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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
WAITED FOR THE PERMISSION
Little Ones, Tired Of Church Services,
.. Left Sacred EdIfies as They
Would the School.

When the late Philip Aud Harrison
Srown, rector of st. Johns chapel,
was young man, he used to go to
Maine for the summer" said a Trim.
fly trustee In New York. "Dr Brown
often told OF an unforgettable incident
connected with one of his first Maine
sermons.
1.-Two children had come to church
alone, and the minister noticed them
from the start of his discourse They
sat In great, high-backed pew, side
by side, very solemn.
After awhile they got tired. Evil
IDENTIFY they thought that church ell.
quette was the same as the etiquette
OF the village school. They climbed
down from their pew. and the boy took
his tiny sister by the hand and led
her up the aisle, stopping In front of
the preacher
please, sir. he said, may We 10
homer
Yes, said Mr. Brown
"And they turned and soberly d.
parted. hand In hand" Los Angeles
Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
RAILROAD TQA|NMEN
Cairo Lodge initiated New Members
Matters Pertaining to Big
-Four Discussed.

A business meeting was held by
Lodge No. 1871, brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen, last night at the Ar
nory hall for the purpose of discuss
ing matters pertaining to the welfare
of employed men ON the Cairo di-
vision of the Big Four T. E. Thur
man presided. Louis Riddle, James
Wright. w l.. Harrahan, II. A.
Deputy and J, Kincella were initiated
into the brotherhood Those In at.
tendance were: RI E. Bethlehem and
A. H. Leonard of Mt, Carmel, j. A.
Weber of stonefort. Ed, Boykin. Dan
Hunt, j. J, Kuykendall, Jr., Fow Rob
inson, H. A. Deputy, Sam Johnson, o.
S. Smith, B. d. McCabe. c. Hacker,
A. ]. Tidwell, A, o. Phelps, r. e.
Childress, Ct w. Feltes and P. w.
Phillips.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
WAS HELPING OUT PORTER
Vet Somehow Weary Travellers Tx
PLANTATION Did Not satisfy the +
Hotel People.

The weary traveller had gotten to
the hotel very late and had barely
settled himself for rest when the por
ter came upstairs to waken man
across the hall, who was going out
on the three o'clock train.
Bang. bang bang,hang! he thun'
dered with his fists upon the door In
the approved hotel fashion.
The man who was going away m.
swered. Presently he departed and
the weary traveller sank to rest again
"T3an-bang-hang- bang" came a roar
from the corridor. The porter was
awakening a man who was to leave on
the four o'clock train,
The weary traveller swore few
stanzas and once more sank to sleep.
but only for a moment. "Bang-bans.
bang.bang!" came the alarm once
more. 1t was the porter awakening
the man In the room to the left who
was going to leave on the five o'clock
train
At nine o'clock red.eyed and sui
len man came downstairs carrying his
suit case and hair brush. Stepping
up to the clerks desk he beat on the
desk with 1t until the thunders brought
the entire staff to the front.
What do you mean by thisf de-
manded the angry clerk.
"Oh. this Is merely courtesy"
said the traveller. "Your porter awak-
ened me three times last night by
battering on the doors OF other rooms
and then forgot to call me at eight
o'clock, am really doing his work
for him"
But so stupid were the hotel ON
eials that they refused either to be
grateful or Observation-Disclosures
Sunday Magazine OF the Pittsburg
Dispatch. -
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03

advise tourists to carry their own fun
mel with them. Good lubricatingh oil
was not found SO readily, and should
advise carrying sufficient quantity
for a run of five hundred miles. In
the large cities automobiles are COM
monty Used But the Russian does
not appear to be tourist, for during
our visit we only met two automo-
biles on the high road.
Relations with the people were
always satisfactory. Whenever we
'euuired help 1t was given willingly,
and the natives always seemed to he
satisfied with the payment we offered
them Horses were very readily
frightened in the country districts,
AMI it is not surprising that two or
.hree minor accidents occurred. At
Srest-L itewski near the Polish boun
larry line, we were stopped and
charged with killing boy. On inves-
tigation we discovered that after
passing a wagon on the road some
distance back, the horse pulling 1t
ran away and threw out man on the
road, who was somewhat hurt, but
not at all severely. The party ev-
identity thought there was an oppor-
tunity of getting some money out of
the foreigners. and requested that the
| chief OF police arrest Us On making
them a present Of so roubles we were
allowed to go free.
Runaway Adventure.
Near kelze, between Warsaw and
| Cracow, we had another runaway ven
!ture. A team of horses on hearing
our approach took fright and ran.
The driver, after trying to hold them
for some time, dropped the reins and
let them run. The farm wagon, CON
ttaining six or eight people, swayed
| from side to side for about one hun
drcd yards, then overturned. watched
breathlessly until everyone had
picked himself up. then advanced
slowly. It WIS ut the entrance TO q
small village, and soon we were sur
rounded by mob of Toles, the driver
Of the cart lying down in front OF
the auto so that we could not move,
crying and tearing his hair, saying
one of his horses was killed. After
Itelephoning to Kelze and getting the
help of the police we were set free
on paying three roubles, which we
considered pretty lucky.
There were even more formalities
hours in advance of the intention to
Under the police regulations, 1t Is
necessary to give notice twentyfour
hours inadvance of the intention to
depart, and to state through what
frontier station it Is intended to pass
There was again a very complete yex
animation OF the auto and its occu'
pants, but very little desire to refund
the duty we had deposited on enter
ing. We considered it a more simple
matter to give power of attorney tc
La friendly newspaper editor at War
saw. rather than to collect the money
ourselves. We discovered later that
teven he did not get it back without
a good deal of Formally and annoy
i ance."
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
BUILDING ACTIVITY
ADDITION !. 70 CAIRO CREAMERY
W WILL. GIVE 1900 FEET 1,
FLOOR SPACE.
Ms. FafroN's Flat Nearly Completed
NJ. HYMNS oeeupied--Ahau.
y Lsek Making improvements
--others In Prospect.

rhe Cairo Creamery il erecting q
tho story NbrIck building facing Rail
rood street to connect with and in
the rear Ut their three story brick
building No. 4o2 Commercial avenue.
The new addition Ii, to be built around
the Did frame wall which will be torn
down when the brick ID completed
This addition will give ibid Company
4 total sof twelve thousand feet OF
floor space.
The addition recently built on
Fourth street Is now In use by this
prosperous company and adds greatly
to the appearance Of the street.
The handsome new apartment
btiidfng being built by Mrs. III. o.
Farfow at Fifth street and washing
ten avenue to be known as the Fran
ciss" Ii rapidly nearing completion
and viii be ready for occupancy By
the flhsts of February. The apart.
rnents are rl1odernly designed and
are even nicer than those OF the Far
row
The floor of the building at 81
Eighth street, recently vacated b.
James Coleman. and owned by Angu'
Leek, has been torn out and q new
one will be pub down; the walls hav'
been taken down also ON the cas-
ada north, sides to be set out farthe
AID increase the size OF the huitdin,
materially. II viii be nicely fitted NJ
Inside TOR saloon purposes aH
MI Humans new apartment hous'
at. oil Walnut stret' has been com
t,leted some, time and il occupied ii
part BY w. r. Wall and family. Mr.
and Mrs. ~ l.. Harris will occup.
the other part.
Plans are nearly completed by Ar
chttect Kusener for the fine house :,
be erected by Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. r
Wenger on the old Williamson prem
Uses ON washington avenue. There i
some difficulty about getting per
init to remove the old building. but
the permit is not gotten it will b,
torn down and carted away.
Work on the station for the Trac
tion Co. will begin in spring. It will
be located just above the Marx build
ing on Commercial avenue filing n
unsightiy lot with an attractive
structure.
A long LIST of uermits for ney
buildings have been granted by tn
city council during the last few
months which promise good progress
for the city during the present year
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
Concerning Argument,

Certain people seem to arouse the
spirit of arguing In each other Some
times they are husband and wife;
sometimes they are friends. or ne,.ly
acquaintance. II usually begins when
the people are involved In situations
where their interests clash. So they
argue about those interests. Gradu.
ally the state Of mind excited by a,gu.
ing becomes fixed. 1t makes tie co.
pie argue even when there is no clash
OF interest. Often they don't realize
that they are arguing. They think
they are merely stating honest orln-
ions. What they are really doip, Ia
expressing resentment Nearly al.
ways 1t il feeling that controls the
mind.--John Barry In Hsrpcr's Ba-
Ear,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
CAIRO & THEBES RAILROAD
AS PART OF GOULD SYSTEM
Report That Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt
Roads Will Take Cairo Property Nov Shut
Out OF Cairo

of the Cairo e. Thebes charter that
no railroad running into Cairo should
acquire the property.
It is understood that Cairo shippers
would be much pleased il these rail-
roads would acquire the Cairo &
Thebes property and operate 1t. and
that the grain men alone have prom
ised the roads 500 cars Of fre;ght. pcr
month out of and into this city.
Heavy lumber traffic also; would 10
developed, and the General merchan-
disc business would be much heavier,
although 1t has been always very
heavy b"
The difficulty regarding the The es
Bridge connection would be elimina.
ted. as the Goulds have a large in.
terest there, and the Iron Mountain
would acquire direct line from St.
Louis to Cairo on either side of the
river.
1t is stated that already the Iron
Mountain has made a reduction in
given rates for Cairo of four cents
per 100, which places this city, on an
equality with st. Louis in the south
west territory.
1t stands to reason that some live
1y construction work must be. done
very soon to complete the. road from
Cairo to Thebes within the time slip
ulated in the franchise ordinance; and
it is reported that the matter OF own.
ership will be settled in very short
while. ls!,tNgHTT
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03

There has been strong lalh 10
some days past that the Iron NOUN
tain railroad Tor Gould eystem) VIII
acquire the Cairo & Thebes railroai
property. That negotiations nave
been pending for some time is known,
also that the only matter at issue was
hat of what should be paid for the
Cairo terminal franchise is ma'er
IF knowledge, 1t is stated that .he
IRON Mountain people have ret tna'
price demanded for this franchise is
too great, In view OF the fact that "
was gotten for nothing, in the sense
that no cash was paid for II.
The Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt
railroads have been compelled 70
abandon Birds Point. and for some
time past have not brought any
trains into Cairo, transferring pas
sengers by steamer. and running It's
freight trains over the Illinois Cen
trail. The ice and low water, nave
now compelled the steamers to STOP
and all business must come and nc
via Thebes bridge over the Illinois
Central or Mobile & Ohio and 9. 4
Il. |. The Cotton Belt has abandoned
its Cairo passenger business entlrel!
and the Iron Mountain is running on
ly one train instead of two, leaving
the Big Four station and going VII
the Mobile C Ohio. These. road
have therefore no road into Cairo an
would not come under the prohibition
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
LASCARS
Returned to Sinking Ship to Get
Their Money, and e Went
Down-shipsl collided.

London, Jan. 1.-THE British steam
crs Ayrshire, for Durham, and Ar
4 adian.. for Glasgow. collided 10, a fog
this morning in the Irish channel. The
frcadian sank In Ave minutes. All
her crew scrambled aboard the Ayre-
shire, bnt twelve Lascars returned to
k-ttheir money and were drowned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
$500 THROWN OUT OF WORK.

Sterling, ILL.,, Jan, 2.-The dam OF
the Keystone plant of the rnterna-
tional Harvester. company on Rock
river was washed out by high water
tonight causing loss of fifty thous-
and dollars and throwing 1900 men
out of work.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
rAo.AMEa,cAN DISPLAYS.

Granda, Nicaragua, JAN 2.--There
WIS a spontaneous demonstration by
the citizens OF Granada today in favor
IL President Taft. Secretary OF. Stale
nox. and the United States. on ths
occasion Of the visit. In arpfivate a
paeisM rof Captains Gulick ellison and
I tile Of the marine corps, from the
cruiser Buffalo
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
mAENNERcHoR BLOW OUT"

All passive and honorary members
of the Germania Maennenehor are
cordially invited to attend their an
nual New Years blow out" and as
sist in celebrating-to take place at
the hall, corner Washington avenue
and Twelfth street, this monday
evening.
Joe Raeth, Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
$4,000 FIRE,

Richmond Va. Jan. 2.-Fire de-
sroyed the Majestic theatre, postoffice
and all but one of the twenty-six bust.
ness houses in the hamlet OF Holland,
twelve miles from Suffolk, Va, last
night and rendered half the towns in.
habitants homeless. The total loss is
estimated at st50,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
LuRroN IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, Jan. Judge Horace
Fl. Lurton, who will be sworn in as
associta justice of the United States
supreme court at noon tomorrow, ar
rived in Washington today. With him
were Mrs. Lurton, their son, Horace
Fl, Lurton. Jr.. his wife, and their six
year old son, Horace II. Lurton, III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03

stead, c. e. Armstrong. Ed Carey, l..
e. Fischer w. B. Thistlewood, D. s.
Lansden, H. X, Halliday, e. A. Smith,
Angus Leek, l.. E. Denison, F. d. Mel
lis, Jehn l.. Parham. J. Fl. Galligan, G.
Beck, E. NJ. Kelly, %. NJ. Kelly, c. O.
Patier c. v. Neff. H. w. Tolle, Fl. H.
Halliday, P. Saup, N. B. Thistlewood
and Judge ]. NJ. Lansden.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
FIREMAN LOSES LIFE.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Fire destroyekthe
building occupied by the r. w Will
marth Gas Fixture Co, and the In
terror Mantle and Supply Co. in the
downtown district of the city tonight,
entailing loss OF 100000. William
G. Ball, fireman, lost his life in the
flames.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
DIAZ VISITS ZELAYA.

Mexico City, Jan. president
Diaz tonight called on Jose Santos
Zelaya. at the Palace Hotel. where
the former president of Nicaragua has
been staying since his arrival in Mex
leo The president was in company
Of the Nicaraguan for nearly an hour.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
UMPIRES SIGNED.

Freeport, H.. Jan PERSISTENT
Mol, Of the Observation-Disclosures league,
has signed the following umpires for
the season of 1910: Pat Wright,
Springfield L. w. Jacks, Boston; j.
Pollock, Kewanee. H.; D. Eldridge,
Ann Arbor, Mich; George Fry, Gin
cinnati, and ]. s. Rathhum, Indianap'
oils
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
RISE BRINGS RELIEF.

st. Louis. Jan. with a total
damage to shipping estimated at $780,
600 from the breaking up of the ice
gorges in the Mississippi river during
the last twenty-four hours, the rise in
the river this afternoon brought re-
lief,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.

Riverside, Cal. Jan. 2--This city
was completely cut off from railroad
communication with the outside world
today as result of the floods and
wash-outs. Hundreds of vegetable
gardens are inundated.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
ARIZONA MAY HAVE FLOOD.

Phoenz, Ariz.. Jan. Rain has
been falling over central arizona since
Friday night, The accumulated snow
In the mountains has melted and the
streams are rising.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
THos. 3. GORDON DEAD.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Jan, 2.--Thon1as b.
Gordon. aged So years, a cousin Of
General John B. Gordon, the noted
confederate leader. died today near
here. Gordon was a -Forty-niner,"
snrlng- crossed the plains in quest Of
gnld III California. He returned to &C.
Jnsern n the close " the civil warI
end las lived W sIass,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY,

LOST-White ostrich feather fan,
December 2Sth, on Elm or Twenty
eigth streets. Return to 2514 Elm and
receive reward. Mrs. Arthur Thistle
wood
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
DAVIS GUARD DIES.

Philadelphia, Jan. Rev. John
William Kaye, who was the personal
guard of Jefferson Davis when the
latter was confined In Fortress Mon
roe. died here today, aged GA years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03

The only Cairo paper with ~ seq
vice Of the Associated Press Y The
Bull0ttl,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
InE WEATHER
y..tersay. Cairo Temperature.
seneralf Conditions.

General Conditions. ar ).
/. The day was 1oggy and trace q
rain fell. There was little movement
in the air. 4.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03
Tl,HE,
Forecasts, For Today.

Forecasts, For Today.
lilinois:s Washington, Jan. Rain
or snow Monday. and probably Tues
DAY. somewhat lower temperature;
snCderate, north and northeast winds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-03

In Cairo nearly everybody reads thu
Bulletin.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
Bunyan's Wicket Gate.

In the village Of Elstow there IS
abundant material that is visibly asso-
ciated with John Bunyan. The isolat-
ed church tower contains the very
bells I'm the ringing of which Bunyan
rejoiced and afterward trembled.
Above all there must be mentioned the
wicket gate which figures early in the
story Of Pilgrims Progress" The
wicket gate Of "Pilgrim's Progress" is
commonly represented as garden
gate or a turnpike gate, but really the
term denotes small doorway cut out
or a large door. Concealed behind a
tree at the west end OF Elstow church
is just such a small doorway in the
broad wooden surface Of the great
door. Through this lowly opening
Bunyan must often have passed when
a boy.-Hanper's Weekly.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
A HealthfnI co.tumn.

When the Fraser highlanders landed
In North America In 1857. it was pro-
posed 20 change the dress on account
Of the cold winters and hot summers.
The officers successfully opposed this
and were ultimately justified by the
highlanders being the healthiest sol
diers I'm the army. In the campaign in
Holland in 1894 some regiments lost as
many as 800 from disease, but the
Black Watch, which had 300 recruits
in fits ranks, had only twenty-five cas-
ualties, including the killed in battle,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
Tho Lilies,

Two thousand years ago It was sup
posed that water lilies closed their
flowers at night and retreated far un-
der water, to emerge again at sunrise.
This was Pliny's view, and 1t was not
lmpeached until the English botanist
John Ray In 1858 first doubted its
veracity. The great lily of Zanzibar.
one of the grandest Of the lily family,
opens its flowers, ten inches wide, be.
tween IL In the morning and in the
afternoon. They are OF the richest
royal blue, with from $50 to 200 golden
stamens In the center. and they remain
open four or five days. 1t is not gen.
orally known that there are lilies that
have nocturnal habits-night boomers
as well as day boomers. They are
very punctual timekeepers. too, open
Ing and closing with commendable reg
ularity. 200 IIE !o Hsig.t ~
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
The Arts, end tho critic.

Sidney Cooper, the English artist,
happening one day to visit the Royal
academy, where some Of his works
we're on exhibition. while couple Of
critics were examining the pictdres
strolled up TO where they were stand
ing At that moment the younger Of
the two critics exclaimed. ANY ma
chine could turn out sheep like thatr'
Mr. Cooper put his hand In his pock-
ct. produced his card and, handing It
to the newspaper man, said. with gray.
ity, IF you will kindly send that ma
chine to this address when completed
TN send n check for 81 900 to the in.
stitute for decayed Journalists"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
TWO STOCK DEALS.
Sherwood Took Floods Boaet and
Later Handed IL Back.

Later 1andcd IL Back.
In Joseph l.. Kings History of the
San Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board" is this story Of Flood and
Sherwood:
In the early days, in the seventies.
quite a number of operators would
gather together in Cahll's Office on
Montgomery street. near California.
Among them were Mr. James G. Flood
and Mr.. Robert Sherwood. Sherwood
had 1000 Consolidated Virginia. tho
stock selling at aboxt 500. One day
Sherwood, on looking at the prices,
remarked that he was getting tired Of
that Consolidated Virginia; It did not
move much. Mr.. Flood said: What
are you growing about? If you are
tired Of that stock 1 will take It off
your hands at 500" "Sold," said
Sherwood, and the stock changed
hands.
LIZ course OF time the Nevada bank
building was erected on the corner of
Pine and Montgomery streets. On
meeting Sherwood one day Mr.. Flood
remarked, I'VE built that Nevada
block on the profits Of that ], 900 shares
or Consolidated virginia you sold U.S."
Subsequently. In the Sierra Nevada
and Union deal, Mr. Flood approached
Sherwood on the street and bought
from him 5000 Union mt 5000 a share,
the transaction footing up 100000.
Sherwood built the Union block, on
the gore corner OF Pine. Davis and
Market streets. Meeting Flood one
day. he remarked, II built that Union
block with the profits OF that 5000
Union ] sold you."
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
The DANCING Mania.

The dancing mania" of the middle
ages came on the heels Of the great
plague known as the "black death"
1t was some sort of nervous disease
and is now supposed to have been
what is known as est. Vitus' dance"
1T began in the year 1874 at Aix-la-
Chapelle and spread all over Germany.
the Netherlands and Italy. The dan
GERS formed circles hand in hand and
appearing TO have lost all reason, con-
tlnued dancing, regardless Of the by
ISLANDERS, for hours together until In
their wild delirium they fell to the
ground I'm sheer exhaustion. Painting
and foaming at the mouth, they would
suddenly spring up and begin the
dance again. TO be again exhausted
and so on until they died. The mania
involved millions OF people.
-.at.<9Karf1u.<Hse
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
The Twelve JurYnnen.

4 prisoner Is tried by twelve Of his
fellow COuutrymen. This custom Is
thousand years old. and we get II from
the vikings. The vikings divided their
country up into cantOns. which were
subdivided into twelve portions. each
under a chieftain. When maiefactot
was brought 10 justice II was usual
Tor each chieftain TO select man from
the district over which he ruled and
compel him TO try the prisoner. tho
verdict OF these twelve men being de
clared by the judge to be final
s,
sv.suwws~z
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-27
The Speed Of Limit

Light holds the record for high speed
lmong all moving things that have
been measured. it travels at the rate
" 328,O2S,SO0 yards second. This is
'aster than thinking, even by the most
mick witted person. Let any reader
try to think the simplest thought and
hen with the aid OF a stop watch
1ote how long It has taken him to
think It. He will then be able to IN
derstand how slow his mental opera
tlonsyare compared to the speed OF
Ishk