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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
REAL CAUSE FOR DEEP GRIEF.
Tragedy That Came Into the Life OF
Temperance Worker.

Adjusting the tiny bow of white rib.
bon at her breast, she smiled family.
NO she said. Il shall never keep
a pet again. Since poor Pete died"
she smiled again that faint, sad smile.
"Old maids become too deeply at
tached to pets. Pete's death-Fll
never get over 1t. 1t was tragedy.
81 am an ardent temperance work
er. Next to my temperance work. II
not ahead of It, set Pete. How |
loved him. And one afternoon he was
brought home dead. An automobile,
you know
Tragedy enough, was IL not? But
something was to come to make the
tragedy more poignant. For distrac'
ton, after Petes loss, plunged
deeper into temperance work, and II
was chiefly through my efforts that
Harrison, my next door neighbor, had
his saloon license taken away.
The day after | testified against
him, Harrison accosted me on the
street.
"a fine temperance one you are,
said he. Why, your very dog was a
drunkard'
pete drunkard! Nonsense!
said I.
Every day Of his life,' said Har
rison, Pete visited my barroom, and
few were the days somebody or Other
didn't treat him. On the afternoon he
was killed he mixed whisky with his
beer. and when he rolled of home
ward he was a sight to see. Drunk
lie was blind, staggerin' drunk
That's how he came TO get killed
Pete, your dog, died drunk
Il put my handkerchief to my eyes
The ruined saloonkeeper, smiling vim
dictively, gloated over my grief. j
was true. Pete, my darling ret" die
drunk"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
BETWEEN CAIRO
AND PADUCAH
POLICE EXPECT TO FIND KID
MAPPED BOY-PADUCAH Or
FlCERS CAME DOWN RIVER
ON HUNT YESTERDAY.

Paducah, Ky, April 17.-Oficers
from this city who had ben dispatch
ed to the shanty boat of Robert Lee
Hawkins. fifty miles below Paducah
on the Ohio river, where the fifteen
year old son of James Estes, of this
city, was believed to be held by KID
napers found the boat deserted when
they arrived there late today.
Only one OCCUPANT was In. the shanty
and he declared that the boy who was
kidnapped in Birmingham last week
while visiting an uncle, had not been
seen there. The Paducah police still
expect TO find young Estes between
Paducah and Cairo, Ill. No demand
for money has been made of Estes
and the reason for the kidnapping is
unknown.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
WINTER WOOD ALWAYS IS BEST.
Pine Cut in December Twice as Strong
as That Cut in March.

IT has long been known that winter
was the best time of the year for cut
ting down trees for their timber. but
until the American bureau of forestry
recently published the results of some
experiments no one was sure why.
The bureau of forestry selected four
pine trees of the same age and of
equal Vigor, growing in the same soil
and felled them, the first at the end
OF December, the second at the end
of January, the third at the end of
February, the fourth at the end of
March. They were hewn into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place. Then the logs We're tested.
The December log resisted a fieXlle
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted 1t furnished
piles which were still perfect and
undecayed sixteen years later, while
the piles made from the March log
had rotted within three or four years.
Wood that is fellcd in December Is
less perfect than that cut at other
times 1t has been proven that oak
felled In the spring allowed water to
percolatc through 1t in from two to
three hours, while similar wood cut In
December was seemingly impermea-
BILE
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
ENGINEER JAECKEl
Recovering From njuries-Arrived
in the City Yesterday Accom-
panied by Family.

Engineer Frank Jacket of East
st. Louis. formerly of Cairo. who was
injured about two weeks ago when
his engine of M. & o, passenger train
No. turned over at Percy, arrived in
the city yesterday accompanied by
Mrs. Jacket and daughter Miss Noda
for visit with relatives. MIR. Jack
els engine turned over when the
track gave way under the train as il
was passing over coal mine at a
rapid rate. 1t was stated before that
the track sank about feet but ii
sunk nearly so feet. Mr.. Jacket still
suffers from a pain in his right wrist
which was badly sprainad. He also
received a bad cut over his left eye
and a number of cuts on his lower
limbs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
TRIBUTE TO CHARACTER
OF LATE MRS. GOODYEAR

Mrs. Adelaide Comings has re.
turned home from San Antonio. Tex,
where she went TO attend the funeral
of her sister, Mrs. H. F. Goodyear.
The San Antonio Gazette speaking OF
Mrs. Goodyear's death, said;
There are many sad hearts in local
fraternal circles today because of the
passing of Mrs. Harriet f. Goodyear.
mo more loyeable character could
be found and her gracious presence
was a benedlction to every meeting
which she attended.
Mrs. Goodyear was Mistress of FL
nance OF Friendship Temple No ..
PYhian Sisters, as well as being a
beloved member of Miriam Rebekal
Lodge No. 81, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. She was not only con-
slant in her attendance at the meet
ings of these fraternal organizations,
but was also very conscientious in the
performance of ali her fraternal du-
ties, and especially so in her loving
visitations of the sick and afflicted
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
" " W
Rag Weed.


The lips seldom speak what the heart
feels. When they are eloquent, they
do not truly interpret the heart, for
the heart that feels the most is like
a man trying to testify over the grave
of his dearest friend His utterance Ia
choked and his reason halts.
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The happiest man is the one who
can easiest disregard the errors of 9TH
ers. The most miserable people are
those whose hearts are aAays bleed
ing for the faults of their fellows.
Z 2 r
We are all threads In the warp OF
time. In the weaving loom of eter.
nifty our threads are snapped one by
one, but the great fabric runs on for
ever.
r q 2
Planting flowers for pleasure will
not buy the flower seed, but it will
knock the stufing out Of dyspepsia.
-. Is
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
MIXED KINDNESS AND HUMoR
Example Of Criticisms Made by
Brahms, the Famous Composer.

Brahms, the composer. was noted for
his kindness, but, writes Georg Hen
schel I'm Personal Recollections Of
Johannes Brahms" he sometimes ut
tered a good natured sarcasm to which
the rogush twinkle In his eyes cor
asked Brahms to be allowed to play
10 him from the manuscript his latest
composition. violin concerto.
Brahms consented TO hear It, and
seated himself near the piano. The
man played his work with enthusiasm
and force.
When he finished Brahms got up.
approached the piano, took sheet Of
the manuscript between his thumb
and middle finger, and rubbing 1t be
tween them. exclaimed: Il say, where
do you buy your music paper? First
rate"
Another time Mr.. Henschel accom-
panied Brahms to the house Of Mr.
K
You have no idea" declared Mrs
K, how hard worker x is
am proud and happy to have at last
prevailed upon him to go for a walk
with our daughter every day for tive
hours. thus keeping him at least for
two hours a day from composing
All. that's good that's very good,
said Brahms. instantly, looking as In
nocent as a newborn babe-Youth's
Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
SPORTS
sLAeLE SOLD TO BOSTON,.

Chicago. April lit was an
ncuncel today that Jimmy Slagle
for several years outfelder on tbs
Chicago National league team, had
been sold TO Boston. Slagle led the
batting order in the championship
series of 1906. He VIII leave here to
morrow. Slagle ceased to be regular
when the Cubs struck their first
stump almost a year ago. He was re
placed by Artie Hoffman
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
EXPRESS CAR. DITCHED
MAN STRUCK BY TRAIN

Trucks under an express car on NJ.
& o. passenger train No. 303 broke
down at Davis early this morning and
delayed traffic for several hours. The
car was ditched, but the remainder OF
the train stayed on the track. NJ. d
o. No. 304 and l.. c. No. 20i were
backed into Cairo down Ohio levee
and |. C. No 203 was backed out owe:
the Ohio Levee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Burns Favorite Word.

A contributor has had the curiosity
to look mp Mr.. J. b. Reds Burns
Concordance" and measure the
amount of space devoted to certain
words. In the result he found that
Burns used the word heart" more
than any other word, the quotations
under this word filling no fewer than
six of the closely printed columns.
Lass" friend" and heaven" come
next, each having about two columns.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Remedies for open Cut.

To heal an open cut apply alum wa
ter twice a day. Powdered rosin is
also good. Pound 1t well in a clean
mortar or wooden bowl. When well
pulverized place in sterilized pepper
pot and sift it upon The wound. Put
soft cloth over the cut and occasion
ally wet it with cold water. This will
prevent Inflammation and soreness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Doa Prevented Fire Loss.

A dog was the first to raise the
alarm of what might have proved a
serious fire at Bradford, Barnstaple,
England. A lamp had burst in the
upper room of a dwelling house, and
the animal ran frantically downstairs
10 its master and mistress and by its
persistent antics drew their attention
to the fire, which was soon extin'
guished.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
MAN INJURED.

A man whose name could not be
learned was struck by train on the
+. C. bridge early this morning. It
could not be learned how serious he
was injured. He was brought down
on a switch engine to Fourteenth
street and removed TO the lntirmary
in the patrol wagon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Man is the artificer of his own hap
piness Let him beware how he com
plains of the disposition of circum-
stances, for it is his own disposition
he blames.-Henry ID. Thoreau.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
CAIRO EXPOSITION
Concluded From First Page.)

Wing who gave the ladies half of the
receipts.
The Aver Manufacturing company
gave away large number of pipe,
as souvenirs. The pipes were very
expensive ones and were meershaun
lined.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Real Mean,

Pearl-And he stole kiss?
Ruby (pouting) did ard | shall
never forgive him,
Pearl-Do you really feel SO bad
about It as all that?
RUBY should say so. He sail
it was petty larceny, while any Other
Young man would have said il was
grand.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

A long argument usually begins
from a short statement
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To promise, to the honest man,
means to DO.
No Apology Due Him.
The other day two well dressed lovers.
evidently a newly" married couple,
boarded a Mineral Wells train at Wealth
erford. and amused the other passengers
with their cooling. After awhile the fair
young bride leaned back In her chair and
fell asleep. Her companion took advan-
tage In her lull Of aneCtionate demon
efration and went into the smoker to- en-
JOY a cigar. While he was gone a long,
lean. lank grizz~ specimen OF humanity
came in and sat 3OVh IT. tire vacant chair
beside the sleeping beauty. Presently the
young woman. half asleep. turned and
laid her head lovingly on the shoulder
OF the stranger. her plump arm around
his neck The green. gawiyy stranger was
surprised at this unexpected familiarity
but made no desperate effort Il escape.
He merely looked around at the con-
vulsSd passengers and sIinned. Then tie
hilarity awoke the woman. she opened
her blue eyes. and saw her mistake.
With flushed cheeks she stammered an
spology. "You needn't 'pologize TO me. %
,'rawled the stranger; Il didn't keer."-
Mineral Wells CTexj Index.
BYRON WILLIAMS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

In some parts of China. If a man
fails To pay his debts. his creditors
carry away one of his doors. thus per-
hitting evil spirits to enter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

On Sunday, April 25th, the Illinois
Central r. r.. will run low rate ex-
eursion to ST. Louis and return, O2ly
$500 for he round trip. Tickets good
going and returning on special train
that date. Train leaves Cairo at 100
n. m. returning leaves st. Louis about
II y. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Small Mabel was very restless the
other night. and was unable to go to
sleep. Finally she said: Papa,
please sing to me; that always makes
me tired"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Daily Thouaht.

To refuse to yield to others when
reason or a special cause require it
Is a mark of pride and Stiffness
Thomas A Kempis
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

The big auction iewelry sale com
mences Saturday, April 18th, sales
daily and I p. IN. No. 2S07 Com.
mercial avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Ordinary corncobs are worth is
cents for so pounds in India. They are
ground to a coarse meal, mixed with
molasses and used as food for cattle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Auction sale of watches, diamonds,
jeyelry and silyerware. No. 2S07 Com
mcrcial avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

The Cairo Ice & Coal Co gives the
best ice and promptest delivery in
the city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Tney All DC.
What kind Of a lunch did she serve
last nlsht2"
Il thought II was all right. but she
apoIogized for it just the same."-De
troit Free Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18
Enliay,s BIO Day.

Monday was right important day
in town. The court Of ordinary had
a lot Of business and the justice trail
court was the center Of attraction for
a big crowd. Ellijsy Courier.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

Tea Consumption Increasing.
The United States consumes S0.-
100000 pounds of tea annually.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-18

| Though crowned by the goddess
of fame aud success
| And housed in a castle of mar
| BILE and tile,
| The heart of man, ever true
| to its youth.
| Is running away to a cot by
/ the stile.
The treasure and trove that he
wins by his skill
Are tawdry and mean In the
light of a DAY
When, barefoot and tanned,
with a patch on his seat,
He plundered the wood where
the stream wound awayl
All. fame, thou art only bau-
Bile at best,
And riches are merely the ear
marks of care
The heart is not duped by the
glitter OF gems
Or prizes that pail when
there's snow in the hair.
From cobbles and filth OF the
Appian Way
The thoughts of a man scurry
off by trail
That leads through an Eden OF
gladness and joy
To home and a cottage en-.
seonced in the vale!
Ho! Bring all the laurel and
fashion the bay!
Blow, bugles of triumph and
homage and dover.
Parade. all we chariots. gilded
and fine
And master your strength for
contest of power!
Strut now through the streets
that are crowded with men
And fall in defeat when the
heart turns away
And longs for the humble,
matched dwelling of youth
That stands ON the bank where
the rivulets playl
The breezes swing low with the
scent of the grape,
The creek habbles on In ca
dence divine,
And over the emerald green OF
the trees
The sun spills its rays in
simmer OF wine!
Where bittersweet twines and
the violets bloom
The heart of a man files away
after joy
To realms that are lmaged and
pedestalhd high
The Paradise land OF the home
Of a boyi
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

Christian Endeavor meeting, o'clock
evening service, Z o'clock, with address
by the pastor, subject, Good Medicine for
Doubling Hearts. Mid-week prayer meet
ing, Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The social given last Friday evening in
Academy hall by the students of the acad
envy was well attended and the proceeds
Melted about So. A program consisting of
readings by Ralph Thayer and Miss Har
riet Atkinson, piano selections by Miss
Golde johnson and George Hertzberg and
songs by Miss Ida Chase and Willard
Richardson was pleasingly rendered Cha
rades and tableaux were given and games
and guessing contests completed the even
ings entertainment. George Kingsley was
awarded the prize in the guessing contest,
Baptist church, Sunday services: Morn
ing worship, 1870 o'clock; Bible classes at
y O'Clock; evening service o'clock. Rev.
II. A. Goodhue of Brattleboro will con
duct the morning service and the Chris
tan Endeavor service will occupy the first
half hour of the evening service. Last
Sunday evening the Mission study class
rendered an appropriate program and gave
an outline of their work during the win
ter An interesting letter was read from
DR.. Charles Ernest Clark, who is now
medical missionary at Sivas, Turkey, tell
ing of the Mohammeds as he sees them.
Alid-week prayer meeting, Friday evening
at 7.3O o'clock
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

town, Smithhed, Winchester Flint Hill,
Fishers HILL Cedar Creek. siege Of Peters
burg and Sailors Run. A Monocacy he
and seven others barely escaped being cap
tured by detachment of rebel cavalry by
quietly submerging thenps,ye~ in small
stream so that only their faces were eN-
posed.
After his return from the war he car
ried on the farm at the home place for a
year. He came to Bratteboro in 1871
and had since made this place his home.
He was employed for about siN years by
the Estey Organ company and for about
the same length of time by Smith & Hunt,
but for number of years he had done no
active work.
On Sept. l, 1853. he wa~ married to
Helen NJ Hadley Of Mortified and She
with two children, Mrs Ida VI. Spear and
Arthur D. Wyatt, both Of Brattleboro,
survive. Mr. Wyatt was a member of
Sedgwick post, G. \. r., and held the
office of commander in lS7S. He was a
man of cheerful personality and had
wide circle of friends. He and Mrs Wyatt
their golden wedding anniver-
'ary Sept. l. 1908.
The funeral will be held tomorrow al
ernoon at 2.30 o'clock at the home, Rev.
D. E. Trout pastor of the Unversalist
'hurch officiating Burial will take place
II Prospect Hill cemetery
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
CHURCH NOTICES.

Congregational church, 1870 a. m,
morning worship, \. Z. O. p. will attend
in a body; ll.45 Sunday school. Tuesday
at 345 meeting of young people in the
Sunday school room.
Unitarian church, Rev. E. @. S. Osgood,
pastor. Service every Sunday at 1870.
Sunday school at ll.45. Theme for next
Sunday. The Sewer. Service at the Home
for the Aged and Infm at 3 O'Clock.
Universalist church. Rev. d. E. Trout,
pastor Public worship at 1890 a. m. with
sermon by the pastor. Subject, The Evil
Eye Sunday school at ll.i5 a. m. Ev
eryone welcome. Preaching at Guilford
Centre, 3 p. m.
The Sunday morning service of First
Church of Christ. Scientist. at 10.45.
Subject. Soul and Body. The Wednes-
dav evening testimonial meeting at 7.45.
The reading room is open Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday afternoon, from ? to
o'clock. All are welcome. Emerson build
ing, Elliot street.
At the First Baptist church Rev. John
r. Cow. d. D.. minister, the pulpit will
he occupied both morning and evening by
Rev. John /. bearing, ID. d., of Toxic,
Japan. DIR. bearing has an acquaintance
with Far Eastern affairs acquired by many
years of residence and by extensive trav-
Ell. In the morning he will speak directly
Of missionary work, but in the evening he
will speak Of the problems created by the
awakening Of Japan and China. The ctr
zens Of Brattleboro do not often have such
IN opportunity for frst-hand information
IN world topics.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
PIANO MEN GOING TO DETROIT.
Eighth Annual Convention of the Ma
tional Association to be Held in the
Getty Beautiful June Nth to 10Th.

The eighth annual convention of the
National Association of Piano Dealers OF
America will convene in the city of De
troit June II, 10 and Is, at the Hotel
Ponchartrain. The wide growth of the
association during the past year indicates
that this convention will be the largest
ever held by the organization. The OBJ
iects of the association are for the pur-
pose of improving trade conditions, not
only from the standpoint of the dealer
but also for the advantage of the piano
purchasing public. During the growth of
the piano business many evils have devel-
oped detrimental to both buyer and seller.
but the association is rapidly correcting
these evils and placing the merchandising
of pianos on a much higher plane than eN-
isted previous to the Incorporation of the
organization. One of the chief objects Is
TO educate the piano purchasing public so
that they will not be imposed upon by the
INSCRIPTIONS dealers who have fallen into
the habit of selling lowgrade stencil
pianos under the guise of hgh-grade IN
strtment, and thereby obtain prices In eN-
cess of the actual worth of the commodity.
The stencil piano is an instrument bear
ing a fictitious name that does not convey
to the buyer the absolute knowledge OF Its
maker. Through the influence of the as
ISOLATION it is the endeavor to displace the
stencil piano from the market altogether.
The association has on various occasions
passed resolutions with this object in view
and it is altogether likely that still more
strenuous action will be taken at the De
troit convention.
Special excursion rates viii be made for
those desiring to attend. c. \. Grinnell
of Detroit i president of the organization,
and C. r. Putnam, 100 Boylston street,
Boston. Mass. is secretary, and will glad
" furnish information in response to in
uuirias