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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Story by Eugene Cowles of tbs SUD
den Freezing Of Mater Sra}

When Eugene 0owles was boy In
Chicago he used To act In amateur
theatrieals, and he tells good stor,
of one of his young friends who ap
peared with him. His name wai
Littlehale," says Cowlns, "and in one
OF our shows he had TO plunge into
river. pursued BY a Wild beast. Tht
river was Invisible TO the audience
and we fixed 1t SO that IAttlehale
should leap, disappear, and strike
mattress IN the wings. while stage
hand should drop a big rock In tub
so as to make splash The leap
worked magnincently In rehearsal,
bur the night OF the performances, the.
stage hand forgot the mattress and
the tub. When iittlehale jumped he
fell eight fSS to- the oaken floor be-
meath and The crash vas such tre-
men fous oue5that the audience not
knowing the circumstances, began TO
laugh. L!ttlehaIe was equalto the
situation. Heavens he shouted
from beneath the stage, the waters
frozen ''-San II ancisco Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
NOTICE TO FACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
Cross Streets Between TWenty-First
Street and Twenty-Eiehth and
West Twenty-Ei shth Streets, and a
Part of Walnut Street, in the City

Fart OF walnut street, IN the Ctty
of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0) O'Clock a. m, Thursday
May 81, 1908, at the city council
No. iii Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements of the
City of Cairo will receive sealed item
tied bids or proposals for the con.
struction of vitrified tile pipe sewers,
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
West Twenty Second Streets, Twenty.
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets,
West Twenty Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West TwentyFifth Streets,
Twenty Sixth ard West Twentyslxth
Streets, REIMBURSEMENT and West
Twenty.Seventh Streets, Charles
Street and part OF Walnut Street
in the said City of Cairo, and for fill.
ing with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance
No. 1877. approved May 20, 1907, now
of record i'm the office of the City
Clerk If said City, No. I'LL CONNER
cial avenue. where printed copies of
the ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said Clerk, and in
the office of the City Engineer OF the
City. in the same building, the speciii-
cations of and for the said work VIII
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as
whole and in all its parts is fully de-
scrihed in the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction o.
the Improvement in strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
will he received for the making oil
the Improvement rs whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling and for the
filling without the sewer work ans
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately
All bids or proposals must be &C
Companied by cash or by a check pay
able 10 the order of the President o
the said Board in his official capacity
and certified by a responsible bank
for an amount equal TO ten (10) pc
centum OF the amount of the bid 0
proposal. and without such cash o
check. no hid or proposal will be cor
sidered. The bids may be delivere
TO the Board at the time and plac
first above mentioned and at sal
time and place. the said Board
open session will open, examine an
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
The Shopkcepiag Kaiser.

The Kaiser has been extremely en-
ergetic In pushing the interests oil
his Berlin pottery shop as commercial
traveller Sometimes at court fes-
tiyals, when be espies wealthy man
he approaches him and solicits or
ders for the Hohenzollern store
Whe> the order Is given the kaiser
extracts gold pencil from hts pocks'
ana after the manner OF COMMERCIAL
travellers jots down the particulars
on his snow white cuifs.-Londor
Tit-Blts
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
The Child.

II is startling to realize that the
orgc ism of the child IL physically
and psychicaily superior to that OF
the adult. Stondlty, strength. and
experience, of course. turn the bal
anee, but in quality and type, the
child has the advantage, aud II lie
the child-type that should be our
ideal. "Of SUCH" 1t was truly said.
is the Kingdom of Heaven. Pre-
paratory Schools Review.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
IT IS FOR LADIES'. roo.
rhey Can Stop Their Hair Falling Out
with Herpicide.

Ladies who have thin hair and whose
hair Is falling out, can prevent the hair
falling out. and thicken the growth. with
Newbros "Herpicide" Besides, Herpl-
eide is one OF the most agreeable hair
dressings there Is. Herpicide kills tho
dandrpfr germ that eats the hair off a,
the root After the germ Is destroyed
the root will shoot up. and the hair grow
long az ever. Even a sample will con-
vince any lady that Newbro's Herpicide
is an Indispensable toilet requisite. 7,
contains no oil or grease. 1t will not stain
or dye Sold by leading druggists Send
t0c. in stamps for sample to The Herpi-
eide Co., Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and 800.
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to May lst 1908. =
The FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trainx Ieaye Cairo.

1882 a. M. Daily Chicago Vestibule
limited, arriving Chicago 1880 q. m.
2:23 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
limited, arriving st. Louis 1908 q. IN.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
$500 a. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday.
500 a. m. st. Louis Morning ex-
Dress, except Sunday.
11:t5 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail.
HIS a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 o. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
1885 o. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effingham, NATION, Champaign
$50 o. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:15 0. m. Chicago and Eastern Hx-
press.
gas o. m. Memphis and Nashville.
s:i5 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
500 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
f:4t o. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
t:4t .. m. Daily Nashville, Chats
nooga and Atlanta
1880 o. m. Fulton Accommodates.
$50 .. m. Paducah and Louisville.
600 .. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping ca
accommodation and further informa
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen
ger Station, Cairo. Ill. 9c
!. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
g. A. HATcH, @. p. A.
A. n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
auto a Travelling Camp.

Roy Faye, a Boston antoist, has
converted his car into travelling
ra1u for hunting in tn, Maine woods.
u ha- built an extension top OF
heavy waterproof canvass and htted
mn the rear aud of the interior with
hunks for sleeping.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
Stocks = Bonds y Cereals

STRONG UNDERGONE STILL MARkET-oUck
ACCUMULATION OF PROFITS NOT TO ExEPEcTED-BUsl-
NESS SITUATION CONTINUES UNSATISFACTORY
CONFIDENCE PROGRESS is IMPossl6LE-ouTLooK is NOT
WITHOUT SOME ENCOURAGING FEATuREs-coNDlTioNs
PLANTING GRAINS ARE sATtsFAcToRY-sTock OPERATIONS
MUST MORE OR LESS CAUTIOUS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
Cu,,a RAILROAD Earnings.

The annual gross earnings of the
Cuta Railroad for the fiscal year
ended June 6, 1907. We're $l,953.SO9,
,nnd no net s65S,424: s153.73s was
expended for roadbed improvements
The earnings show an increase OF 27O
per GER in three years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
Professional Superiority.

The radical type of golf enthusiast
is exemplifled In the retort of st.
Andrews caddie to the university pro-
fessor: "Onybody can teach a wheen
looms Latin and Greek, but govt. we
see. govt requires held"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
r, p,.rsona Of Madagascar.

The tourist in Madagascar may
travel b the fiansana. which is maae
from two poles six feet long and with
a sea, and feet rsst--
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
Do the Duty Of To-Day.

Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's
temptation, and do not weaken or dis.
tract yourself by looking forward to
things you cannot see and could not
understand If you saw them.-Kings-
ley
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
Notwithstanding Stations.

ireland maintains nearly 400 egg
distributing stations for the purpose
of lettering the poultry of the coun'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
~ %
Alexander
National
Bank ~
oFFlvcEns.

Accounts Of corporations and Individ.
nais especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part Of the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18
WANTED.
MISCELLANEOUS

MONEY to loan in sums of $1,000,
$4,000, $4,000 or $1,000. Good Sc.
curity required. Apply at this office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18

DRESSMAKERS WANTED-Three
good dressmakers can find work at
334 Twenty-eighth street. Mrs. A. Rich
ard, Partisan Dressmaker
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18

lnssr,ss Pals On Tins nspssls..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18

For Freight and Passage apply at
Halliday & Phillips Wharfboat, Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18

For ST. Louis and Way Landings.
Ferd HeroId, Sunday 10 am.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-18

For Cincinnati and Way Landings
Georgia Lee, May 20, am.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
GREATEST LUMBER CUT.

More lumber was cut in the
United States last year than in
any other year in it's history.
The enormous amount of 81, ,550,-
736 board feet was produced, and
the mill value of this was $621,
1918 In addition, there were
produced II, 1853, 26O, 900 shingles,
valued at $24, 155, ,555, and 3,812,-
807, 900 lath, valued at $11, 490,-
$40. On the whole it is safe to
say that the present annual lum-
Der cut of the United States
appaoximates 40 billion feet, and
that the total mill value of the
lumber, lath, and shingles each
year produced is not less than
$500, 100000. These fl cure S
give some idea Of how vast is the
lumber industry and how great
is the demand for its products.
A glance at the kinds of lum-
Der produced shows very clearly
the passing of white pine and
oak, one the greatest softwood
and the other the greatest hard
wood which the forest has ever
grown. Since 1899 the cut of
white pine has fallen off more
than 40 per cent, while that OF
white oak has fallen off more
than SO per cent. To-day yellow
pine leads all other woods in
amount cut, while Douglas fir
and this will be a surprise to
many-comes second. Since 1899
the cut Of Douglas fir has in
creased 1876 per cent. Louisiana
is the foremost yellow pine State,
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
/, PRAYERS GRANTED.

New York, Feb. 5. For forty
. years Adolphus Bennett and his
wife, Mary Suydam Bennett,
lived together in their house at
the foot of Seventy-ninth street,
Brooklyn. Yesterday the prayer
of their later years was granted,
and they died together.
No children ever came to bless
them, but as property around
the old farm rose in value, rel
atives and friends gathered
around them, and throughout
h that potion of the greater city
their love and companionship
because almost proverbial.
The increase in value of the
old farm, which has gradually
given way to business buildings
and residences, m d e them
wealthy, but they seemed to care
nothing for that; they were
happy with each other, and
scores Of times relatives and
friends have heard them say
that all they wished was that
they might pass into the great
unknown together.
Monday Mr.. Bennett came to
New York to attend to some
business, and returned to his
home late that night to find that
his wife had been suddenly taken
i'll. Doctors were summoned,
but the illness, an attack Of
apoplexy, proved fatal.
When he was told that his wife
was dead, Mr.. Bennett retired to
his own room and his voice was
heard in fervent prayer. When
relatives went to his room after
the sound of his>voice had ceased
they found him dead, his prayer
answered. Death was due to
shock, the doctor said, but it
came as he had always wished it
say his relatives.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
POINTS FROM THE PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.

Our effort is simply to enforce
the principles cf common honesty
and common sense. 1t would in
deed be i'll for the country should
there be any halt in our work.
If it were true that to cut out
rottenness from their body polite
ment a momentary check to an
unhealthy seeming prosperity, |
should not for one moment hesi-
tate to put the knife to the cor
ruption.
We attack only the corrupt
men of wealth who find in the
purchased politician the most
efficient instrument of corruption
and in the purchased newspaper
the most efficient defender of
corruption.
The business" which is hurt
by the movement for honesty is
the kind of business which, in
the long run, it pays the country
to have hurt.
When we are able to put the
real wrongdoer in prison this is
what we strive to do; this is what
we have actually done with some
very wealthy criminals, who,
moreover represented that most
baneful of all alliances, the alli-
ance between the corruption
organized politics and the cor
ruption of high finance.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.

If people would only get into
the habit of looking at the bright
side of life rather than it's darker
aspect this world would mighty
soon be the pleasantest of places
to live in. The optimist is the
happy man. What is more to the
purpose, the optimist sees the
world correctly, while the pessi-
mist makes for himself a distort-
ed image of it.
For it is absolutely not true
that ever man has his price,
that honesty is a matter of op-
portunity and that selfshness is
the underlying motive of every
human action. The cynical sneer
is a lie as to the great majority
of mankind. The average man
is honest, helpful and humane.
The world grows better every
day.
We can help it's progress by
discouraging the cynics: we can
help it even more by abjuring
cynicism and pessimisn on our
own part. When we realize as a
fact rather than as theory that
man is the image and likeness Of
God we shall realize from that
very fact that mankind cannot
be hopelessly depraved.
1t is an Omnipotence to main
tain that any of his creatures can
be without the redseming rem
nant of righteousness. e. Town
News.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
The Jumping off place.

Consumption had me in its grasp;
and l had almost reached the jumping
off place when l was advised to try DR..
Kings New Discovery; and | want to
say right now, it saved my life. I'M
provement began began with the first
bottle, and after taking one dozen bot
ties was a well and happy man
again, says Geo. Moore, of Grsmes-
land, N. C. AS a remedy for coughs
and colds and healer fof weak, sore
lungs, and for preventing pneumonia,
New Discovery is supreme. SOC and
81 at T. E. Paull's, druggist. Trial bot
tie free.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12

with Texas, Mississippi, and
Arkansas following in order.
Washington produces by far the
greatest amount of Douglas fir.
A comparison Of the lumber
producing States shows that since
1899 there have been many
changes in their relative rank.
Washington, which in 1899 stood
sixth, now leads, while Wisconsin
which eight years ago led all
others is now third. In the same
period Oregon, Louisiana, Miss
issippi, Idaho, and California
made great strides as lumber
producing States, though, on the
other hand, the amount produced
in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio
fell off anywhere from 20 to 81
per cent.
The highest-priced native
woods are walnut, hickory, and
ash, and the cheapest are larch
and white fir. From the fact,
however, that since 1899 the
average increase in the price of
lumber has been 40 per cent, it
will not be long before cheap
woods are few and far between.
Figures upon the lumber cut of
the United States in 1906 are
contained in Circular 122 of the
Forest Service, which can be had
upon application to the Forester,
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
The Adair County news., 1908-02-12
DYCUSBURG.

Dycusburg made it's appear
ance on the map at an early hour
on the morning of February 4,
1908. Before twenty-four hours
had passed the name, if not the
fame, of Dycusburg had been
carried by the gossiping wires
from Portland. Me-, to Portland,
Ore, from Hell-for-Sartin to Po-
dunk.
And for this undreamed of
publicity Dycusburg has to thank
a volunteer organization of some
seventy-five gentlemen who
thought nothing of the hardship
of a night ride of fifty miles in
order to give to Dycusburg a
place of prominence in the public
eye.
Great undertakings cannot be
accomplished without sacrifice,
and the sacrifice was not all on
the part of the riders. A large
proportion of the dwellers in Dy-
cusburg, two in number, offered
their barred backs to the contact
of thorned switches. tobacco
factory was sacrificed to the fire
god, and every home in the ham,
let now bears the marks of the
hurtling bullet which sang the
hymn of Dycusburg's introduc-
ton to the outer world. And
Dycusburg paid the freight.
There was nothing else for Dy-
cuSburg TO 90.
Incidentally, though of some
consequence, Kentucky is again
advertised far and near as a,
State in which the laws are i'm
potent, and life and property the
plaything of those who enjoy
such pastime. The members of
the tobacco growers pool are no
whit nearer the sale of so much
as one additional pound of tobac-
co, and there is at large and un-
punished in Western Kentucky
another band of men prepared at
first opportunity to engage in or
ganized arson and assassination.
Kentucky is paying round
price for its tobacco. Louisville
Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03
CALL FOR BIDS FOR CLEARING
SCHOOL BLOCK.

Bids will be received at the Office
of Willard Lemon No. 1852 Franklin
St. UP to 2 o'clock P. NJ, January IL,
1903. for clearing Block No. IA, Sc
bree's Addition, North Olympia;
bounded by Leavenworth and San
Francisco streets and by Sixth and
Seventh streets as follows, to-wit:
All brush to be removed, and all
roots and stumps, and boulders and
rock over one foot in diameter to be
taken out and removed to such o
depth as not to interfere with plOw-
ing eight inches deep after the
ground is leveled.
The clearing, grubbing, leveling
and blowing to be included in the
contract.
When the entire block is cleared
and leveled the blowing to be done
ct a depth Of eight inches in the
presence of a representative of the
School Board, which blowing will be
considered the test of the work.
The area to be cleared is about q
acres. not including three lots on the
northeast corner of said block, which
are already cleared.
The work to be completed by
March l, 1903, and bond will be
required when contract is entered
into.
The School Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids,
BY order of the Board of Directors
of School District No. /, Olympia.
FRED. SCHOONER,
Jan. a-1O. Clerk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03

A small boy at country Christmas
tree party found a pair of trousers
on the tree for him. He examined
the garment carefully. and, turning
to his mother, shouted, 20, mann
ma; those pants must be all new.
Papa never had suit like that.
An Olympia lctter-carrier says he
was surprised at the absence Of So
many folk to receive their mail at
ChristmaStime. Generally they are
at the door awaiting him. Still, if
the mail carrier had just thought for
moment he would have knew that
they did not have the present or the
money for him that day. That all.
There is lot of asininity dis
played by professional people about
the subject of advertising. There
can be no good reason why a dentist
should not advertise. Anybody who
has anything to say to the public has
a right to advertise. The fellow who
is ashamed of himself and his wares
or lack of ability, is the only one who
needs to seek to avoid publicity.
Santa Claus must be out of the
usual run of folks. Just think: no
one ever inquiries about him or even
speaks about him until month from
Christmas; then his name is uttered
by millions of people. This is an
easy riddle, though. Everybody
talks about one in the highest COM
plimentary terms when they think
they will get an automobile or dia-
mOnd for present Christmas day,
for nothing. Kind is Santa Claus.
A charitable gentleman in Seattle
gave the P-L one thousand dollars
to spend in helping the poor of the
Queen City at Christmas time. The
number of destitute cases of families
discovered by the old, reliable Post
Mtelligencer is amazing, and no doubt
there were hundreds of penniless ahd
hungry people in the great city OF
Seattle on Christmas day, while the
gaily-dressed windows, the holiday
attire of the town only brought back
to memory the words:
"Of all the words of tongue or pen.
The saddest are these, it might have
BEEN"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03
The DAWNING YEAR.

A. to the resolutions. let them come.
Bat in a quiet chamber of your home
Ask your heart and soul if it be SO you
may
Keep ia ~, good resolutions for a day!
And then III January second, in review,
Find ii ypu were fpr one brief season
true.
Be not appalled, at the sad fate of some,
Perhaps of all and go forth from thy
home
Still firm resolving and 20 bravely on,
TIL, when the wear last shades have
come and gone,
Iou may look back upon some duty
done,
Some victory DER the i'll within you
won. -Lue +. Vernon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03

II is reported at the City Hall that
Mrs. Mary f. Church and Mr.. A. D.
Falknor have adjusted their Old city
Grade assessments, that the claim
arajnst Mrs. ]. ID. Knox is still
being contested in court. The man
ncr of making such assessments has
caused many hardShips to some OF
our citizens and left some sore spots.
which do not seem to heal very read
ilv. \ few of our people have been
led to believe that one of the impor-
tant functions of local government is
to lend assistance to the enjoyment
of property instead of making IL
burdensome to keep their buildings
and wish they hadn't any. Be pa
tient. wait for the forty-three mill
levy and the poll tax to become due.
That candy store known by the
grotesque name of The Sugar Bowl,
was burned Saturday night, by igni-
ton of varnisb that was being APP
piled to the floor. 1t seems an en-
ploye who was applying the liquid,
struck match to light gasoline
stove, on which he had been keeping
the varnish warm, when the gas
arising therefrom ignited and the
whole store was at once ablaze. The
tiremen responded promptly to u call
from Box 43, which by some mishap
had been registered as Al, and the
fire team was well under way to that
district, in the upper part of town,
before the mistake was discovered.
The stand is in Stuart Corner,
and very little damage was done to
the building, but the stock and furn-
ture of the store were completely
ruined. They were insured for - 200,
which Mr.. Bidwell, the owner, says
will not cover more than half his loss.
He intends to resume business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03
chriatmas Paclafe Astray,

The two pair of women's garters,
one "nightie," pair Of silk mits,
three lace collars, one box of face
powder, two boxes of small, black
hair-pins, one pair of silk stockings,
three orders for gloves, a candy
heart, two Christmas cards, one
package of chewing gum, one small
bottle OF cologne, paper of pins, q
nickel-plated button-hOok, one silk
throw, bolt OF narrow baby blue rib
bon, one small lace handkerchief, q
paper-hacked novel entitled 'Sapho. .
Z dozen safety-pins, and bottle Of
Floriday water, delivered to me, pre-
sumably by mistake, can be secured
by the owner or donor, as they please
by seeing me personally.
LUE +. VERNON.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-03

What Sammy" Perkins of Ia
coma did not get for a Christmas
present-a double-column, speckled
editorial roast from the Seattle
Times.