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The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
CHAPTER VII.
A Shell Is Cast.

1
! 1t was hers! She did not believe II,
1t had been done too quickly. 1t
seemed to her she had hardly felt
Harry slip 1t on her finger before
they had left the shop; that she had
hardly shaken of the musty inclosed
atmosphere, before Harry had left her
on the corner of California and Powell
streets-left her alone with the ring!
She went over whole dramas-im.
aginary histories Of chance and cir.
cumstance-woven about the ring, as
she walked up and down the long
windy hills, westward and homeward,
the blue bay on the one hand beaten
green under the rising trade" and
the fog coming in before her. With
the experience Of the morning, and
the exercise and the lively air, her
spirits were riding high. From time
to time she had the greatest longing
to peep again at the sapphire, but not
until the house door had closed after
her did she dare draw off her glove
and look. 1t was still glorious. What
pity she must take 1t of.
But even In the refuge of her own
rooms the ring incircled Flora with
unease. The light Of 1t on her finger
made her restless. 1t wasn't that she
was apprehenslve OF 1t, but she could
not forget 1t. She could hear the
maid Marrlka moving about in the
room beyond. She slipped It of her
finger on to the dressing table, and 1t
lay among her laces like purple
prism, cast by some unearthly sun In
magic glass. She had jewels. ru.
bies even-the most precious-but
nothing that gave her this sense OF In.
dividual beauty, of beauty SO keen as
to be disturbing. She emptied her
Jewel casket In a glittering heap
around It. 1t shone out unquenched
Marrika was coming in. and quickly
Flora swept the jewels and the sap.
phire back into the casket, turned the
key upon them and thrust 1t back in
the far corner Of the drawer. She
would give every one great surprise
when the ring was properly set. She
glanced nervously over her shoulder
to see II Marrika had noticed her
action. The Russian had been NOV.
Ing to and fro between the wardrobe
and the dressing table with a droning
thread Of song.
All the while Flora was being
combed and laced and hooked her
eyes were alertly on the dressing
table drawer that remained little
open; and presently she caught her.
self vaguely specializing on how, after
she had been fastened up and into her
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
tTo BE coNTINUED)
Tho Oasis Of Love.

The minds eye shows us love az the
oasis In the Sahara OF life: 30. to-
gether, two set out to seek the haven
OF rest In the great journey. But, a.
the travellers approach, their paradise
rscedes; in Just such measure as the
pilgrims hasten, their Mecca retreats.
Love Is a witching chimera-lifs's
most beautiful optical delusion.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
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SYNOPSIS.

At private view Of the Chatworth per-
sonal estate. to be sold at auction. the
Ghatworth ring mysteriously disappears.
Harry cressy. who was present, describes
the ring to his fancee. Flora Gilsey. and
Ing like heather god, with q beautiful
sapphire set in the head. Flora discov-
srs an unfamiliar mood in Harry. espe-
cially when the ring Is discussed. She
attends ladies night" at the club and
meets MT. Kerr, an Englishman. 1t comes
out that the missing ring has been known
~ the Crew idol Its disappearance re-
calls the exploits of Farrell Wand. an
English thief. Flora has fancy that
Harry and Kerr are concerned in the
mystery. Kerr tells Flora that he has
him. A reward Of $4,000 is offered for the
return Of the ring. Harry admits to Flora
that he dislikes Kerr. They make an ap-
continent to select an engagement ring.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
To Clear Vinegar Cruets.

To keep a vinegar cruet SHINING
and Gle is not easy, as many a
housewi g can testify. The neck Of
the cruet being narrow, usual bottle
cleaning methods are futile.
After washing the bottle with hot
soapsuds and rinaing thoroughly u
few hard beans can be inserted in the
bottle, which is then almost filled
with water, to which a few drops a
ammonia have been added. Shaking
the beans around will remove incrus-
tation from the sides
A long-handled paint brush with a
full, thick but not broad brush, is ey,
cellent to clean out cruets II can
be dipped in a solution Of soda or
boraX
One housekeeper saves and dries
her egg Shells ana puts them in her
cruets, which are half filed with
soapy water After shaking thor
oughly. until the bottles are clean,
the cruets are washed and rinsed
with cold water, followed by hot wa
ter
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
P|NCHOT SCORES
SOL|C|T0RM 'CABE
W 0 ABOL S HE . THE COL
LEGIATE TRAINING OF FOR
LISTERS BY U. S.
PROSTITUTION OF LAW
is Way He Characterizes Action of Nc
Cabe as Temporary Head of
Service After His Dis
missal.

New York, Feb. 9.-Pinchot de
Tended the forest service rangers III
a speech before the National Arts
Club tonight, bitterly assaiIed THE
action OF Solicitor McCabe. of the
agricultural department. who, as tenn
Iporaray chief for three or four days
after Pinchot's dismissal abolished
the collegiate training of foresters at
the governments expense,
This action Pinchot described as q
secret attack on the service, prosti-
tuition of law, a method so effectively
fused by special interests against the
people and a cruel, needless loss. -
Pinchot characterized McCabe's acuon
ms the best legs of the Illustration Of
lrecent years of how a public officer
under the pretext of obedience To the
law may traffic with and abuse ii TO
public injury
He said: "McCabe, learning Of the
ranger schools at -FOUR universities,
ltelegraphed the field disbursing Off
GERS TO pay no expense connected
with them. The kilograms We're kept
from every member of the service in
Washington except the stenographer
who wrote them. A letter was sent
tt the comptroller asking for speedy
advance decision on the legality OF
the ranger schools. The letter was
so framed as to secure n decision
against the schools.
The forest service must have
trained rangers, and can get them on
ly by training them after they enter
the service, The solicitor, charged
with promoting the legal welfare of
the agricultural department, was in
honor and duty bound to forward the
work Of the forest service by every
lawful means, Yet he led a secret at
tack upon il and saw that no attempt
to defend its course would be made
Thy anybody
Two hundred OF the young men in
the forest service were ordered to
those schools for instruction. These
rangers were working for 5000 to
$4,000 year. They lose not only
their pay for the time they attend
schools, but the money advanced from
their own pockets for travelling and
otherexpenses.
The loyalty Of these rangers IS
shown by the fact that half of them
stayed at the schools at their own
expense. The country cannot afford
TO let that devotion stand unrepaid,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10

There is not the loud acclaim which
distinguishes the events of the earlier
season.
In Latin-American countries the
period of forty days is observed
strictly in accord with the rules OF
the church and all attempts at viola
ton either in public or private are
Regulated by the best classes.
Even the worldly feel the signitl
canoe of the season and without
knowing it, yield to certain extent
to its influence. To the people in the
churches it is a season of preparation
for the Easter festival which follows
Good Friday
Yesterday throughout the Christian
world services were held, for while
it is not the day of greatest solemnity
II is one of the principal feasts of the
Christian year, With Good Friday
the Lenten season comes to a close
and the arrival of Easter follows,
marking the resurrection in all things.
Spring awakens and the world is glad
and sings a Joyous Easter anthem.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
IMPORTANT ACTION TODAY.

According to The Bulletins very
full dispatch from Springfield this
morning, today will be an exciting day
in the state senate. A vote is 10 be
taken on two very important bills, the
primary election bill and the water
ways bill. Some amendments to the
former were agreed to yesterday.
notably one striking out all reference
to legislative candidates. Provisions
relating to Legislative candidates have
been the most serious stumbling
blocks in former primary election
laws, which were declared unconsti-
tutional by the supreme court; and it
is believed the bill Eow about to be
passed will stand the test in the
court. The bin fixes the time for the
1910 primary at Sept. Is.
In the debate on the waterways bill
Senator Potter of this district re-
ferred to the newly organized Missis-
sippi Valley Transportation Co. as be-
ing behind the bill Senator Potter
may or may not be right; but If he is,
there is nothing so awful about it
nothing more so than If company
organized to build great railroad
that would be great benefit to the
country as developer. were behind
a bill to grant it right-of,way through
a comparative wilderness. With equal
force it might be objected that score
or more OF corporations engaged in
manufacturing We're behind the bill
because they hoped to secure motive
power from the state at reasonable
rates. And yet this is one of the
strongest arguments in favor of the
canal from every point of view. An
other important item in the news
story relates to measure in which
Cairo is directly interested. The pur.
pose is to amend the Board of Elec-
ton Commissioners law under which
Cairo will hold its first election next
April. The proposed amendments are
all good and ought to be passed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
ON ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN.

II takes fair woman to stir up tins
prosac old world, with its stupid laws
ami regulations, classifications, re
strictions. tariffs and taxes. What a
l,dull place it would ne without them.
Without them all men and their works
could be pigeon-holed with such mo,
|notonous precision that all interest
would be lost in life. With them no
body knows what his neishbor is like
iy to do.
The navy just now is being dangled
by its heels. just Because of slip OF
girl OF course, the young lady was
perfectly innocent in setting things
topsy,turvy. 1t was not her fault that
married doctor took her picture
when she was not looking 1t was
not her fault that young paymaster
in the navy should have resented the
doctors action. 1t was not her fault
that the paymaster knocked the doe
tor down end that the doctors wife
brought the entire matter to the at
tentiOn of the secretary OF the navy
Anybody who blames anything on
fair woman should be shot and quar-
tered. 1t is not their fault that they
have limpid eyes. like wet violets. It
is not their fault that they are able
to use those eyes to their best adyan.
taco II iS MT THAR fapIt that rhny
have clear skin and glorious hair.
And certainly it is not their fault if
men insist on acting foolishly about
them, -fNashington Post
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
IN FAVOR OF HAWKS AND OWLS

Does it pay the farmers TO protect
hawks and owls? Any farmer who has
studied the habits of these birds win
admit that 1t does, according to J. w.
Franzin OF the Minneapolis public
library museum, in Farm, Stock and
Home. Of all the hawks and owls OF
eastern North America only the coop
ers and sharp-shinned hawk and the
great horned owl can be said to be
more harmful than useful. Hawks
and owls are the natural enemies OF
gophers, field mice and other harmful
rodents, which, if left unchecked,
would Increase in such numbers as TO
make farming Improbable II not i'm
possible. These birds are also great
destroyers OF grasshoppers. locusts and
other Insects. What are farmers do
ing to protect these birds? AS gem
era rule they are not shot on sight.
Truly signal reward for their SER
vices
In 1885 an act was passed in the
state of Pennsylvania known as the
scalp act, a bounty OF 80 cents was
offered for each hawk and owl killed
within the state Tint state paid out
bounty on over 100000 birds. The
farmers were satisfied that the chick
en- killers were destroyed. About two
years later the gophers, field mice
and noxious insects appeared in such
numbers that the farmers were pow
erless to deal with them. The result
Of this foolish act was that the farm
ers suffered a loss of nearly s4000,000
In a year and half. DR.. Fisher OF
Washington has found that 80 per
cent OF the food OF the red-shouldered
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10

hawk, commonly called chicken-hawk,
consists of injurious mammals and In
seots: while 200 castings Of the barn
owl contained the skulls Of Asa small
mammals, no less than 22j of these
being skulls of destructive field or
meadow mice.
No hawk or owl should be killed
without being first given fair trial.
It may only be a certain individual
that is killing chickens II this one
is found guilty and shot it will gen.
orally be all that is needed. One
should not condemn the whole tribe
for the wrong-dOing of a few. A pair
of barn owls on farm are equal to
half ,.ozen cats. Encourage the
presence of these useful birds on your
farm and you will be well paid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
The Soda Saith.

There is a fancy just now for tax
ing soda baths. This is not only
good for the skin making it smooth
and fine. but is advised as a cure for
rheumatic tendencies.
Such 9 bath Is possible to anyone,
as all that is necessary is a box of
baking soda and plenty of warm wa.
ter, The amount of soda used de-
ponds upon the senstiyeness of ones
skin. Half a te&2upful to a bath is
good proportion.
Be careful not to take washing
soda instead of Jicarbonate of soda
or the ordinary baking soda. The
above proportions of the former would
probably leave , skinless, or at
least would make it harsh and dry
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE"

Washington, Feb. Absolutely
untrue" said Solicitor McCabe char
acterizing Pinchots charge that he
shut off the instruction of forest
rangers without consulting anybody
McCabe said he discussed the matter
with the chiefs of the various diyis.
ions. then with Secretary Wilson. who
suggested that the affair be lodged
with the comptroller of the treasury,
which was done. The comptroller
ruling was according 10 law, stripped
'uf all sentiment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
IMPORTANT DAY AT
CONCLUDED from First Page,)

to the Gulf Deep Waterway bill, in
the discussion of Senator Juuls bill
|pryiding for the renewal of the bridge
below Ruby street and the bridge a
mile north of Ruby street, near the
sanitary district power house, both
crossing the river at Joliet Senator
John Mckenzie declared that there
was "a niger in the wood pile some,
where, and pointedly asked the ques.
ton, isn't this bill intended to help
the Mississippi Valley Transportation
company to sell its stock?'
JUL replied that il looked to him
that some gentlemen were attempting
to bring in outside things in an eff0rc
to kill the bill, to which Mckenzie re-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
THE SEASON OF FASTING.

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday in
the church calendar. the first day of
Lent, or forty-day fast to commemo.
rate the forty days of Chrst's fast i'll
the wilderness. 1t will be very gen.
orally observed by church people of
Cairo.
With regard to the origin of Chris
tian fasts opinions differ, says the
Memphis CommercialAppeal. The
most common is, that Telesphorus
bishop of Rome, in the middle of the
second century first instituted the
forty days fast as rule of the
church.
Pope Gregory the Great, in the year
GOO, made Ash Wednesday the begin
ming OF this fast, and the day before
was called the fast eve, because in
the night of this day the fast reall,
beings. Since then the period has
been concentrated in all Christian
churches, not in some of them will
the vigorous reverence that marks
the period OF penance in the Catholi,
and Episcopal churches, but with ;
proper realization of what the season
commentaries.
Aside from its religious and spirit
uai importance. Lent is season 0
rest for the body as well as the soul
Society feels the season. The socia
world nreeps into subdued atmos
phere Of silence. The temper OF tn
I Ieu*eA function becomes softenai
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
AN INCENDIARY FIRE
Gle Of kindIng and Strong Smell Of
Coal Oil Reported by Fire
men This Morning.

The men at fire station No. We're
called out early this morning to a fire
at a house on Sixteenth street, be
tween Washington avenue and Walnut
streets. The men found unmistakable
proof of inCendiarism There We're the
remnants Of kndling burning at the
corner of the house which was ablaze
and there was a strong smell Of coal
oil. Fortunately the fire was discoN-
|ered before It had made much head
way and the boys extinguished it be
fore much damage was done.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10

torted: 1T seems to me that it is
wrong TO saddle more taxes upon the
people to carry out the terms Of the
bill. There is something away back
and beyond the men interested in this
measure, who are back in the woods IS
Senator Potter broke III at this
juncture and named the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company, a
St Louis corporation, as the thing in
the woods Senator Mckenzie was hit
ting at. This company was organized.
ii is reported. following President
Taft's trip to New Orleans by water
last October.
Senator Barr, of Joliet, explained
that the bill followed the suggestions
set forth in a special message sent to
the legislature by Governor Deneen,
1T seeks to require the sanitary dis
trict to do things it agreed to do
years ago, declared Barr.
The bill was advanced to third real-
ing with the intention of calling it
up for passage tomorrow
Election Commissioners.
Senator, Breidts bill radically
amending the board of election com
missioners' law. now in force in Chi,
cago, Springfield, East st Louis, Dan
vile, Galesburg aud Cairo, was al
.yanced 10 a third reading in the sen.
ate this evening. The important
amendments carried by the BILL
briefly summarized. are:
Permitting election Of commissions
to name Judges and clerks to serve in
precincts other than those in which
they live, but must be from the same
ward in which they live; compelling
judges and clerks to serve with severe
penalties for neglect of duty; requir-
ing police chief to submit commits
sioners list Of policemen detailed 10
the respective voting precincts; re.
curing judges and clerks to jot down
in registers height and weight Of
voters; providing that judges of cleo,
ton need not be householders; sim,
DIfying the form Of tallying; making
the commissioners political officers
and not municipal officers: providing
for revision of registration before
every election whether special elec
ton or otherwise.
The important One.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
THERE'S NO hanger.

Camille Flammarion, the French
astronomer, in 4 letter published in
New York Tuesday, says the yaporous
tail of Halley's comet will envelop the
earth May 49, For several hours
he says, we will be immersed in the
gaseous caudal appendage whose
chemical constitution is stin little
known. The comet viii pass directly
between the sun AMI the world at .
O'Clock in the morning of May g. AT
that hour the Pacific ocean will be in
full daylight, while In France it will
be night Little damage need be eX-
Ipected, however, for the tail will prob
ably be so rarifed as to be in.
offensive"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
January Circulation.

The above is a correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo Bnlle'
tin for the year 1909 and for the
month of January 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of February, 1910.
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
Took All His Money

Often all man earns goes to doc
tors or for medicines, to cure a Stom.
ach, Liver or Kidney trouble that DR..
Kings New Life pills would quickly
cure at slight cost. Best for Dyspep.
STA, Indigestion, Bi'iousness, Consti.
patton, Jaundice, Malaria and De.
|billty. 25c at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
Why They lndorsed Il.

After you have slept in one Of our
beds for year." advertised the man
ufacturers. you'll never have any
other At which the undertakers'
trust sat down and wrote testimonial
for the bed. knowing full we'll that
anybody who stayed In Led for year
would probably have to be measured
for wooden overcoat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1909 ..... 2215
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month of Jan
uary, 1910 .................. .2S1z
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10

Olive oil in Madrid costs only 81
a gallon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
tOAicial Publication
Report OF The Condition OF The
First Bank and Trust
Company


at cairo, state OF illinois, before the com
mencement OF business on the LIST day OF
February 1910, as made 10 the Auditor Of
Public Accounts, for the State OF Illinois,
pursuant To law.
RFSDt' RCFS
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10
CAIRO IN 1883
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The city election was held on April
I17th. Thos. w Halliday, for mayor,
had 4S3 votes over Henry Winter, C.
| F. Nellis had 50 votes for treasurer
over l., II. Myers, w. +. Hendricks
| had 70 more votes than A. Leek, for
lefty attorney. and d. J. Foley was
elected city clerk over two competi.
tors. Harry Walker, c. n. Hughes. f.
A. Smith, c. o. patier and Henry
Stout were elected aldermen. 1877
votes were polled.
The Distilled Water Ice Manufac-
turing Company new enterprise,
was delivering ice to its customers
! in April. The price was so cents per
hundred for les than one hundred
hundred for less than one hundred
pounds or more.
The ladies' of the Methodist church
gave an apron sociable at the resi-
tdence of Mr.. George Parsons. corner
lof Walnut and Twenty-first streets, on
the evening of April 10th. The affair
was well patronized and an interest
ling program was carried out
The government commissioners ap.
pointed TO secure a site for a marine
| hospital selected the land lying west
of Cedar street, between Tenth and
Twelfth streets.
| The Ideal League" a social organi-
cation among the young people was
Igiying a series of entertainments dur
ign the spring. The meetings were
Iheld at the residence of Mr.. George
Parsons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-10

The Bulletin Ia on sale st the fol-
owing places:
coIeman's, 214 Eighth street..
Halliday House News STAINS.
Blue Front Restaurant.
MesheW News Agency, al Eighth
xtreet and II Sixth street.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-31
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