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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Copyright, 1s12. by Gorge Mathew Adams)

members, those present were Miss
Mildred Locbe, and Mesdames Paul
Moore, Carl White, Crockett Hick
man of Boonyille, Ed Rowling and
Erma Ogilvie.
Miss Bess Pruitt won the first
prize, which was a pair of white silk
hose. Miss Lota CIarkson won the
second. a Partisan ivory picture
frame.
The visitors prize, handmade
handkerchief, went to Mrs. lrma
Ggilyie
Brick ice cream, angel food cake
and minis were served at the close
If the game.
Mrs. Ben Brewe~ will enterta n
the afternoon 800" club on Thurs
lay afternoon ~ her home on North
Main street.
On Wednesday, Mrs Rebec2a
Danforth entertained with beau
tifully appointed dinner in honor
Of Mrs, E. J. Weatherby of New
York
Mrs. Danforth, with charming
cordially, received her guests and
made them welcome Beautiful
pink roses adorned the table. Seat ID
at the table were Mesdames Fanny
Clarkson, Sue Goodin, Judith Shelby
Laura Brown, Mary Bird, Eliza Reid
Anna Poor, l.. w. Danforth, l.. T.
Danforth, s. Alsbrook and Miss Lot1
Clarkson.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
ALL WINTER ABOARD WRECK
How Two Plucky Newfoundland Fish
ermen Rescued a Derelict Schooner
From an Icc-Floe.

In winning salvage the Newfourd-
ianders do not seem to reflect upon
the length of hardship and pesil TO
which they must go. This Is char3c-
teristic of their lives in every respect;
1T is a proyerb with them that they
go when they can, and leave getting
back ito luck and good conduct Not
long ago an American fishing gchOoner,
abandoned by her crew In the STRAIT
OF Belle Isle In early winter as hope
lessly lost, was carried off In the lee
foe. 1t was the slimmest chance IL
the world that the dere.iot would ever
be seen again. There was not tho
slightest expectation, indeed, that she
would be: the underwriters paid the
insurance settlement without conf
plant or question, and crossed the
schooner off for lost But the schooner
wanderinas by two fishermen. They
boarded from shore, found her hard
and fast in the ice, but still tight and
worthy, a craft to their taste, a valu-
able property to which they must
cling. no matter what came Of 1t. It
cost them dear; the ice would not
loosen It's grip on the schooner--nor
would the fishermen They might from
time to time have escaped ashore: It
would have been the part OF wisdom,
perhaps, and certainly the part of can
ton. to do so; but rather than abandon
their salvage these two cheerfuIy
reckless fellows stuck to the ship tor
the rest of that bitter winter. When
navigation opened In the spring OF the
year, the first mail steamer sighted the
craft, still fast In the Ice and manned
| by two gaunt skeletons. They had
subsisted through the winter on ore
barrel of -four and some frozen herr
ing. Having accomplished this, It WIS
| chlld's play for them to take their
prize to port when the foe released
er--George Harding, in Harper s
Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Still in the Ring.

The convention OF the United
Commercial Travellers brought many
visitors to Cairo. They were amazed
to find the city, which was 80 recent
ly reported by out-of-town publica-
tons as having been swept away by
the flood, sparkling and busting
with energy, The visitors expected
to find the city either partly mum
dated, or showing the evidence Of a
recent inundation.
Instead Of finding water ON the
sidewalks, they found them covered
with boxes and bundles of mer-
chandise, ready for shipment In
stead of finding the streets naviga-
HE, they found them crowded with
vehicles Of every sort. Instead oil
finding the merchants In a state OF
lethargy. they found them hustlinR
and busting to serve their many
customers.
Cairo will gain through the con-
vention of the travelling men and
that it was able TO obtain the meet.
ing in spite of the many false re.
ports circulated concerning the city'i
rendition following the food II
nothing short Of miraculous. Much
credit Is due the local council. /
is said that an effort was made II
cancel the convention in Cairo AM
hold 1t in some other city, bu
thanks to the efforts of the loca
members of the organization, thi
plan was frustrated.
The convention will be the mean
OF demonstrating to the world tina
Cairo's hat still is in the ring. Man
false Impressions were created by tn
out-of-town newspapers during tn
recent crisis, and 1t will requir
much hard work on the part of Cair
boosters to make known the trutl
The U. G. T. visitors will be walk
ing advertisements for Cairo, an
II any other conventions can be oil
tanned the city should exert ever
effort to bring them here. Nothin
will advertise city more than
convention, provided the city h
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Propitiatino Splrits Of Rata.

100000 rats have been sacrifice I'd
for the sake of the preventive meas
ure against the spread of plague
brought forth By the Metropolitan po-
lice board Of the city Of Toxic. This
enormous number of the rodents have
been purchased by the authorities
from the residents and killed since the
first case Of the pestilence was discov-
cred In the capital in December, 1902.
Recently religious service was per
formed by the officials of the police
Office for the purpose of consoling the
spirits of these dead creatures. These
tender hearted gentlemen remembered
that the current year is neno-toshi,
or "the year of the rat and that these
creatures therefore deserve some def
erence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
COURTS AND REFORM.

During the last twenty-five
years the courts here in New
York helped, | am sorry to say.
once or twice by the supreme
court of the nation. have thrown
what o. times have proved well
nigh or altogether insurmounta-
BILE obstacles in the path of need
ed social reforms. l have al
ready alluded to the decision of
the New York court which for
babe the people Of New York
through their legislature to in
terfere with certain kinds of
tenement house factories. AL
most without exception. every
intelligent social worker whom |
have ever met. every man really
interested IN the betterment of
social aud industrial conditions
among our working people, in
giving better hopes TO the work
Ing people in great cities. and In
giving better conditions of la
Dor to them when they are at
labor--almost without exception,
every one qualified to Judge on
these matters has agreed that
this decision was q blow to de-
cent citizenship, blow to the
effort to achieve genuine reform,
genuine betterment OF social
conditions, of so severe a ma
ture that its mischievotls effects
can hardly be overestimated. l
have no doubt that the men
making the decision were up
right men Of high character; but
they did as much damage as the
worst legislative body actuated
by the worst motives could pos
sibly have done. 1t is, believe,
an advantage to have fixed in
the court the power to state
that a legislative act is uncOn-
stitutional, but only provid-
ed that the power Is exercised
with the greatest wisdom and
self restraint. II the courts con-
tinue to use 1t with the reckless
ness that has too often been
shown In the past, it Is almost
Inevitable that efforts will be
made to amend or abolish it.
Theodore Roosevelt,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Call for American Doctors.

The building of the great canal Is
not the only important service the
United States has rendered in Pan
anna. Her sanitary work on the lstA-
mus has been an object lesson to all
tropical countries and especially to
Lsatin-America. There has been
some doubt as to whether the repub~
lies to the south of us fully recGg~
niged the Importance of this exam
ple, but there is now evidence that
at least one of them does. In an IN
teryiew with the representative of a
New York news paper President Lu-
co of Chile recently intimated that
if a yellow fever plague in his coun-
try was not soon checked he would
favor calling in some Oh our Panama
experts. Said President Luco;
We are trying our very best in
Chile TO prepare for the new era
which your conquest of the forbid
ding isthmus inaugurates, but | do
not think we can visualize what it
all means to the Americas or the
world wide changes which are i'm
pending.
am not going to prophesy about
the changes In commercial routes or
political relations that will be
brought about by the opening of the
canal, but it is certain that almost
anything may be expected with New
Orleans just across the gulf and New
York only twelve or thirteen days
away,
| wish you to believe that we have
an increasing neighhorly feeling for
the United States, and as proof OF
this may say that only an hour
ago | was discussing with the minis
ter OF the Interior the fearful raw
ages of yellow fever at Tocopilla, in
the north. We decided that If the
situation did not soon mend we
would request Washington to lend
rs several sanitary experts from
Panama, the men whose services
have won for your country such un-
dying fame. at beast In South Ameri-
ca. personally would like to have
the services of one of DR., Gorgas' ex-
perts to advise on the situation.
The spread OF plaques and of pre-
ventahle diseases has been one OF
the worst handicaps of all tropical
America With sanitation such as
that Of Panama. there Is no reason
why South America should not main
tain vast population and support
nations as advanced as any In the
world. The Panama canal opens
the gateway to the western coast OF
the continent, and our elimination
of disease from the isthmus renders
an even greater service to all Cen,
trail and South America
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Peculiar Patents,

Among the recent patents which at
tract attention by reason Of their nov
city are one for making sausages with
out castings "a soaring process) and
one for an illuminated fat iron. The
latter contrivance is described as con-
tanning incandescent light bulbs which
serve at the same time to heat the
iron and to illuminate the work which
Is being ironed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
GAYS Tried for Murder.

Old documents of the middle ages
tell us of numerous cases where ami
mails were put on trial for serious
offenses charged against them. For
example, in 1870 three cows were
tried for having killed a boy the
whole herd were arrested as accom-
plices. All were discharged but the
guilty three, these being condemned
to be executed. The sentence was
pronounced by the Duke OF Burgundy.
Our Dumb Animals.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

as Senator after senator went home
fun Of conservatism and died Of it,
politically.
LaFollette is a frail, understood
man with sketchy digestion and a
passionate vocabulary If he were
hald-headed he would be scarcely
five feet tall. but his ftc~cely militant
hair. which is always standing on
tiptoe searching the horizon for new
trouble, adds several inches to his
stature. He Is smooth shaver and
must continue SO until variety OF
can live next to a perpetually white
hot vocabulary without willing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Presidential Possibilities
LA TOILETTE
BY GEORGE FITCH
Author of cat Good Old Swash.'

Robert Marion LlFollette, in
surgeat, was born in Primrose, Wis
consin, during rapidly falling ba-
rometer in 1855, and by 1875 was
blowing a gale. lie fought his way
through the University of Wisconsin
aud on emerging into the broad
world looked about for the likellest
object to attack. 1t proved to be
the Wisconsin Republican machine
which was rumbling down the road
Just then on its annual Job Of fiat
tening ont the opposition. II was a
large machine in Perfect condition
and very heavy, while LaFollette
was A small man with little or no
constitution But LaFollette did not
hesitate. He lcapcd upon the ma
chine, bit it on the steam dome,
kicked it In the transmission, and
beat il all up with superheated ora
tory, Between 1850 and 1900 La
Toilette and the machine wrcstled
each other all over the state from
Oeonouowoc to Prairie du Chen and
back with slCh fearful results that
whenever a cyclone mussed up the
state the frightened inhabitants
would call up the political combat
ants and ask them not to be so VIC
lent ii they didn't mind
In 1900 LaFollctte had terrible
fight with the machine and when tht
dust settled he was found in the
Governor chair. picking his teetl
with a splinte-ed main shaft. He
ruled Wisconsin for several years
killing the caucus and tanning the
railroads, and in 1905 he went tt
the United States Senate, where hi
was received with a cold glare which
in many eases became fixed in dealt
Copyright. 1912, by
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Good Nature in Politics.

Differ in politics with those about
you in good feeling holding your own
opinions and respecting those of 9TH
ers. In all disputes give your oppo-
nents credit for honest views BE
cheerful and tolerant II you have
lost your temper find it again and set
others on the same quest Thus you
will help eradicate the epidemic OF
bitterness which appears to have tray-
eled around the world, and you will
earn the exceedingly great reward
which is reserved for the peacema'
kers.-Judge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

There are symptoms of panic In the
theater.
A big msn in the front row arises.
"Sit down." he roars. There is NC
danger Sh dpwnR
The stampeding audience stops,
turns, and faces him. Aa
"Sit down!' he orders.
Tie people obediently sit down.
81 will sgo to the entrance and shoq
you there Is no danger whatever" the
big man says.
He strolls along the aisle, reaches
the exit, and rushes out
That's what / call presence Of
mind" he tells himself. Il never could
have got out of there II / hadn L
stopped that panic"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
EnIdinu Him Down.

Yep" said Silas Hayrick, "we'va
decided t. send that no-count Reuben
t congress
But why2" We asked.
"Cuz every time We send him any
where's else he gifts out on a writ o
hsbeas corpus"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Explanation.

He--Why do they call a wife's n
lowance pin money?
She--Because the average man
thinks It's enough for her II woman
gets the money to buy pins enouF1
to hold her old clothes together.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
lila Reasoning.

"Why did the organist play the
wedding march so fast that the brio =
and groom had almost to dance ~
the aisle7
u suppose he thought that mar
rage was something OF a two-step,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Departure Approved.

"i understand your nSJ Josh Is ex-
perimenting on the lines of perpetual
motion" Yes" replied Farmer Corn
tcssel. "And I feel some encourage
ment about It. / thought for awhile
that the only thing Josh was goin to
take In was perpetual rest
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

Funnier than all the comedies in
New York are the imported western
and middle western dramatic critics
before they have had an opportunity
to learn the subject of their essays
New York Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

Doctors now claiE, that bathing Is
overdone and Is harmful. there being
more microbes on the skin after
bathing than before. Well, who
wouldn't rather have clean microbes
than dirty ones?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Confidential.

Little WILHELM. Jones, do you like
lemon pie?
Casual Visitor-Yes, Willie.
Little Willie (anxiously)-Yo don
like It very much do you?
Casual Visitor tsurpriseO why do
you ask, Willie? tstar
Little Wilie-Because we've got 4
for dessert and mas afraid you'll wan
a second help.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
The EXCLAMATION.

She (sternly)--T heard q very louT
smashing kind of noise In the hal
early this morning. What was TT
He (timidly)-l guess 1t was ths
break of day, my dear.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
u,s outI., for Originality.

HAS that young man nerve aho
originality" yes" replied Miss
Cayenne; but he uses them all al
In selecting funny hats"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

II you fail to receive your
paper BY z q. M, on week
days and 8 g. m, On Sundays
telephone to The Bulletin Of
Ace, No. SO, either phone and
one will be sent to yop BY
special messenger.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
w arrth,

did that investigation develop any
thing In the nature of the third de-
greer" :
1T went away beyond that. Wher
left it was In the neighborhood o.
q hundred In the shade"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

The rival political candidates
might vent some OF their worked up
feelings to good advantage by beat
ing rugs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

when the attention Of The sui
etin ID called to any misststsmeni
N fact or to any error concerning
my man or thing, corrections will
Iheerfully be nadc.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
mosquito doesn't bite. Beware OF
the deadly females.

Harry Thaw continues to be one
of the most generous patrons OF the
legal profession.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

| His business methods are so
loose" s4 A
7 suppose that is why he finds
money tight" .a....,s,aa.,s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

LaFollettc holds the long distance
remark record Of the United States
Senate, and can make forty speeches
per day while campaigning without
repeating himself He works for the
government days, Chatauquas nights
and vacations, and edits LaFollette' S
Magazine during his meal hours, If
elected he will not appoint cx-Seua-
tor Aldrich secretary Of the Treas
ury.
NrpR Matthew Adarns
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
A sIIuht MISUNDERSTANDING.
Fitting Fate.

why do you want to railroad this
man to PRISON.
why not? Isn't he train rob-
BERT"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

anything of an advertisable nature
and Cairo has that.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18

Worlds Work says that the male
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-18
Surprising.

When some "pugs" stay
A single round
Our wonder Is
Indeed profound.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-05
NOTICE.
street Paving Assessments.

Street Paving Assessments
Notice is hereby given by the Board
cola that the Improv ements authorized
Dy Cnapter 60S3, Laws of Florida Of 1902
and Ordinances Of the City of Pensacola
to-Wit: Street grading, paving and curb
ing in Special Assessment Districts Mum.
bers 3ol, 302, 30s, 800. 400, 401. 400.
4o3. 4o5. 4O6. 4o7, and 4oS. including
ee 15 s5Fee to T I9Tt
gona, Tarragona to Hsyne, 9Th Avenue
10 9Th Avenue, 9th Avenue to 10th Ave
nue., 9Th Avenue; Jackson to Gadsden,
Jackson Street, sth Avenue to eth Ave,
nue; 9Th Avenue. Gadsden to Cervan ties,
Cervantes to Strong, Strong to DeSoto,
DeSoto to Gonzalez( have been completed
and the costs thereof has been ascer-
tanned and apportioned by the said Board
OF Bond Trustees in accordance with
said Act and said Ordinances; that the
said Board has issued Special Assess
ment Certificates bearing date Of April
18th and goth, 1912, as required by law,
Tor the amount apportioned against and
PAYABLE by, the several parcels Of lands
AUDITING upon portions OF streets in said
assessment districts; that the amount
or assessment 80 certified as payable by
any lot or parcel Of land is payable as
within thirty (S0) days after date of
said certificate, or, at the option of the
owners OF land, ore-sixth in cash within
thirty (SO) days after the date of said
stallments, payable /, 2, 8, 4, years
after date Of said certificates with In
terest from date until paid, at the rate
Of six per cent (6e6) per annum, pay
able annually.
II the owner Of any lot or parcel Of
land upon which an assessment is pay
able shall not apply to the Board Of Bond
Trustees within thirty 600 days after
date Of said certificate for the privilege
OF payment by installments, as aforesaid.
the right to such method shall be lost
and the whole sum due shall be payable
at once, and the lien given by law for
all Of the said Gums together with costs,
: and the attorneys fee specified in said
4 Act and the Ordinance Of the City, shall
become Immediately foreclosable
Board of Bond Trustees Of the City
Of Pensacola. by John A. Merritt, Chair
man 21aploaw4w
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-05
NEW YORK MARKE
STOCK MARKET
CLOSES STEADY
BY Associated Press.

New York, May 4.-Opening prices of
today's stock market indicated further
unsettlement. Gains and losses were
quite evenly divided put the extent of
the decline was greater. United States
Steel opened with block Of 5000 shares
at So 5-S and So ga, compared with 50 SIS
at yesterdays closing. Reading, after
opening at a slight decline, gained 3-S.
Erie first preferred was off a point and
Illinois Central "a, with some heaviness
in Great Northern, Northern Pacific, ST.
Paul, Amalgamated Copper and Utah
Copper. The few slight gains included
Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Balti-
more and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio
Early irregularity changed to heavi-
ness soon after the opening, with a mod
crate resumption Of yesterdays late
selling. Reading was again the object of
bearfsh attacks declining l So with losses
of to points in United States Steel,
Amalgamated Copper, General Electric
and some of the less prominent issues
AT best recoveries were exceedingly
slight and support was only lukewarm.
The market closed steady Prices i'm
proved generally in the late dealings and
a considerable part of the early losses
were recovered with a sprinkling of net
gains. Union Pacific. Canadian Pacific
and Lehigh Valley were the strongest of
the standard shares.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-05
New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, May Cotton futures
opened steady at an advance of s to
IL points. The English market was much
higher than due and the weather map
was cloudy and wet. Reports from the
interior said that rains would cause a
delay of several days to farm work.
After the call, offerings from the long
side were rather heavy and prices would
have sagged but for the weather forecast
which promised more rain over the
greater part of the cotton belt At the
end of the first half hour of business.
prices were 10 to Is points over yes
terday's close
The market developed fresh strength
around the middle Of the morning on re-
ports from Eastern and central sections
of the cit that continuous rains we're
beginning to have a very injurious effect
on the crop outlook. Some reports from
Alabama said that recent ranis were
nothing short of a calamity. Shorts be-
came nervous over these kilograms and
bought covers heavily. Some little fresh
long buying was also in evidence. Late
in the morning prices were 20 to %
points over yesterdays final quotations.
The close was steady at a net gain of
Is to p points.
Cotton spot closed steady unchanged,
Middling II 9-16c. Sales on the spot,
$50 bales; TO arrive. 22o bales.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-05

VESSELS IN PORT.
STEAMSHIPS.


Kylemhor, Br. Lynn, 221s, to Key
ser-Muldon Co.
Mavisbrook, Br IS, Carlstrom, 2266,
to Gulf Export & Brokerage Co.
Frieda, Br, Hill, 1885, to j. A. Mer-
rift & Co.
Harmonic, Br, speasen, 1926, to The
Keyser- Muldon Co.
Nestoean. Br. Baker, 4O74, to J. A.
oppurg, Ger, Albeit, 21sO, to Keyser-
Nunima, Br. Thoren. 2o6s, to J. A.
Merritt & Co.
Grantley, Br, Cooling, 1894, to J. A
Merritt & Co.
Carmen, Aust, Harcich. 2sss. to Gulf
Transit Co.
PenIee. Br. Mitchell. 2451. to Gulf
Transit Co.
Hermann, Ger, Gurgensen, 1541. to
Pensacola Lumber Co.
Hubert, Br, Martin, s5ss. to Cary &
Co.
Ingelnnser. Ger. Ruhne 1913, to Gulf
Transit Co.
Atlantic, Dan, Rasmussen, z71, to Fl.
Bars & Co.
Annie, Br, Void, 1873. to master.
Sofia, Nor. Hotten, 665, to master.
Carolina, Urug, Roura, 5s7, to mas
ter.
Finland, Rus, Engblom, 1890, to
master.
Donna Christina, Am, Christopher,
1876, to master.
Alice May Davenport, Am, Nash,
s52, to master.
r.. G. Lockhart, Am, King, 2ss. to
master
Ships.
NaeIla, Nor, Aass, 164e, to master.