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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick r. Place
AMI son Fed who have been guests
OF Mrs. Places parents, MI and Mrs.
J. W. Spies of Tweutyseventh street
left Yesterday for Akron Ohio where
they will reside temporarily Mr.,
Place is travelling representative for
the Sutherland Medicine company Of
2aducah, Ky.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Miss Fannie Dunn. cf BirninshaiL
Alta. is the guest Of her coGsia, Mrs.
G. Fredk. Gallagher OF 2700 Walnut
street
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Mrs. J E. Blanchard and daughters
Misses Mary and Beulah. have re.
turned to their home in Creal Springs
after IA visit here with Mrs Frank L.
Moore Of 1906 Highland avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Have The Bulletin on your break
fast table every morning. 1t will cost
you only two cents per day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Miss Jennie Dewey, Ct Twelfth
street, will give thimble party nest
Saturday afternoe n.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
PAY Car Coming.

The Big Four pay car will leave
Danville for a trip over the Cairo dl,
glsl n of the road March 90,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Mrs. 0. L. Bartlett Of Mound City
'Gas IN the city yesterday calling on
friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Attorney David 5. I.ansden went to
ST Louis yesterday on business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

II. H. Halliday and Waite: Il weed
transacted business in Anna ycsser'
day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Twenty second street won't to villa
hidge yesterday to visit friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Mrs Edward Powers ana guests,
Miss Elizabeth keefe Of st Louis,
ard Miss Ciotilde Weisert Of Vim
cennes, Ind, went to Mounds last
evening to attend q social function
given by Mrs. f. Iyerson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13
Find Made by eotanIsts.

New specimens of grass and white
orchids never before known to exist
In this country have been discovered
in Cape May county. New Jersey.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-13

Mrs. Able Daugherty. Of West
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
A wayside wedding.

Zone Sunday afternoon" says Elder
J. w. Cook, in his recent book, Forty
five Years a Minister" "as was trav-
cling along the road, CHANGED to meet
young couple who were carrying a
bucket of provender to the hogs.
Il knew they had been neighbors
and sweethearts for years, and as
came up l could see that he was urg-
ing her to do something which she BASH
fully opposed.
when l reached them, however, she
appeared to have been won over, for
they dropped their pail, and the young
man said:
Sallie's just said yes, parson.
How'd it do to jlne us right where we
are atT
Il suggested perhaps we'd better go
into the house, but he seemed to be
afraid she would change her mind.
So 1 called a passing horseman-a
stranger-to act as witness.
THE bride and bridegroom wiped
their hands on their clothes and stood
up there, with a field full of hogs for
a background. and a wayfarer whom
nobody knew as a witness, and were
married as safely as In house of
wealth.
The young man said, Thank YOU
and kissed his bride. They picked up
their bucket and resumed their errand.
1T Just happened the girl had been
over on neighborly visit to the young
mans folks, and by reason of my ap-
pearance at the critical moment the
boy was able to sweep away her scru-
piles.
You see." the elder adds, with hui
morous appreciation, ''in those days
preachers were so scarce In the back
settlements that whenever one appear
ed in n community they always expect
ed him to do something"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
Could s-- For Himself.

Clarence Foster ("Pop") the old ball
player. was always busy sewing in his
spare moments In the clubhouse Eos
ter was n handsome fellow and took
pride In keeping himself looking neat
and natty as far as his attire went,
and he was as particular as an old
maid regarding his clothes, so was
kept busy doing the tailor act with
the needle ard thread. One August
Pop" was taken I'll and was alling
for some few days The fact of his H.
ness got into the public press and 30
became common talk among the play
erS A few days after the announce
ment was made that Foster was III
the st. Louis aggregation blew into the
Washington grounds The first day
Foster was discovered sitting In front
of the clubhouse. busy at his everiast-
ing sewing.
Hello. Pop" shouter Catcher Joe
Sugden. Il heard YOU were sick, but
how are you now?"
well, joe carelessly responded
Foster as he paused moment In his
tailor stunt. II have been sick. but
just at present. as you can see for
yourself. happen to be on the mend. /"
Was hlngton Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

When the bellboy responded to the
signal he found the elderly travelling
man standing in the center of the room
holding a handkerchief to his nose,
from which the blood was oozing.
Give me slap alongside OF the
head, good and hard" said the elder
ly man, turning his face toward the
boy and speaking with difficulty.
But. sir. ~
Don't stop to talk" sputtered the
travelling man. SLAP me, tell YOU
again holding his head forward The
boy hesltated for moment, then tim
idly slapped the mans face. Hard
err" commanded the smitten one The
boy hesitated no longer, but with his
open palm dealt the man a vigorous
blow.
That's better" grunted the CORY
one as he removed the handkerchief
and after a test found the bleeding
had stopped I'm subject to these at
tacks OF nose bleed" he explained to
the astonlshed youth. handing him a
tip II have tried all sorts of rene
dies, but nothing acts more promptly
than a blow alongside the head The
shock seems TO paralyze the ruptured
blood vessels, and they quit work ar
once. Try it some time If you have
the occasion. l got the idea from an
old physician in Mexico."-New York
Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

had never before been known to exhib-
It Observing that picture on the
wall was askew. he mounted a chair
to adjust it. This gave the Fords their
chance. 1'hey had edged between Jesse
James and the bed on which Law his
pistols. Bob then shot him In the tsck
of the head. There were a few gasps
and Jesse James, bandit and outlaw,
was dead He lived just long enough
to be gathered into the arms Of his
wife. The revolver that was used Cor
bis undoing had been his own gift to
the man who used 1t. The Fords goe
their money, a pardon from the Gov
ernor and the detestation OF even the
enemies Of Jesse James. Thereafter
they knew no peace. There was none
so mean as to extend hand to thea.
Charles Ford committed suicide In
Richmond. There were no mourners.
Bob Ford drifted to Colorado, became
an unwelcome habitue Of gambling
halls and Sa. shot In a drunken brawI.
For long there has hung In the Sam
uels home framed scroll bearing this
Inscription:
In Loving Remembrance Of my Beloved
Son
JESSE w. JAMES
Died April 8, 1882
Aged 81 years months % days.
Murdered by a Traitor and Coward
Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear
Here.
Such Is a brief sketch of Jesse
James dauntless, desperate, brutal,
soldier of vengeance, who war.ed upon
society, his hand against every man,
his legacy the memory Of bitterness.
At once loving and t1erciless, the
strange and paradoxical product of
heredity and environment, 1t may be
said of him, "We never shall see his
like again." but in the saying there
can be no cadence of sorrow.-Henry
James in Philadelphia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

capped The rest were not wounded.
They were dead.
In this charge Jesse James, having
the best horse. was in the lead 1t was
a bullet from his unerring revolver that
laid poor Johnson low, and many others
were accredited to him that dreadful
day The guerrillas lost four men. Such
was their usual fortune. By expert
ences of this kind Jesse James was
hardened. He was butcher of men.
Crime without Parallel.
An incident characteristic of Jesse
James may be related here. After the
war, travelling in Tennessee. he found
the widow of an old comrade. 1t hap
pened that a mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day, and she
was momentarily expecting the Sheriff
and the money lender. The sum she
needed was $500. Jesse had this with
him, but no more, and he was far from
home, but he gave it to her. Then he
secreted himself by the roadside, watch
ed the officials and the lender arrive
and depart. and stepping from ambush
with leyeled pistols, lndde them dis
gorge the entire amount. with which he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
Development of Marshes.

Louisiana embraces within It's boun-
daries an area which Is, in its pres
ent condition. as useless to its people
as corresponding area on the high
seas.
Yet, according to the Southern Farm
Magazine, this now worthless area,
something over 100000 acres, is the
greatest body of fertility in the world
except probably in the Amazon food
plain.
The cultivated portion of the allu-
vial district south Of Red River is to-
population in the United States-a
population of $50 to he square mils
of cultivated land. emitting entirely
the urban population Of New Orleans
Based upon what the alluvial lands
are now doing, the undrained lands Of
Loulsiana-Iands to-day wholly unoc-
cupied-are capable of supporting. not
counting the cities which would exist
there. over 100000. population ex-
ceeding any one OF the forty States OF
the American Union.
Holland, on an alluvial area (2,75O,.
600 acres) considerably less than one
half OF Louisiana's undrained area,
and with a fertility not up to thu
Louisiana standard. supports about g..
100000 people, and up to the highest
standard of Europe Holland is almost
a synonym for wealth
Beyond question. the drainage Of the
remaining marshes and swamps In the
United States Is the most important
natural development awaiting us, and
is sure to be done by the present gen.
GRAFTON. Scores Of drainage projects
are LOW actively under way, and thou
sands Of acres have already been
brought under cultivation with most
satisfactory results
The production OF these new lands
far exceeds that Of the older cultivat-
ed lands OF this famously productive
delta, and, except where reclaimed by
companies for the purpose OF sale, they
are rarely offered at any price Here
the drainage movement Is getting mo
mentum. and it viii not stop until
south Louisiana has become the rich
est agricultural community Of its size
In the world
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

not destined to reap the benefits In
volved in the disposal of the isthmus
for canal purposes, though her shipping
will, of course, be largely benefited
through the use Of the waterway when
completed.
Another contribution to the Panama
map stamps followed in the form or
one gotten out by the new republic on
its own account This In turn was fol-
lowed by the well-known Canal Zone"
stamps, which are merely the Panama
map stamps, oyerprinted with the
words, Canal Zone" and Issued for
use In the strip of territory parallellng
the canal route and coded to the United
States by Panama. Nicaragua mas
also had map stamp, and this was
probably issued with the same intent
to advertise the suggested Nicaraguan
route for an isthmian canal that ami
mated Colombia to stamp advertise
Panama. Venezuela issued map stamp
in 1896. and 1t is said that this was
for the purpose OF impressing upon the
world In general, and upon Great Brit
ain in particular, the Venezuelan
claims to the boundary between the re-
public and British Guiana.
Upon the occasion of the meeting OF
the third Pan-American congress In
1865 Brazil issued a stamp showing al
legorical figures representing the
Americas gathered about large chart
of the Western hemisphere. A map
Of the island that 1t shares with Hayi
was shown on a stamp issued by the
Dominican republic in 1900. New South
Wales celebrated its one hundredth an
adversary in 1888 by issuing a stamp
bearing G map of the whole Of Aus
tralia and the adjacent waters.
Globe charts Of the world are shown
on one of the stamps Of the 1894 issue
of Portugal, which was in commemora-
ton of the deeds Of discovery OF Prince
Henry the Navigator, who opened up
the East to civilization much as Colum-
bus opened up the West, and at about
the same period of history.
One of the curious r1ap stamps Is
that of the treaty port Of Ichang, Chi
ma. issued in 1895. The map, or dia-
gram. represents the little settlement
Of Ichang, and is the only stamp map
Of a city-If Ichang with Its fifty Eu-
ropean residents and handful of Chi
nese can be dignified with the title of
"city."
The "city" lies on the left bank Of
The river Yang-tse. which stream here
flows In a southeasterly direction. In
the Ichang map stamp the river is la
beIed in Chinese characters Chang
Chang" which is equivalent to Long
River" another of the names given to
II by the natives. On the river front
ia the "Halkuan," or c:,stom house, and
back of the settlement Is detached
plot inscribed in tiny characters lying
shu," which is nothing more nor less
than the Brt fish consulate. the direct
ing force In the community.-C Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
No Come Back.

Some OF the West Indian islanders
have learned that when a foreigner
misbehaves on their shores II Is better
to suffer In silence than to mete out
punishment at the risk of a descend
ing gunboat from the miscreant's ma
tive land. A judge in Haiti, however,
recently took occasion to pay off old
scores and to redeem his self respect
In the case Of an offender brought be-
fore him.
To his first question as to the ma
tionality OF the accused the interpre-
ter had answered that the prisoner
was from Switzerland.
Switzerland !" said the judge. And
Switzerland has no seacoast, has itT'
mo seacoast, your honor" replied
the interpreter.
"And no navy" continued the Judge.
And no navy, your honor" was the
reply.
VERY well, then" said the judge,
give him one year at hard Labor
Brooklyn Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
STAMP MAPS.
How One May study Geography from

How One May study Geography from
Postage Stamps.
According to story now going the
rounds a postmaster in a rural New
York town found among his mail
package bearing an odd little sticker
With which he was not familiar.
That's no stamp" said he. tossing
the package to his clerk. that's map.
Stick l0-cent due stamp on that, Jim,
and collect for it when it is called
for"
As a matter of fact it was a map.
but nevertheless stamp, and one is
sued by Uncle Sam, too, not later than
four years ago. 1t was the 1O-cent de-
nomination OF the Louisiana purchase
issue gotten out In honor of the big
exposition held at St Louis In 1904,
and instead of presenting the portrait
Of some of the nations celebrities 1t
showed map of the country with the
territory included in the louisiana pur-
chase sharply defined by heavy lines.
The list OF map stamp Issues Is not
Insignificant. Nearly everyone has seen
the Canadian stamp OF 1898 that bore
on its face chart of the entire world,
oceans and all. Besides being rather
pretty, 1t possessed several interesting
characteristics that commended it to
consideration. 1t was issued in COM
memoration OF the granting of reduced
postal rates tc the colonies of Britain.
The Panama map stamps form an in
teresting study. The first of these
stamps was issued by the Colombian
republic in 1897, of which Panama then
formed state or department. The
eyes of the world had been for years
on the narrow isthmus that connects
the two American continents, and the
stamp was probably intended as much
as anything else to attract wide atten-
ton to the possibilities that lay in the
opening up of canal throughout that
strip of land.
But Colombia, as all now know, was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

Put on as much well-rotted stable
manure as will cover the ground pretty
evenly. Plow this under and at inter
walls through the winter, IL burning
wood, scatter the ashes over the ground,
or save until there is good load; a
couple of tons of these may safely be
used to the acre. Apply before time
to plant, pillow again and pulyerize the
ground thoroughly so that manure and
ashes are well incorporated, then plant
and the yield. even on ground too poor
To grow white beans, will be surpris-
ing.
1t Is possible to grow from ten to
twenty potatoes of marketable size in
soil so treated, when using small pota-
toes for seed, though the previous crop
of potatoes hardly paid for the dig
ging.
If manure is not at hand then humus
and nitrogen may be secured by plant
ing crop of COW peas and blowing
under after the seed has been picked.
II still early enough to get a stand
Of rye this may be sowed as cover
crop, and when the proper season comes
pillow the rye under and before plant
ing apply commercial fertilizer with
high per cent OF potash and phos-
phuric acid.
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1190-Mahomet II. besieged Constanti-
nople.
157S-Wiliiam Harvey. discoverer Of the
circulation of the blood. born.
1914 Maisonneuye defeated the lroqucis
at the Place dArmes, Montreal.
17So-Field Marshal viscount Hardinge.
an early governor general CT India,
born in England.
1S06-Joseph Bonanarte made King of
the Two Sicides.
1S14-Napoleon Bonaparte sent in exile
to island of Elba.
1S3S-Treasury buildings at Washington
destroyed by fire.
1S43-Sir Charles Metealfe appointed
governor of Canada.
1S4T-Coyent Garden theater, London.
opened for Italian opera.
1S54-Commercial treaty conclude. with
Japan by Commodore Perry of the
United States navy.
1SJ5-Planet Gree discovered by a.
Chacornac.
1S56-Treaty of Paris. ending the
SAALhSdh wax
1S5S-British force under Sir Hugh Rose
defeated the Indian mutineers and
took the city of Jhansi.
1S62-Ge-. Albert S. Johnston of ths
Confederate army killed at Shiloh.
Born 1903
1S65--Confederates evacuated Richmond.
-. Federal troops occupied Rich
mond Va. United States transport
General Lyon burned with great loss
of lif
1S66-First national encampment of the
G.. A. X. met at Indianapolis. -.
Spanish feet bombarded Valparaiso.
Chile
1S6T-United States bought Alaska from
Russia for $7,200.000
1868 Uniform postage rate of cents
per letter adopted throughout Can
ada
1855 attleford, in Saskatchewan, be-
sieged by Indians.
1S91-Baron F'ava, Italian minister to
the United States, recalled.
1898 China leased Wei-Hai-Wei to
Great Britain.
1902 Large section OF Atlantic City de.
stroyed by Ere.
Bridgeport, Conn, resulted in a
number of deaths. .Simplon tunnel
formally opened
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
KEPT WITHIN BOUNDS.
Young People in Virginia In Chief
Justice MarshaII's Day.

Young People in Virginia In Chief
Justice MnrshaIIs Day.
In an old biography of Chief Justice
Marshall there is an anecdote WHICH
gives a significant hint of the disci-
pline to which young people were sub.
ject in that earlier day.
Several of the great jurist's nieces
were in the habit of visiting him, and
as they were young and attractive the
house became a rendezvous for the
leading young men OF the city during
the afternoons. Judge Marshall's black
major domo, old Uncle Joseph, held 4
tight rein upon these visitors. Every
day at o'clock he would appear Mt
the door of the drawing room in spot
less livery and with a profound bow
would announce:
Ladies. his honor the chief justice
has retired to his room to prepare for
dinner.
Gentlemen, dinner will be served at
half past 4 o'clock. 1t Is now 4. His
honor will be pleased If you will re-
main, ana covers have been laid for
you at the table. IL you cannot re-
main, will you permit the young ladies'
to retire to prepare for the meal"
The gentlemen usually took their
leave, and the ladies retired In an III
humor, but any remonstrance with Jo-
seph was only answered by: 1T is the
rule of the house. Young folks must
be kept within bounds"
In Virginia houses of the better class,
Notwithstanding their almost bound
less hospitality, the calls of young men
in that day were strictly held within
limit. No one was received as a visitor
to an unmarried girl unless his ante
cedents and character were well known
to her parents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21
raD1ANs STARVED ON A ROCK.
Illinois Farmer Tells of = Legend
Relating to His Home County.

Illinos. Farmer Tells of q LeGend
Relating to His Home County.
"you never heard Of Deer PARK In
Illinois7 Then let me tell you some
thing about the town"
Robert s. Brown, farmer, was tell
ing of his home town at the Midland
hotel the other day. He has lived In
the county Of La Sale. In Illinois. says
the Kansas City Star.
@Deer Park. although It's only q VII
lage, Is near enough. to the historic
Starved Rock to be OF considerable i'm
portance to those who visit the rock.
Starved Rock you know, Is the Inn
mense rocky bluff standing above the
Illinois river A few miles above It's
junction with ths vermiiion river. On
this rock a small surviving band OF In
dams were driven by a Ia-ger tribe and
kept there until they starved But
that Is another story
Deer Park Is no larger now than It
was twenty or thirty years ago. Ii Is
too far away from commerce TO grow.
But It's one OF the prettiest little VII
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went on his way. happy in having saved
the widows home at the cost of a tri-
fling inconvenience not In itself disa-
greeable.
When fully launched upon his crimi-
nal course, Jesse had with him Bill An
derson, the Centralia butcher, and four
of the Younger brothers, as well as
some others. including his own brother
Frank. Frank has been for many years
now reputable, law-abidlng individ-
ual. He always lacked initiative, and
never had fithe of the singular abil-
ity of Jesse The first act known to
hare been committed by the gang was
the robbery of bank at Corydon. Iowa,
a bold and open raid, which the per-
petrators announced to gathering of
citizens as they rode away, firing their
pistols. In July. 1878, they robbed
train on the C. K. l. & T. near Council
Bluffs. numbering an unarmed eng-
neer. AT intervals followed a robbery
on the Iron Mountain, netting $4,000
one on the Union Pacific. where the
loot was $4,000. and another with 81
$1,000 haul on the Missouri Pacific. In
each instance there was displayed ut
ter indifference as TO the killing OF
trainmen or passengers. although pos
sibly an inclination to leave a few dead
TO lend impressiveness to the occasion.
With sporadic outbreaks the James
gang did nothing especially notable
after the Missouri Pacific robbery I'M
til September. 1876. when they under
took TO rob bank at Mortified. MINI.
The citizens fought good fight upon
learning that the bank cashier had been
killed. Bill Caldwell Cleli Miller and
Charley Pitts were shot TO death and
Bob and Jim Younger. with Jesse
James, were wounded. The wounded
youngers. together with their brother
Cole. were captured and sentenced 10
prison for life. Bob died IN prison.
Cole and Jim were pardoned in 1901.
and a year later Cole committed sui
eide. Frank James managed to get The
injured Jesse into Dakota and away.
Killed by Treachery.
Such life as Jesse James led was
bound to eliminate In tragedy. Gov
ernor Crittenden. OF Missouri. Disguised
at the futile efforts of officers and de-
teetives TO take him, offered a reward
OF $4,000 for his capture. One Bob"
Ford. with his brother Charles. deter
mined 10 secure this sum. They had
won the confidence OF the outlaw. the
solitary instance. perhaps. in which his
Judgment OF men led him astray These
b~ys had the freedom orr the James
home. They were both there one warm
day in 1882 Because Of the heat jesse
had removed coat and vest andthenlaid
aside his arms, lack Of precaution he