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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
BASEBALL IN THE AIR

New York, Feb. 25--That Father
knickerbocker has at last succeeded
in contracting municipal indebt-
edness exceeding the national debt
of Uncle Sam is the startling situ-
alton revealed by the report which
the Comptroller has just submitted
to Mayor Gaynor. This report shows
that the gross Indebtedness of New
York City now amounts to the enor-
nous sum OF $1.037.S11.71S which
| in round numbers is $50. 600 more
than the public Indebtedness of the
United States government That an
income far greater than that enjoy
| I'd by any crowned head is necessary
to provide for the municipal needs
$ indicated by the fact that during
the past year the citys funded debt
was increased by the tidy sum of
1,000,0 geo, of which more than
$44.000.000 represents bonds issued
for rapid transit work and the
great new water supply system
Enormous as his financial indebt-
adness. however, Father Knicker-
bocker's situation is not so involved
as might appear on the surface.
While the total debt exceeds a billion
dollars, the net debt is considerably
less than that sum by reason OF the
fact that about s450,ooO,000 of the
Indebtedness il represented either
by bonds held in the sinking fund
or by self-sustaining bonds which
are exempt, These factors reduce
the net debt with contract obliga-
tons outstanding to 100000. 600
and leaves the borrowing power OF
the city at sl25,000,000 Even
these ameliorating figures, however,
cannot disguise the fact that in its
financial operations this city within
a comparatively few number of years
is practically certain far to outstrip
the national government.
Strange Baseball.
Ie What Is probably the strangest
amusement proposal that has ever
been launched here has just come to
light in the shape OF "a proposition
which ,contemplates the playing OF
regulation big league baseball
games one hundred and fifty feet
up in the air 1t is not proposed,
however, to produce aerial baseball
by means of aeroplanes, but to use
the enormous roof, larger in size
than the biggest existing bail
grounds, OF a building located in the
heart Of the city and now near com
pletion.
When finished this gigantic build
ing will have roof area of about
six hundred by twelve hundred feet
upon which If the unique plan Is
actually carried out the baseball
grounds sodded with bright green
turf will be located, surrounded BY
mammoth grand stands and equip
ped with every possible facility.
While details OF the plan are not
yet complete it is asserted that its
originator, one of the most proml-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
KNOX TO DELIVER
FIRST ADDRESS TO
P.ANAMANS TUESDAY

On Board United States Cruiser
Washington, at Sea Cby wireless to
Key West) Feb. 2j.--The American
Secretary OF War, Philandee C..
Knox, whose mission to Central and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

Here is a message Of hope and
good cheer from Mrs. c. j. Martin
Boone Mill, Va, who is the mother
of eighteen children. Mrs. Martin
was cured of stomach trouble and
constipation by Chamberlain's tab
lets after five years Of suffering, and
now recommends these tablets to the
public. Sold by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
Naw Electric SIGN

The H. 6. II. Smoke House and bill
Hard room has a new electric sign
In front OF the building in which
appear the word Billiards,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

said election Will also be held the
voters OF sad city OF Cairo the question following
passed by
February 1912 city ON the lh dy
of ebruary
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

Provision to meet the requirments
OF this section shall be included in
The annual appropriation bill for
each OF the years aforesaid, and
the city Of Cairo hereby obligates
itself. annually and In due time man.
.ner and season, to perform and taxa
all action required by, law to carry
Out the provisions OF this, section.
Section, 8, I'he City Comptroller
is, hereby authorized and directed 10
advertise for the sale Of said honda
IN The Cairo Rulletin;and The Cairo
Evening Citizen. newspapers pub.
Used in said City '"of Cairo.
Illinois, by inserting one Z adj
yertisement in each of said
newspapers at least ten (1Ol
days before said bids are to bo omen
ed Upon the opening of such bids.
the City Comptroller Is hereby auth
orized 10 deliver said bouds and cou-
pons to the highest bidder therefor.
upon payment to the City Treasurer
OF the amount of such bid, and the
proceeds thereof shall be used for
the erection OF public library
building for the Cairo Public liz
brary In the City OF Cairo, Illinois,
provided. however, no bid shall be
accepted at less than par and aecru-
ed interest.
Section 4 The bonds authorized
by this ordinance shall not be issued
unless the ordinance is approved at
special city election to be held In
said City Of Cairo. Illinois, on the
18th day OF March, 1912, and the
Board OF Election Commissioners oc
the City of Cairo are hereby request
ed to do all things necessary in con-
nection with the holding of such
special election, A certified copy of
this ordinance shall be Furnished
to said Board OF Election Commits
sioners by the City Clerk.
Section 5. Ordinance No. 2s6.
adopted by the City Council of the
City OF Cairo, March Z, 1911, and APP
proved by the mayor. March s, 1911.
entitled, IAN ordinance authorizing
the issuance by the City OF Cairo.
Illinois OF fifteen {l5) bonds Of the
denomination OF one thousand
t$l000) dollars each to pay the cost
of a library building for the Cairo
Public Library, and to provide for
levying and collection OF an annual
tax, for, the payment Of same is
hereby repealed.
Section g.. This ordinance snaif
be In full force and effect from and
after Its passage and approval.
Passed by the City Council of the.
City of Cairo, this. 18th day of Feb.
ruary. 1912,
Approved by the Mayor of the CITY
Of Cairo, this l4th day of February.
1912.
GEORGE PARSONS,
Mayor of the City OF Cairo.
Attest:
RoBT. A, HATCHER.
Clerk of the City of Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

Mrs Claude Winter returned SAT-
urday from st. Louis where she spent
several days. !,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
Said ordinance will Ne printed ballot
and said ballot will be n following

Shall bonds OF the City of Cairo for the purpose OF
raising funds for the erection and equipment OF
city hall and jail upon the property of the city in
Block 40, in the City OF Cairo Illinois, in the
$4,000 be issued by the city council in the manner
provided in the foregoing ordinance
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
ORDINANCE NO. 2e4.

viding for the issuance by the CITY
of Cairo. Illinois, of Fifteen Thou
sand (l5,000) Dollars OF bonds ant
interest coupons thereon to be sold
for the purpose OF raising funds fol
the payment of the cost OF public
library building for the Cairo Public
Library.
BE it ordained by the City Council
OF the City of Cairo:
Section l.. For the purpose ! OF
raising funds to pay the cost Of a
building to be a public library build
ng for the Cairo Public Library In
the City oil Cairo, Illinois. the Mayor
rand City Clerk are hereby author
ICED, directed and empowered to ex-
ecute fifteen t15} bonds of the City
Of Cairo for the sum of One Thou
sand 10000 Dollars each dated July
list, "A. ID. 1912. and bearing interest
evidenced by coupons attached there
to at the rate of five per cent. CO per
cent? per annum payable annually
which said bonds shall be numbered
from / to Is. eonsecutively, and
shall mature as follows:
Number !, 1st day of July, 1913
Number 2, LIST day Of July, 1914
Number 3, 1st day of July, 1916
Number 4 LIST day Of July, 1916
Number ), 1st day OF July, 1917
Number 6. lst day of july, 1918
Number :. lst day of July. 1919
Number s, 1st day of July, 1920
Number 9. lst day Of July, 1921
Number 10, lst day of July. 1922
Number III. 1st day of July. 1923
Number IL, 1st day OF July, l024
Number l3, lst day Of July, 1921
Number IA. lst day of July, 1920
Number Is. 1st day of July, 1927
The interest coupons TO be attached
to said bonds shall be signed by the
City Clerk and the principal and In
terest OF said bonds shall be made
payable at the office of the city
Treasurer. in the City OF Cairo, and
the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized to insert recital in said
bonds in substance that the total
Indebtedness of the City of Cairo, In.
Guiding these bonds, does not exceed
any constitutional or statutory linn
itations thereon. ~
Section 2. For the purpose Of
providing for the payment OF prin-
eipal and interest of the bonds here
by authorized as they respectively
become due, there shall be and there
is hereby levied and there shall be
collected, a direct annual tax upon
all the taxable property In the city
OF Cairo sufficient. to produce for
the following years the following
amounts. - E sH
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
OFFICERS

OFFICERS
J. $. AIsTH0RPE, President
H. S. CANDEE, Vice President
w. H. WOOD, Vice President
W. P. HALLIDAY, Vice President
II. 4, AISTHcRPE, Cashier and Sec,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
BANQUET WILL
MARK CLOSE OF y.
RELIGIOUS MOVE

Concluded From Page One.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

Said ordinance win be printed
election and said ballot will be following form:
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
WAGON RECEIVES A 3S BULLET

Charles Blakely, driver for one OF
the Bloomheart delivery wagon, is
still at loss to know whe her 50
calibre bullet which hit the side of
the seat Of the de livery wagon he was
driving last Monday evening was
aime for him, or whether it was just
stray shot.
Blakely was making his round
alb Ut $50 out on Fourteenth street
in the vicinity of Little Mexico" and
it ha peued that ii W S just that
tim Of the Mexican row .whi h took
place the that evening. The first
he knew of the disturbance being SER
ious was when he heard Shot and
something t the wagon he was
driving. He di covered this to be a
80 bullet. 1t is not known OF course
whether ii was stray shot or whether
some one just happened to be in the
mood 10 shoot at the first person who
came handy.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
One Hundred and Forty Five
Here-Next Years Meeting
at Coffeyville.

One hundred and forty hive
bankers we're registered for the Ka"
sas State Bankers Association
which met Fnday. A good program
was given at the Hetrick Iheatr'
in the afternoon.
The program as published few
days ago was carried out with the
exception of the talk on "Kansa'
Banks and Bankers" by Hon N
Dolley. THIS was given by 5. A
WardtI, Deputy Bank Commis
sioner. CtffeyvilIe was chosen f.
the place of meeting next year.
was well after six o'clock when IT,
last Of The business of the meetln.
was flashed, by the appoln'men
of ccmmitle and the election OF
officers. The banquet at seve'
o'cl, ok was one of the features Of
the c, anute Banker enter alnment.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
rs AND INDUS
InIAL Cua5 lt1SUVtR
y. BIoomheart | lis Of meet
ing r. arnlers and Railway
Representatives Prcdominate

Dan Bloomnrar, aud Peyson
Ripley returned lnursnAy from The
Farmers and Indus rlu Congress
wnlcn Mas nell Hu ul,ou 'Tues-
ia, u Wedn ,t} | 50 akine
N euog NJ B mn r saI'
~ II aw that the congress was
s.o 1n mostly of Farmers and
rA, so representatives., with only a
rnkIIpg of merchants l saw that
there was no use in trying to i'm
press the merchants side of the
questions of them, so held my
peace and listened to the other
fellows. 1t was very nice meeting
I'd there was good attendance
and think everyone had a good
time"
"Sho,s at the high cost of living
were frequent and this was admitted
to be parity because of the wasting
Kansas soil advantages, which has
resulted in a smaller crop percent
age.
The waste in farming is perhaps
shown as forcibly in Inc fact thai
thousands Of bushes Of apples
IN other fruit waste In the o :
ards while people - the cities
are clamoung aDous stn hgh trces, -
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
SHOWER FOR MISS HANBACK,

Misses Frances and Beatrice
Geisler gave hose shower for MISS
Nargaret Hainbach, who is to he
N .rried to Harley Dyer the latter
t. uf this month, at their nome
s. 8 south Lafayette Fciday evening.
Tue evening was spent in max ny
tainIy little household articles for
ne bride to he, after which L t
noslesses served delightful two
course lunch. The table decorations
we're in keeping with the occasion,
hearts being the principal feature,
Two hearts thrust through with
darts hung from the chandelier and
locked with tiny paddock, the key
OF which was at Miss Hainbach's
place at the table.
The hose were presented to Miss
Hainbqcb in a shoe covered WIN
nearts The guests were Alice ana
Ermlne O'Hare, Norah Ahring,
Nellie Dyer, Mrs. Harry GaughaD,
Mary Foley, Julia Nc arthy, Bessie
Coapple and Mrs. W. o. jackson.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Little Friend

Earl Hummgr and wife OF Ohanute
spent Sat with his parents J G Hum
mel auQ Vile
Ed Mccoy and family went to Cha
mute SAT
Letha. Orlie, John and Fred Mccoy
penL eun with MyrtIe aud RueUeD
Muller
Helen B,kpr, Mary Braden and ld'
Humaer ur Chabu'e and kub'
Baurr. OF Lttt'e Friend visited
,cuuCl FRI atLerau0n
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

There is something finer than to
do right against inclination, and that
is to have an inclination to do right
There is something nobler than re-
luctant obedience, and that Is joyful
obedience The rank of virtue is not
measured by it's disagreeableness, but
by its sweetness 20 the heart that
loves It. The real test of character
Is Joy. For what you rejoice in, that
you love. And what you love, that
you are like.-Henry van Dyke.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Eight Who Deserve sIaps.

Eight men who deserve to be
slapped on the face: He who despises
man of power; he who enters a
house unlimited and unwelcomed; he
who gives orders in house not his
own; he who takes seat above his
position; he who speaks to one who
does not listen to him; he who In
trudes on the conversation of others;
he who seeks favors from the ungen-
erous; and he who expects love from
his enemies.-From Persian Saying.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
QUAIL SUaIERS LUCK VARIED

From no b'rls at al to the
st,yli,n IS the tale of luck told by
the qps7 hu,% rs who to- k advan-
tage u thu ftst day of the season
for I,n ing. Np-st OF the hun'ers
rep +, lots If birls but lot OF
hun'ers are right after them,
Chief Grady ant { If Coulter,
after bagging the ''Ami' ut O'rdS'
conde scenied to gel rabbits. A'ttI
they failed pumpkins served as the
next best game.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Even in the face of the inexorable
law of DEATH" says the Lancet, sci
ence still has consoling message 1t
can hold out the hope that one day
the ravages of disease may so far be
eliminated that death will be nothing
more than a quiet and painless phe-
nomenon. It will cease to be feared.
and come even to be desired as a 1T
ting close to a weary day"
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
BIG MAN IN SENATE SOCIALIST

According to latest reports the
Democrats have elected twenty State
Senators, The Republicans elected
nineteen and the Lieutenant Governor
ia conceded to be Sh field ingalls,, a
Republican. This makes the Dem.
ocrats and Republicans equal. There
is yet one Senator not accounted for
and ne is a Socialist, so perhaps after
all the Socialists will cast the decid'
ING vote in Kansas legislature.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Miss Vera Currey has returned from
a few days visit in Humboldt.
Mrs. G. G. Lowrance and Mildred
ard Ralph Lowrance spent Sunday
in Thayer with relatives.
Mrs. Laura Moore has returned 70
Neodesha after visit with her son,
r. T. Moore and family.
O. ], Fulton of Emporia has re-
itnrued home after short visit with
Miss Opal Garrett.
Miss Margaret Beasley who is
teaching at carlton spent Sunday In
cbanute with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Unrub.
Miss Della French spent Sunday IL
Tbsyer visiting her aunt.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
still at II.

"I wonder what has become Of my
husband. Three days ago | sent him
to match a sample at department
store. He hasn't been seen since "
Il saw him yesterday. He was at the
third counter of the fourteenth aisle,
and was just starting for the four
teenth counter of the third aisle."--
Washington Herald.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Thanks to the cartoonIse.

Party emblems that figure on bal
lots represent the more serious pur-
poses and type the traditions Of vari-
GUS political followings; but the en-
blems that the cartoonists and humor-
lists have established a. j., the more
popular, because they represent that
cheerful mood in which a majority OF
persons attack politics without aban-
dcning the earnest aim that underlies
its festations.-Judge:
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
OIL MOI UP 10 STANDARD

d, y. Hickey was fined ten dollars
IN the curt Of Ju.Lice Of Peace j. U.
Rues Tuesday Afternoon for not
complying with the law 10 regard 10
oiis ami paints. The compla,nL was
signed uv State Dug 'spt csof Dee1''
H. was claimed that a certaln eIaue
% Linseed OH sod by Mr.. Hickey was
no, up 10 standard. Ten dollar, the
minimum tine and costs we're assessed
aInst MIN.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Be Careful In Speech.

If in our speech we would need
consider how our words will affect
those to whom they are spoken-if wo
would try to hear them with their ears
and consider how they accept in their
hearts, there would not be much pas
sionate or unadvised speech; certain
ly there would be few spirits wounded
or lives emb!ttered by the words OF
our hps.-W. G. Horder.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Accentua,ins Plant Characters.

It has been found that under red
light Qight through red glass; plants
become more robust than IN any 9TH
er. They also become more pro
nounced in their chief characteristic
leafy plant becomes more leafy, all
shades of green become more pro-
nounced, the sensitive plant more
sensitive and all in every way become
highly specialized.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Caution.

"Shall L empty your wastebasket?
asked the janitor. 'It is brimful of
correspondence" NO" answered the
man who is combining politics with
high finance. Just hand me my
bonds and stock certificates and I'll
stun 'em in some pigeonhole so that
you can lock the waste.basket in the
safe"
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
The Hard Part.

"Huh!" says the friend. "You get
your money easy enough!" "Oh, l
know get it easily" replies the 9TH
er. "All 1 have to do is stand in line
for my pay envelope. 1t was the
earning it I was kicking about
Judge.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
"Costermonuer.n

Ribbed costard apples, a cooking
kind, are now to be seen in the shops.
The costard is referred to in the
household accounts Of Edward l., In
whose reign the street seller of the
apple was called costardmonger-
hence "costermonger" and "coster. =
London Standard.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
plnoon pescended chImnsy.

When a resident in the London
road, Reading, England. came down
stairs recently, he found perchef on
the top bar of the CRATE in the draw
ing-room a pigeon which had come
down the chimney 1t had brought
with IT a considerable quantity of SCOT.
When the occupier opened the win
dows the pigeon made its escape.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
SHOWER FOR MISS LUlU Ch0SS

Mr.. Eari Pc udrviS d"d Ni.N Pear
McDpnaid CAV ni'c' 'l'pe"us'
shower Tnur>0ay evening" at lhr
ucD ma d home for MIS-. buln Cross
whuse marriage TO Il. ID. Callier WI
lahe place THANKSGIVING Day. MISS
Cross received many UrauJliul aho
uSnfnl ARTICLES
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Iona.LlXed.

"oh, yes, / come Of a very long
lived family. My father cut a third
set Of teeth when he was past eighty"
THAT'S nothing. My grandfather died
OF infantile paralysis when he was
ninety-seven."
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
What Did the Bride say2

The three-times widower, with MS
newest choice. was once more making
the necessary visit to the city official
in Hoboken. Upon receiving the Zee
the clerk exclaimed heartily: THANK
you! Come again!"-Judge.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Watch Built In a Pearl.

A tiny watch, which has been made
inside a pearl as large as big pea,
has Just been constructed by Gallopin
6 Co. of Geneva, fifteen months being
spent on the work The empty pearl
weighed forty-five grains and in d.
ameter is less than an inch. This
pearl watch can be worn on a ring or
as q pendant and cost $4,000.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
TheCOrreCt Time

Is sometimes, matter OF great
Importance. A watch that doesn't
tell the correct time is just as bad as
40 watch at all. Ifyour watch shows
~ ncliuatIon to be eccentricor un-
steady n It's habits, bring it TO us and
we will put it In shape at very rea-
lorable cost.
Q e. CONKL1N. the Jeweler
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Toninq Down Somewhat.

"You used to be strong for the up
lift" Eyes" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "but a reforner is liable to
fly so high that the public can't see
him. l am now engaged in volplaning
a little"
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Burned the Wind.

"Sam, were you in that riot last
night?" "Yassir." Did you run like
the wind, Sam?" mo, sir. didn't
run like the wind, deed / didn't. But
I passed two niggers that was run
ming like the wind."-Argonaut
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
True Government.

Government is trust, and the ofh-
GERS of the government are trustees;
and both the trust and the trustees
are created for the benefit Of the
people.-Henry Clay.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
One Was Enough.

Baseball Captain-fYOu shouldn't
be so hard on the boys. They played
we'll. The game was lost through just
one error" Manager-"Tes, so was
Paradise. e."-Boston Transcript
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Chilbl1ins, frosted feet or hands,
ean be cured with one or two appll-
cations of Ballard's Snow Liniment'
Itouickly relieves itching or tender
ness of the flesh Price 25c, SOC and
Al Der bottle. Sold by Legitimate
nruo Co
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Mr.. Fannie Reid OF Tulsa who Is
employed in the Harlow Nero. Cos
store there, is visiting friends In
Chapute for few days.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22
Look on the Bright Side.

Get into the habit of looking for
the silver lining of the cloud, and
when you have found 1t continue to
look for it, rather than at the leaden
gray in the middle. 1t will help you
over many hard places.-A. A. Willis.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Dan Cadmus of Parsons visited
here Thursday on his way to Law
rance TO attend the M U-K U game
Saturday. Mr.. Cadmus graduated
from the University last spring.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

MISS Leila Bedford, the music
teacher, went to Thayer Thursday
afternoon. Miss Bedford has Dum-
her of pupils there and her class Is to
give a concert In the assembly room
Of the school building at Thayer this
evening,
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Mrs. O. E Mercer who has return
ed from Bartlesvile and Okmulgee
is the guest of Mrs R. B. Bedfeld.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22

Miss Bernice Jones left Thursday
afternoon for Lawrence to visit her
sister Miss Ethel Jones, a student at
*. U. Miss Bernice will witness the
Kansas Missouri Football game.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-22


visiting her niece Mrs. Walter
Johnson.
Mrs. ]. F. Kanives visited last week
with her mother Mrs. j. W. Kelley
on her way home from a visit In
Grand View, Ark, has returned to
lola.
Mrs. W. B. Thompson and niece
Pauline Sage left Tuesday for WASH
burn, Mo.
Mrs. F.F. Friedlun and Mrs. Ira
Mollett went to Humboldt Tuesday
10 visit their aunt Mrs. Ed Myer who
is quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Reece returned
Tuesday noon from a visit in Thayer'