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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

May the Lord help you make
Bucklin's Arnica Salve known TO all, :
writes J. G. Jenkins, Of Chapel HILL
N. G. 1t quickly took the pain out Of
felon for me and cured it in won
derfully short time" Best on earth
Tor sores. burns and wounds. 25c at
all drug stores.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

skill and luck with which the banks
steer this section of the country out
oi maze of clearing honse checks,
and payroll checks, and into a normal
condition in which current money will
be as abundant as il was before the
pagJc came ON.
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Is as tOIIOWs
No. of Bldgs.

The discovery Of the structural pos
sibilities of steel is what did it. Mod
ern fireproofing methods-protecting
the steel with unburnable terra Gotta.
and using the same material for floors
and partitions and enclosing elevator
shafts and stairways-made the sky
scrapers parfectly safe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

italists and the common run of one
hundred-share operators. The situa-
ton is therefore very strong. and the
Immediate future depends only on the
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

erage houses in Chicago and the eX
tent of losses in stocks from & apecl
lative point Of view, is measured BIZ
the misfortune of two or three cap.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09
TOTAL SAC, 2so,o 900.

New York. Nov S.-One millioI
lars in gold imported by Lazard
res from Mexico reached this
today making the total so far re
ed. si9.250,O00.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

banks have been increased BY several
millions. Seemingly il is q question
Of i rew weeks at the longest whep
money will be freely in circulation.
Ais awhile there must be consider
able strain So far a. il known 20
persons closely in touch with financial
affairs in Chicago. there is not bank
which may be considered weak AMI
the same Is mainly true throughout
the northwest Small banks which
have no special protection may fail
but there is hardly more Of that sort
OF things now than IN ordinary times,
AS to large corporations there II no
weakness except that which is OBJ
yious to anybody familiar with The re-
ports Of such corporations and their
methods for years past
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Richer Than Ever.

There is no manner OF d0uDht th9t
the northwest is richer now than
ever before. not merely IN fixed as
sets but iii Immediately available cap
ital. As a small illustration it may
be mentioned that the shipments Of
wheat and -four for the nineteen
weeks Of the crop year amount to 81
253.00 bushels against 6S,666000 Of
the corresponding period last year.
and the amount Of money received for
this produce is much greater per unit
than last year 1t Is to be assumed
that shipments from this time on
viii be less active than heretofore
because the supply OF currency is
small. and many farmers refuse to ac-
cept checks This very fact how
ever. shows the producing class are
financially strong enough to sell when
they get ready. The country banks
have more currency than ordinarily
at this time of the year, and are
holding Il for fear II VIII be boarded
by individuals ii paid out The eX-
cess of shipments OF currency over
the receipts in Chicago during Octo-
Der was S24.711,5l0 against $16,765,-
500 of the corresponding month last
year. The banks of Chicago have
been calling loans TO grain men 70
some extent In order to force the pro-
duee to market. Consequently there
has been decline in the price OF az
fieultural products. The amount Of
money that can be realized 70 the.
west from agricultural products Isl
we'll indicated by the fact that the
visible supply of wheat in this coun
trg IL now over 100000 bushels
against 37,090000 year ago while
the price is materially higher.
The situation in the west generally
is better than some other parts Of the
country by virtue of the fact that
speculation has been on a very small
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-09

scale for two or three years past.
Brokerage Firms All Strong.
There has not been a whisper OF
danger to any OF the well known brok-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

not seem awkward and ashamed when
they had Europeans to dinner.
beautiful Afghan horse was given
to Mrs. DAILY for her own riding.
When she went long distances she
journeyed In a sort of horse sedan
chair. covered seat was fastened
upon two long pieces OF wood like
carriage shafts. One horse was hitch
ed between these shafts in front, an
other behind. A man rode upon each
horse, one before and one behind, and
thus the queer cavalcade moved on.
1t was the most out-landish looking
circus ever western woman's eye rest
ed upon.
Hnsbnndry Taught by woman.
Stranger even than the case OF the
western woman doctor at the court of
Afghanistan Is that of the young Penn
sylvania woman. Alice l.. Yoder. who
is actually teaching 900 young Hindoo
women and girls to farm In India ac-
cording to American methods and with
American agricultural machinery
The way 1t started was that Miss
Yoder went to Khamgaon, province Of
Berar. to take charge of a girls or
phanage maintained as missionary
station by the church of sthe United
Brethren. That was seven years ago.
Miss Yoder had studied medicine to fit
her for her work. Arrived at her post
of duty she found a station ravaged
now by cholera and plague, again by
drought and famine. Parents many
a time came to the orphanage end left
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

Be 1t known to Mrs. Kate Daily: The
eldest son OF the Honorable Naib Salar
Mohammed Ameer Khan Is suffering
from the pain in one of his teeth. You
have treat him first with medicines and
then pull the tooth out II you could not
succeed in curing him by the medicine
PRINCE HABIBULLAH KHAN
Another one of the remark able notes
said:
In the name of God. This Is to GER
tify that my daughter had a poisoned
foot, causing abcesses. Our hakims
tried their best. but she could not be
cured. Therefore sent for Mrs. DAILY
who Is one of the servants If the God
granted government of Afghanistan
and is employed as a doctor. She
treated my daughter for a month.
and the foot was cured. Therefore
this was given her as a certificate.
1t is correct.
HABIBILI.AH KHAN.
/ have written and signed 1t with
my own pen.
Likes Western Ways.
Habibullah Is an intense admirer Of
western ways and the English manner
of eating. Once Mrs. DAILY was COM
missioned on trip to India to buy
complete outfit of western table,
officials might practice eating with a
knife and fork instead of in the usual
oriental fashion, with their fingers.
This was done that the Afghanistan
ruler and his high dignataries might
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The last nation to be a wakened in
The matter of giving women education
and freedom has been China. Since
the awakening foot binding has been
abolished and daily paper for women
has been established in Picking. Num-
bers of young Chinese women are
studying for professions in the col
leges of America. Several physicians
have finished their medical courses and
gone back home to minister to wo-
men and children. Last year young
Chinese woman was graduated In dem
lstry In this country.
AS to Japan, there are nearly as
many new women In Japan as in
America, and the Empress herself is
at the head of them.
The Medical Missionary.
Medical women missionaries of west
ern nations have been the especial
messengers Of enlightment to their Sex
in the orient. The white woman
doctor is permitted to go into harem
and zenana, into which no white wo-
man religious missionary would be al
lowed even to peep. The western wo-
man doctor has no designs on the theo-
logy of her patients. She simply goes
to relieve their bodily ailments, with
never a word about converting them.
Her skill, wisdom and gentleness are
word sermon--on the worth of the
white mans religion.
The white woman physician has in
several instances become a permanent
attache at Asiatic courts. The present
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

Miss Yoder Is accomplishing meal
culable good. not only in teaching the
feminine sex in India, where only one
native woman in six can read, but by
practically inculating improved farm
ing methods In a region where before
her arrival men still used the primi-
tive wooden plows of Bible times.
Mrs. e. II. Wellman Is an American
woman who travels on foot often from
place TO place in India, helping the ma
tive women and tightening their heavy
burdens, at the same time enlightening
them so they will know better how to
throw of these grevious burdens for
themselves.
Remarkable Parsee Women.
Parsee women have more liberty
and are better educated than any
others of their sex In India. 1t is not
strange, therefore. that the most re-
markabie native woman In India Is
a Parsee, Mrs. Sorabji Kharsedji. She
and her husband are the first Parsees
ever converted to Christianity. They
have eighteen children, seven daught-
ers educated for professions. as Ameri-
can women are. Cornelia Sorabji, one
daughter, is the first motive indian
woman lawyer. She has a commission
from the British government to look
after the financial interests of Hindoo
women and children. She has TAX
en- the hapless Hindoo widows under
her especial protection. Another
daughter, Alice, is a physician and has
government appointment in one OF the
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and will welcome anarchy, a people
coming from foreign lands who will
bring them the murderous teachings
and practices OF the Malta and Black
There did exist at one time in Naples
the Camorra, a society of the criminal
and absolute who live by black MALI
ing. but II is dead and done for these
Sicily the Malta, society OF loose or
ganiZation. each band of a dozen or so
having no knowledge of another bands
doings. This was also a Matchmaking
organization. but it too is dead and
gone. And bark We. gentlemen, who
would put up the educational test! The
Malta In its day was a criminal aris-
tocracy. composed of impecunious coi-
iege men, broken down storekeeperE
too proud to beg, and people of the im-
poyerished higher classes generally.
Now as TO the Black Hand No
Italian knows what 1t means until he
has learned to read newspaper In the
English language. 1t Is a purely
American invention. The name is
used in the United states for black
mailing purposes. by Italian crooks as
well as others, but 1t is very wrong to
charge to the Italian people the crimes
committed in its name. Nobody In
Italy ever heard OF II.
While I am about It." says the au-
thor of the Appleton article, let mo
briefly reply to some other slurs habf-
tually cast upon Italians by the ignor-
ant
1.-The Italians are Anarchists.
The Italians built a nation. That
would be sufficient answer. But per-
init me to strengthen it.. Bolton King
of Today: The gentle italian nature
Is repugnant to creed whose means
are cruel, and II is noteworthy that
the notorious Italian political assassins
their anarehism has been imported
from abroad
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ameer of Afghanistan, Habibullah,
Khan, has had for some years an Eng
fish woman physician, Mrs. Kate DAILY,
as chief medical inspector and director
of his court and harem. She held the
same office in the court of MS father,
the late Ameer 'Abdurrahman Khan.
Nine years ago the intrepid English
woman received her official appoint
ment and travelled through Khyber
pass to Kabul, the ameer's capital.
house was given to her to live in. and
when she went into the streets the
ameer insisted on providing her with
a guard OF Afghan soldiers. A mot
ley looking crew they were, resem-
bling the original ragged regiment.
They seemed to be clad In the CASTOR
military uniforms of a dozen different
nationalities of soldiers. and one wore
the coat of a London railway porter.
Their countenances showed their blood
to be as mixed as their uniforms. CIV
ing evidence of Tartar, Chinese, Hin
doc and various other descen.s.
Oriental Gratitude.
Both ameers paid Mrs. DAILY much
honor and were grateful for her SER
vice. The present ruler wrote her let
ters expressing his gratitude while
he was yet a prince. He has done the
same since he came to the throne. He
wrote the letters with his own hand
and signed them, then had them trans
lated into English by some of his lin
gusts. Quaint and amusing are these
TRANSACTIONS. One reads:
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II you are a tall woman then you
can indulge in one of the dotted fou-
1ards in a shade of blue. I have seen
one at the dressmaker's trimmed with
red to be worn with a hat trimmed
with cherries. It had the long arm
scye Stimulating a cape effect, which
is the very latest for emaciated-oth-
erwise acknowledgements.
Don't the dressmakers enjoy them
selves in the merry springtime!
Twenty-Five for the making II I
furnished the material said one
modiste to me. but If the customer
furnishes the material, why it's thirty
five"
"Oh, get the material by all meansr'
I innocently remarked Il want you
to get your commission. only I shall
pick the color out myself and then
bring you the sample. How much
shall I tell them to reserve?'
Ten yards" she said without a
blush Now as the material was for
ty-fve inches wide and So a yard. I
hesitated.
But, yes. she needed ten yards-not
an inch less.
So / picked out the goods and told
the clerk to reserve ten yards.
Later in the day I was going through
the same store when the clerk spoke
to me.
What shall I do with the remain
ing two yards, Miss Clyde " he said
Two yards?" / gasped.
YES, the dressmaker has just sent
for eight yards. and you reserved
ten"
"Oh-am--m r1-and pay for ten
I remarked as the truth broke in upon
me slowly.
The clerk felt sorry for me They
do It all the time, maam,' he said,
with a sad expression.
But She Is Outwitted.
An hour later l stood at the Dress
makers door.
Madame, there has been a mistake
I remarked crisply. Your errand girl
ordered only eight yards for my gown.
Now. to be sure I told you I wished
to be economical, but not as economical
as all that. So since you told me you
need ten yards kindly send for the
other two, and l want very full
skirtw
At tho beginning of MY speech she
had turned a delicate pea green, now
she was biushing like peony.
THE idea OF her having made such
a mistake" she cried and dashed into
the sewing room.
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their babies. themselves going away to
die Of starvation. Miss Yoder had not
even water supply sufficient for her
charges.
Yankee energy and resourcefulness
rose to the occasion.
Reforms Ancient Customs.
The antique custom OF carrying wa
ter on womens heads still prevailed,
precisely as in the Bible times. Miss
Yoder had wells dug and walled and
lined with stone. She found the ma
tive laborers Ignorant OF the right way
to wall a well that the work had to
be done several times over before
II was satisfactory. Then Miss Yoder
got two oxen and made them drive
power that lifted water from her
American force pumps and now has
abundant water supply for her or
chards and gardens, while the poor
Hindoo's crops around her are dying
from drought.
The Hindoo butter producing ami
NAL such as 1t Is, Is the buffalo cow
OF the species used as beasts of burden
throughout India. Miss Yoder has a
herd of thirty OF these, which her
There are also goats to supply milk
for the smallest children at the or
phanage. 1t takes four Hindoo girls
to milk a goat one to hold the
creatures head. another It's hind legs,
a third to hold the pail. while the
fourth does the actual milking.
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great admirer of his illustrious great
uncle. the first Napoleon, whom he re-
CARDS as a mighty soldier but devoid
of such higher qualities of mind as are
indispensable to the highest forms or
human character. 1t Is related that
once when Mr.. Bonaparte was discuss-
ing Napoleon with a celebrated Catho-
lie prelate he remarked that he had
some misgiving as to just which OF the
realms his illustrious kinsman was now
inhabiting in the spirit world. A, vein
of irony runs through Mr. Bonapartes
conversation and this Is the only trait
in common between him and the great
Corsican.
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What Women Are
Wearing, Doing and Saying

nothing to be had under s65 or SIS,
and I wish ] could show you a dress
I brought home from Paris at the for
mer price. 1t Is of finest chiffon wolfe,
trimmed with fine valenciennes. plait-
ings of red taffeta and cherries en-
broidered by hand. For the same sum
here in New York / am SHOWN a
Jumper dress" of none too good ma
terials either and strictly machine
sewed.
We have something to learn about
ready made costumes from Paris 1t
would seem.
These Are Bargains still.
Linens and lingerie frocks are de-
lightful exceptions to what have said.
1 want to tell you that we are catch
ing on to the French embroidery eff
fects wonderfully, and we are also
learning to get up pretty effects cheap
ly as they do over there.
1 have just purchased pony suit
of blue linen for STATS, and 1t is most
pretti1y ornamented on both jacket
and skirt. / am sure 1t looks as II 1t
had cost twice that sum. Then / have
seen pretty blouses from SIS to 81 that
looked positively handmade Some Of
them had quite a bit OF embroidery,
too.
Hats That are Worth While.
When I come to the subject OF hats
I become positively enthusiastic. They
are as pretty as the tailor mades are
ugly. Decided tones may not be pref
ty In costumes. but they are charming
in hats. The shapes are nearly all
short In front. designed to show the
waves of the hair. Brilliant blues and
russell browns, mingled with orange,
are used to trim ecru straw shapes
very artistically 1 notice few ostrich
plumes, but a great many fancy feath-
ers on the paradise order. The brims
of many imported models show a tub
effect quite as If the brim of a small
sailor had been bent down all the way
around.
As To The Hair.
To be strictly up to date one must
fix ones hair in three puffs (bought at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

was being made for her. I didn't like
the hat at all and said so.
We'll. my dear" she conf1ded to
me. Il am not crazy about II myself,
but I can't afford to go to a good
place" / thought of the lunch and
said nothing. The lunch was gone, but
she would have to wear the hat all
spring.
Subsequently I learned on good au-
thority that she keeps a roll of bills
amounting to $500 In her top bureau
drawer. Won't even put into the bank
Just boards It.
Can you beat that!
A Further Instance.
Another woman l know well off.
too-hates to spend money for cut
flowers when she entertains. Still one
must put something in the center OF
the table to be sure, SO she has bought
some artificial pinks. which ] must
say are perfect limitations. They are
even perfumed. and she puts them with
real mainderhair fern in a cut glass
bowl containing tiny bit of water.
The other day she gave luncheon
and everybody admired the flowers.
One guest especially who Is very fond
of blossoms kept worrying because
there was so little water In the bowl
She was afraid they would wilt.
MY dear. do send the maid out for
more water" she entreated. IT POSI-
lively can see those lovely blossoms
willing. You don't know how to take
care of flowers" Then she reached
forth her hand, touching one. of the
pinks tenderly.
And a strange. peculiar expression
came over her face.
So much for the economies of tho
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

her mother-in-law, was trying on
small effects. The mother-in-law re-
marked quite innocently (D: MY
dear. 1 don't quite like those little
things. There are some faces which
ought always to be under broad brim-
med hatsr"
Can't they say things. thought
Popular Brown Shade.
There is one color above all others
which Is stunning this spring, and
that Is the leather shade of brown
which goes perfectly with tan belts.
purses and shoes. To be strictly smart
with this sort of costume everything
should match.
A friend Is having a leather brown
wolfe princess dress made to be worn
with different guimpes. With this
goes a little pony coat of renaissance
lace dyed the same shade of brown
and trimmed with velvet ribbon any
tiny gold buttons. Then, of course.
she will wear a burnt straw hat
trimmed with brown and tan stock
ings and low shoes, also elbow length
gloves of tan and a purse of the same
shade.
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hospitals in India. third daughter
is married to an English army off,
Ger. The rest are teachers.
Some years ago Mrs. Sorabji founded
In Poona. her home city. four schools
for pupils OF four different religions
Mohammedan. Parsee. Hindoo and En-
glish Christian. Her daughter Susie,
a gifted. earnest young woman, has
lately been in America Iecturing and
collecting educational funds. While
she was away her mother. now seven
ty-one years old. acted as superin-
tendant of all four OF the schools
Helen Gould gave Miss Sorabji $1,000.
First Woman Orator.
Susie Sorabji is the first motive wo-
man that ever made a public speech IN
India. 1t was at the meeting OF the
parliament OF religions In Bombay.
At the close of the last session OF
the parliament Miss SorabJi. trying to
get out Of the crowd by short cut,
pushed back a grating opening into
narrow corridor and found herself In
the midst of ffty high caste Hindoo wo-
men who had secreted themselves there
that they might hear the proceedings
OF the parliament without their PRES
ence being known. They were not
allowed to attend the meetings openly.
LILLIAN GRAY.
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There Is loud tones she berated the
poor little scapegoat, and then as the
latter feebly demonstrated 1 heard a
whisper which soundedly suspiciously
like. Shut up, you little idiot!
Why didn't I take my goods away?
I think she Is a good dressmaker.
Any woman who reads this well un-
derstands.
Our Little Peculiarities.
Isn't It odd how some people have
queer streaks?
I'VE are all of us shoddy in some
one thing" remarks a friend, and I
believe she's right.
You, of course. have read how
John p. Rockefeller's daughter be-
lieved she had a good chance of dying
of starvation, and she used to beseech
the servants to be more careful of saw
ing the crusts
Well. without possessing her money
a certain acquaintance of mine pretty
well off will shop a whole day to save
a few cents. She wanted a particular
shade of pink parasoi hard to find all
ready made. and we saw one in win
dow marked $3.50, which I thought
was so reasonable I wanted to rush
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

right into the store and get 1t before
any one else did.
But, no! She hesitated and finally
said, DO you know think II looked
around a bit could get one for $3.50"
Ultimately she had to go back to the
store and buy the $3.50 parasol. In
the meanwhile I am sure she had worn
out the difference in shoes and silk
stockings.
One day she rang me up on the tele-
phone and asked me to go to lunch
with her We went to an expensive
place and the bill came up to a good
figure. Afterward she took me to a
very shabby little millinery shop
where she fused and worried for an
hour over a cheap little turban that
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Going Around Eithe- to foot stun
Striped or spotted. ningly at one
half the cost of having the same things
made TO order And the colors and
materials would be in excellent taste.
Not As OF Wore.
Now you can't do 1t to save your
life. Let us take up the question of
tailor made suits. for instance. The
prices are higher than ever, and the
patterns-mercy upon us, checks
plaids and stripes of the loudest de-
scription. have not seen n solid coll
or in a simple style such as you would
get in the workshop of any first class
tailor.
1t looks to me as II every one were
going around either striped or spotted
this season--that is. all but the really
well dressed women who will think
twice before they caricature them
selves in the new novelty" materials
And Now Prices Soar.
AS for the gowns, there is little or
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Is no regular
crown, the top
of the hat be-
l n 6 wrinkled
up like folds
of cloth and
held down with
" e ! v e I straps.
AT one side
there Is a cream
bird Of para
d | s e g Z I e c /
dropping over
the hair. The
straw Is q rich
gold tone, very
coarse. and the
velvet reddish
brown.
By the way,
s p e a k | n & o (
hats, n friend,
accompanied by