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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
TO DESTROY AEROPLANES
Rifle Practice at Hampton Roads
Proved Successful-kite Hit 40
Times in 100 Shots.

Washington, April 17--"It is rea-
sonable to believe that an aeroplane
1000 yards away would stand no
show if only the service rifle were
used"
That is the conclusion of naval Of
ticials, expressed today in an official
report to the navy department on
The first attempt ever made to shoot
IN aeroplaneshaped kite Yrom bat
tleship The experiment. was made
April 6, when the Atlantic feet was
at target practice off Hampton Roads
Then only the service rifle was ussd
in firing at the kites. Now prepare
fions are being made to use a three
ncil gun.
The kites used were boX-shaped,
tX2 feet team of ten bluejackets
on the quarterback did the firing.
During the third volley aimed at the
first kite sent up the string by which
'ht hllS was U61liSo 1uMFu vas IuI ny
bullet and the kite sailed away
without the number of hits being dis
closed.
Of 100 shots fired very rapidly at
the second kite, 40 hits were made,
several cutting the braces and frames.
AS the bunting covered not more
than three-fiftns of the total area Of
the kite as presented to the ship"
said the report, iii gave the excellent
result of the 40 hits ont of 1850 shots
at an area OF about five square feet
at rapidly plunging target 500 TO
700 yards distant in the air." No
statement is made as to the height Of
the kite above the sea.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
$4,000 FIRE At PULASKI
Store and Dwelling of r. M. Burnett
Totally Destroyed SUM-
day Morning.

Fire at Pulaski Sunday morning de.
stroyed the two story frame building
owned and occupied by F. NJ. Burnett
also a large barn and other outbuil2,
ing on the place. The buildings an |
contents were entirely consumed Mr.
Burnett conducted store in the
building and his family occupied the
other portion of the building. 1h'
loss is estimated to be about $500.
with no insurance. 1t Is stated that
the insurance policies expired only a
few days ago Mr.. Burnett's little
nephew Luther, had narrow escape
from being burned to death. He was
asleep at the time of the fire but was
awakened and rescued by james Per
kins.
The heat from the burning building
did considerable damage to the glass
front Of the stores of B. !. Britton ,na
w. G. V. Prather and Reeves & Son
directly across the street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Midnight in the ozarks.

and yet sleepless Hiram STANTON,
Clay City, H., coughed and coughed
He was in the mountains on the ad
vice of five doctors, who said he had
consumption, but found no help in
the climate, and started home. Hear
ing of DR.. Kings New Discovery, he
began to use it. 81 believe it saved
my life, he writes "for it made a
new man of me, so that | can now
do good work again" For all lung
diseases, coughs, colds, la grippe
asthma, Group. whooping cough, hay
fever, hemorrhages, hoarseness OF
quinsy, its the best known remedy
price soc and s1.00. Trial bottle free
Guaranteed by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

Money. otherwise known as tin.
dough, cush, get, rocks, etc.
The corpuscles of national circula-
ton which Indicate the strength of our
constitution
1t is often called curse Some
swear by it, others swear for 1t, and
still others swear at it.
1t often causes n species of mental
arrangement or delirium called money
mania. Many are willing to be thus
inocuiateJl
1t Is the feature of social distinction.
II ~ the measure Of intelligence
those who have 1t are wise. those who
have IT not are foolish. Possession of
It entities one 10 The use Of money
gram.
Though a medium Of exchange, 1t
has no connection with souls or astral
bodies.
1t is the religion " today, often
called monpythpism Preachers pray
for It: lagmen lay for y.
1t is the be all rnG he end all. Chill
dren cry FOR 1t WOMEN sigh for II, men
die for 1t. aud all Iic for II Smart Set.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
ECZEMA CURE A BEAUTY WASH.

Although, ID. II. d. Prescription has
been recognized for years as the one
remedy for Eczema, Psoriasis and all
other forms Of sin diseases, it is
now known that there Is no othcr
wash, even those used by the beauty
specialists, that can compare VITA
this mild liquid for cleansing tire
skin Of pimples, blackheads, rash,
and all similar skin affections.
For this reason alone, a bottle OF
p. D. d, should be kept on hand in
avery household A trial 25c bott q
will show you the merits of this great
remedy eas complexion wash.
-, D. D, seems to remove the cause
whatever the cause may be, cleans.
ing the skin, and leaving it as soft az
smooth and clear as that of a healthy
child.
Get a 25c bottle today and keep il
in the house.
Herman &c. Schulz.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Wraeked BY a knife Blade.

A ship was once wrecked on the
Irish coast The captain was n care
full one. Nor had the weather been or
so severe u kind as TO explain the
wide distance which the vessel had
swerved from her proper. course. The
ship went down, but so much interest
attached TO the disaster that d diving
bell was sunk, Among other portions
of the vessel that were examined was
the compass that was swung on the
deck, and inside the compass box was
detected n bit of steel, which appeared
to be the small point OF a pocket
knife blade. 1t was learned that the
day before the wreck n sailor who
had been set cleaning the compass
had used his pocket knife In the proc
ess and had uneeremoniously broken
OF the point and left II remaining In
the box. That bit Of knife blade ex-
erted Its influence on the compass and
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
.REVEIMENT WORK.
WILL BE ORDERED BY RIVER
COMMISSION TO PROTECT Elk
lSTiNG LEVEES.
Outlines Foley in Conference With
Citizens at Helena-PeopIe
Must Aid in levee
Building.

Helena, Ark, April 1.-THE mem
bers of the Mississippi Ever commits
sion, which arrived in Helena yester-
day afternoon at 5 O'Clock, and re,
manned there for short while before
proceeding on their trip down the
Mississippi, let it be known that they
mad adopted a policy Of helping those
levee districts that show DISPOSE
ton TO help themselves, in prefer
ence TO doing something for those
districts which are always asking the
government. through the commission,
Ito do practically all that is needed in
such districts.
The commission, at meeting held
on the 14th inst, passed the follow
ing resolution covering the matter
and a copy will be furnished to local
levee organizations on the lower Mis-
sissippi for theI' information:
In view OF the fact that the re-
uutSlS COIliIS " luG LUlllHISSIOH
from various localities for the con.
struction OF reyetment for protection
of levees threatened by caving banks
are so numerous that it is impossible
to comply with all of them at once,
and some principle of selection must
be applied TO them, it is considered
proper by the commission to adopt
the following statement of policy on
that subject:
ut mas always been the practice
of the commission in making allot-
ments from the appropriations for
the building or repair of levees to
give preference to those localities in
which the communities interested
were willing to contribute most ac-
cording to their means for their own
protection. In the judgment of the
commission, necessity exists for
the continued application of the same
principle The most urgent work at
this time, aside from the prevention
of CT lofts, is the revetment of cav
ing banks which threaten existing
lines of levee, and this is certain to
continue to be the course for some
days TO come
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

kins of this in a second message
Hankins and his men began search
and in few minutes found Wallace
in Granite City. His shirt front w&l
blood stained and bills of the same
denomination as those taken froT
Mrs. Strackleiohn were in his pocket
Mrs. Stracklejohn was placed il
the Lutheran hospital in Granite CITY
Stracklejohn and Helm followed int,
Granite City and when the people OF
Granite City learned of the arrest 9
crowd gathered about the jail Mrs
,Stracklejohn identified Wallace anC
he was taken back to the Jail and
guarded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Scotch SturIenta.

Many man who never had any
schooling gets an education, and
often surprisingly good one.
A traveller in Scotland once met
farmer whose ground rent was about
$50 a year and who wrote poetry In
Gaelic that was Of high order.
This same traveller met youth in
Scotland who rode from home on
horseback TO the seaport and then
across Scotland to Aberdeen. where he
sold his horse to enter the university
1t is related Of another Scotchman
that he was overheard repeating line
Of Tennyson. whereupon some one ask.
ed him what poet he liked best.
Homer" he replied.
"Whose translation do you read2"
II rarely read translation" he
said. wiping the fish scales from his
apron. II like best to read Homer in
the original Greek. Minneapolis Trib.
une.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
FOR WORLD PEACE
UNITED STATES AND GREAT
BRITAIN MUST JOIN SAYS
NEW ZEALAND PREMIER.
Beth Countries Must Face Same
Problem-Asiatics Menace
Britains Oriental
Possessions.

New York. April 1.-THE re,a.
lions between Great Britain and the
United States constitute the real key
to the situation in preserving the
peace of the world" declared ST.
Hoseph Ward, premier of New Zea
land, in an interview today.
Accompanied by Lady Ward and son
and daughter, he is making a br.ei
stay in New Yorh, en- route to London
to attend the imperial conference and
the coronation of King George.
In the British oversee dominioas
adjacent 10 the Pacific" he said ''it
lis recognized that one of the most i'm
2portant questions we have Is that OF
preserving our territory for the Brit
ish race and doing everything in our
power to prevent Asiatic immigration
10 another great extent. This prob,
lem also closely concerns the United
-Ft''SS anu, ~ my Juu5 hSuI, oohiS
well thought of plan of Anglo-Saxon
cooperation is necessary to preserve
all the countries | have alluded to
from an invasion of Asiatics.
Talks Home Politics.
n i do not wish to trespass upon
the domain of home politics, but !
can not help saying that the ncn
solution of the Irish question appears
to me to stand in the way of the besr
efforts of the friends of the empire
In helping to establish a system for
the preservation of the Anglo-Saxor
race in every part of the world, which
can not be done without CONSIDERING
from legislative standpoint the po
sition and natural desires of Oriental
nations.
Il am gratified to hear there are
such good prospects OF the new ar
bitration treaty between Great Britain
and the United tSates being carried
through. til will be an important step
In the cooperation I have spoken OF
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
MOUND CITY.
April ~.

April II.
Mr.. and MIS-. 7. B. Mills OF Caro-
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
III. Ashby on First street.
Mrs. Jno. Read of Main street had
as her guests Sunday her mother
Mrs. NJ. A. Hambleton of Cairo, and
niece, Miss Alice Cauble, of Jones
boro.
Mrs. Alex. Hutton of Valley Re
cluse. spent Sunday with her sister
Mrs. j. l.. Brandt and family on Main
street
W. s. Sanderson and family are en-
pertaining his mother, Mrs. M. j
Sandeson and daughter, Miss Minnie
Of Joplin.
Mrs. Ellen Snyder of America was
in town Sunday, the guest of her
daughter, Mrs Frank Littlejohn and
family, on First street
Mrs. n. M. Palmer and sister, Miss
Ida Johnson, entertained at dinner
Sunday, their friends, Mrs. VIM Vic
tor Of Grand Chain and Misses Ora
Sims and Cora Victor of this city.
Miss Ruth IEyrne spent Sunday
with relatives at Charleston, Nc.
]. W. Mench and daughter OF
Mounds spent Easter Sunday VITA
Rev. ana Mrs. NJ B. Baker and family
in this city,
Mr.. and Mrs. O. l.. Bartlett re-
turned home Sunday from a two
weeks visit with relatives at Muncie,
Ind,
w. II. Periine of Rlton, spent Sun.
day with his family who are visiting
Rev. and Mrs Baker here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
PEOPLE or GRANITE CITY, ILL.
AROUSED OVER FARM
HANDS CRIME.
invaded Home of Owner Robbed
Young Wife and Cut Her Throat
With Razor---ls Followed
and Arrested.

Granite City, H., April IA man
called at George Stracklejohn's home
on, Horseshoe lake road six miles
northeast OF Granite City, ILL.,, shortly
after noon Monday and finding Mrs
S ackleiohn alone with her two
months old baby told her he had come
to look at her husbands razor.
Mrs. Stracklejohn who is 10 years
old and a bride of a year got the
razor while the man stood looking
at it in the sitting room she returned
to the kitchen to prepare dinner for
her husband and his fellow worker
Joseph Helm, who was to eat with
them.
Hearing her baby cry rnomen
later she returned to the sitting room
and took the infant from the couch
As she did so the man suddenly con
fronted her, holding the razor before
her face.
"Give me your money" he lie
manded.
She reached into the bosom Of her
dress for her money and as she took
cut a ten dollar bill, he seized her
hair and began dragging her over the
floor, and telling her at the same time
to drop the baby.
Give me the rest" he commanded
and she added to the first a FIVE dol
Id bill and then twenty dolla Dill
and finally Is cent silver piece, pro.
testing that this sum, $35.25 was all
the money she had.
To make sure that she had no more
money the man tore open her waist
AS he left her struggling and half
fainting the man slashed her throat
with the razor He made deep cut
Mrs. Stracklejohn crawled to where
her baby lay on the sitting room
floor fearing that he had harmed the
infant. The baby was crying but un.
hurt and with her strength exhausted
she lay beside it,
1t was twenty minutes later when
Helm found Mrs. Stracklejohn on the
floor half unconscious.
She gasped the story of the attack
20 him and gave him a description
which convinced him that the assail
ant was John Wallace farm man
who has worked in the Horseshoe
lake neighborhood for several years
Helm first telephoned to Or. We;ty
and then he telephoned to the Acting
Chief Of Police Hanks Of Granite
City Soon afterwards he learned
hai the man bad taken an East st
Louis car bound for Granite City
hear the house, and informed Han
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
$4,000 FIRE Loss
OF GRAFTON, ILL.,,
TURNED OUT WITH BUCKETS
TO QUENCH FLAMES.
Built BreastWorks of Brick and Sheet
Iron % Protect Themselves
From Intense Heat-City
Hall Burned.

ST. Louis, April 17-Fire swept the
business section of Glafton. Illinois,
40 miles northeast of st. Louis, early
Monday and destroyed the city hall
and Jail and block of two story
frame structures. ag~
Grafton has no waterworks and no
fire department. The entire popula-
ton of 1900 turned out to fight the
fire with buckets but the efforts Of
the volunteers were Inadequate to
put ont the flames which were famed
bS high winds.
Ehe volunteers gathered bricks
which had been placed in the street
for new building and piled them at
the end OF the burning block. They
obtained iron roofing from hard
ware store and placed it on top OF
the bricks to protect themselves
from the te1Dfic heat while fighting
the fire, standing behind the breast
works and threw buckets of water on
the flames and in this way prevented
the fire from spreading.
The Bell telephone exchange was
one of the first buildings destroyed
and this made it impossible to call
aid from neighboring towns.
One w6han was carried from her
burning home after she had been
overcome by smoke. The property
damage is estimated at $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs


II. A. Wilkinson OF Pulaski is here
to-day arranging to open his new meaf
shop this week.
Seth Armstrong will leave in a
short time for Louisville. KY, where
he will probably take a course in the
study of law. Seth is a fine young
fellow and has been for about five
years chief clerk in the big dry goo Is
and clothing house of Sam Blum on
Front street. We wish him unlimlto1
success in his new field of work
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
MOUNDS.
April II.


H. G, Moore and Geo. Gum have
withdrawn from the race for city
treasurer in favor of G. r Melton
whose store building and entire stock
OF goods were destroyed by fire early
Sunday morning. This is heroic
example OF .brotherly esteem and will
be heartily appreciated by the many
friends OF all parties concerne.
Hon. M. L. Bradley of Carbonate
transferred here for Mound City this
morning.
big crowd Of people passed
through here Monday en- route to
Mound City to see Kit Carsons Wild
West show and to witness the fight
of the flying machine
Chas. Farris of Vienna, brother of
our DR.. G. X. Farris was here for a
short visit Monday.
Two general stores, one butcher
shop and four residence cottages
were burned Sunday morning. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
demand for water works is simply i'm
perative.
R. B. Goe was reelected president
OF the board Of education at Sarur-
days election. He defeated T. l.
Cole by four votes. Mrs. B. |. Britton
and W. j. Biggerstaff We're electei
members of the board. The contos.
was the hottest in the history of the
city and brought out 707 voters.
The smiling countenance of our old
friend Judge A. Comings Of Cairo
was among the many who came mp
to view the ruins caused by the lats
fire.
DR.. and Mrs. B. A. Royal of VIA
Ridge were in the city Sunday. The
doctor lost two valuable cottages in
the big fire Sunday morning.
new porch is being built on the
east side of the Y. M. C. A. building
J. NJ. Thompson and S. j. Carr
colored candidates for members OF
the board of education were both de-
teated.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
COMPETENT JUDGES.
Benuty Doctors Endorse Herpicide.

Women who make business of beaus
flying other women come pretty near
knowing what will bring about the best
esults Here are letters from two. con-
erniug Herpicide:
II can recommend Newbro's ,'Farpl.
de-" as II stopped my hair from falling
M, and. as a dressing IL has no super.
or.
"(slgned) Bertha A. Truilinger,
Complexion Specialist.
2Sla Morrison St. Portland, Ore"
After using one bottle of ''TIerpicide,
y hair has stopped falling out, and my
alp Is entirely free from dandrufr
"(Signed1 Grace Dodge.
Beauty Doctor,
iNb Sixth St.. Portland. Ore
"a hv leadirg druggists Send lnc. Ia
vps for sample to The Herpicids O.,
Mich
One dollar bottles guaranteed.
Paul a. Schuh q 6ons. speciai
AxeA0 - i. ! :. Y -. "
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

and means great deal more to all
PARTS Of the British empire ad to the
Anglo-Saxon race as whole than ap
pears on the surface
The premier asserted that i'm
perialisic sentiments in New Zealan4
permeated the whole country en-
that love and affection for the mother
country, so far from diminishing as
the years rolled on, was becoming
stronger
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Kicked BY a Mad Horse.

Samuel Birch, OF Beetown, Wis
had a most narrow escape from los
ng his leg as no doctor could heal
the frightful sore that developed, bur
at last Bucklen's Arnica Salve cure
II completely. Its the greatest healel
OF ulcers, burns, boils, eczema, scaids
cuts, corns, cold-sores, bruises aud
piles on earth. Try 1t. csc a. al
druggis.s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Never Out Of Work.

The busiest little things ever Inaa,
re DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Every
II is sugar coated globule Of
elath. that changes weakness inc
treDgth languor into energy, brl j
2g nto mental power; curing Cons |
at on Headache, Chls. Dyspepsia
a'ara. Only 25c at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

what sort Of boat Is this7' in
CURED the inquisitive man at the
docks.
"a cruiser" replied smart lad.
"And where is she going?"
"a cruise. sir"
What makes 1t goY'
Its screw. sir"
"Who are on board%
TITS crew, sir"
ut looks pretty smart"
I'VE have to keep It clean. or rub
Dish and dust would accrue. sir"
"Oh. you're too smart! Where do
you come from
From Crewe, sir" London Tit
Bits.
--~----------------t-5-------~
A Man and His hobhy.
There Is no objection to man rid,
ing bis hobby If he does not exceed the
speed limit. Lippincotts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Probably Thsrs No,a.

Bobby-Pa. did you ever see an arm
Of the sea?
Father-Yes.
"Where was III"
1T was hugging the shore the last
saw Of it."-Smart Set
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
Ourselves.

No one was ever yet made utterly
miserable excepting by himself. We
are, II not the masters, at any rate al.
most the creators OF ourselves. Epic
tetus.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

you can always tell an English
man." said the Briton proudly.
"Of course you can" replied the Yam
kee. but 1t doesn't do any good"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

to degree that DETECTED the needle
from its proper bent and vitiated 1t as
an index of the ships direction. That
bit of knife blade wrecked the vessel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

Artist What beautiful place this
Is! suppose you came here for the
view1 Old Lady-No; wasn't con-
suited. was born here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18
HICKORY STOVE WOOD $3.50.

Big, load, stove size. delivered
Both phones. Clark-Danforth Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-18

as,t Cone. in city III ohis y
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-30
DIED ON TRAIN
/ EN- ROUTE HOME
Mr.. I. c. Pearson Expires While
Returning 10 Durham From Texas

A telegram received here today an
nounces the death OF Mr.. 7. C. Pear
son Sunday while en- route from
Texas to Durham. the death occurring
on the train.
Mr.. Pearson Is well remembered
here where he was formerly engaged
In business. He was member Of the
firm OF Sneed-Markham-Pearson COM
pany and was one Of the most popular
young men in the city He left Dur
ha mseyeral years ago for Texas,
where he hoped 10 improve his health.
Realizing that the end was near he
started for home last week, desiring
TO be In the city WHEN the las; hour
arrived. In this he was disappointed.
Death o7ertook him on the way and
only the remains will reach the city
for their last resting place.
The deceased was q son.in-law Of
Mr.. s. Bowling. of Durham. having
married Miss Susan Bowling, who pre-
ceded him 10 the grave.
The remains will reach Durham
Thursday or Friday. when the funeral
services will be held.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-30
VISITORS
Is ARtIExPECTED
trinity College Authorities Ask
CllIzeas 10 Help Entertain Gsests

The number OF visitors al the COM
mencemcnt exercises Of Trinity col
lcge this year viii in all probability
be larger than In previous years. Many
OF the frlendss and alumni Of the in
s,itution have indicated their ilten-
tlon TO come. Besides the members
of the boards Of education Of the
North Carolina and Western North
Carolina conferences viii attend and
hold their Official conference.
Since the problem OF entertainment
will be larger than usual the authori-
ties OF the college would deem Il
very great favor II the friends OF the
college in the city would extend the
hospitality OF their homes TO the on.
cials and other distinguished visitors
Any who find Il possible 10 aid IL
this work will confer a great favor on
the committee on entertainment b.
communicating at once with DIR. Franz
c. Brown at the college.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-30
Diaz Spends Quiet
Sunday In Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz, May 29.--General Diaz
spent Sunday IN quiet. He rested
most OF the day. denying himself to
visitors with the exception OF mem-
bers OF his immediate party. From
the window OF his room he had
.,limpses Of the gulf. A sea breeze
today gave great relief TO the resi-
dents OF this torrid port. Crowds
gathered around the house where the
former president is staying. appar-
entity on watch for any chance occur
renee and keeping close vigil in spite
OF the blistering sun. There were no
demonstrations. the people seeming
ly being content merely to discuss
the situation. SentrIes paced the
verandas and the whole ncighbor-
hood was looped like barracks, as
every house Is filled with soldiers.
La Opinion. a local newspaper, In
leading article invites General Diaz
10 live here.