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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

Word comes from a section In III Q
upper part of the city, that citizens
complain of piles of tin cans, bottles,
and other rubbish in the streets,
thrown there by people who have no
use for such things in their homes
or in their yards and wish to get rid
of them. According to theory re.
Gently advanced in the course of a
discussion on the city's financial CON
dition, these uptown complainants
are very unreasonable. We we're told
that an Understanding debt was a
good thing for the city. and that be-
cause the city government had heou
in financial straits for years, there
fore ii was not necessary now TO DO
anything to save it from impending
bankruptcy. And now in the face of
this profound philosophy. come these
uptown people with their doleful
Jeremiad about tin cans and thingsl
DO they not know that there have
been tin cans and bottles ard rub
bish in Cairo's streets ever since the
time when the Oldest citizens grand
father wore panties? Are not tin
cans, bottles and rubbish in the
streets of Cairo among the things
which have made Cairo talkei about
all over the land2 Yea. verify. And
the good women of the Woman's club
too tpoor, misguided creatures) have
started a movement to deprive the
city Of these street decorations. one
of its most conspicuous character
istics. However. we need not feel
much alarmed at this movement. The
cleanup that We will get on April S
will last about as long as the ord
nary haircut and then, after a few
weeks. the lear. damned Jistract cd
town" will be herself again. with tin
cans. bottles and rubbish galore. uB.
less there shall be a change in the
conduct of the people who have tin
cans. OF of the people who have
authority over them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
February Circulation.

The above Is a correct statement Of
The circulation of the Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month
of February, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sth day Of March, 1909.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
Biography.

Frederick William Hamilton, presi,
dent of Tufts College. at Medford,
Mass, was born March 50, 1850, AZ
Portland, Me-. and received his early
educaton in the public schools Of
that city. He began his career as a
clerk in the offices of the Portland
and 0gdcnsburg railroad. In 1869 he
became clergyman of the Univer,
salist church and during the succeed
ing years ne occupied pulpits in
various New England cities He con
tinued in the ministry unit | 1895,
when he was called to the presidency
Of Tufts college.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
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 Febru-
airy, 1909 $500. .............. 2279
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

That one may be a good city editor
on a newspaper and then turn arourFl
and be good cook is about to be a
matter of easy demonstration in
Cairo very soon. There is nothing
equal to newspaper work as a gen
eral. all-around educator And yet
about all it takes TO start is a little
grey matter, a little typewriter and
a good bit OF hustle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
Same Old Style Of Cooking.

Prof. Snaggs-Strange there's been
no Improvement made in cooking In
the last 1900 years. Now, down at my
boarding house this morning had a
steak broiIed in the regular Pompeian
style.
Boggs-Pompeian style? How do
you mean?
Prof. Snaggs-Why, scorched TO a
cinder on one side and covered with
ashes on the other.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
ISWOLSkY RESIGNS.

Paris, March ga dispatch from
Berlin to the Echo De Paris says that
Russian Foreign Minister Iswolsky
has resigned and will be succeeded
by either Prince Engalitscheff or NJ.
Toharykoffsi chief of foreign Office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
Congressman Thistlewood HI

troduced bill to cut down the al
lowances of members of congress for
travelling expenses which is twenty
cents per mile gazing and coming.
The actual cost is not over three
cents per mile and in many cases
nothing al all II Is a good measure
yet, the sum total of money filched
and ought TO pass but will not. Aud
from the pockets of the people By
this bit of graft is not drop in the
bucket to that which is taken from
them by other laws congress passes
and for which our good congressman
probably will vote, notably the trust
feeding tariff law.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
COUNTRY CLUB TALK /:
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(For the Bulletin by X. Ray Faber).

| Dr. Simmon: For luck Roosevelt
heats the world. If he fell overheard
into the sea he would come up with
fish in each pocket, When he an
nomced his intention of going to
Africa the government wanted him
Ito head a scientific expedition which
the Smithsonian institute would send
/ there. So it was arranged that r. II.
/ should lead it and his son be the
official photographer of IL. This was
providing for the financial part of
his hunting trip in a manner that
should be very satisfactory to the ex-
president. Probably he will be a.
lowed Il big salary in addition 10 eX-
penses. Then report says, he is to
get a dollar a word for his written
experiences. This is much better
than Bryan realized from his trip
around the world. If Teddy brings
home a white rhinoceros it is prob
able the Smithsonian Institute Will
prevail upon congress to vote him q
bounty of $4,000
Lawyer Bangs: Ills African trip
has had a vast amount of adyertis-
ing; but he was not wholly for innate
i'll the spectaculary part of his de-
parture. This event was billed for
The great news occurrence of the
week opening March 2lst. The eyes
Of all America were to be conferred
upon it. But just before the week
opened little event happened up in
a small city Of Pennsylvania that cast
departure into the shade
A small boy was stolen from his par
ons, seemingly a little matter among
the weekly tragic occurrences; but Il
stood between T. r. and the sun. and !
he could not wave the cloud away, as /
he was generally in the habit OF
loing. A large crowd saw him off on
he steamer and gave him all honors /
his due; but the public was not near |
) so much interested in the event as /
{ was in the fate of the little Penn /
,ylvania boy and his kidnapers. The
d'1e' SUBJECT Hli'd Two columns III /
ne papers where the former dill one.
Everybody first read what there was
# the Kidnapping; Roosevelts depar-
ure was second or third. If Teddy /
ould have got hold of that boy
mink he would have felt like wiring
ng his neck But he will succeed
II keeping himself we'll before he
'ublic during his travels and after
Yards. The figures 1912 and 1916
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

Doll lima cars due to leave Second st. &c
DCAt LSIAC ing north on Commercial Ave
every Is minutes from n. m. to IL p. m.
Going north.on Walnut Stevery 10 minutes
from sos a. III to 1858 p. m.
Poplar ST. Line 10 saSe ss Ays c g. due
ing north on Holbrook., at bb7; S:27; 8:42; 6sb7
1912 a. m. and on the same minutes every hour
until 1912 and li:l2 p. IN.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. at b:&9:
6:lg; 6:34, 6:49 and 704 n. IN. and on same min.
utes every hour until 1894 and II :04 p. m.
Poplar St. cars due to pass st. Mary's park
10 minutes after leaving Second ST.
Belt Line Owl Cars n iIso D. on m. w Iss
M; 30 a. M; $50 q. M: $50 a. M: $50 .. M.
$50 n. m.
North on Commercial-l2 p. m. l D. m. -
IN. a. IN. 4 a, m. a. m.
Belt and Owl cars are due 10 pass wea,
Thirty fourth st. 10 minutes after leAvin
Dec nd st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
MAHMoUT THROWS OLSON.

Indianapolis, March 29.-Yusiff
Mahmout won two straight falls from
Charles Olson, a local wrestler, here
tonight. Yuslff won the first in AZ
minutes, and the second in II min
utes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
ORDERS CoUNTERMANDED.

WillemsteaJ. Island Of Curacao,
March 2o.-The Dutch naval division
which had received orders to proceed
T. the British Island today received
further orders countermanding these.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

The Bulletin Is on sale at the fol
lowing places:
!. coleman's, 214 Eighth Street.
AlHaliiday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
A Color Tracedy.

why does Miss Fashionplate look
so black?"
Il think it is because she is blue
over the yellow outlook for her pink
tea"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
COMMISSION PLAN DEFEATED.

Pierre. S. D., March 29.-The pre-
posed change 10 the commission for,,
OF city government was defeated &c
day by majority Of twentv-six. 4
light vote was cast
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

ON the evening of July Goth an en-.
|tertainment was given in the
Atheneum for the benefit of the Or
phan Asylum Music was furnished
gratis by the Cairo Silver Cornet
band and Wittig's and kaufman's or
ehestras. The entertainment net,ed
800.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
CONGRESSMAN DIES.

Madison Wis. March % Con
gresham A.. X. Bushaeu died today
Of pneumonia. He IVES &c years old.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
II We But Knew How.

Whatever happens to anybody II
may be turned to beautiful results
Wait Whitman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

Board Of County Commissioners.
J. ]. JENNELLE, Chairman.
G. V. NEFF. T."
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE. '''rT
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
Population 16,147.

Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, THOMAS T.. MAHONEY
City Attorney, FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Police Magistrate. A. ]. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, M. s. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27,467
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk. ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff, FRANK p. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX. WILSON.
County Superintendent OF Schools.
PROF. S. T.. GOTT
Assessor and Treasurer FRED d.
NELLIS. .tta
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

In Cairo nearly everybody reaas
he Bulletin,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-30

City laborers on the streets and
sidewalks were paid s2.75 a day. and
the foreman $3.50 As city scrip
was considerably below par the labor
ers asked an increase TO some rea-
.sonable amount"
On the night of August 9th the un-
occupied American Hotel, a three
story frame building located on the
north side of Eighth street. west Of
Commercial avenue was totally de.
stroyed. II was the property of j. X.
Frick aud was insured for $4,000
The Bulletin announced the death
of David J. Baker, Sr., at Alton. on
Argus 9Th. The deceased was the
father Of David ], Baker, cf Cairo.
The steamer Cumberland. a Cairo
and Evansville packet. exploded her
boilers and took fire. near shawnee.
town on the morning Of August nth.
Several lives We're lost. Cant. G.. D.
Williamson of Cairo, was one of the
owners of the burned steamer
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-17

vessels for years. He had no rela-
tives I'm New Orleans. Several weeks
ago, not far from, his Headquarters.
Higgins stopped to pet a stray dog
which seemed in need of attention.
Almost as soon as the man he'd
touched the animal the dog turned
ON him and bit him once In the upper
lip and again ON the right leg. Al
though the injuries were not coDaid-
cred severe at the time, Higgins
friends induced him 10 go to the Chari-
ty hospital to be examined by sur
geons. AT the hospital Higgins was
turned over to the doctors OF the Pas
teur institute. He was treated sew
eral days when he determined that the
wounds were not serious and on his
own account left the place before the
treatment had hardly begun. Higgins
left the institute. 30 Il is saiA In the
face of protests of the ssrgeens.
30 far as Is known Higgins suffered
no III effects until seized with fit in
the barroom at the sight OF a glass OF
water The spasm came upon the
man all at once. and he began to bark
and growl and froth at the mouth.
Those In the saloon endeavored TO
hold the man and finally overpowered
him and took him TO his rooming
house. where he died soon afterward.
He did not regain consciousness after
the attack Of 'hydrophobia. and con
tinued to bark and struggle until the
end.
The body was taken TO the morgue.
The wound ON the lip where Higgins
had been bitten had hardly healed.
Friends of the man. who was well
liked in the neighborhood In which
he lived. started "A subscription paper
and soon raised enough money to give
the body. proper burial.
The tramp dog which inflicted tho
fatal bites was killed soon after the in
cident by "a man who had seen the
animal attack Higgins.
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as the seventeenth century. and II is an inter
=, esting fact that the veneration accorded the
heather deities I'm the earliest centuries of
Breton history was easily transferred to the
Holy Family and the Christian saints when
the new religion reached the country. In no
other part OF Europe. II indeed in any other
part OF the world. has Christianity absorbed
go much OF earlier creeds, and II requires no
particularly astute observer to appreciate that
many features OF Breton religious practice to-
day are relics OF prehistoric paganism.
1t is easy to understand how the supsrsti
tfous temperament OF the Bretons has been
developed by their isolated geographical posi-
tion and the impressive character OF the coun-
try by their distinct language aud by their
being brought constantly In contact with those
strange megalithic remains which are here
more numerous than anywhere else
A sympathetic foreigner has given an ad-
mirable estimate of Brittany and the Breton
character that should always be borne in
mind:
Those who would wish TO see Brittany as
she really Is must not look at her wild and
barren plains her bleak, dreary mountains
her dark and sombre forests, her stormy and
rock'bound shores and her lonely, lovely val
leys with the hasty glance they cast on any
other passing landscape, with the hard prac-
ticsl eye and fastidious tastes of modern traV-
elers; they must think of her as the land
that has been consecrated by the earliest feats
of chivalry perhaps the only spot In the mod
ern world that has preserved in her legends
untarnished the eternal youth of phantasy.'
Here. 1t is not only the spirit that haunts the
last years bowers but the spirit OF ages past.
that looks you in the face.
"The traveller must not regard the melan-
choly Breton, alternately tacturn and elo-
quent simply as an unlettered and morose
peasant. but as being Graded in supersti-
tion. endowed by nature and education with a
vivid imagination. with deep. true, poetical
sense. with strong and gloomy religious views
to whom the spirtland' is ever-present, an
everything reality. and who Identifies himself
for his hard lot on earth by constant refer
ence to the future joys Of heaven"
Brittany is a small country. Its extreme
length from north TO south is only $50 miles,
and its greatest width is about the same. The
area IL l3.600 square miles. or a Little larger
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-17
WoMAN's GRAVE IS OPENED
Theory Is That Italian Horse rhieses
Desired to Bury comrade Who
Had Been Killed.

New York.-Detectives and police
men have been hiding In the wood,'
near the cemetery of the Church oi
tho Madonna Mt Fort Lee for five
nights, armed, eager TO arrest who
ever was responsible for digging
five-foot trench in the grave of Sarah
Carney and exposing 10 view the skull
and several of the bones.
She was a sister OF John Carney. "A
school janitor In that town. who male
the discovery. His mother and sister
were both buried in this grave and on
recent evening he visited It. The
following morning he again visited
the grave and saw the skull and
bones.
The police were notified and Prose
cutor j. s. Mackay was asked to aid
in the investigation.
Justice Reilly gave out this state.
ment when asked concerning the
strange act:
Three Italian horse thieves were
interrupted while attempting TO rob
the barns of Brosnahan Bros. In
Fort Lee, the other night. One who
said he was James Marraia was
caught and lodged in the Hackensaek
jail, despite the efforts of his blood
hound to chew up the reg of James
DAILY, one of the captors.
Another OF the thieves was shot
by Edward Kaufer and the trail ON
the sidewalk was plainly visible for
two blocks. IL rs our candid belief
that this wounded thief died and that
his friend dug the hole In the Carney
grave. intending to give him a ceme-
terry burial, as Is their custom, hut
dare not do II publicly. fearing ar
rest"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-17

find the same room shared by litter of pigs
and perhaps several goats.
But the leading product OF the waters OF
Brittany is the sardne. This country has its
own peculiar attractions for the artist, the
archeologist, the lingust and other specialists.
and even ordinary tourists are often impelled
to extend their travels thther but the fea-
ture which appeals most strongly to the great
est number OF Americans affects not their
esthetic artistic or scientific tastes. but their
gastronomic. through the medium OF the
canned sardine. Other countries and other
parts of France produce sardines but the
sardine par excellence comes from Brittany.
Brittany Is the center OF the sardine fish
cry and has all of the numerous establish
ments for the canning OF the fish. In an aver
age season the Brittany sardine fishermen
number $4,000 TO 10000 and catch 100 900 900
to 150.000.000 pounds OF sardines, for which
they receive 81 100000 to 100000 while the
shore industries dependent the fishery give
employment to 10000 other persons, mostly
women and girls. So important is the sardne
that In many communities in Brittany every
person is directly or Indirectly supported by
II. and the failure Of the fish TO come means
ruin starvation and death to many people in
the more isolated places.
Sardines are round on the coasts of Brit
tany throughout the year, but occur In great
small fish, in demand for canning purposes.
have been Matched from eggs laid in the pre-
vious summer at a considerable distance from
the land and 20 In schools at or near the sur
face. As many as 100000 have been taken at
one time in one net from one school. but the
usual size OF the schools is not remarkably
large.
Like other free-swimming oceanic fish. OF
which the mackerel. bluehsh and herring are
conspicuous examples. the sardine varies In
abundance from year 10 year and at times has
been exceedingly scarce on the French coasts.
Thus, from 1887 TO 1890. there was an alarm
Ing scarcity, but after this four-year period
the hsh returned in as great numbers as ever.
Again, from 1902 to 1906. the sardine disap-
peared almost completely, only to be followed
by period of great abundance. All sorts of
theories have been advanced to account for
these periods OF scarcity, which appear to be
coming more frequently than formerly.
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than the entire state Of Maryland.
The abundance of stone everywhere
and the scarcity OF timber in many
places have determined the building
material for most of the houses,
churches aud other structures in
Brittany. when for any reason build
ing stone is scarce or otherwise lack.
ing, the people have often had re.
course TO the prehistoric monuments
for their. homes and churches.
The churches afford most fascinat.
ing material for the study OF the ar
chitect and the antiquarian Begin
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-17
DESERTS FROM INSTITUTE
AND DIES IN AGONY
SAILOR SUFFERS HORRIBLE
DEATH AS RESULT OF BITE
CT CUR DOG.

New Orleans. - John Higgins. an
English sailor. bitten by stray dog
several weeks ago and who deserted
from the Pasteur institute, stepped
into saloon at Third and TchoupitoU-
las streets, greeted number Of
friends at Che bar. when suddenly ho
went mad and began to bark like a
dog. In less than hour Higgins was
dead. Hydrophobia was given as tho
cause. He died In great agony. and it
was all half a dozen Of his friends
could do to hold Higgins In his last
struggles and when his actions were
those Of a raving maniac.
! Higgins was As years old. and had
been coming To- this port on different
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-17

been vividly portrayed in Balzac's stirring
novel, THE Chouans."
The Britons, at first friends and kindred
OF the Bretons. eventually became their hered-
itary enemies For centuries the British pri-
yateers and naval vessels ravaged the coast.
Dlockaded the harbors. bombarded the towns.
landed lighting parties ard the longcontinued
and deep-seated animosity thus engendered
still abides In this land. where changes in
habits and customs and sentiment occur very
slowly.
The present population OF Brittany is about
326OOOO. The principal cities are Brest the
great naval port OF France. beautifully located
on one OF the best harbors in all Europe;
Rennes, In the interior. brought prominently
TO the worlds notice some years ago as the
scene OF Dreyfus first trial; and Nantes, on
the Loire. the largest and one OF the most in
teresting places in all Brittany. Its chief at
traction is its hoary age and romantic history
II is mentioned by Caesar, Pliny and other
writer's OF their time and was city of note
long before Caesar divided all Gaul into three
parts. In the middle ages 1t was one of the
most valuable possessions OF the semiroyal
dukes of Brittany and when. in 1899 Anne of
Brittany here welded Louis XII IL passed 10
the crown of France. During the revolution
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ming with the eleventh century, they
present n most interesting record OF
the evolution and progress of eccle-
siastical architecture. Large castles
are rare and In practically every COM
munity II is the church that is the
most imposing structure.
The houses OF peasants and fisher
men are for the most part small, one
storied, with deep, matched roof. In q
few places ] noticed the walls formed
entirely of upright granite blocks,
seven or eight feet high. Windows
(often without glass) are small few
in number and not infrequently. alto
gether lacking In the poorest houses.
The floors are OF dirt, which is
often converted into mud and re-
mains 80. and the interiors are usu-
ally chilly and cheerless. In many
families there is common bedroom
in each house. with a bed in each
ooruor ard a 10 no ifntIqual thing IN
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II FLEET OF e5NjeO/rye 6o4Ies IN IoOQT.~-,
II was the of the most stroclous massacres.
and in 1893 fully 10000 men. women and children
were here butchered
Every obseryant traveller realizes that the
dominant note I'm the Breton character Is the nniver-
sal and neradicable belief I'm higher power which
is not only worshipped but is regarded influencing
determining every incident in their daily lives.
Most peculiar religious superstitions current;
witchCraf charms and antidotes are believed In. and
iaires and other creatures of chdlike Imagination
have very real existence to both young and old
All OF the people nominally Christians. but
Druidism fourished in some remote sections late