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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-27
Story of Eye Witness.

Max Rothen Of 81 Washington
avenue, the Bronx, a cutter in the EN-
ploy of the Triangle rNaist company,
furnished the police with the most ac-
curate description of the start of the
blaze, but the persons who probably
know exactly what took place are be-
lieved to be among those who per.
ished.
with sixty other cutters, wac at
work over long benches and tables
which were placed on the Greene
street side of the room," said Rothen
in his statement to the police. ""The
cutters were given the placs nearest
the windows because of the necessity
for light. To the best of my know.
ledge, every man was In his place
at half past o'clock, and every ma.
chine, operated by young women. was
in motion at the same time. Half an
hour later we would al have been on
our way home.
Some Starting Home.
ALREADY some of the helpers in the
factory, boys between 1G and IS years
old, mad started to gather up the bun
dies of cloth from which we cut out
patterns. The cloth we used was oI
a light nature, and was easily han
died. After the cuttings were made
the patterns were hung on a long wire
which stretched the entire length Of
the tables, and which was about foul
feet above our heads. | Should SAY
that as many as a thousand pieces
were hanging on this line.
my position was about In the mid
die of the cutting table, and half wa,
between the windows on the Wash
ington place side of the building, ana
the elevator shafts leading to Greene
street. Standing Immediately behind
me when my attention was first called
to the blaze, was the cutting mana
ger, Samuel Bernstein.
'--.'.-a---s..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-27
No Chance for Fraud.

The German postal authorities have
decreed that In future, whenever AN
employee asks for n blue pencil, he
must first present the stump Of the
old one, es a guarantee against fraud.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-27

The woman who can both act and
think for herself Is treasure indeed
to the man lucky enough 10 possess
ber.--"Madame.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06

A specific for pain-Dr. Thomas Ec-
lectic Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment ey-
er devised. a household remedy in
America for 25 years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
The RoyaI Moth.

think you would have called him a
worm, but he was what scientific people
call a larva. He was great green crea-
ture seven inches long, and as large
around as my thumb. Along his back
were two rows Of long brown Spines, and
his face was all puckered up into curious
wrinkles, making him look quite savage.
We found him one hot day last August,
stretched out on twig OF a butter-nut-
tree, his chubby little legs claSped closely
about it. We Straightway chrStened him
Johhy Funnyduffer, and took him home
with us. We made him home in a
shoe-box, with good soil from the woods
for carpet. Each morning we gave him
a breakfast OF fresh butter-nut leaves,
which he enjoyed. After few days,
however, Johnny stopped eating, and be-
gan to show the most curious changes.
He grew shorter and shorter, until he
measured less than three inches, and his
glossy green coat grew pale and dull.
One morning we found him lying on
his back, his legs up in the air and his
coat split from head to tail. We watched
him. Soon he began TO wriggle, this
way and at,-until at last he he had cast
off the old coat, and there appeared
bright new Johnny-the same and yet a
different creature. Instead OF the old
worm-like legs, there were slender new
ones, all folded up on his sides; and most
marvellous OF all, there were wings folded
up there, too. The new green coat grew
darker and thicker as we watched, until
finally Johnny was dark-brown lifeleSs-
looking creature-a pupa, we should call
him. Just so he has lain all winter, new
er even moving.
One OF these warm spring days John
ny's little spirit will awaken; then he will
come out from that brown coat, and
spreading those broad wings, appear be-
fore the world, not as Johnny Funnyduffer,
but as a beautiful royal moth-King John.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Shepatsb fasonCo
Told Truth Too Well.

"Old Hunker" Joe H. Greer, OF the
Mansfield Mass Advertiser, remarked
recently: al have come to the conclusion
that about every one you meet could run
a fine newspaper. Men will take the lib
erty TO tell you how TO run newspaper
when they would not think of limiting TO
the merchant how TO conduct his store,
or tell the preacher what 10 preach. They
pay good money for schools and don't
know whether Johnny is learning the rule
of three, or how to hold cigarette grace
fully but when it comes to the newSpa-
per, gee whiz that's where they all get
off.
During the past week friend want
ed TO know why the Advertiser people
didn't try to run the paper a little more
along the line OF how Christ would run a
paper. don't know how that would be.
In the first place, if Christ were back on
earth don't believe he would 60 into the
newspaper business at all. And if He
did am sure he wouldn't come to Mans
field to do it.
"If my friend wants the paper on a
more religious plane we tell him frankly
that it wouldn't pay. There is not an ed
itor or a preacher who could tell the
whole truth for thirty days and stay in
the community in which he lives. lfmy
friend doubts this let hlm try telling the
absolute truth for just one week and see
where he alights. Tell the truth II
would be suicidal! Yet | believe there
would be a better understanding with hu-
manity many times if people had The
courage to do it. A Kansas editor an
nounced that he would try it for one
week. And he is still in the hospital.
"The following item appeared in his
next issue, and now the boys are getting
out the paper:
Married, Miss Silvia Rhode to John
Canadian, last Sunday evening in the
Baptist Church. The bride is an ordi-
nary town girl, who doesn't know any
more about cooking than rabbit and
never helped her mother more than three
days in her life. She is not beauty by
any means and has a gait like duck.
The bridegroom is an up-to-date loafer,
and has been living off the old folks all
his life, and doesn't amount to ShuckS
nohow. They will have hard life while
they live together "-HarGord Times.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Mhy The Audience Laughed =.

They were four little innocent girls,
dressed in snowy white. Each carried a
big card, on one side Of which was a
large letter. As they filed on 10 the
stage of the great Sunday School gather
ing they held the cards with the lettered
side toward themselves, but reversed
them one by one as each repeated a
verse beginning with the letter OF the
card which she held in her hands.
When all four had spoken there was
to be displayed the word "STAR"-the
Star OF Bethlehem. But when they had
said their verses, and turned their letters
to the gaze OF the audience, they were
surprised at the unprecedented roar OF
laughter with which they were greeted.
instead OF the anticipated hum OF pleased
comment and the clapping OF hands.
The trouble was that the tiny actors
had come upon the stage from the side
opposite TO the one they had been in the
habit of entering in their practising, and
had got reversed. What the audience
saw was not STAR" but "RATS."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Not the Lathery Kind.

A New Jersey farmer came to the city
the other day and, among other things,
he visited a high class restaurant. His
appetite ran to cheese, and he inquired
OF the waiter what sort of cheese was
listed, remarking that he desired some
thing new"
"Why don'tyou try bit Of roquefort|'
suggested the waiter.
whats that ?" asked the farmer.
"Hang it," he added, "bring me some.
| like the name anyway"
He ate of it and likedit. he thought
he would take some home 10 his wife.
Arriving late, he laid the small cheese
wrapped in silver paper on the side
board.
He forgot to inquire about it till next
night when he asked his wife how she
liked it.
80, s'pose its mighty stylish up to
the city, but ies kinder couldn't use it.
couldn't get no foam out Of it, and when
| washed the children they smelled kinder
funny, and can't say like it."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
How Much Fresh Air ?

Fresh air, and especially fresh air in the
bedroom at night, has by dint ofinceSSant
warning and preaching at last become the
goal OF all thinking people.
Hygiene is so powerful a goddess to-
day that even custom and fashion must
bow down TO her, in theory ifnotin prac-
tice. There is danger here, for when peo'
pie begin to credit themselves with virtues
they do not possess, or TO mistake decent
theories for proper practise, they cease TO
advance in wisdom or health.
Some people take TO the fresh air only
as atimid bather takes 10 the water. They
have heard that it is good for them, and
they think that they think il is; but in
reality they detest it, and regard il as full
OF threat and peril.
In a croSS-eXaminatioH OF any dozen
people, as to what each regarded as a
ventilated bedroom, the results would vary
from a room too cold for self-respecting
ST. Bernard dog 10 sleep in, down TO one
to which air leaked in from an open crack
in some adjacent bathroom or corridor
Sometimes inquirerS snow bytheirqueS-
tionS that they really desire TO do right,
hygienically, if only they knew how TO be.
gin. For these there is a motto for their
banner-"Be bold, be bold, and evermore
be boldl"
What constitutes bad air in bedroom
The answer TO this is, any air that has
been rebreathed.
To what extent should the window be
kept open in cold weather for one in or
binary health? The answer TO this, TO
the same extent that il should be kept
open in all weather, and in all states OF
nealthAwide Furthermore, when il can
possibly be managed, window should be
spelled with an IS" Fortunate is the
sleeper who has one on at leaSttwo sides
of his room. Let such a person fear no
drafts, for these are the friends ofmankind.
Bad air and drafts DO not live toSetIler.
Neither do colds and drafts, hard as
many people find it to believe this.
II is not wise TO feel cold, neither is il
necessary. II stands TO reason that with
wide-open windows in winter, warmer
coverings will be needed. Apropehyven-
tilated bedroom will be OF the tempera-
ture OF the outside air, or very nearly so,
and summer blankets will not avail. II
also stands TO reason that If one covers
the head for exposure in the daytime, one
should do the same at night. A soft
cap made from a Shetland veil lined with
silk, and made TO pull over the ears and
down TO the brows, will be found most
luxurious nightcap.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06

Conner Davis was riding on the Gen.
trail branch the other day when a very
louuaciouS individual sat down beside
him and began bombarding him with
questions. Conner got very tired OF his
talkative friend, but did not complain.
Finally the fellow looked down and
noticed that Conner had a wooden leg.
"How did you lose your leg2" he
asked.
"a will tell you upon one condition" ="
said Conner.
"What is if ?"
"That you will not ask me another
question"
"All right"
at was bitten OFF,"
This aroused the curiosity OF the ques-
TONER a great deal, but he made his word
good and asked no further questions.
81 bet" said Conner, "that that fellow
has lost lot OF sleep since then wonder
ing what sort ofan animal bit that leg OH. !"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
We Come At Last.

We come at last to little place
Where we can Lie and know
No beating oi the binding race
0ftides tnat round US flow.
A little place far off somewhere
Beyond the battle and the care
We come at last, be sure OF that,
To some still nook OF rest,
And one hand on the other hand,
And both eros sed on the breast.
A little place where nevermore
The engines race. the mill wheels roar
We come at last. as time will tell,
To one place sweet and green,
With soft young grass our little lips
And Gods blue sky between.
A little place where hearts may keep
The trysting Of the long, long sleep
We come at last-how glad well be-
To troubles end apace;
And. oh. how sweet the smile they'll see
To look upon our face
A smile so sweet that maybe through
The soil twill bloom as violets do!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Escaned With His Life.

"Twenty-one years ago faced an aw-
ful death" writes n. B. Martin, Port Har-
relson. S. c. Doctors said had con.
Sumption and the dreadful cough had
looked if. sure enough. tried every
thing | could hear of, tor my cough, and
was under the treatment Of the best doc
tor in Georgetown, s. c., for year, but
could get no relief. A friend advised me
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery. ! dio
60 and was completely cured. feel that
owe nv life to this great throat and lung
cure" IFS positively guaranteed for
coughs. colds and all bronchial affections.
Soc and Sl.OO. Trial bottle free at Hills
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
sl.O0 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW VOL. 46-No. 2.7
The Listening Heart"

The incident happened upon one OF
the great ocean liners during an autumn
trip when famous violiniSt was among
the passengers. AT first he firmly re-
fused to play, but was finally persuaded,
and upon the appointed evening the ST.
Ion was crowded with eager passengers.
II was a most enthusiastic audience, in
telligent, sympathetic and appreciative,
yet as the evening wore on, people began
TO notice that the violiniSt's glance went
always in one direction, and after time
Others followed il.
They saw a plain little woman, plainly
dressed, with no marks OF wealth or eul-
ture. But she was looking at the master
with shining eyes. her face wet with tears,
unmindiul Of everything except the mag
ic Of his violin. When the program was
ended, pushing his way through the peo-
pie who would have detained him, the
musician went straight 10 the little shah
by figure.
Madame, congratulate you-you are
re great artistw he cried.
She looked up at him almost in alarm.
"l-oh-l cannot play aote," she
Stammered.
al don't know anything about music.
only-loye il.
The violiniSt shook his big shaggy head
impatiently.
as il not what say You have ze
artist Soul-ze artist to listen. What
good to play TO ze deat-like re rest ?"
with disparaging gesture toward the
crowded room. 1T is TO &c one wiz &c
heart to listen zat we masters play"
In RoStand'S famous "Chantecler" the
same lesson is taught in different way.
ChantecIer is no poet lie learns that
when he hears a true poet. He is the
idealiSt; he possesses the listening
heart" lie sees the great things OF life,
beauty, love, duty by his vision
wrestS victory from defeat for himself and
transforms the cheap love OF another into
a love which eliminates in supreme self
sacrifice.
II is a beautiful message given by mu-
sician and poet-thatthe supreme artists OF
life are not those whom the crowd crowns,
but those who, often in the humbleSt
places, work liie's crest miracles-the in
spiration OF art, the transformation OF duty,
the ennobling OF love. And the secret OF
theirgiit is als avs the same, that they pos
seSS the listening heart"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06

Little Willie had worn paiamas for two
years. But while visiting an aunt he dis
covered that his night clothes had been
forgotten. When Willie saw the nightle
donated by girl cousinh he protested Wig
orously, winding up with:
can | won't wear no nightgown ever,
ever. Not even if have TO go to bed
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06

The new fireman was telling his wife
about the fire.
1T broke out at midnight in the Won
Biffer's house on the avenue" he said,
"and just as we got there Miss Won BiiIe
came stumbngout fthe flames and smoke,
carrying her little niece all wrapped upin
her arms. II was the brayest act ever
saw"
"What was she wearng2" inquired the
freman'S wife.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Those Who Take Foley Lidney pills

for their kidney and bladder ailments, and
for annoying urinary irregularities are al
ways grateful both for the quick ana per-
manent relief they afford, and for their
tonic and strengthening effect as well.
Try Foley Kidney Pills. Sold by J. H.
Hill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
Parsons Poem A Gem.

From Rev. n. Stubenvoli, Allison. Ia,
in praise OF DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They're such health necessity,
In every home these pills should be.
II other kinds you've tried in vain,
USE DIR. KINGS
And be well again. Only 25c at Hills
Pharmacy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

cents a dozen. or more than six cents
apiece. I then picked up a navel or
ange, which was larger than any OF the
apples, and was told that it was selling
for 55 cents dozen, or less than three
cents apiece One can buy oranges and
bananas in any town and in almost
every grocery store in the country. and
there are many regions where oranges
are sold and apples are not This is
merely a matter of prices, handling
and marketing The apple Will keep
longer than the orange, the latter be-
ing a perishable fruit Nevertheless.
the apple is the dearer and the harder
to get.
Said one of Uncle Sans fruit experts:
When every family in the United
States classes the baked apple as one
of its breakfast dishes, and let's it
crowd out some of the cereals. there
will be no trouble about the consump-
ton OF the apple CROP
Grading and Foreign Competition.
'If our apple Industry is to be per-
manently successful" continued this
man, I'VE must have rigid inspection
and absolute honesty as to grading
and marketing. As it is now there are
too many tricks in the trade. In the
northwest this is prevented largely by
cooperation and state inspection. If a
man ships poor apples or grades poor
ones as good ones his apples are
thrown out by the shippers and he may
lose 2 whole carload by bad box or
so. In Canada the government inspects
all the fruit. not only that which goes
abroad but that sold in the local mar
kets, and the man who sells No. IS as
No Is, or culls as good apples is liable
to a fine. There are fixed ways OF
packing and grading. and the inspect
ors go from orchard to orchard and re-
port.
Stovepipe Packing.
Have YOU ever heard of stovepipe
packing2" this man went on That has
been done with some of our apples
which have been shipped to England
and Germany. and has greatly injured
the trade. 1t has also hurt the sale
of our apples at home
What do you mean by that?" 1
asked.
81 mean the laying three or four
rows of fine red or yellow apples on
the bottom Of the barrel, fitting them
in so that they look like fancy No. Is.
and then placing inside the barrel
pasteboard cylinder, which would hold
about bushel or one-third OF the bar
rel This is so set that good apples
can be fitted in around it and when
that is done the cylinder is filled with
cuils 1t does not come within five or
six inches of the TOP Of the barrel.
After filling the pastepoard is pulled
out and the top is faced up with fine
apples. In other words, you have a
barrel of what corresponds to the quo
tation:
"a goodly apple rotten at the core
And moreover the rot cannot be dis
covered without emptying the barrel
would say that there is no use in at
tempting to play such tricks upon the
London market as it is now constitut-
ed, for the British pour out sample
barrel from every shipment before any
bids are made"
Frank G. Carpenter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10
Ell Pase Brick Ce.
HOLLOW BLOCK AND PARTITIONS
TILE; ALL SIZES
Dry Press, Stock, Wire Cut, Hettlsd ans
Fire Brick
MANY RETURNING
TO Stafford, ARR.
Boy Injured While Swim
ming-Man Loses Hand
In Sausage Machine

Stafford. ARK. June 10.-Safford will
soon wear much 1iTelie- aspect. ow-
ing to the return OF the dozens Of
young people who have been away at
educational institutions Among those
arriving this week are: Miss Myra
Young. from Meridian, Miss; Gladys
Spau1ding. from Kentucky, and Arthur
Jennings, from Tucson. Ariz Dan
Olney is also here from Tucson. and
will join his parents IN California later
The girls attending the convent in
Silver City and other places will not
be home for 10 days yet
DR.. V c. Mcfarland OF Santa Fe,
n NJ, viii open an office at solomon
Vile
The 7yearold boy Of John West fell
against a headgate, while bathing IN
one Of the canals and a sharp piece
Of wood pierced his abdomen. He will
recover.
c. D. Reppy. ~rightofway' man for
the Randolph lines, is IN Stafford.
T. O'Brien left for Los Angeles, aft
er visiting his children here for sew
era1 months.
The board OF supervisors. who have
been in session at Solomonville. ap-
pointed Geo. Andrus as county sur
veyor.
Mrs. J. H Mcclure of Douglas is
FlSlllES MIS- l. lJdIflS-
Mrs. J. c. Robinson and daughter.
Miss Anglia, have gone to Los Angeles
for the summer.
G. G. Root OF Pima has traded his
drug store TO II. L. Despair for the
latter's home at the Cuff ranch
w W Pace Of Thatcher has pur-
chased new auto. A carload Of au-
tos come into the valley nearly every
month.
Mrs Thomas Malcolm is spending
several weeks visiting at Clifton
Attorney Lee n. Stratton left for
Phoenix to attend a meeting OF the
board Of equalization
r. ]. Young and family have gone
TO their ranch in Bush valley to spend
the summer.
Jeff Ford got his finger cut of
while running the sausage machine
w S. McCurdy has moved his pool
tables. etc. into theb uilding adjoin-
ing Krupp Bros.
The Stafford band viii give con-
cert at the park Sunday. using the
new band stand. which is a handsome
little pavilion