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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

Those are beautiful pictures ot
Cairo's streets which are offered foT
sale In some of the stores Of the citF
Some day we will be able to say
pictures of Cairos beautiful streets,
for We are making progress. Those
pictures do not show any Stop vessels,
or old barrels. boxes, wagons, heaDs
of rubbish, etc. etc, etc, etc, etc.
etc, etc. These pictures are COED
TO look upon, they ought to be very
generally distributed-firs among or.
own citizens, as an educational iniiu-
ence, and later when We have grown
up to them among strangers. To dis
tribute TO strangers now. with a view
to attracting them here would be in
the nature of confidence game. But
we'll grow up to them with the pro
gress of our street paying-at least
ninety-fiye per cent of us will and the
other five per cent who refuse to grow
up will have to be jerked up.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
TO-DAY IN HISTORY
7sa.ssssss sssssSsssss,
September 7.

oGpItWDcF T.
l70G-The French defeated by Prince
Eugene at Turin,
ISL Anna lie. head Of the sect call.
ed Shakers, died near Albany
n. Y
tSl5-Howell Cobb. secretary of tn
treasury under President Buch
anan. born in Cherry Hill, Ga
Died in New York City, Oct. .
1868
iS17-Queen Louis or Denmark wha
was called the "Mother-iH-LaW
of Half of Europe born in
Hcsse-C assel. Died in Copenha-
gen, Sept. 30. 1898.
1S29--Dr Ferdinand ID. Hayden, whl
induced Congress to make The
Yellowstone a national pari,
born in Westfield, Mass. Died
in Philadelphia Dec. u, 1887.
Sjj-The first Hebrew temple in the
Mississippi valley consecratg'!
in st Louis.
lSGS-Steamcr Hippocampus founder
ed in Lake. Michigan with los
of 80 lives
l907-Anti-Japansse riots occurred in
Vancouver, b G.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

Uncle sam, generous in giving vaca
lions to his twulo"eed servants. is
hereafter TO allow 80 days leave a
year TO tha pot office department
horses I'm Washington The animals
are 20 BE- sent. fow at time. TO a
fine. rich pasture ia Maryland Every
emplovc uf the government says the
chief clerk ia the post Office depart
ment. receives 80 DAYS annual vaca-
ton and 80 days sick leave Il neccs-
sary. I see no rcGs.g why the horses
We use Ga the bus.nosz Of 'hu depart
ment ought not 10 receive a rest. or a
vacation. and hereafter I am going to
send each OF the horses away for a 90
day period of rest. We can spare many
uf them in the summer and this is the
time they will appreciate a rest from
the hot asphalt and welcome the green
Sass of the country and the shade
of the trees
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
HAD NO USE FOR ICE.
Washington Mans Wall about Gus
toms IN Saskatchewan.

Continuing on hot weather topics
ono might as wen, for there's little In
elnatlon among local folks to discuss
anything clse--reminds me Of one
! charming hot weather custom OF IN,
! people OF Saskatoon, n the Canadian
! province Of Saskatchewan, writes
Washington newspaper scribe, ThoS>
! are real names and can be found Oh
| the map, and the people are real too
| They have TO be to stand that lierce
long nishted ffty-below-zero,and sim
| going down cold of the hard frozen
| winter months
But if the winters are cold, so are
| the summers hot and one particular
| afternoon the mercury stood at about
100 In the shade was invited 70 &C
company a little picnic party from
Saskatoon to Smiths Rlun groye
Of neartrees about ten feet high the
only kind that grow at all ~ thege.
for luncheon. II was a Emile drive
in lownecked wagon without u
hood but the Saskatoon people are
famous providers, tor man and beast
aud 50 | accepted ! noted with in
terest not unmiXtd with apprehen
sion for the differs appeared care
less that dozen OF So cases Of beet
We're loaded on the Iunch wagon.
We landed at smiths Bluff right
side up with care. but as dry As e
basket of chips from the black loan
dust that was Kicked up In the journey
across The prairie. aud The dozen on
SO of us from the stat ) began to-
think of stems dripping with frost and
containing short ocIared portions 81
trapped malt Rut iust as We We're In
The midst Of these pleasant dreams
one of the members OF oar party shad
dered gruaued and pointed And. fol
lowing his finger with cur eyes. We
beheld several of our hosts Juggling
The beer from the wagon and carefully
placing IT in the sun,
Why, oh, why, are you doing that?'
we graaned in unison, even at the risk
Of being uuguesN aud rude What
Oh, What, does this dissertation mean
Dissertation Wual does 1t mean
parr0ted one host in amazement
Why, we're fixing lhe beer So il will
be uice tor luncheon We always dsink
i sun warm Bon you?'
Afterward we learned. that thos
dear people see 50 much ica in a.
winter time and feel it. too-that
they don't save any Tor the samm
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
LOOKED LIKE AN OLD FRIEND
Speaker Cannon Amazed at Double"
of w. j. Bryan.

Our reverend triend. Uncle Joe Can
non, speaker OF the house Of repre-
sentatiyos. had the shock OF his young
life on the l'oa.th Of JIis, while al
tending the exercises attendant upon
the opening Of TIE row Municipal
buildinG, Some distinguished citizen
had JUS tom off yard or t@o Of high
" cultured clocutiou. which was heard
fully three feet from the spot on
which he vas standing while talking,
and the next human Incident on the
program advanced 10 the front. Incl
dentally, Uncle joe had no printed
program, or at least hadn't looked ii
over.
lie caught sight Of the scheduled
ard advancing parsonage. and his face
was sight 10 see IFS jaw dropped
mtll it bounced mp and down on his
elderly chest, bis eyes rcyolyed like
pin wheels and lie stuck oct one hand
in a dazed sort of way
Jumping gsasshoppers'' he said, or
words o that effect how in the name
OF pin wheels and hrecfackers caa
William Jennings Bryan DE in Lincoln
Neb. and Washington, d. C.. at onp
and The same lime, aud what is he go
ing to talk here for, anyhow
What's the matter with you. Mr..
Speaker? c;ied the man next to
Uncle joe That isn't Mr. Bryan;
that's Charles Hanford. the actor"
Uncle Joe auDsided. His jaw flew
uD to normal. his eyes quieted down
aud his hand Slipped back in his
iocset
.Ji cou.Ec | knew couldn't be
Gry-n." hn said with his character
isuc tTilEljui. drawl, but I'm blamed
IL ! was very cefji in
And the baad played on.-Wash.ng
ton star
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
RioaraphY.

Rear Admiral John p Merrell. who
goes on the retired list Of the Unite
States navy today on account Of age
was born Sept. Z. 1916, at Auburn. n
Y. He spent his boyhood in Marshall
Mich, and in 1863 entered the United
States Naval Academy After leayinc
the academy he served with the Euro.
pean feet for three years From 1875
to 1877 he served with the North Ar.
lantic fleet and during the next two
years he was in charge of the naval
ordnance proving grounds. For five
years he was an instructor at the An
napolis academy and then came an
other period of sea duty on the Euro
pean station. In later years Admiral
Merrill has served with the Asiat!c
feet as a member of the staff of the
Naval War College. as commandant
of tie naval station at New Orleans,
and as commander of the battleship
Oregon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
CATS HOUR FOR REVENGE.
Where the Yellow Dog Made the Mis-
take OF His Life.

According to the traditions of q
country known as The United States OF
America freedom is sweet and accord
ing TO various alleged nature takers
freedom is as sweet to cat as to
a man, writes Washington CORE
spondent
Minnie agrees with the nature fax
ers aud as Minnie is cat. she should
know. she has had an abundance of
time in which TO taste the bitters of
seIvitude and could she talk. she
would say that the sweets Of freedom
make a delightful contrast.
For nine long, cruel years Minnie
has been in bondage, but her emanci-
patton proclamation was signed when
the law went into effect to muz2le all
dogs in the streets of Washington,
Minnie's mastersfor she had not
one, but many-were cruel, oyerbear-
ing, and iuhuman To an extent that
would have made one Simon Legree,
whose deeds have thrilled melodrama
audiences for half century, blush
with shame for his lack of knowledge
of the proper and most soulrending
methods OF torture.
During the aforementioned nine
years every dog, or rather every cur
and mongrel. whose habitat is known
as the fish wharf, had used every
method known among lower class ca
mines to make Minnie miserable. and
when il is known these same ours and
mongrels live by their dog wits there
fore possessing more than ordinary
intelligence. some idea may be gained
of the extreme way In which Minnie
suffered
Then came the law whereby every
good-for-nothing o. cat-killing dog was
muzzled. And with the adoption of
muzzles as a canine fashion their teeth
were rendered practically useless at
least in the pursuit of their hereditary
prey, the feline tribe.
Minnie learned This about five sec.
onds after she spicd the first dog she
had seen wearing a muZzle. lie was.
a large yellow dog and vicious, having
in his veins bulldog blood.
Seeing Minnie. Spike, the yellow
cur, in accordance with custom of
years standing. made a rush Tor the
cat According to custom Minnie
should have made hole in the atmos
phere by boiling. leaving a little trail
of fire behind her where her rapid
exit burned The air; but Minnie. being
possessed of a certain amount of curl
osity. waited. and ran the risk Of be-
ing mauled in The desire to learn about
the funny looking STRAPS about the
dogs mouth.
Minnie waited Tho dog came on,
and as he ran toward the cat her back
rose. her tail assumed a perpendicd-
lar position. and grew large. and the
hair on her back and neck stood up
right. She was a picture of fury in
carnate. on came Spike. and as he
rushed Minnie grew more angry.
When the dog was ten feet away
Minnie leaped straisht upward. her
paws extended and ready Tor action.
As the dog passed beneath Minnie
came down. 20 claws dis iuE into the
hide OF the yellow dog. Spikes mo-
mentum carried him some distance.
and before he could stop Minnie lad
used her oppori unity &c the bCst adj
SPIKE. barking. bowling and
growing at one and the same time. III
creased his speed hut Minnie held On
until far away from the field Of bat
tie. and thea she jumped lightly 70
the ground and was "a tree before
Spike missed he1 weight or his back.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Board Of County Commissioner.
]. J. JENNELLE, Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. Erwin CAUSE.
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

BELT LINE cars dne to leave Second 1T.
ing north on Commercial Ave-, every Is ulu
utes from 6 3. III. TO IL p. m.
Going north on Walnut st. every 10 minnt
from 60S y IA. to 1888 T., m.
POPLAR ST. LINE Holbrook Ave, oar
TO leave Second st. geing nerth on HotbrN
Ave. at 6.67; 6.f7; 6:42; 6;h7j 7:l2 n. IN. aud
same ninntes every hour until le:t2 aud ~
y. m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. at
s:i9; 1914; d:4s; and 1904 a. m.&nd on same
Poplar st. cars due to pass st. MAYS
II minutes after leaving Second Vt.
BELT LINE OWL OARS north on Wainua
1880 p. m. 1894 3. M; 80 =. M; $50 r. W
$3.50 =. M; 4:i) r. MI so Ii. IN,
North ON Commercial l~i2.0O p. M; 100
m. 90 .. III. GU II. m. 4 90 4. III, a, m.
Belt and Owl cars are due ~ pass VISA
Thirty fourth Nj rs minssLaa Alter leaving
AAcnnh At
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

from the general fund must he gov.
erned BY this fact, but the city draws
a neat sum annually from the fire IN
surance companies which is fund to
itselS to be devoted to improvements
in the city fire departments; and no
doubt this fund viii yield something
for the improvements desired. al
though ii will probably receive quite
jolt in the establishment of the new
fire. station.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Flower Gardens on 4 Liner.

The Rotterdam, the newest vessel OF
the Holiand-Amercan line. is the
heaviest vessel afoat. her gross ton
mage being 250o0. and she has &C
commodation for $685. passengers
while the crew consists OF 475 men
Many striking features have been in
troduced. the most novel OF which Is
the palm court Here flower beds
palms. and ferns abound. and the cen
ter Of the court is surmounted by a
majestic dome Of stained glass
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
T.s Work Of Wal L.Enfsnt.

L'Enisnt, the architect who laid out
Washington. was born in Paris in 1861
and educated in the profession Of arms.
He came 10 america during the prog
ress OF the revolution and served ull
Yorktown as a major of engineers f.
the continental army. One Of his works
was that OF remodeling Federal hall
New York city. just prior To the meet.
ing OF congress there lie also d.
signed the badge Of the Order Of The
Cincinnati
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

The establishment of another fire
station in the upper part Of the city
which was voted for at the council
meeting last week will probably 20 y
long way toward giving Cairo the r.
lief from the high insurance rates of
which complaint was made at Satur-
DAYS Merchants Luncheon. With the
improvement of the up town streets.
this station will provide ample protec-
tioa 10 that portion OF the city. In
response TO a request from the chair
man. Mr.. Candee stated that it would
take hut little in the way of additional
improvements. in order 10 entitle the
people OF Cairo To a reduction OF from
20 to 40 per cent in the insurance
rates and place her in a class with
soIne of the larger cities in the state.
just what these needed Improvements
are Will be set forth by Mr.. Candee
in a paper which he has been re-
quesied 10 present at next SATURDAYS
luncheon. Cairo is in a bad way finan-
cially. as We all know. and all de-
inands for Improvements in the public
service the cost of which must come
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

The people Of Cairo have every rea'
son to look forward to a prosperous
fall and winter season and to next
year as one of the greatest in tn ir
history in the way of municipal devei
opment. Politics will not disturb
things much. The heated contests, in
which feeling is aroused, have be n
fought and the wounds they left are
healing. The presidential election
viii probably not disturb MS very
much here. although big enterpris :
may be held in allegiance until il well
in the past. But the thing in which
Cairo people are most deeply inter
ested. aside from the street improy--
ments. is the change i'm the ownership
of their public utilities. and the
plans of the new owners respecting
them. II is understood that applica-
ton will be made by the Mckinley
people at the first council meeting
next month, for new franchises, TO
cover their plans of improvement
here. and they will be prepared TO
proceed at once in the work of recon
strue;ion and new construction, in
which the people of Cairo will be the
principal beneficiaries.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
TWO KILLED; ONE INJURED.

Nashville. Tenn. Sept 1.-Two men
we've killed on the Nashville Chat
tanCoga aud st Louis railway today
and enc probably fatally injured Nc.
? north bound passenger train killed
Jos Waterman at the Bridgeport
bridge. in the yards there. aud also
injured Silas Jones. Near Fostervillc
the Dixie Flyer killed a man named
Burton. who is thought to have been
deaf
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
CHAUFFEUR KILLED.

Lemans. Sept. 6-The automobile
containing the Countess Demanan
and a companion friends Of the Ameri-
can aeroplanist. Wilbur Wright. white
returning from a trip this evening.
overturned. The chauffeur was killed
outright and the countess probably
fatally injured.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Monument for L,Enfsnt.

The commissioners of the District
Of Columbia have determined to sz
hume the remains 81 MAJ Piefe
Charles LEuiant. which lie buried ca
the Riggs farm. in Prince George
county. Maryland. eight miles north OF
Washington. and 60 renter them on
the campus Of the Catholic university
A monument viii be placed over The
new grave.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
LABOR LEADER DIES.

Frwanee H.. Sept. G-Adam Mench
president OF the Illinois Federation
of Labor iH 1892 %. was found dea
Today. tie was connected with the
factory Inspection department Of Hi
nOis. Heart disease was the cause
Of death.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Divorce
Unusual
a Century
Ago
By HELEN 0LBflELD.

which coul be altered and which only could be hoped
Of Divorce unusual TO De considered scarce
of disgrace d.. who had children for those hidrens
sake would cndur. strength life rather than
Moreover regarded by ancestors merely matter
81 what called proper pride that d-ty linen should be washed in
private behind locked doors and drawn blinds.
When auas- the consciousness that
riace not a fancy imagined would bee rhen the beloved falls
. Ut expectations and t sharp pang Of disbursement felt,
brave thing and fruit rgret 10
weep approaches which harm rather than
hide the sad fast. H such conlnt possible and Valiant
Is 10 ST 10 of g, gather mp the fragments Il
broken idol and piece them together vel may ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
FIRST PRECINCT DEMOCRATS.

All Democratic voters in the First
Cairo precinct are requested to meet
this (Monday evening at s O'Clock
in Union Hall, COZ Commercial ave
nue., for the purpose of organizing a
Bryan-S Stevenson club. BY order OF
JAMES MEEHAN.
Committeeman
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

escaped from the oppressive atmosphere of sy-
shilling ",hoekcr." TO -ce how things are begging
along in drab and pro.aic world \ goddess thus
descending. as it were, from the clouds. Is always
condesc.ndmg goddess. 50 we have become accus-
toned TO be patronizcd by the printed woman and
plagued by the painted one. But in our heart Of
hearts We have long ago pumped for the plain woman,
who has been neither printed. painted, pulled in
TO undue estimate of her merely human attributes
This it, after ALL the kind Of woman whose place in
Nature is in the hearts Of men.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number OF complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1907 PIG
Average number of complete and
perfect copies OF the Cairo Buf
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of August
1905 Piss
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
August Circulation.

The above is a correct statement OF
the circulation Of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1907 and for the month
of August 1903.
CLYDE SULLIVAN
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this second day of September, 1908.
EMMA S. RILEY,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

Advertising ~ The Bulletin r. nrnfi-
able to the advertiser because II has
the bishest clsss careulsuOs
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Alexander County, Population 2e,4s7

FIcNahucr CouHty, REPUTATION D2,167f
County Clerk, JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. LEE r. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK t. DAVIS
States Attorney, ALEX. VIII SON
County Superintendent OF Schools,
pROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED n
NELLIS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

The Bulletin IL 9 member Of the A
ISOLATED Prees the greatest news
tstneunk oszDiEsuns IN tss world
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

II is much TO be- doubted whether. allow
ing for the increase in population, the num-
Der of unhappy marriages nowadays is pro-
portionately larger than it was a century
or two ago 1t scarcely is to be denied
that there is more talk about IT,
our foremothcr, and forefathcrs some
times made sal mistakes in marriage, but
as a rule they kept the fact OF their hay-
ing done so a, far as possible to themselves.
Marriage in those days was regarded as
final and as practically indissoluble. Wom-
cn especially were taught TO accept the situ-
alton a. something forcordained, a condi-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

Have The Bulletin on your break
fast table every morning. II viii cost
you only tSo 1sntS per tay.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

The Cairo Bulletin Il the only Cairo
paper With the service ~ TIRE Asso
eistss Prs.s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County, llllnoly
Population 16,147.

Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r, A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, THOMAS u, MAHONE.
City Attorney FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN
Police Magistrate, A. j. ROSS.
Chief of Police, NJ. S. EAGAN.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

sdFESA9 which
AgFa the conversation called criminal it
sH breach the made there is the
mss conycr-ationwha shall call it?the yenM conversation
which the dialogue cut up by slen And for such fir
definition has found infinitely
ana infinitely p-at least you know ?and in this am not
passing your illusions like hot wind mixing the earth Of the
garden with the purity of the frozen
"Al, except all"
"AI" That is understood Except all? That understood
pleasure lion You have them, have,
those daring who with look and with whip attack the roaring lion
Doubtless they would not approach the beast in the desert where he z
The certainty Of his ROYALTY and the experience of ms strength hy temp
fortune only with subject with whom they have long been familiar and
who born the mcnage ignorant of the respect that is his due
just the like cmps they dare him with little dizziness behind
bodns going happen. they tire Of making
his paw jump through rings They open his mouth the
plunge their rash little heads into those devourng jaws know. know
they upon their presence of mind withdraw themselves from peril
the right But the jaws of lions made TO close upon wa
pretty tanners introduce their charming heads into the mouth OF
sultan suddenly Sultan closes his crushing machine upon the temptation
he could not
ascertained all United
belong class they al who have hopes!
In the passing from factory to Office from office to college
from co g TO society we ASCERTAIN that all the women o
Of the They born with peasants
shop girls young bourgss, beros castles They
horn purely and simply Americans It and the seed falling
different soils Transportation from poor soil rich soil enough
oneysuce of those large double heay-petaed
which called Beauties quality the distinctive
mark which these american Beauties their seed itself unique is
question Prehistoric may safely be
assumed already in the movement and the remains Of embryonic
forms Of modern Sugetes have certainly been found amongst the
fossils Of the Surian There is new woman under the
always been the spoiled child of the planet Like all
spoiled children OF who cherished and
loved her when all the world Young Poets, who seldom of
The world painters who generally experts the flesh and noyeis
who make copy of the Prince of Darkness himself all have conpred
colossal concet of herself They have rather oyerone
be aduaon Of their especial erone and even the best of women
have found it hard task endcayor live their ideals The
always very. very good compared with her the
average woman was positively hor The painters ideal endowed woman
.l.4
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
Art of
the F'lirt
Brought to Point
of Perfe Ction by
American Woman .
BY HUGHES LIZ ROUN.
Noted French Author.

n AMERICAN woman, already philosopher, still b OF 4
Puritan. suggests this definition of Irritation:
is SAYS she the sentimental association Of the two
=,
in land where the does not dominate the woman
One could not put better, if Irritation only con-
yersatou But between the conversation which is quite pure
and the conversation which called criminal because it
breach Of the VOWS the married has made, there the
conycrsaton-what shall call ?the yenal conversations
in which he daIogue cut by sences And for sNch r
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

During the month OF June the taS
payers were agitated over the ques
ton Of aiding the Cairo & Vincennes
and the Cairo and ST. LouisRailroads.
A decided difference of opinion exist
ed between the members of the coun.
ty court and the majority of the tax
payers. 1t was finally agreed to sub.
nit the question to a vote of the peo-
Pile
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07
CAIRO IN 1871
ss.xS..s.ss.s...ssss..s..s

Funeral services of Mrs. John II
Mulkey We're held in ST. Patrick :
church on Sunday, June 4th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-07

The Bulletin is on sale at the follow
ing places
coleman's, 2t4 Eighth Street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.