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New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
TAXING TIE OATH

TAKING Of the oath in tins country and IN
1 Great Britain, whether III court III the
assumption Of official duties Is Il simple mat
ter Not so everywhere however When a
Chinaman, for instance. swcars t. tell the
truth II is customary for HIM 10 knccl when a
china saucer IS handed HIM and the oath IS ad-
ministcred as follows
You shall tell the truth and the whole
truth The saucer is Cracked If you do not
tell the truth your soul VIII be cracked like the
saucer, the last word, being spoken as the one
knccling breaks the chinaware
The exact significance OF this oath has never
been made precisely clear TO occidental minds
but its solcmnIty and force however, are quite
cl,.ar il appears 10 the oriental temperament
Other symbolic variations OF the Chinese
oath arc the cxtingu:shing of candle or the
cutting of Of "a chickens head, the light of the
candle representing the witness soul, and the
fate Of the fowl symbolizing the end of per
juror
In parts Of India tigers and lizards SKINS are
substituted for the Bible Of Christian. countries,
and 1t IS averred the penalty OF breaking the
Indian oath Is that III one case the witness viii
become the prey Of tiger. and IN the other
that his body viii eventually become covered
with scales like the skin Of a lizard
In the courts of law in Norway there is a
prelude to the oath proper, consisting Of long
horrilv on the subject Of its sanctity and "a dis
QUESTION on the terrible consequences II not
abiding bv il. When the witness Is thought TO
be appalled, by the sense of his fearful respOn-
sib.l,tv. the oath is then administered. he hold
ing aloft the while his thumb and fore and
middle fingers as an emblem OF the TRINITY
Turks and other Mohammedans take the
oath with their foreheads reverenty resting on
the open Koran. The one sworn takes the book
into his hands and, stopping low as II IN the
presence OF a higher power, slowly bows his
head until it touches the volume which IS 10
HIM inspired
In some provinces Of SPAN the witness must
cross the thumb of one hand over the forehnger
OF the other then kissing this symbolic If
primitive cross. he announces BY tins cross
swear 10 tell the truth 20
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
Th- New Station

TIL form Of tn, ordinary wiTelcss station is
t2at 81 81 great central pole with wires run
nirS out from II like tho ribs of an umbrella The
pole is some three hundred feet high and the
sweep OF the umbrella is IN proportion. In the
stanpn the Government IS t. erect the same
prinolpie ~lll be followed. but the pole Will be
replaced 10y concrete tower Of gigantic pro
portions. Instead Of % height oi three hundred
i'ct II VIII tower SIX hundred feet above ground
ana take lt place among the t4llcst structures
II the world. II viii ovcrshadow the hing
ton Monument by nearly a hundred feet II
VIII have base OF fifty feet diameter and taper
10 width ot cl"ht feet al tn, top The tower
IS 10 bc erected on some Government rcscrva-
uon near ~ Washington not vet decided upon.
ana will bc N operation within a year When
completed II wal bc one of the most curious
structures IN the world and q monument t. the
material OF which il is built concrete. which the
Government is recommending 1oI al sorts ot
construction.
This station win not. Of course be able t.
receive messages from the distance to which
II can send them; for there are no other sending
stations Of the same strength. The receiving
instruments wall be oi the greatest possible
eihclencY, and 1t IS expected that they VIII be
ablc To PICK up message more readily than the
ordinary station; but they have no power that
goes beyond the best instruments at present
possible 10 acquire and operated tn most
favorable ClrCums tdnCcS.
Together with this great step III advance "a
more efficient wirclcss is 10 be installed on al
the principal ships OF the navy this having a
sending power that Will carry one thousand
miles under all conditions. 1t Is considered un-
likely that there viii ever bc III case of war q
gap between the Government ships or stations
IF N r" than q thousand mics and these may
be filled III 50 that mcssagcs may be rclaycd
home with no great delay Then the home
Government can talk back 10 the most distant
ship direct and IustantaucouSlV. II that ship
happens 10 be IN the probable zone OF activity
the North Atlantic Ocean. II the station Is a
success, Il twin VIII be erected on the Pacific
Coast with a probable cham to Honolulu and
the Philippines, and practically all the world
IN which tins country Is interested will be
within cali by wireless.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
Governments Great Need

THE Government was long since informed
that II was possible 10 reach out u Panama,
u Gibraltar - Newfoundland. 10 san Fran
CISCO. with " Washington as i central base. hc
big wireless companies also SAID that It could bc
done; but 50 great has been the estimated cx-
pcnsc and so uncertain the financial return,
that none Of them dared 10 undertake it To
no individual would such undertaking APP
peal 50 strongly as u a great and wealthy
nation with many fighting ships ahoat There
the allurng prospect Of a commander III
chief 81 the navy sitting IN the nation capital
IN time of war and moving hls ships h,re and
there over the entire Atlantic aS player mlIht
move his Chcssmcn. ! was thing the Govern
rne1t wanted and the money was forthcoming
II successful 1t Will give tins country great ad-
VANTAGE until Others have followed Its lead and
installed similar stations
In the past II has fecn no unusual thing for
q message 10 be picked up three thousand miles
from It's origin. Newfoundland has heard direct
from Panama, and an Grant message from
Australia has been found lurking around our
Atlantic seaboard But these cases have been
rare exceptions. ] ne stations that sent thcn
can ordinarily reach only a thousand miles or
less. but some peculiarly favorable conditions
u the air have caused them 10 20 on and on.
The sending power Of a station varies greatly.
It Is generally possible 10 send farther III the
daytime than at night and farther IN clear
weather than IN cloudy. In awarding the pres
ent contract It Is specially stipulated that the
three thousand-mile limit Is - be reached IN
any and al ClrCums stanccs II storm roaring
about the tower arrests the Tncs ages the hun
drcd thousand dollars IS forfeited. With con
dltlOus favorable Il IS expected that the mes
sagcs wIll carry much farther, and II Is entirely
probable that on some occasions the waves
that have started east VIII meet those that
have started west On the other side OF the globe
with q vet unknown result
When the plant IS completed a receiving ap-
r,aratls wall Of course be installed on every ship
of the navy and tuned TO the home instrument
The contract stIpulatcs that the messages sent
out must be such as to call forth a response
from only those Ins truments built for that par
ticular purpose. Tins IN the interest OF secrecy
for, while all such messages would be sent IN
the code Of the navy, this might sometime be
deciphered.
The present IS the first step on part OF the
Government into the field Of experimental
wireless Heretofore II has bought from the
wireless companIes what they had % offer and
has made the most of what was TO be had IN the
open market. But the Government has real
jZed that wireless was Of more value TO II than
30 any individual company. and that Il could
better afford 10 pay for the great extension OF
II than could these companies.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
By William Athcrton Du Puy

been isolated and is well
known The manner Of producing II is also
understood and =; Is the winged Mercury that
VIII get on the lob for the Government IL IT.
blg accomplishment
BY the length 90; wave is meant tho distance
from one crest 10 the noN, THIS length de-
Pcnls upon the rgtIug 81 tho station from
winch - is sent Short waves ar, produced tv
"a rigging that is closely coupled and therefore
yibratc- rapidly As this ngglns is heightened
the vibration is slower and the wave length is
greater Itrequires plant o. great slzc t. send
aut 81 wave the length of which Is two miles
from crest T. crest \ Act tins Is known L. be
the most enduring length. Il Us possible 500 t.
enlarge the plant as -t,il o. increase tins wave
length but above TWO mics the CARRYING
power 81 tho wave begins 70 wan,
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

THE wireless operator II
L the greatest station II
the world to-day can draw
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

the WAY. length that is
the Marathon winner has
been isolated and is well
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
THE CARE OF BABIES.

The Illinois state board of healti
has Just. published several Thousand
copies Of its 1909 circular entitled
rThe Care OF the Baby" for distri
button among the mothers of Illinois
1t was the intention of the secretary
Or. James A. Egan. TO prepare a new
edition of this circular in the course
of the present year. but as ii was
found that there was little TO add TO
that published year ago, it was ne
solved to reissue the edition of 1908.
On the first page of this circular the
reader is confronted with the start.
ling fact printed in bold type, that
one-ifth TO one-third Of all children
born die before reaching the second
year of life The compiler then points
out that the statistics of all localities
both city and country show that the
highest mortality of lffe is during the
first year. In the state of Illinois,
about one-fifth of all who are born die
in the first year. In the larger cities
this death roll has been increased at
times until il reached the figure of
onethrd Even those infants born
under the best conditions, and afford
ing the natural ofod of the mothers
milk, fail tn weather the storms of
the first and second summers. Among
the poor, and especially among the in.
fants deprived of mothers milk, the
death rate assumes shocking proper
tions. Copies of this circular will be
sent, entirely without cost, to any
resident OF Illinois, who applies to
Or. James A. Egan. secretary, Spring
field.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
TAKING HER MEDICINE.

Bipartisan Billy Dorimer has
taken his seat in the senate. He went
on record three times the first day
against cutting down the duty on
print paper First he voted against a
proposed amendment to put print pa
per on the free list, next against the
LaFollette amendment providing
that 81 per ton be the duty until July
/, 1912, after which It should be re-
duced to 81, and lastly for the COM
mittee amendment providing for a
straight 81 per ton duty.
Lorimer has shown his intention to
line up with the trust-ridden corpora
republican majority in the
senate
All of which was TO be expected. All
of which the 80 democrats in the leg
islature ought to have known when
they went into the big plot.
Lorimer's actions are 10 disap-
pontment. Every person who knows
anything could expect nothing differ
ent from Lorrimer.
Illinois. takes her medicine.-State
Register
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

a sewer provided that the work
should be done under the constant i'm
mediate supervision End direction of
an engineer in charge and his sub
ordinates and inspected and rejected
or approved as it progressed and be-
fore the trenches were refilled and
the engineer and his representatives
approval the work, allowed the
trenches to be filled, and the engineer
issued certificates from month TO
month to the common council. stat
ing the amount of work done and the
amount due therefor. including final
certificate showing all the agreed
work to be completed, necessarily to-
the approval and satisfaction of the
engineer. which were considered by
the board of public works and the
amunts paid. the city was estopped
TO claim that the contractor had not
performed its contract upon it sub
sequently appearing that the points
of the sewer pipe had not been prop
erly cemented and that water in the
trenches had injured he cement be-
fore it could set, in the absence of
fraud of the contractor the defects
not being such as were not discover |
able by a reasonable inspection-Su.
preme Court of California. 101 P.
R. sos.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

A deficit in government revenue Is
not necessarily proof of unfitness for
sell government. If this were so 4
streDg case might be made against
many communities anG against the
people of the UnitSd States as a
whole. But when tHe deficit is due
to the cause attributed for it in Cuba
then II is different Cuba's financial
deficit this year is due in no slight
degre to the salary list of the govern
ment. which has swollen out of all
proportion to the real needs of admin.
istration by the clamorous demands OF
the politicians for office. The govern
ment of Gomez is said virtually TO al.
init this condition of affairs, but at the
same time. It points out that the sit
uation cannot be Temedied, mas
much as satisfying the pressure for
office was the price of peace in the
islard. In other WORDS, 1t is so easy
to start a revolution In Cuba by burn.
ing a plantation or two that any pol
itician of importance can force a mul-
DUPLICATION of places at the public
crib.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

People who saw sixty train loads
of freight In the Cairo harbor yester.
day afternoon, in the tow of the big
steamer Sprague. could not help but
feel that If the u. $ government hat
done half as much to improve river
transportation as the railroads have
done to improve railroad Transports
tion In the territory traversed by
the rivers, there would not
now be any talk about Tine Decline
of River Traffic, about which we
hear so much in and out of congress
att, ibuted to all manner of causes
except the true cause: government
neglect.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
R0USTAB0UTS IN FIGHT
Witnessed BY Women and Children
One Stabbed 20 Death, Other
Badly Injured.

St Louis. June 21-While the pas
sengers, mostly women and children.
stood on the upper deck Of the
steamer Omaha and watched a fight
between J. T. Williams and Henry
Townsend. roustaboUts. on the lower
decck, Williams was stabbed in The
heart and killed and Townsend badly
injured. The fight took place this
afternoon while the steamer was run
ming between Clifton and Alton.
Townsend is under arrest in a hos
pital here The fight vas the result
of quarrel over fifty cents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

Judge Whitcamp of the city court
and City Attorney Bird had their
first big case" last week since their
election, and showed conscientious
painst aking care in its conduct for
the people. The defendant was one
Emmett Sutton, better known as "The
Yellow Kid, a young fellow who has
been a loiterer at gambling houses and
houses of i'll fame for some time and
who had been arrested charged with
being vagrant. This charge was not
sustained in the opinion of the court
and he was acquitted. The police ev-
be TO doubt that The Yellow Kid" Is
an undesirable citizen; but one may
be an undesirable citizen and not be
vagrant under the law. Young fel
lows who harg about gambling places
houses OF i'll fame. pool rooms and the
like, do not contribute very much to
ward the moral, phys:cai, commercial
or industrial DEVELOPMENT of a com
munity: and one might commend any
efforts of the police to rid the city of
them. were it not that such efforts
nearly always have about them a
strong faint of improper motive--a
motive other than the only one that
can he recognized as proper: desire
10 nramete the peace and safety and
fair fame of the community. We're
the police moved in the least by this
latter motive they probably would
have no trouble finding people and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
PITTSRuRG POSTED.

Ptttsburg. June 2l--The local Chi
natown was tonight posted with FLAIR
ing prnurciamentoes signed in the
name of the Six Companies. whose
headquarters are in San Francisco.
calling upon the Chinese To assist the
police in every way possible in locat.
ing Leon Liun. the alleged slayer of
Elsie Sigel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

As a consequence of these new facilities conces-
sion have been granted such that to the San Diego
River Company, the Sautena Company and the Chap
ala Company and others with subsidies, which it is
hoped will accelerate the progress of agriculture
and make il the basis of our national wealth: In
the first half of the current fiscal year 142 appli
cations received for the utilization in differ
ent WAYS of federal waercourses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
kiIls 10 Ston the Eiend.

The worst foe for IL years of John
Deye, of Gladwin, Mich. was run
ming ulcer He paid doctors over $500
without benefit. Then Bucklins Ar
MICA Salye killed the ulcer and cured
him. Cures Fever-Sores, Bois. Eel.
ons, Eczema, Salt Rheum. Infallible
for Piles. Burns, Scalds. Cuts, Corns
25c at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908. .2o84
Average number of complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of May, 1909 .2'43
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

The shortening of the hours of labor
for the toilers is the great achievement Of
organized labor All benefits which have
come TO us through associated efrort-in-
surance increased wages. safety and sani-
tary conditions in the factory, fellowship
and fraternlty-are all lost in the colossal
sum total Of good which has accrued and
will accrue through the medium of the
shorter workday.
The overtaxed and exhausted human
body, weary with long hours of pitiless toll
would not produce a race equal to that
which the second and third generation Of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
The 1ulletIn 10 On saIs al ths fol
towing places:
Coieman's, 2t4 Eighth Street
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.

The school book trust SAYS the new
law regulating the prices of books Is
unconstitutional because 1t goes too
far Attorney General Stead says 1t
is unconstitutional because 1t does not
go far enough. Perhaps this is the
strongest proof that the law is all
right
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
Population 16,147.

Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
Population 1s,147.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, FRANK b. ARM.
STRON.
City Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Magistrate, ANDREW WHITCAMP.
Chief Of Police, M. s. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27,467
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff, FRANK e. DAVIS.
States Attorney. ALEX M. WILSON.
County Superintendent Of Schools,
PROF. S. Il. GOTT.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED d,
NELLIS.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. MMANUS.
Board Of County Commissioners.
J. J. JENNELLE. Chairman.
C. v. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
PREACHER CONVICTED.

Mexico, Mo, June 2t.-Clyde GLOW
former Methodist preacher was sen
fenced to four years IN the peniten.
tiary today on conviction of being an
accessory to the death Of Miss Eliza
beth Gleason at Fishery about a
year ago He was released on bond
pending an appeal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
Smsshes All Records.

As an all-arouni laxative tonic and
health builder no other pills can com
pare with DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
They tone and regulate stomach, liver
and kidneys, purify the blood. streng-
then the nerves: cures Constipation,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Jaundlce
Headache. Chills and Malaria. Try
them. 25c at all drug stores.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
WHAT A WOMAN WILL NOT DO.

ihere is nothing a woman would not do 20 re-
gain her lost beauty. She ought to BE- fully as zeal
Gus IN preserving her good looks. The herb drink
called Lanes Family Medicine or Lanes Tea
IL the most efficient aid in preserving besuti-
ful skin, and viii do more than snvthins siss "a
and dealers, 2te- s'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
CHICAGO POLICE ACTIVE.

Chicago, June 2l.-The police have
been searching all day for a China
man who it is said closely resembles
the man wanted in the Sigel case in
New York. He applied for a room in
a hotel near the union depot, ap-
peared nervous and fatigued. and
when asked to register suddenly left
the place saying he changed his mind
and would go to Pittsburg No trace
of the suspect was found up to late
hour tonight.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
LEGAL DECISIONS
sss1szxsssasssssssass.ass

Engineers Approval Final II Alb
senoe of Fraud-City Street Improve
ment Co vs. City. of Marys vile
Where a contract between a city and
a contractor for the construction .
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

Neither DaIwinlsm nor any other the
DRY in science or philosophy can give more
than a secondary explanation of phenome-
ma. Some deeper power or cause always has
to be postulated. The underlying funda-
mental causes are and probably ever will
remain not only unknown but even incon-
ceivable by us.
The mysterious power we term life,
which alone renders possible the production
from a few Of the chemical elements of
such diverse fabrics as bone and skin, horn
and hair, muscle and nerve, and brain
coils which. from identical soil water. and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
Cedar Rapids Runched.
Saved the Game.

Rock Island, June 1.-Two hits
and Davidson's witness resulted in
two runs in the ninth for Rock
Island. Roger relieved Davidson aud
struck out the third man with the
bases full, winning for Bloomington.
Score RH e
Rock Island ...........-... , /
Bloomington ...... ........3 6 o
Fatteries-Lakaff and Eng, Clarke
Davidson. Roger and Langdom.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

ReIt Line cars due to leave Second g. &C
every Is minutes from a. m, to II p. m.
Going north. on Walnut Stevery 10 minuts
from SOS a. m TO 1888 p. m.
Poplar ST. Line mo saSe ss aos ' g. duo
ng north on Holhrook; at 6:b7; 8;27. 8:<2, 8:b7
10 a. m. and on the same minutes every hour
until i0:42 and iII2 p. m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth 81. NJ 6:<g.
:l9; 6,3f, 6:49 and 704 a. m. and on same min.
ties every hour until 1924 and i1:04 p. m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass St. Mary's park
inmates after leaving Second st
Belt Line Owl Cars II' D. on M w ,s:a a.
u; i:3O a. M; $50 a. m; s:8o .. m. t:S0 = m.
30 a. M.
North on Commercial-l2p p. no, q. m. =
IN a. m. n. m. 8 q. IN.
Belt and Owl cars are due 10 pass weG
Thirty fourth St 10 minutes after lsAvin
Sec nd st
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

i things to engage their attention that
are a great deal worse than THE Vel
low Kid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
NAV Statement.

The above is correct statement of
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month Of
May, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of June, 1909
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Publ,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

Batteries-M. Smith and f. Smith;
Hawk and Higgins.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22

clred that the prisoner was not
Leon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-22
Utilize
Water
Irrigation
in
Old Mexico
BY PRESIDENT PORFIRIO DIAZ

lTH view of benefng properties that susceptible of ir
gaton the national geographical exploration company made
survey of Santagulo lake in the valley of the Guatmape
river of which the waters be diverted to the rich NGas
region and made reconnosance of the nal Conchos and
other rivers looking to the of their waters for the
enlargement of agriculture by irrigation.
Increased interest is constantly being manifested in the
utilization of water subject to federal jurisdiction
stimulated during the list six months by the ample
important financial institution known the Bank of Loans
Works and for the Encouragement of Agriculture has been
rnsh agreulur and by the assigned of the
for the promotion of irrigation works wherever they