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New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

is going to bring him out here day after tomorrow.
Fl don't see how ere goin' to stand the awful
SUSPENSE says !. which results in me gett1n my
hair 1nussed and Sade's dOdgln out OF the way
DUT she's got the rolling bug for fair. Anyone
~ would think, to hear her go about It, that 1t
was a dyn disgrace for woman to be built on any
other lines than lady acrobat kangaroo. M
walked up next mornin' by hearin queer sounds
coming from dressn room, and l finds the door
locked and Sadie missing. So | know she at 1T
"Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along! L
sings through the keyhole. But don't scar the
furniture ducky"
You go right away from that door, Shorty says
she.
Guess will before get dizzy" says l.
And as I'm due to catch the eight-three l hustles
into the tub and out, and I've just rushed down
stairs buttonin my collar, the way all commuters
does when | gets a glimpse of Katrina, the straw
bry checked, one hundred and seVenty-pound Stutt-
CART nymph that does the waitin and dustin
maxim a wild scrabble to get up off the floor.
Been havin faintin SPELL says l, or did
YOU get your feet tangled up?"
'Nicht niCh!" says she, bushin and ggghn.
You don't sleep here on the rug now, do you!
And what is your guess? Well sir, she's been at
the rolling game, toe She's heard Sadie and Mrs
Oakley takin' it over, and she's caught the germ.
Have they begun maxim bib aprons Empire
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

make the mistake of sending him out with a neck
tie that didn't match his spats Spencer would drive
home in a cab with the shades down to hide his
shame And the sight of me Just comm back from
a cross country tramp in huntin shoes and a coat
sweater must have been awful jar to his system.
He didn't know what else was comm, though
Seems the women folks must have had it all planned
out; for Mrs. Purdy-Pell has only finished ask1n
after the de-eear baby when Sadie let's out casual
how the yOungster has taken to Mrs Oakley That
seems to surprise Mrs. Purdy-PeI lot
What that stunning Mrs. Bud Oakley from
BALTIMORE" says she is she with you3 How
iollyl You know her, don't you, Spencer
|Ya-a-ahs," drawls Spencer Il did, yknow;
but-er-
Oh here she is now!" says Sadie, that being
Dotties cue for entrance ]. u. e.
And even | has to catch my breath. ! thought
I'd seen her pared down to the limit: but It seems
while she was just foatin around the house and
not on exhibition, she want half tryin'. This
a case of handing it to Spencer, though, and 1t
looked like she d told Monsoon Paquln to go far
as he dared.
Is the door shut? Then maybe | can give you an
idea of the way that costume No, | can't do it.
Robert Chambers might; but not But say.
you know how a silk umbrella cover fits when it
comes from the store all on? Well, that would
baggy alongside this skirt of Dotties.
The general color scheme was lavender; for she
in the lOngin, ingerin' stage; and when young
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

style" says But that shot gets by her altogether
and she only looks confused and scared. Well,
goes en- you roll out in the kitchen and tell the
cook to chase along the bacon and eggs
Katrina escapes, but she comes back in a couple
of minutes and says how cooks awful sorry, but
she little late this mOrnin.
Hope she amt in trainin too says l.
At this Katie claps her hand over her mouth and
most has a chokin fit.
What" says l. ." 1t amt true, is it :"
Katrina mods and goes off into another spasm.
By degrees | gets the details, Hanged if Maggie
amt Joined the lady rollers! She's heard the news,
and she'd had one or two peeks at this Mrs Oakley,
and she proceeded to get IN line. But you wouldn
appreciate the fact unless you'd seen Maggie
She's about fifty and she wears her hair III a knob
on top of her head and she can barely get through
the cellar door sideways.
Well WE'LL" says |. Who'd have thought It
Tell her to use the hardwood floor in the hail. then
1t won't have to be WaNed.'
| says never a word to Sadie about how the thing
was spreadin'; for when it comes to managin' the
help that's her special job. Besides Id joshed her
So much whenever she mentioned the rolling cure,
that Sadie's almost on the edge of a crouch about
1t; and while | don't always know when TO short
suit the comedy, did then.
Go couple of days go by and if the hip suppressin
~ business still under way, | don't hear any
thing about 1t. I'm only reminded Sunday after
noon when Mrs. PurdyPen shows up with Mr..
Spencer Sykes in tow And amt he the swell elegant
dresser What? Say expect if his man should ever
New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY 10. 1909

that's lust come in? The only thing | can think Of
is a black cat skinned and stretched over wash
basin
But Dottie has big eyes and a good nose, 50 she
can wear the thing and get away with It. It's her
general lines. though that make the hit. In order
to take a ten-1nCh step she has TO SWING one Knee
IN front of the other, and III bet She ever lost her
balance she'd fall clear TO the ground without
bendin'. But that's the way they all Try 70 wear
EN- nowadays and if any slim finished mermaid
had anything on DOttie. it didn't show on the face
of the returns. And she had spencer SO1n rom
the drop of the flag,
'Gedl" hears him rnurrnur. But she's ripping
good form. y'knowl Ged! En-" And with that he
tiptOes TO the front, his right elbow up, and MS
THEY was right in the midst OF a touchin reunion,
L when there breaks loose from the hall noise
that sounds as if haVIn a ton OF coal cnured
into the kitchen closet top OF the t1nware Mex
comes couple of County Clare whOops, and then
a series of dull, thuddy bumps, Ike a side OF Heel
being slid down a ladder
Babyl" squeals Sadie. and makes a bolt.
At that we all piles out into the front hall TO see
if it s an earthquake landslide, and gets there
just in time view the finish OF the most original
way of gettin' down stairs quick that l ever saw
Course 1t amt little Sully. y dozen baoles al
tumblin down at once couldn't have Jared the cham
delier like that It's Mother Whaley, none otnef'
and she's come ali the way down from the top
Now there's Iandin' halfway up our stars ana
they're the old fashioned. wide KIND. 50 no" any
one could fall the whole length without Stoppn Is
what puzzles me. But she's done It Not ony
that. but she's come the last half with her leeI
stuck in a big brass bowl that she accumulated Oh
the landln
Mrs. Whaey.' says Sadie, real trIid- "h4'
does this mean.' ,
Whaley sittin up and feelln OF the back ol ne-
head No. bless the sa1ntSl I'm still dFln
&c Did you fall or was YOU pushed, S1yS l.
Sorry bit do l know says she was was ilS+ LA+
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-06-12
Canning.

lo 10 gruf according .3 be Grst
method. a!.eN Is ~ ~,t.h, in sugar
Nod = ,p 3 cups ~ vatc- tor each
to4nl - sugar. Ot course. the
.moua. u water mus, depend some
nhat on The Kind of truIt Boil
sugar and water ten minute - make
j syrup. then cook small amount ot
he tgu!t nj u time IN the syrup Hard
fruits. Ike pineapple or qa.arc. 1re
hvat = nrs, bottled In clear Water un-
10 nearly soft nnl then pm. = he
"Frup 20 nniah cooking
/ am giving one recipe FOR each
type - fyuit Il should always be
remembered Tint while frut w9st be
t'"rlllErd. any additional c.'hins
alters the nayor or the frult arueccs-
a1rlly The use of any form ~ COM
mrrc,1l prcscrvative IS ru' only
harmful 20 the digestive orsaDs but
le an aehuoWl"dRement ot La. ot
cleanliness ON the part ot the h..s'-
Nif,
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-06-12
Canned Apples

Wipe, quarter. core and par .'m
apples WoIgh and make "A s'r.t ~
Is tho WcIeht In sugar and . =. .'s
water 10 each pound OF sugar III
syrup ten minutes Cook app.
It until soft. few at time i
Jars and follow general direction ar
canning,
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-06-12
Canned Peaches.

wipe peaches Dip in botlins
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23

by the ticket seller that it was for
men only" and for the crowd around
the entrance to jeer and laugh as
they went out. making them wish no
doubt, that they were one thousand
miles away from Cairo? When you
put men on the law and order
league" that are owners of some OF
the lowest dives in the city, do you
think that is a sign of high moral
sentiment" Or when the parents
have their children take part in an
amateur performance and dress boy
in girls clothing and have him dance
and sing. and kick so high that the
under-clothing was shown to the
waist line giving the same impression
and suggestion as though it had been
girl? Or to have those same chill.
dren pronounce the name of Texas or
Kansas putting the accent on the last
syllable so as to make vulgar ex.
preston of it? All of which brought
down the house" and seemed to be
appreciated by the parents them
selves. Or to have certain railroad
company advertise Cairo as a wide
lopen', town and to come on Sunday
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
ONLY ONE BEST"
Cairo People Give Credit Where
Credit is Due.

People of Cairo who suffer with
sick kidneys and bad backs want a
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. The best is Doan's Kidney
pills, medicine for the kidneys only
made from pure roots and herbs. and
the only one that is backed by cures
in Cairo. Here's Cairo testimony:
Mrs Henry Etz, 225 Nineteenth St.
Cairo. H., says: Il am glad to rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills for
consider them the best kidney rem
edy in existence. They have beer
used in my family for number o.
years and have always brought
prompt and satisfactory relief. An,
person suffering from backache o.
other troubles caused by weak kid
neys will make no mistake by giyint
Doans Kidney Pills a trial."
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents, FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--an
take no other.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
LOW PUBLIC SENTIMENT"

Cairo, Dec 10, 1909.
Editor of The Bulletin. Referring
10 your editorial of the 18th we beg
to ask you If there IS to Kourg knowl,
edge a city, in the U. S. as large as
Cairo that does not have as many and
as good schools? At least as many
churches and ministers? WHAT else
would you expect them to teach other
than the ideals suggested by the
Scriptures. Just as many fraternai
orders, gentlemen's clubs, hospltals
and Libraries. In short, has Cairo any
more than the ordinary city of its size
the above named Institutions? II
not, why do you mention them in par
ticulare Is it a sign of high pubic
sentiment" when a circus would PICK
out Cairo from all surrounding towns
to bill for Sunday show? When
shows are put on at the opera house
that are not fit for a woman TO at
tond? When some ladies from out OF
town. think it was TAFT Day, MOI
knowing the character OF the SHOW
went in to get tickets. but were totl
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
ILLINOIS CENTRAL ENGINE
NO. $40 PRESENTS PROBLEM
Jackson. (Tenn,) Inn.l


The big |. G.. freight engine No. |
$40. which was transferred from the
north end to the Jackson division
about a month ago, has proven one of
the knottiest problems that the EN-
ployes of the mechanical department
have had to solve for a long time.
The problem connected with $40 is
not yet solved, unless it was done
in a light train. was started from here
for Water Valley with one engineer
and two firemen.
No fireman has been found, since
$40 came south, who could keep
steam in the engine, and several black
diamond beavers have tried the job.
They have all failed, apparently. and
all have said the trouble was with the
engine, or rather with her boiler or
| fircbox. And its does look as if the
| trouble must lie in the locomotive
somewhere; for engines of the same
class are being fired all right every
day on this division. But no fireman
can be found who can nut No. sac
Through on anything like running
time. She has been in the shop at
Water Valley, and in the shop here
But still her trouble sticks to her
This locomotive was in the shops for
overhauling shortly after she was
transferred from the north end.
4 One day last week No. $40 started
from here south with train, and go
no farther than Bolivar. when she
stuck, delaying several trains nearly
an hour. on account of holding the
track. No. $40 was BROUGHT back here
and another engine sent to man tht
train.
Saturday night Engineer Franz
Newell. with two firemen, Mr.. Waite
Greer and colored fireman, Ellis
took No. $40 south with a train, ant
it is learned this morning that tn,
trip was made all right on good time
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
The Mind That ExceIs.

Col. George Harvey, the brilliant
young publisher and powerful writer,
praised in a recent address in New
York the country mind
Even In wrong and ignoble things"
said Col. Harvey, smiling, even in
driving hard bargains, the country
mind excels that of the city | recall
dialogue that once heard in the
general store of my native Peacham.
What Wall street sharp could have
driven such bargain as the old Yer.
mont ruralist achieved In this dia.
logue?"
And Col. Harvey, with really excel
lent mimicry, repeated;
I've say ye want dollar fur the
boots. Take 70 cents?'
Yes.
"'Ye mout throw in ore O. them
WOODEN throat warmers, too, hey?'
"All right
Hold on, thar. The boots amt got
no strings
"Fll give you a pair of strings
Better make it two pair. One won't
last no time
Very well; two pair it is
Cant we chuck in one O. them pa
per collars fur good meast res?
"Oh, guess so. rather than miss
a trade
'Look-a-here, when a Teller buys
bill o'goods offn Se, don't we set EN-
up?'
Yes. Whatll you ske.'
Gimme two plugs o. chewin to
hacker and a pound o. scrapple.'"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23

excursion and have good time?"
To arm dozens of negroes with po-
licemen's clubs each election day? To
have hundreds of negroes meet in a
public hall after election and get
their pay for work" done election
day? To carry an election by larger
majority than there are voters in the
city and to treat it as big joke? To
have negro pimps as go-betweens for
white men and women in a number OF
places not on Thirteenth street?
0, pshaw. I'm tired. Answer these
and I'll ask you some more.
Yours
JOHN GRUMSLEY,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Looking Ones Best,

It's a womans delight to look her
best but pimples, skin eruptions,
sores and boils rob life of Joy. Listen!
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. It
lorifies the face. Cures Pimples,
Sore eyes, Cold Sores, Cracked Lips,
Chapped Hands. Try it. Tnfalllble
for piles. Csc at all druggists,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Alone in Saw Mil, at mIdnioht

unmindful of dampness, drafts, storms
Watchman at Banner Springs, Tenn,
Such exposure gave him severe cold
that settled on his lungs. At last he
had to give up work. He tried many
remedies but all failed till he used
DR.. Kings New Discovery, AFTER
using one bottle" he writes, Il went
back to work as well as ever" Sc,
we're Colds. stubborn Coughs, in.
famed Threats and sore lungs,
Hemorrhages, Crop and Whooping
Cough get quick and prompt cure from
this glorious medicine. SOC and $1.00.
guaranteed by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23

by Indigestion's pangs-trying many
doctors and $4,000 worth Of medi-
cine in vain, B. F. Ayscue, Of Ingle-
side, N. c., at last used DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, and writes they
wholly cured him. They cure Consti.
patton. Biliousness, Sick Headache,
Stimach, Liver, Kidney and Bowel
roubles. Csc at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
The Making Of Names.

Il want to make a name for myself
in politics" said the ambitious youth.
Well" answered Senator Sorghum,
its liable to be long and difficult
enterprise. You'll probably have to
put in a considerable share Of your
time allowing your enemies to call
you any names they happen to think
of I"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
An Example.

Some adjectives," said the teacher,
ARE made from nouns, such as dan
gerous, meaning full of danger; and
hazardous. full of hazard. Can any
boy give me another example?" Eyes,
sir replied the fat boy at the end of
the form, "pious, full of pie"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
When Protection is Needed

do you regard protection as bust
ness necessity demanded the inquis-
tive person. "A necessity" respond
ed the other. Say, you try running a
speak easy in this town without 1t
and see where you land. "-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Atrocjous Act.

An Arizona cowboy stopped stage
full OF passengers, and made them all
wait while he read poem of 80
verses dedicated to his Mary Jane.
There are some things as bad as
shooting.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
In the Year 200n.

"Ain't no simplicity these days"
IL s'pose it was different when yo
were a boy. grandpa"
ut was. When President Blan,
rode to the capitol in 1921. to be II
augurated he cranked his own ant
mobile"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23

The Holidays are at hand and we are pleased to
nvi.e you to visit our store and see the most COM
plete stock of Oranges Pears Candies, Candy Walking
Canes Nuts Figs Dates Rasns Etc, in this part of the
city Our many years experience in the business enables
us to know how to supply the wants of all in the line of
sweets at the festive Christmas tide.
We make specially of Fancy Baskets of Fruit and
DANTE boxes Of Finest Cand es made expressly for US
by Blank & Bros of St Louis We are also agents tor
Lowneys American Beauty Chocolates and Sparrow's
delicious high grale Cands in l. 2, 3, and pound
packages
Fine assortment of Home Made Candies.
zee 90 xx1xSSSSSSSS1SSSS SSSSySSSSSsSS1SS
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Care Of Washington Monument.

The Washington monument comes
in for good-sized appropriation every
year. In order that it may be kept
open to the public and receive the
necessary repairs congress allows the
war department an annual appropria
ton of sf1,520.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Haif.sizes in Birthdays.

At the last meeting OF the Christ.
church Board Of Guardians. an old
lady who applied for out.relief was
asked her age. Her reply was: six.
ty-seven and half last birthday -
London Daily News,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Trying 10 Look at His Back.

His Mother-"Willie, why are you
twisting your face and squirming
around in that ridiculous manners"
Little Mamma, I jnst can't
help harboring the mental deluslor
that my back itches, Chicago Trib
une.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
Fortunately.

There is lot of virtue that is Just
rom force of habit.-New York PresA
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-20

About $50 o'clock Monday
morning little John, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Schar-
per, Of 1907 18th st., had a
narrow escape from death from
drinking carbolic acid which
was mixed with little cam
which was mixed with a little cam
phor as a toothache medicine. He
is but two years old and thinking
it was his cough syrup INDUCED
freely in the contents until it was
all gone.
His mother hurried him to DIR.
Mudd's, and after doing all they
could for the little fellow he was
hurried over the bridge by his
father until theymet the ambulance
which took him to the Casualty
hospital. There he was soon re-
lieved and left there promising the
doctors and nurses he would not
drink anything else unless it was
given him.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-20
TO BUILD UP THE SOUTH
EAST.
Close Alliance of the Citizens
Association Proposed.


Close Alliance of the Citizens
Association Proposed.
A conference Of presidents Of
citizens associations i'm the south
eastern suburbs of this city was
held yesterday afternoon at the
home Of j. Walter Mitchell, Ran
die Highlands, for the purpose Of
considering the formation Of a
central committee, to be made up
Of delegates from each Of the asso-
Citations.
There was a general discussion
Of the proposition and the decision
was reached, at the suggestion of
DR.. w. X. Scott, president of the
EIillsdale Citizens Association, to
request President w. w. Price, of
the Congress Heights Public Inn
provement Association to call a
meeting of representatives Of the
nine citizens associations in the
territory across the Eastern branch
of the Potomac. 1t was explained
that Mr.. Price was chairman Of the
former southeast citizens central
committee. At the meeting to be
called i'm the near future action will
be taken to organize permanently
the proposed central committee.
The purpose Of the central body
viii be to secure umanimity Of
action ON matters affecting the
southeastern suburbs and to bring
about the upbuilding of that sec
ton. The central committee will
not infringe on matters of peculiar
local interest to any of the nine
citizens associations, unless it is
requested to do so by the organiza-
ton Immediately interested. 1t
was explained at the conference its
main purpose will be to assist in
accomplishing projects for the wei
fare of the entire section, such as
the reclamation of the Anacostia
Flats, increased street car service,
better fire protection, etc.
1t is probable the next meeting
will be held in the Office of Robert
f. Bradbury, in Twining City, at
the call of Chairman Price some
time this week.-From the Even
ing Star.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-20
DETECTION OF GREAT
BRIDGES.

People nowadays hardly realize
all the problems that Roebling, also
Of Niagara river fame, had to solve
when he designed the Brooklyn
Bridge; in fact, the strain practi-
cally killed him in the end. To
mention one of the simpler prob
lens that had to be considered:
We know that the center of the
river span rises and falls probably
more than nine feet each way,
partly due to the loadingsand partly
to the temperature changes, The
maximum DETECTION of the VIII
liamsburg bridge, a much more
rigid structure, is only 6 feet 9
inches. It's four main cables are
each made up of thirty-seven
strands and each strand contains
POS wires, making 1906 wires in
each cable, or 31,7S4 wires in the
four main cables, making nearly
$4,000 miles OF wire. And, as we
have said, these cables stretch
enough, owing to expansion and
contraction, as well as to the effect
of the live load ON the bridge, to
allow the center of the bridge to de-
fleet 6 feet 8 inches, and yet this is
a very rigid suspension bridge. The
extreme detection of the Black
wells Island bridge, due to tenn
perature and loading, is expected to
be about twenty inches as against
nearly seven feet for Williamsburg
and eighteen feet or so for the old
Brooklyn bridge. - Engineering
Magazine.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-20
Thanksgiving Proclamation
BY the President of the United
States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.

The season Of the year has
returned when, in accordance
with the reverent custom es-
tablished by our forefathers,
the people of the United States
are wont to meet in their usual
places of worship on a day OF
thanksgiving appointed by the
civil magistrate to return
thanks to God for the great
mercies and benefits which they
have enjoyed.
During this past year we
have been highly blest. No
great calamities or food or
tempest or epidemic sickness
have befallen us. We have
lived in quietness, undisturbed
by wars or rumors Of wars.
Peace and the plenty of bounte-
GUS crops and of great indus
trial production animate a
cheerful and resolute people to
all the renewed energies of
bene6cient industry and mate
rial and moral progress. 1t is
altogether fitting that we
should humbly and gratefully
acknowledge the divine source
of these blessings.
Therefore, I hereby appoint
Thursday, the 25th day of No
vember, as a day Of general
thanksgiving, and l call upon
the people on that day, laying
aside their usual vocations, to
repair to their churches and
unite in appropriate services of
praise and thanks to Almighty
God.
In witness whereof, l have
hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washing
ton this 18th day of November,
in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and
nine, and of the independence
of the United States the one
hundred and thirty-fOurth.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
BY the President,
p. G. Knox, Secretary of
State.