Count Boni expresses to friends his
deepest desola,ion over the affair and
asserts hts continued affection for his
wife and children. He pays the fullest
tribute 70 the wfaly loyalty Of he
Countess and does not intend to file a
cross bill
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
viee.Presidents Favorite pain,ie,

Vice President Fairbanks has a
sweet tooth. ice cream being his spec
ial weakness. He would not enjoy the
finest kind Of a repast unless assured
that It would be topped on with his
favorite dainty. Next to zee cream in
his gastroDomic affection comes sort
OF fruit salad made OF cherries
chopped grapes. oranges aud bananas
The whole Is covered with old Ma.
deira. then frozen and is served with
whipped cream.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
Main Trouble

"The main trouble with pedestrians
az an exercise" said the man with
mental strabismus, is that when q
fellow first begins 1t his friends de-
clare he is crazy, and than when he
has been at II two OF three days. ne
begins TO share their opinion. -
Judge,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
Farmer Foddersnucks,

"You don't git nothn' Ter nothin' in
tn city" said FARMER Foddershucks.
Then folks has Ter pay fer their wa
ter an everything. They've even got
ter pay fer their fire | never Rnow-
ed chat til this last trip. but seen
signs on three different stores tibet
read Fire Sale "-- Cleveland Leader
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

One-way Colonist rates TO Mexico
City $1,000 TO Mexico City. Ticket,
sold daily February Is to April Z. and
September Is to Oetobe IS. 1906.
s3l.G5 One-way TO San Francisco, Los
Angeles. San Diego and other points
in California; also TO Prescott and
Phoenix, Ariz. Dates Of sale. daily,
February Is to April Z and September
Is to October Is.
$25.G5 to Billings, Montana.
s3O.55 to Helena. Butte. Garrison.
Chinook. Anaconda, MHssoula. Kill
spell. Grantsdale. Mont. Ogden and
Salt Lake City. Utah. and Pocatello,
Idaho.
sS215 TO Spokane. walla walla.
Wallula Junction. Ellensburg Wen
atehee. Wash. Umatilla. and Hunring-
ton. Oregon.
s3465 TO Portland. Tacoma. and
Seattle, Wash. Victoria and Van
couver. B. C., Astoria and Ashland.
Ore. Calgary. Alb.
Tickets to points named sold daily.
February Is 10 April :. and September
Is to October 81.
For further particulars and any in
formation regarding the above rates
call on or address the undersigned.
B. ". GROSS.
8. G. HATCH. Ticket Agent.
General Passenger Agent
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15

There is building upon the Clyde a
new missionary ship. costing $4,000
for the southern Presbyterian board OF
foreign missions. When completed and
tested the boat win be taken apart and
shipped by freight to the mouth OF the
Kongo. upon which river It Is TO PR be-
tween the mission stations Of the hoard.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-15
She Was Insistent.

George, why don't sou 90 out and
do something so You can get one OF
those Carnegie medals?"
Do you want me 10 impcril my life
for tawdry biz OF aiming metal?"
Well. then. George, dear, please
go OUT and see if you can; buy one q"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.