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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

cussng the amusing and diversified
ambitions of the tots In their charge
as to what they hope to be when
they grow up" teacher told OF
one little girl who in all sincerity
gave her a reply that was not likely
to make her vain. Would you like
tc teach children when YOU become
young lady?" was the question
Nom" was the emphatic reply
what would you like to do per
sisted the teacher. If | am pretty
I'll be an actress" came the answer.
"But suppose you are homely?" ;sk-
ed the teacher. We'll, then OF
course I'll have to be teacher" said
the child.-Philadelp Record.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
A Terrible Error.

The editor of little Western pap
or was in the habit of cheering up
his subscribers daily with a column
OF short pertinent comments on their
town. their habits and themselves.
TIE department on account OF its
intimate personal flavor was the most
popular thing in the paper.
The editor. as he saw Il growing
In fa,o gradually allowed himself
q wider and wider latitude in his
remarks until the town passed much
of its time conjecturlng what he'd
das't to say next"
On a hot day. when a simoom
whistled gaily up the streets of the
town. depositing everywhere its bar
den of sand. the editor brought :ortt
this gem of thought:
"All the windows along Main
street need washing badly"
The next morning he was waited
on BY a platoon of indignant citi-
gems who confronted him with the
paragraph in question from tho
hands of the compositor and inform
ed him fiercely that he had gone 100
far. After a hasty and horrifle6
glance he admitted that he had
1t now read:
"All the widows along Main street
need washing badly"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
Football in 1888,

The gentle game OF football Is de.
scribed thus in work entitled "Anat.
omie OF Abuses."' published in 1888:
For protest unto you II may rather be
called friendly kinde of fight than a
play OF recreation, a bloody and murth-
ering practice than sport or pastime.
for dooth not every one lye In waight
for his adversaries, seeking to over
throw him and to pickle him on his
nose. though II be on hard stones, so
that by this means sometimes their
backs. sometimes their legs. some
times their armes. sometimes one part
thrust out OF joynt. sometimes an
other; sometimes the noses gush out
with blood; sometimes their sves start
out"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
MARKET STUBBORN
In Wheat and Buying Orders Drifted
In volume---Corn Still the
Favorite.

Chicago, Oct. -WHEAT-This
market unquestionably proved a sur.
prise to many in the trade 1t was
| popular yesterday to take profits and
the early weakness In Liverpool seem.
ed to forecast a lower range todag.
The market, howevr. proved stubborn
and buying orders drifted in volume.
especially on any fractional setback.
! Continental markets We're strong and
Liverpool regained the early loss. It
| Is to the continent that the hulk Of
| the sales are going, and in conse-
| quence continental markets reflect
more accurately than Liverpool actual
conditions abroad. Advices via Eu-
rope Oh the position In India and
Australia were decidedly bullish. The
decrease in the visible was small but
compares with an increase Of 1900.
600 bushels year ago. Receipts AZ
winter wheat points are falling off
and We're 10000 bushels short of
shipments today. The demand con
tinues good at both domestic and ex.
port. Duluth did large business
abroad and Durum there advanced
11a. The seaboard reported 81 loads
A cargo of No. 2 red sold at cent
over December elf. Buffalo, the high
est prices so far recorded The posi-
tion at home is undeniably strong and
we have had ample evidence of late
of the strength of the situation
abroad. Between the two prices will
sell materially higher this crop year
Local receipts We're III cars with 81
expected tomorrow Northwestern
cars 563 against $50 last year. Total
primary receipts 1,35G000, little In
excess of a year ago. Clearances 377,
900.
CORN-Corn continues to grow in |
public favor and the price to improve.
Trade is broadening and the news
along both cash and crop lines is IA
voring the holder. Receipts are show
ing unmistakabe indications Of fall-l
ing off and with the excellent domes.
tic demand and light stocks, lighte,~l
arrivals will mean an advance. Frost !
occurred over the greater part Of theI
belt last night and although the sea
son may seem well along for damage
1t is, nevertheless, a fact that much
Of the crop is in condition to suffer
harm. Adyices are beginning to some
In from widely scatterd sections fore
casting very disappointing husking re
turns and this, we believe, will prove
to be the case. The cash market al
vanced kc. Liverpool was Il to "a
higher. Local receipts were ffS cars
with 249 expected tomorrow. Primary
receipts $4,000 against $4,000 last
year. The visible showed a slight in
crease and Bradstreets gained 100000 /
as compared with an increase of 500,
100 last year.
OATS-May oats made new hign
record for the crop and very little
buying was needed to accomplish ii.
Pressure is noticeably light. even on
he advances, and receipts are run
ling lighter. We see no reason why
)n this crop materially higher prices
nay not be made. Local arrivals were
,54 cars with 2G1 expected tomorrow.
receipts S55,000 against 945..
400 kear ago Visible increase 750,'
100. Bradstreets increase 1.124'U00.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

This union of the mental and moral
into a life OF admirable simplicity IL
what we most admire in children; but
in them II is unsettled and unpracu-
cal. But when IT is preserved into
manhood. deepened into reliability and
maturity. it is that glorified childlike-
ness. that high and reverend sim
plicity, which shsmes andf bafies the
most accomplished sstuteness. and 10
chosen by God to fill his purposes
when he needs ruler for his people.
Phillips Brooks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

Ordinarily, however. black bear
will not charge home, though he
may buster good deal. says the
close up which made most lament
able ontcry. and seemed to lose its
head, It's efforts to escape resulting In
Its bouncing about among the trees
with snch needless hurry that ! was
easily able to kill 1t.
Another black bear, which also
shot AT close quarters. came straight
for my companions and myself. and
almost ran over the white hunter
who was with me. This bear made
no sound whatever when first hit
It, and do not think 1t was charg-
ing. | believe 1t was simply dazed.
and by accident ran the wrong way.
and so almost came into collision
with us.
However. when It found itself face
to face with the white hunter, and
only four or FIVE feet away. 1t pre-
pared for hostilities, and think
would have mauled him II | had not
Drained 1t with another bullet; for |
was myself standing but six feet or SO
to one side OF 1t. None of the bears
shot on this Colorado trip made a
sound when hit; they all died silent
ly, like so many wolves.
Ordinarily. my experience has
been that bears were not tiurried
when | suddenly came upon them.
They impressed me as III they were
always keeping In mind the place to-
ward which they wished to retreat In
the event Of danger. and for this
place, which was invariably piece
of rough ground or dense timber,
they made off with all possible speed.
not seeming to lose their heads.
Frequently | have been able to
watch bears for some time while my
self unobserved With other game
have very often done this even when
within close range, not wishing to
kill creatures needlessly, or without
q good object; but with bears, my
experience has been that chances to
secure them come so seldom as to
make 1t very distinctly worth while
any that do come. New
York Mall.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

Calling must certainly have some
influence over the physiognomy OF
the cabman, the omnibus driver. the
butler, or the groom: each frequent
ly possesses a type of face which
wears so characteristic an express
sion as to make IL not difficult to
Identity the vocation accompanying
ID. We speak also of the legal face.
the scientific face. the ecclesiastical
face, the musical face and artistic
face, the dramatic face. and the mill
tary face.-The Lancet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

A few years ago the President de-
cided to appoint Mr. WyRne. nov
Consul General at London, to be
First Assistant Postmaster General.
How will we keep this from the
nexsp.pers2" was asked by some of
the Presidents advisers.
II think that the best way woald
be to take the newspaper eoTrespon-
dents into our confidence" said the
President.
This was done. and the secret was
carefully guarded for a month. al
thosgh known all thai time by hfty
or nors Washington correspondents
Louisville Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
Vain Old Men.

"Old men are the limit" said the
barber. Il wish you could see the
length of some of these locks that
they grow, on the back of the neck or
above the ear, to. hide their badness
with I've seen such lecks a foot
long. They look all right when
they're arranged properly. but they
are always getting disarranged, and
then they lock ridiculous. Chicago
Journal
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

Advertisements OF not exceeding
three lines will be accepted free for
cne weeks time from any reader of
The Bulletin to be filed by advertiser
in person, on regular form, at the Of
flee of The Bulletin Company, 703
Ohio street. The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any ad.
vertisement or statement made there
in and will not accept under this
heading the notice of any person
known to be employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertise
ments should be made by mail.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

You cannot AFFORD 10 grow old
In these days of strenuous corapetitlon
It Ia necessary Ia maintain. ~ long ak
possible ones youthful appearance
II IL impossible to do thly Without re-
talnlng luxurious growth o. hair,
The presence OF Dandruff Indicates ths
presence or burrow!ny eerni which
lives and thrives on the roots OF the
hair until It causes total 5aldnesa.
Newbro's Herpicide is tho 1nir knowr
destroyer OF this pcst and X u as efrec-
tive as 1t is delightful 10 usc
Herplcide makes an elegant hair drers.
Ing an we'll as Dandrun cure.
Accept no substitute--there Is ncns.
Sold by leading druggists Send f3f. 10
stamps for sample 10 The Iferplcide 20.
Detroit Mich
Two sizes--bo cents ana y1.co
Paul G. Schuh 4 Sons, Special Asanfs
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
Liohsnino Speed.

A Munich firm has just run a loco
motive and train weighing 2ss tons
from Munich to Augsburg at an aver
age speed of 81 miles an hour.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York. Oct. S.-The following
was the range of prices on the New
York Stock Exchange today:
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

You pay . little more nor eisssified
sdverusus m the Bulletin than
other csiro papers but yoa Est ne
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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
MALE HELP WANTED.
SCREENED BUILDING SAND.

Delivered to any part OF the city
at rs cents per yard. Cairo Contract
ing and Dredging company. Charles
Feuchter, Jr., secretary, room 3, Alex
ander County Bank building. Bell
phone WA. Cairo prone 300.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
India's vslusb,e Rie. Co..

India annually produces a rice crop
Of greater value than the American
cotton crop.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
Nothing Else To DO.

Several teachers who were assign
ed to the city Fairgrounds were dis
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

Keeping everlasting1y at II insures
success. Advertise 10 the Bulleti1.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-All kinds household
goods, stoves, fine counters. Court
House Hotel, 31S Twentieth street. X.
Martin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to Sept. 1st, 1907.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

COTTAGE-Seven rooms, bath, two
lots, No. 214 Twenty-first street, $2,-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09

OFFICERS
r.. A. huder.... .ss.... ..rfesIueAt
Chas. Feuchter, Jr 49,. Vice President
J. Fl, Galligan .............. Cashier
F. Spencer. Assistant Cashier
Accounts of corporations and individ-
uals especially solicited Hrchanes
furnished to any part Of the world
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
Alexander
National
Bank

cemmsrclai Avenue and EIshsh ssrsse
CAIRO. ILLINOIS.
Capital ...... ............. .sfo0,Oou
surplus. -. =. ......... 100000
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29
A Floating Island.

Among the many wonderful things that the Great West can boast of. Is a floating island firm enough to build & house on. It Is in Henry's Lake, Ida ho, a picturesque body of water In Tar gees Pass, on the Rocky Mountains. The lake has an area of about forty square miles, and is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, some of them the highest In the Rocky Mountain range. An island is about three hundred feet in diameter, and has a base of matted roots 80 dense and firm that 1t supports heavy growing trees and great deal of underbrush. Over the roots Is layer of soil several feet in thickness. Some parts of the island are firm enough to build house on, and every part of 1t Is strong enough to support a horse.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29
The Middle Ages.

There are two terms, the meaning Of which Is not altogether clear to boys and girls, or to the average adult read er either, for that matter; the Middle Ages Is one, the Renaissance the other. By Middle Ages Is meant that period of time about midway between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival or letters In Europe, or, more specifcal- ly, from the eighth to the fifteenth cen tury. The Renaissance, meaning revi- val, indicates the period when the world was passing out of the influence of me dieval thought and customs, and begin ming to feel the spirit of classical learn Ing, discovery and invention at the close of the fifteenth century. In art, the term indicates the style developed in Italy at that time and later. original ly based on the study of Roman art
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29
AN UNEXPECTED CURE.
Myra Had . Knaok of Getting Int
 Unexpected Trouble.


 Unexpected Trouble.
 "I give & lift to Simeon Gaines comin' over," said MT. Stillings, rheu- matically disengaging himself from his overcoat Him and me enjoyed quite a chat We agreed Myra Pressey was a blessin' to the community. A person who provides more topics of conyersa- ton"
 "What's happened to Myra Pressey nowl" demanded Mrs. Stillings at once.
 MT. StIlllngs chuckled. "Oh, not much; seems as if Myra did have an extry lot of happens, though, don't 1t? She's been sort of ailin' ever since she pitched down the cellar stairs; comln' so soon after her gettin' her finger mashed in the door-and I don't be- lieve that was more'n couple O months later'n she trod on the rusty nail-her narvous systems been a mite upsot. Melancholy-lost hesh-didn't sleep-couldn't savor her food-any- ways, doctor ordered her to rest up, cheer up and feed up. Made her eat her meals, whether or no, and in be- tween whiles swaller an egg down whole as often as she could stomick 1t. She made an awful fuss about that egg, learnln' how to get 1t down thout breakin'. but she did learn.
 "Well, she put a few eggs outside her w!nder yestiddy to be handy up- tot ch tod Than hn up after her nap pretty sleepy. opened one, and popped It In her mouth same's usual. 'Stid O goin' down nico an slippy, It stuck half way-felt like crockery darnin'-egg, Myra says-an' her eyes were bulgin' an she was grow In black in the face before she choked the old thing down. You see, 'cept just the outside parts the sun had reached, that egg was froze.
 "she reused up the family, and they made her drink down enough hot water to melt a dozen eggs, If not bile 'em. She's kind O weak to-day-I guess 1t was & near thing, honest-but she's 80 mad at folks for laughin' she's lost her melancholy an developed a good, healthy temper and an appetite to match-for anythin' but eggs.'
 If Myra Pressey ever looked what she was about" commented Mrs. Still ings, tartly, "she wouldn't have such ridiculous accidents. Frozen eggs Next time, like as not, she'll manage to burn herself with ice cream."- Youths Companion.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29

No old maid ever lived long enough to admit she was.
 Noise Is very useful for grand opera and political debates.
 Calomel and spanking are both good for early love affairs
 A girl can think she Is in love when 1t Is nothing but the stomach ache from cucumbers.
 The man that puts a 40 b. p. empha- sis into his voice has a vacuum where his ideas ought to come from.
 A very good way not to be proud of your dressing is to have a son who keeps showing you that you are out of style.
 When a man steps into the bathtub full of scalding water and doesn't swear, it's not because he is a Chris tian, but because he is speechless
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29

We have assigned different offices to the two hands greeting, hand-shak- ing, writing, drawing, painting etc, to the right; eating, horse-curbing, card playing, gun-holding and certain strict ly sporting" uses to the left-whlle only piano-playing has offered equal ex- ercise for both hands. The necessity for new order of things has been emphasized chiefly in the development of art instruction In the schools. In writing, drawing, painting and model Ing In the German schools the pupils are said to employ the right and left hand alternately. The training Is be- lleyed to be great boon to all, espe- cially to the left-handed child, who Is no longer to be regarded as an ab- normal being, forced to do everything clumsily with the left hand Even with right-handed children the move ment is.toward well-rounded, symmet- rical development and in the direction of increased control and usefulness of the body. ftis fact that every part of the body which Is not exercised for many generations becomes, through disuse, first inactive, then useless and finally superfuous It atrophies and decays. InNtime, if we persist in the general dlsuse of the left hand, we must becomes a one-armed race, at least scientists say so. Though we have all the necessary muscles for moving the ears no one who has not acquired this charming faculty In early childhood Is able to wiggle them. In the same manner We have become so accustomed to using the right hand and neglecting the left that, unless modern pedagogy interferes, humanity Is in danger of losing its left hand. Peo- pie who have made a close study into this curious subject declare that the atrophy of the left arm has already made itself clearly manifest in in- fants. Right-handedness or left-hand- edness can be detected Immediately af. ter birth, proving the tendency to be the result of physiological conditions and hereditary. Ambidexterity is, of course, the ideal attainment, for many more reasons than one. The keenest mental activity Is as necessary to the skillful use of both hands as the most exact knowledge of the smallest de tails of writing, or drawing and the moral of the whole matter Is that in everything that one does, whether with the right or left hand, mental exercise, the observing eye and the tenacious purposes are ever the most important things.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29
MERIDA'S MANY MILLIONAIRES.
Made Rich by HenequenD Yucatan
 May Yield Supremacy.

The wealth of the mines of Mexico is proverbial, yet there are nearly as many millionaires in Merida, the capi- tai of Yucatan, State with practi- cally no mineral resources, as there are in all Mexico combined, says Modern Mexico. Henequen, or sisal hemp as 1t Is sometimes known, has made Merida and Its people rich. Merida has forty millionaires, or one to every 2,000 in- habitants. The farmers of the United States, who use binding twine, which is manufactured from heneQuen, have enriched the growers of henequen In Yucatan. The United States, in 1906, bought from Mexico 95.S34 tons of henequen, valued at S14 4,4s6, 569. The imports of henequen elsewhere than from Mexico amounted to but 2,5o6 tons, valued at about $308, ,150. Of the total amount of henequen exported from Mexico to the United States, and thls accounts for about 95 per cent of 8,0O0 tons was produced in Yucatan. Only In Canpeche, Chiapas and Ia basco is heneQuen grown outside of Yu- &tan,-ln Mexico. Of these the largest amount of henequen Is grown in Cam peche, the production of this State last year being 5,200 tons. Campeche Is the future competitor of Yucatan in the production of henequen. While Yuca- tan Is the natural habitat of henequen, yet the production in Campeche is greater per acre. This Is due to the better quality of land in Campeche and the greater amount of rainfall.
 The stability of the henequen indus try is, to quote a Yucatan authority, greater than that of any bank" The plant has practically no enemies
 Drought does not affect 1t, and the leeway allowable in It's harvesting ex- tends over twelve months. The best authorities agree that the cost of pro- duction of henequen to the planter Is about 2 cents per pound. Landed in New York, the cost per pound Is placed at about 39s cents. The average price of henequen Is about cents per pound, showing net profit in the neighbor- hood of 100 per cent. With an aver age good stand of henequen, counting in the profits from by-products, each acre, 1t Is estimated, will produce $6O.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-29

mark, 31a inches from the edge; at the second foot inches from the edge i; four inches above the third foot mark a mark 6 inches from the edge; at the fourth foot 5h inches from the edge; {; at the fifth foot 8 1-3 Inches from the edge. At the top, or sixth foot, the mark comes directly at the edge of the fold.
 Draw a curved line connecting these points. Cut the paper along these lines and unfold 1t You will then have a gore like figure (a).
 Paste sheets of manila or tissue paper together and cut out 13 gores from this pattern. Fold the first gore length wise as in figure (b). Lay 1t flat on the table and place the second gore over 1t, allowing a narrow margin of the first gore to stick out. Cover this margin with paste and press down firm ly. Then fold this second gore and paste on the third gore. Joln the free edge of the thirteenth gore to the first. Fix a rattan hoop around the bottom. Examine the balloon carefully for holes especially at the top, and cover them with paper patches. The balloon will look Nike figure (c).
 The power is hot air. To support the freball stretch light wires from one side of the hoop to the other, and at right angles. Make the fireball of lamp wick loosely wound. Sponges burn up too quickly. A wire through the ball and hooked over the supporting wires will keep 1t in place.
 Here's q safe way to start the balloon. Build furnace from old stones or brick, and make q chimney of a section of stovepipe. Ddstend the balloon as much e possible with . fan Placs 1t over