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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-16


by Jove, that reached out to try to
catch 1t, don't you know, He mado
just two strides to the table, ten feet
away. and pounced upon the pajamas
with obviously trembling hands.
And behind his back Billings re-
lapsed into an armchair and famed
himself with magazine.
The professor fumblingly sought
through his pockets, and producing a
pair OF spectacles with phenomenally
large lenses. adjusted them shakily.
He bent over the pajamas eagerly.
Impossible! And yet. 1t is, 1t isl"
he muttered. Il would know the
weave among thousand, 1t Is hers
undoubtedly, undoubtedly--th lost
silk Of SiLing-Chl! How comes 1t
here?"
He glared around rather wildly at
each OF us In turn. Without waiting
for a reply, he whisked. back to the
pajamas, and fishing out thick mag
nifying lens, scrutinized the garments
closely. 1t seemed that he would GER
tainly nod his big head off its Jolly
hinge; and his quick side glances at
Billings and myself, together with his
growing and muttering. just remind
ed me of dog with q bone. by Jove
I stared at Billings and Billings
stared at me. and then he slipped over,
to the divan upon which | dropped,
completely exhausted, dash It, from
standing so long.
Whose did he say?" he whispered.
Celia something" \ answered.
Dash 1T, didn't catch herssurname.
Oh. say, you know. this is awful"
Out of the professors mutterings
we caught random sentence.
Found, found again." we heard him
say. Hers beyond persdventure Of q
doubt. | am not mistaken"
"Ah. gentlemen!" exclaimed the
professor, coming back again, what
a thing this little Chinese woman did
for civilization when she gave the
world silk culture and invented the.
loom! No wonder the Chinese deiiiedi
her as q, goddess"
"Goddess!" Billings swallowed hard.
And did se-h'm-garments be-
long to the lady7'
The professor frowned at him in sur
prise. "Garments?"
Them" said Billings in devilish
questionable grammar, pointing to the
table. "They are pajamas, you know"
Hal" calculated the professor.
holding them up. 80 they are. You
are very observing, sir, very. Now, 1
had not noticed that at all; l was so
interested In the material itself-the
wonderful silk of Si-Llng.Chi. gentle
men. Ha! Indeed rare privileged"
BY Jovel He stroked the stun light
ly, tenderly-as one likes to do q lit
tie child's hair, don't you know.
Beautiful. beautiful fabric" he
sighed half to himself. only once
before have seen a piece OF it--but
1t was enough; / could never. never
forget" Something like groan es-
capped him.
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CHAPTER XVII.

The Spell Of the Pajannas.
The professor suddenly faced u.
holding up the psjamas with q ges-
ture OF inquiry.
From friend of Mr.. Lightnut's In
China" Billings explained. HIN! In
the neck. profsssor--I mean inside the
collar" he said. approaching the Ia
ble--"there's some kind OF freak let.
tering. Looks foolish to met
The professor looked perplexed.
Il mean, looks like 1t was done by
some one who was batty--had wheels.
you know; probably some chink whose
biscuit was drifty," aoundered BILL
ings. "You. understand"
The professor didn't. l knew that
jolly well by the way he cooked his
head on one side. standing like pug
zled crow, don't you know.
"Ha! fear do not as | should"
he said with an apoiogetic cough.
Perhaps | do not intelligently and
logically follow your deductions be.
cause your premises are inscrutab!e
until have seen the lettering. All"
Out came glasses and lens and hc
bent over the collar eagerly.
The professors lips moved rapidly
and his visage twisted Into q horrible
frown.
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Professor.

Billings ushered in the professor
with fiourishing introduction.
The great man never spoke, but
gave me the end OF one finger, and
devilish grudgingly at that. He just
came to anchor and stood there very
straight and stiff. ignoring the chairs
thrust toward him from every point
One hand was stuck In his stiff broad
cloth bosom, with elbow pointing out,
ward, and his great topheavy head
reared above us impressively.
I addressed the professor hospita'
bly,: All won't you SIT down, pro.
fessor?"
He drew back, frowning "Sit down,
sir?" he questioned. And, by Jove,
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Watering cam Casped Billings.
I'm telling you what he says, sir
Then he covers 1t all up again, and In
about half-hour the perfesser turns
the covers down: and II It's what he
calls 'fine'-that is. damp all over--hc
climbs In and sleeps like top
"Cold-water bug, you know" | ex
planned. but Billings shrugged his
shoulders.
That's all right. Bug or not, he's
the goods, all the same. Greatest
ever" He spoke with quiet convic.
ton.
He deliberated moment and
turned to me.
Tell You what. Dicky: I'm going UP
and ask him down. He's the one to
give us the right dope ON these crazy
letters-Eh. what you say, Jenkins?"
BEG pardon. sir: was saying that
the perfesser don't visit nobody; and
he never sees nobody but the big litry
and scientific sharps."
"Oh. he don't. eh?" Billings snorted
CONTEMPORARY. We'll, Jenkins,
haven't been prize fisherman In my
time for nothing; guess | know how
to select my fly | know what will
fetch him: Mr.. Lightnuts compll
ments. and will he be pleased to hon,
or him by passing upon an Oriental
curio OF rare scientific INTEREST,"
that sort OF merry rot! Why, you
couldn't hold him back with block
and tackle. Oh. you needn't worry:
I'll do the proper curves all right
He turned toward the door. And
Jenkins. you come along and work me
into the lodge"
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LEN SMALL AND
L0RIMEP ADDRESS
BIG CROWD HERE
Concluded from Page One.)

large crowds greeted them.
There seems TO be strong senti-
ment in Southern Illinois against
Gov. Deneen, and it is generally con-
ceded that Small Is the only candi-
date who can defeat the present In
eumbent. ...
Senator Small and his party left
early this morning for East st. Louis
where big rally will be held to-
night.
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The ut regular meeting will be
held IN Chicago, May 30. when the
conei tuition and by laws win be
submitted and work commenced upon
o good rc,ad- bill TO be introduced al
Springfield at the mex. session OF the
Legislature.
The conference was pronounced as
being the m5st successful OF any good
road movement heretofore held in
tho State.
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from one OF the Oldest, and hes
families in this end Of the state. Hi,
father settled here in 1853, and as
sisted materially in the development
F, of the country, and assisted in build
| ing the illinois Central Railway
through this section. His grand
father Winstead Davie, settled In
this county In 1919, and the city OF
Anna was named after his grand
mother, Anna Dayie. The Dayie ard
walton families have been closely
Identified With the early history and
progress Of Union county. and com,
prise 5orle Of its most substantial
citizens. Politically, they were all
democrats and Mr.. Walton Is a demo,
crat by birth and breeding as vel!
as from conviction.
His name would add strength 20
the tiCket throughout Southern Ilh-
ro'a. lle r. fitted in every way TO
conduct the 9qaits OF the office sac
cess'ully
Nj. Walton ha1 lived in Union
county all his Tile, and since beeom
ing OF age has been one OF the coGn
tvs leading farmers, now ownles
l 200 acres of land In the Miss ssippi
bottoms, the greater part OF which IL
under high state OF cultivation Re
sides his own immense holding, MIR,
Walton operates some Lease lands
Having such large farming interests
Nj Walton financial standing ia
A l., as 1t should be for one aspiring
TO the office of state treasurer.
Necessarily al part TO his large
business he is closely Identified with
the banking interests of the county
and enjoys high rating of credit,
After completing his common
school education Mr. Walton attend
ed the Jacksonville business college,
and the State Agricultural college "
Pennsylvania. He was married in
1896 to Miss Anna Bush, daughter of
the late A. D. Bush of Anna. and
they have two children. Mr. Walton
Is a progressive man In every re-
spect, well informed In all business
matters and matters of general pub
lie interest, has taken an active in
terest in public affairs, though never
having sought office, and Is a.
staunch, progressive Democrat. On
account of his general availability,
fitness and excellent qualifications
he was solicited and urged by his
friends to become candidate for
the office OF state treasurer, which,
IL elected. he Will fill to the satisfac-
tion OF the people. and with honor
and credit to himself and Union
county. Being a farmer, one of
whom compose the bone and sinew
OF the state, outside of Chicago, Mr.
Walton should and no doubt will Sc
cure a large per cent of the rural
vote. Along with other business and
professional interests they are en-
titled to representation and In Mr.
Walton they would have a worthy
representative. Mr.. Walton is a
member Of the Masonic fraternity
being a member of the Royal Arch
Chapter.
The Democrat takes pleasure In
presenting Union eountys candidate
to the favorable consideration of the
soters of the state.-Anna-D Democrat
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For State Treasurer.

A petition has been filed in the
Office OF the Secretary OF State Cor
the candidacy of winstead d. Wal
ton on the Democratic ticket for
state treasurer. Southern Illinois is
entitled to a place on the state
sicket and no stronger candidate
could be brought out in Southern
Illinois than Mr.. Walton. He win
make an ideal candidate. He comes
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-16

The Italian attack on Beirut has
set Europe all In a tremble again for
fear the monthly Balkan uprising
VIII get into the game. What a
peaceful old world this will be when
the Balkans cease from troubling
and the war scares are at rest
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For County Commissioner.

We are authorized to announce
the eaal.1aey OF f. ]. Hodges OF
Tarnnis for nomination on the Re
publican ticket for the office or
County Commissioner OF Alexander
couHty, Illinois, subject to the
Urinary Election TO be held on
April 9Th
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We are authorized to announce
the candidacy OF Edward A. Burke
for nomination on the Democratic
ticket for the office of Coroner Of
Alexander county at the primary
election to be he'd Tuesday, April 8.
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Circuit Clerk.

We are authorized to announce
Alfred Brown as a candidate for re-
election to the office OF circuit clerk
CT Alexander county. subject to
nomination by the republican vot-
ers at the primary election April
eth.
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We are authorized TO annonnes
the candidacy Of DIR. e. ]. Cause OF
Unity for nomination on the Repub-
liean ticket for the office OF County
Commissioner OF Alexander county.
Illinois subject TO the Primary Elec-
tioa TO be held on April 9Th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-16

A candidate for congress in Bucks
county Pa, is distributing candy. II
there were only woman suffrage in
Bucks county he should be clicked
by tremendous majority.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
FIR County Surveyor.

Peter shaver OF 0lve Branch. an
nonn,es his candidacy for the Demo-
cratte nomination tor the Office OF
county Surveyor. subject to the VIII
OF the voters OF that party. at the
primary eieetlou. Tuesday, April 3.
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We are authorized to aGnounee
A, Z. Parker Of Unity. H., as a can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for County Commissioner at the
primary election. April 3.
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For Coroner.

We are authorized to announce
the candidacy OF DR.. James Nc
Manus for denomination on the
Democratic ticket for the Office OF
Coroner, at the primary election to
be reld Tuesday April 2.
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WANTED-Four copies OF The
Bulletin of February 2S cents a
piece VIII be paid for the papers
when brought to this office.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number Of complete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin. printed daily
and Sunday during the year
Of 1s1l -. :. .- a277
Average number Of complete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin, printed DUR
Ing the month Of January
5afo nnf
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The above is q correct statement
OF The Cairo Bulletin for the year
1911 and the month OF January,
1919. e. A. DALEY,
Gent Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this Srd day OF February, 1912,
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-16

City, formerly of this city. will be
here next week for a few days, the
guest of relatives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-16

Who will be In the White Hobs
one year from now?
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when the attention Of The Iul.
letin u called to any misstatement
81 fact or 10 any error sonser1ing
any man o. thing, corrections will
sheerfully b mads.)
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LAUNCH FIGHT
FOR GOOD ROADS
IN THIS STATE

Concluded from Page One.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15
..TRN ROOM ISLAND NEST"

Try Rock Island First" is both a
good slogan and first class trade
mark It balances well in print
II is unique and full OF meaning
and significance. II is al once suappy,
catchy. short and with d punch" in
e. II IS not a moUthtuL You can say
Il and repeat Il without getting out Of
breath. And the more you repeat IT,
rho more you Will like H. II not only
implies local patriotism. but It be
speaks and inspires local patriotism.
10 is designed 20 serve as an inyoCa-
ton at home and an invitation abroad.
To the people Il says, in erect: Give
your own town first consideration.
Think OF Il first and keep it uppermost
in your mind. Try II before you 20
elsewhere
To the outsider who IS looking for a
new location, or another place 70 IN
vest. II extends greeting. II asks first
consideration. Il asks for a trial, and
IL asks 30 right on The bat II asks for
first chance confident that in that
NN'AH IT - AAa bt ~. 81 AA0lCta
The new slogan Of the Fifty Thous.
aud club is novel. IN that It is an in.
junction rather than a claim. Il e
taken for granted that Rock Island Is
possessed Of all the elements thai
make Tor a great industrial and com
morcial and residence community
These facts are well known. All thai
IS necessary now Is TO arouse the PEG
pie at home 20 fun appreciation Of the
merit and worth Of their own insu,u
uons-aud 70 bid the outside worlJ
come in AID see for itself. Come be
fore going elsewhere. and there viii be
no occasion for going elsewhere-tha'
Is the idea OF the slogan.
The Rock Island slogan Is original
Omaha has a somewhat similar one
Z Know Omaha Better" but none g.
exactly like the one adopted here
See America First" the famous rail
road advertisement, made an immens
hi. but Lhe idea has HeI .kssa Cs-I.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15

grizzly gray hair on each temple
Marston felt at liberty to gaze on it,
but not TO read the letter, so from the
picture he turned to the subscription.
The letter was signed Your grateful
friend, Saran Sherwood"
MarstOu was satisfied to have open
ed the letter There was something so
pleasing in the lady's face that he felt
assured she would not blame him for
doing so. Virginia had evidently been
kind TO her. lie wondered what Viz
Cinia looked like. In fact, he wonder
cd whether she was young and fair or
n skinny old maid. He would have
liked 10 know what the old lady had
To- feel grateful for. But none OF
these things could be known because
10 read private letter was not to be
thought Of.
lie replaced the missive and the pho
tograph in the envelope and, after or
deriug his dinner at his club sat down
at a table in the writing room and
wrote brief note to Sarah Sherwood
stating that he had taken the liberty
OF making dead letter office Of him,
self that her letter might the sooner
reach its destination. This was all
/ that was required in the premises, and
had lie stopped here there would have
/ been no story. But he was impelled 10
say that he could not have helped see
. ing the photograph which he presumed
to be likeness Of the sender OF the
. l.. oh. ,r.t, .r
as expressed IN the features. he had no
b fear Of being blamed for the course he
/ had taken with regard to its return.
/ Now, ia tne first place, a letter from
la stranger written from a prominent
/ club has a standing. Club members
must pass the ordeal os an election and
are supposed TO have some social posi-
lion. IN the second place. a letter from
q man 10 woman including q cOmpri-
mcut IS not likely 10 pass unnDti"ed.
IN the third place. q brief note Of
thanks from the recipient Of q favor
10 the person VITO has conferred It Is
always iu order The lady. who signed
herself Mrs Sherwood. expressed warm
appreciation Of Mr.. MarstOn's act
! " iltB eift ~ tilEl ~ as Il LlALHe0s
But this YRS not eii Within a few
| days be received a brief uUte from Mis
| Virginia Martin mot Marstoui thank
ing him for the return Of the letter L
the sender. AS Sir. Marston had step
, ped out Of his way TO commend Mrs
SherwoCd's features. so did Miss Mar
tin express pleasure at Mr. Marston'
appreciation Of the dearest Old lady il
the world"
Here were two paths leading 10 al
acquaintance with an elderly lady 0
pleasing appearance and Il young lad
upon whom Mr. Marstons imaginatio
had already begun to play like hea
lightning in summer night. That sh
was young was apparent in her note
* to her appearance-well. she Nigh
BE- as hyuely as a lighted pumpk!
! face, but sucn 4 suggestion did NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15
POLITICAL SUPPOSING

inane Wilson, who knows enough, but
lacks nerve TO serve us.
Suppose, too, that President Taft be
Heved that the American people be
entitled TO recall a public servant when
said servant no longer served the
people
Also, let us suppose that our presi-
dent had not instituted a commerce
court NOW happily made innOcuous)
in order to nullify the good effects of
interstate commerce legislation.
Here are seven-nOw for one more:
After granting these suppositions as
being facts. do you suppose that Roose-
welt would now be running for the
presidency Hardly, for then you
would suppose him TO be a political
fool, and If there is anything M
Roosevelt is not, that must be it.
Yours truly,
OLOF Z. CERVIN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15
UNEASY LIES THE HEAD THAT
WEARS THE CROWN.

Governor Deneen and other repub-
lican candidates in Illinois are, with
good reason, alarmed over the gen.
eral political situation. Ii was none
too rosy before the Chicago battle be-
gan. En- arrassing Illinois ubli-
can party history was revealed during
the recent very bitter primary cam
palgn when such great republican
Patriots as Senator Hurburgh OF the
senate appropriation committee; Len
Small, Richard Yates, Walter Clyde
Jones, John E. w. Wayman and a
number OF other republican candi-
dates for governor were telling what
they knew about the present state ad-
uinistration.
The Lorimer and anti-Lorimer fight
in the republican party ripped it wide
open.
The republican party in illinois
/ faced defeat on state issues and now
comes a great national knock-down-
and-drag-out republican fight which is
uissipating what little hope for vic
. tory Illinois republicans may have
I hAAtl 45lltA.
The Illinois delegation in Chicago
is about as comfortable in the pres
ent situation as a boy who has Just
| stumbled into a hornets nest. Gov
4 eruOr Deneen is obviously very much
/ alarmed as are other candidates on
/ the state ticket. They and some OF
/ their newspaper supporters are pussy
footing around, studiously avoiding
taking any issue on either side Of the
great Chicago battle.
That Illinois may be precipitated
into this fight in Chicago is what they
all fear very much at present. Ger
tainly this state ought to be in the
| thick Of the fight as Illinois was The
battle-ground of one of the hotties
primary contests between Roosevelt
and Taft.
Roosevelt won a decisive victory il
this state and will have SO of the 81
Illinois delegates on the floor Of thu
convention. Some OF the delegate
are not Roosevelt men and they ar,
looking for an opportunity to side
1 step instructions. Some of the repub
lican candidates in the state do no
share Roosevelt's views. The repub
. lican state platform evades taking
definite stand upon any of the ROOse
. veltian policies. Taken as a whole
. is the most embarrassing situation
Illinois republicans ever faced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15
CAPITAL COMMENT

the prOtectiOnists' program. First, il
was infant industries" and then il
was protecting the American working
man" The people saw these Infant
industries" grow into giant trusts, cap
italized at million upon million, grasp
ing their competitors by the throats,
debauching legislators, throttling rail
roads, and defying everything and ey-
erybody who tried to thwart their will.
After that the people saw protected
American wOrkmen" ground down to
a wage level of the workmen of
Europe. They saw that the workmen for
I the tariff trusts were being paid less
( and treated worse than any wOTkmen
/ in this country, and finally, with the
revelations that came with the steel
trust investigation and the Lawrence,
Mass, strike. they learned that labor
conditions in the tariff protected trusts
/ human-practically the worst any
where in the civilized world.
HAVE LEARNED AT LAST.
The people have learned at last that
the present excessive tariff is a hum
bug; that it Mas no excuse in logic or
economics. and therein lies the reason
TOR the present troubles and woes
within the republican party. For this
party will not admit its error. Repub-
lican leaders insist that these tariff
trusts are still in the infant class.
These leaders still contend that Ameri-
can workmen receive the benefits of
tariff, when every school boy in the
land knows that such contentious are
little short of idiOtiC.
American consumers are today pay
ing dividends on a trust capitalization
Of $4,000, 100000, 20 percent of which
is water. and American workmen-
those of them who work for the trusts
receive wages as low as s. week
These are the two great reasons why
the G. o. p. is beset with woes and
tribulations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-15
AW0MANyO OBSERVATIONS


in the world who prefer to work their
tongue muscles overtime, most of US
are going to have to suffer high cost
OF living. The fact that our great
cities are more and more depending
upon a limited number of producers,
is bound TO make prices higher. A
little individual effort would go far
toward reducing this cost, to say
nothing of the excellent results in
health-yes, and in morals. The
busy gardener, man, woman or child,
has neither time or inclination to
cultivate harmful associations.
wish our lassies would be content
ed TO be just girls, and not try 10
enhance their delicious youth by
artificial aids.
There is nothing sweeter in this
world than a girl between her six,
teenth and twentieth years-if she L
/ be just what she is: bud promising
beautiful full-blown flower.
But SO often a girl spoils all hel
natural sweetness by makeup
. which is only too apparent. She spoils
her fresh and tender skin with pow
der and rouge. She hides the maid
\ enliness in her eyes by blackeneC
laches and lends boldness to her brow
by penciled eyebrows. Her hair is be
frizZled and be-puffed and ever
though she may have an abundance
) Of her own she often adds store hal
thinking it adds to her attractiveness
And she dresses with lack of mod
: esty which makes many an olde
woman blush.
1t is too bad. What should b
| sweet and wholesome is made int
= something entirely artificial. Wit
: her artifciality the girl becomes Dol
and affected. And We lose the joy c
: looking upon all that charm and del
; cate bloom and innocence which be
2 long TO woman only in tina
2 brief period of her youth. The gil
A loses a Joy too that she doesn
t understand at that time, but one tha
e she will regret when she grows Olde
and learns TO envy the youth CROWN
e up about her.