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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-28

Love your neghbor as yourself"
said the minister with great earnest
ness
Thomas" whispered the lady who
liver next door to a pretty young wild
ow, come away. This is no place
yor you
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-28
Clever Willie.

On his baby sisters head
Willie broke a piece of tile,
Mamma only smiled and said:
THAT will hold her for IA while"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
"Atn or IN"

In the matter Of at or lin, even
London has not always occupied Sc
cure position. A proclamation of
Henry III. has 'at London" and the
same proposition is applied to the
great city SO late as in Richardson 3
Pamela! Frequently in country
places "at London may be heard to
this day, and a correspondent has even
heard a Suffolk country girl say lat
Shropshire Probably the broad dis
tinction Is that at is used by people
who conceive of the place in question
merely as a point on the map, or as OF
convenient size to be regarded as fix
ing a persons whereabouts. In Ia
substituted when we think of the
place as having parts and magnitude.
But the Devonian solves the difficulty
by substituting ito" impartialiy for
both at" and in."-I4ondon Chroni.
Gle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
seed 81 Fiioh, Of Pio.ons.

OF our game birds the most gre
gsrious and most beautiful passenger
pigeon. nov unhaTpily practically eK-
tinct. is 81 was doubtless the most
RAPID o. continuous flyers; yet % a
total length q 1sA inches its wings
length is about sever and eight-tenths
inches. a proportion less favorable for
speed then with certain other Jess
rapid species q is family. says a
writer In Outing Magazine. Their
sustained speed certainly exceeded a
nile a minute. and some authorities
have estimated II as high az 40
niles Per hour. The fact, often quoted.
snzt zhe aid r5ce q Tia CarnIinaa rsz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13

! NEWS FROM OUR fJEIGf1BORS +:


Judge l.. G. Castor was Cairo
business caller Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Blum of Mounds
were in the city Thursday and the
former passed on to Cairo.
Miss Maude Wall who has for the
past two years served the com
munGty so rfTcisntsy as public
school teacher in the Lowell school.
this week resigned her place for a
broader and more lucrative position
as Reader for a joint company aud
will leave Saturday for Donelson
Ala. where she will join the other
members of the company. Miss
Pearl Margrave who is senior in
the high school was elected by the
school board Wednesday evening to
finish the term as teacher of Nj s
Walrs room and will assume these
duties Monday. She will also take
tho senior course Of instruction and
go on with the class
Manon Bankson was a Cairo Wis
itor Thursday.
Mrs. Irving Cornell ana little son
James Of Mounds, spent Thursday
with Mrs Sarah Schoenfeldt en-
Poplar street.
w. T. Siefert made a business trip
ID Cairo Thursday.
Mr.. T. Coulter was a Cairo bust
ness caller Thursday
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
MOUND CITY, ILL.
February IL, 1909.


On Sunday evening there will be a
special service at st. Peters Epis'
copal church. Subject, why am | a
Churchman aud What the Episcopal
Church Has Done for the Anglo-SaN-
on Race A cordial invitation is
extended to all. Service begins at
Z ,. m.
Ben Blum made a business trip to
Cairo Thursday.
Little Ella May Morton is suffer
ing with the measles at her nome on
East First street
Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Sweeney are
the proud parents Of a fine baby girl
who arrived at thcir home on Pop
lar street last saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ira Walker who have
resided in one Of the Gaunt cottages
on Poplar street the past few months
have moved to Mounds.
Mr.. Hugh Mason was in America
on business Thursday.
Thomas Boyd spent Thursday in
Olmsted on business
Mrs. Cnas DENLY spent Thursday
at Mounds as the guest Of friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
SPORTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COLLINS AGAIN VICTOR.

The catch-as-catch-can wrestling
wild Joe" Collins, he taking the first
and third falls from George Baptste
of st. Louis. The second fall was won
by Baptiste in seven minutes fiat with
The first fall ended in % minutes,
Collins pnniing Baptiste's shoulders
to the mat with a crotch and arm lock
Collins repeated this hold in winning
the third fall in 10 minutes. After the
match Baptiste acknowledged that
Collins defeated him fair and square
and shook his opponents hand. Col
Inns declared that he was ready to
meet Or. Rollers Indian. Chief Nor.
tour, as it had previously been agreed
that the winner Of this match should
do so. The match between Collins
anI Montour will take place at the
opera house Wednesday, Feb "a.
Willis Bury and Wayne Whitlock,
TWO local boxers went six rounds to =
draw as a preliminary event Both
these youngsters are promising pugi-
lists. The ENTHUSIASTICALLY wrest-
ling match was the fastest seen here
between two men and resulted in two
straight falls from Holderby Holder
by recently defeated two other local
wrestlers here, but it is generally con,
coded that he met his match last
night. The battle royal was as funny
rs ever
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
vANosTEN's ORCHESTRA.

VII aece5f 0ut-oftozn elcags
merits; address 108 Eighth street
Cam. IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13

There are a number of singers be.
longing to the Metropolitan Opera
House Company, who, although they
are retained merely for cases of emer.
gency, are nevertheless guaranteed
a certain amount of pay. Thus sup.
posing that their price per perform.
ance is $500 they each get, say, $4,000
for the season, even If they do not
sing at ell
Some wag at the opera house has
invented a most appropriate name for
the salaries paid out to these silent
song birds.
He calls it hush money, New
York Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
Poor Mani

The captain had been tortured with
million questions about everything
between heaven and earth. He bore
it all heroieally and patiently The
names Of towns they passed, the mum.
Der OF passengers On board; the size
Of his family, how much his salary !;
dangers, storms. etc.
One of the Ladies-How long have
you been in charge here. captain?
CaptaIn-No SO very long, madam;
only two years.
Lady-lndeed? And why did the for.
mer captain leave?
Captain-He died, madam.
Lady--liow sad; and what did he
die OF?
Captain-Te was talked to death by
the ladies,-Judse.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
oRIAcs GO TO cARgoNpALE.

The Oriacs basket ball team will
cave this morning for Carbonate to
)lay a game with the Southern Hi
lois Normal team at that place to-
light. The Oriacs have won four
f the five games they have played
his season, and bid fair to win a ma
ority of the remaining five they have
scheduled. one of which will prob
lbly be played at Paducah with the
Paducah High School.
The team that will go to Carbon.
dale will be composed of the follow
lug: Finch and Schuh, forwards;
Barter and Emit guards; Klentchy,
center; Goldsmith, Cotter and Soul
lin, subs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
vlGNETTEs.

The under dog sometimes has the
better grip.
The more aims You have In life. the
less likely you are 10 hit anything
Keeping up appearances costs more
than the necessaries Of life.
The msn with the hard reputation Is
generally the fellow with the easy con.
science
Many Of rs would have a better
chance 70 be angels when We die II We
didn't live 80 long.
While the tailor is only the ninth
part OF q man. be has taken the mea.
sure q many q good fellow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
Am ANSWER Ell
QUESTION
BY Rose Churchill.
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
Mashlnaton one Gave 10.

to three doctors; was kept in bed To-
I've weeks. Blood poison from a sid
ers bite caused large. deep SORES -
cover his leg. The doctors failed. then
-Bucklen's Anica salve completely
cured me-" writes John Washington.
10 Bosquevilia. Tex. For eczema
boils. barns and piles o. g. supreme.
sc al an druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13

Keeping up appearances costs more
than the neccssaries Of life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
"Shadow Theater" for Berlin.

Prominent actors and musicians in
Berlin have been engaged for the
shadow theater" which will soon be
opened in that city, 1t will be con.
Quoted, according to the prospectus
that has been printed as the Sehatten.
spieltheater in Munich and simller
place of amusement in Paris.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
A QUICK KNOCK OUT.

New York, Feb. Flames Me.
Sherry former boxing instructor at
Yale University made mis- profess
sional debut in the prize ring to
night in what was scheduled to have
been a ten round bout with Sailor
Burke, a lightweight McShorry was
was knocked out in the first rounl,
and his condition has caused alarm.
10th men exchanged body blows
when the bell rang, and Burke quick.
~ crossed his right dropping Nc
sherry to the floor McSherry rose
n the count of seven and was then
Knocked ont with a left hook to the
jaw. He was unconscious for some
time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13

He bears misery best who hides Il
most.-shakeslcare.
Silver IS of less value than gold;
gold, than Yirtue.--llorace.
A patient mind is the best remedy
for affection -plau;us.
Anger begins with folly and ends
With repentanco.--TNhagoras.
Among the wrtuous disgrace Is con
sidered before Eurirides.
First relieve the needy; then. II
need be- question them-Bu.c OF the
Benedictines.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13

sometimes found in the stomachs of
birds shot in Canada shows both mar.
yelous speed and endurance.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-13
e = q BEST TREATMENT
o.0.o. FOR CAIARRH

treatment for Caah because perfect blood
able circula
which produce
membranes and nhame
and infected condition of the blood Catar will
and dangerous ringing the
dropping back into the throat headaches watery dfeu
and weakened health cannot
neny until the blood purified Nothing equals s. Tor this
trouble
the blood and enrhes this vital fluid
supplied with nutriy hehful qualities
ned by impurities in the ciua
ton Then symptoms begin when s. has entirely
greatly medical advice desired sent free
all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
They're Engaged.

The engagement is announced from
Fort Sam Houston, Tex, of Lieut.. J.
Eugene CLANCY, battalion quartermas-
ter and eommfssary 9th United States
Infantry, and Miss Miriam Clark.
Miss Clark is the daughter of Lieut.
Col. Charles Hobart Clark, USA. She
IS granddaughter of Gen. Rene T. de
Russy, Engineer Corps. and a niece of
Gen. Arthur Murray, chief of artillery,
and of Col. Hoyle Of the 9th Field Ar
tillery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
No More Khaki.

Khaki cloth has been discarded as a
uniform FOR Uncle Sam s soldiers. and
an olive drab cotton cloth has been
adopted in its stead.
Competition for the contract of sup
plying about 100000 yards of olive
drab cotton cloth for uniforms every
year is earnestly sought by the War
Department.
Several years experience convinced
the army quartermasters that Ameri-
can made khaki. was not suitable for
military purposes. 1t was designed as
uniform for service in the tropics.
After long trial it was officially re
ported as not equal to the English made
khaki worn in India and the East. and
objectionable because of its weight and
warmth and its failure TO hold its color.
Not desiring to purchase the Eng
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
To the Back Row.

WASHINGTON, July 17--Four more
retired naval officers were today re-
Ieved from duty on the active list and
ordered to their home.
They are Captain Fl. George, CON-
handing the auxiliary cruiser Dixie;
Commander T. G. Dewey and Com
mander ". c. P. Muir, and Lieutenant
H. ". Faust, all of whom are on duty
at the naval academy.
This action is in accordance with the
new policy against the assignment of
retired officers to active duty. The
command of the Dixie has been given
to Lieutenant W. Phaley, now attached
to the cruiser Yankee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

TO whether gas was generated IN the
coal hold He instructed the sailors
TO keep behind him. When he entered
he was brought in contact with the gas.
Ensign Aiken received the full force
of the explosion which followed. He
was dragged out by the men, but died
several hours later.
The accident was of graver nature
than the officers of the cruisers cared to
admit. Corporal Maloney was badly
injured. being blinded in both eyes.
Several other men who accompanied
Ensign Aiken also were wounded, but
less seriously.
Lieut.. Sutton Beaten.
ANNAPOLIS (Md.), July 21.-When
the naval board of inquiry investigat-
ing the death of Lieutenant James n.
Sutton of Portland, Or, finished its
third session today, only four wit
nesses out of the fifteen subpoenaed by
the Government had been examined. IL.
W. Van Dyke of Washington, of coun-
sci for Sutton's mother, said after
court that outside of Mrs. Rose Sutton
Parker, sister of Lieutenant Sutton,
there probably would be no witnesses
beyond those on the government list.
In a few minor points Henry E..
Davis, chief counsel for Sutton, showed
discrepancies in Lieutenant Willing 5
testimony at this and the former in
CURRY. Willing was the first man 60
say that he reached the scene of the
tragedy in time TO see Adams beating
Sutton. Lieutenant Bevan testified
that he saw no blows exchanged.
As Lieutenant Willing on eross-ex-
animation described Sutton with Adams
holding him by the back of the neck.
with one hand and punching him with
the other. Mrs. Parker, who sat d.
rectly opposite the witness. smiled in
credulously and turning to Mr.. Van
Dyke, one of her counsel, said: . I'm
agine a wild man, as they describe my
brother to have been, standing up with
revolver in each hand and taking a
punching like that. It is wholly in
credible. =
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
Make Light of Charges.

DENVER, Colo, July IA slight
tendency TO extravaganza and little
siowness in paying his debts is the most
serious charge shown against Captain
Z. ). Nertles. This is the contention
OF the captain S attorneys, who today
are engaged in getting their case ready
for presentation to the court martial
when it resumes szttings Monday or
Tuesday next. The prosecution closed
It's case late yesterday. The defense
asserts that Captain Nettles' present
Indebtedness is only $500.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
Trusts Are Tabu.

WASHINGTON, July 17-Neither
trust fed, trust clothed nor trust armed
viii the American regular soldier be If
Secretary of War Diekerson can pre-
vent it.
The secretary has just issued new
rule for the purchase of supplies for
the army He directed Brigadier-
General Henry G. Sharpe, eommissary.
to enter into no direes contract with
any corporation which is a party to a
trust or combination in restraint of
trade
He has also directed that no dealings
be had by the department with any
agent or middleman who may be rep
resentative of such concern
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30

You have cool kitchen and economy
il you burn gas. 1t viii cook meals
quicker and better than any other fuel
and for less than half the cost of wood
See the Honolulu Gas Co.. Ltd
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
Notes.

The Federal Grand Jury returned
new Indictment on July 5 against Capt.
Thomas Franklin, Sub. Dept, {. ). A,
who was indicted several weeks ago on
charges of embezzling money from
cadets at the West Point Academy and
also for grand larceny from the gov
eminent. Judge Hand recently sustain
ed demurrers to the previous lndict-
nlent charging embezzlement. The new
indictment is framed for the purpose
of meeting the points raised by the
demurrers. Captain Franklin is under
$4,000 bail awaiting his trial. His
alleged defalcations aggregate $500
"a. of which s4,s31.6s represents vouch-
ers presented TO General Mills and Col
onel Scott for approval covering com
missary supplies for the Academy,
which Captain Franklin handled
The British government viii send
the cruiser Bedford and the sIoops Al
gerine and Shearwater TO participate in
San Francisco S festival next October.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
Transport Dix On Berth.

The transport Dix, which was sched-
uled to leave for the Philippines with
large cargo of lumber, forage, and
animals this week, is not able to make
the journey, owing TO an injury to the
tailshaft. This was discovered when
the Dix was placed in drydoek, and
two new shafts viii be made and in
stalled before the next trip is made.
The examination showed that the tail
shaft was cracked in several places and
unfit for further use. The transport
was placed in drydoek TO replace
propeller blade which was broken on
the trip to Seattle. The broken pro-
pellor is thought to have caused
strain on the ta;lshaft.-Army and
Navy Register.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30

lish-made khaki, the quartermasters en-
tered upon a series of tests for suit
able cloth obtainable from American
factories. Finally, by the use of
combination of dyes Of indanthrene,
blue, yellow and violet, a result was
obtained that met the severe require
ments Of the service, both as to color
and fabric.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
PoItced Camp Wen.


4 detachment of the goth Infantry
marched to the peninsula on Monday
and went into camp for two days. Resi-
dents of that section say that when
the men broke camp Wednesday morn
ing thew left the lawn cleaner than
when they arrived. There was not a
scrap of any kind on the ground and
the men were never seen by the cot
tagers except on the camp reservation.
Ensign Aiken Killed.
DENVER, July 12.-Ensign Hugh K.
Aiken, t. s. N. died On board the
armored cruiser North Carolina at
Naples, Sunday night, from injuries due
to a gas explosion caused by the gen
Grafton of gas in the bunkers.
Aiken was q years old, born IN New
Orleans. At the age Of Il he entered
the Naval academy at Annapolis. While
there he made the most brilliant record
as an athlete He was considered the
champion boxer, second best wrestler,
best shot, and received two or three
medals for racing. Aiken received his
first command last summer when he
was put IN charge Of three boats mah-
ing a sail from Norfolk to Charleston.
Aiken attempted an investigation in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30
To Command the Maryland.

Captain James G. Gilmore, T. s. N,
now in command of the battleship Hi
nois, has been assigned to command the
armored cruiser Maryland of the Pa
eifc fleet
The state herald., 1909-03-12

The taxpayers Of good many of
the counties OF Colorado evidently be-
lieve that II Is good business policy to
refund u county debt rather than pay
Il of with money that Is worth as much
for investment as Il Is In our state.
Ihs INK payers Of the following nam
ed counties have refunded their county
debt. Archuleta, Baea. Bent, Chafrcc.
concjos, ostilla. Custer. Delta. Dem
yer. Dolores. Eagle, Garfield. Gunnison
Hinsdale, uuerfano. Lake. LaPlata.
Larimcr, Las Animas, Mesa. Mineral.
Montrosc, Montezuma, ouray, fitkin;
Prowers, Pueblo. Rio Blanco, Rio
Grandc. San Juan. San Miguel. Sum
nit and Washington.
lit Is poor business policy to refund
a county debt. as few Of our taspsy-
crs are eontending, then there must be
n good many foolish taxpayers In Colo
RADIO for, In - OF the counties. they
have voted 10 refund their county debt.
The state herald., 1909-03-12

A story is told Of married lady who
compared her husband to handsome
piano lamp that he had presented to
her. Her husband felt quite Aattered
until she mentioned the particulars Of
the resemblance. "Wcll." she said.
you know my dear, II has II good deal
Of brass about Il, II is handsome To
look ut. II Is not remarkably brilliant,
requires good deal Of attention. is
sometimes unstrady on It's legs. liable
to explode when half full, flares up oe-
casionally. is always out at bed time
and Is bound TO smoke"