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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
IS GREAT DESTROYER
TINY WOODEN MATCH CAUSES
GREAT LOSS YEARLY.
Foreigners Find 1t Hard to Understand
Extravaganza ard Recklessness
in the Handling of Fire by
Americans.

Philadelphia Eighty million per.
sons in the United'States use as many
matches as the S00000,000 ia the rest
of the world, according to statistics
just compiled by the National Fire
Protective association.
This is a startling commentary up
on the American nation adds the as
ISOLATION, "and supports the contention
that we are the most wasteful and OK
travagant nation in the entire world.
1t was to consider the problem Of
fire waste and other plans for tho con
servaton of the nations natural re-
sources that President Roosevelt last
year called together IN Washington
the governors OF every state, and inn
pressed upon thom the necessity for
cooperation in maintaining these re-
sources. No question discussed ut the
conference received us much attention
rs did The matter of the country
fire loss and plans whereby it can be
reduced
To the match, the simple little
match, is due much of the credit for
the enormous fire losses in all rafs
of the world since first the 'lucite.
! were invented If one is in need Of a
match anywhere in continental En-.
rope. he must seek 1t in its proper
place. Matches are not wasted in the
old world. Centuries of training in
thrift and economy have made the
, European conscious Of the fact that
/ matches cost money.
Where does one find them I'm Amer
lea? They are in almost every room,
/ in almost every building, public or
private. The American hreathes i'm
precation If he cannot. at any moment
of the day or night. reach out his
hand and find match. They repose
in the pocket and Innings of every old
coat and waistcoat; they rescatored
about desk and bureau drawers, they
are found in accumulatious of rub.
bish, they arc so carelessly thrown
about that rats and mice have adopt.
ed them rs q standard article for
/ home building. certain always Of an
available supply.
The burden of this eXtrava ance,
/ however, is not contired to the cost Of
! the matches themselves. This little
] article, unknown until 1892. has been
doing it's best ever since its creation
j 10 destroy the world 1t was designed
! 10 serve The assistance given II as
an instrument Of destruction by the
carelessness of the American people
is a matter of amazement to Euro
! pean countries.
The average per capita pr perty
| loss by fire in central, western and
southern Europe is 33 cents; In the
| United States the average is $500
| The reason for this astonishing cOndi
I ton is Obvious the moment conditions
/ are scrutinized. Men reputed 10 hr
! good fathers have been known to lirl'
cigars in the Railways OF their homes
throw the match in the general d'rec
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KNOWLEDGE.

knowledge is like a current coin. A
man is partly justified in feeling
proud to possess it, if he himself
worked on the gold and tried to coin
1t, or. at least, if he honestly obtained
It as already tried and tested. But
when he did not do anything, but
simply received 1t from some passer-
by who had thrown il at his face.
what ground has he then to be proud
of it?-John Ruskin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
THE FATNEsS OF HEALTH.
Sarrcse Fitlr Out the Curves and
Makes Thin People Fat.

II vcu ere thin. your health is not
what it should be. If you are losing
weight steadily. there is something
wrong that should he attended to at
rrce. You cannot he healthy and
strong If you are thin.
Perfect health and COOL. solid beau
tlful flesh can only come through the
rFe of Samcse The remarkable flesh
forming food
Samosr IS not drug or a stimu-
la1t:it - a scientific flesh forming
fool that restores thin rcople 10 a
normal condition ct good healthy
flesh.
There are thousands of unhappy.
nervous thin people who would look
aud feel entirely different if they
were only fat and plump. Let them
use Samose aud they will soon no
tico remarkable results.
These statements are confirmed by
Paul G. Schuh & Sons offer to refund
the money to anyone buying and u.s.
ing SamOse who does not gain in
weight as promised. The risk is all
theirs. The thin and scrawny can
buy Samose at Druggists Paul G..
Schulz G. Sons store. with the know
ledge that If it is not successful it
will cost absolutely nothing.
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M'CLUR e.

VIM. n. Lightner shipped a car
load of mules Tuesday to Arkansas.
Mrs. Goodman has returned to her
home in Anna after visiting with Mr..
end Mrs. r. NJ Otrich the past two
weeks
The organizer of the Royal Neigh
tors spent few DAYS here recently
in the interest of the order
Bud Miller. CT Matthews. Mo-, is
spending few DAYS here.
A. NJ. Beoching spent Sunday here
visiting en- route from Monitor, Mo,
to his hoGe at Beech ridge.
The local lodge of the NJ. B. A.
will observe the 18th anniversary of
the order On April 5tl with social
entertainment h1d box j. supper in
their hall.
Mr. Seanlon &c. here from St Louis
prospecting on his farm.
Joe Lawrence LEFT here MONDAY for
Dsnville to appear before the grand
jury to testify in the case of the
robarv cf the postoffice at Gale a year
ago last February.
Dolly Cotner who met with m a.
cident seevral was ks ago at Poplar
Bluff. Mo. was brought home and
after much suf ring died Sunday
morning At , o'clock The remains
we're inter- in the Lindsey GENE
terry. re parents have the sympa-
thy of the entire community.
Ioiin Newsom of Delta, while re-
turning home from Mcclure Saturday
fell from his wagon and struck his
head against a rock. cutting an ugly
cash which required eight stitches to
cicse. The wagon also passed over
him resulting in injuries which
seemed critical at first, but he is nov
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Observation-Disclosures.
NEWS FROM OUR NElGHBoRs
Observation-Disclosures

recovering Dr. Norris is attending
him
Sam DAVE OF Weir, was here Tues
day on business.
Mrs. f. M. Culley returned from
Anna Sunday where she had been at
the bedside of sick sister, Mrs.
Stokes.
Leon Culley was in Cairo Tuesday
On business.
VIM. n. Lighter and Ernest Cald-
we'll were visitors to Herrin the first
OF the week.
Barton Connell OF Cairo, is spend
m week here the guest OF his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. e. A.
Barton.
Mcclure School Notes.
Central examinations were held
Saturday. Four pupils OF the High
school took the examinations and
made passing grades. Final examina
lions will be given short time be
lfcre the close of the school term
The school has had several visitors
Iuring the month Both teachers and
PUPILS are encouraged by such mani
lcstations of interest In their work
Visitors are always welcome
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
SPORTS
WITH THE WRESTLERS.

The Cairo wrestling fans are wait
ing eargerly to know the name of the
man who will meet Wild Joe Collins
here next Friday. Mr.. Barton, who
is TO send some man here for the
event, will be heard from in the next
day or two, and II is understood that
a good wrestler will be sent. The
preliminary part of the program N
being arranged and some speedy
glove contests are to be pulled off.
At Paducah tonight Jack Harrison
of Cairo will wrestle Leslie Jones OF
Paducah, as preliminary event in
a big athletic program that is to be
given at the opera house there.
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fore sunrise every morning and keep
me awake until the maid called break
fast. If he had been my rooster, |
would have killed him that first morn
ing-but he wasn't He just dropped
In on us unlimited and began to COB
Bile up our corn! Then he began to
fight off my Buff Rocks and last Sun
day morning he knocked my rooster
Jeffries of the dung-hill and scratched
a ring all around him before my be-
draggled chanticleer could say Jack
Robinson!
THAT made me mad I called the
hired man and told him to get rid Of
the rooster
"'But don't know whose rooster
he is expostulated George.
att don't make any difference
whose rooster he is / replied-'get
rid of HIM
George knew he was too old and
tough and emery to make an edible
| pot-pie, 80 he slipped up on Mr..
| Rooster In the dead Of night, grabbed
| him around his cock-a-doodledo to
keep his alarm from going off, and
| chucked him in a sack We put a
weight on the mouth of the sack and
| went back TO bed The next morning
| George took him long ways up the
road and gave him to man who
works in an electric light plant at
! night and who looked as though he
/ needed a rooster
And maybe you think didn't have
| fine sleep that morning" chuckled
nv suburbante Ticking the dried
head off a wild aster and beaming
down at me on the street side Of the
/ fence. "But the next day" he added,
/ his face becoming serious, "a resident
of my town called up and said he was
coming over to my house after his
/ rooster.
My wife answered the telephone
and said she c~lldn't see anything
of a stray rooster about the yard, but
1 the happy hunting grounds were free
TO anybody whose glad home had
been bereaved by the periodical
passing away of a male chicken that
| heretofore always had made homs
happy, You see she didn't know that
! George had given away the pest!
Well. when | came home, | found out
whose rooster had been turning my
beauty sleep into diabolical halluci
nations and | slipped out and told
George
Gee said George, ri harness NJ
Nell and scoot down and get the son
ofa-aun"
"And he III out at merry clip. In
an hour he returned crestfallen
That fellow didn't want a rooster
at all he said, dismally. He ate him
last night for dinner!'
"And now" finished my friend, rue
fllly. - suppose ! have got to go and
buy another rooster
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The Old PHILOSOPHER.

Make up your mind to let Happi.
ness enter with the dawn of the New
Year." says the Old Philosopher, but
at that season, when he knocks at
nothing. There is some danger, you
know, of getting Happiness mixed up
with the New Year bill collector" -
Atlanta Constitution.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
Newspapers Differ.

Kansas editors have a variety OF CHG
ger ideas. t1-wft. Lawrence Journal: The
ouIy WAY 10 got q chig-er is 10 dig for
li,u. Anthony Republican: Camphor with
q little rich cream. Russell Record. Vase
line. well rubbed in. HOlt9n Recorder
pub with the fat side Of salt bacor
rjnd Nanketo Monitor: Blfndfold them
lie -heir feet and then subject them -
/. teruperature Of 30 degrees on the coon
stove Tor g minutes. Junction City Re-.
pubrran Rob bites with salty piees
~ bacon -ind Marion Record. STAY IL u
Of the garden and let your wife d. the
toeing. Horton Commercial: FAN back
on the old-fashioned scratch.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12

Louisiana is said to waste 10000.
900 cubic feet of natural gas daily,
more than one-twentieth of that con.
sumed In the United States, and the
secretary of the interior has with.
drawn from entry $500 acres of nat
ural gas fields.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
MOUND CITY.
March II.


Pulaski Wednesday.
Mr.. Hacker OF Olmsted transacted
business here Wednesday.
Mrs. Rufus Britt was in from Amer
lea on shopping tour Wednesday.
Chas. Wehrenberg. Sr., made bus
ines trip to Grand Chain Wednesday
Mrs. p. Hardesty aud daughtre Miss
Nettic of America were shopping ia
this city Wednesday,.
Mr.. Ed Gore Of Olmsted spent Wei
nesday her on business.
S.. j. Haight of Paris, Tenn, who
has spent the past few days at
Mounds VITA his brother went to Pad
ucah Wednesday en- route to bis some.
John Herald OF Olmsted was. here
Wednesday.
j. M. Zones was down from Grand
Chain "Wednesday on business,
j. NJ Harbinson OF Olmsted trans
acted business here Wednesday.
Mrs. AL Aliff left Wednesday to
visit her brother and his family at
Grand Chain.
Ed Kirk of Olmsted was in the city
Wednesday en- business,
E. Coulter was a Cairo business
caller Wednesday He had the mis-
fortune to loose a horse valued at
$500 last Sunday by drowning at
his saw mill at Turner's Landing, Ky,
II. A. Mason and daughter Hazel
were Cairo visitors Wednesday.
A. Shaw spent Wednesday in Cairo
on business.
j. W. Harding of Mounds was in
the city Wednesday.
Dr.. Herbert Rice returned home
Wednesday after attending meeting
of the Dental Association at Carbon
dale.
Capt. and Mrs. Mark Whitaker, at-
ter visiting relatives here the past
few days left for their home at Vi
emma Wednesday ...
Mrs. Yoakum of America visited
her daughter Mrs, Pink Dunsworth
here Wednesday
Mrs. H. V. Handley was a Cairo
shopper Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega-
tional church met at the home OF
Mrs W T. Kennedy Wednesday al
ternoon aud during the meeting they
organized a Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society which will Occupy the
second Wednesday of each month. A
missionary program will be rendered
at these meetings.
e. Ellsworth spent Wednesday in
Cairo on business.
Mrs VIM. Lewis was shopping in
Cairo Wednesday.
Fred TIMBER of America was IN
town Wednesday.
Mr. Levingle the advance agen of
the Lincoln Temperance Chatauqua
spent the past few days in our city
arranging for an annual chautauqua.
The talent this year is especially good
as it is to celebrate Lincoln's Centen-
NAL year. This man, one of your
greatest countrymen, was one OF the
strongest temperance men the coun-
try ever knew and on account of this
the very best of talent has been sccur-
ed and a splendid program will be
rendered. Let every one who is IN
terested in making our city an upright
town give this noble work as much
support as possible. Mr. Levingle
left for Metropolis Wednesday,
Miss Clara Buchendorf was down
from Olmsted Wednesday shopping.
T. A. Tucker of Olmsted was II
town Wednesday on business.
Rev. Il, II. Cunningham the evan
gelist who has been holding meeting
for the Baptist church at the cour'
house lett for his home at Paducah
Wednesday. The meetings have been
discontinued.
Miss Paulie Schoenborn of Granl
Chain was shopping here Wednesday.
Nathan Metcalf WIS in the city
Wednesday from Grand Chain.
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SCORE AT MIDNIGHT.

New York, March 1.-THE scores
of the leaders at midnight, the Goth
hour, was:
Cibot-Orphee 1858.
Davis-Metkus 5164.
Dineen-Prouty 1868
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lime CHANCES Everxthinn.

1t beats all. how time changes
things. A few years ago a woman
nearly went into Mysteries at the sight
If an automobile: now she almost
goes into them if she does not own
one.-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
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SouSA A GOOD SHOT

Pinehurst, N. c., March 11.-John
Philip Sousa the march king, was the
winner of todays trap shooting tour
nament, shooting from the scratch
and scoring SO out of possible 100
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. . q
On thc Wilma.

II some folks would treat their hired
girls better they might get a refer
cnce from Bridget when she leaves.
= p 81
He was crazy about her until he got
her. Then she ran away with hia
chauffeur and he said. What a pity;
he was such a good chauffeur
s s
have had a barrel of beautfnlsnow
poems on hand for three weeks now
and am ready 10 tap the thing at the
first excuse. This open winter Is nc
friend OF a poet.
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One Thind Certain,

Paul Revere may not have made
that famous ride. but there can be no
dispute about what happened next
day .--Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12

m Il C h a. [ h @
things we have
and don't want
This bit of phi
losophy was inn
parted to me yes
terday by a friend
of mine who lives
in the suburbs.
"You see, . he
explained wisely,
shaking his head,
Il didn't want that
rooster at all. |
have plenty OF
ROSTERS Of my
own-and besides
he had a horrid
way of Growing,
sepulchral like,
that made me
think of Ponpey' s
shade and Scipio's
ghost that walked
unavenged until
{ h @ roo S [ e r s
crowed In the
morningi
"Why, darn that
rooster, he con
tinued, kicking q
clod of earth with
his patent leather
shoe as we visited
alon & s. d e his
fence, "he would
begin his shril.
and raucous from
bone slide sere
made an hour be
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
A Cold Snap.

why did you name your dog Frost?"
because he has such a nipping way
about him
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
VISITS WITH
- WYCIE RY
An Unlucky Incident.

Sometimes the things we want and
cannot have do not bother us half as
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-12
Deferred Dividends.

Honesty is the best policy. although
n nav have the deferred dividend
clause attachment.-Judge.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-31

The disparagement of the usefulness
and importance Of the thumb implied
In the expression, His fingers are all
thum0s," seems undeseryed In view of
the important part the thumb formerly
played In the social customs of the peo-
pie and the very important part 1t
plays In our own lives.
Lord Erskine. in bis Institutes"
states that among certain of the lower
ranks In Scotland the final settlement
OF a bargain was always signalixed by
the licking and joining Of thumbs.
Selden, In Titles of Honor" says
that kissing the thumb was mark of
servility. The clergy, the rich and
the great, were In receipt Of this honor
from their tradesmen.
From the remotest days of antiquity
the practice Of licking the thumb has
been regarded as solemn pledge or
promise, existing, according to Tacitus
and other authorities, among the
Goths, the lberians and the Moors, and
1t may also be traced through success
sive periods down to our own times
ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Holmes, Chopin and Mendelssohn are
too we'll known to call for further
note Professor Barnard was presi-
dent of Columbia college for Il quarter
OF Il century, prior to which time he
had been president of the University
Of Mississippi and professor In that Of
Alabama. He was also United States
commissioner to the Paris exposition.
Kit Carson (real name Christopher
had more to do than perhaps any other
one man in the winning Of the far
west. He was the ideal scout, brave.
but gentle and generous He was Il
colonel and Indian agent but is best
known as hero of frontier romance.
John A. Dahlgren was one of the
group OF celebrated civil war admirals.
commanding in noted actions about
Charleston, Savannah and Florida. He
Invented the famous Dahlgren gun.
Hannibal Hamlin was a member OF
senator, governor of Maine, minister
to Spain and vice president. He died
on July 4, 1891.
Fanny Kemble, real name Frances
Anne, was one of the most celebrated
actresses of her day and came from
family Of tragedians equally noted,
containing In Its number Charles and
John Philip Kemble and Mrs Siddons.
Richard Monckton Mines, afterward
Lord Houghton, was the intimate
friend OF Tennyson and Thackeray
He was most celebrated as poet.
Edward Fitzgerald's rendition Of the
"Rubaiyat" Of Omar Khayyam is easily
the most famous translation In litera-
ture. 1t is more than translation, how
ever. It Is creation. Critics are un-
able to this day to determine how
much Of It's success Is due to Omar
and how much to Fitzgerald. Those
who claim the credit for the Persian
are refuted by the fact that there have
been numerous other translations of
Omar, many of them more faithful to
the original than that Of Fitzgerald,
yet none of them has come into vogue.
On the other hand, they who ascribe the
popularity Of the "Rubaiyat' to Fitz-
gerald have like difaculty in that the
lr1sh recluse wrote other works and
made other translations, all Of which
must have remained practically un-
Known but for his Omar. Thus Omar
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-31
2aIxac's Refuge.

Admirers OF BalZac who visit Paris
will be interested In a museum special
iy devoted TO souvenirs of the writer.
Ii consists of the quaint old house and
garden In the Rue Raynouard, at AZ,
which he inhabited many years and
where he wrote number of his best
works, CuTiously enough, the house
recalls one OF the most difficult pc
RODS of his life, when, 1t is said, ne
was hunted and prosecuted by debtors
to an alarming extent He selected
the house, 1t Is stated. purposely as a
sort Of harbor of refuge from duns.
1t has no direct refuge from the Rue
Raynouard, and one has first to pass
through the hall of another house and
20 down two flights OF stairs to
courtyard below. The house, which IL
n small building and which the French
would only call pavilion" is en-
tered from this courtyard and has a
little garden at the back. At one side
of the garden there is a steep wall
down the side of the hill. giving the
place the appearance Of little for
tress
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MIXED METAPHOR.
The Wonderful Feat That Was Per-
formed by Bottle.

The Wonderful Feat That Was Per-
formed by Bottle.
An amateur historian is responsible
for this: "All along the ever flowing
stream Of history you can discern the
silent footprints of the crowned heads
of Europe"
The village reporter on the death Of
the village poet: .srhat dauntless pen
shall write no more. for its eyes are
closed forever"
From the speech of u rising young
politician: THE fierce light OF public
opinion shall dog their footsteps until
1t strangles them. Then shall they swal-
low the bitter pill and drink Its very
dregs.'
Advice and warning from success.
full man of business to a gathering of
young people: "Every rung In the lad
| der of success Is paved with slippery
| stones on which only the clear head
and the steady hand can retain their
| footing"
The fearless suffrngette was address
ing II meeting of mere men. She had
graphically related to them the fas-
cinatlug story of the strenuous strug
gle the ladies had made for that most
priceless Of possessions, vote; how
every obstacle had been conquered
and victory was ut last In sight. I'VE
have now. she shrieked, almost
crossed the trackless desert, and the
harbor lights are stretching out their
arms TO greet us.'
The temperance advocate was giving
n striking but true picture Of the
vast amount of evil wrought by the
demon OF drink, and the fact that he
occasionally got somewhat mixed I'm
his metaphors did not derogate from
the truth that underlay his remarks.
what Is the greatest devastating
agent of our timeT" he asked. at IL
the bottle, which smiles genially be-
fore your face while at the same time
1t Is stabblng you Ia the back. IT. P.'s
London Weekly.