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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

The Fulton, which at the time of her
construction in the early thirties was
classed as q steam battery" was the
first United States warship that was
propelled by steam. She was built I'M
der the superintendent Of Commodore
Matthew Galbraith Perry and at the
time Of her completion in 1887 was re-
garded rs one of the worS's wonders
by way Of naval architecture and pow
err at sea. The Fulton was the cause
Of no little speculation on the part
Of European powers for at that time
she was looked upon by other nations
as all but invincibe. When this won
der Of the sea was put in commission
Commodore Perry. then holding the
rank of commander, was put m COM
mand of her, and he presently came to
be called the father of the steam
navy" The Fulton was built pri-
marty for defense Of New York har'
Dor, but she served as well 10 demon
strate the practical utility Of steam
power for warships, New York Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

doe Glynn and George Steger re-
turned this morning from Bardwell,
Ky, wehere they visited friends.
Martin Smook of Charleston, Mo.
was visiting friends in Cairo yester-
day.
Miss Mable Langan who has been
visiting Miss Esther Marshall Of
Charleston. Mo, for the past week,
returned home Yesterday.
Miles s. Gilbert departed yester-
day on business trip to Mattoon
Howard Frank yiolinist of the
Bijou theatre, returned yesterday
from Dixon Springs, whore he has
been enjoying vacation.
Mrs. H. A. Davis returned yester-
day from st. Louis where she has
been visiting relatives and friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs|


The $4,000 residence of Jno
Rawlett at Valley Recluse is rapid,
~ nearing completion
Mrs NJ. Stanley and little daugh-
ter, Marie, who have spent the pasl
few months with the formers pa
rents in Cairo. arrived Saturday tc
join Mr., Stanley here. They will
board at the home OF Mrs Florence
Malone on High street
Mrs. Geo. Schiller and little son,
Edward, of Mounds were in the city
Saturday.
Miss Amanda Mills and Harvey
Wiliford OF Barlow Ky, spent Fri
day afternoon with the former
sister Mrs Geo, Ashby on First
street.
Miss LAliian Jonansen returned
home Saturday evening after a
weeks visit with Mrs. Geo Eich-
horn near Grand Chain.
Benz Brown left Saturday for his
home in Brownstown, H.. after
spending the past few days with
relatives
Mrs, Jos. Fullerton and Miss
Mary Overstreet were Cairo shop
pers Saturday.
Mrs r. Hleman OF Olmsted spent
Saturday with her sister, Miss Lot
tie Chittick on East First and High
streets.
Miss Ella Dolan was a Cairo yisi-
tor Saturday
Jessie Mills of Cairo was in
Mound City Saturday visiting rela
tives.
Mrs VIM. Callahan and son, VII
liam, OF Mounds. We're Cairo shop
pers saturday evening.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
y SOCIAL o4ND Personal -

+. G, Cannon departed yesterday
on a business trip to Natchez, Miss
John Crehan who has charge o
a soda fountain in Dixon Springs i!
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John r. Crehan of Eighth street
Mrs J. H. Gotthart and daughter
Marguerite left Yesterday for Water
Valley, Miss.
Mr. and Mrs G. L. keaton and
daughter Fern departed last evening
Tor a visit in ST Louis and Chicago
Edward Link returned yesterday
from points in the North.
Miss Stella Shields of Twenty
second street. who has been visiting
her cousin Miss Esther Marshall of
Charleston. Mo- returned home yes
terday
DR.. n. ]. Elkins, Of Vienna H.,
is visiting in cairo
Miss Berkowitz went to Memphis
yesterday for a few days visit,
Miss Title Zanone BERG Went to
Memphis yesterday,
Brad Marshall and wife of Padu-
cab, KY, are the guests of the form
er's brother. s. Z. Marshall and
family, at 3206 Sycamore street
Miss Eliza Douglas of Thirty
fourth street has gone to Trenton,
Ky. to spend her vacation with her
cousin, Evelyn Garth.
Bliss Dee formerly of Cairo, son
Of Rev and Mrs. J. G. Dee is visiting
his parents al Salem, ILL.,, where
they are now located. Mr.. Dee re-
Gently graduated at Harvard Uni
yersity In September he viii 90
to Uruguay, South America, to take
charge of a school for boys at Monte
yideo. 1e has signed for several
years service,
Roy Deyors of Charleston, Mo-,
was in Cairo yesterday visiting
friends
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
MOUND CITY, ILL.
Inlv 16. 1911

Miss Edith Drake visited friend,
in Mounds Saturday
Mrs. Grace Houston and mother
Mrs. c. J. PARROT OF Mounds were
shopping here Saturday.
Mrs, Jno, Meyers and daughter
Mss Hazel Boren, We're among the
Cairo shoppers Saturday
Mrs. H. v Handley has as her
guests, Mrs. Belle burning and
granddaughter. Miss Jennie Carroll
of St Louis.
Judge and Mrs w. A. Wall. Mrs,
Ben Blum, Mrs. ] G. Rhine, Mr.,
Mrs, G. r. Richey, Mrs, Ray Ohm
stod and daughter, Velinu. were in
Cairo on business and shopping
Saturday.
Earl Lewis. who has been the
guest of his brother, VIM Lewis and
family the past week, returned to
his home at Pulaski Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Beaupre and Mr.
ana Mrs. Geo. Rutledge spent Satur-
day evening in Cairo.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
Baptist church will meet Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs VIM Rice
on Fifth street
Mrs. F. Kreitner and Mrs. VIM
HARRISON We're shopping in Cairo
Saturday
Hugh Nesbitt went to Grand
Chain Saturday to be the guest OF
Hershel Eichhorn at 1.-THE Blums"
near that place.
H, F. Neadstine made a business
trip to Cairo Saturday.
Miss Agnes Cahill who has been
seriously i'll, is improving.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

Congressman James NJ. Curley. who
divides his time about equally between
the house in Washington and the Bos-
ton city council, says he Gnds II
cheaper to travel back and Forth than
to live In the national capital He tells
the Boston Globe: II am allowed SIG
for travelling expenses each session
and that amount | find good for six
trips if you buy round trip tickets.
But apart from that find it cheaper
to go back and forth than TO stay III
Washington. No one knows what liv.
ing in Washington means unless be
has had actual experience. Why. IS
to SO day is nothing"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
The Puttonhole Flower.

"The buttonhole flower is no longer q
man fashion. Ever since the coat with
lapel has been q mans garment the
touch of floral color has been con,
sidered IN appropriate decoration and
more manly than the decorated belt Of
eaMi"r tiGce. Ht now woman has
az tiared tAat her coat may be similar.
ly adorned" says Die Mode. land the
buttonhole, useless for any purpose
except to hold rose or a carnation. Il
never forgotten in making a woman's
coat. England, not usually the frs,
with women's fashions. took the frsi
step In this style. AMI the rest of the
world gladly followed"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Civil Service Examination

A number of examinations will be
held next month by the local board
of examiners of the United States
Civil Service Commission. They are
held to secure a list OF eligibles from
which to fill vacancies in several
of the departments. On August 8
applicants for cadet engineer and
cadet officer In the lighthouse serv-
ice and labratory aid in the depart
ment of agriculture; August 9 and
10, customs agent in the treasury
department; August 20 and "a col
orist in any department where a
vacancy may occur will be ex-
amined.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
IS BRIDGE pooMED7
The Gambling Game Said to Be Losing
Caste In Enaiand.

Not so long ago an inquest was held
OH a Streatham woman who committed
suicide after losing some rubbers al
bridge. 1t vas stated chat she was as
q rule, first rate player, but that CAD
the evening of her death she played
very badly and lost games which shs
should have won easily.
This tragedy is another example OF
the unsuitability Of card games to thu
feminine temperament. Many womer
are admirable bridge players as far as
mere skill and knowledge are concern
ed, but they are nearly all bad losers
They are too emotional aud too easily
upset by the outrageous tricks thai
fortune so often plays.
This is really the reason why bridge
has lost its popularity and is 50 rapid
~ falling ont of fashion. When rhe
game was at the height of It's vogue
its supporters We're mainly women
Mixed" card clubs. clubs where mon
and women could meet for bridge
sprang up all over London
But the women could not stand he
strain, The game got on their nerves
and the clubs from being pleasant go
cial gatherings degenerated into nag
glng aud hysterical institutions.
There were no suicides, but there
were minor tragedies in abundance
Husbands complained that their wives
returned from their bridge clubs in a
stale of nervous tension that made
conversation impossible. The naggina
that was merely exaspcrating at the
card table became utterly intolerable
when transferred TO the home. In 4
number Of cases the domestic peace
was irretrierably shattered but the
more usua! ending was resignation
from the club which caused all the
mischief. The last couple of years
have seen the closing Of half dozen
Of the principal mixed card clubs in
London. and bridge as a social relaIa-
ton is apparently doomed, london
NJ A. r.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

are part even ol'the present axe Inf
bridge thar MaddaIena crossed stands
today, trayersed daily by thousands OF
FloTnlines and tourists
PERHAPS no incident in the history
of Florence can So well express the
difference between that age. lhat PEG.
pie and this Fancy crowd ut The
entrance OF park in M American
city. Washington for Instance, wait
ing to see an heireSs driven ont with
the presidents wife. her lover stand.
ing at the window Of a house he has
hired for the express purpose Of see
ing his Iadriove 20 by That age
has passed but romance still exists
and is rs deep set in human nature jas
ever While The people of tBat day
were Interested in individual cases.
we now find its expression in best
sellers" Have we not in this respect
degenerated?
Whether it was that the duke, who
was only interested in Salviat's plans
through friendship for him. found that
he was playing a losing game for him
self. becoming unpopular, or whether
be met an undercurrent of opposition
from those prominent families who
feared his power to interfere In their
own affairs. is not recorded but i'm
any event his opposition suddenly col
lapsed One morning at daylight an
old woman appeared at Lodoyico's
bedside and awakened him with some
astonishing and delightful news. She
bore Il message from the duchess.
Lodoyco was summoned to ibe palace
to TAKE Maddalena away with him and
prepare for an Immediate marriage.
The lover bounded out Of bed ana
began the preparations at once. going
as soon rs be WAS dressed to the PAL
ace All Florence was interested in
the wedding. which took place ut the
house from which the lover had so
often looked down on his mistress.
but since it was not large enough the
piazza on which it stood was Enclosed
for ballroom.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
STATISTICS SHOW A
DECREASE IN SUICIDES.
Percentage In Western Cities Greater
Than In the Eastern.

One ont of every 5000 persons living
In the cities of this country last year
committed suicide, or, to lie exact. l9.I
persons out of every 100000 These
figures are based on statistics from leo
cities and are taken from an article BY
Frederick L, Hoffman in the Spectator.
In the preceding year the rate was p
out Of every 100000
Although the data show that the per
centage of suicides is far greater in
large than in small cities. New York
is a startling exception In New York
last year the rare was onl% $50 tn
the 100000 whereas from 1900 to 1888
San Francisco averaged 81 nearly
three times as many
Mr. Hoffman finds that the western
cities have heavier rates than the east.
ern and awards San Francisco the
doubtful honor Of leading all other
cities in the percentage of suicides.
This is strikingly brought ut in sta.
tistics for the last year, which show
that San Francisco had 422 suicides
70 every 100000 persons, while Sacra
mento was second with 1876 Oakland
and Los Angeles were third and fourth
respectively. And even San Diego was
well in the first ten, giving California
five cities out of that number
A comparison of suicide statistics
with those of business conditions and
business failures leads to the conclu
sion that the two are closely related
When financial conditions are bad sui
cides are generally the heaviest. Thus
in the panic year Of 1907 and the fol
lowing year when the effect of the de
preston was still widespread the mum
Der of suicides was exceptionally large
! In 1908 the average was 21.S, the high
| est attained in twenty years. and thu
actual number of suicides in the cite,
upon which the figures are based wa
4,5S2
From available statistics in Ger
many 1t is found that the rate Their,
for the year 1909 was 22.3, and it il
also shown that the rate has slowly
but surely increased. Particularly no
! ticeable is the increase of suicides
among women, the average in 1909 be
ing 101 to the 100000
THE German data" says Mr.. Hoff
man. 'woulI seem to Warrant the con
clusion that the general suicide rat
/ of well developed. commercial.
prosperous country reaches a maxi
mum point which will rarely excee,
% to the 100000 Of population"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Cairo Printers in New Jobs.

All but one of the old time
printers Of the Bulletin force have
found positions or have gone into
business. Frank Schaaf is in the
cigar business, Harry Helton and
Charles 0rrick are linotype opera
tors on a paper at Globe, Arizona.
Thos. Helton left last night for Cen
tralia to accept position on Tufts
Daily Democrat and will eventually
pull up at Globe, Arizona. Al. Wat
son accepted position on paper at
Memphis, Tenn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
General aase's Unliohted Cigars.

General William Il. Bate Of Tennes-
see after distinguished service in be-
half Of the south was governor and
then United States senator. His BRAY
cry in battle was attested by a dozen
wounds, and in a single engagement
three horses were shot from under
him.
at was a habit Of the old warrior, -
said q man who knew him we'll ito
continually carry an unlighted cigar
in his mouth, but few of those who
noticed it ever knew the reason of his
failure to smoke the weed. At tho
battle Of Shiloh he and brother were
standing side by side when the broth
er asked General Bate for light, as
he had a cigar. but no match. The
general lit match and handed 1t to
his kinsman, who had scarcely applied
1t to the tobacco ore cannon ball
came hurting through the air and
severed the smokers head from his
body. The terrible tragedy Of Shiloh's
bloody field was why in all the years
that followed the surviving brother
was never known to light a cigar
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Overturned Lamp.

A fire alarm about 1880 O'Clock
Saturday morning called out the
firemen of station No to the resi-
dence of John r. Gardner, the con-
tractor at 1888 Thirty-seventh street,
but the services of the firemen were
not needed All overturned lamp
caused the trouble.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

We are accustomed to think Of G!as
gov as a typieally modern city; hui.
though its wealth and commercial pre-
dominance are of recent date, the town
itself can be traced back for close
upon two milenniums. The name elias
gov is of Celtic origin, and among the
numerous conflicting definitions Of its
meaning are the grey smith the
grey hound the dark glen" the
green wood" and the beloved green
spot The see of Glasgow was found
ed about $50 by St Mango himself.
and the town was made borough BY
David |. in ITO Ii became royal
borough in 1896 and a self governing
city in the time Of William and Mary.
In ecclesiastical history Glasgow IL IA
nous for The assembly in 1858 which
voted the remuneration OF episcopacy.
-LoOdon Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Fish Commission Boat.

The Steamer Illinois of the Illinois
Fish Commission arrived in Cairo
harhor yesterday morning from the
Illinois river en- route to Paducah,
Ky, Capt spear is master of the
craft. The beat will depart this
morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Big Paducah Excursion

The Woodmen Of the World of Pa
ducah will give an excursion to
Cairo on the excursion steamer
Robertson next Sunday II is un-
derstood theie Will be large NUM-
Der of people on board The boat
will also give harhor excursion in
the afternoon. rs cents for the trip.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Court Adjourns.

The Alexander county circuit
court adjourned Saturday for the
July term Judge Butler will not
render a decision in the two personal
injury cases against the Cairo Eelec-
trio and Traction Company until
Tuesday. The decision will be on
the question OF granting a new trial
week
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
tI'Y NEWS IN RREEN
On Memphis Excursion Train.

P. Al Conant. Thomas Gazzola and
G.. "A. Clements were among the ex-
cursionists who went to Memphis
yesterday on the Illinois Centrals
special excursion. seyenty-six tick
cts were sold at the Cairo station.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
New Gnards to Street Cars.

The street cars are being fitted
substantial wire screens to take the
place of the bars that have been used
for some time They are decided
improvement and appear much
heater.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

A new way to bake sweet apples;
Put the apples in stewpan over the
fire with cup of sugar to a pint Of
water; let them boi until tender, lut
whole, and the water all in the anTies.
then put in dripping pan In good
oven for a short time. They are very
juicy and Arm. National Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Mr.. Cochran MaY Die.

Il is stated that w. j. Cochran
the druggist, who was injured on
July ? by being thrown from his
buggy. is failing fast and that there
is little hope of his recovery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Another Branch Store

~. DeKafsky of the National Wool
en- Mills has added an establishment
at Cape Girardeau to the large num-
Der of branch stores he is now oper-
ating.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
In Hnnnr of Miss Real

NJ ISIS Mona Perrault of Charles st.
will entertain this afternoon with a
luncheon in honor of Miss Gene Beal
of Vienna, who is the guest Of Miss
Rosalind Roberts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Sienna Delta Phi Club.

The members of the Sigma Delta
Phi club win meet this week at the
home Of Miss Gladys Baird Of Ninth
street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

The Mite Society OF the Cairo Bap-
list church will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. B. X, Wearen OF Charles
street
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
N. B. b o. Club.

The members of the N, b, h. O.
club will meet this week with Miss
Margarete Bleateau Of lower Walnut
street
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
Gun Carriers Taken In.

For toting guns T A. Allay and
Austen Russell We're arrested last
night by officers Griffin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

Patient--Say, that isn't the tooth
want pulled. Dentist-Never mind
I'm coming to it.-Roston Transcript,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

Misfortune does not always iufiict
Liury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17

The 1;s,er Taste.
'l@ei. is . taste af ni.rar in ere-Y
eweet Of life.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
BEE LIVED UNDERGROUND
FOR SEvENTY-FlVE YEARS.
Found by Gravedissers at a Depth of
Six and Half Feet.

In an interesting letter I'm the Daily
Express. Thomas Burgess. superin-
tendent OF Kensal Rise cemetery, Lon
don. tells Il remarkable story of a bee
which lived underground for seventy
five years. He says:
While two of my men were digging
Il grave and when six and one-half feet
down from the present surface they
came on the original maiden earth,
which has been covered since 1896
with earth thrown out at that date
while eXcaVatinG for the foundations
and catacombS under our church.
In throwing out Il spadeful of the
virgin mold under this mound it split
up and broke ON the board. and a large
bee came out OF the soil.
Considering that the ground above
was solid. lOamy clay and six feet six
inches deep. it would be impossible for
a bee TO gct down this depth. Is it
possible. therefore. that this insect
was covered up i'm 1867"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
BIG MEMS LITTLE CHECKS.
One For so Cents Signed by Roosevelt
Presented as Souvenir.

Adherence TO fOrmality makes many
apparently ridiculous situations. For
the man who has bank account the
undeniable varIe Of a cancelled check
as voucher OF payment is recognized.
Illustrative Of this is the case Of the
one cent check drawn by F. Z. Kane.
deputy comptroller Of the currency, in
November, 1907, in favor of an 4. T.
Pistol
On the night Of Jan. 8. 1905, Theo-
dOre Roosevelt was caught at a big re-
ception without a sou in his pockets.
OF course there were undoubtedly any
number Of persons who attended that
same reception who would have ac
counted it the highest of hOnors to
have lent the then president of the
United States the small sum of so
cents. the price of cab hire from the
embassy of England to the Willard no
tel. where he was to attend n banquet.
a distance of less than half n mile.
lie rushed to the clerks desk and
on one of his own personal checks
al bank and paid the chauffeur. The
cneck 1Or % cents mas never Deeu
cashed. as 1t was presented to the Of
ficials of the bank by the cab company
rs a souvenir.
There are also times when a rich
man is situated as was the tramp who
had the $1,000 bill and starved to
death before he could get any one TO
cash it.
This was the case when John Hays
Hammond, who has more money than
some of the biggest farmers have
wheat. wanted to make change" in
settling n large account. Mr.. Ham
mOnd had to meet bill Of something
more than $1,000 He had the exact
sum minus cents and n $500 treas
ury note over. He didn't know how
to get the change. 1t was after bank
ing hours. and he wanted 10 leave
Washington at once. so he paid the bill
with the cash he had plus check for
. cents and had the $500 treasury note
left TO carry him along on the first leg
of his trip.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
TAFT'S SON CARRIES WATER.
Charlie is Too Slender to Play on His
Schools Ball Team.

The family love of baseball has at.
tackled Charlie Taft youngest son OF
the president. and he has gone into the
game in the role of water carrier. He
Is too slender to play on the team OF
the Taft school at WATERFOWL. Conn.
whore he is Il student. but he has been
told that the water carriers rise till
they finally become managers Of teams.
and he has begun It; the bottom.
In recent game betwGeh tire Hart.
ford high school and Taft school teams
he carried bucket after bucket of water
across the diamond To Stake the thirst
OF the athletes, and when the Hart ford
players learned that it was the presi-
dents son who was holding the pail
for their benefit there were renewed
calls for water
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17

adopt some form OF ear protection such
as the other senses already enjoy.
Herbert Spencer, it will be remem.
bered. solved this problem in "A prac.
teal way by wearing spiral spring
fitted with pads which effectively
closed each ear. The use of this de
vice is becoming increasingly com
mon. and ear muffs may be familiar
objects in the New York subways this
summer. 1t may sound ridiculous Just
now. but is inherently no more absurd
than eyeglasses or gloves
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
Foreign Parcels Post Mail.

The growth of the foreign parcels
post mail received at New York Is set
forth in statistics showing that during
the five calendar years from 1906 to
1910 the number of packages rose from
% "HT in iHda; TO 1919, 41O In 1910.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17

But 1t seems Ger
tain that before
long something
will be done to
minimize unnec-
esSary noise, and
in the meantime
the in dividual
brain worker will
nrOhob1y baun f.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
EAR MUFFS FOR SUMMER.

New Workers May Wear Them to Mini
mize Subway Noise.
In view of the increasing tendency
to speed it is not probable that New
Workers will ever see n nOiSeless city