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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
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Mrs. W. \. Iag2drt Hostess.

The Wistaria Club played Bridge Ut the home of Mrs N A. Taggat Friday afternoon The usual number cf twelve enjoyed the afternoon to- sether oyer their chosen game and The highest score was made by Mrs NJ. Danaher, who received as reward q pretty cut glass olive dish Roses and nasturtiums furnished color and fragrance, and refreshments were daintily served after the game Tine company numbered the following :: Mrs. Finn Hut Jr.. Mrs. R. F. Lee, Mrs. Neal Martin. Mrs. billiard Saun- ders, Mrs. Neel Bell. Mrs Van Knox, Mrs. E. H. Johnson, Mrs Drew White Mrs, Charles Ringler, Mrs. M. Dan ;.her, Miss Avlmer Tassart. Mrs. W. X. Tasgart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Cotton State League.

Hatteries-Vicksburs Taylor and krets; Monroe. Frickie and Kitchens. Umpire, Bammert
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
How They Stand.
Where They Play. Poplar Bluff at Pine Bluff. Hot Springs at Arsenta. Helena at Newport.

The rain maker had his inning at Forest Park yesterday afternoon. He spilled enough water on the baseball diamond there to make it impossible for the Pine Bluff and Poplar Bluff swatting." The game was postponed and rain checks were given the few
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
southern League.

ies-Birmngham, Turner and |;eek; Little Rock. Walters and Wood. Umpire. Pfennin2er.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

"Merry go rounds" have always been the favOrite amusement of children. The one at Forest Park is always crowded with happy throng.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

batteries-Meridian Yount and Full Ter; Gnlfport, Rurkett and Krebs. Um- pire, Laroque.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Arkansas state League.

At AtNewport-Helena-Newpow game postponed on account of rain.
 Az Ar@enta-ilot Springs Nr2eutI game postponed on accoun; of rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

No cooler amusement place could be made than the aAir.Dome, at Forest Park. Up.to-date motion picture plays.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

FOR SALE-Tomato. cabbage and all other kinds of vegetable plants. Apply to Pic MerIu. Old nhone Ss3.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Silk Stocking Club.

Miss Aylmer Tasgart will be hosl afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Di;lnlNnd Dust.

As predicted by the Graphic several days ago. when it stated that Man. aser Denver was preparing to release First Baseman Harry Flood, Pitcher Woods and Outfielder Dill Pittman, these three men were released yes- ,erday and will probably secure berths in other clubs in he State League cir cult. Pitcher Woods has been sick for q few days and will be unable to get out for several weeks, it is believed. First Baseman Flood asked for his release, as he desires to return to his home at Vicksburg, Miss, Pittman is an all round utility man and can easily find another job He will make good with any of the minor league ! towns. He had to be let go by Deav- CT to get the local team down to the i required number.
 President T. J. Craighead announce ed Thursday that Umpire Gampher has been transferred from Pine Bluff 10 Argenta for the remainder of the series and that Umpire Goldsby will go 10 Pine Bluff The change was effective Friday.
 \ Hot Springs special says: About
 100 fans will leave here Saturday at noon on & special train for Argenta 10 boost for the Hot Springs team and to give Pitcher Vaughan a fare well send-Off.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
The Decline OF Rank burglary.

Previous to 1898 there was seldom
year that the losses through bank
burglaries did not amount TO $780,
O00, and in a number of years the
losses amounted 10 several times that
amount. The decline OF professional
bank burglary dates from 1925, In
that year the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION formed protective COM
mittee for the determination of bank
burglars, and contract was entered
into with one of the leading detect
I've agencies In the country. t
In 1895 the banks of the country
lost more than 100000 through
bnrglaries. Of the 8,3S3 membefs
last year, having an aggregate sur
plus, capital and deposits of more
than 100000, o00 only four
members suffered losses frum bur
glaries. the~total loss of these four
members amounting to only $4.2l7
These four burglaries were commit
ted by yeggmen, there not being q
single professional bank burglary
during the year. The determination OF
these yeggmen is now the chief work
of the protective committee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The post Office PROFITS slightly by
the destruction of stamps which have
been paid for, and the treasury gets
the benefit of bills which are lost
and never found. A large source Of
irregular profit lies in the failure OF
bondholders to present their bonds
for redemption. Unclaimed money
In the treasury due to bondholders
amounted to nearly million dollars
In 1861, and the sum is much great
er now OF loan which fell due In
1900, the sum OF thIftytwo thou
sand dollars remains unclaimed.
Nearly a hundred Thousand dollars
are still unpaid of the Ave per cent
bonds which were due In 1904, This
year over a hundred million thirty
year four per cent. bonds came due
on July J.. Special Inducements were
offered to secure early redemption.
Yet at the end of the month thirteen
million dollars still stood in the treas
'ury on this account although inter
est has ceased. The Youths Com
panion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

The Barbados nave become so full
of people that the English govern
ment offers a cash bonus to any In
habitant who win agree to leave the
island and Stay away for five years.
Ordinarily the Offer is $40 but dur
Ing those months when Barbados
people are least inclined to leave the
Island II Is raised 10 SIS.
There Is much red tape connected
with this transaction. First the can
didate must pass medical examina-
ton, for the government Will not, 10
all appearances, at least, take the re-
sponslbility of unloading invalids
on other countries Then there must
be recommendation as to the char
acter of the would be emigrant, and,
lastly. there is the signing OF an
agreement that the money Will be re-
funded TO the government IN case the
person return to Barbados within
five years. unless he comes with .
written statement from physician
that the country he has selected is
prejudlcial to his health,
Barbados is principally an agri-
cultural country, sugar cane being
the chief product. There are but
three or four villages on the island,
and these have become SO over
crowded that the government has
found It necessary &c adopt this
means of thinning out the popula-
ton The people who accept the Of
fer are by no means of the low class
which so many European countries
are glad to get rid Of There are
many nurses, teachers, seamstresses
ard people of like occupation among
the emigrants. In barbados n
seamstress earns twenty-five cents a
day, and consequently the two or
three dollars she can earn In New
York is In itself an indHcement for
her TO make the change. At fitst
she may find 1t hard to eat Ameri-
can food, for In Barbados such yege-
tables as onions and tomatoes are
never eaten raw, and abe finds II
hard 10 eat food prepared with
cream, one declaring THAT she be-
lieved an American wonld not be
able 10 cook an egg without putting
a cream dressing ON II.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Was Wheat-Ciose Barely Steady
Corn Strong All Day-Oats Trade
Quiet.

| Chicago, June WlHEAT-Open.
ed easy because of decline of nearly
Id at Liverpool, but soon advanced on
buying by commission houses based
upon continued wet weather in the
southwest. Trade the first half of the
lSession was fairly active but it
3hTindled to small proportions later in
1.-THE day. Local longs were inclined to
take profits the last hour which caused
al 1.-THE earlier gain to be lost. The
close was barely steady, July shade
lower. No. 2 red 9912 M100b; No. ,
red 96d971a; No, hard $4,000. No.
| 3 hard 9G097; July opened 91A al
VI highest 80; lowest 81: closing 81
| 3s. June SO,
Strong on active general de-
mand principally due to wet weather
in sections of the corn belt. A number
iof reports We're received that a con
siderable area intended for corn will
not be planted and that much replant-
ing will be necessary. The strength
in cash corn at the grain cen4ers of
this country had alb ulish effect on
options, The close was strong, July
up 1918; No. 3, 1906; No 3,
white not quoted; No. 3, yellow 7G0
7GA; No. 2 yellow 77B. July opened
60 to GS1s; highest 70; lowest So, clos.
ing G9B 070;. September GS
OATS-Trade was quiet and the
market firm because of the strength
in corn. email local receipts and ac-
tive demand for cash grain.
July closed a higher, No 3 white
a2@54; July opened Al; highest 47A
lowest Al; closing 47B September
$685.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
WANT ED.
MALE HELP WANTED,
publicly declare said bids or propo-

publicly declare said bids or propo-
| sails.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement
or for such part thereof as may be
awarded to him, in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements of
| the said ordinance, and shall also en-.
ter into a bond or bonds, payable to
the City of Cairo in the sum of fifty
500 per centum of the amount of
his bid for the sewer work and in
the sum of twenty-five $3.50 per cent
um of his bid for the filling, both with
security to be approved by the said
Board, conditioned for the faithful
performance. in all respects, of his
said contract and for holding the city
harmless, etc; and he shall bind him
self, in his said contract and bond, to
guarantee the sewer construction work
for the period of two ca years from
and after the acceptance of the same
by the said Board and its confirmation
by the court
The contractor to whom the CON
tract for the construction OF the inn
provement, or any part thereof, is
awarded and who shall do the work
will he paid in bonds of the city bear
ing interest at the rate of five t5l
per ccnttum per annum from thoir re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals will he Furnished on appii
cation to the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Dated this 22d day Of May, 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of Board of Local Improve
ments of the City of Cairo, Illinois.
Attest:
ERNEST. WORKMAN,
Secretary of said Board.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Hour Glasses for Pulpits.

The twenty minute sermon Is q
purely modern invention. as is prov
ed by the number of pulpit nour
glasses that are still to be found in
many old churches. In the register
of st. GATHERINGS. .Aldgate. the fol-
lowing entry, dated 1864. occurs:
Paid for an hour glass that hanged
by the pulpit, where the preacher
doth make a sermon, that he may
know how the hour passeth away,
one shilling"
A modern pulpit glass probably
the only one of its kinds to be
found in the Chapel Royal Savoy
Ii is an eighteen minute glass, aud
was placed in the chapel on its res
toration in Westminster Gan.
49,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04

An Ingenious device has beea
adopted By the City of Mexico Elec-
trio Tramways Company, which for
some time past have been defrauded
by their employees to a considerable
extent, despite the vigilance OF va
rious plainclothes inspectors and de-
tectives. A monthly lottery has been
Instituted. with numerous valuable
prizes, an presented by the COM
pany. and every tram ticket sold IN
likewise lottery ticket. Passen-
gers are now very careful 10 insist
on having ticket, and to preserve
Il sedulously, instead of dropping II
in the car, to he collected and used
again BY dishonest conductor. AL
though the lottery will cost severAl
thousand dollars every month, Me
directors reckon to more than ~.
comp themselves by the additional
takings and the savings In inspec-
tors wages As a solatium for thA
loss Of their III gotten gains, the com
ductors are TO he allowed a bonus of
/ per cent. on the yalne OF the uok-
cts sold.-London TIt-Bits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Stocks = Bonds< Cereals
PRICES RELAPSED EASY At OPENING
In Stocks Yesterday--Midday Gain
Was Gone BY Ciose-Weather
Map Caused Misevinas.

| New York, June 3.-The drop in
prices of stock yesterday at the open
ing was reversed by midday. A
notable contraction in the volume of
transactions then occurred and
prices relapsed suddenly at the last
to about the lowest. Large attention
was attracted to reports of plans Of
the government for pushing the new
suit against the Standard Oil com.
pany ION rebating charges, which
might involve maximum fines even in
excess of those imposed in the pre-
yious suit, now on appeal to the
higher courts. THIS news was in
terpreted as an indication of re-
ncwed determination on the part of
the administration to push prosecu-
| tons against corporations.
There seemed to be a serious view
taken of the cut in prices of steel
bars than was the case yesterday.
when it was first announced. Its i'm.
portance was enhanced by the report
from Pittsburg that the subject was
figuring in wage negotiations going
on between the Western Bar Iron
Association and the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION of Steel Workers,
The aggressive support which
turned the market conferred on Union
Pacific and renewed the rise in that
stock to the high figure of yesterday
and of the year, was accompanied by
authoritative intimations that details
of the $l0,000,000 bond issue had
been arranged
The weather map caused some mis-
giyiugs over the crop prospects, 1t
announcement had spent its force
that prices ran off again to weak
closing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
A Mad AnthonY button.

A handsome button, evidently
from the coat of one of the merry
officers who served under Mad An
thony Wayne In his campaign
against the Indians of the Northwest
territory of 1894. was recently
picked up from the site OF his camp,
eighteen miles from Pittsburg on the
north bank of the Ohio River The
button is solid silver. and when II
was found by Attorney ]. r. Ne
Creight. of Pittsburg. and the Rev.
r. B. Carrel. OF Baden. was covered
with the dirt OF more than a century.
When General Wayne was sent 10
punish the Indians for the defeat of
General st. Clair he established a
camp at what was known as Legion
Vile. where the button was found.
Here fer almost two years he drilled
his men and, when he met the In
80. "a rsctory vas comrlefe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
UNLUCKY NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Held In SuperstitiOus Fear by all Ma
tiOnalties.

tiOnalties.
BY some persons OF nearly all ma
tionalties the number thirteen is re-
garded with snperstitious fear, says
an exchange. At Brighton. England,
the Town Council has Just granted
permission to householder to
change the number OF her dwelling
diverse have been the Ills which the
lady traces TO the fatal number. Pa
risians so hate the thirteen party"
for dinner that there Is class OF
professional diners out. called quar-
tor2ennes, whose function II Is to
make the fourteenth at these SYM
posia. The Turks so dislike 1t that
the word Is practically expunged
from their language; the Italians
win not even employ 1t in their lot
teries The Italian gamblers horror
of the number proceeds apparently
from the fact that thirteenth card
of one of~his packs bears the figure
of death.
In England the superstition that
one of company of thirteen must
die within the year is traced to the
old calculation of the insurance
offices that out of thirteen persons,
taken indiscrlmately. one will die
within twelve months. Others trace
the awe In which the figures are held
TO the Last Supper, at which thir-
teen were present. Lord Lytton
dealt with this aspect, remarking
Some have carried II TO the extent
of disliking that number at all times,
but the commoner form limits 1t to
Friday" But the antipathy Is older
than Christianity. In the old Morse
mythology the thirteen party was
deemed unlucky, because at a BAN
quet in Valhalla Loki once appeared,
making thirteen. and Batder was
slain by the blind god, Holder, at the
instigation of the Intruder.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
FOR SALE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
Cross Streets Between Twenty-First
Street and TWenty-Eighth and
West Twenty-Eighth Streets, and
Part of Walnut Street, in the


Street and Twenty-Eighth and
West Twenty-Eighth Streets, anc
Part of Walnut Street, in the
City of Cairo. Illinois
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 00) o'clock a. m. Thursday,
June 4, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo Illinois,
No. iii Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements OF the
City of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con.
struction of vitrified tile pipe sewers,
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets,
West Twenty Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West Twenty-Fifth Streets,
Twenty.Sixth and West Twenty-Sixth
Streets, Twenty Seventh and West
Twenty-Seyentlt Streets. Charles
Street and part of Walnut Street.
In the said City of Cairo, and for fill
ling with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets, except West
Twenty-Fonrth Street
The said sewers house connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling must he constructed made
and donesin accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance
No. 1877 approved May IS, 1907, now
of record In the office of tho City
Clerk of said city, No. I'LL CONNER
clHl avenue, where printed copies of
the ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said clerk, and In
the office of the City Engineer of the
city, in the same building, the specifi-
cations of and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined
The said local Improvement as
whole and in all its parts is fully de-
scribed in the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction OF
the Improvement IN strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
will be received for the making of
the improvement as a whole and al
so for the construction Of the sewer
work without the filling and for the
filling without the eewer work and
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately
All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash or by check pay
able to the order of the President of
the said Board in his official capacity,
and certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to ten t1O) per
rentum of the amount of the bid or
proposal. and without such cash or
check. no bid or proposal will be con.
sidered. The bids may be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned and at said
time and place. the said Board In
open session viii open, examine and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
The Kaiser's Rhinoceros.

The Emperor Menelik's present TO
the kaiser of a rhinoceros and a lion
is a gift with much precedent 20
support it. Shortly after her aces
sion TO the throne Queen Victoria
received from the Sultan of Morocco
a lioness, a leopard, pair of ostrich
es. and pair of gazelles. duly de-
posted in Regents Park. Apart.
moreover. from their personal gifts
10 each other. the soverigns of many
countries have contributed from
time TO time TO the public and pri-
waite collections in Great Britain. To
the meuagerie which formerly stood
on the site OF the National Gallery
the Duke of York presented a wild
cat from BangaloTe, the King OF
Asbantee a leopard, and William Nv.
an emu. To the gardens at Regent s
Park The English royal family has
always been an abundant contributor,
in addition TO the rulers for the
time being of Russia. Italy. Portugal,
Egypt, and other countries.-Dundee
Advertiser.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
England and India.
Secretary of said Board.

Nothing Is more depressing TO
those who really care for India than
the ignorance and Indifference OF
English people concerning the major
part of their fellow subjects. When
IT is remembered that more than hsif
the Kings subjects are Hindus, an
that In India and Burma, out OF
every % people. 81 are Hindus, 9
Christian, native or European, il
seems hardly necessary to insist up
on the Importance of knowing some
thing at least about Hindu life and
ideas; yet few there be that realize
it.-London Athenaeum.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago June 3.-CATTLE-Re
ceipts 10000 strong; steers $500 $50
COWS and heifers s3.506625; stock
.ers and feeders $3.25m5.4O; calves
s2.50MG30; bulls s400d5.75.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000. Five to 10
lower, choice heavy shipping, butch.
ers $5.50m5 90; lights $5,35d5,50;
packing $490G54O; pigs $375at75.
Receipts 10000 weak to 10
lower; sheep 400d 500; lambs $500
GG.25; yearlings s460G5.00.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York, June 3.-WHEAT. Re
ceipts $1,000; exports $4,000. Spot
steady; No. rcd 1909 G10e ele
vator; No. 2 red 1O2 spot fob. afIoat
Options closed Il net lower; July
99$s.
CORN-Receipts 1000; exports II,
600; spot firm; No. IS elevator and
rs fob. ahoat. Options closed b0%
net higher July IS.
OATS-Receipts 10000 spot
steady; mixed 531am55: white 57I5
Mj912 clipped white 5SG65.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
Successful Woman Farmer.

Mrs. Ida Webster ofspratt County
Kan, has harvested 5000 bushels o
wheat and 5000 bushels of corr
from her S00-aCre farm this fall
The place was cultivated under he
personal supervisionS and ~ mel
work for her all the year around
with many more in harvest time He
husband died II Years ago and lef
her the place and its mortgage
Since then she has paid off the mort
gage and is now supposed TO be worth
$4,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trainn eaxe Cairo. 49,

1882 a. m. Daily Chicago vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago 1880 a. m
2:23 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited, arriving st. louis 7;0S q. m
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m. -
500 a. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday. - ftk%9&
$500 a. m. st. Louis Morning sx
press, except Sunday. ps' ~ p
ft:15 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail.
1915 a. m. Chicago Mid day Special
2:35 .. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
2.35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin, Etfihgham, Mattooni Champaign
$40 .. m. Thebes Accommodation.
PTS p. N Chicago and Eastern Rx'
press. y
a:4s .. m. Memphis and Nashville.
Sis a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited. ke a.'ts
$500 q. m. Paducah and Louisville.
1:41 p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans. ff..-s -4
1:41 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta
nooga and Atlanta.
1880 p. m. Fulton Accommodation
$3.50 p. N. Padpcah and Louisville.
$500 p. m. Memphis and New Or.
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping ear
accommodations and further Informs
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen
ger Station, Cairo, Ill
J. II. JONES, Ticket Agent
8. A. HATCH, @. p. A.
A. n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic. Mar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER, cheese and eggs-Un
changed.
net unchanged to points higher
Sales 1880 bags. Jrne clio, spot
quiet: No Rio 6%: mild quiet
Cordova ga m12%.
SUGAR-Raw steady: fair refining
1856: centrifugal &c; test 1876; molas
ses sugar 361: refined steady.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-04
NEW YORK MONEY,

New York, June 3-Money on call
tm1M per cent, closing bid IA Time
loans quiet and easy; sixty days pa
02IA: ninety days 21k@2%: six
months 3hm4 per cent Exchange
firmer, demand 4S7@4S710; sixty
days 4S5.3604S550 Bar silver 52%