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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Wells Please the Grocer.

These wells the women folks are
wearing, all nailed down tight under
their chins. are a great boon for us
all right, all right" said an East End
grocer women. you know, are the
greatest people on earth to come in
and sample things. They'll take a
taste of this and taste Of that while
you're wrapping up something for
them. and the first thing YOU know
they've eaten up about nickels
worth OF stuff.
I'VE can't say anything to a woman,
particularly those that arc sod Gus.
toners Now We don't have to.
haven't seen a woman taste anything
In the stc,c for a month or SO. Those
wells are put on SO tight that the only
way they can sample anything would
be 10 take Il through straw.
CleAClaI.d Pain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
PRoplrIATE THE GODS IN INDIA.
Religious Rites Required Throughout
the Entire Season.

Agricultural practice in southern
India from start to finish requires re-
ligious rites. says the Madras Mail.
In the Tamil districts the agri-
cultural year commences about April.
On April % the cutivators of a vii
lage consult a "valuvan," who fixes
for them the kind Of wood that they
should cut and take away. He Is sup
posed to settle the question as the
result Of astrological observations
made on the commencement OF the
Tamil New Years day, which falls
about April 10. Each cultivator then
takes a little camphor, some incense,
a few plantains and a cocoanut, and
with others assembled for the purpose
he proceeds to the forests, where he
worships the tree he is about to cut,
offering the plantains and the cocoa
nut Then he lops off the first branch,
taking good care that 1t falls on the
right side. In each year the side Is
different Prosperity to himself and
his cattle Is firmly believed to depend
very much upon this. He then cuts
away the required quantity OF wood
and takes II home,
Another day is then selected soon
after the early rains of the same
month, by the "yulluvan," and then
the greatest event OF the agricultural
year occurs. Each ryot takes the
wood he has selected for the plow,
which ia newly fitted up and taken 10
the field, where the bullocks are tied
to it, and behind 1t stand other plows
with teams of oxen tied to them,
while large crowds assemble around
the teams. Isi =
The principal plowman then daubs
the pair of oxen tied to the new plow
with aniline powder and turmeric
paste; he lights camphor and burns
incense before it, breaks cocoanut,
and with 1t he makes an offering of
pot OF jaggery water ard parched
grain and Bengal gram. Then he
drives the low across the field, pre-.
cede b, the other plowmen, and after
81 wv rounds the oxen are unyoked
ard taN offering distributed TO those
present l.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
The Japanese football.

One Of the odd things which strikes
olrs IN Jaran is the football. so differ
ent from the sound made by shoe
leather. filling the ears in say a
crowded station in Tokyo with its
European looking trains, platforms.
ticket Offices. bookstalls and other
familiar objects,
The musical clicking noise Of the
wooden sandals OF clogs. which are
worn out of doors by all classes Of
Japanese and which are raised above
the ground at varying heights. accord
ing TO the state Of the roads. Is one Of
the most characteristic bits Of detail
Of the country, and any picture after.
ward recalled to the mind has this
clinkety clink. clinkety clink. as a
running accompaniment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Ths color or Gaas.

Mr.. A. H. Norwood OF the Leicester
England museum. remarks that the
colOrs Of birds eggs can In large
number 81 cases be traced to the ne
cessity OF protective resemblance"
White eggs are usually laid by birds
nesting In holes in trees. or IN dark
situations. Ike owls. woodpeckers and
some pigeons. Most birds nesting on
or near the ground lay eggs OF an Oh
iyegreen or brown ground color. The
eggs OF Grouse. piarmiean and so forth
resemble the heather among which
they are laid. Those o. the hinged
ployer. little tern and oyster catcher
resemble the SAND and single OF The
beach The lapwings eggs closely
simulate bare scn or dried beuts The
young chicks sboN similar protective
colOrs Youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
MINISTER THREATENED
Annonymous Letter May Throw Light
on Identity Of Chicago Female
lneendisry.

Chicago. Dec. 20.-A second anony
nous letter that may throw some
ligl, on the lncendisry fires that have
wrecked five South side churches was
RECEIVED today b. Rev. Ralph r. Fish
or, pastor OF the Drexel Park Presby-
tetian church. Sixtyfoufth street AMI
Mansfield avenue The first letter
was received by Mrs Charles Her
bricks. q trustee Of the Thoburn Meta
odisf Episcopal church West Sixty
fourth and Pauline streets.
The contents Of the letter be would
rot reveal The minister declared
however. that be knew the author and
would have the arrest made befoI 2
ni.ht.
The second letter. which is said 20
have threatened the preacher. Was
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Facino the Enemy.

Maj Cary who died few months
ago In England, was the leader OF the
search party which rode through the
African bush to find the body of the
prince imperial of France 1t was
with Lieut. Cary Of the Ninety eighth
regiment that he went out on the
fatal ride In the Zulu war. Ellen Bar
lee gives an account OF the tragedy In
her life OF the prince, and also men,
tons a little incident of his boy.
hood which is curiously prophetic OF
the spirit he showed in his last fight.
The prince was bright, joyial
youth, with high spirits. The Dear
Boy he was called in camp. When
the corps of volunteers under Cary's
command found his body in the tall
grass, 1t was seen that he had re.
ceived II assagai wounds, all in front.
When the young prince was small
boy he was attacked by a deep-seated
abscess In his back An operation
was ordered, and the little fellow sub
mitted bravely. Something troubled
him, however, which at last he con
fided to his father.
The abscess being In his back, he
would have a wound behind.
IF a scar remains he said, per
haps my enemies some day will think
| ran away"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Baked Bananas and Rubber Heels

Baked Bananas and Rubber Heels.
For nervousness said the special
list. Il prescribe baked bananas and
rubber heels.
THE jar given to the spine in walk
ing by the continual clump. clump of
a heel OF leather and iron upon a
floor Of stone or cement, IL the chief
cause of nervous disorders Hence
the rubber heel that prescribe,
which removes this cause Heels.
anyway, are unnecessary. They orig
mated in PERSIA protection, you
know. against the redhot desert sands
but we have no re1hI sands, so
why the heel?
Baked bananas make a dish that
for nourlshing and calming qualities
Is unexcelled. If you are ever shaky
from oyerindulgence In coffee or tea,
or alcohol, either, try dish OF them, :"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21

with pomade to make the powder
hold At one time the hair powder
tax in England yielded nearly 500 900
year. The French revolution
fastened the return to natural hair.
The powder added to the weight and
the expense of wigs. large quantities
being used, sometimes two pounds at
a time. In 1870 Gov. Barefoot OF New
Hampshire wore a powdered perlwig
Cotton Mather denounced wigs as "a
luxurious feminine protexity,' and
thought an Indian war was a direct
punishment from God for wearing
wigs. They caused much badness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
ONE THING LACKING
WHAT SPOILED THE PLEASURE
OF THE CLAM6AkE.
Denatured Function at the Peters
Mansion Saddened Those Unfor-
tunate Enough to Be Among
Those Present."

William harris, AHuItW MaSh
Frank Daniels. Drury Underwood and
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
all went down to Douglas manor, l.. |.
Sunday to clambake rendered them
by Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Peters and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams,
1t was real old-iashioned Long
Island bake Not one of your gas
range bakes, but a genuine one, with
spring chicken and green corn and
sweet potatoes and seawood and hot
stones and tarpaulin cover and all
that o, this clambake was right or
II wasn't any.
Now, don't eat anything until you
get at the clans" said Mr.. and Mrs.
Peters.
yes, save little coy corner for
liams
So the guests obeyed orders. They
arose early in the morning and toyed
with rowing machines and health lifts
and other such laborious inventions to
get up an appetite, and then abstained
from food to be sure that hunger
would be where they could lay their
hand on 1t when the bell rang down
at Douglas manor
Were You ever at a clambake, An
drew" asked Mr.. Underwood.
mo, not a real one" sad Andrew
as he held his head back and let his
teeth water. Il went to a Dluef&h
breakfast at Peterses once. I didEt
eat for "a hours. to be sure I'd be IN
trim for It, Then Mason took me -four
miles out to sea at the gray ear y
morning | rowed the boat We vert
to catch the fish. We didn't get
bite No, I've never been at a real
clambake, but was at that bluefisl
breakfast, | forgot to say that ! rowed
those four miles back on the desg
blue sea, too
Down at Douglas manor everything
had the hustle of preparations. The
spring chickens had. all been sprung
the green corn was on hand, the sweet
potatoes and the seaweed and the
tarpaulin and the other things were
there. 1t was time to get the clans
Mr. and Mrs. Peters and Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams got in the auto and
went down the beach to the mud fats
They were going to dig the CLANS
themselves, so as to be sure they
would be fresh.
They worked away in the mud for
couple Of hours while the tide was out
and gathered about bushel or more.
Then a big sunburned native came up
and wanted to know whose clans they
were digging.
"Anybody's," said Mr.. Peters.
Not much they're mine" said the
native, and he produced deed tcI
show he owned the mud fiat. He
would not sell clans. He wanted his
clans. He took the basket and scat
tered the bivalves far and wide. Then
he ordered the trespassers off his
ground,
BY this time the tide was In again
and there was no more clam digging
for the day. There was no real Rhode
Island clambake. There was an ach-
Ing Noiu III SeNeldI empty slolIlaChS'
Andrew Mack went around behind the
house and kicked himself.
"Stung again. he said. Another
bluefish breakfast"
1t was sad party which drifted
back to little old New York that
night ]
Were you ever at Clambake| /
asked Mr.. Underwood.
Not yet" replied Mr.. Mack.-New |
York Morning Telegraph
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
TIE Price Ct PEARL,

Consul General William n Michael
q Calcutta reports that q scheme has
been set on foot % regulate the Indian
pearl market and 20 prevent a rope
titioh Of the disastrous experience q
last year. on account a the money
crisis IN The United States An agency
Is 20 b formed N India With several
branches. and a bead once a. BOMBAY.
70 collect pearls and to DISPATCH them
TO the London market At a fixed price.
but subject 20 offers AEAinst these
parcels a small advance uin Be g1vea
In Bombay. While ths price h being
csbisd Tor % London The promoters
Of the scheme say that there i a great
future IN store for the Indian pearl IN
dustry Il Il can b properly hzndlsa.
The syndicate intends 70 extend iis
Operatives y TIE AusfnaIian azhsries
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21

the tree was being removed she broke
right forth and told the colonel d few
things about vandalism that was
enough TO set man thinking
Pretty tough" be says, 'for a man
to have his apples stolen all season
and then to incur the Ill win of the
thieves because he isn't going to main
tain the trees for them any longer
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Italian villa Habit.

II lie impossible for the Italians 10
get away from their villa habit In
Italy every little shanty YOU meet on
the roadside is villa something or
other. the smaller the shanty the
longer the name. Down In Grand
street you come across the grandiose
names Of villa Penza. villa GordiOlO,
villa Macaroni above the measliest Of
small places. where they dish you mp
Spaghetti for the sum Of ten cents
with a small glass Of wine for five.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
WIGS and Hair Powder,

The pure white powder used on the
hair in Washingtons time was made
from pulyerized starch, scented with
violet or other perfume. The fashion
began in the French court Charles
TX, end of sixteenth century,. Those
having dark hair used violet and
blondes used iris. Even wigs were
filled with &C. The hair was creased
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
NOTICE 70 STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexander Count!
Savings Bank Of Cairo, Illinois, viii
above named bank in the city OF
Cairo, Illinois,. on Wednesday, Jan
uary G, 1909, at 1880 O'Clock for the
purpose of electng Board of Direc'
tors. and such other business as ma!
be brought before said meeting.
JAMES II. GALLIGAN.
Cashier.
Cairo. ILL.,. December 6. 1908.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Evidences.

Women" said the juvenile cynic.
are more remarkable for head thaa
for heart"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
"one would think so by noting the
relative measurements OF hats and
corsets."
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Wisdom OF ExperIenca.

Rastus-Ah done proposed t Liza
Coon erbout a yeah fore 20 married
her.
Mose-Am dat so?
Rastus- Yassah an All had ma
rabbct's foot on nah pusson at de
time, but she done turn'd meh down.
Nose (sighing) --Yo' all shore wuz
lucky in havIn' dat rabbet foot wild
yo'.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Suitinu Him

Say. boss. where am L. asked the
recently deceased negro. as he woke
up.
You're in heaven" reSarked the at.
tendant
Dat so? Den where's nah wings
and harp"
What you get is four brass battons
and a red necktie."
HGlQrF. ElgrYtr
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Perfectly Good.

Thought you said she had good
teeth"
"She has"
81 saw her laugh just now. and she
hasn't a tooth In her head"
Must have been on the closet
shelf"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21

composed wholly by the slow work
ot-"cfipping words from newspapers
and pasting them on letter paper,
word by word. The address on the
envelope was provided the same way
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21

Il am sure" said the sympathetic
friend. that pOsterity will attach
great value to shat you have written"
Yes answered the cynical author.
but pOsterity doesn't indorse promis-
sorry notes for anybody.-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21

charged Anyone who buys one at an
old curiosity shop had better take
care how he introduces It into France.
for the penalty for doing SO Is fine
OF 200 francs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-21
Mistaken IDENTIFY

Greed often gets Itself mistaken foI
heoessify-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
B y J. E. J E N X S

J Z ~ n y 30, ,vi-bIr, limited -.cge; ouI
lately 70 II HIS been Si'e- Sl--
rrrI41sic, winch VII car1y
IL two miles. with every prospect -l,t- MS -
tance will soon be doubled. Bat--e~t1l> - -.
with torpedo tubes. which the means - -
torpedoes will some day be able % keep q I' - -
respectable distance and hattle>hip h.-'i'$ = -
mile torpedo IN its ordnance e4uiFiicl- VIII -
veritable floating of the SEA, - -bs
The battleShip which Is - re Designer - zr1 he
lines dictated by the triumph OF the t'rltNy ire-
a vessel which may easily SCorn the ten anu -s
inch guns which carried IN he,4' 'ssl
and which shall offer diSCOuraSerrtt-( - = .hs
which NAV fire a torpedo four miles ,t1-I 'H II -+,r-
opposing vessel no matter how II Is treGhJtt " ~ -
reted armament or laden with Invulnerthe ~. ~
The saving which NAV be effected bE l"1--7 he
the heavy guns and abandoning the turI5 5 Hoy nd
used in giving greater weight To the -,
so drive the ship through the water AZ a i,s'el -
than is possible with batteships to-day. 0L;ctsr
this saving in weight NAV also be used % give 'I -
armor plates along the water line and below
ever the torpedo Is likely to strike LIONS
Such departure from the existing IA
furnishes MANY problems with when me - - as
designer must cope They include S''cn ue II;ns I'll
the storage of the torpedOes, and their iI'd
by special mechanical devices from the bes
below deck to the breeCh mouth OF .he .Lort
above Those questions Will not be settled W. 80,
the controversies which 10 be 1nSe pardpe b,,r
naval design. construction, and equ1pnlen'' -;on
for the present IL viii be sufficient merely 20 1
this interesting possibility of gunlesS "@l
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

Vas g: Loclst-~t. little above ;th. and walked
% 4th and 70 the middle q the block beyond be
lore i suddenly flashed upon me that there was
nothing real about this; i Was only q dream l
ca. still feel some hing OF the grateful upheaval ot
a ii that moment. and can also still feel the rem
.art oi doubt the suspicion that ma aybe II was real
liter all returned 70 the house almost a run.
flew ap the stars TWO or three steps 1T jump and
-..shed ln-o that sitting -oonl-and was made glad
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

here exactly reproduced. far these details
went-and | think l missed one detail but that
immediately supplied, for just then el-
derby lady entered the place with a large bouquet
consisting mainly OF white roses, and III the center
Of it a red rose. and she laid 1t his breast
7 TOLD the dream there in the club that night just
as ! have told II here
Rev DR.. Burton swung his leonine head around,
focused me with his eye, and said, When was 1t
that this happened:'
In June, 5S.
1t is good many years ago. Have you told It
several times SINCE:
Yes, have, good many times
How MANY
Why, l don't know how many.
Well strike average How many times
year do YOU think YOU have told it:
Well, have told II many sin times 4 YEAR.
possibly ottener
Very well. then you've told it. weTl say, seventy
or eighty times since II happened:'
Yes, | said, that's a conservative estimate"
Now then, Mark, a very extraordinary thing
happened to me great many Years ago. and i
used 70 tell 1t d number Of tirneS-a good
tImes-every year, Tor II wonderful
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

have furnished species of warfare III themselves.
Hitherto the rivalry has been largely between the
gun and the armOr. On side has been the aim
increase the power of the monster rifle that il
will hur its huge missile of steel through the wedge
of plate into the vitalS of the ship of the
enemy On the other side there has been an almost
frantic effort thcken the shield the hull of the
ship compose Of elements that will lessen its
weight while repelling the shell.
No one knows Just how the stands present
and Will know until there be of the
gun in It's attack on armor under those conditions
which resemble in degree the situation of actual
warfare. The tests now carried at either the
army navy proving grounds, with guns at great
distance from the armor, and the armor presenting
a fixed and certain target which may be attacked
under the most favorable conditions.
All this is changed by the increase in endur-
of the torpedo. the deadly of all weapons
when it be fired with accuracy and when it lasts
long enough TO reach the enemy The torpedo used
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

ship which shall be larger than ANYTHING of
the class atloat; of greater speed than
existing vessels, and capable of waging
battle at a distance of four miles; and
this without the turreted. breech loading
rifles with their complicated mechanism
of training and loading This is as Yet
only dream; but it is based on that
development in the facilities of attack
and the mechanism of destruction which,
with the means of defense and Drotectiou
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

that i always asccnl>hed he heare-.
md that astorI>k-ler- gave ne
. distinct pleasure every time. |
never suspected that -E-- tale Was
acquiring any auX1-I--- .-d-antages
through repetition -ln-l ne day after
had been telling It ten or ---een wears
il struck me that eIthe- / vas getting
ed and slow in deliver = that -he
tale was longer than i was hen I was
born Mark. | dIligen-l- md PRAYER
fully examined that tai with thls
result that | found tn Is proper
tons were now. aS near- aS | could
make out. one part fact ----S n is.c-,
fact pure and undiluted len -ac--
and tventv-fOur parts c-- -ce-y-
never -old that tale ar-e-. ~-i-l T@s
never able 70 tell II again -1r | hat
lost con dderCe III =. and --- pleasure
u telling i was gone. --- gone per-
manentlv. How much - his cale u
YOURS Is enbroidery
Well" | said. L .-- Snow |
don : think any II = = -- lterE- l
think i : al just - have stated T.
detail by detail
Very well. he SAID. hen Z
n right. but | would F. --L = -ny
more. because # you lee. r. = vi
begin 20 collect ernt-.-.---- ---e- liz
safest thing Is % stop -..-
THAT was . s-e-- -----.E -e--1s -
L And TODAY i -Ie 49, -----e nj
| have told that t-e--- ~irce "
Burton scared me ir-. -.--l teao,s
about it. No. don .--ete l al
say that. ] don believe hat l
ever really had any ---S "H~.:
ever concerning he salient points O.
The dream; for tho~e ms ~-e i
. that they are picture .-.l llS':--S'
bered. when they are VIVA --.-ich *
can remember -e------- --l ,1,-tu---
Although It mas been ST.. --,--E Ee'-ls
,ld thar dream. | can see --.~e rlct1-es
early defined aS II -hey ---- 1e-Gre ~
| have not told -Ie -----e dream
good deal more cf i / --.-..r I ---,'
az happened in The Gre--- I'LL -'l-;i-'--..
lent in the death room / --t -,,eil-lo'
4 that i this:
rived in St. Louis vt-l -.-- c-SIe' i
hit o'clock IN the rl.----- =. nd l ~
r in laws place of h-~~r--. AyE-ns
,. htlt missed him. for While vas -
office he was on his way n. p, me H'.-s.
When | got back o. -he -.- ne t.-S'''i
? had Conveved II ouc q. -.~ H'-'>e-
Ter. and when arrived --s men We.
the caskct from the vclt..- C@--.
topped that procedure -.- l ,iid =.
her 70 see the dead ta-r. .rc-ySe ''-
drawn and distorted HE -oe e,,ets. -.
When went w stars. -..ra ~-'oI- 81 II
aced 70 receive the conn. t,:~t = l --'',-
nv dream: and II had rived ,'I3 ,., :,
later. the ca>ket Vu--I nave -
hem, precisely as IN --y l-1,,-l-
To ts cortras- =rEi ~