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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
statesmen FEASTED
New York Store Mercantile Co. Held
School of lnstructions--Big Bus
mess Last Month.

The New York Store Mercantile
Co, ordered all its travelling sale
linen to Cairo Saturday AMI a brsiles
meeting and school of Instructors
was he'd at the company's Office
that evening. The company i. vel
satisfied with its efficient corps OF
statesmen. but there were matters Of
especial Importance which were
brought UP for discus ion. President
&C.. O. Patier. and Vice-pre'ident John
B. Greaney presented varincs matters
pertaining to the work their men
were doing, and these were discuss
ed
In the talk Mr. !Tatiec inform d
them that the pat month of March,
the business exceeded that of any
March as far back as 1891. when the
company's books, previous to that
date were destroyed by fire. The
March busine'e exceeded 100000.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Patier en-
tertained the statesmen at his coun-
try home ePatierdale," and gave them
an elaborate spread; The following
gentlemen were present:
c. V. Porter general sales agent
for "Yours Truly" brand Of Pork and
Beam
7. r. Lawrence. representing the
company in the West Tennessee ter
ritory.
]. H. Guide, representative in Arkan-
sas, Missouri AMI Tennessee.
Robt. ]. Greaney, representative on
the Cotton Belt. Iron Mountain and
the south.
John j. Barry. city salesman.
J. r. Forester, Union City, Tenn.
territory.
w. T. Keen. ass Xtant salesman for
southeast Missouri territory.
James T. Owens, representative in
Western Kentucky
wv. III. OBrian, representative for
Southern Illinois.
John B. Greaney, vice president; c.
.. Patier, president, +. b. Ellis OF
The Bulletin.
The dinner was in eight courses
and consisted largely Of the demon
stration of brands of goods carried by
the New sork Store Co, in which
the company takes especial pride
Mrs. Patier, the hotess, had personal
supervision over the preparation of
the viands. After the champagne had
been slipped and the cigars had been
pas ed (both New York Store brandsl
the company repaired to the broad
veranda and engaged in social cha S
and viewed the beautiful home with
its twenty acres surrounding, all car
peted in green.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Why She Should.

Ethel is of the mature age OF five.
Recently her grandmother concluded
that 1t devolved ON her to instruct the
child in religious matters.
You must be good girl, Ethel" she
said. The nyou will SO to Heaven
when you die
Ethel seemed scarcely pleased with
this reward for exceptional conduct.
Don't you want to go TO Heaven ??
asked grandma, with look off -
proach.
.Oh, don't know" tenporiSed
Ethel, Il guess not
why not?" demanded grandma &c
verely
a..Because maybe couldn't get out, =
answered Ethel.
y You wouldn't want to get out" re-
turned grandma
"Oh, yes, should" returned Ethel.
with conviction.
y NO. argued grandma. 'You would
not. Why should you want to get out
of Heaven"
why" answered Ethel. Il guess I'd
want to go to see you once in a while.
wouldn't ~"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

He was one Of those comic paper
funny chaps not because he was lost
TO all sense OF shame, but because he
needed the money.
NO." he said in reply to the query
of an acquaintance. Il never make
puns any more. The last one got on
cost me a cool $4,000"
How was that" queried the other.
Shortly after my marriage" said
the ex-punster, "a couple OF my aunts
who were very fat, fair and over 40.
came to visit us for few days-so
learned afterward. Well, my wife me
me at the door that evening upon my
return home, and put me wise to their
presence, so | hiked for the parlor,
and making a bow that would have
turned Chesterfield pea-green with
envy announced that it afforded me
great pleasure to make my obesiance
to my obese aunts. That settled it.
They were passengers on the first
homeward- bound train.
And the s50.oO0" queried the one
man audience.
That's where the briny flow Is turn.
ed on, rejoined the humorous party.
"a year later they got mixed up in an
earthquake. and when their wills We're
read it was found that I, their only liy
ing relative, had been disinherited and
the $4,000 went to endow home for
friendless cats. Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
INSTRUCTION SCH OIL
To Be Held For Census Takers In
Various countiee-At Cairo
April 7.

The> Z. S. Government census
enumerators for this district have
been notified by John T, Galbraith,
the supervisor, to meet for con ulta-
ton and instructions at the following
dates and places:
Anna. Union county, Wednesday,
April 6.
Cairo, for Alexander and Pula XII
counties. Thursday. April I.
Pinckneyyllle, Perry county, Fri
day, April 5.
Carbonate. Jackson county, satur-
day. April 9.
Benton, Franklin county, Monday,
April II.
Sparta, Randolph county, Tuesday,
April Il.
Marion. Williamson county, Wed
nesday. April 10.
The euumerators are requesad tc
attend one of these meetings., prefer
ably in their own county
The postmaster in each place will
inform the enumerators where meet
ing will be held.
Postmaster Miller states that at
Cairo the meeting will be held in the
circuit room at the court house.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

of the above mentioned sidewalk
shall, under the supervision of the
City Engineer construct sidewalk
in front of their respective lots or
parcels Of land in accordance with
the specifications set forth in this or
dinance within thirty days after the
mailing Of nstice of passage of this
ordinance addressed to the party who
paid the last general taxes on the
said lot, lots or parcels of land, and
in default thereof, then the said side
walk shall be constructed by the said
City of Cairo under the supervision
of the said City Engineer, and bill
-of costs therefor, showing in separate
items the cost of construction and
shall be fled in the office
of the City Engineer certified to by
the said City Engineer, together with
list of the lots or parcels of land
touching upon said sidewalk so con.
structed, the names of the parties
who paid the last general taxes on the
respective lots or parcels and front
age thereof as provided by law,
whereupon the City Engineer shall
proceed to make tax list against
said lot, lots or parcels of land on
said sidewalk, and said City Engineer
shall thereupon issue his warrants di-
rected to the City Treasurer of the
City Of Cairo, for the collection of the
amount of such special tax as appears
from the tax list to be due from the
respective lots or parcels of lani
touching upon the line of such side.
walk. and such officer upon the re-
ceipt of such warrants, shall proceed
to collect the same according TO law
and make return thereof, and IL in
case any such warrant shall be re-
turned mo property found" other
warrants may issue.
Section a. That if any such special
tax shall not be collected upon. the
warrants issued therefor, then the
City Engineer shall on or before the
first day of April thereafter make re.
turn to the County Collector Of the
County bfhAlexapder and IState Of Nil
noisss ins theananner prascribed by
1dwI WIG RlalE tifreupom, brbsefd tob
callet tIj the Hsaple accordlhg I,b II'ths |
statute I'M SAcl case MADE lhndll'pfou
vided.
Section 5. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances conflicting with
this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be
in force from and after its passage.
Passed by the city council March
% a. D. 1910.
Approved March Us, li910.@ ~ Il y y
GEORGE PARSONS,
M. Mayor.
Attest: RoBT. A. HATCHER,
City Clerk.
Published In The Cairo Dullctia
April 4, 1910.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
ORDINANCE NO. 219.

An ordinance for sidewalk on TWEEN
ty-tourth street from Commercial ave.
nue. to Park avenue in the City OF
Cairo, County of Alexander and State
of Illinois.
Be it ordained by the council of the
City of Cairo, Illinois,
Section /. That a local improve
ment shall be made within the City
of Cairo, County of Alexander and
State of Illinois, the nature, character
locality and description OF which local
Improvement Is as follows:
That cement sidewalk feet in
width be constructed on both sides of
Twenty-forrth street from Commercial
avenue to. Park avenue adjoining a
line feet from the lot line, in the
City OF Cairo, in front of the following
described lots blocks, tracts or par
GELS OF land, viz:
First Addition.
Lot 4, block "a. 100 front feet. "
Lot 40, block "a, rs front feet.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

Small boys are not always as sym
pathetic as their relatives wish, but OF
the other hand, they are seldom as
heartless as they sometimes appear.
why are you crying so, Tommy r
inquired one of the boys aunts, who
found her small nephew seated on the
doorstep. lifting up his voice in loud
walls.
1.-The b-baby fell d-downstairs!
blubbered Tommy.
"Oh, that's too bad" said the aunt
stepping over to him and opening the
door Il do hope the little deal
wasn't much hurt"
4 "S.she's only hurt littlei' wallet
Tommy. But Dorothy s-saw her fall
when ia gone to the g-groeery never
s-see anything Youths Companion
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
VALUABLE BOOK FOR FARME RS.
All II Costs is Stamps for Postage.

The Farmers Institute Report for
1909 Is a nice cloth bound book of
$50 pages. full of practical informa-
ton for up-to.date farmers. Besides
charts and valuable
tables, the following are some of the
subjects treated.
Successful dairying.
tuberculosis in cattle aad its eraGi-
cation.
Swine breeding at Illinois expert
ment station.
Hog Cholera.
Improvement IN horse breeding.
Poultry on the farm
Bee keeping.
Corn and corn culture.
Alfalfa In Illinois.
Commercial fertilizers.
Good roads
While the supply lasts any farmer
in Illinois can obtain a cory of the
book by ending ten cents in stamps
uhe actual amount requiad for post
age) to
JAMES A. ROSE,
Secretary of State,
Springfield, III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
RI|vER NEWS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The river marked 321 feet on the
afro garge last evening showing
fall Of q Of a foot In "a hours.
The Ferd Herola from Mem
lis passed to St Louis yesterday
forming exchanging some freight
lere. .3@z
The Enterprise came up with q tow
7of logs last evening.
j The Dick Fowler will be out fren
PaJueah today, returning at 2:30 pm.
The City of Saltilio from, st. Louis
passed to the Tennessee river last
night with good trip.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
observation-disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Tuesdays Play.

"The Fighting Parson," w. F.
Mann's successful production contains
a very pretty love story The minis
ter himself is in love with the girl
who thinks she is the wife of his
brother, a trlckey scoundrel who had
a mock marriage performed This
he tells to his brother (the minister)
and in this scene tone of the best
and most intense in the play he says
Il shall make YOU man and wife
legally before morning" The comedy
is brought about by natural climaxes
and situations. At opera house Tues
day, April 9Th.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
siberla.

Siberia Is one OF the largest and
most productive Agricultural regions
on the face Of the globe, tbs greater
part Of the land being fertile and cap
able Of yielding abundant crops and
OF sustaining large fiocks and herds.
TEEN. too, tie mineral resources have
hardly been touched
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Denatured Kicking.

New Jersey has mayor who asks
the citizens to come around once
week and register their kicks. Yes,
and no doubt he has bulky chief OF
police and several brawny patrolmen
standing around to intimidate the
kickers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

Patience--Why doesn't your uncle
take trip to Europe?
Patience Says he can't afford It,
Nonsense. He's making lots OF
money.
That's just it. He's so busy making
money he can't afford to get sick.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
! sun and Moon.

Sun Will rise today 8. AZ am
sun will vet today ..6.27 nm.
Moon rise tonight N I, 2:5S am
8 tNptfs y gthe above spn ans Inoon
record Is Tor Illinois and approxi-
lsat4s me time Al llafr9 within a few
I,.inutes.1 a.ts. sss9s hi E.i
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

Lot IL block Al. 25 front feet.
Lot II, block A, % front feet
Lot 10, block A, % front feet
Lot 8, block At, IS front feet.
Lot s, block A., leo front feet.
First Addition.
Lot Il, block %, 100 trent feet.
Lot 20, block %, rs front feet.
Lot 10, block %, % front feet.
Lot IS block %, % front feet.
Lot II, block 30. % front feet
Lot 1G, block %, 20 front feet.
Lot Is, block %, % front feet.
Lot H., block %, Is front feet.
+ Lot 49,, block 20. % front feet.
Lot IL, block %, % front feet.
Lot II block %, 25 front feet.
! Lot TO-. block 70, 20 front feet.
| Lot Q, block %, % front feet.i
Lot s, block 90, 100 front feet.
Specifications for Cement Sidewalk.
| Said sidewalk shall be constructed
as follows, viz: A foundation shall
| first be prepared by cutting down or
filling up the natural surface of the
ground to within eight and one-half
inches below the grade, which founda-
ton shall consist of the surface of
the ground as above prepared, upon
which shall be laid a layer of cinders
four inches in depth On the founda.
ton thus prepared there shall be
placed a layer of hydraulic cement
concrete, four inches in thickness,
composed Of one part cement, equal
in quality to the best Portland ce.
ment, and two parts Of the best clean,
coarse sharp sand. After mixing
said cement and sand dry, five parts
of broken stone, crushed to a size so
as to pass through a ring of two and
one-half inches internal diameter,
shall be added thereto. and then
water added in sufficient quantity as
will give surplus Of moisture when
rammed Before the layer last de-
scrlbed has set layer or finishing
coat, shall be placed thereon one-half
inch in thickness, to be made of one
part of cement, equal in quality to the
best Portland cement, and one part
Of torpedo gravel. ,.4 n, Hf
Said sidewalk shall be laid to the
grade. of said street as established by
ordinance. 's
Section 2. That said sidewalk shall
be paid fer by special taxation of the
lot, lots or parcel of land upon the
line where such sidewalk is ordered.
by levying the whole cost thereof
upon each Of the lots, blocks or par
cells of land touching upon the line
of such sidewalk in proportion to
their frontage on such sidewalk; in
other words, each lot, lots or parcel OF
land shall be taxed the whole cost OF
that part of the sidewalk that touches
upon such lot, lots, blocks or parcel
Of land
Section 3. That all owners OF lots
or parcels Of land touching the line
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Daily Thoueht.

No man can justly censnre or con
denim another, because indeed no
man truly knows another. This I per-
ceive In mys IF; for ! am In the dark
to all the world, and my nearest
friends behold me but in a cloud
Sir Thomas Browne.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Whv pat DIdnlt paw.

An Irishman refused to pay his doc.
tor bill, and when asked his reason
for 1t be said: And, sure. what shall
I pay for? He didn't give me any.
thing but emetics. aud niver one
could keep on my stomach at all
al all, es
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04

A travelling man who evidently had
much to square with his wife bought
$50 worth of dainty waists. Said he
was getting something nice for her
each place he stopped. Another trav.
cling man bought his wife mink
scarf for $50 and tucked 1t in his grip
without even a paper covering.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
STOP PAYING RENT

You can buy five room cottage,
7l2 Thirty-sixth ST.. small cash pay
ment, balance monthly payments
same as rent. G. P. Eichenberger
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Eorecast For To-Day.

limo. Washington, April T.
Partly cloudy and warmer Monday,
showers 1t night on Tuesday. Cooler
Tuesday,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Uncle Ezra Says:

1.-THE chief reason tibet some folks
don't hatch out big scheme Is be-
cuz they set on 1t too long. Boston
Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
] THE WEATHER :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Yesterdays c...,s. temperature.
General Conditions.

The day was partly fair after .2S
IL all inch OF rain the night before.
Al trace Of rain fell also in the, after
con.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-04
Next Sunday.

THE Time, The Place and The
Girl to be seen at the opera house
Sunday, April 10th, Is musical com.
edy of heart interest with plot Of
strong dramatic SCIENCES yet full Of
fun. laugh provoking dialogue and
humorous complications all set to
music and with its acting possibilities
enhanced by half dozen unique but
thoroughly life-like transformations.
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The Cairo Bulletin has been the
leading paper OF Cairo for forty
years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
A Lack of LANGUAGE.

A lamentable gap in the English
language and indeed in all Ian
guages has been discovered by cor
respondent of the London Lancet.
"Why," asks NJ. J Williams, SIS
there no way Of describing smells?
You have not described or classi-
fed smell when You have said that
it is horrid, and you are just as wide
of the mark when you have said an
other smell is lovely. Consider the
parallel Of the classification of col
ors, When you describe a sunset
you need not merely say that it is
beautiful. You can go further and
say that it is red or yellow or pur-
pie, as the case may be. But sup
posing you have been face to face
with musk for a few minutes and
want to describe it to your friends,
You will find that, outside the prov
ince of expletives, you are helpless.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
Home Cure For Eczema

Does il not seem strange that so
many people suffer year in and year
out with eczema?
A 25 cent hottie Of simple wash
stops the itch and will surely con-
vince any patient.
This wash is composed of mild
ana soothing oil Of wintergreen
mixed with thymol and glycerine,
etc and known as D. d d. Pre-.
scription. We do not know how
long the D. d. D. Laboratories
will continue the 25 cent offer, as
the remedy is regularly sold only
in 81 90 bottles and has never be-
fore been put on the market on
any special offers.
If you want relief to night try
a bottle at 25 cents on our personal
recommendation.
l.. L. Elgin.
Hopkinsville. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
Nerve and cooIness.

Seated reading in his private
room, the superintendent of large
prison heard a slight sound and,
looking up, was confronted by a
dangerous convict holding a long
bar of iron. Don't you move" he
muttered. "I'm going to get away,
even if I have to kill youp
"But," calmly rejoined the super
intendent, 81 thought it was to-
morrow you were going?"
The man looked at him with stu
pid amazement.
"Yes," said the official, "don't
you know? A pardon came for you
today in consideration of your good
conduct. You can go now, sup
pose, if you want to. You'd like to
see the papers? They're in here, /
believe"
He opened a drawer as he spoke,
and the next instant the convict was
facing the muzzle of a revolver.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
The Origin of Numbers.

The use Of visible signs to denote
numbers can be traced to remote
times, but our present decimal sys-
tenn in its complete form with the
zero is of Indian or Hindoo origin
From the Hindoos it passed to the
Arabians about 750 A. d. In Eu-
rope the complete system was de-
yised from the Arabs in the twelfth
century. The use Of numerals in
India can be traced back to the
Mana Chat inscriptions, supposed
to date from the early part of the
third century B. G. The earliest
known example of a date written on
the modern sytsem is of 73s A. D.
Chicago Examiner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
Easy to Be Calm.

1t certainly does make a differ
ence "whose OK is gored." Among
the patients in the private ward of
Philadelphia hospital, according
to a writer in Lippincott's Maga-
zine, there was once a testy old mil
lionaire of that city, whose case
gave his physicians considerable diff
fculty at first.
"Well," asked the crusty patient
one morning, chow do you find me
now, eh?"
"You're getting on WE'LL" re
sponded the doctor, rubbing his
hands with an air of satisfaction.
i'Your legs are still swollen, but
that doesnA Y trouble me-"
"Of course it doesn'tp saiu the
old man. your legs were swol-
len it wouldn't trouble mel"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
/. How This?

We oRtrso ls Hundred Dollars Reward for any
sase u Saiaupl that cannot be enred by Hairs
GAaArrh Cure, rF
49, FJ CHENEY a co., Toledo, o.
~ :. yhe Undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
GrtAr last IS years, and belieye him perfectly
EidOfzDIe in all business transactions and hnan-
:, ny able u carry out anyIobligations made by
ks arm. WALDING, KINNAS & MARVIN,
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
asr- csterrh Cure is taken internally, acting
aIfsctIy upon tne blood and mucous surfaces Of
Az sJst.m. Testimonials sent free. Price IS
reara per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22
Good News For Teachers.

State Treasurer Ed Farley Saturday
sent ont checks to the amount of
$lC5 OGO for the school teachers of
the tate, which completes their
psyn ent for the present term.
Ttare is no money in the treasury
except what belongs to the school
and dog tax funds, and members of
the General assembly are discount
ing warrants for their pay at high
mfer'sN,a ,ad rcnpf,ta h'id9
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-02-22

Thespis - What are you doing
now?
Bluejowls-Acting a part 1 Gre
ated in the new play that is now
running in the Thunderblood the
ater.
Thespis-What is the nature of
your part?
Bluejowls deep bass voice)-I am
the mob that roars outside when
the unmasked villain is being hunt
ed down.-London Scraps.