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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
Ace of VaiIevs,

The erosive power Of water Is hard
to estimate with any degree of exact
ness. A method of computing the
probable age of valleys will therefore
be welcome, even IL the figures may
seem to some open question. A
French scientist has lately reported
the results of his studies Of the eros.
i've action of an ancient spring In the
valley of Lauroux, near Lodave,
France. This spring produces about
three and one-hSlf Quarts of water a
second, and in every cubic meter of
water (35.314 cubic feeD tie soiea-
tist found sG2 grams of calcareous
sand He estimates that the spakg
erodss SAT pounds Of rock daily, or
over 4s tons annually In the cesrse
of century stream Of this size
would be able to hollow out circular
cave 81 feet In diameter and 50 feet
in length. At the end of 1008 years
1t would make a valley % feet deep,
Ga feet wide and 25S feet leng.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18

Mesdames Ed Parks and Granville
Taylor are expected home this weel
frcm Indiana, where they have beer
visiting for the past month.
Mrs. Josie Hart, of Morehouse
who has been the guest of Mr.. Johr
Hart and family, returned to hel
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. 10 Greene and baby arrived
home Saturday night from Sedalia
Mo. ...
Miss Kathry1 Jordan, who has
been the guest of Miss Evangelins
0Bryan, left Sunday morning fol
her home in Clinton, Ky.
Rev Throgmorton, pastor OF the
First Methodist church Of this city,
is on the sick list.
Mr., and Mrs. E. G. Rowling will
leave for st. Louis early in October
to make that their future home.
The city schools are now under
full headway with over 500 pupils
enrolled, A strong athletic club has
been picked and will be coached by
Prof George Kirk, the new principal
who was formerly a member of the
Missouri State football team.
The Choral club met Saturday af-
ternoon with Miss Kathryn Boone
and reorganized for the winter
Miss Mary Wilkerson was chosen sec
retary and MRS Walter Lee pianist
| Under the splendid leadership OF
Miss Kathryn Boone, who is Charles
tons most accomplished musician
this club hopes to give the musit
lovers of Charleston some rare must
cal treats in the near future. Abou,
I twenty or more of the best singers ir
The Jolly Twelve club was en-
tortain-d Saturday afternoon BY
Miss Deema Boyd. "Rook' was thc
feature of the afternoon. Dainty
ices We're served.
Misses Mildred and Mary Loebt
entertained very informally at "tea'
Sunday evening at their beautiful
| home on East Commercial street,
Mrs. Chas, Kirkpatrick entertained
the afternoon 500" club on Satur-
! day afternoon Besides the regular
club members those present Were
! Misses Grace Danforth. and Naggey
Of Kentucky, Mesdames j. j. Rus
sell, Henry Gaines Marbury, Chap
man Hulit, Jerry Deal, Mary White
and Jack Ogilvie. The first twC
prizes wer9 dainty hand-painted CUPS
ard saucers and were won by Mes
danes Buckner Ragsdale and j. r
Loomis. The visitors prize, a bottle
OF toilet water, was won by Mrs
Jack Ogilyie. A very tempting luncf
was served.
The Juniors" of the High schoo
were entertained most royalty or
Saturday evening by Miss Eth9
Hack at her pretty home on Biz
Lake. Games were enjoyed De
| lcious ices were served.
Mrs J. IT,, Byrd will entertain :
few friends Tuesday afternoon al
her home on North Main street.
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Got Even With Old crsty,

Old Crusty, as his name implied
was not man who was gifted with
gssiality. His neighbors, In fact. had
as little to DO with him as possible.
However, when a new visitor came to
the town and moved into the house
next to him, and knowing not OF Mr.
Crusty's little failing, there was like.
ly to be trouble soon.
Wanting a book one day, he politely
inquired Of Mr.. C. If he might borrow
one from his library.
You're welcome to read books in
my library" was the ur&racious re-
ply, "but make it my rule never to
let any leave my house"
Some weeks later Mr.. C. was in
need of lawnmower, and he asked
the loan of his neighbor's.
Certainly" was the reply. "But
since I make 1t rule never to let 1t
leave my lawn, you will be obliged to
use 1t here!'-Asswers, London.
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OrloIn Of Salt Ia Ocean.

The origin of the salt in the sea is
usually attributed to the, constant
washing of salts from the lapdisby
rain and rivers, and the gradual de.
p, sitting of them In the sea- thHough
evaporation. In every 100 parts of
sea water there are aboat two and
one-half parts of salt. 1t has been
computed that t&ere are 100000
cubic miles Of rock salt in the oceans,
14h times the bulk Of the continent
of Earope above high.water mark.
The Atlantic is much saltisr than, the
other oceans. Prof. Alexander Woei-
kow. Of St. Petersburg, believes that
this is due to the large amount OF
water vapor that Is carried onto the
continents bordering this ocean,
which are comparatively low where
they front the sea.
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HUMOROUS QU|PS


Ethelbett ]. Watts, sweet singer
and shoe salesman. staggered inte
the lobby of she Hotel Edward yester-
day afternoon.
Call a surgeon" he gasped: "a
heavy door just slammed on my
finger and crushed the bone"
A doctor was called and set the
finger in splints. Then Ethelbert be-
gan to worry for fear the digit would
he dsformed.
doc, that finger is in pretty bad
shape" remarked the patient. DO
you think the bones will knt?"
Il know they WILL" replied the doe.
tor
And the finger will be just as
good as eyer?"
yes, indeed"
"Wal be able to play the piano p"
Yes, you can play the pians." as
sured tie doctor.
"Oh, I'm SO glad" murmured the
patient. cherubic smile lighting up
his countenance. Il never could be.
FORE"
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WOMAN GOT A LESSON
INCIDENT OF TWO GIRLS AND
THE STOLEN PEoNlEs.
How the Shabbily Dressed Nan I'D
ministered Gentle But Effective Re-
proof TO the Owner of the
Piilassd BroO%iyn Garden.

Two poorly dressed little girls
stood outside the garden OF fias HAND
some residence In st. Marks averue,
Brooklyn, and gazed longinsly az the
beautiful white ard scarlet peonies
that bloomed within. Finally the
temptation became irresistible, and
the elder, scaling the low hedge that
separated the garden from the street,
proceeded to help herself 10 the flow
ers. 80
She had two of the blooms in her
hands and was reaching for a third
when a smartly dressed woman
dashed out of the house, and seized
her.
Now, you little thief, I'm going
to turn you over to the police she
said.
"Oh. please, missus," begged the
child, groveling at her feet; 'oh,
please don't get me arrested! I only
wanted a few-and they looked so
pretty"
But the woman was adaUnnt. She
was slowly dragging the child to-
ward the sidewalk and repeating her
threat about the police when shah.
by looking man came along He
gazed at the two for an instant, while
an expression Of panied surprise
came over his face. Then, raising his
dinsy derby politely. he inquired
what the trouble was
Nothing" snapped the woman, "ex.
cept that | caught this little thief
stealing my peonies And I'm going
to teach her lesson If | have to take
her to the station house myself
A curious look came into the shah.
by mans eyes. Then he began to
tumble in hhs pockets. A few seconds
later he held out to the woman an
open palm on which two dimes re-
posed.
IF these1l pay for what damage
she's done, l wish you'd take them
and let her CO." he said.
An indignant blush spread over the
weman's face, and then 1t deepened-
into a blush of shame. She relaxed
her grasp ON the little girls arm and
there she paused and turned toward
the shabby one, who still held the two
dimes In his hand;
"I'm sorry" she said, "and--I
thank you."-New York Evening
Mail.
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CHARLESTON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Miss Rose Barry, who is teaching
At Oran, spent the week end with
relatives in this city.
Miss Louise Helmkampf, Of Jack
son, Mo-, who Is teaching at Oran,
spent the week end in this city, the
guest Of Miss Rose Esther Marshall.
Mr.. Monoly left Sunday night for
st. Louis.
Miss Lucille Alexander left Sun
day night for Hollins, Va, where
she will attend college.
Mr.. Reece Gillorly left Sunday
night for two weeks visit to West
Baden, Ind.
Mr.. Roy signer left Sunday night
for Columbia, Mo-, where he will at
tend the State university.
Messrs. Lanear Byrd and Harry
Bryant left Saturday night for Alton
Ills. to attend college.
DR.. Will Hibbits leaves Tuesday
for Nashville, Tenn, continue hi.
studies.
Miss Mary Jchns leaves the last
of this week for Sweet Brlar, va.
to attend collegs.
Mrs. Jack Ogilvie leaves on Wed
nesday for Lexington, Va, to spent
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs Gsorge Van Lea
Will be the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Emory Matthews, OF Sikeston durin,
the fair this week. Quite a mum
Der of Charleston people Will attent
the fair a. Sikeston.
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More Synthetic Rnhher

A few weeks ago cne of our con.
suls stationed in England reported
that a method of making syntheti
rubber had been discovered and that
the article could be turned out at
much less cost than real Rubber
More recently German chemist lee
tured before the College of the City
of New York, and he, too, claimed tc
have made synthetic rubber, sample.
of which he had with him, but did
not assert that it was commercially
profitable. On the contrary, he said
that many more steps were necessary
to complete the process before this
artificial rubber could be placed or
the market.
To prove that he had made rub
Der, however, ne exhibited two auto
mobile tires that he said had covered
1000 miles and scarcely showed
wear II he can make automobile
tires like that they should be COM
mercially profitable at almost any
rrsce.
The speaker was Dr.. Carl Duis-
berg, an eminent chemist and presi-
dent Of a large color works at Elber-
fela. Germany OF the future OF
synthetic rubber he said:
You may have received the i'm
rreFaion that the problem of pre-
pairing this rubber--understa that
i is real rubber and not substitute
for iabher- had been solved. Yet II
yon ask me to answer you honestly
and truly wheG SYNTHETIC rubber
will bring the millions which proph.
ets sac IN its exploitation | must re
Pity !sai | do not know.
IT. stone Is rolling. and we viii
see ID Il that II reaches it's destina
tSea The end la view IS this, tha
artiiirial rubber may soon play a,
ifsFc-'frt A rols III the markets o
tss @rrld AS does natural rubber
!. a iis sst.liss rubber, let me say, viii
El'ss " not aDpear Oh the market ii
thc Immediate future Wait. fol
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A Wise Decision.

While the removal OF dirt from
the Iron Mountain right-of-way for
the repairing CT the break in the
Mobile & Ohio embanhment is not
entirely desirable, II must be con-
eeded that it IL more desirable than
dangerous delay in the work of
filling up the hole in the leyee
Ii will not be long until the Mis-
sissippi will be curling its angry
tongue around the Cairo leyees. 1t
will seek out the weak spots, tear
them out and again fill the Drainage
District. A delay OF month or six
week would mean that the new
earth In the fill wctlid not have time
to settle properly before the next
high water season. II the work Is
done at once 1t is declared that the
break will not be dangerous.
There has never been any great
feeling against the use Of dirt from
the iron Mountain property, 50 far
as members of the Citizens Execu-
tive committee were concerned The
members, however, were of the opin-
ion that the removal OF any portion
of the clay crust would weaken the
levee and they doubtless were sight
in this belief. They were not in
clined to accept the responsibility
for sanctioning the removal Of the
dirt. The engineers, on the other
hand, declare that the removal Of !;
small portion IF the dirt would not
weaken the levee to such an extent
that it would be dangerous.
Now the engineers and members
Of the committee have agreed that
the dirt shall he removed from the
Iron Mountain embaakment and the
general feeling doubtless will be
that the members acted wisely ir
giving their consent to the plan
whether or not they did so with re
luetance.
The engineers, VINO studied the
problem, are experts and certainly
should be competent to Judge. but al
the same time we feel that the com,
mittee members used excellent judg.
ment in opposing the pan and hold
ing out as long as there seemed tc
have been a possibility OF getting the
earth from some other point. II
obtain the earth from some othe'
source certainly would have beer
more desirable, because then thu
risk, II 1t Is risk would have beer
entirely removed.
Cairo has no time to lose in pre-
pairing Its levees for return Of the
high water. 1t is possible that thu
high water record Of last spring may
never be reached again, but still WI
cannot afford to take any chances
Not another day should be lost.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
DR.. SAMUEL JOHNSON
By GEORGE FITCH.
author OF "A Good Old Siwssh

This is the birthday of DR.. Sam
uel Johnson, who was the first OF
the mighty Johnsons who have
speckled history and are even at
this minute congesting political
tickets, the magazines and the spors-
ing sections with their achievements.
DR.. johnson was born in England
in .1709, and this was about as far
as his parents helped him along his
way. He grew up with more patches
than advantages and struggled on
until the age Of 2S in great poverty,
fitting himself for literary life By
had learned to live ON hope and an
occasional loaf of bread. he went to
London and began to produce litera-
ture. There was at that time Il
ready market in London for hogs,
cattle, tripe, fish, wood, butter and
Yarmouth bloaters, but nobody had
any use for literature and Johnson
lived on yesterdays breakfast ana
tomorrows prospects for many years,
producing novels and dictionaries on
piecework pay and iearGing to dodge
a bill collector or a constable with
an almost incredible deftness. Ii
1862, his merits We're recognized by
a powerful nobleman and he vas
granted pension witch was equiv
alent to writing best seller in these
days.
Johnson lived thereafter in great
comfort and at the top of his voice
for many years, producing books
and arguing many hours
day on vast number OF topics while
surrounded by admiring friends. He
was a ponderous man with two
acre face, several chins and great,
shaggy voice, with which he used to
slow his opponents out of range
with a mighty blast OF percheron
adjectiVes, thus closing every argu-
Copyright, 1912 by &c
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one hope IN live long enough TO see
art triumph also ovef nature in this
industry"
Even SO conservative a statement
as this holds out hope. Taken in
connection with the report from
England. ii would indicate that the
chemists of the world are busy on
this proposition and that the public
may soon have the benefit of their
labors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
China Still Old-Eashionad.ARss RssI

Shiha StI'I Oid-F ashioned.ASs ~
As proud of the assertion which we
have heard so often, that China is as
dark as equatorial Africa, so far as
progress is concerned, and that her
inhabitants wouldn't know a reform
Ia one should fly up and hit them in
the face, we are told by President va.
an that the policy which he new ad.
voeates was adopted way back in the
days when Yu sat upon the impersM
thrcne. Yu, It appears, enforced hab-
its Of thrift upon his people, who, with
that baekwardRess which ever char
acterizes the reactonary, have never
uEtil now fully shaken off his baneful
Influence And now Yuan, deaf to the
call of the uplift, prefers the beaten
track of his Bourbon ancestors to the
broad highway OF modern ADVANCE
Washington Post
An cPt.n,ist. m
"Ts he an optimist?" sa
Il should say he is. He's planning
to raise his own asparagus this year"
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MOUNDS

Mrs Ella Fitzgerald was a Cairo
caller Tuesday morning.
Mr. A. A. Anderson has had his
mother visiting him for the past
three weeks.
Mrs. Selby, of Mound City, was
in Mounds on business. Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. r. A. Cahill, of Mound City,
was q Mounds caller Monday.
Miss Kate Linsey, of Mound City,
has accepted position a. clerk in J.
J. Blum's store
Our schools started Monday. All
teachers report q full attendance.
Miss Grace Beaver Of America,
was shopping IL Mounds Tuesday
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nent. He was famous for his knowl-
edge of the English Language and
could at a minutes notice define any
two syllabled word in two dozen
words of nine syllables each, His
debates and sayings were faithfully
reported by Boswell, who was his
Jacob Riis, and Boswell's lifsa Of
johnson is more famous than ahy'
thing which johnson himself wrote,
In fact, Johnson was made immortal
not by what he wrote, but by what
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
He Was Wrcno.

Good morning said the demure
maiden, entering the grocery store on
the corner. "Do you keepaorarges?" ?"
mo, miss" replied the grocer.
The girl started for the door and
had almost reached 1t when the facet
4ious fellow called out. "We don't keep
/ 'em;. we sell en-"
\ But he didn't sell her any, SO be
did keep them.---Judges Library.
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VIENNA

| Mr.. p. S. Sanders, the druggist
and son, Raymond, are spending ;
week at West Baden Springs,
NJ. and Mrs Willis Parker arr
guests of the formers parents, Elder
|. A. J. Parker and family.
Miss Gene NJ. Zeal has returned
from a two weeks visit with friend.
| In Maiden. Mo-, and Cairo.
Mr.. Tom Morgan has returned
from an extended visit with rela
t!yes in Tennessee and East ST
Louis.
Miss Pearl Elkins returned Sun
day evening from a visit with her
grandmother In Anna, and friends in
Cairo and Mound City.
Dave Rosenberg returned Satur-
day morning from weeks visit ii
St. Louis While in the city he
bought big stock Of dry goods fci
the Rosenberg firm.
Mr. j. E. Lambert and grandson,
Ozark have returned to their homo
after brief visit with Vienna rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ridenhou
md four children have gone to
Beach, North Dakota, to make their
future home.
Mr.. James Watson has as his guesi
Mr.. B. s. Newton of Cleveland, Ark,
IN old army friend.
Mrs. A. Hewitt and two daugh
ters have gone to Valparaiso, Ind.
where the girls will attend the
State Normal
Dr. A. e. McKemy's drivinr
horse ran away with his son Harold
iemolishing the buggy and hurtine
he boy, though not seriously.
Mrs. Anna Buckner and children
ave moved from her country home
into Mrs A. Hunts house on Nortt
fifth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George English and
on William left Saturday evenine
or their future home in Centralia
IL, Mr.. c. w. Mills bought thu
residence property of Mr. English
md will move his family there ths.
week
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Hogg ar
he parents of q new daughter. The
little Miss arrived Sunday morning
Mrs. Ed Gage is slowly recover.
| ng from a severe illness.
Mr. NJ. J. Yaadell died Sunda,
morning at his home south of tow
'fter lingering Illness. Funera
-erviees will be held Monday after
'oon by Rev. Payne, pastor of thc
| First Baptist church.
| The following children of Mr.. and
FRS. M. ]. Yandell have been ct
| ending the bedside of their fathey
/ he past two weeks, Mrs. C. III
jacobson Of Havana. Ill, Madison
andell McGhee. AK, Mrs. w. G
4ambert of Mt, Pleasant, Ia, Mrs
| A. s. Dunn Of Newelton, La, Ef
Tandell of Kankakec, Lewis Yandcl
md Mrs. L. L. Smoot of Marion
| H.
The Ladies Aid OF the Christia'
hurch will meet Wednesday after
| 'ocn with Mrs. s. Roscnbarger.
The members of the Aid Societ,
[ the M. f church will give
hicken pie supper in the basement
If the church on Wednesday even
ng, Everybody cordially invited
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lmpossibillties.

''I don't see how that family can bs
as good as people say they are and
yet keep an automobile"
What's the difficulty about that ?"
They can't be in the odor of sane
tity, saa they, and yet ride in gaso.
lire carr"
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Excitement.

Husband (cheerily) - Well, love,
have you had pleasant day.
Wife - Oh. splendid! After I
dressed the children and got them off,
washed the dishes and made some
pies, cleared away the luncheon tabla
and answered some letters, still had
time enough left to darn my stockings.
--Harper's Bazaar.
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, morning.
Mrs. Julia Mizs is on the. sick list.
Mrs. Annie Vincent, of Cairo, wss
the guest of Mrs J. W. Arm Sunday
afternoon.
Take a trip in jhe automobile
THURSDAY evening and help the
ladies Of the Congregational church.
Little Willie Gai!ion fell sand
sprained his thumb Monday after
noon.
Raymond Grain Is CT the sick list
Mrs. Roy Palmer, who has been
quite sick, is reported better.
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"A Difference,

plain words spoken by a plain
man sometimes have very whole
some effect"
No doubt they DO but they fre-
quently lack the caustic quality OF
plain words spoken by a plain wo.
maH."
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Color Blind.

/, my wife was suddenly stricken
with solor blindness this mTning"
Il thought people were boru color
blind; ! didn't know they could be
stricken with it,
my wife was. When she was ma
king up this morning breeze came
in through the window and blew half
OF her c0nplexion into her eyes,"
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Chsreh-There are five kinds Of in
sects that ruin office records in India,
viz, white aunt. fish bug, water bug,
cockroach and b0rer.
d0tham-Why not bring few ever
here and Introduce EN- to the pkens.
graph records?
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18

The distance from the earth to the
moon las been computed as 100000
miles. Sounds like a schoolboy' s
idea of the distance away of the next
vacation.
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HYpnotized.

"a lady bosk agent sold BeRsen 20
volumes of work that he never en-
poets to read"
My! My! What did she have?"
Blue eyes and Billie Burke fea-
lures"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18

The New York police are waking
up. The other day ono Of them ac-
tuaily made an arrest in a shooting
case. He pinehed the man who was
shot at.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

~. If you fail to receive your +.
paper by 7 a m. on week
days and Sa., m, on Sundays,
telephone to The Bulletin Of
ice, No. 66, either phone and
one will be sent to you ~
special messenger.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18

Here IS a pretty waist that will serve
nicely for separate wear or as part or
a dainty frock. 1t is very simple
model to carry out and it's distinguish
ing feature Is the applied yoke which
is eleverly fashioned Of contrasting
material, OF which the chic cdKs are
also made. Linen, pongee, marauisette
or elk may be employed. The waist
closes at the back and can be made
with long or short sleeves.
The pattern (5S77) Is cut in sizes 80
AZ inches bust measure Medium size
VIII require "a yards of 36-inch goods
and y of a yard OF 27-heh contrasting
fabric.
81. 10 procure this pattess, send 10 cents to
pattern Depsrsmenr' Of this papeE Write
name and address plainly. and BE surc to Rayo
size. and HuHber OF pattera. 4
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Boswell wrote of him, which shows
that we OF the present have HFuch TO
learn from the press agents Of the
past.
Owing to the deplorable gap OF
$50 years between Johnson and
Theodore Roosevelt, a debate be-
tween these two men cannot be ar
ranged and the world viii never be
privileged to hear collision be-
tween these two inyincible vocabu-
laries.
orge Mathew AdamsD
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Frosaic Themes.

BYhold tbe brave commercial bard
Who ba'f<s at naugAt. l ween.
de blithely tpilh of BREAKFAST fosd
And sings the CANNED sardine.
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when the attention of The Bul
letin is called to any uisstatemeut
af fact or to any error concerning
my man or thing, corrections viii
aheerfully be made
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
CNEyGNCNTE
81 Historic .8
81 BIackguardS1# 1#8
S# By Sa9 ES
& Albert PGyson Terhs58s &Hf}
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright. ty
Copyright, ty
The Press Publishing 30. The New York worid)
Thos. Conway 'tCahal'' Against
Washington

A N idol f.
IA aged, jolly,
"A dashing sol
dier OF for
tune came 10
America In lTT7
and offered his
services to the pa
triot army. He
brought 4 | 0 n 8
with h,all no great
military SKILL, but
-. - d, - - ~ - ~
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On the Cnntrarv.

II miss your, dear" coniided he,
But after they were wed.
Her aim was bad; il seems that she
Was missing him, Instead.