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mum, payable annually, And signed by
the Mayer OF the City and attested By
! the City Clerk of the City, under its
corporate seal The said bonds shall
be issued in accordance with and
shall in all respects conform to the
terms and provisions of the said ac.l
of June "A, 1897, and all acts amenda
tory thereof; but no bond or bonds
/ in any series, shall become due or
payable later than the first day of
October next succeeding the January
| in which the installment against
which said series is issued shall be-
come due and payable.
Section 2S. All matters and things
whatsoever relating in anywise to the
said improvement or the payment
therefor or the preparation and issu-
ance of the said bonds shall conform
| to the terms and provisions of the
said act of June IA, 1897, and all acts
amendatory thereof.
| Section 90 Four CAD per cent. Of
| the special taxes levied and assessed
under and by virtue of this ordinance
shall be applied toward the payment
| of the cost and expenses of making
| the assessment of the said special
taxes and the collection of the same
and of letting and executing the con-
tract relating to the construction OF
said local Improvement.
Section 3d. All owners or oceu
pants Of real estate touching or
abutting upon or contiguous to thu
said street, along the line of said
proposed Improvement, and all other
persons or corporations are hereby
required to make all contemplated
private connections with public sew
ers, water mains or gas mains In said
street before the work Of laying the
pavement is commenced. The city
clerk SHALL without delay, prepare
suitable notices to this effect and
shall cause the same to be served by
the city marshal, or by some police
erty owners along the line of said
proposed improvement. II any owner
cannot be found, then said notice
shall be served upon his agent OF
upon the occupant of the premises.
Section 81 All persons shall, after
the completion of said local improve
ment, be debarred from makingI
any opening or excavation II
said street, along the line
of said improvement, without
first having obtained permission from
the cry council of the said City oil
Cairo to do so, and no such. permits
sion, shall be granted until the per
son applying therefor shall have
given bond with good and sufficient
surety to the said City Of Cairo, in
the penal sum Of two hundred (200l
dollars, to be approved by the sale
city council conditioned for the fill
ing up and restoration of any part OF
said pavement in as good condition |
as the same was before, and for the
repairing of the same, from time t.
time, until the surface of the same
shall conform to the proper grade OF
said street
Section 80. All ordinances an
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed; and this
ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and
approval.
Adopted April IL, A. D. 1910
Approved April Is, A. D. 1910.
GEORGE PARSONS,
Mayor
Attest ROBT. A. HATCHER,
City Clerk,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-20
HomelY Philosophy.

Sometimes II pays to be slow.
goin'" said Uncle Eben. de faster
you travels de harder you bumps II
lars a collision"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-20

10 cents bean pot for its repose In
the ovens. and It's poor Saturday
when they don't have at least 90
Brookline Sunday breakfasts to cook
In each bakery"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-20
mo Washboilers to Sell" Says Anty Drudge

Rag Man-"Ole rags! Gum Boots Tinware!
Anty Drudge" Goodness Whered you get all them
washboilers?'
Rag Mas'I buya dem from voomans. Dey saga no
use any more. You gotta Won to SELF"
Anty Drudge-"No, sir have not used one for manga
year. 1t didn't take the Of this town long to
get rid of their washboilers after came and told
them how to wash with Fels-Naptha in cool or luke
water. No more boiling clothes for them see. =
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Are you governed by habits,

Are you governed by habits'
Nota bad thing if they are good habits
\ Not good thing if they arc bad habits.
Are you in the habit Of getting UP
before daybreak to start washing SO that
you'll be through before night
you are it's habit to get rid of
right away. There's no necessity for It.
Get rid Of the old-fashioned boiling,
and scalding clothes, back-breaking
MISUNDERSTANDING habit and adopt the
easy Fels-Naptha way.
Strike off the chains that bind you to
the washboier and washboard. Be pro-
greSslve woman.
Follow directions on the inside Of the
red and green -Naptha wrapper. .
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Specifications.

Section %. For other and more
compete details OF and concerning
the said local Improvement, both as
to the materials to be used therein
and the manner and methods Of the
use thereof and Of the construction
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lproyement
Section 25. II shall be the duty OF
the City Attorney Of the City or Cairo
to prepare and file a petition either
| IN the circuit court or in the county
court Of the County of Alexander
State of I''inois, in the name of the
City of Cairo, praying that steps be
taken to levy a special tax for said
improvement in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance and the
terms and provisions of An Act of the
| General Assembly OF the State OF
| Illinois entitled, "An Act Concerning
| Local Improvements" approved June
| Il. 1897, and all acts amenIatory
| thereof.
Section &c. That the aggregate
amount of the special take: herein
levied and ordered to be assessed and
collected and also each individual
special tax, shall be divided into ten
l0l instalments: and in the making
Of the division and in all other mat.
II tiers and things in anywise pertaining
thereto, the terms and provisions OF
the said act of June IA, 1897, and all
acts amendatory thereof, shall be
carefully observed and followed.
Section o. And for the purpose
Of anticipating the collection of the
second and succeeding lnstallments OF
the said special tax for the said local
Improvement, bonds Of the said City Of
Cairo shall be issued payable out OF
said installmentsy bearing interest al
the rate Of FIVE t5)per cent per an
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
NEWS OF OHIO
$4,000 FOR PERRY FETE
Bill for Permanent Memorial Passes
the Senate-Personne Of Commits
sion May be Changed.

Columbus, O.-FOllowing the lead
OF the senate the house of rep
resentatives passed the Clevenger bill
giving the Perry centennial celebra-
tion commission $4,000. With the ex-
ception of $4,000 for the expenses OF
the commission the money is to be ex.
pended for permanent memorial at
Put-in-Bay. The action Of the Ohio
assembly, it is understood, makes Ger.
tain an appropriation of $250,000 by
the national government and the
financial cooperation of the several
states that will join in erecting q
memorial as well as participating in
the celebration.
In all probability the personnel OF
the Ohio commission will be radically
changed. The commissions appointed
by other states for the most part are
made up of distinguished men. Gov
Harmon has been urged to put men
on the Ohio commission who are
known nationally as we'll as through,
out the state.
An effort will be made to raise up
ward of $4,000 to spend on special
features such as a naval parade and
elaborate displays of fireworks. In
making the appropriation the general
assembly stipulated it should be ex
pended on a permanent monument tc
include lighthouse, wireless tele
graph, weather and life saving sta
tions and an aquarium.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
COLLEGE TURNS ON NEGRO
Undergraduates Of oberIIn Would
Keep Afro.Americans From Soci-
eIes, Teams and choirs.

Oberlin, o. - Undergraduates Of
oberlin college are drawing sharp
lines of discrimination against the
negro. Old alumni can hardly be-
lieve it. Professors and college Of
ficials nevertheless admit that race
prejudice has slowly but surely eaten
its way into the social vitals Of the
institution. Letters of protest are
pouring into the college town by the
score. Public indignation meetings
are being held by graduates through
out the state.
And yet the negro is beyond ques-
tion barred from enjoying his class
mates privileges in Oberlin. Literary
societies which profess to be open to
membership without consideration Of
race or color have lately issued the
edict against the negro. Choirs in
churches whose history is real part
of that Of the college are turning a
deaf ear to the application of the
negro singer. College boarding houses
no longer will allow the negro to eat
at the same table with the white men.
In athletics conditions are much
the same. A negro may try for any
of the teams but he finds it hard to
land a place. The track team man.
agement has issued an ultimatum to
the negro students to the effect that,
when the team goes to Columbus this
spring, negro athletes will have to
find their own hotel quarters and shift
for themselves.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
LOVE NOTES PASS IN JAIL
Sentimental MissiVes FIutter from
Canton Cell Holding Girl Ac-
cused of Murder.

Canton, O.-Through a hole in
the floor of her cell, Katie Man3
the Massillon girl held on a charge of
poisoning her sister, Elizabeth, has
been conducting a clandestine CORE
spondence with the men prisoners on
the first floor of the prison. Senti-
mental notes form the burden of the
mail. The corridor is used by the
men prisoners for exercising. One of
the men was surprised to see a bit of
white paper fluttering down from
above and to hear rap on the cell
ing. This was the beginning of the
correspondence.
Warden Slusser caught one of the
prisoners standing on table sending
note through the aperture to Katie.
The warden told the men that no ex-
change of notes could be made with
out his acting as censor. Slusser
made a hurried trip to Katie's room
where he found numerous notes. The
girl showed them to him and had a
hearty laugh over the incident.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
STUDENTS THROW OUT PRExY
Junior Class of Marietta College, Sus-
pended for Attack, Refuses to
Apologize.

Marietta, O.-Positive refusal to
apologize to President Perry Of
Marietta college was decided upon at
a meeting of the junior class, all men,
bers of which were suspended in the
morning after 'prexy" had been
thrown out of the chapel.
''In the ten years that l have been
at the head of this institution, this is
the first time I have been compelled
to take such drastic action" said
President Perry. Il am not prepared
to say where the trouble will end, for
no meeting of the faculty has been
called. For the time being we will
proceed with a college of three
classes"
The clash followed the initial ap-
pearance of the seniors in cap and
gown. The juniors burlesqued the af-
fair. They lined chapel hall with
green posters, eulogizing "Prexy's Tar
Babies" President Perry attempted
to lock doors on the juniors, but was
forced into the hall and roughly
handled. The juniors donned flowing
gowns and paper caps of ludicrous de-
signs. 1t was necessary to threaten
arrest in order to drive them from
chapel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
OHIO WHEAT IN GOOD SHAPE
Good Feeling General Among Farm,
ers and Those Doing Business
with Agriculturists.

New York City.-Thomas Gibson
publishes this report on Ohio wheat
Ohio was a sore spot on the
wheat crop last year, but it is SC
much better, in a comparison with
that time, that good feeling is gen
eral among the farmers and those do
ing business with them.
Wheat is doing well, and there is
greater acreage that will enter har
vest. The abandonment in Ohio will
be very small. There was a good
stand generally and nothing warrant
ing complaint is visible. Ohio may
have a surplus of wheat this year
Last year the state did not raise
wheat enough for it's own require
ments. In western Ohio in 1909 there
was very little wheat raised because
of the drouth in the fall of 1908 and
winter OF 190S-9. There is a great diff
ference this season and very prom
Using outlook.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
new TRIAL FOR TAX SALE
Ohio Supreme Court Sends Suit
Against Cleveland Man Back
for Rehearing.

Columbus, O.-The supreme court
has ordered a new trial in a contest
over Olmsted Falls property, bought
at delinquent tax sale in 1887 by Val
entine Christ, reputed to be the larg-
est Cleveland land owner, for $45.23.
Jane Lay, as Administrative of the es-
tate of Samuel Lay, secured a judg-
ment in probate and common pleas
court. The action of circuit court in
ordering the new trial was sustained.
Mrs. Edith Lydick was denied title
to a Wayne county farm, which she
contended had been purchased for her
by her uncle, the late Martin Walker
of Wooster, at one time United States
Judge in Cleveland. Mrs. Lydick said
she was to have the property in re-
turn for taking care of Judge Walker
and his wife. Title was in the name
of Judge Walker and the property was
sold by Mrs. Walker to James B. Tay-
lor, who paid $4,000 and gave a $4,5OG
mortgage to Wooster university.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
DEATH AGAIN VACATES OFFICE
Claims oberIin Mayor, Making Sec
ond to Die in Executives
Chair.

Oberlin, O.-Mayor o. F. Carter,
who has just died, was the Sec
ond successive executive of Oberlin
to be removed from Office by death.
The first was Mayor Wolf, who died
last year after he had served about
one year of his term. The death of
Mayor Carter, for the second time,
throws the duties of the executive Of
flee upon Prof. C. P. Doolittle, presi-
dent of the village council.
Mayor Carter was 72 and had been
prominent in Oberlin business life for
a number of years. At the time of
his death he was serving his third
term as mayor, having held the office
previous to the late Mayor Wolf. He
also served two terms as treasurer of
Lorain county.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28

tion, and now that he had grown to
manhood, he resolved to realize his
ambition. He was fortunate enough to
become pupil of Horace Bixby, and
he was soon guiding the awkward
river craft along the tortuous channel
of the muddy stream.
The idea of his becoming an author
had never entered his mind at that
time, but he absorbed enough of the
pilot life to enable him to describe the
difficulties encountered in guiding a
boat along the great river in his Life
on the Mississippi River" which he
wrote many years later.
First Literary Work.
In 1862 he began his first regular
literary work on the staff of the Vir-
ginia City Enterprise. He wrote a col
umn daily. dealing with the political
situation in the state, that attracted
wide attention. These articles he
signed with the nom de plume Mark
Twain" which he had heard sung out
on the Mississippi steamers to let the
pilot know that the sounding showed
two fathoms of water.
In March of 1867, Twain" published
his first book, THE Jumping Frog Of
Calaveras County" The book made
quite stir in that part of the coun-
try, but only 1000 copies were sold.
1t attracted the attention, however, of
the editor of the Alta California, who
sent the author out as a newspaper
correspondent on a steamboat excur-
sion to southern Europe and the ORR
ent.
His letters were published from time
to time. and in 1869 the author re-
vised them and published them in
book form under the title of "The In
nocents Abroad" This work made
Mark Twain" famous and compelled
his recognition as Americas foremost
humorist. In the first 16 months, S5,-
600 volumes were sold. and many
more subsequently. This was a record
sale for those days.
Marries Miss Langdon.
1t was on his trip in the Mediter-
ranean that Mark Twain" met Olivia
L. Langdon of Elmira, N. Y. They fell
in love with each other, and in 1870
were married. Their married life was
one of perfect harmony and four chill
dren blessed their union.
Mr.. Clemens resided in Buffalo for
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
SAW CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY
Unreasonable Attitude Of His Friend
Naturally Disgusted Man Of
Business.

Solomon and Moses, while walking
by the canal, saw a notice board which
stated that five shillings would be paid
to whoever rescued another man from
drowning.
1t didn't take them more than a min.
ute to arrange that one should fall in
and be saved by the other, and the
stakes" divided.
In went Sol, and found It rather
deeper than he expected. However, he
splashed about, crying:
Come on, Moses! Save me-"
Moses hesitated.
SOL" he said, i've been reading
that notice board again, and it says
Ten shillings for a dead body Now
do be reasonable. London Tit-Bits.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
Calls Boys Prison immoral.

Steubenville o. - Attorney Carl
Armstrong, in pleading for q sus-
pended sentence for his client, Clyde
Curby, Is. who confessed he had corr
mitted burglary, declared the Mar }.
field reformatOry, to which Institute q
Curby. because of his age, would be
committed. was not a fit place moral
ly for boys to be confined. Armstrong
declared while serving as a guard
there he himself witnessed unnatural
offenses on the part Of the young in.
mates. Judge Richards refpssd 70 sus
pend Curby's sentence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
LIFE OF MARK TWAIN" THE
GREAT AMERICAN HUMORIST
Early Struggles and Adventures, Fol-
LoWed by Years of Successful Liter
airy Work--Later Days Saddened by
Deaths and Financial ReUerSes.
MARK TWAIN"

Samuel Larghorne Clemens. Ameri-
cas- foremost humorist and known the
world over as Mark Twain" was born
in the little town of Hannibal, Mo-, on
November 80. 1885.
His father, John Marshall Clemens,
came from an old Virginia family, and
with his young wife, Elizabeth Lamp
ton, a descendant of the early settlers
Of Kentucky, he joined the sturdy
band Of pioneers who pushed over the
Alleghanies in the early part Of the
last century and settled along the
banks of the Mississippi river.
In the uncouth environment of the
then little frontier town of Hannibal
the famous author spent his boyhOod
days. Here he fished, hunted and
lounged along the river banks with his
sturdy companions, living a healthy
outdoor existence, which undoubtedly
accounted for his long life, in the face
Of his many Affections.
He attended the little school, but
not being of very studious disposi-
tion, he learned far more from con-
tact with the rough companions whom
he immortalized in later years as
'Huckleberry Finn" and tom Saw
yer," and others of their type.
At the age of twelve his meager
school education was brought to a
sudden close by the death of his IA
ther.
His older brother. Orion S. Glenn
ems, was the proprietor of a printing
shop in the village, and young Sam
Clemens began his journalistic career
there as a printers devil" In the
course Of a few years he learned the
trade as a compositor, and in 1853 he
left his native town and began a wan
dering existence. He journeyed from
place to place, working at his trade in
New York and the principal cities of
the middle west.
But while he gained a vast amount
of experience during his travels. which
proved of the greatest value in the
preparation of some of his works in
later years, this period was rather un-
profitable from a financial standpoint,
and he was finally compelled to return
to his home along the banks of the
great river, in rather Strengthened cir
cumstance.
The life of a steamboat pilot had al
ways appealed to his youthful imagina-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
WHERE UNCLE SAM BUYS HIS INK

The Oldest ink manufacturers in this
country are Thaddeus Davids Co., who
were established in 1925, just eighty.
Eve years ago. They make nothing but
the very best goods, consisting Of
Writing Inks, Mucilage, Paste, Sealing
Wax, etc. Their Electro-Chemical
Writing Fluid is used by every post
Office in the United States. II you
will send them 25 cents in stamps or
coin you will receive by return mail a
bottle of their Melanine Indelible Ink
for marking linen and other fabrics.
The only absolutely indelible ink on
the market. Address Thaddeus Davids
Co., 95 and 81 Van Dam St., New York.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
Dicks Candidate Wins.

Lima, o. Organization Republi-
cans are iubilant over the ap-
pointmelt Of Capt. Albert E. Gale,
Second o. N. G., postmaster, to sue.
ceed Editor w. A. Campbell, following
fight Of more than two years.
This appointment is believed to ce-
ment the Ellis edict that committee
Endorsements will be recognized, Gale
carrying the lost distric: Endorsement.
Gale was indorsed for the once by
Senator Dick and the county cemmit-
tee. Gale was indorsed for the ONCE
hy Senator Dick.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
Former Penitentiary Warden Dies.

Springfield, O.-Elijah G. Coffin,
former warden of the Ohio pen
:tentiary and ex-sheriff of Clark coun-
ty, is dead at his home in this city,
aged so. He had been in failing
health for nearly year. Mr.. Coffin
was a native of South Charleston. He
became prominent in politics there
and was the moving spirit of one of
the events of the underground rail-
road system" in which he boasted to
the day of his death that he and other
leading abolitionists narrowly escaped
the penitentiary.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
Employers Are More Particular.

Cleveland, O.-Fred Lange, super
intendent of the state free EN-.
ployment bureau, says that between
March 25 and April Is inclusive, 74S
men and 41S women were furnished
employment. Zone thing that is to be
noted" said Lange, ''is that superin-
tendents are more exacting in their de-
mands for labor. They want men and
women who are up to the mark in in
telligence and ability. Instead of hir-
ing men who have Just landed they
hire men who are of the the same
nationality"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
rhe usu,I w.v.

1t was little Marion's first day at
Sunday school: her mother had given
her a penny for collection. After Sun
day school was over. her mother no.
tfced that Marion had two pennies.
why, Marion. where did you get that
other penny?" she Queried. -oh. they
passed the pennies and | took one"
was the naive reply.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
didn't understand French.

Mrs. Granger-Silas. I saw a beau
tiful French clock In the jewelers. win
dow when / was in town today. do
wish you would buy it for my Christ
mas present.
Granger-Now. Mandy. there, amt
no use Of wasting good money on q
French clock. Neither Of Us under
stand French. and we'd never be able
10 tsaa what time It va by the thing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
whv Ne wa. s.d

Seymour-Did Grimmer seem to be
very sad after his auto had run down
those two men?
Ashley-Not at first: but when met
him few days after the accident he
was the saddest man had ever seen.
He told me be would have to pay So.
900 In damages"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
ESCAPED CONVICT RETAKEN
Fugitive from Ohio Penitentiary Cap
tured While Hiding in Barn
Near Delaware.

Delaware, O.-John E. Potter, one
Of the convicts who escaped from
the Ohio penitentiary, was captured at
Radnor, eight miles north of this city,
by Officer Frank Vining of this city.
Vining was one of party composed
of peniteutiary officials who engaged
in the search.
Potter was lame as a result of a fall
while scaling the wall at the peniten-
tiary and was nearly famished.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28

There are in this world two kinds
Of natures-those that have wings.
and those that have feet-the winged
and the walking spirits. The walking
are the logicians: the winged are the
instructive and poetic-Harriet Beech
er Stowe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-04-28
Good Illustration,

Mrs. Bridgewhist-What is the sub
ject of Mrs. Suffragette's lecture this
afternoon?
Mrs. Clubwoman-The disasters Of
married life.
Mrs. Bridgewhist-I suppose she
will have her husband on the platform
as an exhibit?-Stray Stories.