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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
CAIRO IN 1889



On the night of April 2Sth fire de.
stroyad three house on the corner al
Twenty-second street and Conner
oial avenue, owned by H. A. Harmon
The buildings had been occupied by
eleven colored families. CONNER
elal avenue from Eighth to Twentieth
streets WAS solid mass of humanity
running northward toward tie FIRE"
Peter Lind Of ST, Louis, came down
to spend Sunday with his wife, wHo
was visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Klein
Mr. Charles NJ. Duncan and Miss
Clothilde Leahigh or Cairo, wee
married at Washington, Ind, on April
oath at ST. Simon's church.
Tuesday April 30th was celebrated
throughout the United States as
the centennial anniversary of the In
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Taken Down a Peg.

While one thing essential to n cul-
turcd lawyer is q thorough knowledge
Of Latin, it is not necessary, said Il
judge, that he should parade his classi-
cal knowledge, for he might be "talen
down peg" rs WAS the young lawyer
who displayed his leaming before an
Arkansas jury. His opponent replied:
Gentlemen of the Jury, the young law
yer who just addressed you has roam
ed with i:omuiHs can.rd with Can
tharides, ripped with Nur.p.des. so"ked
with Socrates. but whit does he know
about tbs laws ~ Ar..aAsas"-Casc
aud Comment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
She STAYED in Bed.

Ingram, Texas, Ever since ! boz
came woman writes Mrs, r. Nj.
Evans, OF this place. Il suffered from
womanly troubles Last fall. / got so
bad had to stay in bed for nearly a
week every month Since have TAX
en- Cardui, ! feel better than I have
for years" You can rely on Cardt1i
helps the system to regain its nor
NAL state of health. in a natural way.
Prepared especially for women. II
prevents womanly pains by acting on
tdt cause, and builds up womanly
strength in a natural way Eurely
vegetable. Mild, but certain in ac-
ton. Try it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
THE USEFUL QUAIL.

The quail, annually subject to ruth
less slaughter because it happens to
lie toothsome article of food, is q
bird OF great economic yalre Wrlt
ing on the subject in the indianapolis
News, William w. Woollen reiterates
The often-stated fact that the quail
IS probably our most useful species OF
bird as lit is one OF the most nearly
omnivorcus BIRDS
Mr.. Woollen quotes extensively
from the report Of an investigation
made in Virginia by the United States
department. of agriculture. The de-
partments tests showed that insects
ire eaten by the quail every month
n the year. amounting to 1893 PEI
,ent of its food for the entire year
and to 1S.5 per cent rom May to
August when the insects most
abound, OF the birds varied bill OF
fare Mr.. Woollen writes:
The variety OF insect food used
! very large. The investigation show
ed that 116 species of Insects had en-
cred into the diet of the birds ex-
lmined Tie report adds: Further
more, TIE proportion cf injurious
iects habitually eaten by the Bob
White makes its services as a des-
roger Of insects more valuable than
those of many birds whose percent
age of insect food, though greater, in
dudes d small proportion of Injurious
species, Conspicuous among the
nests which the Bob White destroys
ire the potato beetle, the thirteen
spotted cucumber beetle, the hean
'eaf beetle, the squash, ladybird
wirewarms and their beetles, May bee
les. such weevils as the cornhill bug.
he intoxicated snout-beetle, the clio.
yer leaf weeyil, the Mexican cotton
poll weevil. the striped garden eater
1iller, the army worm, the cotton
worm, the boil worm, various species
Of cutworms, the courthouse ant, the
red legged gFasshopper. the Rocky
Mountain locust, and the chineh bug.
Some of these pests are relished, for
I dozen army worms or cutworms
were frequently eaten at a meal.
Thirty Rocky Mountain locusts
we're found in single crop. Weeyiis
are greatly sought for, forty-seven
cotton boil weevils shaying been eaten
n morning by one Bob White. Stgi-
ped cucumber beetles We're found to
aaye been destroyed by the score,
rotate beetles by the hundred, ana
ehinch bugs by the score. The losses
caused by some Of these pests show
how desirable Il is TO protect bird
that habitually destroys them. The
Mexican cotton boil weeWl damages
the Gotten crop TO the extent OF Sl5,-
6e0,o00 year. the potato hectic lops
nn $40 100000 and the cotton worm
has been known to cause in year a
loss of s3O,000Q00. The ehinen bug
and the Rocky Mountain locust,
scourges that leave desolation in their
path. have each caused, in certain
years, loss Of $1o0,000,d00."
When il is realized that in addition
to his work as an insect destroyer
the quail also eats vast numbers of
weed seeds II may readily BE under.
stood that he is valuable asset to
the farmer. i is hardly the prone,
thing that a bird Of such undoubted
value should be the defenseless prey
Of hunters VINO, as member Of the
Audubon Society recently expressed
1t. hunt with automobiles and with
automatic guns "--CourieraIournal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
This Is a Period
of Great
ExtraVagance
Everywhere.
BY JOHN E. PARSONS. Lawyer. of New York.

France there is condition of things unlike that with
which we are threatened home saw statement to the
- effect that there MILLION PERSONS IN GOV
ERNATENT EMPLOYMENT. This means upon railroads
and in the government Offices connected with all the public works
A GREAT ExrRAvAeANcg EVERY.
WHERE. THE UNITED STATES MAY CALLED ENORMOUSLY
COUNTRY, BUT THERE ITS EXPENDITURE
AND 1T MUST BE REMEMBERED, THERE ARE MAINTAINED
STATE GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL
has seemed that the number in the public employ could be
GREATLY CURTAILED, and looks being recognized
by the powers that be- and he in public oce deserve untold
who will it that FOR DOLLAR OF THE PUBLIC
MONEY A DOLLAR OR NEARLY A DOLLAR OF HONEST,
WORK Is RETURNED.
The situation which facing America France and England are
also compelled this time The idea prevail that
change necessarily advance Improvement The REMEDY
rs IN THE SOUND COMMON SENSE OF THE PEOPLE
when it is permitted to assert itself.
do not quite believe that voz popul vox del" Sometimes
be the voice of the other gentleman But after ALL our
hope must be in the sober second thought of those intelligent and
capable persons who best able give suitable direction public
affairs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03

In early times the coroner in Eng
land WAS Il revenue officer of tho
crown, and his business was 10 find
out the criminals. cxtort their confes
sions and couhsca;e their goods to tho
crown, From records 1t appeared that
King Alfred had prediction for
hanging his coroaers because they did
what was unjust.
At the present time practically the
only office OF coroners is to hold in
quests on dead bodies and Oh treasure
trove and TO pronounce Judgment in
outlawry. London Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Not seeinn. Not BELIEVING.

There was a man IN Nottingham
shire who discontinued the donation
he had regularly made for time to a
missionary society When asked as TO
his reasons he replied: Well. I'VE
Travelled a biz in piy tine I've been
as far as SIcaiMd, III Lincolnshire, ana
| never saw Il black man, ana don't
believe there are amy. LoAupl stand
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
LEGAL DECISIONS
Value of Chinese woman-In PEG
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Value of Chinese Woman--In Peo
pie Y. Luis. ITO Pacific Reporter, $50
defendant appeals from sentence
suffer death penalty for the murde.
Of one Con Wing Luis, a ChineSs
woman Evidence or insanity was
sought to be introduced by woman
physician, who claimed that she was
an expert in Judging the mental char.
acter Of a human being from his gen
eral appearance. She stated that she
had glanced at defendant and had
seen his back once when he was go
ing UP stairs to the court room ana
was therefore competent to pass upon
his sanity. The Supreme Court OF
California was unable 10 understand
this wonderful power, and refused the
evidence. on the theory that she had
not had sufficient opportunity to ar
quire such knowledge concerning 10
fendant's mind as. would qualify ha'
TO tes-.y. A question was asked an
ether witness by accused as to what
estimation or value is placed on the
life Of female in China. The oh
ject apparently was 10 snow that IN
the Chinese mind Chinese woman
amounts to very little, and that the
taking of the life of such woman
was not in defendants estimation, a
very serious matter. The court re
fused such testimony as inadmissible
and affirmed the conviction.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Not to Be Easily CAUGHT.

The confirmed bachelor came back
to the club lunch from the end OF the
earth and We all asked him if he was
married yet The is near fiftyl 4 shall
marry clever woman II do" he re-
piled. grimly. Thought you didn't
like those clever women?" said tho
Youngest member, simply 81 don't"
said the bachelor, whose views are
we'll known and widely spread But
II ever | marry itll be an internally
clever woman who does it,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03

For years I suffered unspeaka6e
torturas from indigestion, constipa-
ton and liver trouble" wrote A. X.
Smith. a war veteran at Erie, Pa
But Dr. Kings New Life Pills flxel
me all right. They're simply great.
Try them for stomach, liver or kidney
trouble. Only CSC at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
retIR0's PAST. AND FUTURE.

Tie people 81 Cairo have cause toI
feel well pleased with the record or
last year. The bank clearings wers
greater than In any Of the three pre-
yious years, BY about 100000; the
rest office receipts, though littl
les Tran Id 1909, were greater than in
sssg previous year being $59,947.42;
tha public Improvements made and
ordered during the year cost $685.
S.sS: TIE tuildir.g operations We're ac-
iifo. Including the Cairo & Thebes
terminals, the Interurban station, the
Ir-sIfday Ell ate building, the Gem
ttssire by the Herbert estate. re-
building Of tie ggs and electric plants,
I. tse building of 1Hany fine residences.
extension of water mains. etc--the
Improvements IL this direction will
c<ily exceed half a million dollars.
r~ III here vas but one business fail
drrfag the year and 1t was oil
2 t!e consequence Generally the bust
Hees rsen q Cairo 60 into the new
year stronger ana more hopeful than
fos vcsEa past.
rie moral condition OF the city also
NOS letter than Il had been for somel
Y YEARS last. Notorious dives We're
brs,Yen IT'D. and police conduct has
lsean decidedly better for the most
part. Though several serious crimes
we're committed, they were not trace
able dFfectly 10 police ineffieiency or
rnDniyance. The number OF arrests
aFn sg0wn III tie nearly 500 less last
Gear tsaI the year before. and this Is
fenenlly aaccpted as an indication
III fetler order In city, IL being as
s,t,tf,ed that when the police are
iunwn 10 he moved solely by pur.
ppHe to maintain order i'm commun-
ity. tsla vicious element is restrained,
erime IS iessened and consequently
fewer ARRESTS arc shown.
A-aothea matter for congratulatior
IA an increase In the number Of mar
rlaEes, there being f07 in 1910, as
against 3SA In 1909. There were,
however, no divorces granted, or one
NJ about Hi which is net so pleasant
w contemplate.
rho churches and schools have
\ been prosperous and generally mar
mc,ljpss. Important improvements
< we're made during the year in build
ings. sthe sumner high school being
rserteil. the Cairo Baptist congFega-
tion erecting aGlarge annex, and tnel
FNrst 1srEstian congregation Flushing
N ilne New house of Worship.
glsale Eew year Is full Of good prom
It'll fss tha people Of Cairo along all
IInes perhaps what II considered
~ most Importance by many is that
tnAre shall BIZ some industrial amt
commercial development and this isI
,,YaeticstlIy assured. Il seems eer-
tain mat at least two Important
n Yslauts viii ia established IN Cairo in|
t,,a near future which will ndd materi-
NV tosfiie WORKING population Of the
rlsv. This prospect il the result PA
pfsss,p persistent ana well-iirectcd
wnflx BIZ Secretary Carey Of the Com
N N, IL h club. whose work In that a.
\ ,,sTfIan wilI De made more effective
\ when ta,e 5000 fund has been made
\ N, and ii place. At the cubs dis-
HpSal.
4sbn opsring Of the Cairo & Thebes
\. N ely IN prove an important fac
\ N, .siro' y c0mmercial CROWN this
n \, ~ ithouEh u is officially denied,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Money to Burn.

"Hear about old man Foddershucks?
He went ter til city an come back
With money to burn"
"Yo Cont say"
"Yep. Bought 4 thousand dollars
worth for ten dollar bll."-Cleve-
land Leader
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
November Circulation.

The above is correct statement Of
the circulation OF Ale Cairo Bulletih
for the year 1909 and for the month
Of November, 1910
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this End day Of December, 1910.
LEO ]. KLEB,
M Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03


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10 minuseeafser leaving Second 81
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Women Control the Ballot
Without Having to Vote.
DI BRIE of france Who PAID mi, country visit

IVA
M OMEN demanding called rights camorng for suf-
VQU frage They forget that, it is THEY HAVE MORE
w. RIGHTS THAN THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE
USE OF.
Their mission the greatest of all missions is and to mold
the next generation To this they should devote their
They should endeavor to be good wives and mothers LEARN TO
GOVERN THE HOME AND NOT TRY TO RULE TIE
STATE
mother needs ALL THE QUALITIES OF A GREAT
STATESMAN combined with the tenderest womany attributes
She requires self CONTROL intuition, concentration deconn
fact the highest physical mental and spiritual quaiesor
mothers responsible for the health progress and welfare Of the
IT rs THEIR INFLUENCE DURING YEARS OF
CONTROLS THE BALLOT BOX THEY
INsTlLL THE THOUGHTS THAT LATER
NOT ONLY HELP TO FASHION THE THEIR OWN
CHILDREN BUT OF THE WORLD
The editor of newspaper who seldom contributes any written
matter himself does for it by directing the than the best
writer on it. !
So with women. They DO MORE TOWARD SWAYING ~
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN THIS OR THAT DIRECTION
within the four walls the home than any INDIVIDUAL VOTER
provided ne il not hired one
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayor GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk R. A. HATCHER,
Treasurer, FRANK b. ARM.
STRONG.
Clty Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Magistrate, ANDREW WHITCAMP
Chief of Police, j. G. COWELL.
alexander County, Population 27,461.
County Judge, w. S. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE L. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff, A. S. FRASER.
states Attorney, ALEX M. WILSON
County Superintendent of Schools,
MRS FANNIE P. HACKER.
Assessor and Treasurer, W.D. LIP.
PITT.
Coroner DIR. JAS. M'MANUs.
Board Of County Commissioners.
J. J. JENNELLE Chairman.
G, " NEFF
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

average number Of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo
bulietln printed daily and Sum
N uiay during the year 1910 W. .22f5
average number Of complete and
perfect copies OF The Cairo
bullctin printed daily and Sun
DAY during Tie month of No
vember, 1910 .2547
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
Reading IL eibIe.

To read the Bibl9 through at the rate
Of chapter a day would require three
years and three II ntns.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03
When Will Corpora
tons Receive the
Proper Regulation?
BY Senator THEODORE E. BURTON Of Ohio.

!: e !: !: =. !"
- THE proper regulation of corporations in the
United States has been rendered more diff
H@I ~ cult because of the disposition to give them
WX FREE HAND IN THE DEVELOPMENT;
A&nAA OF THE COUNTRY. Another very serious OBJ
sacc has been the confusion and competition created
by the authorization of corporations in forty states
and two territories
REFORM WILL COME WHEN NOT MERELY LAWS AND REGu-
ARE PERFECTED THE OFFENDERS ARE PROPERLY
PUNISHED BUT WHEN ADOPTS
OF CONDUCT
MEANS IS TO PREFERRED WEALTH UNLESS
WEALTH BE OBTAINED HONEST METHODS
The first object should be PREVENT FRAUD UPON
STOCKHOLDERS AND CREDITORS by conceang the real con
don of the corporate business Generally speaking the requirement
for greater publicity is the line of salutary reform.
With the prevalence of the idea that corporations aid the coun
development acquisition worshpd and those pro
Tossing the highest moral speak with nonchaance and
commentator of the tricks in the management of corporations and
LAUGH AT EMISSIONS OF STATUTORY AND MORAL
LAWS if the guilty displayed the perfect types Of
mental
We have many reomers seeking revouonize the coct of
others when THEY THEMSELVES WOULD BE GUILTY OF
THE SAME PRACTICES they had opportunity. Jus as charity
begins home does reform business and corporate methods
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-03

The Bulletin il on sale ut the FOL
lowing places:
Coinmss's, 7o2 Commercial Avenue
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
CHlNAMAN IN SHARP REBUKE
Moneollan Was Quick to Observe the
Inconsistencies Of Woman Pro-
Tossing Christianity.

Those who come to our shores from
heather lands are quick to see the
inconsistencies OF protesting Chris
tians. A story Is told OF a Chinaman
who applied for a position as house
servant with family which belonged
to fashionable church Among the
inquiries proposed by the mistress OF
the house were the following:
DO you drink whisky?"
No, Clistian man"
DO you play cards?"
NO. Clistian man"
He was given the position. and he
proved to be very capable servant.
After time the lady gave bridge
party, with wine accompaniments.
The Chinaman did his part during the
evening acceptably. but the next
morning he said to his mistress
Il want quit"
Why? What is the matter?"
Il Cllstian man. | told you so be-
fore. ! no work for Mclean heathen,"
II is useless to pray for the heather
at our doors, so long as we do the
things that are Inconsistent with the
Christian profession.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

Enthusiasts in New York look for
the Giants to repeat their National
League triumph Of 1911. There may
be one or two changes In the team
by next year, but it is probable that
McGraw will take few chances Of
breaking up the machine which he has
had so much labor in constructing.
The players are almost all youngsters.
and with this seasons experience be-
mind them should all play better ball
neXt year. Their work collectively
should improve, and 1t has been dem
onstrated time and again that in al
most any branch of athletics a team
which works smoothly and is well
balanced is a stronger aggregation
than collection of individual stars,
each playing his own hand. II an all
star team were to be picked by stu.
dents of the game It is probable that.
exclusive of pitchers. but one man
from the Athletics. one from the
Giants. one from Detroit and one
from the Cubs would be selected, and
yet these four teams finished first and
second in their respective leagues. II
is the club that plays together and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

presents the fewest weak spots that
brings home the bunting. or course
luck in the matter of Illness and in
juries plays a large part In the result.
Every time a new cog is introduced
the machine for a time runs less
smoothly.
Gotham fans realize that the Giants
will have no easy road to travel. For
n large part of the season just past
there we're five teams in the National
League, any OF which had a great
chance for the pennant. Some Of
those same teams and possibly two
Of the remaining clubs will undoubt-
edly be in the thick of the battle next
season. Form and advance dope count
for so little In baseball that any effort
to pick next seasons leaders at this
time Is more than useless. In spite
OF this fact the true devotee of the
game is sure to spend his entire win
ter In conjecture and speculation.
The picture shown Of Manager Nc
Graw and his wife was taken just
prior to their departure for Cuba,
where the Giants played several ex.
hibtion games.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14

came to be on board that fisherman
you mean how you came to be
overheard. Perhaps It would
You're the best Judge of that"
True" Appleyard accepted and
lighted a cigarette, frowning soberly
1T was" he began, due principally
to my fatal passion for this Romance
thing, sir. have already acquainted
you with my determination to pursue
my quest of that shy spirit upon the
trackless ocean. Conceive, now, the
bitterness of the disappointment
which o'erwhelmed my ardent soul
when ! applied for berth as a fore
mast hand. only to be Informed ! was
physically unfit that as one brutal
mate phrased 1t, I'd blow away in the
first half-agale. give you
my word Mr.. Coast. I've been stick
ing round this waterfront a whole
fortnight, vainly seeking nautical en-
ployment. Last night, for the first
time, for a few brief hours, ! was per-
mitted to fatter myself that fortune
was on the point Of favoring me. For
fugitive moment ! slipped the chalice
of Romance and rolled its flavor be-
meath my tongue"
Appleyard half closed his eyes and
smacked his lips, his expression one
of beatific bliss,
You've pretty taste in pleas
ures." Coast commented.
Appleyard waved the interruption
aside. 1T came about largely through
whim of Chance" he resumed, "as
all true adventure must. Quite by ac-
cident | fell in with one of the crew
of that fishing smack, he being well
under the influence of liquor; In q
way of speaking, he'd looked too long
upon the wine when 1t was red-eye
and half wood-alcohol. Craftily sim
ulating like condition, piled him fur
ther and succeeded In learning the
name of his vessel and the fact that
she was expected to sail with the
morning tide-together with other de-
tails that intrigued me. Then, leav-
ing the sodden wretch to sleep off his
disgusting debauch, caused myself
to be conveyed aboard the lugger-l
mean schooner-and slowed away In
his bunk, trusting to luck to avert
discovery until the morning. Unhap-
PLY /, with the rest of the crew. was
routed out incontinently by an un-
mannerly brute with Delaying pin (at
all events 1t felt like a belaying-pin-
an instrument with which | am unac-
quainted save through the literature
of the sea- and forced to go on deck
to help heave anchor. Or
should say, weigh anchor?
I'm not quarrelling with your
style" chuckled Coast why not put
off polishing your periods until an
other time?"
THANK you." said Appleyard crate