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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Rats Are .vory Experts.

The ivory dealtr pointed to 8 half dozen rats gnawin% a'Au,!g the yellow heaps of tusEs aud ivory fragments iu the garret.
 "They are quite ta Hc, you see" l. said. "NNhy shouldn't they be so: ., fact is, they are cn H.g payroll. '%Ag work for me. Their wa .yes are rol,,& of cheese and a loaf of bread a ysrcs:
 Tvory dealers like lats, for raj; ivory's best judges, and without their help we should of;on want q :..g,t.. price for a bad tusk than for fiji, one."
 He took fragment of Ivory fror, the floor and pointed to certain sna furrows in it's surface
 "The rats did that" he said. "Thoee furrows are a proof of the tvory's cH- cellence. Rats gnaW the ivory tl1af contains animal glue, or gelatin. a substance of which they are fond. AD;. ttis substance it is that makes ivol.% !. Acellent, yet a mere man can't tell Fhether tusk contains it or not. The rats can tell. They are ivory experts" |" New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
There Would Be Vacancy,

"Genius is never appreciated in sts lifetime of the man who possesses it." said the poet disconsolately. Milton, Shakespeare and all the other men whc have made our literature what it is how much were they esteemed when alive?"
 "Cheer up, my boy!' said his easy going friend, who had no soul for sen. timent. "You'll be appreciated some day"
 "Tablets have been put on the houses where they spent most of their lives, but that is of no moment to them. l wonder whether even that will be done for me? I suppose not. shall leave no vacant place."
 "Yes, you will. can see the in. scription in my minds eye now"
 "And what do you think will be in. scribed upon it?" asked the poet, brightening up little.
 Rooms to Let replied his friend.
 And the poet pined away-Pearson's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
The Reason Was Plain.

There Wd@ d woman," said q law. yer, "whose husband was killed in a sailroad accident The railroad, to avoid suit gave her &5000 damages. The sum satisfied the woman, but q month or two afterwari, taking up a newspaper, she read about man who had lost his leg in the same accident and. behold, this man was given by the company damages to thc amount of S7500. It made the woman mad. She hastened at once to the office of the railways claim aGjUster. She said bitterly:
 "How is this? Here you give a
 n $7,500 for the loss of his leg,
 le you only gave me 5000 for the
 of my husband
 The claim adjuster smiled emiab bly
 said in a soothing voice:
 Madam, the reason is quite plain The $7,500 won't provide the poor man with a new leg, whereas with your $5,000 you can easily get new husband and perhaps better one.'"- Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
The Worst of Education.

When the new and the old school meet, there is likely to be a clash of opinions, and so the miller, Brown, found the other day when Farmer Jackson sent his young son across to the mill with sack of corn which he wished ground into meal. Like the miller, the mill was of the old, leisure ly school, and only a tiny stream Of meal tricl'ed out. The young man waxed inpatient
 "What a milln' lie said, with scorn "Why, could eat the meal quicker than this ramshackle old concern of yours can grind it!"
 Aye" said Miller Brown, "but how long couldst keep it up, lad?' as "Till I starved!" was the trenchant answer.
 \ Mnd when Miller Brown had puzzled Out the inwariness of the remark he concluded that lads nowadays were "gettin' power too sharp wi their tongues" s."-London Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
St. Ccorce ard the Drocon.

Other nations besides England have fought under the banner of St. George and other kr1igttIy orders as well as that of the Garter have been institute ill his honor. He was the guardian saiH' of Sicily, Ara~on, Valencia, Genoa, MUt 10 and Barcelona; d Venetian order C St. George was created in 1900, i; Epani@h in BIT, an Austrian in 1i7o, j; C2noese !A 1tT2 anl a Roman in 1,,%@ More modern orders bearing his n%,l' are those of Bavaria 0T29}, Iu&&i. Q7GD and Il;,;loye" G@U@). The GvE; of St. George slayin% the dragon fo:.; part of the arms of the cZar aEi ' pears on several Russian coins. IT. conjecture that this was owing to ,A. presenta ton of the Garter by l.i..d beth to Ivan NaSsilievitch has no fcu1 dation in fact, for Chanceler, the frs outspoken Englishman to visit Rus & speaks of dispatch sent in 1851 from Ivan NasSilieyitch to Queen Mary, th; seal of which twas much like the broad seal of England, having on tht one side the image of man on horse back in complete harness fighting witt a dragon London Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Queer Positions of Hearts.

There is one curious fact which not everybody notices about the common,
 inger-long, green caterpillars Of our larger moths. Their hearts. instead of being in front. are at the back of the body and extend along the entire length of the animal. One can see the heart distinctly through the thin skin and can watch it's slow beat, which starts at the tail and moves forward to the head. Hearts of this sort reaching from head to tail are not at all uncom- mon in the simpler creatures. The earthworm has one, and so have most worms, caterpillars and other crawling things. Hearts in the middle of the back also are quite as frequent as those in what seems to us to be the natural place. Many animals, the lob ster for example, and the crayfsh and the crab, wRich have short hearts like those of the beasts and birds, never theless have them placed just under the shell in what, in ourselves, would be the small of the back.-St Nicholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
The Scotch Sabbath.

An English artist, travelling profes sionally through Scotland. had occa- sion to remain over Sunday in small town in the north. To while away the time he walked out short way in the environs, where the picturesque ruin of castle met his eye. He asked a countryman who was passing to be so good as to tell him the name of the castle. The reply was somewhat start ling. "It's no' the day to be asking sic thingsv'
 Another good story of Scottish ob- servance of the Sabbath is told by a clergyman. "A minister of the kirk declared in public that at country hotel he wished the window raised so that he might get some fresh air. but the landlady would not allow it, saying, 'Ye can hae no fresh air here on the Sawbeth'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
One Source of News.

For many years a certain New York paper received society and club gossil from man whose identity was con. cealed by clever ruse. Even his checks were made out to his Wife in her maiden name. He furnished in formation about the doings and wral. gles in various clubs-little stories i'll volving people whose names arg known by reputation to practically al readers of newspaper columns. He is said thus to have averaged an income of about $1O a week-not much, bit; enough to buy hats, gloves and canes He was a most immaculate and ap parently prosperous person. It is needless to say that he has never been suspected of this small traffic \ wealthy relative died and left him in dependent. When some such man furnishes the clew to q delectab]e scandal he has done stroke of busi- ness that will keep him in small lux. uries for months to come.-Whitman Bennett in Bohemian
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Tho Way to w, reham.

Some young women i l England have begun to. dress out and out like men, They wear a long coat cut like hunt. ing coat, cap, riding )reeches and top boots. It is a handsc me costume, and It Is not imnlodest, lut undoubtedly it attracts q good deal of attention. They have been telling in London a story about a girl who adopted this riding rig. Pulling up her horse one after noon, she said to an artisan who was passing, Gan you tell me If this is the way to Wareham" The man look. d her over carefully, then he touched his cap in a respectful manner and re piled, "Yes, miss, yes-you seem to lave got 'em on all right"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Not So Daft After All.

Daft Tam. as he was called, wander ing through the village one day, got SC verely bitten by the village inn dog.
 Proceeding to the inn he showed the mistress what her "dawg" had done She was much alarmed and, putting a half crown into Tam's hand, said:
 "Awa tae the doctor noo an pay hin, wi the hauf crown"
 Tam eyed the coin, saying:
 'I dinna think I'll bother wi the doctor but jist keep the siller."
 For my sake gang tae him, or else yell gang daft"
 "Hoots, wumman; ye're bletherin Daft folk canna gang daft twice. Dundee Advertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Pat Took the Prize.

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman were one day arguing as tc which of the three countries possessed the fastest trains.
 ''Well," said the Englishman, "I've been in one of our trains, and the tcle graph poles have been like hedge"
 eve seen the milestones appear like tombstones," said the Scot.
 Be jabers!" said Pat. "I was one day in train in my country, and we passed field of turnips and field of carrots. also field of cabbage and parsley, then a pond of water, and we were going that quick I thought it was broth!''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Why Ace Improves Wines.

"Why do wines improve with age?"
 Because they marry" answered the expert.
 Marry"
 "Yes. That is the term used in the trade. This sherry we say, has mar rled we'll or that hook has married hastily We mean by wines mar riage that it's different components- the alcohol, the sugar, the carbonlc acid and so on-have blended together smoothly. In new wine this blend Ing, this marriage, has not yet taken place, and hence the harshness of new wines. Old wines are valued because the alcohol and sugar and acids and others have all married together into one fragrant compound" d."-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Weather Vanes.

The best weather vanes are made with the greatest nicety and precision, so that they balance perfectly and turn with the least possible wear. The vane is, of course, longer on one side of the socket than on the other. or 1t would not turn with the wind, but its weight is the same on both sides. Ii 1t is a narrow vane, for instance. the weight of the solid head is easily made rqual to that of the longer, projecting. ,ut thinner feather end. and all vanes, whatever they may be, are balanced IS to weight and so adjusted that they turn easily and with the least possible friction.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
A Good Deal Morse.

"1 had to walk the floor all night with the baby. Can you think of any thing worse than that:'
 "Yes; you might have married o;:, in Greenland, where the nights are s.x months long,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Aow He Caunht Them.

Archbishop Whately had a true sense of grammar. says an old English man who remembers him. and delight. ed to spring catch questions. One was: "What is the vocative of cat?'
 Generally the assured answer was 70 cat!'
 The archbishop would smile then and say, "No; puss. puss!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Crazy People.

"Crazy people never act together declares the superintendent of large asylum for the insane. '1f one inmate attacks an attendant. as sometimes happens, the others would look upon 1t as no affair of theirs and simply watch it. The moment we discover two or more inmates working together we would know they were on the road to recovery"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Pepys on Shakespeare.

Perys' Diary. 1C59-1669, commentin:, <, on shakespeare's plays, says of Mid summer Nights Dream," Ut is the most insipid, ridiculous play ever saw in my life," and upon reading "'Othe! To, Moor of Venice,' which have hith. erto esteemed mighty good play, but having lately read the Adventures O! Five TIours,' it seems a mean thing"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
Just a Sucoestion.

"Oh, my!" exclaimed the excited wo man who had mislaid her husband .I'm looking for a small man with ort eye.'
 "Well, ma'am," replied the polite shopwalker, Eff he's very small mar maybe you'd better use both eyes,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
The Four of Them.

Smith Good morning. Jones. l hear you have a son and heir. Jones-Yes; ur household now represents the United Kingdom. I am English, my vife's Irish, the nurse is Scotch, and he baby wails-Iiverpool Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
How Bismarck Kept Un Steam.

nv" oTsFHdTCN NePt OP 0IednIs
 In the evening I went to Rlsmarck's house. was placed upon the sofa in front of table covered with teacups and bottles of beer and also with her rings and oysters. His new highness (Bismarck) speedily arrived and sat down by me. He began by consuming innumerable oysters, herriags and ham and drank beer with soda water Hohenlohe Memoirs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
His Great FaiIinq,

He's a good friend of yours. isn't hep
 "Oh, only medium"
 What do you mean by mediunl?" "Oh, he listens while tell him all of my troubles. but Le also wants me to listen while he tells me all of h:s." London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
His View of lt,

Bond Don't you realize that mar r1age broadens man: Benedict-Oh, yes. l suppose 1t can be put that way, but "flattens" is the word I've always used.-London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
The Jury.

"When I goes to de co'thouse," said Uncle Eben. ''it sometimes looks to me like de jury was a committee to awar! a prize to de smartest lawyer" Wash ington Stau.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14
A ThouqhtfuI Wife.

"Why did ou tell your husband that there would be three parts to the con cert? There ere only two"
 "Yes, know but he will be so plea" ed when it leaves off sooner than h; expects" ."-Fliegende Blatter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14

There is nothing commonplace which could not be made to appear humorous If quaintly expresscd.-Goethe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14

I pray. first. for good health: then for prosperity: thirdly. for happiness, and. lastly. to owe no man anything Philemon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-14

Culture indicates superiority. and ST periority impresses others.-Marden
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
WHY CITY PUMPS
Do NOT DRAIN
SAND STRATAS UNDER CITY
WHICH ADMIT SiPEAGE AND
JACK or SEWER gYSTEM
rHtVrNTs fu NJ r 5 DoiRG
THEIR nlaT.

There has hccn some speculation
as 70 the reason why the Edward 5
bottom is not better drained by the
I Tenth street pump The water sur.
rounding the Cairo & Thebes depot
/ Ia ndatlons has been lowered very
! little or barely kept stationary and
seems TO run ouJ very slowly through
j he opening that has been made into
/ the Fifteenth street sewer II trans
pres that this sewer is only a -
inch pipe and reaches the Tenth
street outlet by a somewhat circuit.
Gus route. This is one cause of the
little effect of the pump. Another is
that this bottom and Other low places
In the down town district, Is supplied
with sIncaEe direct from the rivers. hy
sand stratas which pass under The
city. diagonally from one river TO the
ether. On one OF these stratas the
pOsioflice IA located, and ii IL OF fire.
quent occurrence during food tide in
the rivers, thar water seeps through
the surface of the custom house yard
and runs down into The adjacent bot |
toms. Il was this strata which Capt, |
W. P. Halliday, deceased, sought to |
cat of by muck ditch on the Mis- |
sissippi side of tn city and II was t
his theory that these sand stra as
should fir be cut of before pumps
could do effective work In draining |
The city. To certain extent the cor
rectness of his theory is demonstra.
Ted at nearly every food. but il is
reasonably certain that with the fill
ng up Of these bottoms TO he present.
established grad which will probably
% accomplished by the Cairo ron
racting & Dredging company. togeth-
r with the building Of a complete
sever system which will enable the
'ity pumps to r. ch the water. will
'ftectualy cure these water evils in
he city's bottoms, both in the upper
ina lower ends of the city.
However the pumps are doing as
veil this year as in former years and
here are few cases where the water
Il tbs bottoms is causing inconyen- |
enee. the most notable being per.
ans on the Singer Company4 prem
ises.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
RETURNS FROM
A SAD MISSION
GEORGE 8. WALKER COMES HOME
FROM ST. CHARLES, MO-,
WHERE FUNERAL .sQFaaAtS
LITTLE DAUGHTER
WAS HELD.

Mn. George - Walker returned yes
terday from st. Cha4les. Mo, where
he went oa the sad mission OF con
signing the mains Of his little
daughter Gladys, to the grave. Mrs
Walker and children remained with
the formers parents for a few days
rest and recuperation.
The ST Charles Banner-NeVs says
conc rning the funeral Ct the child:
The funeral of Gladys Geaevieye
Walker, who died at 81. Mary's Hos.
pital in Cairo, III. Monday, was held
In this city Wednesday afternoon and
was attended by a hos Of friends OF
the family. The address, was de.
liyfred by Father Iagaa. at the Ror-
nomeo church, his subject being "The
Transplantng Of an Earthly Flower,
70 Bloom In Heaven Music. both at
the church and at he grave was fur
nished by quarte.te composed or
Annie Pheiffer Marie Thro Clemen-
tire Kaemmerln. Mrs. f. Meyer The
children OF the Loretta School char.
eroned by Their teacher. att nded the
funeral in a body The floral offe--
ings which were from S. Louis. Cairo
and ST. Charles We're beautiful
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
ESCORTS FOR WOMEN
Concluded from First psge)

plan, which II IL believed offers ih,
ideal solution, The Juvenile asylum
officials hold that II is necessary &c
remove the child from communicating
surroundings, and to provide real
home have caGt aside the idea at .
city in3nutlun and provided a Rort
Ut model llttle Village IN the country
where children arc housed IN separate
cottages with the home atmosphere.
The success Of this method Is at.
tested by the fact that Of the 10000
children which the institution has
trained and placed In the west during
It's life very small percentage have
reverted to their old habits and sur.
roundings. The greatest number of
offenses charged in the children's
court according to the report just is
sued are of disorderly conduct. al,
though there are many strange and
amusing cases. One little
girl. for instance, was arrested and
convicted in the court FOR being a
sabbath breaker" The. child sold a
neektie on Sunday in her fathers
store on the East Side
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
CITY FIREMAN
AGAIN ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF WHICH HE HAS
BEEN TWICE ACQUITTED -
FRIENDS SAY DEFENDANT IS
VICTIM OF PERSONAL SPITE.

Another warrant has been issued
against Fireman ThiJcamp on tn
same charge of which he has been
twice acquitted once by the commit
Tee on police, jail and lire departments
OF the city council and again by Judge
Judge ], II Robinson after trial upon
warrant. The third attempt TO
prove him guilty Is Instituted before
7. Al Head. the negro justice OF the
peace and the hearing is set for the
18th ms Mr. Whitcamp's friends
regard this matter as having
fallen to the low level of mere per
aecuiion to satisfy some personal
grievance 9th than that which is
alleged in the warrant.
Since their acquittal before Judge
Robinson both Whitcamp and Collins
have been reinstated as members of
the city fire department.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
Aid AdamIess Eden.

No longer need the poor lone
female in New York with no male es
cott in her family to protect her from
the evils that Turk along the Great
White Way refrain from attending
the theatre just because she dislikes
| 10 return home unprotected late AT
night That is, some theatres, for one
already, with others soon to follow
suit has instituted a syS EN- of free
guaranteed escorts of gentemanly
manners and irreproachabe habits
who will accompany lone women safe
to their doors after the show is over
There need be no wild scrambling
for the services of the escorts which
he theatre provides, for according TO
tue rules OF the game AdamleSs Ewes
10 not need TO rush out TO the escort
counter between acts To rake over the
gain All thar Is necessary is to leave
a note at the box office when entering
giving the name Of the unprotected
fair one and the address, to which
she wishes 10 be taken and al the end
Of the performance her escort will Le|
waiting for her-if her applica ion is
received in time, There is no charge
for the service, the escort even pay.
ing tae carfare, but the lady is at
liberty 10 hand her companion FIVE or
ten cents even, for his very own The
experiment is creating much interest
and promises to be a success, since
on he first evening the services OIL
four of the young men were in de-
mand, in spite of the novelty Of the
scheme. Incidentally there is consid |
cradle curiosity as to whether spectl- |
lators vii corner the service of the
best escorts in addition to monopO- |
lizing the best seats Some persons |
profess to fear that when New York |
women discover that they can retain
a reliable male escort por practically
nothing matrimony may become I'M /
popular.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
EVANGELIST IS
COMING TO CAIRO
p. c. CARLlN, OF LEBANON, WILL
OPEN REVIVAL SERVICES
AZ FIRST NJ e. CHURCH
SON WA ASSIST.

T. G. Canin Evangelist Of he NJ
Vernon Methodist district conference
aud his son, H. A. Carlm, Of Lebanon,
H., will open a ser, OF revival meet.
ngs AT the First VI. T.. church Tues
day, February 5th. The public is cor.
dtally invited TO attend these services
and hear The Gospel preached in the
good oldfashioatd way 10 quote the
evangelist During the last year over
i200 conversions were the result of
the minis,ration of The Messrs. Car.
lin.
Mr.. CarIin, Srs It will be remem
bered held 4 very Successful revival
here at the Methodist church last
winner and all who heard his eXhorta-
lions then viii bc glad TO learn that
he Is soon 10 be here again. He is
endowed with rare power In his chos,
IN work.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-04
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the city coun
Gil Of the city of Cairo, Illinois. has
by Ordinance No. III, approved De.
/ cember Is, A. D. 1906, ordered the
/ construction of vitrifed tile pine
sewers house connections and inlets.
ana brick manholes in Twelfth Street
Walnut Street and Washington Avenue
IN he City Of Cairo. Illinois, and that
2Gid Ordinance No. Ill Is on file in the
office OF the City Clerk OF said CITY
If Cairo: and that HE whole of the
cost OF sad Improvement amounting
to Five Thousand and Four Hundred
and Fifty Five Dollars and Seventy.
One Gents, is by the terms Of said Or.
1.nance No. III to be paid bv special
assessment: ana that the said .ify Of
Cairo has applied to the county court
OF Alexander county. Illinois for an
assessment Of the whole OF the cost
II said improvement. according tothe
bcnef Is and In accordance with the
provisions Of said Ordinance: and
an assessment thereof having been
made and returned 10 said court /
the final bearing thereon will
te had ar the February term
4 D 1897 Of said court an the /
court house in the city Of Cairo Hi
nois. on Monday the 25th day OF
February a. D. 1897. al the boar oil
. O'Clock a. IN. of said day. or a. soon
thereafter as the business OF The
court viii permit
All persons desiring may Gle Oh
jet Ons in said court before said dav
and may then and there appear on
ne hearing and make their defense /
The said assessment is payable In
en- lol annual installments. All, fu.
except the frs. will beltl
interest as provided by statute all
be rate Of Eve t5) per cent per al.
ium.
Dated Cairo, Illinois. January SOL
go7.
MICHAEL J HOWLEY,
Comm issione-