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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
The Viewers Kiss of Death.

An eight loom weaver in cotton
mill where the old fashioned Kissing
shuttles are used takes the kiss OF
death" about 100000 times year,
according to mill owners and en-
ployees who favor the bill to abolish
the kissing" shuttle A weaver
threads the shuttle Of one loom about
a hundred times day. An eight
loom weaver would do this 500 times
a day. The kissing" shuttle is
one Of the oldest mechanical devices
in the textile tradA The weaver
sucks the end of the thread through
the bobbIn His lips come in contact
With a bobbin that has been kissed"
by preceding weavers, any one Of
whom may be afflicted with tubercu-
lar trouble; hence the kiss of death"
as 1t is called Self threading shut
ties have replaced the kissing ones
In many Massachusetts mills.-New
York American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
KILL OFF THE RATS.
It's Mighty Big Job but Black Death
Looks on and Waits.

/ "The pheumonic plague is due to the
marmot, The marmot lives in the
Lake BaIial region. Kill IT off--and 1t
can easily be killed off-oud the pneu-
monte plague will disappear forever"
| The speaker bacteriologist of the
University of Pennsylvania, resumed;
The bubonic plague is due to The
rat. Kill the rat of and the bubonic
plague will disappear. But to kill of
the rat"
| He made gesture of despair
"A utter OF rats" he said numbers
thirteen. OF these six will be does. A
doe rat will have her first litter at the
age Of three months and thereafter an.
other litter every six weeks all through
the year, winter and summer alike,
Thus If every member of these filters
survive the progeny of one pair of rats
in year would number 2J.000
They don't number that. of course.
but they number something like II.
and If our millionaire phIlanthropists
don't help us to eSlerminate oar para.
sites--our rats and mice. our cats and
dogs-if they don't help us to exterml-
nate all animals save those that are of
direct value 70 us-why. some day an
other black death will nearly, will per-
haps completely, eXterminate civili2a.
ton. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
The Eocusts.

There are two broods Of periodical
cicadas in the United States, the one
that remains in the Mississippi valley,
southwark from the Missouri north
line. making its appearance every thir-
teenth year. and the one indigenous
to the Atlantic coast states, from the
south line Of North Carolina north
ward. coming to sight every seven
teenth year. This year both broods
appear simultaneously, After so long
an existence under ground they will
have a season Of only about five weeks
IN the air but will do great damage
TO trees during that brief period. The
two broods Of cicadas will not appear
together again until the year 2l32.
They are found only In this country -
Argopaut
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
new TALES
THAT ARE TOLD
An Embarrassing Position.

James V, Barry was nm insurance
commissioner III Michigan until he got
on the horizon of man hunter OF a
big New York insurance company
which is always in the field for new
men as well MS new business. After
that Barry scraped his hlll mark of
the stucco work OF his detached house
in Detroit and nailed II up over the
mail boxes Of a New York apartment,
because his job is now At the home Of,
flee Of the big insulNn company
Barry Yves due to dine with some
men OF means At the millionaire"
metropolitan club a recent evening
and arrived a few minutes before the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
AnnIied Scienca.

When James Russell Lowell was
minister to England he was guest at
a banquet at which one of the speak
ers was Sir Frederick Bramwell. Sir
Frederick was TO respond TO the toast
Applied Science" 1t was long after
midnight when the toast was pro-
posed, aud several speakers were still
to be called Rising In his place, the
scientist said.
"At this hour of the night. or. rath-
err. of the morning, my only interest in
applied science is to apply the tip Of
the match 10 the side of the box upon
which alone 1t ignites and to apply
the fame so obtained to the wick Of a
bedroom candle"
A moment later Lowell tossed q pa.
per across the table to him bearing
these two lines:
Oh, brief Sir Frederick. would that oil
could casch
Your happy talent and supply your match!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
WeIIinaton Feared For Waterloo.

An unpublished letter of the Duke
of Wellington has just been discov-
cred. In this letter to his brother
Wellington says, speaking Of the mem
orable day OF Waterloo: II suppose
you have already had the news of our
desperate affair with Bonaparte. That
battle of Waterloo was The worst
have ever seen. In all my life | have
not experienced such anxiety, for
must confess have never before been
so close TO defeat" 1t has often been
said that Napoleon's genius never fall
tered and that his last troops rallied
around him til the end with the valOr
they had proved on all battlefeds,
but we owe a debt Of gratitude to the
family of Wellington for their honor
and loyalty in giving this letter,
which. coming from the great English
general. is the noblest homage ever
rendered TO the glory of Napoleon and
his soldiers Paris Figaro
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Prisoner on His Own Estate.

In Brunswick there IL Young man,
the heir TO considerable wealth. who
is imprisoned on a little bit of terri
tory and can never leave ii till the end
Of his days unless he first sacrifices
his patrimony. His name is Eben-
stein. He Is a minor and he inherlts
his property from grandfather who
aS Hanoverian fought against the
Prnssians In 1866. Old Ebensten new
er forgave the brutal Prussian and in
his will tied up his property with The
condition that the tenant fer life
should never set foot oil PrusSlan soil.
Bat as Prussia surrounds Brunswick,
Ebenstein can never get ont of it with
out losing his money. What is worse,
Prussia divides Brunswick into five
Isolated parts. all of which it sur
rounds, and yeung EbenStein lives In
one Of the smallest parts and cannot
even visit Brunswick city without
crossing Prussian soil. violating the
will and letting his money go to IL
remote undeservlng cousin London
Taller.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
sAvAGEs AND CLOTHES.
tarefulness That Was Not Appreciated
BY the Missionaries

by the missionaries,
Ardent missionaries were trying TO
convert tie natives of village in I'M
clad Africa 10 modesty as well as TO
Christianity and for that purpose pro.
vided them all with more or less com.
pIete outfits of clothes. The natives
We're delighted and spent several days
simply In paradiug in civilized garb
through the one narrow village street.
But when Sunday arrived and the
blacks thronged 10 the weekly church
service, carrying the new clothes In
bundles under their arms. the mission
aries We're dismayed and feared some
kind of barharic outbreak But since
there seemed to be the usual min
Cling Of curiosity and reverence on
the part OF the natives they decided
to ask no questions until after the
until just as the sermon was begun.
| Then suddenly a huge chief, who
had been squattlng with his face to-
ward the open doorway. leaped to his
feet with an exclamation.
1 Immediately the others of the tribe
did likewise, crying, The sun--the
sum-" unwrapped their bundles and
proceeded to PIT on their clothes,
/ What does II all mean?' inquired
one of the white teachers
The old chief turned to him with
equal Amusement. "Of course" said
he, I'VE could not wear our beautiful
ornaments when the rain might come
and spoil them!"-New York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
FORCED A JUDGE
OUT or OFFICE.
LaWbreakerS Find a Way to Get
Rid Ct an Honest Man.

The late Judge J. II. Lewis, who died
at Los Angeles recently, has the
unique distinction of having resigned
iudgeshp without knowing it.
When Idaho was Il wild territory.
without railroads ana almost without
law, President Grant sent Judge Lewis
out to he supreme judge of The terri.
tory Lewis took with him some old
fashioned ideas of law enforcement,
which did not suit the lawless dwellers
in the west Of those days aud he i'm
posed sentences on them which spread
CONSERVATION among tho evil doors
They east about for some means TO
get rid Of him and hit upon the orig
inal scheme of forging his resignation
and sending It to the president.
b must have been q good forgery,
for Grant promptly accepted ii and,
knowing how sadly courts were need
ed in Idaho in those DAYS. lust as
promptly appointed successor.
When Judge Lewis received notice
that his resignation had been accented
he protested that he had not resigned
and never intended TO resign. In fact.
he was not one of the resignlng kind
But Grant simply Eeplied that not
only had his resignation been accepted
but his successor had been appointed,
and that the appointment could not
be Cancelled. He found Lewis way
out of the difficulty by Offering him the
appointment Of chief Justice of the
supreme conrt of Washington. This
being as good a job as the one out of
which the Idaho lawbreakers had
euchered him, Lewis accepted. and
that Is how he came to be power in
the affairs Of Seattle and TO acquire
riches which he enjoyed in his old age
In California Portland Oregonian
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Easy Enouah.

Just before the capture of Savannah
General Logan, with two or three Of
his staff, entered the depot at Chicago
to take the cars east on hfs way to re-
join his command The general, being
a short distance In advance of The 9th
ers, stepped on the steps of car, but
was stopped by an>Irishman with:
"Ye can't go In there"
WHY notF' asked the general.
Because tbem's leddies' caer, and
no gentleman II be Eoin' In there with.
out a Teddy. There's wan safe in that
caer over there IL yees want it."
Yes" replied the general, Il see
there Is one sent, but what shall do
with my staff|
"Oh. yer staff"' was the reply. "Go
take the safe and stick yer staff out of
the windy"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

VIEWS FROM OUR NElGHBoRs
MOUND CITY. Ill.
May "a. 1911.

May "a, 1911.
Mrs. Geo r. Ashby is visiting rela-
t!ves in Barlow, Ky, this weeA.
Mrs. f. j. Hoffman was a Cairo
shopper Tuesday
c. Wehgenberg, ST., was a Mounds
business caller Tuesday evening.
Dr. S Willard was in Cairo Tues
day on husiness.
Mrs, All Schuler. MES. Anna Boe,y-
enkamp and Mr. and Mrs. CIhas Cur.
rem visited friends in villa Ridge
Tuesday.
). Johnson made business trip to
Cairo, Tuesday.
Among the Cairo visitors Tuesday
were Mrs w. S. SandeYson and daugh-
ter. Violet, and their guests, Mrs, NJ,
j. Sanderson and daughter. Miss Min.
ME, OF Joplin, Mo
j. c Ford was in Mounds on bust.
ness Tuesday.
Earl hillerich and Ralph Schuler
have accepted cerkships in W
Spaulding's General Store at VHll
Ridge and assumed their duties Tue.-
day,
A. Y Beanpee made a business trip
to Cairo, Tuesday
Geo Schiller. of Mounds, was H..
town Tuesday on business
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

c. l.. Rue entertained his Sunday
class OF boys Monday by speniing
the day fishing at Sandy Slough, Ky.
Carr Pate, tae. terrymIn. Surprised
them by refusing money for thei
passage Each member Of The party
took with him lunch ami tnesc
with the FISH which We're caught dur
ing the morning, formed a fine repast
in the woods Those in the party
were Ralph Swisshelm, Cole MOSS,
Charles Schneider, Albert Alo,
Harry Painter and Albert and Coz
lace Parker
A party OF Young people spens
Wednesday evening near Villa Ridge,
to which IDEAL spot they were trans,
ported from this city in wagonette,
They went laden vita an abundanc~
of good things to eat. Mrs. Harry
Lawler chaperoned the party. which
was composed of Misses Blanche and
julius Schuler, Rose O. Sullivan
Avis Crrren and Elizabeth Keller,
Nile packard, Walter Mulroney. Chris
Keller and James Miller
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

Eileen, whose family In the old coun
try had known her by the more prosaic
name of Ellen, lost no opportunity Of
nromu'gating all the freedoms Of the
new country that came her way. Some
lines they took an inverted form OF
handing out orders to her mistress
fezll be careful. mum, thot yer puts
no paper In this garbage bucket Thin
is orders, mum, frum tn garbage gin.
tlemin."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

1t seems Incredible, but It can be
proved. already in the olden times
there were stenographers who took
down the speeches made In the Roman
senate or in public They we're called
notarii and We find place In Sue
tonius where Augustus is angry be.
cause the stenographers reported the
speech Of Caesar for Mettullus in a
very imperfect manner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Russia Still a Giant

Since its defeat by Janan Russia has
not affected the Imagination Of the
world with quite the sense of hidden
power that is conveyed before. but
those who study its recent statistics
find that II IS the same giant still In
the last thirteen years the population
OF the empire has Increased by $4,000
600. which IS 1900, 600 more than the
United States has gained In twenty
years. The scei,sus OF 1900 gives the
empire, Including Siberia, 10000, 900
Inhabitants. Of whom t16,50000o dwell
10 European Russia IT'S agricultural
progress Il not less remarkable.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

Judge Ben r. Lindsey, in a weman's
suffrage address at Albany, said, with
a smile:
Another type of man accuses the
woman voter " grating Well we
are all prone to accuse others of our
own besetting sin-like the tramp, you
know.
"A tramp, after day or two in our
hustling, bustlng town of Denver.
shook the Denver dust from his boots
with the snarI:
They raust be durn lazy people
In this town. Everywhere you turn
they offer you work 10 do"
rienry OF Chances.
y never "a necessary to hunt for
long or to travel far II one Is looking
for 4 chance TO 40 a good deed. TX chi.
cagc Record Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Aurora Rorealis

According to a th cory recently enun
ciated. the aurora boresls is formed Of
cathode rays. emitted by the sun and
detected by the terrestrial magnetic
held In the upper strata OF the atmo
sphere. The velocity Of these cathode
rays must be nearly equal to that OF
light. and very much greater than The
velocity Of cathode rays produced In
the laboratory l.enard concludes that
these extremely hard" cathode rays
ars emitted by unknown radio active
substances IN the sun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

time specified He moved up TO the
troop of "halherdiers" that guard the
p5rtals of that justly famous rooat of
the rich and got in.
After Barry had shown his passports
and been examined by the fourth as
siStant seconll steward he went to the
coat room, Where Il page handed him
u message adore sed to a well known
millionaire. AS Ire handed it back to
the boy. who was new to the place,
Barry said TO his host, who had just
come in and greeted him:
You have saved me from very
embarrassing position. That boy took
me FIR q millionaire. and don't know
whether | could have lived up to the
part we'll enough to have warded off
suspicion. am CAD YOU are here to
save me-"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
. . .-I-s.-. o.. b.. e. .,-.---
Why AuatHalIa Has ThrlNnd.

We believe 1t to be the case that
the conditions of Australia. where re-
ward is more proportionate to ability
and effort, and less dependent than in
an old country upon birth and favor,
lead to the development among ma
tives OF the commonwealth. on the
average, OF greater activity of mind
and body than is found among the ma
tives OF the United Kingdom 49, British
Australasian.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

In France the operators az aero
planes are held responsible for dam
age done to persons Or property when
coming to the earth. In two cases
such operators have been found guilty
OF homicide and punished. although
the punishment was not as great as
that for other forms of the same crime.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Latest Idea In Rope.

company has patents covering a
rome made Of several strands OF paper
covered with galvanized steel wire
The rope thus produced is strong
tough and flexible, suitable for clothes
lines and such uses.'I Ia claimed that
rope OF this kind will Withstand the
action Of the weather so per cent.
longer than cotton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Reboiied Eqqs.

Eggs which have been boiled and
YET not used may be kept and reboiled
again without becoming hard boiled
ihis IS not generally known, but II the
egg has been soft cooked 1t may be
put into boiling water for few min
utes to warm through and served for
breakfast the next day.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Dirt and Disease.

Dirt Is the perfect culture" OF al!
disease and OF all that delights In dis
tase. There the microbes OF all
plaques live and move and have their
being undlsturbed by the broom or
the mop, unafraid Of the smell Of
soap, aud never awakened from their
rest by the light from any lamp Of
knowledge that constitutes the sci
ence Of modern times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

II Americas annual candy supply
were loaded on one train there would
be over eight thousand trucks full OF
boxes. buckets and glass Jars This
Toad o. sweetmeats for the sweet tooth
OF the American girls costs the con
sumers about si25.OO0.0oo every year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Wasn,t q BIT lmnrassed

The chief of the clan of Mcintosh
once had a dispute with a London cab
by over the fare.
'Do you know who ] ann" the high.
lander asked angrily- II am the Nc
Intosb."
II don't care II you are an umbrella"
retorted the cabby, "I'll have my
rightsw
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
EIantr;n [ inht rsInhaa

Electric light globes may he cheaply
frosted or colored by dipping in thin
solution Of white shellac and alcohol,
to which may be added any desired
dye.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

"What constitutes first class socie.
~ dramaY'
Three acts. six gowns and nine cpl.
grams. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25

First Small Boy We'd better be
good. Second Small Boy Why2 First
Small Boy-T heard doctor tell mother
to take plenty of exercise. Woman's
Home Companion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Coincidence and Custom

The laws OF conscience. which
Pretend to- be derived from natur,
proceed from custom. Montague
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
Eminent.

One cup vinegar. one cup turpen
tine. one raw egg, put In bottle and
shake we'll most excellent liniment
for man or beast
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-25
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Vegetable Compound, is it would almost SEEM to blame
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-14
BO|V|LLA CERTAIN TO
GUST HIS OPPONENT
Forecast of Outcome of Peace
Negotiations Inaugurated by
This Country in Honduras.

PUERTO CORTEZ. Honduras. Feb. s.
via New Orleans, Feb. 13.-With Manuel
Bonilla In control OF the entire north
coast OF Honduras, the revolutionists are
prepared to carry the fight into the in
terror and to advance upon TeSucisalpa.
the capital, in the event that the peace
negotiations initiated by the United
States fail.
AS the situation stands it appears the
light at Ceiba two weeks ago. In which
the rcvolutlonists won a sweeping vic
tory, was the decisive battle Of the war.
II was no easy matter to get the two
sides 10 agree 10 an armistice Bonilla.
encouraged by victory. at first appeared
anxious TO press his advantage. but when
shown the same results might be OBJ
OF human life and property, he yielded.
Davilla agreed TO the armistlce, and
announced he would send Maxine Ro-
sales to Puerto Cortez to represent him
As TegucIgalpa Is six days Journey
from this port. it will presumably be n
week or more before the conference be-
gins.
Bonilla Sure to Win.
No one here expects Rosales to hold
out long in opposition TO Bonilas claim
to the presidency.
Every native IN Puerto cortez appears
eigncr here a Bonia sympathizer
When DaSilla delayed in agreeing to
an armistice, the report was circulated
mere lIdl TIC was employing u11atOrN laG-
ties 10 create the impression in the In
terror that Bonilla was suing for peace
Letters received from the interior state
that Davilla's adherents were winning
recruits to their cause by informing ig-
norant natives that the present revou-
tion really was an American invasion.
being part of n plot TO turn over the
country and its rich undeveloped re-
sources to foreigners.
The soldiers under General Lee Christ
mas appear to be orderly lot They
are clothed much better than the gov
crnment troops. the majority of them
wearing a sort OF uniform made OF cheap
blue denim. Strange TO say. many of
them wear shoes. They are armed with
high power rifles, and each man carries
100 rounds OF ammunition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-14
CALIFORNIANS STILL
FIGHTING JAPANESE

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 13,-Sen-
ator Sanford IS resolution calling upon
the California delegation to work for
re enactment of stringent antl-labor
provisions in the coming japanese
treaty was shelved today by the SEN
ate committee on federal relations. A
substitute, decided upon at secret
conference of leading Republican sena'
tors, was adopted,
This substitute, which is likely to go
On record as the sentiment OF the pres
ent legislature. calls attention to the
fact that the Japanese government has
itself acknowledged the necessity, and
adopted the policy of restricting the
emigration to this country of its sub
iects of the laboring Glass; and re
solves "that the Legislature of the
state of California. hereby expresses
its entire confidence in our fedora
government and earnestly urges the
treaty making power of the United
States to convey by treaty. IN pcrma
nent and definite form, an assurance 10
the people of this country that such i'm.
migration will be effectively restricted
and controlled
4 communication from the Asatic
Exclusion league, protesting against IN
discriminate introduction of antl-allen
measures as harmful to the cause. was
read today in both branches of the leg
| lslature.