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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01
GROWING CURRANTS

The following inquiry comes to me
accompanied with the request that l
omit the name of the inquirer: Twill
YOU kindly answer through The Ranch
what treatment currant bushes re-
ouire. They grow tall here, between
five and six feet. Should they be
cut back and when? Do they need
tying to stakes! What spray Is used
for the worm that eats the leaves?"
MY judgment is that the ground
mon which these curIant bushes grow
is too rich. The element that causes
vigorous growth in shrubs. trees,
grasses. grains and all forms OF vege-
tables is nitrogen in the form OF nj
trates.
Decayed vegetable matter and barn
ward manure all add nitrogen chiefly
to soil. Other elements OF fertility
that are often needed are PHOSPHORUS
and potash. Iron, sulphur. magnesla
and lime are nearly always present In
sufficient quantities. With such a
growth of plants as here described L
wonld not use any manure containing
nitrates. / would cut such currant
bushes back during the winter time
and keep the tops somewhat open and
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01
Illinois Fair Control.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about the new Illinois State Board
of Agriculture is it's omissions. Laf-
ayette Funk, Andrew Lovejoy, A. o.
Auten, James Brown and others are
not men who believe much in Office
seeking and in that sense they are
poor politicians. These men, who are
known far and wide as authorities in
the lines in which they so long and
so we'll served the great agricultural
and live stock interests of the state,
did not pesonally ..want the positions,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01

but their omission from the board is
deeply regretted by all except those
who are interested in building up the
political machinery and the speed
and sport side of the fair. Here is
hoping that the great Illinois State
Fair will not go the way OF the former
greatest show in the country, the st.
Louis Fair, after it fell into the hands
of political ringsters and professional
sports. This is not said in bitterness.
but merely warning. Among the new
members of the board we're five more
who are especially interested in speed.
Look out, people, look out Live
Stock Journal.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01
horticulture

in the leaves o.. .plants where alone we
find chlorophvll. Percival IN his
great work. entitled "Argicultural
Botany" on page 202 says: although
these simple inorganic materials alb
sorbed from the air and soil are fire.
quently spoken of as food of plants,
it is better perhaps to speak of them
as food materials, for the living sus-
lance of plant can not directly
nourish itself upon them. 1t is only
after they have been elaborated or
built up into more complex compounds
that they become food which can be
used for the nutrition of the proto-
plasm and the formation of the
tissues of growing organs. A Seeding
after it has consumed the food stored
for its use by its parent, is unable to
make use of the carbon dioxide and
simple salts supplied to it is exposed
to light under certain conditions
which allow it to elaborate and syn
thetically build up from these inor-
ganic materials compounds similar to
those which it had already consumed
and which were supplied and manu-
featured previously by its parent.
Now this organizing or celebrating is
done in the leaves. How significant
then is Gray's statement on page lat
when he says: "Leaves are so many
workshops, full of machinery worked
by sun-power. Quotations could he
made from other authors in which we
have the same lesson teaching US that
vegetables must have been created
before animals. l am not greatly
concerned about the relation to all
this to the statement of the Bible
order of creation. Ii [ cared to dis
cuss that phase of the matter, l could
90 much further and show that those
who sometimes in the pulpit prate
about the unreliability Of the ZOOS
mogony of Genesis simply show
their ignorance and verify the old
saying that ga little learning is
dangerous thing
1t is important to the fruit grower
to know the dependence of all life,
vegetable and animal, Oh the green
parts of plants where only chlorophyll
is found and the Importance OF the
leaves aud sunlight in sustaining all
living things.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01
An Appeal to the Agricultural
Press of the West.

Whereas, 1t is our earnest desire to
celebrate the Grange Jubilee in 1916
six years from now-with every state
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-11-01

thus let in the sunlight. In time
such soil will lose a good deal of its
available nitrogen and the vigorous
growth will diminish.
I would not spray those currant
bushes at all but would get pulverized
hellibore and dust over them. This
will not injure the currants for food
but will kill the worms that feed on
the leaves.
There is little to be said about the
sale of the apple crop. 1t seems that
some growers are complaining that
apples are not bringing as much as
they did last year. Anyone who ex-
poets as high prices as prevailed last
year is, in my judgment, doomed to
disappointment. L have been saying
right along for months that we could
not expect last years prices. The
buyers in many cases got bit last year
ami are cautious. In 1907 fruit went
very high but the next year sold at
about half as much but this years crop
is selling much better than half OF
last years. prices. l am not able to
say just what ought to be expected
but | certainly would not expect last
years. prices. If the buyers have
combined to keep prices down lower
than they ought to be and then put
them up as soon as they can control
the situation, it is a mean trick and
ought to be exposed. But [ must be
fully convinced that such thing has
happened before 1 would venture on
the exposure. Certainly I shall have
to have other proof than that the
prices are not as good as last year
before I could believe such a COM
bination exists. Apples will not
always rule as high as they did in
1907 and 1909, and ought not to for
the good of the grower.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
w. SCOTT DOUGLAS,
Write or Wire The Neal Institute
ILL.,, for particulars and booklet

ling at the hotels to see who was
! there from surrounding towns, and
| showing the visitors courtesies. Mr.
iCarey showed a copy Of the Saturday
Evening Post carrying "a page adYer-
tisemont setting forth the advant-
ages Of Ell Reno fol- which the people
Of that city had paid $4,000, and yet
what had Ell Reno 10 offer In com
parison with Cairo? East ST. Louis
had issued a map showing its al
vantaeeous location and its railroads
and it's lower railroad rates in com
parison with Chicago A similar map
of Cairo would show rate advantages
here, over those Of East St Louis,
ais great as were those Of the latter
city over Chicago Such 2 man Of
Cairo used by all merchants ia their
correspondence would bp of value
There we're many ways u advertising
and the object Of the $4,000 fund was
not 10 travel over the country hunt
ing up manufacturers who wished to
move but to develop inquiries and
then 90 after the inquirers effective
~. One Of Sears-Robucks announce
ments was give up the name Of
possible buyer and we'll do the rest "
and that's how they had built UP their
enormous business
Max Kaufman strongly favored al
yertising The city and raising the
necessary fund to 10 it effectively
H. L Halliday suggested that =
committee consisting of the presl-
dents of the three banks of the city.
be appointed. TO map out plan for
raising the proposed fund for secur.
ing factories n s. Antrim EN-.
bodied the suggestion in motion
which was seconded by Mr. Kaufman,
and It was unanimously carried
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
WOODEN PAVEMENTs


While cairo, as many other cities
* welded to brick payemeuts Ito
some extent in spite OF protests from
those Immediately affected we prob
ably viii not refuse to admit that
there may be strong points of virtue
in other payements, and the follow
ing from yesterdays Record-Herald
Of Chicago seems to show that such
an admission would not be wholly out
of line with similar admissions else
where:
Score several times for the wood,
en- block pavements Thanks to the
energy with which the work Of lay
ing them was pursued, we had fine
example on exhibit with the opening
of the conclave of knights Templar.
and 1t is certain now that there viii
be a pressing demand for more,
These payements,a it should be
understood. bear little resemblance to
the old wooden pavements which
made such sorry record in this City
They are laid on solid foundation,
are soaked in Il preventative and 50
are durable The rapidily with
which the block surface is put down
is of itself an indication that repairs
can be made with little trouble when
they are called for.
The pavement will last, and while
it lasts it win be smoth, easy to
keep clean, and noiseless. And be-
cause it is noseless it is real boon
to the business district. If II were
extended, as it should be, TO all the
down town streets it would practic-
ally eliminate the noise nuisance ex.
cept in the immediate vicinity of the
Union loop, and that means much,
not only for the comfort Of thous-
ands of citizens but for their health.
The rattle on the stone pavements IS
enough to wreck the nerves of many
employees in stores ana offices who
must submit TO II or live in invent.
lated rooms
II is to he hoped that we shall
not have q relapse after the recent
hurst of speed but that property
owners will realize the great benefits
to be derived from the Improvement
and vie with one another in pushing
on wooden pavement campaign"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
ORDINANCE NO. 233,

An Ordinance amending Section oae
Of Ordinance Mo. 215. Approved
March 25, 1910, relating to Fire
Stations No. I and No. 2, where
they are located and how com
ECscd.
BE II ordained BY the City Coun-
II Of the City Of Cairo. Illinois:
Section t. That Section Ono of
Ordinance No 2l5, Approved March
?. 1910, relating to Fire stations
%o and No. 2 where they are 10,
a'ed aud how composed be- amend
jed so as to read as follows see.
ton t For the use of the paid fire
department Of tho city there arc
hereby established two fire stations
At the following locations, to-wit:
One At the building situated on lot
numbered twenty-five (22) in block
numbered twenty-five (25l, in the
City OF Cairo, and be known as Cairo
Fire Station No. /, and shall be com
posed of the following fire wagon
hook and ladder and four horses
aud that the number of men employ.
ed be five men and a captain. The
second station shall be located at the
building situated on lot numbered six
cd in block numbered seventeen
GRO, in the first addition in the City
oC afro and be known as Cairo Fire
station No 2 aud shall be composed
of The following Ere wagon and
one patrol WAGON three horse- aud
the number ot men employed be five
firemen and captain
Section 9. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
o(tor ils passage approval ana pub
Hcation
Passed M me City Council August
p, A. y. 1910,
Approved by the mayor, August 10.
1919, GEORGE PARSONS. Mayor.
Attest ROBT. A. HATCHER,
city Clerk.
Published in the Cairo Bulletin
august II, 1910
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

somewhat pessimistically upon the
mental calibre of legislators of the
day, under the caption "Oratory in
1910" 1t says:
Lord Chesterfield, writing nearly
two hundred years ago, was deliv-
Tered of an estimate of the men at
THAT time in public life:
when first came into the House
of Commons, | respected that assem-
bly, as venerable one, and felt a
certain awe upon me: but upon bet
ter acquaintance that awe soon van
ished: and I discovered that of the
SEQ not above 80 could understand
reason that those 30 only
required plain common sense, dressed
up in good language; and that all the
rest only required flowing and har-
monious periods. whether they CON
veyed any meaning or not"
What are the proportions in the
House of Commons under His Ma
jesty George the Fifth, and what Al
present in Uncle Samuels House OF
Representatives 1t would be anus
ing to have the opinion Of some of
our domestic speakers expressed with
the candor which Chesterfield used
That ineisive critic probably would
prefer the debating style of our day,
whether in England or the United
Statess His view Of the ornamental
correspondent with these directions:
"Satiated with the pompous follies
of this life, of which | have had an
uncommon share. would have no
posthumous one S displayed at my
funeral"
For his taste, the oratry Of the
great Lord Chatham was too fluid In
England, and more recently in the
United States, there has been a rapid
drift away from reliance on flowing
and harmonious periods" and toward
that more exact and cooler reasoning,
the absence of which caused the wall
we have quoted from Lord Chester,
field.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

The alderman has another PROPOSE
ton Of equal merit. II is that there
shall be systematic inspection of
meats, vegetables, and milk in the
city. He says casual inspection
made ty himself has satisfied him of
the urgent need of action in this d
rection, ard he will work for the APP
pointment Of an inspector There are
ordinances on the books requiring
that the chief aud his officers shall
make daily visits 10 all places where
meats are sold, and II any Of them
lis found in an unsanitary state the
city attorney shall be notified by the
officers 4 enalties are imposed upon
failure tc put said places in coed ord
er and Iron the sale of all unheai-
thy meats and vegetables. Little at
tention has been paid to these ordin-
anaes and While there mas been but
one death traciblc directly to. the
sale Of putrid meat, there laye been
other cases, no telling ow many,
where sickness resulted from failure
to enforce these ordinances.
Now tl'at we have large police
force, larger han ought to he neoes
sary in city Of this sire with prop
ef regulations as TO its conduct, some
attention may he expected from the
police department to matters in watch
the health OF the community is SER
ionsIy concerned: and in filling the
one vacancy remaining ON the force
the mayor would do we'll 10 select
some person VINO IL qualified narticu.
larly TO be an inspector Under the d.
rection Of the chairman Of the Board
Of Health.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
THE CI'rY'S HEALTH.

That Mayor Parsons made no mis-
take in placing Alderman Walsh ~
the head Of the city's Board Of Health
has been demonstrated. AS a physi'
clan the alderman knows what ought
to be done TO promote the eity's
health and as an alderman he has
saown proper sense of responsible
ity to have things lone taat ought %
be done. His ordinance requiring that
all houses snail be connected with
sewers and water mains where these
are available though meeting with op-
position from property owners, IS
manifestly the tight thing. 1t ought
to tie passed and enforced VII Teyer
practicable A like ordinance. it
seems, has just been passed by the
Murphysboro City Council and the In
dependent comments on the action as
follows.
Although the idea may not be pom
ular in a.. quarters al tine first glance,
the city council did one Of the hes,
things in the history Of Murphyshoro
when at its August meeting Monday
night it adnn;ed an ordinance nrovid
ing that every person in a certain
district mrst do away with The old
foul smelling closets and cesspools,
anil connect with 4 sewer. where said
persons property is within 100 feet
OF q pubic sewer The territory in
which he new ordinance makes such
action imperative Is bounded by the
south line Of Hanson street AIS far
al the west line Of Seventh street;
the north line Of Rover street and the
west liae Of Seventh street and the
east line OF Fourteenth street.
This is an ordinance submitted a
month ago by the city beard Of
health, and which was defeated at
tnat time. The ordinance was adopt
ed Monday nignt without a dissent
ing vote"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
photoaraphs on Guard.

1t is 30, Improbable that in war
times some fcrH Of photography will
be used to detect the on-comipg war
eagle Of a flying battleship Just as
pAa-l3 IRE made of dark and bright
stars That cannot be detec,td by the
eye and the most powerful telescope.
Sentinels would look every few sec.
ends at the Photographic plates in
stead of at the sky
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
Warranted Heart Whnle

Break an hours promise in love!
lie that will divide minute into a
Thousand parts and break but a part
OF thousandth part of a minute in
the AFFAIRS Of love, it may be said of
MN that Cupid hath clapped him O.
the shoulder, but III warrant him
heart whole "--Rosa,ind
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
July Circulation.

The above is correct statement of
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1909 and for the monta
of July, 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day Of August, 1910
LEO i. Kl.EB.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

There are wives said Easymark
vito wont do what their husbands tell
them 20 do Just won't. that's all
Ihcre rs to it, Ny wife, however, Is
better trained She always carefully
explains to me just why she won't.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

The Murphysboro branch Of this
institute is one Of the so such insti
buttons TO be found all over the Uni
ted States, It is a quiet home-like
place The rooms are large aud airy
surrounded with all the comforts and
privacy possible either in home, hotel
or club. No better environment
could be secured
The directors Of ae Neal Institute
guarantee satisfactory cure or re-
fund the money and always say,
Satisfy us OF your ability to pay
then pay us when you, your physician
and your friends are satisfied
The Neal Three Day Treatment is
miraculous in its results and has
won deserved national recognition
1T Is entirely different from any
other No hypodermic injections
The medicine perfectly harmless, iy
taken internally during the daytime
only and under the direction Of regu
lar aud thoroughly competent physic
ians and is guaranteed to free the
patient for an time from craviugor
desire for drink A bond and contract
is given each patient to effect a
curg i'm three DAVIS or refund fha
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC rvs


NoE .sse cars fue 10 leave Second 81. &C
wv se"N INK north on Commercial Ave
aver ~ MINUTES from 4 a, m, 20 II p. N.
Got n1rth,on Walnut Skeveyy IL ininues
trou q. N TO i0:bS p. m,
PsDsSF 81. Lane 10 oi iesye sscond "a y. g
lrs 0.frtI on F3oihrook. AZ 500; 6:2+. 8a1 5f5
~ n and on this same niuUtsa every h6uE
lrt 3.s4 audIi.t2 y, m.
GoirK ess 1t on Twenty Elehsh 81. ~ h.Ss'
alg $50 6:4s and 7:14 8. m. and on same 1stE.
utes every hour untl l0.g4 Eus ll'9f =. n
Poplar So. cara 6yie 10 pRss ~, M&svh rFrr
rs minutes Aftev lesvipg S5g0ud ~ ---+
Seli Line Owl Cars 2 i,%o, a. =. W.. T. :.
n 1850 o. tn.. zsBo q. n,i bH Rts HFGA ~
l:H0 .. NJ.
North on Con- e srcisl--lE \ N 50 n. =
nj n. N. ( o. nj q Ia,
Belt and Owl cars are \ 80 $3.50
rhiTty-fourah S. 10 u1Ig p. i
Ssn nd Sc - tAS s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

W. L. Phillips,
Manager Neal institute,
BIG Ninth St. Murphysboro. ILL.,,
| desire to thank your good wife
and family for the kindness shown
me while at your institute My years
number nearly three score and ten,
and have been drinking whiskey for
fifty years, sometimes would drink
pure alcohol, a pint at a time. Have
consumed enough booze" to float the
old ship Guiding star on the Gulf
of Mexico Am glad TO say to the
world that | am once more free from
the curse that took all my manhood
out of me. | have no desire for a
drink of any alind. I am not ashamed
that | have taken the Neal Three
Day Cure. The only thing | ever did
in my life that | was ashamed of Is
to get drunk, and what | have done
while under the Influence Of liquor
] hone this letter may be the means
of leading some poor unfortunate be-
ing to the cure; win be glad to give
any information or answer any in
Quiry. Again thanking the manage
ment, physicians and all good people
connected with this grand institu
tion Respt
w. SCOTT DOUGLAS,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
OLD SOLDIER CURED
or DRINK Habit
IN Three DAYS
Remarkable Drama From Real Life at Neal
Institute Where Happiness Knocked
Out Sorrow.

$40 Ninth Murphyboro
soldier cid gentleman
greater part
of
a Murphysboro cooTne
There pahos the coming Three
HE His
replaced
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

The foregoing recalls similar in
cident. often told with much salts
faction by John Fl. Oberly, founder Oh
The Bulletin. He was elected mem
her the Illinois general assembly
in the seventies and it seems that his
feelings were about the same as
those Of Lord Chesterfield, on the
morning be first took his seat in the
lower house. Although a man Of
more than ordinary ability, of fine
presence. at ease before an audience
and an orator Of much power, he felt
nervous when the big men began
TO gather in the hall, wondering how
he would ever be able to impress
these men that he was really one OF
them. The house was called to order
by rap of the speakers gayel; the
roll was called, and before the
speaker could announce the order Of
business Oberly heard a shrill voice
from the opposite side of the cham
ber saying:
mir. Speaker, there are no ink in
the bottles!"
And before the presiding officer
could reply, another voice equally
sharp responded
MIR Speaker, there are ink in the
bottles; but it are froze"
Mr. Oberly said his fear and tremb-
ling ceased al once, and he felt sure
he would be able to hold his own
with that crowd
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
NnteEed a the Cairo Postof1es ~ second
class M Ill Matter,
\ CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number OF complete and
perfect copies of TIE Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1908. ...., .2215
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month of July,
1910 ................. 22os
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Forgiveness doesn't rush around and
show the same disposition to violate
the speed ordinance which character
ICES revenge.--Atchison Globe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

The bulletin IL on sale ~ thu FOL
lowing places:
Coleman's, 702 Commercial Avenue
Halliday House News STAINS,
Blue Front Restaurant
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
Eerclna a 4andican.

nicgeles returned from , 4 search
for an honest man. "Gi .sale
chaser they inquired.
matter of necessity" rs Do Wa
losopher Some one "a
tern. Lippineott's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Board of County Commissioners.
j, ! JENHELLE, Chairman.
C, V. NEFr.
DIR, EDWIN GAuEE
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
INK IN THE BOTTLES

Golfers 81 tbs week discourse.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
Weather Notes,

Does the wind blow this way all
the time?' asked a stranger in
Wichita the other day, as he damned
his hat over his ears and hung onto
the rest OF his clothes to keep them
rom being blown off,
"Oh, no, repned II native lit blows
he other Ray good deal OF the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

trading nation, that axe ycr
IN it 20 dull and III who - Ii
be placed in staff Of life which
may give them an opportunity of ma.
king their ADMINISTRATION
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

is good old soldier tells his own story:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-30
SOCIETY IS. EOtRtO
DlSSOt BY POPE
Letter is Address, 10 French epi'-
copate Telling Dangers by Or
sani en.


ROME, Aug. 2s.-Pope Plus. In let
ter to the French episcopate. orders
the dissolution and reorganization. un-
der the bishops of the French Catholic
"silion" society. on the ground that II
is propogatlng a false dream Of de
mocracy and the equality of maa--a
principle contrary To nature. a genera
tol of Jealousy and subsersive Of social
order"
The letter adjures the faithful not
TO be deceived by the mirage OF \
false democracy, saying the church
has never deceived the people by com
promising ALLIANCES and !; can restore
the organization. broken by revolution.
and adapt them to n new situation
created by the material evolution OF
ccutemporanous society The true
friends Of the people are neither revo-
lutionaries nor innovationists. but
traditionists.'