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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-03

Did you ever look at piece of linen
under the magnifying glass;
Or any other kind of cloth1
You'd see multitude of small threads
woven together with tiny open spaces be-
tween.
When soiled clothes are boiled, the dirt
is just softened, not loosened.
When you rub them on the wash
board, the soft dirt is partly rubbed into
the tiny spaces between the threads and you
might rub till Doomsday without getting
it all out.
That's why clothes washed in the boil
ing, hard-rubbing way are so often muddy
or dull-looking.
II They re not wholly clean
# Fels-Naptha cleanses clothes perfectly
because it attacks the dirt and dissolves it.
Breaks it up into PARTICLES which are
easily rinsed out of the cloth meshes.
Fels-Naptha Soap does this in cool or
lukewarm water.
No boiling; no hard-rubbing; takes
less than half the time OF the old way.
Saves the clothes; saves fuel.
When you've once tried the
Fels-Naptha way Of washing in the Winter
or Summer you'll never 60 back to the
wash-boiler and hard rubbing.
Try it next washday.
Follow the easy directions printed on
the red and green wrapper.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-03
Feminine Note.

The woman who is afflicted with the
butt-in habit usually has long nose,
long tongue, and says little when
she talks.-ChicaEo News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
SLOGAN Or DEEP
WATERWAY assn,
WILL MEET PRESIDENT TAFT'S
EYE WHEN HE VIEWS CAIRO'S
DECORATION - LEWIS RE.
PAiREC DAMAGES.

Official Decorator Lewis was busy
yesterday repairing the damage to
the arches and otner decorations.
done by the high wind Of Friday
night and Saturday morning. The
north half of the arch at Eighth
street was placed in position and the
arch finished yesterday. and the Sixth
street arch was reDaired last night.
The decorations on the arches con
'ist of a flag surmounting the domes.
remnants, shields and flags on the
columns and two large flags draped
on each side if large shield in the
center Of the s@an. On the river
side Of the arches eve two signs, one
reading % FEET CAIRO TO 'ITTS.
BURG and the other, IA FEET
THROUGH THE VALLEY The
sets to he placed between the poles
will be in position by 10 o'clock Tues
day morning. This is perhaps the
hardest part OF the decorating as
there are twenty-seven sets to be
hung between tile telegraph poles
Each set consists Of five large flags
and two streamers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
N0TEN0UGH SEAMEk
Reduction of Enlisted Force Of
Navy Likely.
Some Of Uncle Sans Famous Battle
ships May Be Forced Out Of
Commission Owing to
Lack Of Sailors.

Washington The navy department
Is confronted with probable reduc
ton of the enlisted force through fail.
ures to re-enlist on the part of seamen
and enginemen now in the service, as
well as the pronounced decrease in
the number of new enlistments which
the authorities attribute TO the in
creasing demand for moderate as well
as high-priced labor occasioned by the
rising tide of business activity
throughout the country
The present authorized strength of
the navy's enlisted force is Al 500 The
naval authorities have contemplated
urging to congress an increase OF 5000
in the next report of the department
This will not receive President Taft
sanction. 1t is questioned whether a
request for even half that number can
receive executive approval.
At the present rate of falling off in
enIstments and re-enlistments It is
practically certain that there will be
less than 10000 sailormen wearing
1910. Already the navy is 500 shy
OF its authorized strength, and the re.
duction continues day by DAY
According to the naval officers there
will not be sufficient number of men
to man the new ships now approach
ing completion without reducing the
crews of the minor cruisers or putting
several Of the older ships out OF com
mission altogether. They do not ap
prove Of laying up the new ships. As
fast as completed they will go into
commission and into active service.
1t is said that even the newest shiI
| when placed lin ordinary" deteriorate.
much more rapidly than when at sea
| This is particularly true to their en-
| gines. The only course open to The
| navy Is to send the veteran ships baCl
| to the navy yards to be partially dis
mantled and laid up until the state 0
the national treasury justifes furthe
increase in the cost of maintaining tn,
navy
Those most hurt by the enforced re
| tirement of part of our fighting fore
| are the younger officers of the grad
of captain and commander. Their
| will be fewer chances for them to exer
| else the command rank that has bee
the ultimate aim of all the hard worI
| up through the grades from midshiI
man to lieutenant-comman
The vessels most likely tC be re
moved temporarily from the active lis
are the veterans Oregon. Indiana
Massachusetts and Iowa, This will r,
lieye the pressure by reducing the M
cessites of the line of battle fleet /
the matter Of seamen by over $500.
The placing of four or five of tn
smaller cruisers out of commissio
would give opportunity for furthc
| ecOnomizing to the extent Of abo
| O. No~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
WOMEN Do WORK
Men Stay at Home While the Wife
Supports the Family.
Peculiar Changes in Industrial Condl'
tions Have Been Brought in Mo-
hawk Valley - Husbands Do
Practically All Housework

Fort Plain, n. Y.-Although ambi-
tious and progressive, the Mohawk val
ley is in a way reverting to certain
customs in vogue when Indians roamed
its forests and fished its streams. Then
the squaw remained at the settlement
and did the real work, now the wife
in hundreds of instances labors IN
store or factory while the husband at
tends to practically all the household
duties-cooking washing, etc.
This change has been brought about
through the shifting, of industrial con
ditons in the Mohawk valley. Foun-
dries and other manufactures of the
men-employing sort have gone to the
coal and iron centers or to the west
and middle west in order to be nearer
their customers, and have been sue
ceeded by industries in which women
can earn better wages than men,
In one little village in central New
York there arc several expert workers
in iron and steel who are full-hedged
housekeepers, while their wives do
work in knitting mills and earn from
81 so to SO day. The wife instead OF
having the family follow the foundry,
has adapted herself to the new condi-
tons and gone into a mill, while the
head Of the house remains at home
over the tubs.
This does not by any means indicate
the full extent to which woman is TAX
ing mems place in central New York;
neither does it cover the unusual voca-
tons to which she is resorting. She
is prominent and successful as a
grower of ginseng; she is frequently
successful as a hop grower; she is fire.
cuently a general farmer. and in one
instance a mother and several daugh-
tiers have long handled a big farm
without any male help whatever the
husband and father having died years
ago.
This woman and her daughters have
erected a barn and other buildings for
the farm; they build and repair all
their fences, do trenching for drainage,
have dug and walled wells, do their
own blowing, and in fact, do all the
work incidental to a well conducted
dairy farm in New York state, Recent.
ly one of the daughters liked hurried
| ly from the Adamless hearth and took
unto herself husband, and great was
the Indignation of the mother and sis
| teTs thereat
The Mohawk valley has several
woman lawyers and doctors, and one
| member OF the latter profession nves
in rura. community aud be- :. ~,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25

tice is so big that she keeps four
horses and has man for driver Spring.
summer. fall and winter, in all sorts
of weather. no matter what the con
dition of the roads may be- she drives
by day and night to the homes of pa
tienis.
Only those who have spent winters
in the Mohawk valley can fully realize
what such work means--mcrcury away
below zero; bowling, face-cutting
winds; fierce storms of rain. snow and
sleet; mud hub deep or snow in the
highways to a depth heart breaking for
man Tor woman) and beast, and nights
OF inky blackness.
Another woman has long been the
superintendent of one of the largest
knitting mills in the Mohawk valley,
and in the world as well, and another,
this is very young woman. has for
several years had full charge of n
strawboard manufacturing plant. Her
father owns and for a long time man
aged the business. but few years ago
he became all but helpless through i'll
ness.
Then the daughter picked up the
reins, went driving right ahead and
has overcome many difficulties and
met with success in a field hard for
even men The daughter not only t@n.
ducts the plant, but also goes into the
markets of New York and other bic
cities and sells the output under try
ing conditions.
If the above instances of woman $
pluck and resourcefulness are critic
rions, she cannot in the Mohawk val
ley seek special favors on the weaker
sex argument, and she doesn't. Meth
er is she clamoring for the privilege OF
| breaking into further hardships via the
ballot route.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
LEGAL DECISIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Is a Wild West Show a Circus p
The Texas statute imposes a license
tax on circuses and other exhibitions
where any equestrian or acrobatic
feats are exhibited. In State VS. Cody
100 Southwestern Reporter, 267, it
was contended that Wild West show
wherein was portrayed actual in
stances that had occurred in the west
and lacking most of the essentials of
the latter-day circuses, could not be
taxed as one. Judge Fisher of the
Texas Court of Civil Appeals, by some
mysterious method having managed
he says to procure a ticket upon the
arrival Of the circus in town, was en-
abled to get a better idea of the merits
Of the contentious, and noticed an
absence of the lady with the paucity
of garments. the trained hog, the
bareback riders. and last but not
least, that genial artist that delights
ones soul by obligngly photograph
ng our country cousins as they ap.
pear upon the scene. There We're few
equestrian feats, unless riding horses
hauling artillery, riding horses into
battle, or using them in an attack up
on Indians or stage robbers, were Sc
termed. The conclusion was that the
performance did not constitute a cir
Gus. and that it was improperly taxed
as one.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Milwaukee, Wis.
hams Vegetable c

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me well woman and l have no more
backaehe. / hope | can help others by
telling them what Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me. - Mrs. EMMA MISE, S33 First St.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubt that
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such snf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
hle Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope Of recovery.
Mrs. Pinklam, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice ID free. -.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
AT OPERA HOUSE.
"The Gingerbread Man" Will be Pre-
scented Tonight With Large Cast
Other Attractions.

The Gingerbread Man" will appear
at the opera house tonight in all the
glory of its original scenic devotion
ment and magnifieence, with cast as
talented as it is possible to procure,
and a chorus selected from the best
to be found. The piece has a nation.
al reputation, principally for its de.
lightful music and light comic lines.
The cast is . large one in addition to
these and the chorus notable for beau
ty and numbers. The production has
been entirely rebuilt this year and the
costumes are revelations of the dress
makers art. Prices: %, 50, IS, 81
and $3.50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Eatlno in Germany.
waiting SO

German roads and streets consist OF
residences and restaurants In altera-
ton. There is a restaurant every
where in Germany, except In the tomb
of Emperor Frederick in Charlotten
burg The rule in Germany is to eat
something every time you sit down
and to sit down every time you stor
walking The country is so arranged
that whenever you sit down you do Sc
In restaurant In following this rule
you may suffer some slight inconven
fence for a few days, but it will soor
pass away-or you will
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
BEAR RENDS BABY'S FATHER
Man 6ravely chases Grizzly Carrying
Off His ChiId-Brute Claws
and Chews Him.

Nyack, Mont.-James Doolittle. a
homesteader near here, was probably
fatally wounded in rescuing his four.
year-old daughter from a grizzly bear
which had picked her up and carried
her about 200 yards.
Doolittle, hearing the chil,'s
screams, gave chase on horseback.
The horse threw him, breaking his
leg. Then the grizzly turned. clawed
the man in a frightful manner and
chewed both his legs and arms almost
to shreds.
Aside from a few scratches the ba.
nv -as nnInjureu
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Burlesque Co.

The real burlesque show, the real
laughing show. and the real beauty
chorus namely the Monte Carlo
Girls is coming to the opera house
Tuesday and Wednesday Oct 26 ane
q with special matinee on Taft day
Oct &c with new costumes, the lateS,
song hits, new. bright and eingery
dancing numbers, and two burlettas
Lew Golden. that famous funny fel
low, in his Hebrew character part has
again been engaged. Many high class
vaudeville acts will be shown during
the action of the piece Price: Matt
nee, 25c, soc; both nights 25c, soc ant
Tsc. Seats on sale Monday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
The Lesson Of leprosY.

The main lesson of leprosy is some
what philosophic. All Europe for cen
turtles was covered with IT, but the
quick. strong reactive blood OF the
white race strangled the germs 81
death 80 1t is doubtful If whites could
ever be pestered much again Vel
low races, of slower, weaker blood
are still slowly stewng with it,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Woman a Poultry Expert.

Miss n. Edwars, of Coakley, Glous.
tershire, is said to be the highest au-
thority in England on poultry. She
has won over 900 prizes and export.
ed poultry into every country. Begin
ming in small way with only twenty
fowls, her poultry farm is now one of
the largest in England. She does not
raise chickens for the general mar
ket, but sells eggs and stock birds,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Nice Man,

Two young women boarded n crowd
ed street car and were Obliged to
stand says the Washington Post. One
of them, to steady herself, took hold
Of what she supposed was her friends
hand They had stood thus for some
time, when, on looking down, she dis
covered that she was holding mans
hand. Greatly embarrassed, she ex.
claimed: "Oh, Eve got the wrong
hand" Whereupon the man, with a
smile stretched forth his other hand,
saying: Here is the other one,
madam" Taae
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Musical Comedy.

The new musical comedy the
Wizard of Wiseland" which has stir
red playgoers and musical lovers to
enthusiasm will be at the Cairo opera
an night. For comedy and humorous
incidents this musicai extravaganba
is said to be unequaled while the mus
ic and lyrics rise to the dignity of light
opera Prices, matinee, Is and soc
night. %, so, 10 and 81. Seats on sale
Friday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
First American Post Route

The first post route in the United
States was established in 1872 It was
between New York and Boston. and
the schedule was once month. To-
day the yearly cost of mail transpor-
tat'cn on our railroads alone is about
$sa,oO0,000. The railway postoffice
lines cover 2OS,4S4 miles and employ
over $4,000 officers ami clerks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Why He Was Glad.

The honeymoon had begun TO bump
the usual bumps
George dear queried the bride of
six months, are you glad you're mar
ried?"
Sure thing" replied George.
why are you glad?" she asked,
Because he, explained. 1T vii
prevent me from making any more
mistakes of that kind for the present
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25

Mai George p. Ahern, L. s. A.. re-
Gently accomplished a journey around
the world at cost of less than $1,000,
The major chose the route across
Siberia and the Philippines, where he
was stationed His actual time was
81 days Is hours
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Another &c, RIehn Failure

The case Of the Louisville man who
had a scheme for working off $1,000,
600 in counterfeit Mexican pesos Is
very simple one He admits that he
merely wanted TO get rich,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
AFTER
SUFFERING
!. ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

me a well woman,
and | would like to
tell the whole world
of it. | suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. l had the
best doctors and
they all decided
that | had a tumor
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
tion. LYDIA H.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25

Waggles Please. ma'am would
youse mind giyin' me few pennies
{ git sometbin TO eat?
Mrs. Wrink No, won't. You are
the ugliest specimen of humanity !
ever saw.
Waggles--l aln't SO orful homely,
maam, It's only in de presence NV
such uncommon beauty dat make
sch a bad show
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
African Ivory.

Africa produces the worlds supply
Of ivory ITS elephants are NAM
moths. different In shape from India
tuskless hehemoth, and with ances-
tors which are found and preserved in
Arctic ice. PROFESSIONALLY true to 10.
days African type. The Indian an.
imal has never been quite the same
struoturally. has never grown tusks
worthy of the name. and Is a plain
beast Of burden more valuable alive
than dead.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25
Enrest Area of the South.

The south, with II per cent, of the
total area of the United States, con.
tains about AZ per cent. of the total
forest area of the country.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25

HICKORY STOVE WoCS $50
Big load, stove size, delivered, Boti
phones. CIark-Danforth Handle Co
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-25

For pies, cream puffs and other
pastries 90 to II. Gunther.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-11
France Fears the TrombIon.

Every traveller knows that there are
certain restrictions upon the introduc-
tion of arms into foreign countries.
Among the weapons which II is for.
bidden TO take into France is the
"tromblon," which is expressly mon
TONED in the Bengal code as a weapon
the carrying and sale of which is not
allowed And yet the "tromblon" is
not firearm which is commonly used
nowadays. for it is nothing else than
the blunderbuss. weapon which old
caricatures show to have been car.
ried by the guards of coaches as a
protection against highwayncn and
TO have been hung over his fireplace
by John Bull at the time OF the scare
OF a NapoleonIc invasion 100 years
ago. The blunderbuss had a flint
lock, short barrel, and nuzzle
like a trumpet. the bell mouth be-
ing designed TO scatter the slugs
with which the primitive piece was
charged. Anyone who buys one at an
old curiosity shop had better .ake
care how he introduces it into France.
for the penalty for doing so is fipe
OF 200 francs.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-11
WHERE MSS. eRoWNLeE ERRED.
Store Had Good Reaeou for Refusing
to Exchange Gloves.

Mrs. Brownlee's first question was
about gloves
Did you exchange them?" she
asked.
No" said Brownlee. Il didn't"
There" she complained. Il might
have known YOU would forget 1t. How
careless. I told you the very last
thing before you left the house to be
sure and attend TO it. Really, I don't
see how men can be so thoughtless-
Il didn't forget it, said Brownlee-
81 tried to change the things, but they
wouldn't take them back
"Wouldn e-them-back2" she
echoed why not?"
They said they were soiled."
"Soiled?" she exclaimed We'll. of
all things. II they were they got soiled
in their own store. | didn't soil them.
! couldn't get them on. They are half
a size too small. They gave me the
wrong number. Why didn't you tell
them that?'
Il did"
"Who did you tell?"
The clerk and the noorwalker and
everybody else that would listen to
me"
And what did they say?"
They laughed"
The impudent creatures. III never
buy cents worth of anything in that
store again. you see If do"
That's just what said, Brownlee
put in Il said you never would"
And what did they say to that?"
They laughed again"
well, that settles 1t. I never will
buy anything there now. Where are
the gloves?'
I'm my pocket"
Let me have them, please. Soiled.
indeed. I'll see II they are"
Mrs Brownlee unwrapped the pack
age AS she took out the gloves she
blushed slightly,
WELL she said.
"Well?' echoed Brownlee. whats
wrong?"
'N-nothing much" she said, "only
this is an old pair of gloves. l cleaned
them last week with gasoline, l made
a mistake and sent them back instead
of the pair | bought yesterday"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-11

, cause that their names are known
throughout the country.
Mrs Katherine Reid Ballentinc, Mrs
Jesse Waite Wright. Mrs. Carrie L.
Kent. Mrs. Helen X Ttndall and Mrs.
lavina Haukc Engle arc women who
are prominently identified with The suf-
frage cause and active members OF the
Political Study club. The officers of
the club are: President, Mrs. Layina
Hauke Engle: vice president. Mrs.
Helen r. Tindall: secretary. Mrs. +. r.
Gregory; treasurer. Mrs. Carrie E
Kent. members Of executive board
Mrs. Katherine Reid Ballentinc and
Mrs c. r Whiting.
Mrs. Layinia Hauke Eagle president
of the Political Study club. when visit
ed by n reported had the following 10
say on the club and its objects:
The Political Study club meets ev-
cry month at the houses of its mem
beIs so as to give the hosts a chance
TO invite guests and thus make support
ers OF the cause. hl'hough il boasts
OF only 25 actual members, there are
scores upon the rolls OF the club who,
for various reasons. either have not
the time TO come to these meetings or
have entirely dropped out,
The object OF the club is To educate
the women who are interested in suf-
fraGc SO that they may know some
thing about political life and also study
municipal politics, as well as he po-
litIcal status of women and children
in the United States
Several OF the prominent women In
terested in the suffrage cause of the
al n3 .,rh no
mentioned Mrs. Helen r. Tindall, were
the prime movers in the organization
Of the Political Stud club.
1t was at the instance OF the Politi-
cal Study club that MTs. Golden San
derson one of the leaders of the suf-
fragette movement I'm England. lee
tured recently In the banquet hall
Of the New Willard hotel. her subject
being Why | Went to Prison
Mrs. Sanderson presented from
the viewpoint Of participant the suf'
fragette movement in England which
has resulted In the Imprisonment of
many gentlewomen In the common Jail.
She and her husband have long been
coworterS In the cause OF labor. and
her lecture aroused comment through
out the national capital 1t was
very exclusive and interesting audi
cncc,
Recently the Political Study club
unanimously passed a resolution de
nouncing the printing OF comic supple
ments. We have made study of the
comic supplement from the standpoint
of its effects on the children and con
cluded that it Is injurious to the
morals of the children who read them.
Il do not see why wit should be
made grotesquc and hijeous to be
called wit 1t will never do to present
a low standard 70 tho children. If we
are to give children beautiful homes,
schools, etc. and then debase them
with hijeous pictures, it. is inconsiS-
tent. Wit. people realize, is not nee
essarily coarse. Wit that consists In
a pleasant play of words is wit. but