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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
MOUND CITY.
June 20.

Mrs Fred Hoffman ami children
left Thursday to vsIr relatives in
Cairo.
L. Henion with me Broadhead
Wooden mills of jamestown, N. Y,
transacted business here Thursday.
Mrs. r. l.. Richerson went to Caro-
Thursday shopping.
w. B. Matlock, J. w. Talley and
Chas Mohundro went to Birds Point
Mo, Thursday where they are EN-.
ployed.
Mss Violet Johnson fof Olmsted re,
turned to her home Thursday from
Cairo via this city.
Mr.. Chas. Wehrenberg made a
business TRIP to Levings.
r. G.. Castor and L. G. Castor went
to Olmsted Thursday on account of
their Serious illness of their grand.
mother
n Dover of LeviAgs transacte
business here Thursday.
R. A ATKINS with Mcknight Keaton
Grocery company of Cairo, was call
ing IN the trade here Thursday
Wm Mccall of ST awneetown
an 80, Sist Mss Pauline Gregory
pass d Trough the city Thursday en-
rte - Vienna
O" Thursday afternoon at 1870
o'rl0ri the funeral services of Mrs.
Howa'i Hughes of Chicago. were con-
Quoted by Rev. A. Monroe of Pilgrim
{, 81, e ional church at the home
Of h. parents. Mr.. and Mrs W. c.
Stark on Pearl stret and Railroad
avenue Mrs. Hughes was formerly
Mss Pearl Starks and was born in
this city and reared here to the age
of l6 wears when her parents located
in Memphis. They came to thi. city
again TO reside. about three years
lat r. The deceased was married TO
Mr. Hughes in Chicago three years
ago and since that time made that |
CITY her home She was always genial !
and had winsome ways which made
trends for her wherever she was
known. Her friends of her childhood
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
A BRASS BED FREE
Will Be Absolutely Given Away To
night at Cox & Gardeners, For
meriy the Peoples Furni-
ture Co.

Everybody should take advantage
|of the opportunity to get a beautiful
$50 Brass Bed without a cent of cost
at Cox & Gardeners, formerly the
Peoples Furniture Co, tonight. Sat
urday, at . O'Clock.
In order to receive a ticket free OF
cost you must come to the store to
day even if you do not buy anything
and surely be on hand tonight at
O'Clock to claim the $50 present if you
hold the lucky number.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
Prolificacy of the Skunk.

While there are no official statistics
On record, 1t is known that the Ameri-
can skunk will begin breeding at one
year old They breed twice a year.
and have filters of from five to thir-
teen-an average of eight to the lit
ter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
swinburne and the Cahman.

In his youthful days Swinburne had
a quarrel with eabman over his fare
The cabman abused the poet merci-
lessly Addressing him Swinburne
said; And may invite you to de-
scend from your perch and hear how
poet can swear?"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
MOUNDS.
June rs.


A good rain which is reported with
in two or tire days will fix our far
mars up in good shape. The whea
and hay crops are already safe aud th
corn, berries and other crops ar
being rapidly cultivated and prt il
splendid condition to receive sea
son of rain.
Miss Nellie Grain of the Headlight
force is on the sick list today.
A nine pound law student begus
the study of the legal profession ii
the home of Attorney Carl S. Miller
of Mound City last Thursday.
Something worse that NAL
Cream" must be on tap at Wetaue
Judging from the length of the cor
respondents snake story
A. B. Robertson of Villa Ridge was
shopping in this city yesterday.
The big posters are out annouacRe
the grand celebration here on july
3, and 3.
Frank Biggerstaff had his arm bad
ly lacerated by getting it caught i'll a
self binder one day last wtk.
Rev c. w Campbell. pastor of the
NJ. r. church was a caller this morn
ing. He says the plans will be con
summated for religious federation
at Grange Park east Of Villa Ridge
on Sunday, the 4th of July.
ATrc hbia IIplhpnply af IfDrpf
Oak street was a pleasant business
caller today.
A. Minton. of Shiloh, was in on
business yesterday.
Ed Parktr is having a fine new
country home built on his Valley Re.
cuse farm to take the place of the
one that was burned some time ago.
This one will be built on the lower
Contractor win Gibson has the job
and ii will be ready to occupy long
before winter sets in.
While in villa Ridge Wednesday
evening We called to see our friend
John F. Welson cashier of the First
National Bank of Mound CITY who is
laid up with rheumatism at the home
of his mother Mrs. Robert Welson.
We found the patient in a much bet.
ter condition than We had expected,
While the disease has penetrated al
most every fiber and Joint OF the
physical body his mind is as clear
L.. F.lF I,,,
always been used to a very active
out door life until he went into the
banking business and the coafine
ment and close application to bus.
ness is doubtless the cause of his
affliction. He was ever ready to en-.
gage in athletic sports, the chase. and
his associates at the bank realizing
this came out one evening in an
automobile and brought the sufferer
a cake of ice in which had been
frozen two fine specimens of SPUR
res, cherries. fruits, rose buds, etc.
The appreciation by an invalid can
better be imagined sthan described.
The parental home is a typical place
for the patient to sest as it stands
on high elevation just north of the
little town and commands fine view
of the great commercial AMI agricul
tural country around It. He has tried
the Hot Springs. Ark, and the Mud
Lava Springs of Indiana without re-
cevng any benefit but we are con
fident that the fine oZcne that
mingles with the fine atmosphere Of
the Villa Ridge hills, and ire tender
care which only a fond mother, two
loving sisters and a devoted wife can
give will soon restore his physical
health sufficient for him to mingle
once more with his many anSi-us
friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26

Il prophesy an agreeable ecstasy In
perceiving the unparalleled embarrass.
ment of harassed position while
gauging the symmetry OF a potato
peeled by sibyl" Dictate this sen
tence and find how many of your
friends will be able TO spell it Alright!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made salve, oint-
ment. lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklins Arnca Salve, Its the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands its SUI
preme. lnfaliigle for Piles. 25c at
all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-26
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS?

Does your head ache or simply feel heavy and un-
eomfortsble7 Does your back sche7 Does your
side aehe7 Do yOu feel tagged out7 The tonic
laxative herb tea known as Lanes Family Medicine
viii clear your head, remove the pain in side o.
back and restore your strength Nothing else is 50
good for the stomach and bowels at druggists
and dealers, 25c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
LOST CALHOUN STATUE.
Disappeared During Civil War end
Never Has Been Found.

Disappeared During Civil War end
Never Has Been Found.
What has become OF the handsome
marble statue Of John @. Calhoun
which was brought to Charleston from
Italy ii 1854 OF 1856 and placed in the
city hall here's That Is question
which several members 81 a generation
which Is able to recall events Of half
century ago have been asking each
ether recently. The statue. which was
very much admired by ail who saw 1t,
has not been seen since the war and
has been practically forgotten. it ap-
pears. by ali except a handful Of PEG
pie. none OF whom knows certainly is
fate.
The statue was made IN Rome by che
American sculptor Powers. It repre-
scented Calhoun standing. wearing
Roman senator's toga. In his left
hand. which was uplifted, was scroll
representing Truth, Justice aud the
Constitution" THE right hand Of the
figure was pointing toward the scroll
The statue cost. It IL stated. $4,000.
The statue was shipped from Rome
to New York. ia transit. ii ii said. one
OF the arms was broken just below the
shoulder. and under the direction Of
Mr. Powers it was repaired in this city
hy a stonecutter whose name was
Walker.
One story has IT that the statue was
placed ID the city hall and remained
there until the civil war. that it was
then packed and shipped 20 Columbia
for safe keeping. that upon reaching
Columbia the boxed statue was placed
ia the courthouse. but that when Co
lumbia was burned the statue persisted
ia the flames.
There are other accounts given as 10
the last chapter of the statues history.
Some bold that The statue was never
sent I'd Columbia. but that 1t was bur-
led In the tot around the city hall here.
Others claim that the statue was ship
ped to Columbia. hut that Ii was not
burned They are Of the opinion that
II was taken from Columbia court.
house 10y northern soldiers and may
still be Id existence. However that
may be, the facts connected with the
statues history are as difficult to OBJ
tain as they would appear I'd he inter.
esting Charleston News and Courier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Broken Promises.

The Montpelier Journal says truly.
l"Dishnnored platform pledges are poor
property for any Vermont State Branch
LOT the American Federation Of Labor
appears to think 80 too, rs wituesseth
these resolutions adopted al its recent
convention;
Whereas, the workingmen Of Yer
mont had been promised an employers
law and exemption of $40 from tris.
tee action BY The legislature Of 1908
and these promises having been incor,
porated in the platform Of the Repub-
Lean partyl ana
Whereas these pledges were used
by the speakers and orators Of the party
to catch the workingman's vote and
Whereas, this political party hy
these promises succeeded In securing the
ballot Of the woFkinginen, who be-
ieYed u their partys promises; aud
Whereas, Immediately after the elec.
ton these pledges aud planks were VIC
lated be Ii
Resolved. That the Republican party
lot Vermont b condemned BIZ the Am.
eriean Federation of Labor for it,
treaehery To the working man, widows.
and orphans who are suffering from
the non-passage Of tho acts
From the mere materalistie view
point Of party eEpedieneY, these reso.
lnfions probably 10 not occasion the
Republicans of Vermont any very inv
tense anxiety. because If this labor Or
ganization either formally 10 adopt such
sentiments, or To help execute them at
the polls But. from wider view
point, from A moral viewpoint these IL
solutions are condemnation AZ merited
and as humiliating "a Il they bad been
adopted BIZ every voter III the state
Barring q little rhetorical flourish, they
ere true. They are true I'll substance,
miserably true, and they only serve t0
remind us once more how helpiesslY 1T
competent our great Vermont Repub
liean giant sometimes II when it can
have lts own way
The best intentions Of Republican
leaders and progressists iii this state
are defeated time aud again ii just such
instances as this, not by machine
but by the stubborn ohstinaev of mem
hers of the great anorganized majority
itself who do not set appear To under
statnd why might should not always Be
right. 4 good shaking-up one of these
days might help the Republican party
to find itself and To learn that tho
plighted faith Of political party it.
just 81 mucvh pledge Of honor as the
private promise Of any individual man
that votes It'll ticket Sit, Adams Mes
spmner
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
YERM0NT,s RANK- DEPOSITS.

state Bank Commissioner Williams Of
Newport Il happily permitted to make
ID anspicions report in his first sum
mary Of business done By Vermont saw
ings banks and savings banks and trust
companies the year having ended June
50. 1900 The deposits in the fifty in
stitutions included ID the class named
now amount to s64.4750l3o4, the IN
eraase during The past year having been
about six and one-half per cent. There
are, IN addition to these institutions,
many national banks which have inaugu-
rated savings departments and which
have attracted considerable sums Of
money. Consequently, It would be nee
essary to learn the amounts deposited il
them ii order To determine just the ex-
net ratio of prosperity n Vermont, as
indicated BY the gain ii savings But
the figures presented hy COMMISSIONS
Williams are sufficient to form the judg.
ment that Vermont has Just experienced
one Of the most successful years Ia her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Mntarad Rnttnr.

An ingenious fraud III the butter iins
was brought to light recently in Eng
land In that country the amount Of
moisture il butter Is limited BY law
TO 10 per cent Australian and New
Zealand buffers, on the other hand.
usually contain only S per cent Of wa.
ter. Taking advantage OF this fact.
several firms imported large quaint
ties of these colonial buffers. 70 which
6 per cent Of water was then added,
thus bringing them down 10 the Brit
lsh standard. AS the added water nat
urally cost nothing and the product
was sold at the current butter price q
substantial profit was made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Win Ia ] Great So Ahead.

If the great staff for the census Of
1910 is appointed assembled and or
gained and If it performs is enormous
task, without descent into partisan poll
tics, that win be tremendous gain for
better government In America, and one
that not so very far back in the recol.
leetions Of active citizens would have
been thought impossible. Moreover. such
demonstrations Of Tho possibility Of n
constantly growing non.politcal civil
service win by just 50 much more in
tensify the resistless popular current
that is determined to trust more aud
more responsibilities to the sphere Of
government as fast as the people become
confident that the government can dis.
charge those functions as well and as
safely as they are now discharged by
private peTsonsSt Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21

history and That too, under conditions
which were not at the high tide
II, therefore, Che people Of the state
were able 60 lay away ap increase Of
over six per cent d deposits during only
q fair year, II Is likely that the coming
year viii bring even more satisfactory
results, as the volume 81 business prom.
ises to increase quite largely Alanufac-
turing, quarrying, and farming interests
are picking up, the first two under the
impetus which is being felt from the
West, from whence business progress
generally emanates, II viii be some
what surprising i Commissioner VIII
liams Il not able 10 give d even better
figures when he reports in 1910
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
lmperIshable Mood.

A curious source Of wealth IS report
ed By the French consul nc Mongtze
ID upper Tonkin. It lies III wood mines
The wood originally was pine forest
which the earth swallowed IN some
cataelysm. Some Of the trees are d
yard 10 diameter. They lie ID a slant
ing direction aud in sandy soils. which
cover them 70 q depth Of about eight
yards AS the top branches are well
preserved It Is thought the geological
ronvulsion which buried them cannot
be Of very great antiquity. The wood
furnished BY these timber mines Is i'm.
perishable. and the Chinese gladly buy
it Tor collins. London Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Ancient Mechanical Carts.

There Is nothing new under the sun.
The taxicab. which Is probably sup
posed By most to be recent inyen-
tion, was ID use ages ago, Ancient
documents plainly show. says Pro-
fessor T. #. Parker In the Asiaric
Quarterly Review. shat mechanical
carts capable of registering distances
Travelled By counting and recording
the revolutions 81 very large cart
wheels connected by eogs with other
concentric or eccentric horizontal and
perpendicular wheels of pronortionate
diameters have been we'll known to
the Chinese FOR 1.700 Or i 800 years.
On the top Of the cart was the iigure
Of q man holding drum, which he
beat when one II, d third of mile.
was travelled. Some carts bad Ia aadi
ton figure holding a cymbai, which
was struck when the drum had been
beaten ten times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
A HERO TO HIS LEG.
Major Tate Again Carries Rose to
Gettysburg.

Lenox Mass. Aug siIn pursuance
Of custom that has come to be all
most soimn rite, Major George Tate,
.U S. A., retired has left here TO make
bis annual visit to the grave Of his
loft lex, which, shot Of in action. i
buried at Gettysburg on the battle.
field
Major Tate, who Is now an internal
revenue officer attached to the New York
district, served through the WAR with
signal honor and distinction Until his
leg was shot OH At Gettysburg
When told that be must lose the
member, after the battle, Ne made ar.
angements 70 have Il buried on the
battlefield A stone subsequently erect
ed, Row marks the grave Of The gallant
majors leg
Since then noe year has passed but
that Major Tate, no matter bow press.
ing his duties, has gone % Gettysburg
to lazy il red rose on the grave of his
lost member.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
- 81 - d NrHaAY.

STATE OF VERMONT. Ia Probate Court
District 0f Washington IS held &c Montpel-
iefs y ami for sa1d District, On tile s0th day 81
August. A u 59aa.
81 instrument pufrortane to Re she last win
ana Testament IS Maft II Murray Iafs 6f
A1AfshAela, il said District deceased BEL
~ Ptf5eAeea to the Court for Probate, It Is
ordered 81 said Court fhat all psfsanA concern.
81 saeee1a es notified @ appear at session Of
5aaa ss.a85s s. ba Aeia at tAs Probate 0fiee IN
ssAe MantpeiAsf aH fhe aeA day af September
=, q - 6A# ana snow cause, q any they may
1Afe agaftsE she probate al said Instrument.
42t ehIsN purpose s IS further ordered that
h9slee q IAls order be published three waeks
Sasse~stNeit q tie Barre DAILY Times news
pAFef printed e. the CITY 81 aanra IN this
sls,e previous te said tlme appointed lag
bs the Court Attest.
FRANK J. MARTIN. 3udes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
60 aambIsra &C ~.


That The circus gamblers we're not ai-
lowed 70 operate their skin games while
il bennington reflects not i little credit
upon the local authorities and narticu-
larry upon States Attorney W ] Meag-
her The sharps who have taken not 4
little money from the gullibles ii other
towns in the state where the circus has
shown were given to understand imme-
diately upon their arrival HI Bennington
that they would not be permitted to
run any kind of game and they
were obliged To suspend operations en-
tiTelY while here.
Conditions II this respect might Just
as well have prevailed ia the other Nef-
mont towns IN which the circus appeared
had the officials whose duty ii is 10 look
after matters Of this kind conscientious
III exercised the authority vested I'll
them. The shaFps who are accustomed
TO follow III the wake 81 a circus are
entitled to no consideration from the
In tie towns they visit and
their crooked work could be reduced to a
minimum by an ordinary display Of en-
ergy and backbone
The gamblers Immediately upon their
arrival called upon The states attorney
to ascertain how much latitude would
be allowed, but were promptly informed
that there would be nothing doing in
their line while the circus was IN town
and that officials would be On the
grounds to see that Tie prohibition was
While It IS hardly fair to presume
that the confidence men were deliberate
II allowed to skin tie nnwary in other
towns in The state. the fact that they
the states attorney for infor
nl8tion would seem % indicate that they
had adopted the same method IN the
they visited before coming
to Bennington Their success, as eyi
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
TWO New Cakes
City Bakery

Just lately we've been making
White Mountain cake and Marble
cake. Both sell for Zoe each and
are little different from others n
goodness and taste, Better try one
today
Saturday special wen have those
popular Cream PuiTs. 15e doz
Fresh Pastry Of al kinds Saturday
Remember this IS the day you get
those full-Ravored hot baked Beans,
&c Ct, and Brown Bread. sc 4
loaf Buy Of the cart Of here at shop
T. G. veHaeF, Prep. Telephone i7-it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Another EnnIlah -.

Some of the London papers are giv-
ing attention to az enormous magnet
which has been patented ia Germany.
and the Berlin correspondent If the
Standard, speaking of whaf It is hoped
It VIII 90, says that. placed st the
mouth of river or port It IS to make
scrap iron Of ali the iron and steel Of
an enemy's neighboring nreadnoueht.
throwing al the machinery out of
gear and generally sending tue mon
ster mad. 4 smaller ship. it is hoped.
may even be drawn out Of its course
altogether and swept Into the port By
the force Of attraction. ana stili
smaller one may be sucked right under
water Worse still. the magnets matto
Is. Defense not defiance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21

Even II there are not enough labor
union votes ii Vermont To make the Re-
publican party uneasy, that does not
e1ealpata the party for It's failure to
live Up to its platform promises; nor
does It lessen the obligation which rests
On the party The Vermont branch Of
the American Federation o. Labor Is
justified ID condemning the Republican
party II. as the conventions resolu.
tons openly state, and the Bellows Falls
Times, for instance, intimates the plank
~ grant $40 exemption from trustee
process was merely inserted to catch
votes and not for serious consideration,
II was pretty politics" but poor policy.
n case The Republican party thinks sol
little Of Its pledges to labor unions a.
to ignore It's promises to them, the
latter cannot really be expected to fol-
low The Republican leadership. Surely,
little reliance viii Be placed % future
pledges.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
EsTATE 81 HELM n RErD.

The undersigned having been appointed ~
shs Hon. Probate Court for the District 6f
y washington Commissioners to receive. examine
ana adjust y Il elaiMa and demands 81 all per-
SONS against The estate pf Helen M Reed late
~ the AitH u BaFHe. iii said District deceased;
ems MI eiatns exhibited Is offset thereto, hereby
give notice thar we VIII meet fgr tie purpose
atofesata at the National Hank ii this
hlts q AA5He ii said District. on the sth day
81 septem Haf and LIST dag NK February next from
GAYS, and that six months from tile end day Of
AnEasE III 1902, Is the time limited by said
Court foE A8sa creditors to present their claims
- us foT examination ana atiewanee
Dated 4 Gisy q EaFfs, this 1lss day IT August
A. y. 1860.
q FL CAVE JR Commits
sat aug. ai.gs. sapt4.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
Mosquito Musketry.

Slap! Slap slap
II sounds like artiller8's sinister snap
Over the front porch; back Ga tie ataopf
Ont near Tile trees where the sufferers
troop;
You hear If. while ferveutly floats
through the Air
4 word here and there;
Quite distinct from prayer
The eehoes come back from I'LL points Of
Che map
Slapl slap slap
Washington Star.