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The Washington times., 1906-09-15
Promise an Armistice.

Commander COlweH OF the United
States cruiser. has been visited three
times by a commission OF the revolu-
tionists. who promised that they would
suspend ali military operations and the
destruction of property pending the ne
gotiatiOns that are now going on The
commander was assured that if it had
not been for the landing OF the Amer
ican force the revOlutionists in the
neighbOThOOd of Havana would have en-
tered the city last night provided with
dynamite. and dire results would have
followed their entry.
II Is reported that over 1900 rebels
are near Santiago de las Vegas. ten
miles from Havana. and that more are
joining them. General Guerra Is re-
ported to be within five miles OF Ha-
vana. with perhaps 5000 men. The capt
tai is almost Isolated from the rest OF
the republic owing TO the interruption
OF railway traffic and the cutting Of the
telegraph lines
The Washington times., 1906-09-15
Busy Times for Commission.

The Keep Commission will have its
hands full when il gets down 10 busi-
ness again. IL was the original inten-
tion of Mr.. Keep. chairman of the com
mission. TO have the meetings renewed
early in September. This proved 10 be
out OF the question for until the past
week scarcely more than half the mem
hers of the commission or any Of the
subcommittee were in the city at any
given time. Now that the vacation sea-
son Is nearing an end. AIT. Keep hopes
10 bring the members Of the body to-
sether for the first of "a series OF inn
portant conferences within the next ten
days.
Members Of the commission are reIuc-
tant TO discuss the questions that are
coming up. huJ II is known that the
question of the half holiday is perhaps
the foremost OF the lot II had been
the hOla, of the originaJ0rs of this idea
that an executive order might be pro-
cured in time 20 continue the half hOli-
day right uu with the beginning OF OC-
tOber. but this now seems out of the
question. and friends of the movement
fear that when the half holiday of the
three summer months has passed DO VIII
De difficult matter 10 re-establish the
system At auV rate. clerks already
foreStr the possibility Of working Sat
urday afternoons during the warm days
OF October.
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Government Employees
May Get All Saturday
Afternoons Off.
KEEP COMMISSION TO ACT
Remains for the SubcOmmit-
tee to Submit RecOmmen-
datiOn to President.

Half holidays for Government
employees on every Saturday of the
year is a move that is now under
consideration by the Keep Commits
sion. The proposition has been IA
vorably reported to that body by
a subcommittee and it viii come
up for discussion at the first meet
ing of the commission to be held
this fan.
If the recommendation of the sub
committee is approved. and there
seems to be good reason to believe
it VIII be, the commission viii make
the recommendation to the Presi-
dent looking TO the issuance of an
Executive order to that effect.
Some members of the commission
who favor the half holiday the year
round favor the securing Of the ap-
provaI of the heads of departments
before putting the question mp to
the President, but others object TO
this, as the Presidents order is
what they want anyway. They fear
opposition on the part of some Of
the Cabinet members. while those
favoring such a step point out that
the Endorsement of a Cabinet mem
Der would be much more apt to
gain desired action on the part of
the President.
The Washington times., 1906-09-15
REBEL LEADERS WILL
WELCOME AMERICANS
Continued from First Page)

20 submit our case 20 the United States,
and are perfectly willing 10 abide the
decision IN good faith. When Secretaries
Taft and Bacon come we viii be pre-
pared % demonstrate 10 them that we
are not responsible for the armed revolt
and outrage Ofs which the American
President speaks we viii show that
Cuba. since the last pretended election.
has not been a republic but a dictator
ship. with every constitutional guar
antee violated and with the rights Of
the people so curtailed that the Cuban
people would have demonstrated their
Unhtness for free government had they
submitted
The Washington times., 1906-09-15
Best Cubans Behind Them.

"The fact that Palma. with all the
prestige of government. with the public
purse at his command, and with the
world open to him for supplies.
munitions OF war and recruits. has been
able 10 hold only the cities. and these
solely because we have been loath to
shed needlessly the blood OF our
brothers. demonstrates that back Of this
movement is the almost solid strength
of the Cuban people. we have no fear
but that after a fun investigate
Messrs. Taft and Bacon will decide that
Cuba shall have a fair election. and
with the result Of that election, we will
be content
This IS understood 10 represent the
sentiments of the revolutionary leaders.
The action Of the congress yesterday
was expected Most OF the opponents
of the government members OF congress
are either IN the field or IN jail Ii is
believed. however. that the prompt In
doTsement OF the presidents policy by
congress strengthens his position with
the American arbiters
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
The Oysters Strength

The oyster is one OF the strongest
OF creatures ard the force required
to open It ~ more than 1900 times ~
own weight
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
HELP WAMTEEs--~syALE.
SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements OF not exceeding
three lines will be accepted FREQ for
one weeks time from any reader OF
The Bulletin to be filed by advertiser
in person, on regular form, at the OF
flee OF The Bulletin Company, 703
Ohio street. The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any adj
vertisement or statement made there
in and will not accept the notice OF
any person known to be employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertise
ments should be made by mall.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
DECIDED WEAKNESS
In Wheat Pit Occasioned BY Renewed
Liquidaton--corn Was Firm
and Up.

| Chicago. Nov. 2S-WHEAT. The
contracts on Saturday caused re.
newed liquidation in local wheat bit
today and resulted in a decided weak
ness. The sales Of December con.
tinued throughout the day and were
more general in character than at
any line during the last two weeks
There were. also considerable chang
ing from December to May by com
mission houses. The principal de
mand came from shots One of the
chief reasons for the selling OF De
cembar was the estimate by local
commission house that over 5000 900
bushel of the wheat will be delivered
the first Of the month on December
contracts Primary receipts for today
exceeded those OF the corresponding
period last year and this had some
effect in weakening the values The
receipts at Minneapolis and DuHuti,
We're larger today than for the CORE
spending period last year, but this
was accounted for by the fact that a
eevere blizzard last year caused train
blCckades and prevented deliveries
Prices sagged steadily during the day
and December closed 4m7sc lower.
CORN-Despite the weakness in
the wheat market corn was firm all
day. There was a good demand for
December by commission houses and
cash buyers, but offerings were light.
Firmness was due to the small
of CONTRACT corn In Chicago
and the fact that local receipts are
light, The close was firm,
December being up tsmAc.
OATS-The feature of the market
was the changing from December TO
May This caused slight weakness
n nearby deliveries while future OPP
ions held steady. December closed
Town h0Ac.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
Stocks = Bonds = Cereals
ACTIVE TRADING
Lasted Only One Hour Then the Mar
ket Fell Into Lethargic
Condition.

New York, Nov. 28.-Thare was an
hour of moderately active trading in
stocks after the opening today and
then the market settled down to its
usual preholiday dullness. The dull
ness resulted In the concession of the
gains which were established in teh
first hour. The tone was heavy after.
wards, The effect of preparations for
the December settlement were sus-
ceptable in money, and the rise i'll
the call loan market had some de-
pressing effect The whole market
was narrow and almost entiraluy pro,
fessional and therefore OF slight sig
niicance. Union pacifics annual re-
port continues to occupy large
share of attention. The powerful posi-
ton of the company in the market Of
cash assets was much commented
upon the item showing over $50 300,
600 of which nearly s35 100000 was
placed in demand loans. To the ap.
prehension of Wall street public, de
mand loans are suggestive of facili.
ties for holding Of stocks on mar
gin and immunity or important speeu.
lative holdings from the effects of
money etringency through the fall
has been the subject of constant com
ment
The compilation Of the condition
of the New York trust companies of
November 18th, showed the effect of
the operation of a new reserve law.
Compared with the August report
there is decrease in loans of $4,-
$27, 500 and an increase in specie
holdings of $5,388.900 In the yearly
comparison there is contraction in
the loan item of ,200sLo8hO; |
the loan item of $62 758, 600. a growth
in specie of S24,115. 100 and in legal
enders $2,711,2o0 The lessened bur
len on reserves of clearing house
banks, in their office of ultimate re-
,erve against re-deposits, on which
oans are twice made Is thus dis
,Iosed. The strong report of Rock
STAND net earnings for October
lelped explain the recent advance in
he stock. The market was lethargic
or the later part of the day and
losed irregular.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
DOING THEIR DUTY.
Scores or Cairo Readers Are Learning
the Duty Of the Kidneys,

TO filter the blood Is the kidneys
dirty
When they fail % do this the kid
neys are sick.
Backache and many kidney ills fol-
low;
Urinary trouble. diabetes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them ALL
Cairo people endorse our claim.
Aigs. 7, NJ. Thompson. OF 320s Park
avenuc. says "All al once dull
aching III the small of my back was
very apparent ii ! oyertaxed myself
O. caught cold, | tried ordinary, sim
pie household remedies but | never
was able to check the trouble let
alone cure il until got Doans Kidney
Pills al Schnh's drug store. | don't
want il understood that every vestige
Of aching has left my back for house
hold cares WI bring about that tired
and lansud feeling aud lameness
across the ,ons but an appeal to
Doar's Kidney Pills when they occur
has never been made in vain up to
date"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents FosteriMlburn Co, Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
Statet.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29

A "Lehric,' as the witticisms OF
Harry Lchr are called, recently went
the rounds Of Newport. At dinner
whore Robert Goelet said Of young
millionaire: He drank entirely too
much. lie was running his life | am
clad TO see that he has sworn Off He
drinks nothing but soda water now"
But he wears yellow glasses" said
Mr.. Lehr, to make himself think
that's it's champagne"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
Happiness In Marriage.

II all comes around to one OF two
things. says Harpers Bazaar With
all married couples who differ in hab-
it. in taste, ia opinion. ia mode Of
life, if there is to be any happiness
somebody has to learn TO give up. or
give up mindiBg that there is a diff
ference. Either way is as good as the
other. It is surprising how MANY
things are mt Of any Importance If
oEs can o-ty link they are not!
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. Noy 2S.-CATTLE- EX-
porters and shippers were main sup
Dorters Of trade early today both
being active buyers. finished beeves
paying largely ~ cents advance over
the prices noted early in the week
Occasional sales Of medium and
lower priced classes we're shade
stronger. but iirmcr prizes were paid
cniy by the buyers whoec orders wcrN
most urgent. A ruD Of 800 we- err
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29

rangers made prices steady. Cow
stocks gained 10 cents.
HOGS--The values were 5li0
cents higher, but the late sales
showed cents advance. The packers
We're in The trade early and being in
need Of liberal supplies they gave the
market good support The general
quality Of supply showed little appre-
citation over the day before.
SHEEP~The total marketing of
$4,000 put damper on the trade, The
market was slow and many loads
We're still dragging on the late trade
without an outlet, The prices We're
about 10 cents under yesterdays
levels.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Money Market.

New York. Nov 2S.-Money OH call
firm. id7 per cent; closing bid ~
per cent. Time loans dull and steady;
sixty days az per cent; ninety days
7G7ls per cent; six months per
cent. Prime paper 6G6la per cent.
Exchange steady. demand 4S5.75d IS:
sixty days 4S050G55. Bar silver G9ss
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29

Critic Not a Friend

lie who Is busy criticising the
aults OF his friends has no friendship
in his heart. From the Cingalese.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
NEW YORK STOCKS.

Yesterdays range of prices on New
York Stock Exchange compiled by
The Fl. A, Jones Commission Co, 408
Commercial avenue
New York, Nov 2S.--The following
was the range of prices on the New
York Stock Exchange today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29

Sales al noon today 34S900 shares
Money opened 4 per cent; closed
6 per cent
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
Receipts and SHIPMENTS.

Chicago Nov 2S.-The following
car load lots represent the days re-
ceipts and shipments:
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29

Only the handsomeSt OF PuIIT~An Il.
brary Observation Sleeping Cars.
Wide vestibuled coaches, and Dining
cars with electric lights and fans are
used In the Limited. For all informa-
ion call on your Home Agent or write
mo. N. BHAI1L,
O. n a
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-29
The
Employer

Who uses his best judgment in SC.
lecting employees;
Provides them with e0od system
OF accounting
And bonds them in the AMERICAN
SURETY COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, the largest Surety Company
in the world,
Will
Reduce defaications to the
minimum.
And when they do occur, will find
himself e10Herafed from blame and
Justly commended IS an able and far
seeing executive.
Many an employer has bitterly re-
GREETED that he did not issfsf on
having the bond Of this Company.
Remember thlt other Surety Com
psnle5, If hcy pdy. rarely do 20
with tho ccifJfy Of this Company.
and spend little in capturing de-
fsulteTs.
YOU rant The best
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

home of Mrs. Eddy at Concord, N. H.,
and saw this acknowledgements wo-
man as she entered her carriage for her
daily drive. She wore q white satin
dress, and Fra Elbertus says she was
erect, lend and handsome. with a
beautiful complexion, having the ap-
pearance of a woman of fifty. Yet her
life is full of care and responsibility,
for to her organization of a million
followers she is, as it were, a pope IN
like the pope of Rome, having no pre-
eedent to guide her.
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Here. too. is a picture of Amelia E.
Barr. that brave old novelist who has
filed with entertainment many a weary
hour for at least a million people. Mrs.
Barr vas born in Lancashire, England.
though she has lived in the United
States over fifty years. Amelia Edith
Barr was seventy-fve years old last
March, and she is still busy as ever
she was writing stories. Some Of her
later ones reveal a bent toward .psy-
Geological Investigation.
There is pathos in the story of Mrs.
Bars life. as well as inspiration for
other struggling women workers. She
came to America in 1854 with her
husband anG went to Texas to live.
IN 1876 Mr.. Barr and the four sons died
of yellow fever at Galveston. Mrs.
Barr was left with three daughters TO
provide for. She went to New York
n became a teacher. giving private
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ing the kitchen into all sorts of COM
partments marked with the name of
some article. Even the corner where
the broom was supposed to stand had
a neat label on the wall marked
BROOM. But you can't carry that
scheme of Interior decoration into the
parlor or bedrooms. so the best thing
to do is to graft it into the disposition,
and to do that you nave to start young.
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AS for being resourceful-that i'm
plies a certain degree of originality,
and originality is painfully wanting in
the average woman
She can copy handwriting. dress,
manners. but ask her to think for her
self and invent something out Of moth
ing and she comes to a standstill.
When you teach a child to think for
herself you are doing a great thing for
her. When you teach her to be self
sufficient you are practically giving
her a living for the rest of her days.
There are women o can't down
except temporarily of curse. They
viii wriggle themselves out OF the
hardest and fastest conditions and re-
fuse to stay put in the midst Of adj
versity. If they can't ride they viii
walk. and if they can't walk they will
crawl, n if they can't crawl they viii
roll along the ground, but they viii
progress.
But there are others who can't bulge
an inch unless they have a coach and
four-somebody else's coach n four.
too. half the time.
And I claim it's mainly a question of
early training whether the world pos
sesses one more fool woman o. a re-
sourceful. clever one.
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This talk about native ability is
Wen, I don't take much stock in it.
AS for Intelligence. we are all of US
born with pretty nearly the same
amount
The difference comes later on, when
one vital spark is tanned into active
Eathroaed behind a teapot.
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- HIs MorhER.

He is so little to be SO loved!
He came unbooted. ungarbed, ungloved.
Naked and shameless.
Beggared and blameless
And, for all he could tell u.s. even name
less
Yet every one IN the house bows down
As if the mendicant wore a crown.
He IS so little to be so loud
Oh, I own I should be wondrous proud
If 1 had q tongue
An swiveled and swung.
With a double back action, twin screw
lungs
Which brought me yietual and keep and
care
Whenever I shook the surrounding air!
He is so little to-be 50 large.
Why. a trolley car or Il ponderous barge
Couldn't carry the freight
OF the Houstrous weight
OF all the qualities good and great,
And, though one view is as good as an
other,
Don't take my word for it. ASK his
mother,
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old novel, Tempest and Sunshine?''
In the ives of some who read it long
ago so much has happened that it
seems as if it must have been in an
other incarnation they, as schoolgirls,
pored V e the pages of Tempest and
Sunshine
Or was it, perhaps, Lena Rivers
that fascinated them so they neglected
their lesson and got reprimanded for
it?
Tempest and Sunshine" was pub
lished ffty-twO years ago. Just half a
century has passed since LENA Rivers"
was issued. yet it is quite safe to say
that today thousands of schoolgirls
still shirk lessons to follow their en-
trancing Grandmothers and
school misses alike viii be interested
to know that the author of the two
books named, Mrs. Mary Jane Holmes,
is still living and, like Amelia z. Barr,
is busy yet writing novels. In 1905
her stories THE Abandoned Farm" and
Comics Mistake" were published.
It is said that more of Mrs. Holmes
books have been solo than those Of any
other American author. The count
would probably reach 100000. A sale
Of $4,000 copies is not unusual for the
cheaper editions Of many of her books.
Mrs. Holmes lives at Brockport,
N Y, near Rochester, where she is
well beloved. She is a slender, blu
eyed woman, with q fine, strong face.
Her age she has neye reported for
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publication in any Of the encyclope-
dias, and in thai perhaps Mrs. Mary
Holmes is wise. We only know
that she was a dreamy child. who iked
to get off by herself and think up
stories. At the age of six this pre-
cocfous infant studied grammar, and
at thirteen she taught school. At IF
teen she began to write for publication.
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Who else of the old favorites2 Well,
there is Mrs. Mary A. DenisOn, born in
1926, publishing a new novel, Her
Secret last year. Mary Andrews
Denison is a native of Massachusetts.
Rich store of remembrance and ex-
perience must those have who live long
n keep alive through it all, not half
way dying Is the years advance. Mrs.
Denison's husband, Rev. Charles
Wheeler Denison, was appointed consul
general to British Guiana. Thither
went with him his wife and stayed till
the civil war began Then the pair
returned to the states, and Mr.. Deni-
son became an army chaplain. Mrs D.
again going with him and doing her
share OF ministering to the sick and
dying.
Mary A. Denison's first book was
published in 1853. II was called Home
Pictures" How the title smacks of a
bygone day, the day of pictures of wo-
men with long curls and meek. droopy
heads. Of ladies books" gilt edged
and red morocco bound. that lay on the
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It's all a question of the way the
twig is bent.
There is a new branch, the manicure
business, and it comes from the fact
that we are becoming so dreadfully
English.
Afternoon tea is now an essential in
every up to date house. Your callers
simply expect it, and on your after
noon at home you sit enthronedNbehind
the teapot.
Behold, then, the new wrinkle You
wear elbow sleeves with your arms
powdered snowy white. the backs of
your hands bleached and the palms
and nails tinted a dainty pink. Ar
tifcial? oh. no. Not if it's lone well,
as they do such things in Londo
On the contrary-providing the COM
plexion of the face matches-it's very
stunning. my dear.
Various are the ways in which wo-
men earn a living.
But just remember this: No woman
need starve if she is able to instruct
the rest of her sex in any art which
will enable them to attract men.
That's why complexion specialists
However, that is neither here nor
there.
What I want to get at is that a
clever girl has recently opened a school
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lessons. Henry Ward Beecher encour-
aged her to write for publication. He
himself accepted articles from her for
the Christian Union. He also intro.
duced her to the Harpers, and She
wrote for their publications several
years. In 1854 the plucky mother met
with an accident that disabled her for
a long time. Then, pinned down to
her invalid chair, she wrote her first
novel. Jan Vedder's Wife, Tha was
in 1884. She was then ffty-two years
old. AS a writer of novels Mrs. Barr
is almost as ready as the late Mrs.
Oliphant, who, it was said. could keep
three serial stories running at the
same time. furnishing a weekly install
ment of each. Amelia Bars life is so
quiet that few of her readers know she
lives with her daughters at Cornwall
on-the-Hudson.
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Louise Chandler MouIton is one of
Boston's favorites She is sexenty-one
years old. Her first book This. That
and the Other. was published when
She was only. nineteen. She has
achieved great variety of literary work,
but Will always be best known by her
poetry. 1t is often of an retrospective
and emotional character, sometimes
deeply melancholy. Mrs. Moulton is
also .favorably known as n of Bos-
tons literary critics.
Who, whether grandmother or girl in
her teens, has not IA that famous