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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
COAL PEACE PACT
EXPIRES APRIL |
MINERS HAVE DRAFTED NEW DE
MANDS WHICH PROMISE
HARD FIGHT.
THE CHECK-OFF SYSTEM
Under Which Mine Owners Must
Force Collection of Union Dues,
Also Abolition of Conci.
iation Board.

Just four months from Dee. II. tn
agreement between the anTHr1cI--
mine workers and the operators,
which has ben in operation since
1903, will exepire. The miners have
made 1t known that they do not wish
to renew it. Already a committee OF
the union has drafted demands sim
liar to those which brought on thu
big strike of 1902 and the "suspen.
sion" of 1906 Among these are in
cluded several which were urged
cite Strike Commission appointed by
President Roosevelt.
One Of the new demands covers the
"check-off This is the system by
which the operators, if they agreed tc
| it, would have TO collect dues for the
union by holding out" part of the
employees earnings The "check off ="
if applied TO all the mine employees
would mean the deduction Of abou;
$4,000 from their wages ever.
month. 1t would do more than any
thing else to strengthen the power o
the labor leaders, for it would give
them full treasury with which t,
work.
Another Of the demands virtually
asks for the abolition of the Concil
iation Board which now acts as ar
arbitration tribunal to settle all di
ferences between mine workers an
operators This Board was establish
ed by the Strike Commission, in ac
cordance with the presidents direc
tions TO provide for future peace, an
it has been the principal cause of the
harmony that has prevailed in the an
thracite region for the last few years
1t is composed of three representa-
lives of the mine workers and tire
representatives of the operators.
Other demands are for more pay
fewer hours, and payment of contrac
miners by weight exclusively. Thu
Strike Commission considered al
these questions and made decisions
concerning them. After fixing an in
creased minimum wage, the Commits |
sion provided for a sliding scale BY |
which the mine workers wages in.
crease as the price OF coal rises above
a certain figure. BY the operation
Of this sliding scale, since 1t went
into effect in 1903, labor has receiv-
ed about five cents for every ton of
coal produced. On this basis the
benefits to the mine workers from
he sliding scale in 1907, when 10000,
300 tons of coal were produced
amounted to $3,S0000d
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
VICTORY THAT WAS DESERVED.
The Struggle OF One Scottish Youth
for an Education.

Many hardships endured by students
attending university or college in
Scotland have been brought to light
from time to time. A student of An.
1elsons Medical college some years
ago fulfilled the duties of lamplighter
during his spare hours in a neighbor
ing burg. He had no other income
than the few shilIings he received
weekly for lighting, extinguishing and
cleaning the burg lamps, and from this
no paid his college fees and kept him
self fairly respectable. On one oeca-
sion he applied for an increase of
wages and was called before the com
msttee One of the babies remarked
ttat an able-bodied, notwithstanding
young man like the applicant might
tind some other employment instead
Of wasting his time as he was doing.
The application for an increase was
refused One may conceive the
baile's surprise at a subsequent meet
ing when the town clerk read a letter
hom the lamplighter rendering his
resignation, as he had passed his final
examination as fully-qualified doctor.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
SO LYNCH|NCS
FOR YEAR 1908
ILLINOIS FIGURES IN FACTS COM
PlLED-TWO LYNCHlNGS AT
SPRINGFIELD.
MISSISSIPPI | EADS ALL
Having Dished Out Summary Punish.
ment to Fifteen-Crimina AS.
sauIt Charged in Majority of
Cases-South Not Alone.

Chicago, H., Dec. 1.-THE lynch
ing record for 1908 shows that tn
practice of taking summary ven
geance on persons guilty of certain
forms of crime is increasing rather
than diminishing The figures for
the twelve months beginning Janu
airy /, 1908, are larger than for sew
eral years past. Though the most oil
the lynchings occurred in the south
they We're not confined to that see
ton by any means. Springfield, III.
was the scene of the greatest race
riot of the year, resulting in the
lynching of two negroes and the Kill
ing and wounding of a number OF
citizens who participated in the riots
that lasted several days. Of the 9th
er Northern States one lynching is
recorded from Indiana. while Cali
iornia furnished the only lynching
in the far west.
Mississippi, Georgia and Texas, in
the order named. furnished the great,
year. AETAOIN W7890$ .
est number of lynchings for the year
A quadruple lynching in Kentucky
increased the figures in that State
over those ots.pfeyious years. The
record of Texas for 1908 was six-fold
greater than IN 1907 In Arkansas
Alabama aud Louisiana there were
fewer lynchings than in 1907. Okla
homa shows clean slate and so do
Maryland, Missouri, Iowa and Ne,
braska, in all of which state lynch
ings occurred in 1907.
The lynchings for 1908 total eighty.
eight This number is exclusive of
several who met death while being
pursued by posses or resisting arrest.
OF the lightweight victims, eighty
four We're negroes and four were
white men
In the great majority of cases the
crime charged is criminal assault b,
negroes upon white women. In tho
different states the number of lynch
ings We're: In Alabama four Arkan-
sis one, California one. Florida six
Georgia twelve, Illinois two, Indiana
one, Kentucky six, Louisiana six, Mis-
sissippi fifteen, North Carolina one,
South Carolina one. Tennessee six,
Texas nine
The iynchings in Illinois, both of
which occurred az Springfield, were
the direct result Of the alleged assaulf |
upon a white woman by negro. Tho |
victims were Burton Scott and VIII |
liam Donegan. both lynched on Sep |
iember II last.
At Hickman, KY, David Walker |
A negro, was lynched on October 3rd |
for insulting white woman. Sever
Al members of Walkers family were
also killed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Sounds Which Garry al Sea.

Examinations by naval experts in
wireless telephony as to the sound
which will carry the greatest distance
at sea develops that siren under ~
pounds OF steam pressure will emit
blast which may be heard 40 miles.
Next comes the steam whistle. the
sound of which is carried 90 miles.
Among the softest sounds which carry
a considerable distance is the whis-
ting buoy installed by the Lighthouse
board. which has frequently been
heard q distance OF Is miles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Cab Hire.

The price that one pays for a taxi
today is just a little different from
what was paid for say. the hire of a
sedan chair in days Of old. In the
domestic accounts Of Mistress Nell
Gwyn' We read. For chairing you
to Mrs. Knights and to Mrs CasselTs
and to Mrs. Churohlll's and 70 Mrs
Knights. Is. For chsiring you yester-
day and waiting II hours. lis I'd
Paid thirteenth October. 1875. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Shifting the Burden,

Never get out OF trouble by bring
Ing 1t on some one else" remarked a
man on the train the other day. Il
remember" he continued, when !
was a small boy. was one day going
along the road when came upon a
man holding a ram by the horns. AS
| came up he said: Here. sonny. hold
this ram till / climb over the fence
and unlock the gate
u took hold OF the ram. and he went
over the fence. When safely over be
said: I've been holding him for an
hour. ! hope you get rid il him as
EASILY as | did"-Lippincott's.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Ereah AR nor cnmnle.lnn-

Tell "A young woman that fresh air
lie good for her health aud she may
not take the trouble 10 try to have as
much OF 1t as possible. but tell her
that IL Is good for her complexion and
she VIII sleep on the roof rather than
forego the pleasure OF it. And that
is Just what 1t IS good for as much as
anything else. for the complexion IL
the outward sign OF good running or.
der OF things within.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Service is the simple path to saint.

Service is the simple path to saint.
illness
lie is always generous who has left
his purse at home
lie always appears orthodox who
hits our neighbors hard
Taking the church as a fad does not
make the life of faith
II Is the bowed heart that Heaven
sees rather than the bent knee.
Friendships never are the better for
being punctured and then patched up.
II is always easier, and often safer.
to peach TN old saints than on mod
ern sinners.
You may dodge the courts, but you
cannot dodge the Law Of consequences,
i'tNlF W Ub rear tADubit dft hOA 50"
Ing to be troubled with too much
force.
Pride IS the fear OF what folks win
think; honor the fear Of our own
hearts.
We may not determine our circum-
stances. but We do determine our vital
environment
When man gets beyond the palgs
of conscience there is not much left
IN him 10 punish
Many a man has been cured OF any
desire 10 Join the Heavenly choir by
hearing the earthly oue5.-Chicag0
Tribune
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Truth VIII No, q. comp.Il.d

Truth is such a fyawsy. such a sly
Boots. so uRtrsnspOrtable and unbar-
reliable a commodity. that it is a. bad
TO catch as light Shut the shutters
never so quick, TO keep ali the light
In. It Is all In vain: Il Is gone before
Won can cry HOLD" And 90 II hap
pens with our philosophy. Translate.
eollate. distil all the systems. and II
sieads you nothing. for truth viii not
be compelled IN any mechanical mar
neE.-RalPk Waldo ElasIsQa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Mourn for Dead oetopys.

New York has just finished It's on
cial mourning Tor JOnrock. This Jon
rock was the pet octopus q the CITY
aquarium. JonrOck vent 10 the wick.
cd metropolis With four COMPANIONS
from the BeTmudas. lie was the last
survivor. for his COMPANIONS drooped
one after another and their multiple
arms ceased the restless task Of crab.
hing everything IN sight
A military funeral vas given Jon
rock The fag on the aquarium build
ing was placed a. half-msst and other
marks u respect were displayed ID
Eas the plan 20 sprinkle tan bark On
he haIbor 70 deaden The noise % the
ships but This vas ahand0ned. The
Jbsequies we're as pescef8i a. possible
Inder the circumsts=csa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

these things each day In each home
through the land Cooperation. which
We are slowly learning to greet as a
friend, Will overcome the drudgery
and make the life Of woman as en-
joyable and eyentful as that OF the
man. Nearing aud Watson In Eco
Monies"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
oYsPEPTIc PHILOSOPHY.

4 sharp appetite can get along With
a dull knife.
II You don't get The best Of IL. make
3D.. best ~ IT,
II you are going TO call man
names. u-e he phone.
some people have their good points
without hging very sharp.
Escn in fishing for compliments its
the b.4 ones that generally set away.
There are two kinds of friends:
those we need and those who need as
some people always want 20 have
a fuger IA the pie SO no one else Nil
Cat d.
Al the alarm clocks ever made
wouldn't enable some men 70 get ~
ia the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
nruna.rr IN ~. K..s.,

The path q progress j. clear. There
q no more reason shy the woman
IN modern civilization should scrub
and cook sni darn and dust than there
IS vhy these things should BE done
- men. The development q I'm
proved machlneTy and the groath u
isbor SAVING devices - a. z1ls 9iu
finally ottlsts TIE necessity q dong
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
Ahead OF the Game.

Byker-I attended successful
s1ightofhand performance last night.
Pyker- So?
Hyker-Yes lent the conjurer a
counterfeit dollar and he gave me
back good one.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
A poor Mars Philosophy.

rich man once expressed surprise
al the statement Of poor man that
be never locked his doors. ! an not
afraid. rejoined the poor man. no
enc ever brought anything in yet"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

All association must BE- a compro-
mise. and. shat il worse. the very
flower and aroma Of the flower If each
Of the beautiful natures disappears az
they approach each Emerson.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
ILLINOIS SCHOOLS
Enrolment and Children Of School
Age in the State From 1893
p TO 1903.

The following are interesting stats
tics to those who wish to note the
school enrolment and the number
OF children of school age, six to TWEEN.
ty-one, in Illinois for the last sixteen
years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
&c, variety IN Adjustment.

There is no city in the world that
has more variety IN its life than New
York Even the theaters give the
drsma-loying public an average Of IA
new plays each month.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
In. Character % Action.

II Is Circumstance and proper mes
sure that give az action It's character,
and make & eltier good ~ bad -
Flu-z1ef
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Every time things go wrong with us
We think 70 lte luck ~ the wolf Al
though every mans hand is against
Tin. a wolf gets along pretty well
Think u the luck a uulf must have %
merely uge'-Atchis0n KAN Globe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Just because man sometimes
wants 10 DO as he pleases there are
those who think he wants u d. some
thing terrible.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

You are always hearing Of the bean
y Of women. Women are not so beau
tifui after an. it is tho reureuess.
patience and kindness ~ women that
Is most attractive
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Mag Bird IN Great Britain.
TIE bEnd population q Great BTi-
tsiz a sb0ut 40,ge9.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

mas house party.
where they viii entertain Christ.
VIII go to their home in East Haddam
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
STICK 70 The THING YOU KNOW

DONE forget ire toll. the thought
The planning tou have Invested In the
business FIa have mastered
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

The talk Of a good many people
sounds a. IL they had begun IN the
middle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
suNFLowER PHILOSOPHY.

Freedom is like blue roses; there is
no such thing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18
what. IN Nsms7

Look herstr shouted the angry
man. J. asked for turtle soup. aad
there Isn't a m0rsel Or even the favor
u turtle in this soup"
We'll. sir. what DO you expect
Shakespeare said there vas nothing n
q usule. n you ask for cottage pul-
ding ssrely you don't expect . block
u real estate handed 70 you. or when
you get . Manhattan salad y0a dont
iook for a Flstiron OF q singer build
lag set IN frout Of yOsi Any cOFes.
SIR
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

The average Millionaire would
gladly BUS a title for bis daughter q
q wasn't for uhat goes With H.
When a woman Saws her husband e
the uzht ~ her life he probably
doesn't E0 cut mueh.
u Jon are going 20 throw yourself
r. a girls head yuu needn't - sur
prisei f0 Cad yourself under hei
thumb
The reason s1ms men reser Ee
along d b=caEse fhey spend al tteI.
tine trims to lfOFe hat lsek D.
ts-iDsf hen
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

The synod q the Presbytsrtsr
Church q England uAs able this yea
10 report membership iueresse q
but Is. While The z1te1da1ce In IL
Suu6zy schools tea - eFsr l.osA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

some people have their good points
without hliug very sharp
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Eson in fishing for compliments its
the BIS ones that generally set away
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

II is the bowed heart that Heaven
sees rather than the bent knee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Taking the church as fad does NOT
make the life of faith
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

There are two kinds u friends;
those Ne need and those Who need as
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Friendships never are the better for
being punctured and then patched up.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

II is always easier, and often safer,
to peach On old saints than on mod
ern sinners
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

II you are going to call q man
names. u.e he 'phoue
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

lie is always generous who has lief
his purse AT home,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

You may dodge the courts, but you
cannot dodge the law Of consequences
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

lie always appears orthodox who
hits our neighbors hard
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

We may not determine our circum.
stances. but We do determine our vital
environment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

4 sharp appetite can get along with
a dull knife
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

when a man gets beyond the paIgs
of conscience there Is not much left
in him 20 punish
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

Many a man has been cured OF any
desire to Join the Heavenly choir by
hearing the earthly oue5.-Chicago
Tribune
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-18

II you don't get The best Of IL. make
d.. best " IT,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
A PROFITABLE TIMER LOT.

IN these days. when so much is being
said and written about the wisdom of
the federal governments policy OF for
est preservation and when farmers in
the agricultural states are being urged
to set out timber lots one OF the first
questions that come 10 the mind of
one who is debating the wisdom of the
proposal is. Does il payF" With n
view To citing a case which may ia
part answer this query we give below
the figures on the returns FROM am acre
aud quarter wood lot belonging To
friend living near 10y. The tract in
question is a piece of native timber. in
which the oaks whisc black and jack
predominant The lot i'm question has
lately been cleared. and our friend tells
AS that i'm addition 10 having got TWEEN
" cords OF Greenwood from this lot dur
ing the past seventeen years the clear
ing OF the piece has yielded a total OF
thirty cords of wood. worth So per cord
or $50; eighty-one oak posts. worth on
an average - cents amounting TO
S121.2O. and seven saw logs which il
is estimated will yield 700 feet Of
plank. worth SD. making the total re
ceipts from the acre S}36.5O. Deduct
ing from this 10 cents for making the
posts. 81 cord for cutting the wood.
$3.50 for clearing the land and 50 for
saving the plank. there is left a net
return from the acre of S265 go. While
the showing here given may he better
than the average. il indicates what
may be done with a natural wood lot
when rightly managed.
When the trees in the wood lot have
attained size where their develop
ment is very slow and are AT point
where the process of decline and de
cay has already or will soon set in.
they may very properly be termed
ripe and should be removed so as &c
make room and give light and air for
smaller trees that may be growing M
around them. The wood lot should
be inspected every year with the above
thought in mind.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
SPRAYING FRUIT CROPS.

a cooperative spraying experiment
will be carried on in the writer's or
chard this year in connection with the
horticultural department of the state
experiment station. The results of the
spraying which has been done in the
orchard during the past two years have
been so pronounced that the subject of
its being worth while is no longer open
to debate. The writer would place the
value of the spraying last year at close
to $500. while the spraying materials
and operations did not cost over $40.
With both gardener and horticulturist
a nice margin of profit can often be Sc
cured above ruling market prices by
raising that which is of extra quality
This is what spraying does for the APP
pie or other fruit crop. Indeed. in
many markets fruit that has not been
sprayed is classed as cull stuff and is
not wanted at any price. Last years
experience seems to point out one or
two things that may be worth men
tioring. one is that two thorough
treatments before the blossom clusters
open are advisable. serving to hold the
apple scab in check in very effective
manner. Another is that special pains
should he taken to make the treatment
which is given Just after the blossoms
fall as thorough as possible. 1t is at
this time if at all that the poison con
tanned in the spraying solution is de
posted in the little calyX cup or bios
som end of the apple. where it is estt-
mated that 50 per cent of the eggs of
the codling moth are laid. The burning
of the foliage which was noticed to
some extent last season seems to have
been due to the fact that there Is too
much of the arsenate in the solution or
that the mixture was not kept stirred
as thoroughly as it ought to have been
while the spraying was being done.
These are two additional points that
will be watched somewhat more close
~ this year.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
MAKE EN- SCRATCH.

method that is followed by many
in the feeding Of incubator chicks dur
ing the first few weeks is to scatter a
layer of short cut straw in their feed
ing place. next several handfuls of pre-
pared dry chick food. then layer Of
straw. then more chick food. and so on
until there is pile of seven or eight
inches deep. AS soon as the little fell
lows get to stirring around they are
given access to this food supply and,
following out an Unborn instinct, at
once begin TO scratch. The grain forms
a complete ration. while the exercise
they get in digging it out makes them
strong and vigorous. The only feeding
care required beyond this is the supply
ing of water and skimmik If the lat
ter is available.