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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
A Fearless Quaker.

Uncle Abe was noted for his ability
to turn bis clouds inside out and show
the silver lining. II any particular
cloud was dark through and through
he wisely supplied it with the lining
from another. His yoke Of steers had
taken the cash prize on the first day
Of the fair Gu the second some new
contestants were entered, and Aba
would probably be outclassed But, 40
usual, he had made the most Of god
fortune while 1t lasted.
Aren't you quaking In your boots -
friend asked.
Abe thrust out a foot clad in new tan
leather.
Why, yes he said; 81 am quaking
in my boots. But when l got that $50
yesterday 1 made sure they should be
new boots. 1t amt so bad to quake II
you can do it in new youths
Companion,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20

The world renowned doors Of the
baptistery at Florence represent nearly
the entire lifework of Chiberu. He
began the first pair when he was TWEEN
ty-threc years old, and when he fin
tshed the second pair he was seventy
three. Excepting the three statues out
side Or San Michele and one or two
minor works these two pairs Of bronze
doors represent his labors for half q
century. These doors, declared by
Michaelangelo ''ft to be the gates Of
Paradise represent the book of Cen
esis in all the depth Of its meaning.
and the skill of the artist has never
been overpraised 1t is impossible to
eXaggerate the glory Of the work, and
If one has the time aud money the
sight Of those wonderful doors Is well
worth the trto to Florence. New York
American
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Finally Lost It.

81 may have lost my golf bal"
thought the old man as he crept on all
fours round the bush into which it had
rolled, but will not lose my temper"
So he continued to grovel and grope
and to wear persuasive, patient
SMILE His knees baggcd his back
ached horribly. and the bush bestowed
upon his hands Il generous quantity
OF thorns. But he refused to discard
his smile and kept on repeating:
''No; | will not lose my temper.
will not"
Suddenly the elusive ball caught his
eye, Hopping fiat, he stretched his
hands toward it, grasped it among lis
nest Of thons and gingerly With.
drew it.
"Holty-toityn exclaimed an old We
man behind him. You ought to be
ashamed, bird nesting at your time o.
lifer'
And then he did lose his temper
London Answers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Meredith,s DAYS Of Penurv.

The city council is to be asked and
no doubt it will consent to place me.
mortal tablets on the house once occu.
pied by William Morris. Burne-Jones
and Dante Gabriel Rossetti at II Red
Lion square. George Meredith in the
days of his extreme pcnury Joined
with those other three young men in
their bachelor establishment. The
state Of hio boots, we are told by one
OF the blographers, at length aroused
the solicitude of his fellow tenants,
who one night stealthily replaced them
by a new pair. But Meredith was So
much piqned by what was meant In all
kindness that he withdrew from the
fellowship the next day,-London
News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
THE CAIRO BULLETIN
Entered ct the Cairo Postofiice for transmits
sion through the mails at Eecond-class rates
eATTLESHIP MICHIGAN
HAS BEST GUNNERS


The battleship Michigan, command,
I'd by Captain Nathaniel r. Usher, is
the premier shot of the American ma
w. In the spring battle practice the
Michigan scored 9o,929 points Of merit
and win be awarded the gunnery
championship trophy. red pennant
with a black ball in the center, which
will fy from her masthead until the
honor is wrested from her by sister
ship.
The Michigan far outclassed every
other battleship or cruiser in the ma
W, the nearest approach in marks
manship being the North Dakota, with
T2.94S points. The New Hampshire.
whose splendid firing battered the old
battleship San Marcos into mass OF
twisted steel and sent her to the bot
tom of Chesapeake bay In the recent
ordnance tests, made the poorest rec
ord Of all the ships in her general rat
ing, being credited with only 1850
points.
The standing OF the ships, with their
points OF merit, follows. Michigan.
99.929; North Dakota. 72.94S; South
Dakota. 1886; Maryland. CAGES,
Virginia, 5000; Vermont. 59.617 Cal
ifornia, 53,349; Pennsylvania, 50.3sl:
Connecticut, 47.497; West Virginia.
39.096; Idaho. 34S01; Rhode Island,
24.271; Louisiana, 23.503; Kansas.
1854; South Carolina. 21.3S9; Missis-
sippi. 21.244; Georgia, 21.22l; Mime
sofa, 1895; Nebraska, 1857, aud
New Hampshire, 1880.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
COAST LINE HEROES.
Splendid Work Done by the Federal
Life Savinn Service,

The federal life saving service. which
has entered npon its fortieth year, has
written Que q tue most glorious chap.
ters In American history. says the
Brooklyn Standard Union. Not a
month passes without IN act OF hero,
ism by some one or some PARTY of the
force ttat patrols the coasts and the
great lakes, 1t is oae continuous story
of hard and dangerous work, the
dreariness of the detailed account be
ing frequently broken by instances Of
rare courage and sacrifice.
But measured by more exNctint
rule to determine is value ia me
saving service is found to have earned
rich dividends for the public which
supports it. In the forty years 22,000
distressed ships, carrying l47,000 per
sons. have been aided by the corps
The property risks on these occasions
aggregate $235,o00.000 In the -four
decades the probable total cost Of the
service has been less than Sl00,000,000,
which makes 1t plain that the service
has much more than paid its way.
What has been saved in property is
nothing to be compared with the saw
ing of human life. 1t is this that the
government is primarily interested in.
and 1t Is in this particular, of course
that the richest returns have been
made, II there were some process by
which the value Of d human life could
be translated into dollars and cents ii
would be made evident that the sery-
ice has saved the world billions Of dol
lars during the past forty years. Every
one at all acquainted with the record
Of United States life saving realizes
that this small but immensely impor-
tant branch of the government has
had a distinguished career and merits
generous treatment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
ResnectabiIity Of Cheese.

II was present in the governors of.
fee" says William Bayard Hale, de.
scribing a recent visit to Governor
Woodrow Wilson In Worlds Work,
when he gave hearing on a bill re.
Quiring the inspection and regulation
of cold storage plants to a party of
warehouse owners, who argued that
the limit Of storage (six months) pro.
posed was too low.
"They were especially persistent IN
citing the case Of cheese" says Mr..
Hale. (which they urged might be kept
several years and still be considered
good
Yes remarked the governor
suavely, I am aware that cheese has
its own standard of responsibility"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
BABIES NOT WANTED.
French Landlords Ask Big Prices OF
Families With Children.

r2mttf0o Wtth SHtdFeN.
Life in Paris Just now presents some
humorous sides to the impartial for.
eigner. To begin with, there was tine
census, which In France is a source OF
irritation to almost everybody. Men
as well as women dislike questions MS
to their age and occupation and in de-
fiance of the threats of heavy penalties
al In the forms with considerable sar-
casn1. but remarkably slack adher.
ence to the truth.
Thus the papers returned BY young
and eminently respectable citizens de-
scribe them as being well over 10
years old and engaged In "assassina
tinn" or burglary" The officials have
taken no steps to enforce penalties.
All the jokes and inaccuracies have
gone into the returns, apparently TO
guide future reformers who look to
statistics for light Ia framing legisa'
ton.
Then there is talk of strike Of
apartment house dwellers. Especial.
ly to people with families rents are
soaring higher every year, for the Par.
is landlord does not encourage cb:l.
dren. This affects all classes, so th1t
the worker who in England or Amer
lea would have a comfortable tene.
ment has to put up here with one or
two rooms, and even then he is blcd
most cruelty by the landlord II be hrs
children. So he is talking Of boycott.
ing the fats and camping out till the
rents come down to reasonable levels
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Pull or Push2

Is there any such thing as pull?
Does the horse pun the cart, or does
he simply push on his collar and SO
draw it along? Would you pull o
weight that was fastened to your cont,
tails, or in that ease would you sim
ply be pushing against your clothes?
DO our political oficeholders always
get their jobs through their own push
or IS II usually a matter of pull? THIS
Is an interesting problem, Think il
cver.--New York Globe,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
HOMES OFFERED TAFT.
President Is Deiused With Tenders o.
Summer Places.


The proposal of several Minnesota
citizens to establish a summer White
House on Lake Minnetonka has launch
ed an "open season" for White Houses
by the sea and White Houses in the
mountains. President Taft Is being
deluged with offers from various parts
of the country to establish summer
White Houses, and if he were to nc.
cept all of the proposals he would
spend only a week in each aud NEST
of his vacation on the train going to
them
One offer by man whose name WIS
not made public expressed the wish
to give the president full title to one
of the Thousand islands, In the st
Lawrence river, provided Mr.. Taft
should make summer capital on it.
Secretary Hilles replied that the presi.
dent could not very well use an island
at this time.
Representative Austin and delefa
tion OF Tennesseeans from Carryvie
offered the president fully equipped
summer home on Bald Knob, in the
Smoky mountains, about sixty miles
from Knoxville. The home was de.
scribed as a $4,000 mansion located
on a model turnpike leading to Knox.
willie. Mr.. Taft said be could not give
a definite reply at this time.
Scores OF other offers are reaching
the White House from many states,
but 1t Is not likely that any of thNm
will be accepted.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
DON'T EAT GRASS OR MEAT.
Eat Only Raw Foods and Or. Bell Says
You Will Live a Century.

You viii Live a Century.
Man is the only animal on the face
of the earth who cooks his food and
therefore destroys its value" DR.. Rob-
ert Bell said in lecture on Mans
Natural Diet" delivered at Caxton
hall. IF only we would take les
son from wild animals by adopting the
diet which nature has provided for US
we should have better, healthier and
longer life"
But DR.. Bell does not advocate that
mere man should initiate the tiger in
the manner OF his meals. "All flesh
diet should be banned he says, land
our food should consist entirely Of
vegetables, fruits. cereals and these
cooked rs little as possible" DR.. Bell
would have children brought up in
this way. He believes that children
would be satisfied with whole meal
bread. raw vegetables and fruit for
their dinner and never crave for any
other food il they were informed that
1t is good for their health and CON
ducive to a green old age.
DR.. Bell strongly recommends raw
peas as a delicious and a healthy dish,
But he does not believe that nature
intends man to eat grass. His teeth
are not adapted to it The lecturer
added that every human being ought
to attain an age Of at least 1913 years
THAT there are so few centenariaus
among u.s." he said, "can certainly be
attributed to our going against M.
ture's DEGREES. "-London Express.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Joan of Arcs Sword.

A sword In the Dijon museum has
Just been identified as that used by
Joan Of Arc and presented to her by
Charles VII. of France On one side
of the hilt are engraved figure kneel-
Ing before a cross and the inscription
CHARLES VII.," while the other side
bears the name "Vaucouleurs." The
sword also bears the arms Of France
and Of the town Of Orleans and the
date, 1d19.--London Mail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
CAIRO LOST End.
To POLE CATS
fCntinued from page one.l

i1ubthuNu AApAh PNt1C S~'f
Cairo Hughes singled to Jeff;
Dunn to CahilI to Burgess to LoweTy
mixing double play; Vidoyich out ca
hill 10 Lowery No runs.
Fifth Inning.
Paducah-Dardio few CRIT to Pow.
ers; Burroughs doubled to left, Bur
CESS tr4p.ed to left, scoring bur
rouehs, Burgess scored when Jones
flew ost to Powers wlo made sreat
catch: Poland singled; Cahnl famed.
Two runs.
Cairo--Power walked and store
second: Umpire Mabry became sore
at Royal and called fourth ball the
third strike, Patrick out at first;
Halliday cut at first. No runs
Sixth Inning.
Paducah--Lowery singled; DeRoss
sacrificed; Lowery called safe on run
to second; Umpire Mabry becomes
afraid and in cowardly way goes TO
chief Egan for protection and tries
TO have Manager Flood arrested
Woodring singled; Dardio singled,
scores Lowery; Burroughs out al
first, Burgess ont, Patrick to Hughes,
One run.
Cairo--F'lood out, Cahill TO LowerT
Walters singled TO left, N'ewlan goes
to first TO run for Newlan Hughes
singled; Taylor singled TO left ssor-
ing Newlan; Lacliey takes place OF
Vidovich on second and called cut
fourth bali being third strike,
Powers singled but Taylor out on see
ond. One run,
Seventh Inning.
Paducah--Jones singled and sto:
second; Poland famed; Cahill famed,
Lowery singled, scoring Jones; De
Rose famed One run.
Cairo Royal out, Burgess to Low.
cry; Patrick out at first, Halliday
third strike was only two feet over
head. One rum
Eighth Inning.
Paducah-Dunn goes to field 10 play
fer Royal; who was put out by UNI
rire Mabry; Woodring to out Lackey
to Hughes; Dardio fouled out ITO TIal-
liday; Burroughs safe ON first:. Bur
CESS singled; Jones singled and run
sep by Lackey: Poland had himself
hill hit by pitched ball and fanmf
Burroughs III; Canill famed One
run.
Cairo-Flood famed; Walters out Ca
hill to Lowery; Hughes flew out to
Dardio. No runs.
Ninth Inning
Paducah--Lowery made two bases
on foul ball; DeRose singled, and
Lowery scored; Taylor made unas-
sisted double play, catching Wood
rings fly and putting Lowery out at
first. Dardio out, Patrick to Hughes,
One run.
Cairo-Taylcr singled to left bu,
thrown out at seoonl, Lackey foule
out to DeRose, Powers singled, but
out at second. No runs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Oil lamps Poison Calcutta.

A great nuisance arises at night In
Calcutta from the open flames of oil
lamps 1t is estimated that 10000 to
10000 of these are used in various
shops and small factories in the town
and suburbs. The health committee
OF Calcutta is considering an amend.
ment to the Bengal smoke nuisance
act to prohibit the use Of surh lamps,
as their smoke is source of throat
and lung complaints,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Very stronq.

II see" said Skaters. that orr oil
friend Bilkins had a strong article ID
one OF the Boston papers the othe8
day"
Really" said Binks incredulously
"Pd never have believed that Of old
Blk. What was it,
"A recipe for picked onions," said
skaters. Earrcr's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
DIARY TELLS HOW He DIED.
Prsspsctor's Body Found Where He
Starved Two Years AGO.

This is the grim record in the diary
OF #. b. Fisk, prospector, who died
OF starvation more than two years
ago and whose body was found la a
cabin across the glacier forty miles
from Valdez, Alaska:
FEB I. 19o9--No grub yet. l am
aufuliy weak.
FEB. 17--No grub yet. May this
Lord havs mercy on nre. I thank
him. Amen.
s'Ireb. 20--No grub yet.
Feb 2S-No grub vet. 10 not ex.
pect to get up again"
Beginning on Feb. 1, 1909. Fisk had
marked out the dates from an alma.
nae Of that year 1t was found in kis
sleeping hng. Hc went to Alaska
from Boston. He was about fifty.tlvs
Years old He left Valdez 20 crcss The
Esa---ar Id thu fall Of lyg2
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Where They Play Today.

Paducah at Cairo
Vincennes at Fulton.
HopkinsvilIe at Harrisburg.
Henderson and GAINESVILLE at Nc
Leansboro
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Best Wood for VIolins,

Stunned maple trees, grown In
mountainous regions. where the win
ters are long and severe and the
snowfall considerable, furnish the
best wood for violins, in the opinion
oil the German makers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Yesterdays Results.

Paducah 9. Cairo /.
Nincenes 3. Fulton >.
Hopkinsville &, Harrisburg 2.
Henderson &, GAINESVILLE i.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
NOTICE TO CLEAN PREMISES

Notlceis hereby given to all property own
ers and householders to clean their premises
Of all trash, refuse and litter of every kind,
and to place the same upon the streets in
front OF their premises for collection.
The collection of such refuse will be gov
erned by the following rules:
All refuse must he placed in the streets In
boxes Of barrels fpossible) and at such points
as will not obstruct the drainage in cutters
The city will be divided into sections arr
one day allotted to each section for the col
lection OF refuse, and all refuse in each sec
ton must be placed in the streets before the
day designated for the collection in that par.
ticular section.
The following dates will be the days for
collection in the respective sections desig-
mated:
Tuesday, June Doth, All that portion q
the city lying south Of Tenth street.
Wednesday, June DIST. All that portion
OF the city lying between Tenth street and
Twenty-hrst street.
Thursday, June 22nd. All that portion Of
the citylying between Twenty-frst street and
Twenty eighth street.
Friday, June 23d, All that portion of the
city lying north Of Twenty-eighth street ano
east Of Elm street.
Saturday, June Oath. All that portion
of the city lying north Of Twenty=eiGkfTs
street and west of Elm street.
The earnest cooperation of each either
is solicited in order that the city may be
promptly and efficiently cleaned in the allct-~
ted time
The placing ofrefuse upon the streets after
the dates herein designated will be VIOLA
ton of the city ordinances and persons SO
doing will be prosecutei
M. S. EGAN,
City Marshall and Health Officer.
WILBUR B. THISTLEWOOD,
City Engineer.
Cairo, ILL.,, June 18th, 1911.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
EOOSlERS WON.

Fulton, Ky, June 19-The lirst
game of the new series went to the
boosters in a close game.
The score:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
Potatoes a stanle Diet.

OF every one hundred pounds OF
food we eat, fourteen pounds con,
sists Of potatoes
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
State Loans to Settlers.

New South Wales, Australia, makes
state loans to settlers at from Az to
. per cen' ~ s'. repayable by
yearly ins srread ovar ~,
longer than thirty-one years. No
loan Is larger than $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20
HENDERSON WON.

McLeansboro, ILL.,, June 10 The
Henderson team won here today
score 2 to L..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-20

ButtcTies Hanccck and Waller
Applegate and Blanchet.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-03
Evarts and the Great Scientist

the entire company in this way. Sena-
tor Evarts took from the cooler BY
his side a champagne bottle which
contained perhaps third Of its orig.
inal contents. He placed the bottle
upon the table.
professor. he said, I wish you
would explain to US why It Is that. in
the lower part Of any bottle contain
ing spirituous liquors the greater
strength is to be found. In other
words, why the upper half Of bot
tie Of champagne seems to be less
stimulating than the lower half
"The professor looked Quizically at
the bottle of champagne few mo-
ments-
THAT is, indeed. q very interesting
question; never had It called to my
attention before. he said at last I
cannot at this moment offer more than
surmise in the way OF explanation;
but should be happy to make very
careful investigation. first. to estab-
fish the fact as you state It. and. sec
ond. to discover the reason
"'Well. said Senator Evarts. ]
think my own experience may aid you
In establishing the accuracy OF the
fact: but. as am not learned In any
| Of the sciences. I am utterly at loss a
to the explanation
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-03

MY native city Of Portland. Me-.
has been the birth place OF good
many distinguished men. but OF all OF
them | sometimes think am proudest
OF John Neal" said Thomas Reed
to me not long after he had resigned
from congress and taken up ais resi-
dence in New York city for the prac-
tice of law.
Il suppose you have never heard OF
John Neal: yet In the first hall Of the
nineteenth century he was a volun-
nous writer OF novels. one OF tue
leading newspaper editors OF the
country. and a sympathetic adviser 10
all struggling young writer's. among
them Edgar Allan Poe. And he was
a pioneer Of American letters In Eng
land. He was. In fact. the nrst
American who made an Englishman
read an American literary work. and
1t Is because he set out deliberately
to do this that am so proud OF him.
John Neal died In the centennial
year. at the ripe old age Of eighty
three. but years before that nao
come to be numbered among MS
friends. and from his own lips heard
how he set about making England
take Eotice Of American writer's.
when John Neal was young man
there appeared In one Of the Eng
fish quarterly reviews the now MS
toric question: Who. reads an Ameri-
can book? That question humiliateo
many Americans and II touched raw
spot In American life for more than
half a century. It made John Neal
especially angry. BY that time ne
had written several works Of fiction
or semi-fction and Of biography. ana
so quite naturally he feIt very keeniy
the slur implied in that British cues
ton
well. several years after the CUES
lion had been asked John Neal an
nounced to his friends that he was go
ing to England
what do you intend to do there7'
they asked him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-03

gut when he was in command Of the
Mare Island navy yard in San Fran
cisco A sister. who recently died.
was Mrs. ]. Mills Browne. wife Of a
former surgeon general Of the United
States army.
Mrs. Norwood is one Of the charter
members of the Francis Scott Key
Memorial Association. She is inter-
ested in a reproduction Of the old vol
ume Of Key poems. that its proceeds
may be added to fund for the preser-
walton of the Key homestead In
Georgetown. now part of Washington.
She visited her grandfather there
when she was only 10 years old Al
though she only saw him twice and
then when she was very young. she
has some interesting "reminiscences OF
him
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-03
How Peter Cooper Invented the Glass
insulator Which Made Possible
the strInsIne Of Electric Tel
eoraph Wires Above Ground.

I told recently an anecdote which
was narrated to me by the late Abran
s. Hewitt. mayor of New York from
1ss7-1sss. describing the manner In
which his father-in-law. Peter Cooper.
the philanthropist, invented an APP
paratus by means Of which II was
possible to lay the first Atlantic cable
between the coast OF Newfoundland
and Ireland
Mr.. Cooper's interest in the electric
telegraph began at much Garner
period than the time when Cyrus W.
Field proposed to him and to several
other men Of capital that company
be organized to lay a telegraph cable
upon the bed Of the ocean, SO that tel
egraphic communication could be es
tablished between the continent OF Eu'
rope and the United States