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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

the voters of this district when no
one else venfured to present onr
claims.
There will be other candidates, OF
course. There may be a candidate
from every county in the district But
Mayor Parsons has right to expect
the endorsement Of the Republicans
of Cairo and Alexander county. and
seems certain to get II " the voters
ere given an opportunity to declare
themselves lii the manner he has de-
ruanlol
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NEWS or THE SCHOOLS
Educational Press 5uiietin.1
Notes Of Cairo Schools.

THE city, teachers have o meeting a.
o'clock today "wednesday at the
Cairo High School. ~LasaIie and the
Discovery OF the Great West" by
Francis parknian Is the selected pro-
fasslonal text for the year. And at
this meeting the text books will be
distributed and a leader chosen and
assignments OF work given the class
All of the corps, fifty-iiye IN number
will constitute the class.
The December county meeting will
be- held ut the Cairo High School
building Saturday. the 18th inst. be-
ginning at 3 o'clock n. m. There viii
be an afternoon session beginning.
|It will be a union meeting OF the
county and Cairo teachers
The first i'll each month four to ten
of the High school boys are absent
collecting bills for different business
| firms. DO the parents Of these lads
know that such absence il invalid
and that all lessons 50 missed receive
zero marks? "One cannot have his
cake aud eat ii. too The earning to
school boy collector is a triiiing on
set for the lessons missed and the
break In the educational thread OF a
High School student When will the
dollar cease to measure the successes
Of our lives? Why place dollar work
above brain work that goes to make
I up the thing that is worth living Tor
manhood aud womanhood, with
heart and intellect?
Coniemrcialism is all right In its
place. hut that place is not the in
yasion ar the public schools to the
aurt of the boys captured BY 1t,
business is business" And school is
school There will be plenty of time
for the former to do its work when
the days of the latter are long gone
by
From Illinois School Law.
The parent or guardian is the
Judge of his own ability to pay tuition
where pupils ask to be admitted to 4
! high school in another district, as pro.
yided in the Law approved May %
1907.
A teachers certificate authorizes
the holder 10 teach in any public
school over which the superintendent
granting 1t has jurisdiction. but boards
Of education may require additiona
| examination.
A teacher has legal right to in
iiet corporal punishment. The appel
late court. s4-270 says: THE author
ity of teacher over his pupil beins
regarded as a delegation OF at least 8
portion of the parental authority tbs
presumption is in favor OF the cor
rectness OF the teachers action In In
: flicting corporal punishment upon th'
pupil" 10 another case, 106-226. tai
appellate court says:
In an action of trespass brough
! by a pupil against teacher to re
cover damages for Injuries resalsfpt
from an alleged assault and battery
the burden of proof is upon the teach
er. not only to shoy ~ PIE punish
ment was necessary. but That il wa
not excessive or unreasonable.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

BELT LINE cars dine 10 leave Second st. 20
ing north ON Commercial Ave-, every III min
utes from q 4. m. To II p III
Going north on Walnut 1T. every is minute
from SOS m. TO 1858 p. m.
POPLAR ST. LINE HoIbrcok Ave, car du
to leave Secona NJ geing nerth on HolbrooA
ave. nj 6,bT: AZ; s.42; 8:5T; 7:f2 u. III. and ps
same minutes every hour until iG.42 and ii.h
D. m.
Going w4st on Twenty Eighth 81. ut 6'tas
s:la. G:84; $40; and T:04 u. and on same min
utrs every hour until 1924 and li;M p. m.
Poplar st. cars due 10 pass st. Mary's pSrk
II minutes after Leaving Sec@rd ~.
BELT LINE OWL OARS north on Walnut
1880 D. M IA a. m; 80 a. M; 2:8n .. m.
j. so a. nj, A 30 d. m; q 30 y. 10.
North on Commemorative 200 p. mi loo
pait ana owl cars are dpe to pass War
Thirty fourth st. Is minutes after ieAvins
second st
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MAYOR PARSONS FOR CONGRESS

Mayor George Parsons is formally
announced in The Bulletin this morn
ing, as a candidate for the Republican
nominations for congress. His an
,louncement ii accompanied by card
to the voters OF his aparty In which
he states his position very clearly. He
Ii In the race subject only TO the
Wishes of the Republican voters or
this district. and he declares himself
unequiyocalIy against any scheme Of
machine politics by which the masses
may be hanipered in the free express
sion of their wishes In the selection
Of their standard bearer.
Mayor Parsons has been for some
years past an active element in the
Republican politics OF this county and
district and has wide acquaintance
among the voters In every county. As
mayor Of Cairo he Is now serving his
second term, being elected last April
practically without opposition, which
carries with ii upon its face a Halter
ing popular endorsement from the
l,eopIe among whom he has lived for
many years aud who know him best
He has also been a member OF the
board of county commissioners for
some years, and in both his public
positions he has shown marked ex-
executive ability. and lively interest
in the peoples affairs. coupled with a
degree of tact energy and determine
ton to gain the ends he seeks. which
Is possessed by comparatively few
Municipalities which are necessary
10 success in all the walks Of life. and
which would make him effective as
the peoples servant. in the national
capitol. utt s
sThe mayor has dopponents, as a
matter of ,eourse-be. may have enc
niles. Men OF character who hold
positions ! of responsibility in the
worlds affairs and who seek to ae-
eomplish something. always have
these. But 1t is significant that his
known opponents In his present aspi
rations are not among the masses
hut among the bosses. the Office hold
ers-the men who presume to distats
to the Republican voters of the dis
trict, whom they shall nominate fol
congress 10 succeed the late Congress
man, Smith. M
NJ. Parsons asks for a free primar,
In which the Republican voters Of tbs
district shall have an untrammellet
choice. He does not fear the voters
he Is willing to take his chances will
them and will abide by their decision
whatever IT shall be.
The people Of Cairo and Alexande
county have a deep interest in thi
contest. Mr. Parsons has done SOM
very excellent work for them. II
him more than to any other one maj
belongs the credit Of placing the con
munity creditabiy before the world /
an event which viii live in histor1
and he displayed on this occasion IN
analifies which viii be sure 10 max
hind an effective worker in the wide
Gefd to which he aspires. He. moi
than ans other man that can be ~
forward. Is entitled to the hearty u
divided support o. the Republicans {
rztro asd AlexsHdef cosHty- not en-
fcr The reason stated. but because
r4e lrsl IL the raee. striving t. eil
tffz rif4 4na eof1If staining tIffol
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexander County
Savings Bank of Cairo. Illinois, VIII
be held at the Directors room in the
above named bank in the city OF
Cairo. Illinois. on Wednesday, Jan
gary l. 1908. at 1880 o'clock for the
purpose Of electing Board OF Direc'
tors and such other business as may
be brought before said N eetiRg.
/. JAMES III fsALIIGAN,
e 20 rashier.
Cairo. m. December &C.. 1897.
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RECEIVERS ARE NAMED
FOR jamestown Exposition Company
BY U. S. Court-Late Director
General is One.

Richmond. Va. Dec 1O.-Judge
West Waddeli, of the United States
circuit court. tonight announced re-
ceiyers for the jamestown Exposition
company. They are Alyah II. Martin,
late director general OF the exposi-
ton; Edward T. Lamb. of Norwolk:
William NJ. Geddes, OF Washington.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
A Tenants Reouests

This is not a little story of fancy
ft Is one OF fact Property owners get
many queer letters from tenants, but
they seldom carry entertainment with
complaint. This one is different. II
was received by a gentleman in New
York a day or two since. Here Il is
simplified spelling and all:
Dear Sir: ] want them seller steps
fixed right OF My wife near Eel down
last mite and ike to broke her dam
nee. Please send a Humber and figs
our bath tup II soon be time now for
US 10 use him agiR"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

The above IL q correct statement
III the number of copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed during the year 1906
and the month OF November, 1907.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this second day OF December
1907.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
POSTOFFICE ROBBED
THIEVES Get AWAY

Dies Moincs, Ia, Dec. i0.-The posi-
office at Decatur City Iowa, was
robbed last night of $500 in cash ami
stamps It was located in a drug store
which was also robbed OF watches and
jewelry worth several hundred dol
lars. The robbers escaped
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
FISH GOES TO CHICAGO
To Attend Postponed Election of I'LL
nois Central Board Of Direc-
tors December 10.

New York. Dec. l0.-Stuyvesant
Fish left tonight for Chicago. The
postponed election OF the board Of
directors OF the Illinois Central will
be held December 10. 1t has been
stated that Fish would not go TO. Chi
cago at this time but his plans we're
suddenly changed today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
CANDIDATE ron CONGRESS.

Cairo, III. December 10, 1907
The Bulletin Is hereby authorized 20
announce George Parsons as candi.
date to fiji the vacancy in the Twenty
flfths Congressional District Of illinois,
snbject To the decision Of the Rernh
lican voters BY primary election.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
Gradually.

First How did he get 20
be a college PRESIDENT" Second Stu
dent-~O. By degrees. "-LipDineott's-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
SHOT MOTHtU-IN-LAW
Ard wfe-Msn Arrested-Tragedy
is the Outcome Of Series Of
Family ouarreis.

Chicago. Dec. l0.-FraRk Nelson. a
hookkeeper for a packing company.
shot his wife and mother-in-law n
their home here tonight Tie former
vas killed instantly and the latter
seriously injured The shooting Is
said to be the result of family quar-
rels. Nelson was arrested
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy

II Is fayofife with filafis mOshers and
never diszppoiufs them Il contains no
opium orosher narcotic and may Be giFeB
Nth Implicit cozfdente.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County, 'iilno'A
Population 1917.

Mayor, GEORGE PARSCNS-
CLERK, X. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. THOMAS u. MAHONnt
City Attorney. II, MI. MOORE.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN
Police Magistrate. A. ]. ROSS.
CHIEF OF Police, M. s. EAGAN.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number ~ complete ana
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily ana
Sunday during the year 1906. 202s
Average number OF complete and
perfect copies Of the Cairo
bulletin printed daily and
sunday during the month Of
November, 1907 ......--.....1os o
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

Alexander County. Population xx.A6R
County Clerk. JESSE n. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, LEE h. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK H. DAVIS.
States Attorney. ALExANDEb
WILSON.
Coroner, DIR. JAMES McMANUH.
County Superintendent OF Schools
PROF. JOHN SNYDER
Assessor and Treasurer, FRIED II
NFLLIS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

Friend. Of The Bulletin are reGnss,.
I'd 70 send or tslsphons itsms TO tAis
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
JOHN S. JENKINS
Architect
=------~---
1905 Commercial Ave.
Cairo, Illinois.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
Alexander County National
Bank

Of Cairo in the state OF Illinois, at the close OF
business December Bird. 1907.
REsouRGFs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

More people In Cairo read tbs Bu,
istin than al other Claire pspsrs con
skssk ---1--..zs.lzzzzz -
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

Read tbs Bulletin and GET III the
-saz vhIls Il u nsNk
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11

Board OF County Commissioners
J. J. JENNELLE. Chairman
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. EDWIN ]. CAUSE
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
Do Not rifle
With q Cold

Is good advice for men and women. II
may be vital in the case Of a child. Long
experience has proven that there IS moth
ing better for colds IN children than
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
BETTER LIGHTS WANTED

Concluded from First page.)
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03

jim ostudni mrces izsesa Sc ostalo
kapljo krvi.
Ia omejitev japonskega prise
ljevanja Sc ie zadnii cas- najveG
trudil y. f. Fowler, urednik neke
meseGne revije. Toda kapitalisti
so ca razglasili blaznim in ga
siloma odvedli V blaznico; tam je
bill par tednov. Koncno Sc mu ic
posreGilo pobegniti IL blaznice ma
kar Sc je zatekel k socialistom V
Seattle. Fowler je dober govor-
mix in bo brez dvoma Sc veliko
koristil naSi stranki. -
V 9. Stevilki ''Proletarca' sem
videl ime w. 7. Mills IL Seattle,
Wash. TIA clovek - morda ste
&c kaj wee sliSali o MEM, sodrug
urednik - Sc imenuje socialista,
a ma shodih pa delavcem priporo-
ca V volitev Cd kapitalistov pece-
no Labor Party; tako il vsaj
delal V Victoria, b. C. Ko ie tudi
v Vancouver, b. c., agitiral "a TO
lazidelavsko stranko. so ga ondot-
nj socialist postavili pod kap.
Taisti Mills Sc ie zdaj, ko Sc tu-
kajSnji revolucijonarni socialist
bore "a Svobodo govora, izrazil V
s%eattelskei Saturday Evening
Tribune, ktere urednik ie. da je
bedasto laiati liza ulicnih voglov.
o Skandalu, Xxi ga je izvrsil zupan
mad zdravstvenim uradom radi
tukajSnje okuzene bastilje, je pi-
sal ia bodi-socialist samo V dveh
vrsticah, med TEN ko so Sc Sc cello
drugi nesocialisticni listi zgrazali
mad onim pocetjem. TAX priiatelj
zatiranih delavcev je ia Mills. -
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03
-GoSPODARSKA KRIzA.

Sredi gospodarSke krize smo
Banke pokajo, d~elodajalci odpuS-
Gajo delavce. ker ne dobe ma ban
kah potrebneqa denarja, da hi
plaeali delavce.
kdo je to zakrivilf Morda kak-
Sna politicna StrankaR Ali so to
krizo zakrivili demokratjeH Sal
cd leta 1892 sem vpijejo republi-
kanci: "Volite mas, ako hoGete,
da Sc bode delalo S polnim pa
roml' Ali je to priporoGilo repu-
blikanov reSniGno2G Mel
Ko so bill d~emokratje ma krmi-
In smO imeli goSpodarsko krizo.
Danes imamo republikansko Via
do, pa tudi gospodarsko krizo.
Kaj liz tega sledi?
IL tega Sc ucimo, da nobena
kapitalisti6na stranka - demo-
kraticna ali republikanska - ne
more odvrniti goSpodarskih kriz.
ker jih %prouzroca kapitalizem, ko-
jega ponizni dekli sta ODE stranki
- demokraticna in republican
ska
Tega pa dandanes vecina delav-
cev ne We. ker drugaGe bi bilo ne
mogoce. da bi delavci volili kapi-
tatalisti6no - demokraticno ali
republikansko. Delavci so toraj
sami krivi vsaj n~eposredno, ako
sc vracajo periodieno gospodar-
ske krize, ker 5 svojimi glasovi
ob Gasu volitev sami zahtevajo.
da sc ohrani kapitalisticni naein
proizvajanja. Xxi je oGe gospodar-
skin kriz.
SIEVE, marsikateri delavec bode
rekel: Socialist pravite. da je ka-
pitalizem - kapitalisticni naGin
proizvajanja pr~ouzro6itelj gospo-
darskih kriz. ne ia bi svoio trdi-
tev podpirali Z dokazi.
Danasnja kriza Sc ne razteza lie
pc Zdr. dr.. ampak cuti Sc krizo
re tudi V Evropi. Banke V Ham
burgu so sledile prve "a ameriSki-
mi. Danes pokajo re V Portugalu
in kdo We, &c jutri ali Pc jutraj-
snem ze ne bodo pokale V Fran
ciji. Nemciji in Avstriji, ako Cos
podarSka kriza ne preneha.
krize Sc ne prikazejujo siucaj-
no. ampak Jill povzroca kapitali-
zem. Odkar j. priGel kapitalisti-
chi nacin proizvajanja - sredi
minolega Stoletja - so Sc pricele
gospodarSke krize p~onavljati pc
riodicno. Nekateri narodni exc
nomi so trdili. da so gospOdarske
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03

Mnogo, jake mnogo bi lahk,
Sc omenil, toda VEN, sodrug urad
mix. da Sc Yam bo zdel Sc ia Ella
mex prevelik "a mali list "Prole
tarec''. Reel moran lie toliku
da boz "a svobodo gOvora V Seat
lie Sc bo nadaljeval. Ako pa zupaI
Nomor' in Wapp mislita, Il
bota zatrla socializem. Sc jakI
motita. Mic jima ne pomagaj,
podla sredstva niti mili.joni v bls
gajnah, socialist Sc bodo tudi I
nadalje posluzevali JAYNE besed|
ma proste&, magari morajo "a d
tudi segniti V ieGi.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03
KAKO PRIDE VAS E N
e N~AJVARNEJE v START
KRAJ?

Ce- ca pcSlete Pc Mohor MIN
Gu. Gil SO. Center ave, ChicaAl
Illinois. On je V zvczi 2 g. Saksef
lem V New Yorku in posilja do
mar totno. varno in zanesljivo(
start kraj.
Ako potujete V start kraj :
zelite koga svojih sorodnikov
prijateljev welt V Ameriko, p
tenn iStotako kupite vozni liste'
pri M0hor Mladicu. On preskh
dobro in nitro voznjo pc najnizhI
cenah.
Mohor Mladic.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03

neha, ker bodete %prihranili marsh
kateri krvavo zasluzeni desetak.
V Ameriki je Sc vedno boise,
&c je kriza, kot ma Slovenskem ce
nj krize.
V start domovini Sc zasluzi i
1.20 gid ma dan, kilogram slanine
(Speha) pa stane 80 kr. - | GID,
&c Sc della 5 polnim parom. To
pove vsel
Zavertnik joe.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03
Mohor MladiG,
Tudi vzrok

A: "Kaj mislis, kdo .je zakri
vii sedanio finanSno in gospt
darsko kri7o9"
B.: "Soln6ne pege."
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1907-12-03

Je hTlLc
ne poznajo dob, d%olocenjh dob.
ReSnica je le, da je kapitalizem
p%rovzroeitelj gospodarskih kriz.
Kaj je vzrok gospOdarski kriziH
Kapitalisticni na6in %proizvaja-
MIA sill podjetnika, ia pomnozuje
svoj imetek in dobieek, ker dan
danes lie dOticni podjetnik lahko
tekmuje ma svetovnem trgu, XII
razpolaga z velikim kapitalom.
VSled tega mora kapitalist naba-
viii 81 najpopOlneise stroje, da
lahko ceno izdeluje in svoje izdel-
Ike "a mike ceno p%ostavi ma sve-
town. trg. Kapitalist je toraj pri-
moran najyeGji del svojega kapi-
tala vtakniti Y Stroje. naobratno
Sc pa krci %Stevilo delavcev v ia
kih'tvornicah. V katerih Sc pride
luje z najbolj razvitimi in popol-
mimi stroll.
Tako pa ustvaria kapitalizem
rezervno armada delavcev. to ie
armada brezposelnih d~elavcev. Xxi
hi radi delali. pa ne dobe della.
Ker pa ii delavci ne delaio, tudi
mic za~sluzijo. Ker mic zasluzijo.
torej tudi mic kupiio.
Ker ME kupijo. oStane blago V
Skladistih, nastane nadproduk-
cija, kateri sledi gospodarska
kriza.
Zitniee so polne. V prodajalnah
in skadis6ih je nakopiGeno razno-
vrstno blago. delavci so gladni in
hodijo V razcapani obleki. Zakaj?
GoSpodarska kriza .je. t~vorni6arji-
kapitalisti so uStavili delo, ker
so SkladiSca prenapolnena 2 bla-
gom, kapitalisti pa noGejo delati
brez dObicka.
To ie kriza. kakerSna Sc ie po-
%iavila leta 1892 V Ameriki. Ali
danaSnja lcriza ina povSem dru-
go lice. Dandanes imamo de-
narno krizo. Kaj je toH
Denar je blago. kakor psenica.
RI, koze, premog it'd, XII Sc pro-
daja in kupuje ma svetovnem tr-
gu. B~rezvestne s~pekulacije 20
omajale zaupnost. kapitalisti SO
pa umaknili denar S trga in kriza
je tukaj, X je ravnotako osedo-
polna "a delavce, kakor kriza, Xxi
je nastala' vSled nadprodukcije.
V taxi krizi 81 bankirji poma-
gajo. Obratnega denarja nimajo.
Kaj torejl Izdajo svoj denar -
certificate, kojih vrednost pokri-
jejo z vrednostnimi papirji, zem-
ljiSci it'd.
Ako kriza predolgo ne traja,
tedaj je tax pripomocek dmesten
V kapitalisti6ni druzbi.
Ali nastop kapitalisticnih ban
kirjev mas Sc nekaj drugega uci.
Ako je bio mogoce izdati banGne
certificate, spraviti Jill V promet.
ker je denarni try zaprt - ker nj
denaria - zakai hi lahko ne IL
haiali brez dcnaria9
Vsak delavec V socialistiGni
druzbi dobi "a svoje delo podno-
vredno nakaznico "a Svoie delo.
$ to nakaznico 81 pa nabavi. kupi
ali zamenja "a to, kar ~potrebuje.
Nakaznica reprezentira vrednost
della. kar reprezentujeio danes tu-
di bancni certifikati. Denaria to-
rel ne potrebujemo, pac pa pripo-
mofke "a zamenjavo.
Sc nekaj predno konGam.
Delavci Sc vSlcd goSpodarske
krize kar trumoma vraGaio V Ev-
ropo. Pac gredo il dezia pod
kap. Gospodarska kriza je V a
meriki. pa tudi V Evropi. Pa &c
.tudi hi ne bilo goSpodarske krize
V Evropi. vzlic tcmu so tam de-
lavci ma slabSem. V Avstriii Sc
della "a nizko ceno. zivez. obleka
in druge potrebScine so pa tako
drage, da delavec strada. &c tudi
della.
Vsi delavci, Xxi Sc sedai vraGajo
preko Oceana V stare domovino.
bodo donna komai Gakali ma glas.
10 60 AnnnriE; rnnnt IL IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
BY BE WIN SLOW

The Seal came to complain that his nose was
made to close habitually.
You hunt your prey beneath the water, there
fore, your nostrls being closed by their machn
cry, you have concerning them, and can
devote your attention and all of your energy to
your prey.
Said the little Squirrel You have made my tail SO
long and bushy that am easy mark for gunners "
Your safety lies in your ability to spring about
from tree to tree. Your long bushy tail serves to
balance your body while springing, and, by acting
parachute, prevents jars and heavy falls
The Porcupine brstled up and asked the reason
for " all these unsightly quilts
You are defenSeless animal, and your only
protection from your natural enemies your ability
to roll up into a bristling ball of sharp spnes.'
Why, asked the Hare, have you made my
hind legs SO much longer than my fore legs?
Being defenseless, you animal of fight.
Were your little legs of equal length, you could
scamper only slowly As it is, you cover ground in
leaps and bounds, often much twenty-five
feet at leap There is another advantage in your
long hind legs you go faster up hill than your
elies, whose hind legs longer than their fore
legs. Thus you are often able to escape them by
running on rising ground"
This, said the Giraffe, is what you have done
to me: You have given me long, ungainly neck
and small, disproportionate head You have en-
dowed me with long, prehensile tongue, filled my
nostrls with stiff hairs, and set my eyes promi-
nently near the back of my head
Nature replied You feed upon the branches
OF tail trees therefore your long neck. large head
at the end of your neck would possess weight dis
proportionate to your muscular power Your tongue
collects the tender twigs into large punches; but
for this you could bite only the single ends of the
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John Wesley's Testimony

IN the second of December, 1916, while Robert
~ Brown, my father S servant, was sitting with one
of the maids little before ten at night in the dining
room which opened into the garden, they both heard
it, but could see nobody. Quickly it knocked again
and groaned He opened the door again
twice or thrice, the knocking being twice thrice
repeated but still seeing nothing, and being little
startled, they rose and went up to bed. 3 When
Robert to the top of the garnet stairs, he
handmill which was at a little distance whirled
about very swiftly When he was in bed
he heard as it were the gobblng of turkey cock
close to the bedside and soon after the sound of
stumbling over his shoes and boots; but there were
there, he had left them below. The
next evening between five and six o'clock, my sister
Molly, then about twenty years of age sitting in
the dining reading, heard as if it were the door
that led into the hall open and person walking in,
that seemed to have on a silk nghtgown, rustling
and trailing along 1t seemed to walk round her,
then to the door, then round again; but she could
nothing.
As matter of fact, the contemporary records are
silent respecting the extraordinary happenings that
overshadow all else in the records of 726 and 1884
Admitting evidence only the fact set forth as
the haunting is reduced to a matter of knocks,
groans, tinglings, squeaks creakings crashngs and
footsteps We are, therefore justified in believing
that in this case like many others of its kind the
fallibility of human memory has played an over
whelming part in exaggerating the experiences actu
ally undergone; that, in fine, nothing occurred in
the rectory at Epworth, between December I, 1916,
and January 81 I7I7, that may not be attributed to
human agency.
Who, then, was the agent? Eliminating outsiders,
we must, our inquiry narrows to the inmates of
the rectory. Of these, Mr.. and Mrs Wesley may at
once be left out of consideration, as also may the
servants all accounts agreeing that from the outset