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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Marriage liceGses we're granted
Yesterday to the = owing couples;
George W. Goe. Is, Stonefort, Ill.,, and
Frances ]. Never, ~ CHICAGO Will
Fam White &C, and Minnie NJ pyle,
81. both Of Cairo,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
Forecasts For Today.

Cairo and vicinity: Fair, warmer
Illinois. Washington, Oct. Part
1y clonly Sunday and Monday, warm
er in sorth Sunday; moderate vari-
able winds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
THE WEATHER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Yesterdays Cairo Temperature.


The day was fair with light breeze,
THE government bulletin reported
rain from only three points. with eN-
tremes OF temperature "a at Phoenix
and 80 at Hayre.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

tNdiS 1890 pb -
The chair announced that as there
was no further business before the
convention a motion to adjourn was
in ORDER and the convention then AT,
ionrned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
WHITNEY WON'T TALK.

Manchester, Mass. Oct 2.-Harry
Whitney Is here as the guest of An
drew Carnegie, II. whitney declined
tonight to discuss the pole con-
troversy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
CITY NEWS in BRIEF


The following real estate transfer
was recorded yesterday Parsons &
Parsons to Cynthia ( Anderson, lot
II, block third addition, deed, 500.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
Concluded from Sixth Page.)

John J. Porter. James Hedge Vim.
Alternately and Ross Skiles all Of Nc
Clure were here Yesterday to attend
the Republican convention.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Miss Loretta Fitzgerald at as Wal
nut street has ret4raei from an eX,
tended visit To Chicago, ILL.,, and
onts in Michigan
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Mesdames John l.. PaTham and
Harriet @. Farrow returned last
njght from a visit with friends in St
Louis, Mo
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03
sun and Moon.

Sun viii rise today .... 5;5s a. m,
sun will set today 9;4l ?. N.
Moon will rise tonight SCI y, m.
Mote. The above sun and moon
record Is for Illinois and approximates
the time at Cairo within few min
utesl.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Mrs. Hal Warde, o. Paducaa, Ky,
visited Cairo friends yesterday en-
route to Charleston Mo, where she
win visit relatives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Miss Annie NcElya has returned
to her nome in Wickli2fe. Ky. after a
few days viist with Miss Emma Her
bert Of 2lS Eighth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-03

Mrs. James Magruder and daughter
Miss Virginia who have been the
guests of Mrs. II VI, McGruder, OF 224
Nineteenth street lett last evening for
a visit with relatives in Kevil. Ky.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
SIXTY-THOUSAND-TON LINERS.
ships VIII Be Heavier Than Was the
Spanish Armada.
From he London Exp-es<

/ From the London Express
The White Star Line has officially an,
noUnced that the name Of the second Of
its two great liners. which are TO be bull
at Messrs- Harland & woI6-s yard Al
Belfast. VIII be the Titanic. Incidentally
the tonnage Of each vessel viii Dc about
60,eo0. which Is nearly twice that Of the
Mauritania, the largest vessel now afioat
The keel blocks for the first Of these
amazing ships, the Olympic. were laid
down at Belfast few weeks ago. and
work is now progressing on her. The
keel blocks for the Titanic win be laid
down early in January next.
Although 1t has been known that the
White Star Line contemplated building
two ships that would eclipse anything
afoat7 the exact tonnage has not been
known before, and the Olympic and tt
tanic viii represent the greatest stride
ever made In naval architecture They
viii be nearly 1000 feet long. and about
50 feet broad. and while they will not be
built for great speed. they will. If is ex-
pected, be able TO average q knots. They
viii be equipped with a combination Of
turbine and reciprocating engines. The
cost OF the Two vessels will be about
s17.5O0.0o0.
Great preparations have been going on
at Belfast for more than a year for the
construction Of these giant vessels. Two
new slips. each more than leo feet long
and capable OF bearing a weight OF Is. oG0
tons. have been built. and the greatest
gantTy in the world has been installed
A large number OF men who have been
Idle while the yard was being prepared
for these boats viii now be re-empIoved
and Il is expected that the work on them
viii do much to relieve the distress
threatened in Belfast during hte winter.
The first Cunard ship 20 cross the At
lantic was the Britannia, which made
the crossing in 1910. Her tonnage was
L154. and she was 207 feet long. The SEQ
tia. which was referred 20 as an ocean
leviathan" in 1852. had q tonnage Of ash.
Stiu more interesting is the Comparison
with the first vessel Of any kind that ever
crossed the Acknowledgement Santa
was 90 feet long and had
a tonnage OF 20. Il may also be men
toned that the tonnage Of either the IT,
tanic or Olympic viii be more than the
total tonnage Of the Spanish Armada.
which was 5s.120 while the tonnage OF
the English feet which opposed If was
less than half that
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
VII TT WOULD TELL
A MAMIE / DARED.
By PRETTY GIRL.

! You can't help liking X. Y. when you
( first meet him. he is such a big, jolly.
generous chap. always ready for any
/ eats. poetry and romance vanish and
50 does your appetite. owing TO his al
most ghoulish enjoyment Of food and his
utter absorption in the pursuit OF it, says
the New York Herald
Isn't this soup just grand?' he would
sputter. with his face, now suffused with
a deep red, almost buried in the plate
and not word OF general conversation
can be had out Of him until every Wand
has been commented upon and consumed
and the last sip OF cordial swallowed
As X Y. has made a science OF restau-
rants. none Of the cheaper ones ever know
his presence, but his signs CT disappcint-
ment or explosions Of anger over dishes
that fail TO bring back the first fine
careless rapture Of tasting them make
you pray never 10 be around when the
eats" are poor. He VIII surely burst
with rage.
The amount consumed equals the en-
beefstesk dinner before the play signi-
fies nothing. He viii 90 TO supper after
ward with the zest Of a starving man. II
q dish is declined by any one. he growls:
Get into the game, Get into the
game
II I dared 7 would tell this man that he
is cannibaI; that his gross way Of eat
ing IS an ofTense % society; that Il he
must gorge in such fashion he should do
so IN private
II I dared I would also warn him that
any girl who thought Of marrying him
would think again If she sat opposite him
az the table.
X Y. took a trip to Europe last sum
mer, and Of course rained picture postals
on his friends, as all travellers do. One OF
the girls wagered that they would be al
restaurant scenes, and they were He
might be said 10 have eaten his way
over Europe Out Of him. on his return,
could be pried no word pictures such as
the others OF his party painted. OF Won
derful snow-clsd mountains. OF quaint vii
lage scenes, Of glimpes OF royal sylendOr.
Instead. he dweIt lingeringly on the vast
eats he had encompassed- Venice was
remembered as the place where he had
CHANGED upon his favorite brew Of beer.
II I dared. I would say 10 this man,
and 10 all others ike him, Don't think
for a minute that anybody else cares
what YOU ate or are going to eat: so II
you want % be popular you'd better lift
your eyes above your plate and see what
there IS in the word"
was taught, as most girls ara. TO re-
gard eating as a rite TO be celebrated with
conversation and laughter and with the
utmost possible concealment OF animal
zest for food Sometimes when the hui
murOus side OF IL strikes me. I feel like
saying 70 my commanding friend:
"Oh. why do you show such spite
against the little lamb in his bed OF
green peas or the little chicken smoth-
cred in gravy2 I fear that some tine
you may devOUr me If dinner happens
70 be delayed or the meal turns out a
failure. as meals sometimes VIII. In your
passionate regard for food I scent a VIC
torious rival Adieu, Monsieur Y. =. Re
turn 20 your muttons-alone"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
BIRTH RATE IN FRANCE.
Figures Show That Deaths Almost
Exceed Births.
Prom the London Telegraph.

ron the London Telegraph
While France has painfully but sue
cessfully regained her old position among
the nations Of Europe. she is to-day con
fronted with q danger the result CT
which. unless a remedy be discovered.
IS mathematieaIly certain and Is
only a question OF time DR.. Justin
Jacques BertHlon gives under the head
ins The Man-DevoUring Town" some
very startling statistics in lie Journal
Not only, he tells his readers. SIS the
birth rate in French towns rapidly dwin-
ding. but in most OF them more Of the
people depart this life than enter it." II
IS not that the death rate Is rising. but
that the birth rate IS incredibly low and
steadily diminishes. Dr. BertiIlon's re-
searches extend over twenty years. IN
Paris between 1857 and 1890 the average
annual number OF births was 5000 The
total has fallen in 1877 10 5osu. although
the census Of these twenty years shows
an increased population. mainly due 10
influx from the country. o. 500.000. In
1879 the birth rate was twenty-five per
Leo inhabitants: to-day il IS between
eighteen and nineteen.
The following are the tables for towns
with over 10000 inhabitants.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
ORIGIN OF BRIDGE WHIST

| sound Judgment. and insight into the ad-
Nersary's methods VIII meet with more
certain reward than they VIII in bridge
Game in America.
Il believe there is good ground for the
assertion that America was introduced
to bridge before England. for It IS certain
that the late Henry l. Barley explained
the game 10 his friends at the Whist Club
In New York as early as the beginning Of
1894 A trife later he wrote q little
pamphlet about IL for private circulation.
and in 1897 the game had so far spread in
the Whist Club that il issued the first
code Of bridge laws 10 be published IN
this country
When the game was first introduced II
vas comparatively easy for a good PLAYER
70 make 2 fair living out OF the game.
Such player could then declare no
trunps on weak hand. could take fool
lsa chances in the play OF a trump hand:
could deceive his adversaries b,- false
carding and fool them by tricky leads.
bat now that the game has reached a
pretty fair degree OF excellence no such
acrobatic feats are possible. Baron G..
the best bridge player 7 have ever met
told me that for three years ne had made
out trihing sum oUt Of the game.
Mr.. C.s winnings aye interesting. He
IS pretty fair PLAYER and has kept his
bridge accounts very accurately for five
years ne has PLAYED. 7 suppose. a little
over a dozen rubbeTs a week.
During the last i've years he has aver
aged a profit OF about $500 a year paying
al scent points
also know an excellent player who
lost $40 In two weeks at the same stakes.
IN otner words. there Is nothing sure
about ones income from the game. but Il
may be said with truth that the good
players nearly always find themselves
considerably ahead ar the end Of a year"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
Something for III. None1
From the Cincinnati Tne@Star.

rom the Cincinnati EneSStsr.
Eddie Foy has a new story Of hard Iuck
A year or SO ago. said he. 7 met a
friend of mine who was on his way West
70 take Job with a brokerage house. He
vas good fellow. made lots of money
and spent it freely When I met hin,
he had been buying wine in condoifnr
with himself on leaving New York. With
In ter minutes Of train time ne found
that he was absolutely broke. Lend me-
Same money, Eddie ne said. and I rave
Up $50. Well. Cor a time I looked for
check in every mail. Then I looked for
It only on Monday mornings. Finally 7
got TO looking for IL just after the frs+ ~
each month Then stopped looking for
it al all The other day I met him On
Broadway. Hello, Eddie" he sboute5
Say, how much do I owe you?' 7 folS
him Come into the MetropoIe with me
said he want TO write you an I n T
for it Huh asked Mr.. Foy. Me-
You've owed me that thirty for a wear
Row. What's the use OF handing me an
l. o. U-% Aw. we'll says he. I'm going
into bankruptcy tomorrow. and want
you to have something for your money"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
A. GROCERY AFLoAT.
odd Craft that VIII Be Seen No More
in Vineyard Haven.

In Vineyard Haven
From tbs Boston Herald.
Capt William II. Randall. for fourteen
years master Of the little grocery and
water supply boat at Vineyard Haven.
has retired. and his boat. the Susie D,
has been purchased by Boston firm Of
contractors for use in Boston harbor
Few men are better known among
coastwise captains than Capt. Randall.
He intercepted vessels passing through
Vineyard Sound day after day. stocking
them with provisions, delivering orders
from owners, letters or kilograms. as the
case might be Thousands Of letters have
been intrusted 10 Capt Randall from
vessels 10 mail at the post-ofice in Vine
yard Haven Capt Randall will now re-
tire from active sea life.
The Susie D. Is a Strengthening craft
AZ first glance in the distance one would
take It for a stubby sailing vessel. What
gives this impression is not a mast.
though; It is a derrick. rugged in the bow
for WTecking purposes Another glance
and the smokestack comes prominently
into view, and in the stern OF the boat
what looks Ike a cabin. This Is not a
cabin, but a store room, which when
opened resembles huge ice chest such
as IS used In a market
In this chest or store room scattered
about are the supplies In which the cap
tain deals. Everything from eggs and
other dairy products 10 anchors and
chains IS to be found here, and a lot Of
other things besides-in fact. everything
that man at sea could want or need
There are rubber boots. oilskins. ropes.
and what not, and everything is for sale
II Is large department store in a small
boat and carries almost every conceiv-
able commodity outside OF fancy lace
work or ladies' hats.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
RANGE OF EYESIGHT.
Opportunity offered to Test Correct
ness Of Scientists Conclusions.

Opportunity offered to Test Correct
ness of Scientists Conclusions.
Frum Youths Companion
Those who are curious in such matters
may be interested in testing the correct
ness Of the conclusions Of DR.. Schneider,
Of Munich. concerning the distance at
which people can be recognized by their
faces and figures. If you have good eyes.
ne says. you cannot recognize a person
whom you have seen but once before at
a greater distance than twenty-five me-
tres (eighty-tWo feet. II the person is
Wen known 10 you, you may recognize
him az from 80 10 100 metres and II Il IS
member Of your family, even at 80
metres. The white OF the eyes may be
seen from q 20 y metres, and the eyes
themselves at 2 70 3 metres. The DIFF
ferent parts of the body and the slight
est movements are distinguishable at 81
metres. The limbs show at 1s2 metres.
At so metres q moving man appears
only as in indefinite form. and at 40
metres-2,SSls feet-the movements OF
the body are no longer visible.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

usually oversight themselves the next
morning and awoke TO find Mrs. Scott
walking away with the spoiis.
She has never aimed at obtaining any
elective Office. She is president of the
Noman's State Republican Club. ana is
chairwoman Of the general committee OF
all the Republican clubs Of women in
Colorado, but she has been content 10
let others seek official posts Mrs. Scott
0WnS big stock ranch near Glenwood
Springs Not long ago an incompetent
tenant impelled Mrs Scott to take over
the management Of the ranch in person.
and as il is 345 miles from Denver she
Is kept pretty busy maintaining her po-
litieal domain n the Fourteenth Ward
and running the ranch at the same time.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
OverTaken.

From ETerybcdy's Magazine
A wizened little man charged his wife
with cruel and abusive treatment. His
better half. OF in this case better two
thirds. was a big, square-jawed woman
with a determined eye.
The judge listened TO the plaintiffs re-
cital Of wrongs with interest.
Where did you meet this woman who
according to your story. has treated YOU
so dreadfully?" his honor asked
We'll, judge" replied the little man.
making a brave attempt to glare dehantly
at his wife, I never did meet her. She
Just kind Of overlook ne"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
Too Strong for Daddy.

Prom ETeIy6Ody's.
1t was raining outside, and little inter.
rogative Irma was in one Of her worst
or at least most trying moods. Father
busily writing al his desk, had already re-
proved her several times for botherins
him with useless questions.
4 say, pa what
Ask your mother"
Honest, pa, this Isn't a silly one this
time"
All right, this once What is ii
We'll, If the end Of the world was n
come, and the earth was DESTROYED while
a man was up in al aIrship, where wouId
he land when he came DOWN.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

A recent writer on bridge. says that In
his opinion the game originated in
Turkey, although Russia and Greece have
both claimed IL. In Russia it is called
''biritch" or Russian whist
Persia was the first home OF poker, "
says this writer in Ainslee's Magazine.
and I an disposed 70 think that Con-
lstantinople was the birthplace Of bridge
Ia conclusion which any one who has
ever played the game with a Turk viii
be inclined to share.
The Turks have a really marvellous
genius for the game. I feel sure that
the average Turk has about . per cent
more insight into cards and card games
I than the average American or English
man. Throughout the East cards are
played with a brilliancy rarely met with
elswehere
1T was. I believe. during the year 1924
that bridge was introduced into London
/ By Lord Brougban, who brought il back
with him from an extended tour Of South
ern and Western Europe Lord Broug-
hams account Of the event is curious
and interesting.
soon after his return 20 London he
went into the Portland Club. which IS
probably the best-known card club in
the world. The Portland at that time
was given over exclusively to o!d-fash-
Toned whist,
His Iordship sat down to play a friend
" rubber and. when it came his turn
to deal, forgot 20 expose the trump After
three deals he again forgot 10 turn his
last card. His friends, wHo had known
him for years. made a mental memoran-
DUN that his Iordship was beginning to
lose his memory.
He explained his careIessness by say
ing that ne had been playing so much
bridge that he could never remember
the exasperating convention Of turning
the trump. This remark led 10 his ex-
planning the game Of bridge IN detail 10
mis- friends
From this Insignificant beginning the
game has spread and spread until IL IS
now the most popular card game in ire
world There Is to-day hardly any
straight whist played Al the Portland:
bridge has entirely replaced It. The T--rf
was the next English club 70 experiment
with the game. and from that time on
the fever spread through the English
clubs very rapidly.
In 1870 the Portland issues its famous
Laws OF Bridge This was translated
and adopted as the standard guide TO
the game IN most OF the cities Of Europe
and even in ConstantinOple. the city OF
its birth.
"A great friend Of Lord Brougham at
that time. and one against whom he
played many rubbers, was Lord Yarbor-
ough. whose III luck was proverbial
throughout England. He frequently de-
clared that his cards were the most exc
cradle II the world and that his usual
luck was 10 find a nine the highest card
in his hand
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
Clad He Lost

From Hzrper's Weekly
Pat I hear you lost s. IN an election
bet with McCarty."
I did. sor, an ci'm glad av It. begorra."
Clad Of 1t? Why are you glad OF IL
Pat?"
"Becoz OF won twinty dollars from Elan
nigan in bet thwat Old lose the fove
dollars OF bet wild McCarty."
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
A Clear Explanation.

ION ne bohemian.
A Southern congressman recently wen;
INTO barber shop fl q small Tennessee
town TO get a haircut. The barber. after
the usual flow OF conversation, completed
the job and, turning to his customer
asked.
Tennessee OF Georgia %
Somewhat mysterfied by the singular
question, but determined not 10 show his
ignorance, the congressman replied:
Georgia"
The barber then proceeded TO brush his
hair dry"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
misunderstood.

Prom the Chicago Tribune
Court Officer after adjournment)-sfr.
Skies. VIII you see that the Jury Is com
fortably fixed.
New Baiii6-Fixed, Mr JiHx7 FIxes,
Great Scott, who's going TO put I'd The
money!
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
4 Marlborough.

As 4 consequence OF this a hand with
nothing over nine gradually became
known in England as a Marlborough -
| The expression became general. and is to-
day applied to a hand without honors.
Lord Marlborough vas always willing 20
bet a thousand pounds 70 one against a
hand having no hOnOrs in It. As a mat
ter Of fact. the odds are nearly 2,oo0 to /
T heard Of one rubber at least in
which Lord Yarborough's III luck forsook
him The unlucky lord was playing with
his wife and two other ladies' During
the course Of the rubber Lord Yarbor-
ough held the most enormous cards.
Lady Yarbourough. who was playing
against her husband, took out her purse
at the end of the rubber and with sad
and wistful smile declared to the ladies
that in her opinion a void hand at bridge
could with much more point be called a
Lady Marlborough In the course Of
this rubber Lord Yarborough held 100
aces twice and four honors IN diamonds
once
The late Henry Jones. popularity
known as 'CayendiSh.' who was probably
the master mind Of whist in England and
who had done more than any one man
for the game. was at first bitterly op-
posed to bridge He pozed all manner OF
fun al the game He said il was ridicu-
lousy simple and a bore. But before his
death, IN 1899. he was converted to ii and
ended by saying that there was no game
OF cards in the world wherein skill.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
Lightning Chanke Atfnchmenfr

Modern matrons and maids are not
worried BY "tiresome fidelity" but
make lightning change attachments in
a way TO make slow persons SIT I'D and
take notice.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

/ IN nearly all the large town. more die
I than are born. Paris itself IS an appareat
exception hlIt The exception Is only an
I parent Out OF SI-IsI children born in
Paris in 1905 nearly a third. 1872. were
/ sent out OF the city 70 be reared. such
! Of these infants as die are registered
and counted as belonging to the villages
where they are nUrsed. and are not in
cluded in the Paris death rate. They are.
so to speak. credited 20 the capital. where
they are born, but are not debited TO Il #
they die.
There are IN France I12 towns with a
population exceeding 2o.000 Out OF this
total no less than seventy-eight show an
excess Of deaths over births. Mining and
manufacturing towns furnish the only ex-
ception TO this rule. Lens and LEVIN. fer
instance. compare favoTabIy in this re-
spect with foreign towns. and Lille
Iourconi1g- DUnkirk. and Calais also
yield an excess Of births over. deaths. II
IS frequently said that Brittany redeems
the sterility Of the rest OF France. But
this superiority is disappearing. Most Of
the Breton towns show an excess Of
deaths over births. and the adjacent dis
triets are no better Of.
Well may DR.. Bertfllon ask: What
41A'o VI i rance II InlS state OF
things develops. as it threatens to do
For twenty years past deaths have ex-
ceeded births in most French towns. The
towns have set a bad example to France.
which Is only too faithfully followed"
France loses comparatively little by
emigration. but unless the rural districts
save France. as they have saved France
before, or unless this unnatural restrIc-
ton Of the town population is STONED q
time must come when French influence
wii cease in the world. for there VIII
be no French left 20 exercise #.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

In towns with between 1000 and - Gr0
Inhabitants the same decrease IS taking
place. The figures are:
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
can't Beat Her.

Time and again the men politicians OF
the Fourteenth Ward have rebelled
against Mrs Seott's Pettieoat rule. They
don't relish It a little bit. but every time
an Instruction has started. Mrs. Scott
has taken the field In person and mn If
down The idea OF a woman bosSinr
his political bailiwiek has kept many .
man awake nights trying to figure ont a
method OF 5esting Mrs. Scott, but they