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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-31
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.
Winter Tourist Fares.

AFRO TO Ahef'lreti, Miss. and
vinrl ,.......... -. s1s 10
'atro toi irnrant Miss and
return ,.. is.is4
afro 20 Jackson. MISS. and
return M .e .,....ss.. !5,5S
1airo to Mccouih. Miss AMI re.
turn VIA. ........... 1876
cairo to Hammond La and re 80.
turn .... ,.ss. 20 SIS
'.iro to New Orleans, La. and
return -. ~. - Il 80
Cairo to Houston. Texas, and
return Is. .,....... %, 2E
Cairo to Galveston, Texas, and
return ..,. . ...se..4.,... ~. 3l.2S
Cairo to San Antonio, Tex, and
return .... II. ......... "a. 50
Cairo to Austin, Texas, and re-
turn .... wi. I. .....s.31 40 !
Cairo to Corpus Christi, Texas,
and return -. 49,. .....t., 37.9b
Cairo to El Paso, Tex, and re
! turn .......,-.. ou on
Cairo to Jacksonville. Fla, and
return ..... .,.... 81, 10
: GIRO to Havana, Cuba, and re-
| turn =. .....4...... e7e55
And many other points in Florida.
Texas, New Mexico, California
Tickets on sale until April Seth,
good returning until May 31st, 1910.
! u, RI. JONES.
Ticket Agent, Cairo, III.
A. II. HANSON,
P, r., NJ, Chicago.
8. IA. HATCH, @. P. A.; Chicago.
! ~ aN. -gs 4 4 ss9E Y j &lf II
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-31
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS,

Chicago. Dee. 10. The following car
4oads reIfresent the- DAYS luovements.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-31

Cairo, H., Dec, 18th, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-31

Caiso, ILL.,, Dec II, 1909.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
An ObliQinq President.

During a short lived revolution, says
Harper's Weekly, there came to be
the head of the government In a little
Central American republic a nan who
was above all things courteous and
who was, moreover. very anxious to
gain the good will Of the foreign con-
suls. One of the latter. having heard
that a certain countryman Of his had
died. addressed a note to the head Of
the new government, in which he stat.
ed that his own government would be
grateful for a certificate Of death Of
the individual in question. A few
days later the consul received this
communication:
Esteemed Senor-I blush to say that I
annot at present comply with your ex-
cellency's request for a death certificate
of the man named. l sent my soldiers.
but he got away. to my shame. | shall
use every effort to catch him. however.
and hope to send your excellency the de-
sired certificate at an early date.
Needless to say. the consul lost no
time In communicating to the obliging
president the information that the GER
titicate was undesired. in view of the
fact that the individual was able to
get away"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
MEN AND WOMEN WANTED.
The United States Government Gives
Railway Mail Clerks $500 a Year
to Start, and Increases to $1,000.

Uncle Sam will hold an examination
for postal clerks and letter carriers in
South Dakota in November; for other
positions on different dates. 1t is esti-
matea that $4,000 appointments will
be made this year. The government
wants people over Is years to take
the examination; will pay them well
and s!ve them an annual vacation with
full pay. The Bureau of Instructions.
Rochester, N. Y with its thorough
knowledge of all the requirements can
fit anyone i. a few weeks to pass. A.
government position means employment
for life. Prepare uow for the examin-
alton. Any reader of the Register can
get full information by writing the
Bureau of Instructions, 461 Hamlin
Building, Rochester, N. Y.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
A West Indian Wife Catcher.

AS is customary with Indians the
world over. the Caribs are expert
basket weavers. and many strong and
handsome baskets are to be bought in
Roseau at reasonable prices If n
finds the right shops. writes Harriet
Quimby in Leslie's Weekly. A pecul-
lar instrument. made of basket straw
and woven closely together so as to
form a hollow tube ending in a thong
Of twisted ends and commonly dubbed
a wife catcher. is also made and sold
by the Caribs. By slipping the hollow
end yer a mans finger above the
joint and pulling on the twisted end
the catcher will tighten around the
finger and the captive will be unable
to release his hand. 1t is claimed that
the Indians formerly employed this
device as a handcuff for prisoners.
using several for each hand and lead
ing the captives by the fingers. Few
tourists are permitted to leave Roseau
without a wife catcher. for which six
pence is Willingly exchanged.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

o. S. Basford. state commissioner OF
insurance calls the attention of the
state threshers to the fact that they
are required by law to take out either
a bond or an indemnifying policy to
the amount of $500 to secure the
formers for whom they thresh against
loss from fires set by threshing ma
chimes. There is provided a fine of
500 to $500 for any who violate the
law. The farmers should take an in
terest in seeing that this is enforced.
They have a right to- demand that
the thresher produces his bond. The
law was enacted for their protection
and they should take an interest in it.
Sioux Falls Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
An Ancient Sky Pilot,

From Garnett's Anthology" volume
z, page 4S, l copy the following. taken
from the writings of Lucian." a
Greek born about 100 A. D.:
1--WE were suddenly caught by a
whirlwind. which turned our vessel
several times around in a circle with
tremendous velocity and lifted 1t
above 1900 stadia In the air. not set
ting 1t down again on the sea, but
kept 1t suspended above the water at
that height and carried us on. with
swelled sails, above the clouds"
In these days OF air conquest this
quotation might be of utmost interest
to %aeronauts and also literary men.
This ancient CULVER long preceded
Swift. and as for understanding Jules
Verne another quotation il added:
Having thus continued our course
through the sky for a space OF v
DAYS and AZ many nights. on the eighth
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
Babies Bank Accounts.

In ~Schoenberg, a suburb of Berlin,
every baby is born with a banking ac-
count. No ~Schoenberg baby can help
this even If it wants to. The munich
pal regulations provide that whenever
the birth of a child Is recorded the
officials of the municipal savings bank
shall issue a bank book in the said
baby's name. The city itself then de-
posits ! mark about % cents and
Immediately allows interest. With
this nest egg the authorities believe
that the parents of the child will be
encouraged In thrift and that the baby
itself will have a fair start on the
road to wealth. No withdra walls are
allowed in less than two years. and
the ordinance applies I o all children.
whether they are members of poor
families or descended from million.
aires.
Babies are popular In ~Schoenberg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

began Monday afternoon about two
o'clock was the immediate cause. In
his weakened condition, the result of
last Wednesdays operation, he was
unable to further rally.
Governor Johnson lapsed into un-
consciousness at l o'clock this morn
ing, and his physicians, the Doctors
Mayo, and DR.. Charles F. McNevin,
who were his constant attendants
throughout his illness, saw that the
end was fast approaching. Just be-
fore he became unconscious, he rails
ed his hand several times and stroked
Mrs. Johnson's cheeks as she sat be-
side his bed, weeping silently.
His last words, before he lost con,
sciousness were addressed to- his wife.
They were: well, Nora, / guess I'm
going. But I've made a good fight"
Mrs. Johnson was escorted from the
room, when the pulse ceased to beat,
and was taken to the residence of her
friends, the Sullivans, in DR.. Mayo's
automobile.
Governor Johnson was not notified
of his approaching death, but it was
very slowly borne to him that he
could not recover, and he seemed re.
signed to his fate. Early in the night,
it seemed that he appreciated his CON
dition for he said to his doctors: 81
want to thank everybody in this room,
and especially Will Mayo, for what
has been done for me-"
And so Minnesota's best beloved
governor died.
Mrs. Johnson, the brave little wom-
an who is still going through such a
terrible ordeal, has expressed the
wish that Governor Johnson be ac-
corded all the ceremonies due to a
governor of Minnesota, and her wishes
will be carried out.
Early this morning the body of the
governor was removed from st. Mary's
hospital to LAWYERS undertaking rooms
on Broadway street. No one was al
lowed to see it. At 2 o'clock this
afternoon a special train over the Chi
cago Great Western railway will con-
vey the body of the governor, Mrs.
Johnson, Miss Sullivan and the govern
or's personal friends who are here,
to st. Paul, arriving there at about 6
o'clock this evening.
A detail of guardsmen will meet the
body at the depot. and it will be given
full military escort to the state CAPT
tol, where it will lie in state all day
tomorrow.
Further than this the funeral ar
engagements have not been completed,
except that Mrs. Johnson has express
ed the wish that the governor be
buried at his boyhood home in ST.
Peter, MINI.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

A man at Upton, Iowa, went to the
worlds fair at st. Louis, five years
ago and succeeded in filching a single
grain of Siberian oats. He carried it
home and committed to the care Of
his mother-in-law who planted and
tended it, and last week, at the end
of FIVE harvests from the first planting
she had a crop of n hundred bush
els Of splendid oats Of a variety new
to this region and which promises
great things for western husbandry.
The moral seems to be: Do not neg
lect to pick up the little things
Pierre Dakotan.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

The present population Of South Da-
kota, as based upon the school census,
furnished some interesting figures.
In 1905 the population of the state
was 455.1S5; including 1852 Indians.
According to the school census this
had grown on June l last year to
507,7 IA. II the estimate is correct.
and past censuses have proven its APP
proximate correctness, and If the same
rate of increase has continued to the
present time the population of South
Dakota on August l. 1909 is about
530,717. This is not allowing for any
increase in the Indian population.
When it is considered that the popu-
lation of South Dakota has been in
creasing faster through immigration
the last year than through any SINH
lar period since the first settlement
of the state. 1t seems safe to aver
that a census at the present time
would disclose n population not far
from $50, 000.-Arlington Sun.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
Use For the Anchor.

Captain" remarked the nuisance
on shipboard who always asks foolish
questions, what is the object in
throwing the anchor overboard?"
young man." replied the old salt,
do you understand the theory of
seismic disturbances? Well, we throw
the anchor overheard to keep the
ocean from slipping away in the fog"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

DR.. Cook and Lieutenant Peary are
still having a wordy argument over
their respective claims to distinction.
To the outsider 1t looks as though
both would have to make good their
claims before their stories are accept
ed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
Charity.

1t is an old saying that charity be-
gins at home. but this is no reason 1t
should not 20 abroad. A man should
live with the world as a citizen of the
world. He may have a preference for
the particular quarter or square or
even alley in which he lives. but he
should have a generous feeling for the
welfare Of the whoie.-Cumberland.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson on
his return to Washington from his
western trip stated that the Ameri-
can farmer is at the present enjoying
the most prosperous time in his his
tory. We will wager the honorable
secretary came to the above conclu-
sion after his several days visit in
Brookings county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
Love. like fortune. turns upon ,
wheel and Is very much given to rs
ing and falling.-Vanbrugh.
The Crimean Crime.

Kinglake was all for war. HE used
to say" says Nine. Novikoff. that
peace would emasculate the world.
Besides he continued, population
when too dense is not at its best" He
did not like Bright. Mime. Novikofr
told Kinglake one day that Bright had
made a curious remark about the
Crimean statue in Pail Mall. The tn
scription." he had said. should be al
tered. The "A should be put before the
world crime and not at the end."-
London Standard.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

first and last, and if the machines
cos a thousand each. the estimate
is not far from correct.-Pierre Da-
kotan.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
The Lost Donkey.

In Turkey they tell stories about
Nasr-ed.D Din and his donkey. Once upon
q time when the donkey was lost Nasr-
ed.Din went about seeking II. at the
same time giving thanks as be went.
"Why do you give thanksy asked
his friend. ~ see 70 cause for thank
fuIness."
Cause enough!' was the prompt re-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

day we described a sort Of earth IN the
air." etc. (Which proved to be the
noon.
The thoroughly familiar v%ernacular
expression going some" applies with
original vigor to this early and per-
haps first sky pilot.-New York Times.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

Its on i'll wind that bloweth no.
body some good" The rain this week
put a kink in our county fair. but it
was certainly appreciated by the farm
ers who are ready to do their fall
blowing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

The head of the well known catalog
house, r. w. Sears, has retired from
active business with a reputed fortune
of twenty-five million dollars. Sears
made his money advertising the goods
he had to sell. yet we know merchants
who have goods to sell who persistent
ly refuse to get rich.-Iroquois Chief.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
BACK AGAIN.

am back again at the old stand
to do business. / would be pleased
TO meet ell my old customers and as
many new ones. Anyone having
household goods for sale call me up.
Phone No. 1919.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
Quite q Difference,

Custoner-Gan't you give anything
of to a clergyman? Tradesman-N Not
In this instance. sir. You see. these
goods Is different from yours. These
Is guaranteed goods.-Life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
OIL

"How did you act when he pro-
posedT"
II sank gracefully on one knee"
"How ridiculous. What In the world
did you sink on your knee for?"
ION his knee, not mine."-Houston
Post.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23
GOVERNOR JOHNSON DIES.

A dispatch from Rochester under
date of Tuesday says: John A. John
son, governor of Minnesota, died at
st. Mary's hospital here this morning
at 1926 o'clock. A sinking spell which
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

The Brookings Register figures
that there are three million dollars
invested In automobiles in South Da-
.kota. Something more than three
thousand licenses have been issued
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

Our old friend, the football hero, is
about to burst upon the scene If he
doesn't burst anything else he will be
fortunate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

With two months Of %banquets before
him President Taft should get back
all the weight he lost playing golf.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

With the opening of college and the
county fair ON hand ~Brookings has had
q rather strenuous week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

Last week the citizens of Dell Rapids
laid the corner stone for a Carnegie
library.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-09-23

ply. "wny. nan alive, 1r r had been
along with that donkey I'd have been
lost too!'-New York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-25
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant No. IS.

Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court OF Alex
ander county, Illinois, has rendered
"a Judgment for special tax upon
property benefited by the following
improvements For the construction
OF u vitriied tile pipe sewer. house
connections and inlets and brick man
holes in Twenty.Ninth street, from
the line OF the main sewer now being
constructed in Commercial avenue to
point eighteen 1S) feet west OF the
east line OF Washington avenue, in
the city OF Cairo, Illinois, under Or
linance No. lG5 of said city of Cairo,
adopted August llth, 1903, and APP
proved August l4th, 1908, as VIII
mere fully appear from the certified
copy of the judgment ON file in my
Office; that the warrant for the col.
lection OF such special tax is In the
hands OF the undersigned.
Said special tax is levied to be paid
Ia ten annual installments, and the
amount of the first installment there
Of is the sum OF Eight Hundred,
Twenty, Seven Dollars and Seventy.
Two Cents, ($s2772), and the said
installment became and was due and
payable on the second day of IAN
nary A. ID, 1909, and is now due and
unpaid.
The nine remaining installments OF
said special tax are for the sum Of
Three Hundred (30O) Dollars each.
and the same become due and pay.
able ON the second day of january,
A. ID. 1910, the second day OF Jan.
uary, A. ID. 1911, the second day of
of January, A, d. 1913, the second day
of January, A. d. 1914, the second
dag of January, A. ID. 1915, the sec.
end day of January. A, ID, 1916, the
second day of January A. d, 1917.
and the second day Of January, A. ID.
1918, respectively, and each and all
of said ten installments bear interest
at the rate of five 60 per cent per
anfum from the third day of Deem
Der, A. ID 1908, payable annually at
the same time that the said several
iEstallments become due and payable,
respectively
All persons interested are hereby
notified to call and pay the. amount
ASSESSED. at the City Treasurer s
Office, at the Alexander County Ma.
tfonai Bank. No. sO1 Commercial aye.
nue. in the city OF Cairo. Illinois,
within thirty 600 days from the date
hereof
Dated this eighteenth day OF Jan.
uary a. d. 1909
THOMAS e. MAHONEY,
CITY Treasurer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-25
LARGE DEMAND Foa vAAADI0M.
Metal q Curiosity Ten Years Ago Now
Used BY the Ton.

A few years ago the rare metal VA
na1ium was scarcely mentioned out
side OF classes In chemistry; now its
uses are so various that metallurgists
have spent much time In devisiRg bet
ter and cheaper ways Of extracting 1t
from its ores.
Probably its most important use 70
as component Of steel. TO which II
imparts. wonderful resistance. Va
nadium steel appears to owe its quail
ities partly to the fact that vanadium
relieves the steel OF its oxygen and
nitrogen, which weakens II. sst
Besides this use. vanadium is used
to prepare indelible inks In .combina-
ton with tanmn and alkalies; for the
oxidation OF aniline In making aniline
black; to make sulphuric acid by the
oxidation Of sulphnrous acid and in the
manufacture OF various metallic pig
ments.
II also serves as acoloring agent for
ceramics and glassware, IL a COMPTON.
eat OF newly discovered developer
used in photography and has been EN-
pioyed In medicine for the treatment
OF tuberculosis.
Between so and rs tons yearly are
now used and 1t is worth about "a .
pound
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-25
Cow Had Dark Brown Taste.

Dave Leahy has located a COW In
Wichita that goes on spree. The
animal was tied to an apple tree for
half a day. Lying around In the grass
were a lot of windfallen apples. and
most OF them were oyerripe. She pro
ceeded TO consume all Of the apples
that the length Of the rope and Der
neck would permit. In the afternoon
the owner Of the cow.a Mr.. skinner,
went TO the orchard to bring her
home, and found her lying on the
ground. apparently dead to the world.
She was breathing heavily and snor
ing. Persistent jabs in the ribs failed
to arouse her. so veterinary was
called. After looking her over the
doctor gave this diagnosis: TINS COW
sir, is very. very drunk" She had
eaten too many OF the fermented over
ripe apples. Medicine was applied
and her frequent trips to the water
trough later convinced the owner that
she was suffering from that dArh
brown taste, Kansas City Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-25

to n proposed manhole In Poplar
street twenty (2O) feet east OF the
west line of said Poplar street the
sewer in said Center street extending
from a point thirty 500 feet west of
the east line OF Holbrook avenue to a
proposed manhole fifteen t15) .feet
east of the west line of Sycamore
street, and said sewer in Twenty
First street extending from man.
hole to be constructed In the Com
mercial avenue main sewer to point
thirty 900 feet west or the east line
of Holbrook avenue, in said city of
Cairo. Under Ordinance No. l26 of
said city OF Cairo. adopted May 18th,
1907, and approved May 18th, 1907.
as will more fully appear from the
certified copy of the Judgment on file
in my Office that the warrant for the
collection Of such special tax is in
the hands of the undersigned.
Said special tax is levied to be paid
in ten annual installments, and the
amount of the first installment there.
of Is the sum of One Thousand, Five
Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars and
Twenty-Four Cents (l53924, and
the said installment became and was
due and payable on the second day
of January, A. d. 1909, and is now
due and unpaid.
The nine remaining installments Of
said special tax are for the sum g
nr.n hntt "a Nal n
and the same became due and payable
on the second day of January, A, ID.
1910, the second day OF January, A. ID.
1911, the second day of January, A.
d. 1912, the second day of January,
A. d. 1913, the second day of January,
A. d. 1914, the second day of Jan
uary A. I'd. 1915. the second day Of
January. A. d. 1916. the second day
of January, A. ID. 1917, and the sec
ond day of January, A. d. 1913, re-
spectively, and each and all of said ten
installments bear interest at the rate
of five 90 per cent per annum from
tine 18th day Of August. A. ID. 1908,
payable annually at the same time
that the said several installments be.
come due and payable. respectively.
al persons interested are hereby
notified to call and pay the amount
assessed at the City Treasurer's
office. at the Alexander County Ma
|tiohal Bank. No. sol Commercial ave-
nue., in the city of Cairo, Illinois,
within thirtytsO) days from the date
hereof.
Dated this eighteenth day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1909
THOMAS f. MAHONEY.
City Treasurer.