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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
CENTRAL ROUTE TO
FLOR IDA
VIA BIRMINGHAM

Columbus, Albany and Waycross, In con
nectlon with the Central OF Georgia Ry. and
the Atlantic Coast Line. ON and after oct
ober 18Th from Chicago,
7 ~ RoU9H SLEEPING CAR
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.
Winter Tourists Tickets.

VlHtSf Iouflhto tIIhct6s
Cairo to Aberdeen Miss, and
return ................. .si3 IN
Cairo to Durant, Miss, and re-
turn .............,...... 13.l1
Cairo to Jackson, Miss, and re.
turn ...........,.......,.... 1856
Cairo to McComb. Miss, and re-
turn ................. 1855
Cairo to Hammond, La, and re.
turn ................. 20 90
Cairo to New Orleans, La, and
fN'u'h '-...s'''..'','. Il 50
Tickets sold daily until April 3Oth.
good returning until May Both, 1908.
J. II. JONES,
Ticket Agent. Cairo, M.
A. II. HANSON,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
s. G. HATCH,
General Passenger Agent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
OFFICERS

Accounts Of corporations and Indivia.
uaIs especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part of the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
Chicago 10 Jacksonville

VIA the above route leaving Chicago daily a,
.. m, on the sleeping car section coach
section consolidated with sleeping car section
az 'arboudaie. leaving chicago at $50 p. M
Of the Limited train Tor the south. arriving
at Birmingham 3:I5 2. IN. next day and a,
jacksonville at 80 the second morning.
EuIIoL-L LhrarN Or ONT -nL L-nLcagn md
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
River Transportation
Lee Line Steamers
For M,rphIs sns Way L,ndIna.

For Memphis and Way Landings
Steamers Departure
Georgia Lee FRIDAY. Oct. 30, Q m
Stacker lee Sunday. New. :. = m
Peters Lee -... Friday. Oct 30 N
ror S. Lo0is sno Way landings
Peters Lee ---. . Tuesday, Oct. - = n
Stacker Lee Thursday. Oct. - n
For Freight ard Passage apply st
HsIHssy q PhIiIIn. Whsrfeost cslro.
ROBERT 6. LEE. c. BOURNE.
General Manager G. ?. q ,. A.
Genera oHics. . soufh Front street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
EXCURSION BULLETIN.
One Way Second-class coIonlst Rates
to California and Points in the
Northwest.

points on main lines and branches
in California, Oregon, Washington
Alberta. Arizona, British Columbia.
Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico and Utah.
Tickets on sale daily during October
1908. Every Monday on train No.
at 600 p. m. through tourist sleeper
leaves Cairo, running via New Or
leans and Southern Pacific r. r. to
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
For full Information apply to J. II
Jones, Ticket Agent, Central Union
Station, Cairo, Ill.
A. II. HANSON. P. T. NJ.
S. G. HATCH, G. P. A.,
Chicago. III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
Alexander
County National
Bank

Commercial Avenue and Eighth street.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
SsP'tsi .....s............ $10O,OUu
Surplus ........ ............ 10000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-26
Alexander County,
Savings Bank n
STRICTLY A SAVINGS gANk
CAIRO, ILLINOIS
OFFICERS
DIRECTORS

{. A. suscr ;. n. GslIlesn
Thos. Boys c. o. Pstler
VIM. KIuGs c. ". NefY
chsa Feuchter ~. .. rhIrtIswocS
D. .. Lsnstsa ossrss parsens
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
TURKS GROW OLIVES
Important Industry on Shore
of Sea of MarmOra.
TREE HAS SIX VARIETIES

wild shoot Grated with Cultivated
Fruit-Crop Is Erratic and Groves
Must he Treated with Care-Indus-
try Is Profitable 20 Planter Who
Succeeds-The Picked Olive.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
CENTRAL EARNS 9 PER CENT.
western system Does Well for Year
Ending June 30.

According TO figures already at hand,
tho Illinois Central will earn about 1856
DO. equal to 7S4 per cent. for its S95,ON.0OO
capital stock during the current fiscal
year. ending June co. If 70 this IS added
the surplus dividend fund Of Sl,36elS4 the
total amount for dividends for the year
should be about $S,Sl6lO6, equal 10 927 per
cent
The probabilities are that the balance
for dividends this year will be more than
the indicated I.N per cent OF the COM
pauy's capital stock. for the reason that
in this years accounts the Illinois Cen
trail should show a large credit balance
on account of outside operations. which
balance is included in the receipts and
expenses under last years classification.
For instance the Illinois Central a year
ago had a credit balance on account Of
car hire Of nearly 100000 This item will
not appear In the net receipts of the road
as published, but IN a separate account
and added 10 income.
This compares with earnings equal TO
1923 per cent on the stock during the
year ended June 50. 1901. and with a total
amount available for dividends. including
surplus dividend fund Of 1913 S27, equal
to 1857 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Calcutta Market Advances from
Eight to Ten Points.
Higher Levels Abroad Are Likely to
Force Prices Up I'm the Amer
lean Market.

New York June 27-Thp week has
been marked by sharp advances in both
jute and hurlaps I'm the market abroad.
The last reports from foreign markets
show that jute closed 40 Gl7 2s Cd per ton.
an advance from earlier In the week.
when prices stood at SIC
Burlaps under considerable buying I'm
the Calcutta market. show advances from
TO 10 points sterling, with the heaviest
advances on heayy-weights. Should the
Calcutta market open the new week with
further advances it is certain that prices
here viii take a sharp upward turn.
Reports from Calcutta show that con-
siderable business has been put through
az the advance. There is "a growing feel
ing that the advance I'm jute is more than
likely 10 be gully maptained. owing TO the
adverse reports regarding the new crop
and the belief that il Will Do between -
10 30 per cent smaller than that OF last
year. South Ame 'ican buyers put in an
appearance in the market early in the
week. and as this always results I'm am
! advance, prices We're Immediately pushed
up.
According 90 the reports received the
orders placed for South American account
were Of fairly large size. and this further
helped to strengthen the market
With the foreign markets showing con-
siderable activity. business here during the
week improved. and prices were more
firmly held on all weights Calcutta s.
ounce goods are now uomiuaIy held al
| 34 cents and 1ois ounce at 525 cents.
There seems TO be little doubt in the
minds Of importers here that the Calcutta
market will open al higher figures for the
new week and one Of the largest import
ing houses in the market has already
named advances in anticipation of such
/ an advance.
In an article on India's trade. headed
! "Calcutta's Contest with Dundee" the
! London Times says
/ After a year OF large supplies and ex-
/ traordinary high prices the jute market
/ returned 10 more normal conditions IN
1878. The following table illustrates the
/ course Of the trade during the last five
years.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

The average price of raw jute was
about . per cent lower in 1903 than I'm
1861, but supplies were smaller. hence a
decline Of nearly 100000 I'm India's raw
jute exports. The year 1907 was uncertain
from the outset prices fluctuating from
G27 5s per ton at the beginning Of Jan
uarv 10 El0 les in July.
THE issue of the crop forecast and the
American financial stringency made the
market still more speculative. and prices.
after dropping 10 c13 1os. closed with els
los at the end of December. France, Aus
tria-Hungarv. and Spain bought more
jute than in 1867. but other large pur-
chasers took less. Charges Of fraudulent
watering were fewer. but there were COM
plants Of inferior quality. bad packing.
and an undue proportion Of jute cuttings
ArbitratiOnS were numerous
THE reduction In jute prices has dimin-
ished the demand for various substitutes
While the shipments Of raw iute declined.
those of gunny bags and cloth increased
largely. as the above table shows. The
United States, United Kingdom. Austria
LA. and Chile We're the largest buyers Of
bags, while the chief purchasers of cloth
were the United States. which took 60 per
cent. and Argentina. which took - per
cent
Calcutta now challenges Dundee sue
.cessfully I'm coarser goods in all markets.
though in South America lower freights
enable the latter to retain a hold Cal
cutta hessians are sold more cheaply than
those OF Dundee The Calcutta mills were
extremely prosperous in 1907. -.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Result of Careful Cement Work.

The water-tightness Of the concrete
walls Of the Cornell University water puri-
fication plant. constructed about three
years ago under the direction Of Prof
Gardner S. Williams, says the Engineer
ing Record. is an indication of what can
be accomplished with careful workman
ship. The coagulation basin has walls
fifteen inches thick and their bottom is
under a head Of twenty-five feet continu-
ously. The slight percolation through the
tank that was present when It was first
put into service has practically disap-
peared, and throughout the sixty feet Of
length Of the wall where the concrete is
exposed there IS now scarcely a percept-
ible sign Of leakage
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Compressed Air Motors.

In novel American plan for driving
motors by compressed air from a fall OF
water. three five-foot shafts are sunk be-
hind dam to a depth of $50 feet. ending
In a chamber having "A capacity of 10000.
As the water falls down the shaft it car
ries air and congresses It in the under
ground chamber 70 as much as ia atmos-
pheres. The compressed air is carried 10
the motors by pipe and the water rises
through a tail race 20 a level about 65 feet
lower than that above the dam. In devel-
oping 5000 horsepower 50 per cent of the
theoretical power Is realized The first
cost of such plant is large. but the ex-
pense Of maintenance is quite insignih-
can't
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
FISH SELLING STOCK.
FinancIcr Declared To HIVE DispOH-
ed Of 10000 shares.

Stuyvesant Fish, formerly president Of
the Illinois Central Railroad Company
according 20 Wall street report. has sold
within the last few weeks about 1000
shares OF his stock holdings in that prop
erty. which several months ago. when his
contest with f. II. Hartman was in
progress, he said there were 1852 shares
making him the largest individual share
holder.
Il is understood that his sales Of Illinois
Central have been conducted in the open
market. and this liquidation is given as
the principal cause of the decline OF the
stock from 142, its high level for the year
on May is 20 about 125 at present.
1t is assumed in the financial district
that Mr. Fish win liquidate the remaining
part Of his holdings. and thus sever ali
connection with the company of which he
was a director for about thirty years and
president for nearly twenty years
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
MnN Close July 3.

Baltimore. June 27.-It is understood
that a petition signed by a majority Of
the members Of the Baltimore Stock Ex-
change viii be presented 10 the board of
governors asking that body to close the
exchange on July 8 as well as on July 4.
II is probable the New York Stock Ex-
change viii be closed from July 3 to July
8, giving the members a triple holiday.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
TracI1age in Good Condition.

Apropos OF the heavy shrinkage in both
gross and net earnings Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. II is said that no sys-
TEN in the United States has kept its
physical condition up to a higher stand
ara, despite the business depression. and
that when the statement Of operations is
studied IL will be found that one reason
for the failure of the management 20
make a better showing in net earnings
has been due 20 the heavy expenditures
on account OF maintenance.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Methods of Picking.

For picking or salting olives properly,
for every 100 pounds Of fruit 100 pounds
of dry salt must be added. In picking.
the barrels are placed In the position
where they are 20 remain. though In no
case should they touch the ground or
floor. The bottoms are covered with
layer of dry salt; on this layer Of 100 okes
Us pounds Of olives is placed. Ten okes
t2S3 pounds OF dry salt is spread over
the fruit, and so on alternately until
filed. A mat is placed on the top layer
(Which must always be OF SALT then
boards Chat will easily enter, and on
these stones or any other heavy material
Weighing at least l2ia hundredwelght are
placed. should this precauton not be
taken the olives will rise to the top Of the
barrel. become dry. and spoil
4 basket containing $50 pounds Of dry
salt is placed on the top of each barrel
and sea water If obtainable. poured over
the salt IN the basket until filled with
brine
Il is essential that the barrels contain
Ing the picked fruit should be examined
every fifteen days. and should IL be found
that the olives are not covered with brine,
the same operation is repeated until the
barrels are redlled; otherwise the fruit
becomes "fusty' and useless.
Should sea water not be obt8inablc
large barrel is filled with fresh water, 70
which dry salt is added and stirred until
the brine becomes Of the required
strength. This latter is ascertained by
placing an olive or a fresh egg i'm the
LIQUID. Should IL sink. it Is evident that
more salt Is needed and should be added
and the liquid stirred until the object
rises % the top and remains floating on
the surface, sure proof that the brine
is of the required strength. As a rule,
large barrel Of such brine is always kept
in stock, which saves time and trouble.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
RICH MEN ACQUIRE
ISLANDS As HOMES
Broad Waters Give SecluSiOn
During Winter Months.
DON CAMERON'S FINE HOUSE

Grant Parish Describes Some of the
Estates OF MilIiOnaires Along the
Atlantic COnst-OutdOOr Life the
Fad with Americans Most of
Them Want Much Room.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Harvesting the Fruit.

Harvesting generally commences in late
November or early December, lasting un-
I'll Christmas or later. according 20 the
size of the crop. the method being as fol-
lows: A cloth of mating is placed on the
ground around the tree; then as many
persons as the tree has branches get into
it, generally by ladders and each one
taking a branch. pulls the fruit-bearing
twigs through their hands, careful not 20
break them and letting the olives fail to
the cloth or mating below.
The daily wages for adults range from
p TO 2S cents, and each person can gather
about 60 okes (oke equals 2S pounds) Of
olives day The hire of a horse or mule
per day costs 40 cents. and each animal
should carry about 500 okes of fruit per
day. This. with the cost Of gathering and
other sundry expenses, such as mendiag
baskets. &c. brings the total cost of har-
vesting TO about paras the oke. or S5.55
per ton.
OF the olive trees in this district. about
20 per cent are under seven or eight years
oll. the remaining SO per cent being ma
t1red trees. The latter as rule bear
fruit annually. but the crop is more abun-
dant every second year the quantity OBJ
tanned being from ten to twenty okes, ac-
cOrding to age and size.
Preparation Of the Oil.
Only about 10 per cent OF the crop is
crushed for oil. the olives used for this
purpose being partly green and which
have dropped from the trees before being
ripe; the remaining 90 per cent is picked
or salted. Green olives are not generally
gathered for picking, unless ordered
though every proprietor usually gathers
sufficient FOR family consumption.
The cost of pressing the olives is paras
the oke. or 100 plasters (S400 per ton. but
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

WashingtOnians who have acquired the
taste for picked olives and WHO eat them
freely will be particularly grateful 20 CON
sui General Edward Oman for an inter
esting description of the raising and pre-,
pairing "a the Turkish olive, which now
finds such extended sale in the Western
world.
Despite what the growers say. the Turk
ish olive is the real thing. and the Califor-
MIA imitation. while IT is better in some re-
spects. does not quite reach the flavor of
the fruit which grows on the Sea Of Mar
mora and comes 10 the right state OF un-
ripe maturity for the picked specimen
under the skies OF Broussa.
Mr. Oman writes from Constantinople
and describes the conditions I'm the vilayet
Of Broussa He says:
About one-fourth Of this vilayet Is inter
ested solely in the culture OF olives, viz.
on the east the coast of the sea Of the
archipelago to the north the whole coast
line Of the Sea Of Marmora; also the dis
tricts between Ghemlek. in the Gulf Of
Moudain. 10 Nincea. The natives dstin-
guish six varieties of olive trees. Of which
three are wild and three grated The
wild trees produce only after the eighth
year. but last several centuries. some be
ing said 20 have existed a thousand years.
The wild tree. planted I'm January to
March. is grated IN the month Of May
of the following year. The graft is made
either on the trunk or the eye. the latter
method giving better results. The grated
trees are transplanted and bear after the
fifth year.
Olive Crop l. Errntic.
Olive crops are crratc. and although a
fun crop is expected every alternate year.
there is often an absolute failure I'm some
localities. whereas in others the trees are
loaded with fruit Tn this country it is
said 20 depend entirely on how and where
the olive groves are situated and whether
the trees are exposed or protected from
the "sirocco, or south desert wind. When
prevalent this wind affects man. beast.
and bird, as wcll as plant life.
Olive trees flower I'M NIay and should
| The groves Doe exposed to the south there
/ is always danger till the end OF August
especially II the summer is dry and the
south wind prevails. of the bloom being
coated with "a fine white web a nest of
microbes. which cnCirc.os the flowers and
causes them 90 gradually shrivcl up and
ultimately drop Off. the result being either
/ % poor crop or none at an II. however
/ the trees are protected on The south and
/ exposed o. the north. they not only thrive
and are healthy and strong. but, as a rule
/ annually bear more or less fruit
/ Careful growers place the trees I'm a po-
stion 20 avoid exposure To the hot winds
/ that prevail during the period they are iu
/ blossom, iu squares and at least nine OF
/ ten yards apart, and iu such a way that
! from whatever point one looks they are
I always in straight line. Should they bs
/ planted closer, in time as they grow Older
and stronger tho branches become entan-
/ sled with each other. TO their dlsadvan.
/ tuEc
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
New Orders for Structural Steel.

The Pennsylvania Steel Company, which
controls tho Maryland Steel Works has
received an order fer 1900 tons of struc-
tural steel from the contractors who are
erecting the ferry terminals at Battery
Park. New York, and also an order for
$50 tons Of rails from an electric railway.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

this is not the total cost. for according
to custom the millers retain the residue.
OF the latter only a small portion is used
by the mi.lers as fuel the greater part
being exported TO Great Britain The
price paid on the spot for the residue Is 4
paras the oke, or so piasters (S3.26) per
ton.
The quantity Of oil depends on the size
and quality of the olives to be crushed
In some instances three and half pounds
of olives yield one pound of oil; In other
cases IL requires eight pounds Of fruit 10
produce the same quantity Of oil; thus
from 2S3 TO GO pounds Of OIL are obtained
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Careful Pruning and Cutting.

y
districts have demonstrated that I'm hec-
tare tg1a acres) OF soil. planted. respective
~. with go, 100. or 50 trees. the yield OF
oil was the same. but Of superior quality
In the. case of those planted wide apart.
and. Furthermore. such trees were almost
free from disease. Air and light seem
essential clements 10 successful olive cul-
ture.
Pruning should be done Immediately
after each crop has been gathered. This
refers only 20 trees Of from seven to eight
years and upward. Younger ones are on
no account 10 be pruned. with the excep-
tou of the shoots that annually spring
from the roots and round the bottom of
the trees, which are cut away every year.
on the older trees all shoots that tua in
ward or toward the center are carefully
and cleanly cut off. and the shoots from
the roots likewise removed annually Rot
appearing on the roots and branches of
the trees is cut away. care being taken 70
thoroughly remove all diseased parts of
the trees
The ground each year is carefully stirred
at least two feet deep and yard in
width round each tree. care being taken
that the roots are not left exposed, but
covered over. Thus the earth bccome rs
loose and absOTbs the rain, which pene-
trates 10 the roots and keeps them moist;
whereas II this is not done or the culture
Doe shallower the earth soon becomes dry
and hardeuS and the rain fails TO pene-
trate 20 the roots. which are deprived of
the moistur1 SO requisite 10 sustain the
/ trees On dry and sultry weather. causing
! the fruit 10 drop of.
The groves are cultivated over once a
/ year at least twelve inches deep: two
months later the land hoed and this re-
peated two months later If the summer
| be dry with no hope of immediate rain
/ the soil round the trees is opened out for
about eighteen inches and ten gallons OF
/ water given to each tree This refreshes
/ them and prevents the olives from drop
/ ping off. The watering. however. is never
/ done In the morning when the sun Is on
/ the trees. but always in the afternoon
/ the later the better. and the bitches are
/ allowed to remain open for fOrty-eight
/ hours after which the soil Is replaced
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-10
Tortured Wife and Child.

Lisbon, Aug. 10-For torturing bic
beautiful young wife, until she went in
sane, and so mistreating his infant
child that It is feared the little one can
not live, Count Msrgslho, OF the Portu-
euese nobility, has been banished In
disgrace from King MsnuePs court,
aud deprived of the high Office he held
under The late King Oarlrs. The count
married rich Lisbon bankers daughter
three years sgO, and for time seemed
to live happily with her. Two years
later, however, the wife and child dis
appeared and Msrgslho never gave a
satisfactory answer "a t, Their where
abou's. The police were finally led to
10 vestigate. Detectives paid surprise
visit to tie counts home aud, breaking
down the doors, found the countess
chained 10 an tttic, her features dis
t,rted by suffering, her hair white and
her form emacisted. The child, In even
verse plight than its mother, lay on a
pile of rags In q semi-slupor from neglect,
illness and hunger.
The countess mind was 50 completely
wrecked that che could give no account
of her imprisonment. The servants con-
fessed, however, that mother and child
had been held pr soners 10 the st.ic dur
ing the entire year, fed only on bread
aud wstsr. The count asserted in his
own defense thst he believed his wife
had accepted attentions from a naval
officer whose name he refused to give.
He finally admitted that be had no more
than suspicious on which to base his
accusations. King Manuel and Queen
Amelia, who we're to have visited the
counts estate at the expiration CT their
period of mourning, Immediately can
celled the engagement, and ordered
Marghalo never to come into their PRES
ence again.