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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
HOW MANY STARS IN FLAG?
Wide Guesses Made by Veterans Who
Had Fought Under lido
You Know?

At recent state encampment OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic a news
paper in the city where the meeting
was held decided to find out the vet
Grams ideas as to the number of stars
which should be in the United States
flag at the present time. D The results
of the papers endeavors were interest
ing Thirty-one veterans were ques-
toned and IL different answers were
received. The veterans guesses ranged
all the way from 80 to so.
One soldier, whose answer was not
counted as 1t was palpably wrong
said that there were IL stars at the
present time in our flag. This soldier
had served in large number Of fights
IN his four years In the United States
army in the Civil war and had been
attending encampments regularly since
thew had been inaugurated. He teom-
ed to make his guess in perfect good
faith.
Many of the veterans said they re-
membered how many stars there were
In the flag at the time of the memor-
able conflict, but they had somehow
lost track since being mustered out.
One old soldier said he knew there
were AZ stars in the flag some time
ago. But" he said, I don't know
how many there are now since we've
taken in Cuba"
OF the IL different answers re
| ceiyed. nine veterans said they
thought there were As stars in the flag
now. Among the men who favored
this number was the retiring depart
ment commander of the g. A. r. The
other answers went like this: Siz
were for AZ stars, three for AZ, three
for 46. two for 40. two for AZ, one fol-
40 and one each for 80, 80, so, 81
| and 6S.
which Of these numbers IA cor
rect? How many stars are there IL
our flag?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Anv Oil 10 Order.

She had been married week, but
she wasn't gong to show it, She had
spent half the morning scrubbing the
newness off her shopping bag and the
other half in praoticing supercilious
droop of the eyelids before her mir
ror. And she was quite sure Of her
self as she sailed into the local de.
partment store
Eyes, madam" asked the floorwalk'
err in voice Of milk and honey, and
what can show you?"
81 withdrawing in OIL" she de
manded, suitable for my dining
room"
quite so, madam; quite So" said
the floorwalker, gazing meditatiyely al
her wedding ring. Would you pre-
fer salad oil, olcloth, oil paintings, OF
sardlnes "--Rehoboth Sunday Herald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Ia the Gar-''
den BelOz0
BY Molly MGcNfasfey ~ -

De,icia slipped joyously into the
soft pink silks of her costume The
young woman possessed a tempera-
rent and could write in nothing save
rink-pink from her slippers, to the
large bow that confined mass OF
copper ring'ets at the nape of her
reck. Fer checks rivaled the pink OF
the frock for inspiration had come
suddcnly ard sne could scarcely con-
tain herself until she reached her den.
Che glanced out at the rambling old
house In the next garden: i had been
VA ant 90 sonE rat TIE windows we're
almost hidden behind the unkept
vines, A desuiory litigation had hung
over it's stately premises so long that
Dellsia had decided TO make use OF
the privacy 1t afforded
Consequently. Delicia carried her
writing raraphernalia to a small den
like room on the third floor. Fortu-
nately for the girls temperament, the
walls bore traces of pink flowers and
with the touches which artistic hands
can give, Delicia soon had an attrac.
tive workshop.
Arrived In her bower, the girl peep
ed out through the port hole OF her
window-she had sacrificed the vines
to that cxtent--and sighed as she
gazed wistfully at the old garden so
rich in possibilities but so much in
need of loving hands to guide its
straying vines and tangles of old
world flowers.
Delicia had no time herself Her
stories demanded every moment.
Besides" she murmured to the
garden. someone might see me and
them might be put out of my lovely
room" She grew fearsome at the
very thought and went desperately to
work on the story in her mind.
! For an hour or more her typewriter
clicked. When the best Of her
/ thoughts were safely down she be-
came more conscious of outward
/ sounds.
Gradually It came to her senses
that peculiar grating noise had been
going on for some time. At the same
moment a voice was humming MY
Love Is Like Red, Red Rose"
Delcia jumped up cautiously and
reered through the opening in the
vines She started back. then quickly
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Hoo That Climbed a Ladder.

When Charles Prausa Of Kadlee,
Wis, heard a racket in his apple or
chard during the night he started out
with his gun to investigate, says the
Milwaukee Sentinel He saw some
thing pulling apples from tree and
supposed It was person. He de-
manded a surrender. but no answer
came. Then he threatened to shoot
In due time he pulled the trigger and
upon closer investigation discovered
that he had shot one OF his own, hogs
The hog had climbed up on n step
ladder and was helping himself to the
apples.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

sweetness she feft thai she must rush
down and ,clutch some of them to her
own heart.
Upon the night of the bigydan In
the town hall Delicia stood before her
mirror and gazed at the pinkcloud re-
fected there.
II need that one rose," she said to
herself. my costume is incomplete
without 1t. / simply must havesit for
my hair"
she. slipped quietly out and ,glided
through he moonlight into the garden
next door Once in the garden. Deli
cia forgot everything save the glor-
ious moment She wandered about
the rose paths inhallng draught after
draught Of their sweetness and look
ing always for the, one pink beauty,
The moonlight turned them all about
until they looked like little pale.souls
playing about in the garden.
"You beauty. she cried aloud when
her fingers found the one they sought,
~oh-h. but you have thornsl" she
murmured as she triedsto break the
4
gtem.
perhaps can. cut it for YOU" a
voice, musical and rich, came out
from the moonlight.
"Oh-h," Delicda slipped quietly
down among the roses.
The man hastily threw away his
cigar and stopped over the girl
i1Y,Jf On
etartle YOU child" He picked the
pink cloud up in his arms and gazed
down at her face. you beauty" he
muttered under his breath.
Martin Duane picked a great rose
! bud hastily and drew it gently across
the girls brow. 1t was cool and De-
| licia's eyes opened slowly.
! Thank goodness" cried the man as
his eyes looked deep. into the great
gray ones. So fascinated was he that
| he forgot for the moment that he was
holding her close in his arms.
Il am better now she said
I He released her and said quickly
| az an a brute to have startled you
| so especially when | have waited 50
/ long for you toncome down from your
sky"
| Delicia cast startled glance al
F.: him. you have known
! 81 saw you slip through your gate
and into this house almost the frs
day" Martin Duane spoke with q
wonderful tenderness. You had or
something pink--like this He touch
ed the scarf that hung from her shoul
der. THAT is why l put in so man,
pink flowers" he said simply
Delicia looked up at the man ant
her breath came quickly.
"And | would have taken. your yer,
finest rose," she said.
Yours he corrected her. Il hac
made up my mind that If I hadn'
managed to meet you before that ros'
came into full bloom that 7 woult
send it up to you with a plea TO
your"
1T is in full bloom" said Delici
softly.
The man stopped over the bush an
cut the rose. He very carefully re
moved all the thorns and put it int
her hand.
A moment later he said: u hav
bought this place"
Delicia was silent for moment
but in that moment something, subtl
and intangible though 1t was, told he
that she need never give up the pin
| den.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

resumed her position as she realized
her safety.
A man was digging in the garden
below.
Surprise, Indignation, Joy were min
gled in the expression Of Delicia's
eyes-indignation that anyone dared
to enter what she had grown to con-
slider her own, and Joy that the old
garden was at last coming into its
own, for the man below was working
like q happy slave over paths and
vines and rose trees.
Delicia made her cup of tea slowly
and thoughtfully while she cast oc-
casional glances into the garden or
rather at the man In the garden. That
he was big and well knit was easily
seen and that his head was crowned
with gold was equally apparent but
his features were not discernible.
She gave up the attempt and sat
down to her tea. Gloom brooded in
her eyes.
HAS some horrible person bought
the placer" was the question upper
most in Delicia's mind. She cast an
other glance through the vines. "He
isn't so horrible, at that" she confld-
ed to herself with sparkle in her
eyes. Anyway, shall just wait and
see. He can't any more than put me
out"
But Martin Duane did not dispos
sess Delicia. And as the weeks wore
on he apparently did not once become
conscious of the pair OF gray eyes
that followed him in his work about
the garden.
The magazines suffered the loss oil
Delicia's work. UP In the pink der
Delicia grew peevish because her vel
trained brain refused to compos,
beautiful stories; 1t preferred to take
vivid interest in every movement O
the man In the garden.
| The garden thrived and blossomet
into veritable fairyland Of color. tn,
man seemed to take particular car,
of the roses; to Delicia's longing eye
| IL looked as II the pink ones grew
defiantly larger and more desirable
than the others.
| AS June wore toward It's close TIL
Yeirl found herself consciously jealou
of the pink roses especially was sh
Jealous Of the tender care which wa
given to one bush. The man spen
hours tending the glorious bud tina
was slowly opening It's heart to tn
garden. He pruned and petted an
4 watched 1t with the eyes Of q lover.
4 Delicia's desire for a cluster O
those roses became a passion. Whel
the man in the garden buried his hea'
= N .tAslrApipk depths .to& iuhale,, thet
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
FOR TRADE

FOR TRADE-For land; two
four-cylinder, water-cooled, FIVE
passenger autos; tops. wind shields
and magnetoes, in good condition;
have been run about twenty-five
hundred miles. Price, $1,000 for
both. Send full description of land.
Address Auto, The Bulletin office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED FOR U. 5. ARMY
Able-bodled unmarried men between
ages of IS and 35; citizens of Unit
ed States of good character and tenn
and write the English language. For
information, apply to Recruiting
Officer, All Ohio street, Cairo, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
E.rtllizer for the Orchard.

Fruit growers and fertilizers useful
In producing profitable fruit crops.
Barnyard manure is good; so are COM
mercial fertilizers when properly
used. Fertilizers are seldom applied
when orchards are first set, as this is
not likely to be needed Most soils,
unless badly run down, produce good
growth during the early life Of the
tree. Fertilizers. II needed. should be
applied after the trees begin to bear.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

BUY your coal at English's coal
yard. Coal that is coal, not slate
or rock but the very best grades of
Harrisburg coal. 5000 Sycamore.
Both phones.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Domestic Economy.

American Medicine says that the
supply Of housewives is falling on
and young men delay marriage be
cause Of the decreasing purchasing
power Of the dollar. Nevertheless
we know q lot Of fellows who never
knew what the purchasing power o.
4 dollar was until they married.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Even SO.

rs there a correspondent in the
JIggers divorce case?"
Mrs. Jiggers mentions a blonde
person. believe"
Good heavens! Why isn't she more
explicitY The world is full OF blonde
persans.'"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
NOTICE.

State Of Illinois, County of Alex
ander-ss.
In the Circuit Court of said Coun-
ty.
Henry sondheimer, individually
and in his capacity as sole executor
Of the will of Sail Sondheimer, de-
ceased, Moses Katz, Rudolph Sond-
deimer, Max Sondbeimer and Morit2
5lauber VS.. e. Sondheimer Company
IN Chancery.
To the Creditors Of the above
named Defendant. E. Sondheirer
Company.
You are hereby notified to present
70 the undersigned, Charles Feuchter
Receiver OF said r.. Sondheimer Com
Dany, by appointment of said Circuit
Court, at his office, No. 500 Wash
lngton Avenue, in the City OF Cairo
illinois, within ninety (90) days from
the date hereof your claims against
said u. Sondheimer Company, duly
verified. This notice is given under
IN order made and entered by said
circuit Court in the above entitled
ause on November 4, 1911.
Dated this 18th day Of November
1911.
CHARLES FEUCHTER,
AS Receiver of r. Sondheimer Com
pany.
Lansden Lansden,
Attorneys for Receiver
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

MRS EDITH CASH--Tratned
nurse, will accept out-of-town calls
by phone or wire. Call Childrens
Home, either phone, 324 25th st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in the
best Of Louisiana farms lands, in
tracts from 10 acres up, write THE
MAGNOLIA FARM LANDS CO.,
Washington, La, Box 1873, st. Lam
dry Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

FOR RENTAL Monnds-gooa
restaurant and rooming house, Is
furnished complete, ready for bust
ness; GOOD location In heart Of town;
"a rooms; large room for restaurant
and hotel purposes, complete. Ap
ply P. II. Stern 4, Sons Meat Market,
Mounds, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

WANTED--White girl, middle
aged preferred; general homework
for family of two. Call 963 Bell
telephone.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Corn Land In Good Form.

After growing a crop of corn, the
soil is always in excellent form TO
absorb. and retain the autumn rains
and winter SHOWS. 1924, -srs- .~~ar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

FOR SALE-Euck's base turner,
No 80; in fine condition. Apply
2047 Walnut st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

BEST--Granulated sugar four
cents per pound If bought OF US, In
formation free. 1908 Walnut street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

y. wANTED-Men to learn the bar
Der trade, An army OF graduates
running shops depending upon us
for BARRIERS. Prepare for these
places. Terms unlimited, Can't be
had elsewhere, Write today. Moler
BARRIER College, st. Louis, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
Farm for Sale.

FOR SALE--S2 acres, three
fourth mile from good small railroad
town; AZ acres cultivated, 40 acres
timber; 4-room frame house; log
barn, fair condit ton; other outbuild-
ings. Land is valley and rolling
Cheap place and good one. Price
s1,7O0. Terms, $1,000 cash, balance
at per cent interest. We have only
thirty days to sell this. Better come
quick. A bargain. Write for lists
of other large and small farms. Ad-
dress Z. D. SIIATTuCK, Piedmont,
Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

FOR SALE--Mule. harness aud
wagon Apply 229 Th'rtyfourth st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

FOR SALE--One Roll top desk
and chair. Marable, the painter, 22O
Eighth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

CALL Home phone 579K for de-
licious homemade fruit cakes MRS.
LEE, 228 Eighteenth st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

WHY not get cash for your old
accounts by leaving them with t. ].
Balm, collection agent, 211h Sixth
street?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
sicn Painter Wanted.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Fivc room cottage
and three lots, 7S2 18th st. Terms
cash. 81 1900. VIII c. Wise, 1872 36th
st. Cairo, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RY

DALI Etwn cars u0e ~ leave Second St, 60
DCss LAAC ing north on Commercial AVG
every 10 minutes from 9 a. IA. TO n r. III,
Going north on WalnutSt every 10 minute
from n m. to 1858 p. m.
ponTcr CO limo lioihrook Ave, car due
TUpidA Ot. hllSS TO leave Second st, 60
ing north on Holhrook. al f67 6:27 R;f2, e;67
l;l2 A. M, and on the same minutes every
hour until i0;42 and lt:l2 p. M,
Going west on Twenty-Eighth ST, at bA3
ii9: $50 8:49 and T:Qt q. M. and ON same mir
utes every hour until i0.2i and ll;04 ?. m.
Poplar st, cars due 20 pass bt. Mary's park
Is minutes after leaving second ST.
Bell Line Owl Cars I To5s9 3. a T I9.31 !
m; l:S0 n. m; 2;3O a. M; 800 a. M; 4S0 a. II.
1870 n, m.
North on Commercially p, M; / n. M; 2 n
M; 3 a. M; n. M; n, M,
Belt and Owl cars are due TO pass West
rhirty-fourth st. Is minutes after leaving
Second Street. - as a so
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
WANTED

WANTED-To hear from some
resident In Cairo or vicinity, who
does not carry fire Insurance. Can
dee Insurance Agency, GIT Ohio St.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

FOR RENT--Nicely furnished
room at 207 Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

WANTED Bright, clean looking
colored boy about sixteen years Of
age. Union Dental Parlors, corner
Eighth and Washington.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

WANTED--A partner with $500
to invest in profitable business. Will
be able to double amount invested
in short time. Address BIO, The
Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01

WANTED Rooms suitable for
light house keeping, for two people.
State price and conveniences. Ad-
dress NAP. In care The Bulletin office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-01
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--!sao, foor or all
The Bulletin building, 7o3 Ohio
street. Suitable for Wholesale or
jobbing house: 4.oo0 square feet Of
floor SPACE. with large, paved base
ment.. Switch Of Illinois Central
Railroad in font OF the hnilding.
Ient reasonable. Apply al The Bull
letin Office.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02
There is q Reason.

The reason why SO many towns
never prosper is because there are so
many five cent men in them men
who will not risk a cent where they
have a good chance of making one
hundred dollars !; men who want their
town Landed up to the skies and think
it should be done for nothing; men
who think the editor Of the local pa
per should be content to live on air
and yet sing without ceasing the
praises Of the town in which they do
business. These niggardly five cent
fellows want to cheat the publisher OF
the local paper out of every cent they
possibly can.-Exchange.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02
Tortured for Is Years

by a cure-defying stomach trouble that
bafaed doctors, and resisted all remedies
he tried, John w. Modders, OF Modders
vile. Mich, seemed doomed. He had
to sell his farm and give up work. His
neighbors said, ''he can't live much
longer whatever | ate distressed
me- he wrote, "till I tried Electric Bit.
tiers, which worked such wonders for
ME that | can now eat things l could not
take for years. Its sure a grand remedy
for stomach trouble" Just as good for
the liver and kidneys. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only soc at Kardell Drug
Co.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02
Many rgoe

What word in the English Ian
guage has the most synonyms ?"
asked the seeker after knowledge, as
he tished for a bit OF lemon peel in
the bottom of his glass.
The word drunk" replied the
bartender, unhesitatingly.
''Um," mused the seeker after
knowledge. >'Therc's intoxicated,
inebriated, tight, iull--er-what
else ?"
How about soused?" asked the
bartender. ''What'S the matter with
picked? Have you never been pie.
eyeda Many a fellow goes home
paralyzed. Also jagged. S.cwet
Describes the condition OF some
What's the matter with spiflicated
Some fellows get barreled and somt
never stop till they are tanAcd. Orie
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02

In tho last installment Of the Potash
and Pcrimutter stories Abe tells Nav
russ tina. one delinquent debtor will
pay the firm sooner or latey. Nav
russ retor,i: "Sure, l know Abe ;
and if them sooner or later ~fellers
would pay you once in a while soon
er, Abe, it would be all right, y I'M
derstand. But they don't Abe; they
always pay you LATER
These ''paylater" folks play the
deuce with business, and make it a
hard proposition to come up to the
new standard of paying cash. Why
not pay sooner?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02
Advertising Ratea.

Display advertising, by the year. TO average
four inches or more, SAC, per inch each issue.
Professional cards, one inch, 50 cents per
month two inches Is cents per month.
Locals.-fve lines or over S cents per line for
fr,t insertion, nc. per line fnr each subsequent
: ~,ssr,ion. In black type 10 cents per line for
irst insertion, cents per line for each subse.
sueut insertion.
legal advertising at legal rates,
special rates on page advertisements.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02

SEE our big additional offer on free
roses. BY a new deal we "a offer
the people of Morgan County the
Morgan County REPUBLICAN n year,
the Farmer and Stockman one year,
and the six roses described on 1st
page, all for $500. This is GER
,ainly the biggest offer ever made by
a newspaper, and you cannot afford
to miss it. Good only for a short
time. $500 in value for S1.00 cash.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02

eycd IS still another condition.
Some merely get lit up, and others get
boozed. Others arc half-shot, three
sheets 70 the wind, loaded, keyed up,
elevated, iricasyeed, fabricated, and
then some"
I'm take your word for the rest
replied the seeker after knowledge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02

Kansas appears to be a fine field
for bank robbers, said to be on &C
count of the good roads in that state
suitable for automobiles. On &C
count of the bad roads of Missouri
the aesthetic robbers cannot use
autos. hence our bad roads may be
a blessing in disguise.