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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

The people OF Hickman, KY, forty
miles below Cairo, are on the verge
Of panic, because OF the rumor last
night that the levee had broken
about two miles below that city,
which, If so, will cause the inunda-
ticn Of the lower part Of the town
and a large property loss In both
the city and the farming district.
According to long distance tele-
phons message early this morning,
the rumor had reached the city that
the leyee had broken, but this could
not be verified, Three smaller
breaks have already occurred In the
'evoe. These have peen patched but
tho rapidly rising river and the fact
that more water has slipped
through. this year, than ever be-
fore, maize 1t certain that--the ex-
pocted break win come within a
short time. A break would inun-
date all of southeastern Kentucky
and a large part of northern Ten
res9ec.
The people Of that vicinity hava
been working day and night on the
levee and those in the lower part OF
town, which is the residence section
and the nearest river. are moving
their household goods to second
stories.
The river stage at Cairo was 46.8
feet yesterday afternoon at o'clock
with predictions Of As foot stage
with more water likely II the
river reaches so feet, as Is predicted
by old-time river men, the water
will come up the main street of
Hickman, which Is several blocks
from the river. and where the busi-
ness houses are located. There is no
danger at this place.
Despite tho grave state of affairs
the Hickman people nave not as yet
asked for relief and insist that they
are able to control the situation.
Hickman has population of
about 5000 and is the county seat
OF Fulton county. 1t Is the terminus
Of the Tennessee line of the Nash
vile, Chattanooga G. st. Louis rail-
road.
The people of Mississippi county.
Mo- opposite Cairo, are also expert
cucing trouble with their levee.
They fear that hordes of muskrats
have burrowed into the levee and
tho damage may be lncalculable. The
Ieyees in Mississippi county have al
ways been weak.
Above Cairo on the Ohio, damage
Is reported by the rapidly rising riv-
er Saw mill owners declare the
river has come to the levee and car
| rled away rats of logs. Across the
river. few miles in Kentucky, the
ilyer has gore rack five miles.
\ washout Ut Akron. Miss. de-
lAY"i M. & D.. ne ., six hours 'rae
! 'alnJ5a re 90 e't rain was turn
| - ~ in ,hs ma .Aout
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

Canton, China, March 23.-The
brigand chief LUX is in possession OF
the Bogue forts. lie has been re-en-
forced by mutinous troops and has
been able to repcl the gunboats that
have been bombarding his strong
hold. The bandits in the forts re-
turned the fire of the gunboats VITA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24
Report Says Bank has Gone Out
Two Miles Below Kentucky
City Residents Move
People in Lowlands Work Day and
Night to Save Property Will
lnundate Lower State

nliro;s-Tain OF snow Sunday;
Monday fair.
Kentucky--Rain east, rain or snow
in west portion Sunday; Monday fair.
Missouri--Local SHOWS or rain
Sunday, except fair northwest por-
ton; Monday fair and warmer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

ernment is planning to starve the
outlaws into submission. All the
bread and canned meat have been
bought up, and the sources Of sup
plies used by the bandits will be cut
of The trouble in the Canton dis
trict, according to reliable authori-
ties, will 90 on for some time and
threatens to become worse
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28
..LAVRENGEVILLE
Athletic Association Baseball
Team of Pittsburg Will
Play Locals.


s. The LAwrenceville Athletic Assoei-
.ation baseball team. one Of the fastest
semisprofessional basebaIl-teams OF
Pittsburg. has been signed by Mana
ger L.. 0. Smith OF the local team. for
series Of three games to be played
at Union Park here on Sunday. Sep
TENDER l and two games Labor Day,
Monday September 9.
The management OF tie local team
have gone to great expense to bring
this fast team here. but realizing that
their team is improving and that
stronger teams must be secured to
make the games Interesting and 10
give all the people chance to see a
good bali game. Manager smith
scheduled this team. and the fans
should turn out and see the games
SO the local team will not lose as
heavily on this series as 1t did when
It brought the Pittsburg collegians
here earlier in the season.
The local team will spend weel,
of hard practlcing and try and get
into good shape to meet this strong
team and hope to win two of the three
games.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28
Ito be contlnued.)
IDEAL PICNIC PLACE.

The extensive and beautiful grounds
of the Clarksburg Fair make an ideal
picnic place and many families OF
this section take thir meals in baskets
and enjoy old fashioned picnic gather
ings there every year when the fair
is held. The fair this year will be
held September II, IS, 10 and 90.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28

Miss Cora NJ. Atchison and Miss
Bess Osborn returned Wednesday
from Chautauqua. n. Y, where they
spent the summer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28

Everybody is going to the Ciarks-
burg Fair, to be held September II,
IS. 10 and 90 in Clarksbnrg. Get in
the crowd and have a good time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28

The Rev. DR.. David L, Ash is bust
ness visitor here from New Martins
VILE.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28

Master Lawrence souders returned
home today after visit at Martins
burg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-september.
wheat closed s4h; corn 73%; oats
S2N.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-28

Being Tales Of Randolph Mason as Related by
His Private Secretary, Courtland Parks
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-17
BULLS EDGE OF COMPLIMENT
But Amateur Musician eraVely Re-
Trained From Making Explanation
to Young Lady.

Every evening for three weeks twin
brothers had been practicing for an
amateur band concert. One twin,
Joseph, played a cornet, and the other.
Joel, operated on the violin. Meeting
a young woman, Joseph asked her II
she would attend the musical feast.
Yes she said, land / think it will
be very nice indeed. I've heard you
and your brother practicing. That
symphony OF yours last night on the
cornet was exquisite"
Unfortunately the keen edge of this
compliment was dulled, because Jo-
seph recalled that he had not played
cornet on the previous night. He
had practiced on trombone, but
bravely refrained from making an ex-
PLANTATION
And there was another piece that
caught my fancy" the young lady con-
dnued. 1T seemed like a Wagnerian
extract. Do you also play - saxo-
phone?"
mo, miss" was the amateurs ad.
mission.
II wonder what was the other instru-
ment ! heard last Dight?"
Il can't say positively, but If il
was about nine O'Clock. | think broth
er Joel was either putting a new
string on his violin or tuning the old
piano"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-17
One-Time Tramp Reaches Honor

William H. Davies, recently placed
on England's civil pension list with
pension of fifty pounds year, is prob
ably the first actual tramp in the his
tory Of that country to be so honored.
Davies Is Welshman by birth and q
tramp by preference, having lived tho
life for many years in this country
and England. He is minus foot, the
result Of stolen train ride. After
years Of vagabondage he turned his
attention to literature, and following
many bitter disappointments "arriv-
ed" He has written both verse and
DrOse
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-17
Beyond His Ken.

A teacher writes that she had a new
pupil fill In a reference card last week.
One blank asked for Nationality of
Parents" This had to be explained to
the chilo. Then she wrote down: Papa
is Irish and mamma is German. But
don't know what they were before they
were married"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-17

Wake & Son, Robt-, Burley
townsite lots 1918, blk. 81, 10
horses, 4 vehicles, / musical !.
instrument, 4 harness, / poll
TAX .:.......... ........ 53.a7
Wake, Anna L.. Miller's add, lot
3, blk; ID -:........... 1854
Washable Mining Co, imp. govt
land Oliver Springs .... 1881
Wells, Webster, tract No. 3. lot
3, 6-12-20, S acres s5
webb, w. j., imp. govt land 26-
1923, road polls, 2 horses,
l harness . e9A
webb, p. c., imp. E. IL N.E,l-4
5o-11-24. road polls, cat
Tie, horses, swine, We
n1cle, l harness, l state poll 20.6O
wells, Hyrum j., lot 4, blk. 3,
Oakley, 2 cows. 276s
wells, Walter, Miller's add, lots
~, DIX. IL ............ 1O.l5
webb, Grant, imp. w. IL Sc
- 25-l022, l horse, ! poll
uy ea4 -. .-......... 4.9l
western Union. 1873 telegraph
line at $3.50; 1873 add. iron
WIFE, WIRE at SSo .....::........ 1927
Wlnks, Albert G., Miller add.
Iots lO-11, blk. 10, l road poll,
l state poll tax 1889
wilson, Chas. R., s. IL N. I-2
S.W. IA and 10 acres on s
r. IA 32-12-22, so acres.
road polls, cows, 2 horses.
| l swine, l harness, l state
poll tax .. le ne
void, Edw., imp. E. ~ Sc. IA
1926, horse, l poll tax. 7OS
Young, Geo. H., imp. unsurvey-
ed land Hegler Canyon, l road
poll, cows, horses, / We
hicle, ! harness o4ax
Young, Geo. L., imp. unsuryey-
ed land Hegler Canyon. / COW
horses, l vehicle, harness.
/ poll tax n az
Young, d. l., imp. unsurveyed
land Hegler Canyon, 3 road
polls, z cattle, horses, l
vehicle, state poll tax 2137
bowser, Edw. H., Sc II PIP
%, 100 acres ... q7G
Bowser, E. H., Burley townsite
lot 6, blk. 1856, lot %, blk.
Il9, lot IA, blk. 119 S9S1
basom, M. E., imp. SB IA S.W.
IL and lot 4, 3O-9-25, 4 cattle,
l horse, l harness 10 a
Dayley, Thos. j., S. IL NV.
IA and N. 1-2 S.W. IA 4-14-23.
100 acres, lot 3, blk. 20, Oak
ley townsite, As cattle. 3
horses, mules, 1850 sheep 194.l,
Tolman. Farley L., imp. on /
and 2-13-23, l horse, / poll
LAX ...-........ ....... AZ,
Clark, ]. r., imp. Sc. IA Sc
IA sec. and S. 1-2 S.W. IA
ana S.W. IA Sc. IA 1852,
2 horses, poll tax Al
) Roper, c. H., lots N. street
Albion, S.W. IA S.W. IA f.
1925, Sc. IA and e. IL S.W.
IA and NV IA S.W. IA d.
1925, lot and house McCul-
loughs add, house and lot of
Mrs. Pratt, cows, II horses.
mules, harness, balance 84.1
Winterburn, G. W., e. 10 S.W
IA 14-12-24, 80 acres, IS
acres E. side NV. IA S.W.
8 IA 14-12-24, Is acres, Is
acres E. side S.W IA NV.
IA l4-12-24, lot and printing
office Albion, house and lot
/ Main St, land part of lot S, G.
1925, Burley townsite lots
7-S, blk. 1856. 20 cattle.
horses, s mules, swine, 1 We
hicle, musical instrument, 1
3 harness, S. f. IA NV. IA
and NE. IA SW. IA and s.
w. IA NV. IA and NV. IA
2 S.W. IA 23-12-24, balance 1898
GLENN M. DEWEY,
J., Assessor and ex-Officio Tax CO
lector, Cassia County, Idah
BY Virgene Ritz, Deputy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

when the Duchess of York Queen Mary
frequently travelled as the Countess of
Killarney.
King Edward had quite a large selec-
ton OF incognitos. When Prince CT Wales
he usually preferred tn appear abroad as
the ENrl of Chester. the Earl of Carrick,
Baron Renfrew or the Earl OF Cornwall
As these titles attach 10 that of the
Prince of Wales when he became king he
abandoned them for that of the Duke OF
Lancaster.
Sometimes excessive zeal on the part Of
the police tends TO defeat the object Of
the incognito and draws attention to the
Soyalty who wishes to he let alone. King
Edward, when a prince, was often trou-
bled in this way Once. when IN Naples,
he was annoyed by the constant presence
of two detectives.
Sending for the chief Of police he in
yited him TO bring his men into the royal
sitting room. Offering them cigars. he
gave them good humored lecture on the
way in which their work ought to have
b2en done. And ended with:
Il don't like your clearing people out of
my way when l want to go anywhere. l
don't mind being prince. l do seriously
object To being treated as an epidemic
disease" And the crestfallen police re-
tired TO ponder more tactful methods.
King Alfonso. who used to travel as the
Marquis OF Cavondonga, had the same
fault TO find with the French police.
When staying AT Biarritz once he made
IL his daily amusement TO try TO dodge
the golf course TO battle his shadowers. hf
turned suddenly back and held out his
wrists, rerarking.
If IL is the Marquis OF Cavodonga you
want ! am Ne. Bring out YOUR handouts
Ny only prayer is that YOU may never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
MOST MARVELLOUS TERMINAL.
Things in New Grand
Central Station.
From the Technical wcrld Magazine.

From the Technical Wcrld Magazine.
The most wonderful thing about the new
Grand Central terminal station In New
York city Is that 1t is built in the Identical
spot occupied by the old without inter-
fering with or even inconveniencing traf-
fic. II is no unusual thing for railroad
engineers to replace a bridge or other
structure without interfering with traf-
nc; but such a feat has never before been
performed on SO vast scale. In the last
nine years the engineers have removed
2OOs old buildings and twenty-five miles
of pipes and sewers from the area added
to the enlarged terminal. built an entire
new sewer system to take care Of the
drainage from the terminal area, replaced
the busiest railroad tunnel in the world
with a new one. taken down an old STA
ton and replaced 1t with a larger one.
sunk the tracks to an average depth of
atty feet below the surface. largely
through rock. and replaced it with steel
and concrete. ali without injuring a pas
senger or seriously delaying a train.
Another remarkable thing-this greatest
Of passenger terminals will cost nothing;
or perhaps it would be more intelligible ia
say that while the entire Improvement
will cost $50 100000 the railroad will get
1t all back without touching its trans
portation revenues. So vast an Improve
ment in 80 valuable an area was quite
OeyOnQ the HcdHS even OF two such big
corporations as the, New York Central
and the New York. New Haven and
Hartford. which will also use the termi-
nal. So the two companies out-Bran-
deised the Boston efficiency prophet him
self by burying the entire terminal deep
in the solid rock. roofing the excavation
with steel and concrete and building a
town over 1t. One very large commercial
building twenty stories high is already
completed and rented. Two enormoi,s Of
fee buildings. to be twenty stories high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

consist of the pound weight and the yard
measure The standard pound is of plat
mum, which, despite Its weight is no
larger than cubic inch, and, small as it
Is. the actual metal Of which it is COM
posed is worth f40 The standard yard is
a bar of bronze thirty-eight inches long.
on which yard has been marked off in
thirty-six divisions OF an inch.
The most elaborate care is taken of
these two important articles When a
comp arison is being made they are han
died with tongs. The pound weight is
weighed In the most delicate of chemical
balances. and the yard is measured with a
micrometer. When they are done with
the pound II is wrapped in special soft
paper and laid in a silver-gilt case. which
in turn is placed in n bronze case this
being put in a wooden box, which Is then
screwed down and sealed. The yard
measure is placed on eight rollers in a
mahogany case. which is also carefully
sealed. Both cases are then put into a
leaden casket, which is sealed by solder
ing.
The packing is not yet finished, how
ever. for the lead case Is then placed in a
strong oak box. When this is screwed
down IL is placed in the hole in the wall.
which is something like a small tomb.
The wall is then built up by mason, and
the standards can only be got at by tear
ing the wall down again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Atmosphere and Flight.
From the Los Angeles Times

from tne Los AngeleS Times.
The name OF "ergaer' has been given 20
a supposed allotropic form OF the atrnos-
phere. During sojourn in India z. H
Hankin, a British scientist, made ex-
tended observations on vultures and other
large birds, and satisfied himself that
soaring is still as much a mystery as
ever no explanation yet made being
sufficient. curious discovery was that
birds were unable 10 soar when the sky
was densely overcast. He has been led
to the conclusion that the sunlight stores
up in the air some form Of potential en-
ergy that the motion of the birds wings
liberates as kinetic energy. and IL is this
energized state that constitutes the modi-
fications of the air. Some form of mole
cular bombardment or minute explosion
is the conception of what takes place in
the sunlight-charged atmosphere. IL
justified, the theory is interesting, but
just how much of the influence on bird
flight might be due TO variations OF at
mosphereic density, as shown by the ba-
rometer, is not clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
KINGS ON THE QUIET.
Odd Things Sometimes Happen
When Royalty Travels "Incog."


The Prince Of Wales who has gone to
stay in Paris in order 10 improve his
French. has adopted an incognito Paris
knows him simply as she Earl OF Chester
Though this Is his first such experience,
IL will certainly not be his last. All mod
ern royalties. with two exceptions. find
an incognito at times an absolute neSas-
stty. II is only the tsar and the kali
ser who have always refused 10 veil their
identity. however thinly.
The disguise OF an incognito is Usually
very thin indeed. Every lady knew. for
instance, when the Duke OF Lancaster
was travelling that the owner OF this title
was King Edward. But incognitos serve
two purposes. When a sovereign or prince
travels merely ''incognito'' he simply
means TO save brother royalties and him
self the trouble and expense of state Wis
It's He prefers 10 see them informally.
But when the phrase strict incog-
nfto'' is used. II Is a request 10 be left in
absolute privacy. Queen Alexandra has
often travelled a. the Duchess Of Lam
caster. but she has also paid flying visits
90 Paris under tho strict incognito of Mrs.
Stephens. Princess Victoria. too. has
stayed there as plain Miss Jones.
Our present king and queen have sell
dom found incognitos necessary. and
Asver since they came to the throne. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

ultimately. are finished up to the seventh
story and occupied as offices by the two
railroad companies. On one corner. ad-
joining the station, will be twenty
story hotel that will rival any other in
the city in the luxury Of its appointments
and the altitude of its charges. AT the
opposite corner on the 42d street frontage
will be another hotel OF equal size. but
with rate schedule so much modified
that II will not be necessary for the
prospective guest to mortgage his farm to
rent a room for night. An opera house
and a new home for the .>ational Acad-
envy of Design are propose. for the town
that Is to rise over the terminal Alto
gether seventy city blocks formerly
taken up with unsightly, noisy dirty,
railroad yards or cheap private structures
will be added to the available building
area in the choicest part OF the metrop-
oils not to mention a fine broad avenue
and a number of cross streets where such
things did not exist before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Love of the Limelight.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Few will deny that the once priced
and graceful flower individual privacy.
appears fashioned to the younger
generation" writes Judge Grant in his
Convictions OF a Grandfather" This
appetite for publicity" so characteristic
of modern life. marks signal change
in our sensiblities. The writer notes
that renown in the popular mind today Is
largely synonymous with the ability to
attract attention. Back Of this present
characteristic We may discern the noble
human craving for glory which has
always existed, but which never before
has had such an opportunity for express
sion as in this age of ample advertising
facilities and of the means of quick
communication.
II is we'll to pause before familiar
name while we inquire II IL represents
distinguished service and unusual ac-
complement. or whether IL merely
stands for successful advertising. So
often are the two things confused In
these days that the aspiring young per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

know the tortures that wiring a muir
derer's soul. as l do,''
King Edward used often to talk of the
little incidents that happened when he
travelled incog Strolling through the
Louvre once with an equerry. he noticed
a couple of Americans who kept turning
from the pictures to eye him furtively.
At last one of the two. a lean, elderly
man. with a goatee beard, came up and
asked squarely:
Sir are you the Prince of Wales?"
My name is Renfr>y.' was the genial
answer.
The American muttered bitterly:
"Confound you. young man. you've lost
me S2O.' and stalked off disconsolate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Curses
From Lippincott's.

They were in italy together.
IF you would let me curse them black
and blue said the groom. we wouldn't
have to wait so long for the trunks"
But dearest, please don't. 1t would
distress me so,' murmured the bride.
The groom went off. but quickly retuin-
ed with the porters before him trundline
the trunks at a double quick. -.
oh dearest, how did you do IL? Tcu
DIDN'T"
Not at all. I thought OF something
that did quite as well. said. S-s-s-sue-
quehanna. R-r-r-rappahannoGk.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
ENGLAND'S STANDARDS.
Pound Weight and Yard Stick Used
Every Twenty Years.
from London Tit-Rits.

rom LONDON
At intervals of twenty years the gov
eminent officials compare the current
weights and measures with the precious
standards. which are sealed up in the
wall Of the public staircase if the house
OF commons. just by the statue OF Barry,
the architect The ceremony is once more
due TO be performed this year, for the
last comparison was made in April, 1872.
in the presence OF the speaker of the
house of commons. the first commission
er of works. the president of the board
of trade and several other important per-
sonages.
The standards are two In number, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

son is apt to believe that there Is little
difference between being great and being
greatly talked about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Mishap Fatal to W. H. Carter.

ELMIRA, " T., June 2o.-William H.
Carter. a prominent Masonic leader Of
Binghamton, n. Y. Is dead al a hospital
here OF injuries which he received IN the
parade OF the state commandery proceed
ing its annual meeting yesterday he
slipped on stone sidewalk and SUFFERED
conclusion Of the brain.