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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
Impressions OF Polaire.

Mile. Polaire, the French actress,
celebrated for being the ''ugliest wo-
man In the world" has recently re-
turned to Paris, and this Is what she
says about American women: Amer
lean women are charming, but they
certainly have sense OF modesty
that is purely their own. Would you
believe. they even pulled up my skirts
to see my legs! like the American
man Immensely. He Is always well
groomed, smart and elegant. Every
thing about him suggests that he has
daily bath. In dealing with women
he may not have the Frenchman's
esprit, charm and delicate little ways.
but he Is all right"
In answer to question as to what
she thought Of the appearance Of the
American woman she replied
''She Is too slack In her appearance,
She does not make as good an impress.
sion as the American man. She
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York, Sept 10.--lWH'EAT.---
Receipts 14,400; spot easy; No. 2 REQ
$1.o31s elevator, and 1.03% fob
aAoat. No. l northern Dhluth 1.2l
fob. With liberal offerings by com
mission houses, the break in corn am
the heavy worlds supply OF wneaI
prices off %@A this morning ant
closed A112 net lower; Sept 1,l35s
Gee. 1914 May 1.llR,
CORN-Receipts 4500 shipments
2,294; spot easy; No. 65 elevator
domestic basis TO arrive; No. 2 RED
Ga fob. Futpres without transac
lions, a lower to a higher; Sept
65ss; Dec. 64.
OATS-Receipts $3.50; spot
steady; standard white new 37A No
2 white 38R. Futures closed Il t
] cent net lower; September 37B
December 49,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
WHEAT WAS WEAK
Liquidation BY Big Spectator HAD
Bad Effect-Corn Falls Off,
Frost Did Not Come.

Chicago, Sept. 10.--FLOUR-
Steady; winter patents $4.40G5I0;
straights 4.10M4.9o; spring straights
4.6504S5; bakers 3.50M5.10.
WHEAT.-Liquidation, said to be
largely for a prominent Spectator
who was q big factor in July and who
changed his holdings from July to
December weakened prices today. A
scarcely less cause was the sympa-
thetic depression with corn, predict
ed frost having failed to do serious
damage. The market finished 3sM&
under last nights figures. Raiding
by elevator concerns and by smaller
professional spectators also mad a
share in pulling down prices "A prt
vate cable dispatch stated that Rus
STA oqered wheat at figures equal to
~. Later this difference was ex-
planned by the poor quality of the
Russian grain. The market closed
Lteady on reports of twenty boat
loads sold for export at the Atlantic
Seaboam.
December opened .99A@$l000
1O01s; high 1.0lA low 99A; closed
998s to 99ss @99k; Sept. 95h; May
1O5&; No. 2 red 96%@97k; No. 3
red 95@96h; No 2 hard 96Rs 099;
No. 3 hard 941a @97.
CORN-Closed n to 1ssM1h low
er. Indications that frost danger had
been passed for the time being took
the props from under the market.
December opened 54%@55R; HIGH
551s: low SAX closed 54A to $500
JAZZ; Sept. 5G3s; May 577s@5S The
cash market was weak, No. 2 56A u
561a No. white 56h @56%; No. z
yellow 57@57A No. 8 SIS; No.
white 56@5GA; No. 3 yellow 5Gh@
56$4.
OATS Closed Vas lower. The
weeks receipts of oats showed a de,
.ided falling off, being the smallest
n four years for this season. Fairly
important buying. attributed to such
a situation. neutralized in part the
effect of the depression in corn,
Dec. opened 34%G347s: high San
ow 349s closed s49s934&; May
;77s No. . oats 81 No. . white 321a
034; No. white 32@32%; standard
}303S%.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
Twain and the 7ivetmen.

Mark TwaiI once told la Il iHti. ~
friends the following st.ay on ilin,>rif
On one occasion when he started ON
q "trip down the Mississippi river IN /,
A,boat lie was advised never 10 an
swer the questions asked by rivrrmpn
on other BEATS and never 10 band \
words with them. ,lS be would he sure
always to come out second best ne
followed the advice reliSiously for II
time, bat one day be thought he saw
a chance ~ get the better OF river
man who called out
Hey, thar what yer Ioaded with?"
'Jackasses. Don't you want to com,
aboard:' yelled bnck Twain
That's whut re,koned seem n,
how they let ther biggest donkey hey
thef run Of the deck came back
Twain made II dive below ns all th,
rivermen In the neishburlDod set UP
derisiye laugh at his expense
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11

The question was asked me as a nit.
tive of Maine II could lind out what
lingering" logs meant In The state
ment I'VE fingered the logs" found
that to niger" logs was TO save The
labor OF cllopping them into lengths
by piling them up crossed AT points
where 1t was desired to separate them
BY building fires under these crossings
several logs could be burned into see.
tons at once. Because II niger
was supposed to be lazy this lazy
mans way Of cutting logs into lengths
was. naturally enough. called mig
gering. Appleton Morgan In New
Shakespoareana.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11

dresses horribly. She copies the
Parisienne,, but does it badly. She
sticks an immense hat on her head
without knowing whether 1t viii suit
her or not 1t ~ a fine hat. she thinks.
SO long as 1t Is adorned with immense
feathers They are mad for feathers
over there. Ii they were not afraid
OF stepping on them they would have
them sweeping to their feet.
II am speaking Of the American wo.
man now solely as u woman As
audiences both men and women In
America are charming They have
great taste for the theater They know
music well aud are quick to recognize
and appreciate the efforts of an artist
10 please them In word. they love
art.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11

MIR Walter Seymour. who writes
cups and Downs OF a Wandering
Life,' had Thorold Rogers for tutor
while at Oxford. Rogers was ms
amusing as be was heterodox. y re-
member asking him one day, MIR. Rog.
ers. what do you consider the origin OF
the idea Of the dcyidY Cheapest po-
liceman they could ind
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
Pyramid q chsars.

vast az modern skyscrgpsrs ara,
not one has yet equaied the weight
and massiveness Of the pile OF great
stones which the swarming human
ants OF the Nile valley laboriously
dragged together thousands OF years
ago, until they had built the Pyramid
CT Cheops. II would make d solid
block OF 500 feet square and $50 feet
high
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Sept. 10.--CATTLE.--R
ceipts 200; steady and unchanged.
HOGS Receipts G.N0; ] s0Ml5c
higher; light mixed sS.75G10.00;
heavy and rough S.5569.65; good to
choice heavy S.S0Q9.60; bulk OF sales
S.90m9.50.
SEIEEt'--Receipts 1000; steady
and unchanged.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
NEW YORK MONEY.

Money on call nominai. Time loans
very dull and soft, Sixty days 81
"a per cent, ninety days 4@4A; six
months 4h@4&. Prime mercatitlle
So to 6 per cent. Sterling exchange
easy; demand S4S6. Sixty days 1920
@4S3.40. Bar silver SO.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
WANTED.
Young RarbarIans at Play.

iather-"Why are you moping
bit the house in this trying man
Why don't you go out and play
Harry Higgins?" Son--"Becaus
.ayed with Harry Higgins yester.
and | don't suppose he's well
\ Oh yet Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to Sept. LIST, 1910.)
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Train Leaves Cairo:

1910 a. IN. Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago 10:40 a. 10.
2:10 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited. arriving st. Louis 7:20 q. m.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 m.
500 a. m. st. Louis Special.
500 a. IN. Chicago Daily Express
11:l5 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail.
1l:15 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2::35 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin Effingham. Nation, Champaign
$40 y. m. Thebes Accommodates
6:15 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Elk.
press.
1910 p. m. Chicago night express,
arriving at Chicago 7.15 a. m.
2ssQ a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
2:a5 a. m. Memphis and New or
leans Limited.
$40 a. m. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and Jacksonville. Fla.
600 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
l:41 p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:H p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and Atlanta.
4:So p. m. Fulton and Nayfield &C.
! commodation.
$3.50 p, m. Paducah and Louisville
5:55 D. m. Memphis and New Or
/, leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping car
sccommodations and further informa
Ition apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station, Cairo I'll,
]. H.sJoNES. Ticket Agent
s. q. HATCH. @. r. A.
A. n. Hanson, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
chesty.

wne--"What on earth has come
Meekly? He was almost impu-
to me this morning" Browne
IN tell you. He answered the ad-
sement of correspondence school
IgilIsm last night and arranged to
the course. The Catholic
-
hard and Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
DIFFERING,

John" asked his wife, who was
writing to one of her former school.
mates. which is proper--to say, Z
clfer from you or I differ with your"
ieli her you differ from her. un.
derstand that she lets her husband
Lave a part OF his salary to have fun
WIN himself."-Chicago Record Her.
aid
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
Tins Them the Wink.

The switching off of the current at
the central power station at Cape
Fo"n for moment, causing wink
Ing OF the electric lights in every
home, gives the residents the exact
time every night.-Popular Mechan-
les.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER. CHHEESE AND EGGS
steady and unchanged.
COFFEE Steady. There was {
steadier market at Havre than Brazil
Sales 42,75O bags; Sept. and Oct
$500; spot steady; No. Z. Rio 1915
mild firm; Cordova 14@13k.
SUGAR-Muscavad SO test 1886
centrifugal SO test 4.36; molasses sus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
ST. nllls CATTLE.

St. Louis, Sept. 10.-CATTLE. Re
ceipts $500; steady.
HOGS-Receipts 1000; unchanged;
lights sS.55G995; packers and butch
ers best heavy 9.50G990.
SHEEP-Receipts 300; steady and
unchanged.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

Minneapolis, Sept lOI--WHEAT.- -
Sept. $1.O9%; Dec. Liz; May
i,15A cash about steady; No, !
'orthern 110% 61.1lis; No. 2 north
ern 10S$s610S$4.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
And a Vacation Train. Maybe.

"Gracious! exclaimed Mrs. Good.
ley. 'just listen to that Clergyman!
I'm positive he's swearing Evidently
he's missed his vocation.
NO" replied her husband. II
think 1t was his train. The Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
vi. Penalty.

GeraIdIne-What did pa say when
you asked him for my hand? Gerald
He said that he wouldn't stand In the
way of my unhappiness IL ineeded the
money badly. - New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11

ar SO test s.61; refined standard; cut
loaf So; crushed Sc; mould "a" $50;
cubes $40; powdered $50; granulateG
SIS; diamond "a" SIS; confection.
| ers "a" 1895.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
A Mistake.

Applicant For Situation 1--we come
abaht that job wot wos advertised.
Employer Well. can you do the work /?
Applicant Qn great alarm, Work. !
thought 1t was foreman you wanted
Punch
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11

why do you want to marry my
daughter?" I'm no object Of charity;
i wouldn't accept your money In any
other way"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. K.
one-Way second-ciass coIonist Rates
To California. ~


Los Angeles ~ $500
San Francisco 81 90
San Diego .s2 90
correspondingly 10y rates to other
eoints on main lines and branches in
'aHfornia.
Tickets on sale August IS to Sep
tember 9th and October list to 18th.
1910. Every Monday on train No. /.
at $50 p. M. through tourist sleep
er leaver Cairo, running via New
Orleans and Southern Pacific r.. r..
70 Los Angeles and San Francisco,
For full information apply to J. Fl.
tones, Ticket Agent, Central Union
Station. Cairo. Ill
A. H. HANSON p. r. M. =
s. @. HATCH, G. P. A..
Chicago. I'LL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-11
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

Chicago. Sept. 10.-The following
car loads represent the days move
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
DESTRUCTIVE LITTLE
SWEET POTATO BETTE
In Size, General Appearance and Methods of M
Flea Beetle of Common ion /


The sweet potato fiea-beetle is
small, bronzed or brassy-brown shin
ng beetle, about one-sixteenth OF an
nch in length, very active, somewhat
chunky, with deeply ridged or striped
wing covers, all these characters, ex-
sept the general shape and bronzed
color, require a magnifying glass to
make out clearly. The hind legs OF
his beetle have the thighs very much
.hickened or enlarged, so that 1t leaps
as readily as it flies, especially In the
sarny part OF the day: ri the early
morning and evening and in wet or
cold cloudy weather. ii is less active
and may be readily taken on the
leaves. In size. general appearance
and methods of motion, ii resembles
The fea-beetle of the common or white
potato, and it Is supposed by some
growers to be the same. 1t has to-
tally different breeding and feeding
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Farmers Educational
n and Cooperative
Ill Union of America
Matters sf Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist

The best peace maker on a farm
LIS an account book
A Ievel-headed man avoids many
ups and downs in life.
Some men imagine they are honest
Just because they have no good chance
10 steal.
by the compost hear the farmer Is
able to multiply his available manure
MANIFOLD.
The union must have we'll defined
policies, and those policies kept be-
tore the people.
II we would only do our thinking be
fore acting we would save lot OF
brain flag later on.
The union without politics is like
ship without rudder-sure to get on
the rocks and shoals and sink.
Trouble Is like cowardly man. 1t
puts up big bluff but shrinks as we
approach 1t with determination.
No farmer In this twentieth century
Is too big for his job, The job is more
likely to be too big for the farmer.
To assist members in buying and
selling is another specification of the
aims and intent of the Farmers union.
The man who is always telling you
things sin the strictest confidence" sell
dom imparts any information that is
profitable.
It's hard work fighting the weeds
these days. but they are Just as trou-
blesomc to our neighbors in the next
township.
The hill ahead always looks steep
er than 1t really Is a August wealth
er is generally little hotter than any
we ever experienced.
The owl isn't as smart as the blue
Jay, but because he keeps his mouth
shut he has created reputation for
wisdom far beyond his deserts.
The Farmers union is like the
church, 1t needs preachers, men who
can teach the people business; unless
this is done the union will eventually
fall.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

habits, however. and the bronze color
of the sweet potato species contrasts
strongly with the dead black of the
other
These beetles live through the win
ter in rubbish under logs, stones or
among masses of leaves and other We
getation, and specimens may be found
at almost any time during that season
by sitting such rubbish along the edge
of woods, under fence rails, along
roadsides and in similar places
When the weather becomes really
warm these beetles leave their win
ter quarters and seek food.
AS soon as the plants are set in the
field the beetles attack them and be
gin feeding. Their eating is peculiar
in character and easily recognized
On either upper or under side they
al first close to and parallel with some
of the principal veins later when the
leaf has been pretty we'll eaten into,
the channels may run any way. This
attack, made as soon as the plants
are set out, and while they are suf
fering from the shock OF transplant
ing causes the leaf to lose vitality
turn brown, and die. If the weather
happens TO be dry and hot the en-.
ire plant dies, or II ii does not, takes
catches up and is poor one at
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Cooperative Trucking.

Cooperative trucking associations
are becoming very numerous. They
have distinct advantages which should
ne. be overlooked These associations
are generally managed by shrewd bust
ness men who understand the markets
and they usually procure better prices
than Is possible when the individual
growers operate separately one of the
strongest associations in the country
IS 1t Freehold \ !. II was the means
OF materially increasing profits of the
growers in that section last year
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
AGENTS SELL FARM PRODUCE
Number of Farmers Cooperative As
socations Making Rapid increase
All Over Country.

The number of farmers cooperative
associations through which produce is
marketed is increasing continually.
Various fruits and vegetables. grain,
tobacco, peanuts, rice and other prod
ucts are sold by the agents of such
associations, says Market Growers
journal, In the state OF Colorado
alone there were in 1907 at least thir
ty-three such organizations. and the
products handled by them included
cantaloupes. peaches, honey. potatoes,
and miscellaneous fruits and vegeta
bles A number of California associa
tons have united to form larger bodies
through which sales are made, while
the local organizations pack and load
the produce.
At least two produce exchanges
have been conducted successfully for
a number of years by truck growers
OF the peninsula lying between the
Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic
ocean. The cranberry crop is market
ed largely through farmers organiza-
tons, AVID similar associations. too nu-
merous to be listed mere, are improy-
Ing conditions of marketing in other
parts OF the United States.
The extent to which the cooperative
movement among farmers is distrib-
uted may be illustrated by the apples
from Houd River. Ore. which are mar
keted In this way, fruits and vegeta-
bes from Yuma Valley, Arizona, Gel
cry from Florida. cantaloapes from
Tennessee. onions from central and
western Texas, tobacco from Ken
lucky. grain from Minnesota and
North Dakota. rice from Texas.
peaches from Georgia yege tables from
Louisiana, and various articles from
Michigan, In addition to a large mum
Der OF products from california.
Two ef the important results of CO
operation In marketing have been the
shipment Of better grades of fruits
and vegetables, and he command by
the farmers of greater influence in
the market on account of large quaint
ties OF produce being controlled by a
single authority
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Spraying for BLIGHT.

Spraying for early blight on late van
cites of the Rural New Yorker type q
potatoes has proved profitable the pas.
two years at the Minnesota experiment
station. Spraying late varieties d
the Rural New Yorker type may be te
layed until the earliest planting q
early varieties in the locality show
signs of the presence OF the disease
when spraying should be Immediately
applied at the rate of so to rs gallons
of Bordeaux mixture per acre. fol-
lowed with spraying of an equal
amount every ten days in good weather
In rainy weather spray more ne
quently.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Select Good Men.

Time is running swiftly by and Au-
gust will soon be here The union
brotherhood Will soon be called upon
TO choose standard bearers for another
year. This is a very serious matter.
The union needs and must have able.
substantial men. men who know how
10 do things and then get up and do
them Broad-gauged men. who are able
to take care OF the situation.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Beware OF Office Seeker.

The picnic days are here and the
heard in the land. He is now trying
his voice so as to sing in dulcet strains
his love for the common people in such
a way that he can make them believe
that be intends to do what he says he
will Better keep all of that class away
from Farmers union meetings ana
listen to plans for the upbuilding Of
the great organization that is the farm
ers' hope
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Good Exercise.

There is no harm in pigs roofing
they are In field where roofing
will do no harm. Pigs can secure
much feed by roofing and the eief
else will do them good Where trcu
blesome roots infest the soil they VIII
often eradicate them If allowed TO %
so. The fattening hog should not y
allowed to root. as the exercise con-
sumes too much feed and energy.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

harvest. If the plant is vigo..
weather conditions are right 'U :. aud
hold before the. leaves have Az !. ass'
alter 1t has once made stsa' 1 aad
gets beyond reach of the ipssot' soa
ly in June the beetles begin s. Ear
crease In number, and as tbo D.
weeds are by this time groui. Ola&
orously, the tendency on their Wy
to forsake the cultivated for ~ paH y
plants. Tue WIN
By the middle of June the b..s..
nave practically disappearaa 'sSss
nothing more is seen of tho aa
August, and then they arc uau
found abundantly, not, as a rn,o asaa
sweet potatoes. but upon tho W, .p@
and other bindweeds and wild a ~
ing glories, where their cbarao,a.' Ois
feeding can be seen until Octoka' y
though the beetles themselves a. A., af
pear into winter quarters bv -,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Turn Dat StubbIc.

No delay should be made in turn
ing the oat stubble while there is sufh
cient moisture in the soil to hasten de.
composition of the vegetable matter
Plant the land in eowpeas, soy beans
or peanuts These leguminous plants
will greatly assist in improving ths
soil.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

In summer there may be seen on
low. marshy ground plants, showing
first upright stalks. as shown at the
left, ena a few weeks later the bushy
stems with fine needle-like leaves
shown at the right. Horses often ac-
re taste for this plant and eat
1t with injury to themselves. The
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

Profit in the orchard iais sss frtp
ponds upon the perfection y, "a the trs''
raised and the quantity anaciJ =
cannot produce their full oAp
less we'll cared for
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

September. Practically. the insects
disappear from the sweet potato fields
about June Is.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

A foal may be raised on cows milk
If the latter is sWectened with sugar
or molasses at the rate of two tea
spoonfuls per pint and three table
spoonfuls of lime water are added al
first Give a cupful every hour al
first and gradually Increase amount
and decrease meals to SIX and then tc.
four teeGs day.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

Tie the grape vines to the trellis
wires before the vines begin to run.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

Always market your butter regu,
larry at current market prices. Give
your customers pure, sweet fresh
butter and your reputation as a good
butter maker VIII soon be established.
When your butter IS held until it is
old and stale it is not wanted and
your reputation suffers as well as
your pocket.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

No well bred farmer ever contents
himself with scrub stock or poor crops.