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thing you know. Didn't you redu dpo"'
the dinner that young MIR. F. Augustus
Heinze gave and about the dinners llf''
other members of the smart SET ho'
10 mention the smarty set, are giving
from time to time. Yes. SIR, prospe'l'S
has certainly been restored True shc SUI
fcred a few injuries and got denied up
some during her absence, and she coiiie
back to us looking something IKE 'iie
Venus d,, Milo who was Il Greclan lauE
that passed through savmil disaster
Larry but just leave +. Augustus ana
the rest of them alone a little While ana
they'll have her not only restored, puI
walking the high wire in the main tent
and doubling in a song and dance turn
for the concert performance on the ele-
waited stage; persons remaining 10 be
allowed to sit in the reserved seat sec
tiou and see the animals fed afterWard.
Keen your eye on F. Augustus.
''Wot was it you said he done? said
the House Detective. Seems like 10 me
the last time / read about HeinZe fed
eral grand jury was only about lap and
a half behind him
THAT was some time back, said the
Hotel Clerk. you see, it was like this.
A year or so ago young Mr.. Heinze came
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HEN the famous
old Blatchford
mansion on Mac
PherSon s q u a r e
was thrown open
during the early
days of December
for the first recep-
ton of the Con-
gressional CLUB. So
ciety realized that
a virile force had
set to work. In the
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good days hunting such as running down
a baby carriage containing twins. When
a fellow gets everything in the world he
usually finds he hasn't got anything
''Ill bet there's only one town in this
country that could pull off one Of them
dinners like Heinze gave" said the House
Detective, with a touch of the true home
pride.
You can also bet there's only one town
in the country that would brag about 1t
afterward,'' said the Hotel Clerk.
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Ely IRWIN $. COBE.

SEE prosperity has
cen restored,
said the Hotel
Clerk of the st.
Reckless.
You must have
the good eye
sight" said the
House Detective,
Il amt noticed it.
.'Oh, but it has,
said the Hotter
Cler k. Surcst
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at was truly a feas, OF reason and
flow of soul, costing Sl25 a plate exclusive
of the bottled stuff. which was opened by
a special force of seventy-iiNe painless
dentists working in relays. Along about
a quarter of 6, when jocund dawn stood
tip toe on the gashouse, the enjoyment
reached it's height. Walters were run
ming around the table rescuing gentlemen
from the finger bowls and solid gold Gus
pidors. Others present had either gone
to sleep as far back as the third course
and were still peacefully at rest with their
faces in the entree, or else they were
singing Good Night, Ladies'" or crying
because John l.. Sullivan got licked by
Jim Corbett at New Orleans, depending on
their different dispositions and the way
they We're brought up. 1t had, indeed.
been an evening fraught with incident
and replete with happenings, as the So
ciety writer's say. So this was deemed an
opportune hour for everybody to get into
taxis and ride up to Westminster FOR
breakfast, some being almost conscious
while others temainea in state Of
complete coma throughout. Coming back
nearly everybody had the African dis
ease known as the sleeping sickness.
Dye think anybody really enjoys Civ
ing them sort of blow-outs?' asked the
House Detective.
Probably not" said the Hotel Clerk,
"but then you've got to remember, Larry.
that having fun is nearly always very
painful to rich man. corn-fed phi
losopher can travel on a day coach all
day. eating his lunch out of a shoe box
and afterward smoking one of those Mar
gle Morgan cigars at six for twenty-five,
that looks like a shredded wheat biscuit
as soon as the wrappings ignite and be-
gin to unravel, and he'll have perfectly
grand time. But the fellow who scuds
through on a private car is apt to be-
come peevish because somebody elses
landscape doesn't match his upholsterings,
and it may spoil his whole day for him.
Any proletariat can extract a certain
amount Of beneficial exercise and excite
ment out of lodging automobiles, but
there are some millionaires sons that can
hardly get a thrill any more unless they
happen to be lucky enough to strike
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is proper to sing with under these cir
Harlem River bridge with 10000 plu-
rality. And then. just to show he meant
il, he up and took ana went and gave
Il little dinner party that made the best
efforts of the late LuculIus look like no.
DO sitting on a brake beam of furniture
car. eating Springfield. Mo. soda biscuit
and cold boiled rice out OF copy of the
War Cry. Anyway that's what the papers
said about it next day.
* x
And since then others of our younger
set have been following suit until there
hardly an evening that doeSnt have a
unique and attractive dinner party the
next morning. Owing 10 the habit which
= o clock even in mdwinter its often
necessary to start these truly delightful
functions early as 80 am. but as
they always continue through to more
seasonabe hour there's usually no conf
plant on this score. The beauty and
upon heavily to furnish recruits for these
prosperity house warnings.
Il was reading about one of the classiest
here only yecsterday, Larry. One of the
family newspapers having large home
and freside circulation carried half a
page about it copiously illustrated with
photographs, charts and drawings by a
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gan's bell. but to have seen them there'
both dressed up like drug store windows.
you'd never have been able to tell them
from the patrician beauties of 9th avenue,
except they were better looking and wore
their clothes with more style. For such
is the pd growth of culture in our great
metropolis. The lady that does the snake
dance which has created such furorc IN
vaudeville this season. while wearing
not hing at all except some snakes and
a bangle bracelet on her left ankle. was
also there. fully dressed, except for one
of the snakes named Rollo. that she had
to leave at home because he had touch
of laryngits in his rattles. So TO avoid
ca ching cold she had bracelets on both
ankles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05

WAS Capt, Rankin killed? Yes.
Was he assassinated? Yes; he was
hanged by the neck by men who are
not officers of the law. Wha killed
him? The evidence against the de-
PENDANTS was overwhelming. But
the jury TO pass upon this evidence
was improperly selected, says the
learned court, and the case was re-
versed.
The cause of justice in Tennessee
received yesterday, under the forms
of the law. a staggering blow from
which it will take years TO recover
This opinion of tne supreme court
is a splendid thing for the wretches
who killed Rankin like dog, but in
its technical. hairsplitting eXaggera-
ton of the Importance of trivial
things, foreign to the body of crime,
il is a sickening shock to justice
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
THE PRISON.
HOUSE
BY ALCERNON BOYESEN

Winners leaned over the candelabra
10 light cigar and then followed his
wife into the library and settled him
self comfortably in deep leather-cush-
ion chair
Rhoda Winners leaned languidly
against the mantelpiece and reflective
~ watched the yellow flames that
darted and curled about the artificial
logs like tiny golden serpents. She
had rehearsed the scene a thousand
times in heroic flights of fancy; in
fancy had stood up before him and
frankly told him that the dull, long
prose of existence with him had he
come intoerabe, that tomorrow she
must leave him forever. But now that
the momcntous moment was at hand
she heSitated,
1t was not that words failed her. At
the first lecture of ST Johns she had
ever attended-the reading OF
pamphlet on The New Ethics her
ear had caught the rhetorical ring OF
his phrases, and as her intimacy with
learned TO echo him glibly enough on
occasion. He had but recently left
her. and his fervid denunciation of
marriage as THE basest OF our social
lies" still rang in her ears. Yet now
the host Of high-sounding terms that
poured so convincingly from ST. Johns
lips seemed suddenly robbed of their
potency before this plain, kindly little
man.
Jim" she said-"Jim, have some
thing to say to YOU"
The gate once down. the words
rushed forth and bore her swiftly
along.
Tomorrow | am going away. You
will not see me again. You have been
very kind 10 me all these years,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05

Then she told the story OF the face
on the charge of stealing which she is
now on trial, But the girl declared
that il was she who had been robbed
and not Miss Barrette, and this led
up to the sensational story OF the
night in the hotel that she told.
During the later part of the girls
testimony, MISS Barrette. as she
heard one accusation after another
leveled at her, sat like one petrified
Her face was blanched. Her eyes
We're staring. She made no sign, no
move.
After the adjournment of court until
Tuesday morning, Attorney ODou-
nell Unexpectedly received informa-
ton Of the statement that repeatedly
has been made by Ella Giugles that
she was the victim o- plot and thai
instead of having robbed Miss Bar.
retto the latter robbed her A woman
who said her first name was Margar.
et but would not give ner last name
called up ODonneli and said;
Il am the woman who was hired
by Miss Barrette TO take a bundle
lace to Miss GingIes room
either ON January or s. Miss Bar
rette paid me s. for doing the job AMI
sent a man with me. In addition 20
the s. she offered trip to St. Lotus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05

know, but woman needs something
more than Kindness TO fill her life.
From the first I felt the need. and it
has grown with the years. If We had
had children. II might have been 9th
erwise. | have always longed TO do
something, to give 10 my life some
purpose. For years | have CROPPED for
it, and at last have found It,"
She ceased, her bosom heaving gen
ty like a subsiding sea; paused, vague
ly expectant Of something from him
To Wilmer her words came as bolt
from a cloudess sky, and struck with
the stunning force of the unexpected
Reviewing their life together. be tried
70 recall a single wish Of hers that he
had left unsatisfed. . single extraya-
gance rat It had not been his pleas
IRE to indulge. He rose 70 his feet
and came towards her, his features
twitchinC his arms outstretched in a
gesture Of appeal.
"Rhoda he said. hoarsely. FOR
Gods sake don't throw away your life
for q lot Of silly theories. We have
been happy in our way. You must he
III, unstrung, mad"
NO she said. calmly, only ve-y
sane"
It's madness" he insisted. rank
madness. No woman in her right mind
would throw away wealth. position.
everything, and face the world alone.
empty-handed, for no reason at ALL"
The phrase was unfortunate.
Wealth and POSITION" She took II
UP scornfully and tossed # back. II
these are everything. then we shall be
poor indeed"
"We?" he interposed quickly-"we?"
He gripped her wrist aud fixed her
with an eve ~ steady fame. In spite
o. herself a hot wave Of color swept
fr~n throat 10 brow
We, she repeated. meeting his gaze
"iih gaze-"we. St John and l."
We. illuminative monosyllable' ATT
ar all. it was not a question Of doc
trine, Of principle sublimely viewed.
there was another man. He remem-
hered being dragged 10 one of st
Johns lectures. recalled with bitter
ness the fine lift Of the chin. the reso-
lutte pose Of the handsome head. He
felt cslmer now that this host Of
shadoTy theories had resolved Itself
into a tangible foe
THE situation becomes less per
,lexing.' he said. a world Of SUP
pressed scrimony IN his tone. com
monplace. in fact. You are bored. and
you bolt with the usual young beggar
Fith o handsome face"
Righteous indignation revived tie
dying color in her cheek
Our action Is wholly free from the
vulgarity you ascribe 20 Il. tt Is
noble revolt against a monstrous et.-
quetfe. a protest against the moral IN
iquity Of marriage. against the phys
icsl enslavement of nv sex We ar
not Influenced bv personal motives
He fell into chair. laughing hoarse-
~. An Ingenious protest, A hand
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
KERMIT is MENTIONED
Continued From First Psxe.)

We welcomed Teddy Roosevelt,
AS we hope 10 10 again,
And the rain it fell in torrents.
And the world seemed far from gay;
Put We did our best TO greet him in
orr way in B. f. A
He travelled up the railway,
And he said the sights were grand.
And he also said that's bully"
As We well can understand
For the game is here in thousands.
And it's here we'd have him stay;
Just to see giraffes and rhincs
Near the rail in B f. \.
We heard Of handled lions
And Of rhinos on the chain;
How he bravery faced all dangers,
And deadly beasts has slain;
Still, we've nothing heard but rumors.
That's a truth we must confess;
We have no truthful story for
He shut out all the press.
Yes, he shut out all the press
And he left them there to guess:
The raved and growled aa!
grumhled.
They were left in such a mes.
But that's all passed and done with
For they were not far away;
And their news is scattered broadcast
Over all the world today.
Still, he sent in news one Tuesday,
1t is nice to be polite;
But the New York papers had IL
On the previous Sunday night
on it really was a frost.
And one finds it to his cost.
If he tries to halk the press men,
He is very often lost.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
LEGAL DECISIONS
ssssssssssxyssssssssssssss

Paving Contract-Extras Fullerton
let al VS. City OF Des Moines.-A paw.
Ing company made a written PROPOSE
tion to repave certain streets. which
contained an offer t2 furnish sheet as
phalt pavement on Old concrete four
dation at per square yard. $40. For
extra concrete per cubic yard, ST." IN
contract subsequently entered into
The company agreed TO perform tn"
work for $40 per sqIaTe yard, (which
shall be 10 full compensation for tae
cost Of the entire work" and that the
city should not be liable for extras of
any kind" The cor.ract also provid-
ed that it could only be changed by
a writing signed by the Board Of Pub
lie Works and the City Engineer and
approved by the Council. hut the
Beard and the Engineer might order
changes tor which reasonable COM
ponsation should be allowed The
specifications of the contract made It
the company's duty 10 bring the
street TO the proper subgrade, ami
lay q concrete foundation for the as
1halt surface. Held. that tn the ali
'ence Of irari or satisfactory showing
f mutual mistake, the contract will
not be reformed SO H. 20 allow the
paving company TO charge 81 per Gu
bic yard Of concrete used in bringin F.
he Old foundation mp to the required
height in addition 20 the contract
pr,ce Of $lio Der square yarI.-S5-
preme court of Iowa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05

I am convinced that the sensation
.al story that Ella Gingies told in the
court was faxed ~ either by herself
or some ingenious person acting for
her. Miss Barrctte will take the VIII
ness stand and Will swea. that tae
story is made out of whole cloth. She
VIII deny cy3ry specific allegation
from start to finish | expect to he
able to prove that the Gineles girl has
reputation for un,runfpluess. and
will have witnesses 10 swear that
they would not believe her under oath.
The assistant states attorney took
Miss Gingles in hand after she had
told her story. He fired one question
after another at the trembling girl
on the witness stand He succeeded
in getting her much confused aud IN
having her involve herself in a MAJ
of contradictory statements.
Miss Gingles told again the story
of her life since CON. " to America
from Ireland. She told OF her places
Of employment and of how she finally
had secured work With Miss Barrette.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
CUBANS FIGHT DUEL,

Havana. July IA duel was fought
today between Col Orestes Ferrcra,
president of the house of representa-
tives, and Representative Mon ei1, as
the outsome of a sharp exchange Il
words Friday between the two mem.
bers of the house Rapiers were tie
weapons. Both were slightly injured
The duel followed a challenge sent by
Ferrera on account of alleged often
siye expression by Monlein on the
floor of the house when he accused
the speaker of lack of respect to thn
members.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
THE LAW VS.. JUSTICE.

In the opinion of the supreme
court of Tennessee in the cases OF
the Reelfoot Lake night-rider muir
derers. we are treated to another in
stance tending to justify the steadily
growing feeling that the law as ad.
ministered In our courts. Is the refuge
of the criminal, especially of the muir
derer. Instead of being society's guar
antee of order and safety in
life and property. Commenting on the
supreme courts decision remanding
the ease for a rehearing the Memphis.
CcmmercialAppeal Of yesterday
says:
Yesterday wa day of triumph
for murder and lawlessness.
THE supreme court the highest
legal tribunal in this state, reversed
n verdict of an Obion county jury that
farnd eight men guilty of the mur
der Of Quintin Rankin.
THE Jury based its verdict upon
the evidence AMI upon the law, as
given to II nv trial Judge The SUI
preme court reversed the verdict up.
On the technicalities of the law alone
The fact that the evidence over
~''o'ninglv showed that the defend.
ants were guilty of murder; that
al upright citizen was murdered in
q way that shocked the people of this
country: the fact that there was
conspiracy to assassinate a law abid.
ing citizen aEl that the law-abiding
e''izon was assassinated, were not
touched upon by the supreme court.
That justice may get what is due
for the murder of Rankin is today al.
most a barren hope
This paper has no wish or desire 10
in any Incorporate language to crit.
cize the supreme court, and this paper
would not that any expression on
it, part would hiring the supreme
court of this state into disrepute. but
this paper does desire. for the sake
of the civilization of the state. that
tho men vino killed Rankin b. hanged
by the neck until they are dead.
Rankin was murdered. vet the ma.
cbinery of the law is between his
murderers and the gallows.
There was an extraordinary condi-
ton in Obion county before and after
tie murder of Rankin Many people
in this county were terrorized Some
of the officers of the law were secret
" sympathetic with the lawless spirit
out of which grew the murder An
cath-bound society bent upon murder.
II necessary. TO accomplish its ends
was powerful in that community Hal
not troops been sent TO the county, no
arrests would have been made. But
for the activity of the attorney gen
eral and of Gov Patterson. and the
meat would have been found
THE ordinary use of the ordinary
legal machinery in that county would
never have secured conviction 1t
was a time when court of law. il
seems to us, hal authority, in ord r
TO secure the ends of justice. to resort
10 extraordinary measures.
but because Judge Jones selected
a jury from the by-standers. and he
cause some of these jurors had
served upon a panel within two years.
and because 1872 challenges had not
been granted instead of %. and be
sause the jurors had read Taylor's
statement and had read Gov. Patier-
sons statement as to confession.
but who said that notwithstanding
this they could give 4 fair trial, the
supreme court holds that the case
must be reversed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05

ChriStiana, Tenn" / suffered from
the worst form Of female trouble so
that at times | thought | could not
live, and my nerves were in dreadful
condition. Lydia +. Pinkham's Eege-
table Compound cured me. and made
me feel like a different woman. lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold 10 suffering
men."-MRS. MARY Woop. RIDE
IL you belong to that countless army
of women who suffer from some form
Of female ills. don't hesitate 10 try
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from roots and herbs.
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms Of
female ills and has cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as displaeements iibroid
tumors. liberation, Inflammation. IL
regularities. backaehe, and nervous
prostration.
If you want special advice write
forittO Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn. Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908. .... '2os4
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of May, 1909 .214s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
SelfHelp at Sea.

On the steamer the little bride was
very much concerned about her hus-
band. who was troubled with dyspep-
STA.
NV husband Is peculiarly liable
70 seasickuess. Captain remarked
the bride. Could you tell him what
10 do in case % an attack"
That wont be necessary. Madam"
replied The Cap ain; hell do it,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
Turned the Tables on Him.

Turned the Tables on Him.
Councilman Hi Gill advertised for
a stenographer some time ago, and
the morning certain young lady ap-
piled for the position at his Office he
was in rotten frame of mind Hence
the following conversation:
Munich chocolates?" he asked. 4.
NO, sir" al
Talk slang:' "ej
NO, sir"
Make eyes at fellows wren you're
not busy?'
NO, sir"
Know how to spell such won's a.
cat and dog correctly"
Yes, sir"
Gossip through the telephone half
q dozen times a day."
mo, sir"
Usually tell everybody who comes
in how much the firm Owes?"
NO. sir"
He was thinking of something else
to ask her when she put spoke in
his wheel.
DO you smoke cheap cigars when
you're dictating?" she asked.
"Why-er-no," he gasped.
Take 1t out on your stenographer
when you've had row at home and
got the worst of it,"
Certainly no-not."
Throw things about and swear
when business is bad?"
"N-never"
Go for your employees when they
get delayed on a street car in the
morning."
'No, indeed"
Think You know enough about
grammar and punctuation to appre-
ciate good typist when you get one?'
"1-think-SO."
Want me to go TO work. or is your
time worth so little"
Look here, by Gawd, madam"
broke in Hi, just hang up your
things and let's get at these letters"
The stenographer has been there
ever since, and the foregoing con-
versation took place more than a year
ago.-Seattle Argus.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
Easily Explained.

I'VE allus seem TO pick time whenj
our Congressman is powerful busy TO-
come to Washington, said 81 Smiling.
That amt it," answered Farmer
Corntossel. Our Congressman allus
turns in an gifts busy when he sees
any of us comm" -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
Poetic Realism.

who was it wrote the line, 81 oniy7
know she came and went?"
'Blest il know said a man who
reads but very little. NO doubt 10
was somebody who had been trying
to solve the servant problem" -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
MAY Statement.

:
The above is a correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month of
May, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of June. 1909.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Publ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-05
The Flame Of Destiny,

During the course of conversation
between two ladies in hotel parlor
one said 10 the other: Are you mar
ried?"
no. I am not" replied the other.
Are you?"
NO" was the reply. Il, too, am on
the single list" adding: Strange
that two such estimable women as
ourselves should have been over
looked in the great matrimonial mar
ket, Now that lady" pointing 10
another who was passing, has been
widowed four times. two OF her hus-
bands having been cremated. That
woman" she continued. lis plain and
uninteresting, and yet she has them
70 burn"