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ory log, with another one for the lard
and still more for the other household
necessities, for in those days our only
china was two or three cherished
pieces of the blue print of colonial
days, while our china closets were
made by sticking sticks between the
logs OF our cabins and laying clap
boards Cor shakes as we called them)
upon those sticks for shelves.
But such happy days as those were
In early Iowa! How well remem-
Der them all, and even back before
my marriage. to day when / was
twelve years of age and recited this
poem to the admiring audience.
Here the old lady's >yeB lit UP with
the fire of youth, she raised her state
ly head erect, and recited poem of
sixteen stanzas in q way that made
one think, "Ah, the frontier Of Iowa
had need to be proud of it's pioneers,
and the grand state today has still
great reason to be proud of the lady
who today celebrated with story and
song, surrounded by children, grand
children and great-grandch 'ldren, the
seventy-sixth anniversary of her set
Element IN Iowa.
You see" she said, as she proudly
showed eight new. glittering white
teeth which she recently cut Cher
third set) "the good Lord intends
that shall live many years to en-
Joy these "reminiscences, for has He
not provided me with even more thar
my share of physical life?"
Even so He has, and may Anr
Druzilla Dickens live many years
more to come.
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500 Reward. 500.

Z ne readers or this paper will Be pleas
"a 70 learn that there - at least one
70 cure b al Its stages, and that u Co
tafrh Hairs Catarrh Cure ID the only
positive cure now known to the medical
maternity. Catarrh being . constitu.
treatment. Halls CAtarrh Cure & an
internally. acting directly upon the L.ocsi
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
thereby estroytng the foundation OF
strength BY building up the constitution
ann assisting nature Ia doing its work
Ihs prpprietors have 20 much faith In
y curative powers that they offer One
tails to cure Send Tor list OF testirnon.
gtAh
/ ADDRESS .. j. CHEEKY & CO,
Toledo. q.
~. 4 AaIfs ss family = FIN. for eon.tlDa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-22

When the stomach falls to perform
its functions, the bowels become de-
ranged, the liver and the kidneys con-
eested causing numerous diseases. The
stomach and liver must be restored to
4 healthy cordition and Chamberlain's
Stomach anu Liver Tablets can be
depended upon to do it. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by Wilkinson
& Co. Pharmacy. j. f. Kiedaisch 4
Son.
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STRUCK BIG RUN
OF WATER
Prospecting for a Supply and Met
With a Big Rush That Could
Not Be Lowered.

Macomb Journal: Yesterday after
noon, while City Engineer Hardaker
was prospecting for q water supply
for Macomb he struck the most prom
Using outlook that he has yet encoun-
tered. 1t has been mentioned from
time to time that the city has been
digging shallow wells on the Gesler
land north of the creek trying to To-
cate an underground stream of water
that 1t was thought was running there.
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more than could afford to pay and
SO the meeting was called off,

- 49, ~c-~~0 "r~S lNs~AASNA 49,
The healer" took fer his subject
yesterday afternoon How Christ
Healed the Sick" He deplored the
present day method Of preaching the
gospel and said the churches have de-
parted from the ways laid down by
Christ. The churches are decadent,
he declared, and he also affirmed that
this nation is degenerating and will
soon be overthrown.
IF Christ had lived during the pres
ent time" he said. he would have
Travelled by rail as we travel and he
would have made use of the newspa-
pers. which are the greatest force
IN the world, in sending fort his
word. 4
At the conclusion Of his meeting
yesterday afternoon .the healer" an
nounced that ten persons had been
cured according to their faith" OF a
number OF ailments. These, he said,
\ TdIlSttt lIOlu IuuClCuiOsAo " = IN una
tisra and neuralgia. l., an interview.
the healer declared that he merely
practices the teachings Of the Bible
and performs his work in the manner
therein prescribed. Sometimes his
cures are immediate, he said, but oc-
casional,y 1t requires seven treat
ments. There is precedent for this in
| the Bible, he said, since Christ COM
manded the leper to battle in the riv-
er seven times. For each of these
treatments the healer charges II or
lie the patient is unable to pay it he
charges nothing.
sSchlatser'' claims to have been or
! dained minister in the PRESBYTERIAN
/ church, but he now belongs to nc
church, and also claims to have two
i diplomas in medicine.
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IN DAUGHTERS
TAKEN By DEATH
n. seven Months Old Infant
s;uuhtsrs 81 NJ. ana MI. WIN
Wright Passed Away
Last Evening
1.n CHOLERA INF NTUM
n a.en iii since last Monday and
DI.d Last Evening Within
Three Hours q Each
Other.

y, X ~ twin infant
Ssd = tne ues ssr 3. 80 Mrs WIN
Rtugpters = .s .a,. 8 oiIe .Tsma I,
Fdgnb WY ,,. 49, - 3 IS rar S. awav
yrees sne n 's,s.h,,, thras honrs e
Est essn.Ae sa., s'', ha,,,. d,,a = cho,era
Etscn otnel, 49,. 49,, ,,,b,ah ts,av had heena
Eiailnt'un, !. ~ lan,,.y a a 's'
y snce la'' -, s -.
Marjorie ana wary sssen .,.on ~ ?
|old TWINS uieu ias. * 800, ~, !.
lone y .ns a.1s threa borra
|eape psslps , !. 4, 'tbs otbar sl,ttla girl
@lllsr sns 3D. sl,.s., e,srt Had tiav liyad
y saO q nau I, 49, !, y hacn .ay J, months
IVY vv..a .,,st 80 ~. stbo Nam "a death
II l.
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Teething children have more or less
ldiarrhoea, which can be controlled by
giving Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is
necessary is to give the prescribed
dose after each operation Of the
bowels more than natural and then
castor &. to cleanse the system. 1t
is safe and sure, Sold b. Wilkinson
is Co. Pharmacy. J. F. Kiedaisch y
son.
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.l,n.. ru.,..l..t, ID. ..tre.

Infants and children are constantly needing
laxative It Is important TO know what to give
them Their stomach ar bowels are not strong
enough fo- salts, purgative waters or cathartic
pilIs powders or tablets. Give them mild.
pleasant, gentle, laxative tonic like DR.. Caid-
wells Syrup Pepsn, which sells at the small
sum of 50 cents or 81 at drug stores. II Is the
oye great remedy for you 20 have In the house to
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Eml1 alrssslnq.

Mike Gas some one knocks) Sure!
II OF don't answer, ut's some wan t
give me a Job, an If OF do, ut's the
landlord afther the rint.--Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
Welcomes AND BLOND HAIR
Thackeray Gave schemng Herones
Green Eyes and Fair Tresses.

IL is now proved scientifically that
crime and fair hair are closely allied,
and gone is the cherished theory that
your typical villain must necessarily
be swarthy. On the contrary, the too
ingenious person who is always in
trouble" is apt to have eyes of limo.
cent blue and light hair.
Thackeray, it would seem, was be.
fore his time in this respect. for his
minXes were always blond. Prof
Saintsbury has recently declared that
Thackeray was never quite Just to
ladies with fair hair The immortal
Becky Sharp had locks OF auburn
very much in favor to-day, but ana
thema in 1615-and eyes Of that Jade.
green color which Tourgenieff has be-
slowed on SO many of his alluring
women. Blanche Amory in "Penden-
MS" and poor Cousin Maria in The
Virginians' both incurred the censure
of their creator and both were vapid
blondes.
The only Eighty young persons whom
Thackcray clearly admires are Beatrix
EsnUAu ana Etnel New come, ana one
was chestnut colored and the other
black; ii Ethel had been fair, the great
man would have made her marry
Lord Farintosh and elope with her
groom.
Miss NewcOme. however. was drawn,
it is now known, from the beautiful
American, Miss sally Baxter. To whom
Thackeray was attached in SO platonic
and pathetic q manner. The story Of
his devoted friendship to the typical
American beauty, told in the Letters /
TO an American Family, is one of the /
few genuine romauces of the literary /
life Doubtless Miss sally Baxter had Z
raven hair aud those sweeping black .
eyelashes for which the women of the .
southern states are famous
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

The people Of Cairo have cause o
feel particularly well pleased over
the reelection of Alderman Magltr
in the Seventh ward, whose services
have been OF so much value to them
in connection with the city drainag
pumps. He has filled with marked
satisfaction and with much saving t.
the people in money and in efficiency
Of the machinery when needed. the
place so well flled for many years
b. W. p. June as long as hat gen
tleman was a memhcr of tie city
council.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
Biography

Thomas NJ Campbell. governor ot
Texas was born IN Cherokee county
Texas April -, 1S5G As lad n.
worked on a farm and later attended
Che common schools uotil 1873. when
DE entered Trinity University Oaiaa
- lack of funds ho quit tine university
at the end of his rust term au5
turned 10 work. Ue studied LAW az
nights. was admitted TO the bar 81
ISIS and was admitted 10 the bar r
the town of Ionwiew 10 1905 he Yves
elected otus eoyCru0lehip ami las.
year he was reelected.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

Talk about strange bedfcllows in
politics, If report be true Carbonate
furnishes the most striking illustra.
ton of this that ever happened II is
stated that in the election Of C. f.
White for mayor on Tuesday over
Mr.. Hundley. the present mayor, the
supporters of the former numbered
among them Sam T. Brush. president
of the Anti-Saloon League Of Illinois:
VIM. Oldenhedge, saloon man; Otis
thillips church worker; Marion
Baker, saloon man; Rev. Dolan, Judge
Bradley temperance workers aud
Charles Clark and Jim Horn who are
not temperance workers Mr. White
is set down as a wet men by The
Bulletins informant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
Multl.cYeles for the Blind.

An English Institution for The blind
has acquired number Of multi
cycles for the outdoor exercise Of it's
inmates Each machine seals 13. and
with % feet working the pedals they
run very easily and smoothly. The
leader is, Of course, an attendant, and
can see The pairs Of wheels arc
mounted upon independent aNes, So
hat the long machine can ne easily
turned about or driven along winding
paths.-PoPHlae Mechanics
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
By Board Of Directors Of Associate
Fress-Most Old Ones Sue
coed Themselves.

New York. April 2l.-FolIouing m,
annual meeting cf the A-soefat +,
Press held here yesterday. the board
OF directors today elected. Presiden.
Frank y. Moves Of the Chicago Pee
ord-ilerald; first vice presi IL J.. c
Hemphili. Of the Charleston. $ G
News and Courier: second vice presi
dent, John T. Fahey, of the Bost9r
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

The Country Club correspondent
elsewhere in this paper makes his
characters discuss the subject of high
or license for saloons in Cairo; and, II
he is rightly understood. he faHs iaf
the same error that others have tai
len into ~ discussing this subject q.
The Bulletin has heretofore under
taken TO explain. lie makes his "Jndgl
Jarvis" say: III revenue is desire
from il (the liquor traffic. 10 the linn
it 1t can stand, naturally liberal
privileges must be given II by law. or
by officials who rcalizc thc necessity
for the revenue if yields This is q
stock argument against high licens.
for revenue purposes and il is no.
good. II The term privileges used
in it is intended to mean the right to
violate the law. the argument Is
worse than inconslstent-it is vicious.
No oae viii claim that. because hack.
men are made TO pay a license there
fore they may violate with impuuHy
the law against fast driving through
the streets OF Cairo; or because thea
tres are made TO pay a liccus, there
fore they may with immunity violate
the ordinances against indecent per
formances; or because hotels ar
made to pay a license therefore tines
may with impu~iiy violate tbo law
against disorcdrly houses. MOI
could these privileges b, justly claim
ed by any ct these. no matter hov
high the license. The saloon msi
ness. so far from being entitled TO thu
same consideration as other lines %
business. is entitled 10 less, because
is not as necessary to the wellbcin,
of humanity as other lines are: still
granting that it is entitled 10 IN
same consideration. it can claim onll
the same privilege" to be operate,
within and under the law WIZ
cree we admit that one may wrchas.
Immunity from the laws penalties
whether il be by paying a license o
BY bribing a jury, or by intimidatin.
a Judge. we have reached the end o
government. If the saloon man car
not pay a higher lice1se that may b
imposed let him DO as any other bue
mess man docs and must do when III.
government raises the tariff tax o,
bis goods and the trust follows suit
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1908 ........ 2084
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo Bull
leun printed daily and Sunday
during the month Of March,
1909 .................... .22ol
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
SAW BATTLE IN THE CLOUDS
German Villagers Frightened 3,
Mirage Of Sham Fight.

Neidelberg-A terrifying phcnomc-
non inthe heavens recently alarmed
the superstiuous villagers Of Dor
bach and Oherunzhach. on the fro-.
tier OF Baden and Wurtemberg. In
the clouds just before ten o'clock in
the forenoon, there appeared a bright
red streak on which could be plainly
seen a landscape with fields. streams
and woods among which two bodies
of troops in battle formation were ad.
yancing toward each other firing vol
leys. The pufts of smoke were clearly
visible
Half an hour later the picture sud
denly disappeared. but the excitement
and fear aroused among the villagers
lasted until the next morning. when
the explanation appeared in the news.
papers Of the district that sham
fight had been held By the garrison
OF Mergentheim, some 20 miles dis
tant. and had been miraged on the
clouds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

LET him take his little pencil in hand
and change The figures on his price
list to suit the situation. The con,
sumner will pay the tax, and he can
much better afford to pay more for
his whiskey than for his shoes. The
Bulletin does not like The argument
which IFS correspondent has put
forth, and il does not believe he main
tain his position.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
TODAY IN HISTORY
ssssx49AEt&s&sa34SssassS3S


ADri %.
ISfI-AarU Burr's Trial for treason
began.
1Sl5-Audrcw G.. Curtin. war govern.
or of Pennsylvania. born III
Bellglontc. Pa. Died there in
October 1894
1S99-0klahoma lands opened to set
Element by President roela
nation
l&3l-C2ar proclaimed the expulsion
~ thc Jews from Moscow.
1908 Sir Henry Campo alBanner
man. rSprcmior of Great Brit
ain, died. Born Sept T. 1886
died Born Sept. 71S3G.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
March Statement.

Of tVJ
The above is a correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month
of March, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me
this second day Of April, 1909
LEO J. KLFB.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

After being an inmate Of the Grave
send DEnglaudl Union for 60 years.
Thomas Sling died recently at the age
Of 20, lie had cost the ratepayers
for his maintenance 1890.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

Traveller; secretary and general man
ager, Melville z. Stone: assistant
secretary and assistant general man.
lager Charles S Diehl; treasurer, J.
r.. Youatt, of New York.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol
lowing places:
coieman's, 214 Eighth Street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22
Com
SpiraC.y
Cannot Be More
HeinOuS Than
the Crime Itself
BY JOHN +. GETTING,
Editor of the American Criminal Reports.

For several years past a man has been mpris-
oned in an Illinois pnientiary for conspiracy TO
commit the crime Of assault and battery; vet had
he been convicted Of assault and battery the punish
ment could not have been greater than fine Of 800
Ihi, conviction has been upheld on the theory
that conspiracy by two to commit crime is more
heinous than the crime itseif-a doctrine so absurd
that il impeaches the intelligence of the court that
announced it. with equal consistency it could be
maintained that the punishment for conspiracy to
commit murder should be followed by punishment
moro severe DIAN death: vet NO man womb alNocale
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

people Advertising Bulletin tie
Bulletin their advertiser crcustes sons
tts yesI that spsns
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

child would grow read and TO and were AL
lowed about long enough he would to cipher with rl-
es Intelligent parent, and surroundings viii make own start TO-
ward Dis mental development.
Ne fry tIe ed express ideas that certain
be I express We would far better results by developing the
ii tie whole o an U directing energy to the one end and tn,
wrong end at -lst--tbe top instead Of base
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

In Cairo nearly everybody reads
be BulletiE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-22

The first condition Of the modern cdu-
cational system which would criticise is
the confinement Of the child in stulry
room for five or six hours a day H. must
begin by following defined precise methods
and must not even wieaIc iu Dis seat.
Then the school to-day does not toad.
the things which are Of most importance.
to the pupil The ch.d Is taugltt TO draw
lines to represent the coasts Of Europe. and
the instructions given in hygiene are lu-
dicrously Inadequate. Another criticism il
that a great deal Of time Is wasted teaching
the child things that he would learn bv
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27
Negro In Trouble.

Between the hours OF 7 and =
one night this week, the postof'
flee at Schoffner's Switch was
entered and several dollars in
bills, pennies and stamps taken
Information was sent TO Marshal
Ballew at Newport and IL was
not many hours before bo had
Cal Wilson, a negro about "a
years Of age, under arrest, and
had secured q part OF tho money
from him. The marehal got q
$40 bill and some pennies, tho
stamps had been disposed OF and
the S5 bill and some small change
had been spont. The negro ia
now in jail. Cal Shaver was
principally raised around Evo'
ming Shade, Sharp county, but
has been around Bateavllle and
Newport for quite a while So
Batesvile Guard.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27
The BatesyiIle pOstmasiershlp.

Alta meeting Of the lndepen-
dence county republican central
committee held at Batesvile one
day recently II. G. Wade roceiv.
cd the Endorsement for postmas.
ter at Batesyile to succeed the
incumbent, W, p, Jones, who re-
tiree in January. |, j. Nance
and A. A. Wobbor were also APP
plicants for the place. Mr. Wade
reeides near Batesvllle, and 10
now engaged In the timber busi'
ness.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27
A SLOW AGE.

q Memphis Commercial APP
a few days ago had a very
esting editorial under the
Inc "A Fast And A Slow
b This article recited with
ouickness the trip across
kceap can be made, the small
her of days required to jour-
around the world, the pos
ities of airship travel, the
pleteness and rapidity OF
bay service, the modern
hods of gathering news from
y quarter of the globe and
ssuing newspapers, together
many other improvements
olden times, yet the Com
eial Appeal is forced to say
| ia a slow age. TO prove
the age is slow in many
es the editorial recites that
|quires years to get a lawsuit
|ugh the courts of the coun-
Again, the age is 80 slow
authorities on government
/ seeking in vain to eliminate
h and corruption from high
les. Again, the age is so
\ that men are struggling now
perfect liberty and equality
as men were hundreds OF
Fs ago, and with just as little
bpect for success in their pur-
\ Again, the age is so slow
\ although man has always
|ched for Truth, the Truth
hot yet been found, because
cannot agree on disputed
btions. Those who read the
pmercial Appeals editorial
agree with the writer OF the
cle that the present age may
a fast one in many things,
i'm many other things it is a
y, very slow one.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

Fhe Mammoth Spring Demo"
says that town 10 having q
rnlval of crime just now in
To of the fact that there are no
loohs in town. The Democrat
Hores saloons in tho recent
pmmoth Spring whiskey fight,
~ has this method Of "throwing
|methlng up" to those who
Pnled the saloons put out. But
Prhaps 1t might be worse, Wahl-
p'st' There is always argument
\ the other side. We remem.
Pr once that when a man, whc
Pd all hie life used his "dram'
'ed at the age Of l07 years, az
kehah9e very solemnly remark :
I That If the old man had only
y whiekey alone he might hav,
yea many years longer.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

| paper published in Conway,
/ home town Of Gov. Dona-
y, makes the startling charge
those papers which are op.
ing the governor are edited
linen who are disappointed
|ause they could not get an
ointment to Office or some
br substantial favor at the
|ernor's hands. So far as the
eord is concerned, the charge
untrue, The editor of this
>F has not sought on Office or
\ other favor from Donaghey,
our only disappointment in
governor is that he has most
nalIy failed to give the state a
|sible, practical, business ad-
,istration, as I'VE thought him
'able of doing at the time Of
election. No, we have no
ors to ask Of this political
dizzy,
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

The Carlisle Independent says
there are plenty of mon and boys
in Arkansas today who can name
all tho great baseball players of
the country and give their rec
ords, but at the sam time
couldn't name the officials Of the
state TO save their lives.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27
Mrs. Founders Good Work.

Mrs. Make Founders music
class gave a piano recital last
Monday evening ut the residence
of Mrs. Mashburn. The pupils
one and all gave evidence OF
progress, some Of them having
acquired d remarkable degree OF
proficiency. Mrs, Founders ls a
thorough, painstoking, conecion-
tlops teacher, o woman OF tho
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

The Calico Rock Progress, ed
tied by Fl. B. Dallam, is one Of
North Arkansas cleanest and
best country papers, and we
have no doubt is making some
money for its owner. Dallam
does not belong to that namby-
pamby, weak -kneed class of
writer's afraid to give honest ex-
preston to An opinion for fear OF
losing a subscriber or raising
somebody's "dander.' Ii Q
speaks his sentiments, and that's
one of the things we admire him
for.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

Here is a good one from the
Salem Sun: II half the time
that has been wasted in this
county in arguing the scriptures,
prohibition and politics had been
utilized in road working, a pike
could have been built from Sa-
lem to Mammoth Spring. And
even yet the roads to heaven
and the legislature are as rocky
as ever.
Sharp County record., 1909-08-27

r. II. McCulloch of Beebe,
member Of the executive COM
mittee of the Arkansas Farmers
Union, expresses the opinion that
already fourth of the cotton
crop in this state has been lost
on account of the drouth, and
that unless there is heavy rain
throughout the state within the
next few days the crop will de.
teriorate 40 per cent'or more.