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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-13
{ ii X / S T M A S
STATIONERY.

No person il likely to have
too much stationery; there
fore fine stationery is usual
" a nice Christmas present.
We have just repIenished
our stock, It is up.io- date,
the latest textures, colors,
shapes and sizes.
You can get an elegant box
Of paper for Soc line enough
to- please the most particular.
We also have some beauti-
fui paper, with envelopes 10
specially b0xed-lland
some boxes. These are very
desirable as Christmas Gifts.
Come and select presents
early.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

away from San Francisco to the COM
forting shelter Of a Berkeley apart
ment house the while she made sure
of the welfare of her wonderful butter
fly pets. Miss Aver is too sane and
sensible and high minded a maiden for
that. She simply saw to 1t that while
the family treasures were being taken
care of the little pets of which she is
queen were not left to perish. Butter
flies she carried instead of poodle dogs
and parrots
The cynics and pseudo philosophers
overlooked Miss Mabel Aver and her
butterflies the while they smiled at the
parrot-canary bird-poodle combination
in evidence on nearly every side, and
so they missed a sight that could not
but have been unique. Miss Aver her
self is a remarkable maiden, known to
thousands through her connection with
Sunshine" work. and so known to be a
girl of gifts and graces. taking her
quite out OF the class OF foolish vir-
gins" who make silly pets out Of silly
animals or birds and in the petting
process become supremely silly them
selves.
Miss Mabel Aver, although entitled to
be called Queen OF the Butterflies"
also is justly and of right deserving
of rank among those sweet souls who
have shown gifts that make for their
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

HEN the rout OF refugees from
I'VE San Francisco in those first
VM hours after the earthquake and
WW fire had made ii advisable for
an army OF citizens to leave the
town. there were humorists and
philosophers on the run who took
the time at intervals TO note that
a lot OF women were painstakingly saw
ing parrots and canary birds and pet
dogs from the ruin. while lords Of
creation in the procession were seen to
be loaded up with old brown hats and
other impedimenta The flames were
finding food in really valuable stuff the
refugees had left behind, while the par
rots and poodles. the canary birds and
the old brown hats were being thought
fully carried TO safety. The philoso-
piers in the rout paused to smile. 1t
was food for mirth.
Most OF them missed, however, the
sight OF the Queen OF the Butterflies in
San Francisco. a beautiful society maid.
preserving from harm her dainty.
dearly beloved pets. a score or more OF
velvet-winged. richly eolored pet but
terfies. the tiny things which had been
so tanned by the Queen OF the Butter
flies" that they loved her and did her
bidding, and were the first of Miss
Mabel Adams Ayers treasures to be as
sured OF safety.
Miss Aver did not neglect her people
or her friends interest in hurrying
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

Continued on Page Ten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
Women Bar Bryan Toothpick.

From the New York Tribune.
William j. Bryan met reverse on
shipboard on the way across. Henceforth
he will have to reckon with the anti
toothpick party.
The anti-toothpick party is no joke.
Women are at the head of it and they
seem to be In deadly earnest This is the
way it happened:
Mr.. Bryan uses quill toothpicks. To be
exact about 1t. he uses one toothpick.
That is to say, he gets a good goosequill
toothpick and cultivates an affinity for
that particular quill. He keeps up a
partnership with the toothpick until 1t
no longer possesses resiliency.
With Mr.. Brayn a good quill toothpick
is as dear as bimetallism and lasts all
most as long. He found the right kind
of quill toothpick in st. Petersburg last
winter and carried it all the way along
the route He chewed on 1t when he
shook hands with the AIkado In Japan.
stuck 1t back into his vest rocket after
hobnobbing with all the satraps of the
Orient and kept it in service until he
reached the Battery.
On the way over on the Princess Irene
the old quill toothpick became a social
and political issue. 1t had become frayed,
splintered and unlovely. Mr.. Bryan be-
came gracious, as usual. with the women
on the voyage home. The old quill also
was presented in polite society. but was
cut dead.
On its last appearance 1t looked like a
linen dish rag. 1t had arms and legs,
which were spread out like the drying
pelt of a raccoon on a woodshed door.
Moreover. it had heightened 1t had be-
come so elongated that once it was mis-
taken for book agents sample volume,
and at another time it was mistaken for
dried fish from Japan.
Mr.. Bryan. however, did not dissolve
the partnership. Like other ''old saws
1t seemed to be Indispensable The climax
was reached when Mr.. Bryan drew the
quill after lunch on Wednesday. 1t was
mistaken by one of the crew for an old
whaleman's harpoon which had been
slowed away in the hold. Mr.. Bryan was
asked not to remove the machinery from
the ship.
The women thereupon organized the
American Anti-Toothpick society, and
Article l, section l, disqualifies politicians
from citizenship when they use a quill
toothpick more than one week. A copy
of the minutes was sent to Mr.. Bryan.
His only comment was:
81 stick to my friends. Our sisters
can't vote, anyway"
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and laid his two pistols on a desk and an
nounced that he had surrendered to the
authorities.
Afterward he was tried by the state
and federal courts, but nothing could be
proved against him and he was acquitted
of all charges.
Frank James has never outgrown the
associations of his youth, and he now lives
in the old homestead in Clay county, Mo-.
about twenty-seven miles east of Kan
sas City. Here he looks after his farm
and crops and takes deep interest in the
political affairs of his county and state.
Judging from the Scriptural passages
which he occasionally injects into rum
ming converse ton, he has a Bible in his
house and reads 1t frequently. In per-
sonal appearance James lookes like a re-
tired country gentleman, and the broad
brimmed hat he wears gives him dignt-
fled appearance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
A Bird Freak.

Herbert X. Job in 'Some Lakeside
Waders of the Northwest," in The Out
ing Magazine for September.
Back on the dry praries the sickle-biled
curlew, the marbled godwit, the upland or
field pover and the kildeer nested; but
this group of three-the avocet willet and
Wilson's phalarope-form distinct unity
-shore-birds which nest beside the
grassy pools in this southern section of
the northwest shore-bird paradise.
OF this trinity of odd characters-bird-
freaks. we might call them-which we arc
following UP. the bright and shtaing light
is certainly the avocet Its very appear
ance is distinguished, and instantly ar
rests attention. The plumage is of sharp
ly contrasted black and white with yell
lowish buff on head and neck; the legs
are like stills, while the bill, too, is Ions
and slender, curving up In a way to make
one wonder how the creature can eat. The
first pair which I ever saw, on the shore
of Dakota lake. made profound inn
preston on me by their appearance and
graceful movements as they ran jauntily
about pursuing some sort of insect prey.
The saying that what Is meat to one
may be poison to another is well exempli-
fled in the avocet. For our part. we have
to exercise great care in that western
country to avoid drinking alkaline water,
whereas the avocet dislkes the insipid
stun which we extol as pure. Seemingly
ii is as Objectionable to him as food with
out salt Is to us. Hence we have to travel
well west toward the Bad Lands OF Da-
kota before we find the water sufficiently
seasoned to suit our dainty epicure and
to induce him to remain for the summer
Even the most upsavory mud hole. which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
FRANK JAMES NOW
PLEASANT OLD MAN
Former Desperate Acts as
Starter for Horse Races
LIVES ON FARM IN MISSOURI
Refuses to Talk About Desperate
Deeds of the James Brothers, but
Describes His Surrender.
Interest in Politics.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Frank James of Missouri brother of the
notorious Jesee James, was one of the
interesting characters at the Mount Yer
non Qnd.) fair last week, where he was
! engaged in starting the races.
! In being introduced to James one old
gentleman said that he knew all about
him and got the information from the
book accounts. James was asked If the
book accounts of himself and his brother
Jesse were correct To this he instantly
replied that he had never read one of the
yellow books about himself and his
brother, but from what he had heard OF
the books he thought they were based on
no facts at all. Nothing can induce
Frank James to talk about his past life.
When asked about 1t James merely said
that he was tried by both the state and
federal courts and was acquitted, and that
he is now free man.
James tells good stories and Is both
fluent and bright in a running conversa-
ton One old gentleman expressed sur
prise at James being here and alive, re-
ferring to the pistol duels in which James
had participated. Drawing himself to-
gether. his eyes twinklng, James said:
"well, I'll tell you. When you go out
to the race track and see the running
races, every boy seems to be trying to get
away from the post first, and that is the
secret of it all l always got away first
When was a boy about eighteen or TWEEN
ty years of age l weighed about one hun
dred and twenty-seven pounds. I had
fast horse and was a good rider. and was
quick and active, and whenever we got
into trouble was always able to get
away first. In other words, was quick
breaker and fast starter, and that is why
l am now here. In race horse parlance,
l was always last to the post and first
to get away
Frank James Is sixty-three years old
now. and as agreeable an old man as one
would wish to meet. In height he is nearly
six feet. and his shoulders are broad and
so,,are. He is remarkably well preserved
for one of his age He doesn't chew to-
bacco or smoke, and rarely drinks He
says he is always hungry and eats five
times a day. His eyes are blue, rather
small and kindly. No one would suspect
Frank James of being desperate char
acter, and he is not.
About twenty-four or twenty-five years
ago. after the death of his brother Jesse,
who was shot by Bob Ford, Governor
C,rittendon of Missouri offered a large re-
ward for Frank James, dead or alive.
James became tired of being pursued by
the officers and sent message to Gov
ernor Crittendon saying that he would
surrender at the court house in Kansas
CITY on a certain day at II o'clock No
one believed he would do so and no one
expected him to arrive at the appointed
hour. A little while before u o'clock
James arrived in Kansas City. He imme-
diately walked to the court house. enl>red
the building and walked down the anle
of the court room unnoticed and unknown,
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soon as he could scrape together enough
money, but he found 1t hard to get work,
and finally quit trying. In City Hall park
he met a chap about his own age who
told him how he could make at least 81
a day by beginning on street corners, and
he has since followed that mode of living.
His sleeping quarters have been the
parks, wharves and Railways. Some day.
he insists, he is going back to Ohio, but
that is the declaration of every outcast'
even up to the day of his death.
Story of Monotonous Life.
There's nothing to my story worth
telling" said q very old man, who sat
where the sun fell upon his withered
frame and through whose threadbare at
tire there was suggestion of tidiness.
81 have never been out of New York city;
never have been to Brooklyn even, and,
in fact was never but once as far north
as the Fifth Avenue hotel, so you can see
there is nothing in my life to make note
of My father was ship captain, who
lived In Whitehall street, where | was
born. | wasn't vey strong as a youth,
and | didn't do much of anything but
hang around home When 1 was about
% my father died-my mother had died
several years beforehand he left pretty
good sum of money, which my older
brother. who was in the cigar business.
got hold of
II got a job as clerk in a shoe store
downtown, worked there for a good many
years. spending all I earned to live, and
never going anywhere but to my room,
a block away from there. and to the store.
always read a good deal, and expected
that l might some time make a living
writing. From the shoe store got
Job as clerk in the office of a fruit deal
er and remained a good many years there,
spending all my time in my room reading.
My money / spent for books. Some TWEEN
ty years ago my health gave out. and
had to quit work. l found that my broth
er was doing pretty well in Philadelphia.
and / got in communication with him,
and ever since that he has sent rue Sl5
a month. l live on that very well. 1
sold my books one by one as 1 needed
money, but l have a few left, and when
my eyes permit l glance through them.
could go to Philadelphia and live, but
l have got so well acquainted down in
this part of town that l hate to move
away. l have watched 1t grow up. I'VE
got room over a saloon down on West
street. and l manage to keep body and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09

city Hall park He came from a little
town in western New York, brought up
family of three daughters, buried his
wife, and twelve years ago came to New
York to spend his days with his eldest
daughter, whose husband, he explained,
is a man Of wealth.
Had a drudge.
In the person of a gray bearded MAJ,
with the regulation shabby genteel APP
pearance, was found the ubiquitous man
with a grudge." He welcomed an oppor-
tunity to give vent to his woes, and did
so at great length and with much feeling.
He was born in New York He worked
as a draughtsman for big manufacture
ing firm and invented several devices for
which there was great demand. His en-
ployers made glowing promises to him,
but meanwhile pocketed the rewards of
his genius. Finally he left their employ
and went to work for another firm, MAX
ing the same things. Here also he was
cheered with promises and he made in
ventions which enabled the new firm to
practically ruin the business of the first.
Flooding on in the hope that some day
he would be taken into the firm he worked
on and on, and finally, unable to get an
interest in the earnings of the business,
he withdrew, took the few thousand dol
lars he had saved and started in business
for himself. A few years saw the collapse
of his enterprise, and his health failed at
the same time. His wife and two sons
died of diphtheria, and that blow de-
stroyed his ambition. By threatening to
sue the firm to which he had given his
best efforts he induced 1t to give him
small allowance, and he has since lived
on It, 1t is just enough to get along on.
The park is his favorite haunt, and he
sits there hour after hour, talking with
other men with "grudges' and urging
every one to look out for himself and to
trust no one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
Advertising.

0uQ6c
Zone moment, madame, If you please"
cried the heavy-set man, arising in the
convention of women's clubs. II beg that
you will permit me to say one word as
to a crying evil. 1 am overjoyad to see
you ladies so boldly attacking the wick
edness of our country; but I beg to call
your attention to the insidious, atrocious
peekabood waist. cannot find words to
express my opinion of it. Why, l am in
formed that tomorrow morning the firm
of Jiggs. 'Jaggs & Co. will throw on
their counters several thousands of these
immodest garments at the ridculously
low price of 81 EACH / beg of you 10
take some official action on this crying
evil. Thank you very much for your at
tention.
The he&vy-set man then left the con-
vention. Next morning, at the store of
Jiggs, Jaggs & Co.. he might have been
seen in the private office of Mr.. Jiggs
taking another order for a load of peek
aboo waists and receiving congratulations
on the popularity Of his goods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
Stafford Springs

The hotel at this famous spring is
open for the season. For full particu-
lars, rates and phamphlets, address
COLBURN-MORGAN & co.
VOssburg, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
Comfort Without Extravaganza"
at the New Transient Steel Built Fireproof
HOTEL WOODSTOCK

Near Broadway.
N. Y. City.
2Hz blocks west Of
Grand Central station,
and just off Long Acre
or Times square-the
very heart of the city.
In the midst of the
theatres and clubs. and
near the shopping dis
trict. Subway and IL
roads and Broadway
cars adjacent. Accom-
Y,nodatione for. 5nO Mod
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09

Is too bad for most of the other birds,
is not without attraction for that craver
of strong condiments.
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ern rooms, near bath. $3.50. Luxurious all
light rooms and suites. private bath. 81 up
flor 2. 81 extra). Choice restaurant. Music.
w. H. VALIQUETTE-
Also Hotel Berwick, Rutland. VT.
6-12-13t-tu-th-su
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23

quite the ,hias in the sSs,hsFa sAd Of The
town,
VEN general and sincere regret IL fsli
ihruag heht the entire eenmuhiiy over me
falling health which may neeessiiAis the re-
iirrmsni 81 tho Rev o. ID. ". MeAehAm from
the pasioFats 81 the Baptist church. II vas
wiih a great deal Of satisfaction that MT.
Msaehsm's many friends welcomed him back
10 Townshsnd . few months ago. and his
minislraiions 10 his people and his presence
in the community have been most acceptable
aud helpful,
II IL with considerable pleasure thai mo
present correspondent announces 40 his sue
ressor In the local auiii'pushins industry tef
Ths Reformer. the name Of Mrs. o. W. Fol-
lett. who. IL IL expected. ~lll carry to sue
ressful completion some 81 the Journalistic
ambitions entertained by the correspondent
whose iabors cease with the present number.
We bespeak for the new correspondent the
sane courtesy and helpfulness which has
been extended 10 her Immediate predecessor.
fsNala -
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23
cHEsrERrIELp.

fifty.one meals were served At the h"'e'
town meeting day.
The wood saving machine has been In the
vicinity this week,
Mrs. worden and son have secured rooms
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Royce, where they
are pleasantly situated.
Our old friend, Mr.. Boomer. ~ driving the
meat cart for y. NJ. Davis Of hinsdale ana
comes here every Friday.
Transfers are making the most OF the
snow, but the road Is not good ~ the snow
Is No light that dirt comes up,
Mrs. Frances Ware has returned to her
home In Westminster after a visit OF several
weeks at Chesterfield house. She made many
friends while here,
Y. A. Stafford was elected town clerk last
week for his sixth year Of service. Merriek
y. Chandler was elected member OF the
school board for three years at the town
school meeting--an excellent selection
Many will be interested TO know that
Uncle Cyrus" Hildreth, who Is visiting az
Michigan Soldiers home, is In good health
and expects 10 return to his cottage here IN
early spring. There are 1899 inmates OF the
home, including 95 women In the womhn's de-
partment for the widows Of soldiers. Another
hospital building Is being built which VIII
accommodate 400 aud there are 30 widows
and large number Of men waiting TO enter
II will be ready for them next fall
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23
CRUSHED AND BURNED IN WRECK
o,.t 40 People Killed IN ooiiisiea Of Trains
Mar Portland. COL

a,...t,sus collision occurred on INC pea
NJ o,.nds railroad al Adobe. Uol-
80, par,Iana Friday. telegraph epeiA'
~ ..I..p !, his post Of duty u said 70 hs's
- AN, cause Of the accident nnaeh's,sa
a,dnr. bringing two passenger .Taihs '"ss'Ae'
nj ths steep mountain grade, ths saa'P
curve. the binding snow storm aha 'ns ~
merry rails Al the scene Of the aee'aeh' ~
Inc IA impossible for the engineers :" ~.
their trains 10 a standsiiil when ihsS 'ean'e s
their danger. II Was imposaibie iui 'as 80 -,
neer of either train 10 see INC o'ass ana
until the two trains were Ni'h,n ~ So.
"a. :, each other. At this point the SANTA
y ana Denver and Rio 0rande tracks sun
close torether, and II was easy for 'he en'
,inemen 10 suppose that the oneomihs VA"
vas ON the Santa fe track -.,..
Fas,bound No. 10 crashed Into w.s'posha
Ma 3. Two engines, teleseopihg INC lo''
ward ears on each train, The coaches az once
,ook ar. and the flames completed the h"'
rors begun by the collision,
A eamnlete list Of the dead probably never
viii he inown as many Of the bodies Ne's
.an,i.,aly rremai.d and others were burned
h.yond recognition. The number Ia estiihAt
"a AZ over 40. Many o. the dead were nome
seekers bound for the northwest, Inc hfes
crushed locomotives set hrc TO the spln'"rea
coaches and u was hours pei"'e =" Wv
bodies were recovered, the hames being 70
hot that rescuers could not approach the us'
bris until the fuel burned out, The ens''
neers Of both trains and the hrenen Of one
train are among tho dead.
Frank Lively. night operator at Swallows
IA the man held responsible for the wreck.
firs, orders we're that the two trains should
NEE, a, Adobe. Despatehers wired him later.
ID is said. to hold the wesi.bound train AZ
Swallows until eastbound train No. 10 should
PASS When No. 10 reached Florence us
crew was notified to run on 10 Swallow
Meantime No. 3, falling TO receive It's new
orders at Swallows, pushed on westward
Operator Lively was asleep when No. pass
ed Swallows. When asked by the dispatcher
AT Pueblo II Il had passed. he answered
mo" A warrant Ia out for his arrest ne
is said to have left Swallows Sunday ana
Joined his brother, also an operator, at Fort
land Col Later both left Portland on an
east hound train.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23
Moro Women and Children Saved.

Further investigation develops the fact
that many women and children were saved
in the attack against Moro outlaws on MI
Dajo near Jolo. in the sulu islands. Those
killed were killed at long range and by
shell fire. The attack was delayed six months
while Governor Scott was endeavoring to
persuade the outlaws to surrender. All over
lures were scorned, and the general behei
seemed to be that the government would be
unable to dislodge them from their fortress
within two years. Leading Moros, in their
desire for the determination Of the outlaws
aided the troops in the fight. Two hundred
Moros under the direction Of leading dattos
formed columns and carried water to the
troops. The reports Of company and troop
commanders 10 General Wood show that every
effor, was made to save women and children
After the fight was over, General Wood or
dered supplies and assistance for the women
and children remaining alive in the crater
The killing Of the outlaws makes possible
the tlling Of the fields.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23

Former President Grover Cleveland was 90
years old Sunday He is now in Florida on
account OF poor health.
Miss Susan b. Anthony's will leaves all
her estate, amounting to about $4,000 to
the woman's suffrage cause.
Northwood, Whatcom county, Washington,
has been destroyed by forest fires. North
wood was the center Of lumber and single
mills and many families are homeless
Amos Scripture, vee-president of the Ma
son Village Savings bank of Greenville, N.
H., and said to be the oldest bank officer in
the world, was one hundred years old Fri.
day.
Secretary of War Taft has declined the
prefer of place on the United States SUI
preme court bench. The president will take
further time to decide the question of Jus.
iice Browns successor,
Andrew Carnegie has offered $4,000 to-
ward the construction of geological and
biological laboratory for Amherst college, Am,
herst, Mass, provided an equal amount is
raised by the college authorities.