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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
HIS CALL A BUSINESS ONE.
Poor Old Begear Was Not on This
Particular Occasion Looking
for Charity.

The prosperous wholesale grocery
dealer had sold ont his business pre-
paratory to departing for the west to
live, He was, rejecting, the next
morning, on the prospect Of getting a
good price for his house. which the
day before he had advertised for sale,
when the doorbell iinsled merrily.
Sir" said the maid, putting her
head in at the library door a moment
later, its the old beggar from the
corner near your store, sir
"Old 10, the beggar eh?" rejoined
the retired business man, taking from
his pocket a coin Il presume the
wretchcd old fellow missed my Gus
tomary contribution this morning and
is come for it. Here, give him this
lollar."
'Ehe maid went away with the
money and again returned.
II gave the dollar, sir said she
and he seemed very thankful for It;
but he says he'd like to speak mo
mont with you on business, sir
What business can that old beg
ar have with me?'
"Hc says that If yeu can bring the
rice of this house down to $4,000
cash. he'd buy it, sr'"-Judse'f
library
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Collar Button Defender.

The collar button has been ibelcd.
Since il first came into being IL has
provided The writer's Of jokes for the
comic papers with large share OF
their material. That it possessed a
remarkable tendency toward losing IT.
self has been accepted almost as an
axiom.
Facts have come TO light which
show that the collar button has been
maigned A man in the employ of the
burlington rairoad has worn one col
lar button for 2S years II has stuck
by him without any undue precautions
against loss and has never shown
tendency to wander
This man says he has always treat
ed his collar button kindly, has never
sworn at it nor blamed it for his own
faults. His idea is that if mankind ac-
cords due respect to the collar button
it will reciprocate,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
nefcnse of Canned Products.

That foods properly canned do not
deteriorate with age was statement
made at a dinner OF Gamers in Chica-
go few days ago. Suppose custom
err desired can Of corn on February
%. 1920" said one of the speakers,
land was given corn canned In 1903.
II would be rejected with a demand
for something fresher,' and, although
the 1909 article would be found as
fresh as that of 1920 it would be lost.
At a recent banquet in London canned
fruit taken from the ruins of Pompeii
was found TO be fresh and fine, There
should be a law to compel the canning
of all products in ouch manner that
they would keep for ages"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

dollars per week solely and unselfish-
~ for the amusement of our little one,
and dress herself with such taste on
the remainder.
Finally we decided that Sally must
be getting credit somewhere, and that
we should raise her wages, in order
that she might be enabled TO meet her
obligations.
But about this time saw Sally
emerging from a bank one day. | had
been some distance away and unob-
served by her.
All" I exclaimed. under my breath,
she is borrowing of the bank"
The cashier of this bank was par
ticular friend of mine. and | deter.
mined TO learn something of Sally's
financial operations. This | had no
trouble in doing. and soon learned to
my amazement that Sally was not a
borrower but a deposition, to the ex-
tent of $40 or $50 a week.
My wife and | held a consultation
over the matter, for the mystery had
deepened. Why one who could indulge
the daily extravaganza Of Sally, and
yet deposit $40 per week. should hire
herself out at wage Of four dollars
per week was amazingly mysterious
and yet, Sally was not a thief. Not
the smallest item of anything OF value
had been missed from the house, and
no coins or bills ever were kept about
the place.
So the mystery Of Sally deepened.
But. Notwithstanding this. Sally was by
incalculable odds the best nurse We
ever had possessed. or ever could hone
| to have, and we determined that moth
| ing should dispossess us of her sery-
| ices, no. not If it became necessary 10
raise her wages TO ten dollars per
week. which extravaganza | could of
course i'll afford.
So Sally remained. keeping up her
usual program. only inventing new
means of amusement each day. How
long We should have kept her | do
ont know. But accident plays a large
| part in the movement of human af-
| fairs. and it was an accident which
led 10 the separation of our Sally from
| us.
Al employc from our mills had been
| seriously crushed in a dray collision
over on the East side. and l had gone
over TO investigate the responsibility
! for The accident This matter being
soon concluded. I was returning 10 the
otioe when I net jenkins. a friend OF
/ ,iine Jenkins likes a faker. or a side
show performance better than any
/ hing end the East side was noted
! .or go attraction for takers and show.
! -en n enc kind OF another.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Was Once Great City.

No city has happier name than
Ispahan--the rendezvous When Wis
tied by the traveller Chardin in the ear
" part of the eighteenth century, 1t
contained 173 mosques, As colleges,
800 caravansaries and 273 public
baths. But the Afghans, the local van
dals. who did not care for bathing,
destroyed the aqueducts and slaugh-
tered the hathers. In the matter of
great public squares lspahan can east
" outrival any European city. The
Meyden. or great square, is a third of
a mile in length and about half that
breadth 1t was once encircled by a
canal bordered by fine plane trees but
THESE have long since vanished along
with the canal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

For some time past" writes cor.
respondent from Nartwich, "a robin
has used our house for meals. We
have only to open the window and call
Bob when he flies at once into the
room"
His favorite dining room is the nurs-
cry, and If the window is closed he
will try every other window, and when
he has found one open will fly through
all the windows closed he flies about
until he has found a room where some
one is sitting, when he will tap at the
window until it is opened. 1870 London
Daily Mail
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Tone and Tune.

When your vitality is low you need
"toning up" Why not tuning up"
Same thing We are all pianos, just
a mass of sounding boards, keys and
strings. We get out of tune and tone;
we run down, just like an eight-day
clock, and require rewinding. Look at
your wife tomorrow morning and see
if she Is out of tune. If she is cross
you will say she got ont of bed with
the wrong foot foremost. Not bit OF
sense in that. She simply got mp from
her nights rest out OF tune or tone.
Tune her up! Tone her up! In her
finest health she may be a G sharp:
when not so we'll she may be at d.
Have your family kit of tuning irons;
give her a test; then bring her up to
pitch.--New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

II is Just a year ago that the double
fatality in the royal house of Portugal
occurred. when the king and prince
we're aseasslnatcd. The snarchical fac
tions in Lisbon have been "celebrat
ing" The event. For the royal house
the anniversary is particularly sad un'
der the circumstances, for the palace
has never known a moments real
peace since the day OF the tragedy. The
efforts which have been made by King
Alfonso TO promote a union with
Spain may be said 10 be the brightest
sign in the political sky of Portugal
just now. though II is not certain that
the Spanish monarch will he able to
win over the corrupt ofiice-seckers OF
Lisbon. whose greatest achievement OF
late years has been to grab all the
spells Offering and deplctc the national
treasury of everything not actually de
mandcd by the supporters of the pres
cnt regime for the expenses OF tho
kings household.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, recent
" held services in Kansas City. A
report thathe receives 100000 year
for preaching the gospel reached him,
and he promptly issued a strong de
NAL. MY salary is not onefourth Of
500 900 year." he said. ut is a most
modest salary People would be sur
prised If they knew what my salary
is. am notspnt to make money. !
could make Tlot more money than l
do if were to make my own plans in
stead of having them made for me. /
have had offers on the lecture plat
form that would take four or I'VE
years of my time in this country
alone"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Her Hat Caught a Robin.

New York; deluded robin came
to grief in Flush;Bs l.. l., because a
pretty girl wore a peach-basket nat
trimmed with artificial cherries
The girl was walking along Broad
way. near the cid courthouse. when
he robin. on lower limb OF a tree
spied the hat and its trimmings IL
hopped from Us perch on to the hat
md started 70 pick at the cherries
The girl screamed and clutched at
ler hat. The robins feet caught in
he trimmings. ard it was held pris-
1ner. A man went to the assistance
,f girl and robin The robin es
aped.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Weli.Deserved Criticism.

"a picture recently published In
Munich shows that the peculiar vanity
which manifests itself in desire 10
be photographed often kills the sense
Of decency.' says a writer in a Berlin
paper. The picture shows FIVE uni
formed men standing on the smoking
ruins of a building In front Of them.
propped up against the debris, are
eight mutilated corpses. Under the
picture is this legend: The Indian
coast has been infested for hundreds
~ years by Malaga pirates. Recently
a body of Europeans. conducted b. ma
tivcs. pursued and captured one Of
these rcbber bands. whom they bound
and cast into a pagoda. which they
then blew up with dynamite The
men who posed f7r picture, in which
they eecmed 30 goat over the deed
the fruit of which forms the grewsome
foreground, we're all Europeans"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Comprehensive Recipe.

Leech. the famous artist Of London
Punch was at his best as an enter
tainer in his own house. Dean Hole
asked him one day, after Leech had
given him a delectable dinner at his
Lodgings in Scarborough. how he made
such good champagne cup. The IN
gradients. he replied. of which this
refreshing beverage is composed. and
which is highly recommended By the
faculty for officers going abroad and
all other persons stopping at home
are champagne. ice and aerated va
ter: but, in consequence Of advancing
years, always forget the seltzer."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
German Red Tape,

A Danzig, Germany, paper tells a
story of incredible red tapeism recent
ly witnessed in that city. A fire broke
out at a big sugar factory and great
damage was done In few minutes
The flames were rapidly spreading,
but 1t was hoped that the stofehouse
containing 10000 casks Of raw sugar.
each holding a hundredweight, might
be saved, and all efforts OF the fire
brigade were turned in that quarter.
Here, however, several custom house
officers suddenly appeared and forbade
the firemen to enter the warehouse,
on the ground that the duties had not
vet been regulated. Despite energetic
opposition the officers stuck to their
principles, and the whole stuff was
consumed by the tames.--Baker's
Weekly
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
WANT ED.
SOUGHT Fatal inspiration.

Vladimir Nesteroff, a Moscow man,
who had resolved TO write play after
the style Of Hamlet" took a dose of
indian hemp. and invited three COM
pan,ons to write down the words of
wisdom which he expected would fall
from his lips while he was under the
influence of the drug As HIS words
were no wiser after 20 minutes he took
a larger dose, with the result that he
became unconscious and died
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
The Phonouraph in China.

American phonograph companies do
a big business in China. The most
famous Chinese bands and palace sing
crs are engaged TO make records. They
are brought from all parts of the en-
pire to the three recordmaking cen
ters-Peking. Shanghai and Hongkong.
Here the apparatus for making the
master records is set up and the re-
cording done under the direction of an
expert. record popular In the north
of China seldom is popular in the
south.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
German shlpbuildins Depression.

During the year 1908 there were SO
against 435 in 1900 seagoing steam.
sbips. Of an aggregate of 1920 gross
register tonnage built in German ship
wards; at the close of the year 81
ocean steamships were In course of
construction. representing 1892 ton
mage. Ship.building and the shipping
trade have not been prosperous in the
last year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Pronunciation Of Caesar. cicero.

The word Caesar is pronounced az
though spelled se-zar, the accent on
the first syllable. the "e" long and
the "a" pronounced as in far. The
word Cicero is pronounced as though
spelled sis-c-ro. the accent on the first
syllable. the IL short. the "e" short
as in prudent or difference and
the "e" long
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
THE MYSTERY
OF SALLY
BY CHARLES SLOAN REID.
Copyright. by shortstory Pub. Coz

Sally was hired girl, the seven.
teenth since the baby came, about IS
months before. But we realized that
at last we had found a treasure. Sally
was inventive. The Kaleidoscope
repertoire of amusement which she
furnished for our tootsywootsy was
something TO command the admiration
Of the most callous- Drained pessimist
Of the never smiles
This aggregation of inventive genius
had been purchased at weekly in
stallment Of four dollars. Cheerfully,
I'VE should have made it five on de
,mand within a week after her ar.
rival.
But Sally Seemed TO be devoid OF
the graft contamination, and indeed,
she spent her money like a lord, more
than half of her weekly pay going for
gmcracks of one kind or another for
the amusement of our little one. A
car ride to the park each day for the
pleasure of our baby formed one of
her personal extrayagances. Baby
SOou DtCduie SO UluCH attached 10 HuF
that "Mamma" was no longer inter.
esting, except at certain periods dur,
Ing the day, and these periods Sally
managed SO cleverly that no disturb,
ance came to the household serenity
through baby's impatient demands.
One thing soon became apparent.
Sally had the going habit. She want
ed to be away from the house more
than half OF the time but, as our little
one always came back from these
little excursions in excellent spirits,
and, barring the harassing fears thai
Baby might contract some of the
many contagious or infectious diseases
of childhood-such as measles, chick,
en-pox, whooping-cough or some other
horrifying thing-this habit Of Sally's
was not at all inconvenent to the
household.
Another thing which recommended
Sally was the habitual neatness of her
person, and what became an interest
ing mystery to us was the matter OF
how she could spend from two or three
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Not for Her!

"With one wave of my wand, says
the fairy, Il can make you grow young
again
Excuse me-" replies the woman, IF
decline your kind offer. II you can
bring youth TO me at my present age,
all right; but | positively refuse to
travel back through typography, the
first stage OF bridge, the habit back,
the straight front, balloon sleeves and
all the rest Of the fads ! can remcm.
her life
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
TEDDY BEAR GUILTY
Real Live Mascot Held to Blame
for Court Martial.
Capt. Franklin Called Home to Face
Charges Of egularity-Critlcism
OF Col. Scott's Disposal of
Tickets Widens Breach.

Washington According to army of
flcers here who say they know. the
West Point turmoil. which will result
In the coming court martial In New
York OF Capt Thomas Franklin. the
best known man of his rank in the
army. all began with teddy bear. a
real live teddy bear, The bear played
the part of mascot at the army navy
football game In Philadelphia in No
vember, 1907, and did 1t so miserably
that West Point lost the game.
The army folks say that If the West
Point boys had stuck TO the old relia-
Bile army mule for mascot perhaps
Franklin hight have escaped the lime
light which the coming trial will bring
on him and his official acts as com
missary at West Point
Some one had sent out to Montana
and got wee brown bear with enor.
wings OF bat, and had brought him
on with keeper for the game. Soon
q whisper went around that the bear
was ordered when II was thought that
, President Roosevelt would attend the
game. and that possibly he might re,
gard the matter as delicate compli,
ment, Then. too, 1t was whispered
that the president might ask about
It, and who could tell what might fol-
low in the way of promotion.
The bear was surely bad mascot
for the army, for the navy won by a
score OF to 0.
The West Point folks went home
sore about that bear. Soon 1t became
known that Co. H. J.. Scott. com
mandant at West Point, had ordered
the bear brought on ana had told the
treasurer OF the athletic association
to pay the bill of 5000 or more for its
use, Cot Scott was not an officer OF
the association and II was said that he
had no right TO order the treasurer to
pay such bill, Capt. Franklin was a
leader in the demand for more details
Then came a time when Capt Frank
| lin wanted To know about the rumoT
! that Col. Scott had about COO tickets
| for the game and had given then
away layishly. II was intimated that
| they went where military man anx
/ ious TO be promoted to be brigadiel
general would be glad to have then
CO. while army officers who wanted
more than they had we're paying 81
apiece for extra ones.
Franklin wanted the matter put oil
business basis for the future. Col
Howe refused to entertain a motor
to that effect, and said he never woul,
put it while he remained president O
the association Fifteen minutes late
Col. Howe was defeated for presiden
Of the association and the bigger trou
bic was on.
Col. Scott, It is asserted, telt hr
inflated by the reflections mad
against him, and especially by Franz
Inns open remarks He made a chang
in the athletic association, taking praC
tical control Of II himself Then Their
came a desire by Col. SCOTS friend
to get after Franklin. His records 70
six years were oyerhauled. After muc
searching what appeared to be irregl
larities were discovered An invest
cation followed and Franklin was Of
dered home from the Philippines I
await trial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Little By Little.

Eyes, put all my little things In
wnsh.' said she, my towels and table
napkins and handkerchiefs. My wash
erwoman doesn't charge me eXorbi.
family for them. She is very reason
able. She wants to encourage me to
put them in, so she can take them
away from me one by one without my
knowing IT,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Canada 70 lnport Yaks.

4 herd Of six fine yaks is 10 be i'm
porttd b. the Canadian government.
and started in business on the expert
mental farm at Ottawa The animal
is abort the size Of common cattle. but
Is better fitted 70 endure the cold. Il
is valuable for milk. beef. hide and
hair. and is easily nOurished on sparse
vegetation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
nstuae 10 Admit Women.

The fellows OF the Geological society
If London have rejected by 80 votes
70 40 a proposal TO admit women mem
hers This result was arrived Mt aft
or hours " discussion. The decision
kinds the society unless a meeting is
called for the purpose OF reconsider.
ing the question.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
ILLINOIS CENTRAL:
Corrected to May 9Th, 1909.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Tralna naun Cairn.
Trains Leave Cairo:


lis a. m., Daily Chicago vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago li:30 A. m.
2:12 a. m, Daily st. Louis Night
Limited. arriving ST. Louis 1908 a. m.
Sleeping car open ut es8o p. ma
$40 a. m, st. Louis Special
500 a. M, Chicago Daily Express,
except Sunday.
500 a. M, st. Louis Morning FIX.
press, daily.
11:15 a. M, St Louis Fast Mall.
ILLS a. M, Chicago Midday Special
1885 y. M, Daily St Louis Limited.
2:35 D. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effngham, Mattoon Champaign
$40 D. m, Thebes Accommodation.
7:15 y. M, Chicago aud Eastern
Express.
2:2O a. M. Memphis and Nashville.
3:25 a. m, Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
600 a. m, Paducah and Louisville.
1:41 p. m, Daily Memphis and New
Orleans,
1:4t p. m. Daily Nashville, Chstta-
nooea and Atlanta.
i:30 p. m, Fulton aud Mafield ac-
commodation.
$50 D. M, Paducah and Louisville.
600 D. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping ear
accommodation and further iD'orma-
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station. Cairo, III.
J n. JONES, Ticket Agent.
| 8. A. HATCH, c. p. A.
A. n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

Advertisers value the Bulletin be
cause Of its extraordinary pulling
power.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
Southhound
River Transportation
Lee Line Steamers

For Memphis and Way Landings
Ferd HeroId ....... sat, May 20. am
Peters Lee. Monday, June 7, pm
For Psducah, Evansville, LcuisSihe'
Cincinnati and intermediate landings
Peters Lee ......S Sat, May 2e, an
For 81. Louis ans Way Landings
Ferd Heroid. ..... Wed, June 2, an
Per Freight ana sssssss Apply ct
HsIIlsss a Phillips Mhs1nost, Cairo
ROBERT z, LEE, c. soUSNe.
General Manager. G-f.d "a.
General, Offices. South Front street.
Memphis Tess
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
How Fine Il Would Be.

How splendIdly everything would be
done if every man could do his work
as well as other people think they
could do it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31
rYPEWRlTERs FOR SALE.
ROOMS AND BOARD.

FURNISHED room and board. Az
Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-31

PLAIN SEWING-N Neatly done ar
1913 Washington avenue. can Tor
Mrs. King
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-02-13
The Prince Consolidated.

Work is progressing with the
usual vigor at the Prince Consoli-
dated mine. Superintendent
Lloyd reports splendid headway
being made with the sinking of
the winze on No. / fissure from
the 400, which is to be sent
down to the 500. The bottom of
this winze is showing ore assay
ing from 60 to $50 ounces in sill
yer, 80 per cent lead and about
$6 in gold. Connections have
been made with the 400 in the
winze sunk from the 300 on the
No. 2 fissure, and in it ore has
been exposed all the way. Drift.
ing is still in progress both ways
along the Nos. / and 2 fissuret
on the 300 with the usual higl
grade values showing. The
cross-cut from the $50 vein il
yet about 70 feet from No. / fis
sure. but Mr.. Lloyd says numer.
Gus streaks Of mineralized mat
ter carrying fair values have
been encountered. The grount
is getting more interesting ever,
day.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-02-13
SNOW RETARDS WORK
Pi0che king Equipment Arrives What Is Going
nat Other Mines

The heavy precipitation Of
snow, the worst of the winter,
during the past week has had
the effect Of greatly retarding
work about the mines. Move
ments Of ore to market, likewise,
have been handicapped; while
prospectors and others who have
been doing assessment work on
their claims have been forced to
remain in camp most Of the
time.
Early in the week, however,
many new locations were made
in the snow along the strike Of
the great Colfax lode, mention
of which was made in last week. s
RECORD, and according to infor-
nation brought in from the
Highland district, claims have
been staked out across the valley
practically all the way to the
Prince Consolidated. Ernest A.
Hodges and associates have TAX
en- up the south extension Of the
Colfax lode for q distance of 3OO(
feet and for a width Of 1900 feet,
the San Pedro claim endlininf
with the Missouri No. 3 claim,
belonging to Ed F. Freudentha
and others.