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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29
stoty u IN African Romance.

4 "a romance born under unusntd cir
t,,4n,staDceg cuimthatSd Az the sitar, IA
tte marriage or Mics Olive Macleod
isaG Charles Lindsay Temple, chief
gscrstary OF Northern Nigeria. II vas
chile returning from Wadai, in the
heart OF Central Africa, whittier she
lad iouvne$Gd to place y cross ON the
grave OF her former nance, Lieut., Boyd
Alexander. a noted explorer, who was
murdered AT, that place By natives in
1910. That, she met ana "as1successful-
IL nposa BY her future husband Dur
ing thts tin Mics Macleod covered
nearl- 1900 miles. through reeibns
Fltsre ths natives although noninally
fs'tendly, are uncertain in temper. For
four months She vas IN territory hlih.
afto.unkror.n to Frt'ish travellers and
s1r Six ,r1bHtss IL districts where. \
%biie Sorst had oseer before been
seer. A Woman friend and her bus
Rand we're the only other White mel
bsfs OF the expedition. They we're IN
almost constant danger lest the Ma
tivsEtprn against them. and on one
occasion one or the wilder tribes
seritbsly debated the proposition Of
taking tbs womeh prisoners. The party
nsAnSxed.to escaps while the psfley
~as so!:s or.
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The CAIRO, VtNCENNES G. CHlCA.
GO RAILWAY COMPANY

|4'airo., illinois. September, 25th, ls12
Notice. Is hcTety given that spos
.iad meeting Of the Stockholders of
1hc Cairo, NiurennaS and Chiraso
haiiloli .contpanR VIII he Acfl III
liz principal cfs.ce ef the eanqaay
III Cairo. Illinois or Tuesday, thn
.Gth day Of November. 1912, al Ill
o'clock q. M. {or the l1irhos0 Of corr
:si(lcrinssand autlorl2ing sale aud
eonvesan'e By The Cairo, vinrGnnes
4 Ihiraso RAILWAY Company to The
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago {, ST.
Lalis Railway Company of ihe ,ail-
road, propcEties anl, franchises Of
The Cairo, Nintcnncy & CHICAGO
Railway Company sand such other
mattcts ard things as may be- in
cident to or necessary or appropriate
10 De done. in connection With said
|salbf and conveyance.
Hy order Of The board d Directors.
DWIGHT W. PARDEE. Secretary,
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Help Wanted Female.

LADlES--Lc.irn TO draft YOU own
Patterns AT home by mail with gu.
latest improved system circular
Address J. q. stewart, Weidcls Lad
les Tailor!ns College. 1888 Olive
street, St Louis. Mo, Please men
lion The Cairo Bulletin when re-
plying to this advertisement.
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KLINo'IsCENTRAl
ri. Fast Nail Roux

Corrected TO sser;rml Vat, 1912.
I H{6 Trains itsave cairo ..
l2:4S m. Daily Chicago Hesti.
buled It'd, arriving Chicago
1880 a. m.
2:ta d. M. Daily ST. ;4oulS NAB
It'd. arriving 81 I.nuis 7.20 .. m
Sleeping ears open at A:so D. u
S:20 a. m. st. Lonts Special
i:slb (. M. Thei,es Acetxi,uyodat,pn
$500 a, H.. Chicago 3naiIs Bxiraa
ii:i5 a. 1T. ST Louis Fast Man
lEis. a. N. Chicago Mid-nay apecial
as p. nj, Afternoon .EAnress 70,
St. Louis. Oain. Effineham. MAJ
loon ard Champaign. III: tFf
~ 10 y. ~. Chicago and Eaatsrn FL.
eresa. . @s-, I, sss, ~ -, w
0;46 y. m, Chicago MlgaiS Express
arriving At Chicago Tao q. m. ~
Local sleeper al station Berths
can he occupied after 9:0a o. m.
100 a, m, Memphis and Nash rilis
t;ab a. m Coach section for Mem
phls and New orleana.
3:4O a. M. Siecpcrs fonIy, New Or,
leans and Hot Springs. Il Az I'll
t20 a. NJ. semtnol@ admitted to-
Birmingham and JacksoayiIls, Faa
500 a m. Psdncah and Lo,lIsviils
Express tSb rH adsp
i:5l y. IN. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans. Ix.5e
1867 p. M. Daily Nashyills, ChAttA
nooga and Atlanta. lt ~
t1o n. M. Fulton and Mayfield &C.
commodation. S
$40 y, m. PaducalI and L0uisyill,
Sleeper, Paducsh to L.ouisvills
open at $3.50 n. m.
5:AS D.. N, aremphls and New o.
leans Special. ~ tiA$,
For through tickets. sleeping cal
accommodations and, farther tnfm
nation applyy,et Illinois Contra
Passenger station, cairo, III. ! .y
In. y0KEs. .Tictss, AZ,
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WANTED -E&pcrt aocountant, IA
Mia With modern boobkeopin2.
wants sntli sets of laoss to take
care OF. or-Nlll audit yonr accounts
and install modern me;hods. b,
care Eu;gct.n.
WAATth ~ perienced .oaataS-
ser. NJ Others reod apnly. salary
ard commission, Aapiy Cairo Sp1c-
taity Co., 1911 Cont. .Nyc, SEA
N'NNTEb-t'ood coal ran-r. With
wa;"r (rtat: ESQ heater; must lie
hatga'n. Address or call Sli .2nd
e,leot, Ifomc phone 1lS-K,
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Miscellaneous For Sale,


MA FOR SALE-lce cream and sher.
bet any favor, 81 A gallon or SOC
for half gallon. delivered. Leave
orders eathi Tor Sunday dinner, Both
lth6nes. Nlpih Pole Candy. Kitchen,
230 Eighth street. e. TIT
49, " s..fk'Se I'D NJ ;1.--t t
" ~FORs SALE Tive lota Oh spvth-
vest CORNER d .37th and Sycamore,
alta bargain. Cash or terms. to, siht,
purchaser. Near Repnic's big store
on paved street. and iutcrurban ana
city cars in front. Mrs. W. P. La
Hue, 523-3a Home phone 5S0-R !,
LEONARD's STUDIO has never
charged moro, than 10 cents roll
for developing films; We arc still
doing them at that pricc---6, 10 or
~ exposures. host work and quick
est work IN this pari Of tho state.
Let us show you, nj 200 Eighth
HtEset, .f i an sst
FOR SALE on TRADf,-.-organ,
In flrsst class rohditiop, up.to-dats in
every respect viii sell cheap. An.
ply Deer, care Bulletin.
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1890 S-Afil y 80 -, 1ras 4
iN,sA NTEl9 Ana eSpesicnrcd high
grade; Speciality salesman, onc thui
is familiar with tho local trade, 80:
petdallN- ywitlrsthe Wholesale grocery
trade. Address Postofficc Box 500
New Orleans, La. State reference
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EARN So 10 81: weekly at home
during spare time mailing circulars.
For particulars send Toe. which wc
RETURN when you begin Nvrk VIM
a, ntos'c Co.. tit~Bi Truulbull ave-
hue. Dctrolt, Mich.
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FOR SALE--Ope roller top desk,
$1,000; one typewriter desk, $2.00;
one Rotary Ncostyle, $1,000. Cairo
City Coal Co. Office 1914 CONNER
cial Ave.
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$4,000 stock of dry goods and
groceries IN manufacturing town;
monthly sales average $1,000 Bar
gain if5sold al cncc for cash. G. NJ,
care l}U.fctin,, @ -
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AUTOMOBILE for sale Mitchell,
4 cyl, 20 n. r., passenger, 3 speeds,
forward and reverse, Tires In fair.
condition one rev, wo new tubes
Car in good condition. win demon
strate. Price $l75. Bargain quick
cash safe. Box 333, Anna, III, "h x
SOLID oak double bed, highly,
ornamental design. with springs and
mattress complete, $500. Apply to
sos Washington avenue,
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WANTED Porter!fmust have ex,i
perfencc. Apply Solomon's Clpthihss
store, Seventh street and ComEer7
cial avenue.s 20,
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WOMEN Sell guaranteed hosiery
~ per ccut, profit: make so daily.
full or part time: beginners inresti-
cate. STRONG KNIT Box 1929,
West Philadelphia, Ia.
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ON account Of leaving the city I,
will sell any. Of tho following at in
tcrcsting prices. One mare, ten
years old, with; harness and nearly
new buggy, with umbrella cover:
|$l0o for toutft 15'oom} boarding.
|bouse, eight regular. boardcrs, rent.
st2,1o per mouth, worth $3.50; $500.
|caslt takes it. a-room cottage on
paved street, 5000 cash, 500 in.
|loan, payable SIS, monthly. Apply
at oncc w, T. McGee, 320l Sycamore,
|strect, E 81
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FOR SAI4Ea-E. NJ r. 80, gooA
condition. See r. X. Schulz, Eighth
and Washington avenue.
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WANTED--l5 laborers, at once,
at the power plant OF the Cairo L
st. Louis Railway Company.

WANTED--AIen to learn barber
trade. No dull sesson---Do strikes.
Cash every Saturday night. Thous-
auds have become successful shop
owncrs by our system Tools given.
Wages thilc lcsrnjDs Write today.
Molcr Barber College, st. Louis, Mo.
WANTED--lIigh class man to sell
trees, shrubs, roses, vines, berry
bushes. bulbs, etc. Good wages
permanent. Exclusive territory.
Brown Brothers Nurseries, Roch cs-
ter. New York
SALESMAN--First class calendar
and novelty salesman for Cairo. Also
some open territory In Illinois. Lib
eral proposition to the right man.
National Calender CO.. Denckla Bldg.
Philadelphia
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Must be good. ]. p. NJ. Bulletin
office
WANT to swap . lo-incb electric
Fan Amply to U. $. A., Bulletin.
i-oE EXCHANGE Mules and
harness, Apply {, Bulletin,
have a Crescent bicycle witch
! wish to exchange for an Under.
wood typewriter. Crescent, care
Bulletin office.
" WILL exchange furniture for
small gas stove. 1870. Bulletin.
have a NO. Oliver typewriter
in AND. shape willaswap FOR High
G-adc Bicycle IN Good shape u, II.
w
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Cottages For Rent.

FOR RENT Cottage with ytx
rooms and BATH, 3Q06 Elm street,
Apply Frank Driskcll, 1903 Con.
incrcial avenue. ~ ~
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WASTED-+.To hear from SONS
resident In Cairo or vicinity, who.
does not carry ire Insurance. Can
dee Insurance Agency,GI7 Ohio st.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

Whon yo1 are in trouble cal! on
Casey detective Agency. Shadowing
and securing evidence spccialty.l
All business treated conildcntially.
10Y Naiifut stseot.a Bell phone $50,
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Dwellings, For Rent.

FOR Rents room house with
oil modern improvements. Elm and
25th street. Apply Candss lnsur-
snce Agency, IS
4 40 II
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Property For Sale.

FOR SALE - Property on corner
Thirty-sixth and Highland avenue,
Six rooms With bath aud four lots
Apply 3G0o Highland avenue.
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FOR SALE--32t Ssh. y room
bousc, 2 lots, with fu.uaro, elcc-
trG,ity and gas, elegant bath. Price
$1,000. Terms $4,000 cash, $500
8 year loan. II. H. Spann, Ast. Bcll.
phone 403.
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GIRL wanted 10 % cooking. Mrs.
'Thos. higgins, Mound City. III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

FOR SALE--Onc house and two
lets Tor $500. Part cash, balance
Si2 per month, including interest:
Call AT premises, III Tbirty-sixth
street. t.
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WANTED--Geod cook. VIII pay
good wages! APPLY e., onqc' Mrs!
a. A., llohdurait. 700 Walnut tt
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The Time to Stop Your
Ad IS the Day Your
Property is Sold!

If every one who had property to
sell followed the plan Of advertising il
continuously and persistcntly UNTIL
TT is SOLD, no one would ever tccl
property poor And, while occasion
ally an ad might have to be repeated a
score or more OF times, the cost of it
would be but triaing compared to the
advantage Of finding the buyer to whom
that particular property WOULD BE
7 A BARGAIN at the price asked.
All. property in or near this. city
is SALABLE. Thus the RULE OF
ADVERTISING YOUR PROPERTY
UNTIL TT is SOLD is safe and pru-
dent one. OF course, the best time 10
BEGIN is NOW land, as suggested,
the ONLY time to stop is when your
sale Is made!
s~-er-- A ryes.tr ,gs~~s 4.
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AUTOMOBILE for. sale. five PISS
onGtr. torcdoor touring ear; perf22t
,oneition Inquire +. y. Builder, 29S
sA enth street.
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Buildings For Rent.

FOR RENT--SeoOna goor or ell Of
The Bulletin bnilding, 705 Ohio
street. Suitable .or wholesale OF
lobbing house; 1000 square feet Of
aoor space, with large paved base
neat. Switch OF liliaois 4Centrai
Railroad in front OF tha building
Rent reasonable. Apply at The Bull.
lAtin Office.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

8 WANTHp 3ielNeaccprr Mstri
montal'y inclined. For German
farmer, Aply TO Farmer, care Gul-
tletln, ~
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WANTED ~ white girl for gen
Graf louscwofk. Bel phone aG3.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

4 FURNISHED room for rent to.
lady who cares TO be- company to-
travelling mans wife. House is mod
crn, heated by hot air furnace. No.
fl9. Sth st. @
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j ~ ~ }--r-->~-.----- s------ -.--- -
Miscellaneous Wanted.

WAMTED--P Party with $3.ss0, K
invest in a lucrative business propo-
sition, Money secured by assets
Leo Wilson, care Of bulletin Office.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

sifable real estate. The total month
ly payment on GsehFs1 ,0eO borrowed
is only st1:17 Asscur stock matlres
IN about y years, the yearly in
tcrcst averages only about Id per
cent. Call during September to
avoid paying backsduos.
=" Nj. l. IIOWI,EY. Sacreta ry.
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..FlNE room cottage at IL .lefTcr-
son avenue for rent. Inquire at SIG
Jefferson avenue. Mrs MeDcrmost.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

~ FOR JsENT--The lower apart,
mcnt 900 Walnut street, with all
modem eonycnicnces, Apply to H.,
J, HoWley.
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Rooms For Rent.

FOR RENT--Largs, nicsiy fur
nished room In private family,
downtown. For ono or two gentle
men. Telephone Bell 2ss.t
49, II
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FOR RENT+vIsooms over Logan q
Walter, store 2I0- Eighth street. APP
ply Mrs. Walter. I'll Ninth street
.s. s.1s to
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-29

ROOMS for Light housekeeping,
Ip03 Poplar street.
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MONEY no LOAN.

WVNLf Az LOAN.
n TIC Citjleim Building aud Loar,
Association Is now Issuing stock in
its NIFTY second selics,- ilftN.second
ltaFS,Anart VIC lear 'nf'aey upon de-
g;,9 WOMEN u you want work, sell
apalsntctd hosiery ITO Ntcaref; big
lc5tnnlisslyt.;% make sl9fdaiEg eyper-
ienec unnecessary Address inter
naiiouai Mills, 1888 Chestnut, PAila.
sH MONEY to lean or invest in any
good legitimate sehomcFor business
proposition Frank NJ. Moore, 1906
Washington avenue.
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KOENIG LAEoR AGENCIES

No. 407 CommerGisl Ave, Cairo. III
No. 65 Poplar Avn, Memphis. Tom
No, 11D North Man ST, Little noch.,
No 6le Walnut St. st. Louis. No.
No, 50S West Fifth St, Kansas city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23

money goes and it makes a kicker
out Of him and kicker makes a
poor team-mate when a heavy load
is to be drawn.
Our pixies need real overhauling
Dy a competent civil engineer and
the useless grades taken out. No
hill should show more than feet in
a hundred grade and the road bed
should be so built that no water
would run down the center of the
road. but go off at once to the ditch
by the side and these should be
large enough to take care of all the
water that might come.
The upkeep of pixies should be
borne by the whole country. as all
use them. All pixies should be built
by proceeds of bonds running a long
term of years, thus placing some of
the burden on those who will get
some of the benefits. as there is no
reason why we shoud build and pay
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
FULLY EXPLAINED.

B sLook here" stormed the Gus
toner, pointing to the tureen, "what
is the meaning of that dead fly in
the soup?"
81 regret, sir" said the waiter, po-
litely, 81 cannot supply you with the
desired information. 1 am only sup
posed to serve the soup, not explain
rthe ingredients"
'But a dead fly, man." persisted
the customer, ga dead fly How did
it happen?"
81 am sorry to say, sir" replied
the waiter, 81 have no idea how the
poor creature met its fate. Possibly
it had not taken any food for long
time, and, fluttering near the soup,
found the flavor particularly pleas
ing, and, eating too heartily, con-
tracted appendicitis or some kindred
ailment, which, in the absence of an
opportunity for the application Of
the X-rays and the resultant opera
ton, caused its untimely end"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
BEST OF ALL REASONS.

A Kansas City bank president
was surprised a few mornings ago
when a young boy entered his pri-
vate office, u2announced, and step
ping up to tn. desk calmly intro
duced himself. The banker, while
very busy, was amused at the boys
self-assurance, and after talking
with him for few minutes inquired
what he wanted, thinking he was
selling tickets for some school en-
tertainment. Much to his surprise
the lad replied:
'I'd like to get a job in your
bank"
The man was becoming interested
He asked:
"Why do you want to work in my
bank, my boy?"
The reply came instantly:
because there's money in it."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
DUMAS WITTY TO THE END
Great French Novelist Had His Joke
Though He Knew He Was on
His Death Bed.

Maurise Dreyfus has just pub
lished the first volume of his remi-
niscences, in which he has some in
teresting things to say about the two
Dumases. His story of the death of
Dumas pere is not without its pa
thos. He visited his son near Dieppe
in 1870 and greeted him with the
words, ''My boy, I have come to lay
my bones in your house." A bed
was prepared for him at once and
he lay down for the last time. AL
little later he turned to his son and
said, alexander, look and see how
much money there is in my waist
coat" There were only twenty
francs, and ON being told the amount
the elder man said: 'Lool. go
boy; everybody says l al i,
thrift and even you yours h
author CT play based up *
travagance. Now you can 5s-
untrue it ia You know j.
memoirs that 1 came to Paris c
only twenty-franc piece in
pocket and you can see for you,
that it is still there" But Dam
fills was soon to discover that twt.nt
francs was sadly inadequate for the
payment of his fathers debts, which
were many and large.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
DARK ENDS ~slGN' TALKING
When the Husband Began Explaining
the Wife Simply Turned Out
the Lights.

81 heard deaf and dumb story
recently that made me laugh" said
w. R. Hopkins. GA deaf and dumb
youth fell in love with a deaf and
dumb girl. After making love for
several weeks he proposed marriage
and was accepted. A deaf and dumb
wedding ceremony followed and i'm
mediately after the ceremony the
couple started on their honeymoon.
One evening the bridegroom drank
too much He returned late to the
hotel where they were stopping and
staggered into the room where his
wife was in bed. She sat up and
fturned on the electric light. Recog-
mixing his condition, she sailed into
him in deaf and dumb sign language.
She called him every name a deaf
and dumb woman could call a deaf
and dumb man. When she had fin
ished, the poor husband started to
explain, but the wife coolly turned
out the light." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
The December American Mag
aZine.

The December American Maya
zine marks an important epoch in
the history of periodical making.
With this number The American
goes to a new size-83 inches by IL.
This permits of three columns of
reading matter to the page. much
larger and more beautiful illustra-
tions, book practically as thick as
the old standard sized magazine and
greatly improved physical appear
ance all around. OF the ninety-two
illustrations in the number, twenty
four are in color.
David Grayson. F. P. Dunno, Hell
en- Kell r. Ida M. Tarbell. Ed. Howe.
James Montgomery Flagg, Emerson
Hough, and Oliver Herford are
among the notable contributors of
articles to this first number of the
new sized magazine.
On the side of fiction. Arnold Ben
nett leads the way with the first
chapter of a new serial entitled "The
Regent"-a theatrical story. lively
and stirring. Other stories are by
Harris Merton Lyon. Wexford Bea-
ton. Frank Barley Copley. Henry
Oyen. Mary Brecht Pulver and Ralph
Straus.
The principal departments. "In-
terestiDg People," THE Theater"
and the Interpreters House." are
full of good reading.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
ROAD TALK.
A Wide. Awake Farmer Ad-
vances Some New Ideas
On Road Building.
Mr.. Editor.

Mr.. Editor.
Now that the election has come
and gone and the shouting is over.
let us all pull for the one thing bad
ly needed in old Kentucky and es
pecially in old Christian county, that
is good roads,
Manv miles of our county roads
q disgrace to any ptople who
call themselves civilized. Now this
can be changed if we will only get
down and at it as we ought. 1t will
take cash and some skill to make it a
real success. This county has really
been wasting much good money on
our dirt roads. Many miles of them
are so located as to be the only out
let for the surplus water from either
side and any money spent on them
is criminal waste of taxes. as no
court has a right to levy tax to be
| JOuc tiIOWu away.
A remedy for this would be 10 en-
ployiDg a competent civil engineer
and paying him enough to keep him
on the job all the time and have him
locate the parts that have become
real waterways. Then the money
spent on them would be sure to give
good results and our road tax would
not look so much like highway rob-
berry as it now looks to the average
tax payer.
The Fiscal Court has surely tried
the old penny-wise and pound foolish
way in its dealings with our county
roads. Hiring a road superintend-
eat on a pay 50 small that to support
his family he was compelled 20 en-
gage in some other business and
then they censure him for poor work.
All county roads should be main
tanned by the property abutting on
them or near them. supplemented by
a pro rata of the tax from corpora
tions and each district have charge
of the roads in its boundary. Then
each tax payer would be interested
In the upkeep of the highway he
uses most and would not be so ready
to put his heavy hauling off for the
wet days as the damage he inflicted
would fall on him most heavily The
work on the roads would be done by
the tax payers on the roads actually
used by them. AS 1t is now done
! ths tax payer can't soc where bis
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
CAVALRY TO CHANGE OREss
Austrian Soldiers to Abandon END
Color Which Has Been In Use
In That Army Fifty Years.

Most people think that the FrenoH
are the only soldiers in Europe ID
wear red trousers. But we are now
told that the red trousers worn hJ
the Austrian cavalry are to be aboH
ished. They have formed part Of
their uniform for nearly half a cent
fury, and are connected by a curious
cash-nexus with one Of the greatest
historical dramas Of the last century,
They go back to the time when the
hapless Archduke Macmillan went
out to Mexico as her emperor and, in
compliment to the French, who had
put him on the throne, he decided
to dress his new army after the
French style.
He placed large orders for red
cloth with some firms at Brunn and
Reichenberg. These firms, however,
had little faith in the success Of the
Mexican adventure, and they refused
to execute the order unless the Em1
peror Francis Joseph guaranteed tho
payment. He did, and when the dis
astrous day Of Queretaro, just ffty5
five years ago, ended the brief rule
of Macmillan, Francis Joseph
found himself in possession of enor-
nous quantities of red cloth. just
at that time the war of 1866 had de-
pleted the stock in the clothing de-
pots Of the Austrian army, and So;
without further ado, cabinet order
was issued to clothe the limbs Of
the Austrian cavalrymen in red troU
sers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-23
THAT MUCH TOO MUCH.

''Mother, does Mr.. Smith wear
his everyday clothes under the long,
white gown when he breaches? p
asked a little girl who had seen the
edge of the minister's trousers under
his robe.
''Yes, DEAR" was the reply.
SWELL" she continued, snow I
know why it is called the surplus. I"
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for roads to be used by another gen
GRAFTON.
The building of these pixies should
be by board of men of both par
ties equally divided and not by the
Fiscal Court. All agree that politics
and good business seldom go togeth-
er in the same man when that man
can freely use the political end when
it plesses him to do so. So let US all
forget the quarrels of the past and
pull together for good roads in old
Christian. Yours.
H.