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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.

A most delicious fruit candy that
will keep for weeks is called
Turkish Sweets.--Take pound
each OF dates, figs and walnut meats
and put through the meat chopper. Mix
we'll with powdered sugar and little
lemon juice enough to make a paste
Roll out and cut in any desired form
or pack In glasses and cover with
parsffin paper. This makes a deleCta
BILE filing Tor sandwiches or it may
be used dipped in fondant or chocolate
for choice bon-bons.
Butter Scotch.--Boil together a cup
c. sugar a fourth OF cup of molasses,
tablespoonful of vinegar, two tables
spoonfuls of water and half cup Of
butter until brittle when tried in wa.
ter. Turn into buttered pans to cool,
and when partly cooled mark off in
squares.
Chocolate Caramels.- two and q
| half tablespoonfuls of butter into a
kettle and when melted add two cups
| of molasses, a cup of sugar and third
| of a cup of milk. Stir until the sugar
| is dissolved and when the boiling point
| is reached add three squares of choco
| late, stirring constantly until the choc
olate Is melted Boil until when tried
| In cold water a firm ball Is formed
| Add teaspoonful of vanilla Just as II
Is taken from the fire.
Wintergreen and peppermint wafer;
nay be made by flayoring and colorini
fondant and melting 1t over hot water
80 IT may be dropped in small tea
spoonfuls on waxed paper.
| Chicago Nuggets. Boil together un
I'll the soft ball stage cup OF brown
and a cup OF white sugar and hal
cup Of water, stir in half teaspoon o
soda, a teaspoon of vanilla and pou
over the we'll beaten white of an egg
Beat until II holds Its shape whel
dropped on buttered sheet, add
half cup Of nut meats and drop by tea
epoonfuls on buttered sheet
| ~.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

This is smart way OF making a
simple blouse; delaine, Jap silk or vi.
yella might he used for 1t, Three one.
inch tucks and box-plait are made
across front, while the back has two
tucks each side continued from the
front ones on shoulders, The collar
and cuffs are edged with a narrow lace
or a material frill II preferred.
Materials required: Two and one
half yards SO inches wide, one, and
one half yard lace edgng
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01
Puzzled,
life

r "a Jall,A grccn-looking youth step
ped into village grocery where
they keep something to drink as
we'll as eat, ana after peering about
a little, spied some ginger cakes
Said he TO the grocer;
-'."Them's mighty fine cakes.
What's the least you'll take for one
VI em!''
Ten cents" replied the grocer.
well. beIicvc III take ono if
you'll wrap it up right good"
The grocer wrapped UP the cake
and handed il to him. He looked
thcas htfuliy at it awhile, and
said:
IL don't believe I want this cake
after all Won't you swap me 8
drink for it?"
Yes" replied the grocer as ht
took back the cake and handed hin
glass of something.
The young man swallowed th'
liquor and started OFF
"1Iold on!" cried the grocer
you have not paid me for m!
drink"
81 snapped YOU the cake for tn
drink"
But YOU haven't paid for tn
cake"
you've got your cake"
This last retort SO nonplussed Tia
grocer that he stood and scratchc
his puzzled head, while the youn
man made good his retreat.
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A sure Siun.

THAT woman pretends to move in
the most aristocratc social circles, but
| have found out one fact which
strongly intimates she does nothing OK
the sort"
What is it?"
She pays all her bills
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Uncharted.

How could tell what cruel thorn =
Lay hidden meath its sweet?
I did but stoop to pluck the rose
That blossomcd at my feet.
How could tell his mockery
Alone would make me wise?
When in my dreams Love came to
me,
And smiled into my eyes!
Charlotte Becker in December
Ainslee's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

under arrest in Lafayette, Ala. has
confessed to killing ten persons In
one day. Her attorneys should not
find il difficult to have a jury sem
tence her to some comfortable IN
sane asylum.
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Monkey of Him.

"He says he Is going to look UP his
family tree
"He had better make sure first that
there are none of his ancestors swing
ing up there ready to throw nuts at
him"
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Tic Bravery of the Cree Indians.

Many episodes of noble sclt-sac
rihtc might be related about the
Crecs though they themselves never
mention them The stocial lndian
woman does her duty aud speaks
Of her life only when questioned
conccrnng II Occasionally one IS
found who will assert her "womaHs
rights" once saw "A stalwart
squaw chasing her husband around
and around the wigwam, brandish-
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Not 10 His likinu.

How did you enjoy your v'slt to
your grandfather in the country.
Rob-"
"Oh, 1t was fine, 'cept had to wash
my face and hands in raw water at
the pump like it cooked best, Ike
we have il at home, Judge.
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Last years production of dis
titled liquors amounted to 175,i"2,.
}95 gallons, about 100000 ST.
Ions more thar in the previous
year, 1907 Tine production Of
beer. ale. etc, was 63.2i6,S3l. somt
100000 barrels more than last
ear, which was the record year.
These internal revenue statistics &c
not indicate that the country is 60
ing dry as fast as the maps of The
old water folks seem to show -
FASH lie (Tenn) Democrat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

President Madero of Mexico nas
made it known that he will be salts
fed with one term. Recent reports
from the republic indicate that he
will be extremely fortunate II ne
serves that long.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Edna Goodrich says she was a
real actress when Nat Goodwin mar
ried her. Nat doubtless will admit
that she was after writing that
sG5,000 alimony check.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

A Wisconsin miser. with $500 in
cash and $1,000 worth of certificates
of deposit, was found starving in
his home few days ago 1t would
he a kindness to fine him $4,000 for
disturbing his own peace, and then
parole him on condition that he
never will repeat the offense.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Who was the person who made
that famous remark, You can't
down the Turk"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Gilbert II. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors OF the United
States steel Corporation, has an
nounced that be has solution to
tho trust problem. There arc some
burglars who could tell you how to
prevent robbers from invading your
home, too.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

If italy and Turkey don't do bet
ter, the yellow journals will simply
have TO start a war between Eng
land and Germany.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

William II. Crane confesses that
he was once a singing comedian.
There are certain persons who be-
lieye he has not reformed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

The law has decreed that Mrs.
Gertrude Patterson is not III the
Henry Clay Beattie class, but some
are inclined to believe the law is
discriminating against a certain
sex.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Milwaukee is talking of impeach-
ing it's Socialist mayor The Social
lists doubtless will blame capital Tor
the movement,
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October Circulation

The above Is a correct statement
OF the circulation of The Cairo
Bulletin for the year 1910 and for
the month OF October, 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this seventh day of November,
1911. LEO J. KLEB,
(Seal) Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Ad Wolgast, champion light
weight fighter was attacked by APP
pendicitis and put down for the
count.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

The wise men never speak till they
Have something we'll worth while to say,
And. being wise and thoughtful men,
They say but little even then.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

The Mayor OF Evanston dsn"s
hat tho stork il sighting that "it
and, Furthermore, he insists that 'he
5rd is welcome whenever she drcps
INTO town. II the mayor is rigr;
Evanston deserves great praise fc;
groceries, are higher there than in
almost any other place on earth ~
Chicago Record-lierald
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

If that Thanksgiving turkey did
not bankrupt you. do your CHRIST
mas shopping early.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

George Tillson and Mamie Sprague
are engaged"
For goodness sake! always
thought be had good taste"
We'll, Mamie isn't bad looking
girl"
But look at the style Of her, She
doesn't hide her ears by combiDg her
hair over them.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Nc mail il december is consid-
e,cd quite proper without the Red
Cross Christmas seals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Pretty soon we will again receive
copies of the perfectly worthless
Congressional Record.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Average number of complete
and perfect copies Of Ths
Cairo Bulletin printed
daily and Sunday during
The year 1910. II. 2ss7
Average number Of complete
and perfect copies OF The
Cairo Bulletin printed
daily and Sunday during
the month of October, 1911 2094
A1G N.-.~l. 49,,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01
Two Mobs in New York

Largelas New York is, II rctaips
some OF the characteristics OF n
provincial city Evidence of this
appoarcd when Mrs Pankhurst was
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

This is fine weather for sleeping
and the coal man. 4
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

The average woman isn't satisfied
unless her husband quits loving her
long enough to make love to her occa.
sionally.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Loransport is in t'n Middle Wrsi
but the burial OF Logansport car 80
1 $50 coffr shows that the "effr'c
East is expanding in the direction
If the sunset as rapidly as the ccA
err Of population Is moving in ifa'
direction. Louisville C)urIer-Jour-
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Vain Dauber claims to be highly
jirc einative and also a thinker"
Ell yes-he imagines he thinks
and thinks he ina gines."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

"Mr Taft has caught bad cole.
News item, Yes, somebody ie.
he door of The 1912 nominate.
open. Memphis Commercial AT
peal
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epeaking wa. lacking in C5G'na'v
tecency. The Whole affair W dis
graceful and amazing - Chicago
Rcct ,-iiC:ald
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Us less Waiting

He has a longing to reaca success,
lie wishes 10 be Supreme,
He worries because Of tho littIcncsa,
But he is luclincd to cream.
lie ycarns to be the talk of the
town,
To loomc DER the Common crowd;
He ii looking for money and Tor re-
JJWn ~
And for the right to be proud.
lie wishes 20 reach success, to ic1l
serene ia q LEFTY scat
But he's waiting to 50 in an automo-
bile
That win take him up easy street.
5. r. Kiscr, in Chicago Record
Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

when the attention Of The Bull.
lctin is called to any misstatemenl
Of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections will
cheerfully be made.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Now Is tho time when mistlctoe
Is elossy in the MONDAY glow,
had every bell. il sounds noel
TO praise upon His name bestow.
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~N Ur = \ O.
|NeMITGHEN


~ Q MAN or woman of the hum
Il blest sort can really be strong.
gentle, pure and good without the world
being better for 1t. without somebody be-
ing helped and comforted by the very ex-
lstence OF that goodness
Phillips Brooks
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

New is the time when holly sprays
Light all the barren. broOding ways,
And every bell, II sounds noel,
A paen in the Masters praise.
Vow is the time when ives CLEAN
Like bcryl IN the morning beam,
And every bell, it sounds noel.
And makes the Masters praise Its
theme
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And for the right to be proud.
Il Mipht BE Worse.

1t Might BE Worse,
Perhaps YOU think your case
4 hard one and sad one,
Perhaps you think the race
A long and mad one
You may be one Of those
WHOM Fortune long has sighted
Or ono who sadly knows
What love is, unrequited.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

An eightcen-year-cId negro Girl,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-01

Perhaps you play part
That Is not worth the playing,
Hope may have left your heart
Aud be far from you strayinG
" Chicago Record-Herald.
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HUMOROUS QuIPS
How II Is Done.

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4.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
NEW YORK'S B|G
 SCHOOL PROBLEM Will Be Grappled With in
 Earnest ART IN WAX FIGURES Gotham's Originality Is Remarked Upon by Visiting Merchant. T Big Suffrage Parade a
 on May 6
ART IN WAX FIGURES

New York. April 29.-(Special.) l.)-Th c school proposition Is pretty big one in New York. The city grows so rap idly that there has not been a time in years when it has been possible to build school houses fast enough to give all the children proper accommodation Millions have been freely spent. the question has figured In political cam paigns and announcement has been made from time to time that the city had won the race between school houses and school children only to see the number of part time children steadily increased.
 Now the announcement is made that the educational authorities intend to go at the problem in real earnest.
 The board of education has formally requested the board of estimate and apportionment to approximate $44,654,- 246 for the acquisition of school sites and for the building of new building in the next five years The sum asked for Is divided as follows For 1911, s14- 0S392O; for 1912, S13,284,325; for 1913, S6,2s6,ooo; for 1914 and 1915. s5.5o0.0oo.
 This sum represents the very least amount that would enable the city to have efficient ScnOOl plant. IWlce or even three times this sum, they said. could be well and economically spent at once. If this s44,000,000 were avail able immediately dnstead of having It's availability spread over period of live years) even more could be accom- plished. One great cause of the fact that the school system is always cramp- cd in regard to sites and buildings Is because 1t Is impossible to get the money sufficiently far ahead to pur- chase sites economically and to pro- vide for congestion before half-time conditions arise.
 It remains to be seen what action the board of estimate, the city's finance committee, will take, but there is some hope it will provide the money.
 "New Yorks the only city where I see a noticeable attempt to give wax show figures an elderly look" said visiting merchant the other day. Out my way all our waxen window ladies are either blondes or brunettes. They're all fash ionably slender and conspicuously young looking. But in New York it's different There are lot of original touches that I'm interested in noticing. For instance, there are silver threads here and there on the heads of some of these shop win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
STORY OF FALL OF
 OLD FORT SUMTER

commissioned officer, enlisted man ol civilian.
 "The story about the wife of a Ser. geant McDonell telling Major Anderson that If he did not fire on that flag sh C fire on 1t herself is pure fiction. Firs. there was no such sergeant and, sec ond. all the wives of both officers and enlisted men had been sent north long before.
 "The alleged reply of jor Anderson to the Confederate officers. If you wan' this fort you will have to come ano take It. was never made.
 Your article quotes Simmons as say Ing that the garrison after the sur render, of which he gives a mythica account, was taken out in a boat to the union fleet and transferred to the Sta, of the West. It is well known that the garrison of Fort Sumter came north on the Baltic and that the Star of the West was not near Charleston at tha; time.
 The article says that Simmons was commissioned a lieutenant of the Fifty second New York Volunteers and pro- noted on the field to captain of that command at the battle of Sabine Cross roads. The Fifty-second New York be- longed to the Second corps of the army
 
 Crossroads.
 'The story about Simmons company capturing the Confederate general s wagon train in Lees retreat to Appo- mattox Courthouse and the New York CTS decking themselves. out in hoop skirts, etc, is pure rot.
 The article says that at Appomat- tox Simmons and his New Workers were standing close enough to see the southern leader hand his sword to General Grant. who returned it. Sim mons has better eyesight than Sam Weller. The latter said he could not see up two flights of stairfs and through a double deal door. If Simmons saw what the article says he did, he could do that and more. The surrender of Lee to Grant as Is well known, was made in McLean's parlor. only d very few persons being present all of whose names are known. Simmons was not among them. General Grant says he never thought of demanding Lees sword, that no sword was rendered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Wide interest has been excited by the publication in the New York Sunday Herald of an interview with Capt. George w. Simmons, In which he tells of his experiences as one of the defenders of Fort Sumter at the time of the attack
 upon it by the South Carolina soldiers In 1861, and is probably the last survivor Of the Union men engaged In that historic fight. Captain Simmons story seems to have run counter to some of the state- ments made by historians and the opin- ions of others who say they know what took place when Sumter fell Some of these have written to the Herald to con tradict the assertions of Captain Sim mons and to express their doubts that he really took part In the defense of the fort.
 MT. James D. Bell, judge advocate of the Grand Army of the Republic, depart ment of New York writes from his head quarters in Brooklyn a letter to the Her aid, in which he says:
 According to the article, Capt. George W. Simmons, now residing in the Bronx. fought under Anderson as one Of ten artillerymen sent to the fort as rein forcement early in 1861. No reinforce ment of ten men. or or one man, reacheu Fort Sumter early in 1861, or at any other time prior to it's surrender. This is so we'll known that 1t reduire1 bold man to assert to the contrary.
 "Simmons seems to have belonged to the Fifth artillery. No person connect ed with the Fifth artillery was at Fort Sumter early in 1861. The garrison con sisted of two companies of the First artillery; Company F. commanded by Captain (afterward general Doubleday. and Company II. commanded by Captain (afterward generaD Seymour. General Doubleday wrote in great detail his Rem iniscences of Forts Moultrie and Sum- ter Assistant Surgeon (afterward gen crab Crawford wrote an elaborate his- tory of the events centering around the occupancy of Fort Sumter. Neither of them was acquainted with any part of the story told by this last survivor. General Doubleday gives the name of every person that was at Fort Sumter at the time of the surrender, and the name of Simmons does not appear as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
ing to the ship to which I was at.

ing to the ship to which I was at | tached"
 When Captain Simmons. at his home | in the Bronx. was told of the doubts cast upon his story of the Sumter fight, he promptly stood by his guns."s He read especially the letter from Mir. J. D. Bell and said:
 The Herald has quoted me correctly. My recollection is clear as to what happened at Sumter in the spring Of 1861. But all the history of the war isn't to be found in the books The story of Lees surrender for example. hasn't all been told yet. I saw 1t, and 1t occurred as published In the Her | aid, but there were many interesting things that have not been published The rolls of Governors Island Just before 10 of us were detached from duty there in 1861 should show all our names. We were sent to Sumter on de- tached duty, so our names would not appear as members of Captain Double days company or Captain Seymour's s company in the garrison down there Sergeant Mcdonnell and Sergeant Kent were both in the fort They had been 15 years in the army then and probably both are dead. Each company in the regular army had four laun- dresses. wives of soldiers. Sergeant Nc Donnells wife was one of them at Fort Sumter. They sent the women away before the bombardment. She certainly spoke to Major Anderson, telling him she would fire on the enemy's flag if he didn't.
 Major Anderson's reply to the de- mand for surrender was exactly as I said; If you want this fort you will have to come and take it.
 After evactuating the fort we re- turned to New York In the Star of the West, which lay outside with the fleet She had gone there trying to get in with supplies and had failed to help us The Baltic may have taken some of the garrison north. I don't know as to that But I rem2mber very well com ing to New York In the Star of the West She anchored right off Gov ernor's Island.
 The records at Washington will show my commission as lieutenant of Company A of the Fifty-second New York, and promotion to captain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Edwin Booths Cigar Case

From the Philadelphia Times.
 If is James K Hackett who aHirms tbere was once a dishonest cab driver in the city of St. Louis.
 In support of this statement. the actor details the story of cigar case " ith a history, which is now in his possession Years ago a great tragedian was playing in St. Louis. He had oc- casion to use cab from the theatre to his hotel. After the player had alighted the driver discovered cigar case had been left behind
 The case was of carved black wal mt lined with dark blue silk. The actor. although an inveterate smoker. used it for a purse. When the cabman found it there were several greenbacks among the contents. What became or the money Is not recorded, but the case was later traded over the bar for liquid refreshment. The bartender showed II to an actor, who gave up meerschaufn nine in exchange for it.
 From that time the case passed into inc nossession of several persons, and .fter while came under the eye of uackett. He admired 1t so much it was presented to him.
 Now he declares he hopes to present tle case to the Players club, for the plavers' club was founded by the dls- tinguished tragedian who lost the case in the cab. His name was Edwin Booth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

and no sword handed back. Of course on the stage, surrender would not be complete without the tender of a | sword"
 In another letter to the Herald Mir. R.
 E. Molloy of Arlington, N. J., says: Tn the article in last Sundays Herald there appears some statements made by the last survivor of Fort Sumter's de- lenders, which are undoubtedly incorrect, and which makes me believe the man to be fakr. For instance, he says it was after Major Anderson abandoned Fort Moultrie that he and nine others, one a sergeant landed with supplies at Fort ! Sumter. AS a matter of fact, no reinforce ment of any number of men were ever received at Sumter. I have carefully searched all through Doubleday's Forts Sumter and Moutrie," and Chester's Tn side Sumter in '61,'' and no mention IS made of any such arrival, and both state the number of the garrison as 65 men. Furthermore, Doubleday gives the names of the enlisted men and officers and also the laborers engaged on the fortinea- tions, but the name of the sole survivor is not in any of the lists.
 Captain Simmons mentions one of the women in the fort as the wife of Sergeant lhcl)onitli. IHeTe WAS no SUCH Sersedut in the garrison. The flag was not shot away as he describes, and no man climbed the pole in the way he saye. Doubleday states that when the flag staff was shot off the flag was nailed to a spar by Sergeant Hart. and again raised and the spar fastened to pile of gun carriages I don't think the man was in the fort at all''
 That Captain Simmons Is the only sur vivor of those who defended Fort Sum ter is contradicted by Hr. Henry Levisor of this city, who writes to the Herald:
 T have been reader of your paper for AS years. Your edition of Sunday, February 5, which | am now reading, re- fers to the last survivor of Sumters gall lant defenders. in which you state that Capt. George w. Simmons is believed to be the only man living of those who fought under Major Anderson I wish to inform you that I, Henry Levson, fought under said Anderson, Company H, First artillery, Captain Doubleday
 In letter of a different tenor. MT. John R. Anderson of this city writes:
 "I took part in the interesting occa- sion of the rehabilitation of the. old flag on Fort Sumter April fl, 1865, taking back to the fort the flag and all the surviving officers in . boat belong