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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
Sweeping Him an Elaborate curtsy.

snatching historic homes from distin.
guished old gentlemen. but il II is
definitely for sale | might as well
have it as the next man; miehtnt II"
Certainly you might That is--of
course-it he ghost will let you"
The ghost p
"Of course. Didn't you know there
was 4 ehost?"
Heavens No! Is there?"
There certainly is-if report speaks
true"
"Humph' That's serious. NV sis
ter will live with me, and a spook
would frighten her to death. | must
look into this. Suppose hadn't found
ont in timc?"
oh, you'd have found II out If you
had spent a might I'm the house"
Would J? Tell me. what stunts
does tie ghost do2 Has nc history?"
IT'S shc-not a he. She does dif.
ferent things at different times. Not
always the same. Her story dates
back 10 the revolution. The man who
bought in the property has sent two
successive prospective purchasers be
sides yourself to look over the place;
bat they saw the ghost. and the prop
erty is still unsCld. And this time Of
the year is particularly bad season
FOR ghosts-they appear everywhere.
almost"
That's pleasant prospect"
Late the next afternoon wiIu3t
found himself installed in the odd Ma
son mansion. in two rooms. which
were kept habitable BY a pair OF col
Orod caietakers. Who lived In a little
cabin a hundred yards or so TO tire
back
lie aHd Miss Vernon had parted a;
the railway station with mutual q
rrcssions OF desire for further meet
Ing. an cveu;uali'y which Wilmot. for
one. intended should De brought about
He looked from the window. u was
aImot night The sun had droDpcd
out 81 sight aad the mass Of the
mountains lowered MACK and gigantic
across his view. In the east a few
Stars BEGAN 20 twinkle All around him
be heard the sound 81 frathcrud things
settling themselves 10 rest IL was too
late 90 seek her that night Besides.
he hai 20 explore the house and pre-
rare TO Interview The ghost
Lifting the lamp from the table. be
started ont TO investigate For an
tor- De- u-Owled through echcine cor
ffdors. dus- etreEn and cobweb-huue
-Iumph,~ be muTmured. as be started
hack from bis Sudden reflection In
mirror. III there isn't a ghost here.
there ought 10 be-c0uldnt have q
better setting"
His tour ended a. the door % RS
bsdToCm. As e enlc.ed. white g
are aiftod through another door intc
ne ssi8isins room Al, the curtain
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GRAND CHAIN, ILL
q . . . . y . y
February 3.


Gordon Conant was in Mound City
On business the last of the week.
Mrs. Matte Easter has gone to Pu-
asM for a few days visit to relatives.
John Eyers OF Belknap was here on
business last Saturday.
Herbert Johnson of Elgin. ILL.,, and
Mr.. Clip Hughes Of Mound City Wis
tied with MIR. and Mrs Frank Roach
last Friday.
Mis-, Laura Dilley of Villa Ridge is
the guest Of Miss Susie Badgley this
week
Sam Long is in St Louis on bust
ness this week.
Mrs. Frank Lpe visited relatives in
Mound City Thursday.
Miss Sale Herman of Vienna is Wis
iting ar the home Of Mr. and Mrs
The. Diepenbrock.
Born TO Prof. and Mrs. L. b. Nc
Dowell on Jan. %. a girl.
J. v. Jones made a business trip
to Vienna one day this week
Misses lydia Lock and Susie Badge
ley visited with friends in Vienna
this week
o. f. Haryick Of Vienna was here
on business one day last week.
The high wind Of last Friday did
considerable damage here TO fences.
fruit trees. etc.
sam Long returned from ST Louis
SATURDAY..
Mr. and Mrs Ike Bondi Of ClaTen-
don. Ark. are the guest Of Mrs. Bon
dis sister Mrs. Sam Long
Miss Ida Keller Of Friendship :
visiting with Miss Earnest here
Mat Roach has gone 10 Lexington.
XIV. on business.
n
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MOUNDS, ILL.
Feb. 8, 1909.
- % a, - - . . - q % q % ~ =

FNh' l@SV'
Mrs. John McInturff of villa Ridge
was a business caller az this office
Tuesday
The county seat contest case was
continued until Tuesday, March Sth.
at which time 1t will be taken up and
prosecuted to a finish. The people
throughout the county are anxiously
awaiting the decision in the case.
A nine pound boy was AIDED to the
family OF J. J. Powers this week.
Tne Stottler Lumber company of
Carbonate will erect the buildings
and open their lumber and whole
sale house furnishings as soon a.
the weather viii permit.
The ground hog is going to sus-
pend the rules this year
Hon. George +. Martin. W. r.
Rodman and FRANK Kreitner Of
Mound City and Jake Blum of It's
city were actirg as a board Of APP
praisers of the personal property OF
l.. c. Otrlch the late proprietor Of
the Palace drug store Tuesday
Bod Wright OF Valley Recluse
was circulating amcae his many
friends Of district No ] this week.
Bora to Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Black
fine 10 round bog TUESDAY ni-ht
Mr.. and Mrs Sam ANley OF the
west side drove in Wednesday to 10
some shopping
Mayor W. J. Bigserstaf is q good
nan in the right piace and IL re
viii stanl for reelection he should
10 retained for the fell term. How
about the aldermen?
II. f. Nelms. the brtci-r has ac-
ceptsd godo position I'm shop
a. Chsnce No. Ts was up looking
after his family Yesterday.
Toe evaagelistic meetings at the
Taptist charch uuler the leadership
81 Rev F. r. Cunningham. are
growing in interest and attendance
arI u is hoped that much good will
be accomplished
e Parker Of Valley Recluse was.
q business caller YESTERDAY FL has
a severe case Of the hard road
fever. He has filed a petition with
the county clerk that contaits al
different roaI from the two namei
in Mr.. Roche's petition. This makes
three rusaEs uhich T. one more than
TIE limit - the law. which may
ruafe ffarhIe The rcfer shl,1lI
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WHAT WE EAT.

The Chinese are fond of stewed dog.
but consider beef unhealthy
The African bushman eats caterpll
lars. but scaus Mmburger cheese.
The HCHandFr eats decayed shark.
Bat Turns with iiEsust from bread and
butter.
TIE Turk deems dried CrasshOp
pers a islicacy. bur an oyster fills him
viih adherence.
The Easiish eat reriwinkies. a kind
q sea znzI. bBt vii have none q
fAa E-a-r = rer rcr.f--. 1erl4 r-11il fer
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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGEIBORS +:

A. great statesman once said:
THE best assets u il nation is the
health Of it's citizens This is
strikingly true Of Mounds where all
we get depends on the labor of her
citizens. In order to have good
health we must have better water
and better drainage of the city. Can
lidates if you are in favor Of these
improvements let the peopla
know It,
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A plsclnllnarian.

Miss Hobson was most popular with
the two young and unmarried mem.
bers OF Centorville's school board.
They did not propose TO have any
change of teachers in District Number
Three
do you think Miss Hobson pays
quite enough attention TO discipline ?''
suggested one of the elderly. mar.
ried school committeeman one day.
Discipline! Why, of course she
pays a great deal OF attention to IT.
asserted Ed Porter. hastily.
We never had anybody else begin
to pay as much" said Henry Lane
why. one afternoon | was in there
at Number Three. and Miss Hobson
spent the whole time-eyery minute
OF it--preserving order in that school
room Youths Companion
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
An Editors Dictionary.


poet.-A man whose breast throbs
while he writes things that are sup
| posed to rhyme Example
The poet twanged mournful Tyre;
Ills brain with anguish was on fire
lie piled his copy" ten sheets higher
And sighed
Fiercelv We purcd his pipe Of cob
His breast It hcaved with feryen,
"thfUb'--
He wrote of verses a great COB,
And siehedl
Mystery.-What the sausage link
was made Of Exit WAS a mystery
In the community what became of
Jones dog"
Editor-One who is supposed to
take cordwood on subscription Ex.-
"Ye editor is In need Of fuel for his
domieile. WIN some back subscriber
please bring US in some stumps and
receive our blessing II takes money
10 run a newspaper"
Muzzle-A political contraption.
Exile put a muzzle' on his friends
and was elected by the back country. d"
Potatoes -2Taters. Elk
lie plowed up ten acres
And planted "pcrtaters:"
Saws De-. I'm Just cater
To wealth and cstatc-er
NJ names not BOEgsH''
'Thls was last spring He II now
known as the Honorable Horatio dc
Bogges Of Boggsyille. Oklahoma. Nor
al.-Know when to plant potatoes.
Insolent-One who wears insoles.
Ex.-"Get up and buili your own fire.
she said with "insolence."
Newspaper Reporter-A reporter
Of news. Ex.-"The reporter IN
bridled his imagination and smoked
up"
Rubber-To peek. to crane ones
neck. Ex-
Little Johnny "rubbered"
At Dis sister NAV.
Tnul haf beau blew out the light
Ana settled down 90 stay
Divorce An antidote for matri-
mony Ex.-"He vas cold and cruel
and she hit him with a custard pie
Then they tried 20 beat each other to
the divorce court
L0ye.-What calves have Ex-"The
calves In the coW-lot chewed each 9th
ers- ears IN love"
Clubman One who smokes stogies
except al the club. where he buys
two for Soc Ex--The policeman
saw his club hanging on a peg and
he vent to L. Did you think IL would
come 20 him."
Sausage sometimes pronounced
skissage'1 A guy around town. Ex
The 'skissage' is a lobster
Rloomers-A word used In the b.
cycle era % designate a pair q ex-
haustious. EN.-His breath came
and sent In short pants
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philosonh.r oxsrr.aohed.

"Once." SAYS the Philosopher pf Fol
ly, 81 undertook to teach u dff!deni
young man 10 have more confidence
In himself As a result OF my careful
training, he got SO concoitod that he
wouldn't speak to me when he met me
ON the street"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

-Can you help me. ma'amg~ asked
the itineraut ar the door i vas
burned out last night and lost every
thing
Lost everything
Yes. everything ma'am"
Well yOg don't seen 20 have lost
your nerve. You we're around here
last week and told ne the sane
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

Breathes there a girl on earth to-
day, with hair that's slowly turning
gray, who I'm the mirror scans her
head and ne'er unto herself hath said,
as she lets out soulful sigh Il really
think | ought to dyer"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

walk upstairs
without stopping
on the way. 1
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. |
received no benefit
from any OF them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
nv health. / BEGAN
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
A little debutante is a dangerous

A little debutante is a dangerous
thing.
It's love that makes the man come
round.
A ring on the hand is worth two at
the door,
The longest way round is the sweet
est way home.
People who live in glass houses
shouldn't hold hands.
Where there's a will there's a wed
ding Carolyn Wells. Ia Broadway
Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
stars Seen by Naked Eve.

The total number Of stars exceeding
the seventh magnitude is $500 There
fore the naked eye can never see from
any one spot OF the earth's surface
more than 5000 stars,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta.
Bile Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn. -" For five years
l suffered untold agony from female
troubles causing backache, irregularL
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1t was impossible for me to
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
MARDl GRAS

MARDl GRAs
At New Orleans, Feb. 20, 1909.
Brilliant spectacular features. Mar
di Gras Carnival Automobile
Races, Ask for profusely illustrat-
ed folder describing the Mardi Gras.
FLORIDA.
The Central Route to Florida via
birmingham. Through sleeping
car daily from Chicago 10 Jackson.
vile. Fla. BuffetLibrary car SER
vice and dining ears serving all
meals. Ask for special Florida
folder.
HAVANA, CUBA,
Via New Orleans or via Florldt
Steamship service from New Or
leans to Havana about every ten
DAYS. Daily except Sunday steam
ship service from knights Key
Four sailings per week from Port
Tampa Send for illustrated told'r
On Cuba.
CLIO MEXICO,
Reached direct by rail routes
ing an opportunity 10 visit that
uLique city without additional ex-
pense IN the matter of car fare.
Send for illustrated folder entitled
Mexico via New Orleans"
Tour Of all Mexico. via Illinois Gen.
trail r. r. under escort OF Reau
Campbell, General Manager the
American Tourist Association. Mar
quette Building Adams and Dear
born Streets. Chicago. leaves Chi
cago January 26. Select clientele.
Limited. All exclusive privileges.
Independent travel Special Pull
man vestibule train. drawingrooms.
Compartments. Library and Music
room. with the largest dining car
Ia the world. and the famous open
top observation car. Chililitli Spec
ial baggage car. Tickets include all
expenses everywhere.
PANAMA.
Via the Illinois Central to New Or
leans aud from thence by weekly
steamship direct 10 Colon. connect
ing with railroad for City Of Pan
anna. Elegant new steamships in
the service. Send for folder entitled
Panama and Central America via
New Orleans"
VicKsBCRc, MISS
Contains Vicksburg National Mill
tary Park. commemOrating the
siege and defense Of the city. An
interesting place to visit en- route
to New Orleans. Send for hand
soneiv Illustrated book entitled
~yicksburg for the Tourist
4oT SPRINGS, ARK
The only line running daily sleep
ing car through without change.
Chicago 70 Hot springs nning
Car service. send for Illustrated
folder describing Hot Springs.
,bove Literature free fer TIRE asking
Rates. train time. tickets and all
artiruiars q Illinois Central agents
n these of connecsing lines-
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g o %
Rag Time.

1t is almost as hard to get hired
girl as it is to get into Taft's cabinet.
Somehow the Kitchen cabinet does not
appeal to the misses of the land.
4 q Il
Some fellows who call themselves
sportsmen will lug a gun all day,
break the laws of every suburb they
invade, beat dog into AFFECT subjec'
ton and go home at night with one
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

mangled meadowlark and a pet SPUR
rel--rewards of prowess The desire
to kill is so strong in some men that
even robin is not safe within the
range of their powder and shot.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

There was time when buXom girls
Preferred to learn to cook and brew,
But now their choice Is something else
More ladylke, they say To you.
They much prefer TO be clerk
And wrap up packages all day,
OR glue the backs on trashy books
For very little daily pay
They live at home and spend their wage
On street cars going to and fro
And some of them have honored names
While others are-well not SO slow
Alas. the times seem out of Joint,
For when you want "a maid for home,
You cannot catch single one
BY hunting with a tooth comb!
You offer everything that's good
A dandy room and evenings out.
But nothing comes OF 1t at all
And all your ads. are pat to rout
And as you sit and think II DER
You wonder. as you catch your breath.
How long twill be before this world
VIII simply all be starved to deathY
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Nsy,,MG4s..s

VANosTEN's ORCHESTRA
WIN accept outOf-t0wn engage
rents. address 1o4 ElEhfh street
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

Above Literature free fer TIRE asking.
Rates. train time. tickets and all
particulars q Illinois Central agents
anl these of c0nnectiBg lines.
a Il HANSON. PIN. Chieaen. n
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FLORIDA,
HAVANA, CUBA,

Via New Orleans or via Floridi.
Steamship service from New Or
leans 10 Havana about every ten
DAYS. Daily except Sunday steam
ship service from knights Key.
Four sallings per week from Port
Tampa Send for illustrated told,r
On Cuba
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

The only line running daily sleep
ing car through without change.
Chicago TO Hot Springs nning
Car service. Send for Illustrated
folder describing Hot Springs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

Poet--A man whose breast throbs
while he writes things that are sup.
posed to rhyme. Example
The poet twanged a mournful Tyre;
Ills brain with anguish was on fire
He piled his "copy" ten sheets higher.
And sighed
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-04

WNRDF GENS
At New Orleans, Feb. %. 1909
Brilliant spectacular features. Mar
di Gras Carnival Automobile
Races, Ask for profusely illnstrat
ed folder describing the Mardi Gras
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-01
Business In 1909

In the third week of December the
receipts of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad were $930,750, as against $780,
075 in the corresponding week of last
year The gain was $19S,675, or about
Is per cent. All recent weeks show
similar gains. Possibly no better mea-
sure and index of Alabama's trade
conditions exist than the revenue Of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
While perhaps the sunshine talk has
been in some respects exaggerated,
yet all see and appreciate the steady
upbuilding that is going on. Perhaps
the slow growth of recuperation will
inspire additional confidence, for all
will in that way come to a recognition
of its sense and soundness.
In discussing the subject the Wash
ington Post says: at is expected that
the business revival now spreading
through the great business districts of
the north and west will soon find it's
way into the south. There are those
who believe that when the next bust
ness boom comes to these United
States, that great, rich territory lying
south of the Potomac and east of the
Mississippi will feel its beneficial eff
fects more than any other section of
the United States. The boom of the
closing years of the last and the open
ing years of this century plowed it's
way into the west. Money was avail
able for almost any enterprise west of
the Ohio river. As a result the financ-
ing of that great territory was pretty
well completed, and only little of the
overflow of cash for new enterprises
and development of old businesses
went into the south. When the next
boom comes-whether in 1909 or later
the great mass of capital now lying
unemployed in the banks will look to
the south as the most desirable field
for investment, and into the railroads,
mines, forests, factories and pIanta.
tions of that great territory, we think,
will pour a flood of capital that will
awaken the interest of even the most
languid of our delightful southern
neighbors."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-01
THE DEBUTANTES.

From the Kansas City Star.
All debutantes are of the same genus,
whether they .come OUT in the White
House, as the youngest daughter of the
President did last night, or in the viii
age mansion. The difference between the
least ROOM of the White House and the
"parlor' of the best house in the coun-
try town is, like everything else in So
clety-and in life-quiterelative. The best
of its kind, wherever it may be, asserts
certain parity with the best of it's kind
everywhere else
Thus, the difference between the COM
ing OUT party of Miss Roosevelt at the
White House last evening and the COM
ing OUT parties this season of a null
titude of debutantes in other localities
ali over the land is one purely of de-
gree rather than of kind.
AS for the debutantes themselves, girls
are girls-notably young girls-wherever
you find them. There is a generous DEM
ocracy of nature that makes them, in
trinsically, pretty much all alike There
are certain influences, due to environ
ment, that may affect girls as to manners
and externals, but youth, with its spon
taneity, has an impulsive way of break
ing through sophistication to assert lib
erty and a freedom that is all its own
Custom never can stale the buoyancy of
youth or subtract, by the smallest frac-
ton, from it's infinite and delightful va
riety.
&c. when the debutante-in the White
House or anywhere else-arises with a
new hint of self-possession to make a
formal declaration, as it were, of wom-
anhood, she is showered with tokens of
admiring interest and, with music and
flowers and other manifestations of glad
ness, crosses the border line that divides
girlhood and school days from the social
world into which she passes not without
a pretty touch of dignity that befits
charmingly her long gown and the mod
ish treatment of her hair.
There need be no comparisons for the
debutante. She is, for the radiant even
ing which she is never to forget, the partic-
ular, central figure of the hour and
tho place. She is a princess, though she
may have no title she is distinguished,
though she may not receive the hom-
age of state circles; she is the object,
wherever she comes OUT" of the sort
of pride and affection that make every
thing fine and beautiful and that will
hold the world forever and forever to a
certain law of equality that neither rank
nor station nor any accident of fortune
can disturb.
AS the years come and go and other
interests vanish and decay, the debu-
tantes are always with us. And it is the
consensus of expert opinion that they are
finer and loveler this season than ever,
God bless them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-01
Eavors Commission Plan.

81 am in favor of the commission
form of government for Birmingham"
said Walter Sessions yesterday. II
favor every good thing for the city, and
1 have always thought that the COM
mission was the only body to govern
such a large city as this.
Not that I think present conditions
call SO loudly for a change, but I simp-
ly cannot believe that business inter-
ests and detail cares which must have
constant attention can be looked after
with a body of % or 40 aldermen.
Il hope if an extra session of the
legislature is called a bill will be pre-
pared and presented. 1 would do all
1 could to help it along. However, so
far as 1 know there is no concerted ac-
ton yet AS to the Law and Order
league, the subject has never been dis
cussed in any meeting, and the league
does not intend to take up matters of
legislation of that kind. We are simp-
ly working for the enforcement of the
laws which are on the statute books"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-01
THE cHEAPNEss OF LIFE.

From the Boston Post.
During this year labor in the United
States lost nearly $4,000 lives in the course
of their employment. There were also
about 1000, 000 accidents. Most industries
involve risks, some greater than others.
The accident rate of electricians is ex-
cessive. That of coal miners is $40 per
1000 in the United States 20 12e per 1000
in the United Kingdom. This proportion
holds among the railroad employees. We
lost 2.5O per 1000 to Germanys .9S per 1000.
In other words, we slaughtered on the
average 915 more coal miners than Eng
land, and 1855 more railroad employees
than Germany.
Two conditions account for this ex-
cessive death rate that runs throughout
all our departments Of labor. First, the
reckless Indifference and carelessness,
united with an inherent dislike to obedi-
ence that characterizes our American
workmen. Second, the unwillingness of
employers to install accident-saving de-
vices, and to compel military obedience
to preventive orders.
Germany has permanent exposition of
accident-saving devices which has been
productive of great benefit to life. This
feature England is copying.