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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Shy Washington Irving

sheeted snow, we turn for our graft
fications to moral sources. The dreari-
ness and desolation OF our landscape;
the short, gloomy days and darksome
nights, while they circumscribe our
wanderlngs, shut In our feelings also
from rambling abroad, and make as
more keenly disposed for the pleas
ures Of the social circle. Our thoughts
are more concentrated: our friendly
sympathies more aroused. We feel
more sensibly the charm Of each 9th
er's society, and are brought more
closely together by dependence on
each other for enjoyment A season
when heart calling unto heart,
The pitchy gloom without makes the
heart dilate on entering the room
filled with the glo@ and warmth of the
evening FIRE. The rui ly blaze diffuses
an artificial summer and sunshine
through the room, ard light up each
countenance with kindlier welcome.
Where does the honest face of hospi-
tality expand into broader and more
cordial smile where is the say glance
OF love more sweetly eloguent--than
by the winter firesiGe? And as the
hollow blast Of wintry wind PUSHES
| through the hall. clasps the distant
door, whistles about the easement, and
rumbles down the chimney, what can
| be more grateful than that feeling Of
| sober and sheltered security with
| which we look around upon the COM
Portable chamber and the scene of do
nestle hilarity?
| Amidst the general call to happi-
| ness, the hustle Of the spirits, and stir
Of the affections which prevail at this
| period what bosom can remain In.
| sensible? II is, indeed, the season OF
rcgenerated feeling-thc season for
kindlng not merely the fire Of hospi.
'ality in the hall, but the genial flame
of charity in the heart.
! Surely happiness is reflective, like
the light Of heaven, and every counte.
nance, bright with smiles and glow.
ing with innocent enjoyment, is a mir
ror transmitting to others the rays NJ
a supreme and ever.shining benepo
lence. He who can turn churhshly
away from contemplating the felicity
of his fellow. beings, and can sit dow
darkling and rerining in his LONELINESS
when all around is joyful may hav'
his moments Of strong excitement ant
selfish qualification, but he wants III,
genial and social sympathica which
: constitute tie charm ot merr.
christmas,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
KEEP OUT THE COLD

nv usine weather strips r. r. I.angan
nahs them Jayalae tor floors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
r all the old festivals that OF
Christmas awakens the strong

~ Christmas awakens the strong strong;
~ est and most heartfelt associ-
ations. There Is tone OF solemn ana
sacred feeling that blends with our
conviviality, and lifts the spirit 70
state Of hallowed and elevated enjoy
ment. The services of the church
about this season are extremely ten
der and inspiring; they dwell on the
beautiful story Of the origin of our
faith, and the pastoral scenes that &C
companied its announcement; they
gradually increase in fervor and
Dathos during the season of Advent,
until they break forth in full jubilee
on the morning that brought peace
and good will to men, Go not know
a grander effect of music on the moral
feelings than to hear the full choir
and the pealing organ performing
Christmas anthem in cathedral, and
filling every part Of the vast pile with
triumphant harmony.
1t is beautiful arrangement, also,
derived from the days Of yore, that
this festival, which commentaries
tie announcement OF the religion Of
peace and love, has been made the
season for gathering together closer
again those bands of kindred hearts,
which the cares and pleasures and
sorrows Of the world are continuallr
operating to cast loose; Of calling back
the children OF q family, who have
launched forth in life and wandered
widely asunder, once more TO assemble
about the paternal hearth-that rally
Ing place Of the affections, there to
grow young and loving again among
.1.ementos OF childhood.
There is something in the very sea.
sna OF the year that gives charm to
I've festivity of Christmas. At othc'
sfsiaes we derive a great portion of on
aesures from the mere beauties q
ture. Our feelings sally forth ant
tissirate themselves over the sum,
landscape. and we live abroad anC
tie nurmur OF the stream. the breath
{ fragrance OF srring, the so
luptcous ness of summer. the gold
~ pomp Of autumn: earth, with Il
iysantle Of refreshing green. an,
il ayen, with its 6eep. delicious bin
lrrd its CLOUDY magrihceree all I'll u
With mute bit exquisite delight an
We revel in the luxury OF scs.c senss
ltlna. Eut in The depth Of win 81
zen nature lies despoiled Of ever
islarm and wgaaFsl ia her s'aoud :
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19

Our store viii be open nights until
JANUARY et woodward l,ardware
Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
esnsnship,

well. they've elected Blingsby to
congress
What! Did that soulless, trucking,
low,down politician
Yes. and he told me he would push
your name for local postmaster
"Oh -Blingsby? Why, didn't I'M
derstand the name. That fellows all
right, and I've always said so. He's
got the makings of statesman
Blingsby! '--Lippincott's.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Great Times Ahead for Atchison.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lysander John Apple
ton wish to announce to their many
friends that the engagement between
their daughter, Daysey Mayme, and
Duke McBryanne has been annuled
Their chief regret is that their many
friends will not get to see a wedding
procession that would have been the
longest in the towns history, but their
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Graft.

Il want YOU 10 put in your Lost and
Found column an advertisement like
this Wallet containing considerable
.lm of money and papers Finders will
eep money; return papers.
Don't you think" suggested the
clerk, you had better add no ques
ions asked?
Mo, but You may say no questions
answered. I'm the finder"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
a Christmas Thought.

So may each year be happier than
the last. and not one meanest brother
or sister debarred OF his share OF the
great Creators good gifts!--Charlss
Dickens. sssSs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Few Deaths from Hydrophobia.

Deaths from hydrophohia in Europe
average only a small fraction over one
a year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
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Obvious INSPIRATION.

Never trust woman" says an
eastern writer. We wonder how long
lie was engaged TO her before she
threw him over. st. Louis Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Cuickress of Dragon Fly.

Dragon flies can catch insects when
ding II the rate of 40 or so miles an
hour,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19

Our store will be open nights until
January first, Wocdward Hardware
Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-19
Greek State Monopolies.

salt. petroleum, matches, playing
ards are state monopolies in Greece.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
NEEDED CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

~ The omre OF Sheriff Is a peculiar one founded 50 in the Constitution and
invested with prerogstves and responsibilities which, according to the court
decisions, til beyond he power OF te Legislature etc alter or shift The warden
sase merely his agents o. representatives are identical with him both in theory
and in fact and there should De 10 legislative attempt to impose al agent or
"a representative upn him for whose acts of negligence Oh inadverence h nus
ahefhe responsible Ex-sheriH sommer when he went into Office knew and
keepers in whom lie had confidence and who we're of his W particular brand
of New Idea Repubncanism. The Civil Service Commission o attempts to
protect these m men appointees Of Sheriff sommG, in their positions. even
if Sheriff Hardgan should not desire them to De any longer his agents or repre-
sentauves These employees have engaged the services of experienced and able
counsel who represented them before the Senate committee yesterday. who
would resist any change which the civil service commissioners might be inclined
to make in the presentc classification, IT, for instance, the commission had a mmd
to place them in the exempt class under the law, which would mean a pro-
tracted and vexatousn litigation in mandahus proceedings against the board to
-zestoret hem o the status which they o occupy.
The Legislature should nt hesitate to prune out this weakness, or rather,
badness. in the act by passing the supplement to it low under consideration in
the Senate exempttng tbs office of sheriff from its operation. All true friends of
civil servicer reform feel that he act would be thereby strengthened. n not
weakened. for Judge swayD, according % HI views of eminent lawyers. has
Mckenzie case; nor was it necessary for the learned justice to pass or it's con-
sttunonaIty yin order to rive at the conclusion which he did reach concerning
the office o. county physician. In fact the advocates of genuine cNn service
reform have always deprecated the application of the act t. he vice-chancenors
and constitutional officers like he sheriff, because they apprehend hat such n
nnwarranted stretching out of its provisions may prove fatal to the entire
scheme of civil service reform under our present State Constitution, and thus
we would have a return Of the ods pols system, which nobody nw desires.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
Known at Trenton as the Man
Who Is Always on Time
to the Dot.

the first Republican city clerk to be
after Trenton. was won from the
Democrats, and kept the position for
ten years. Just now he is also a mem
Der of the new City Hall Commission.
The general is a great sportsman and
horseman, n rides out through Tren-
ton nearly every morning with his son.
Besides being quartermaster-general,
he is interested in many Trenton COM
mercial enterprises. He controls one
rubber factory and Is part owner of two
or three others. He has a certain time
when he is due at each of his offices,
and always arrives there on time. He
is so regular that the House and Senate
might start their meetings by him, ex-
cepting that the general is always on
time, and the Legislature always isn't.
There is only n time in the year
when there are restrictions placed on
the generals popularity, and that Is
election day. He persists in working
for his party and pulling out some very
nice victories, which naturally disap-
points SOM folks. But there is but one
election day in every 1856, and, once over,
everyone forgets it until next time, so
the general really has the best of 1t,
after all.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
Quartermaster- General c. E, Murray
Does Politics Only on Election DAY
Spends Remaining 364 With His
Business and Duties
of State.

TN Jersey it isn't like it is further
III South. There you can't swing a cat
by the tail without hitting some
Kind of a military officer, if he's nothing
more than a colonel. Titles of that kin
are a drug on the market; you get so
many that you don't care whether you
ever hear another one or not.
But with us it's different. There are
not many more than enough titles to go
round, so a mar who can really
be called colonel without infringing
some ones copyright receives his due
of distinction, and real live generals are
searcer yet. {sbsorf
All that helps with c. Edward Muir
ray, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Ma
tional Guard Of New Jersey. Not that
he depends upon the general before
his name to carry him as he wants to
go, but because it's a handy thing to
have around you and makes q conve-
nient form address.
In his Offices in the State House Gen
eral Murray is very military, indeed.
There are stacks Of nicely nickled rifles
in the corner, where most people would
put waste baskets. and stray cannon
balls act as ornaments in places where
lighter hric-a-brac usually reposes. The
office would look quite like a military
camp if the general would only appear
in uniform and there were not so many
s-tenographers about.
The general has been in the National
Guard ever since 1885, when he enlisted
In the Seventh regiment. Five years
later he was appointed paymaster, with
tire rank of first lieutenant. and in 1895
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

without a dissenting voice the Senate hs passed the House bill for the
retremen of National Guard officers for &c, a measure earnestly advocated by
T4IE STAR as vitality necessary to make the State Guard efficient for active
service and. therefore. fit at. all times to do the duty for which it is extensively
amaintained+ Legislators voted for the bill only under a tmpening ense of duty
10 the State. and also to the nation, for. the State Guard is o a part of the
snAmonal uniformed reserve the second line of defense, and the old militia
ffsatures must be discarded forthwith Governor Fort will OF course sign the
retirement bill. The mex tstp to be taken is TO weed out of the State Guard all
.oTcers who are incompetent or physically unfit The retirement of certano officers
soser age will make importante changes in he sae Military Board, which, until
the colones were admitted. vas a vertable board of unsbys 1t will be given
a more modern spirit by the introduction OF a younger element and me of the
duties that will be suggested will be technical ant physical tests for officers
The State Constitution doesn't require that the National Guar shall retainf in
Competent n crippled men on its commissioned roll
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
THE BACKWARD CLASS.


/ tell them all that AS for appetite,
And BIS q bone, and C's a pussy cat,
And though they do not pay attention
quite
The way they should, / think they
growled al that.
They've been to school all day there
on the mat,
And yet they will not learn their letters
right;
Their little tummies are so very fat
1 fear their brains are crowded Just a
mite.
I CANNOT make them consecrate their
thought,
Nor even though I scold them SOME,
and frown,
They don't get half the discipline they
ought,
Their eyes are SO affectionate and
brown!
I don't believe that scholars can be
taught
Who lick your face and bark and
tumble down.
Burgess Johnson, in the March Every
body's.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

Better than merely reducing the mount appropriated for improved road
building this year would be the repeal Of the whole appropriation, in view of
the fact that the present method of road building does not provide for the wear
and tear Oft automobile travel. There are improved roads in the State that are
now in a dnapdated condition by reason oft he wear upon them not contemplated
when they were built. The cost of repairs is mounting up formdaby, and, as
the Legislature will probably saze the SG3OO of automobile license fees held in
trust by the treasury, the counties will have to g deep into their resources for
the necessary repairs Or let the roads g to pieces, as in fact, most of them
Will. 1t would De infinitely better policy to let the counties have the money
maintain what we rave than g right on building faulty roads, While permitting
those already constructed to go into diapidaton.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
FUTURITY.
BY HELEN A. SAXON.


Ny youth to me was like a lovely
flower,
All flushed with crimson Of its own
delight,
Its flainelike petals poised as If for
flight,
Ethereal child of changing sun and
shower.
OF misty dawn and night.
/,
MY age to me is like a golden fruit
Whose quality and sweetness have
been won q
From earth's rough use-from alter
mating sun.
And rain and that dark soil wherein my
root
Invisibly has run.
Ny soul to me is like a ripening seed
Which holds the heart of all that
went before
The f1amelike flower and golden fruit
in store,
Close-sealed, secure, in larger owe and
deed
To live and bloom once more.
-AppIeton's for March.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
POWER TO ASSESS NoN.R4nRo4D ROLLING STOCK.

It was somewhat careless for the State Board OF Assessors to accept sc con-
c4usirein the mattro If assessing rolling stock not belonging to railroads in the
Estate a Judicial opinion that vas mad nugatory by the decision of the higher
courts in thu san case n which vas afterwards denied by a opinion of the
United States Supreme Court 1t was enough for the board to say, what as
true. hat the aboard was actually prohibited by h la OF its creation from
assessing any other than railroad rolling stocko owned in the State. That relieved
the board OF all responsibility The encouragement can, however, definitely
advise the Legislature as o the legal bearings of the cases. nd legislation may
be intenigenty passed to provide by som method for the desired new tax in
rSQus~aI The question does not affect railroad property in the State, and an assess
rmento Of the property in question will not neresse railroad taxation a single
#donah sd here is iS Seasps5r railroad opposition to the proposed tax which
Ispoud have been provided fortwenty-fve years ago.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

received his commission as captain and
paymaster. He was retired under the
act reorganizing the guard In 1899, and
Unsupported quartermaster-general by
Governor Stokes in 1905.
Though there is no doubt; about Gen.
eral Murray's leadership in Mercer
county, he has not held many offices
Before he got into politics, excepting tc
work for his party, he organized the
Junior Invincibles, q. famous old march.
ing club, that lasted for years. He was
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
IDLE THOUGHTS IN PASSING

Every man should be able to recognize his duty. He would then be in
a better postion. to dodge it. .#.
1t is possible to take most things apart to see how they are made.
but a mans fortune is a exception.
Many a fellow h tells a girl he would la w his life for her is
afraid to take a chance by breaking the new to her father. So
There is IN ole saying % the effect that yu can reach a mans heart
Though his stomach. | wonder if the missionaries who go to the cannibaI
islands W. think OF that.
Y Praise a n actress to the skies and she naturally thinks she is a star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
SINGING.

She sings at the gates Of morning a
song of the hearts farewell,
And there with my heart L linger in
the bond of the silvery spell;
I carry its music with me, and whittier
my toll may lead
1t comes with it's echoing sweetness to
cheer me in my need:
The song of her lips of morning, the
peal of her heart of dawn.
And I am away, my darling, and the
great dream lures me on.
Baltimore Sun.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
One of the Days Best Stories

In reward of faithful political service an ambitious ssloonkeeper ws ap-
pointed police magistrate. t ~ - @.-t"~@
What's the charge agin' this man." he inquired when the FIRST csse
was called. E.&@
Drunk, yer honor" said the policeman. 1919. @z
The newly made magistrate frowned upon h trembling defendant 1
Guilty or not guilty." he demanded -r
Sure, SIR" fa1tered the accused" IT never drink a drop" a
"Hav e a cigar, them Urged hsh honor persuasvey. as lie absenthy- pol
ished the top of the judicial desk with his pocket handkerchief -Everybodys
Magazine. .#.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
THE SARCASTIC BACHEIO OR

Popular is the author whose novels are so padded that a woman ca
skip and devour me in N afternoon. y
Most of rs don't try to be saving until We ire rich, a. it seems much
easier % economize when We don't have to-
The reason many a married Ia wearss such poor clothes is because his
wife wears suh expensive mes.
The man who claims that two cal live as cheap as n is generally the
fellow who eve gives his wife a cent
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
BEWARE.

Those reckless wights who rudely dare
Our choicest myths to slaughter free,
Are asked to pause, and then beware
Before they touch the cherry tree.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
NEEDFUL.

"What money-making scheme have
you devised this year," 81.
Zone dandy. I'm getting up some
road maps for the use of department
store customers"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
HOMELIKE.

The Jolly Bachelor-You must feel a
little homesick since you moved into
this new neighborhood.
The Merry Widow-Not a bit. All my
new neighbors snub me just as they did
where I used to live.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

There is a great difference between
journalism and literature. Journalism
is what one gets up early in the morn
ing to read. Literature is taken along
as a vacation, to read when it rains
and you cannot go fishing.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
THE STAR'S GRIEF.

The Friend-You look worn and de-
1ected. What's the trouble-overstudy?
The Actress-Quite the
derstudy. I wac i'll last night. and the
little hussy went on and made good.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
NO FUN.

why did you fellows abolish ladies'
night at the club?"
THE ladies wanted to, play fve-cent
limit"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
NO LUxuRIEs.

"Why. you've got the grip, old man."
II have not. l can't afford to quit
work and go to bed, This is merely a
darned bad cold
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
INCREASED JUDICIAL SALARIES.

-. The request adopted at a meeting of the Lawyers Club for a statutory in
crease Of the salaries of District Court judges to $4,000 will hardly meet with
favor in the Legislature at this particular time The judges hold three sessions
a week. and, as a amendment to the resolution % make it compulsory for a
judge to hold court five sessions a week vas lost by only oe vote it is evident
tsat many lawyers believe that additional compensation Justly called for a cor
responding increase in HI work paid for.
It is due to former Governor Stokes to Jay that. while he ia undoubtedly al
adept In literary work, he ALSO d@r Of things The results of his administra-
un show that. The $4,000 addition to the railroad taxes is concrete evidence
Mr.. Stokes is also a harmontzer. and he situation of his party at The present
time indicates that the services of a harmonizer are sadly needed. There has
been too much play Of thu opposite quality for the party health. and that's the
trouble
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

When he casts his first vote a young
man is apt to wonder how the world
would manage to get along if he were
to die.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

A clever woman nay make a man
swear, but she will never make him
yaWn. rE,r.ra
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

Age tells on a woman even IL she re-
fuses to tell her age.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
lust SHOOT TWICE

.I thought you said this IN would
shoot a thousand yardsr"
1T will
"It won't. 1t only shoots 800 yards"
well, it's a double-barreisd gun,
amt it?"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24
x THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE x
IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR
NOTHING DOING.

the other day.
Got any knives to grind?" he asked
of a smart young clerk in the door.
mo. Can you sharpen wits ?" as1rsd
the smart young clerk.
Yes, if you have got any" returned
the man of blades and paused expso-
family. as II waiting for the job.
A drowning man Will clutch al o
straw. but not for the same reason
that a thirsty man mill.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-24

Advice is like medicine-the more a
man takes of it the less effect it has on
him.