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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
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HOME BETTER THAN "CAREER4'
So Declares Woman Who Has Made
Big Success in Business.

The distinction of being the highest
opinion Of Miss Anna Louise Amendt,
who draws something near 100000 a
year, does not compensate for the
sacrifice Of domestic ties which such
success eXacts.
This Is what Miss Amendt, who is
the most valuable empoye OF The big
gest real estate concern in New York,
told a writer who visited her beauti-
fully appointed Office:
u suppose many women envy me,
but, to my mind. to be good mother
and wife is the grandest of all success
ses. Home is the natural sphere for
every woman, and no matter In what
direction her lines may be cast she
cannot entirely shake off that desire
to reign as its queen some time.
1T is just this one ruling element
in her life that prevents her from at.
tanning equal success with men. The
average girl lives in hope that some
day a husband will come along and
shoulder her burden. II IS only when
she rids herself of this thought that
definite success in business comes, for
concentration is one OF the keynotes
to success.
Another thing: Women are doubt
full of heir ability to accomplish vast
results, and it is impossible to do a
thing as long as a doubt rests in your
mind
when ! started out 70 earn my llV-
Ing | began as a stenOgrapher with Il
salary of SIG a week. 1t was not such
a great while until my check was in
creased to $50 That did not look so
big to me. but ii would have satisfied
the average woman
MY checks continued TO increase
until they ran into the thousands; or
course, my usefulness had increased,
for | was not satisfied with being a
stenographer. | had learned every
phase of the business and could put
big deal through with as much ability
as could any man in the office, ] pre-
pared all of the literature In fact,
there is no part of the business vith
which ] am not familiar
But with all my success | would
not advise the young girl to seek a
career For in my belief. the girl who
gets married is on the right road to
happiness Success in all lines is
hard.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
SEE "WITCH'S FOOT"
SUPERsTlTloUs PEOPLE BELIEVE
CURSE FULFlLLED.
Woman Executed as Witch in Colonia
Days Threatened Her Judge and
10 Believed to Have Kept
Her Word.

Close by the road on the outskirts
Of the old seaport town of Bucksport
Me, on the Penobscot river, is a
small family cemetery Within its in
closure sleep the Bucks, the blue
blooded folk who first settled the town
and bequeathed 1t their name and a
/ legend
| monument in the cemetery is a tall
granite shaft. On one side is the
inscription: Col. Jonathan Buck, he
founder of Bucksport, A. d. 1852 Born
in Haverhill, Mass, 17lS. Died March
Is, 1886"
On the other side is the single
word Buck" and also something not
wrought by the marble worker On
the smooth surface OF the pedestal is
a curious outline, which can be easily
imagined to be foot of normal size.
The people who say that it is foot
believe in the legend which has Oft
been told in Bueksport.
The. story is that Col. Jonathan
Buck was very harsh man and the
leading spirit in his day and genera,
ton He was an out-and-out Puritan,
and to him witchcraft was the incar-
nation Of blasphemy. Thus 80 the
story goes, when certain woman was
accused of witchcraft, at the first
clamorings of the populace Col Buck
ordered that she be imprisoned, and
later she was sentenced to be exc
cuted as a witch.
All was ready, and the hangman
was about to perform his duty, when
the woman turned to Col Buck, and,
raising one hand toward heaven. she
said;
Jonathan Buck. listen to these
words. the last my tongue shall utter.
You will soon die, and over your grave
they will erect a stone, that all may
know the spot where your bones lay
and crumble to dust
Upon that stone the imprint of my
foot shall appear, and for all time.
after your accursed race has vanished
from the face of the earth, viii the
people from far and near know that
yOu murdered woman
She then turned to her executioners,
and another act transpired to make
a part of American colonial history
Ghe witch curse had been aImos,
forgotten, until the monument was
erected to the founder OF Buckport
1t had been in position hardly month
when faint outline was discovered
on II. 1t grew more and more distinct
until sonIr pe,aun maui inc utscoF
cry that II was the outline of foot
The old legend was revived.
They said that the "Witch's cuse'
had been fulfilled. IN attempt was
made to remove the stain, but every
effort only tended 70 make It palmer
The imprint of the foot is there to-
day. as plain as ever
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Shifting the Blame.

According TO an ACCOUNTS the Cam
eron Highlandcrs militia are fine
body Of meu physically Not long ago
four of them occupied the least crowd
cd seat in a fun compartment on q
scotland railway Just as the tram
was moving on a diminutive little
clergyman jumped into the compart-
mcnt. ana tued TO edge himself be-
tween two of The Highlanders. Not
hndins it very comfortable, he turned
20 the one ON his right, and said: SIT
up. please You know that accnrd-2S
% ac, ol pa Lament this seat hoids
Ire" Tie Highlander looked AZ him
ur a moment and then replied That
aay ba e. icht ,uu1cb for your KIND.
Dr. bot shairly 30 ,aora hlam" "'
.or uo p-iu constructed according 3D.
,,t 20, parliament
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
The SUFFERING Wit.

They are revivine the old anccdoto
about w. r Trayers. the suffering
broker. concerning his discovery that
Henry Clews was proud of the fact
that he was a self-made man NoX'
time he met the banker, Mr., TraYers
eyed him intently.
Well" inquired Mr.. Clews, impa
tiently. what is the natter
is it t.true that YOU are a self-made
m-man?"
Certainly. replied Mr. Clews
".Wweu. while you were about it,
w-why didn't you put more hair to
top OF your head?'
Mr.. Clews. VINO had been Invited to
a famous fancy dress ball, met Mr.
Travers and asked for a suggestion
as to the character he could best rep
resent
"Ssay. Ciews, stammered his
friend. why d.don't YOU sugar coat
your head and go as ppill2'
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
ONCE \ CRIME TO GIVE AIMS,
Ancient Code Of European Law Pro
Vided Severe Punishment.

The secretary Of the London Men
Hcity society Genorts that street beg
etAs is on the increase lie has sta
istics 10 prove his words, of course.
"ut surely every man who has urr-
ty 10 spare must have read or heard
,v this time ,hat he really does a
f7llow-creatmo an ilIseryice when he
ives it 20 rim for the asking. says
ae Pau NAL Gazette.
it is interesting TO recall that a
-odo Of Eurorosn law IN force for
'atU5ica did actually make aim Civ
i1a q crime always punished severely
ai,h death u certain eases. l|ut
his was l."on wears ago. before th"
'avn az our happy civilization. j.
u7t be confessed however that
here was an appearance of common
7use about the famous Grajss code.
which ruled Norway. Iceland and
much OF England doubtless. in its
imp
II began by laying down strict rules
make each family support its own
INDECENT member. or 10 show suffi-
r.fa' cause tor tle failure This is fhe
essential principle Of scGHd system
II poor relief which We have suffered
-1 lapse under he direction OF prog
.ess Having thus provided for The
.-spCctabls class Of paupcrs. as IL may
i- put briefly. The legislator could
asal firmly with rowing meudicanis
and their abettors And be did.
li is worth while io observe. how
ever. that the family pauper had a
Guardian or trustee. appointed bv the
district council vHo wa responsible
-ar his decent subsistence. if this man
Hii not fuifl' his duty or tried 10 rs.
raae Co. De incurred The terrible pen.
atr called exclusion confinement I'm
bis house for three years; anyone vho
found him outside was free TO XII
him.
They stood no nonsense fn those
Gazs An able bodied person who
tauged vas ouflswed- equivalent to p
-eHtence Of death Anyone proved TO
have been wandering for Is days with
ogi visible means Of subsistence was
held TO be a begear. within the mean
ing OF the act" and treaties according
lv. But the clause which most inter
esred o. Wa that which decreed that
sny man whatever his zfstic1. uho
ave uCney. CT moneys rCr'h. g .
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
One from London.

"Tell ms Joke. MI Fogg said the
pretty American girl
with pleasure" drawled the tall
EnglishWan. as he Strengthened up his
musiache "One cold. daWmp day. as
] was strolling through the London
zoo. you know. one of the ha-es es
cspei and after chasiNg IL 'wn miles 7
caught the liif'e animal ard rrturned
o. to its cage. For This service hf- ma
iesiv awarded me- medal of honor. .-
DO tell, And What uss on tho med
sl."
Awarded IN James Foec for Serv-
ices a. a Hare Resforer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Animal. =, New vors loo.

In the total number oI mammals.
birds. reptiles and aHpaia.aH= iih-il.
on exhibition fhe New York Zoology
fcal mark stands to-day ar tbe bead lf
au the geological parks AID gardens
OF tha world Berlin comes next Tlth
total of a1fa The srea nI the
New York Zcolneieal rark ia Iard and
water embrace -s4 acres. OF nala-
and roads there arr about eight miles.
and Of fences I9r- miles Tle main
terance force 81 the park. constantly
on duty. embraces 1tl persons. me
hunter of visitors fu 1907 vas l.-i@.-
afs nearly orofhlrI of ftr e1fir9
rorplsri0n of the metropolis of the
Auerica1 cortirent OF tnis Tut -
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
YOUTHFUL MIND IN DISTRESS.
Awful Possibility That Loomcd Before
Stx-YesrOld Jackie.

sfvvea-o'd IactieH mother Doc
r.yed hat absolute frrtru'roee vas
The unIr rock ou which fo build thli
,8uflml ea1tIrm4H' character and
the ron.iaienf rorsIng ouf of this
principle dlH auay. of course. with he-
rsf f1 aI .u-h tHiare as fairies. santa
Claus. and other illusions dear to
childish hearts. and .tey became in
stead .mafr.hrlieFe" games Santa
rfzr. fr particular h.n- Urt joke
ra.rsr- Hi- mother end h.ur'f
zaffr rzms r7 f.nr r'at are after
ra.0 ~-.h atrrrT ana concerned
vatHl-. fu-i. Nnfo0 believes
.fa.s f. really arT tr11r Santa
fr#-- Irr saws DC iv sure that santa
clan. 1rr- come doTr The chimney.
%. ror.Irr believe mo sr an when
3 fl.E Lt. be- vas frst joke vith
r-ls- alE.afv.
falEla'= mother w-s somewhat non
rrrsaI .W.H. z0n.~ zhs femr1riz-i
-.raa-e fi4ul-a mother viii tel
t- tte fc.e some tine soon. and
rts.-~
oh ] bore she sill~ broke in
Jackie. fgrzaftinr bis manners FRI bis
aa-ufzfrez. .hacauae. ro1 krow. f
ta fa1r ata- JIMMIE tss iirrie hrrs
o- ti- r-H tr-- rrnf ever set any
tt-f--r.z rsr--
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

yagrant at the district assembly, or
on his way thther. should be punished
with exclusion. The crime Of almsgiy-
ing was well understood In those
days. Perhaps J should add that the
Gfajas code vas officially promulgated
IN il16 But il had been in force as
The premablc declares, for centuries.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

raF,g displayed u niark letters -
fe ohre ealle of an unpreten'io1s
n.Hs. ,a u. road to Noun stuart.
8g.-. SEQ gI is ihe following IN
srrl.lr. Tl, Materials of This out
-s.a are De-. sIHe- According 90 tfe
iaraI historians thr announcement. as
.t stands. IS De- 'asf word IN a duel be-
tween u..sabar-
rf. 4iI 4hat fhe horse vas built I'd
abafuJ the view uf a gentleman who
hai been sure, sul in eeuias an in-
te.G.ct to prevent iEe u0uer from en-
dosing ihe fore-hlrs Bnt after Tie
cath ~ the builder 'hs house came
into the ma-kaf and aas purchased oy
me other gentleman vino roN seeks
t9 express his uelHdad feelings ia
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
1. ook.d unesespable.

The barber paused iu his fre-work
ofersrfr1s -Wnl YOU have a close
sfa-a .ir7" DE- asked
IL looks Ike g." returned the vic
tim. uUedur. Ar present the odds
against my setting oul Of this chair
alive seem veIy heavy indeed. Lon
don CiCte.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Enolish Eticuette.

"Mr. aud Mrs" is -omn'hiug that
never appears ou an ins faliou Or Wis
itiug card in England luHi afions sre
Issued by lhe mistress 9f tln hoHse
and the husband Invariably has his
cartl and tho wife he's The names
~ fhe daughters NAV sprsar IN The
mcihers card o. inri alton
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Fear Not 70 Be Condemned

Often a girl or boy brave in all
other respects is called a coward from
one excessive fear. such as dread OF
fire, or snakes. Or dogs This NAV he
an inherited tendency or be caused by
2 shock in earl, wears. In either case
n is purely physical and not 10 be
harshly judged Caesars fear ot cats
made him no less brave a soldier
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Egrnaer

s physician. upon opening Inc door
~ his consultation room. asked, Who
has been waiting l0ngestg~ 4 nave.
smoke up Ire tailor / delivered your
clothes three weeks ago Kansas
City Journal
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Lite Learning.

Tarrev Female -Professor. I he-r
-c1 are q great ornithoiogist
pr-Taszor-i am Al ornirhologist.
raae-a
Farnrzf Femaie-Then conid vra
frf rrI ne ths botanical nsns for
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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

or -reutrE phen Tomuv agei
e. -raz rsyf0g his faiiy BAH bic
.-rr-a vas trying Vifh small src-ess.
t. ..--h hf= rrimr Uifie knees
,e--aafcfIuE her for some time Re
sad rafr0nizinrif-
Never mind Bertha. Don't toI
Dr. rtaf- frt Isrs meat anyway
-i.4rpsFs Monthly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

il IS estimated that quarter of mill
lion visitors were from outside ol New
York city
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

Murray Park +. the crack pitcher
of the springfield Mass, team has
decided to join the Pasadena, Cal
fnam.
Clark Grinith gets one-year con
tract at Cincinnati with the option OF
renewal
Wilbur Goode the Cleveland out
fielder Is playing basket ball in Penn
sylyania
California tight promoters are after
jim Driscoll to meet Abe Attal
Jimmy Britt who has been in Eng
land for some time, will go to Aus
tralia in February
Looks as though st. Louis got a
little the better of It in the Criger
Spencer trade.
Cy Young is the only PLAYER Of the
Old Boston American League chau'
pioHa who Is still with the team
The ST. Louis AMI IrooklyH clubs
of the National League are still ON
the lookout for managers.
With an cight-club organization
the South Atlantic League looks
pretty nice for next season
Billy Clymor the successful man
age of the Columbus. Ohio. team
would like To try his hand at manag-
iu- "a major league club
The National Athletic club ~
brooklyn has been granted au iujunr.
tion which prevents the police inter.
fcr.ng with It's boxing shows
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Rin pic. for autt.rhY.

Fivs hundred and hfty dollars h.s
been uaid for 2 singls specimen OF the
Anfiusc1s b1t-eTfg.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

Many Blind n Great Britain.
The bird population Of Great Bri
- e 7fcu- 81 ,fh9
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
COLLINS BEATS CORBURN
Many Cairo Sjort Lovers Attended
Wrestling Match at Mound City
Last Niaht.

A large crowd of Cair0ites Went ~
TO Mound City last night 10 wtnes.
the catch.as-catch-can wrestling
match between wild Jo6'' Collins
and Tom Coburn. The former agreed
10 throw The latter three straight fall
inside Of sixty minutes and was de
clared WiQner by reason of the fact
hat he got the three falls witain tho
specified time. Collins won the first
fall in 1874 minutes, the second in "a
and the third in II fiat.
Coburn, contrary to expectations,
was on the aggressive the CRATER por
tion of the match, and was in excel
lent form, and from the manner m
which the audience greeted him ami
cheered him on, plainly showed tha;
the Mound City sport lovers were Co
burns friends
The Collins-B Baptiste match sched
uled TO be given here next Tuesday
night is now the talk of Mound City
rs well as Cairo, and the former
place will send dow ma strong delega
tion 10 see the match. Tuesday S
program will be the best so far pre-.
scented here by Mr. Barton, and Is
calculated to draw the largest crowd
yet, UCwcycr. iItCr on, in fact on
Dee l Mir Barton wiz pun off such
a list Of classy contests here that has
never hccn dreamed of. in the wrest,
ling ana ,paring line.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
Man VIII Travel 1900 Miles to End
Land Deal with Partners.

la Crosse. Wis.-Willlam II. Meyer.
a travelling salesman OF this city. will
travel 1900 miles to shake n game OF
dice. Meyer does not stand to lose
anything by~bIB long journey to shake
dlcc.- but II hcrwins choice bunch of
real estate will pass into phis posses
sion. Tho story is'as follows:
Meyer and two other travelling men
whom no met on n trip south two
ycare ago were persuaded to purchase
n f0.aure tract OF land In central Tex
as. They paid 81 an acre. Since then
a raiirund has been built through the
town and passes close to the land.
Tho town is growing rapidly and has
spread, so close to the 40-acre tract
in question that an enterprising land
agent, dcsirous OF -converting this real
estate into lots. has made n generous
offcr Tor It. He ngfecs to pay $3.50
AN acre for all or any portion OF the
aand. Mr.. Meyer.s-two PARTNERS want
- sell, ~but he does not. He Believes
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
WELL PLANNED FARM.
One Farmers Idea Of Dividing One
Hundred and Sixty Acres.

Seeing in the Farmer recently plans
for well arranged farms and deeming
this matter of sufficient importance
for the consideration of our fellow
farmers. and our mutual assistance
along this line. submit the follow.
ing diagram of a farm of 160 acres
in IL divisions. two or ten, one of 20
and three of 40 acres each, writes a
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer
The farm has a road on two sides
and fronts the east. The ten acres
on which the buildings are located
consist Of six divisions.
No. 1 dwelling and door yard,
orchard. 3 family garden. front barn
lot, 5 truck garden. barn lot, with
ample room for feed troughs and
straw stacks, allowing no stock loose
in front lot. open wood, pasture.
used for night pasture during the
summer for the work horses. also
handy for the milch COW, perman-
ent pastures, with some timber af-
fording shade in summer and a wind
break in winter. Nos. 8, 10 and IL are
40 acre fields for cultivation, and
will admit of the three years rota-
ton plan. Some of the good features
of this plan are these. The larger
fields avoid the great expense of much
fence building. and this is quite an
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
PROBE BIRDS sToMAcHs.
To Prove Woodpeekers Eat Bark Bee
ties 10 Uncle Sans Aim.

Deadwood. s. Done OF the most
remarkable orders ever received by
the local forest service Office has Just
come from Washington. Supervisor
Hamilton has been requested to have
his rangers kill and dress a couple CT
dozen wooodpeckers. selected from DIFF
ferent parts of the Black Hills nation
al forest.
The stomachs OF the birds are to be
carefully preserved and after being de-
tached and given temporary treatment
with an embalming fluid, labeled and
forwarded to Washington. where they
will be analysed and tested to find IL
any OF the bark beetles that have
proved SO destructive in the hills are
contained in the organs.
1t is believed by the forestry depart
ment that the woodpeckcrs have been
n persistent enemy Of the bark beetle,
and It is to prove or dlsprove this
theory In the interests Of science that
the department has issued the order.
Rangers are nov carrying 1t Into e.
feet 4.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08

item at this time. Again from No. 8
stock can be turned to any field on the
farm, doing away with the need of a
lane. or driving stock over cultivated
fields, getting from one to another.
which are very Objectionable features.
Some one may object to this plan
on account of lack of permanent pas
ture. This can be easily managed. by
removing the fence between 8 and
10. back west to the middle of 10.
then you have 40 acres and II still
more is wanted take this fence away
and use 1t in making three equal d.
visions out Of 9 and IL; this gives 60
acres of permanent pasture. Of handy
access to the barn and field also. This
is true diagram OF farm made out
of heavily timbered forest. 1t re-
quired 80 years to bring it to its pres
ent state of completion.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
SURPLUS STONES.
Their Presence Being Turned 70 Coed
Account by Farmers

Many OF the farms II al OF our
states are stony This is true even
Of the prairie states, where generally
the soil Is free from stones
Wherever the glaciers stopped in their
southwark movement. they left large
quantities OF stones. and -hese are
depth Of many feet
In the past these stones have been
looked upon as a detriment to any
farm. and the farmers have gotten rid
Of them in the easiest and quickest
ways possible Sometimes they have
dumped them into the rivers and into
bitches. Sometimes holes have been
dug In the ground. and the stones
have been sunk below the reach Of
the plov-
But in the changing of conditions. a
use is being found for these stones,
and it seems almost certain that in
the near future the stones that still
annoy the farmer on the newly cleared
land will have considerable CONNER
cial value In many OF our cities they
are entering quite largely into build
ing work, where fancy effects are to
be secured They are laid in cement
to form the supports OF pillars To
porches, and in some cases even the
whole Of the foundation of a house
that appears above the surface of the
ground is composed of these same
stones. which have been rounded by
the action Of the glaciers.
In some cases the owners of farms
with these stones on them have re-
coiyed large price for loads of the
best looking stones, to be used for ex-
terror work Also with the coming OF
the cement age a new use has come
for these stones in forming parts of
foundations for buildings They are
embedded in the cement and so help
to fill up. thus saving high-priced ma
terial- ANY stones are good enough
for this purpose. The indications are
that cement and grout work will be
SO greatly used in the future, says
Farmers Review, that every stone on
the farm will come into play. We may
expect to see some OF the stone walls
disappear for the same use
More permanent buildings are to be
erected in the future than in the past,
and stones will form a large part Of
the new structures. The farmers that
have been annoyed in the past by
their stony ground are likely to find
1t in the end as valuable as their
prairie soil, though in another way.