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HOW HIGH SHOULD A LADY
xlw RAISE HER SKIRTS?
Milwaukee Judge Undertakes 10
Decide the Delicate Cues
ton in Court.

MILWAUKEE, wis. Feb a5-How
high can woman hold her skirt on
damp night and still remain lady?
It was up to Judge Neelen In District
Court yesterday to decide 1t, and hamade
ruling In which he fined Miss May
Walters IS for getting past the lady"
stage.
Patrolman Becker was the etiquette
expert and he said that when woman s
skirt was up fourteen inches In the rear
and nine In front and had waist at
tached which was more or less peek
aboo, the limit had been reached.
The Court>agreed with Becker that q
dress could be held too high. and he
approved Of the arrest Of Miss Walters.
The patrolman added that he had
looked sharply and had seen no fluffy
ruffe stuff under the outer skirt. and
that was one reason why he thought
the gown was deficient.
The evening world., 1909-02-25

BOX SPRlNGS--ior metal bed.
stesds; finely upholstered and
made In our own factory; covered
with A. c. A. or fancy stripe tick.
ing; regular price sio; q IN
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REV, HENRY BARKER DEAD.

The Rev. Henry Barker, rector Of
All Saints Episcopal Church. at Rosen.
dale. Ulster County, died Unexpected!
there yesterday. He was the founder OF
the Chapel Of the Messiah in New York
City.
The evening world., 1909-02-25
Tomorrow's Wine and LIQUOR Specials

PURE CALIFORNIA RHINE WINES
excellent imported character; by the
gallon:
$3.50 quality, reduced to....Sl ga
las quality, reduced to.... .9S
LOO quality, reduced to.... IA
IMPERIAL CALIFORNIA PORT, full.
bodied, rich, old, frui,y wine; case
OF II full guar, bottles s62s, 70.
dueed to ss,4i; regular 60e fQc
quart bottle. fCC
SOVEREIGN IMPORTED PORT
rich, fruity, stimulating vine; gallon,
regular prise IS, reduced to OQc
si.24; regular si.25 bottle. 80. VOS
The evening world., 1909-02-25

PILGRIM HOLLAND GlN-guiranteed
pure and OF great medicinal value;
regular si.2S large bottle, more Or
than 4 guar. .''..''...'..'''
JUEEN QUALITY CALIFORNIA S0c
BRANDY-resulir 81 bottle. WV
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ROYAL MONOGRAM wHlSKEY-ysry
old, rich and mellow; fine iliyor;
gallon, regular prise A.2S, reduced
to 1914; regular si.25 full QRc
quart bottle. ................. Wv
MONTICELLO WHlSKEY-s perfect
dis,illt,ion; gallon s2.94; reg. 2dr
ular 81 full quart bot,ls...... o1S
RAMSEY'S OLD lSLAY SCOTCH
WHlSKEY-regulir e0c bot. S0r
tie ,,,..,,.,,,,,.,,...
REDPATH'S DIAMOND ALE-bSl. Of
10 dol, eli, refused 10 s9.+i; QSc
dor. bottles. reg. price sl.is. At WV
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Groceries, Meats, Fish and Cakes-- gs%sz'"'
luH ana Telephone Orders
Fresh Butter

Fountain, extra creamery; No. 900
5 crock, sl6+; print ....., ooS
We deliver prints.
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NEW CANNED FOODS-Wiadho!,
brand sugar corn. None Better brand
tomatoes, Perfee, Gem lin, beans >cr
White Wax beans; reg. price si.l5 a
dozen; special case Sl.s5; doI. 81
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~ 20 Furniture Bargains for Frida,
:% The "Wind-Up'' of the Februaru Furniture Sale

SOLID OAK CHlFFoNlERS-
golden eolori gloss finish; larss.sils
French plate mirror; five drawers
trimmed with lacquer brals &c
handles; regularly $3.50; at.. w
The evening world., 1909-02-25
CARDINAL SANCHA DEAD.

TOLEDO, Spain. Feb. 25,-Cardinal
Sapcha, Archbishop of Toledo, died here
today.
The evening world., 1909-02-25

RICH MARAcAlBO COPFEE-6 Ito
lbs. 81; Decentralization. As<
HAMS AND BACoN-ths celebrated
Hazel briad, Wsstphalis 1SL-r
style mild sugar cured: ID. AoHS
SWlFr'S WOOL SoAP--ior washing
voolens, etc.; 10 large she 93c
ban Csc; 5 bars.......,.... O"S
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

penses for that day, and 1t continues
! TO borrow money to pay its expenses
every day in the year until Dec. 81
inclusive, paying to the banks from
ST 500 to $4,000 interest annually on
what is borrowed from them after
the Is per cent of the following
years corporation tax has been an
ticipated.
But this is not the worst of the
situation. Cairo has grown very
greatly in the last thirty years, and
her necessities have grown. We
must have more police officers, bet
ter fire protection, a street cleaning
system, if We. would make the city
safe and attractive to woud-be
settlers, and prosperous and continue
to grow.
It is conservatiyely estimated that
proper equipment Of the fire de
partment, such as would insure prop /
crty owners a saving of from twelve |
to fifteen thorsand dollars annually |
In insurance rates, would cost $4,000 |
It has been demonstrated repeatedly |
that Cairo has no fire department !
new that can cope with fire out of |
tho most ordinary proportions. Our
fire department Is a village fire de- |
nothing more. The same
b true Of our police force, and as for
a street cleaning system-we have
lcuc at all and our fine brick paved
streets are IN danger of being ground
~ in dust and mud.
Mt Smith is right again in saying
hat the matter ought to be gone at
II business-like way; that it should |
ae aseertained Just how much the
ity will need for all these improve
0erts; and this DOUBTLESS viii be
lone by those who have the matter
D hand. The Important thing is
hat the citys needs shall be fully
net in the revenue measure that is
dopted ard that this measure shall
Q adopted in ample time to he a
EARNING 10 those who may or may
OF be liable to its action next year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
LEGAL DECISIONS
As.ssx.s.Sssss.x3s.s..xsss

Horse Racing on Street is Not De.
feet in Hinhway--A commercial club
for the purpose Of cniivaping loca'
commerce, arranged for a holiday
ceIcEratiou one If the features of
which was the racing on the main
rt"ntt IT several Wild, rnbrokan
hor"os. ridden 10y small boys. AS tho
animals attained the velocity natural
60 equine participants in test of
Haetncss. ono Narih. unaware of tits
event drove into tho street. The i'm
pact Of one OF the running horses re
suited In cye;tUrning his vehicle and
Ia injuries TO himself. 1t appeared
that the municipality had failed 10
pass an ordinance prohibiting horse
racing on its streets. and that it was
act empowered to provide FIR such
celebrations in MARTA y. City of
kinp shcr ct al rs Pacific Reporter.
ijG, the CITY was sought to he held
Tor damages ou tac ground that tacs-
speed tests constituted defect in
tho street Tho Supreme Court of
Oklahoma held that a municipal cor
poration was not liable for failure TO
exercise a governmental power like
passing an ordinance. AMI that the
Injury complained Of did not result
from any detect or want OF repair Of
he highway TIE commercial club.
however. that supervised the race.
}f8E held liable To the marty i'm iurpI
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

CAIRO IN 1859
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cairo Bulletin published by John H.
Oberly 6 Co..

Tire directors of TIVE Valley Insur
ance company elected $. $ Taylor,
president; K. II. Cunningham. vice
president and II H. Candec secre,
tarE and treasurer. The Southwest
ern Insurance company elected y.
Hard president; r. s. 4arre}l, vice
president, J s Rearlen secretary,
aud Wood Ritteuhruse, treasurer.
In the Illinois state senate Geo NJ
Dnugherty was elected first assistant
postmaster. y J. Alden was elected
assistQnt postmaster in the house
Smallpox was prevalent throughout
the city in January, chiefly among
the coIored element. The health do
partmcat advised general VAGINA
ton.
MAYOR Holden was abs Mt IN
Springfield, anu Alderman James
Carroll was acting as mayor PRO tenn
An early morning fire on lamar
STU destroyed several busin SIS baill-
mss on Ohio loyae from Fourth
street Lorta TIE burned property
was Owned ~ NJ Baphriek A. Cai9.
r. Fitzgerald, sitcraheimer & Marx
and Sisnaieo & Clio The total less
TITS Al ut $3I,o0o; insurance $1S,70a.
Neither Cain nor E9ambrick had any
Insurance. The Fitzgerald family
cst everything even their clothing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Kindly Feellto.

WINE pruning grace vino the
shears slipped and. cutting ibronob a
thiek buckskin glove, nearly cut nv
numb on. The blood spirited out as
ripped off the covering. The aged
gardener, picking up the glove. re-
marked, with deep feeling. war a
eTeat pity, sor, to Spite sieh a foine
pit 0 feather. Still. guess we might
mend it for a trife."
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1S&axSa1Sss4sss,sSassssSSS
+: TODAY IN HISTORY :
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March IS.

March IS.
i7G7-Andrew Jackson, seventh presi
dent Of the United States, horn
on the border of North and
South Carolina. Died al the
Hermitage, Tennessee. June s,
1915
ISL British under CORVALLIS de-
feated the Americans under
Greene at Guiford Court
House n. c.
! Sf6-Ten Thousand volunteers were
called out in Canada TO repaI
the thrs atcned invasion of the
tenians
1S77-AloXander Graham Bell eava n
public exhibition of tie work
ings OF his newly invented tele-
phone.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Sugar
Coated
Inn
morality
by REV. FATHER DUCEY.

authors would very likely account
able for.
You ask think approaching such SCI
prevailed before the downfall Of Rome Babylon
responsible those downfalls That course
proposition well very dangerous However
ng be ceanthe moral aspect of This country
thing be proud oft not at all thing for delight If
disruption family throughout the length
and then study the government reports printed lately
5n realize Just how far have already that
tell that during the last 20 % in the nghboo
100000 granted this country
this respcctaceorng population of the eontrt
supass all other nations When the ssneity of married life
all hands with such contempt it that
scarcely degree removed from free love-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1908. ....... 20s4
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of Fehru-
ary 1909 ...... .2279
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

one, the most awful tramp came TO
my back door yesterday, and just
know the house will be robbed within
a week."
oh, dear, I know ours will, too,
adds the second woman. going white
at the thought. Il wonder if that
same tramp didn't call on US He
came first and asked for money.
told him we never gave money 10
tramps, but that ii he was hungry.
would be glad to feed him He didn't
want food, so l finally trotted upstairs
and got my purse and gave him some
money!"
Il wouldn't have done that, because
he may come back after more" eau
toned the other lady.
"He did come back-that Is what ]
was going to tell you. But what could
! do? He just stood there and said
he wanted money and didn't want sus
tenance for his stomach"
And he did come back?"t
Yes, came back last night when
my husband was in the city and rang
the front door-bell ~-hat do you
think of that for nerye?, Rang the
front door-beiI and when opened II
ihe porch light was not on and | did
not recognize him at first. Then he
blurted out:
My blood's turning to water.
and turning on his heel, fled down the
walk.
Il was too scared to call after him,
but our man happened to hear him
and stepping out, asked the fellow
what he wanted. Instead of replying
the tramp started off on a run-and
We haven't seen him since. on, | just
know he Is crazy or something and
will come back here and blow us all
up"
Il have been thinking" continued
the woman In blue, that the object
in poisoning all our dogs last spring
was burglary And my husband sim
ply viii not keep revolver in the
house. He says there is more danger
from the revolver than from burglars
The idea, Why, | never, mover touch
q revolver without first looking into
the barrel to see if It Is loaded"
Sometimes" adds her companion.
II think it isn't worth while buying
anything. because some night a bur
glar is coming along. and while we
are asleep he viii take everything
worth taking that the house pos
sessest"
4 wouldn't be surprised. Sometimes
think that way. tool
And still We wonder why women
are so Eighty about burglars and
things They won't let their children
be told ghost st~ies-but tile stories f!
they tell each other would scare
Caesar himself were he house. .
holder,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
GET THE MONEY.

Some excellent things were said at
the Merchants Luncheon Satur ,aY,
by the several speakers. on the sub
ject of city finances. Mr. Feuchter's
remark that it was a matter for the
city council to settle in its own way
and that license ordinance was in
his Judgment, the only way to settle
1t; Judge Dcwey's very complete
statement as to the lines of business
or OCCUPATIONS on which q license tax
could ! e imposed aud his endorse
ncmt 81 Mr.. Feuchter's declaration
that license ordinance was the
city's only means of increasing lis
revenue; Mayor Parsons statement
that the matter had been taken mp
by the city council and expressing
the belief that license ordinance
was preferable to an increase of gen
erai taxation. and finally the remarks
Of President Smith, of the Cairo Ma.
tlonal Eank. that he believed the
banks, of the city would cooperate
with the city authorities in any ef
forts to place It on better financial
footing, but that there was no ac.
casion for alarm and fayoring de'it-
crate, business-like action-all these
utterances may be taken as tending
one way and faycrng action by the
city authorities in the direction inli.
Gated.
But a few things were said. also
which hal rather an opposite len.
dency Tho editorial clinpiag road
by the mayor showing that nraciic
ally all tho cities in tie country were
living beyond their incomes AMI
needed reform in government was
good in 50 far as it satisfied that
Longing for company which Is said
10 be peculiar to misery: bgt il
should not he taken (and probably
was not offered for the purprsel to
justify the conditions here AMI check. /
ing action toward betterment. II Is
probably quite safe to say that the
mayor will do all In his power IN
bring about a satisfactory adjustment
Of the city's financial affairs as
pulthly rs possible.
But those who heard or road AIR
Smiths remarks may have the jDi-
preston that he opposes nromm ac
tion, and also opposes anv causider.
anie increase in license revenues.
Mr Smith Is right in saving that
there IS no occasion for alarm AMI
that Cairo is in better state 6nan.
cialiy than she has ever been. But
when he says this. he can only mean
CAIRO sas 2 community. not Cairo's
city government As a community
Cairo Is better of than ever. anan.
eially. She has greatly increased in
wealth: her bonded debt is A mere
trifle. her floating debt the same. +
her improvement taxes very small in
view OF her twelve million dollar
property valuation on the basis of 10
Per cert Of real value AMI in view Of
the fact that this debt is spread over
ten years. II Is vast improvements
over conditions thirty years ago
when Cairo had a debt Of hundreds
Of thousands with not much more
than oae-fifth the property values.
Fut how about the city govern /
ment? That has never been in such
straights as now The CITY of Cairo
Is something like a big department
ssore-crowsled with goods worth
millions of dollars. all paid for. ready
e offer to the public-and net
enough money in the cash box to pay
he porter
The city government of Cairo be-
Ems TO borrow money on the first day
u january every year to pay its ex.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
PoNertY

Barbarism has no horrors SO horri.
ole as The Sestial squalor and sheer
misery OF civilized poverty. Poverty
Is great evil in any state. but the
world has not known any poverty so
foul. so brutal aud so utterly Ioatb-
some as The poverty Of the CITY slutn
the sweating den. the rawilzhar and
the gin alaee-Iondun Chronicle
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Biography.

George Colby Chase, president OF
Bates College, was born at Unity
Me, March Is, 1914 He was teacher
of Greek and Latin in the New
Hampton Literary Institution from
1868 TO 1870, and was professor of
rhetoric and English literature from
1872 to 1894, and since has been
president and professor of psychology
and logic of Bates College.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15


the cheap light which the world is awaiting. OF
course, like all other things, the electric light gen.
Grated by vapor has rs disadvantages for the pres
cnt For instance, it does not give off all the
lengths seen in the daylight; each yapor used gives
off wave lengths peculiar to itself, that such light
gives to many objects peculiar appearance. Under
it colors vary and lose their individuality and at
time can all coors appear they really are; but by
the Of different eolored refeeors and the combna-
tons of different lamps almost any single result de-
sired may be obtained. The future should, however,
produce more perfect light.
Decidedly the light of the future is the gen.
Grated by yaPors. The constant work which is being
done upon is bound to bring it very near perfection
and. coupled with all its advantages the fact that it
can produce light commercially at one-haf the small
est cost that the present lights can hope to attain
makes its future success assured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Seeinn the Soul.

AS Tor seeing the soul-that IL a
common human experience. Lovers
nave only to look in each others eyes,
they think. to behold the others
soul. The eye is very much moro
than the iris and the retina and the
rest Of the optical apparatus. The
eye reserves always a guest chamber
Tor the presence of the SOU, and
when tie soul is there it is easy
enough 10 recognize the fact of its
occupancy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
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. KIEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

"One disadvantage Of being good
looking, said tho woman who ad-
mits that she Knows she IS handsome
is that | never get a chance to beat
my way on the street cars Just be
cause | am good looking the con
ductor spots me when enter the
car and he hustlss right up TO ask
for my fare
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
w->

prove moral training in the schools.
In the United States the churches endeavong meet the need
chiefly by reform The Sunday schools have been taken
toward the introduction of methods graded
multitude of organizations that social good
contributing the formation Of school
In the public schools agitation crystalaon
Of sentiment method The industrial pre-
problem and opportunity. The motives such edu-
wofod humanitarian. Both valid
the moral effect will depend upon which has the primary actual adj
If industrial and training be chiefly
extend and perfect the mechanism of factory and counting house if the
production of things be its dominating motive will only
the present depression of human life by organization
But if this training be conducted humanze industrial
relations and moaze commercial standards shall help the young
TO discover that occupation moral vocation; it shall increase
the free manhood of the producer while increases output then will
mark greatest single advance moral education
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
WQrlan'e Tears-

Lots wife is merely a geological
specimen, according to DR.. J. F
Wright Of oberlin college. The salt
IN woman's tears may no doubt be
traced TO the same source.-BrookIy
Eagle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

Books Of fiction which are suggestive
of acts that are in violation of Gods moral
ity are certainly very harmful and very in
furious not only to youth-though per-
haps they affect them most-but also to
mei and women.
What am pleased to call sugar-coat-
Cd immortality is always more insidious
than pronounced and unyeneered grossness.
The latter by IFS very nature is apt to show
forth in its true light the unwholesomeness
of what it depicts, but the former bv its
enticing method which says really nothing
while it suggests everything. is cause for
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

stories. Mother Is
insistent upon this
point. Away back
in the days OF her
girlhood she re-
M e m b ers how
afraid of cyclones
her own mother
was and how the
fear thus awak
ened came into
her own heart and
remained there
during her mature
years.
- w h Y, eve n
now" she admits,
when ! see a
cloud in the west
as big as the tidy
on the back OF
grandma chair, |
am possessed OF
the black demon
of fright and ap-
prehension To be
afraid of cyclones /
is bad enough, |
and | certainly do /
not want my chill |
dren to believe in
ghosts as an add |
ed terror TO the /
troubles that beat |
upon the short
line Of life,'
And YET have
you noticed these
mothers together?
4sAFs,.,o,- - nrif,f,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Vapor
Lamps the
Coming
Light
By PETER COOPER HEWITT,
Inventor.

passing through vapors OF small density These called
tubes, and is to them that must look for the eapeand
for purposes beer-lghts of the future.
Probably example this class the Geer tube
which TIE early its development gave forth but little light
Recently however this worked and experimental upon
light has produced by mercury apo that
has efficiency of one-third of candle When it
bered that the Edison light three watts per candle will be
readily great been toward reaching
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

what the world is waiting for in the
way Of light is simply cheaper light
Up to the present time light has been
chiefly generated by means of the arc and
incandescent materials, such as the Edison
lamp, the Nernst lamp, etc. but these
have very nearly reached their highest
point Of efficiency. The latest development
is the Tungsten lamp. and the greatest eff
iiciency which can be hoped for from it is
one watt per candle.
The old lights have all been generated
by heating solids, but there is now neY
light which is obtained BY electric currents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

The Bulletin Is on sale at tho fol-
lowing places:
coieman's, 2f4 Eighth Street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Teach
Morals
International
Awakening as
to Its Need
BY PROF. GEORGE A. COE.
Northwestern University. Evanston, III.

forces in the midst of international
moral awakening What confront may be either grave
moral depression stage in moral progress in either
call has all education with reference
TO the moral requirements of human society The call has
been emphasized in this country by the National Educational
association and the Religious Educational association
There is almost worldwide move toward leaving spe
ce religious training in the hands of the family and of vol
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
Money In Pearl Industry.

Three thousand persons are en-
gagged in the shell and pearl industry
OF the western United States.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15
For Instance.

Life Is a bore to the miner.
= = =
Sh' On the side, That was where
the barber parted his hair!
= z
= disappointment in love Otter
saves man lot of al!mony.
Z II
Some day am going 10 start n mag
azine TO publish peoples poetry fol-
them, and have the biggest circula
ton in America.
= = =
An eastern newspaper ATS. What
was the origin of the harp?" II was
during the time Of the Garden Of Eden
Eve ate the apple and men have been
harping about it ever since-therefore
Adam was the first harp.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-15

.
lneradleahle alnt.

A few things gaftod by fraud de
stroy a fortune otherwise honestly
VICE Il q nan proFeIh.