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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25

Montpelier oct. 24-About 20 members
of the Vermont bible Society gathered
this afternoon at the y, NJ c, a, rooms
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
Deep Cut Prices on Many Leading Ii

Lockers here are never more
surprised than when they ltarn
the prices. Our Morris cushions
are all hair stuffed and nearly
every chair has a spring seat.
Solid Oak, Verona Cushions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
.ood'sSarsaparilla

'ives these organs vigor and tone for the
proper performance OF their functions, and
cures all their ordinary ailments. Take q.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
Liver and Kidneys

1t Is highly important that these organs
should properly perform their functions.
When they don't, what lameness OF the
Tide and back, what yellowness of the skin,
what constipation, bad taste in the mouth,
PICK headache, pimples and blotchsa and
loss Of courage, tell tho story.
The great Alternative and tonic
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
LAND SWINOLE.

There are numerous land swindles
but the following illustrates a scheme
which has been very successfully
worked.
| A man. pretending to be from Texas
md travelling through NJ chigan, seems
be very much interested in the
lands In that state, and said that he
was DESTROYS Of buying fruit farm
He stated that he had no money. but
owned valuable tract of $40 acres in
'exas that he would trade for a good
fruit farm
This Texas man came across a
Michigan gentleman. who had fine
arm of eighty acres. and who thought
he Texas climate would be more suit
lble for his health The Michigan man
ind the Texan finally concluded to
rade farms. The Texan offered to
rade If the Michigan man would give
him $4,000 cash difference. The Michi
an man took an option on the Texans
and and expected TO visit the land
nd examine ii, in a few weeks, and he
Tould then decide as to whether he
fould accept the proposition made
i'm b the Texas man
However, in a few days, third
,arty called upon the Michigan man.
md he claimed to own a tract Of land
adjoining that of the Taxan. He was
iery anxious, he said. to buy the land
4 the Texan, but as the Michigan man
ad an option on 1t, he came TO see IL
q could not buy it of him. and of
cred him a large price for it, Be-
ng offered ouch large price. the
Michigan man concluded to close the
ale with the Texan at once, so he ac-
epted the offer made by the third
'arty and decided not to spend the
ime and money requ red to visit the
and.
Therefore. he notified the Texan to
come at once and to close the deal.
which the later did. the Texan recelv.
ing the $4,000 and the Michigan fruit
farm.
HiFFlthe Michigan man wrote TO the
hird party. who offered the large price
or the Texans land, to come at once
Us be would accept the offer made, but
he third party never arrived He was
only confederate. or accomplice. and
made the large offer for the purpose
Of having the Michigan man close the
leal with the Texan. Upon investiga.
ion. the Texas land was found 10 be
worthless, and the Michigan man was
poorer but wiser
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
Method In HE Deafness.

II am convinced. said the colonel,
as his caller departed. that there Is
method in deafness, That man IS
deaf so much SO that 1t is nuisance
to carry on conversation with him.
But wanted TO see him about GER
tain matter in which he, as an OK
ford graduate, Is better informed than
am. As we Passed through the ho-
tel toward the smoking room said:
It's a cold day
Thanks, old man. he replied,
don't mind taking cocktail but I'll
have Manhattan. Whisky is too
rough
THAT chap went through our bust
ness talk without a hitch. He seemed
particularly keen when few dollars
doomed up for him. He never missed
point Meanwhile ! ordered anoth-
err round, and talked bit with him,
about his college days. I SUPPOSE |
said, that you are Charter House?"
"'Well, it is rather early In tie
day for chartreuse he replied, but
since you've been so kind I'll have to
20 you =" New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

common. he being hop merchant
and she the daughter Of brewer.
Also they are both lovers Of outdoor
ports, the arts and foreign travel.
After famous automobile trip In
Europe last year Lieutenant Scharrer
being one of the party. Miss Busch
was pressed for an answer most fav.
orbale to his suit. She made no prom
ise II is said, for she had not fully
made up her mind. When she returned
70 ST. Louis and renewed pleasant ties
With good friends her the question OF
rarrimony became more a matter of
doubt
According TO relatives, Miss Busch
tried TO persuade Lieutenant Scharrer
not to visit st. Louis tn S Christmas,
but he cabled that he was coming and
that she could not deter him When
he arrived he was received as an old
friend OF the family and was cordially
entertained at the Bu:ch home.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
THE PRESIDENTS Asour-FAcE
NOBODY CAN CHANGE HIS MIND
quicker than President Roosevelt when

NOBODY CAN CHANGE HIS MINI
quicker than Presdent Roosevelt whci
he thinks he IL on the wrong track
The insurance commissioner Of thu
District OF Columbia, who ought to BIZ
good authority, says that the president
has abandoned the idea of federal reg
ulation of life insurance and will work
| FIR uniform state laws instead.
He Is personally sending the Die
tricr insurance commissioner TO the
West 10 take part in the Chicago con.
ference 10 frame a uniform insurance
code. II is intended to present THU
code. like the uniform law Of the ma.
tional divorce association, TO the leg
islature If the several states with
request for its adoption.
This Is a striking example of the
presidents habit of taking up an at
tractiye idea without reflection. and
dropping 1t like hot potato when he
finds that it is not practicable. II
might be wished that his sence of per.
sonal loyalty to friends did not forbid
him to drop as promptly the gold
bricks he Is always picking up among
his satellites and tiatterers.
Federal life insurance legislation has
all the inward and outward qualities Of
a gold brick. 1t is covered with the
shiny tinsel of Capitalization. 80 at
tractive to practical and patriotic pub
lie men. Ii is commended by the su
perticial analogy of Interstate railroad
which is a vastly different
hing. Finally it was peddled, by the
president of one big life INSURANCE
company and the general counsel Of
another after the traditional manner
If the man forced to sell quietly the
product of a secret mine or the melt.
ngs of successful burglary.
Without rejecting on the motieea
If these distinguished men of business. |
We fear that a federal insurance law |
you'd be held invalid by the supreme |
'ourt. which has uniformly held that |
ife insurance is now interstate com |
nerce. The only effect of passing 1t |
would be to deter the state from real. |
y effective legislation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
ARMY DEMOCRACY.

THE SNOBBISH ACT OF LIEUT.
Ray |. Taylor, Of the Coast Artillery
in asking Sergt Patrick Butler tC
change his seat in New London thea
tire commands its own comment.
But the point Of the incident comes
with the court.martial of the officer
on charges preferred by Butler.
In probably no other army in the
world would it be possible for a pri
waite colder who claimed to have been
merely Inundated thus to demand
II is not pleasant to think of what
would happen in Germany. for in.
stance. TO a sergeant presumptuous
enough to act on the belief that ever
the freshest of young lieutenants had
done him an injury.
The case emphizes to our national
pride our place as a non-mil'tary PEG.
pie Our soldiers, even the highest In
rank, are publnc Servants. emergency
servants. whom shoulder-straps do not
transform into autocrats. In the
United States democracy and the
square deal" extend to the ranks Of
enlisted men no less than to the line
and staff
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
LET THE GAMBLERS PAY PIPER

THOSE WHO DANCE SHOULD
pay the piper. whether In the ball
room or on the green. In the stock ex-
;hange or on the board OF trade. We
rope there is no truth in the repeated
tory that Secretary Shaw may yet
'ield to pressure to help the money
market es
This means that he will deposit
seasury funds in the New York bank.
Q be lent to gamblers who have Dor
owed all the money that is there now
o buy stocks for crazy prices in the
hope of selling them to the public for
stu crazier. II Secretary Shaw really
kinks he Is candidate for the presi
lency. he will reflect twice before
ising the peoples money TO steer the
people against a bunco game.
We cannot learn that anyone Is
suffering from tight money except
gamblers who have borrowed reck.
essly. The country Is prosperous and
egiilmate business can france itself
N its own capital and credit. The
took gamblers are paying enormous
-ates for money. not because money
scarce. but because their reckless.
less has made loans TO them hazard
lus and they must pay speculation in
crest for the use Of money on call.
They are always telling us that tigb,
money In the took market will spread
o business II not checked. But the
best way to check IL is 20 let the gamb.
lers go broke. n they ger treasury
money hey viii only blow the balloon
1ighfrs and increase the risk Of con.
'tAgieas Injury 10 general business
Thesegambl'ng gentry ran get money
by paying gamblers rates for #. why
fhOuld the United State, treasury give
II TO them2
Why should Secretary Shaw compefe
with Russell Sage? Sage has saved
his money thrifty. The gamblers can
have Il for price The New YORK
hanks are doing a living business
after lending Tor years at ] or 2 por
cent. The Western banks ere getting
INTO The game By shipping money 10
New York for profitable use.
II the gamblers cannot stand the
rate let them unicad on the public
somewhere below the top. Even then
theT VII make enouzh out Of the
T'fiiie when they turn around ana
drive the market down 10 boy the
crcxk hack- --.--.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
WANTED
Concluded from First PaGe.)

bridge to Belleville, Scharrer is said
to have driven Miss Busch to hotel
and Their registered as Lieutenant
Scharrer and wife. Adolphus Busch
heard how things stood before there
was time 10 procure a license. and he
telephoned bis daughter that IL she
wanted marry Scharrer 10 return
home and the ceremony could be per
formed at his home
Another more sensational story Of
the Belley lie trip is that Scharrer
used a revolver to coerce Miss Busch
by threatening to take her life and his
own II she did not consent to marry
him at once. Neither one of these
stories could be verified tonight. for
he Busch family absolutely refused
to admit reporters and Scharrer
locked up In his room at the Southern
Hotel. refused 10 do more than hold
few minutes cGGveEsation through
the transom.
Il have nothing TO say about the
matter tonight" said Scharrer.
DO you care to deny that You we're
intoxicated when you took Miss Busch
20 Bellevills?
No reply from Scharrer.
"Will you say whether or not Won
used a pistol to threaten her into
agreeing 10 marry you?"
Il have nothing to say
Did you threaten to commit sui
eide il she did not agree 10 marry
youg'
Il wont talk about H.
~ other questions received tie
same re- ponse or none al all
seharrsr in Confinement.
Fifteen minutes later Scharre-s was
snoring in his bed.
Since last Wednesday Scharrer has
not been seen around his usual
haunts. Formerly he could be seen
nearly AZ any hour If the day or night
at Tony Fausts' buffet Faust is a SON
inlsw n Adolphus Busch and one Of
the strongest proofs Of Scharrer's
standing with the Bu-ch family was
nts 'afuE a. Fausts-
At the Busch home he was a fire.
quent visitor and vs-y plainly persona
rraia- Miss Busch met Schsrrer in
Stuttgart when a. q girl she went
there 10 viFit her married SITTER. He
was very attentive 20 her and two
years ago visited the Busch family in
ST Louis. They had many interests in
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

IN the proceedings against the haz-
ers at Annapolis a youthful witness
was aked by the awe.inspiring officer
to Illustrate what standing on The
head" meant. The youngster illustra-
cd until told to stop while everybody
mpressiyely took notes Of this un.
Usual feat, quite. forgetting the days
when he played circus, The account
Of the trial solemnly concludes: This
exerc' Sc APPARENTLY was hard on the
head"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
JOKE TURNED ON THE JokERs.
Workman Got Tobacco Asked For, but
Others Were Barred.

Others We're Barred.
A few years ago Aretas Blood OF the
Manchester locomotive works had a
nan working for him who was little
lnder par, and who might be called
Sim, says the Boston Herald A fel.
'ow-workman asked him for chew Of
obacco one day. Sim said he didn't
xnow as the other man could chew the
sind Of tobacco he did, but if he could
he was welcome to 1t. The other
linking to have a little fun, said:
Don't Blood furnish you with tobac.
co? He gives us fellows a pound .
month.
The next time Mr.. Blood was at the
foundry Sim went for him for his TO.
bacco. Mr. Blood. rather grufly, ask,
ed What tobacco?"
Sim said the men told him that the
proprietor gave them a pound a
month, and that he had been there
three months and hadn't had any.
Mr.. Blood said GO to work and
you shall have your tobacco"
A few days afterward Mr. Blood
again visited the foundry and had a
package under his arm. The men
we're pouring hot metal at the time,
but after they were through he handed
Sim the package, saying; There is
your tobacco, and If | know of you
giving one of these men chew will
turn you of
Thus sim got his three pounds of to-
hacco.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

How He Knew.

The college freshman was tell ng
HIS intimate friend some of the par,
ticulars of his initiation into one of
the fraternities.
II was winter night. he said, but
they had taken me downtown in a
summer suit. clapped a straw hat on
my head and put me through all sorts
of ridicuios antics. Finally they told
ne 10 go up a dark alley alone and
wait for them at the other end of II.
started up the alley. but before | had
got half way through ! was held up
and robbed by three rough looking
fellows with masks on their faces.
Was il a real hold-upg asked his
friend.
] though II was a. first. said the
freshman. bur after they had taken all
he change ! had about me asked
hem to give me a nickel 10 pay my
car fare home. and they kicked me
and told me ! would have TO walk
lone. Then | knew it was part Of the
initiation. Ord nary robbers. you know
would have given me the nickel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

This snIIetin Is on sale at the fol
lowing places:
Colenan's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House news stand.
Walkers, TO sixth ssreet.
n Union News Co., Union depot.
Y Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
The DAILY JINGLE
WHY COMPLAIN.

Signing away for summer?
Mourning the songbird's flight?
Hark to the sleighbells music
Borne through the frosty night.
What's the matter with winter?
He's all right.
Longing to think of lessons
Teaching TO swi maright?
Show her the art of skating
Give her the same alright.
What's the matter with Winter?
He's all r'ght,
Pining to think of buggies
Driven through leafy night?
Sleighing will make ii nee1ful
Hugging her just as tiglt.
Nhats the matter with Winter?
He's all right.
Fretting to trace initials
Out where the sands invite?
Lasts on a ring much longer.
Billow and storm despite
What's the matter with WiltesZ
He's all right
Signing away for kisses
Under the roses bright?
distietoe works much quicker,
Cheer him with all your might
What's the matter with Winter?
He's all right!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
Wanted 70 BE SURE

The stranger who had never been IN
Colorado before. was 50 deceived IN
estimating the distance Of objects IN
the landscape that be had begun n
foubt The evidence Of al his senses
Wandering forth from his hotel al
1aybresk on the morning after his
arrival he watched the sun coming
up over peak Of the Rockies.
~ fr. nd. he said to a hating na
I've who happened 10 be passing. par
Ion my asking you a question. am a
stranger in this locality. An hooking
lt sunrize o. a sunset
tOther incidents. like this. interest.
ing and hl7to-ically accurate. may b.
found narrated in any good guide-bool
II western travsl.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

The above Is a correct statement OF
tho circuIatlon OF the Cairo Bulletin
daily and Sunday for the year 1904,
ma for the first eleven months OF the
year 1906. CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this End day OF December. 1905.
(Seal) LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
nav commission expires January 16.
1909
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

for livelihood, was Illuminating over
The affair
suppose. he reflected at this point,
| ought to beg n to say nothing ana
saw wood. ~
But II was at this critical moment
that the boy came in told him that the
printers were yelling for copy and he
wisely decided to keep on saying
things and leave the breakfast food
industry to Battle Greek and later
zen Grafton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

ISN'T there something wrong with
society in general when II win ap-
plaud man for celebrating his di
vorce and his wife's remarriage by a
jubilee party to which all his friends
were invited and the band played
festive airs? In these days Of reform
the most valuable X nd be one which
begins where Charity does.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
MUCH WEALTH STILL IN SPAIN
Development Of Resources May Yet
Make Country Great.

Development of Resources May Yet
Make Country Great.
We all underrate the potentialities
OF Spain. The country is one of the
best situated geographically in the
world planted. as 1t is. on two seas,
both of them international highways !;
and though rot uniformly fertile is
full of provinces. which, If the tenure
OF the soil were not so unfavorable
to industry, would be as fertile as any
portion of southern Europe. Wine,
oil and wheat can be produced IN
Spain in any quantity, and the whole
land is full of undeveloped mineral
treasures. including coal. copper and,
if we may believe the testimony OF
one of the modetrn biologists. of sill
yer. and. in less quantity. gold. Her
people are supposed by Northerners
to be lazy. but If they ever reaped the
fruit of their labor for themselves
there Is no reason why they should
not be as Industrious as FrencEmen
or Italians. They are as healthy. as
powerful corporeally and on occa-
sions as energetic. With wealth popu-
lstion would come: and the country.
though il is now reduced to eighteen
millions, could with ease support
thirty millions in comfort and pros
perity. Spectator.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
Honor for Jefferson.

WAL. yes" said Mrs. Bragley OF
Jefferson City. Il reckon that feller
that writ out the declaration of indie
pendence deserved the honor
You mean the honor of being as
signed TO write IT."
Not at all. mean the honor o be-
in named fur our town. They called
him Jefferson, you know. '-Philadel-
phia Press
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

Bsnjamia Franklin. HAVING invited
~VindeH. Kicker Pair Play PRO
Bono Puhlico." and several other fault
finding Subscribers % dine with hin.
and proved 70 them that he could eat
sawdu=t puddinE. thereby conveying
he lesson that he wasn't dependent
On any manK patronage or support
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

HAVE you compiled your whole list
Of New Year resolutions and, decided
which You viii probably keep and
which you VIII probably breakg Leave
room enough to accommodate the lat.
der class.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

WE a. te that the couBt iexchsnses
are growing into thtsha8if OF adding
10 the account of their local weddings
fhe hope that the happy couple may
have a Tong welded lffe." Is this
phsrsIng the result Of the present easy
divorce laws?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
Advancement in India.

India has for the first time given
recognition 70 women as aids TO good
government by appointing Mrs. Rama.
bal Ranade, widow of the late Justice
Ranade, visitor TO Yerrowda central
jail
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

A WYOMING paper contains this
frank advertisement: Henry Peters.
down at the livery stable, is buying
hogs. He would like TO see you" The
ad. was doubtless cIassed as per
sonal.r
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

III seems to be race between vene.
xuela and Santo Domingo as to which
can get Up more brawls and have
then published to the world as revo-
buttons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

SOME OF these fellows who always
have everything down in figures say
that poverty Is now at its maximum
In the world. Some comfort to know
thar you are in with the crowd any
way. isn't IL?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT is go
ing TO get carload of coal FOR wed
ding present and Nicholas Longworth
Is rich. too and can keep the pot boil.
ing himself.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

THE teller Of St Cloud bank max.
IS he startling statement that one
half Of the Filver dollars in circulation
are counterfeit From the fact that
one firm IN that town was taken in
seven times in one Jay by bogus
rnoney II locfss as II St Cloud was
. Ef>od market for the bad half.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

Maxine Gorky is considering tou
of the United States
| Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay Is TO give
parish house to Trinity church
Roslyn, l.. l., as a memorial to hei
mother.
J. Pierpont Morgan's representa-
tiyes are still securing Europe for rare
volumes for his private library which
was to be installed today.
Miss Jessie Johnson. IA years of age
of Kokomo, Ind, stenographer and
typewT ter, has been commissioned by
the governor of that state as a notary
public.
George A. Bucklin, professor of
economies at Oklahoma university,
has been offered ne consulship at
Asuncion. Paraguay, for which he APP
piled when a student at Yale.
Vera Zassuiich, who was expelled
from Russia some months ago, Is said
to be one of the group of leaders who
have directed the movement which
brought about the present crisis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

CARNEGIE. 1t seems. Is Weakened
carly every morning by the sound of
an organ In his home. SO are we
Andy we sympathize with you. Is
yours the olfactory kind too?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

THE head of the English depart
ment OF Indiana University has barred
the use OF cheap perfumery among
The young women in his class. The
profe sor has evidently set them the
example by his lack of common
scents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

AZ a1Icial weather sisfement #
Iaet' An old resident Of ChztHeld who
f<iies - goose bone 10 tell him how
<old II Is while ordinary people ear
<t'f ns-s from s0osefszh. says ia
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

Y NEW YORK pays only 100000 .
Nay for strong drink. but 1t acts as Il
Il paid $10.00O,e00
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

MAYBE Mr.. Roosevelt bought
country home in Virginia so as to
spend part Of his time in the state
known as the mother OF presidents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

EVIDENTLY the simple life in. Rus.
sia ID fast giving away to the siren
nous death.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02

THERE are good many policy hold
PRS who are not opposed to the appli.
patton Of the Osler theory ON some OF
tlie big life insurance officials.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
Is Lawson a Winner?

Greater Cairo Building and Loan
Association shares in second series
can be had now. M. G. Metzger, Sec.