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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sun
day during the year l9OS.... 2oS4
Average number or complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of April 1908 2178
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

That the choosing of a successor to
President Eliot should be regarded as an
event of national Importance measures the
dignity to which Mr. Eliot has raised the
presidency of Harvard and the range of his
influence during the 40 years of his adj
ministration At his election, the academic
world understood so little the course Of
evolution for the higher education in Amer
lea, and they had gagged so inaccurately
Mr.. Eliots latent powers, that they did
not recognize for long time that in him
they had the one man predestined COR the
task
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
April Statement.

The above Is correct statement
OF the circulation of The Cairo Bulle-
tin for the year 1908 and for The
month of April 1909
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this fourth day OF May 1909.
LEO j. KI4EB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
!; CAIRO IN 1877 :
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(cairo Bulletin, Edited by John h.
Oberly).

The spring examinations of the
public schools took place the last
week in March. In miss Powers
room, tDougias buiidingl the follow
ing named pupils, with others, were
on the roll Ct honor: seymour An
trim. Bonnie Thlstlewood, Frank Tor
rey, Wilt Schutter. John MeNnlty
Willie Malinski David LanSden, VIII
lie Casey, Edith Alba. Li2z.e kley
and Susie Quinn
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
President
of Harvard
Well
Qualified
By william Roscoe Thayer.

very different reception greeted Prof Lowels election The
needs Of Harvard and incidentally American universities known
and after the closest candidates. his equipment
almost universally conceded In old times thought that college
could safely ntrsled only minister to classical professor
great institution like Harvard must possess not only
IN interest in scholarship knowledge of affairs executive efficiency,
social attitude and ability speak public he must enjoy the conf
ene the of the outside supporters of the university and
the gods are lavish their gftsh will know how capture and hold
the loyalty of the students.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell has these diverse qualifications in unusual
abundance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
Oncel

Il console myself" said the fellow
knew. with the knowledge that
when | was baby there We're some
people who thought | was very
handsome baby"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
Died with Sword In Hand.

With a sword in his hand, a retired
mariner named Richard Crick, age 50.
was found dead in his bed at his resi-.
dence, 10 Falconer terrace, Plaistow,
England.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
RetardS
Labor
Unions Restrict
Efficiency by
Minimum Wage
BY GEORGE ii. ELLIS.

Is undoubtedly true that labor unions in the past have less
cncd the efficiency of labor
The ndeaor of the unions has been to restrict the num-
her of employees in any trade where they largely in con-
troll and this with the minimum wage scale IAN apparently
necessary evil if agreements be made with unionS
ompcs prosperous times at least the emp oment of men
lacking efficiency and training wage above that which
their skill could command and surely leads 10 reduction
Of lhe amount which would naturally be paid to more et
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14
Tickle Grass.

A crow makes altogether too much
noise for a bird that can't sing a
note!
z \ Z
A mule is not very handsome, but
neither are some men who KICK all
the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

and Susie Quinn.
A "call" signed by a large number
of Democrats was published in The
Bulletin Of April LIST, fer a mass meet
ing on April I. to organize FOR the ap-
preaching city election.
Joseph Steger and Miss Fannie
Schlamar were married by justice a.
Comings, on April ?.
Miss Mary Anderson zone OF the
most renowned Of American &C
trasses." was billed to appear at the
Athoneum in The Lady of Lycas.
on April 9Th.
The committee from the Taxpayers
club which hal visited tle public
schools for the purpose Of inv stigat-
ing their condition and management
made a lengthy report OF their find
nes. which was published IN The
Eulletiu. The report Of the commit
tee was flattering to the schools.
Suporintend6 AlyorI aud his corps
of teachers were found TO posse
ability. and were industrious AMI
panstaking; the PUPS, as u rue,
were maxi . excellent progress IN
their studies and the schools were
economically managed. There w2raI
1880 pupils enrolled, with an average
daily attendance of about 1000 The
school tax levy for the year was ST.
957.25 making the annual cost of each
pupil about 81.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

True Man Show His Worth.
Ford: Titles of honor add not to bis
worth who is an honor to his title.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

Advertising inThe Bulletin pays us
advertiser smons
s.tsd pr... lat have BpspA
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

Want ads In the Bulletin are sure
result producers. Try one.
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oFFlc'A D|RElT Try.
Cairo. Alexander County. iliinais.
Population t6.1a7.

Cairo. Alexander County. iiilnais
Population '6.1A7.
Mayor. GEORGE PARSONS.
't-rk T. A. HATCHER
Treasurer, FRANK y. ARM.
STRON
City Attorney. HUNTER BIRD.
COMPTROLLER, ERNEST NORDMAN
Magistrate. ANDREW WHITCAMP.
Chief of Police, M. s. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27.l57
County Clerk. JESSE Il MILL ER.
Circuit Clerk. ALFRED BROWN.
sheriff FRANK f. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX Nj. WI SON.
County Superintendent OF Scho,ls,
PROF. S. Il, G0TT.
Assessor aud Treasurer FRED q.
NELlIS
Coroner. DIR. JAS. M'MANUS.
Board Of County comn'lss lcnsrs.
j ]. JENNElI4E, Chairman.
c. V. NEFF.
DR.. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol
lowing places:
colemsn's, 2f4 Eighth Street
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-14

Joseph Steger and Miss Fannie
Schlamar were married by justice a.
Comings on April ,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

captain of fishing schooner for Il
number of years. His experiences as
q sailor are varied and exciting
Mr.. Spolford t lis one story of a
time when in a sailboat off Southport
IN the month of March he was run
into by schooner and sunk in the
cold icy water. The cold water was
suCl a shock to him that he nearly
drowned before he came to the surface
but being a good swimmer he overcame
this difficulty and when he came to
the surface he made up his mind that
lie must swim to the shore He start
ed out but was soon picked up by 4
passing boat At another time on
brig while sailing in the Gulf Stream
his boat was struck by lightning and
for five days they suffered without
food or water and We're then picked
up by an English vessek He was on
board one vessel when the crew mu-
tinted and took possession of her but
by strategy and GOODNESS on the part
of Mr.. Spofford, the captain gained
possession of the vessel and had a
serious understanding with the sail
ors.
Mr.. Spofford served in the War of
the Rebellion three years. He served
in the army year and half and was
under fire first at PoOlsville, Maryland;
he was also in the engagements at
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg and
numerous other fierce battles. In
April 1864 he was transferred to the
navy where he was made quarter
master on the gun-boat Commodore
Peary. This was the first boat to en-
| ter Richmond after the surrender of
Lee. For the first six months she was
almost continuously fighting forts and
| land batteries.
Since Mr.. Srofford left the army he
has devoted himself to fishing and
farming. Mrs. Spoford, most in
| telligent woman, was born III Bingham,
| Maine in 1923 and for a number of
| years she was teacher in various
| towns in the county. After her mar
riage to Mr.. Spofford they lived in
| Southport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spofford look ahead
with bright hopes to celebrate their
diamond wedding anniversary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

gown and she will wear high-ponted,
wde-brimmed hat and carry a staff.
Such fortunes as. she has in store for
those who go into her cave and see
her stirring the contents of a great
kettle which is swinging on the three
crotched sticks! 1t will not make a
bit Of difference to you to know that
the witch is only one of the girls
You will shiver with dread just the
same and when she solemnly tells you
of events to come, you will go out and
give a sigh of relief that she is shut
from view. Just outside the door of
the cavern will sit q great. solemn
eyed black cat and you will look behind
with a scared glance, half expecting
to feel the sharp claws.
There are to be all sorts of games.
The hostess will distribute slips of APP
parently clean paper and tell you to
hold yours over the fire and see your
future appear: sure enough. in mo-
ment the brown letters tell you that
1T is decreed by the Fates that your
days will be long and happy, wealth
will be yours. if you work for it, and
honor will be portion of your goodly
inheritance" Never mind if it was
written with milk and allowed to dry
so as to be invisible. it is lots of fun.
There will be great hoop swinging
in one of the doOrways and all sorts
of little bags will be there. You will
be asked TO walk up. close your eyes
and bite. The very sweetest girl In
the whole lot will be more than likely
to bite the bag Of salt which signifies
that she will be an old maid and live
alone with her dog and cat, and be
discontented with life in every way
One of the tail boys will probably take
a huge bite out of the potato. that
seals his fate as that of farmer
though he dislikes the very word and
has made up his mind to go to sea,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

opposite the Forbidden City. Here the
bullet-holcs remain, and the broken
bricks lie just as they We're when the
allied forces relieved the garrison.
To preserve the memory of those try
ing days and nights, Sir claude Mac
donald. then in command of the Brit
iSh post, had She words Lest We For
get painted at tlc spot where the
attacks Were ilrrvrSt. This is the only
real mark today in Picking of the
great trouble of 1900 The words are
far-rcaching, and they bring back to
mind the scenes of treachery and
strife which were enacted near by. and
the many anxious hours spent by those
who had friends and relations within
the walls of the British Legation dur
ing the siogc.-From the November
Wide World Magazine
The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg Is
no doubt familiar by name to many
readers. though probably few have
seen this instrument of torture. 1t is
made ot strong caSt-rOn. in rough lmi-
tati"n of Il nun. The front of the body
consists of two heavy hinged doors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

their own childhood days. have kindly
left two or three big yellow pumpkins
out in the fields for Tor,mie and
works as there are out in the barn.
All the little fellows in the neighhor-
hood are buster than bees cleaning or
the big pumpkins and begging for ca,
dies for the all-important night. il It
you wait until dark. Mother in tle
kitchen will hear a queer noise {, id
on CHANGING toward the window see a
most horribly grinning face and when
she holds up both hands and gives a
faint scream of fright. there is shout
OF glee and off will scamper the boys
to scare some one else.
The big sister who has graduated
from little folks fun. has made ar
engagements for party and all the
young people in the town are to be
there. One girl is to have famous
time entertaining a crowd of 81 girls
and boys at her home. the mother is
one of those women who believe IN
making the girlhood and boyhood days
of her children pleasant ones and 50
she has entered heartily into the plans
The sitting room and wide. roomy hail
are to be the scene of the fun and the
larger one will. be lighted with i'm
mense pumpkin lanterns with an oc-
Sional electric light shaded in dark
=, :. Tiny cabbages and pumpkins will
be carved in odd shapes and have
places on the mantels. while Oh the
frames of the pictures and pinned on
the lace curtains will be black cats.
of all sizes from a tiny kitten up to
an immense old cat with bristling
whiskers and long wavy tail. The hall
will he dark excent for great red
light in the center which will shed a
weird glow. over in one corner is to
be cave of brush and therein will
be seated a witch in her long black
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

Skowhegan. Me, Oct. 29.-(SpeciaD.
Within q short time Mr. and Mrs
Amherst Spoftord will celebrate their
sixty seventh wedding anniversary.
Probably this is the longest time any
couple now living in the state
have been married Happy and
contcntcd as bride and groom
at twenty they live their simple
and peaceful life in Skowhcgan. Maine.
They are both hale and hearty and al
though they are both almost ninety
years Old they are ever active. Each
morning whether summer or winter.
they rise about four o'clock ard they
are busy about their work until night.
Mr.. Spofford attends to his hens and
garden in the summer time and dur
ing the winter he saws and splits his
wood for the coming year. Mrs Spot
ford works about the house and helps
her husband Mr.. Spoftord has cele-
brated each birthday for over forty
years. Just as regularly as the natal
day comes his flag is hoisted on the
hag-poe on his house and on every
birthday during that time Mrs. Spot
ford has made him a birthday cake,
and now in their declining years when
his birthday comes, his neighhors and
| friends are invited in to help him
enjoy the day.
Mr. Spofford was urn in 1921 on
! little island in Boot lt;, Harbor. His
| father for whom he vas named was
in the War Of 1872 an -&s stationed
on Lake ChamplaiE. Hi. grandfather,
Moses SpOUord, too, had /, war record,
having fought in the Revolutionary
War and his great grandfather was in
the French and Indian War
1t seemed natural that, being born OF
a family that We're warriors, Amherst
Spofford should become imbued with
the instincts CT war, and too, it was
natural that, being born on an island
on the Atlantic coast, he should take
to the sea. His first voyage on the sea
was round Cape Horn and Il trip to
the foreign lands. At a very early
age in life he became fisherman and
spent much time on a fishing schooner
on the Newfoundland Banks. He was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

az Hallow's Eve is the night be-
|as 'he Festival OF All Saints and in
~! countries there are celebra-
WIS III honor of the occasion. In Eng
~ the young people gather before
IS open fires and roast chestnuts and
yves to learn what the future has
s'ere for them. The Scotch peo-
q nave customs too. and in some
wy OF that country. bontires are
|ea'ed to keep the witches away.
.ne witch with her long gown and
[ue hat. carrying a broom end ac-
E'pahied by her spirit a black eat.
supposed to he abroad on this night
Ehe year and woe betide the luck
person who crosses the old wo-
path. Goblins and owls ana
0e supposed to be out and they
sshe night. Odd and interesting
ives are told by our grandmothers
we olden days when tireplaces were
every room in the house. Great
~ were thrown on, while the sparks
~ hying up the broad chimney.
E, ss"shother and grandfather told the
k,s ones OF the coming of the witch
w would tell fortunes and Civ.
use advice. There is a charm
IN these enlightened times. to
alihg IN the way Of the mysterious
~ on the approach of Halloween
mas been great preparation for
p.0per observance.
N, a hallow's Eve is coming and the
s folks are just brimming over
ss. me stories of ghost and goblin.
bAsone knows that ghosts walk
M au on that night and for MANY
past the boys and girls have been
making "punkin' lanterns for
3. ~ halloween. Prudent farmers
sathered the choice MECHANICS
nose who have remembrances Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

Never fear, everyone will laugh and
in the years to come the young people
will grow old with happy memories of
their young days.
OF course there has been q great
deal of work going on this week in
the kitchens. The mothers have been
making pies of apple and mince and
pumpkin and squash. Such piles of
brown doughnuts you never saw and
the children have been ali the week
polishing those red and yellow apples
for the all-eVentful feast.
Throughout the evening there will be
a sort of creepy" feeling, but Just YOU
wait until you get glimpse of the
dining room, for. it is there that the
COLLINS will have full sway On the
walls will be yellow strips of paper
on which will be scattered cats heads.
Black cats and little woody cats will
be around the room, and on the manteI
will be two big "Cheshire" cats sol
EMMY wagging their heads. The ta-
BILE will be covered with a bright red
cloth and in the center is to be great
cauldron. A tiny maid will stand there
stirring the contents. Pumpkin jack
o Lanterns will give light and there
will be feasting until all are more than
satisfied.
Some of the girls will go bravelv out
of doors and walk around the house
three times and on the last time
around they will see their future hus-
bands. The boys will go to find their
wives and it is more than likely that
they will meet. All sorts of tricks will
be tried and though the elders will
laugh and say it is all nonsense, when
the young people are safely at home
and have retired after telling of the
evenings fun, mother and father will
talk over the days when they TOO We're
young and Halloween was awaited
with pleasure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

In the Womans Home Companion
New York; for October are many in
teresting articles. well written and at
tractively told. Short Cuts to Health"
by DR.. Woods Hutchinson is interest
ing and Myra Kelly's Games in Gar
dons' are intensely amusing. Mary f.
wilkins Freeman, Kate Douglas, Wig
gin Temple Bailey and many others
contribute to the grand display of
readable things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

Atlas" in successful competition with
the English Max PeTtcrtpn's "Sir
Richard Escombe." The amusing fea-
ture in the case of O. Henry is that he
is known to have very little patience
with prize contests, and was only per-
suaded by his friends at the last min
ute to submit the winning stories.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

ln0se who were in Picking during
(@ Boxer rising. and who visit the
|Nesn settlement today, see many
|aanges. The Legation walls show no
'sns of arfare save one corner Of
|ne British compound. near the gate
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

No magazine feature for years has
met with such immediate and enthus-
astic appreciation as Theodore Roose-
velts account of his African adven-
lures in Scribner's Magazine. The de-
mand for the first article of the series
in the October number was so great
that the entire and very large first
edition was called for within three days
after publication. The second article,
in the November number gives the
authors impressions and experiences
on an East African Ranch, which in
many ways reminded him Of early
days on the plains of the great West,
and the account of his first successful
Lion Hunt on the kapit Plains. His
preliminary comments upon the big
game of Africa, especially his conclu-
sions regarding those considered most
dangerous to the spOrtman and the
natives, will be read with much in
terest. The story OF tine Lion Hunt
gives the reader a vivid idea Of the
uncertainties. excitement and dangers
of following the great beasts into the
jungle and of the picturesque rejoicing
among the natives following a success
full hunt.
The illustrations are from photo
graphs by Kermit Roosevelt and other
members of the expedition.
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the inner sides of which are studded
with three-inch iron spikes. The cap
tive was put inside the figure, the
doors were closed, and there he was
left to get on as best he could.-No-
vembcr Strand Magazine.
o. II. Henry's Stories Prize winners
Two prize stories" are included in
O. Henry's latest collection, which will
be forthcoming through the Harpers
before the end of October. One of
these. called "Thimble, Thimble,"
brought thousands of letters to the ed
tor of the magazine in which it was
first published. perhaps owing to a
lady or the tiger" quality which made
readers anxious to know (which fellow
got the watch" Another, supply and
Demand" was the winner in the ia
NOUS contest by invitation of New
York newspaper, wherein forty authors
out 81 a chosen list of two hundred
were invited to contribute. twenty of
whom responded. This was the same
paper in which Mary f. Wilkins Free
man ran her novel. The Shoulders of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

The Century is to feature" articles
on American sports by Walter Camp,
his Football Up to Date in the No
rember Century being the first of Sc
veral papers, which promise to be the
most notable presentation of the inside
history and development of college and
amateur athletics in America yet pub
!ishcd.
MIR. Champs published writings-not-
ably his Book of College Sports
and extended contributions to period
icals have eXerted a most wholesome
influence upon college athletics and led
to their widespread recognition as
supplemental means of perpetuating
sound and vigorous type of American
manhood In his student days fam
Gus athlete and captain, he is now rec
oSniZed as a foremost authority in col
lcSe sport. He has carried his talents
for organization into the practical side
of life, and is president of one of the
largest manufacturing plants of New
England, a member of the Yale faculty,
and on the University Council, yet still
finds Zine to act as treasurer of one of
the oldest endowed schools in America
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30

The autumn issue of Night and Day,
the quarterly official organ of Dr. Bar
nardOS Homes, is full of interesting
matter, not only for the many support
ers of the Institutions, but for all who
keep an eye on the progress of one of
the most remarkable philanthropic
agencies of cur day. The Homes, it
appears, have $500 boys and girls I'M
der their daily charge and they have
rescued in the course of their 43 years
of existence 1854 children; all of these
from restitution and very many OF
them from conditions which are dis
graceful to modern civilization Their
emigrants number 21,G3S: they are go
ing forth to Canada at the average rate.
or about $l.O00 year, and successes in
the dominion awaits at least SO per
cent of them. The value of the Insti-
tut1on3 as a social factor is not easily
over-estimated. Small wonder that
the magistrates Of the Thames Police
Court sent special donation in aid Of
their valuable work" or that other
courts recognize their splendid labors
in clearing the streets of possible was
trels and hooligans! 1t is not surpris-
ing, moreover, that the support of such
work demands large and liberal addf-
lions to the eXchequer A COPY of this
issue viii be sent gratis and post free
to any applicant who writes to the
Honorary Sec. Homes at the we'll
known address. IS to rs, Stepnev
CauseWay London. T..