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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to June list I910.)
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains leave Cairo:

LIS a. m. Daily Chicago veatibuIa
Limited, arriving Chicago 1910 am
2:16 a. m. Daily st. Louis Might
Limited. arriving st. Louis 7:20 am,
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
1870 a. m. st. Louis Special.
500 a. m. Chicago Daily Express.
11;15 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail.
1918 am. Chicago Midday Special
2:S5 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited
2:s5 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin, Effngham, Mattoos. Champaign
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodation.
6:I5 p. IN. Chicago and Eastern Ex
press.
1910 p. m. Chicago night express
arriving at Chicago tbs a. m.
2:20 q. m. Memphis aud Nashville
s:25 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
$40 q. m. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
$500 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
1:41 p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:41 p. m. Daily Nashville. ChRtts
noaga and Atlanta.
! 4:S0 p m. Fulton and Mayfield a0
commodation.
$50 .. m. Paducah and Louisville
B:b5 p. m. Memphis and New OE
leans Special
For through tickets. sleeping cas
accommodations and further informs
ton apply at Illinois Central PasseR
ger Station, Cairo. TIL.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
10. q. HATCH. q. p. A.
| A. n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
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liquidation has been endured with.
out any important disasters.
A feature of mncn Importance ID
the improving tendency in foreign
trade. The May returns amounted 40
$l3l ,o0e0V0, or nearly $4,000 800
more than the same month last wear.
This is larger gain in exports ANA
q smaller gain in imports than seen
for many months. and demonstrates
that owing to declining markets and
lower prices our foreign trade IL re-
turning to more normal conditions
The excess of expots in May was
S11,o00,009 the largest balance for a
long period, and compares with
balance OF over $7000,00O a year ago,
TAis welcome change in the tendency
of our foreign trade is exceedingly
significant, since ander former condf
tiOns we We're constantly threatened
with an abnormal drain of GOLD
With conditions as they are. the out
look is for liberal importations OF
the precious metal during the autumn
especially IL there should be any fl.
nancial stringency on this sid, as
at one time was anticipated, though
now less probable.
unfavorable Factors.
On the unfayorable side of the
market these factors should not be
lost sight Of Political unrest, tariff
prospects; Mr.. Roosevelt's return;
backward condition Of the crops;
dun trade; excessive demands on
capital, and less favorable net rail
road returns. These factors, however,
while not to be overlooked, do moi
need to be unduly considered, hay
ing been very largely, ii not entirely,
discounted so far as the security
markets are concerned by a six
continuous decline, Appar
emily we are in for season OF bus
mess inactivity, but conditions are
not unsonnd, and there is every rea
son to anticipate rival later on.
A few warm days would quickly com-
pansate for the backward condition
of toe crops. ana It fshould he rel1eiilj
bered that Tie latter4aFe rarely much
injured by an abundance of naoislllEe.
There are few instances in whifh
our markets are oVersupplied, al
though the slackness of demand is
causing a general downward move
ment in commodity prices, Tie LAT
ter is really a more Welcome develop
ment. inasmuch as ii means the re-
establishment of trade on a lower
and safer level; also a lowering In
the cost of living which has been the
source of so much public discomfort.
Recovery Looked For.
Aftesueh drastic liquidation az has
lust been experimental 1t 7is scarcely
to be expected that there viii he amy
very pronounced activity &c any very
prompt violent recovery Nevertha
less, curative Influences haye been
quietly at work. tne country Is near
er to bed rock that at any time dur
ing the past six months; there Is less
reason for anxiety than formerly, and
all bad conditions have been thor,
oughly discounted, so that the proba
bilities favor recuperation rather
than further depression. This mark
ct may experience further setbacks
for Il is still more sensitive to bed
news than to good news: but In the
absence Of unfavorable developments
the probabilities are for gradual
and moderate recovery.
HENRY CLEWS
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Special.
New York; June 1S, 1910

New York, June 1S, 1910.
The tendencies in fincial af-
fairs appear to be in the direction of
improvement. All known unfavor-
able features have been so literally
discounted and prices have suffered
such a prolonged decline that moder-
ate recovery seems at least reason
able expectation. Apparently stocks
have been well sold out, and the
market has reached level where the
attention OF careful Investors is more
easily aroused. For some time past
corrective Influences have been
quietly at work, the effect Of which
il now being seen. Liquidation has
not been confined to stocks, but has
also extended to grain cotton, cop
per, land and other speculative ven
lures, Bankers in all parts of the
country have been retrenchlng and
hnsbaning the resources. The
feeling of extreme conservatism which
extended from the Atlantic to the
Pacific has also resulted in a general
application of down brakes" the re-
suit being general strengthening
of financial condition. Money is easy
and promises 70 remain so 70 9 me
time to come. In fact, with the
rates of interest at their present
point, and good stocks oren selling
on G per cent basis, it is plain That
some sort Of adjustment must follow.
If money rates do not advance,
stocks probably will
Railroad Bill Favorable.
One of the most favorable events
of the week was the passage Of the
railroad bill very much in the form
which President Taft first desired.
A few years ago such a measure
would have created CONSERVATION inI
Wall street. Today its passage has,
been Thoroughly discounted. and as
railroad officials and investors be-
come accustomed TO its provisions,
its restrictions will appear less dis,
tasteful than at one time anticipated.
The bin may contain minor defects
but Is certainly the best that could
be passed, and will work no harm to
the railroads; in fact it may prove Il
benefit, for it win disarm public hos
tility and insure fair treatment for
both railroads and shippers, The
railroads will soon adapt Themselves
to its provisions and ii is quite safe
to say tnat no important railroad leg
isiatou will be attempted for some
time to come The question of rates
will now fortunately be left open for
discussion. Advances win not be i'm
possible, but the railroads viii have
to justify such steps before making
them; thus protecting the public
from exhorbitant charges and giving
railroads freedom to advance rates
when justified.
Adjournment A Relief.
Having accomplished this mucl
congress will soon adjourn, mucn to
the relief of the country at large.
Next fall we may have TO face re-
yival of tariff and antitrust agitation
but that contingency Is so far dis
tant as to have no effect upon the
market at present Throughout the
West more hopeful feeling prevails
owing 10 improved financial condi'
lions resulting from precautions
which the banks have taken during
the past month The financial SKIES
are gradually clearing and much re-
lief is felt that the recent drastic
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
How Il Worked.

Things don't always turn out as
we plan them" said the philosopher.
mo-" answered the apprehensive
person. II took out life insurance
In the Iniauitabie Company TO relieve
my mind about the future, and all !
got was more worry" Washington
Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

NO." said Miss Passay, II don't
like the photos Kamrer made for me.
They make me look like woman Of
forty"
Well" replied Miss Pepprey.
'syou should have told him not to
touch them up II you didn't want
them to look 30 youthful. "rhiia-
delphia Press
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

Mrs. Hall Game acts not only as
her husbands literary adviser but as
his secretary. He has repeatedly
tried to get her to give her place &c
typewriter, but she enjoys the
work and refuses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
Balanced Grand Plane.

A balanced grand piano has been
invented In England. One side Is q
duplicate Of the other and the lid Ia
hinged In the center SO ais to dissrib.
ute the sound waves evenly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

in workmanship and quality, and
bought lot in cemetery, ana ne
has placed monument over the
spot where he desires to be buried.
He left the coffin in the care. Of the
lodge. inside Of which he placed
written instructions as to funeral
arrangementse-Indianapolis News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

IMPROVEMENT IN AFFAIRS GOING ONMoDERATE
coVERY SEEMS REASONABLE EXPECTATION Henry
cLEWs-PAssAGE OF THE RAILROAD BILL FAVORABLE FAC.
ADJOURNMENT CONGRESS- WOULD BE RE.
LIEF TO CouNTRY-soME uNFAVoRABLE FACTORS
ERATED-cLEWs LOOKS FOR RECOVERY.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
shop. 100 Washington.

FOR SALE OR TRADE,--For city
property LAG acres Of farm lands, well
improved. Would consider good bust
ness proposition. Address M. j., care
of The Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

It's pretty difficult job to con-
vince a woman that deathless love
can be breathed through a dyed mus
nc
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

7r-~-------7,
LOST-Three small Ladies Rings,
wrapped in chamois skin Lost eth
er in Mounds, Mound City or Cairo
Finder win be literally rewarded II
returned to Mrs. Met Quarrels,
Mounds, H., Telephone No. AZ.
--+---~ ------------7-------------~
LOST-Diamond and pearl brooch
at Cairo Baptist church or between
Tenth and Center on Washington.
Return to sd Center. Reward.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20

FOR Table, chairs, ice box,
laundry stove and iron folding bed
100 Washington.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISS SULLIVAN, trained nurse,
331 Twenty eighth street. Bell phone
462.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-20
HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-Fiva papev hangers,
must be first class Apply at 1870
p. m, 220 Eighth. Marable & Bull
lard.
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is bed The pole should be jointed and that is
the one concession to civilization, because you
might have to camp where you could not get the
right pole and because you cannot we'll carry a
full-length tent pole in bag. And all your outfit
should be carried in a bag or bundle. without
single box or hard package bigger than your fry
ingpan and kettle. The Indians would not have
dragged their teepee poles around with them had
they been able to get fresh ones at every camp.
Tent pins you get in metal; but while they
compact they are too heavy for carriage.
these you must cut afresh.
In size your peaked top tent need be only
about feet square to accommodate two or
three persons. The fly will make storeroom,
II necessary. These canvases will make into
packs to hold loose articles, in your canvas
pack bags get overcrowded. OF course you can
camp without any tent at all, II you like The
writer and friend once spent night in the Vel
lowstone park in winter, when the thermometer
was 26 degrees below zero and we had no tent.
only strip OF light We dug hole in
six feet of snow and kept a fire going all night
That sort of thing is cold work, though tent
would not have helped us much. The trapper
who sometimes covers a hundred miles on his
line of traps has lean-tos log novels with open
fronts that he can keep fire going in case
he has not cabin or tent with stove Even
good log fire does not offer complete comfort
in case of rain. Rainy weather is far worse than
cold weather and snow in camp and against rain
you must have sort of roof. Bark and
boughs sound we'll. but hard to get into
practical roofing shape.
Your bed ought to be good, for If you do not
sleep comfortably you cannot enjoy yourself
do your work. good bough bed is difficult and
slow to make, although most writer's prate about
1t learnedly. Again. hay or straw may be impos-
sible to What then? An air mattress?
Certainly not for any od-timer. A good pair OF
real wool blankets weighing in the negiborhood
of II IL pounds. heavy cotton comforter and
long strip OF wide canvas to roll 1t all up in
tight and snug and dry, and you have cow
puncher's bed. the best outdoor bed ever yet in
vented. and good for any weather.
Observe. especially. that this canvas. which
folds in your folded bedclothes, keeps out
the dust and the rain. Your bed should be clean
and it must be dry. Roll it tight and compact
and tie II snugly when you move camp
Your camp site should never in fly time be
too the water. Get up the bluf where
the wind will strike you and you will be much
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ARMY's NEW TELESCOPE.

After years of patient experimenting Dana Dud-
ley of Wakefield Mass, has just had the satsfac-
ton of having his pan angle" telescope adopted
by the department of the United States The
invention is simple in its construction, yet it is
said, may revolutionze modern warfare. 1t con-
sists of rehecting lenses arranged at angles in
a tube that persons objects above or below and
on all sides may be viewed rom place of conceal
ment The device constructed for in war
fare is arranged that even on disappearing guns
or guns used in trenches and fired from any point
invisible from the exterior the operator may
tain the location of the enemy. target or other OBJ
jective point without exposing himself-Phade-
phia Record.
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AWFUL BURNING ITCH CURED
IN A DAY

"In the middle of the night of March
Goth l woke up with burning itch in
my two hands and l felt as if could
pull them apart. In the morning the
itching had gone to my chest and dur
ing that day it spread all over my
body. l was red and raw from the top
of my head to the soles of my feet and
was in continual agony from the
itching. could neither lie down nor
sit up. happened to see about Cuti-
cura Remedies and thought would
give them a trial. took a good bath
with the Cuticura Soap and used the
Cuticura Ointment. l put it on from
my head down to my feet and then
went to bed. On the first of April
felt like a new man. The itching was
almost gone. I continued with the
Cuticura Soap and Cuitcura Ointment
and during that day the itching COM
pletely left me. Frank Gridley, 1926
East 43rd Street, New York City, Apr
81, 1909" Cuticura Remedies are sold
throughout the world; Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Mass.
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Ronaparte,s Resolve.

Napoleon entered the clubhouse
with frown foot deep on his fore
head, and temper not fit for pubiica-
ton. .
Mile toDnerres!" he calculated. III
ever play golf with Baron Munchau-
sen again may l end my days on tho
island of ST. Helena"
Whats the matter with Munich,
Bony?" asked Caesar, looking up from
his asbestos copy of the Congressional
Record.
You get nothing but bad lies all
over the links" retorted the emperor.
-Lippincotts
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Gentlemen Two.

Two street cleaning department
men were having an alteration as
they were driving their cars side by
side along upper Broadway the other
afternoon. One was red-faced and
bulbous-nosed, the typical "rummy."
The other was an adder-headed negro.
Both looked utterly disreputable.
Get out O. my way!" yelled the red
faced man. Don't cher know enough
to get outer der way when you see a
gentleman"
I'm more of a gem'man than you
you big rum," retorted the negro
"Youall drives a garbage cart, an
only picks up ashes. New York
Press.
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camping in the winter time you may find 1t better
to suspend your boiling kettles over the flame by
means of long sticks thrust into the ground or
snow at the other end. Such stick is called by
the Canadian Indians chiplok-quorgan In other
places it is known Grow" After your camp
is done you must be careful to throw this stick
down and not leave it standing. else you will have
bad luck
In the eastern section Of the country the Adj
rondacks and to lesser extent the Catskill noun
tains constitute the supreme paradise of the camp
ers, although there is much camping along the st.
Lawrence river in the lake district of New Hamp-
shire and in the Blue Ridge mountains In the
middle states the shores of the Great Lakes afford
one far-flung camp ground and one of the most
popular camping meccas in the entire world is
embraced in the beautiful lake regions Of Mchi-
gan Minnesota and Wisconsin. where the smaller
sheets of water seem to enable closer acquaint-
ance with nature in her alluring form. Colo
RADIO has become great camp ground for summer
tourists late years and the Pacific coast there
is no end of camping All sorts of settings
available for the west coast campers-woodland
seashore and mountains, not forgetting that pictur
esuue tent city" which rises every summer the
alluring Coronado beach, near San Diego. Cal.
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campers hundreds and thousands Of women who
do not like bugs and smoky fires and other incon
veniences of traditional camp life in its more ele
mentary form. And because the women have
gone in for camp life in considerable numbers
and have. of course taken the children to the
camp environment 1t has come about that the
average permanent camp unlike the makeshift
affairs, is occupied for weeks or more likely
months at time-and, where circumstances per
nit continuously from June to October.
The very term permanent camp implies some
thing much more costly and pretentous than the
tent or tepee of the old-time camper. but while
tins is usually the case, 1t is not necessarily So
TfDe are canvas abodes which rank as perma-
nent camps, but they usually take the form OF
tent houses" rather than the hastily pitched
tent of the nomad. tent house, 1t may be ex-
planned, has the canvas roof and walls stretched
on inexpensive wooden framework which gives
a stability that is welcome when high winds pre-
vail Likewise does the tent house have floor
IN the form of wooden platform sufficiently ele-
waited from the ground to dodge dampness and
most likely it has facilities for leading through
the canvas roof stovepipe which constitutes the
tangible evidence of cooking equipment of sup
posedly more dependable character than the open
campfire. In the less expensive grades of the
permanent camp, too. are bark houses that can
be constructed quickly and at very low cost yet
will remain weather tight for months with no
attention.
Ascending the scale of expenditures, we come
to the cabins the shngle houses and the stone
lodges that have become so popular as rustic
homes where the camp" is designed as family
abode for months at time And from these
CAMPS which may cost only few hundred dol
lars apiece or at most few thousand. we ad-
vance to those marves Of the modern camping
world-the log cabins OF our multimillionares,
wherein may be found all the luxuries from tiled
baths to electric lights. These present-day ve-
htcles of the rich for "roughing it" in approved
fashion are really entitled to rank as marvels of
Yankee achievement. Some of them, such as
the camps" of Alfred Vanderbilt and J. Pierpont
Morgan are buried deep in the heart OF the Adj
rondack wilderness-miles from the nearest rail-
road station or crossroads store. and yet house
parties of from 20 to 80 guests are entertained
at these retreats with all the perfection of detail
as to menus and service that could reasonably be
expeOe Oed in Newport villa.
For temporary camp singlepole tent with
Ia fly is the most popular. 1t has many advan
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His st.

Poets Wife-My husband read this
poem at a public celebration before
thousands of people. Alas! it was the
last poem he ever wrote.
Publisher see. Did they lynch him
or shoot him?-Leslie's Weekly.
The new era., 1910-05-12
Soy uuuZERe m cAme

wealthy folk who have long been accus-
toned to the acme of luxury In their daily life
most enthusiastic about "roughing it" for
interval every year. Perhaps the secret OF
the conversion of these lovers of their own COM
fort to the camping fad is found in the fact that
every attribute of luxurious life is now found IN
only slightly modified form in the unconventional
life of the realm of woods and waters.
There could be greater mistake on the
part of the uninitated than to suppose that
camping out" in this twentieth century neces-
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A Witty Bishop.

"The late Bishop Foss," said Phil
adelphia physician, ''once visited me
for some trifling ailment.
"' DO you, sir, l said to him, in the
course of my examination, talk in
your sleep?'
No, SIR he answered. I talk in
other peoples. Aren't you aware that
| am a divine?"
The new era., 1910-05-12

tages, chief of which
are lightness and the
fact that it is easily set
up. 1t should have a
floor cloth of good can
vas, to be tied in at
the corners.
The bed Of browse
or straw can be made
under this floor cloth,
so that the whole tent
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IN A FIX.

THAT clerk of mine is going to ask ME for my
daughter. He amt earning enough to marry on"
"Well?"
But if l bring up that objection he'll strike me
for a salary aise."-Lousvie Courier-Journal.
The new era., 1910-05-12

Delicately formed and gently reared, women
will find, in all the seasons of their lives, as
maidens, wives or mothers, that the one simple,
wholesome remedy which acts gently and
pleasantly and naturally, and which may be
used with truly beneficial effects, under any
conditions, when the system needs a laxative.
is-Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. 1t is
we'll known to be simple combination of the
laxative and carninative principles of plants
with pleasant aromatic liquids, which are
agreeable and refreshing to the taste and
acceptable to the system when it's gentle
cleansing is desired.
Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna can hope to get its
beneficial effects, and as guarantee of the
excellence of the remedy the full name of the
company-CaliforniaF Fig Syrup Co.'s printed
on the front of every package, and without it
any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is fraudulent and should be
declined. To those who know the quality of
this excellent laxative the offer of any subst-
tute, when Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna
is called for, is always resented by transfer
of patronage to some first-class drug establish
ment, where they do not recommend. nor sell
false brands, nor imitation remedies. The genu-
inc article may be bought of all reliable drug
gists everywhere; one size only. Regular
price SO cents per bottle. Get a bottle today
to have in the house when needed. !:
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CA/ze ny THE
HDRI0nDHCh MI DERMfSo

pretty much all of the United States
you will not require one. You do not
need q lot of fancy camp dishes. but
require at least one fryingpan. better
two. sheet-iron coffee pot. riveted,
and some sort of cooking oven-a
Dutch oven of cast iron, if your trans
portation admits it. Above all, you
should remember that your campfire
is not your cooking fire and that you
do not cook on the flames but on the
Goals. You bake with hot ashes
rather than with Goals. because much
camp cooking is burned when hur-
ried. OF course in snowshoeing and
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istence we have always been wont to
Osociate with the nomadic expedi-
tions of hunters and fishermen. That
form of life in the open is still in
vogue among steadily growing num-
ber of devotees and they are, one
and all, ready to declare that it is the
only form of camping worth while.
All the same these sportsmen-camp-
ers who dwell for the most part in
temporary habitations of canvas,
brush OF bark. are hopelessly in the
minority these days in comparison
with the new-fangled campers who
dwell in what are known as "perma-
nent camps"
These permanent camps are in
many instances set down in surround
ings just as rustic and rugged as
could be found for the temporary shell
ters, but they are designed for longer
continuous occupancy. 1t is the per-
manent camp which has been respon-
sible for enrolling in the category of