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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
City Life Is Lopsided,

'I sometimes think" says Mr., Mark,
ham, that only men with lopsidef
brains love to live in the city. Goo
never made a city-he made a garden
City life is largely the cause of the
general nervous breakdown OF the
race. This Is an age of nerves, and
the city is responsible for it, My ideal
is a life that has the freshness anf
freedom of the country, and yet IL
within easy access of the town, where
men can go and transact business. Ir
my business, that of making verse. J
need the peace of the country, which
is the peace of God. But | like tt
come in contact with men, and so G
to town. | think the city of the futur,
will not be crowded by city dweller
we are coming to know too mucl
for that. But, for the present, man
kind is still lopsided Suburban
Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
HAD NO TIME TO BE AFRAID.
Italian in Deadly Peril Saved Himself
by Feat That Few Could
W Duplicate.

A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing to the man who handles dyna-
mite. Italian laborers who never
read up on explosives and have no
superstitions about them seldom are
injured through any faulty handling
OF their own. If your dynamite
freezes, thaw 1t out. If you drop an
armful of it on the ground all you
have TO do is to pick ii up.
Some Italian laborers were digging
well. They got down about a dozen
feet and struck rock The foreman
improvised ladder, drilled a hole and
inserted a half pound of dynamite
He lighted an ordinary fuse and
scrambled up the ladder Before he
reached the surface his makeshilt lad.
der broke and down he tumbled al
most on top of the spluttering fuse
Many better educated man would
have realized his awful peril to the
exclusion OF every other thought The
Italian foreman whipped out his peck.
ct knife and clipped off the burning
fuse When he appeared at the sur
face, grinning, he exhibited the car;
ridge with bare inch of fuse stick
ing in it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
VII often an Affection.

Wit is an affiiction unless used with
discretion and good sense. The habit
of being invariably amusing will bring
you into great disfavor The sharp
tongued woman who will have her lit.
tie laugh at the expense of her neigh
bors usually pays dearly for her fun
1t is as much an art to be quiet and
self. possessed as to be vivacious and
entertaining, and the woman who can
adjust her moods to the occasion is
the one who finds herself usually the
most popular member of her COM
munitv -.- .,-.--..-----.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Poets Wills.

Famous poets make Interesting
wills. Browning's was written in His
own beautiful hand, with the initials
of all the nouns substantive in CAM.
tails, after the olden use: and the at.
testing witnesses were "A. Tennysonn
and IF r. Palgrave." Matthew Ar.
nold's, also referred to, was remarka.
bic for its brevity. A bakers dozen of
words were deemed enough: Il leave
everything of which | die possessed TO
my wife Frances Lucy" This, how.
ever, because no executor was ap-
pointed, had to be set aside for letters
of administration; but the result was
the same. These two famous wills
form, with Shakespeare's, the most
notable trio perhaps ever handled by
probate In England
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
BENzOATE Of SODA
Condemned as Food PreserVatiVe BY
Medical Fraternity in Spite Of
Denver Convention.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 13.-Not-
withstanding the strenuous efforts Of
the advocates of chemical preserya-
tives to mislead the public by reports
of fake experiments and by furnish
ing false news to newspapers and
press associations, the physicians
throughout the country are constantly
taking action against benzoate of So
la. Friends Of pure food in Washing
ton are elated and the opponents are
correspondingly depressed at the ac-
ton Of the Pennsylvania State Medi-
cal Society at its convention recently
in Philadelphia when it adopted Sc
ries OF resolutions endorsing the
stand of the American Medical Asso-
citation in its fight against food adul-
teration and endorse its action in ap-
pealing to congress for immediate
amendment of the National Pure Food
and Drug Act" The resolutions
state. THAT the Medical Society Of
the state of Pennsylvania in conyen-
ton at Philadelphia declares that it
condemns the use as food preserva-
tivcs of Boric, Benzoic, Salicylic acids
and their compounds and all other
similar chemicals, as in the opinion
of this society such personalities are
unnecessary and are detrimental to
the public health
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Hiuh VOLTAGE Don't Kill

While in the power house of the
North Georgia Electric Company, at
Buford, Ga. recently, Capt G.. w. Buff.
ford, a member of the city council,
received $4,000 volts of electricity and
still lives. He came in contact with
wire carrying $4,000 volts accidentally
touching it with his left arm, and the
current passed through his body. 1t
melted the nails out of his shoes and
badly mutilated his face where he
wore gold trimmed glasses Capt. Buff
ford was almost stripped naked by
the current The physicians do not
understand how he escaped instant
death.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

If we allow six inches, the measure
of the English sparrow of our streets
to be the average length of migra
tory bird, then, this mighty host, /
we could arrange its restless. flittint
members in quiet. orderly manner
like soldiers on parade, would make 6
line 100000 miles long. This earth
is much too small for such line. We
might arrange our birds In 326 liner
and each would extend from the
north pole to the south pole along the
whole length OF North and South
America. If we arranged the birds a.
the equator they would encircle the
globe 1863 times.-D. Lange, In the AT
lantic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Mod ell HOSPITAL,

Philadelphia has recently opened a
new hospital for contagious diseases,
which DR.. '%eff. the director OF public
health, declares is the worlds model
institution of It's kind, The new insti.
tuition has cost about 81. 500 900 so far.
and will probably cost another million
If buildings now planned are added.
1t has been suggested, and Mayor Rey.
burn has given his consent, that the
old pesthouse be saturated with oil,
and, well guarded by fire fighting ap-
paratus, set fire to on July 5, and al.
lowed to be eaten out by the flames
until nothing remains but the stone
and brick walls. That would be
fitting climax" said the mayor, and l
approve of it,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Crows Prey on Lambs.

At meeting of the Hexham.
Northumberland (Eng) Farmers Pro-
lection association Mr.. Thomas
Vaughan. farmer, drew attention to
the serious manner in which crows
were now attacking and killing lambs.
The birds picked out the eyes Of
lambs and deveured their entrails. He
had found several live lambs with
their eyes plucked out. AS far as his
experience went crows were now
greater pests than foxes or any yer.
min. To every lamb killed by fox
ten were killed by crows. 1t was
agreed to solicit the assistance of
landowners in reducing the pest.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
GOVERNMENT DREDCE BOATS
ARE DIGGING A CHANNEL
FOR U. S. TORPEDO FLOTILLA
Capt. Partee Found Only Six and Half Feet
From St. Louis--Boats Draw Eight Feet--No
Prospect of Rise in Rivers

venture far down tne RIVER from st.
Louis harhor
More than anything else. Captain
Partee will find out on his down tip
whether the channel has cut deeply
through the bad PLACES encountered
coming up, or whether any REV chan.
nels have been formed.
Whether the dotilla gets away with
the presidents fleet does not bother
the officers OF the .-otitla bit. This
is what they say:
Captain Partee in whom we have
the most deep.rooted faith. got us up
here, and il ia up to him TO take
us back He will 10 it-some day In
the meantime we are enjoying our.
selves Immensely and know that we
shall continue to do so, even though
we are here until the flowers bloom
in the spring, tra-la,'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Avn Of Attraction.

The attractions of men to women
and women to men are full of the
most perplexing inconsistencies and
contradictions imaginable. 1t Is, for
instance, a physical law that magnet
ism is not simple attraction of one
thing for another, but the difference
of two opposing forces of attraction
and repulsion, of which the former is
the greater. The same law holds in
relation to the attraction of men and
women for each other. in which, as a
rule, the masculine is the superior
force.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
RIVER NEWS


The river marked ~ feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fall of / of a foot in u hours.
Rising rivers were reported yester-
day from points above here as fol
lows: Louisville 2, Chattanooga >,
Florence /. Kans,s City i.
The u. S. snagboat Horatio G.
Wright came out from St. Louis yes,
teulay morning and left for Natchez.
She reports having cleared the river
between here and St. Louis Of OBJ
strnctions as follows Three at ST
I.oris. at Riverside. ! at Mempers
I AT Anes Island. Z at Crooks, ! Al
Fort Gage. at Kaaaskis, ? al Lib
erty Island, at Grand Tower, "a a
Hamburg Towhead. : at Flora Greek
at 'Vahoo Point, : at Albertross,
at Cottonwood. at Brewers. 3 a
Herrick.
The Henry Harley from and to Pa
ducah was in port yesterday. Sht
will be down toda'.
The John s. Summers went to tn
lower river with an empty barge.
The Georgia Lee win be in tn!
port today and will turn back from
here TO Memphis. Following is thu
crew Sam Bryant, master II, G
Cullen. CLERK. George sherman, sec
ona clerk: Dave Mangun, third clerk
Arthur Lyons aud AL Pritchard
pilots Whit Nelson. mate; Charles
n. Short. chief engineer Louis
Hoelschei, second engineer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
SHIP WRECKED
SIX LIVES LOST
STEAMER GEORGE STONE SINKS
IN LAKE ERiE-LOADED
WITH COAL.
TWELVE ARE RESCUED
By the Steamer Osborne ard Taken 20
Cetroit-Captain Among Dead
Tried 70 go Asho Fer
Assistance.

Detroit. Oct l3.-The steamer
George Stone. of Cleveland was
wrecked at Point Peiee, Lake Erie.
today. Six lives were lost, and twelve
saved, The captain. one passenger
and six members OF the crew capsizel
in attempting to 60 ashore for assis.
tcnce.
Two Of the crew cluns to the over
turned beat four hours until it drifted
ashore, six drowned and the remain
ing ten members of the crew were TAX
en- off the wreck by the steamer Os,
borne and brought to Detroit
The Dead.
CAPTAIN PAUL HOWELL
PETER DALEY. Erie, Pa. passen-
ger.
WILLIAM HENRY. South Chicago.
COOK LUCAS,
WILLIAM BOYER
Waterman, name rn..nown
The Stone was en- route from Ash
tabula to Racine with coa;,
Last night the pumps were found
unequal to remove the water thar
poured into the hold through the
seams OF the wooden ship strained by
the stormy seas. The vessel drifted
water logged until she struck Grubbs
Reef, five miles off Point Pelee.
The danger of breaking TO pieces
caused the captain and part OF the
crew to try to get ashore. They had
gone a part OF the way when the steel
life boat cansized and left the eight
men struggling in the icy waters,
Mate Hindman and Wheelman Con
ner. two survivors, were cared for by
the light house keeper When the
crew left aboard were taken off by
the Osborne after several perilous at
tempts, the Stones upper works had
disappeared.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
BOATS CAN EASILY GET AWAY
Torpedo FtctiIa viii ffemain Until
Taft Pageant, However.


Taft Pageant, However.
If necessary, the four torpe 10
boats now at st, Louis, can be light,
enei so they will not draw more than
four feet" said Lieutenant Com
mander David F. Sellers, of the bu-
reau OF navigation in Washington.
yesterday SO that do not suspect
there Will be much trouble in getting
them down the river"
The navy department at Washing
ton expresses no fear that the officers
in charge OF the fotilla at St Louis
will permit themselves TO he bottled
up there by falling water.
The plan is that the naval vessels
form part of the escort when
President Taft journeys by river from
St. Louis to New Orleans. The situa-
tion will be extreme ii this plan is
given up. II is desired to avoid lift,
ing the cargo of the ships if possible.
To obtain a draft of only four feet.
the boats practically would have to
be dismantled Their probable draft
at present is about eight feet. This
can be lessened by removing a part
OF the coal now in their bunkers. IF
seven or even six feet is desired, it
IA said that this may be obtained With
out mrch trouh g.
Lieutenant Mitchell who is in
charge Of the feet, said yesterday al.
though the boats could move on the
present stage Of the water. he had
received no orders directing him to
go until the time set for the presi-
dents trip.
The dredges between this city and
Cairo are working day and night to
get the channel in good condition for
the pageant. Heretofore it has been
the custom 10 work only eight hours
a day
In order that painting and repairs
may be finished on the boats. Lieut.
Mitchell has changed the visiting
days to Wednesdays. Saturdays and
Sundays from l to p. m.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Sardou Tronhies Sold.

At the sale of the first portion of
the collection of the late Victorien
Sardou 342 lots brought total of
nearly s155, 900. Three sets of Au-
busson tapestries were sold for $2i,-
600 Sardou was an indefatigable and
intrepid collector. He bought the
porte-cochere of the house in which
Danton lived. for the house was pulled
down to make room for the Boulevard
st. German. This doorway was pre-
scented in the name of the Sardou fam.
lily to the Carnavalot museum.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
IN POLICE CIRCLES
Mostly Vaos In City Court Yesterday
NO License For Restaurant
Broke a Nerro's Jaw.

Eleven cases occupied the time Of
Judge Whitcamp yesterday but very
little money was collected. Eight of
the bunch were yass, all getting a
stay out of town Arthur Williams
was fined so and costs for operating
a restaurant without a license. He
went to jail, Two cisorderies paid
fines OF So each. Kennedy and French
arrested VIII Smith negro, for as
5aulting another negro last night.
Smith landed on the others face and
broke his jaw. He says he was hit
With q hammer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Straw Used for Matches.

The straw of various grasses and
cereals has been tried and found suit
able for wood in making matches
The straw Is cut into two-inch lengths
by machinery winnowed To obtain uni
form size. and then boiled in paraffipe
dried and dipped into the mixture OF
ehlorate Of potass. gum arabic. etc.
for the inhammab e tip The process
should. II adopted on large scale,
obviate the use OF wood and also give
an improved match, with the advan.
tages OF wax yesta, at very small
cost.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Domestic Science Teaching.

Chicago has about decided that
girls education is not complete unless
she has some knowledge of the sci.
ence OF cookery and kindred accom-
plishments and will pay the super.
visor of the department $4,000 a year.
Miss Mary Snow of Pratt institute has
been elected to fill the position, she
being one of the rs applicants for the
place.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
WARNER MUST PESlGN.

Decatur, H., Oct t3--1t wac an.
nounced tonight that Pension Com
missioner Warner will resign. Warner
is spending fortnight at his home at
Clinton. His resignation Is prompted
by the demands for his personal at
iention to his large private interests
in Central Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Unfortunate Emulation.

A North Carolinan recently eloped
With three women on the same train.
And it seems that events will persist
In showing that solomon lived for
nothing. Salt Lake Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
THE WEATHER
axyysyxas xxssssySsAxsEss
Yesterdays Cairo Temperature.
General Conditions.

I. Filling frost formed early IN tue
,cornins: the day was cloudy with u
trace of rain in the afternoon. The
government bulletin reported ram
from only two points. Extremes Of
temperature were 81 at Phoenix and
s al E,smark. Othc. low records
were II at Havre. 20 at Moorhead y
at Rapia CITY and = at Davenport
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

"Yes," admitted the editor, "Dun.
can was valuable man during the
campaign. When sober, we'd send
him to the gatherings of the opposi.
ton; when drunk. we'd have him es.
innate the crowds at our own meet
ings. ILLUSTRATED Sunday Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
THE GRAND JURY
MAKES REPORT
FINDS TRUE BILLS AGAINST
PRISONERS IN JAIL INcLUD-
ING HENRY SAL2NER.
3 CIVIL CASES TRIED
Jury Out six Ho.,rs Without Agreeing
Three Cases Set For Hearing
Today--Criminal Docket
Next Week.

The circuit court yesterday was
|stitl engaged on civil eases and dis
posed OF a number of them finally. and
many more temporarily. one case was
tried by a Jury being that OF VIM. Pat
ten US. G. O. Vincent, involving a
claim Of about $500, Gilbert and Gil
bert appearing for the plaintiff and
NJ. j. O'Shea for the defendant. The
jury retired at 1880 a, m and had
not found i verdict when court was
ready 10 adjourn at p. m. The
Judge then called them into the court
room ana directed them TO report at
IS o'clock this morning
\ Another case was that of p c. Soul
lin VS.. Iron Mountain railroad COM
aany. being garnishee of the wages OF
Harry Howell, who owed Mr.. Scullin
"a board bin of ST., was called fol
trial, 1t was an appeal case from
Judge Comings court where judgment
had been rendered for the plaintiff
N. ]. O'Shea appeared for Mr.. Scullin
land the defendant was not represent
led in court The Judge therefore or
dered a verdict for the plaintiff for
the full amount of HIS claim.
Three cases were set Tor trial today
on a call of the docket.
Joe Mott was granted a divorce
from Ella Mott, on the charge of de-
sertion.
Y In the case of Behr e. Co, VS.. Voor
hees Coombes, assumps:i, judgment
was given for the plainCnis in the sum
of s2S444, Hon. Miles Fred'k Gilbert
representing the plaintif amt Hon.
Reed Green the defendant.
The criminal docket will be taken
up next week
The Grand Jury
The grand jury finished their IA
bors yesterday and returned true
bill against some OF the offenders in
the county jail while against others
they returned no true bills ard the
parties We're discharged by the court.
Those against whom no bills were re-
turned were Minnie Clifton, alias "Mit
Morris and Ollie Watson, murder;
lCora Kizer murder. Edward Carpen.
/ ter, robbery; Joseph Cosby. assault
to rape, and K. Cunningham and Lii
liam Cunningham, burglary and lar
ceny. The latter two Of this number
were members of the gang of mer.
chandise thieves that operated on the
Illinois Central r r. in Illinois and
Kentucky aud were captured through
the work of Detective Fitzgerald,
Chief Egan and Officers Wade and
Johnson
The following true bills were re-
turned YESTERDAY: Henry Salzner.
murder: Bessie Scott AID Ada Palmer.
murder; Walter Hunt. assault to muir
der: J. G. Mccarthy, alias Charles Nc.
Carthy and John Cole. burglary; John
Stem. larceny: Zeke Royster, Henry
Smith and Henry Bell, burglary and
larceny; George Fisher grand lar
ceny.
Some Of the cases were disposed IF
YESTERDAY Levi Scott alias "Dudd!e
Gaines pleaded guilty to the charge
Of burglary and larceny and was sen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

Cairo and vicinity Fair rising
Temperature.
Illinois Washington, Oct. 81
Partly cloudy Thursday and FRIDAY,
moderate southwest Winds becoming
variable.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Uncle Ezra Saws:

When you wanter go back to your
ol home town it's good deal better
to be met with brass band than
with q piece nv manila rope,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Net Always.

He that telleth thee that thou art
always wrong may be deceived; but
he that saith that thou art always
right Is surely li.r.--Jamshyd
tB. CO.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Sun ard Nor.

san viii rise today .... cog a. M.
Srn win sea today .... 1924 r. M.
Moon Tiil sci. tonight Gag r. NJ,
Mote. The above sun and moon
record is for illinois and approximates
the tine al Cairo within few min
utesl.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
A Poor Way to RIse.

II ism often that anyone succeeds
In getting high by calling down his
boss.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

Tuesdays ST. Louis Republic gave
! good picture Of capt. Eartee with
he following interesting story con.
'erning him and the feet.
In all of my forty years as a pilot
IN the Mississippi river ami some OF
IS tributaries, the hardest job of
,iloting | ever hal was bringing up
he torpedo boats now in the st,
louis harbor, said Captain Henry H.
oartee.
He departed yesterday for Cairo on
he Peters Lee, on which trip he Is
make an especial study OF the river
md channel conditions with view
o reporting To Lieutenant Mitchell,
commander of the torpedo boat fo-
lila. such data as he collects, on
which will be based the probability or
he impossibility Of me fiotilla leaving
he harbor as the convoy of the feet
If steamboats, headed by the 0!eander
Bearing President Taft This feet is
TO leave St. Louis the afternoon of
October IS.
Whether any one Of the twin
screws of the four torpedo boats will
urn one revolution in the direction
II the south or v, any other lirec
lion depends solely On what Captain
partee reports TIE lotlla was en-
irely n his hands on the up voyage
rs il will he on the down voyage.
Unless there is a decided and most
unexpected rise in the river within
he next ten days which would be an
unheard.of thing at this time Of the
tear-the torpedo boat flotilia will
lot leave St Louis when the Presi
tents feet does, and probably not
until the spring rise, This statement
based on facts furnished BY Cap
tain Partee and the other pilots who
accompanied the hotilla from Mem.
lhis AMI Cairo to S. Louis.
1t is no secret, and has not been
for q week, that the hotilla could not
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

Capt. Henry c. Partee is at home
rom st. Louis He came down to
ook at the river to see if there was
water enough for the torpedo fiotilla
20 come ont on its way back to the
ocean. To a Bulletin reporter last
evening be said he found only six and
4 half feet and the boats draw eight
'eet.
4 don't see how the boats can
get ont unless there is a sharp rise
the rivers said he. The govern
ment engineers say they are going
TO set the boats ont. and suppose
hey know what they are talking
bout
According to yesterdays river lul-
etin there was no sign of rise in
he upper Mississippi or in the Mis-
souri, rivers and hone is looked for
" rivermen in time to give water
enough to float the fleet for
he presidents trip. II the govern,
nent engineers bring out the boats
hey viii need to nave some hard
work done by the credge boats.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

Not Long TO Be Cast Down.
A brave mans spirit its vlgol soon
-egains Homer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

Want ads In the Bulletin are sur.
result producers. Try one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-23
A Marvellous Success.

Although somewhat late it may
not be out of place at this time to
refer to the Thanksgiving number
of the Christian Science Monitor,
which was a remarkable produc-
ton from a newspaper point of
view. The special number refer
red to contained go pages, cram
med with advertising from all parts
OF the country.
When the Christian Science Mon
itor was established less than a year
ago, it was freely predicted that
such an enterprise would be an
extremely hazardous business risk.
The Christian Science Monitor
has proved conclusively that there
is room in this country for at least
one clean daily newspaper-omit-
ting all scandals and salacious
news.