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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
HAD TO GO ON IN AUTO.
Machine Wouldn't Stop and Owner
Tried to Wear IL Out.

John p. Julius, a prominent plano
dealer, Of York, Pa, and an enthusi-
astic automobilist, engaged with his
electric auto In an endurance run
which he will not soon forget, While
driving along through the city streets
something went wrong with the
mechanism of his car and he found
that he was unable to stop IL. Though
moving at lively clip the cars pace
was within the speed limit, and Mr..
Julius, with great presence OF mind,
steered 1t on, meanwhile giving his
spare attention to search for the
trouble. This search he finally aban-
doned, and then began the endurance
run, which continued up hill and down
through the streets and over country
roads for several hours The machine
continued to bowl merrily on. and Mr.
Julius was in despair, when he passed
garage and managed to attract the
attention of mechanic, who jumped
aboard and by removing a few plugs
brought up the runaway.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

The river marked 2S7 on the Cairo
uge last evening, showing a fall OF
oS of a foot in "a hours.
Rising rivers were reported yester.
Gay from points above here as fol
L VS.: Pittsburg 0.3, Parkersburg or
Cincinnati IL. Guntersville, OF, Flor
ence Oh. Johnsonville 0.2.
The Beaver from ST Louis went 20
Evansville yesterday with one empty
barge and barge of lumber.
The City of Savannah came out
from the Tennessee river yesterday
morning. clearing for St Louis at 2
a. m.
The City Of st. Joseph from Padu-
cab went to Paducah.
The Charlotte Boeekler came IN
from the lower river yesterday with
two barges of wood for the Southern
Wood Supply company.
The oleander. from Mound City
went to Memphis yesterday afternoon
The Dick Fowler came out from Pa
ducah yesterday with a good passen-
ger trip. She also does a good regu-
lar freight business. She will be the
Paducah packet today.
The City of Saltillo. from st. Louis.
was in port last evening bound for
Tennessee river. She had party Of
excursionists on board.
The Wash Honshell came up with
lumber yesterday.
The Ferd Herold will be in port
today from Memphis bound for ST
] ouis. she put of 4.409 packages al
Memphis.
The Georgia Lee left Memphis last
evening for Cairo and Cincinnati. She
viii be in this port tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
TIER HOUSE
Put IN ORDER
BY :. z. KisER.

In one Of the most beautiful suburbs
OF Chicago house has b zen put In
order after having been deserted for
more than year Oh General In
compatibility began to interfere In
the affairs OF the Braytons after they
had been married few years, and
the result was divorce. Mrs, Bray
ton---the name oi Brayton Is used
here only because II Is convenient
went to Europe shortly after sacur-
ing her freedom, and her husband re-
manned on this side to furnish the all
nlony and live at a c,'b. whore he
sometimes probably found II rather
lonely Their friends thou. ut 1t was
a shame that two such peonle were
unable to get along togeth r, The
Brayton home, while 1t ha lasted,
had been jolly place. Its destruc-
tion was severe blow to the society
of which 1t was a part. Mrs Bray
tons friends tried to persuade her,
before it was too late, to withdraw
her petition for divorce, but she de-
clared that she could never again love
the man who had thrown her clothes
on the floor because he had found
them hung In his closet, and who had
told her to her face that she talked
SO much that the sound of her vo.cs
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Not Equal to LuxurIes.

A dapper young man took a seat on
bench in Madison Square Park, says
the New York Press. Summing him.
self at the other end OF the bench was
as fine specimen OF the genus hobo
as ever disfigured landscape. After
seating himself the dapper young man
drew handsome silver case from his
pocket and extracted therefrom a Gig
arctic. With the cigarette between
his teeth, he drew out silver match
box, to find 1t empty. Swapping down
the lid. he turned to the tramp, hest
tated, then said: Il beg pawdon, my
friend, but do you happen to have
match?" Hands plunged into his trou-
sers' pockets and legs sprawled out
before him, the tramp surveyed his
neighbor with an air of deep melan-
choly. Say" he muttered hoarsely,
who do you think | AM. Pierpont
Morgan"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

made his ears ache. Wallace Bray
ton, on his part, put his friends off,
when they went to him, by declar-
Ing that he might as we'll be asked
to live with wildcat as with a wom-
an who kicked his collars under the
bed IL he happened to leave them on
her dresser and who deliberately
spoiled some OF his choicest books
because she had an idea that he
thought more of them than he thought
of her.
1t was at the theater that Brayton
and his former wife happened to see
each other for the first time after
the lady's return from Europe. Mrs.
Brayton sat in box with some
friends. Brayton had a seat down
we'll in front, where, by slightly turn
ing his head, he could face the lady
who had once been his wife.
Here is the rest of the story, as he
told it himself the other day:
Il had queer sort Of a feeling
when | saw her there. The words
and gestures all brought back certain
scenes and episodes in our life and.
somehow, caused me to rather wish
that our case might end as the play
ended. There ] sat and blubbered
some. / guess, and thought good
deal about the foolishness Of people
who rush into the divorce courts with.
out waiting for the raw edges to wear
off, If one may put 1t that way Say,
that plays a great sermon, do you
know it? Well, on the night | saw
Alice sitting there / was inclined to
get up and go out at first. She
looked down at me rather contemptu-
ously from the box where she sat,
rugged up like queen, and I felt
pretty cheap. But she forgot her
high and mighty way along about the
time 1t looked as If Mrs. Karslake
was going to marry the judge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
False SiQnal.

"You don't believe In romance, eh?'
said the old boarder. You bet your
tintype don't" sighed the young man
with the bandage around his head. Il
had my share" How was that?"
We'll. you see was forbidden to call
on my best girl and every night she
would sit out on the balcony and at
certain hour strike a match. That
would be the signal for me to stick
my head through the vines and kiss
her" "Ah, very poetic" Yes but
the other night / saw the match flare
up. stuck my head through the vines
and got the worst thrashing ever re-
ceived. You see. the old man hap
pened to be out there lighting his
pipe"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS SESSION
SALOON LICENSES TRANSFERRED
POSTS OF STREET ARCH TO
BE ENcASED-HUckS TO
BE TAxED-NO WHIskEY IN
BLOCK AZ.

The first regular July meeting OF
the city council was held last night
Mayor Parsons and all members ex'
eepting Alderman Thistlewood were
present. and the business of the meet.
ing was all routine, there being little
.or no discussion.
Reports of officers were received
referred or filed.
A. B. Arey was permitted to trans
fer saloon license from 1907 to 2S05
Commercial.
Saloon licenses at BIS Commercial,
2101 Poplar 26O1 Commercial. and
COS Ohio street were transferred from
Louis Herbert to Louis Herbert Co.
Saloon license at S13 Ohio street
was transferred from A. B. Menser &
Joseph Woodruff to w. r. Webster.
Bond for saloon at 1915 Commercial
by NJ. HOODS was approved, also
plumbers bond Of w. J. Boyle.
Ordinance by Alderman Nellis pro-
hibiting saloon in block AZ, first addi-
ton to city was adopted.
Salary bill was allowed and mis-.
cellaneous claims and accounts were
referred to committees.
Resolution by Alderman Meehan
that license be collected from all
hUcksters and that city attorney offer
any amendments to ordinance that
may be necessary to this end was
adopted
Resolution by Alderman Nellis that
posts Of street arch at Eighth and
Commercial be encased in wood. as
protection TO people in case wires
broke and fell on and charged same
with electricity. Adopted.
Resolution by Nellis for cement
walk on south side of Center street
v as adopted.
Building petitions were referred to
building committee among these
being one from the Christian church
20 move old church house from pres
INT location at Sixteenth and Poplar
% Nineteenth and Walnut.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
AFFECTION or THE NERVES.



"Stammering is often more the re
suit Of habit than from any defect o.
the vocal organs" says Prof Il. l.
Payycr 1T Is generally, II not a.
ways, caused BY spasm OF tho
larnyx. resulting from nervous con
traction OF the organs, thus refusing
10 prmit proper flow OF the air cur
rent producing tone. People rarely
or never stammer when singing, fol
thea the attention is divided between
the words and music, the nervousness
Is momentarily forgotten and the pas
sage OF the air current through the
larnyx Is continuous and unobstructed
Stammering very often is the result
or Imitation. sometimes intentional
sometimes unconscious, and the af
Fiction Is much more general thar
might be supposed In one compare
lively small section OF the city there
are 80 stammerers, and every one of
them is able to demonstrate to his
own satisfaction not only that he does
not stammer very badly. but that
some other person he knows STAN
mers a great deal worse than himself
Every stammerer Is intensely sensi
tive about his infirmity rarely for,
gives and never does forget any allu
sion TO 1t which in his mind savors
OF ridicule.-St. Louis Globe-Demo.
crat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
CAIRO PROPERTY INCREASED
NEAR THREE MILLION DOLLARS
Total Assessed Value For City Just Completed Is
$1OO63, 1870 As Against 81, 800, 305 Last
Year-Increase In County $864,495

County Assessor Fred d. Nellis mas
finished an important piece OF work
for the people OF Cairo and Alexander
county, the reassessment OF all the
personal and real property that is sub
iect to taxation. Ordinarily only the
personal property is assessed, the real
estate valuation being left TO be re-
adjusted every fourth year. This Is
the fourth year since the realty Of
this city and county has been passed
under the critical eye of the assessor
and Alderman Nellis had somewhat
difficult task to perform, as there had
been many and very decided changes
in the conditions and values of realty
in both city and county since the last
valuation was set, so that the work
of his predecessor was no guide for
him. But Mr.. Nellis did his work
carefully and conscientiously. putting
in forty-five days himself with horse
and buggy, viewing every piece of
and fixing its value within
very moderate limits according to his
best Judgment. He found many valua-
tons which even under previous con-
ditions seemed absurd and he brought
all M to what he considers uniform
ly fair basis. Iii most cases he con-
suited the owners OF the properly and
came to an understanding with them
and in nearly every case a mutual
agreement was reached that a ma
terial advance in the valuation would
be fair. Mr. Nellis says Block 43,
where the Cairo G. Thebes depot
stands. was valued at $4,000 before
he improvement; the figure now is
$4,000 and all the property acquired
ny this corporation has been ma
advanced. The values on
ohio street lots were from 5000 to
1900 He fixed the value at $1,000 |
While most of the owners hold them |
1t from $500 to $500. Some of the
me farm lands in the Drainage Dis |
rict which stood valued at $S5 and |
80 per acre he raised TO $500 and
$50 per acre.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
A Substitute,

Being very close-fisted Mason had
never allowed himself the costly habit
OF smoking. He always felt himself o
loser when anyone treated to cigars.
But on one occasion. when the party
he was with entered a stationery and
cigar store, he made up his mind to
have his share Of the treat. Wont
you smoke this time?" asked the lead
er. NO. thank you" replied Mason;
"but II you don't mind. believe III
take a pencil."-Iarper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Apple. Preserved In Ice.

J. c. Braunbeck. Of Wallis Run,
Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, adopt
ed unique method of preserving his
apples last fall He built bin In the
orchard seven feet wide. IA feet long
and three feet high. In the bottom of
this he put straw. then filled 1t with
apples. putting straw on the sides and
ends. Then he placed straw and corn
stalks on top. He dug a ditch around
II to keep the water from standing
there. Some water. however. found
its way through the top and formed
ice about each of the apples, but they
we're not disturbed until the ice had
all melted. The apples we're sound,
crisp and without a wrinkle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Mothers Advice.

Andrew Carnegie is famous for
the excellent advice that he gives to
poor young men.
I'm considerable fear" said New
York millionaire, Il once consulted
Mr. Carnegie about a new venture.
The business looked as though !.
ought to be profitable. There seemed
to be a public need of 1t. Still. there
was some risk involved. and | was
afraid.
But Mr.. Carnegie laughed at my
fears
"'If IL Is a good thing. plunge in.
he said. Fear is old-womanish. Feat
Is what keeps untold millions from
making fortunes. When Benjamin
Franklin thought of starting a pa
per In Philadelphia. his mother.
greatly alarmed. tried to dissuade
him. She pointed out that there
were already two newspapers In
America"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
. ON THE RIVERS
Dick Fowler viii Not Run 10 Cairo
july 4th-offers Special Excur-
sion Rates Today.

Cant Marx Cole. of the steamer
Dick Fowler. authorizes the announce
llcat tlat he steamer Dick Fowler
no. run 10 Cairo on July I, but
Il run iafee or four excursions from
] lucah mp Cumberland river to
sens Cave, which is an attractive
fsoet about seventeen miles from
siaeaa TIE cave is an interesting
It's "a Gazing under several c0an
In Kentucky, and is often visited
t0aris $.
Capt Cole says Cairoites In parties
twelve on more, who may wish
Padncah for the Fourth can
Ell today ana return Friday, fDr a
4 rrl trip fare Of 81. Single fares
go.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

could see her sort of gasping as
preparations were completed for the
wedding, and when the divorced won.
an that everybody In the audience
wanted to go back to her husband
started with the other man toward
the altar to be married to him |
could see Alice go white. She was
living over her own experience. and
so was |, and you ought to have seen
her clapping her hands and wiping
her eyes when the lady on the stage
at the last moment refused to take
the wrong step, Hs1wing that there
was but one man In the world for her
the man from whom she had Sc
cured a divorce.
1T was during the last act, though,
that Alice began TO clearly see things
in their right light, guess. Anyhow,
| saw her standing up, half hidden be-
hind a curtain and waving a very
soppy handkerchief when the two who
had been divorced decided to try their
fortunes together again. don't re-
member just how it happened that |
was standing at the end of the aisle
through which | knew she and her
friends would have TO pass on their
way out, but ! was there. and-well,
she didn't go home in their carriage.
But. say, you can't imagine how queer
a fellow feels when he's asking his
own wife to marry him. not being
dead sure whether she'll say yes or
no."
Therefore a house has been put in
order In one Of the most beautiful
suburbs of Chicago.-Chicago Record
Herald
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
ELECTS OFFICERS
Miners Union Reflect Meyer and
Haywood - Appoint Seven Dele
gates to Chicago Convention.

Denver, July 2.-The Western Fed
eraiicn Of Miners by the passing cleo
ton Of president and secretary-treas-
lrer today continued Meyer at the
head Of the organization and Haywoo !
In the secretaryship. c. F. Mahoney
was reelected vice president. Robert
Randall. OF Goldfeld. New. was elect
ed a member Of the executive board
Randall was read out Of the United
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Cot No BIDS.

Cincinnati Enquirer: "Un'tel
!. ates Engineer Lieut.. Col. W. II. Ros
rel was very much chagrined yester
DAY when no bid materialized for the
construction of a concrete dam at the
head of Marietta Island. in the Ohio
liver. The cost of the undertaking as
estimated by Col. Rossell is about $50
600. The only way that he can &C
count for the failure to receive any
bids is that contractors are in fea- Of
high water. He will have to readver-
fise for proposals. The proposed dam
viii be about 300 feet long"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

Mr.. Nellis says that while he
raised the value very generally, and
the total of his assessment In both
city and county shows very decided
increase, he does not believe that his
valuations will average more than Go
or 10 per cent of the actual value of
the property But he has tried to be
fair to all and as easy as he felt he
dared to be and perform his duty
conscientiously. But he met with
very unpleasant experiences and says
he does not want me Job again four
years hence.
THE ASSESSMENT.
Mr.. Nellis has given his assess.
ment roll into the hands Of the
printer. This roll viii not give the
valuation fixed by him, but one-ffth
OF that valuation, which Is the taxable
value of the property. In other words,
the law requires that the assessor
shall place full fair value upon the
and that one-ffth of this
value shall be taxed. If he has fixed
the value of lot AT 800, the owner
Of the lot vii be required to pay taxes
only $40, and the latter figure is pub
lished as the valuation in the assess
ment roll. The totals of the full
as made by Mr.. Nellis, on
all the property in Cairo and Alexan-
Ter county. as compared with the
on the same made in 1906,
are as follows:
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
MEET REQUIREMENTS.

Springfield, H., July 2,-The trus,
Zee OF the Blackburn University, of
Carinville. announced today that the
people OF Carllnville had raised $751;.
900 and the Presbyterian churches Of
Central Illinois $2l 900, thus covering
the requirements of Andrew Carnegie,
who agreed TO donate 500 900 10 the
University Endowment fund, II the
college raised $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

Mine Workers at Indianapolis two
years ago for preferring charges
against President John Mitchell and
for offering to prove that Mitchell
was traitor. Seven delegates were
also chosen to represent the fedora
tion at the national conference in Chi
cago October /. J. D. Cannon. Ed
Obryne, VIM. d. Wilson, VIM. Will
r. j. Lewis, Chas. Fl. Meyer and VIM
ID. Haywood.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
PUBLIC INVESTIGATION.

Washington, July 2.-It was said
today by member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission that findings
in the case of Edward I'll. Hartman
which has been under investigation
by a commission for several months
would be completed and made public
probably within two weeks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
FIRE THREATENS TOWN.

Whitwell. Tenn. July 2.--Flre
which started in the store of the
Whitwell Mercantile Company, short
ly before midnight is still raging and
Is little chance TO stop the fire as the
only means of fighting II is with
buckets
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
l4Frbor 20 still Alive.

t Y 9uisWaterways Journal says:
II has feen reported. without founda
4 j Or truth, that Harbor No. % Of
"a city had forfeited their charter,
matter of fact Capt viii KEEL
! Of Harbor No 2S forwarded 10
z art. b. F. Perkins, grand captains
clark fthe national harbor. the har-
or's per capita tax for this year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

the mouth. not much change during
the next SO hours.
The Mississippi, from below st.
Louis to Cairo, and the Wabash, at
Mt. Carmel, will continue falling dur
ing the next SO to As hours.
~ NJ CUNNINGHAM,
Observer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
scHMlTz TO RUN AGAIN.

San Francisco, July Mayor
Schmitz, who Is awaiting sentence un-
der conviction Of extortion, in an IA
tervaw this afternoon authorized the
Associated Press to say he will be a
candidate for reelection to the fourth
term and that he has already begun
preliminary work of his campaign.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
OWLS WILL MEET.

There will be a regular meeting of
the Order Of Owls tonight (Wednes-
day. at O'Clock sharp. All members
are requested TO be present as bust
ness Of importance is TO be trans
acted, including initiation, luncheon
and smoker. BY order Of
THOS. B. FLAGLER.
President
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
It's TIE Rronue

why do we call a handcuff a
Bracelet asked the commissioner Of
an Irish recruit at a recent police ex-
animation. Faith. bekase 1t is In
tended for artist" replied the appll-
cant And he got the position at
once.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
THE WEATHER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
As..sF4ay's Cairo Temperatures.
leral Conditions.

Yesterday was very comfortable
~ pieed WITH the day before, there
] 8g a clear sky and a pleasant
G en- of air. The government
] .lciin rtported measurable rains
I ~ points, east of the Mississippi
3 ia So 10 Of the Ohio river The OK
trenes or temperature We're liz At
Pncenlx Ariz.. and as at Winnamncca
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Yesterdays River Forecasts.

The Ohio, at Evansville and Nj
Vernon. will continue falling during
next &c to as hours. At Paducsh
aad Cairo, viii continue falling during
- next several days.
The Tennessee, from Florence 10
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

Co. totals .s3.254. 410. .s405S,9o5
The grand totals are s10.55I715 for
1906, and s14.122,0S5 for 1907. or an
increase this year of s3.564,370, of
which $2,759,S75 is in the city and
sS04, 495 is in tine county.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Washington Forecast.

Washington, July 2.-ILLlNOlS.--
Far "Wednesday, warmer except In
the eyt,ene south; Thursday, fair
md wGrae r in the east, with light
variable winds becoming south.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
forecasts For Today

Cairo ald vicinity: Fair.
Illinois, Fair, warmer extreme
north ror on.
Ieatuc' ii Generally fair; moder-
ate ealcrature.
Toaaes ees Partly cloudy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Strono italian Tobaeeu.

Italy has the reputation of manu-
featuring some of the strongest
smokes In the world.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

Subscribe for the Bulletin and get
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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

The Truth About Mischief. -
French proverb: Mischief cones By
the pound and goes away BY the ounce
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
Beware Of Vanity.

Vanity will overthrow the strongest
virtues and leaves US at last In the
vale Of vice.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

James Depriest. barkeeper at Dun
Mary's Infirmary yesterday afflicted
with appendicitis and will probably be
operated upon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS

Mrs. Anne Fitzgerald and children
Of Center street, left yesterday for
Murphysboro and st. Louis to visit
friends and relatives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-03

Read the Bulletin and get all the
news while Il IL news
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-12-12
The Weather Prophets.

The weather this year seems
to have been. especially calcu.
lated to brins confusion upon
the long range prophets. So
far az the records are recalled
they failed to guess right in a
single instance They made
their last stand and sta ked their
reputation on, the first week Of
December They all agreed
that we were to have a cold
wave aud blizzard by d cember
5th. Yet on SuudSy. December
9th, people 'diued With their
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-12-12
The merchants who advertlse

The merchants who advertise
in The Herald have the
goods aud they have the enter
prise to tell the people what
they have got. Hheu a man
does not advertise he is too
much of 4 back number to keep
up with the profession in these
lively days. You can general
ly depend upon it that the great
mass of goods on bis counters
iS old stock brought out and
busted up in order to deceive
the purchasers into the belief
that it's 4 stock of new Christ
mas goods.-Quucy Herald -
Tou can bank your life on this
proposition, The successful
business man is the one who
bidG for trade, because the peO-
pie read and 60 where they are
invited. If the mail order house
would stop advertising for six
mouths It would be compelled
to close Ate DOORS