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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
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Sprrhtng
BY DR.. l.. PIERCE CLARK,
Nerve Specialist and Alienist.

introduced by the would have been detr
mental But people have plunged into of terrific spe
and they lay the penalty.
The temptation artificial stimulation almost irresistible the
who drives rapid This demand for alcohol will diminish
With the will become steady and
shock Indeed wreck has already been caused by
cts-iyc motoring, combined with alcoholic smulan
suspended will
relax the mans desire the contrary they call for higher onng.
and alcohol the only thing left the has been the
garage
Hospitals and sntarum will day find necessary make
study neure,hcna and alcoholism resulting directly
orng. To-day many man has the and doesn't know it,
Danger present element with motorists. Unconsciouy the
driver and occupant, OF the kept the qu Every
mrd swapping pitch Death turks in the skdding and
among lodging people and suddenly running
confront another wagon Such ordeal sy
lem and viii ccrainI, impair it,
realize great receive by the bare missing
accident bad almost said accomplished
wagon something Of the you realize in the flash instant
hat This may be last You brace yourself for the shock skill
fully the chauffeur the machine aside and YOU skim by Trembling,
qurng every nerve you sink back the No. YOU dead
Vet, You slowly anglng your SCATTERING mind
business for How mistaken idea this when
The speed high Their minds may but
they working overtime just the
Reckless motoring will surely decrease the powers
the mind and memory will thus beco impaired The anc-
objects, the uhconsciou dread accidents manipulation IT
MACHINERY with the party
things make the automoos mind regular Kaleidoscope he NAV
find that all his thoughts umbed the
II the childish 10Y.
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our books at present are all Eng
lish, but We hope to get some Chi
nese books before long. We are now
teaching the Chinese boys how to use
a library. As yet they do not seem 10
know exactly what 1t means. But
they are very much Interested. and
are adopting our American methods
very readily. There is great excite.
a.ent when the boxes Of books come.
and the boys. although not enthusias.
&c by nature show a very good imi-
tstiOu Ot it al these moment8us &C.
caaious
Strange 60 say. they Ike The his,
tories. the biographies and the sci
"ncea better than fiction. which is
SLIGHTLY different. J believe. from the
iiuie story loving American children.
THIS is perhaps because their own
ici!en is $50 bad. they cannot seem
60 think that any literature Of this
dind can possibly D. good We have
a very nicely fitted nap rea.ing room.
" ~ tf iA-RNf 90 fltf AltTlltata ana Eng
llsh magazines att on hana cor them
We really have TO urge them Ia read
The fiction. and hey DO not care for
Tie poetry. either.
Last summer. during the vacation.
the Librarians allowed the bows 10
take home 300 books. and al; were re-
turned in coed condition a. rt. a.
ginning of the fall term. There il
also travelling library. Oh a small
scale. b. which ihe students who
have gone lar into The country 10
small mission stations may be- SUD-
piled with western literature. Toev
are seuC Too. 70 the foreign mission.
aries who are located among tho
mountains. Not Ions ago a load of
books e5s carried six miles straight
up muin,ain by coolies To tbese
LHk .-uu-fs workers."
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ON AMERICAN PLAN
LIBRARY TO RUN IN THIS WAY
AT WI CHANG.
M Visionary Returns TO This Country
to Fit Herself to Garry Out the
Progressive Wishes Of
Cinnamon.

During the past year or two there
have been many indications that
China was awakening to western
ideas and progress. and this fact is
emphasized by the action Of the ori.
entails at Wa Chang China who
want library run on the American
plan, and which when il Is started
viii be the first of It's kind in the Ce-
lestial kingdom
In furtherance of the plans. Miss
| Elizabeth Wood has come back to this
country and become a student in the
library school at Pratt institute TO fit
herself to become director of the pro
posed library Miss Wood has been
granted 4 years leave of absence by
The board OF Episcopal missions. with
which she has been connected for
seven years, and has left her classes
in the mission school there in order
10 learn how To put her little begin
ming Of library into good shape for
her Chinese pupils. In time it is the
hope OF the Americans In VA Chang
to start public library, but for the
present ii will be connected with
Boone college. which is a part of the
mission there.
The city of Wa Chang is a phenom-
email one on account of the great |
strides it has taken along the lines OF /
education. 1t is known as the "Bos- /
ton OF China and is the center of /
western learning in that country In /
fact ii is the most Amerieanzed Of /
all the Chinese cities. Ii is situated
in the central part Of the country,
near Han Kow the great tea port. and
Han Yang, the trading center. Ia
the last two cities there are compare.
lively few foreigners, but In all three
there are over 4 million inhabitants.
Wa Chang can boast OF 10000 stu
dents who daily 90 to the great
schools there to learn what the west
las to teach to the east. There is
little of the old eastern learning
aughL Twenty thousand soldiers are
also among the citizens of Va
hang
Miss Wood, in speaking OF her work
he other day. said
4 came to Pratt in September in
rider to put our own library on a
more systematic basis It probably
'ilI not he necessary for me TO take
he entire course as I had had some
Experience in this line before ! went
0 China. in my house in this state:
o during the last part of my year
hope to be able TO spend my time
a trying to interest the people In
ur library. Our idea is ultimately to
)und public library.
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ADELE'S
ARGUMENT

Il don't know of another single sub
ject about which SO many lalacie,
exist as that OF feminine oddities.
said Adele. As she said Il she looked
at her husband in a way that mean
she was in the mood for a discussion
SO ne contradicted her ut once. JUS
to oblige
you can't deny, my dear, that wo
( men are less straightforward than
men he said
/ She laughed dersiyely DO you
really cling to that old theory?' she
asked. IF YOU do, you have simply
accepted what has been handed down
! To you without ever trying to apply
it,"
Apply it for me- If you can" he
suggested
Il can give you a dozen examples, ="
Adele replied, loftily
One will do" he answered.
Wen come back to that" said
Adele, after brief pause What |
was thinking OF particularly was that
women are supposed 10 be vainer than
men. As matter of fact, men are
twice as fussy about their appearance
as women are. and it takes them
twice as long to get ready to go any.
where. Another thing Women are
supposed 10 be more easily fiattered
than men. and yet every girl in her
teens knows how TO fatter man and
how to pretend that she believes his
batteries
Yet you said they were more
straightforward than mem"
Don't evade the point at issue"
said Adele, severely This is some.
thing altogether different Ii a girl
tells man that he should never wear |
anything but brown because it suits
him so wen he will laugh at the idea
II her supposing he gives a thought
10 his clothes and remark, carelessly,
! really hadn't noticed just what color
his suit was; it is the weight of the
thar guides my selection
BUT, II you observe him from that
line on you viii notice that every,
hing he buys is brown; and he will !
continue to be brown until some other
,irl tells him something else
Now, on the other hand, contin.
led Adele, warming to her subject If
man tells girl that she should
year certain color she is pleased to
hank him for his advice and compli.
lenJs his discrimination until ne feels
hat no one has ever realized before
is talent along the line OF color
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
BENEFICIENCE TO SOCIALISM

AL an Illuminating meeting Of the
Syracuse alumni in New York. ad
dressed by J. G. Phelps Stokes and his
wife, Mr.. Stokes announced his retire.
ment from settlement work, explain
ing that under present conditions III
Is useless 10 attempt to benefit the
condition CT the poor" This disheart.
ening statement was followed by a
pronunciamento from Mrs. Rose Pas
tor Stokes. who proclaimed herself a
mented her husband Respondent con
illusions with the assurance that the
greed Of millionaires brings about con,
ditions that cannot be help ed by hos
pitfalls, soup kitchens, and settlement
work Apparently her conclusion is
that until all the world Is converted to
socialism humane and charitable en-
deayor is so much precious time
thrown away
Despite these pessimistic utteran,es
1t may be hoped that neither Mr.. nor
Mrs Stokes will fcrsake opportunities
Of active good Ii would be mournful,
indeed II all calmly sat down. look.
ing. perhaps pityingly but inactiyely
at human dis tress aud waiting conf
IDENTITY for that distant day when,
since everybody would be a socialist
nobody would he in wan,. II Is, in.
deed unpleasant and hard to contem-
AT, ftt
and useless capacity.
While II may be that some years
must elapse before these glitteriug
possibilities are realized there is still
measure of re lief which may be af,
forded to those who are in no eondi.
ton to wait fer the millennium. II
rs not pleasant to look upon the
Stokes family in its present mental
attitude. Nobody has demanded of
Mr.. Stokes that he shall relieve all the /
suffering in the world. He has not 1
been expected 10 work unheard If
miracles In hanishing human care and 1
trouble. But il has been thought that
he would continue a work Of gracious .
UtSs, hDlnB sAi III iiiH pDnfI 10 dhFli .
such misery as must be so often the
human LOT until the much hoped 10
conditions prevail Surely the day OF .
grace will not be delayed because hos .
pitfalls are not torn down. SOUP kitch. /
ems demolished and settlement work .
discontinued. Truly these resorts are /
not the breeding places of greedy mil I
lionaires.
Meanwhile whatever the test case I
introduced by the Stokes family. hui
name endeayor and transformations
philanthropy are not likely TO be
stampeded into pouting and selfish
inactivity. The milk of human kind .
ness will continue to flow. settlement
work will go On. hospitals viii be
erected for the ALIENATION Of suffering. /
and thousands Of persons who have 4
never enjoyed the privilege Of ad-
dressing the Syracfses alumni viii /
auietiy and .unobnusvely do what .
they can to help their brethren IN .
distress. pending the dav when all the
world is socialized This is not
drastic way # fastening that day Of
glory. but it has lis compensations 1
n the sweetness Of human charity and
n the benefcience Of immediate good.
Chicago Tribune
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schemes But II you observe the girl
you viii see that she has paid abso-
lutely M attention to what he said
And that proves"
That she is not so open to Aattery.
therefore she is less vain" said Adele
triumphanty.
Her husband knew that she is never
quite sure where she is coming out
when she argues. so he could well
understand her satisfaction in having
landed at the point for which she had
started He hadn't the heart to show
her the obvious hole in her argument,
50 he said: But it isn't very straight.
forward for that girl 10 pretend she
is impressed and then to ignore the
advice altogether
What about the man who pretends
10 scorn the suggestion and then acts
on it,"
THAT would seem to make them
equally at fault he admitted
oh. it's much worse for the man.
He is too conceited to acknowledge
that he could take a wJmans advice
And another fallacy is that women
dress only for each other Men are
more impressed by what woman is
wearing than other women are ]
ian give sou plenty of examples OF
hat in my own experience.
Women are supposed not to be
able To argue, too" continued Adele.
and yet J invariably get the better
Of you in an argument
Invariably her husband promptly
agreed. But YOU haven't yet given
ne those cases which prove that wo-
men are more straightforward than
mem
Haven't % Wen ] meant to. but
here goes the bell and tie Dicksons
fre coming To- piaF cards. J know
an convince yOu when get a
.bance
Hu. she als avoided she eubject
ever since fIIeaet HzHt News.
ineTe may De q sant al printed ~
The persistent man usually wins
the "try again" fellow is a. "lsoky" tb
sani advertising ss be B IL all otb~r
AhsA --.--I-IEIK
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that any considerable number OF
voters will avail themselves of this
opportunity of giving expression &c
| their prferences, for II Is notorious
! fact that in the exercise of the high
est privilege and duty Of citizenship,
hence the general lack Of confidence
in the much Wanted referendum as a
method of settling questions Of public
concern But II Is expected thar a
sufficient number of votes will be
polled 10 make very respectable
OF The total and TO Justify
n fair estimate al the relative
strength OF The men presented, with
the intelligent voting element of the
city
And strong featule Of this
scheme viii be the reasons assigned
for HE ch9iee expressed. Those rea |
sons II collected in the case Of a |
man with record, would constitute |
q strong argument for him; and II !
would be stronger than any connected |
story that might be- written concern
ny him. because II would come from
many different minds and would
'epresent popular sentiment-not The
opinion merely Of one person.
The Bulletin propose. to conduct
mis- referendum in a perfectly di,in
crested manner and in perfect good
aith 50 far as the authors Of the bal
Dts are concerned. IL has no favor
q to boost no enemy 10 bring to
rief 1t aims only 10 serve as a faith
IL monthpiece Of the people in a mat
~ wherein they all have. or should
ave. an equal interest.
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Clever Clerk.

For some time past I've been buy
Ing dozen eggs every week at the
store. and invariably find two bad
ones in every dozen. Something's
got to be done about IL" said an irate
housekeeper. Well" said the new
clerk naiyely. and with a quiet smile.
"mebbe II you only bought half a
dozen you'd get one bad one"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
Time CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RYS.

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second st. 20
ing north on Commercial Ave, every is min
utes from a. m, to IL p. M.
Going north on Walnut st. every 10 min utes
from SOS a. NJ. to 1858 p. IN.
POPLAR ST, LINE-Holbrook Ave. cars
due to leave Second St. going north on Hol.
brook Ave. at 6;57; 6:27; 6:42; 6:57; 7:i2 a. III,
and ON same minutes every hour until 1870
and 1l:I2 p. m
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. at 5:49:
6:is; 6;34 6:49; and 1904 q. m. and on same min.
utes every hour until 1884 and lt:04 p. ia.
Poplar st. cars due to pass st, Mary's park 10
minutes after leaving second st.
BELT LINE OWL CARS north on walnut
-ll:30 p. M 1884 q. m; 80 3. ~; 2'30 .. M;
8: 30 a. m; $3.50 a. m; $3.50 q. IN.
North ON Commercial-I2:00 p. M; 800 a. M;
900 q, m; 800 a. m; 400 a. m; q, IN.
Belt and Owl carr are due to pass West
Thirty fourth st. IL minutes after leaving
Second st.
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URGES INCREASED WAGES.

Washington Jan 22-First Assist
AMI Postmaster Ge cral Hitchcock to-
day recommended in his annual re-
port that the salaries of he officers
and cler is in the pastoffice and the
salaries Of letters carriers be in.
creased TO enable them 10 meet the in
creased expense of living.
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BELOW ZERO IN GERMANY.

Berlin, Ian. % Thermomct ars
registered Two degrees below zero 70.
day and stll lower IN northern Ger-
many This is colder weather than
has prevailed in Germany s,nce
March, 1883. There is much suffering
among the poorer classes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
CRUSH AT KAlsER's RECEPTION

Berlin, Jan. 22--Jan. 22-The an.
nual reception took place at the pal
ace tonight and more Americans han
usual were presented 10 the emperor
and empress The crush at the re.
ception was very great and some
guests We're obliged to wait TWO hours
in line before their carriages could
reach entrance TO The palace
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
VIII Boar In philinnines.

There are thousands OF wild boar
In the Philippines and you can shoot
them anywhere. The natives usually
drive them into nets with dogs. Some.
times they are caught in pitfalls or
traps. No one ever heard of the Phil
ippine wild boar attacking anyone.
although 1t grows TO great size and
looks very fierce. Like the wild jungle
fowl. which will breed with domestic
poultry. the wild boar will breed freely
with the native pigs.
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CUT OFF TIE FREE SEED.

Washington. Jan. 22-Tha house
committees on agriculture decided
today 70 recommend the discontinu
ance of free seed distribution by cen
gress. Instead of appropriating the
customary $4,000 for this purpose
the committee will advise this sum
be used for the purchase of rare seeds
to be distributed by he department
Of agricai aro.
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December Circulation.

81. ZUZb
The above is a correct statement Of
the number Of copies printe dof the
Cairo Bulletin for the year, 1906, and
for the month Of December. 1906.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Bird day OF January 1907
(SEAL) LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23

A truck arrived at Desenzano. on
the Lago dl Garda. having brought
coal from Venice. On this was a
Ntch Of corn about four inches high
Eaich must have taken at least 20
Gays TO grow This may give some
idea of the delays on the Italian rail
ways. which are causing factories to
close for lack Of raw material.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23

Sensible persons need
not fear insanity as a re-
suit of motoring. But if
automobiling is INDUCED
in to excess the heaIth-
lest man may expect to
find that by slow degrees
his memory will become
defective.
Fl a d automobiling
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cnon paid the cuisine in the ordinary menage wives
capable giving department the machinery intel
gcnt >upcy,onthe divorce could pretty nearly of
business
Moreover If all learned cook that dreaded bugaboo, the
problem would cyaporate,
remember going a farmers institute used go good
enand hearing very nice paper how keep husbands
4 home. We all listened with deep attention
When it all old lady sitting in of the back seats
and Sad II have been greatly edited and interested by what
Mrs Blank has said but fancy have had experience this
husbands home she ha-lnore perhaps
Of here pesentand say that there just way,
nae beautiful in its simplicity uniaing application
and thar feed the brutesr
And that old lady right If home to three good
meals day good and plenty of it, well cooked and well served with
reasonable Difference his individual you think he's going
quarrel with his lucN2 Why he'd be a fool!
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
Latest Creation,

First Of all. said the Sunday school
teacher. God made the world and ali
the beasts aud birds. Nov. vhst vas
the last thing He created?"
Why" replied little " l-lic 4 guess
It's that baby that came 10 Our house
yesterday. ! Amt heard Of anything
later "-PhlE1elphia Press
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Why champanne Is costix.

Champagne takes Up much time
and care in the making Altogether
bottle Of champagne goes through
goo different operations. covering a
period Of two and half years. aud In
addition It is sometimes kept two
81 three years In the vaults maturing
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Tlrr Nrrh nf
HrtsnlI Rrfnrmta
BY FLORENCE E. MAVERICK.


lo il ptfu TO think that prisons regarded here only
places safe keeping. and not of possible regeneration
Could the American who sympathetic naturally
nruomiabc obstacles with which prison
battle humane treatment prisoners and health
them. then they would be reused
greatly credit Of New York spite obstacles
confined n the prisons longer forced through the
d tine ep striped clothing have their hair clip
Another great reform has been the placing of glass windows
prison this done the
per aud the death from tuberculosis is Il per
much be done the REFORM upon
women this work must, Tor the greater part, deyolye.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23

1t is amazing to find
how sparse is the IN
formation of the average
person concerning ih,
work going on in the
prisons Of America. Peo-
pie seem to lose sight Of
the fact that when a
man comes from prison
he should be enabled to
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR.

Louisville. Ky, Jan. 22-M Z.
Pearson, a well known physician was
killed tonight by an electric car at
Crescent Hill, a suburb, Dr.. Pearson
in attempting 10 cross the track. ran
into a passing car
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VOTE FOR MAYOR TODAY.

The Bulletins mayoralty referen
dunn has not been inaugurated and
sill not be conducted for or against
any man u is a free-for-all. thor
onehis aisinterested. thoroughly
honorable scheme 20 feel the public
pulse with respect to the coming
mayoralfy contest. Il Is not expected
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23
MINERS REFLECT MITCHELL

indianapolis Ind Jan 22-Thc
convention Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America adjourned today. All
the old officers, including John Nit
chell, the president. We're reelected
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-23

TRa BulIstiz In HslfvereS in tairts
tsvns ~ dms Ter Tie
1reMhfaa tAhlA
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The Bulletin Is On sale a the fol
swing places:
coleman's, gf4 Eishfh ssrass
Halliday House News @taaa~
Walkers, 10 Sixth street
Riue Front Restaurant.
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Day which Is bunting a job" for = man
Who ought 70 have been working for
yop nH FsAgxL
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday circu-
lation for the year 1906. .... 2o28
Average daily and Sunday clrcu-
latiOn for the month or Deem.
Der, 1906 ................ .2045
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Gum Gnuking az panarra
fnr tl1r Dtunrrr Euil
BY DR.. HENRY N. WILEY,
Chemist the United States Agriculture

Divorce will decrease about 90 per cent when
women learn the art of cooking. When that happens
this will be the happics place this side of Already or
heaven though do not know the geographical
location of the latter place. nor am | acquainted with
the nutrients used there
or course, a man like myself who has never mar
rjcd cannot pretend to speak with authority on such
sui jecs as divorce But do think that if more at
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A Foot N..s-

Have the soles af your new shoes
vanished They sill weaf alch
longer and De imperylous 10 weather
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Population 1917.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, X. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, JAMES QUINN
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Police Magistrate. A. J. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, NJ. s. EAGAN.
Alexander County. Population z2oos.
County Clerk, JESSE E. MILLER.
Circuit CLERK. LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK IL. DAVIS.
Coroner, DIR. JAMES McMANUD.
County Superintendent of Schools.
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED y.
NELLIS.
Board Of County Commissioners,
J. J. JENNELIE. Chairmaa.
GEORGE PARSONS.
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HOW THE TRAINS RUN

Corrected to January 10th, 1907.
TRAINS ARRIvn TRAINS pnPARr
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ineTe may De sant al. printed ~
The persistent man usually wins
the try again fellow IL a. "lscky" IN
want advertising e. be b ia all otb~r
hianA u. uSIK