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PEARY RECORDS RESTORED.
Arctic Club Receives Them by
Order of Danish King.

Arctic records which Commander Peary
left in a cairn on the north of Greenland
in May. 1900. when he was making an at
tempt to reach the north pole and which
were recovered seven years later by the
Danish expedition under Myths Erickson,
who lost his life in the work, have been
returned to the Peary Arctic Club by d.
rection of the King of Denmark.
A translation of the report OF the find
ing of the records is also sent to the club
for preservation. The report tells of find
ing the cairn after passing Cape Clarence
Wyckoff on the east coast of Pearl land.
Commander PearyS report, which he had
deposited there seven years before, was
found wrapped In canvas in a tin box
The exploring party removed Commander
Pearys report and placed In the box one
of it's own and continued north to finish
the American measurements between
Grant B. Schley ford and Cape Bridge
man.
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AN07 1H|ELR FAIL D IRE
(From S. F. Bulletin. May 1, '09.)

Among many late letters announcing favorable
results there number from physicians, all
Of whom have cases recovering, and one from
Hot Springs, Ark, telling of the recovery of
two physicians.
The same week a physician OF this city re-
ported a failure. He stated that he gave the
Compound at the last moment in extreme
case of Brights Disease. and that he had no
confidence in the treatment. and as the patient
expired a few days thereafter that II confirmed
his opinion The secret of the several successes
first referred to lays in the fact that the ply
sicians. realizing the admitted futiity of the
orthodox treatment put themselves their pa
tients on the compound before they were in
exIremis. Not SO i'll the last case, and the rea.
for the failure is obvious.
Let us Illustrate: We are told that there is a
physician In South San Francisco by the name
Of Gardner who has never had failure in a
method Is, but will say that when his fame
causes patients 10 be transferred his treat
clared the homeless that his failures viii
then commence. His successes have been in
cases that sent for him while there was some
thing to work
1t is fact that many cases of Brght's Dis.
ease In e1tremis have been rescued, but there
is no certainty when the treatment is with.
held until the last few days When Fulton's
Renal Compound is administered in time it mat
tiers little whether the case be chronic or not
nearly nine -tenths get results, the text. books
to the contrary notwithstanding.
We again say that the sa Of ahu
supposed TO make up incurable case Of
Bright's Disease Is now no bar to recovery pro-
viding there L. heart and vitality to work on
1t is obvious tnat If the treatment is withheld
unttl there Is no recuperative power there will
also be failures
In view of the declared futility OF everything
known up to the development OF Fulton's Renal
Compound we ask in the name of conscience
how there be any question in the mind Of
any human being as TO what ought to be given
in such and why theIe should be any de-
lay in giving the only thing In the world that
offers hope.
Fulton's Renal Compound can be had In your
city of Henry Evans 1905 st. NV.
We desire TO hear from every case not recOv.
ering. John J. Fulton Company, 6i5 Battery
street. San Francisco, Cal. Literature mailed free
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Baltimore. She died in 1915 He 10 SUR
vived by four daughters and one son
tMrs. NJ. L. Bouldon of New York city,
Mrs. r. W. Mckinney of Appomattox
county, Miss jamie Mckinney and Mira.
d. NJ. Penick Of this city and C. A. Mo-
Kinney of Washington. ID. Co
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THREE TIMES DEAD
Veteran of War of 1912,
Passed Away in 1915.
FOUGHT AGAINST MEXICO
Second Funeral in 1847-But Comes
His Widow and Says Sumeral
Dennis Is Just Departed.

The officials of the pension office here
pensions which are stranger than fiction
They are at work on a claim made by
Mrs. Sumeral Dennis of Dadeville, Ala
which caused them no end of surprise
Sumeral Dennis. 1t appears on the of
fetal records. died in 1915 after serving in
the American army during the war of
1872 According to the records. he also
died In 1s47 at the close of the war with
Mexico. in which he also did good serv-
ice. Now comes his widow and declares
that Sumeral Dennis died only a few
years ago, having lived to ripe old age
Senator Johnston of Alabama has taken
much interest in the claim and is pushing
it before the Senate committee on claims
with the hope of winning the pension for
the old lady, who lives now in Dadeville
with her son. Perry C. Dennis, prom
inent attorney.
Back Pension for Widow.
If the pension claim goes through Mrs
Dennis will receive in the neighborhood
of $1,000 including the back pension which
is due her.
Sumeral Dennis has death record that
few can beat. The officials here are
alive.
Way back in 1912 he lived in South
Carolina. During the second war with
Great Britain Mr.. Dennis became a mem
Der of Capt. Beattys company in the LIST
Regiment of the South Carolina militia.
He served CALAMITY during the war. But,
according to the records on file here, he
died his first death In 1915.
But, in spite Of the fact that he was
officially dead, Mr.. Dennis, who was still
a young man, moved to Alabama, where
he settled and lived prosperously until
the Mexican war broke out. His old
spirit for war was still alive, and he Or
ganized a company of volunteers himself
and Joined the army of invasion.
Second Time Dead.
After this war he was officially reported
dead for the second time. However, he
lived to return to Alabama and to marry
Mrs. Eva p. Dennis some years later. 1t
is Mrs. Dennis who is now seeking the
pension. The old man was ninety-four
years old when he died the third time.
When the officials here raise the criti-
cism of the claim that Mr.. Dennis died
after the Mexican war. before Mrs. Dem
mis- claims to have married him, Senator
Johnston points to the fact that, accord
ing to the records, Dennis was dead in
1915, and yet the later records show him
to have served in the Mexican war.
The senator argues, therefore, that If
the records as to his death We're wrong
In the first instance, they might be wrong
in the second, and that Mr.. Dennis widow
should know, if any one. when her nus
band died and if she married the shadow
of man.
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B. e. O. Conductor Killed.

CUMBERLAND. Md. January H.-W.
B. Stallings. thirty-four years old, OF
Cumberland. local freight conductor on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. was
killed near Confluence. Pa. His train
was in a siding and a passing train side
wiped it just as he was climbing down
from a car. One of the cars struck him
in the head. knocking him to the track
and killing him. He leaves a widow and
two children
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Samuel H. Mckinney Dead.

LYNCHBURG. Va, January 21.-Sam-
ueI H. Mckinney, one Of the oldest citi-
zens of Lynchburg. a native OF Appomat-
tox county, but a resident of this city
for sixty-nine years. is dead here, aged
eighty-five years. In 1860 Mr.. Mckinney
married Miss Mary Elizabeth Averett of
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
The chlnaman in Business.

The Chinese are invariably court
eous and considerate if you take them
in the right way. Superstition, of
course, is deeply engrafted in their
natures, and kind of Kismet policy,
after the policy of the Turks, takes
possession of them, so that whatever
is going to happen will happen, and
there the matter ends, says the
Shanghai Mercury.
Battling against fate for a China
man is sheer waste of time, and he
simply bows his head to the newt
able. Take, for example, the strict
attention or rather the devotion that
is paid to 'feng-shui'' on the Yangtze
Fengshui is the superstition that de
termines good site or locality, and If a
town on the Yan8tze has not a gooe
feng-shui, trade will not come TO it
and it will be ruined.
A town named Pei-Shih had it's
pagoda in the wrong place, not far
enough down the river, in fact, the
result being that Pei-Shih was left
out in the cold All the talk in the
world would not convince the PelShih
folk that the depression could arise
from any other cause than that oil
bad feng-shul, so they pulled the pa
CODA down and built another one in
supposed right spot. So far prosperity
has not returned to f'ei-Shih, though
the inhabitants live in hope.
The city Of Wanshein, on the other
hand, has perfect fcng-shui, two fine
pagodas, one thousand feet high,
below the town, while Wanshien itself
is very prosperous. The fact that
Wanshien Is situated in a most fer
tile valley, where wheat, barley and
the poppy flourish abundantly, does
not concern the inhabitants of these
places SO much as the fengshui site
This absurd idea in the Chinese mind
is only one of thousands like it.
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tergcctioa or Commercial avenue ard
Eighth street in the Commercial ave
luc main sewer to d brick manhoie
be constructed in the said Eighth
street on the east line Of Washing
ton avenue, Of yitrilied tile pipe
sewer, with house connections lead
ing from each side thereof, and by
the construction I'm the said Eighth
street Of four CAD brick manholes
and supplying ca ast-iron rings and
east-iron covers therefor, and for the
levy and collection Of a special tax
assessment upon contiguous proper
ty to pay for the said local improve
ment, ana that said Ordinance No.
322 Of said City Of Cairo is on file
in the office Of the City Clerk OF the
said City Of Cairo, at No, I'LL Com
mercial avenue, In said City OF Cairo,
and that the whole of the cost OF
laid Improvement. amounting to TWEEN
ty thousand and one hundred and
seventeen dollars and forty-four cents
(s20.1174D, is by the terms OF said
Ordinance No, 222 of said City OF
Cairo. approved April is, A. d. 1910.
to be paid by special taxation Of the
property fronting or abutting on, or
contiguous to the said Improvement,
including street railway property and
40 part of said cost Of said improve
ment Is to be paid by the public, and
that the said City of Cairo has ap-
nlied to the County Court OF Alexan-
der County, Illinois, for an assess-
ment OF the whole OF the cost or said
Improvement, according to the bene-
hts and In accordance with the pro-
visions OF said ordinance; and an
assessment thereof having been made
and returned to said Court, the final
hearing thereon will be had at the
June term, A. D. 1910, Of said Court,
in the county court room, In the coun-
ty court house. In the City OF Cairo,
tllinoE, on Monday, the goth day or
June. A. ID. 1910, at the hour of nine
O'clock A. NJ, OF said day or as soon
thereafter as the business OF said
court will permit. All persons desir-
ing may file objections in said court
before said day, and may then and
there appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
The said assessment Is payable In
ten d0) annual installments. All in
stallments will bear interest, an pro-
vided by statute, at the rate OF five
90 per cent per annum.
Dated Cairo, Illinois, May s0th, A.
D. 1910
MICHAEL j HOWLEY.
Commissioner.
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FOR SALE.
u------
nEp KAsYBEHRIES
iround Must be Cultivated and Pro-
perly Fertilized.

There is an increasing demand for
II small fruits, and the red raspberry
couples second place only to the
strawberry. 1t is more easily picked
and in some markets the price
throughout the season is the same as
or early strawberries. In many sec
ions tho wholesale price has not
iallen below IA cents. and fields which
re carefully cultivated and kept very
ertile annually produce from six to
eight thousand quarts an acre. II Is
lot hard to figure the profits, says The
Airror and Farmer. If the grass or
weeds are getting control of the rasp-
berry plot clean them out, and if the
zines admit, go through the rows with
one-horse plow. Hoe out or other
wise destroy the suckers or young
plants except those desired for next
springs planting. These suckers are
really worse than weeds. and soon
take possession of the ground to the
ietriment of the bearing rows.
We do not apply stable manure to
the red raspberry plants; it supplies
too much nitrogen, which 1t seems TO
Furnish throughout the summer, fore
ing constant growth of wood which
does not properly mature before freez-
ing weather. Large plantations have
been lost by this means. Some of the
slower acting forms are better and in
not too large quantities. Then, again,
d too gyeat amount OF nitrogen causes
the fruit to be soft and unstable. be-
cause 1t is not firm enough to stand
shipment or hardly the trip to the
home market. Just now we are ap-
plying to our red raspberry field about
50 pounds of mineral fertilizers mixed
in the following proportions: One
hundred and fifty pounds of ground
bone, 100 pounds muriate of potash.
This we worked in around the vines
with hoe. and have found 1t the
most satisfactory fertilizer we ever
used on either red or black raspber-
ries. We like TO get raw ground bone
II possible. Good raw bone, free from
any meat and excess of fat. should
contain an average of % per cent
phosphorlc acid, per cent nitrogen
There are several kinds OF red rasp-
berries, but we prefer the Cuthbert
the London and Eaton, but even these
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AN ILLUSTRATED LESSON.
That Called For Satisfactory and
Amusing Explanation.

A teacher in one of the primary
schools of New York recently read
to her pupils THE Old Oaken
Bucket"
After explaining the song to them
very carefully she asked the class
to copy the first stanza from the
blackboard, where she had written
1t, and to try to illustrate the verse
by drawings in the same way a
story is illustrated.
In a short while one little girl
handed up her slate with several
little dots between two lines, a
circle, half dozen dots, and three
buckets.
Il do not quite understand this.
Nanny" said the teacher. kindly.
What is that circle?"
"Oh, that's a well," NANNY re-
piled.
"And why do you have three
buckets?" again asked the teacher.
cone" answered the child, "is
the oaken bucket, one Is the IRON
bound bucket, and che other
is the moss-covered bucket that hung
In the we'll"
but NANNY, what are all these
little dots for?"
4 why, those are the spots which
my infancy knew" earnestly replied
NANNY. - Harper's Weekly.
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MuskRATs FOR FUR AND FOOD.
Trapping Them Large Industry en-
Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Trapping the little muskrat and sell
ing it's fur and meat form a thriving
industry down on the Eastern shore
of Maryland. According to the Fur
News, the trappers will receive about
s500,000 this year for their catch Of
the furry denizens Of the swamps. In
Dorcester county alone the muskrat
dealers have been paid 100000 fer
this seasons pelts, to say nothing of
what they received from the sale of
meat, this alone mere than paying the
rental of the marshes, the cost Of the
traps and the expense Of locking after
them. The prices olrcred by buyers
this season ranged froM 30 to rs cents
a hide, the hide from the kitten, or
young rat, which had been considered
almost worthless, bringing the former
price. Says the Fur Neas--
The big black rat commanded the
top of the market always, the black
fur being considered the finest as well
as the most durable. The fur of the
brown rat is less valuable because Of
the color and coarseness of the hair
1t generally brings from Is to 25
cents less than the lur Of the black
rat.
There are few sections of the
| United States where the meat Of the
muskrat is used fer food, as it Is on
the eastern shore Of Maryland. In
many sections OF the country the
little rodent is looked upon with
disdain by those who claim 10
know good thing when they see it,
but when they talk Of it as being an
unclean animaland unfit for the table
it shows how little they know Of this,
the cleanest of all animals that live
The great majority Of people are
prejudiced against the muskrat be
cause it bears the name of rat by
any other name it would eagerly be
sought after by epicures. The roots
and herbs of the marshes, on wh.cn
alone 1t subsists, are thoroughly
scrubbed by the little animal before
it will allow them to come on it's
table
Defending the muskrat from the
charge of being an unclean little
beast, Fur News's authority declares
that the house in which it lives, made
Of the marsh grasses. and towering
above the highwater mark, Is always
as dry as a powder magazine ard
spotlessly clean, so there is nothing
about the much-d espised rat of the
great marshes to make 1t other than
what it really is, "the cleanest and
most toothsome little Gnimal that can
be cooked up and served The
writer adds that at all the leading
restaurants on the eastern shore the
muskrat in season takes the leading
part at midnight suppers. He believes
that the mus6rat industry of Mary
land peninsula bids fair to over step
the oyster industry.
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SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENT NO
TiCE.

Notice is hereby given to all rer
sons intere ted, that the City Council
Of the City OF Cairo, Illinois, has, by
Ordinance No. 222 of said City Of
Cairo, approved April Is, A. ID. 1910,
ordered the Improvement of Eighth
street, from the west line Of Ohio
street to the east line OF Jefferson
avenue, in the City Of Cairo, County
OF Alexander and State of Illinois, by
the construction upon the said Eighth
street, from the west line Of said
Ohio street to the east line Of Jeff5r-
son avenue in said City OF Cairo. OF
vitrified brick pavement, with com
bination concrete curb and gutter On
both sides Of said brick pavement
at the outside edges Of said bri.k
pavement, and with natural lime
stone marginal ,curbs set on both
sides Of the said Eighth street. at AL
unpaved street inter; ections, at the
outside edges of said brick pavement
and between the inside edges OF the
gutter flags of said curb and gutter
as extended around and out to The
lot line on both sides of said Tlcnt'
street, at said unpaved street inter
sections, and by the construction M
on the said Eighth street of briei
catch-basins, and by building M and
repairing the four t4l brick man-holcs
now in the said Eighth street aui
supplying castiron rings and cast
t,.<,S, fl. w, s,l tx, AN ...,,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
OPTIMISM IN Business.

The commercial Vie both cncour.
ages and needs the optmst spirit
Its rewards are not IDEAL Eor vague,
but tang ale and well within the reach
Of human effort, and they are acces-
eible to the halee, at least, OF all
classes Moreover, cae's advance in
it may be vastly accelerated at any
moment by some mcky or skillful
stroke And, 81 the ether hand, a
sanguinc, confident mccd Il peculiarly
needed fer the on }frises ana specu.
lations by which alone commerce can
be sustained and expanded, In the
most thoroughly and intensely cor.
merciali1ed community that has ever
existed q sufficient .3ncentration CT
thought en- the bright side" will Ger.
tainlr b. effected by the mere fact
of the case, and If the forces of altia
ism and old-fashicned reliFlcn haN
any GuGTci tp prosecute with tn
spirit ct trade, they may, II Seems
feel 'hcmaelye rec 10 carry on Tier
quareols ttara.ce Tithout wcak
eninS their opposition by anv alHane,
in resacat u optimism
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
BIDS WANTEp.

Sealed bids addressed to the City
Council of the City of Cairo, Illinois
will be received at the office Of the
City Clerk, No. I'LL Commercial ave.
nue., up 1880 o'clock p. M, TUESDAY,
June 7th, 1890. for furnishing to the
City Of Cairo two steel cells, feet
by feet each. For information and
particulars call at the office OF the
City Comptroller.
The City Council reserves the right
TO reject any and all bids. @
ERNEST NORDAIArJ. ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to May 1st, 1900
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leavn Cairn.

lis a. m. Daily Chicago Vestibuls
Limited, arriving Chicago 10:40 am.
ZIG a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited, arriving ST. Louis 1920 am.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 y. m.
1870 a. m. st. Louis Special.
800 a, m. Chicago Daily Express
11:15 a. m st. Louis Fast Mail.
11:15 am. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. m. Daily St Louis Limited.
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
0din, Efflngham, Mattoon. Champaign
$40 p. m. Thebes Accommodation.
6:15 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Ex.
press.
1910 p. m. Chicago night express,
arriving at Chicago 7:15 a. m.
2:20 a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
1925 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
$40 a. m. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and Jacksonville. Fla.
600 n. m, Paducab and Louisville.
t:41 D. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans
141 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta-
no"ga and Atlanta,
4:S0 p. m. Fulton and Mayleld ac-
commodation.
$50 y. m. PaIucah and Louisville.
5:55 p. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special
For through tickets. sleeping car
accommodations and further informa
tion apply at Illinois Central Passen.
ger Station, Cairo. III.
J. ". JONES, Ticket Agent.
s. @. HATCH, q. p. A.,
A. n. HANsoN.Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Musings of the Gentle cynic.

The average mans purse shuts cas-
Ter than 1t opens.
The man who rests on his laurels
is also apt to rust on them.
Make a remedy worse than the dis
ease and most people will take ii.
II is so hard to separate some men
from their money that they seem tt
be suffering from lockjaw of the pock
etbook--New York Times,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Moose and vamoose.

II was up in the great north woods,
Gracious, but | am nervous" fall
tered tn city hunter. "W-what is the
best thi 8 to do when you sight your
first movse?'
Well pardner," laughed the guide,
"if you are nervous the best to do
is to vamoose.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
csurted E.sepons,b.ittx.

Labor Exchange Clerk What ale
your Seedy APPLICANT 4 used to be
a steam roller flagger, but am open to
take UP any post that promises an
equal amount of responsibility and
danger"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Distinctions,

do you think that current litera
ture is digniiied and desirable PIC
fession?" 1T depends" replied Miss
Cayenne, "on whether you are a pen
ny-a-liner or dollar-aworder. =
Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31

chat is in regard to fertilizing), will
be loss, Right now, during the
growing period, you should give next
years canes attention.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
The Girls.

Belle-Did Dell take anything for
her complexion?
Nell--No, but she gave something
for It.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31

The finest man you ever met
Becomes a regular snake"
The moment he gets In the game
And tries your girl to take.
- Denver Post.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31

Jenny Toll Sawyer writes to the
Outing from Monroe, Mich: ut was
my great-uncle, John /. DeGraff, who
made the victory on Lake Champain
possible. quote from letter of
Commodore Macdonough written to
Mr.. DeGraff, and still preserve in the
family The aid obtained through
your influence and responsibility en-
abled me to get the feet Ton Cham
plain) ready. When 90 to Washing
ton, which will be, ! hope, soon, /
shall not fail to represent to the sec.
retary your kindness. BY this advance
of money to fit out the fleet, Mr. De
Graf lost $4,000 in the depreciation
of United States treasury notes, only
$4,000 of which was ever paid to his
heirs
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Like Father. Like pauobter

He-Do you think your father
would object to my marrying you?
She--l don't know. If he's anything
like me he would.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Uncle Ezra Says:

Its a purity good man who Ia within
70 hide his light under bushel SOS 1t
won't hurt his neighbor's eyesight."
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
RooMERS AND BoARDERS.

Roomers and Boarders. The
Planters House will make you spec
ial low rate.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
for 1t,

Fog Signals Travel Far.
Submarine fog signals can be heard
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-31
Address ''E. L." this office.


FOR SALE-New cottage of six
rooms with all modern improvements
excepting heating plant lot and one
half; close to both car lines. Price
low enough to make good investment.
Inquire at this office.