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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

Most iolts and jars in life are un
necessary, wasteful and more or less
disturbing TO the public peace. Sen
sible economy of life ought TO seek
the elimination of the iolting for self
interest, not TO speak of regard for the
public In New York hereafter trans
portation companies that subject their
passengers to jolts, and jars from
broken or fat wheels, loose trucks o.
sagging rails, switches or frogs, will
be liable To fine not exceeding $50;
for each olfense. This is not parental
economy for the railroad companies,
nor even the protection of the pas
sengers, but of the people. But, what
ever it's professed motive. it is good
idea and worth general application
PenaliZe the unnecessary iolts,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
VIRGINIA CITY BUT A MEMORY.
The Gold Seekers Have Gone and the
Town Is Dilapidated.

Virginia City is indeed a strange
OF its opulence it boastod a popula'
tion of 10000. To-day there are less
than onetenth that many. Dfapida.
tion and ruin are seen on every hand.
The chief streets terrace along a
great hillside. Further up the slope
are wastes Of sagebrush growing in
stunted clumps thar half hide the
earth with their gray twigs and foil.
age. Down below IS a valley whcro
the mines have dumped vast heaps OF
waste.
The entire regicn is a wild upheaval
OF hills and around the horizon are
seen ranges OF snowy topped noun
tains. The Cniy trees are an occa-
sional gnarlcd scrub pine or dwarf
cedar a few feet high.
The iowa streets are rough and
dirty and as walked about was con.
stantly encCuntcFing old tin cans and
getting NV feet tangled up in wires
from the halod hay buildings in good
repair are ra.iIez. There are totter-
ing fences ard Tas8e1 walls and bro
ken roofs aud smashed glass and
many windows and dooIs are BOARDED
up.
f The search for gold has resulted In
tearing The country all 10 pieces.
EyerywhcTC the hills are Lotted with
prospectoIs holes From any height
you can see dczens-perhaps hun
dreds. They suggest the burrowing'
Of wOodehucks or prairie dogs The
region along the Comstock lode
abounds too in deserted shafts.-Cui-
ing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

MOUND CITY, ILL.
% g~>.. ~>+~%% 80
January 9, 1909.

Miss Allie Belts was Cairo Wis
itor Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. Cnas. Estes sseat
Friday in Cairo,
Dr. viii Whit1aFer and family OF
Omsted were in the city Friday Nis-
iting relatives.
Hugh : esbit is quite i'll this we k
at his home on Second street,
Lowell Otrich Of Mounds was IN
the city Friday on business.
Mrs. Mary Wilson o. America, W $
in town shopping Friday
Gus Reichert Of Leyngs spent FRI
day in town on business
Miss La Verne Armstrong VITO
has spent the past two weeks with
relatives in Charleston, Mo, returned
hcme Friday,
Russell ana Ada Wi,iams, son and
daughter Of Nr. and AIRS Hugh Wi =
liams of Upper Main street are srf
fering VITA the measles this Week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Dillworth end
daughter, Sallye, spent Friday vita
c. II. Berhling and family ia Cairo.
James Eolaf retrrno,; home r.
Gently from the Tethn"e Ct Panama
where he haa he'd pcs tin ,le past
II months, and he and his family
were in this cts . few days this week
meeting old friends a visiting 70 A.
tives Mrs. Bolar md little on will
accompany Mr. 0r on his re,usn
to Panama the first Of ECAt weef.
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A Birc's.Eye View.

The following incident occurred dur
ing a terrific thunder storm at the
home of contractor who lives in the
vicinity Of Tampa. Fla. The contractor
and his family were sitting on the yer
anda. watching the storm, when a
bolt Of lightning struck a tree not flf.
teen feet from where they were sit.
ting.
The shock was terrific. but no one
was injured, although they were all
badly frightened. The young son,
with great excitement. was telling that
he jumped two feet high.
How do you know you Jumped SO
hiphg" said his father.
Why" said Johnnie. - looked down
while | was up."-Youth's Companion.
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For One Time Only.

A youthful bachelor once went 10
live IN a village where the old custom
Of seating the men on enc side OF the
church and the W'smcn on the other
was kept up.
The first Sunday after he arrived he
went TO church. accompanied by h.s
hcusckeeper. and they we're duly
shown into dlfereEt paws on either
side Of the aisle
But presently the verger came up
TO the young man and remarked. in a
very audible whisper:
If sou are neWly-msrried. you MAJ
SIT beside her the fret Sunday -
Penny Pictorial
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-
) NEWS EPfNN OTIT NE|GHRORS

l.. c Otrich of the Palace drua
store transacted business in Noun.
City yesterday.
Bird Moore Of Pulaski was in th,e
city F.iday loklng for a desirable
piece Of residence property. Bird
would make a good citizen and orr
people would gladly welcome him and
family
Oscar Loeschenr of Valley Recluse
was in town yesterday. He was favor
ably impressed with the Texas coun-
try bnt viii not leave the Valley right
away
The officers of the First State
Bank held a busines meeting Friday,
John b. Jackson of Anna had bust.
ness in this city yesterday.
The. Headlight readers all agree
that Joe was good Tom was better,
and Coldwell is best The Headlight is
alright
Mounds has over 80 business places
now open for the different lines of
TRADE not including private boarding
and rCCmng houses.
John J. NOlte has bought the fire
wroekC buildings of the fire wrecked
Walston hotel and restaurant at the
corner CT Front and Thistlewood
streets which will be removed 500
and replaced by substantial brick
building
Eai5 Cunningham, late of Sikeston,
Mo, visited his uncle and aunt on
Taylor Heights this week.
Grandma Britton of Liberty, visited
with her son f. G Britton and family
On @ big dairy farm theirst of this
week.
II you are tax payer and interest
cd in the welfare of Pulaski county,
don't iail to attend circuit court in
Nj und City next week.
Miss Olive Buckle, one of the
teachers in the Mound City schools,
passed through here Friday evening
ON her way to Villa Ridge where she
will 81 end Sunday with relatives.
DR.. H. w. Brann and D.Warshaw
are both slightly on the sick list this
week
Jim Brayhll of villa Ridge visited !
Mounds Saturday.
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a arninu.

since one in ten Of us. II we wealth
er the age OF 49, are doomed to die oI
cancer" said a physician, 1t is good
to know the most prevalent cause oi
this terrible disease That cause il
pressure-local irritation
Certain eastern women wear a belt
about the waist with a tight and
heavy clasp of metal In front Where
this clasp presses these women con,
tract cancer.
Turkish porters carry heavy
weights on their shoulders. When
these men fall victims to cancer Il is
on the shoulder that the disease ap-
pears.
Here with rs cancer too often at
tacks mems tongues The cause is
the cigar or pipe. which, with its pres
sure and heat. sets mp the irritation
which Is certainly. so far as We know.
cancers chief cause"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Lena Rivers,

Three acts of the play 81 Lena
Rivers are laid in tie sunny south
at the home of the Livingstones near
Frankfort, Kentucky, one Cf the most
bear tiful and typical Old mansions
of IL, south The play is crowded
with amusing incidents and has had
an overwhelming amount of success.
Ii is said to be the most popular ma
tive play descriptive Of American
hunor now before the public. At the
Cairo 'Cl era house Oh Saturday, Jan
uarA 10th. matinee al night. Prices;
Matin.c 10 and % cents; night, 25c
to $50. Seats on sale Friday
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
German Government Lotteries.

In an article on the lotteries the Ber
liner Tagebatt says there are three
ways by which wealth is acquired-hy
work, which is long and tedious: by
dishonesty, which is procarious pro,
ceeding, and by gambling. The mum.
ber OF persons who prefer the last.
named method, says the writer, Is
large In the German realm, for there
the great lotteries thrive the best
There are seven of these under the
management of the government,
and they distribute $l60,000, 600 in
prizes. The anxiety to secure a
part of this amount has destroyed
the happiness of thousands OF
households and has diverted thousands
of good men from honest industry and
thrift to idleness and poverty In the
seven lotteries there are about $4,000
winners a year, but OF these only about
$50 receive prizes of more than 1000
marks each.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
A Wonan's Way.

In Just a Woman's Way" which
appears at the Cairo opera house on
Wednesday. January 18th the author
Mr.. Pascoe, has told his story with
Ia erankness that has stamped him
With real genius. There are new
tuIns and twists in this play which
haNc not been seen before in play
Wtitin3 and Mr.. PascCe is to be con-
graduated that Lincoln J. Carter has
fulnishel him with so efficient an in
tcrpreting cast and with so fine and
adequate a production. Prices 25 so
and - cents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Have You Noticed7

Harker-Say. Coggwood. YOU are up
on automobile lore. When you has to
spin out five or ten miles over smooth
roads to TOW In a broken down
friend what do YOU call It?
CosgwOod-Blamed lot Of trouble
ana big sacrifice
Harkef-And then when YOU start on
q thirtymile spin through rain and
mud what do you call it,
CoggwOod-Why. man. that's fun,
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Books TO Read.

n" Tanafk as to Macaulay being "a
very commoa sort ef bookbuyer. who
alrays bought books 70 read. which
S.r Ceo-re TIcvelyan tells us. emsn-
ated from the late Pernard QuaritCh.
recalls an a--cdotc related by Lock
cr-I.aihl son in Ny ColGds-Ces." Bel
ford cnTcrcr of Na-occo. once sent
Ele home a little b-ntlls which san-
i-7-cd uasatisfacto-y-tl volume I'D
not shut properly: it gapsd. NLsa I
pointed out tbs e-iCvous defect. bis
OHiy remark vas- Why. b-ess me. sir.
yO4've been reading itt'~
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His lnnrression.

yes" said the fair young thing;
that punch you just tasted is made
from a recipe that has been treasured
I'm the family for centuries. The earli-
est authentic record We have OF ii was
I'm the. lifetime Of my great -great-eyer.
reat-grandfather. whose suit Of ar.
NOR stands IN the hall"
II be drank much OF that punch. 4"
observes the young man. who has had
too glasses of -. be mast have
wished he waz we-rt'g that armor on
his inside instead .. his outside
Judge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
n. Hos, a.ff..lI.s Driea is n. wosla
ne nOst BsfrssAias Drisa is the woIls
(6u!G6K
NASLG~
~ BSTrLks
AZ all iced Bars, Groceries sst stAsss
Wsnt, Women 1stIes..

A minister In a brooklyn Baptist
church requested the Wonien o. his
congregation to take on their hats,
and furthermore informed them Il
there was any woman Who cid not
want to take Of her hat she could so
home The hats came or. lie told
them that In the days " COnnth the
headdress OF a woman vas the badge
Of serVitude. and he declared that in
Tokyo be had seen a croEd mistake
Somaa's large hat for an airship
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

Mrs Skandell vas telling mo a
story TO day about that odious zIrs
Galley" began Mrs Jigsley.
see here" interrupted her hus-
band I thought you hated gossip"
~Why-eT-so ] DO. but Of course. I
cant hate il thorcashiy until | know
Just exactly shat g. is
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Just Suit Him.

Il don't believe you'd work 10 YOU
life depended upon IT, snorted th,
angry housewife
And dats where yer do me a greal
injustice. mum" responded the tai
tramp. blandly. "If | could have con
ditions as Id like dem. I'D work all q,
time"
And how Is that?"
Why. ia like to shovel snow down
ia Florida and run a lawn mower up
10 Alaska, num-"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

A stslwart irish soldier. after beins
In active service for SINE time. b
came greatly reduced IN Weight until
be vas 50 weak that be c0uld hardly
stand. Then be Eas invaded hone
on bis arrival In England. just a. be
stepped from tbe train. one o. bis Old
frsends rushed NJ 10 hin. Wsll
vel. Pat. be said. I am glad % Sc
ycu're bsck from the fronti i knes
I'm getifng thin. bst I nlrvsr thsaght
you eSsI4 see fhat mach.~ Feietnea
Fat
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Willing to MlnoIe.

That European nObleman seems a
deTocrstic sort Of chap"
Yes answered Mr.. Cumrox: he
sreias perfectly willing 10 divide up
some heiiess' moIfy. 50 that be can
cgme n tie percn and be Oue Of Us
neRly rich"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
The Real Thino.

Mrs Bluehose-who is your favo-
riie writer. Mrs Shopleigh2
Mrs shcpleigh-My husband.
Mrs BluehOse-Why. / wasn't aware
that be vas Of a literary turn.
Grs Shoplolgh-Oh. yes. he writes
oAocB
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Leaning An u. secrsts-

Husbsnd-Why wire you 80 arx-
ious to get that maid2 She does not
Sc m TO be efficient
Wife-She isn't
Husbsnd-Then what did you N
gaec ler for2
Wtsc-She has lived in every family
tE tie neighborhood.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Old Rul.

Creditor-ssy. sent you my bill a
month ago.
EditOr-Yes but you wrote across
the back Of H. Please call and settle %
We make Il q rule 10 pay no attention
70 manuscripts written on both sides.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

DO you know that we are on the
verge OF a milk fsmine?"
4 should say I do. Our Baby Is
fussing about il all the tine
What does your baby know abOm
il"
lie s being WezRed "-HOustoE
Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
MOUNDS, ILL.
January 9,
. . s~~"

J5ruary 9.
Atch Royal of Pulaski was a bust
nes visitor to this place Friday.
Mrs. Eugene Cation and Mrs Gray
Britt were pleasant business callers
at this office yesterday.
Cal Wehrenberg of Mound City was
on our streets Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

Advertising inThe Bulletin PAYS tfs
sdvsrussr because % circuIs'es among
Lhs peopls hat have n0s-l ~ sRsn&
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Absorbfna

There Is ore subject on which Il Is
dlmcuit 70 keep up interest
What par iCular subject s. that on
which il is tiffeuii t. Keep ~ in
terestT-
The u1oTtz2ss Of ny hosse- -
stray Stones.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

The Cairn Bulletin l. the only Ca
. paper eth the service of the Asso
tlstsa Prs>A
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
ALARM THAT WAS eRouNDLess.
Report Myst Have Ms5e Timcrous
Individual Feel Small.

SAYS TIE Allahsbad 0Indial Pioneer:
"a gentleman Of Madras recently Re
eefved In g morning 'dak a veTy
zysterious Ie0kia-- parcel --Sussect-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
caIrs. Alexander County. siilNs's
Population 1e,f47.

Mayor. GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk. n. A. HATCHER
Treasurer, THOMAS n. MAHONy
City Attorney. FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller. ERNEST NORp~tA
Police Magistrate. A. J. ROSS
Chief Of Police, M. 8. AAGAN
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Alexander County. Population U4u

Alexander County, Population DSO
County Clerk, Jesse T. VIZ W
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
sheriff FRANK r., DAVIS
States Attorney, ALEX. VIII sOr \
County Superintendent OF Schools
oROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer. TRnD u
NElL.lh
Bosrd Of County Commissioners
j. J. JENNELLE, Chairmaa.
c " NEFF. y
DR. EnWIN GAUSH.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

Russis's Psaszu.ry.
OF ihe i4T, T,OOe. 90 u Russla's bonn
latiol 10 0ee0 90 are peasants.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22

leave delivered an address recounting
his matchless services to India.
In his address Kitchener ironically
adopted Curzon's lofty language in
describing what he himself had done
for the Indian army.
The joke was appreciated In In
ola, but when the Calcutta papers
containing reports Of the speech were
received in London. an inspired
friend of Curzon wrote to the Times
a solemn letter accusing Kitchener
Of plagiarism.
Kitchener's humor was shown on q
previous occasion when the Ameer OF
Afghanistan visited India. Orders
were issued by the military headquar.
tiers staff at Simla that on all occa-
sions the Ameer must be greeted BY
military bands with the national an.
them of Afghanistan. The question
Immediately arose as to what really
was the national anthem Of Afghanis.
tan. No one seemed to know any.
thing about it, and the question was
ultimately referred to Lord Kitchener
for his decision. He disposed of it in
Enthusiastically summary fashion.
What does it matter two straws."
he said. PLAY a bar or two of some.
thing slow and pompous and let 1t 20
at that"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22

tie bay marked "Eid's Nord" on sver-
drup's chart; then southwest to Hell's
Gate and Simmons peninsula.
Here for the first time during the
entire journey, except as already
noted of Cape Thomas H. Hubbard,
they encountered open water. On this
point the boys were clear. emphatic.
and unsuitable. They spent a good
deal OF time in this region, and finally
abandoned their dogs and one sledge.
took to their boat. crossed Hell's Gate
to North Kent, up into Norfolk Inlet,
then back along the north coast Of
Colin Archer Peninsula to Cape Vera.
where they obtained fresh elder duck
eggs. Here they cut the remaining
sledge off, that is shortened it, as it
was awkward to transport with the
boat, and nea here they killed a wal
rus.
The statement in regard to the fresh
elder duck eggs permits the approx
mate determination of the date at this
time as about the first of July. (This
statement also serves, If indeed any
thing more thar the inherent straight
forwardness and detail of their nara
tive were needed, to s~ubstantiate the
accuracy and t~ruthfumess of the boys
statement. This location Of Cape Vera
is mentioned in Sverdrup's narrative
as the place where during his stay in
that region he obtained elder duck
eggs.)
From Cape Vera they went on down
into the southwest angle of Jones
Sound, where they killed a seal;
thence east along the south coast Of
the sound. killing three bears at the
point noted on the map, to the PENN
sula known as Cape Sparbo ON the
map. about midway on the south side
of Jones Sound. Here they killed
some musk-oxen and, continuing east,
killed four more at the place indi-
Gated on the chart, and were finally
stopped by the pack ice at the mouth
of. Jones Sound. From here they
turned back to Cape Sparbo, where
they wintered.
After the sun returned in 1909 they
started. pushing their sledge, across
Jones Sound to Cape Tennyson; thence
along the coast to Clarence Head;
(passing inside of two small islands
not shown on the chart, but drawn on
it by the boys), where they killed a
bear; thence acros the broad blight
in the coast to Cadogan Fiord; thence
around Cape Isabella and up to Com
mander Peary's old house in Payer
Harbor nea Cape Sabine, where they
found a seal cached for them by Pan
ikpah, I-took-a-shoo's father. From
here they crossed Smith Sound on the
ice. arriving at Anoratok.
(Signed) r. E. PEARY. U. S. NJ.
ROBERT A. BARTLETT,
Master S. S. Roosevelt.
D. B. M'MILLAN,
GEORGE BORUP,
MATTHEW A.. HENSON.
lS4O pl
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22

Hartman went to Europe In search
Of health Averell had his choice Of
how he should spend the summer, and
his choice included the opportunity
to go to Europe. He declared that he
wanted to learn something about how
railroads are located. as that was the
foundation of the science Of railroad
ing. Asked II he wanted to start ct
the bottom. as any other boy would
have to. he replied that he did. He 10
earning SOS q month and Is treated
just like one Of the other employees
in his gang.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22
KITCHENER RAPs cURzoN
Adopts Lofty Language o. ~. alval
In Describing His Walk
for India.

London, Eng.-In his farewell
address to the Britt army
in India, Lord Kitcheys yer held
Lord Curzon of Keddxeston up
to ridicule and baited a rap into
which the ex-viceroy fell all in a heap.
AS every one familiar with events
in that eastern empire is aware, Cur
zon and Kitchener quarrelet over the
question of supremacy, thu former
holding that the civil auth ority was
paramount: the latter inst Ting that
the military must rule. ,,urzon in
formed the British govern Snent that
unless he was sustained he would re.
sign. He resigned and on .aking his
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22

along the northwest coast Of Heibere
Land to a point indicated on the map
~(Sverdrup's Cape Northwest).
From here they went west across
the ice, which was level and covered
with snow, offering good going, to a
low island which they had seen from
the shore of Heiberg Land at Cape
Northwest. On this island they
camped for one sleep.
The size and position of this island
as drawn by the first boy, vas criti'
cised by the second boy as being too
large and too far to the west, the sec.
ond boy calling the attention of the
first to the fact that the position OF
the island was more nearly in line
with the point where they had left
Heiberg Land (Cape Northwest) and
the channel between Amund Ringnes
Land and Ellef Ringnes Land.
From this island they could see two
lands beyond ~(Sverdrup's Ellef Ring.
mes and Amund Ringnes Lands). From
the island they %journeyed toward the
left-hand n of these two lands
(Amund Ringnes Land), passing a
small island which thew did not visit.
Arriving at the shore of Amund
Ringnes Land, the Eskimos killed a
deer as indicated on the chart.
The above portion Of the state.
ment Of the Eskimo boys covers
the period Of time in which DR.. Cook
claims to have gone to the pole and
back, and the entire time during
which he could possibly have made
any attempts to go to it.
If it is suggested that perhaps DR.
Cook got mixed and that he reached
the pole, or thought he did, between
the time of leaving the northwest
coast Of Heiberg Land at Cape North.
west. and his arrival at Ringnes Land,
where they killed the deer, we must
hen add to the date of DR.. Cooks let.
ter of March II, at or near Cape
Thomas Hubbard, the subsequent four
or five sleeps at that point, and the
number of days required t march
from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape
Northwest "a distance of some sixty
nautical miles). which would advance
his date of departure from the land
to at least the 25th Of March, and be
prepared to accept the claim that DR..
Cook vent from Cape Northwest
(about latitude eighty and a half de-
grees north) to the pole, a distance of
five hundred and seventy geographical
miles, in twenty-seven days.
After killing the deer they then trav.
eled south along the east side of Ring.
mes Land to the point indicated on the
chart, where they killed another deer.
They then went east across the
south part Of Crown Prince Gustav
sea to the south end of Heiberg Land,
then down through Norwegian bay.
where they secured some bears, but
not until after they had killed some of
their dogs, to the east side of Ora.
ham Island; then eastward to the lit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22
HEIR TO HARTMAN MILLIONS
Elohteen-rear-Oid Son Of Railroad
Magnate Learning the Business
from the Ground Up.

New York.-The principal heir to
the many millions OF the late Edward
H. Hartman is the elder of his two
sons, w. Averell Hartman. The
young man is Is years old and has
undertaken the learning Of the rail
road business from the ground up.
With that end in view he Is hard at
work carrying the chain in a r
ing gang on the Oregon Short Line,
n Of the roads in which his father
had q controlling interest. When MI,