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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30
Rabbit SAUSAGE.

Down In Georgia there Is castro
nomic JOY over the discovery of a
new table delicacy In the form OF
rabbit sausage. The benefactor to
mankind who made the discovery
lives in Wilkes county, and there is
more rejoicing In Wilkes over one
Molly Hare made into mincemeai
than over ninety and nine specimens
of the same that have been fried
stewed, boiled or barbecued.
The good news is gradually pereo-
lating into other parishes. The in
yentor of rabbit sausage is showing
no disposition to bottle up his rare
recipe, to peddle patent rights or Ia
Put In a claim for royalties. 1t was
in Georgia that President Taft made
his first acquaintance with 'possnm
and now all the Georglans are saying
that the proud, marsupial, nocturnal
bird" is not deserving of mention In
the same breath with rabbit sausage
The president will have a new epicu.
rean experience coming to him the
next tine he sets foot on Georgia
soil.
Rabbit sausage looks good at long
range. Those who like rabbit In the
various forms in which 1t Is wont to
he served in Kentucky would need
little persuasion to join in an assault
upon Wilkes county's latest produc
ton in the line Of hlgh-class eats.
Those who are fortunate enough to
recall the famous country sausage
every Kentucky farm house In It's
proper season will be hard TO con
vince that anything better ever was
or ever will be discovered. If rabbit
sausage Is anywhere near half az
good 1t may be assured of lis calling
and election, --Courier-Journal.
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women for the position of chief ex-
ecutiye. That the idea is not utopial
Is attested by some examples in this
country and elsewhere. Charles Mul
ford Robinson in The Survey of re-
cent date, tells of an instance in Eng.
land ais follows:
The only person on whom the city
Of Oldham in England has ever con
ferred its freedom is a woman. The
first woman to be elected town eoun
eilor in Lancashire is the same per,
son. She is Mrs. Charles E. Lees
and now she has been elected mayor
fof Oldham. In electIng her, Oldham
is the first of the great towns in
Englad to place woman at the head
of its municipal affairs. The reason
of these honors Is set forth in the
following statements taken from o
recent London paper: "All ranks of
townspeople are united in feeling
that the honor is thoroughly de.
served for Mrs. Lees has for. many
years shown high public spirit and
noble devotion to duty Her bene
factions have been numerous, and so
iudiciously placed as to affect the
well-being OF every section of the
community. Mrs Lees has taken a
leading part in the educational work
Of Oldham, and was instrumental In
forming the Beautiful Oldham 50
ciety, which has already relieved the
somber appearance of the town. In
the opening Of Fairgrounds she has
played useful part, and she gave
eleven acres of land to the Hops
Sunday school. and another large es'
tate as pleasure resort. 1t is her
ambition to see playground In
every congested area. AS president
Of the National Union of Womer
Workers, Mrs. Lees has long pressed
the claims of her sex, and Is satisfied
That there IL plenty of scope for
women in housing and sanitation
matters"
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He Started the Trouble.

Mrs Johnson had begun to learn
French and was gleefully informing
her husband of the rapid progress she
was making in her studies,
I'm afraid" remarked johnson,
that youl soon grow tired, I've
known people tackle a foreign tongue,
expecting TO know all about 1t in n few
weeks, but before they have mastered
even the rudiments their enthusiasm
has evaporated and they have given Vii
the task as hopeless"
"Ob, that's not the case with me. T"
declared Mrs Johnson confidently. ~
am getting on splendidly, and Pro.
fessor Dubois says l shall soon begin
10 think in French"
"Wel," the husband murmured, 81
won't interpose any further objection.
and l shall be glad when you are able
to think in French. 1t will be some
thing you have been unable to do In
any other languagey
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4 Solitude.

Solitude ~ dangerous to reason with
out being favorable to virtue. Pleas
ures of some sort are necessary to the
intellectual rs to the corporal health,
and those who resist gayety win be
likely for the most part to fall a sac
rlice to appetite, for the solicitations
of sense IRE always at hand, and a
dram to a vacant and solitary person
Is q speedy and seducing relief. Re
tainly luxurious, probably supersti-
tfous and possibly mad The mind
stagnates for wart Of employment and
IL extinguished. like candle in foul
air. johnson.
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LEGAL DECISIONS
Breach Of Promise and Tears--A


Breach of Promise and Tears--A
breach OF promise case may become
very pathetic, at timse, as shown In
Poe V. Arch, 1913 Northwestern Re-
portr, l06, This action was brought
by Annie Poe to recover $4,000 for
having been subjected to great
mental anguish and bodily suffering
by reason Of the failure OF defendant
TO carry out his marriage promise
In the lower court she was Above
$4,000, and the case comes up on
appeal In the Supreme Count OF
South Dakota 1t appears that plain
Tiff has a small child, and during the
argument of council she (plaintin)
tainted and became unconscious. she
was carried to an adjoining room In
The court house, and during her faint
ing spell she cried out, "Out, my
baby darling" The presiding judge
becoming sympathetic. and Wills
counsel was yet arguing, left the
bench and went in to the woman
who was being cared for by physi
clan. Defendant urges that the court
erred in denying his motion for a ne"
trail on 1.-THE ground OF plaintiffs mis-
conduct In weeping and fainting and
the iiregularlty Of the trial judge
The court holds that the conduct OF
counsel and parties during trial
are matters within the supervision anc
discretion Of the trial court, and
that this discretion was Of abuses
IN the present instance. The rule
that the trial Judge must be present
during the argument Is held SUM-
GENTLY complied with because tee
Judge Is not bound to listen to every
word Of the argument, providing ne
remains within hearing limitsi and
can at any time assert authority
Since the record did not show thar
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CHANGE THE LAW.

AS a cure for the corruption OF
the ballot such as has been exposed
in Adams county. Ohio, and in Yer
million county, Illinois, the Mt. Yer
non Register suggests gentle
mems agreement between party
leaders ito report every vote seller
without respect to persons, who
come TO their knowledge" the
trouble with that is that the ''party
leaders" are generally as deep in the
mire as the vote sellers are In the
mud; they are usually the vote buy
ers, without whom there could no;
be any vote sellers. A better plan
1t would seem, Is to so change the
law that the vote buyer is the chief
cnlprit instead OF the vote seller,
and the latter Is made competent
witness against the former. There
are seldom any extenuating eircnm
stances in the case of the buyer
whereas in the case of the seller, 1t
appears frequently that he Is TOO
'ShoralM 10 realiZe the enoFmty 81
his offense, or in such distress thar
the offer of SIS. $40 or s25 is too
great a temptation for him to resist
This latter was the case in not a few
instances in Ohio.
The Illinois law Is manifestly
wrong when 1t places all the blame
upon the vote seller and exempts the
vote buyer from all responsibility tor
the crime. 1t is said that there Is
little hope for change in the law
as suggested, because the vote buy
ers are so largely the law makisl
but 1t is to be hoped that this is not
true to the extent that such change
in the law could not be effected,
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The courage of lion at bay, great
as 1t Is, II no greater than that Of the
buffalo, and he must yield his scepter
to the elephant, declares II. i. TanGye
In his book. I'm the Torrid Sudan" as
to courage. size, strength and intelli-
Gence 1t Is a temptation to declare
that the elephant possesses a sense OF
humor. a herd Of elephants once fell
in with q train of donkeys Their
attention concentrated on the load the
donkcys carried With all the mischief
of monkeys, the loads were torn
asunder and their contents distributed
over half the province. At Dor. on
the Mountain Nile, the elephants were
at one time full Of practical jokes,
Passing at night time through the vii
lage, they would knock the sleepers
up by demolishing their huts above
their heads, then contentedly march
away.
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Beauty and the Beast.

A well known churchman was visit
ing New York, accompanied By his
wife, who IL as beautiful us her life
mate is homely. They We're walking
down Broadway one afternoon, and
the pair attracted much attention
One Of two young sports" evidently
thinking to attract the favorable at
tentlon OF the churchman's wife, in an
audible aside remarked that 1t was
another case Of the beauty and the
beast" Quik as d wink the husband
turned and. as he swung his right to
the speakers jaw. scoring knockout
said. Il am man Of peace. but new
err allow any one to call my wife a
beast" Asas4
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The FIeur.d dc lis.

The fieur-de-lis, the we'll known en-
blem OF France. Is said to have been
brought from heaven by an angel to
King Clovis, he having made vow
that If he proved victorious Ia an I'M
pending battle with the Alemanni near
Cologne he would embrace Christian
ity. 1t was the national emblem until
the revolution Of 1889, when the tri-
color white, red and blue) was adopt
ed The royalists In 1871 tried TO re-
store the old emblem to the flag, but
without success New York American.
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rwain,s Moot Quoted wit.icism.

OF all the witty things said or writ
ten by Mark Twain no phrase has
been quoted oftener than his reply to am
alarmist report, "Rumor of my death
greatly exaggerated" / think the HIS
tory Of this bonmot, says CORE
spondent, may interest Mark Twain
was on visit TO London some years
ago and had been secured as the chief
guest Of dinner to be given by lit
erary club. On the morning of the day
when the dinner was to take place the
secretary was shocked to hear ri
NOR that Mark Twain had died sud
denly. At his wits end. he sought to
verify it by diplomatic note to Mrs
Clemens, In which he mentioned the
rumor, Mark Twain got hold of tho
note and telegraphed the now famous
reply, "Rumor Of my death greatly ex
aggerated."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30
TO SUCCEED HoLTsLAw.

There's warm contest on In the
district which one OF the legislative
bribe takers represented, in the Lori
mer infamy. The Centralia Sentinel
states the situation as follows:
THE fight has taken on the aspects
Of straight wet and dry issue II
both Of the parties and 1t VIII be
most prcb8bly fought out on those
lines even in the primary This will
alford satisfaction to the voter who
is a strong partisan of either the
damp or the dusty side, because he
will be able TO vote within his party
lines. at least In the primary, and still
get les choice on the liquor question
besides. TO many this viii afford
considerable satisfaction, but If the
wet side wins the nomination in one
party aAl The dry in the other party,
then there win be a marshalling Of
the clans in an old time fight. AS
there are no other legislative cleo
tons on just nj this tire, IT will focuf.
the interest OF tle confesting factions
on the Forty-second district, and the
full strength or the opposing causes
viii be more than probably aroused.
"Augsst w. Grunz, Republican, OF
Ereese, Clinton county, will divide the
wet su4iport with Max Prill, Demo
crat, Independent, or whatever name
~ deei@-d politically most advantag'
eous for the election OF a Democrat,
who halls from Centralia On the
dry side Etastns d, Telford, Repub.
llcan, Of Salem, is cIassed as being
safe anil Dr. f. C. Campbell, Demo
crat, ct Xenia; Clay county, while not
classed with either side, is supposed
to lean to the dry or medium dry
side
so 1t looks as If there will be
plenty IF Interest in this special elee
ton to fiji the vacancy OF the recent
lamcntel Democratic senator froa
TINS district, and the campaign will
probably wax warm, particularly IN
the primary
"At the start it is about an even
break in all -four corners. Mr. CRAM
Is a known canpaigner, and will bring
up Clinton and EfinShan counties all
\ most solid In LIS party primary anf
Mi. Prill probably viii do the samt
for the Democrats. In Marion ans
Clay counties, where the water wager
has We'll established patronage the
roads will probably be too dusty fol
both Messrs Gmnz and Prill and
Messrs. Telford and Campbell viii
get their heaviest support in thesg
two counties, but both PROBABLY losing
Ccntralia and Sandoyal, the only
'oases' In the descent stretch in Marion
and Clay. This gives an apparent ad
vantage to Messrs. Grlnz ana Prill
y in the primary, but Light vote In
i Clinton and Effingham and heavy
vote in the country precincts Of
Marion and Clay counties may easily
change the balance and give the vic
4 tory to the 'drys.' SO 1t is anybody's
race and the victory viii come to the
side which Is the best organized aud
gets out Its fun strength
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Bulletin has said so. not once, bur
repeatedly The improvement re-
ferred to lies in the fact that, If there
are any unholy alliances between any
member or members of the force. and
any keepers of iisorderly houses or
any leaders of the vicious element.
ii has not manifested Itself to any
great extent. The result has been de-
cidedly a more orderly city. generally
speaking. The personnel of the de-
partment has been improved and
while 4 goodly number of the men are
rev, with little or no experience as
police officers, they are fine fellows
as rule, and seem to nave in them
the qualities which make good eff
GERS under the right kind of instruc-
tons, coupled with experience, which
latter, of course, will take time to
acquire,
All tnis may be granted, and still
there is much room for demanding
Improvement: and The Bulletin can
not coneeie that its demands, made
always pursuant 10 seemingly just
complaints of the people, have been
unreasonable, or that it's criticisms
have been unfair. With reference TO
graft conditions of former years,
probably no one will intimate that
The Bulletins protests were I'M
called for; and as for the lack Of ef-
ficlency In connection with the recent
wave Of thieving in the city, which the
correspondent seems inclined to treat
ligntly. il may be said that he was not
one Of the half hun%ed citizens whose
homes OF business Places were inval.
ed and does not appear to he able or
willing to place himself in their post
ton.
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The Race With the Ram.


In Morocco the strange season OF the
Nohammedan new year, beginning
March O. Is generally called "Ait-el
Hanwcla,' the rain feast. The people
of Morocco pay more elaborate atten.
ton to the item Of sacrifice than any
other MoSlems, In every town su
preine Offering of d ram or he goat
fakes place ut the door of the princi.
pal mosque. ImnGdiat'py after 1t is
struck by the official imam in pres
ence of the multitude II is dung ON the
shoulders OF a stalwart Moor, who, ex
ertiug his utmost strength runs like n
deer through the narrow streets, pur-
sued by rabhle. The poor animal Is
peted with stones by boys and Is
ieered at with excavations from every
house. as II is repnted to he carrying
the sins Of the people The man
rushes along with his burden till he
reaches the door Of the eadi's palace
If the animal Ii stu breathing the
augury is excellent, for good tuck Is
to be expected I'LL thlAigh the year.
But II the ram Is dead all sorts Of evil
representations are muttered.
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UNCLE WALT sa'!,, ssn.

day, and made stable
and
back and said: Great smoking whiskers! Friend o
lna Such technique
galleries
but this they would critics pain!
this achievement the best that modern hands have
This glow;
iii call barn sudo hair
long Then the alley Neighhor Binn
stable
fright Whatever inside,
they will
hnkt an houri made m
sore neigiho sprung;
was e The is
mani the III
my plan, this stable pix and blue"
. ssg, sss.. as adams (h,,x ar.4o.
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THE BULLETINS ATTITUDE.

Editor OF The Bulletin: 1t appears
TO me that you are not doing the right
timing to jump on the police depart
nent OF Cairo every time you see a
chance. don't see how You can keep
from knowing that the police govern
ment Of the city Is very much better
THAN 1t has been in years past, and |
feel quite sure Chief CoweIl Is doing
the best he can, to give the people
what You have called clean service"
There isn't much announcement for
men to do their duty to the public
When they are abused for httle or
nothing by the newspapers of the
city feel quit sure that the men
on the force now are all trying TO do
taeir best The bTglaries that have
been committed here in the last
month have not amounted to much;
and don't see any sense in raising
suca q fuss about them.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30

"You are charged with carrying
razor" said tie magistrate. What
have you to sayf'
''But hits IL safety r;lzzer," pleaded
Rastus
"What difference does that make?'
the court asked.
"Well, yo hone safety razzer am
carried oaly 10 he moral effect"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30

"zimmie" Of the Evening Citizen
Is doing very well indeed in suggest.
ing candidates for mayor. SO far the
HIST Ii strong and Il can be length
Sened To scoreswithout weakening It to
INV avpreciable extent. Ii ID a pity
however. that women are not eligible
sto the oifice, for Cairo has much
very excellent material among Its
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The Bulletin is pleased to give
place to the foregoing, which Is but
an extract from personal letter to
the editor. In the matter OF criticism
i Is always willing to take as well as
give, and II realizes that 1t Is not
above making mistakes, 1t Is not will.
Ing to grant. however, that the fore
going is altogether Just. That there
has been 4 very deci TED Improvements
In the conduct Of Cairo's police dc.
partnent lin one very important res
peet---is not to be denied; and The
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30
Spoiled His Sport.

SLOW many ducks did you shoot,
Patp
'"The diyil a wan
Weren't there any thereg'
"Sure tn lake wor full av thin, but
fv'ry tonne I'd point me gun at wan,
dye moind. another wan wd get be-
twfxt me an him an spoil me a'mw--
Toledo Blade.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30

Visitor-I Just looked In to cheer you
up bit, and I'm very glad | did, for
] met the doctor going out. and he
says you're worse than you think and
unless you keep up your spirits you
can't recover London Opinion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number OF complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letia printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1910 .......s '22S'
Average number OF complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of December
1910 ..,...,,. ......,....-.. .258i
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ComparatjveIv Easv.

1T is hard to lose the savings Of a
lifetime"
"Oh, not so hard. l know Of a dozen
men with schemes that you could go
into Louisville Courier-Journal
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Patriotisn.

1t Is the duty Of every man who de-
sires to carry on his business in peace
and safety to take his share In the
defense Of his country. Sir Walter
Besant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30

The rule In carviag holds good as to
criticism cut with knife what
you can cut with spoon. Charles
Buxton.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30
His Sole Dread.

Hammond Don't you dread the ST.
lent watches Of the night? Martin
No; It's the cuckoo clocks that give me
away.-Harper's Bazaar
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NOT ocrIau
Jones Does lie love her still?
Johnson-No; her father Keeps hin
on the jump all the time
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December Circulation.

The bove is correct statement 0
the circulation Of The Cairo Bulletif
sor the year 1919 and for the Month
Of December 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before n
this 5th day of January, 1911.
LEO J. KLEB,
M Notary Public.
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he was out of hearing or where he
could not instantly have controlled
any improper conduct, the rule was
not transgressed. The Judgment
denying new trial was affirmed.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.

Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayer GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER,
Treasurer, FRANK B. ARM.
STRONG.
CITY Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Magistrate. ANDREW WHITCAMP
Chief of Police. j. G. COWELL.
Alexander County, Population 27,461.
County Judge, w. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff, A.ss. FRASER.
States Attorney, ALIEN NJ WILSON
County Superintendent OF Schools.
MRS, FANNIE p. HACKER.
Assessor and Treasurer, W.D. lip.
PITT.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. M'MANUs.
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Good intentions will never Justify
bad actions.
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CAIRO N 1889

Capt N b. srhistlewood adyer-
tised a public sale of lots in his new
Town of Beeehwood, to take place on
Nov 5th, on the premises. About 20
lots We're then sold at prices ranging
from 5000 down to $42.50 The sale
was then postponed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-30

Delegations of city officials from
East st, Louis and Belleyille visited
Cairo Nov. LIST for the purpose of in
specting our newly graveled streets
The visitors We're escorted about the
city in carriages, by Mayor Halliday
and members OF the city council.
The Elco gravel was highly spoken
Of by the visitors, some of whom
pronounced it almost equal to wood
en- blocks or granite for heavy traf-
fic.
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The Bulletin 10 on sale 1t the fol
lowing places:
coIcman's, 7o2 Commercial Avsnus
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant
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Thos. E. o'Shea the hustling gro.
Ger, awarded a fine china set of 102
pieces by lot to his customers on the
evening of November LIST. Little
Miss Minnie Walbaum was the lucky
ticket holder.
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On the evening of Nov 4th JONI
II. Jones, ticket agent of the Illinois
Central. was presented with a mag
nificent fruit stand, set in silye
frame, with massive silver tray
and cut glass bowl, beautifully deco
rated The donors were tn
Knights Templar of Cairo Command
cry, who thus showed their apprcia
ton OF Mr.. Jones services in secuT
ing excellent train accommodation
during their trip to attend their la,
triennial convention in Washington
OF the ten members of the commit
tee on presentation, all have passe
away except Sir Knights w :
Simpson and c. w. Henderson.
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Board Of County Commissioner.
]. j. JENNELLE Chairman.
G. Y. NEFF.
DIR, EDWIN CAUSE.
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The county election on November
5th was very quiet, and only S13
votes were cast in Cairo Thomas
w. Halliday was reelected county
commissioner without opposition
The city gave majority Of SO votes
in favor OF the establishment of a
county poor farm.