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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-12
A Word for Reporters.

As one of the younger men engaged
in the making of newspapers, / am
very willing thar our prescntday
wares should De compared with those
that went before. writes Sir Alfred
Harmsworth in thc World To-Day. !
came into the hu iues5 AZ the end of
tho Bohemian ora To-day. alcohol m
Is as rare IN Fleet street as it's IN
am other professional quarter No
ref on rho spend I'M leisure in a rot
house could mountain his place amid
Tho strain and stress of the produc-
zion ol daily newspaper
The journalist Ct to-day Is as often
as not a Journalist tout court He is
MOI an unsuccessful barristcr. and he
has not adopted journalism as a means
to some other occupation. Tie prizes
may not be a. great as they are in
one or two instances at the bar. but
they are infinitely more numerous. The
social position is as good as that Of
any other working profession. The
brain equipment must needs be as
complete
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cuLLoM VS.. YATES.

II AS The Bulletin has already pointed
tout, one weak point In Elk Gov. Yates
as a candidate for the United States
senate Is bis record with reference
TO ia lroads and whllc Senator Cul.
Ions record may not be altogether
clear on that score, tho following from
the llusonville Herald makes some
points in his favor:
A quarter Of a century ago, when
Senator Cullen was governor Of Hi
nois, the principle was established
that the legislature, acting through
the railroad and warehouse commits.
sion, has the right to fix rates for
freight and passengers In Illinois. |
This legislation was Sustained by the |
highest court in the land, When he /
was sent to the senate he introduced I
and succeeded in having passed the
inter tato commerce Law, and under
II the first commission was appointed.
He has never been in the employ Of
any railway corporation, but has given
hi; entire service to the people. and
IS now one Of the trusted advi ors
and leaders in the senate. This is
he railroad record of Senator Cullom.
When Yates was governor he appoint (
ID railroad aad warehouse commits.
ioners, but nothing was done 10 re. /
luce freight tariffs, although the peo- !
'le expected a report soon after the I
appointment. When he left the gov.
rnor's chair he was retained by a
abroad as attorney al a salary OF {
SEQ Pc month and for nearly a year !
Nhlng was done by that commits p
ion, which was also retained by q
cyefnor Deneen, Why was it that t
u three years when Yates was gov y
rnor nothing was done to lower d
eight tariffs? The people don't "
now, but about these things they are a
Ding lot of thinking and win nat "
rally form their conclusions" Il
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JUDGE HERsERT's bad BREAK

The circular letter of Hon. John NJ
Herbert, of Murphysboro. addressed to
the Republican ypters of this congress
sional district urging his candidacy for
The congre ional nomination against
Hon. Geo w. Smith. is reproduced
elsewhere in this paper because. first
Mr., Herbert has something to say
which the people especially our Re
publican friends ought to know and.
secondly because our Republican
contemporaries hareabouts have de.
clined to publish it. just as they did
the very interesting circular letter of
Mr.. o. J. Page, OF course. our Repub-
lican ffiends-and We trust that We
have many of them-will appreciate
this earnest endeayor on the part OF
The Bulletin TO serve them with the
important news of the day which es.
peeially concerns and must interest
them.
Mr.. Herbert seems TO take II for
granted that the Republicans to whom
he addresses himself know all about
him and that therefore. he need say
but little of himself. beyond giving as
snrance that, If elected. he will rise
10 ahe needs Of the situation which
PAGES this country in the front rank
or nations. But he evidently believes
that there are some facts that the
people do not know. bat should know
about their present congressman. and
he proceeds 70 tell them some things
which will probably strike the friends
oil Mr. Smith a. unkind Among these
perhaps the unkindest Is the bold dec.
iaration that Mr. Smith did not really
write those many pretty letters which |
his constituents have received from
him with much regularity and prompt /
ness since he has been in Washington. /
The Judge says The government ]
pays The stenographers to write them.
pays for the paper on which they are /
written and pays for their delivery"
Looking al the matter from a non
partisan standpoint. and with due re-
gard for the welfare af the nen-cuu
saIsnts in this contest. enc can not
help feeling that the Judge has made
4 greTious blHnder He should not
have said this, for if vas cruel He
ha- given powerful iolt-to 3 very
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OPINIONS OF OTHERS.
liz Improvement socIeties.

City Improvement Societies.
Few people realize how much is
being done in Chicago in quiet way
to awaken and develop the desire for
clean and wholesome physical en-
vironment The movement for the
! moral publication of the city by no
means keeps pace with the plans for
its physical Improvement. The Won
ans Outdoor Arr league has outlined
IL program for a vigorous campaign
during the spring months in the direc-
I-tion of the planting of many little gar.
dens all over The city, these gardens
! 10 be under the care of the children,
whose love of flowers IS TO be fostered
at the same time as, incidentally, they
are taught ideas of attractiVeness ami
cleanliness of surroundings a. import
am features of life The flowers are
to be grown on window hedges. on
porch9s in bare spots here and there
wherever a bit Of valuable earth Is 10
be found. Prizes are to be offered for
the best results, these prizes coming
both from the central officials of the
League and from ncignborhood organi.
cations
This work is in line with the ideals
of the Improvement associations
which have sprung up in various parts
of Chicago during the last few years,
and whose accomplishments are more
and more apparent 10 the observer. !
Paved streets are being cleaned with /
economy and thoroughness. snow is 1
removed from sidewalks. garbage is /
cared for with most satisfactory re.
suits, trees are being planted. vacant
lots cleaned up and kept clean. and
civic pride awaken a. In many places
he large advertising sigr which have
lisiigured the landscape have been re-
moved The weeds which grow lux
are kept cut down and flying
pane are picked mp daily
IN ono case at least an association
was able TO secure the suspension Of
cutters under an elevated railway
structure 80 a. TO prevent the damage
10 clothes OF passers-by occas Toned by
The dr'ppings of greasy water. I'm an
other case an inspection OF insanitary
.enements secured needed improve.
mcnts at once. and. in an extreme case.
he actual demolition OF building un-
b for habitation. The experience OF
hese associations has proved con
'msiFeiN that. with a moderate outlay
or administration. il is possible TO
,eep -esidence parts of the city clean.
has also shown that there is a wide.
pread interest in such physical re-
ofm- and an easily awakened civic
ride which can be appealed to in the
nterests Of wholesome surroundings.
The training Of children to love
lowers and 20 learn 10 care fer them
IS a means of making otherwise cheer 7
ess environment more inviting means.
# course. the Development Of charac. )
or in mas desirable direction Chi. D
ago Tribune
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DETERMINED TO BE GENEROUS.
Q d Gentleman Was Not Used to
Thi1kina in Millions.

% Gentleman Was Not Used &c
Th'1kina in Millions.
A quarter of century aco hcro
lived in q western village q gentle old
nan .ubsaliu1 ou 81 mcagro salary.
enc tav he learned tbal his brother
bed dia7 iu san Francisco. md lert
a'W fortune of e-UU0oDo1 1ho
transition was lae1-i,Ha, especially
eo since H. WAS follow RI by @ hover
of appeal lo money FROM cpcry QUAR-
fer of De-. globe and from persons
known and Unknown TO him
His SON Who acted as bis ,cre'ary,
noticed with regret that his father
seemed unable TO- grasp the meaning
Of his new power, and was clad 10
have him at last evince q little in
terest in one OF his begging letters.
Il proved 10 De from williams col
!ese. asking an endowment on the
plea that the old mans birthplace was
near the institution
I'D like 10 do something for that
school said he meditatiyely.
Well would father. # / were
YOU" his son encouraged him.
- believe ! viii" Tho old mans ar
dor kindlod ~ believe Ill give them
something handsome"
$50 you should The ION PURSUED.
"Vhy uot
- wtr fn give them pc thought
for a moment-'Tl give them Sle0l"
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The Ener Of The trns..

The pectacle Of Rockefeller in hi6
strenuous efforts 10 escape the process
server, the refusal of Rogers 10 answer
questions when put on the witness
stand. the defiant attitude towards The
law Of the beef trust and the general
disregard Of the statutes by q number
Of the mammoth monopolies give
strong impress to a paragraph in the
Kansas City Star on the subject Of
Where Trusts Are Short lighted. b
Says the Star:
What they want is law for other.
and license for themselves No one in
sists so strenuously on the protection
of property rights as the trusts. bv the
czercise of authority which thcy con
tinuall9 heHnt They clamo- f-r aH
the extreme penalties 1ir murder
aHson, robbery and mob violence
through the power Of the state. who-e
statutes The at II nsught. ana the
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Ii TRUSTS so on and on, perssting in thl'
$ dangerous style Of sophistry, apparent
IS ly unmndfu of the fact that every un
i lawful act charged to their account
g weakens inevitably the forces which
! restrain sedition and which safeguard
: property"
THAT is prominently true. The
trusts are very glib when they talk
about the failure Of lno authorities to
enforce the laws when somebody else
beside the trusts themselves violate
them, and then they barrcade them.
selves behind their corporate organiza.
tions and defy the authorities when at
tempting to bring them to account.
The attitude of the trusts in This r..
spect reminds one If the remark Of
Dr. Johnson that a joke * a mighty
good thing when it is on the other
! fellow.
One OF the striking characteristics
Of the trusts is Their remarkable in.
consistency They seem 10 think them,
selves entitled TO exception from the |
application OF the law, apparently los
ing ight Of the fact that the chief oh.
iect of the law is to protect life and |
property, and the trusts possess vast
properties which they expect to be
protected by The very law which they
themselves defy
There can be no doubt that a very
large proportion of the lawles mess in
this country is he result of the nhu-
once ana example Of the trusts in this ,
They ase doing more than
MI the socialist agitators. whom they !
are constantly denouncing, to encour-
lge socialism, Fortunately, up to this |,
ime the conservative element has
)een sufficiently influential to keep =
Town anything like rank socialism.
But there is no doubt that the popular !,
mind is drifting in that direction in "
proportion to the abuses practiced byI i
he trusts and their defiance of law : !,
The verdict of acquttal of Pat 7
rowe, charged with kidnapping the :,
'udahy child in Omaha. is generally y
elicved TO have been the result of !,
ubIic sentiment i'm that community -
ganst the beef trust. Has it not come "
, a Distressing condition OF affairs u
hen the practices and methods of the "
'usts render il impossible to get a ~
erdict against a man who commits p'
q illegal offense against them? But III
no is to blame? Why the trusts
for creating such an at %
osphere ~
If a wave Of socialism ever sweeps VI
,er his country the trusts win bet he op
st 10 howl about it. Had not they nc
1tfer stop in thei rcareer and con lei
der that they themselves will be la
iehy responsible for such condi Sc
N Of s?-BIrmiRgham News. ac
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SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED.
Experience Of Clerk Was Decidedly
at Discount in This Case.

/ N~NF~' iNt'~S W @iSlfN w a5 LSSlCGNiy
at Discount in This Case.
/ 4 tall old lady dressed in black.
aud with a very bnsinesiiEa manner
walked into a London establishment
and declining the service OF ne shop
walker, made directly for tie crane
iscounter
She had rather q thoughfrl air as
she examined the stock. and tie oblig.
ms young shopman remarked affably.
We have a very large stock 6f grapes
madam. Just allow me to show you
some new French goods. very popu
Tar just now for every Kind Of MOURN
las Now these light grapes are all
the rage for half.mourHing for cousins
Mas may | ask, madam lie added.
hesitatingly. for whom you are IN
nourning?'
Husband said The customer brief,
ly.
An, yes. Then have Just tho ma.
terial you require; he best STYLE is"
Young man" interposcd Tho old
lady severely Il am much Obliged to
You for your explanation YOu may
know lot about the fashion, but DIS
buried my fourth husband ycster-
day. YOU may be sure i've got Il grip
on the subject. - Stray Stories.
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Costly Naval Experiments

Experiments in construction are
costly This is especially true in con
struction by the government, since
contractors and designers do not think
.it necessary to Withhold their hands
from the public treasury. An example
OF the way they can run up the cost,
when given a free hand. is shown in
the report submitted by The secretary
of the navy, which carries an addition
al cost in construction Of the battle
ship Connec,icat for $4,000. and that
for The Louisiana for sl52.9S6. The
larger part OF these sums is due to ex-
perimcnts made since the ships were
originally designed and may or may
net be. of value Modern battlcships
are at best expensive toys but if we
play the great game of nations we
must have them-POrlIand Oregonian
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TOWN THAT REALLY rs TOUGH
IT'S in Wyoming and Whiskcy is $40 Z
Drink.

- w " @ii'fAt5 aNN W litSfNg - Wv 8
Drink.
Persons arriving from Torring.on, a
settlement on the North Platte rive,
near the Wyoming Nebraska line. re-
port that 10 has become the TOUCHES.
place in Wyoming. says the Pitts6u,e
Chronicle.
\ large number Of graders is cW
ployed in the vicinity of TouiH-lun
la tbc construction of a ff,ymiic 500
lion of the Pathfinder Irrigation pro.
jet ana they make The settlement
their headquarters.
'iinhou' gamblers sharpcrH and
thugs have hocked TO the town a1|
arc rcaping a harvest from the labor
ers. Two saloons are doing n rcl1-
lively enormous business, one having
returned jos proprietor $4,000 clear
profit within three months
In this place. 70 Is said. iaborc@
are drugged slugged and robbed with
little effort al conccalmcnt
Laborers win be- made stupid with
drink. and then will De charged SO
for q single drink.
One man secured three drinks for
$50, and then was kicked out of the
place because he had no more mon.
ey
Later In an ouiburst Of pbilan
thropy, Che proprietor gave him 600
cents With which to secure a meal
Some If The ditch constructors arc
understood 10 stand in with the zs
losnleepsrs and thugs. and f. encour
age them in rohbinE the lsborera. Dc
.ause rbc sooner the men zo broke
Che sooner they will return to work
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We have seen the tarpon Gshiur
grounds Of Florida. visited the home
ol The yellow tail and tuna al Caiifor
Mas great resort Catalina island
have whipped the foaming trout
streams Of Colorado and lured the
speckled trout from the bosom Of uia-
cid Trapper's lake with feathered fy.
But for memory Of keen delight we
20 bach to the OH bOyhood days when
armed with willow pole. line ~ twisted
thread. and kirby hook and a cork
swiDed from the vinegar jug. We used
70 sit on the bank Of Sand creek on a
summer afternoon when the bulIheads
were biting about right Scdewict
tkaa1 Paniaefarh
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Promotions in the Army.

a careful. intelligent and lust gvs
tenn of promotion Is necessary if IN,
efficiency of the army Is 10 be main
talned al a high standard. This is the
puzzle which military authorities have
set themselves 20 solve. and it ifs a per.
picking one. Promotion only by sen.
ioiiiy ls mistake that has been too
oi'en demonstrated. promotion by Sc
lection Is largely open TO that personal
ana political fayorItism which has
been apparent in recent years. All
experience proves that an efficient
army depends upon efficient officers.
Ii is urged therefore thai in the i'm
lhptemcut of our military establish
mont promotion must depend not upon
'nioIily OF personal favor bui upon
efficiency Portland prceoniau.
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happy dream which has given much
innocent pleasure to many hundreds
of men, women and children in this
congressional district, during the last
eighteen years; and 1t would not be
at all surprising il this heartless as
sault upon a long cherished deu-
sion will bounce back upon the assail-
ant after the manner Of a boomerang,
and with the force Of a thousand of
brick.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-12

The bishop Of Newcastle, n. $. w.
declared at the recent synod at sgd
ney that divorce has increased apuail.
ingly in Australia. lie quoted the
following figures, showing the mum,
Der of divorces per 10000 Of the popu-
lation: United Kingdom II, Canada
4 New South Wales 2GS, Victoria l25,
Queensland so, South Australia %.
Western Australia Il. Tasmania fl,
New Zealand It6
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Artlstic Treasures IN England.

liam Hall, in England. contains
many artistic treasures among them
an historical bedStead which once be.
lonsed 10 Napoleon I, dispatch boz
|hich was piclei uuon Tho field of
Badaioz rare collection OF Crock
coins aBd arms inciudis bronze
Assy..aA sword which dates fourteen
centuries +. G., and is said to be the
Oldest weapon Of IT'S -ind now in OK
istonce.
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We are authorized to announce DR..
L. j. Cause Of Unity, as a candidate
for reelection to the Office of County
Commissioner of Alexander County,
subject to the decision of the Republi-
can Primary Election.
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February Circulation

The above Is true al correct
statement OF the circulation Of The
Cairo Bulletin for the year 1905 and
for the month of February, 1906.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me
this End day of March. 1906.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
MY commission expires Jan. 16, 1919
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STEINER SEX MAKING GAINS


/ Women, It Is Thought
Frau Guauck Kuehne is one of the
greatest German authorities on the
modern feminis. movements and af-
ter mature study and the collection Of
statistics she has come to the con.
clusion that the superiority OF women
in so many European countries is a
fact which in The first place is in ne
sense an evil and in the second place
is rapidly disappearing.
In another twenty years, she be-
teves, the tide viii begin to tugn the
other way and the men will be in
the majority even in such countries
as England and Germany, where at
the present time women immensely
predominant. Some Of her statistics
are most interesting IN Luxembourg,
for example in 1890, there were Is
COZ women for every 1000 men
There are row only 300 In
Austria the proportion mas been re.
duCee IN tire same time from .oij 10
l,0SJ, in Hungary from LOIS to l009,
in Switzerland from 1857 to 1895
in Sweden from 1865 to 1049. in Ger
many from l.049 to l032, in England
from 1866 TO LOAF She does not be-
heye that any European nation except
Russia viii long continue to increase
rapidly in proportion ENGLAND has
begun to follow The example OF
France and Germany will certainly
follow in England's footsteps.
In all advanced" European states
the birth rate Is either becoming sta.
.ionary DR. begins to show a back. /
ward tendency
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Better Than claw Honestly

Something more than new laws is
needed 10 restore a social conscience
to those seats of finance and com.
merce from which il seems 10 have
been driven. The significance Of the
prevailing ferment in American life
is that il is no longer deemed enough
TO be law honest" To rely on laws
alone is TO reduce the plane of social
life TO the lever Of the lowest common
denominator There are potencies I'm
public opinion large enough 20 re-
strain The tempted man from the pro
iiiablc commercial weakness. 20 hold
back the rapaciaus man from his pira
cies. To reward the man who under
difficulties is true 10 himself one OF
the hopeful signs of the times is that
thes" potcncics arc being organized
II is going TO bc easier Than IT. has
been tr men 10 be- as square in thcir
business Offices as they are outside
OF thcm New York Mail
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For County Commissioner,

We are authorized to announce DR..
y. J. DUNCAN of Tamms, as candi
date for County Commissioner of
Alexander county. subject to the decis-
ion Of the Republican Primary cleo
tion.
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senstor,s Earlv strunnIs..

Senator Mci.aurin Of hIississipni
had verF limited 0pporfunitics for an
e-r'r education. having been raised
On q farm end attended the nslehbor-
ing schools cccasionaliT until IS
years Oh. rhen he Joined the confed-
crate army a. = private
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Raw Herring prlnns Luck.

Frank a. Hurs. OF Baltimore. so
ears old just as the clock struck the
midnight hour Of the last day Of 1905
ate a raw herring. Tor luck. as he
-ays. and he asserts that he has per
formed this feat regularly for forty
years and that good fortune has fol
l0arf
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Fearing that De would be punished
Tor spending Z pence ou sweets i'm
Stead 0f buying fui. far his mother.
sahoolboy at ABORT. saxony. threw
himself ia front oi a train and was
killed.
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= have uo home began thc beg
gar.
sorry. old man. said the brisk
pedestrian "but have only one. How
ever. If you1l pay my Christmas bills
800 give you that"
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For County Superintendent Of schools.

We are authorized to announce
JOHN SNYDER as candidate for re-
election TO the office Of County Super
intondont of Public Schools OF Alexan.
der county, subject to the Republican
primary election to be held April zS,
1906.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Representative.

We are authorized to announce DR..
G. L. OTRlCH as candidate for rep
resentative 10 the Fiftieth Senatorial
District subject to the decision of the
democratic primaries.
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The Bulletin 10 on sale at tho fol.
lowing places:
coIeman's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House news stand.
Walker's, 10 Sixth street.
Blue Front Restaurant.
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For sherlf.

We are authorized to announce T..
J. HODGES as candidate for sheriff
or Alexander county, subject to the
decision OF the Republican primary
election.
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loia Central, Mobile H. 0kid
IA Gottoc Belt trains STRIVE and do
All Eorr Central station, corner a
se~obG street and Ohio street.
Al Big -Four aad Iron Mowntaii
trains arrive and depart from tF
Onion station. Second stree. and Coz
mercial avenue.
Mail may be deposited In the koI &,
the transfer station, located nj Ger
trail station, 70 minutes before ia. -
parturs Of asy traiE
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday clrcu
lation for the year 1905 ,... 2t23
Average daily and Sunday crcu
lation for the month Of Feb.
ruary, 1906. 1862
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY


Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, Pop
ulation f6,147.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. JAMES QUINN.
Comptroller, &c. s. DEWEY.
Police Magistrate, A. J. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, M. s. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 22,e6a
County Judge VIM. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS. S. ROCHE.
Coroner. D. JAMES McMANUs.
Board of County Commissioner.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DR. EDWIN ]. CAUSE.
j. J, JTlNNELLE, Chairman.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK n
DAVIS.
County Superintendent Of schoTx
PROF JOHN SNYDER.
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NOTICE

To Stockmen of Pulaski and Alexan.
der Counties-Anyone having Castro
ton or other Veterinary work to do
please notify
DR.. c. E. OLLIE,
Office at &. A. Burke's Livery Stable,
COG Commercial Ave, Cairo, Illinois.
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The Bulletin guarantees sdvsrtiz-rz
double the circulation - any other
Calro paper.