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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Protect Kitchen Table

Procure a piece of asbestos lar-a
enough to cover one end Of your
kitchen table and keep It in a convent
ent place. When You start to prepar
a meal lay the asbestos on the table
and cover with a newspaper and yau
never will soil or burn the oilcloth or
white pine. as the case may be. Al
hct serving or baking dishes may b.
set upon the asbestos with peri t
safety. Now. when the cleaning 40
process comes after the meal roll ~
and burn the sheet Of newspc PER and
set the asbestos away Your tai .
needs no scrubb'ng and no unsigh.i3
rings have been burned thereo4.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 10.

July 10.
1928 Kirke defeated Roquemont in
the Gulf Of ST. Lawrence.
l6S9-Gombined armies under John
Sobeski defeated the Turks IN.
der the wall of Vienna.
1S05-Duke of Marlborough defeated
the French near Tirelemont.
l7l0-John Cruger first president If
New York Chamber Of Com
merce born. Died Dec. 81.
1892.
H42-Spanish We're routed at Fort
Williams.
lS0G-The strong fortress at Gaeta
surrendered to the Frencl.
iSl7-Jane Austen, English novelist
died
SG3-Assault on Fort Wagner.
lSG4-President Lincoln issred ca
for 100000 more volunteers.
i9G7-Seyeral thousand persons pr, g.
tlated by heat at a parade Of
Elks in Philadelphia.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
SPRINKLING LAWNS.

A writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat makes the following com.
ment ppcn bad habit which prevails
more or less in all cities:
A brief and pithy lesson on the
care of lawns is read to st. Louis
residents by Ben Adkins in his effort
to restrain the prodigal use of water
from the city mains.
The sousing of grass plats under a
hot summer sun kills the grass and
brings In a fourishing growth of crab
grass and chickweed. but argument is
feeble. as ineffective as it is to pre-.
vent the cutting out of the tops of
shade trees.
Possibly the enc function which can
be performed correctly and sat sfae
toritly without public interference is
the tying of ones necktie and that
might be improved In many instances
by municipal neck tiers who would
seize the delinquent and undo the I'm
graceful knot while they rearrang q
the Low or sca.f without a wrinkl
in H.
BIT when II comes to sprinklinq
lawns scarcely anybody knows the
scientific principle Il it,
We are Indebted TO Ben Adkins for
valuable information. which has more
weight coming from an authority on
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECIRtr fYS

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second 81. 40
ag north ON Commercial Ave-, every /. ugv
dtes from .. m. to II D, m
Going north on Walnut st every Is mn o
from sos m. to 1888 Z. m.
'oPLAR ST. LINE-holbrook Ave. ca
ieave second IT geing nerth on Hoiti
anne dinutes every hour until l0:49 and "a,
o. IN.
Going west on Twen.y Eighth g.. at, s.,
6:19i 834; SAB; and 1904 q. III and on same N
1tss every hour until 1884 and Il:04 o. ~
Poplar st. cars due to pass st. MAYS
Is minut after leaving Second st.
SELL LINE OWL OARS north on WBIpn
l:8o p. m. 1894 a. M; l 80 g. m; i q. n
$50 g. M; 4.f) q, M; 80 a. IN.
North on Commercially 90 D. m va,
m. 90 . M 500 q. IN 4 90 a. IN, EA o..
Belt and Owl cars are d 10 70 pss. wes
Fhtrtv fourth 81. 10 minutes after le.~trt
second st,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

sprinkling. Mr., ADKINS tells us tina
water should never be poured or
vegetation while the suns rays IA
upon IL
Simple reflection should tell rs this
For when nature pOurs out her sho&
ers urCn the earth, she first draws a
veil OF clouds across the sun.
The trees aad the grass are {
Grenched in the brazen glare e tenn
pcrature 6. 100 DEGREES This we'll
bCi the grass, as Commissioner Al.
kins says
You can very easily scald TIE III
grass of your lawn by ill-considered
wettlns.
OF course, if you Lave no blue grass
it makes no difference. That mon
grel variety that takes its place would
probably cheerfully lift up its blades
under a rain Of fire and brimstCne.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The Evening Citizen continues tc
indict Assessor Nellis for failing to
obey the law which requires him t.
list all property a tits full cash value
II says he listed all OF Mayor Parsons
lands in the Drainage District at an
average Of $G5 per acre when its rea
value is from $3.50 to $500 per acre,
IFhe Citizen probably does not tell the
truth, Any way. the Bulletin woulc
not adjudge the assessor guilty on its
testimony alone for the Citizen has a
way Of handling the truth somewhat
recklessly when it has a political pur-
pose to serve.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Science
ReveaIer
of
God
By REV. THOMAS E. BARR,
Milwaukee.

ordered and permanent working ersehe said that gaon
to demand consciousness, WILL somewhere the
The nebty of nature another. We think Why?
thought relations These do make.
W what chance would nonthnkng produce thought related
world: third fact is the pacCabiy Of nature Says "Natme
Of and implements for the will Many
them Iondeous fer WELD. But there
lesser tools which He alter modify them
or pattern quality or Only if know how
that ours All civilization built that truth The fourth fact
the mystic Interpretation Of nature There influence permeanc
nature which both adap and exquisite
culture
Prophecy is the function Of the inspired Yet it assump
tive forecast the further unfolding Of the laws
by their intelligent poverty and disease shall disappear
be the home Of one harmonious and happy people Nor is improbable
that the investigation which each year conquers unknown
day catch the secret which shall bring
with that life for which assurance and
the bitterness of death be
forever put away. CLLto14tAA +aGtzztN L1a>.1t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The best of all teachers is exper
jence, c. NJ, Harden of Silver City
North Carolina. says: Il find Electric
Bitters does all that's claimed for j.
For Stomach Liver and Kidney trou.
bles it can't be beat | have tried II
and find it a most excellent medi
cane Mr.. Harden is right it's the
best of all medicines also for weak
ness, lame back, and all run down
conditions. Best too for chills and
malaria, Sold under guarantee at all
druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
conceaiment of Pro 3erty BY Bank,

ConceaIment of Pro 2erty BY Bank
rupt's Trustee.--ln Johnson v United
states, 1853 Federal Reporter. 90, IN
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
held that an indictment would not lie
for q conspiracy to effect the conceal
ment, by bankrupt Of property from
his trustee himself is charged as one
OF the cOuspirators, ana the ayerments
Of the Indictment show that there was
no concealment of property from him
and no purpose that there should he
such concealment. Such an Indictment
was fatally defective in charging the
trustee, one of the alleged conspira.
tors, with participation in aaI know
adge Of transaction, which could be
an offense against the law only when
II was concealed from him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

Ohstruct,ng Highway on Section
Observation-Disclosures a law giyine
county commissioners power to es
tablish highways on section lines. the
supreme Court Of South Dakota, in
Lawrence Y, Ewart ia Northwestern
Reporter, 709 held the obstruction
of section lines, practicable for high
ways, unlawful because by another
law such section lines were high
ways, without any special action OF
the commissioner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

II VIC may infer from the criticisms
of the Postmaster's organ, that only
those tax payers VIII vote, for Cant.
ThlstleWood, whose property is Ii ted
at its full value on the books of the
county. and that all whose prop =rty
is listed below its full value will vo.e
foe Mayor Parsons. On the ground
that he is one OF them thenwe will
have no difficulty in placing orr
money on the winner
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

! Organization is necessary to party
success, and every organization must
have an executive head. But in a
popular government the people ought
to be permitted to name the men who
shall constitute the organization
When organization means life tenure
in office for the favOrites OF a few
men who constitute themselves the
masters of the people then the end ct
party stability is, and of right, ought
to be In sight The average Ameri
can voter is patient and will permit
himself to be walked over and BAN
boozled many times and in many
ways; but he wakes up once in a
while, shakes himself vigorously anG
scatters a lot of fellows along the
political highway, who have been
astraddle of his neck for years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
To Remove Stains.

To remove paint from glass wet the
spot with strong liquid ammonia. be.
Ing careful not TO let the ammonia
run down on the window paint or var
nish. After two or three applications
scrape gently with piece of soft
wood, then rub with a paper wet with
ammonia.
Kerosene stains can be removed
with Fuller's earth. Cover the stain
with a thick layer OF hot FuIler's
earth, let remain for p hours, then
hruSb off
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The school census just taken by
Prof Tlendenen and his assistants
confirms the city directory in course
Of publication by George b. Walker
that Cairo has over twenty thousand
people Pref. Cledenen's figures. how
ever. indicate falling off in minor
population which calls for some ac
ton on the part of the city authorities
to stimulate activity on the part of tn,
stork, But, no matter what measures
may be taken in this direction. or how
effective they may be, it is more than
likely that in 1910 the government
census takers will again come along
with their measely little old thirteen
or fourteen thousand people for our
city.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Art and SpecialiZlnu.

Why should an artist who has pain..
ed portraits for years be denied talent
as landscape painter? There is no
reason for it, We have grown to mis-
take specially for personality, and thu
artist who has made his name as a
painter OF cats will have to paint cats
all his life.-Kunst, Munich.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Preventive Of Seasickness

To prevent seasickness red spec
tacles are sometimes worn. Red glass
es are selected because this color ia
said 70 have a stimulating effect on the
nervous system. Red quicheas circu.
lation, and, according to some authori.
ties, seasickness is caused by imper.
feet circulation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
No Fossils in Granite.

Granite is the bedrock Of the world.
1t is the lowest rock in the earth s
crust and shows no signs Of animal
life. 1t is from two to ten times as
thick as all the other layers of rock
combined No evidences OF life. either
animal or vegetable, are apparent in
ranite-Exchange
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
June Circulation.

The above Is a correct statement
OF the circulation OF The Cairo Buile-
tin for the year 1907 and for the
month of June 1908.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of July 1908
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
GrnMth of Girls and Rnae

\ girl is nearly as big as a boy al
two. smaller at four, nearly as big at
seven, and the same height al H.
During the period from the eleventh
TO the fourteenth year, when the girl
Is growing more rapidly than the boy,
she is generally bigger than he is.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
FOR CONGRESS,

GEORGE PARSONS authorizes his
announcement as Republican candi-
date for congress from this the Twen-
ty-fifth Congressional District of I'LL
nois,. subject to the decision OF the
voters. at the primary to be held on
Saturday, Aug. 8, 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
FOR STATES ATTORNEY.

FRANK NJ. MOORE. of Cairo
authorizes the announcement of his
candidacy for the Republican nomi-
nation for the office of States Attor-
ney at the primary election to be hell
Saturday, August 8.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Troubles Of a Smoker.

Whit way haze ye glen over
smokin', Donal2" Weel, it's no sich q
pleasure after a, for ye ken a buddy
ain tebaccy costs over muck,e; and il
we're smokin' anither buddys We has
to ran yer pipe sac tight i'm M
draw Punch
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

LEGAL DECISIONS
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Revocation Of Charter of Social Club.

Revocation Of Charter of Social Club,
In Cosmopolitan Club V Virginia, %
Supreme Court Reporter, 394 the Su
preme Court of the United states held
that, although the character Of 50
cial club was contract With the ate.
us revocation, because Of the club $
violation Il liquor laws, did not con
hict with any provision If the federal
Constitution.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
SENTENCE SERMONS.
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

SIDNEY B. ESPY, of Benton. H.
authorizes his announcement as a
Democratic candidate for the lower
house of the Illinois general assembly
from this 1.-THE 50tn) Senatorial dis
trict subject to the decision of e
voters at the primary election to be
held on Wednesday. Aug. 8, 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

l.. Il. ROBERTSON. of Cartervile,
H., authorizes his announcement as a
candidate for member OF the General
Assembly from this (the Fiftieth)
Senatorial district, at the Democrats
primary election to be held on Satur-
day. August s, 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

DIR. e. E. GORDON authorizes his
announcement as a Republican cand
date for Coroner OF Alexander coun
ty, at the primary election to be hell
on Saturday. Aug. 8, 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
entered 1t The oairo Postofaoe ~ second c's'
Mall Matter.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1907. .....ZIl
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month OF June
1908 .............,. .'%VS
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
EoR CORONER.

DIR. JAMES M'MANUS authorizes
The Bulletin to announce his candi
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for the Office of county coroner at the
primary election to be held Saturday
August s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
First Cultivation Of Bananas.

The cultivation Of bananas was be-
gun in Dutch Guiana two years ago,
the government lending aiu.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The Bulletin is on sale at the follow
Ing places:
coieman's 2f4 Eighth Street.
halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

Board Of County COMMISSIONS
J. J. JENNELLE, Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The persistent break in logic when we
touch the unseen is due to rebellion against
certain forms in which the doctrine of God
has been taught and ideas and require
ments associated with them. When a man
is able to step aside from these and contem-
plate the simple question he follows the
thought unhesitatingly that the eHpana-
ton Of the universe is a supreme, indwel-
ing intelligence. -Four great facts about the
world seem to carry this beyond possibility
of doubt,
The stability of nature is one. What
holds This nleyns of instahilitx in such
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
Mole's Hearty Appetite.

A mole eats as many as 10000 earth
worms In the course of year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

P. w. PROCTOR, of Benton, III
authorizes his announcement as a
Democratic candidate for Representa-
tive In the Fiftieth Senatorial DIS
trict, at the primary election to be
held Saturday. Aug. 8. 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
s.4te,4,f1se1,<-6a>n

Materially" the Americans, Yankee
or otherwise, beat the world in the enjoy
ment of sport (athletics, etc., but do not
know how to enjoy, in the epicurean way of
relishing, a good nutritious dish from meat
to fish, and therefore they will never learn
to cook decently.
spiritually they beat the Italians
in the enjoyment of transcendental doc
trine-relglon, spiritualism, humanta-
rianism, etc, but are badl, beaten in the
enjoyment of artistic manifestations -mu-
sic, painting, sculpture, singing. etc
The Americans. being a cold and less
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
OFFICIAL DIRECIOp
Cairo, Alexander County. Il'inu '
Population 16,Id7.

Cairo, Alexander County, il'no '
Population 16,id7.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER
Treasurer. THOMAS Il. MAHONGi
City Attorney. FRANK MOOR
Comptroller. ERNEST NORDNRN
Police Magistrate A. J. ROSS
Chief of Police, NJ. S. EAGAN
Alexander County, Population 22.ss7.
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILF.
Circuit Clerk, LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK E. DAVIS
States Attorney, ALEX. WI SON.
County Superintendent Of Schools.
prof. JOHN SNYDER
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED D.
NELLIS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

Advertising in The Bulletin is profit
able to the advertiser because 1t has
the highest CLAIR circulation
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

mpuye people woe than the Italians eoy things
spiritual excluding Glove and ourtshp" degree
They WILL in fact learn really enjoy, the Italians de-
latter
OF the composite American population there people
world that collectively enjoy Themselves largely and
than the Why in America the "hoda" great
"peana' of enjoyment old Young o child
As for the children, there place in the
and healthier enjoyment than -
here school. at home. the couf- .</,kk, III y~<-o
try, anywhere everywhere, always. II Ut
Advertising profit of
able
in the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19

The Bulletin is a member of the AS
ISOLATED Press the greatest news
Estnerlns ossnizstIoa In the world.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-27

undergone such thorough training or
enjoyed such classical associations as
has MIR Young during the sixteen
years Of his active professional eA.
perience. Like all ambitious youths
he. when little more than boy. chose
the classics as his first love anu
launched forth In starring tour OF
the South with a repertoir OF such
plays as Hamlet, THE Merchant
Of Venice, Richard lll", The Lao!
OF Lyons. "Richelieu'. He chose as
his motto Have no half dealings with
thine art, and a wise plan OF action
il proved to be. for in seven years
he had advanced from transforming
novice to one Of the most popular
road stars, whose success had at
tracted the attention OF the late Au'
gustin DAILY ard finally led 10 a
three years engagement with him Oh
inestima', lie value.
At the death of the great master
Mr. Young passed on 20 engagements
in leading roles with such stars as
Sir Henry Irving. Mrs. Ffsxe. ANNE
Russell and Viola Allan, his perform
ance Of Sebastian, the Twin brotner III
the latters production OF Twehth
Night being widely commented upon
as an especially artistic effort. IL
was during this engagement tna'
brown of Harvard" was written 1or
him by his wife, Rida Johnson Young
kbut being under contract bimseH. ne
seized upon an opportunity OF ha'ihs
the play produced and allowed MI
Harry Woodruff to r~ceive hrst non
ionrs in a Broadway run which last
ed for over a year at the Princess
Theatre. ou
| Now that he Is free, ne again. ai'el
nine years, starts as star, this ti'h.
under a widely known MANAGEMENT
and with a tried and successful pay
which has been Looked in all the
Heading week stands throughout the
country.
The comedy Is in four acts anu
sounds the exuberance, the vlsor ana
1.-THE manhood of the great UNIVERSITY
at Cambridge, with here ana 'nere
discard Of weakness and villainy sucn
as invariably mars the harmony
wherever a large number OF men arr
lcongregated. The incidents revolVe
about O boat race on the Charles
IRiy.r between the Harvard eight ana
Ian English crew-a contest won al
the last minute through the efforts
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-27
"The Great Divide.

Henry Miller. the celebrated actor
manager, will present William Waugh
Moody's brilliant drama Of American
life, "The Great Divide" at inc Acade'
my Of Music tomorrow.
This truly remarkable play furnish
Z ID phenomenon almost unknown In
American theatrical history. Al
though pronounced great drama and
.tfine literature" by the leading critics
Il has been Q record-Dreaking ffnan
clal success, which IS very unusual
with the higher order Of really LITER
aTy" dramas.
The play Is said to prove theory
always held by Henry cdiller that arr
and commerce in the theatre are not
only not Incompatible, but that they
can and should go in hand. Mt
Moody, 'The Great Divides author
b one of Americas foremost younger
poets. His plays, THE Masque Of
Judgment" and THE Fire Bringer
written in the old Greek mode, have
Axed his place in English literature
sThe Great Divide. being the first
modern prose drama, has given him
On even more prominent position
among contemporary dramatists.
The subject treated, Ly MIR. Moody
iu The Great Divide" naturally is
the best one upon which vitality In
teresting play can be wrftten-the
nutuaI love and romance Of man
and woman. The vital interest oil
this play lies In the strikingly original
Ut thoroughly logical and convincing
way in which the theme Is treated
The man, stephen Client, the lead
M male character. is a son Of the
Auontains and plains, & fearless anc