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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-04
What Might Have Happened.

birthday celebrations for more years
than l will acknowledge. l have met two
generations OF American severeigns. The
small boy exploding his firecrackers is
celebrating the anniversary and is glad.
We of older age are celebrating it in our
own way.
"Scmetimes the young folks think it ia
long time between drinks, and wonder
how much longer the old devil is to rule
the world. | was young myself once and
shouted for policies that have since con-
WINGED me 1t was a good thing that l
was not at that time either President.
Congress or the court, for you would all
have been in a devil of a fix.
God bless the young men who come
from the schools. factories and the COL
leges. In a few decades they will control
this republic. If they are good you will
give them your confidence. If they are
bad you will dispose of them in a legal
Speaking of anarchists socialists and
men of that ilk. Speaker Cannon said they
are displeased even with Gods sunlight
such people don't properly belong in
the United States he said.
He lauded the men who made their way
in the world, whether they be labcrers
doctors, lawyers. legislators or what
not" In speaking Of fraternal organize
tions and churches. he said there is no
church or belong to church under the
provisions Of the Constitution. which
makes the manner and form of worship
as free as air.
II belong to several organizations" said
the Speaker. Il hang on hoping they will
bury me in time"
He referred to the banks and other COR
porations and spoke of the necessary for
their existence. Referring to the street
railway companies. Mr.. Cannon said
tickets a Wall
to Chevy Chase"
He added that c. c. Glover does not
own the street railways. but he or
ganized the men who do and added that
the stoppage of the steam railroads OF
starvation and bankruptcy.
Today's Hysteria Greatest Ever.
Now he added. will some. one who
don't own stocks cry out against them.
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Commissioner Mcfarland said:
THE nations birthday is the fitting
hour for the opening OF the first home of
the government Of the nations capital
Boston. New York and PhiIadelphia
would have lived on II there had been no
separation from Great Britain. but. until
the Declaration of Independence was
signed on that immortal morning 1872
years ago. there was no possibility Of a
national capital. without q nation. free
and Independents. there could be no ma
tional capital.
I'VE Of all people in the United States
have the greatest reason to celebrate the
Fourth of July. and we should never let
It pass In the city named for the father
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
WHEAT WAS HEAVY
Throughout Yesterdays Session -
Corn Rallied After Eearly Weak
ness-Oats Followed Suit.

Chicago, March WIiEAT-Thl
market opened weak and ruled heavy
all day The depressing factors al
the opening We're lower cables and in.
creased receipts i'm the northwest. Re
ports Of fine growing weather in the
southwest was also a weakening fac
Tor. Much wheat that was bought
early In the day in the hope that rise
before the close of the market was
thrown overheard before the session
closed, and this aided in weakening
the market. The decline resulted in
slight Improvement IN the demand for
cash wheat Reports from the south
west indicated decreased receipts nexs
week, May closed I9sQ% lower. No.
red s51a ass; No. 3 red 941sd7
No. hard 95kQl033s; No. 3 harl
931a a l01; May opened 95h to "
highest q lowest 31a, closing 4 July
S89s@14,
CORN-The early market was weak
because of lower cables and local re
ceipts which We're heavier than OK
pected, The market was fun of sell.
ing orders from all directions ami
much corn was disposed of by lead
ing longs. The market rallied sharply
from the early break but declined
along the wheat The close was weak |
May off 11a@44; No 3, Gl150G4: No
white G112q3; No. 3 yellow G21h G5:J
Nay opened 5h06; highest G2s low |
EST "a closing 52s01z,
OATS-The market followed wheat
and corn but the decline was not
harp. Houses with southwestern con.
lection were good buyers May oper
ID 543s; highest y lowest 4, closing
"a; July old 477s; No. 3 white 5lh
u3lA.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
DRUG DEADLY TO IT'S USERS
Egyptian Authorities Seek to Proven,
Importation of Hashish.

Consul Edward l. Nathan of Patras
Greece, writes about the Greek prepa
ration and expectation of hashish:
''Iashish, that strange drug which
has given our language its word as
sassin'-a man so frenzied by the
drug that he accomplishes MURDERS
used by the Persians, Turks and
Egyptians in manner akin to the
use Of opium by the Chinese. II is the
product of plant grown in large
quantities in the Peloponnesus tsouth-
ern Greecel in the district about
Tripolitza The plant grows to a
height of about four feet and its
branches are thickly covered with
small leaves and studded with tiny
seeds.
THE entire plant, stalk and
branches, is cut within a few inches
of the root and laid ont in the sun to
dry. The branches are then rubbed
to separate the seeds and these in
turn are ground into a fine powder.
which constitutes the drug. The drug
has the power of inducing sleep and
producing pleasant and fantastic
dreams. Continued use of hashish
renders its devotees wild and reck.
less and results in a complete wreck
of their mental and physical consti.
tuition.
For this reason the Egyptian gov.
eminent has prohibited the importa.
ton of the drug and recently entered
into d convention with Greece to pre-
vent its expectation from there to
Egypt, where the consumers of
hashish are very numerous. The drug
Is practically never used in Greece,
but is now exported to the various
ports in England, Austria. France.
and Italy, and from there much, no
doubt, ultimately finds its way TO
Egypt"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
What He Wanted.

Congressman J. Hampton Moore's
book, entitled, with Speaker Cannon
Through the Tropics" tells that the
vessel on which the voyage was made
was prevented from landing it's dis
tinguished passengers at Colon on the
day of arrival because Of technical
violation Of the quarantine law of the
isthmus Of Panama. Finally the order
was issued permitting the vessel to
come up to the dock.
A pilot on shore was wigwagging
signals to the pilot on the congress
sional junketeer" when Speaker Can
non caught sight of the strange per
Torrance. He was standing on the
deck with Representative Moore at
the time, and this question was ad-
dressed to the author-congressma
What in - does that - fool
want?"
"Isuppose. " was Mr.. Moore's answer,
"he is a member of the Panama con.
gress and be is trying to catch your
eye. He probably wants recognition"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Handicap Of Ones Faults.
No man is born without faults, but
re lives best who has fewest.
PROPOSALS FOR CITY PRINTING
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 1908.
Cairo. mi. March n. 1908

Cairo, ILL.,, March 10, 1908
Sealed proposals. addressed to thC
City Council Of the City of Cairo, will
be received at the City Clerks office
mp to O'Clock Tuesday, April Z
sos. for doing the city printing fol
The year 1908.
All bids must include the publishing
IN some daily newspaper of all The
proceedings of the City Council all
Ordinances governing the City OF
afro all official notices Of whatever
lind required 10 be published by the
laws and ordinances of the City OF
Cairo and all other official notices re
luirei by the CITY Council or County
Court
The type to be Used is to be what
s known as S-point type. A. bond in
4 he sum of Two Hundred $4,000 Dol
ars with approved security must ac
company each bid
The City Council reserves the right
70 reject any and all bids.
ERNEST WORKMAN,
City Comptroller.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
More MARRIAGES In ENGLAND.

Many interesting details as to the
marriages which took place In Eng.
land and Wales during 1905 are given
IN the registrar generals detailed re.
port for that year. There were more
of them than in the previous year,
but the increase was not conspicuous
In the case of widowers, while there
was no increase at all in that OF wild
ows. AS already recorded, the birth
rate was abnormally low, while the
death rate was higher for the year.
The marriage rate shows an in.
crease of o.3 over 1905, but was o. be-
low the average for the ten years.
1Sg6-1905.
The birth rate was the lowest ever
recorded, being OF less than in 1905
and 16 lower than the decennial
average.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
STOCKS WERE FIRM
Advance in United States Steel Was
Mainstay of Market-The Close
Was Easy.

New York, March 21-United States
steel was the mainstay of the stoct
market today. The large accumulation
OF that stock carried it othe highest
price OF the year, allowing for pei
sent dividend which came off the prica
TINS week. The contents of the nam
| phlet report of the company. issued
yesterday was responsible for this de-
lhonstration, especially those passages
dealing with the conditions In trade
since the first of the year A notable
impression made by the official assIn+
| ances there given that the rate of ex.
panslon in the average daily orders
coming in for March was as great as
| lt. has been successfully in January
and February ever the depth of the
December depression. Anxiety in the
earlier part of the week was caused
by the reports from Pittsburg that tho
revival Of the street, trade was halt.
ing was allayed by this information
The sustained revival in steel trade Is
accepted as a reliable barometer Of
the tendency of the whole Industrial
situation. Hence the strong effect on
the sentiment produced by this news
industrial securities shared NEST of
the strength of the United States
steel. The strength in the railroad
list was most conspicuous in few
stocks which are fayorite mediums of
the speculative activity. Some promin-
ent railroad stocks are not fully re
sponsiye to the rise. Weekly reviews
OF mercantile agencies gave conserya-
tive encouragement %. the hcpefu}l
spirit prevalent in the stock market |
AdYlces from cotton manufacturers /
were exceptional and rate demoraliza |
ton was reported in the print cloth
trade, with plans for curtailment in |
production were not liked. The ey.
3ectauon of a message from the presi
lent dealing with economic and labor
again come in to force as a
actor in the market Strength in
United States Steel was maintained
'ut the general list showed plainly
he effects of profit-taking before the
md OF the session and closed easy.
Back returns proved to be fully rs
'trong as expected, but account was
aiken Of the requirement for re.
urn of an installment of government
deposits Monday which will call for
over $2l000000 from the
ranks of the country. New York
'lnks are likely to be called on toi
meet more than their proportionatc
hare Of this call by drafts from inter
Or correspondents for payments to {
he government.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
SHOWS THE WORLDS PROGRESS,
Labor-Saving Devices That Would AS
tonish Our Forefathers.

When Mccormick built his first hun,
dred reapers in lS45 he paid 412 cents
for bolts. That was in the mythical
age of hand labor. To-day so bolta
are made for a cent SO with guard.
fingers, Mccormick paid "a cents each
when James K. Polk was in the White
House. Now there is a ferocious ma
chine, which, with the least possible
assistance from one man, cuts out
1,300 uardfngers in ten hours, at a
labor cost of one cent for six Also,
while exploring one Of the Chicago
factories, 1 came upon a herd Of cud
chewing machines that were crunch
ing ont chain links at the rate Of 50,t
900, 900 a year. Near by were four
smaller and more irritable automata,
which We're biting off pieces of wire
and chewing them into linchpins at a
speed of 100000 bites a day.
Take out your watch and time this
man, said Superintendent Brooks OF
the Mccormick plant. See how long
he is in boring Ave holes in that great
casting"
Exactly six minutes" / answered.
Well that's progress" observed
Brooks. Before we bought that ma.
chine il was a matter of four hours to
bore those holes
In one of its five Irvine mills--a
monstrous bedam Of noise and a will
derness Of fuzz which is by far the
largest OF its sort in the world--there
Is enough Irvine twisted In a single
day to make a girdle around the earth.
Magazine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
NEW YORK GRAIN,

New York. March 21--WHEAT.- -
Receipts 10000 exports 79,1GG; spot
easy; No. red 1875 elevator; No. 2
red 1908 fob, aaoat. Options closed
weak cent lower. May 1925. July
9G5s.
CORN-11,0OO; exports 245; spot
easy; No. 74% elevator and G9lb f.
OBJ. afoat: No. . white nominal; No.
yellow nominal fob. anoat. Op-
tions closed net loss 5s0M. May
71@s. July 72as.
OATS-Receipts &c, 800: exports g.
125, Spot slow; mixed 81; white 81
ACC; clipped G06G5.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY
Must Have Luxurinnt and Glossy Hat.
No Matter What Color.

The finest contour OF female face, the
sweetest smile OF female mouth, loses
something If the head is crowned with
seant hair. Scant and falling hair, it is
now known, Is caused by parasite that
burrows into the scalp to the root OF the
hair, where it saps the vitality. The lit
tie white scales the germ throws up In
burrowng are called dandruff. To cure
dandruff permanently. then. and to stop
falling hair, that germ must be killed
Ncwbro's lIerpicide, an entirely new re-
suit or the chemical laboratory. destroys
the dandruff germ, and of course, stops
the falling hair, and prevents badness
Sold by leading druggists Send l0c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpieide Co,
Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and s1.0O.
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Willing to Sample u.

An old Scotchwoman. who was very
fond of gossip and a DRAM, was in
duced to sign the Temperance pledge
Calling upon a friend one day the bot
tie was produced, and a glass handed
TO, her. "Na. ma. Mrs Mitchell" said
the gossip; q have signed the pledge
ne'er to touch nor handle glass
again. but if ven put a wee drap in a
cup I'll sample it."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

Chicago, March 21.-CATTLE-700
steady; beeyes $f50d6.55; cows and
heifers $21Od54O; westerners $45e
954o; stoakers and feeders $255I
$50.
ilOGS-14OO0; 5d10 higher; light
Si70d 5.D71a; mixed $iS0m5.10:
heavy $4,000 $40; rough $AS0m9O;
bulk sales $4.9505.05
SHEEP-3,o00; strong; s425G5.S6;
yearlings $6.00aL25; lambs $3.50
7S5.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
ILLINOIS Central
Corrected to March list, 1908.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

Trains Leave Cairo:
{, 1:32 a. M. Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago 1880 a m
2:23 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited, arriving st. Louis 1908 a. N
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
500 a. m. Chicago Daylight Express
Except Sunday
$500 q. m. st. Louis Morning ex
press, except Sunday.
11;15 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail
1t:15 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin, Effingham. Nation. Champaign
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodation
7:15 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Elk
press.
2:45 a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
3;t5 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
600 a. m. Paducah and Louisville.
1:4t p. m, Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
t:4t p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta-
nOoga and Atlanta.
4.30 p. m. Fulton Accommodation.
$50 p. m. Paducah and Louisville.
600 p. m. Memphis and New Or.
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping car
accommodations and further informa-
ton appIv at Illinois Central passen-
ger Station, Cairo, H.
J. H. JONES, Ticket Agent
S. A. HATCH, G. p. A.
A, II. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Convenience for TeIeqraphina.

When a traveller in the grand duchy
o. Baden wants to send a telegram
while he is ON the train, he writes
the message on a postcard, with the
request that it be wired, puts on a
stamp and drops into the train letter
box. At the next station the box is
cleared and the message sent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. March 21--Money on
call nominal Time loans steady
sixty days Sla, ninety DAYS go, six
months IA. Prime PAPER i5nG.
Sterling exchange steady: demand
1861 4SG05: sixty days iS5.5oG 1890.
Ear silver SOL.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Stocks y Bonds y Cereals

1856; centrifugal 9G test 436; molasses
sugar 36l; refined firm; confectioners
"a 5l0; mould "a 565 cut loaf G1O;
crushed coo; powdered $40; cubes
$50; graduated $50
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
To Relieve Sore Throat

A simple way to relieve sore throat
10 to take a lump of resin about as
large as a walnut, put it into an old
teapot, pour on boiling water, and
then put the lid on and place the
spout in your mouth the steam will
prove beneficial in allaylng iunamma
tiCn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Aaalnst AntIclpatlna Trouble.

Why destroy present happiness By
a distant misery which may never
come at an? Every substantial grief
has 20 shadows, and most of them
shadows Of your own making sgd,
ney Smith.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Suuarinu Himself,

The distiller who had made his for.
tune In the inland town had just
moved to the big city.
'It looks kind o mean to come here
to spend my money" he said: but 4,
isn't. Here's where they consume
four-fifths of my product"
Thus rejecting, he began to enter
tain layishly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
zine lnvestmenr.

Put your money in piano." adj
vertises a music house. That's all
right. If You can get negotiable notes
out Of it. Be still Fido,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Receiyts Shlpment,
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT

Minneapolis, March WHEAT
May lo4js July 1925; No. north
ern 1O57s; spot 1858 to a rise; No.
2 northern 1O32sG%; spot 1O33s to
arrive.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22

C0FFEE-Options closed quiet at
net decline > points Sales 1889
bags. March SIS: September 595:
SPOT quiet; No. Z Rio 7dGd * mild
quiet; Cordova 10A d13A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22

The Bulletin is a member of the AS
ISOLATED Press the greatest news
gathering oganization in the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
ST. LOUIS CATTLE.

ST Louis. March 2f.-CATTLE-20 t
and steady; native shipping and eX
port steers $G.006 10; dressed beef am
butchers $540GG.05; stockers an
feeders $3.00m4S5.
HOGS-3,500 steady; pigs light
1880 800; packers 4.25d 500; butch
ers best heavy s5.00Q5.10
If you want the news get it. Sub
scribe for The Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
PRONI5iONS.

BIFTTER-Easy; creamery 23m7.
CHEESE Steady; unchanged.
EGGS-Firmer; western 1f3 ale
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

Chicago, March 21.-The following
ear loads represent the days move.
ments:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Alexander
County National
Bank
Commercial Avenue and Eighth Street
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
OFFICERS.

Accounts OF corporations and Individ.
uals especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part OF the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22

FOR SALE-Barber shop No. 10l
Eighth street. old established stand.
Terms reasonable. Apply 101 Eighth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
oEEIcERs.
DIRECTORS.

Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE-Cheap, Russell four
valve automatic 250-horse power en-.
CINE in firstclass condition. Call or
write Roberts Cotton Oil Co, Cairo
III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
Best End Of Man, Work.

The best end of all mans work IS
tc show US what he is Goethe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
MOBILE & OHIO R. R.
Time Of Trains at
CAIRO
Southbcund

Southbcund
No. I, Express daily, V....2:o4 pm
No. 3, Express daily, Iv....1:37 am.
Northbound
No. ?, Express daily, Iv..T:25 pm.
No. 4, Express daily. .2:o6 am.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent,
March y 1908. Cairo, III
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-22
sueAR.

sUGAR-Raw firm; fair reanin.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-14
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING

SAN PEDRO, Feb. 13.-Steamer Centraha'
Captain Erickson, after completing dis
Charge lumber cargo at San Diego, Cali
called at this port for oil and puassengers
and cleared for Grays Harbor via San Fran
cisco to load
North Pacific companYs steamer George
w Elder Captain Jesson. cleared tonight
for Portland via Eureka and San Francisco
with passengers and miscellaneous cargo
freight and merchandise.
Steamer Quinault, Captain Christensen
arriving from Grays Harbor via San Fran
cisco will discharge full cargo raiiroad ties
for Southern Pacific company.
Steamer Tamalpais, Captain Anderson
arrived this morning from Grays Harbor
via San Francisco. bringing passengers
After discharging 100000 feet lumber tor
E. X Wood Lumber company she cleared
for Ventura when remainder will be dis
charged.
British steamer Beechley, Captain For
syth, is now out forty-siX days from Ant
werp for san Pedro, carrying miscellaneous
cargo.
Steamer Santa Barbara, Captain Zaddart.
now discharging lumber cargo at San Diego,
will call at this port Saturday for freight
and passengers bound for San Francisco.
Schooner Henry Wilson, Captain Sanders
sailed today in ballast for Hoquiam.