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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-25
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to January I. 1908.
The FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:


f:32 q. m. Daily Chicago vestibuls
Limited. arriving Chicago 1880 a. m
2:32 a. m. Daily st. Louis Might
Limited. arriving st. Louis 1908 q. m.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
5:oos. m. Chicsgo Daylight Express.
Except Sunday.
500 =. m. St Louis Morning Ex
press, except Sunday.
1875 a. m. ST Louis Est Mail.
fi:f5 =. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 .. m. Daily ST. Louis Limited
2;35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effingham. Nation, Champaign
$50 q. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:f5 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Rx
press.
A.Z-.A-s slg Hre =
ass q. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
600 =. m. Psduesh and Louisville.
1:4i p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:zf p. N. Daily, Nashville. Chstts-
nooga and Atlanta -.
f:3D .. N. FuIten Accommodation.
$50 o. m. Paducah and LouisviIle.
500 p. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special
For through tickets. sleeping car
and further fnforsns
ton apply at Illinois Centrsl Psssen-
ger Station, Cairo. Ill
>. n, JONES. Ticket Assrt
9 a ilkFrlf. -
a X. stiieOit hsss. TrsIfs s7r.
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BANK CLEARINGS.

New York. Jan 24.-Total ban.x
clearings compiled BY Bradstreets for
principal cities IN the United States
Tor the past week. $2.71S,7S5. 900
against $S,37G.955,O0o in corresponding
week last year
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COFFEE.

COFFEE-Options closed steady net
unchanged to ; points higher Sales
1880 bags. January s6.05 Spot
steady; No. Rio, 81. mild steady:
Cordova 9lsd1s.
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SUGAR.

SUGAR Raw quiet: fair refining
$3.50. centrifugal 90. test $3.50. mo
lasses sugar s395; refined steady
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REGENTS and SHIPMENTS,
Chicago Jan. 24.--The following
car loads represent the days move
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT

Minneapolis, Jan. 2I-WHEAT.--
May 11o1a July 1908; cash No. 1
northern l1O%; No . northern 1888
as.
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ST. LOUIS cAIrIE

st Louis. Jan. 24.-CATTLE.-Re
oeipts 1.50O. Steady; beef steers 375
NGl0: stockers and feeders 24On 4G5:
COWS and heifers 325H525: Texas
steers 290d625.
Receipts 1880. 10 TO Is
higher: ranged 325H $50.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Firm; creamery 22m 30
CHEESE-Firm and unchanged.
EGGS-Firm; western 23hG25
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statesmen WANTED.

SALESMAN WANTED--Sel retail
trade, your locality So per month and
expenses to start or commission. Elk.
perience unnecessary. Hermingsel
Cigar Co. Toledo, O.
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SITUATIONS WANTED

Advertisements OF not exceeding
three lines will be accepted free for
one weeks time from any reader OF
The Bulletin to be filed by advertiser
In person, on regular form, at the of
flee of The Bulletin Company, 70s
Ohio street. The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any ad-
vertisement or statement made there.
in and will not accept under this
heading the notice of any person
known to he employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertise
ments should be made by mall.
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HELP WANTEp--FEMALE,
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY--Able
bodied unmarried men between ages
OF Is and IS; citizens Of United
States, of coed character and temper.
ate habits, who can speak, read and
write English. Men wanted for ser
vice in Cuba and the Philippines. For
information apply to Recruiting Off
Ger. 4l5 Ohio street, Cairo, Ill.
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L.ansden &
licitorp.

Macd-"Hc was talking TO YOU
about me, wasn't he?" asked Miss
Psssay. SIRE
Anna-''Yes." replied Miss Pert.
he asked me ii you we're IS yet"
Maud--"What ridiculous ques-
ton"
Anne-'Iust what | told him [
said; How long TO YOU expect her
10 be S5?' "-Pniladeiphia Press.
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Read the Bulletin and got all the
sevs while n In uezn
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MISCELLANEOUS,

ROOMS-For light housekeeping
1906 Poplar street.
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L hope ! hope said Willie Cope;
Some day III see al antelope.
It's not that | admire much
The gentle creature named as such.
M an6t Is neither deer nor dear
To me- ] wofla she were noi here.
] hole She finds Some willing chap
To take her. clear across the map:
For when my a'fni eEopes. sou see
TO one VIII ever dallop mel"
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Time Of Trains at
CAIRO

southbound

General Passenger Aseat
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-09
N 20 ~ ~ 90
AN AUCTION PARTY.

INVITE YOU friends to an auction
party some evening, boys and girls;
you will find it lots of fun, and
very little preparation is needed.
AS your guests arrive hand each OF
them a package of different colored
slips of paper made to represent money.
Then choose one of the number 10 act
as the a%uctioneer, who stands on a box
or chair and offers for sale various
articles that are carefully wrapped up
in ape so that they cannot be seen.
A catalogue of these articles should
be made up and distributed among the
guests who bid for those they think
they would like to have.
Now comes the fun. No. / could be
c%ataIogned as "A steel engraving Of
George Washington" One would natu-
rally think tina this would be a very
valuable gift, but when the package is
opened the successful bidder finds a
two-ccnt postage stamp. No. ? could
be listed as "A bit of old lace This
package should contain a broken shoe
lace. Other suggestions are: A valu-
able table Ga time-table); a marble
group (several marbles); a handy let
terwriter Ga peneiD; a pair of slippers
ian orange peel and a banana skim;
a study in black and white Goal and
chalk): a letter from President Roose-
welt dhe letter RI.
Many other funny things can be
thought out and a pretty gift should
occasionally be given by way of va
rlety. Try his game sometime.
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declaring that a day should not pass
before we should add stronger bolts
to our windows and doors. For a week
he continued to be in a peculiar state
of restlessness, peering continually out
of the windows, n ceasing to take
the short walk which had usually been
the prelude to his dinner. From his
manner it struck me that he was in
mortal dread of something or some
body, but when ] questioned him upon
the point he became so offensive that
| was compelled to drop the subject.
Gradually, as time passed, his fears
appeared to die away, and he had re-
newed his former habits, when a fresh
event reduced him to the pitiable state
of prostration in which he now lies.
What happened was this. Two days
ago received the letter which l now
read to you. Neither address nor date
is attached to 1t.
"A Russian nobleman who is now
resident in England it runs. would be
glad to avail himself of the professional
assistance of DR.. Percival Trevelyan.
He has been for some years a victim to
cataleptic attacks, on which, as is well
known, DR.. Trevelyan is an authority.
He proposes 10 call at about a quarter
past 6 tomorrow evening. if DR.. Trevel-
yam will make it convenient TO be at
home
This letter interested me deeply. be-
cause the chief difficulty in the study
of catalepsy is the enc of the dis
ease. You may believe, then. that I
was in my consulting-room when, at
the appointed hour, the page showed in
the patient.
"He was an elderly man, thin. de-
mure and commonplace-by no means
the conception one forms of a Russian
nobleman. | was much more struck by
the appearance of his companion. This
was a tall young man. surprisingly
handsome. with a dark. fierce face, and
the limbs n chest of a Hercules. He
had his hand under the others arm as
they entered. and helped him TO a chair
with a tenderness which one would
hardly have expected from his appear
ance.
"'You will excuse my coming in. doc
tor. said he to me, speaking English
with a slight lisp. This is my father.
and his health Is a matter of the most
overwhelming Importance to me-
! II was touched by this flial anx-
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CONTINUED From saturday.

But the one great stumbling block
lay in my wan of capital. As you will
readily understand. a specialist who
aims high is compelled to start in one
of a dozen streets in the Cayendish
Square quarter, all of which entail
enormous rents and furnishing eX-
penses. Besides this preliminary out
lay. he must be prepared TO keep him
self for some years. and to hire a pre-
sentable carriage and horse. To do
this was quite beyond my power, and !
could only hope that by economy !
might. in ten years time, save enough
TO enable me to put up my plate. Sud-
denly however. an unexpected incident
opened up quite a new prospect to me.
This vas a visit from a gentleman
of the name of Blessington, who was
g. complete stranger to me. He came
up into my room one morning and
plunged into business in an instant.
"'You are the same Percy Trevelyan
who has had so distinguished a career
and Won a great prize lately said he.
Il. bowed.
Answer me frankly he continued,
for you will find it to your interest to
do so. You have all the cleverness
which makes a successful man. Have
you tile taet.'
Il could not help smiling at the
abruptness of the question.
u trust that / have my share.
said.
ANY bad habits? Not drawn
towards drink, eh?'
REALLY. sir!' | cried.
"'Quite right, That's all right! But
| was bound TO ask. With all these
qualities, why are you not in practise :?
~ shrugged my shoulders.
"fCome, comet said he, in his bust
ling way. It's the old story. More
in your brains than in your pocket. eh?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-09
Health and Beauty
For EDery Woman
Madame Alta Says FrAs and Ruf1es Not
Necessary to Beauty = Recommends
Plain GopnS and Cleanliness
to the Business Girl.
BY MADAME ALTA.

A lnln, scraWney neck that shows a
relaxed condition of the muscles is the
pane OF more than one woman not vet
past middle life. When the muscles
OF the neck and throat begin to relax,
1t is usually taken as an indication of
advancing age. but age need not have
the least fear for the woman who will
look TO her appearance and endeavor to
keep herself fresh and young.
1t is no idle assertion 10 say that by
massage and exercise the contour of
the neck and throat may be positively
restored to the firmness and beauty of
youth, in all cases where the subject
is not afflicted with a wasting disease
and is not past SO years of age.
The woman who has neglected her
neck and throat will find the muscles
sensitive to the first massage treat
ment, but where they are properly
manipulated that feeling will disappear
after the second or third treatment.
, Battle the neck and throat with hot
cloths apd after drying rub in the skin
food, the formula of which was pub
lished Saturday. taking care to begin
at the centre OF the throat. drawing the
finger tips gently backward until they
touch the lobe of the car. Turning the
head from side to side. SO thai it near
" touches the shoulder. will be found
a very beneficial exercise, as will bend
ing the head forward almost touching
the breast, and back again as far as
possible without straining the muscles.
Dear Madame Alta:
] am a young girl who works every
day. | don't have much money to
spend, and as my teeth are in need of
attention, won't you tell me how ]
can care for them myself without run
ming up a dentists bill? I like to look
as nice as the girls who work with
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What would you say If ! were to start
you in Brook street?'
81 stared at him in establishment.
"'Oh, it's for my sake, not for yours
he cried. I'll be perfectly frank with
you. and if 1t suits you it will suit me
very we'll. / have a few thousands to
invest, dye see, and | think I'll sink
them in you
"'But Why l gasped.
Well it's just like any other specu-
lation. and safer thar most
"'What am | to do, them
IN tell you. I'll take the house,
furnish il. pay the maids and run the
whole place. All you have to do is just
to wear out your chair in the consult
ing-room. III let you have pocket
money and everything. Then you hand
over to me three-quarters of what you
earn, and you keep the other quarter
for yourslf.'
This was the strange proposal, Mr..
Holmes, with which the man Blessing
ton approached me. l won't weary you
with the account of how we bargained
and negotiated. It ended i'm my NOV
ing into the house next Bady-day. and
starting in practise on very much the
oIlAA1 1bllhi1lOtbo ~ A1 a EhhAtENGA.
He came himself to live with me in
the character of a resident patient. His
heart was weak. il appears, and he
needed constant medical supervision
He turned the two best rooms of the
first floor into a sitting-room and bed
room for himself. He was a man OF
singular habits, stunning company and
very seldom going out. His life was IT.
regular, but in n respect he was regu-
larity itself. Every evening, at the
same hour, he walked into the consult
ing room. examined the books, put
down five and three pence for every
guinea that l had earned, and carried
the rest off to the stronghold in his
own room.
Il may say with confidence that he
never had occasion to regret his spec
~ulation. From the first il was a sue
cess. A few good cases and the repu-
tation which l nae won in the hospital
brought me rapidly to the front, and
during the last few years l nave made
him a rich man.
$50 much, Mr.. Holmes. for my past
history and my relations with Mr.. Bless
sington. 1t only remains for me now
to tell you what has occurred to bring
here tonight.
"Some weeks ago Mr.. Blessington
came down to me in, as it seemed TO
me, a state of considerable agitation.
He spoke of some burglary which, he
said, had been committed in the West
End. and he appeared, / remember, to
be quite unnecessarily excited about It,
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HE LOVES THEN BOTH.

Dear Miss Doom:
| am a young mar 20 years old, and
for the last two years l have Kept
with a lady W years my
senior. About six months ago she
shook me. and later I took a liking to
another girl 16 Years old.
Now l want your advice. | love
them both, and this is leap year, SO
the girl l went with first is making
UP with me again. and she sent me a
letter referring to our marriage. So
you see, Miss Doom, / don't know what
to do. / will be waiting for your an
swer in THE EVENING STAR. Kind
ly have it in Saturdays paper, and
win the thanks of
A CONSTANT READER.
1t seems to me thai you do not know
your own mind. Do not think serious
~ of any woman until You are very
sure that you love her. | think that
in a short time the matter will adjust
itself.
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lety. You would, perhaps. care to re-
main during he consultation said /.
mot for the world, he cried. with
a gesture of horror. Tt is more painful
to me than / can express. If | were TO
see my father in one of these dreadful
seizures l am convinced that / should
never survive it. My own nervous sys-
tenn is an exceptionally sensitive one.
With your permission / will remain in
the waiting-room while you so into
my fathers case
Tt this, Of course. I assented. and
the young man withdrew. The patient
and ] then plunged into a discussion OF
his case, of which | took exhaustive
notes. He was not remarkable for in
telligence, and his answers were fire.
quently obscure, which L attributed to
his limited acquaintance with our Ian
guage. Suddenly, however. as ! sat
writing, he ceased to give any answer
at all to my inquiries, and on my turn
ing towards him | was shocked to sec
that he was sitting bolt upright in his
chair, staring at me with a perfectly
blank and rigid face. He was again in
the grip of his mysterious malady.
My first feeling. as | have just said,
was one of pity and horror. My Sec
ond, l fear. was rather one OF pro-
fessional satisfaction. ] made notes
OF my patients pulse and temperature.
tested the rigidity of his muscles, and
examined his refexes. There was moth
ing markedly abnormal in any of these
conditions, which h-armonized with my
former experiences. I had obtained
good results in such cases by the in
halation of nitrite of amyl, and the
present seemed an admirable opportu-
nifty of testing its virtues. The bottle
was downstairs in my laboratory, so
leaving my patient seated in his chair.
l ran down to get it. There was some
little delay in finding it-five minutes.
let us say-and then | returned. Imag-
inc my amazement to find the room
empty and the patient gone,
"Of course, my first act was to run
into the -waiting-room. The son had
gone also. The hall door had been
closed. but not shut. My page who
admits patients is a new boy and by
no means quick. He waits downstairs.
and runs up to show patients out when
1 ring the consulting-room bell. He
had heard nothing, and the affair re-
manned a complete mystery. Mr.. Bless
sington came in from his walk shortly
afterwards, but | did not say anything
to him upon the subject, for. to tell the
truth, l have got in the way of late
of holding as little communication With
him as possible.
,Ta ~. cont,nued Touorrow
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FRIENDS SINCE CHILDHOOD.

Dear MISS Doom.
I am a girl 20 years old and am
going with a young man two years
older. 7 have known him since l was
a very little girl. He loved me at first
sight. Our friendship is now ten years
We had one good quarrel and
parted, but he excused himself in every
way, so we made friends again, and
now he has asked me to keep steady
company with him and marry him. He
had a brother who married my cousin,
and did not treat her right as a hus-
band should do. l think this young
man would do the same. He never
cared for work much, but he has told
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me if I would keep company with him
he would give up all bad habits. He
says he wants no girl but me to make
him happy. | want his friendship. but
/ have not learned to love him yet.
In time l could. He is very good to
me-. He has good parents, and they do
not object to me in any way. ] have
called on them often. This young man
said that If I ever gave him up again
he would go on the road to ruin. / do
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-09

pretty dress for a growing glrl
might be fashioned of foulard, the pat
tern showing a dark blue scroll on d
white ground. The waist should De
Jumper style, trimmed with bias
bands of navy blue taffeta. The full
skirt should have three bands OF the
silk. the top band one inch wide, the
second one and one-half inches, anu
the third two inches.
The guimpe should be of white china
silk with, pin tucked yoke and puffed
eihow sleeves. II desired, Yalenciennes
insertion could be effectively used IN
the collar and sleeve bands.
Girls who embroider are working All
sorts of elaborate designs on their hnen
shirt waists for next summer. Inc
chan effects seem to be most IN
favor with eyelet as a close second
Tro, thc waists and gowns of sheer ma
terial the daintiest of shadow patterns
are used. -
shadow embroidery is also favored
fo~ lingerie pillows, which IN many
bouses nave taken the place OF those
beautiful. but rather formidable SIX
and satin creations, too elaborate n
delicate for use,
Tho bodice only Is shown in the ac-
commanding sketch, but the skirt OF the
gown was in the plain pialteo lhouet
lin walking iength) that IS stu SO NUT
IN vogue. The bodice was very elec-
tive and original, although eXceedlhslF
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SYNOPSIS.

Sherlock Holmes gives DIR. Watson an
exhibition of m~ind-reading powers
through his method of logical deduc-
ton at the latter's home and then the
couple so to the sleuth's quarters in
Baker street. where they find DR.. Percy
T~revelyan. an expert on nervous dis
eases. awaiting them with q story to
tell. which he begins by describing his
COLLEGE career.
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THE PRIzE-W WINNERS.

The correct answers 70 last Mondays
cat puzzle were: Outline letters, milk;
black letters, purrs.
The following children were the
prize winners:
ANNIE WETZEL. aged 9, 495 Hun
terdon street, Newark CTeddy bear);
VERA YEOMANs, aged II. SO Wet
more avenue, South orange (book),
MARIE HOBLITZELL, aged IL. 14S
Jaques avenue, Railway (boxs OF
paints; HARRY BILEK. aged 10, 9
yohn street, East Newark tbook); ED
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SHOULD SHE PROPOSE?

My Dear Margery Doom:
/ have beer keeping company with
a young man for eight years. and as
vet he has said nothing about mar
rage. although he often tells me that
he loves me. Do you think 1t would
be wrong for me to mention marriage
to him. as it is leap year. and | hate
not knowing what he thinks? My folks
tell me that am wasting my time.
Please advise me.
WOMAN OF THIRTY.
l would not propose If l were you.
But there are many ways in which
you can lead up to the subject. Prob
ably he does not know how to break
the silence and would be glad of a
little encouragement on your part.
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or in a shallow, we'll CREASED tin. Bake
in rather a quick owe and when cold
cut in 9-inch squares. Nougatines:
Bake the above mixture in small
bouchee tins; when cold II a rounh
niece from the centre, and fill this
space with Vienna mocha icing; replace
the round, coat the cake all yer with
the icing. and sprinkle it thickly with
praIine almonds. Vienna mocha icing
a or. of butter, s or. of icing sugar
sieved, half a gill of cream, whipped,
coffee %essence): Cream together the
butter and sugar; add the essence and
lastly the cream.
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HE TRIES TO BRIGHTEN HER.

Dear Margery Doom:
II have been going with a young
man for nearly a year. Ny parents
made me give him up because he drank
heavily. did as they wished. because
I did not really love him, but only liked
him as a friend. He writes to me
nearly every day. saying that if / do
not go with him again he will kill
himself or go to Europe on a tramp
steamer. What shall do? ] am afraid
to 20 on the street alone.
WORRIED.
] would pay no attention TO his
threats. He is not worth your friend
ship. Men who talk and buster a
great deal seldom carry out their in
tentions. Evidently he is trying TO
brighten you. There is no cause Tor
you to be afraid.