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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
POLICE RECOVER
MUCH PLUMBER
NEGRO FAMILY FAVE WAGON
LOAD or NERO "a A ND | S e
STOLEN FROM ILLINOIS CEN.
TRAL FREIGHT CARS.

John Wade, one oil the negro police
officers Of the city, put another feath.
er in his cap Yesterday ~ mearthing
wagon load OF plumber stolen from
Illinois Central cars in transit over
1.-THE ~" north of the city The plum
der was accumulated at different
times and seems e have been stored
at the house No III Firty-frst street,
where a negro family named Minis.
Eugene and his wife Hattie and BIN
another negro named Chas Curtis
The thefts occurred during the first
several nights OF the present month
Iand were promptly reported 90, Chief
Egan. who with all the force, kept 4
lookout for traces OF the property Il
was Wades good fortune to get first
track Of the stuff, and YESTERDAY ae.
companied by the chief. tho thieves
were surprised at their home ana all
the stolen property was found In a
room in their house which presented
the appearance OF a yeritable store
stocked with all manner of merchan-
disc There was a trunk full of laces
ami tobacco In packages, two dozen
mems hats, two big cases 81 shoes
of all sorts anu sizes. bolts of musila
ana other dry goods, surgical instru-
ments, a fine phonograph, With double
sounding horns, two cases OF canlg
and q great variety Of small articles
The goods are valued at $500
Special Agents Briggs and Fitzger
lld representing the railroad cen
Danies. were drawn into the case yes
-erday and devoted themselves 70 the
prisoners
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Easter win be observed this year
on April 10, the latest for century o.
more The date 81 the great Christian
feast day is determined ais the first
sunday after the first full moon which
happens upon or next after March n
40 thar the day may be early aa
March u, or as late as April - This
year the full moon comes on the 16th
Of April ana the next Sunday is the
tar-'.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

MARIE cAHiLL's HIT.

The New York Herald said OF Marie
Cahill in her smart" musical play,
Marrying Mary when she opened
for record breaking run at Days
New York; Marrying Mary wins
Broadway-th best vehicle she has
met since she began her stellar ca.
reel. She will be seen at the Cairo
opera house, Feb. 81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Mr.. Edwin r. Nacomb of the
stcinway Piano Co. New York City is
The guest of Mir. "A. n. Tarbett terri.
tcrial repre- sentative Of the SteinNay
Piano Co. Mr. Macomb will be in the
city until February Is and win b.
more than pleased to meet the must
cal people of Cairo. He carries a
steinway Grand Piano for exhibition
/ in concert work, being one OF the
/ most noted constructlonists with the
IhCted Steinway horse.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.

Office Of the Cairo Electric and Trac
ton Company Cairo, Illinois, Feb.
ruary LIST. 1903.
The annual meet OF the stockhold-
ers Of the Cairo Electric and Traction
Company viii be held at the office Of
the company. No 500 Washington
avenue in the city of Cairo. Illinois
en- Monday. the 10th day Of February
=. D. 1908. between the hours OF ID
O'Clock a. m. and o'clock. p. m.
JOHN TIERNAN.
Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
FUNERAL NOTICE.

sPETH-Died. Mrs Joseph speth.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence on the Mound City roac.
Saturday at 10 a. M Conyeyauces
win leave the residence o. Otto Tau
Der 257 Twenty.eighth street at 9 a.
~. The remains viii be Inferred at
villa Ridge cemetery Friends Of the
family are invited.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
SUFFERING and Dollars Saved.

f. S. Lopez, Of Marilla, y. y says:
Il am a carpenter and have had
many severe cuts healed by Bucklen s
Arnica Salve. 1t has saved me suffer
ing and dollars. 1t is by far the best
healing salye I have ever found "
Heals burns. sores, ulcers. fever sores.
eczema and piles, 25c at all druggists
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
calrnito Marrien .

VIVA Mccain Cairo saloon man.
"a nephew of r =, ana Charles Mo.
Cam. formerly of Grand Tower, was
married in this city Tuesday morning
Ia Mrs Charlotte Maupin Of Cairo
County Judge W. f. Rlis performed
tho ceremony in his Office IN the court
house. Nurphysboro Independent
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
sneolaI Election Called.

Tho special election 70 vote upon
the proposition Of issuing $4,000 In
boaas for the erection Of new school
buildings In Cairo viii be held on
Friday. Feb 2ist This plan was de+
cided upon at a meeting Of the board
OF education held last week IS stated
in The Bnlletn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
NEW AMBASSADOR.

London. Feb Baron Takahira
who viii succeed Viscount Aoki as
Japanese ambassador to the United
States. has booked passage on the
Msuretania sailing from Liverpool for
New York tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

les. there was the usual accompani
ment OF animated conversation,
A sumptuous two course luncheon
was served and afterward musical
program was given.
Mrs. John Parham. Mrs, John y.
Hacker and Mrs. James Gentry at
Cairo, wer among the guests OF whom
there were nearly ffty
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
a pax II tI1e Country.

Mrs. Jacob Corbett entertained
Thursday with an old-fashioned day
spending at The Cabins her attrac-
tive country home near Wicklifle.
Instead of the old-time quilting bee
there were silk. and WOODEN strips to
be sewn into long strings fer portieres
and while the guests piled their need,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
CRY NEWS IN brief


Rev d. Bass, of Calvary Baptist
church has received unanimous cal
II om ire First Bantist church of East
1T. Louis, one Of the largest congre-
cations Of that city. He will announce
.n.s decision to his Cairo congregation
SUNDAY evening
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
SOCIETY NEWS
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Mrs. Harry E. Halliday Of Upper
Washington avenue viii entertain the
Bridge Whist Club next Friday at
luncheon at o'clock Bridge Will pc
played late.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Miss S. H. Risley, principal Of the
Lincoln school has been granted a
leave of absence on account Of i'll
health Mrs. Saidee Gray Farrin Will
act as principal in her absence, assunt-
ing her duties next Monday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

j. +. Hagerty, travelling passenger
agent for the Chicago, Indiana and
Southern railroad, arrived here yester-
day from Chicago on business.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Mrs ]. s. Aisthorpo and daughter,
Miss Gladys, went to Memphis yester-
day to sepnd a few days
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

4. O Bradford Inspector Of weights
fof the Illinois Central railroad ar
rived in the city last night on bust
n4aA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Mrs S. J Hawkins IS reported 70
be seriously in at her home on West
Twenty second stree
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

AnMG Catherine Dayids a. little
daEghte OF Mr. and Mrs Frank David,
son who has been seriously III II
improve
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
PERSONAL NOTES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

+. T. Langan is transacting bust
ness in ST. Louis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Miss Frances Shafter has returned
from a visit with friends in ST. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08

Mrs. Fred d. Nelis who has been
confined to her home ny illness il i'm.
preyin'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
How Alabama Can HelD

While Treasurer Sheldon openly use of the republicans, including no doubt the purchase of votes in con- gested districts, the democratic man agers admit they are close pressed for funds. The need of money in the dem ocratic camp will become increasingly pressing. Messrs. Bryan and Kern have already made a personal appeal to the farmers of the country to sub- scribe.
 Democrats in all states, particular ly in the one-party states, should or ganize as speedily as possible cam- paign clubs. Every county should have at least one Every business center should get in line by organizing campaign club.
 The battle of the democracy is a battle for equal rights to all, and it is for that reason the peoples battle. inc holders of special privileges will be lined up against the democratic party. Democratic campaign funds must therefore come from the people if they come at all, for no trust, no tariff beneficiary, no holder of any other special privilege, will pay dol lar to elect Bryan and Kern.
 The organization of campaign clubs is doubly important. It should be be. gun at once in this and all other states. There cannot be too many of them, A great deal is at stake, and by organizing campaign clubs Alabama can make her strength and her pref erence felt. She can in that way pro- mote the election of William J. Bryan and John W. Kern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Letter to Keep Forever.

From London Tit-Bits.
 When you get an illegible letter from correspondent, don't lose your temper and write him scathing rebuke. Just sit down in a good humor and concoct one like this of MT. T. B. Aldrich to Prof. E. S. Morse
 My Dear Morse: It was very pleasant to me to get a letter from you the other day Perhaps I should have found 1t pleasanter if had been able to decipher 1t. I don't think I mastered anything be- yond the date-which I knew-and the signature-which I guessed at There Is a singular and perpetual charm In let ter of yours; it never grows old; it never loses It's novelty One can say to ones self every morning, heres letter of Morse's. I haven't read it yet I think I'll take another shy at it today, and maybe I shall be able in the course of A few years to make out what he means by those ts that look like WIS and those rs that nave no eyebrows. Other letters are read and thrown away, but yours are kept for ever-unread. One of them will last a reasonable man a lifetime. Admir- ingly yours, T. B. Aldrich."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Girls Industrial School.

pr. Thomas W. Palmer. president or Montevallo, is in Birmingham. He is member of the state executive commit tee of the National Association for the Promotion of Education and is here to attend meeting of that committee to be held tomorrow. He is one of the best known and most highly esteemed edu- cators in Alabama, and his friends ad- mire him especially for his high purpose and his devotion to his work.
 The Girls Industrial school will begin the fall term with bright prospects said pr. Palmer. "The year 19O7-0S brought gratifying results. We had an attend ance of S19 students, and we expect a much larger number of students during the coming year
 "The new dormitory is about completed and other important improvements Will be finished by September. The year lsOs- 09 begins October 7 the date having been fixed later than usual in order to give ample time for the completion of all new construction and installation of equip ment
 No school in this country will have a finer or more modern dormitory than ours. And the school building itself is a model of strength and convenience. AT the appointments relating to health and comfort are up to date.
 While the academic course at tho Girls Industrial school is thorough, tech nical and industrial training receives, Of course, special attention. In addition to the older industrial branches taught, we recently added horticulture and iorfcul- ture, and they have proved exceedingly popular.
 "Ouf faculty could not well be strong CT, and every member of 1t feels great pride in the institution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Words of Praise.

Harry Jones would make an admirable president of the City Council, and I hope to see him elected,e said A. L. Fulen- wider "The office to which he aspires is of great importance. for upon the incum- bent devolves the responsibility of all municipal legislation.
 '.The president of the council not only appoints the committees but he formu- lates and directs the city's policy toueh- ing large questions, such as ways and means for raising revenue, street and other improvements and expenditures in general. He should therefore be impartial in the discharge of his duties and should be a man of character, courage, breadth of view and business-like methods. Harry Jones measures fully up to the require ments. He has been an alderman Tor many years and his record is absolutely clean Not only that, but he has safe guarded the city's interest with zealous care, and yet no public servant has done more for the real advancement of this community. Birmingham would be sin gularly fortunate, then, in having MI. Jones at the head of the council"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
VOn Zeppelin'S Aerial WarShip

As a counterpoise, so to speak, to submarines we now have the Zeppelin warship, which has been demonstrated to be derigible and powerful. It can be made to descend and to rise to point in the sky 4O00 feet high. So successful has the demonstration been the German government has practical ly decided to build aerial warships of the Zeppelin type until every army corps has at least one of them.
 Battles in the air between contend ing Zeppelins may not be imminent, but the dropping of explosives from heights we'll out of the range of rifles or rified guns is highly probable. No besieged city would then be secure. The Hague peace conference attempt ed to nip this kind of warfare in tho bud, but no nation except the United States accepted its declaration on this subject.
 The aerial warship is certainly as feasible as the submarine, and the improvement of the two will go on throughout the present century. Both have come to stay and to be improved. If Germany builds aerial warships other nations would feel compelled to do likewise, and in that way the an titheses of submarines would become established.
 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin is a German of fourscore years. He is an army officer, and for 30 years he has been engaged in making aerial flights feasible. In his balloon No. he re- gently attained a speed of 35 miles an hour and after remaining in the air l 12 hours he landed himself, his IA com. panions and his balloon easily and safely. He served on the union side in the civil war in this country, and while he was at Fredericksburg he be. gan his ballooning career. He went back to the German army, from which he was retired with the full rank of a general of cavalry.
 He spent his own fortune in aerial experiments, but of late the German government 1las come to his aid, and the chances are that all he accom-. plishes will be speedily utilized by that government with a view of pro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

not been determined and it will not be in less than six weeks, and sales for October delivery are mere guesses. One guess is as good as another when neither has anything to rest upon. That is exactly the situation in the cotton market. No one knows how much Mother Earth will give us in the form of cotton. She may fill the world with the fieecy product and then again she may hand us a crop that spells famine.
 The guesses of the cotton gamblers need not disturb the cotton producer. The latter deals in spots while the former deals in futures. The farmer who can bide his time in the market ing of his crop is the man who will hold the whip hand and in the long run he is the man who will rule the market At present the boss of the market and the dictator of prices is the cotton gambler, but he Is to be deposed. He is marked for a decline and fall-off worse than Rome ever knew. The farmer will come into his own just as soon as he becomes as much the master of his own crop as the western farmer is of the wheat or corn or oats that he grows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

Orison swett Warden in Success
 A soldier once took message to Ma poleon in such great haste that the horse he rode dropped dead before he delivered the paper. Napoleon dictated his answer, and, handing it to the mes senger, ordered him to mount his own horse and deliver 1t with all possible speed.
 The messenger looked at the mag nificent animal, with it's superb trap pings, and said: May, general, but this is too goreeous. too magnificent for a com mon soldier"
 Napoleon said Nothing is too good or too magnificent for French soldier
 The world is full of people like this poor French soldier, who thinks that what others have is too good for them that if does not fit their humble condi- tion. that they are not expected to have as good things as those who are more favored" They do not realize how they weaken themselves by this mental atti- tude of self-depreciation or self-efface- ment. They do not claim enough for, do not expect enough do not demand  enough of themselves.
 You will never become giant if you only make a pgmys claim for yourself. If you only expect pigmy's part. There Is no law which will cause pigmy thinking to produce giant. The statue follows the model.
 Most people have been educated to think that they were not intended to have the best there is in the world; that the good and beautiful things were re- served for those especially favored by fortune They have grown up under this conviction of their inferiority, ano' of course, they will be comparatively inferior until they claim superiority as their birthright. A vast number Of men and women, who are really capapie or doing great things, do small things i've mediocre lives, because they do not ex- meet enough, do not demand enough or themselves They do not know now to call out their best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
MAN AND MANIcuRisT.
A Horrlfying Tale Related for Com
 mendable Purpose.

From the New York Sun.
 The manners and habits of the youth of today are horrifying, yet do not re- ceive such public consideration as they deserve therefore relate this incident:
 I was seated in a barbers chair In a shop located in one of the new hotels on upper Broadway, in an alcove of which shop are employed a number of young women manicurlsts. There entered that alcove a young man who, l observed with a shudder, was in evening dress He was an amiable enough looking young man, confess, but his dress and cer- tain vague incertitude in his expression told only too plainly tale to which this story will serve, I hope, to point a moral.
 He sank down in chair before one Of the young manicuring persons, threw his arms upon her operating table and at once went soundly and, I am compelled to admit, sweetly to sleep. Unshocked by this extraordinary behavior, the young person q noted that she was blonde and of not unpleasing appearance) proceeded Tn a DuSlDeSSilR6 manner tO opeidiS upoh his finger nails.
 After some minutes he awoke and asked What time is it?"
 She told him 1t was 9:30 o'clock, where upon he remarked: That's all right; my date is at 10," and again he slept Yet again he awoke, regarded the elec- tric lights with look of comforting as- surance and seemed about to abandon himself to slumber once more, but added in a voice of cautious inquiry: Half past nine evening or morning7'
 The manicuring blonde, still unabashed, even smiled brightly as she replied; Half past nine in the morning
 When that young man aroused himself to make a more observing glance at his immediate surroundings, he seemed slightly mystifed-as well he might be- to discover one of his hands in a finger bowl of soapsuds and the other held by the smiling young person.
 Excuse me, miss,'' he said, "but would you mind telling me what you are doing?"
 T am doing your nails" she answered.
 Thereupon that abandoned young man said slowly: Well, I suppose that's all right. too; but I came in for drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
New YOrk'S Towering SkysCraperS

Ten years ago a 20-story skyscraper was considered wonderful, but in the time that has elapsed building after building has been carried farther to- wards the clouds. The History Singer building had scarcely been completed when plans were made by the Metro politan Life Insurance company for one on Madison Square to be 700 feet high. It is nearly built, and now the Equitable Life Assurance company proposes to build one over 900 feet high. 62 stories high, on Broadway, where narrow streets cross it near Wall street.
 The height of the proposed Equita- be building can be grasped by putting four Brown-Marx buildings on top of each other, with two more stories thrown in for full measure and flag staff. The height of Red mountain is about 300 feet above the valley, and the Equitable building is to be three times the height of Red mountain as it appears to us.
 Where is this climbing upward to end in our largest cities? Buildings like the Singer and the proposed Bqui- table transform the streets, even Broadway, into canyons, while the sky line becomes ragged and irreg- ular. These later plans call for tow CTS. The proposed Equitable building covers an entire block, and in the cen ter of the block or square is to rise the tower that is to be 62 stories high. Every floor in the tower will consist of numerous offices, and the business done in the building will be almost fabulous.
 Let no one think that the proposed Equitable building is the limit in height of tower construction. It is not. It will be exceeded-in New York. but when or where cannot now be foreseen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
The Iron Market.

The pig iron market is quiet, but the dullness is thought to be only temporary. Matthew, Addy & Co.'S week report says:
 "There is a unanimous opinion In the iron trade that business will be much bet ter in the fall. All the signs point tha. way We have this week seen a great many prominent ironmasters and con- srmers, and they all agree in expressing the belief that things are getting in shape for a real improvement before the third quarter of the year has ended.
 "It is noticeable that there is more in- terest being shown in the market Thers are several large inquiries and the wees has been marked by one or two fine sales and by the usual number of small trans actions'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
CLOTHES AND MANNERS.

From the New York World.
 The hot wave brings up anew the ques- ton of midsummer negligee. To what extent may conventionality in clothes be disregarded for comfort. The refusal of the management of fashionable hotel to serve a guest in his shirt-sleeves was an incident of yesterdays news. At the congress of whist players a southerner of the old school remained true to traditions of respect for the presence of ladies and sweltered In broadcloth while the other players sat coatless.
 Where Is the deadline of decorum to be drawn? A generation has witnessed ex- traordinary concessions to comfort in summer clothes. Suits of linen and duck and seersucker date from before the war; but 1t is only since the eighties that un- starched shirts and low-cut shoes of tan or patent leather have come into general use. It is during that period that out ing clothes and the "two-piece" suits of thin fabrics and washable materials have gained their great hold and the belt universally replaced the suspender. "Ath- letic" underwear so-called Is of very re- cent adoption
 The inroad of negligee on manners is serious phase of the question. The
 shirt-waist man is endurable in his place,
 but that place is clearly not at a public dinner table or a formal public gather ing, nor yet in an automobile. The
 question of shirt-sleeves on the streets ;e moot one But does the slight gain in personal comfort compensate for the
 necessary loss of self-respect? The line of propriety in summer clothes Is now so lax that it should not needlessly be