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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20

Under the direction of the nresi-
lent the United States consular
agents abroad are investigating the
/ high cost of living. AS fast az a
batch OF the resultant reports are
ready they are sent by the president
to congress. The second batch went
in recently, covering the countries
of France, Belgium, Holland and
Denmark.
The reports are devoted chiefly to
the cooperative movement which
has been given added impetus since
high prices became prevalent. Not
only are there cooperative stores
but cooperative factories. The poor
people on the continent have been
compelled to adopt the same remedy
as those of Great Britain, where the
RochdaIe system Of cooperative buy
ing and selling has gained such a
vogue.
The wonder is that the American
people have not taken up more ex.
tensively this logical and necessary
means of combating high prices The
repeated statements of Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson showing the
wide discrepancy between the prices
paid to farmers and other producers
and those exacted of consumers tell
a story so plain that the wayfaring
nan, even though fool, cannot fail
to see the point. Yet we 90 on
grumbling and paying the bills
There have been a few efforts at
'ounding cooperative stores and
markets, but these have been but a
drop in the bucket compared with
the need The ease and simplicity
with which such system could be
lnsugurated make the failure to do
1t all the more astounding. For ex-
ample, number OF families in any
nelghborhood could club together
and appoint one Of their own num-
Der a buying and selling agent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Shoe Dealer Duke.

The story Of how grand duke, a
near relation of the car Of Russia.
came TO be boot and shoe dealer on
the Nevsky Prospeckt comes from st.
Petersburg Some time ago woman
from Paris appeared In the Russian
capital, covered with diamonds. 1t
was loudly whispered that this woman
was protege of the grand duke; that
the money that paid for all this dis
play came out of the admiralty treas
ury and would have paid the crews of
many ships in the war with Japan.
One evening at reception this WON
an was hooted and was obliged to
withdraw. The car drove her away
and dismissed the grand duke in dis
grace. His career having thus been
closed he opened the shoe store. Now
he has been pardoned and restored to
his rank. But his shoe store contin-
ues to do business and all the officers
who are under his orders are wise
enough to patronize 1t in order not to
put anything in the way Of their adj
vancen1ent. ~ ~ .,ss.V. -, g,l4f ~ Z
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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
FATE OF THE OLD CHURCHES
Eighteen From New York City Have
Been Sold and Moved to Small
Towns.

Eighteen stone churches which were
on Manhattan Island from twenty-five
TO two years ago are now scattered
over New York state, New Jersey and
Connecticut, says the New York Sun.
These structures were taken down to
make room for mercantile buildings.
The congregations moved uptown and
built new edi6ces. The old buildings
were sold and the buyers took them
down, carefully numbering each stone
and making full detailed drawings for
sale with the materials to prospective
purchasers.
There is a good market for second
hand churches taken down hereabout
and that can be moved By low cost
water carriage to places within two
hundred miles. Old New Workers
journeying upstate, through New Jer-
sey or in Connecticut often come upon
church that looks familiar, and on
making inquiries find that the build
ing formerly stood on Manhattan Is
land and after being taken to a new
site was sand-blasted so as to give
the stone fresh appearance.
In the last dozen years an enormous
business has been done in taking down
brownstone houses in Manhattan and
re-erecting them in many places. One
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
PICTURE OF MODERN LIFE
Little Telephone Conversation RetWecn
Husband and Wife That Hits of
Modern Conditions.

Mr. Jones Cat the telephone)-Hello.
is that you dear?
Mrs Jones Cat the other end)--Yo5,
Edward.
Mr. Jones--I won't be home for din
ner tonight and probably not until
very late afterward. Don't sit up for
me-
Mrs Jones What is 1t, lodge night
or work at the office?
Mr.. Jones-Neither. Collins and the
gang want me to stay here at the cleD
FOR dinner and there's to be a lit 3
game In the evening | think can
bring home a few dollars to you for 4
new hat or something.
Mrs. Jones-Oh, very we'll But II
you lose, don't you dare say anythir 2
to ne about what I dropped at bridge
yesterday And Edward
Mr.. Joncs-Yes, dear.
Mrs. Joncs-Come home moderately
sober. Stick to beer, The last tine
YOU mixed EN- and you remember--'t
took two Of your friends and cop 0
bring you home | won't be up when
you come home-don't wake me.
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Thornless Elaekberries,

| have heard of thornless blackber-
ries having been discovered in North
Carolina and along the eastern coast,
but unfortunately the berries were not
Of any use for food. have also grown
Go.Called, but not by any means thorn
less, ones 40 years ago. Electricity was
also known for thousands of years. but
1t was worthless until developed.
Steam was also useless as an aid IN
performing the labor of mankind until
some one made It useful 1t is tie
same with the thornless blackberry It
Is now productive delicious to eat,
large and in every way valuable for
food. and absolutely smooth like the
twig of an apple tree. There are sect
less apples in existence today BIZ
none of them are Of any commercial
value. There was once a so-called
stoneless plum, but 1t was not larger
than a large bean, and was not fit for
human food The bush was an H.
shaped thurny one and the fruit abs1-
lutely useless. Now there are, grown &
on my farms, splendid prunes and
plums which are stoneless. Natu g
gives us a hint and 1t is mans busi-
ness to carry out the work to produce
results.-Luther Burbank in the Chr j.
tan Herald
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
WIZ Bird Returns to cantlvltv.

Are birds able to think and remem-
Der where they have been well cared
for? A gentleman living in Leith Is
in the habit Of feeding the birds which
frequent his garden during the winter
months. Some time in January, 1911,
he enticed a greenfnch to enter a
cage and so captured It, 1t was wear
ing ring on It's leg marked "Aber-
deem University, 1855"
In the following March he set it at
liberty, declares a correspondent OF
The Scotsman. He was much sur
prised when on January 10, 1912, the
bird returned. On his cage being pre-
sented to him, the bird hoped con-
tentedly into 1t and settled comforta-
bly, down for the severe season. An
examination Of the ring left no doubt
as to the Identity of the bird.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
RESPECTED BY MINE OWNERS
superstitions Among Men Who Work
Where Daylight Never Penetrates
Are Rather Quaint.

Many and quaint are the supersti-
tons existing among coal miners and
each of them is respected by the wise
mine owner.
For example, it is an old-established
custom in the mines in the north Of
England and South Wales to close
down a mine for one day when a man
is killed in the workings. In some
mines the closing day after a fatal az
Cident is the day of the funeral. but
more usually it is the day after the
accident
In some mines 1t IS considered an
omen Of Ill luck for a miner to carry
his lantern in his left hand; and in
Others. curiously enough. 1t is regard
ed as unmcky to carry the lantern in
the right hand
One Of the oldest customs among
miners is that known sas parting"
When batch of miners in England
get to work on a new seam, or cutting.
for the first time the first miner to
strike the coal with his pick leaves a
bit Of the clothes he is wearing at tho
place where he strikes the first blow.
A miner always tears bit out of his
coat or trousers for this purpose, and
in mining districts where this custom
prevails you may see many wearers
Of clogs going about with several torn
patches in their clothes. telling Of the
number OF times they have fulfilled
the custom Of parting in the mine. It
Is considered uHlucky to have such
rents in cloths mended
Every miner on taking on work at a
mine in the north Of England receives
Il cardboard leaf, containing the regu.
lations prevailing at that particular
mine. which he must scrupulously OBJ.
serve. 1t is considered an unlucky
thing for a miner to lose this card, and
In many miners homes you may see
the regulation card hanging on the
wall in glass frame.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
OLD STAGES OF NEW YORK
Many Years Ago They Were Operates
Regularly Between Metropolis and
other Cities.

In excavating underneath the former
Tallman livery in New York recently
workmen found a number of straps
such as were used in former days Oh
the stage coaches which piled between
Albany to Buffalo. E.
The straps are supposed to have
been made at the Sherwood establish.
ment, which many years ago stood at
the northeast corner Of State and Dill
streets. S. G. TalIman said he be.
lieved the straps 10 be at least IS
years old, and to have lain where they
were found probably for that length OF
time or longer
1t was in 1909 that Isaac Sherwood
of Sksneatles became a partner of
Jason Barker of Utica in conducting
the stage line which passed through
this county, carrying the United states
mail. 1t is recorded that in 1916 a
line of coaches, among the proprietors
OF which was the firm of Isaac Sher.
wood & Co OF Auburn. was operated
between Canandaigua and Utica
These coaches passed over what was
known as the Seneca turnpike, con.
strGcted between the two points
named. Il was designed to build this
road six rods wide. the middle % feet
Of 1t to be covered with gravel or
broken stone to a depth of Is inches.
The Seneca Turnpike company was
authorized to erect toll gate every
ten miles and exact 121s cents toll
for two-horse teams and rs cents for
four horses
From Utica east g tri-weekly stage
line was operated to Albany. and this
likewise was controlled by Sherwood
a. Co and others.
The corner of State and Dill streets
was a great center for stage coaches
in the early days. Various other lines
besides the turnpike stages converged
in Auburn, there being stages 10 Ho-
mer Ithaca, Oswego, Aurora and ether
places II was in that day that the
fight broke out between the Pioneer
Line. as new competing company
was called, and the Sherwood combina,
ton
The Pioneer Line gained control of
the principal hotel in the village,
known as the Western Exchange, hop
ing thus to embarrass its rivals. Put
the Sherwood interests fitted up the
Bank of Auburn. as it was known, for
their Headquarters An issue Of this
campaign WAS the question Of running
stage coaches on Sunday.
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FIRST THEATER IN AMERICA
II Was In Philadelphia and Its Walls
Are Only Now crumbing Into
Dust.

There is an echo of the past called
up by the falling of the walls of an
abandoned distillery on South street,
These walls once inclosed the first
theater that was erected in the United
States. 1t was burned out some years
later, but the walls have remained to
this day.
If surprise be noted over the loca-
ton Of the theater. 1t Is only neces-
ssry to point out that in the middle OF
Abe eighteenth century the moral and
civic spirit Of the day prevented the
proclamation Of the city by any such
institution, so 1t was erected outside
the boundaries and was In what was
known as Southwark. OF tho troub-
lous history OF this artistic enterprise
much has been written. 1t is unfortu-
nate that records Of the dramas given
are not complete and that We have
few contemporary criticisms from I'M
biased pens upon the artistic worth
of the thespian representations. 1t is
of record that the city authorities
were much shocked, that much of So.
ciety with large So frowned on the
institution, and that rogues and vaga-
bonds were under the ban for long
time
But even In that day there were
those who found pleasure and profit
in attending the theater A few years
later George Washington was of those
who patronized the enterprise. At
that day the name of Washington
might have stood against the world,
and many young men at least consid-
cred that It would do them no harm to
follow their leader to the theater,
II we can believe what evidence is
available. dramatic managers in those
days had some illumination and in
spiration, as well as being mere pur-
veyors Of entertainment The supply
Of plays was meager and not of high
class. according to modern standards,
The theater was III appointed and
poorly lighted But the actors and &C.
tresses seemed TO have had some
spark Of divine afflatus, for they re-
ceived concentrations from foreign
visitors who had seen the best the
world afforded.
The dawn of the American drama
cast a feeble light, but we may now
catch few gIintings of 1t as It's first
home in America tumbles into dust
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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To Escape Gold Bricks.

A man or a woman with funds to
invest should make 1t a primary prin-
ciple to first consult an experienced
banking house of established reputa-
ton. The first step in the prudent in
vestment of your money is the seleo-
tion Of your banking house You
should choose banker not only will
Ing but competent to serve your ev-
cry need-one with the requisite pa.
tience and sympathy to study your in.
yestment problem from all angles, to
make your problem his problem.
Few investors realize that within the
past few years there has sprung up a
new guild in the banking business,
bankers whose business runs well over
slOO,oOO,OO0 annually and whose sue.
cess Is largely due to the faithful and
thoughtful attention given each serious
Inquiry or request for advice If you
can save and command 500 or more
4, each year you can command the best
financial brains In America,--Leslie's
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But One Distinction.

Mrs. J G. Phelps Stokes Rose
PASTOR said In a recent address in
New York, apropos of certain dlshon.
est financial methods:
They tell a story about a man of
this type. 1t appears that, as he got
out Of his motorcar one day, thief
snatched a silk handkerchief from the
pocket Of his sable-lined overcoat.
THE millionaire grabbed the thief
nd looked around for police officer
Then the thief, squirmingly in hrs
grasp. said;
"'Ah let me go! Come on now.
let me go. AFTER all, boss, the only
difference between yon and me is that
you're maxim your sixth or seventh
million while I'm still workin' on my
first"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
The State Of Washington
BY GEORGE FITCH
Author of "At Good Old Siwash

@sh nets instead ii Hosaujto bag on
thnic w,al5us. hat she r'aega led
shllazards Of Montana arc uuknowa
there, and its farmers so TO Europe
regularly for their summer vaea-
tons, Washington is one of the few
American states which are heated
by hot water Though 1t is IA" to
the north the Japan stream keeps it
warm all winter and mitlgates the
cold shiyera which the Japanese
navy gives it every time California
messes up the sacred cause Of uniyer-
sal peace with another Japanese
school law
Washington was settled by people
who left ali their old fashioned fur
niture, business ideas and politica,
machinery on the junk piles back in
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Shooting on an English Estate.

A gentleman from London was in
vited to go for "a days snipe shoot
Ing" in the country. The invitation
was accepted and the host and gue@t
shouldered guns and sailed forth n
quest of game.
After a time a solitary snipe 70 g.,
and promptly fell to the visitors first
barrel
The hosts face fell also.
1--WE may as well return" he re-
marked gloomily, "for that was the
only snipe in the neighborhood
The bird had afforded excellent
sport to all his friends for six weeks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
HUMOROUS lUIPS


If cochroaches reappear after you
have once exterminateG them, send
a package Of insect powder 10 your
next door neighbor.
In case Of fire in your house, retain
your presence Of mind and let vour
fire insurance policy be the first thing
you carry out.
There are preparations that will kill
the odor of tobacco smoke in your
parlors, but as rule. they smell wcrse
than the tobacco smoke.
Never give house party when
painters and decorators are at WORK
In the house.
The only sure way to keep the Chi
dren from hearing you swear is to
cut out the swearing entirely.
Never build spite fence. 1t doesn {
deaden the sound of your neighborg
piano in the slightest degree.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Monkey Chsstisement.

Monkeys do such an astonishing
amount Of reasoning, sometimes. that
1t almost frightens US into believing
that Darwin was right after all. A
short time ago child, contrary to all
orders put several peppermint drops
inside the wire of a monkey cage, in
circus. One Of the monkeys sam
pied one and liked It immensely. but,
thinking that another treat was in
store at the end Of the cage, left the
remaining peppermInts unprotected
for brief moment. No sooner was
his back turned than a mischievous
little monkey made way with the can.
dies, and on the owners return not a
peppermint was in sight. The older
monkey gravely considered the situa.
ton for few moments, then called
the little monkey to him, tested his
breath, and spanked him for dear
life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
eHs1~hNs sysx~*~ =. w.
WHY THE HORSE TREMBlES
Asking Zeu4 10 Improve Him, she God
Created ard Showed Him the
Camel.

"Fsther of beasts and of men!" so
spaI tie horse, approaching the
thoae Of Ieus II an said ia be one
Of the moss beautiful animals with
which tAaa has adorned the world,
and my seitloye leads me to believe
II. Nevertheless, might not some things
in me still be improved"
And what in thee, thinkest thoa,
admits CT Improvement? Speak! i
am open to instruction." said the IN
dulgent god with q smile.
Perhaps" returned the horse. II
should be feeter II my legs We're taller
and thinner. A long swan neck would
not disfgure me. A broader breast
would add to my strength And, since
thou hast once for all destined me 10
bear thy fayorite. man--the saddle
which the well meaning rider puts M.
on me might be created a part Of me
Good" replied Zeus, wait mo-
ment,"
Zeus, with earnest countenance, pro
nounced the creative word. Then
flowed life INTO the dust; then organ"
lied matter combined: and there stool
before the throne the ugly camel
The horse saw, shuddered and trem-
bled with fear aud adherence,
Here" said Zeus, ARE taller and
thinnerselegs; here is long swan
neck; here is a broader breast; here
is the created saddlai Wilt thou
horse, that | should transform thee
after this fashion,"
The horse still trembled,
Got" continued Zeus BE instruct-
ed, for this once, without being pEn-
ished. But to remind thee. win oc-
casional compunction, of thy presume
tiondo thou, new creation, contiaue,'
Zeus cast preserving glance on the
camel and never Shall the horse
behold thee without trembling. From
Lessing's Fables
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20

The state al Wash ueton, rhieb
plays left end on the nap FOR this
glorious republic, is large aud yo-
cifernus commonwealth, which .,
rapidly becoming an ex-forest and a
future hot-bcd for national marks.
It lies between Canada, the Columbia
river, Idaho and the Pacific Ocean,
and is shaped like a magazine page
after the baby has finished playins
with it,
Thirty years ago WASHINGTON had
IS, 900 people. incl9iing IuGians no5
washed. Now it has 100000 citi-
zens. and is growing faster than any
state. except Oklahoma 1t was ac-
quifcd by the United States in 1903
for about five cents an acre and was
allowed to grow un wild until the
late eighties. when enough pnp
trees were cut out to allow a few set
tiers TO edge in ard start real estate
offices. Apple land in Washington
now sells for $4,000 an acre and
many single pine tree has sold for
enough to board its owner for a year
The Washington pine grows to a
height of 500 feet but is disappear
ing az rapidly as the Nebraska buff
h 1vI
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Parrots shrieks Start Murder Scare

A large green parrot, supposed to
have escaped from the Oceana Of the
Bermuda line. stopped traffic at Mont
gomery and Washington streets, Jer-
sey City, and stayed on the job until
1t had called out the police reserves
and the fire apparatus, says the New
York Evening World.
Crowds on their way to work were
startled to hear loud shrieks coming
from an upper floor Of the Lincoln
Trust company building
IT'S murder!" said a fat man.
TITS foreign lady," declared the
fat man. why don't somebody save
herr"
Hundreds Of people crowded the
streets, when Martini Grady, head por.
ter Of the trust company found the
bird In small recess under the
caves.
When fireman got half way up the
ladder the parrot few away.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Wireless TO SYnchronlze Clocks.

All public clocks in the German em-
pire will hereafter be synchronized
by means of wireless telegraphy. A
master clock in new station nov
being constructed at the town of Fulda
will actuate the radiotransmitter every
minute. The tower over the station
will be 300 feet high, A census recent
~ taken of the Rublic clocks in Lon
don shows the Importance of such 3
project, because a total variation was
found of twenty-one minutes, from
slow to fast. Only az per cent Of the
tmepieces gave the correct Greenwich
time, .A
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Copyright 1912, by Gorgs Mathew Adams>

fine facade by famous architect of
sixty years ago is in Boston, another
in New Haven and a number are in
New Jersey cities. More than a thous-
and fine brownst0uo houses were taken
down in Manhattan last year and the
stone and a good deal OF the timber
were worked into houses and apart.
ment houses, hotels and halls within a
hundred miles Of this city
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20

the old states. For this reason the
state is marvel of enterprise and
new ideas, and the arrival from the
old ana experienced state who has
come west to enlighten the natives
often has to pocket his pride and ask
the hired girl how to vote his first
ballet
Walla Walla and Olympia We're
once the greatest cities Of Washing
ton, but have stood pat for many
years, while Seattle, Tacoma and
Spokane have grown into greatness
and are equipped with every met %
Dolitan convenience, except old fam
lilies.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
1T AsT0NISHED THE COOK
Marvellous Appetite of "Mr. claren.
DON" Whose Name Was Pass
port 10 Kitchens Best.

j. Hayden-Clarendon eating his
three meals in a German grill Of much
renown, has, day by day, extended his
aequaiutanCeship from the steward to
each OF the walters and from thence
into the kitchen to the cooks. And it
so happened 4 while ago that enc OF
the cooks had had to send his wife to
a hospital, Clarendon, ever thought
full, bought flowers and sent them out
to the kitchen to be forwarded thence
TO the hospital
This, of course. made him more
than solid with the culinary depart
ment Of the big restaurant. with the
result that whenever waiter an
nounced that the order was for Mr..
Clarendon" the cooks would go 10
the limit in getting him the best
steaks and chops and serving them as
works of art.
The waters weren't slow in learn.
ing that the word Clarendon" was
the passport to the kitchens best
the open sesame, as it were.
so It happened that one afternoon
waiter came into the kitchen with
the order:
"T-bone steak, rare, for Mr.. Claren-
don"
The man at the broiler threw up
his hardH
What's come over Mr. Clsrendon?"
he asked in establishment. He has
had two porterhouse steaks. boiled
salmon, ham and eggs, three oyster
stews, eanddabs, chops, and now he
wants a Tbone steak-and all in an
hour!"-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-20
Largely a Matter of Guesswork.

Inquirer--What do you estimate to
be the total expense OF finding the
south pole?
Information Editor--That can't be
ascertained until the lucky diseoverer
has figured up his gross receipts from
lectures and the sale OF his books
You'll have to wait few years for
the complete estimates.