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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-11-14
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Thursday, Nou. 29th is the Day

President Roosevelt has designated Thursday November
2oth Thanksgiving Day. The of the proclamation
is follows
The time OF has when IN accordance with the
custom of forefatlers, it becomes my duty
aside special day of thanksgiving and praise to the Almighty
because of the blessings have received and of prayer
that these blessings may be continued Yet another year of
widespread we'll being has past Never before history
the history of other nation has people enjoyed
Astounding material prosperity than prosperity
great that should spirit of reckless PRIDE
and least of all spirit of needless disregard of respon
sbties but rather sober of many blessings and
reolute purpose under Providence forfeit them by
any action of Our
Material we'll being, indispensable though is,
be anything but the foundation of national greatness and
happiness If build nothing upon this foundation, then
national life will be meaningless and empty house
where only the foundation has been laid Upon material
well being must be built supersrucure of individual and
national life lived accordance with the laws of the highest
morality or else prosperity itself will in the long run
curse instead of blessing We should be both
bent upon turning it into of grace and not of
destruction
Accordingly hereby apart Thursday, the 10Th day of
November next day Of thanksgiving and suppcation
which the people shall meet in their homes their
churches devouty acknowledge all that has been given Them
and pray that they may in addition receive the power to
this gift Alright.
In witness thereof have hereunto my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done the city of Washington this ed day of October
in the year of Lord 1906 and of the independence of
the United States I31st
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President
EI1HU Roof, Secretary of State
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| shall have some land to sell. The av-
erage tenant farmer has the cotton
phobia in virulent form, which to my
mind is several degrees worse than
hydrophobia. They are prone to pillow
land when to my notion it is too wet.
They will persist in scratching around
with one mule, and I want my land
plowed Then the fodder would have
to be pulled, stalk burned, etc. My
hair would be gray in six months.
But if I did have them, I would fur
nish a comfortable house to live in
and surround it with something so it
would look like a home; furnish cow
peas or some other legume for them
to SOW; encourage the sowing of small
grain; hire them to grub, pick up
stone, repair terraces, ETC., and try
and bring up their end of the farm
But | hear some say, There is no
money in that for the land owner"
[ beg leave to differ from those who
think that way. Anything that tends
to improve your farm is money made
It is the maximum crops that pay.
have heard SO many farmers who rent
land lay the blame to the tenant
for the turned out and CALLED places,
poor crops, impoverished state, and
its general rundown at the heel con-
dition. But I find about all the inter
est the owner took was to see how
large an acreage of cotton he could
get the tenant to put in.
Let us look at ourselves and see if
we are not some to blame for the ex-
listing state of affairs. Let us treat
our laborers and tenants like men,
pay them better wages, shorten their
hours, and give them a comfortable
home to live in. Then I think we
will see them coming back to the farm.
The other article is as follows
Our Labor.-When 1 can get help I
manage them the very best I can; :that
is, inr gentlemanly way, as the char
acter of the help will permit, and ap-
preciate. We pay all the way from
90 cents to 81 per day for day labor
ers, as the emergency demands Rent
ers who furnish their own teams and
provisions are furnished good houses
to live in, barns and out houses and
pasturage for work horses and milk
COWS and calves, have all the land
free for family garden they wish to
cultivate and are encouraged to use
more than they do. For this they
give one-fourth of the cotton and
one-third of the corn as rent, or from
IS to 20 per acre money rent, or if
| they have no teams or tools they
give one-half of the crop. The farm
er who habitually rents on Halves
! is a poor proposition and is taken as
last resort.
Hands are very, very scarce. |
don't know of half a dozen white
farm hands, that is, men who work
by the month The native Texan
here is above it. If one can get ;;
green German or Bohemian, just # IN
the old country, they stay and make
ideal hands for one year. Then thew
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we must go after it.
However, for the present, we must
do the best that we can with the ma
terial at hand What is the best way,
is not easily settled, opinions differ.
Two more articles on the subject were
given in the same paper with the above,
and we believe that they will be not
only interesting, but also valuable to
Our readers:
| The Labor Probe m.-The scarcity
OF farm labor is one of the problems
that are confronting the farmer Of to-
| day There are several reasons why
this is so; the two main ones are:
| First, the better class of 1aborers are
going into business for themselves, or
on the public works, where the hours
of labor are shorter and wages better,
| If we would keep labor on the farm we
must turn over a new leaf ourselves !;
pay better wages, shorten the hours
in the field, make their surroundings
more pleasant, try and treat them as
you would like to be treated if your
positions were reversed One cannot
expect to hire brains for $12 or $15
a month.
Take look at the average tenant
house, tip on stills, where the wintry
blasts have full sweep; doors are I'M
necessary, as the children and dogs
can go in and out at their pleasure
through the cracks; no fruit of any
kind and often no shade; placed way
back in some field with nothing about
it to make a real home
I am paying this year, for a good
man, $500. He feeds himself I con-
slider l am hiring his time cheap. I
always work on the ten-hour plan;
leave the house for the field at $50
a. M, and the field at 11:30 a. m. !;
return at l D. m. and leave at 6 D. m.
Ten hours of snappy work is better
| than twelve or fourteen dragged and
droned along.
always talk my plans over with
my men, and have gotten some valua-
bic suggestions from them. 1t pleases
them, and gives them an interest in
my work and does me no harm. An
interested 1aborer is always a good
one; an uninterested one a poor one.
When they have done a job of work
well, I always tell them it's we'll done.
IT'S human nature to like praise.
I never work out Of doors in a driz-
cling rain; have work for my help
under cover.
Some people have trouble when they
hire at stated sum per month for a
year; the man will stay through the
winter and early spring months when
work is scarce and wages low, then
pack up and move when he is really
wanted. I obviate this trouble by
paying according to the season. For
instance, if I hire a man for $500 a
year, for January and February I pay
him SIS a month, March and April
$50, the next five months $35, for O.
tober and November, $50, December
So, In that way can hold them, for
when work is plenty and wages high
hnJy rnff
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

are either held az eXorhitant prices or
locked up in strong boxes. Another
source OF support promises TO come
from proposed mergers in the iron and
steel trades. Some very important
transactions Of this nature are already
under way and those who have them
in charge will no doubt find II TO their
interest 10 sustain the stock market
until such deals are completed The
iron trade is practically assured Of
another big year, and all the metals in.
dustries are enjoying coed times be-
cause of unprecedented production at
profitable prices. This is the basis OF
present big speculation in coppers
which incidentally, II may be stated,
is one Of the worst danger spots in the
market.
The outlook. therefore, Of the stock
market is promising. but the risks aud
probabilities of reaction multiply rap
idly with each advance and Just in pro
portion as securities pass from strong
into weak hands Sharp reactions may
be anticipated at any time.
HENRY CLEWS
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Notice isl hereby given to all per
sons interested that the City Council
of the CITY of Cairo. Illinois, having
ordered that a sewer be built on TWEEN
ty-second street in said city, from 4
point 80 feet east of the west line of
Pine street. to point 80 feet west on
the east line of Holbrook avenue, the
ordinance for the same being on file
in the office of the city clerk of said
city, and haying applied to the county
clerk uf Alexander county for an as
sessment of the cost of said improve
ment according TO benefits, and an as
sessment thereof having been made
and returned TO said Court, the final
hearing there will be had Oh the six
teenth day of January, A. d.. 1906, or as
soon thereafter as the business of the
court will permit. Said assessment
is payable in three installments with
interest at the rate of five per centum
per annum. on all mstallments except
the first, from and after confirmation.
All persons desiring may file objections
in said court before said day. and may
appear on the hearing and make their
defense. ". YESTERDAY,
Superintendent OF Special Assess
ments.
Dated. Cairo. Illinois. December sOih
4. d, 1905.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
THE CAIRO BULLETIN MONDAY MORNING JANUARY 5 1905
Stocks = Bonds > Cereals

abroad Is generally easy and conf
ldence improved The local money mar
ket will right itself If left alone There
| Is some talk of government assistance
either through Secretary Shaw's inter-
vention or in connection with the Pan
anna bond issue. Neither Is desirable.
Bank loans have shown a considerable
contradiction but our surplus reserve
| Is still almost at vanishing point.
| Heavy loans have been made abroad
| by some of our local operators, afford
ing material relief at this center, but,
lof course, much strengthening the
prospects Of gold exports. The remedy
| for the money gtrlngency lies in liqui-
dation and contraction Of The stock
market. The position of the specula
live leaders, however, IL 50 trong at
present that there is lille indication
OF any such tendency nor will there
be unless some Of our conservative
bankers show determined resistance.
Some of the bull leaders have succeed
ed In disposing of good portion of
their present load, which they are do
ing under cover at every opportunity,
Outside of speculation the market
is likely to have the support of strong
banking interests for some time TO
come. There viii be important new
issues Of securities particularly rail
road stocks, and bankers who usually
finance such deals do moi wish to have
the market spoiled by excessive spec
ulation. The growth Of mileage in the
West has not kept pace with traffic
during the past ten years. For in
stance, the railroad miletage dnring
the decade increased only about rs
per cent, which is less than the in
crease in pOulation, while The tonnage
on the roads increased over 100 per
cent. In the West, between the Miss
issippi and the Pacific, there is strong
need Of additional mileage, and If moth
ing intervenes we will see at least one
of two years of active new consLruc
tlon. UniCn Pacific and St Paul have
already entered the field of builders,
and other systems must follow This
means an important new supply of
railroad stocks. for which there would
be healthy and general demand,
since the best issues Of most roads
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
Editors Vacation.

"Did | go away for my vacation
repeated one of the editors on Ger
tain morning newspaper, mot l.
stayed right al home aud got ac-
ouainteH with my wife, coured her
all over again. and even dug ont orr
old marriage certificate. You SEQ.
most OF tho year | sleep daytlmes. my
profession keeping me a. the Office
most of the night The neighbors
have even expressed some curiosity
about the mysterious man who comes
10 my house in the wee sma hours
with such haunting regularity 10 was
quite novel. alL,osi exciting. 70 ST
on my own porch. IN the broad day
light. and by way Of more boistcrous
delights walked MP and down my
greensward. 'Vid the sun a-shinin'
bright Every year put IN my yaca-
ton time convincing my wife that she
is a married woman, and has a real.
live husband. thereby reconciling her
to the remainder Of thc year Chi
Cago Inter Ocean.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
Profit in Errors.

August Ziesng the new president
of the American Bridge company, was
talking about a business man who
made good many mistakes.
"These mistakes" he said are al
ways in the mans own favor He
profits by them. Indeed, though, It Is
so with too many mistakes, errors
and misconceptions isn't IL?
Il once knew a young draughtsman
who sat bent over drawing board
from 3 until daily, drawing, draw
ing, drawing.
"rhis was hard work The young
man needed a lot of sleep 10 keep him
fit for IT, But the baby--he had re-
Gently been married-robbed him of
four or five hours rest every night
"At 4 O'Clock in the chill gray dawn
of an OctoDer morning the poor young
as he paced the floor
with the shrieking baby In his arms
said 10 his wife, YEARLY:
al wonder why il is this child
won't sleep at night
81 can't imagine, the young won.
an answered. I haven't a bit of trou-
bic keeping her asleep in the day.
time"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all persons
Interested that the City Council of the
City Of Cairo, H., having ordered that
a sewer be built on HOibrO0k avenue
from q point 90 feet south Of the norta
line of Twenty-first street to the center
of Twenty-fourth street the ordinance
for the same being on file in the Office
e the city clerk of said city. and
having applied TO the county clerk OF
Alexander county for an assessment Of
the cost of said improvement accord
ing TO BENEFITS, and an assessment
hereof having been made and returned
10 the said court, the final hearing
thereon will be had on the sixteenth
day of January. A. d.. 1906. or as soon
thereafter as the business OF the
court will permit. Said assessment is
payabie in three installments with in
terest at the rate of five per centum
per annum. on all installments excep.
the first. from and after confirmation.
All persons desiring may file objec-
lions in said court before said day,
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
YESTERDAY.
Superintendent OF Special Assess
ments.
Dated. Cairo. Illinois, December
goth, A. D.. 1905.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
MUD is cIrYs CHIEF STAPLE.
Houses and Utensils Of Yezd A.
Made of the Earth.

MduS OF tHS EaFtH,
One of the most extraordina- \
cities in The world is Ye2d in central
Persia. writes a traveller III Is sit
uated in the midst of vast salt dies
ert which stretches for hundreds ui
miles in all directions The neares
Inhabited place of any size Is Israhan
and that is 200 miles away the in
hsbitants of Yezd who have seen
away from Yezd during their lives
number perhaps, TWO OH three score,
and Tho bulk Of these have not en-
tended their travels further than aht.
raj or Kirman in the one direction
or 10 lspahan in the other Vel he.
tween 10000 and 10000 people make
the place their home For ninety
nine out of every 100 OF these the
great outside world has not merely
no interest--it has absolutely no eX.
istence at all
'Ye2d is a city made almost entire
~ out OF mud. Not only are nc
houses built Of this material but the
very furniture the frepans, the bar
rels for grain, the children's toys, the
bread receptacles, even the beds. are
simply mud, nodded into rough
form and dried in the sun
In the Yezd shops The goods. nost
" mud, are displayed on tiers Of mud
lodges. and there is a mud room be-
hind The bakers ovens are of mud
down to tho very doors. Many of The
Yezdis even eat mud and develop an
unwholesome muddy complexion In
cons aouence."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

The maine vaudeville" is under
stood 10 DE a corruption o. Nau1 &c
Wire. The name uf two picturesque vol
leys in the Bocage c. Normandy. and
was originally applied 10 song win
words relating fo some stOrz ot he
day. These songs were frs com
rosed by one Oliver Pas-elin. q pulf
IN Wire. they vlse So popular aHr
spread all over France end were
called by the name OBJ tteil native
place uIes Kaux de NiIei.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
SITUATIONS WANTED.

Adyer isements of NOT exceeding
three lines viii be accepted free for
one weeks time from any reader of
The Bulletin TO be filed by adyer-
User in person, on regular form, at the
office of The Bulletin Company, 703
Ohio Levee. The Bulletin company
assumes no responsibility for any ad-
yertisemeDt or statement made there
in and will nor accept the notice OF
any person known to be employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertise
ments should be made by mail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
EaiaI search for smunaI.rs.

While searching Tor smugglers with
lights out. a Chinese destroyer was
sunk near Canton by the steamer
Talon. which succeeded in rescuins
fbe crew
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

At Chesterfield, England, James
Buxton has succeeded In walking 1000
miles in 1.O00 consecutive hours, los
Tag twenty-one pounds in weight dur.
Jag the ordeal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

There may be a want ad. printed to
day which is hunting job for man
who onghi 10 have been working for
yGu for years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
onicsrs.


Interest paid on time deposits at the
rate Of three per cent per aHEun
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
FOR SALE.
MISCELLANEOUS.

LADIES For expert hairdressing
and manicurlng call on Mrs. II. L.
Bradley, 234 Eighth street, Cairo, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

WANTED Position as stenographer
or clerk; young man; experienced, Adj
dress c., this office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
Alexander County
Savings Bank
STRICTLY A SAVINGS BANK.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

surpIu. and Undivided pronts, $4,000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
Lost. Strayed or Stolen.

A dark brown mare about Is hands
high Were blue halter Reward for
Information leading to her return. W..
s. Gadboi7, 524 ThirIy-ffth street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

WANTED-Position as bookkeeper
or clerk by young man q years Of age,
temperate and not afraid of work. Adj
dress n. p, this office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08

WANrED-Work by experienced
nurse. win do general homework in
small family. sos Thrty-fourth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
Alexander
National
Bank

Commercial Ave. and Eighth Street.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
Caphaf .............'.... .9lVV,VO
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $4,000
Officers.
e. A. Buder .,............Pr President
Chas. Feuchter, IT,. YicePresident
j. II. Galligan. ..........C Cashier
+. Spencer. Assistant Cashier
Accounts OF corporations aud individ-
uals especially solicited. Exchange
to any part OF the world.
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NORTH BoosD
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

it's a long story It's not sufficient
when buying the doll for it simply 20
have legs. Miss Dolly Araminta Jes-
sica Violet must have neither extremi-
ties that taper and are gracefully
rounded. She must open and close her
full round eyes, and under sufficient
pressure her chest must lisp Pepper
mommer." Her plump cheeks and
SNUG smile must no longer be topped
with corkscrew curls resembling shaw
ings and bale rope. Mothers hair now
fits Dolly. That devoted parent has
saved her "combings," had them made
into a small wig and fastened on to
Dolly Araminta Jessica Violets empty
head. "A doll without human hair,
Who ever heard of such thing?" in
creduIously inquiries little sister. in a
tone of apple pie without the cheese"
But this is just tx starting in of
Miss Dolly Araminta ct cetera's career
AS she is of Partisan birth she must
be supported in the style to which she
was born. Therefore she has gowns,
wraps, hats. shoes and hosiery worthy
hatpins. her handbag with handker
chief and powder puff. all the dainty.
accessories of the toilette are copied
from those of Madame Paris who drives
out in the Avenue des Champs Elysees.
Then. il fathers principal occupation
IA H..
three-story house with an elevator and
electric lights for the make believe
lady of many names. He can get this
for little sister for the reasonable sum
of one hundred and twenty five dollars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

Needless to state It is furnished COM
pletely from attic to cellar. There IS
nothing that Miss Millionaire sees in
her own home but what can be bought
on a small scale for her doll. In fact,
both Willie and his sister can build a
complete town in miniature IL they
wish. Grocery shops and all that go
with them; millinery shops fully stock
ed even to pier glasses and hat forms !:
butcher shops with rosy joints hanging
on the wall, and jolly looking butch
er in a bloody apron lounging at the
door; a blacksmiths shop where the
smithies hit the anvil swaying back
ward and forward to tinkling little
tune: churches; a bakery with crisp
brown rolls on the shelves; but why
enumerate? Even the child itself
couldn't think of anything that has
not been made for it to while away
perhaps an hour with.
Perhaps the most popular toys with
youngsters of all ages, from the baby
whose eyes roll helplessly in its little
pink face up to the child who begins
to realize there's land beyond toy
land, are animals. The popularity Of
these playthings has never waned He
who caters to the critical and discern
ing taste of little men and women has
evidently realized this, for many of
the shelves are wooden jungles in
which animals of the world OF make
are taken for the amusement and profit
of live people. These toys appeal to
both the boy and the girl. This year
the animals have come in for their
share of Improvement as well as the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

the dark that night.
Another bid for popular favor this
Christmas is the Humpty Dumpty cir
Gus And hush. not word to the chill
drcn. The grownups are playing with
it. too,
In gay little canvas tent. with
flags flying, is a circus complete. from
a whole menagerie of animals up to
the clowns, lady bareback riders, aero
bats and riding masters. All the prop
critics of real circus are to be found
within the small canvas Enclosure. The
figures, about seven inches high, are of
wood and jointed with heavy rubber
cord like the celebrated French dolls.
hut much stronger. The game is to
make them balance in as many life
like and grotesque pastures as the
mind can think of. for there is no limit