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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
Murder of Forty Years Ago.

A remarkable deathbed confess
sion has been made at Budapest
by an old man named Schmidt,
who died in a hospital there re-
Gently.
Schmidt, who had been a cir
Gus clown related that forty years
ago he took an engagement with
a travelling circus. There he
made the acquaintance of a tight
rope dancer, and the two soon be-
came engaged to be married.
One day the girl informed him
that she did not love him and
that she intended to marry some
one else. Schmidt pleaded with
her in vain, and then his love
turned to hatred. He cut the
tight-rope, and when the dancer
began her evening performance
the rope broke almost immediate
ly.
The girl fell from great
height and was almost instantly
killed. At the time no one
realized that her death had been
deliberately planned, and
Schmidt's secret was not divulged
until he lay diving in the hospital.
The police have found that a
woman was killed during a circus
performance forty years ago, ex-
actlY as the eX-clown described.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
Out of the Ginger Jar.

A freckled person always wears
specks. Did you notice thatp
The wind often travels eighty
miles an hour, and that too with
out ticket.
Much of what we call love at
first sight fails when it comes to
the second, sober view.
Many a man who is calling
loudly for justice would be in the
county jail if he got it.
A word to the wise is sufficient,
but a whole volume wouldn't
convince the otherwise.
Some men are like laying
hen, they set up a big cackling
everything they do anything.
1t may be true that figures do
not lie, but you can not make a
fashionable dressmaker believe
1t.
1t is claimed that marriage is a
lottery, but it can not be true,
else the law would take hold Of
it.
Time robs US of many things,
but wounds our vanity first by
introducing wrinkles and the
double chin.
Men who owe all they have and
all they are to an industrious,
economical wife, too often leave
her out when they boast of their
success, as most successful men
are prone to do.
Women may possibly not know
enough to vote, though we don't
admit it but she certainly knows
enough not to sell that vote to
the first briber who may happen
along.
There is a wide difference be
tween having a note in the bank
and having a banknote in the
pocket, and therein lies the diff
ference between complacency
and discomfort.
When man comes along whin-
ing that he is the victim of cir
cumstances, the chances are that
the circumstances were contained
within iron bound slaves and la
beled sold Rye"
Not infrequently the exalted
lodge member, the whack of
whose gavel brings all the men,
bers up standing, takes off his
shoes outside the door when he
goes home, lest he waken his
wife.-Farm journal.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
Where Women Work.

The smallest dependency of
France is the He d'Hoedle, situ-
ated at the east Of Belle Isle.
It's population is two bundled
and thirty eight. They do not
speak French, except the cure
and the schoolmaster, but Celtic,
and they are provided with food
at an Inn managed by the women.
Fishing is the principal industry.
The profits are divided up eaca
year among the inbabitan 5.
The men live on soup and ish,
and smoke pipes with lobster
claws for stems. The women 10
all the hard work-get in the bar
vest, look out for wreckage, anl
gather seaweed, from which they
extract soda. The town has 10
streets. The houses are of nod
The islanders have a yearly feast
IN the early part of October. The
island possesses a good water
supply. The governing body IS
composed of the ten ancients Of
the place, under the direction of
the cute.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
Settin'

A farmer was saving wood
when it occurred to HIM that he
ought to have the help of one or
more of his five boys. Lifting
up his voice. he called, but not a
boy appeared.
At dinner of course they all
appeared, and it was not neces-
sary to call them.
"Where were you oil about
two hours ago, when | wanted
you and shouted for you?"
81 was In the shop settin' the
saw" said one.
"And | was in the barn settin'
a hen," said the second,
81 was in gran'ma's room set
tim the clock" said the third.
81 was IN the garrett settin' a
trap" said the fourth.
"You are a remarkable set, l."
remarked the farmer. "And
where were your he continued,
turning to the Youngest.
~ was on the door step settin
STILL"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
OILY Woman FreemaSoa.

A New York Sun correspun-
dent writes as follows: There
have been many reports current
of the initiation of the only wo.
man Precursor, and the anthem
tic facts appeared only recently
in an account given bv Brother
Copdlelook, editor of the Scot ish
Masonic Historical Dictionary,
who made a most careful investi-
CATION. The woman admitted
into the fraternity was the Hon.
Miss Elizabeth St. Leger, daugh-
ter of Lord Doneraile and after
ward the wife of Richard Aid
worth. She was initiated under
Warrant Al CT the Lodge Doner-
able, Ireland (now dominant).
in 1875.
The Hon Miss Elizabeth St.
Leger had been reading in the
library of her house near Doner-
ale and fell asleep. When she
awoke she heard conversation in
the next room, and as the home
was undergoing repairs, she
found that by moving a brick
from the wall she could e\what
was happening in the room, 1t
was a meeting of the Masonic
lodge. Prompted by curiosity,
she removed several brick from
the wall and was thus enabled to
witness the whole proceedings
without hindTance. When the
meeting was over she attempted
to escape, but the tiler on guard
arrested her. Her father, Lord
Doneraile, and the brothers of
the lodge were Immediately sum-
moned by the tiler. On hearing
the circumstances /of the case
some Of the brethren demanded
the young lady's life. Others
were more lenient. The mem
bers of the lodge reassem bIed and
the option was given of submit
ting to the Masonic ordeal or
death. Being asked to decide,
acting on her fathers advice,
she gladly and uuh" sitatingly ac-
cepted the offer and was then
duly initiated and became a Free
mason.
The story of woman hidden
in a cloak and all its romantic
details thus vanishes and we pos.
sess the true history.
Mrs. Alwortn died in 1878,
aged so, and was buried in the
Davies vault in the old st. Finn
barre cathedral IN the city of
Cork. And in the parish church
at Doneraile a tablet is erected
to her memory. She was a wo-
man OF strong mind, inheXible
purpose and rectltude of life.
She was punctual and scrupulous
in her Masonic duties and in all
relations of life. The late Col.
Richard William Aldworth, who
died in 1890, was in direct de.
scent from this only woma a
Freemason. He married the
eldest daughter of the Earl of
Bandon.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02
Has Millions of Friends.

How would you like to number
your friends by the millions as
Bucklen's Arnica Salve does?
Its astounding cures IN the past
forty years made them. It's the
best salve in the world for sores,
ulcers, eczema, burns, boils,
scalds, cuts, corns, sore eyes,
sprains, swellings, bruises, cold
sores. Has no equal for piles.
25c at City Drug Store.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02

He Is wise man who agrees
with lis wife rather than argue
with her.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02

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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-02

Many a good man has fallen on
the ice.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
NEW LAID EGGS.

For sale, new laid eggs S1 per dozen at Prosser's Harness Shop. Phone Black 5.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
SOCIALISM AND
 ITS BIOLOGISTS

fore being gathered to their fathers. With regard to the. garbage plant which it took $27.OOO yearly. over and above what it had previously cost to operate. if truth must be told it was "a fat lemon" handed by unscrupuIous rogues to Emile Seidel's council And in the midst of it all. one experiences some difficulty in fathoming the malice of those who decry Milwaukee's finan- cial standing. in view of the highly successful sale of it's bonds. sale copiously commented on and viewed with exceptional satisfaction bv The Economist. That trifllng liability of $39O,00O to be paid as principal and interest for park land contracts. for that too, the same unprincipaIed schemers already referred to, are wholly responsible. There is cer- tain loan besides. mere matter Of $500. 0.000-borrowed in six montbs,- concerning which Milwaukee's admin istration has been maliCned again. and in negotiating which. Seidel gave proof of sterling civic virtue and urbounded respect for the laws of his country. Because when municipalities ho1l a loan, "the peculiarities of our laws nn finance and taxation makes it neces- sary to obligate the city to tue rx- tent of about s3,5OO, ,OOO befora t can be collected!'-For "obligating' a city or anything else. recommend me a socialist administration every time,
 Just think of our scribe suggesting an ecclesiastical condemnation of Carl's masterpiece, Think of his wanting to put it on the Index, Perish the thought! Rather should the words of this monumental apology he written with an iron pen and in plate of lead rather should il be "graven with an instrument in Hint stonc," Because Carl spun out as natty a bit of Iitera- ture in the matter of exquisite white washing as politicians have concocted. in many a day
 Yours respectfully.
 J. FORHAN. <. J
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
DARLING and DEAN
 COMPANY
H A R D w A R E
QUOTES FOLLOWING PRICES
TAR PAPER

P. X B Asphalt Felt. ply. 600
 rect .. ''... .'.. ..............{y 5e 1-2 Asphalt Felt. rolls. 25O feet. .. 60 Asphalt Felt. ply. heavy. 500 rect 800
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
To the Editor of the Nugget:

To the Editor of the Nugget:
 Dear Sir: Socialism has astounding aptitudes for making itself despicable. Crookedness, humbug and transparent falsehood, constitute, in large part. its stock in trade. And whether formu- lated by Marx, Engel, LaSalle and Babel, or by Nomc's socialistic samll fry, the traditions of the sect are stuck to. and cherished relgiously. Proof of that fact, some unspeakable rag. cngi- neered by the brethren. always backs up with it's example
 Commenting on few lines of mine. published in Wednesdays Nugget ." our local socialist organ rejects the authority therein quoted as "unreli- able" Really, what authorities the Western Federation of Miners and its henchmen respect. it would be rather hard to figure ont. Samuel Gompcrs. for instance, the gang aforesaid spurn as untrustworthy. also men like John Mitchell, Roosevelt Andrew J. Ship man and others of their calibcr in economies, Leo XIII was no more to be depended on. in their opinion. than that genial old pagan. Aristotle Ap- parently, even the ten commandments of God, to meet with a socialists ap- at headquarters.
 At present, something is the mat ter with Fred Boggs-to the orthog- raphy of whose patronymic our quill- driver actually consecrates an entire paragraph. Boggs is an unreliable authority. Shall tell you why? Well. it is because Smith says so. Smith who is an alderman" and a "dcmncratic alderman" at that-accordng to whose formal. explicit observation. Emile Seidel's machine has been "as good as any. he Boggs) served under for the last twenty years" Smiths mouth piece in Nome declares Milwaukee's socialist administration to be the best ever-"by long odds" And simpletons there be, who. most likely, will never discover in either bit of fatuitous ex- travagance vestige of buncombe.
 Then comes Carl Dietz-city comp troller. who rises to explain and gives Seideis government supplementary ere dentials. Although no friend of col lectivism, this worthy was appointed by the brethren, and was so appointed principally on account of his ability along industrial lines. Carl being therefore a business man.-thcy are an business men-was not in politics to reduce his weight OF to improve his complexion But when a city council. through pure philanthropy. forks oyer $l.0O0.000 for public park. opportuni- ties crop up. to which not even the ascetism of q city comptroller may remain stoically impcrvious. More over. Carl Dietz. while perhaps turn ing an honest penny. makes himself highly useful to the machine. He ex- plains. And as foi explaining Mill waukee's swollen expense account. nothing is easier: the apparent increase in it was really an economy More money was disbursed. it is true. but that was because the city. instead of wastefully giving ont contracts. did it's own work-as New York did it's own work under Boss Tweed and Jake sharp. both of whom curiously had entanglements with grand jury be-
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
CHANGE IN MEAT PRICES.

In order that this branch may re- spond to the change in outside prices on fresh meats. on and after August I, 1911 the wholesale prices will be as follows:
 Beef by the side 23hc.
 Mutton by the carcas 23hc.
 Mutton by the side 25c.
 This is an advance on beef of one cent per ID. and a reduction on nut ton of one and one-half cents per ID by the carcas. There will be no change in the retail prices.
 PACIFIC COLD STORAGE co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31
IexibIs crueiabls Steel Wire Rope.
OYNAMITE E.

Hercules No. 2. per pound ....... IT Caps. per 100 ..... ... ....... I?5 Triple tape fuse. per 100 feet .. 80 Peters celebrated semi smokeless
 shells. per box .. .............. 50 Peters Ballestite smokeless shells
 per box ..... ... ....--. .15 Roberts Crucible Steel Shogels,
 per dozen ..... ... . ...I2.OO Prre Manila rope fin coils. per
 pound ..... ... ............ IS
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31

All of the J. q. Geise stock hard ware cut to empty his warehouse. OTher prices according to this scale.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-31

The Eagle handles nothing but bond ed wh skies. With one exception No. 6 Monogram. A distilled product IS ne
 cesssriIy pure. All bonded whiskies are distilled, and when something is pure, nothing can be purer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
A Fair OF Cheerful Liars.

The crowd in the little country store
was watching the rain when Deacon
Witherspoon remarked that he'd seen
1t rain about as hard rs anybody ever
had seen it rain, Somebody said,
deacon, how hard did you ever see
1t rain?"
"Well. SIR" said the deacon, "once
upon n time, when | was at home, VIC
had IN old cider barrel laying out IL,
the yard with both ends out and the
Uunshole up, and. would you believe it,
1t rained 50 hard into that buDehole
that water couldn't run out Of both
ends fast enough, and 1t swelled up
and bustedw'
Then Reuben Henry spoke up. lie
said he'd never seen it rain very hard
but he'd seen some mighty cold wealth
er, Somebody said, ''uube. how cold
did you ever see 1t get?"
He said. well. sir. one time when
was living down in pickaway county.
in hog killing tire. we had Il kettle of
boiling water setting on the stove,
and we took il out il the yard. and it
froze so doggone quick the ice wa'
hot. National Monthly,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
CARRYING Pig IRON.
Tho Way Scientific Study increased
Results and Wages.

No work seems more simple. more
unlikely to be subject to scientific
study, than the art of carrying pig
iron. This. however. has been sub
jected to the most careful scientific
study. Men Mt Bethlehem. Pa. were
loading PIG Iron on cars ut the rate of
about twelve tons a day. Certain pig
handlers were given extra wages for
doing this work under special direc-
ton. An attempt was made to ascer-
tain the relation between the amount
of horsepower which each man exert
cd and the fatigue which he incurred.
Long continued experiment furnished
a vast amount of information, but ap-
parently no law. Finally +. W. Tay-
Tor, who was conducting the expert
ments, handed the data over to an
associate who was apt at mathemati-
cal problems Very soon he reported
that he had discovered the law-that
fatigue varied in proportion to GER
tain relation between the amount of
load ard the period of rest-for exam
PIE, man carrying ninety-tWo pound
pig had. in order TO avoid fatigue, to
be ct rest Is per cent Of the time. The
discovery Of this law Involved great
amount Of data, including certain phys
biological facts concerning the poison
Gus effects of waste tissue upon the
blood nd difficult mathematic formu-
Ia. including the plotting of curves.
As result the pig handlers were d.
rected exactly how to lift and carry
their loads and when to rest, and the
amount of pig iron handled by each
and half tons to forty-seven, OF
course the men received n great ad-
vance In wages Ernest Hamlin ABB
bott In Outlook. -.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17


AmoaS curious wills that OF GER
tain Dr. Dunlap, 4 Canadian. has often
been quoted. It probably contained
some Of the most Ealiciously express
ed requests on record. To one broth
er the doctor left his books so that he
might learn to read and acquire COM
mon sense, To another brother he left
his big silver watch that the said
brother might know the hour mt which
men ought 10 get up of Il morning To
his brotherin-law he left his best pipe
Sin gratitude that he married my sis
ter Maggie. whom no man of taste
would ever have taken" and to the
eldest son Olga friend he left q silver
tankard lest II he left 1t to the friend
himself, who was q rsbid teetotaler.
the latter might melt ii down to east
temperance medals. To enc Of Lis sis.
tiers he left a silver drink cup for rea-
sons best known to herself" to anoth-
er the family Bible. so that she might
learn as much of its spirit as she al
ready knew of its letter and become d
better Christian, and to his eldest sis
ter five acre field to console her for
being married to man that she had
to henpeck. Chambers Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
PLAY BASKET BALL
DUQUOlN TEAM WILL ENGAGE
CAIRO TEAM AT ARMoRY
TONIGHT.
Political Fight in CHS. Ends In Vic
tory Fer Prcgressives"
with Centralia March 10-Ce
bate and Ball Game

Prof. Allen, high school basket bal
coach. received word last evening
from the DuQuoln high school team
that they would be down this after
noon for a game with Cairo at the
Armory tonight. The news came az
quite a surprise, but it Is hoped that
all basket ball enthusiasts will come
out and boost the fellows.
The Cairo team won from DuQuoin
last year at the tournament at Mt.
Vernon ana the boys are confident OF
victory tonight,
There will also be game between
the Junior high school team and Il
team from Mound CITY These will
be the last games before the toura-
amant with Centralia Marca 10.
The Political Contest.
The Progressiyes and LIBERALS, the
two political Parties OF the boys de-
Batting society had an election at the
hish sehool yesterday afternoon. The
Progressive was TIE leading party all
those nominated on its ticket BEING
elected, with the exception OF one.
TIE ballots used were like tie G
fetal ballcts used in all pres!dea
ial e'ectioss. The returns Of yeste
lays election are as follows:
Leon Roche. Progressive candidate
was electel president, Fran
Cshoan1s, LIBERAL by majority Of 4
Haro,l Martin, Progressive electe,
vice president over Lewis HibbiH-,
Liberal.
Leroy Metzger, Liberal elected sex
rotary over Robert Miller Progress
sirn.
Toney Mcnamara. Progressive 'eles
ted Treasurer over Clinton Tanner
Liberal
Ernes Kusener, Progressive, e'ec
ted Sergaant-at-arms over Lindsey
Ireland Liberal.
Contests with centraIia.
A meeting win he held here Wit
Centrala March 10. There viii be
girls and boys basket ball game
In the afternoon ard a debate a.
night The subject for the debate
will be, "Resrlyed tina. It is good pc
icy on tne part of the government tc
institUe postal savings banks"
Cairo has the affirmative AMI Joe
Hibbitts and Clinton Tanner will be
the debaters,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
Black Inhabitants of France.

Lying so much OF the beaten track,
the village of Port I.esne, in the Jnra
department of France. Is visited by
but few from the outside world. and
consequently this tiny community of
men and women of color is but little
known. 1t is not n large village, fof
its inhabitants number only about 81
hundred, but every one is either black
or copper colored. 1t owes It's origin
to the fact that about century ago
the famous negro chief, Toussaint
LOuverture, was brought from Haiti
end imprisoned in'~ Fort de Joux.
Many Of his friends. all negroes. fol-
lowed him and encamped near his
prison on the bank Of the little river
Loue. From that encampment grew
the village OF Port Lesne, and when
Toussaint IOuverture died more than
! 100 years ago his friends decided to
remain In France. The passing OF
years ard iltermarvfages have trans
formed the settlement into French
village of colorcd folk, all of whom
are enfranchised.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
DIED IN ST. LOUIS
Mrs. Anna M. Parks, An Old Resi-
dent Of Cairo, Passec away We'd
nesdal-Funeral This Afternoon.

The remains of Mrs. Anna ".
Parks, who died at st. Louis We'd
nesday, were brought TO Cairo yester-
day and the funeral Will be held this
afternoon at 1880 o'clock at the
Immanuel Lutheran church.
Mrs. Parks died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Engler, in s.
Louis. She went there several
months ago and soon after became
sex. She was considered seriously
i'll about three weeks ago and her
daughters, Misses Stella and Carrie
of Cairo, were called TO her bedside
Last Monday Miss Stella returned 10
Cairo thinking her mother was Ia
no immediate danger.
Mrs. Parks was 81 years of aye
and had resided in THIS city nearly
all her life. She leaves three daugh,
tiers, Mrs. Harry Engler of ST. Louis
and Misses Stella and Carrie Parks
Of Cairo; also three sisters, Mrs. Ju.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-17
IN CIRCUIT COURT.
GRAND JURY ADJOURNS RECON-
MENDiNG NEW JAIL AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
rue Bills Feund Against VIM. Hack
rey and Others--petit Jury to
Report This Morning
To Begin Trials. "

Tclay the petit jury viii be re
convened and the actual work of thf
'dbruary term Of the Alexander
ounty Circuit court WI begin The
rand jury completed Its work yes
erday morning by 4ndig true bill,
against William Hackney, charged
With murder and William Obrian, EN-
f3ezzlement.
Henry Miller, Sam Mills, Logan
PASS and Sam Hill were indicted on
wo charges. one for disorIerly con
luct and the ether Tor disturbing re.
igicas worship This trouble hap
lened short time ago in the Metho.
dist church at Elco.
Henry Millar came to Cairo yester
3ay afternoon, plead guilty to the
charges before County Judge Dewey
who fined him SD and costs en- one
charge and st5 and costs on the other
a total Of about $40.
After delivering tae Indictments
and q report on The county jail, Judge
Lutler complimented the jury on The
amount OF work they aaG done AMI
discharged them
The report of the grand jury was
rs follows
Cairo, Ill.,, Feb. &c, 1911.
To the Hon. William y. Butler
judge Of the circuit court Of Al
eXanjer county.
We, the members or ;ne grand
jury of the circuit cour; OF Alexan
der county having visited the coun
ty Jail and made a thorough investi-
CATION of its condition, desire to re-
port that we find it in as good con
diticu as circumstances wiz permit
with the exception {: the sanitar;
condition which coull he improved
We recommend that as s~n as nos
sHble new Jail should be built.
E. E. ELLIS. Foreman.