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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Men
Die
Too
Early
BY N. JEAN FIN0T.

stroyer and the germ dissolution forthwith enters as an active force
INTO the slowly but the less surely making hawav toward
destruction, TO later
In youth manhood and middle conscious of its
effects About the OF CO. however when imagine ought to
tire as our foahers did before begin find old living hoa
This really the of dissolution, has reached
certain strength and which then feels powerful enough
assert its presence Following the monored CUSTOM man of go
adopts sedenta habits and begins most to lead idle
lie Is IN reality playing the for the BY degrees
gets IN its fine work. the blood becomes vaed refuses to
eceae the body becomes prey all kinds of illnesses which the
inactive life has naturally prspo the system. Old age upon
us with rush. long long years before it due and simply because
we did not make of powers of auosuggestion.
What do then? One of the greatest thinkers that the
world has known Goethe that has the power own
mind eliminate from his body all that cause him SUFFERING
Put negative action will by suffice. We live by auto
suggestion, not die by it,
1t takes least 20 years acquire full KNOWLEDGE
of the capacities and cpr of their particular physical makeup under
existing conditions of knowledge AuouggestOn steps however and
makes the body what the mind wishes be- created moi
sons but she has also created ntos Death nothing but poison
which by the ough allowed to take long wears
before has reached its full power be effective antidoe TO our
early deaths 60 10 so properly directed reflective will pow
CT or auo-uggestion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Hunting Club Organized.

4 party of Cairo young men met
last evening and organized the Great
er Cairo Hunting and Fishing Club
Guy Sites was elected president, Roy
Sutton, vice president, and Oscar Con
kle, secretary-treasurer The club pro.
poses to purchase a gasoline launch
ITO better expedite their hunting trips,
There are now eleven members and
the clu is working to secure a mem
bership of fifteen, which will he the
limit They will make camps at yari-
oius nearby fishing and hunting spots
during the various seasons aud gener.
al good times are in store. The treas,
ury is already amply supplied to de-
fray immediate expenses and future
prospects are good. No plans have
been made for an outing yet, but it is
probable that when the sqirrel sea.
son opens In Kentucky which will be
soon. the club viii make the first ven
lure in ha direction.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Kill by
Shock
80
EIeCtrOCutiOn the
Only Humane
Execution

! 7. !. /. !. !.
liz history OF eerouon period of only wears
1t was first introduced in New York In
ton, the electric and reduced and in
lA@I creased alternately From amper through,
E8&A body The time consumed strappng seconds
8 H1 and 90 20 seconds the victim TO lab Com
seriousness Is boed out instantly two cases of Nose
have observed was there respiratory the current
--A turned
post morem examination of the body reveals much
interesting phenomena There rising the temperature in one case
high as l29 degrees f. The lungs blood and weigh
SIX ayordupos The seems to be under chemical
ange ana Is OF dark browns hue sometimes black and it
rarely coaguaes On the cells no apnant effect ~
there is a molecular change.
nave witnessed number of angng Moamensing prison and
would recommend reading of Oscar Wes poem of Reninr
Jan 10 illustrate the unpasantness of the dancing % in air
The preparations in hanging about quick as in etrocon
but the heart beats for time drop usually Il mnn
ANA there spasmoic movement of after the shock Of the
crop e 70 partly conscious effort to stop the choking lasting for about
one and a half minutes
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

cairo's lumber fnen nave taken a
step which has long been one of the
great needs of the trade and of the
city. They organized last night for
the purpose of promoting their inter.
ests in the matter of rates, inspection
and otherwise. All the lumber men
of the city are members ana consti
tute one of the strongest industrial
and commercial ofganizati. ns I'm THIS
section of the country AS the lum.
Der business is probably Cairo's
greatest Interest, whatever is good
for it is of the greatest good to the
city in general the organization EN-
braces some of Caifo's brightest minds
and men of the highest standing in
the community who have the welfare
OF the city as wei as their own thor
oughly at heart. Their efforts to pro
tect and to build up Cairo as a lumber
market deserve every encourage
ment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Bioqranhy.

Charles Conrad AD3ott, noted as a
naturalist and archaeologst was
was born June I, 1915, al Trenton, n
J. In 1865 he was graduted from the
medical department Of the University
of Pennsylvania, but has never prac
ticed his profession He served as
a private in the Union army and
for a brief period previous to 1877
be was engaged as a manufacturing
chemist Since that time he has DE-
voted himself wholly TO scientific pur.
suits. He has many d discoveries in
local zoology to IFS credit and he
has also written many books on
and biological subjects
As au assistant Of the Peabody mu
scum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
he discovered irrtrutabie evidences Of
the one-time presence of man in
Delaware Valley early in, If not pre-
yious to, the Glacial period.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

Monday nights meeting at the
opera house will b. one of the i'm
portant events for Cairo in so far as
it is intended to promote one of the
greatest schemes for Cairo that hrs
ever been proposed II Is not the
less important that Cairo people
should show a lively interest in it b.
cause 1t is reasonably sure to 70
through anyway; but rather. they
should on that account take advant
age of every opportunity to identify
themselves with IL as prominently as
possible, in order that they NAV gain
for their city all the prestige that al,
ways comes from success Moreover.
Congressman LoFin1er who has long
been prominent and successful teo.
in promoting river Improvement. is
entitled to a hearty greeting from
the people of Cairo and our leailiug
citizens who have taken this matter
In hand for Cairo are entitled to
popular support
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
WOnan's
Desire to
FaSCinafe
Men
By PA0LA LOhBa0S0.

birds which, than Others display all characteristics of
co1uetrv.
t Is Womans only lawful in the struggle for existence
as well as IN carrying out the duty she both society
ma lord and master Nature makes mistakes organ
l1d the relations of the that urherance its DESIGNS CO.
quy mas become the deepest passion of womans heart become
an instinct at once conscious and Involuntary assumed in m
course OF long by hereditary influence assimilation all he m
portions OF prnIordlal and fundamental Characteristic
1t my experience that in hc nmos hearts never grow old
An aunt miA who quite 80 years old spoke herself as
being In the flower Of her only time and considered
even 80 me climax OF decpitude Now however have paad 20
imagine that woman very we'll he fascinating at 50 and 80
take heart OF grace thus compacen am quite certain
that am far from being coquct-a notion strangely enouc f. saw
ma to be common TO the most hardened Of coques Their ooot
shnes is the last weakness that will admit And there j mai
little logic IN their refusal TO admit much prefer that mon
should think their charms and fanaons due 10 their natural and
spontaneous gifts of attracting and seng Them rather than to
any adventous aid from art.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
TINE CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RYS

BELT LINE cars due TO leave SECOND st, "
Ing north on Commercial Ave-, every IS iaIn
utes from 9 .. M. 10 II p. m.
Going north ON Walnut st. every 10 mfnuts
from 6;o6 m. to 1898 y. m.
POPLAR ST. LINE Hoibrook Ave, car
to leave Seconu 1T. geng narth ON Hoibroo
Ave. at t;67; SAT; 6i42; 1857; TIA u. m. and q,
same ainites every hour uptil i0:ax snd IL
p. m. tF
Going west on Twenty Eighth st, at :sA
6is; 6:Sf; $40; and 7:e4 h. na.and on game NH,
ntes every hour until 1e;s4 and II. 0s D. m.
Poplar st. cars due To pass st. Mays
ID minutes after leaving Second ct.
HE'LL LINE OWL UAhS north ON Walnut
30 a. M; 1850 q. m; s 30 N. m.
North on Commercially; p. IA. 100
10. 90 a. nj. 100 a. m. 4 100 Q. IN, 8 o, ni.
Belt and Owl cars are due TO pass Yves
Thirty fourth st. Is minutes after leavins
second st,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Eternal Niqitance.

Various are the devices for the
defense and security of cities. as pail
sades, walls. bitches and other such
kinds Of fertilization, all Of which are
the results of the labors of the hand
and maintained at great expense But
there is one common buwark which
men of prudence possess within them.
selyes-the protection and guard of
all people, especially ef free states.
against the attacks of tyrants What
is this? Observation-Disclosures 1854
S22 b, c.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
HEARST GAINED 1923 VOTES.

New York, June 3.-The recount of
ballots in the disputed mayoraIty
election of 1905 proceeded with expe,
dition today Seyenty-scyen boxes
have been counted since the recount
was begun, and the total gain for
Hearst is 1913.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
PLUMBERS ON STRIKE.

La Crosse, Wis, June 3.--As re
suit of the strike OF union plumbers,
every plumbing firm in La Crosse to,
day declared open shop, and the
bosses announced that they would
make no more contracts with the
union Several non-uion plumbers
have been assaulted on the streets.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

Auto-suggestion is the power Of the will
used with deliberate purpose to effect a
given end. 1t can be used or abused. even
as our will power. The majority of men,
even the most temperate and the best-con-
Quoted among us, abuse it. although they
do 1t unconsciously. Nevertheless, this un-
conscious abuse of our power to will has
the effect of shortening our lives. To begin
with, each one of us starts out with the
notion that if we reach, let us say, the age
of IS, we shall have done pretty well in
the matter of time record Herein is
tho first nnminn nfrnrLnL Tho rroat Il.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

tween United States and Tr.
poll
lS29--United States steam frigatc
Fulton blown mp at New York;
between 80 and 40 persons
killed
1SG2-Fort Pillow. Tenn. evacuated
by Gen. Bcauegard
1SS5--Ferdinand Ward, of the sus
pended firm of Grant q War;
Indicted
! 8SS Electrt1r death bin signed by
Governor Hill of New York
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The pity 81 it is that the innocen
always suffer more than the guilty
when the latter are 20 he punishe
for their crimes. But a community
must protect itself. II can not af.
ford to sacrifice its safety to a senli
ment which the guilty do not feel
themselves nor respect in others.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
May Circulation

The above is correct statement
Of the circulation of the Cairo Bulle,
tin for the year 1907 and for the
month of May 1908.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of June 1908
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The yoluminous report of the com
mittee on revision of the book of gov
eminent and discipline was turned
over to the various presbyteries for
action.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Showing Value Of Peat.

There is a strong organization at
work in this country developing the
uee of peat as fuel Il is now utiliz-
ing many acres of swamp lands which
are being reclaimed for agricultural
purposes The hy.produCts of the In.
dustry are very promising.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The people of Cairo are against
Prohibition. They are also against
government by dive-keepers, and
the latter issue is ever put fairly and
squarely before them they viii NOT
fall to assert themselves iii their
might. a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bul.
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1907 .2tf6
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of May 1908 2o2S
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
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TODAY IN HISTORY

June 4.
I636-P ortocarrero. the celebrated
vieeroy of Mexico and Peru,
born in Madrid. Died In Lima.
Sept. %. 17o5.
17sS George III. of England born.
Died Jan. %, 1920.
1868 Indian Massacre at Fort Macki-
nav Mich
17so-lndepehdsnce declared by Bel.
gian provinces.
1sos-Treaty Of peace concluded BET
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
The Bulletin Is on saIe at the fol
lowing places:
Colemsn's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.

The ogue's readiest refuge is
There are others. He is right in the
assertion but wrong in thinking it will
hide or excuse his own rascality.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

have long studied my sisters and
have come to the conclusion that all that
is good and bad in them only subserves
the end for which they seem to live
namely, to captivate men by their attrac-
tons. And, after all, it is man who has
caused the growth of this all-dominant
passion in the heart Of woman, notwth-
standing the fact that he is ever the
first to lay this falling to her charge
not only as the source of all the worlds
evil, but as a manifest indication of her
inferiorlty in the scale of humanity. and
of her klnship to unreasoning animals Ike
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

Poison and don't know il.
If You have aches and pains in ~
bones, back or joints, Itching. Scak6>
skin, blood feels hot or thin: SwoIIc9
Glands, Rising and Bumps o. s..i
skin, Sore Throat or Mouth, falling
hair Pimples or offensive eruptions.
Cancerous Sores, Jumps or Sores on
Lips, Face or any part of the bod.
Rash on Skin, are run down or ner.
vous, Ulcers on any part of the body,
Carbnncles or hollis, Take Botanic
Blood Balm, %. 3. b. Guaranteed
To cure even the worst and most deep
seated cases. b. B. r. drives all po..
onous matter from the system ans
sends a flood of pure, rich blood III
rect to the skin surface. In this wal
Aches and Pains are stopped all Erup
lions, Sores, Pimples. even cancer are
quickly healed and cured,
BOTANIC BLOOD BALM. %. g. b.
composed OF pure Botanic ingredients.
DRUGGISTS, 81. Sold in Cairo, Ill.,
by w. Simon. 1901 Washington Ave.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 1917.

Cairo, Alexander County, illinois,
Population 1871.
mayor. GEORGE PARSONS >. -.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. THOMAS e. MAIONEY
City Attorney, FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Police Magistrate, A. J. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, NJ. s. EAGAN
alexander County, Population 22,467.
County Clerk, JESSE f. MILLER,
Circuit Clerk, LEE B. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK L.. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX. WILSON.
Coroner, DIR. JAMES McMANUS.
County Superintendent OF Schools
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED n
Board Of County Commissioners.
j. J. JENNELLE, Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
Dir. EDWIN ]. CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Proper Lighting Of Mines.

i is argued that the compulsory
adoption of the incandescent system
OF electric lighting in mines will great
IS cur down the death roll.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

A local correspondent of the Delta
complained of a two months yaca
ton given the free school children In
sisting that school should continue
without vacation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

A meeting was called for July 10th
at the school house, for the purpose
of forming cricket club
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

rhe Bulletin VIII only cost you ca
cents per month and It is certainly
worth dOihia the money
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
CAIRO In 1855.


1t was rumored that Green T. Gar
aer, of Thebes would soon erect a.
large banking house on Commercial
avenue between Fifth and Sixth
streets.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

Advertising In The Bulletin
able the advertiser
the highest class circulation ONLY per
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The Delta published a list of town
officers. as follows Trustees, S. S.
Taylor Louis W. Young, NJ b. Ha-
rell, VI. Shannessy and Peter Staple
ton; secretary E. Willett, city attorney
4. G. Jones; school trustees. S. S.
Taylor, Louis W. Young and John
uowley
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

Father McCabe has had a new.
fine toned bell placed in the belfry
IF the Catholic church"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

mcrcial avenue between Fourth and
Fifth streets.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

A meeting was called for July 10th
at the school house, for the purpose
Of forming a cricket club.
local correspondent of the Delta
complained of two months yaca
ton given the free school children in
sisting that school should continue
without vacation.
Father McCabe has had a new.
fine toned bell placed in the belfry
Of the Catholic church"
The work on. the PRESBYTERIAN
,hurch which has FOR some months
been almost entirely suspended has
commenced again with renewed yisor
1nd We shall soon have another fine
house Of worship completed-God
speed the work
William T. Halliday. of the fancy
steamer HighGyer, was in Cairo Iuiy
10th. His boat was then on the way
At Paducah
A grand bah was given by the citi
zens of Cairo, and the railroad people
eh' the wharfb,,st St louis. on Tire
hight of .Ialy nth Illinois, Kentucky
and Missouri were rebrescntcd-129
PERSONS being in attendance.
In communication from an
anonymous correspondent. published
in the Delta of July 25th. it is stated
that Enoch Swarthouse landed a keel
boat at the mouth of the Ohio in 1900
In the year 1871 the correspondent
heard Mr. Swarthouse relate that his
first view of the Father of Waters
showed it to be "a turbulent. muddy
tide hurrying by, eagerly swallowing
in its course. the clearer and gentler
Ohio. Around the waters edge was
a young growth of cottonwoods while
back of them, were tall elms and
syeamores. While Mr.. S. remained
at the point with has boat, a hurricane
arose which, although but momentary.
produced the most fearful effects on
the waters of the woods.
A Mr.. Corey of Blandvilie. XIV. was
,Teeting frame store house on Com
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

This woman says Lydia r..
P'nkham's Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. c. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes TO Mrs. Pinkhafn: "sf
: q l can truly say that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and / cannot express my gratitude
to you in words For years | suffered
with the worst forms of female COM
plants. continually doctoring and
spending lots Of money FOR medicine
without help. / wrote you for advice.
followed 1t as directed, and took Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
IL has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you l should have
been in my grave to-day. ] wish every
suffers N ~ xvr,nan xxo,Yld ~ ~ ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

fANfS rum SlNN WomkMs
For thirty years lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache. that bear
ing-dOwn feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't You Try it -
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write ITer for advice,
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Izsnn, Mass.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

William + Halliday. oG the fancy
steamer IIighnyer, was in Cairo Jn'y
10th His boat was then on the way
1t Paducah
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-10
DEATH OF A PIONEER

Mrs. Catherine Barnes Formerly of
Somers Died at the Home of Her Son
Mrs. Catherine We're Barnes. widow
Of the late Samuel Barnes Of the town
of Somers, passed away at the resi-
dence Of her son Judge V. V. Barnes.
at Zion City, Illinois, on Tuesday, Sept.
Is, 1908, after an illness Of a week,
though ailng for a year or more previ-
ously from an attack Of the grippe.
Mrs. Barnes was ~orn in England in
1927, and was about 81 years of age.
She came to America with her parents
| in her early girlhood, and resided at
and near Albany, New York, where
many Of her relatives still 1--we; anu
where some of her children were born.
She removed with her husband in 1854
to Lake County, Illinois, and later to
Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she resided
in the town Of Somers untaQ the death
Of her husband in 1887. She leaves to
mourn her departure four sons, Judge
Nv. Y. Barnes Of Zion City, p. a. Barnes,
|attorney of Chicago, Sergt. w. j..
Barnes Of Lake bluff and Chicago and
DR.. B. M. Barnes Of Oshkosh.
| The funeral services will be held at
the residence of Judge Barnes at 1904
Elisha avenue, Zion City, on Friday,
September IL, at 10 a. M and the I'm
terment will take place at Kenosha by
the side of her husband and other mem
bers of her family where brief ser
vices will also be held Dr. E. L.
Eaton Of Evanston, an old time friend
and pastor Of the family and Overseer
Daniel Bryant, Of 44on City, viii Of
fciate. 10