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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Girl Missionaries Is q Boy.

After she had been masquerad ding 10
man for eight months, the identity
Of Mrs Mary Owens has been discoy-
cred and she has been forced to leave
the factory town Of Saxon Mills. s G.
The young woman had become engag.
ed to a sixteen-year-old girl who is
broken-hearted over the revelation.
Eight months ago. when "Osear"
Owens. his mother and young brother
came to live in Saxon Mills, he" was
hailed by all as one Of the finest young
men VINO had ever come to that town,
lie" was a leader In the social life
OF the mill workers and always ready
for any sport that was proposed. Soon
after "he" started to work in one Of
the mills the supposed young man
met a girl worker, and within a short
time 1t was announced that they were
engaged. Owens told the girl that they
would be married when he" had saw
ed up enough money to buy cottage,
Wearing male attire was evidently
not as comfortable to the young WON
an as she tried TO make It seem, and,
as a rest, some days ago she put on
woman's garb again to take a walk,
One of the policemen of the town
thought he recognized the young mill
worker, and her arrest followed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Books With Uncut Leaves.

In this country and Germany the
practice of publishing books and
magazines with uncut leaves has
largely fallen into disuse, but 1t is
still common In France, where it's
prevalence provides a dissatisfied au-
thor with a cause for grumbling. In
ala Grande Revue" among other
hindrances to the reading habit which
is so much In need of encouragement,
at any rate from the authors point of
view, he instances the practice of
publishing books with uncut edges.
Time, he says, is growing more
valuable every year and yet the read
or of a French volume OF average
proportions has to spend about twenty
minutes in the pettifogging work Of
cutting the leaves In order to get at
the contents Some people Of course
wno take their reading in leisureiy
fashion rather like being checked by
the need for using paper knife, but
the ordinary reader does not want
to DO bothered in this way. He likes
to go straight ahead without being
to cut his way through the
book as he proceeds. Westminster
Gaztgte.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Curious Birth Notification.

Remarkable notifications of births
occasionally reach the public health
authorities in London--written some
times in large schoolboy hand, prob
ably dictated to her son by a mother,
or by a neighbor. The following ex-
ample is taken from a report for the
past year, which has just been issu-
ed: ITO the Gentlemen Of the Gard
ians.--l am taking my pen In hand
hoping you are in the best of health
as it leaves mother at present and for
me to say that she has had a baby
girl according to the rules Of the board
Of health this Is all at present with
best respects from-Perce. 1t isc a
girl and she has got to have the name
of rose after mother but father he
don't hold with it. Excuse pencil, no
more at present" In such letters It
is not uncommon to find the name,
the date and the address omitted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Appeal to CONGRESS.

concerted movement should be
started at once in Cairo to obtain
IRON congress an appropriation Of
snhhlent proportions to build levees
around Cairo and the drainage dis
trict Of heighth and breadth that
would forever protect us from such q
movement. The entire nation has
been aroused by the vast amount OF
suffering caused by the overflow iur
rivers and a movement of this sort
doubtless would meet with little If
any opposition. Congress has been
generous in providing for the food
sufferers. 1t was reported ONLY n
lew days ago that an appropriation
or $350,000 had been voted for re-
lief and leyee reconstruction work
Representatives from the affected
sections Of Missouri and Kentucky
were not opposed in their efforts to
obtain money for relief, and with
the representative from this district
pulling wirsH there is no reason
why Alexander comfy could not dl-
vert the attention u Congress TO our
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Killed Bear With His Fists.

What is claimed to be the champion
bear story of the season was told by
William Smith of Syracuse, n. Y, who
returned to Boulder, Colo, recently,
after hunting trip of two weeks in
the mountains, Smith claims to have
killed 250pound black bear with a
blow Of his fist. After the bear had
killed two valuable dogs with strokes
of his paws. Smith, according to his
story, put on pair Of brass knuckles
and swung on the bears jaw, knock.
ing him out. Then, he said, he beat
the bear about the head and spine I'M
til he was dead.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

promptly forget them The rest Of
us never think OF them Aud vet it
must be plain to any thinking mind
that in a society as closely knit as
ours is today you cannot put away
a half million human beings every
year and forget them. One need be
no sentimentalist to hold that We
are members one of another'-in a
sense as real and literal as ever St.
Paul meant these words; for, after
all, these people do not stay in pris-
on forever All but a handful of
'lifers' some five thousand, more or
less sooner or later find their way
back TO us. their lives touching ours
a many points, unseen and unsus-
pected If the prison has broken
them it is we who pay the bill in
the end
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

Too many people have the idea that
the poultry business Is a sinecure-an
easy way to make money. Nothing
is farther from the truth. This coun.
try Is strewn with wrecked poultry
plants, whose ambitious owners
thought that all one needed to do was
to build houses, stock them with hens.
employ feeders. sit down and count
the money.
Success with poultry means much
work, great attention to details and
above all a willingness to work,
prompted by an intense love for the
business. Unless one can measure up
to those requisites Of success he will
save money by staying out of the
game.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
DETROIT

ny GEORGE FITCH.
AGth1r Of az ,.o,u & Il ai@aah, :"

potro 4 IN, metres lis s. ts
s.ato az III. htpa4 ANA tie wolff Of
~as d,ne Il has i.., go pccpl, o.
one-aaIf ar VIII I'm traces Of al;sna
bile grease cqp Ne discovered hy aav
casual Observer and Ia sfeW.v 81,
FIN. f1ef say I'm hundred a fys II.
truck far{ens are spoiled annually
nv hayi.- etrc1, ,ycncas Lila ca
tan Of e, N
nq,~stt i;.au old town ana moved
a11nq cc6.agta1h behiad tao nro-
q =sfpn ninth ona7s ten vaar- ar,.
vhfa n y thq rehabilitation ijaa
ana star,ed orr Ia manrfa tufe s,l
the autemobilas In tha world. II MIA
succeeded % wan that il n-ty has
e4n asres Of nE.gehI., fa.i
ana more rarares ,rla drug stayF8.
R{eb men I'm Detroit stgo tlctr
llraosines 10 give ptaa!e7 to Le-~
Gas IN 1907 modal rgnabanfs and
qiaht GA a Detroit b0aI ara has
i0 600 acotylane ewes ID say nGth.ag
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Queer Form of Insurance.

Lloyd's have insured people against
many strange things, but few quaint
err inquiries have been made than that
of an undertaken, who asked the 9th
err day at what price underwriters
would relieve him of any liability
from shocks caused to private people
by his collins being taken to the
wrong houses ut night.
Underwriters did not feel them
selves competent to quote a premium
offhand, but expressed their willing
ness to consider the proposition pro-
vided details were supplied, such as
the annual turnover, the number of
such shocks known to have been
given and their severity.
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PROBLEM FOR WOMEN
CAN CNE ASK ANOTHER WHERE
SnE GETS s.E.a CLOTHES?
II is Done In France Witaout ohense,
but Here tic Fair Cuestoner
Mlght DO Considered Most
lH1peftlnent.


"TIave YOU the right, wacn you see
beautifully dressed woman to ask
her politely where she gets her
clothes =
The speaker. beautifully dressed her
SELF, was dria"ing tea and eating
sconca NJ the Acofu club. Her words
evoked tremendous interest among all
the dainty occupants OF the dainty
room, and former ambassadors
wife said;
THAT question II very important.
1t has troubled me. In fact, ell my Ese.
| once put i; to the tesr That WAS
three years ago, sided up toa very
stunning girl who was buy'ng silk
stockings in q department store, and |
said.
"Your dress Is so pretty-do you
mind telling me where yen got it2'
She looked Iao up and down az IL
| We're dirt I got ii in Paris, she
snapped, and turned her back on me.
walked away 50 crestfallen! TO this
day my checks burn when l think of
it,"
All the women laughed gently, sym
pathetically, over their tea
And it wasn't as If you hadn't been
Well dressed yourself" one said.
mo-" said the ambassadors wife. II
had on a new Paquin'
"Once, In Monte Carlo" said wild
ow, "a girl asked re AZ eros who
made the coat.sdt vas Wearing, aud
her question delighted nue., 1t was a
tribute to H. and my dressmaker both,
was but too 2i.d 60 give that pretty
girl all the information she desired"
In Paris" said an heiress tho
leading dressmakers send their name
qGins, or girl models, to the races, to
fashionable ho~e!8, ana to the promen-
AIDE in the Eois and tha Rue do Ia
Paix. This is in order that women
may ask these girls where they got
their lovely frochs. trenchwonen,
you see, don't mind asking oae an
other that
nc lt4iAh Gig ~ 4=ASNAb5SANs
said a lady novelist.
Then, after pause. the original
speaker said:
i've often wanted to ask strange
women where they got their clothes,
and my husband has often wanted to
ask strange men where they got
! theirs. Neither OF us has ever dared,
though. Yet we've been asked our
selves, and, tremendously iiattered.
, we've replied politely. My solution Of
the problem Is this. Intelligent per-
sons. like the French, are pleased
when the question il asked them, and
therefore, II you are sure your stran-
gers are intelligent, don't hesitate;
but, If your strangers are unintelti-
gent-snobs or pseudo-aristocrats-
then, beware. for. no matter how deep
ly pleased at the question they may be
at heart, they will snub you horribly,
and you viii walk off as ashamed as
though you had been caught trying TO
pick pocket
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

learned body in this field that Ameri-
ca can boast His statement. though
strikingly bold, was carefully con-
sidered 1t was addressed to a seri.
Gus body Of men and women; and it
was accepted promptly and en-
phatically, as correct statement of
existing conditions. feel safe,
therefore, in building upon it.
Every year these judges and
prosecuting attorneys imprison, in
care-free fashion, enough men,
women and boys to depopulate a city
as great as Boston or Pittsburgh.
They put these creatures away and
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
HUMOROUS QUIPS


Willie, accompanied by father and
mother was crossing the ocean.
Father and mother We're both very
seasIcE, bat Willie was immune.
Throughout tbs trip he had been an
noying the pasaengers. Finally his
mother tuning to the father, SAID, in
very weak voice, gaaping between
each word "a'ather-~l Wishyou'd--
speak Willie"
Father, turning sea green face to-
ward that rampant youngster, spoke
In a langutd voice: "tiow-de do, WI
lie?'--I.adios Home Journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Success of the pasteur Treatment.

The latest report of the Pasteur in
stitute of Paris shows a continuous
decrease In the number Of cases of
rabies occurring or treated in France.
In 1886 the institute treated 2.6T1
cases, Of which rs proved fatal In
1895 1908 cases were treated, only
four of which proved fatal In 1905
the number Of cases had fallen to 524,
and in 1909 to 467, with one fatal
case in Zach of these years. In 1910,
4ol cases We're treated, and there was
no death. The earlier fatal cases are
ascribed to the fact that the treat.
ment was too long delayed. ~.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Money-Maklnu Cat,

Thomas Gleason of Canaan, Me-, has
cat that earns almost enough. hunt.
ing to support family. The cat one
week, while on one Of Its hunting ex-
petitions, brought home a mink. The
owner sold the hide for five dollars.
This cat will quite often go into the
woods, catch a rabbit, and the animal
being too heavy to lug home he will
gnaw it in two and bring one-half at
a time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
A Wise Woman.

"Now, for 81 announced the star
gazer, Il viii furnish you with 4 phil
ter which will make your husband
love you to the exclusion OF ell 9th
ers."
Il don't think I'll invest" decided
the practical housewife "Eut If you
have philter which win make him
bring homo some OF his salary on pay
days, I'll allow you pog1 5atage On all
sums realized
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

completed, very few Det~oiters are
selling the opportunity to escape
Detroit ADULTS on the st, Clair
river for fifteen miles and see more
shipping pass its doors than does
any other city in the world. When a
Detroit man goes away he has to
hire a man with an automobile horn
and another with a steam siren to
work outside his room for the first
few nights to induce a healthy home
like slumber.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Did Ha2

Alice-Who was the young gentle
man that was throwing old shoes
after the married couple with such en-
thusiasm?
Ethel-Oh, that was Mr.. Sniggins,
the rejected sutton He was trying to
slug the bridegroom in the neck.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

Julian Leavitt's interesting prison
article in the April American Maya
zine opens with the following strik-
ing facts:
If You will only stop to think
of it, | heard Professor John H.
Wigmore, of the Northwestern Uni.
yersity Law School, tell the Ameri-
can Prison Association at Washing
ton, in 1910, there are between
three thousand and four thousand
men in the country today holding
official positions whose sole bust
ness every day of their lives is to
send people to jail mean the
prosecuting attorneys
And there arc two thousand to
three thousand men whose sole,bus
ness Is to cooperate in sending men
to jail. ] mean the criminal judges.
And these five thousand or six thous-
and men are every day sending men
to jail without, for the most part.
any conception Of the science of
sending men to jail They not only
do not know that science but most
OF thsm 10 not know there Ia sell
ence, aud when YOU speak of IT to
them they do not care.
Now Professor Wigmore is not
sensationalist. He is one OF the fore.
most academic iurists OF the coun-
try lie is president of the Ameri-
can Institute Of Criminal Law and
crinHology, which ID The one
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

THAT rich uncle of mine was O.
tightwad to the end?"
What do you mean?" X
Il used to borrow money from him
when he was alive, and would you be-
lieve he charged me with every penny
of it in his will" (
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
To Dry Pick ChJnkene

To dry pick chickens properly the
work should be done while the chick
ems are bleeding; do not wait and let
the body get cold. Dry picking Is
much easier done while the bodies are
warm. Be careful not to break or
tear the skin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Excusable.

'Drat the luck! | wrote a para
graph about a Turkish towel and a
printer made It Turkish howl"
"Oh, well, don't blame the poor fell
tow. He was probably thinking about
what Italy is doing to Turkey now"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
She'll Be Cauuht Sometime.

Sifkins--Is there any truth In the
report that Banks wife suffers from
kleptomania?
Timkins-No; / think not. | under
stand 1t Is the shopkeepers who SUI
fer.--Stray Stories.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Good Flock of Sheen.

A good flock of sheep looks good TO
the owner and 1t is comfort and con-
ISOLATION to have them on the farm
where they can be utilized and made
to pay well for the feed and care he.
slowed on them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside Ia an interesting little arti
Gle entitled, who Should Maintain
Soil Fertility" In this article the
fact is brought out that in g. cases
out OF every hundred the owner of an
American farm operates the farm
and in the remaining SO cases a ten
ant operates a farm. The life of a
tonant is on the average about three
years on the same farm. Hence Il
is Of no use to preach to him about
the danger that the potassium will
give out in $50 years, or that the
nitrogen will last only few decades
He knows that he cannot exhaust
it in the one, two or five years for
which he is likely to have the farm in
charge. If he contemplates buying
ten, the one he has been operating.
Thus, under the circumstances, little
can be hoped from him in the way
OF better treatment of the SOIL He
is farming in order to get what he
can out of the farm and to get ii
soon. The sooner the better
This, by elimination, brings us to
the landlord as the final hope. II
the owner of the soil cannot be
trusted to conserve the soil, it must
deteriorate. Too often the landlord
has bought the farm in anticipation
of rise in its market price. He is
a speculator, and so he, too, worries
little about what the soil will pro-
duce forty years hence, but only
what it will sell for within period
quarter as long. Nevertheless, TX
is the landlord through whom the
Improvement must come. When
land ceases to rise so fast in value
that its rent, rather than its unearn-
ed increment, is the essential thing
the landlord then in possession will
bethink himself And when this
time comes, the landlord in charge
will take his tenant into his conf
dence and will make it TO the inter-
est Of the tenant to stay long time
on the same land Then the tenant
will concern himself with what the
soil will produce a decade and more
in the future. He will not lose the
added fertility which his last years
Of operation have put into the soil,
but, as is now the ease in England,
he will be paid for this its full mar
ket value The landlord who an
ticipates this general movement and
carries out this program before he Is
compelled to do so will make him
self, his tenant and his community
the richer. But while society viii
have to make some regulations, and
while the tenant will have to be edu-
Gated, it is the landlord who occu-
pies the strategic position,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Favorlta Fiction.

II Haven't Time"
Fresh l3uttefmiik."
North Temperate Zone"
'"rhe Grand Calumet River"
"One Word More, and | Leave the
Guhiect With You"
Certainly, Madam II Will Afford
Me Pleasure to Contribute Some
thing"
Go ahead, Dear; I'm Listening"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Unable to See.

Would you want your wife or your
mother or your sister to have to min
gle with men at the polls?"
Il can't see why 1t would be any
worse than mingling with them In
overcrowded cars"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Her Artjstic Eve

II sometimes think" said Mrs. lap
sling, who was looking at collection
Of family portraits, that the pictures
they take nowadays aren't half as
good as the old vagariotypes they
used to take sixty years ago."
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Secret Of Fatteninn rurLs..s

The secret OF fattoning turkeys Is
to feed them all the grain they win
eat; have a good water supply near
and induce them If possible to roost
at night inside Of well-ventilated
building
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
UnseIfIsh Wisdom Demanded.

"A man should attend strictly to his
own business"
Maybe SO. But that policy would
never enable him to cut much of q
figure in the state legislature"
irony or rate.
Miss Helen Jones of HEREFORD, Pa,
has purchased at a bankrupt sale the
farm OF man forced In bankruptcy
by breach Of promise Indignant IA
ner favor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
NO PANAMA TOLLS.

A free canal, in addition to in
creasing the commerce Of the
United States in ten years to
fifty times the cost of operation,
maintenance and interest, win
accomplish other results. 1t will
absolutely destroy all possibili-
t., In any shape or manner of
monopoly in interoceanic traffic.
1t will encourage every ship
owning, operating or chartering
company or individual in the
world to build, operate or char
ter vessels to use the canal. 1t
will keep rates between the two
coasts Of the United States at
minimum and develop an i'm
mense traffic between the At
lantic and Gulf ports and those
of California, Oregon and Wash
ington. 1t will improve to the 4
largest degree the possibilities of
trade between the United States
and the west or Pacific coast Of
the twelve Latin American coun-
tries reaching with vast potan-
tial resources for $500 miles
from Mexico to Chile. 1t will
bring to the ports Of the United
States and Latin America YES
sells of every flag. providing
them with abundant shipping IA
cilities and adding greatly to
their prosperity. 1t win inaugu-'
rate new commerce between
the Atlantic and gulf COASTS Of
the United States and the ports
OF Asia and Australia. which
otherwise would use the Suez
canal or not exist at all.-John
Barrett.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
This Would Account for Il.

Perhaps the planet Mars is ruddy
(For that's It's color. SO It's said).
Because instead u being yellow
Tho dandelions there are red.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

The above Ia a correct statement
Of The Cairo Bulletin for the year
1911 and the month OF January,
1912. e. A. DALEY,
Gen'l Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 3rd day Of February, 1912.
LEO J. KLEB,
ISL Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number ~ complete
aud perfect copies or The
Cairo Bulletin. printed daily
and Sunday during the year
of 1911 2277
Average number OF complete
and perfect copies OF This
Cairo Bulletin. printed dur
Ing the month OF January
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

we are authorized TO announce
John W. G. Fry as a candidate for
Alderman from the Third ward at
the city election OIL April l6.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10

when the attention OF The Bull
setia is called to any misstatement
Of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections will
sheerfully be made.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
political ANNOUNCEMENT

we are authorized to announce
the candidacy Of James Maehap for
Alderman from the First ward, sub
ject to the election Of April lG,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Cereal and Fruit.

Bananas and Oatmeal.--Oatmeal may
be served with fruit. and in this form
It's hygienic value il increased. Dat
meal and bananas are thus combined,
Cook oatmeal IN the usual way After
placing in the cereal dish slice ba-
nanas over the top. sprinkle with pow
dcred sugar and serve with cream. II
desired canned peaches may be added
to the bananas.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
Ways of Serving.

Some unusual ways of cooking 0at-
meal are suggested here;
Oatmeal Mold. Add a pinch Of salt
to one pint Of boiling water and sprin.
kle in slowly one-haIf cupful Of oat-
meal
Let it boil for three quarters Of an
hour, stirring occasionally. When
done add sugar TO taste and the juice
Of half a lemon if it is liked. -
Pour it, boiling hot, upon well beat
en- egg, stirring with fork until thor.
oughly mixed
Return to the saucepan and let it
come to boil; then pour into indiyid-
ual molds wet with cold water
When firm turn out on a glass dish
and serve with whipped cream
Oatmeal Flaked. TO quart of very
hot water add pinch of salt Sift
into the water n cupful of finely
ground oatmeal or rolled onts. Stir
for n few minutes without its boiling
hard that the -four Of the oats may
be soaked out into the water rs much
as possible. Let cook thoroughly. then
stir through a wire strainer to remove
the hulls
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Oatmeal Cakes.

Oatmeal Cookies. For plain oatmeal
cookies take two cupfuls Of medium
fine oatmeal, one and one-half cupfuls
Of -four one-hnlf cupful Of butter
one half cupfG! Of sugar, two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder. milk or
water enoHgh to mix, roll Que and cut
with round cutter ana bake in very
hot oven twenty minutes,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-10
yGlaSKIT'GHEN|
OATMEAL FOR LENTEN SEASON. |

OATMEAL is SO nutritious that it
can be commended for use when
the regular meat diet is being
curtaied or cut off, as it may be in
Lent.
As breakfast food Il is superior to
any form Of wheat which contains
gluten, an element somewhat tough
and sticky.
Oatmeal is rich in nitrogen and is
ideal for children or for persons who
exercise much. 1t is supposed to
build up the muscles and the brain.
Grits are oats from which the husk
has been removed and is an especial
ly digestible form Of the food.