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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
STATE PRESS
For Bettor Municipal Government.

FOR hettcr tlduMctpai Government.
From tho printed reports OF the proceed
ings OF Virginia municipality representatives
in Richmond, we gather that tho sentiment
is in favor Of simpler forms of city govern
ment. and decidedly antagonistic to the BIZ
.%cameral council. with its delay of business
and Its interminable committees. defeating
economy and efficiency In tho administration
OF municipal AFFAIRS. This is a just ver-
dict In the case. and We believe that the
experience Of all cities where the system
has been tried will corrohorate this conclu-
sion. Tho !ndex-Appeal opposed the bicam-
oral plan from tho very inception or the
proposal to embrace 1t In the Constitution,
and did all in Its power to prevent its in-
ilcfion upon the people of Virginia. We
were then living uRder the simple and eff
cicnt unicamcral plan, but this did not seem
to BIO grand enough for our Constitutions
makers. II was too plain and easy, and,
like the frogs In the fable. they must have
something moro intricate and spectacular.
And We have 1t now. right here in Peters
burg. in a state of confusion in the dmin-
istratton OF business worse than has ever
before been known here. a movement to.
abolish the cumbersome thing will have
pretty nearly the unanimous support of all
persons that lave lived under 1t and given
the matter any conslderation.-Petersburg
1ndex-Appeal.
Wants a Return to Convention Plan.
That the old convention plan had It's
evils VIC VIII admit. but we believe 1t is
Infinitely easier to safeguard The convention
plan than to perfect the primary plan. The
primary plan Is disastrous TO party govern
ment and killing to party spirit and cn-
thusiasm. Moreover. under 1T there is no
opportunity for party declaration and no
conformity to any principle or set of prln-
ciples. The greatest trouble with the Demo
cratic party In tho last two campaigns was
that there was no party standard. no plat
form and mono who could say for what
the party stood. except tho solf-appolnted
candidate, who stood where he pleased, and
interpreted party doctrine to suit his audi
ence or himself. The primary Is perhaps
Intended TO be democratic. but 1t Is moro
autocratic, The people have no opportunity
to shape party policies nor frame party
declarations. Back TO tho convention plan
and away from the primary plant But lot
US improve and safeguard the former by
taking whatever good there may be in the
latter and uniting the virtues OF both into q
system that will promote the welfare of
the party and the State. Retain the
convention plan, hut instead OF choosing
delegates In the county or8district mass
meeting. le. the delegates be elected in q
party primary and the expenses be paid
by the local party organization. Then lot
this delegated convention determine on a
platform, elect tho state committed and
nominate tue candidatas.-SouthWest Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

Athens. lie declined to allow any of
his sons TO take part therein other
wise than az starters and as Judges.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
An Optimist.

an Optiinfht.
Small Boy-Pa, what is AN optimistf
pa-An optimiat. my son. is a man wlt
doesn't caro- n rap what happens. 10 tina
1t doesn't happen to iin.-Tit-bits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
An Old One Is Ethel.

An Old Ono Is EtEcI.
Maud-Do you believe in palnistry?
Ethel-In a way. I've known 1t to work
splendidly as a starter when the young man
was shy.-Boston Transcript.
Best Possible rroof.
Poct-Did she think my sonnet was good?
Friend-Shc must have. She didn't be-
licvo you wrote it.-Kansas City Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

This Is from Byron's Don Juan. cam
TO 9, stanza 40.
2. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is
the classic reference work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

In Prohibition Territory.
NThe Tailor-Hip pockets?
The Customer-Yes.
The Tailor-Largc or small?
The ~Customcr-Half pints.--Cicyciand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
Good for Evil.

Good for Evil.
II trust you try to return good for evil
said tho high-ininded man.
II not only try" SAID Mr.. Sirius Barker,
but ] succeed. higgins gavc me ono OF
his cigars yesterday and I gave him one OF
mine this morning."-Washington star.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

A. Yes. unless tho original agreement
covering tho first two years had a
limiting the duration OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

South Roston. January
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

"Curfc,v Must Not Ring Tonight
Please inform me whore can get
"Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
/ would Ike very much to sec 1t in
print In The TimeB-Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

We thought this piece, was In every
family library In America. If any
OF our readers Will send us a copy
We Will gladly forward to you. Once
again we must rcSretfully say that
we cannot under any circumstances
print any poems IN this column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

Thc Tocsin Of the soul. the Dinner
Bell
I. Will you kindly tell mo II this uuo-
Itaiion is from Byron: "The tocsin OF
the soul. the dinner belt?
2. Will you also give mo the name OF
ia good selection Of quotations?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

Albert has not yet shown the same
taste for yachting which was so mark
cd a characteristic of the late King.
But he surpasses him in his determine
ton to render Belgium n maritime
power. and may be relied upon to
emulate the example of Emperor VIII
liam. at any rate in so far as the.
creation of q great mercantile navy
is concerned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10

1. Tho children have simply 70 go
the Judge of the District Court.
state the facts in the case and apply
for Il division OF the property. 1t Will
probably be necessary for them to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23

with Nevada and South Dakota
where divorce is very free. Few wives
in those American states would tOler-
ate such immoralities in their homes
as practically every wife endures in the
Spanish and Italian home. Europe
generally has far more restricted di-
vorce laws than the United States re-
public, but no sane person believes
that there is more immortality in Amer
lean homes than in those of Europe.
I'VE have one state, South Carolina,
which denies all divorce, and it is the
only state which has enacted law fix
ing how much of his estate husband
may will to his concubine. This speaks
its own story.
1T is the desire to lift marriage to
an equality with other contracts, and
to place it on as high plane as other
human affairs. that leads to divorce.
+ A uniform law is practically impos-
sible of repeal or betterment. and if
this divorce law is enacted it will stop
all progress in reforming marriage
thus striking a serious blow at civil
ization. AS women form one-half OF
the marriage relation this divorce law
should be stopped until the women of
the land sanction its passage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
Pail of PQntOn1e Has Descended
Mummers and Maskers Hold Full Sway Over All Sections of
England and Play Houses Are Filled Nightly.
of the big scenes.


Then the author and scene painter
are called in. The first has to distort
his plot SO as to give prominence to
the customers ideas: the second is told
to paint his scene in a subdued key, so
that the dresses will be all the more
brilliant by contrast, and the triumph
will be purely satorial. This is always
the signal for distu. dances. The au-
thor mildly refuses to sacrifice the plot
for "Signor Pantorelli's glorification,
and the artist declares he will pant
the scenery as he likes or not at all.
Pantorelli threatens to wash his hands
of the whole business, and the manager
deluges the troubled waters VITA CO.
pious 1inations of oil.
The same petty Jcalousies shoulder
in the breasts of the artists. each en-
deavoring to get ahead of the other il
some way that will bring him or her
into unusual prominence AMI some
stars even go SO far as to insist that
they, and they only, shall be the
mouthpiece for all topical illusions
and for all catchy songs. And the end
of all the strife is the same old gilt
ter, the same old bowling company of
'ecstatically happy" artists, and the
same old bowling success.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23

scendant Of Robert Trimble, who,
when a justice of the United States
supreme court in 1902, Joined with his
brother. Judge John Trimble of the
Kentucky court of appeals in draft
ing the first law framed in this coun-
try to give women the right to own
property.
Mrs. Trimble- Woolsey was the prin-
cipal speaker at a meeting of repre-
sentative American women held here
to protest against the effort being
made through the congress- of COVER
nors, to devise means to secure the
adoption of a uniform divorce law in
all the states.
She Cites Injustice.
After calling attention to the in
justice of man-made laws and customs
toward women in other countries. she
discussed the conditions now existing
in the United States, saying in part:
Its women who are held in abso-
lutte political serfdom, with no more
voice in the laws under which they
live than the negro had prior to the
abolition of slavery. An emperor re-
presents his whole people as much as
men who vote represent women who
have no vote at all"
"The laws give the husband the
sole ownership of the property which
at death the wife can leave no part of
it even to her own children-the faith
er has the sole right to say if the
children may be hired out to work,
where they may go to school, what
they may do in life, and at his death
he may appoint guardian for the
children, who also has these rights
Rights of Husband.
"The father and not the mother is
child has been killed or injured the
father alone may sue and collect dam
ages, and the father alone inherits
property of wealth Of which the child
may die possessed-the husband alone
has the right to choose the country
or home however injurious it may be
to the happiness or interests of the
wife.
In the state of New York with it's
populations about equal to some doz-
en- of the western and southern
states) the husband may commit any
wrong or sin against the wife but
without the wife can prove infidelity
against him she cannot obtain a di-
vorce, and this is the same in the Dis
trict of Columbia
In South Carolina.
In South Carolina the husband
may commit every crime in the cate
cory against the wife. but the wife.
under no circumstances can obtain a
divorce
Such is the outline the general le-
gal, civic and political status of about
~ per cent of the women under the
flag OF this government.
Men exploit every government for
their own exclusive benefit and plan
all legislation solely in the interest
and comfort of their own sex. There
is no woman who is not a victim, one
way or another of male made institu-
tons; and every woman, whatever her
station or wealth. is nailed to the cross
by masculine laws. This is why l pro-
! test against men alone making laws
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
Vibrant Nerve Force
Supplied to Man.
(From MANS Maladies."

Without stamina, man. is a
constitutional vigor-health. 1t is
keen. responsive, vibrant nerve
force, that gives wonderful in
ner strength of will, sustains a
sound body. supports wise
m nsans fr;sn makes money and
sensitive nerves makes stamina
and with it man can evcel in
business, sport. pleasure and
social favor. Without it he is
apt to be weak voiced. weak
memoried, feeble in motion, with
cold hands. cold feet, nervous
cause. trembling. melancholy,
pain in the back of head. neur-
asthenia and general lack of
grit. courage and nerve so that
1t is impossible to act naturally
man with stamina should. 1t
should be the aim of every man
to correct the condition respon-
sible for failure and unhappi-
ness. for it can be done by the
simple fulfillment of natures
law that the nerves receive
their nourishment through the
fluids to recover the daily waste
which is constantly taking
place. The nerve fluids and
body tissues undergo constant
changes. and unless the supply
Is equal to the demand the
stream OF health GIBBS low, and
misery prevails.
Astonishing strength, nerve
force and poise is quickly re-
stored by the following valu-
able formula, which anyone can
prepare in the privacy of home.
First, obtain three ounces of
syrup sarsaparilla compound in
six ounce bottle; add one
ounce of compound fluid balm
wort, shake well. and let stand
two hours. Then add one ounce
tincture eadomene compound
(not cardamom) and one ounce
compound essence cardiol. Mix.
Shake well and take a teaspoon
full after each meal and one
when retiring.
The above ingredients. except
the syrup, are rare .concentra-
lions of purest drugs without
Opiates and are used for various
prescriptions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
Titles In Plenty.

Most members Of the house OF lords
have more than one title The Duke Of
Abercorn holds four Scotch. two Irish
and two British peerages. The Mar
ouis Of Lansdowne has one Scotch. five
Irish and two British titles. The
Duke of Norfolk holds seven peerages,
the Marquis OF Breadalbane eight. the
Duke OF PoAand five. the Duke OF
Devonshire five aud the Duke Of North
nmbetlaod six.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23

Take Spain and Italy where no di-
vorce is allowed, and contrast them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
An ORIGINAL THIEF
american News Service)

Indianapolis. Jan. 22.-James Harri-
man, aged twenty years. was sentenced
to the workhouse for one year for the
stealing of gold watch from a patient
at St. Vincent hospital. Hartman
has previously worked this game in
Dayton. His system was to get en-
ployment in the hospital and rob the
patients. He pleaded guilty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
STRICT DIVORCE
LAWS NOT NEEDED
Mrs. TrimbIe- WooIsey of Ken
lucky Says Women Don't
Favor the Move.
IN POLITICAL SERFDOM
IN POLITICAL SERFDOM
WOMEN ARE HELD IN THIS COUN.
TRY, SHE STATES IN AN 40.
DRESS TO BIG MEETING HELD
IN WASHINGTON.

Washington. D. c., Jan. 22.-That
the women of the United States do
not want greater restriction of divorce
is the declaration of Mrs. Trimble-
Woolsey of Kentucky. She is a de-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
american News Service)

London, Jan. 22.-The pail of pan
timimes has descended upon England
from Lands End to John O Greats the
full limbed principal boy, the mas
culine old lady, technically known as
the Dame and the red-nosed comedi-
an, who is Baron, King. or Magician,
according to the inspiration of story,
hold unquestioned sway and draw
hundreds of thousands to the play
house nightly. 1t is surprising how
conservative the British playgoers are
except in the merest details, there has
not been a single new idea in the pan
tomime for years past. There are the
same meaningless ballets, the same
anachronistic tumble of scenery and
costume, and the same topical trcss-
passing on the authors text.
The production of an English pam
tomime is a curious thing. The ora
Gle against whether there is no at
peal, is the costume designer. He is
the autocrat of the theater, and his
word is as unalterable as the law Of
the Modes and Persians. Long before
a line of the book" is written he is
called in to consult with the manager
and it is he, with an eye to lofty sar-
torial flights, who suggests the subject
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23

in which women are equally interested
with themselves.
80 long as the law places no lock on
the door leading to marriage. it should
place none on the door leading to d.
ture. or any released criminal, or dis
eased. debauch. or half besotted
drunkard who can not get the sacred
knot tied? Reform marriage laws and
there will be fewer divorces.
Murdered by Hubbies.
I'm this country, thousands of wives
are annually murdered by husbands
there are more than half million
wives who have been abandoned by
husbands-there are more than a mil
lion wives of drunkards-and there are
more than a million virtuous wives
who are each year medically treated
for the ills and sufferings which i'm
fnoralities of their husbands inflict
upon them. The laws have trapped
these into marriage and should not re-
fuse to release them when they wish to
go free.
The women of this land are not cry
ing for either further regulation or
restriction of divorce. At least ninety
per cent of all the divorces are sought
by women (e5 per cent direct and the
others through their abandonment by
the husbands in order to force divorce.
This country would be justified in
further regulation or restricting di
vorce if it could be shown that such
has resulted in the moral elevation of
the people of the nations which try
same.
Makes Comparison.
Take Spain and Italy where no di-
yorce is allowed, and contrast them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received until
s p. M October nth, 1910 at the
office Of the city engineer No. 1111
Commercial avenue. Cairo, H.. for
the construction of cement sidewalks
under ordinances No. 1873, No. BOT.
No. 2l9, No. 220, No. 23l and No. 2a2
OF the city OF Cairo, III.
Said bids shall be marked as such
and be accompanied by cash or Ger
titled check for ten per cent OF the
amount of such bid.
The successful bidder will be re.
quested to give good and sufficient
bond for the faithful performance OF
his contract and to guarantee his
work for period OF two years from
the date Of acceptance.
Cairo, H., Sept. 20, 1910.
w. b. THISTLEWOOD,
City Engineer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
Stealing.


"Why do you Gull your story The
Thieves Komance'g'
Because it is all about stealing
How"
well. the story of the romance goes
| his way: She stole Il look; then he
'toIe kiss. Next they had stolen
meetings, they stole march on their
friends. and both stole away"
81 suppose the next thing they will
be stealing back"
The Rule Of Three.
Professor McGoozle-lt Is astonish,
ing how little the young people Of the
present day Know Of mathematics.
For example. Miss Tartun-or YOU.
Mir Sparks-do you remember what
|the rule OF three is:
Miss Tartun-Oh. yes. professor; J
haven't forgotten that. think. Three
rs crowd" That right: Chicago
Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03

Sage Is n nutritiye, farinaceous sub.
stance obtained from the pith OF sew
eral species of palms growing In such
hot countries as Java and Sumatra.
The stem. about fifteen to twenty feet
long, Ii cut into pieces and the pith
dug out and placed In vessel having
n sieve bottom Water poured into the
sieve washes the -four thus exposed
into second vessel When the water
Is poured off and the residue becomes
dry 1t Is known as sage -four. The
pith left behind forms what Is known
MS common brown sage.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
ILLINOISCE CENTRAL
Corrected to Oct, LIST. 1900
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Train Leaves Cairo:

1:10 a. m. Daily Chicago vestihule
Limited. arriving Chicago 10:40 a. n.
2:10 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited, arriving st. Louis 1920 a. m.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
1920 a.. m. st. Louis Special.
500 a. m. Chicago Daily Express.
11:15 a. M st. Louis Fast Mall.
11:15 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:S5 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
2:35 D. m. Afternoon Express for
)din Effingham, Nation, Champaign
$40 p. m. Thebes Accommodation
6:l5 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Ex-
press.
1910 p. m. Chicago night express.
trriving at Chicago 7:15 a. m.
1920 a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
2:25 a. m Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
$40 a. m. Seminole Limited Tor
birmingham and Jacksonville. Fla.
900 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
1;41 p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
| l:41 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chat.a-
nooga and Atlanta.
1890 y. m. Fulton and Mayfield &c
commodation.
$50 p m. Paducah and Louisville
5:55 .. N. Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping car
accommodation and further informa.
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen.
{er Station, Cairo. Ill.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
q. G. HATCH, @. p. A.,
v n. Hanson, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
Bad Writer With Good Memory.

Harvey Waters, an expert on patent
cases, had occasion to write Rufus
Choate on some important question
and when he received the reply was
the missive to Mr.. Choate and asked
him what he had written. Mr.. Choate
replied. n never can read my writing
after the Ink Is dry, but If you tell me
what 1t is about will tell you what !
have written" And he did,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
MANHOOD.

Labor, calling, profession, schol-
arship and artificial and arbitrary
distinctions Of all sorts are incidents
and accidents Of life and pass away.
It's only manhood that remains, and
il is only by manhood that man is to
be measured.-Josiah Gilbert Hol-
land.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03

WANTED-Rooms for light house
eeping, man and wife with private
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
AGENTS WANTED.

A GOOD energetic agent wanted to
represent prominent Life Insurance
Company in this section. Special and
attractive features; liberal contract
to right party. Address Stacey Will
son, gen'l manager. American Ten
peranee Life, 253 Broadway, New
York.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. R.
1ne-Way second-ciass colonIst Rates
To California.

LOS Angeles 9520O
San Francisco 81 90
San Diego 80 90
CORRESPONDENCE 10y rates to other
Joints on main lines and branches in
California.
Tickets on sale August rs to Sep
ember 9th and October LIST to 18th.
1870 Every Monday on train NO. J..
It 5.55 p. M, through tourist sleep
ar leaver Cairo, running via New
Orleans and Southern Pacific r. r.
to Los Angeles and San Francisco
For full Information apply to ]. II.
ZONES. Ticket Agent. Central Union
station, Cairo, Ill.
A. H. HANSON, P. T. M.
8. G.. HATCH, G. p. A..
Chicago. III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
WANTED,

WANTED-Position as office girl
Professional or business office. ex-
|,erienced. Bell 868.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
PERSONAL.

Action speaks louder than words.
The tremendous sales Of live rights
show that merit counts. An ideal
laxative-a remedy for all ailments
of the liver, stomach, bowels, glands,
kidneys and rculation--chronic cas-
es your salvation. The worst are
cured. Start treatment tonight and
see. Sold at M, c. Metzgers Drug
Store. 25c.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03
Two Mistakes
One Corrected the Other
After a LONG Interval.
BY SHEELAH ESTHER DUNN

Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-03

BUSINESS CHANCES have a
general store for sale less than 20
miles from Cairo Ill. Doing $4,000
year at a net profit of 20 per cent.
Invoice about $1,000. This is the best
business proposition within 100
miles of this city. Morgan Vans
ley, 5l4 Main St, Cincinnati. Ohio.