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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Occurred in Stock Market Yesterday
elimination Of instability Of
Stocks at High Level.

New York. Jan. 1G.--The growing
instability Of the stock market at the
advanced level of prices which has
| been in evidence during all this week,
eliminated today in reaction OF some
| violence The downward course of
iprces was unaccompanied by any
news pointing to a change from con
ditions which have prevailed while
prices were being advanced
The early movement of prices was
erratic and feverish and strengthened
suspicion Of manipulative measures to
sustain prices. These were apparent
| ~ abandoned as the day advanced
aud the whole list gave way An ex-
ample of Importance given the show
| ing Of railroad earnings was the ac-
| ton OF Missouri Kansas and Texas
stocks on publication of the earnings
Of that system for November These
showed shlinkage Of gross earnings
while the expense of operating is still
expandinf, the result being the net
return for months was cut to less than
half that shown for November last
year, while the charges for interest,
rentals and taxes would leave an ac-
tual deficit for the month compared
with 100000 surplus last year
Compilation of returns of seventy
four railroads for November reporting
previous to today show a decline in
net return of 13.49 per cent from that
Of November in the preceding year
Gross earnings of thirty-one railroads
for the first week in January show 4
decrease Of 1881 per cent compared
with the corresponding week last
year This showing makes it certain
that some ~ery heavy reductions In
net earnings will have to be encount.
cred later when accounts are made
up covering current operations The
American Railway Associations esti-
mate of 100000 freight cars standing
idle on railroads was a contributing
influence to depression
Judicial mandate to prominent
fnaneiers to answer questions in the
interstate commerce commissions IN
Nestigation Of the Hartman railroads
and reports of renewed steps in the
Standard oil prosecution We're used
with effect by the bearish element
Their activity led to over extension
on the short side and widespread
covering movement rallied the late
market.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York. Jan. 16.-WHEAT-Re
ceipts $4,000; exports 24S,00o: spot
firm; No. red 1861 elevator; No
q red 1925 fob. ahoat. Options
closed u to u net higher. May
111M,
Receipts $4,000. Spot firm
No. 2. "A nominal elevator and 67A
fob. and afioat No. 2, white 67A
No. 2 yellow 671a fob. and afioat
Options closed 81 net higher. May
67B.
OATS Receipts $4,000. Spot
steady. Mixed 53h white 54h 06h
clipped white 5515 @6.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

Demonstrated That Fact When Nc
Told Of skim MIX" Folsom.

A good story Is told OF the way In
which Nathaniel Hawthorne. when
he was consul at Liverpool. tested a
Yankee boy. The boy had gone Ia
the consiils Office one day TO beg for
passage back 10 his home. He had
gone abroad to seek his fortune. and
not finding IL. had become almost
pennless lie told a clear story, nut
the clerk who heard 1t doubted It's
truth
You are not an American" he
said TO the boy; but the applicant
for the passage to America persisted
In waiting at he Office until he saw
Hawthorne himself At last the con
sui appeared. gave quick glance al
the boy and began to question him.
you want passage to American
he asked
Eyes. sir" said the boy, eagerly.
"And you say you are an AmerI'
cam"
Yes. sir"
I'm what part Of America were you
born?"
The United States, sir"
what state?"
New Hampshire. sir"
what town."
exeter, sir"
Hawthorne waited moment, and
then bent toward the boy.
who sold the best apples In your
town." he asked.
The boys eyes shone and the home
sick longing in them deepened.
Skim MILK Folsom. sir" he cried
Its all right" said Hawthorne I'd
the clerk. Give him his passage
And he took the boys hand and bade
him godspeed on his homeward way
with much heartlness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Traits OF the Laoonians.

l.aeonians, whose chief city was
Sparta. were famous In ancient
Greece not only for their success In
war, but for their scorn Of luxuries
and their brevity of speech. When
King Philip of Macedonia, father OF
Alexander the Great, threatened
them. saying. IF ! enter Laconia |
will level your city to the dust. .
they sent back the reply. III" Their
short answers give to the English
language the word 'laconic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Wasn't Asking Much.

A florist Of Philadelphia WAS one
day making the rounds OF his pro-
perties near that city. when he was
approached by young man. who
applied to him for work.
Il am sorry" said the florist. but
have ali the help lneed. have moth
ing for you to do.
Sir" said the young man. with
polite bow, If YOU only knew how
very little work 1t would take TO &C.
cupy me. Success Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
A Difficult Pass.naer.

An elephant is without doubt the
most difficult passenger to load oil
any in the world. It is rarely thai
the best of them can be induced tc
walk aboard ship as did the tradi
tlonal pair OF elephants who boarded
the ark. To overcome their objec
tion. they are usually first coaxed OF
forced 10 enter great wooden boxes
when they are securely fastened and
the entire outfit is hoisied with a der.
rick to the level Of the deck and
swung aboard
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders and
directors of the Home Telephone
company Of Cairo. Cairo Illinois
viii be held Tuesday. January 21st
1908. at 300 p. m. in the Office Of the
aforesaid company; said melting for
the purpose of electing directors and
officers and increasing the capital
stock of the aforesaid corporation
and transacting such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting
ANDREW LOHR,
President
H. r. AISTH0RPE.
Assistant Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. Jan. 1G.-CATTLE.-Re
oeipts 10000; quiet and steady; steers
4e5n635: cows and heifers 25O@525
bulls 2S5m425; calves 3mS25; stock
ere and feeders 260@460.
HOGS-SS. 900; five to ten higher;
choice aehvy shipping butchers 4504
400; lights 425@445; packers 4@445;
pigs 350m425.
SHEEP Steady; fn550; lambs
575m735; yearlings 4@G35.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
A Simple Shadow Game.

Hang sheet on the wall. or II /
sheet is not convenient. lei down tn,
window shade, One Of the players
must now sit close to the shade will
his face toward IL, and turned ava,
from the company.
A few feet behind him stsnjs d
light, either lamp or candle. One ol
the players now passes between the
light and the first player, so that his
shadow falls on the sheet or shade
The first player must try to guess
whose shadow II Is. OF course, each
player may walk hop, limp or do any.
thing else that win make his shadow
hard to recognize
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

TIE Window Seat.
There's a little laddie across ths
street.
Who sees the world from a window
seat.
There he must stay the livelong day,
For he's too small to go out to play
And mothers too careful TO let him
stray
And quite too busy to take him away
So all his world is a piece Of sky
And a street where the noisy teams
80 by.
Yet he plays and laughs and life is
sweet.
Though he secs the world from q
window scat
Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Promoting Railway Building

The repres antaiive OF a British
syndicate Is in Peliing offering to lend
to the Yuchuan-Pei a large sum Of
money to build railways Beyond
demanding the sole right to contract
for the construction materials and
TO provide the engineers to anIld
them. the syndicate will not inter
fcre In any way with the control and
policy of the railways.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

A man was arrested in New York
for selling stock in a company that
does not exist There is DO excuse
for such crude methods in a c0mmu-
hity where charters may be obtained
50 cheaply and no questions asked.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Jan TO- Money on call
steady ~ per cent Closing 2. Time
loans soft; all periods 51a per cent,
Prime paper 6 to per cent. Exchange
strong, demand $4.S5S5m90; sixty
days S4.S1.90m95. Bar silver Sc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Only American Lad. Mine.

a Jade mine IL Siskiyou county.
Cal. is said 70 be the only one Of It's
kind ia this country. Jade was dis
covered there in 1906. and tests
showed that the mineral was up to
the standard in every particular.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

What in the world are you doing
with your shoes and stockings on this
cold morning." asked the mother Of
a bright youngster aged S.
-studyln' my lesson" answered the
little fellow. This old book wants
to know how many four times Eve i
and as I Amt got enough fingers I've
got to count ny toes. too"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Lise.s Ideals

Ideals are like stars-yO6 win not
succeed in touching them with your
hands. but, Ike the scafaring man on
the deserts Of waters, you choose
them as your guides. and. following
them. you reach your destiny.-Carl
srhurz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
ST IOuIS CATTLE.

st. Louis. Jan. 1G.-CATTLE.-4,
900; weak: beef steers 325m6lO;
stockers and feeders 2G4G5; COWS and
helfers 3256525; Texas steers 290@
525.
HOGS-l1, 900; five to ten lower;
ranged 1850.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
loo Much Fire Ahead.

AT de fust whisper er col weather
we howl fer fire." said Brother VIII
liams, AN yit. dar's too much fire
ahead er some er desc po' sinners ter
make 'em feel comfortable, ATLANTA
Constitution.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected TO January I, 1908.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

The FAST MAIL hOOOI e
Trains Leave Cairo:
1882 a. m. Daily Chicago vestibule
Limited. arriving Chicago 1880 a. m.
1882 a. m. Daily St Louis Night
Limited. arriving st. Louis 1908 q. m.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
5:ooa. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday
500 a. m. St Louis Morning Ex.
press. except Sunday.
HE'S a. m. st. Louis Est Mail.
11:t5 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 q. m. Daily st. Louis Limited,
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
odin, Effingham. Nation. Champaign.
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:15 .. m. Chicago and Eastern HI
press.
Sis a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
500 a. m. Paducah and Louisville.
f:4f .. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:4i .. m. Daily, Nashville. Chstts-
nooga and Atlanta.
$40 .. m. Fulton Accommodation
$50 .. m. Paducah and Louisville.
SEQ p. n. Memphis and New Or
leans Special
For through tickets. sleepinf car
accommodations and further informa-
tion apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station. Cairo. Ill
J. n. JONES, Tlekst Agent
g. A. tlATcf. @. y. A.
A n. HANSON, Pssa Traffic Mr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

Granite is the bedrock Of the world
It is the lowest rock in the earths
crust and shows 10 signs Of animal
life n Is from two TO ten times az
thick as all the other layers Of rock
combined No evidences OF life. eth
CT animal or vegetable. are apparent
IN granite.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
ENCOURAGING.

Said an ambitious youth one day to
a young lady: Don't you think I'd
better dye my mustache?" caressing
the family visible progeny. Il think
if you let it alone it will die itself"
said the lady.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
coFFEE.

Options closed firm. net
unchanged 70 ; points higher. Sales
z9.750 bags. January s5.75. Spot
firm. No. : Rio 6 3-lG Mild steady;
Cordova 9ikd13.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Stocks ;. Bonds* Cereals
VIOLENT REACT|ON|RALLY IN MARKET
Wheta Was Depressed at First--Corr
Advanced After First Session
Oats Affected.

Chicago, H.. Jan. 1G.--WHEAT.--
Strength in the market followed o
period Of decided weakness which ex-
tended over the greater part of the
first half of the session. The mar
Let opened weak because of the de-
cline of more than penney at Liver
pool and the free movement in the
northwest.
A leading commission house was a
leading seller and there was free sell
| ing by pit traders. There was sup
port early In the dayy but toward
noon the demand became more ami
mated and before the end of the SEES
ssion buying was active and shorts
leading. Strength in corn. reports
from the northwest claiming small
RESERVES, a forecasted falling off dur
ing the week of exports from Ar
gentina and advices from Kansas as
lserting considerable damage wrought
III the wheat fields in portions of that
state by the Hessian fly eyre chief
ItdSOHS lOi improvement III tiN Wy
mand. May closed "a as higher. No
Il red l0001 No, red seas; No, 2
hard 100m5: No 3 hard 97M 1903; May
opened 102& as; highst 3B; lowest
.215m9s; closing 81 as; July 9S1a,
CORN--The market was affected by
the break in wheat and displayed mod
crate weakness early but rallied
shtraply toward the end of the first
hour, and continued strong to the
close, which showed May up ~ q 70.
The strength was due to the demand
by cash houses based on continued
light acceptances in the country No.
So; No 3white 50; No yellow
5lbm7; May opened 59A AGO; high
est Goa lowest 1914 closing CO.'S
a.; July 593s.
OATS-Trade very small. Volume
OF market governed lamost exclusively
by the action in corn and wheat May
closed "A higher: No. 8 white. SOFAS;
May opened 53a4 highest CIV
est 3s4; closing ~; Ju'fhe Re 4
IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
rssur1ee aye.

ITO hear the average man Of 25
rominisoe." groEled grizzled aeri-
caiturist. you'd think be originally
wore knee brltches an a beu-crOwned
hat. Abner. take that wuthloss dawg
away from here, before l ruin this
whiffietree over him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

No one has solved the problem Of
living and The greatest wonder Of all
il that with our limited powers we
are able TO question and to wonder
The one who cultiystes hope and
cheer has sunshine and friends in the
darkest hours
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Fesrful and wonssrfvl No..

"Ratfenvertiigungszweckrerband. = is
the title Of a society which has been
formed in three suburbs q Berlin to
combat q Uiague af nsfz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements OF not exceeding
three lines viii 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
fee OF The Bulletin Company, 70s
Ohio street. The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any ad-
vertisenent or statement made there
In and will not accept under this
heading the notice OF any person
known to lie employed.
Inquiries and replies to advertise
ments should he made by mail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
EIIFFIIIVVNF y
Receipts and state coAyan
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

Minneapolis, ina. 16.-WHEAT,--
May 110A July 111s cash No !
hard 1121h; No. / northern 10h; No.
2 northern S1a.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
An Optical Illusion.

Here is one white dice. Turn the
picture upside down, or right side up,
and you will see there are three dice,
each with one side white.-Comic
Cuts.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
suosR.

SUGAR-Raw steady; fair refining
Saf2. centrifugal 90. test 1892; mo
lasses sugar s317; refined steady.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

ns BsTlstia b ne oniy paper vfts
N . r.ti.s d iss miles win as -
viss II ths k,soslstsf rrrA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

Bee stings Danish pain That may
b. sound scientifically. but the mere
memories u bOyh0od can pick flaws
ia it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17

Meet liabilities. however small.
sromptiy. and never make a promise
You do not mean to fulfill
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Firm. unchanged.
CHEESE-Firm, unchanged.
EGGS-Firmer; western 25G &c.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
FOB SALE.

FOR SALE CHEAP Good family
horse, buggy and harness by Roberts
Cotton Oil Company.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
Twiford, Future City.
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED Young men for train
service. No experience required. Van
Noys News Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-17
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County National
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Daily picayune., 1908-06-05
WE MAKE TIT EASY

derstand it if it should be pre- sented in all it's hideous deform- ity.
 "The grand institution which has calmly and victoriously brav- ed all storms for 2.OOO years", etc. Beaufort is, as usual, mis- taken by several thousand years, for most of the mumery of the Catholic Church was in full blast under the priests of Baal, Isis and other heathen gods three thousand years before Christ came into the world. It has been very 'calm march," and it is to have some calm times in France trying to hold the French people under bondage to the bale- full influence of the priesthood Yes it has been a march through blood entailing untold sufferings, ignorance and debouchery. But I must close. If l had space I would like to tell Beaufort some of the beauties of Catholicism.
 o. s. Jones, The Heretic.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05
OLD GUARD
 FoRSAkES HIM
Judge Fulk Will Support Jeff For Constable of
 Hill Township.

Little Rock, June 5. The part ing of the ways has come for Senator Davis and the old line guard the last of the fighting
 line has deserted him. Even Judge F. M. Fulk, of Little Rock, who was found carrying the Jeff Davis banner into the trenches of the enemy in all of the Davis battles until the last one. has gone into the camps of the enemy and surrendered his arms. This is the last of the old guard to capitulate, and he has gone unreservedly. Judge Fulk was one of the leading campaign managers of Senator Davis, and sent the boys into the woods to start the shelling process. It is to Judge Fulk that Senator Da- wis has sent all the messages telling of his successes in Wash ington, and on the stump in the recent campaign.
 There is only one more race I will stand by Jeff Davis in, stated Judge Fulk this morning, and that will be when he runs for constable of Hill township, of which Argenta is the county seat, and a negro is his OppOn- ent. ;" Jeff Davis committed the biggest mistake of his life in al- lowing his name to go before the State Convention as candi- date for delegate at large.
 Senator Davis has kept very close to his office since the State Convention, and IS at outs with the world in general. No more does he stroll the streets and jauntily swing the gold headed cane. He now avoids the places where crowds congregate and his evenings are spent with his family, away from the public gaze. Not one vestage of the old Jeff remains. He is whip ped-whipped once for all, and he recognizes appalling defeat at last.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05
RIVER PLANTERS
 DISCOURAGED
Oracle Will Put in Second Crop If Second Rise Is
 Not To DisastriOus

Little Rock, June 5. Reports from up the river indicate such . rise coming in the Arkansas that the planters down the river are getting somewhat discouraged. John M. Oracle, the largest plant CT in the state, and in the South, whose suffered a loss of several thousand acres of cotton through a break in the levee Williamette. is probably the most anxious watchers of the lower river. At the present time the water is slowly receding from his plAnta- tion through the crevice in the levee, and he is making all preparations to replant the crop.
 hoping to get it in by June 10. With this end in view. he has telegraphed to North Carolina and purchased the only invaila- ble supply of early maturing cotton seed. This cotton see1, over a car load, is being hurried to Arkansas by express 90 Q to be here in time for the replant- ting. If the river goes back to rising. this seed will be of no use to Mir. Oracle, as by the time the water recedes, it will be too lele for it to be planted. Should the second big rise come, he will abandon the cotton replanting idea and put in a few thousand acres in peas, making hay for half the state for the winter.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05
fMMET HIGH SCHOOL l.h ELECTS FACULTY
The School Closed Last Fri day in May With Nice
 Program

The board of directors of Elm met High School, at a meeting last week, elected the faculty for the school year 1908 and 1909. The board went into the se- lection of teachers for next term which resulted as follows: Prof. C. c. Calhoun. of Elm met, was reelected as first as- astant, Miss Emra Hartsfeld, of DeAnn, as second assistant. and Miss Lizzie Christopher. of Prescott, teacher of music and elocution.
 The board, in a previous meet | ing, elected Prof. R. E. Crump, who recently took his A. B. de- gree in Ouachita Baptist college. E principal.
 The school closed Friday after noon May g.
 A short program was rendered in which some nice recitations and beautiful pieces of music were rendered. Also the different medals that had been offered were awarded.
 The following named pupils re- reived the various prizes offered:
 Leo Hines best grade in Latin, ona Barton in music. Gladys lcGough for department, Bessie de for penmanship. Irene ioung for punctuality, Gladys lcGough and Douglas McSwain Or general average, and Fanny tidiing for progress.
 The following pupils graduated the common school course and ecelved their certificates: Miss
 0na Barton, Miss Exer McGough MSS Mona Shell, and Miss Linnie Beatty.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05

A meeting of Co. M, 2nd Reg aent' A. N. G., is called for ..arday night, June 6, 1908, to s'oe questions of importance 'atlng to the trip to Texas and bly,.
 Oy order of A. G. Ninslow, sptain.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05

The colored people arranging an elaborate program for Emanci- patton Day, Friday, June 19, in this city. The managers of the affair is c. A. King and c. A. Oliver. They are advertising the meeting thoroughly. Managers King has been in communication with Booker T. Washington's S private secretary, Scott, and an effort is being made to have the distinguished negro Booker Washington, in Prescott on that date to deliver an address.
Daily picayune., 1908-06-05

Double header at electric thea ter tonight, all for 10 cents. Don't miss it. The program is: "Bri al Couple, ''Dodging Camera, ' Poor Little Cripple, '' Tn China Chewfew," "The Two Rivals. " and two other fea- ture pictures.