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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
"Will you please come at two
To my garden fair,
And help pluck the fruit
That is growing there2'

SO ran the little rhyme that occupied
the center of an invitation card which
little miss sent out to her many friends,
bidding them to a party which was to be
given IN honor Of her birthday.
And what a question it reused in the
minds of the recipients OF the invitarionsl
Fruit that was growing in a garden
fair in the frozen month Of February
So it was with much eager anticipation,
sweetened with childs curiosity, that the
little ones looked forward to the after
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
That Terrible Beast that Comes at Night

And some who are wiss
(Billy Brand, for examplel
Say he's built like q huge-bsliied wAale;
That he hses through the air
With Hghtning-like speed
Using his tail for & sail.
And there's young Tommy Smart.
who declares he has heard
Oad Jubber-o'nock new like = cat;
And heard his wings nap,
And his claws scratch, scratch,
So he knows he is formed like a bat.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

Cut out the above picture and paste
smoothly on a piece of cardboard When
dry take your water colors and paint 1t
according to the following instructions:
Paint the wall down to the door-line q
pale yelie- i1sving the floor white. Paint
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

being heard outside the room where It Is
INDUCED IN.
Don't intrude your company where you
think it is not welcome. There are times
when your dearest friends have reasons
for not wishing to see you.
Don't ask personal questions. It Is ex-
tremely rude, to say the least, to pry into
the private affairs OF Others
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

the walters face chocolate, his coat and
trousers black leaving his apron white.
Paint the elephant dark greyish- brown,
bis cap and neck-frill bright red. The
clown may have 4 bright purple cap and
neck RUIZ and bright green suit with
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

There's a great big beast
Called the Juhber-o'nock,
And he comes when the day is dead.
he peeps in your room
When ths lights are out.
Les you cover up tightly your head.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
sYLLABLE ENIGMA.

SYLLABLE ENIGMA.
Nv nrst is laid at the door:
Ny second Is made into bread:
Nv third none can live without:
Ny whole is the happy state which
Perpetuates human life.
Ans, Mat-rye-money.
(Idatrimony)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

But it doesn't matter much
How old Jubber-o'n mock looks;
It's the THOUGHT not the SIGHT.
scares one so.
And In bed under cover
We shiver and shake,
A-wishing the old beast would 20.
MAUD WALKER
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
EXCUSE THOUGHT OUT QUICKLY.
GutIer of Speaker Cannon Man Of
Resources.

Speaker Cannon is the most re.
sourceful of men Recently visitor
called at his residence while the
Speaker was dining, He was Inform
ed that Mr. Cannon was not at home,
but that he was expected to return
Immediately.
The mission was an important one
and the butler who answered the bell
was so info med He was requested
to state whether Speaker Cannon was
really absent or whether he was in
and not at home" The butler said
with some hesitation, his employer
was really out. The caller promised
to return in a short time. but as he
was leaving the door he said to the
butler: The business is really that
of the Speaker, and is important to
him"
The caller started to walk down the
front stairway. when the door was
opened suddenly and the Speaker and
he butler appeared.
Come right in, my boy" said the
Speaker What can do for you?
While Mr.. Cannon was speaking
the butler who held the hat Of Mr.
Cannon in his hands and brushed
some invisible dust from H. declared
the Speaker came in back way
Speaker Cannon and his butler
when they cooked up this excuse
manlfestly overlooked the fact that
there is no back door to the Cannon
| house.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
rain and started on the final stage o
his journey to Chicago.

Ovelseers Speicher and Excel made
speeches touching on the alleged i'm
morality of Dowie's teaching Some
ideas credited to the First Apostle
were too brutally shocking for print,
touching as they did on the parenIage
of Jesus in a way that completely
sicnced the audience of 1000 people.
In the midst of this silence a man in
the audience jumped to his feet and
exclaimed as he pointed qquivering
arm at Peicher. You're liar; you
are lying" The overseer answered, he
spoke only Of things he knew 10 be
facts. Excel confirmed his predecessor
and added incidents which he claimed
showed Dowie was insidiously pre-
pairing his penple for an announcement
in favor of polygamy. Various church
officials spoke in substantlation OF this
charge
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
SATURDAY PLAY
"A Nuht in Bohemia" BY the Elks OF
Cairo is the Big Amusement
Event.

"A Night in Bohemia affords a va
riety of entertainment which will be
Through the play light plot is traced
which serves to hold intere. in The
story. There is an abundance of pop
uar music aad comedy which com
bine to make The cleyerly arranged
numbers unique and catchy. Each act
is especially ccstumed which WI ati
greatly TO the effectiveness OF the
scenes.
One of the prettiest features of the
how Immediately precedes the close
Of the first act: A score of pretty
girls gaily aUired, and as many young
men. appear before the footlighis and
sing one OF the latesl popular songs.
accompanied by a dr.ll: near The close
Of the number. the noodlight is set in
operation and Goods the stage and per.
formers with a dozen different hues :
then a thousand furled tissue paper
strips OF various colors ore unfurled
and descend in a shower upon the
stage and cover the group. The scene
lis spec acular in the exreme and is
certain OF "A number Of curtain CALI.
Al the Cairo opera house. Monday
night April 10th.
Seats on sale at opera house box
office at $50 a. m. Saturday. April
iith.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
THE SPREAD OF ADuLTERArloN.
Few Materials Made Now as In the
Good Old DAYS.

The London Lancet calls attention
TO the, wholesale manner in which the
materials which keep us warm during
the day and the blankets which cover
MS at night are aduterated, The silk
dress Of the lady Of hundred years
ago rustled as she moved on account
OF the goodness of the silk; now il
rustles with tile SO per cent Of salts
Of tin used TO sophlsticate ii. The
lady Of the period In her silk dress Is.
indeed, a sort or woman in armor.
EPSON salts instead of being used for
medicinal purposes, as formerly. are
now employed, II would appear, for
loading flannel The snowy table linen
which used TO delight the hearts of
Mrs. Tulliyer and Aunt Gleig Ii no
linen as of yore, but largely made of
cotton filled with china clay. starch
and size So. too, collars are often
of cotton faced with linen In a word.
nearly every kind of fabric which Is
sold Is adulterated In Some form or
other. and the public. in hlissful ienor-
ance of the truth when it finds out
how badly the things wear, lays the
blame upon the laundryman and the
dyer and cleaner instead Of upon the
real culprits, the manufacturer and
the linen draper and hosier.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Littla Rock. ARK, April 9.-Dr. John
Alexander Dowie viii never again live
with his wife. This disclosure he made
this afternoon 10 the Associated Press
representative for whom he sent. His
final determination 10 separate from
Mr.. Dowie was made after he had
received and read the Chicago papers
of last Friday The story to the effect
he had intended - establish a harem
in nj. Mexican colony which he as
sribed TO Mrs Dowie and his son,
Gladstone. caused him gerat anguish.
How could they be so cruel? How
could they cause to be published such
thing" he aid Owe and over again.
When ne had :egaiued h IS com
p-eure he told Of his ifrevocable deci
sion never to live with Mrs. Dowie
again.
"She is the cause of most Of my
trouble. he reiterated, she has
spurrel on Voliva and others until
this dreadful trouble came and my
per- ecution was complete.
For wears tried 80 SHIELD her. but
her strange conduct has now passe
/ beyond the point of human endurance
Money and jealousy were ar the bot
tom OF il all She was inclined because
wanted 10 leave so much to Zion,
may Col forgive her.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
Is Il Possible?

II looks suspiciously like a fact
that Chinese graveyards are being
iradc 70 give up their "pigtails." On
nc other ground can the supply of hair
from China be explained In life. the
Chinaman will part with any other
possession rather than his head-dress:
moreover. hair from the living nan
is not charged heavily with sand.
Nevertheless. the hair comes to mar
ket. is trsfficked in by the thousand
rounds weight and is value for some
81 cents per lb.-Textile Mercury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
msesroni Made in America.

American macaroni most often
initiates the forms of the Genoyese
An expert in macaroni says that The
best in this country is made in Texas
from Nebraska winter wheat There
the scores and perhaps hundreds OF
small maearoni factories in the Italian
quarters Of American cities. and there
are besides a few large factories where
macaroni is made commercially on 3
iErge scale.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
WRECKED NEAR mURPHYssoRo

Murphy loro. ILL.,. April "a pa
senger train on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad was partly wreck four miles
south of Murphysb0ro This aftem1on
Engineer TIeuneberry OF Jackson.
Tenn. and Fireman Bnlar. Of Murphy
boro. were seriously injured
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

same thing in baseball. whsn a
team is hitting it looks strong. and
when it fails 10 poke the sphere &c is
weak Thee conditions have prevailed
since The time WIEN Adam and Eve
were the star battery in the Eden Val
ley league and -Will continue 70 exist
as long a the man in the center Of
the dia nond Is the pivot around which
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
DEADLY LOVE TRIANGLE.

Birmingham. Ala. April 9-Dr. A.
IS. Burton. a well known physician Of
Birn -ueham. hot and killed his wife
tonight. fatally w0unding Or. 7. I.
Thaxton dentist of Pratt City. Ala
and cur his ovn threat. diving in a few
minute later.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
ZION CITY CALMLY
Concluded from First Page. J

consult attorneys Then he will move
on Zion. Dowie and party arrived in
ST. Louis shortly after midnight and
from there proceeded direct 10 Chi
cago. No Special car was obtained a
had been planned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Pat McAndrew is clean-built
young man who bulge his coat with
the width of his shoulders. and one
who would be y cked ont Of a crowd
as a la. eball player and leader Of
men. Although. like tha management
of the Team, he is very conservative in
his statements as 60 what the bunch
will do when the seasOn starts, he
knows that he mas as good a lot Of
material TO work with q any manager
in the league and his bearing inspires
the confidence that the Indians will
more than make good this year-Keo-
kuk Cons itution-Democrat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
ILLINOIS Central
Corrected to December 10, 1905.
THE FAST NAIL ROUTE
shortest and Quickast Route 10
ST. Louis & Chicago



1872 a. m. Daily Chicago VesttDule Limited,
arriving I'm Chicago at II 80 a. m connecting
with # ernoon trains for all points cast and
north.
2:2O n. m. Daily st. Louis Might Liutted
arriving IN 81. Louis at 7;0S 9 ~. connectinf
At Union station for all points west. Bieepinf
cara open 81 9:45 2. m.
10 a. ~, Chicago Daylight ESpreSs
exc Sunday, makes all steps between CEiN
ant hicago, arriving in Chicago at $50 p. m
q Oa. M. st. Louis Morning Express
-. IT sunday, arriving In 81 Louis At ll:s
making al stops.
1875 a. ~. st. Louis Fact Mail, arrl' :
ing ia st. Louis At $500 D. m.
if:I5 p. VA. Chicago Midday Special
arriving 81 Chicago, 1893 p. m.
2:35p. VI. Daily St. Louis Limited. ar.
irving in st. Louis at .05 p. m, connecting
Union station for Kansas City, Omshs, Den
YER San Francisco and all points west.
9.35 ID. m. Afternoon Express for Odir,
EnnshRm, Nation, TolonA, Champaign, G T.
cago.
100 D. m. Thebes accommodation,
700 o. m. Chicago aud Eastern w
press Striving In Chicago at % = n Indian
apolis 7:2h Cincinnati, 1880 3. m, bunalo. 4;A
p. m. New York ESQ =. IN. Sleeping cars
Chicago,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

pitchers license has been issued
10 Woodring. Read this from the
Memphis CommercialAppea anent his
performance in the box Sunday against
Eabb's hired men:
Master Wcolring received plenty of
applause from a sympathetic audience
He pitched diligently for the first five
innings, allowing two runs and three
hits He folded his position cleyerly
and the local players were inclined 10
regard him as built of the proper slab
mater al"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
COAL BARONS WILL
jfConcluded From First Page.)

remains practically unchanged. None
Of she cOmranie- are making any
effort 10 RESUME and both operators
AMI miners appear content 10 await
the result O. the regulations in New
York
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
BY M. j. FARNBAkER,
Former Secretary X. 1T. Lauo


In Angelo Marie, Cairo has a cap
tain that Is as deliberate as chess
player. There's a mental diagram that
goes with everything he does, and if
scientific work has the bulge on plain
strea ehtaway baseball then Apollo
Angelo can sit in the high chair and
feed crumbs TO the others. He can get
re-ults that go t. make up the joy
and the bank rolls in this vale of
going TO bed and get ng up again.
and he set. the pace. Marie is not
snowy hitter with a long swpe,
bur he gets there without any enthus-
asm being aroused when h2 steps to
The plate. One cans expect to use
any mad enthusiasm over measley
little d!ibble down the line that goes
SO slow neither the back.tOpper nor
the twirler can get it, even if the
dribble results in a sacrifice and
eventually ends in run Marie is
a past master Of the bunt and the
bunt Is more full Of results than the
long hit that disappears on the dis
tant sky line only &c fall into some
waiting fieljer's hands Marie is pop
ular, not only with the fans but the
players. He breathes energy and it isl
infections and contagious He Is as
full Of go a a man lodging a shotgun
and he is as full of natural uncon
scious grace as a baby lying on it's
back playing with liz toes, And the
beauty of it all is that he is like the
hornet that gets there just he same
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

81. Louis. Mo. April'9-ln dramatic
speech from the steps Of a sleeping
car immediatly upon his arrival here
Dowie attacked his wife. declaring she
had been unfaithfui TO him and mat
he had been betrayed b yher. He said
this Information had but recently come
no his possession.
Dowie addressing the crowd contin-
ned his denuncia-ion Of his wife some
minutes and concluded IL with this
declaration: 4 will not share my bed
with a dirty dog.
Pausing a moment be exclaimed
Good Bye, Nuliva. good bye will
place YOU in the penitentisry where
your brother has been for seven years
and ] will - -" All
aboard. shouted the-eouducior AMI
.Dowie's car was attached 10 val ing
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Don't neglect your advertising. Il IL
IS Important as carrying stock
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
Spring Hxings for Men.

the Conservative Dresser just what he The who
the what he wants from These goods bought
and the general public This spring
brought Cairo the latest be found the best markets Sung and
Furnishings Let show the handsome patterns in light and dark
and
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Iron Man" Holycross convinced the
m ambers of the nanvlle Baseball as
ISOLATION that he has the goods and
he will no doubt be a member of the
pitching tan that will be retained by
Manager Danyille Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Methuslal Farnbaker at Cairo avs
mat the Cairo bunch Is the best he
ever saw in looks. and everything
else We hope that they are as good
as they look for the old veteran has
made some wild and woollv predic-
tons and while We hope to beat him.
we wi Il HIM all the luck in the world.
He is trre blue TO his home town.
however and II is such boosters as he
that has made baseball the greatest
game in the world We hope he may
he here for many years more 10 writ p
baseball mop" stories-Jacks0nville
Courier
The Jacks and all the @thers viii
think the same when We ger through
with them. The three defeat we've
received. just puts us whore we want
ed 10 be. We've got the lines and
are fully prepared. The writer g.
proud Of tn fact that ne Is loyal o.
the marrow and thar he is a booster.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

po,enpnnre For New York and caste
dSSbhv6lS cities should bear ia mind
thst the III nois Central is the quickest route
by many hours. leaving Cairo az 7.t0 D. ~ and
arriving in New Y-,rk at 80 the second day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

The Cairo bunch were out yester-
day grinding arms, sharpening eyes,
ana whetting down extra weight. This
course of work ought to make them
extraordinary keen
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10
SOUTHERN DIVISION

fHE ONLY DIRECT LINE TO NEhFHH
NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, At
LANTA, JACKSONVILLE, "a
VAFNAH, VICKSRURa
aud JACKSONVILLE.
$500 A. N. The Dixie Flyer" NsnpAis
Nashville and Jacksonville.
3:ao =. m. Memphis and New rie sns LIMIT
ed via Memphis. arriving n Memphis at ga,
- N. ana New Orlesns s.l5 p. N.
500 "A. m. Psducah and ouisFille.
I.tE 2. m. daily, Memphis ard New OrleEn
Past Mail arriving in Memphis st 7.45 .. "a. and
Kew Orleans - $40 =. n.
I:4Ip y. n, daily, Nashville, Osatspoog asnd
Atlanta
ESQ pm. Memphis and New Orlesns specis
arrive - Asaphis a. u SO .. M Esv OflssD
II 30 q n.
s;4E y ~ pztuo.h -ud TaBi VIE.
pS-Fur through tickets sleeping accon
raodstfous ard further Information AVpiy 81
Illinois Csutrsl Pssseuger ststioas Oeiro, I'd.
B. ". Gross. TIT. AEt-
sc. HATCH n. P. A.
AHAEsOE. Passenger Tratie Manager.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Wen bite into the PIE next Sunday
with the Wagners even if we break our
false teeth on the crust.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

he national game reyolves.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-10

Der Caro- club vii leave der i'm
prinde NV der goloshes on der barees
Of Kiddy league HISTORY. Der oder
Of purning rubber falls loud upon der
ear.
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the thoughtfulness shown by her careful
study Of my likes and dislikes. Tell her
Thomas cried his mother, reproach-
fully, II shall do nothing of the kind. You
have caused me sufficient embarra ssnent
as 1t IL by ueglecting to acknowledge II.
You must repair your oversight yourself,
ard az quickly as possible
Thomas looked out at the fine March driZ-
Ele, dropped his paper on the floor, and
rose He went TO the hall rack and began
putting on his top coat.
where are you going?' asked HIS moth
er.
~ am going to acknowledge that pres
ent," he said. 'as quickly as possible 1 am
going TO telegraph to Cousin Bessie
too late. He was already outside the gate
and sioshlng down the soft gravel walk.
The telegram Bessie received caused her
great surprise.
Christmas gift received; exceedingly de-
lighted; acknowledgment probably lost;
sincerely grateful. Thomas Grant"
81 She studied II carefully. She wondered
what she had sent HIM that could cause
him to express sincere gratitude and that
merited the Importance of q telegram.
Her system OF Citing the cousins did not
lead her to believe that she could have
sent him anything to cause him exceeding
Delight Each year she stored away many
useless trivial things she received from the
other cousins. and the next year she bought
and added to them other useless, trivial
things These she called the .ruch,' and
from the "ruck" she sent gifts TO the long
List OF cousins and acquaintance. What
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the covers were padded He looked at
her triumphantly.
Not a copy bound In blue silk7'' she
asked. with mock horror.
Yes" he smiled.
| With gilt elasps7'' she asked. with q
red line border printed around each page?
With coiored picture in front?'
Yes, y be smiled
And was cousin sMayme's card In itT'
she asked.
Well he said, as If seeking to spare
her. I'll knew that cousin Mayme had
owned it at some time He looked for the
total collapse. but 1t did not come
Now that is funny" she said. for the
only copy OF Lailah Rookh' I ever owned
was red and II did not have gilt clasps,
and the thing 1 sent you was a match
box"
Cousin THONGS shook his head and smiled.
Bessie handed Sim a letter and he smiled
as he opened 1t, but as he read 1t he felt
that there are times when a great general
can serve his cause better by making 4
treaty of peace than by sacrificing lives
needlessly.
why, yes" ne said, 81 do play golf''
Then" she said, you must stay and
try our links"
He stayed long enough to learn that even
inexpensive gifts to cousins If they are
eighth cousins, and If the gifts are prop
erly forgotten, may lead to the right to
give such things as engagement rings
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cousin Martha's code permitted people to
telegraph that they were coming. To tele-
graph might imply that he feared that cou-
sin Martha was not prepared to receive
guests unexpectedly. and that might be an
insult. and then, too, he could not formulate
q telegram To wire: Am coming to beg
pardon. Please have forgiveness ready"
would hardly please cousin Martha. Neither
would-"Am coming to beg pardon. Will
leave on next train" That would imply
that cousin Martha's pardon could be had
for the asking-that he was too cock-sure
of receiving it-es II he expected her to
meet him at the gate and hand Il to him.
To teiegraph-"Am coming to beg pardon
WIN remain one week." would be quite as
bad. for It would look as IL he thought
cousin Martha was stif-necked and unfor-
long. tough fight OF It. TO wire simply
Am coming" would SAVIOR of egotism, as If
he supposed cousin Martha had been await
Ing his coming sleeplessiy. The only al
tentative he could think of was to wire
Am not coming" but however tactful that
might be-and tact seems to consist In wh1te
lies. more or less-he decided IL would not
do at all. for II would suggest that he was
not coming and that he cast the gauntlet
of defiance In cousin Martha's face. and
would only serve To harden her, aud II is a
poor kind of tact that does that 30 he did
not telegraph.
He had not visited cousin Martha since
he was a boy In kn.ckers. He could hardly
remember cousin Bessie at ell, but when
he sat In cousin Marthas parior and cousin
Bessie came trippingly into the room he