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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

parently lost In : deep reverie. 49,
wearing on his head an absurd mcdel
OF . top-hat. On hearing NY footsteps
he rose and shamb.sd across the grass
to meet me. bis hat which was ~
cured with an elastic band) cocksd
knowingly over one eys.
why. you remember him" cried
the boy. This Is The dog bought ~
the farm. We call him Marcus Az
relius because he's always. meditating.
He's awfully clever; I've taught him
heaps Of tricks"
The animal sauntered up and wiped
bis paws on my trousers by way OF
greeting.
Hello Marc!r said his master. "sit
up"
The dog promptly hopped down full
length on the grass
Il didn't tell you to die" cried the
boy. Sit up you little blacasuard!"
Marc, with his top-hat hanging mn
der his chin Ike nose-bag, rolled
over and entertained us by dying
on his back. M
That's just like him" said the boy;
its the easiest trick he's got; and
whenever | tell him to do anything
else ne always viii die; he won't Sit
up Or run round after his tall"
Mare having died" for what he
considered reasonable length OF
time now rose To his feet and saun
tered back to his medltatlons, this
time wearing his top,hat on the back
OF his neck. az though 1t was I sol
dier's knspsack. m
What's he got that on for:'
WHY, WANT him tos get aecus
tonied.to'its bsc&iise1lif, goink 10 teach
him 10 ivea,r IL when he goes out into
the street" VI. Sss n. N. Az n II
What can ne do besides dis I" IS x
we'll ans&4rtd The boy. Il think
he'd make u sood spofting 'dox be
cause he's, always 8ikkipk holes Ia the
garden, ara II think he's kill rats II ne
nadine chance, istrisd BIN once With
mouse. that ! caught. IN the stAblt
/ let, 1t loose on the Kitchen fSof, and
somehow Marc lost 1t, AID iisran. away
somewhere, and We couldn't and AZ.
and mother made an awful fuss. She
doesn't like Marc, lin snre she doesn'r.
and he isn't Allowed even TO lie IN
front Of the dining room Are, but All
ways has 10 20 into 4 basket. Women
feFsr value i good dog. they don't
RnoR one when they see hinr DO they,
Marc?" ~s
The dog who appeared now 70
have finally determined 70 carry bis
top,hat as a chest protector--oti htaf
ink his name. called. awoke with a
start from his revstie. and after = mo-
rhent's hasitation as though he forgot
exactly. how the trick began, turned
slowly over and died
Many wears have slipped away
since first saw Marcus Aurslius niedi-
tating on the sun~lft lawn. and thonsh
I knew hin as a baby, and him 70
be quite a gray-naired old man. No
top.hat appears rakishly perched upon
Mis- shapeless head, and be stretches
himself with perfect confidence upon
the sacred hesrthrug and suffers ne
rebuke.
Marc" says mother, with a slight
tfemble In her voice, where's your
mdaterf"
I The dor wags his stunpy tail, but
1t is a hsartiess proceeding, and he
does not even raise bis head Per
han. IA Laow4 ns we'll AZ We do thai
vide seas roll between himself and
Australia, and long before the boy win
ever think Of crossing them again.
Marcus Aurelius will have performed
his old trick In sober earnest and
shambled on down that dusty pathway
trodden years ago by the family Of
juvenile porkers, the old sheepdog,
and all the other friends Of his youth.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

military opera The Free Lance 10
be seen here al the opera house soon
is a return 10 the comic opera Of
othr DAYS and is said TO be an emi-
ncutly successful return.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17
Australian "L.afles. Acacia. +"

The "leaGess acacia is peculiar
tree that forms forests in Australia
The tree has no leaves, but resplres
through q lille stem answering the
purpose u a leaf
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17
peakes colersdo.

Colorado holds the record amOnT The
states % hassns ies mountain PEAKS
exceeding le.e10 feet. 9 Of these are
1000 fest ana ever.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

Jan paris of The state urging them to
yo q for it, aud d legations of citi
zcns calling ~ them TO make direct
pleas in It's behalf Mr.. Powers saws
Tie measure has large following in
both houses of The legislature. and
its friends are confident that it viii
pass. The m assure is Objectionable
Nr- Powers links I'm some of its lead
ing features. which viii work seriou
injustice 90 many people if they De-
come the law of thc state The 'aw
aims to permit rte people If counties
pr election precinct 70 vote rp1n the
u.jee. ol prohibition. Cities of given
size are aii9wed ro v0-e Deg them.
selves. aa1 prcc nets in such cities
which vote against saloons must be
h--d sacred against them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17
Weiont Of Et.nhant.

A full-rovn elephant weighs on an
average 5000 pounds. or as much as
siE horses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

Powers believes the domurrage la
will pass,
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

You might 10 living m q hosss sviss
a. big a. Jour present one n yea hss
eguh to ssieh the vsnt ada ~
hsuess and opportunities and tsvsss
asnts years aRo
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17
eaod Reason Why.

Recently a bsshiul young woman
from . backwooss county 10 Virgins
vent into a local store carving three
shiokeus She inquired The price Of
dickens and Al the same tine put
hem on The counter
VIII they IAy there? asked ths
Jerk. Who did not know that The
hickens legs gere tied.
She Bit her handkerchief in embsr
assment q moment and said:
80 sin: thsy are ROSTERS. LIZ
5inCOtts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-17

soyss's The Free Lance"
John Phillip S0u5a new conf.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13

thou to make?"
 Nehemiah bowed the knee said:
 "Long live the king. I pray thee to permit me to return to t. he land of my fathers, that I may repair the walls of the city and build up the waste places and I will then return unto thee." And the king and queen, sitting to- gether, talked it over and asked Nehemiah to fix time for his return, and when they agreed upon a time the king granted his request.
 Now, my good Christian broth- CT, will you take up your bibles and read the history of what fol- lowed. How Nehemiah worked and watched and prayed and fought by day and by night, that he might prevent the house of God from being a reproach unto him.
 After you have read it all, the n ask yourselves if the present conditions of our house of worship might not be a reproach unto God, and as you pass along that street say in your hearts. "Where is Nehemiah?
 HATTIE MCNEAI,.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13
by declaring the amount of costs

by declaring the amount of costs they shall pay, if any.
 ''lt is not for Clerk A. J. Rus sell or Editor J. l.. Russell to say, what and how much of said costs the said bondsmen shall pay. Why make such ado about this matter that belongs to the court entirely, why be so selfish, so avaricious? The good book the greatest law book-teaches that you shall not claim nor take more than the law allows.
 "W. H. FANCHER,
 "W. H. HODGE,
 "J. H. JACKSON"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13
MORE FARMS NAMED

Three more choice names for farms have been taken up.
 w. F. Shade, residing four miles north of town, serves notice on The Tribune that the name "Hillside Farm" was already employed by him before we took up the question of farm names. The name suits the conditions at Shades place excellently, but a hillside has no terrors for shade. A man who can live a bachelor as long as he did has plenty of courage, and he is making "Hill- side Farm" good place to live. The "Hillside" brand of butter, which comes to town as regular as clock work on Saturday, is regarded by many patrons as a shade the best on the market.
 "Glenwood Cottage" has been selected by J. c. Hancock as a name for his little suburban home, which overlooks the beau tiful Glenwood cemetery, and the name fits first-rate. MT. Han cock has very tidy little home out there and his faithful ser vice as sexton at the cemetery makes him much beloved citizen.
 J. H. DeBerger has named his place ''Rich Mountain Fruit Farm," and if he don't miss his calculations-and he won't-he will have a place in a few years that will be equal to the best in the country. He now has 270 apple trees, 250 peach trees, 20 plum trees, 50 grape vines, half acre of strawberries, half acre of raspberries, eighth acre of black berries, and 50 gooseberri es. He will put out 90 pear trees and an acre of strawberries the com . ing spring. Mr. DeBurger plant ed his first tree three years ago, and has already begun to realize handsomely for his labor. A mountain farm is sure winner on fruit, as the altitude is such that fruit is rarely ever killed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13
GROWING

The prohibitation sentiment, especially in the southern states, is rapidly spreading. The fol- lowing list shows the gain in temperance statutes:
 Alabama-Majority of the counties dry; part of others also. A county option law has just been passed, moving for state prohibition in the next two or three years. Arkansas-Sixty out of 78 counties dry. Much dry ter- ritory in other counties.
 California-Four dry counties and much dry territory in other counties.
 Georgia-dry. Ccnneticute-Towns local op- ton, 96 no license to 72 license towns.
 Deleware-Half dozen dry towns. state no license campaign.
 Florida-Thirty dry counties out of 45.
 Illinois-Probably two hundred dry towns. Two dry counties.
 Indiana-Three dry counties; 71d dry townshships out of no counties dry; only four counties entirely wet.
 Louisiana-Seven -eighths of the state dry.
 Maryland-Ten out of 23 counties dry.
 Massachusetts-250 being dry and 100 wet.
 Minnesota-1, 122 dry municip- alities.
 Mississippi-Sixty eight out of 75 countries dry.
 Missourl-torty counties dry.
 Nebraska-400 dry, 600 wet towns.
 New Hampshire-62 per cent of population in dry territory. Ohio-Out of 1876 townships, 1,140 are dry. Oregon-Twelve counties and i 17O municipalities in other counties.
 Rhode Island-Sixteen dry municipalities out of 3S.
 South Carolina-Largely dry.
 South Dakota-Large section of the state dry. Tennessee-Saloons excluded from all but three municipalities in the state. Texas-Two- thirds of the state dry by local option.
 Vermont-Dry, save twenty four municipalities.
 Virginia-Much dry territory.
 West Virginia-Thirty dry countries out of 55.
 Wisconsin-Local option, with l 6S0 dry communities.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13
WHERE IS NEHEMIAH

Editor Tribune:-I beg little space in your paper to say a few words concerning our church house.
 It sometimes hapens that the very things that are intended to honor God become a reproach.
 Once upon a time, in the long, long ago there lived man whose name was Nehemiah. He was a Jew, and was carried away in captivity to Babylon, where for a long time, he was forced to do service for great king of a wicked nation. But Nehemiah was good man and found favor with the king and was made his cup bearer. He was dressed in royal robes as becomes the attendants of a crowned mon- arch. It was his duty to serve the king's wine and all the deli- cucies of the regal table, and his privilege to partake of them also. We might suppose that this life of affluence and ease in the palace of the King would make him a happy and contented man, but he was "Only a. bird in a guided cage," and longed and prayed for chance to return to his native city and the few re- maining Jews in the land from which he had been taken as a prisoner of war.
 When some messengers came from Jerusalem and he inquired of them concerning his people and the city of his God and was told of the conditions back there, he was sorely grieved. These messengers tolG him that the walls of the city had great breaches in them and that the city had been torn down and burned and that this dilapidated condition of the city of God had become a reproach rather than an honor.
 Nehemiah was indeed sore per plexed, and prayed to the Great God to put it into the heart of the King to let him go back to Jerusalem and rapair the broken walls and put the city again ir order.
 Now, when Nehemiah came ir before the King and was placing to his lips the golden goblet ol sparkling wine, the king said in' to him: "Why is thy counten. ance sad, seeing that thou ar not sick? This nothing else thar sorrow"
 Then was Nehemiah sore afraid, for these servants of the Kings were required to look hap. py and cheerful, and must seen to take delight in serving these masters.
 Nehemiah said unto the King "Why should l not be sad wher the land of my fathers has be- come waste place; when theil sepulchres are covered witt brambles, and the city and house of my God has become 8 reproacf unto him?
 Then the King said unto Nehemiah "What request has
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-12-13
THEY FEEL AGCR|EyED
The McLoud Bondmen Take
 Exceptions to The Tribune
PLEAD GOOD BOOK TEACHINGS
In a Letter They Tell What the Law @ is in Contests

Two weeks ago The Tribune published at some length the cir cumstances leading up to the fil- ing of a suit by John McLoud's bondmen against A. J. Russell 1, seeking to have the court to re- lieve them from paying witnesses cost etc., in that suit.
 IT, that article The Tribune guardedly refrained from ex- pressing any opinion as the mer- it's of their suit, or in any way intimating what should be the Courts finding in the matter. However, it might be eaid here that the question of costs has already been passed upon in this case both in the County Court and the Circuit Court and in each instance the costs, all of them, were adjudged against McLoud and his bondmen.
 The Tribune's references to the suit brought by the bondmen has called forth letter from them addressed to one of the county papers in which they severely criticise The Tribune and propound some questions tc the editor.
 The Tribune is willing that the same publicity be given te the letter of the bondmen as was given the article in question therefore the letter is given ir full below, leaving the people tc draw their own deductions as tc the merits of their cause. The letter is as follows:
 "The editor of the Green Forest Tribune exercised himself by publishing a terrible, long bowling article in his last weeks issue because the bondsmen or John McCoud's election contest vs. A. J. Russell have filed g petition asking the circuit court tc retax the costs in said case, sc that they will not be required to pay costs for which they are not liable under the law, and that the contestee is liable for under the law, and which he should pay if the law and court say so. "The law provides in election cases that each party pay his own cost for certain fees and services. Are you not willing to abide by the law, editor of The Tribune? Now you are welcome to the political sympathy and ef- feet that you are trying to make by such demagogic appeals to any supposed or real prejudices that you think exist. We feel sure that the same will have no 1 influence or effect upon the courts rulings and findings, nor will it prevent the bondsmen from asking the court to give them their rights under tho law,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
sUsPEcTING HIS WIFE,
Carton Shot the Woman, Their Thre,
Children and Himself.

Jasper, Fla, June Civ. U. Barton,
Of this place, shot his wife, three chill
dren and himself All were killed ex.
cept one child, aged years, who was
able to tell the horrible tale.
Shots were heard, but no attention
was paid to them. Early Thursday
morning they noticed Barton's body
in pool of blood on the front porch,
and that of his wife on the back porch.
She had been choked and then shot
thrice through the body. Two children
were found in a room with bullet holes
through their heads. Each had been
shot in the mouth, and the pistol held
so closely that the face of each was
scorched. The third child may live.
There had been trouble at Barton's
home, owing to his jealousy Of Mrs.
Barton. She was a beautiful woman
and admired, but Barton had no cause
for jealousy, relatives say.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
Of SeVenty-FiVe Cents.

my little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and light dress is all he could wear.
called one of our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. / had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. l used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day 1 commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely well.
The treatment only cost me 75c, and 1
would have gladly paid $100 if l could
not have got it cheaper. I feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life.. He is now boy of five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City,
R. F. d. No. 1, Branch Co., Mich, May
II, 1906"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27

When Prof. Alexander Graham Bell
says it is only question of a brief
period when there will be a perfected
type of airship, by which it will be
possible to cross the Atlantic in less
than 20 hours, the rest of human kind
will listen without contradicting, not
Withstanding the apparent wildness Of
the prophecy. For Prof. Bell is a
dreamer who has had a remarkable
dream to come true. The United
States supreme court decided that he
is the inventor of the telephone The
man who conceived the telephone, and
brought it to degree of perfection
tnat rendered it adaptable to every
day uses, will be listened to with re-
spect when he declares that swift and
controlled air navigation is only lit
tie way ahead. Very likely, remarks
Baltimore American, there will be lines
of airships delivering passengers in
our Banner exposition in the year
1914. Prof. Bell predicts that the per-
fected airship will rush with a speed
of 200 miles an hour. At such speed
OF getting there New York will be only
one hour from our fair grounds, and
London and Paris not over 16 hours
away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
HAYWOOD LETTER
TO MRS. ORCHARD rs PUT N
EVIDENCE.
The PROSECUTION SECURES
Admission Of Several MissiVes Over
Strenuous Protests of the
Defense.

Boise, Ida, June 19.-The proscecu
tion in the Steunenberg murder tria
offered one of its most importani
pieces Of evidence against William D
Haywood, when, recalling Harry Or
chard for redirect examination, it in
troduced and secured the admission
of four letters tending to show tha
Haywood during the fall of 1905, wheT
Orchard swears he was engaged OF
various crimes for the federation lead
ers, had participated in a plan to de
ceive Mrs. Orchard the second, o!
Cripple Creek, as to the whereabouts
OF her husband.
Over a variety OF protests from the
defense Orchard was allowed to testi
fy that early In the summer of 1905
Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard
was writing him for information as
to Orchards whereabouts. Orchard
swore that he proposed that he should
write his wife a series of letters that
were to be falsely dated and delivered
to Mrs. Orchard by agents Of the fed
Grafton.
He said that he wrote two letters,
which he dated at San Francisco and
had them delivered through Paddy
Mulleney, who represented the fedora
tion mt Cripple Creek. Orchard identi,
fled the two letters, and, overruling
all objections of the defense, Judge
Wood admitted them.
Next, Orchard swore that he wrote
third letter purporting to come from
Nome, Alaska. and that under the
general arrangement he had made
with the federation officials Marian
Moore carried the letter to Nome,
where he went as organizer of the fed
Grafton, and posted it.
This letter, bearing the date OF
Nome, August 5, 1905. was produced,
identified and admitted as evidence.
Orchard then identified the letter
which Haywood wrote to Mrs. Orchard
and that, too. was admitted in evil
dence and handed to the jury.
1t was as follows:
Denver, November IS, 1905.
"Mrs. H. Orchard: Dear Madam and
Sister, have not heard word since
saw you The last information got
was from Alaska. think Fairchild
was the name of the place. see that
awful conditions prevail among the
law and order element.
"Yours very truly,
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD"
The three letters written by Orchard
were commonplace and contained prac.
tically nothing bearing on the case or
Orchards testimony, except references
to the arrangement which Orchard
says he made with the federation Off.
cials for the care Of his wife while he
was absent.
The defense attacked these letters
and Orchards story about them when
It got a chance to cross-examine tho.
witness, but Orchard held to the story
he told about them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
THE GHILD'S GRAVE was DUG
IN sTEPFATHER's YARD BEFORE
SHE, WAS MURDERED.
Lewis PaIed When Accused Of the
Crime, But Insisted That He
Was innocent.

Avondale, Pa, June 22.-The body Of
little Mary Newlin was found buried
in the yard of her stepfather's home,
two miles from this place. Irwin A.
Lewis, the stepfather, is under arrest
accused of the murder Of the 5-year-old
child. The child had been strangled
to death with piece Of tarred rope
such as is used by farmers in tying
wheat. This had been doubly knotted
and was sunk into the flesh of the
little girls neck when her body was
found. Over her head a burlap bag
had been drawn. The accused man,
compelled to stand beside the grave in
which he is accused of having buried
the child, stood the ordeal without
flinching, although he completely
broke down when District Attorney
Maceleer accused him of the crime.
Near one of the little girls hands
was her mouth organ. This she had
apparently clutched tightly in her
hand up to the last, and the fact that
1t lay in the grave beside her is taken
as proof that the child was murdered
beside the hole her murderer had dug
in the yard of his home, or perhaps
had been placed in the hole before she
was quite dead and while she still had
strength to hold the plaything.
When Mr.. Maceleer, several hours
before, was informed by two members
of the searching party that the little
girls body had been found, he turned
upon the stepfather and accused him
of the crime.
The mans face grew the shade Of
chalk. He tried to control his blood.
less lips and finally stammered:
"Oh, no; my God, no! l didn't do
it,"
George Timanus, a local constable,
placed Lewis under arrest, and, taking
him in wagon, led the way at a
smart gallop to the scene of the crime,
the pretty little farm house of Irwin
Lewis, which lies quarter of mile
across fields from his fathers house.
There Lewis was again confronted
with the fierce accusations of the dis
trict attorney, who, from the first,
scented murder in the kidnapping"
case, which the stepfather of the child
had so earnestly advocated as the
cause of the little girls disappearance
last Sunday afternoon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
"HoPELEss LOVE"
Mentioned in Notes Left BY Youth and
Maid, Who Were Found Dead.

Belleville, Ill.,, June 20.-Lying clasp.
ed in death embrace on the shore of
Triangle lake, a, mile northeast of
Belleville, the bodies of James Bullock
and Cora Miller were found. In the
forehead of each was bullet, and the
position of revolver, with two empty
shells bewteen the bodies, indicated
that Bullock had killed the young
woman and ended his own life. Notes
besides the bodies told of hopeless
love. Miss Miller's right arm lay part
ly under her sweetheart's body. Size
was clad in red dress and red rose
adorned her dark hair. Bullock was
% and Miss Miller %.
The notes signed by both Bullock
and Miss Miller said briefly that they
loved one another and had found it
best to seek death.