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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Hlved Bees with Bare Handa.

A bet, position and swarm of
bees were won at the same time a
few days ago by G, l.. Stone of San
Francisco, when. with hands and face
unprotected. he pulled from the top
Of a. lamppost into an open box, buzz
zing masses of the honey makers.
Stone was walking in busy street,
when friend called his attention to,
the bees and remarked that a few
dollars could be make by anyone "hivi
ing" them. Stone said he could do It,
with no covering on his hands or
face. The friend laughed and said he
would bet good sum, he couldn't do
1t. Stone took the bet, got ladder
and box, then mounted the ladder
and lifted the bees by the handful
into the box. Among the crowd Of
interested spectators who watched
Stones feat was show manager, who
promptly offered position to the
man immune from bee stings.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
! NEWS Of The RIVERS
News Of the Rivers.

The river gauge marked 1l,6 feet
yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
showing a rise of 90 feet. The riv-
ers showing the highest point at
Evansville, measuring 1870 feet and
the lowest point at .0S of foot at
Florence.
The steamer Chisca left yesterday
morning at s o'clock for upper Mis-
sissippi.
The steamer Dixie was in port yes
terday from upper Mississippi and
departed for upper Mississippi.
The steamer Peters Lee was in
port yesterday afternoon from St
Louis and departed with a heavy car
20 for Memphis. She had on board
several hundred negroes, to be used
In the cotton fields of the south and
heavy freight.
The steamer Ed Meyers made her
regular trip from Paducah, Ky,
yesterday arriving at l p. m. and
departing at 1880 p m. for Paducah
XIV,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
ELEPHANTS Killed by Rats.

In 1868 three of Hagenbeck's ele-
plants. just brought from Africa
were attacked by rats, which ate
through the wooden floor on which
they 1.-THE elephants) stood and gnaw-
ed the animals feet All three died
no doubt from fright rather than from
pain. Mr.. Robinson, in quoting this
story as "the most dreadful" appar-
emily in his collection of anecdotes
OF elephants attacked by puny enc
mics, seems to be unaware that the
same thing has happened in England
The first chronicled instance, We be-
lieve. belongs not, to the Regents
Park Geological Gardens, but TO Cliff
ton. and has been duly recorded by
Frank auckland. But there has been
trouble in the London Gardens before
now with rats attacking the large AMI
mails; the old hippopotamus Guy
va ykes was one OF the sufferers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
ANGEL Of the Battlefield.

Mrs. Maria Magee Of Tipperary, WHO
is, according to records, the second
oldest Crimean veteran OF her sex in
the world, was one Of the veterans
present at the coronation dinner CIV
en- in Belfast. She has been in the
firing line in many hard fought and
historic battle, and has soothed the
last moments of scores OF British
soldiers dying in foreign lands. She
travelled with her husband through
India, Egypt, New Zealand and the
Mediterranean stations. Asked what
her feelings were when in the thick
OF the fighting with the bullets
whistling around, Mrs Magee said:
81 didn't think Of it. was looking
after the poor wounded fellows.
Everyone was shouting for his moth
or. or his wife, or his children. That's
what the dying soldier always cries
for. and he loves TO send them a last
message
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Mechanical Education for eIrIa

NO girl can consider herself edu-
Gated today II she cannot drive nail
or put hinge on door" Miss Mary
Snow. superintendent Of household
arts for the public schools of Chicago,
made this assertion in talk on
Training for GIRLS" II consider this
mechanical knowledge q necessity
said Miss Snow. Many women when
confronted with the stupendous prob
lem of coaxing a nail into board
would rather telephone the chief of
police or the board OF education for
help. Generally they enlist the iani-
tor or the hired man. 1t Is de-
flciency In their education.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
AIDE Kept His Promise.

w. H. Hershman of Noblesville, sup
erintendent OF the Kentland schools
during George AIDES high school
course there, has been renewing old
acquaintances at Delphi. where he was
also formerly superintendent, and from
Delphi comes one OF his stories OF AIDE.
When AIDE was home from Purdue uni
versity on his first vacation, Mr..
Hershman. who was head Of the Kent
land Sunday school, asked AIDE II he
were attending Sunday school In La
fayette.
"No. SIR" AIDE replied.
why not, George?"
Because" said AIDE, when en-
tered Purdue / promised my father
that I'd never do anything there that
didn't do at home"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
HERE IS LEARNED GENDARME
N. vauthIer, In the French Service,
Has Gained Much Fame as an
4 Archivist

M. vauthier Is a gendarme attached
to the Gvet brigade In the Ardennes.
He has done his military service in
Algeria, says the Paris correspondent
Of tho London Telegraph. and has
been In the Republican Guard, and he
got himself appointed to Givet in or
der that he might have more opportu-
nifty Of prosecuting his historical re-
searches In his native district as that
branch OF study has been rather neg.
lected In the Ardennes.
For M. vauthier is no ordinary gen.
darme. He is an enthusiastic archivist.
and his zeal and merit have been duly
recognized, not only by the ministry
Of public education, but by the car
while he has been warmly compliment
ed by several embassies for notes
which he has been able to furnish to
them.
His researches In the Ardennes
have chiefly borne on the periods of
the revolution. the empire, and the
restoration. and among many other
matters, on the depot of English pris-
oners of war established at Givet by
Napoleon. and on the Russian occu-
patton of that district after 1915.
NJ. vauthier will soon be retiring on
a pension, and then he will be able to
devote all his time to his favorite pur-
suit. Il have he says, always had
a hobby for hunting for documents.
though II is often more trying than
hunting for thieves"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
London Through the Ages.

1t Is proposed to establish in the
British metropolis a museum to be
devoted to the exhibition OF relics
pertaining to the history of London
from the earliest times of it's occupa-
ton by man. These times run back
much farther than most readers are
aware. The city that julius Caesar
found occupied site which had been
inhabited for unnumbered thousands
Of years. II Is now known that dur
ing Paleolithic and Eeolithic times
the two great divisions OF the stone
age-man dwelt on the site of Lon.
don, but 1t first became the settle
ment Of community at the opening
Of the historic age, when 1t was a
stronghold Of the Celts The remains
OF it's Roman period are the finest OF
the kind in Great Britain. The Anglo.
Saxon and Danish periods are also
finely represented. and even later
periods, such az the Tudor, furnish
relics that have been buried by that
strange process of superintendent
growth which makes the soil under
great city resemble the fossilifer.
GUS strata OF geology - Youths Com.
panion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Big Game.

Larry Coyington OF the Philadelphia
Evening Times. was In the city, says
the New York Morning Telegraph.
While In Broadway cafe Mr.. Coving-
tom telling of trip he once took
to Savannah, Ga, with some friends.
'' We decided to go out to Mrs. Ban.
mons fish lodge for supper" he said.
1--WE chartered an old sea.going hack
driven by negro. The driver was
~ knowing old fellow and pointed out
70 us all the places Of interest along
Etherrcute,
g,fAAs re we're nearing Mrs. Bannon's
place, which Is six miles from Savan-
nah, squirrel appeared In the road.
.Gecrge, ! said, after We had al
#.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

Blondes In Philadelphia have Just
three times as many chances TO pc
married as have brunottes, according
to the records kept at The license ou'
reau. During the last year the clerks
have kept careful tab on the com
plexion OF women applicants for IL
censes and Robert E. Furgeson, chief
clerk, announced that in $4,000 OF IL
0eo cases where marriage licenses had
been issued, the brides had light hair,
The clerks In the divorce courts here
now have decided to keep similar
record TO ascertain whether blondes
or brunettes are the more peaceable.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
River Forecast.

The Ohio--At Shawneetown, will
continue rising for SO shours, then
fall. At Padueah and Cairo, will
continue rising for two or three
days.
The Wabash--At Mt. Carmel, will
probably rise during the next 4S
hours.
The ennessee-From Florence
to below Johnsonrille. not much
change during the next As hours.
The Mississippi-At Chester, will
rise for several days at Cape Girar-
deau, not much change for 3s hours,
then rise Ng
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Blood Thicker Than some Water.

Blood is thicker than water
though not much thicker-and not so
thick as sea water. The water OF the
ocean contains IS parts of salir mate
rial thousand. while the vital fiuld
Of the human body contains but seven
parts thousand or one-fifth as much
In the human body each OF its
myriads of cells is bathed with this
seven-tenths per cent saline nuid. -
Dietetic and HYGIENE Gazette.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs|


here for a few days visit with reia-
tives.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Heisner, Sr"
have returned from a weeks Visit
in st. Clair Co.
Mrs. w. J. Davidson and children,
Mrs. Fred Bartleson and children
and Mrs Ida Bartleson Heacock and
daughter all spent the day Wedhes-
dav at Olmstead with Capt James
Bartleson and wife
J. w. Gaunt, Jr., had business IN
Cairo Monday
Mrs. Roy Weaver. OF Denver, COL
,s here for visit with relatives
Miss Lou Fields is on the sick list
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Character In Hand Shake.

Bulwer thinks "a mans nature Is
shown by the way he shakes hands:
that he may have the manners OF
Chesterfield. and smile very sweetly.
hut yet may chill or steel your heart
against him the. moment be shakes
hands with you But there Is. he
says, cordial clasp which shows
warmth Of impulse. unhesitating
truth. and even power of character
a clasp which recalls the classic trust
IN the faith of the right hand"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
sImpIs Lsw Of Nature.

The chronological Journal says the
organs OF the brain conform to the
pressure of the spirit, mind or opin
ions we may entertain. The organs
grow by what weSfeed upon. Let .
person be kept IN anger much Of the
tine, and more blood will be sent to
combativeness, destructiveness, etc
Thus 1t Is that our opinions or state
OF mind affect our bodies. brains and
features.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Dissolution Notice,

Notice is hereby given that the
firm OF Nichols & Stegg has been
this day dissolved John T. Nichols
assumes all Indebtedness of the late
firm and he is authorized to collect
all outstanding accounts due the
firm Of Nichols & Stegg.
JOHN T. NICHOLS.
s. L. sTEGG.
Cairo, III, Sept. 4, 1911.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Grand Chain.

ctpl, ~ lJ4 =
Or. A. w. Tarr attended a masonic
meeting at Belknap Thursday night
Mrs. N. v. Lewis will leave for
Cairo Saturday to SPEND the winter
Misses Letta Gaunt and lnez Hea-
cock visited with Mrs. b. 5. Tarr IN
Mound City Friday
Miss Lillian Rosenberger OF Vienna
is here the guest of Miss Minnie
Gaunt.
Miss Monta Ruether and Mrs, Lou
Stevens were Cairo shoppers one
day this week.
Gus. Woods of Rombou, Mo, is
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
A Bishops Suspenders.

suspenders are modern, decidedly
80. There are men still living In
South Carolina who remember when
an effort was made TO discipline the
great Bishop William Capers OF the
Methodist church for wearing them.
1t was contended that In doing so
he set q bad example by . display
Of wcrldlinesa. I
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Wanted His Disguise.

A man who traded horses with 0
Quaker went to him few days latel
. and said: You beat me in that trade
Well, what does thee want me tt
DO! Does th.e want me to trade
back" inquired Broadbrim "Oh, no
not at all | Just want you to lend
me your hat for few days. TIL
trade with somebody else" Ram,
Horn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Bostlsss Opposition.

The surest way to prevail on !
young couple to get married ID to op
pose them. Tell dthem you "wouit
rather sec them in their graves
and twelve months after their bsb!
win pass you twice day In a willow
wagon Exchange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

Many deep-sea animals are suf-
ficently phosphorescent to supply
over definite areas of sea bottom
enough illumination to render visible
the colors OF the animals themselves.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
The WEATHER
Forecast for Today

Forecast for Today.
Cairo and Vicinity. Cloudy and
unsettled tonight and Sunday; not
much change in temperature.
Washington, Sept. 9.--lllineis,
Missouri and enthusiastically
fair Sunday and Monday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Test OF Suuar's Purity.

A simple test for the purity of
sugar is to burn IT, II pure. fire will
entirely consume It; II adulterated,
1t will leave an ash.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Cautious.

N Mr.. Willis--"But why don't you
take your bank book IN and have ii
balanced r. Mrs. Wiilis--''l DON,
want tint snoopy -Iookins cashier 10
know how much money I've 30,
there" PUCK
gs1f iSg u
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

There are rs pounds of blood In the
body of an average grown-up person,
and at each pulsation the heart moves,
ten pounds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

When woman enters a prize con-
test she is likely to feel pretty sure
that the winner had pull with the
judges. :
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Wise World.

The world likes good loser, par
ticularly II It gets some OF his money.
-Lippincott's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

FOR SALEHeating stove; Ra-
diant Home; bargain; have coal
base burner, 1909 Commercial Ave.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

noticed the squirrel, do you have any
big game around here"
"rYas, indeed, sab replied the
negro. We has baseball
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Cairo, III, Sept. 4, 1911.

Expert repairing, coats refined
by an expert tailor. The Elks' Clean
ing and Dyeing Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
!. m. (Street record N
General Conditions.

The day was cloudy with little
rain. The government bulletin re-
ported cloudy weather at several
places and rain at Pittsburg, meas
uring 2.02., sti III 'figssS
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Ia ka.n aalloons Full.

To Keep Balloons Full.
Hydrolth, hydrate Of carbon. 10,
being used for the resupplying Of bal
looms with hydrogen.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
Daily Thought.

Our lives are truly at an end when
we are loved no onger.-Landor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

Buy your school books at De.
baun's, Twenty-eighth and Poplar st
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10
cement Of business September End, 1911.

OFFICERS
J. s. ArsrHoRPE, President
II. s. CANpEE, Vice President
w. H. WooD, Vice President
w. P. HALLIDAY, Vice President
HI. r. AIsrHoRrE, Cashier and Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-14
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH ON SUNDAY
Rev. J. w. Stokes to Preach at Beth
Services.

Sunday Morning Mr.. Stokes, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, will
have as the theme of his discourse a
fact stated in the second verse of the
Sunday School lesson, namely, "Je-
hovah, the God of heaven. The choir
will render a special selection imme-
diately before the sermon.
At the 1880 o'clock evening hour
the theme of the preacher will be
Look and Sim.
The Sabbath school continues to
grow in interest and numbers. All
who will are invited TO visit this
school and consider it's workings and
take part in its worship.
A new feature of the school to be-
gin next Sunday will be the syste-
matte memorizing and reciting of
Scripture individually and by class
es. The verses are to begin this time
with a..
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-14
NOTICE.

Having bought big supply of ma
terial at close cash prices, we are pre-
pared to do all kinds of high grade
dentistry at half price during October
All work absolutely guaranteed. Don't
fail to take advantage of this oppor-
tunity.
EVANS DENTAL ROOMS,
Cotton Avenue, Americas, Ga
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-29
AFTER THE COAL COMBINE.

The news comes from Washington
that the government is about to take
action against the men who are back
of the anthracite coal combine. There
Is no doubt that this will effect q great.
or number of h~opseholders than any
other fight the government has made
against trusts ard corporations.
Everybody has felt the pinch of a coal
trust, being forced to pay exorbitant
prices for coal when it has been well
known that such prices are not war
ranted. The injustice of the thing has
been demonstrated time and again III
the difference in the price of coal in
different places. We find that here in
Perth Amboy, at tide water where the
anthracite coal is brought direct from
the mines, we are paying more for coal
than they are In New Brunswick and
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some other places where 1t has to be
reshipped to other lines at additional
cost to the companies. The retail deal.
ers blame the coal operators and the
coal operators are silent.
1t is declared that the q government
now has evidence that a billion dollar
combination has been formed, UNDER
the leadership Of the Pennsylvania rail.
road, to control the entire anthracite
coal output in the United State. 1t ia
alleged that this combine has been
working secretly killing competition ana
Substituting railroads until it now has
the whole matter in its grasp. The
people have suspected something of this
kind for some time. The government
has the evidence, 1t is reported, and
action against the leaders of this con.
Germ would be welcomed. There is
nothing that effects the poor reople
more than the price of coal. The fiyht
which it is said the government Will
make against this trust, win be watched
with interest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-29

II It is passed at such An election IL
becomes a law, the same as II the legis-
~lature had passed 1t. If it is defeated
it fails, even though the legislature fav-
ored It. A recall means that after a
man has been elected to public Office
If his conduct, during his term, is not
satisfactory to the people a petition can
be circulated, and if a required number
of people sign it an election shall be
called to decide whether or NOT such
q public officer shall remain in office.
If the vote is against him he must give
up his office even though is be the mid
die of his term. At the same time that
the people are voting whether or not to
Dust him, they are voting on another
man to fill his place. Thus a mayor or
alderman is responsible to the people
at all times and cannot feel that once
elected they are safe until their term
expires.
We already have the direct primary
in New Jersey. We are also going to
have the initiative, referendum and re-
cali before very long. All che leading
states throughout the country are
adopting it and New Jersey cannot re-
main behind very much longer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-29
PERTH AMBoY
Population, 32.121.
20 miles from New YORK.

y IOpu{HllDIls 5E,lS1s
! 20 miles from New York.
! On Staten Island Sound, at the
! mouth of the Raritan river ana at
I the head of Raritan Bay.
! Ocean steamers can dock IN from
! 3b to 40 feet OF water.
I Channel III feet deep at low wa
! ter leading up the bay from SANDY
I Daily steamer service to New
! Four railroads. the Pennsylyania'
! Central Railroad Of New 9erssyd
I Rapid Transit. BRANCHES unnlng N
( all directions, affording Utmost an
! unlimited number Of exceiieht lac7s
I HAS two telegraph and two tele-
I Electric fight and gas companies.
! Two daily newspapersi
I Federal gostofhce pailoins.
I Nine grammar schools and n
! high school, which is on the APP
I nroved list of all the leading UNI
! verstties In the country. iour par9-
! chial schools and a business col
I Churches OF all denominations.
I City hospital.
! Prominent center for trolleys to
I all parts OF the state.
{ Richest clay deposits n tne couh-
Z try In the imneulht6 ficauitys
I Splendid theatrical advantages.
1 Some of the leading industries
I are: American smelling g
! Company's smelter; Raritan Coppef
I Works smelteri Barber AIggpnaaadi
I states Cartridge Cot Arch,dectnsai
/ Tile 8 Faience Col @, Pardes Stesi
! and Tile works. Atlantlc IerIa SSoasu
I Ia Co.; Federal Terra Gotta Co.; 2
! Jersey Terra Gotta Co.; three plants
( 81 the National Fireproofing Com
I pany and other similar Industries
! within the immediate vicinity; Sera
! annie Works; C~hesebrough Vasenne
I works; Marcy stove Works;
! drydock companies together VIII
! shipyardr and marine railWays'
/ standard Underground Gable Com
! pany; Roessfer & Hasslacher Chenl,
! fcai works; amery mills; coke end
( cigar factories; cement stone WORMS
! coal shipping piers: nana maebine
( shops and iron foundries.
I For further particulars address:
I Albert Leon. secretary Of the
I Board OF Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-29
STATEN Ian RAPID TRANSIT
RAILWAY,
Time Table In Effect Monday, October

HALLWAY,
Time Table In Ensct. Monday, October
PERTH AMBoY TO NEW YORK
~ asA s's. n!ss q: { h. ''o9 h e.. a 81, s siss s s'ss,
a:S iI;s9.. ~ ia. s;cd. iSaJ I;sS 2; a,
|TR4iN sESRavIcE LEAVE PpERTH
Ah Az OK S is ,m ls;a:, Il mAS z. s e; l s:sS
SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
a:4s, io.4s, ff;B o. m. i2:4s. i:4s' s:ls'' s:45,
4:42. b:s2. s:42. sos, 1913 and on Holiday
Nights bhIT4 II at III 2, q.
TRAIN CONNECTION LEAVE PERTH
40, $40. 40 80, $50. To no. s:i5. s:S'
1880, 11:17 p. m. 1920 a. m. and 100. s:5
a. N. holidays only.
L1EAyvENs:m. TOO, SD 800, 100, n:2o
a. m. 1870. f:M. 2:zo. $40, 40, 5:15. $50,
6:4s. s;l5, $50, 100. TAO. 800. 1000, 1f;So p.
M. 1890 a. M.
ApDITIoNAL BOATS WITHNoOuyT
TENVILLE-e:&, $40, 7:45. $40, 1880, 1875.
n:M. an. 100, EOS. SOB. AIS. Els s:15.
sttN Wa 3 AtNp LEGAL HOLIDAYS
LEAVE NEW Yo2Ka siM S:Oo. 1919; SS
s ni% Foo & 800 u.s. &c: g. n hiSs 2 p" n s,G 8:s O. a. o NJ.
(holidays only.)
TRAIN GoNNEcTioNs LEAVE rot
TEMyILLEI7.s ssoS, s;ss. 1875 1I;so 4.
7:5o, I0ap. i:oa, n:4o p m. s:I q. m,
GEORGE =. BROWN,
Gen1. Trafic Agt.