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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
The Shepherd of the Black Sheep

q more intense form of the smile. In
extreme cases the eyes are moistened
by the effusion from the lachrymal
glands"
There you have a scientific defini-
ton. But it is clear that mankind
would hardly take the trouble to go
through that experience if that is all
that laughter consisted OF. They
would not regard a Dickens or a
Mark Twain as a benefactor merely
because a p~erusal of their writings
produced that. No; even the philoso-
phers know that laughter is something
better than that-something internal
that there is such a thing as silent
laughter. Hobbies calls laughter q
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Professor Sir Charles Bell in the
Strand Calls Il a Convulsive Ac-
ton Of the Diaphragm.

Laughter says Professor Sir
Charles Bell in the London Strand, rs
a conclusive action of the diaphragm.
In this state the person draws a full
breath and throws it out In interrupt
ed. short and audible c~achinnations.
This convulsion of the diaphragm Is
the principal part of the physical a
Hesitation of laughter; but there are
several accessories, especially the
sharp vocal utterance arising from the
violent tension of the larynx mi the
expression Of the features. this being
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Humus Holds the Moisture.

Humus in the orchard is of value
in holding moisture in dry times and
in preventing sudden freezing and
moisture during the fruiting sea
son, hence the winter mulch should
be allowed to remain on the ground
through the summer for obtaining soil
moisture.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

of Sir Frank Lockwood something that
would make a stuffed bird rejoice?
And those who listened to the SPLEEN
dor of merriment which he could i'm
part by that laugh realize the intense
value of that emotional exercise"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

Western Kansas last year raised
the biggest sugar beet crop in its his
tory. This is due to the fact that a
large area of irrigated lands were
put under cultivation for the first
time.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Soft Washes for Turkeys

Some people feed soft nlasheG
their turkeys. This kind Of food
no place in the diet Of turkeys
approaching a marketable Nnnt11
Such food is liable to causf d1g6k
disturbances and result "
trouble, which will cour'
tendency to take on fat. -
only should be fed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
EQUAL WETTING m a.
One OF Main Points n
Even saturation u the q
the burrows.

One Of the main points
tanning the even saturatiouk
chard Is the grade Of tie
Ihis Is a point to which III
tentfon is given. resulting
and imperfect wetting, wrft1
D. Smith in the Denver
Farm. Many orchards Z
with more reference to bour
than to slope and grade.
OF slight Inequalities OF the
land that is nearly level.
years had great difficulty
an even wetting ON one
chards. After considerabf
concluded that instead n
run the burrows at right a
main drainage channel q
they should run at an anal
forty-fiye degrees, more
that is the way most OF
and gullies emptying into
A closer study showed th
tie swales and swells III
blum surface ran about the
We, therefore, ran our h
the nOws diagonalIy acr6
chard, with the result Uo
freely followed every sfofI
end. On another orchard
on quite a steep slope
was that when
run with the sforo
flowed too fast, cutting
thus failing to soak sufIc5G
We tried to furrpw IT 81 \
to the slope there wan &
to carry it over the
OF the surface. In this ea0
found it a great impr0velud
row it cornerwise, thus gat1d
satisfactory grade.
In planting q cherry orG
ditch on quite a steep
years ago we laid OF eae
a level or straight edge, VI
in and out of the depresnfd
IN even grade. Then. ~ 3
iiskfng always towards th
soon had q terrace like
which no water flowed ~
vest showers. This gave
and when my neighbor ri
III a new orchard uud9EE
lutte steep slope, ! asked
lid not strike # out IN the
He replied that he did ~
ne could lay It. on both
such crooked rows.
After figuring on II Z littlG
'nstrated 1t to our satisfae
t was perfectly feasible to
-ows as crooked as possfbIe
md straight the other. He
% plant that way and has Nj
1culty In working both way
1isk harrow. The main potu(|
observed in working al. oreKS1
On In this way is to use = Fo4
iisk, so that in working up ~
he hill the soil may be thro11
n, then out, thus avoiding
Ind furrowing up and down I'M
soil should, for a few years
always be thrown towards IL
when running the other NJ
producing a terrace like surfncS
Will facilitate irrigation.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

Do you ever think of the irrevocable
nature Of speech? You may find,
years after your light word was
spoken spoken, that 1t made a whole
life unhappy. or ruined the peace Of
a Observation-Disclosures Brooke.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
POULTRY NOTES.

The commercial chick feeds an
a rule, very go5G. 8
Pure air is one OF the essentfss
profitable poultry raising.
Charcoal is not a substiH
ter shell, and vice versa.
Where beef scraps are
bone is not strictly neces
Bright red combs and
generally a sign of good {
Be sur that the roosti.
r well ventilated at thi.
year. -
Leghorn pullets h.-s
should begin to lay g ~
or October. 40
You cannot make a
comfortable in warm We
windows are left in.
When the eggs are not
breeding purposes any
hens can be placed in Il
one male.
The clots Of blood tina
occasionally in eggs are
hen rupturing a Minus
while laying.
A very good chick foQd is :,
equal parts by weight a corr
oats and wheat, crnGftd to l
size and mixed thoro1Shly.
Good. pure food, prpbe11y
will impart a Sweet good
all eggs, while, src6 Articles as o6ie
fish, ETC., will give a rank taste.
1t is best to have litter on the A.
OF the poultry house or scratch
shed the year round. so that /
fowls will be kept busy during
entire year.
lncubators can be run at any
all seasons of the year, proyidS4 u
are In a cellar or buildinasu1
not cause too great variation 7
II
Give the fowls the comfort 81
open-front house with an abapda1
Of fresh air and freedom from
sitting heat Of closed sleeptnx
ters in sumner.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
AIibt

Father (having ca1rht his son In
a lie)-Haven't | always told you to
tell the truth?
Son-yes, father: but you also told
me never to become the slave of q
habit.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Green Asparagus Preferred.

Green HSPaTd9uS PFeferred.
While white asparagus was pre-
ferred by all eastern markets not
many years ago, the green product is
aow used more largely and commands
the higher price.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
Value of Farm Proc

The average total mondb
of all of the farm prody-
United States each year, bo3AM
government reports. is apprd<{n
S6,794.o 600, 900.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
THINNING seets and ManoeIs.

In thinning mangels or beets, the
small ones taken out need not be
thrown away. If the rows do not
need r%eplanting, the extra plants may
be set in a row by themselves.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

ORCE, pictrresqueness and abiL
ity IN congress knows no Sec
lions. Northerners, southern
ers, fasteners and westerners
nave their strengths and their
weaknesses. their likes and their
d1slikes, their physical manner
isms and their mental idiosyn-
crasies just like all other human
beings.
There have been men in con-
0rocq uho yoo. 4, -.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
TO ABANDON ARMY POSTS
Smaller Camps in Texas Will Be
Discontinued as Result of Gen.
tralization Plans.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug 31---In
line with the general movement
which began last spring to centra-
lie the army of the United States in
large camps, a number of the small
Ter posts in Texas will be abandon
ed in the near future. Fort McIn-
tosh, near Laredo, Fort Clark and
Ringgold are among these:s hswF
Fort Riggold has already been tur-
nedlover to the interior department
to be disposed of, but that depart
ment has deferred action pending
disposition Of resolution in Con-
gress asking that the reservations
at Fort Ringgold and Fort Clark be
turned over to the State of Texas
as sites for sanatoriums.
For number Of years, these early
established posts have been maintain
ed at heavy expense and are at
point not easily in touch. II is given
out that the departments policy is
gradually to concentrates the Texas
troops at San Antonio, the time hav-
ing passed long ago when small posts
were needed to maintain order.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
CAScARETS WORK
WHILE YOU SLEEP
Salts, Calomel and Cathartic Pills
Are Violent-They act On The
Bowels as Pepper Acts in
Nostrils.

rake Cascaret tonight and thor
oughly cleanse your liver, Stomach
and Bowels, and you will surely feel
great by morning. You men and
women who have headache, coated
tongue, can't sleep, are bilious, ner-
vous and upset, bothered with sick
gassk, disordered stomach, or have
backache and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping clean inside with
Cascarets--or merely forcing q pass
ageway every few days with salts,
cathartlc pills or caster oil? This is
important. "a ..
Cascarets Immediately cleanses
and regulates the stomach, removes
the sour, undigested and fermenting
food and foul gases; take the excess
bile from the liver and carry off the
dccomposed waste matter and poi
son from the intestines and bowels.
Remember, Cascaret tonight will
straighten you out by morning. A 10
cent box from your druggist means
clear head and cheerfulness for
montshs. Don't forget the children.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Mcclure, Illinois.

August, 30, 1911.
Earl Greaney of Carbondale was
here for several days making re-
pairs on the machinery Of the ele-
tor.
Sidney Lawrence of Jonesboro,
ILL.,. who has been acting agent OPP
orator at the I. M. & S. Depot dur
Ing the absence of Agent Rockwell
has returned home.
James Carmack & James Mccoy
are spending week in Marston, Mo.
on business and visiting relatives
Mr.. T. j. Mcclure was in st, Louis
Mo. first OF the week buying Alp a
car load of hogs and had them ship
ed here.
Mr.. and Mrs, r. Sans were called
TO Springfield Friday last to attend
the funeral OF one of her relatives.
Mr.. Isaac Williams who was in
Brookport on visit to his folks for
a week returned Saturday.
DR.. Sam Norris, DR.. Gunter, John
J. Porter T. NJ. Ostrich and Robt
Keller will attend the Masonic eele-
braton at Murphysboro Monday
next.
Quite number of our citizens at
tended the fair at Anna this week.
Mrs. Wilma Hobbs of Cape Cir
ardeau, Mo-, is the guest of her par
ents for few days, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Lightner.
The NJ b. A. lodge here is prepar-
ing for another picnic to be given in
a couple of weeks. There was two
adoptions at their last meeting We'd
nesday last.
w. Stackston of Carbondale was
here Wednesday on business con-
nected with the l. c. r. II.
Our teachers, Miss Minnie Branch,
Miss Grace Abernathic and VIM
Newton and several of our citizens
will attend the Teachers Institute
at Cairo next week.
School commences here the second
week in September.
We had several days heavy rain
part of last week and this, and it
has helped the late corn in particu-
lar, other crops has been greatly
benefited-and will turn out far bet
ter than farmers expected.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
ALBERT ROSS IS DEAD
Resident Of East Cairo Dies After
Illness of Years
Duration.

Albert Ross, aged SO, died at the
home of his brother at East Cairo
Yesterday afternoon after an illness
of nearly a year. His death was
caused by consumption.
He had resided in this vicinity the
past 25 years. Up to the time of his
being confined to his bed he has en-
gagged IN the business Of ferryman,
between Cairo and East Cairo.
He leaves two brothers. William
Ross OF Wltklife, Thomas Ross OF
East Cairo and one sister Miss Wiley,
Hall Of Miiber, Ky.
The funeral will take place today
and interment will be made In Cane
Creek cemetery, near Wickliffe. e.
A. Burke funeral director.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01

cago Is the central point and which
embraces all the middle western
states, was completed less than three
months ago and the results have not
yet been reported upon by the Post
Office Department, the whole pro-
cess is to be repeated for the princi-
pal mail routes leading from this
city, beginning on September l..
This action Is made necessary by
the decision of Postmaster General
Hitchcock to ship the larger part of
known to postal employees as blue
tag matter, by freight instead of in
mail cars, beginning on this date.
AS the rate Of payment Of the trans
portation lines for carrying mail for
the next four years. is based upon
the results of the official weighing
there would be no saving to the
Postoffice department from the
method OF shipping magazines by
freight If the figures arrived at In
the recent weighing test were used.
The only legal way of getting a new
basis of payment apparently is to
repeat the whole tedious process Of
weight-taking for another los days
on the routes s1tScted by the new
order. The railroads have offered
no objection to the Postmaster Gen.
erals proposal to handle second
class matter by freight but it Is
pointed out by some Of the officials
here that as second-class matter
comprises about Ga per cent of all
maj. according to the figures of the
postal authorities, 1t will be impos-
sible for the roads to operate the
present snusnber Of fast mail trains
on the proceeds OF the small volume
of business that Is still to be car
ried I'm regular mail cars. Unless
the rates OF pay which they receive
are greatly increased they declare
that itgwilIt be- necessary to cut off
some OF the fast mail trains and
otherwise to decrease the extent of
the railway mail service. Under the
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
MOUND CITY. I'LL.

1
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. McCarver ant
family left Wednesday for their flu
ture home at Pocahontas, Ark.
Among the shoppers here Wednes
day were Mrs. Abe Beaver and little
son, of America. Mrs. Alb Brewster
| of Pulaski, Mrs, ]. L. Marley OF
Mounds and Mrs. HoHuston Beaver
and daughter, Miss Maude OF
America.
Mrs Mahla Slack and daughter
Florence. left for their home In
Mounds Wednesday after spending
couple of weeks with Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Murphy on Main street.
Miss Allie Belts attended dance
at the Alexander Club in Cairo Tues
day evening.
H. Wesenberg of Valley Recluse,
w. H. Leidigh of America and Capt
Jas. Bartleson Of Olmstead were in
town Wednesday on business.
Mrs. N. NJ. Harris of High street
has as her guests, Mrs. Edmonds and
daughter. Miss Gladys, of Cairo
Ralph Schiller was Cairo visitor
Wednesday. 9.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Ford. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Williamson. son Freder-
lex and daughter. Alberta. returned
Thursday from Lake chaatanqua.
N. r., where they have spent the
past summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Estes of Wick
life spent Wednesday with the lat
ters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Poin-
dexter on First street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Block moved
into The Britton flat in the B. T.,
Britton building at Mounds Wednes-
day. Mr.. and Mrs, Britton and fam
lily will leave Saturday for Cham
paign where they will spend the en-
suing winter.
Mrs. J. w. Cole returned home
Wednesday from few weeks visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Emma
Pease of Metropolis. H.
Loren Margrave, of Herrin, ar
rived Thursday to spend week with
William Dougherty, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Schiller and
guests, Mr., and Mrs. Charles Conner
of Howell, Ind. spent Thursday eve
ming in Cairo. i..,aa,. +,
Mesdames Samuel Luker and
Lewis Walbridge of Mounds and
their guest, Miss Carrie Reese, of
Nashville, Tenn, were visiting
friends in this city Thursday after
noon,
Mrs. G. T. Ashby had as their
guest, Wednesday, Mrs. NJ Tanner of
Sebree Springs, KY. and Mrs. S. b.
Mills of Cairo.
Miss Carrie Parks of Cairo spent
Thursday night with Miss Helen
Miller and attended dance given at
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Expert repairing. coats refined
by an expert tailor. The Elks Clean
ing and Dyeing Co.
Association Must Recede.

Cincinnati, o., Aug. 31.---In Q
hnding minus all "ifs and ands? as
plain as i Is firm, the national base
ball commission today not only re-
iected every demand made on ittby
the American Association but went
farther in intimating that ifeiahc
American Association decided not ito
operate under the r,lesaof organized
baseball, clubs would be- placed in
every city on that clreuit4sA
the American ASSOCIATION VIM
have until sHpte:i.e toy stpswer sand
sNpol iis ansFer viii hin%e ~
-aunsfioa ihat Rrcv ste~ds pera~ro, /
m the minds Of baseball auior. " ~so-
~, win i:iaro Le L..so- ball war; Z
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
NEWS Of THE RIVERS


The river marked OF in the Cairo
gauge yesterday afternoon at p. m
showing a. fall of % Of q foot. The
river showing the highest rise in the
Ohio valley at Pittsburg being 2.S
And the lowest fall at Jacksonville
being A.
The City Of Savannah was In por
yesterday afternoon from, st. Louis
to Riverton, with good freight bill
and large number OF passengers.
The Pacific was in port from st
Louis yesterday afternoon. ~
The Ed Meyers made her regular
trip from Padncah arriving at Cair'
at o'clock and departed at 2:3
for Paducah.
The John S. Summers afrived yes
terday from Metropolis with on,
empty barge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Great Step. He Saws.
Three Women Hurt in Ere

Detroit, Mich, Sept. THREE
women were seriously hurt and a
number of other passengers bruised
In panic which resulted early to-
day when a street car caught fire
Nearly all of the passengers jumped
before the car could be brought to a
ffop The blaze was soon extin-
tinguished.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
LUMBER MENU /.
NAMED IN SUIT
United States District Attorney Asks
That Dealers of Michigan Be En-
Joined Against Further Unlawful
Methods.

Detroit, Mich. Aug. 3l-Charging
completely to restrict interstate trade
and commerce In lumber and its pro-
ducts, United States District Attor-
ney Watson today filed bill in the
United States Circuit Court to en-
join the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers Association, the Scout Pub
fishing Co., of this city and the Lum-
Der Secretaries Bureau of Informa-
ton of Chicago from further alleged
unlawful business methods.
Six Are Named.
The government names the fol-
lowing individual defendants in the
suits:
Edward Z. IIartwick of Detroit,
President of the Michigan Retail
Lumber Dealers Association, Arthur
l.. Holmes Of Detroit, vice president
of the Retailers Association, mem
her of the Lumber Secretaries Bur
eau of Information and Publishe OF
the Scout, George p. Sweet, Grand
eau of Information and Publisher OF
the Retailers Association and the
following directors of the retail or
ganization: j. J. Comerford De-
troit; A. ]. Kraft, Battle Creek
John Woods. Grand Rapids; F. D.
Jeaks, Port Huron and C. A. Pollock
Coldwater, ygWg
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01

present system, the railway men as
sert, the roads. lose in the aggregate
nearly, $4,000, 900 year on mail
transportation. With the volume of
business cut down more than one
half, as it probably will be by this
new order, it will be impossible for
them to maintain the service at its
present extent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Wrecked Launch Sinks.

Port Arthur, Ont, Aug. 91---The
yacht Gunilda, owned by William l..
Hardness OF New York, which was
wrecked Tuesday on the north shore
of Lake Superior sunk tonight when
released from the rock which she
had struck. immediately the wreck
ers got her clear of the lodge and
she sank in 800 feet Of water The
yacht was insured for 100000
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
TAFT SAYS PACT
PLAN WILL GROW
In Address Before National Gather
ing Of Lawyers, He Declares All
Nations VIII in Time Adopt Arbi-
tration Method.

Boston. Aug. 31.-"Arbitration of
disputes between nations is coming
slowly but surely" said. President
Taft in his address today before the
American Bar Association which
concluded its thirty-fourth annual
convention in this city tonight.
President Taft declared emphati-
cally that there is room for improve
ment in procedure in the federal
courts "and upon us" he said, falls
the burden of initiating reforms in
that respect"
The Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme court, he said, has
taken the matter in hand and has
called a conference in Washington
where they will formulate new rules
of procedure.
A Great Step. He Says.
The president declares this to be
Il great step in the direction OF prac-
teal reforms. He said that there
was no need Of increasing judicial
salaries SO that The best men of the
bar" might be secured for various
courts
After speaking the president re.
turned to the summer white house at
Beverly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Will Last Two Weeks.
Riot in Coal Camp.

GAINESVILLE. Ark. Aug. 3l.--in a.
riot which broke out this afternoon
at the Montana Coal Company'si
camp. six miles west Of here, two
men are known to have been killed
and the third seriously injured. Off
GERS have started for the scene, The
cause Of the riots has not been
learned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
Forecast for Today.

Cairo and Vicinity: Fair tonight
and Friday; warmer tonight.
washington, Aug. 31.-Illinois;
Fair, slightly warmer Friday; Satur-
day fair light 70 moderate south
winds. 1t; @h =
Missouri: Fair Friday: warmer In
soath portion; Saturday fair.
Kentucky: Fair Friday and Satur-
day; warmer Friday in west. is
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
ATLANTIC FLEET
WILL PRACTICE
Conditions This Year Are To Be
Harder Than Ever Before Attempt
ed-Kites Will Represent Aero
planes In Attack On Ships.

Washington, Aug. 31--At dawn
tomorrow the Atlantic fleet will be-
gin its summer practice Of the Chesa-
peake Cape under simulated battle
conditions.
These exercises will be'more diff
cult than ever before attempted by
the navy. Realizing that future
contests will be at long range, prac-
tice viii be at no distance less than
5000 yards, more than five miles.
The maximum range OF the practice
will be 5000 yards or more than
nine miles.
Will Last Two Weeks.
The navy department has extend
ed the program over period OF two
weeks in order that the battle ships
may be sure to encounter some
rough weather.
The feature of these exercises will
be the tests with box kites, repre-
senting aeroplanes and experiment
tai works in repelling night attacks
by torpedo boats and submarines.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
River Forecast.

The Ohio, at Shawneetown. will
continue rising during the next 36
hours. AT Paducah and Cairo, will
continue falling during the next 36
hours.
The Wabash, at Mt. Carmel, and
the Tennessee, from Florence to be-
low townsville. will not change
much during the next 4s hours.
The Mississippi. at Chester, will
fall during the next 4S hours. Al
Cape Girardeau, will rise slightly to-
night, then fan.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs
| Perks 6 Higgins nail

Perks 8 Higgins nail
Fl. W Wilkinson and William
Wildly of Mounds returned home
Thursday from a tour of the west
Walker Lewis has resigned his
position as night clerk at the Central
Ice Co.'S plant at Mounds to accept
a place as switchman on the M. X.
& 7. railroad His brother, Dwight
Lewis, of villa Ridge. will occupy
the position left vacant by his broth
er's resignation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
nrn H. dred AttA,d no,o.

The l.oval Order of the Moose
.".nco at S"ohoda hqll last night
ss'asfa'tsodrd by about one hundred
n,Gn'e"- md iNsi' wives. slst RS and
sg'acthe' ~, fNe's how'd FURNISHED
- mus'c re-rqrd p. rurchfle,d
vGs eloor mar agc-.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01
THE WEATHER
General Conditions.

'UtIItIuI 1CUIIUIEIUHSs
v The day was clear with no rain
measuring in this section. The high.
est rain was in Chattanooga, meas
uring .1e of an inch in the last "a
hours, this being the only place in
the Ohio valley. The temperature
was moderate in this section.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-01

We have dyed for Others. let US
dye for you. The Elks' Cleaning
and Dyeing Co.