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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
HELPFUL WORDS.
From a Cairo Citizen.

4 From Cairo Citizen.
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| Does it ache especially after exer
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Is there a soreness in the kidney
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These symptoms indicate weak kid.
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attack of baekache nearly four yearh
ago and have never had recurrence
OF the trouble. know this remedy
TO be one that lives up to representa-
tons and | am therefore glad to
recommend it,"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no other.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Picture Of oIden Times.

A most unique sight Of old Boston
must have been the celebration of the
fourth anniversary OF society for
promoting Industry and Frugality,"
when 800 young female spinsters de.
Gently dressed brought their spinning
wheels to the common one afternoon
aud piled their homely craft. fe.
male at each wheel. to the accompani.
ment of music and the delight OF
many spectators.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Always Wheat Trouble.

Wheat, corn. hreadstufis, the stan
OF life--this has always been the
agony OF humanity whenever it pro
crossed into advanced civilization
with dense populations, Aud along
With the breadstufs. of course, all
farm products rose till the people,
wherever on earth they We're. groaned
under the increased cost OF living and
cried In vain for relief Harper's
Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

The history of any good cause may
be divided into four stages. First. the
world ignores 1t. Then IT ridicules it
That falling, 1t tries to cruelty IT, But
when the idea triumphs over indifrer
ence and ridicule and opposition the
world builds monuments to 1t. This ii
the travail OF truth. These are the
labor pains in which freedom is born
Rev. Herbert s. Bigelow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

Death from gradual petrihcation. the
body slowly hardening for year until
the flesh became as adamant as
marble and proof against ineisions.
was the report made In the case of
Mrs. Catherine Barrow, as years old
Of Rosedale La. who succumbed IN
the Charity hospital
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
PURIFY Social

embarrassed preacher (reading the
first chapter of Jonah. and making the
best OF the seventeenth versel--And
the Lord prepared a great fish to swal-
low up Jonah: and Jonah was in the
--er-a--and Jonah was In the--er---
And the Lord prepared great fish to
swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was In
the society of the fish three days and
three nights.-Life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Wedding AnnIxersar aries.

The different wedding anniversaries
are as follows: First paper; fifth,
wooden; tenth. tin; fifteenth crystal;
twentieth. china; twenty-ffth, silver;
hftieth. gold; seventy-fifth diamond
The sixtieth 10 usually celebrated as
the diamond wedding. as 1t falls to the
iot OF very few to live together for
three-quarters of a century.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1909 49,. .22i:
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month Of March,
1910 230s
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Animal STUDY.

The study OF animal behavior, which
Is now being SO vigorously pursued In
America by our great field naturalists,
viii provide. perhaps. the most likely
channel along which the main stream
Of advance will be made toward the
fuller comprehension OF the mysteries
VI mental fe.--Lancet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
March Circulation

The above is correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo Bulle
tin for the year 1909 and for the
month of March 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of April, 1910,
LEO j. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Russians Lovers of Music.

AS patrons of music the Russians
are only second to the Germans; they
are deV 1tees of the theater. where
musical productions are the chic
sources of amusement, and the poor
est peasant manages to cheer the dull
hours In his lowly home with an &C
cordeon or some other cheap instru
ment
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Words.

When was young, If thought any
oody's house was on fire. | said Sir
the abode in which you probably
passed the delightful years of your
youth is in a state of confagration,
and people called me a good writer
then; now they say | cannot write 1T
all. because say; sir. your house is
ufi fire john KusKIn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

The Bulletin 10 on sails a ths FOL
owing placer:
coIsman's. zf4 Eighth street
halliday Houss Nsws STAINS
Blue Front Restaurant.
Msshsw News Agency, ri Eighth
Areet and f2 Sixth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, iilinolA
Population t8,I47.

Cairo, Alexander County, i,llno,A
Population ts.l47.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, II. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. FRANK b. ARM
iTRONG.
CITY Attorney. HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN
Magistrate. ANDREW WfifTCAMP.
Chief Of Police. M. s. EGAN.
alexander County, Population 27,4St.
County Clerk. JESSE H., MILLER
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN
Sheriff. FRED n. NELLIs.
States Attorney. ALEX M. WILSON
County Superintendent OF schools
PROF. s. Il. G0TT.
Assessor and Treasurer. w. D. LIP
PIT.
Coroner. DIR. JAS. MMANus.
Board OF County commlsslonsrs
J. J. JENNELLE. Chairman.
G. v. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
STOP PAYING RENT

You can buy five room cottage.
.7l2 Thirty-sixth ST., small cash pay
ment, balance monthly payments.
anne as rent. G. P. Eichenberger.
8lle Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
A Guarded Answer.

II got my wife through advertising,
"Then you'll admit advertising pays?"
"Pll admit that 1t brings results, -
Mail Order journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
An unreeorded suoesss

Some fortunes have been made In
. hurry. but there is no record Of any
one keeping up with the expectations
Of . man Just embarking in the
chicken business. -Atchison Globe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
The Philosopher OF Folly.

We waste lots Of time" says the
Philosopher OF Folly, doing things
before they are started. and then
doing doing them again after they are
done"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

A lazy man will so Up to the lakes
for the summer and claim that he has
not had time to send even a picture
postcard to dear friends at hone. and
yet he will go out, day after day, ana
drop a line TO fishes who love him
not.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

HpW 1,,a cars dae 70 isavc ssccnd a. NJ
DSls LsHN ing nurth on C0mmercinI Avs
every 10 minutes from 8 q. IN 70 Ii q. IA.
Going north. on Walnut St.evsry Ia minussa
Horn 6oa q. IN to 1898 p. m
Poplar 81. Line ao s.Ss ss Ays s :. a.'
ing north on Notebooks ~ 6b7; 8:77; 8:la: al
7l2 am. and On the same minutes every hnns
until l0a2 and Il:i2 p. M.
Going west on Twenty Eighth - n $40,
6:le; 8;st. s:4s and 7.Ds n. m. and on came mir.
utes every sour until 1924 and II :04 D. In,
Poplar ~, cara due to nass ~. Mays ppk
ID minutes after leaving Second 81
Belt Line Owl Cars n % I on n w :.s
n; so =. M: 1So :. m; $50 4 M; 1:su Z. m
h:S0 q. m. 49, - -
NORTH on Comm efoiAI.-if D. m. l. "a -
m 8 a. In. q. m. L. IN.
Bels and Owl cars ere ius 10 psss US
Thirty fourth ~ II roinnsra Arssr trsvtn,
be0 nd 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

State OF Illinois, County or Alexander. 49,
l, j. IL. Gailigan, Cashier OF the abov eIia med
bank do soleInniy swear that the above state
ment Is true to the best of my knowledge ana
belief j. III. GALLlGAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 4th
day OF April, 1910.
t. l.. GILBERT, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
CHAs, FEUCHrKR l
co. PATIER Directors
{. N.NEFF
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Only Two WAYS.

One must either be famous or a
rogue to get photographed free.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06
Report OF The Condition OF The
Alexander County
National Bank
at Cairo, In the State of Illinois, at the clos
OF business. March -, 1910.


RES0u RCES
Loans and Discounts .-...----. s sg,s2S "A
Oyerdrafts, secured and unsecured 1851 10
Il. \. Bonds to secure circulation 10000 %
Bonds. securities, etc. -------.-.----- l00b9S 81
Banking house, furniture and Tx
lures .-..- ,--.--.-.---s--.--.,.. 2dssg 81
Due from National Banks mot
reserve agents, --.-.--s---,--- 1888 %
Due from State and Private Banks
and Bankers, Trust Companies.
and Savings Banks------.---.---, 1851 "a
Due from approved reserve agents lR,4I7 ~
Checks and other cash items---.--- 1915 %
Notes of other National Banks. $50 $3.50 W
Fractional paper currency, niekies
and cents .---------..-.-.--.,.. / 30 SO
lawful money reserve in bank, VIZ;
Specie S1T,U2i w
Legal-tender notes a.,isa % al47a 30
Redemption fund with Us. Treas
urer Is per cent OF circulation 1900 %
Due from u. y, Treasurer. BIO 20
Total 81 ,2O4,yJ6 50
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In. -.--.-..-...s 100000 %
Surplus fund ------....-- lU0,HU %
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid .-..------.-.-,.- 27,2,i 5s
National BANK Notes outstanding 10000. On
Due to other National Banks. 1861 %
Due TO State and private Banks
and bankers. 626ll As
Due to Trust Companies and Saw
ings Banks -s--+-.-.-.-..----,. ~, ,sse &C
hiNtdends Unpaid --,-+-.-7-.-.-.. 23S On
individual deposits subject To check 6g3,4Qi i6
cashier cheeks outstanding. 2,4i0 W
TOTAL III X
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

Job Printing Conc riEhA~xr raus
Printing Co.. IS John Rect. can Mai
l4ss. or City s3Sa.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

Montague street and was welcome
guest in fashionable homes.
Several years ago Mrs. Caswell
sued her husband TO compel him to
pay her debts, but the courts held
that she had contracted them in her
boarding house business and that he
was not responsible for them. Where
she is now living her friends would
not say except that she was In retire
ment in Brooklyn.
II Is over the Echo Lake property
that litigation may arise Mrs. Cas-
well s friends said that she would seek
TO prove that while the title was I'm
the woman's name with whom Prof
Caswell lived. II was purchased by him
and transferred to her. Gen. Horatio
c. King, who was Prof. Caswells law.
Yer and personal friend. said yester.
day:
Prof Caswell. because of domestic
complications. has held no property In
recent years. The Echo Lake property
IL my memory serves me right. was
never in his name. IL is the only prop
erty TO fight over and IT'S value Is not
more than $500 | know OF no
grounds upon which issue might be
joined In a. legal contest over its
title."
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
LEST WE FORGET

do nothing which might cause a smile
OF pleasure to pass over our faces.
In other countries mourners wear
white, and a touch OF black added TO
their attire would certainly be seized
upon as an indisputable evidence that
the dead had been forgotten already.
Some African tribes mutilate their
own bodies when a dearly loved enc
Gies. African society would turn the
finger OF scorn al the widow who did
not scourge her body during the
proper mourning period.
In India, up till few years ago, the
devoted wife assembled the funeral
pyre OF her dead husband and was
incinerated by the same flame that re-
duced her loved one TO ashes.
In America. II a widow wears a
brightly colored ribbon a few days
before the conventional period OF
mourning has elapsed. society fever
ishly inquiries. who has she set her
cap for now?"
II has been so long since black
cloth and doleful remembrance were
linked together BY conventions decree
that it is dificult for us to realize that
all heartaches are not covered with
black clothes and that the darkest OF
black mourning sometimes covers any
thing but heartache.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

Tafts slamming his Office door
against Congressman F. B. Harrison.
because the latter had cast aspersion
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
Fables Of Convention

sumo, 10 the ears OF the average per
son, a significance strangely profound
and impressive. Carrying as IL does
the idea OF "all persons who think as
We do" or AL safe and sane per-
sons" or "all orthodox persons or
"all eminently respectable persons.
or "all wise persons" or simply the
people" (see Job ii, -. this word has
come 20 exert tremendous compel
ling power Thus the phrase They
say" holds for people OF these latter
generations all the weight OF authors
ity that Isaiahs Thus saith the Lord
or Zachariah's Thus saith the Lord
of Hosts" held TO older and less so
phisticated generations.
In short. They" has come 10 stand
as the symbol OF some mysterious in
fallibility. standing behind all, and
embodying all proper standards of
morality and manners.
This word has a peculiarly terrify-
ing effect upon the mind of the aver
age conforming sort OF person, espe-
cially upon such as are content TO let
hired teachers. preachers. editors, etc.
do all their thinking for them.
There are few people, however,
who don't care a tinker's damn what
They" say. They" are wont 10
frown upon these non-conforming
creatures They" have been known
TO do such persons bodily injury, to
stone them. or to give them admoni-
tory baths in boiling oil, or TO break
them upon the wheel. or 70 cruelty
them.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

An Illinois man has kept the dead
body OF his wife In a closet in his
home for eight years. The fact was
just discovered the other day.
To remind him OF the being that
once lived and breathed at his side
he kept the. framework OF dust that
had once been the abiding place OF
the spirit now long gone to meet its
Maker.
There are those who will readily
pronounce Judgment OF insanity upon
this man.
Maybe he is insane. II is difficult
to imagine o mans spending eight
years in the presence of a body that
hade once been his beloved wife, and
remain rational.
But his case Is unique because II
showed us 10 what extremes mourn
ing may be carried.
Most people believe tina: society
will be horribly scandalized unless the
relatives and near friends of a de-
parted being plunge themselves into
the deepest black and darkest seclu-
sion.
They" say that during the mourn.
ing" period all frivolous amusements
should be strictly tabooed. We should
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

Hon. CharIes Z, IuWusenu cel-
tainly has reason to feel gratiAed.
Az a candidate for United States
senator he also has reason to be
optimistic.
We share that optimism with
him.
For time we were fearful.
Though friendly to him and an ad.
mirer of his many superior qualities
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
THE MOUlTiNG HEN.

This is positively the last fable.
Once there was a hen that moulted
a whole month after all the other
hens had moulted
Why she did this we have no means
of knowing TO a certainty. Perhaps
she did so TO be odd. Perhaps she
honestly thought IL would be a good
thing to change the moulting season
TO a time later in the fall than the
conventional moulting time. Perhaps
she could not help herself-was
afflicted with some dermal trouble
that delayed moulting. or was other
wise physically incapacitated from
shedding her feathers on schedule.
Neither do we know precisely what
the other hens thought of her moult-
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

on the preSIdenuaI
integrity in a
newspaper inter
view, may mean
more than may ap-
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
HE LIVES % YEARS
WITH SOUL MATE
Death Of Prof. Casweil. Director Of
Music In Brooklyn Schools,
REEVES An Old Scandal.

bcdtn OF FFOf. CdSWcns OHcCtOT OF
Music In Brooklyn Schools,
RevIves An Old Scandal.
NEW YORK. June 16.-The death
in his summer home at Echo Lake. n.
j., of Prof. Albert s. Caswell. general
director OF music in the public schools
of Brooklyn, has brought TO memory
an unusual marital tangle and may be
followed by a struggle over property.
Prof. Caswell was 81 years old. He
married two wives. The first divorced
him after the birth OF a daughter. now
a widow, and later died. With the
second wife he did not live happily,
and 20 years ago they executed a
separation agreement Since then
Prof. Caswell has lived with a soul
mate In home In Montague street,
while his wife, until few years ago,
managed boarding house and lived
with their three children only a mile
away in South Brooklyn All this time
Prof CaswelI had held his position in
the public schools and had been the
orEanist Of Brooklyn churches. He
gave many receptions at his home In
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

ing thus untimely. We can only infer
as to what they thought of her from
what they did to her.
They" harried her to death.
II Is not quite clear why they did
this. The hen that moulted untimely
presented a ludicrous figure In the
barnyard. II is true. with her bare
blue skin, all flecked with bluer pin
feathers. but her appearance In such
guise would hardly seem to justify
such 'condign punishment as the other
hens melted out 10 her
One thing, however. is clear. though
the reason behind 1t is dark.
II is obviously shockingly immoral
to moult when nobody else is moult.
ing.
We must add that the rooster-to
his eternal glory We saw it-vtook no
part whatever in this dire tragedy.
NOTE
'"They" Primarily a mere per-
sonal pronoun. third person. plural
this word has long been invested with
peculiarly sinister and malign mean
/ ing In an impersonal sense. In this
sense II means, fundamentally. some
thing like "all persons" or "all hens"
/ as the case NAV be. This is not a
very precise definition Perhaps one
would better say AN persons who
have the entree," or who are
worth while or "all hens who moult
seasonably."
Thus this word has come to as
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
MORE
POWER TO
Ills LEG.


integrity in a NONE
newspaper inter POWER TO
view, may mean Ills Lb"'
more than may ap-
pear at first glance.
Did you ever notice that men who
are very big or very little, physically,
are. as rule. chock full of vanity?
Well, il Is a fact, and the big, vain
man always want 10 stand as good
fellow" with everybody Nothing hurts
their vanity more than feeling that
somebody doesn't like them, an .dtheir
abnormal passion for popularity often
warps their whole career
So apparent has been Mr.. Taft's am.
bition TO be wholly a good fellow
that he has lost reputation as man
of capacity. convictions and courage
and the American people do admire
backbone. and no mistake II has
come TO be quite generally believed
that most any higher-up crook could
wheedle William by getting on the
right side OF him personally and, there
being whole lot OF the side. a whole
lot of crooks have got next"
But. beware the big vain fellow
when he gets started along the line OF
don 't-care-a- cuss, The big stick is
then a mere sickly "symblem" OF quiet
and peace compared to the big foot on
the end of a 150-pound leg.
Maybe Mr. Taft has begun TO use
the big boot. We know nothing about
the amenities of the case between Mr.
Taft and Congressman Harrison
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
From Another Point of View

A. annual heat pros
ions. '
Rcciardi formerly Princess
Ward and christensd Clara
q
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The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
OBSERVATIONS

Maybe Mr.. Taft broke precedent. May
be he was a bit discourteous. But,
certain IL is that II was about time
for William TO use the boot instead OF
the soft, radiant grin on somebody
and the use OF the boot on a Demo
craft congressman may be a hopeful
though small beginning and not alto
gether without warning to Ballinger
Aldricn, father-in-law OF the Standard
Oil Co. the Guggenheimers and 9th
ers who have made the president ap
pear before the country as one for
easy picking
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17
We Hope the Burrows
Organs Keep Up Their
Attacks on Townsend

-. ~ s,..., -, We share that optimism with
Up For time we were fearful
Finish Though friendly to him and an ad-
of his many superior qualities
craftsmanship feared let golden opportunity
We urged early his with the
issue and to let that Adrchsm and BurrOwsism
We couldn't there hope for him support from
push kept his
And we told Mr. Townsend
Townsend however, only waiting
any he at himself.
should say probably that he o a 'EM.
0Conne" asked attorney Defense seeking
temper stand
0'Connels spring 'front.'
you understand witness
0Connels spring They spring EN-"
Mr. Townsend springs from clique clan in the Of which
he a member
No clique faction that responsible for Mr.
being to congress
Mr. Townsend himself and the people
him responsible going congress
And clique faction party succeeded
ing him from his Judgment and honest convictions
Mr. Townsend therefore waited the security afforded
his party The Townsend public spring
one-from boss and faction
knowledge they
dutywhen the that necessity compel they spring
Townsend guest the banquet
mehght
senatorial candidates concerned.
had the grace recognize
meeting.
city imagined right
be heard, at least, and he did speak
the organs got
with columns abuse quoting
President Taft having been much
Which the signal for Mr. Townsend spring
which time he has to him.
of hocknp Mr.
support Michigan were
only waiting him declare himself against Washington who
enemies popular
Mr. Townsend stands by personal leaning and by his record
The Burrows newspaper busy engaged in
nominating endorsement by Legislature
They doing this by their
they could they pointed Washington IS
member show him acted otherwise in
of the people.
people going senator re-
member.
The appreciate organs
Of the
THEIR CASE HOPELESS ANYTHING GOOD OR COMMEND.
ABLE TO SAY OF HIS OPPONENT
The of that opponent his present senat.
would reflect credit upon the decent citizenship of Michigan
presence an honor to the
citizenship
We firmly believe it will itself honor.
Keep up Townsend say in baseball
little more pep"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

The electrification OF the elevated
railroads of New York increased their
carrying capacity so per cent.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-17

The wood OF the Western Austral-
ian yate tree is believed TO be the
strongest known, tests of II showing
an average tensile strength equal to
that OF cast iron. while some speci.
men have equalled that of wrought
iron
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-28
AGRICS To
PLAY WINH
PORTLAND

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis, Or, Oct. (SpeciaD To
morrow the o. A. G. football team,
consisting of 22 football players and
Coach SehiIdmiller, will leave for
Portland, when they will play Wash
ington State College on the following
day. The game will be played on
the Portland league baseball grounds
as they have been remodeled to suit
the game. A special train will prob
ably leave Corvallis the morning of
the game. and many students will go
to back their team.
Coach Schildmiler is not confident,
and says the team must play better
than It did against Willamette Uni
versity a week ago II it expects to
win. Captain Hawley. of o. A. c.,
has been shifted from tackle to half
back position, on account of injury to
Enberg, who will be unable to play.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-28
No Reason for Doubt
A Statement of Facts Backed by i
Strong Guarantee.

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of constipation and its attendant
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