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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

tirely upon its system Of leyees I'm
less the city can promise protection
from high water, it cannot hope Il
enjoy rapid growth and until y
perfect system of levees is obtained
III would be foolhardy 10 expect new
industries to locate here
The same amount of protection
also must be given to individuals and
concerns having property in the
Drainage District While this sec
ton is not within the corporate linn
its of the city, 1t is a part of Cairo
from a commercial viewpoint Il
is in the Drainage District that
Cairo must expect much OF its future
growth and the day will doubtless
come when the entire district will
be within the city's limits.
There are approximately 65O0
acres of land in the Drainage Dis
trict and the law provides that a
tax Of $40 per acre, payable in easy
installments, can be made when i,
is necessary to obtain funds for lcyec
improvements. This would create a
fund of $3.50, 000, or more than half
of the s25Q,000 required by the
amendment.
Considerable assistance should be
obtained from the railroads having
tracks in the Drainage District and
Cairo, inasmuch as these corpora
tions would be among the creates.
heneficiaries of perfect levee syS-
TEN. The citT's expense should not
be large enough 10 prohibit a
special bond issue to cover its share
of the expense
1t has been estimated that the
Illinois Central, Mobile & Ohio, Iron
Mountain and Big Four railroad
companies. spent not less than to-
tai of 100000 in fighting the food
and repairing resultant damage.
This does not include the losses in
business suffered, II is said that the
report Of the roads showed de-
crease OF 100000 in business for
one week during the food in COM
parison with the corresponding
week last year This loss was at
tributed to the fact that the COM
pany's main line was out of service
because OF high water
From an economical standpoint,
it would be to the advantage Of the
railroads to pay a liberal portion of
the share of expenses, for without an
adequate levee system It would be
only q matter of time When they
would have to spend total OF $500,
600 and possibly more in lighting
high water.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Growth of Commission Government

The growth OF what Is known as
commission government of cities dur
/ ing the past ten years, and especial
ly during the past three years, has
been one Of the most striking phe-
nomena of American political bis
tory The term commission govern
mant is really i misnomer. as com
mission is generally supposed to be
appointed, whereas the commission
ers under this system are elective.
There are variation of the plan.
but in the salient features II is prac-
tically the same in all the states.
These salient features are that n
commission of three or five men Is
elected from ten city at large and
has approximately unlimited pow
ers over the government. Each OF
these men has charge of a depart
ment for which he is directly re-
sponsible. In most cases the initia-
| tive, referendum and recall are fea-
lures OF the system. The short bal
lot, direct responsibility, publicity.
nonpartisanship and business eff
ficiency are among the chief benefits
claimed by friends OF commission
government.
Up to the end of 1911 more than
! 200 American cities and towns had
adopted the new method, ranging In
size from cities of between 100, 1000
and goo, 600 down TO villages of but
little more than 1900. In ALL more
than 100000 people were under
the system at that time. Texas, the
state in which commission govern
ment originated, led the states as to
I the number of cities that had adopt
ed It.
Foreigners have often charged
that the weakest feature of the
American system is the government
OF our cities, and perhaps this new
method may help in part to remove
|, that reproach
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
CHICAGO CELEBRATES
RAISlN DAY APRIL 80.

Chicago. May 1-"Raisln day
was observed this year in Chicago
and raisin bread made its appear
anoe April so, in most cases for the
first time, as result of the letters of
enthusiastic tourists TO California
where bread without raisins is q ra-
ton of self denial and where raisin
day is an annual carnival. Some
years ago somebody discovered that
raisins were a working mans food.
with high nutritiye value and pro-
ceeded TO eat raisins not only In
cake and mince pie and cookies but
ralsins in bread, in meat sauces and
in a dozen novel ways. AS a result
some organization or other for the
reduction of the high cost of livia Z
by agreeable methods proclaimed
raisins as food Of great value and
little relative cost Instead Of
luxury, to be dOled out in q niggard-
ly spirit, they were TO be eaten az
freely as potatoes and with much
more delight to the palate. They
also produced proof of this theory
Raisins in bread was an innovation
that went like wildfre and tourists
got the habit. Their precept and
example has been having noticeable
effect at church suppers. lodge ban
quets and picnios in all the states
east of the Rockies these last two
years and the towns where raisin
bread is eaten dot the landscape az
raisins dot the bread. This year the
tourist has had hearty response to
his urging to make April 80 "Raisin
day" throughout the country as well
as on the Pacific slope
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URGES NEWLANDS G
BILL AS CHECK ON
BIG FLOOD LOSSES.

Chicago. May annual and
semi-annual repetitions OF floods
such as are devastating the Missis-
sippi Ohio and Missouri valleys,
causing the loss of many lives and
damage 10 property that will prob
ably total more than fifty million
dollars. would be prevented by the
passage OF Senator Francis New
lands River Regulation" bill now
pending in Congress. This is the
statement of Frank h. Knight. con-
sulting engineer, of Chicago, mem
Der for Illinois of the executive COM
m.ttee of the National Drainage
Congress. Before leaving for New
Orleans TO attend the second meet
ing of that organization, April l0-13,
Mr.. Knight declared that the United
States Government viii be in the
position of neglecting a plain duty
until il protects its citizens from
such destructive internal foes as
floods and the disease that results
from them.
THE damage TO property from
floods amounts to at least one hum
dred million dollars year." he SAID.
The Newlauds River Regulation
bill provides a method of preventing
foods at cost Of but fifty millions
year for ten years"
An editorial in tho Chicago Post
on the present situation says aside
from the cid question OF saving the
trees on the watershed so that the
spring foods will be slower in run
ming off. the only thing to be done
is to keep on in the present course
More leyees and higher levees will
have to be built until the Mississippi
is thoroughly harne9sed."
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The Bitter End.

do you think" asked the girls
mother, you have succeeded at las
in convincing Mr.. Youngbuck that be
can never have our daughter"
I'm afraid not Somehow. can't
help feeling that he may get her yet
"But you told him this morning
when he asked you for the seventh
time that you would not give your
consent"
Yes. Tho trouble is that he has
not threatened to carry on bis cam
paign to the bitter end. AS long as a
chap refrains from referring to the
bitter end there Is chance that he
may win out"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL PTCNICS
ALL ON IN TEXA,- NOW

San Antonio, Texas. May 2.-The
period OF Sunday School picnics in
this part of the country has begun
The trees are in full leaf, flowers are
blooming on every slice ind the coun-
try beckons the children and the
older people to come out and enjoy
the beauties of spring just merging
into summer, April IN southwest
Texas is like June In the north and
the poets of San Antonio sing:
What Is so rare as a day IN April"
Various groves distant fifteen to
fifty miles attract picnic parties
from San Antonio. One or the most
popular is Sutherland Springs, about
thirty miles away. The picnickers
are taken and returned In al special
train and enjoy Gsy that Ia a
pleasant memory throughout the
year.
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WILL BE- DEADLY roe
GERMAN CLAIMS HE CAN MAKE
AiRSHlP INVISIBLE.
Proposed Terror Is TO e. as Large as
the Steamer Olympic and Able to
Defy the Telescope at the
Distance Of a Mile.

The invisible airship has already
been patented by Its inventor Baron
Roenne. Baron Roenne Is we'll known
IN England as an airship and naval
engineer, SO more respect must be
paid to his ideas than to those who
try inventing without any technical
knowledge.
Baron Roenne has submitted his
idea to the officials at the Greenwich
Royal Observatory, and they declare
that 1t IL based on scientific princi.
rles, and most certainly practicable.
They way this remarkable airship Is
made Invisible Is as follows:
Take white wall and paste white
sheet OF paper on 1t, At q distance of
few feet you may be able to detect
where the paper leaves off and the
wall begins, AT hundred yards the
wall looks all wall. You would never
suspect the paper of being there If
you did not known already, That Is
Baron Roenne's idea.
! The outside covering Of his asrship
Is made of metal, the composition OF
which is secret. 1t Is almost az
strong as steel, yet It only weighs one.
fourth as much. No hydrogen can
leak from vessel made of it, 30 the
danger Of an airship exploding from
that cause disappears.
1t is due to the discovery of chro-
MUM. In fact, that the invisible air
ship Is possible, The most important
thing about the metal. as far as Baron
Roenne Is concerned. is that 1t POS
sesses a very highly polished surface,
This is covered over with thin
coating of transparent varnish. The
whole surface Of the dirigib!e in fact,
acts as n mirror, and reflects the same
color as its surroundings. If the sky
Is dull, so Is the airship. II the sky
Is blue, SO Is the airshtp.
Tie sides of the keel of this new
airship arc also rejecting mirrors,
and by an ingenious arrangement Of
them the darker shade reflected from
the earth is made lighter. The keel
will taper to point. and thus there
will be no shadow on the bottom Of
the airship. In fact 1t will be like
the chameleon, and always like the
color OF its surroundings. In other
words, 1t will be invisible.
Baron Roenne's new terror Of the
skies will be as large as the Olympic.
The Olympic. If 1t could float in the
skies, would easily be detected at a
height Of four or five miles, yet
Roenne's dirigible will be absolutely
invisible, even to telescopes, at dis
lance Of less than a mile!
1t is designed to carry 400 passen-
gers, or their equivalent In cargo, and
Il will be fitted with Is motors, dovel-
cping nearly 1000 horse power Pat
ents have already been taken out in
England.
What this new sky seraper" will
.Aean In time of war can hardly be
realized, 1t could carry enough am
munition to utterly wreck any city,
~ blow the worlds biggest navy to
pieces Parsons Weekly
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RECALL or JUDGES.

A sovereign people which. de-
clares that nil men have certain
inalienable rights and imposes
upon itself the great impersonal
rules OF conduct deemed neces-
sary for the preservation OF
those rights and at the same
time declares that 1t viii disre-
gard those rules whenever, In
any particular case. 1t Is the
wish OF IL majority of its voters
to do so ESTABLISHES as complete
q contradiction to the fundamen-
tai principles of our government
as 1t Is possible to conceive. 1t
abandons absolutely the concep-
ton Of a Justice which is above
majof'ities, of q right In the weak
which the strong are bound TO
respect. 1t denies the vital truth
taught by religion and realized
In the hard experience Of man
kind ond which has inspired ev-
cry constitution America has pro-
duced and every great declara-
ton for human freedom since
Magma Charta-the truth that
human nature needs to distrust
its own impulses and passions
and to establish for Its own con.
troll the restraining and guiding
influence of declared principles
of action. -Elihu Root.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
The Levee Appropriation

The local committee, which went
to Washington to seek aid from the
Government in raising and strength
ening the levees surrounding Cairo
and the Drainage District, nearly
shattered all records for speed.
The committee started for the
capitol city Saturday and began
work Monday. Tuesday night, The
Bulletin received a telegram from
Mayor Parsons announcing that the
committee had obtained a promise
OF $4,000 to be used for repairing
the breaks. Wednesday night Mr..
Parsons wired The Bulletin that an
amendment to the Rivers and Har-
bors bill, giving Cairo $250,00o,
had been obtained.
All but three of the committee
members are returning to Cairo. The
three will remain in Washington to
work for the bill and the amendment
until both are passed by the lower
House.
The amendment to the Rivers and
Harbors bill provides that Cairo
shall spend similar amount for
levee construction work. This is 4
fair proposition and with aid from
the Drainage District and the rail-
road corporations, Cairo surely will
be able to meet up with the require
ments OF the amendment.
i Eairo's future depends almost en-
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
M|sapprehendIno n Tltis.

He was barefooted. his trousers
were fringed at the bottom, his face
was dirty, his years eleven. He ap-
preached the librarian with q conf
dent air:
Got shakespeare"
Yes. What volume would you
iike?" i'-
AT this ne looked puzzled. and the
librarian took him to an alcove where
she showed him row upon row Of
Shakespeare. AS he still looked puz-
zled at the number of volumes, the
librarian took ono down, "The Mer-
Grant of Venice" and gave it to him.
Ho looked 1t over critically.
Nav, that amt the one. want
me one about Or. Jay KILN Mr..
Hyde.'-The Sunday Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
CALIFORNIA
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author of AT Good Old Slwash."

California is large, elbow shap-
cd state. which ahlus on the Pacific
Ocean for 600 miles, AID is the
western terminus Of the sleeping
car business in this country. 1t ex-
tends from McxiSo to Oregon later
ally, from late winter to early sum
mer c,imaticallv. and from afiluenoe
to railroad lunch counters. viewed
strictly from the tourists stand
poiat
California is shut off from the rest
of the nation By mountains, deserts,
the Grand Canyon, and railroad
fare varying from $50 to 500. In
spite of this fact Californlan3 speak
perfectly good United States, pro-
Nuce splendid ball players and in
surge with all the skill and enthusi-
asm of Kansans.
California was discovered almost
400 years ago but was not adver-
tisad msch until l49. when its soil
was found 70 be strongly impregnat-
ed with gold This caused mad
rush Of settlers, and the state be.
came INN dlately popular. Some
years afterward the Californians ex-
perimented with oranges ana found
that the air was also strongly i'm
p~eenated with gold This caused a
second rush. Later on tn climate
was analyzed by skillful press agents
aud was found to be warm in winter.
This caused 4 rush of tourists who
were more strongly impregnated
with gold than either III soil or the
air. In consequence California now
has almost 100000 people, and
there are hardly enough pedestrians
among them to ke,p the automobile
Copyright, 1912 by G
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Blddv,a Htliuder.

Mrs. Howard Hinekle has recently
had remarkable experience with q
new Irish girl:
"Biddy," said she, one evening, I'VE
must have some sausages for tea this
evening. ! expect company"
"Yes. ma'am."
Tea time arrived, and with It, the
company; tho table was spread, the
tea was simmering. but no sausage ap-
peared.
Where are the sausages, Biddy? 2"
inquired Mrs. Hinckle.
And sure they're In the tay-pot,
maam! Didn't you tell me we must
have 'em for tay?" 'a" !
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

owners amused.
California was a wild state In tho
Cities, and many Of its citizens died
from inhaling revolver bullets. Du,
it has tanned down great deal aud
is now a fayor!te place OF residence
for aged and prosperous Americans
who have become tired of shoveling
the climate of Massachusetts, or llli-
nois off of their sidewalks. Calif),-
never saw snowstorm until the
election of Governor johnson, and II
is possible to set on the san porch
of southern California residence In
the middle OF January and write sou-
vclr cards to the dear ones nj hcme
in the drifts, without thaw,ng out
ones fountain pen for days at a
time California's climate has pro-
duced many poets and artists and a
large number OF liars. who forget TO
talk about the Arctlc evenings when
they chant Is Projections.
California produces oranges, lon
ons, prunes, ostrich feathers, red
wood lumber, virgin gold. fourfoCt
oysters, millionaire hotel keepers
any many othe~ yaluahl articles in
great quantities The Southern Pa
citlc railroad held the state in slay-
cry until recently, but it is now q
free commonwealth, and its men and
women 20 TO vota against assorted
tyrants, arm in arm. Just at present
California's chief occupations are to
guard the United States against the
yellow peril, by making Japan mad,
and to complete it's worlds fair,
which win be unveiled In San Fran.
cisco in 1915.
,orge Mathew Adams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
MINER KILLED. TWO
HURT. WHEN CAGE
IS DUMPED HASTILY

Henderson, Ky, May 2.-Think-
ing he was hosting a load of coal.
the engineer of the mine at Clay,
Ky, ran the cage up hastily and
dumped 1t, dropping Ben Bentley, a
miner, to the bottom of the. shaft
and killing him instantly Two
others were hu-t.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
WlIiinu to Make the Effort.

my dear. there's no reason why
We shouldn't save part Of my salary.
I've just been reading about Chicago
man who Is able to support family
OF dozen children on sl2 week"
Well" his wife replied. you find
out how much he spends daily for his
lunch and cigars ard then I'll see
what can do about getting along on
what his wife has for household ex-
penses."
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

Mildred" said her mother, lie
Grand Fordyce-Yancey. the young gen.
tleman who called her last evening. is
related, on his mothers side, to the
Tuscaloosa Rhetts, IL / mistake not
while en- his fathers side he Is d.
rect descendant Of the Yanceys of
Ogeechee. He has an independent for.
tune, Is literally educated, has tray-
eled abroad great deal, and Ia only
thirty,two. Am | correctg'
Yep" answered the beautiful
he!ress; you've got the dope On Yank
all right, all right, mommer."
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
II 9he Were a Man.

"say, Mary. It doesn't seem to me
that you take me into consideration
when you express the wish that you
were man. Do you realize that you
wouldn't be here now II you we're q
man."
Eyes, | realize it, and you wouldn't
be here now. either. II l were man.
You'd be far away somewhere and
running as fast as you could"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

IT won't defend man whom ! be-
lieve to be guilty"
Nov, my boy" said the older law
YER you mustn't set your judgment
up against that of tho majority. I
have defended plenty Of men whom
| believed to be guilty, but the Jury
decided otherwise"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

Dat wasn't a bad epigram Of de-
judges" said Flooding Pete.
What did he say?"
"Thoity days"
dat ain't no epigram, is it?"
: Sure 1t Is. l asked fellow what
an epigram Is; an he says it's a short
sentence dat sounds light, but gives
You considerable to think about" VI. Il
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Dr.. strauas, Music.

"What's the matter over there In the
horn part?" asked Strauss at a re-
hearsal.
'I'm sorry. DR.. Strauss" replied the
horn player. "but cannot play this
passage ON the horn. 1t may be all
right on the piano. but" s~
Don't worry yourself" answered
the compoaer-conductor; 1T is equally
impossible on the piano" --Musical
Courier, .,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
An Old Time Spelling Bee.

An interesting spelling contest
took place yesterday afternoon be-
tween the "a grades of the Stafford
ana the Douglas school. Miss Terry
drilled the Stafford class and Miss
Barry the Douglas. The former class
won, but the contest was a close one
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO END REVOLUTION

Mexico City, MeX., Nay "A COM
mittee Of the Chamber of Deputies
today was appointed by the speaker
to work for the pacification of the
country, The subcommittee will BIO
chosen to go north and confer with
the rebels under Orozco.
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Az a Man 10 Known.

"A man, like q watch. ia known by
his works. observed the epigram max.
er.
And by the hours he keeps" added
the wife.
And by the spring In him, said the
athlete.
And by his being sometimes fast"
remarked the reformer.
And by the way his hands go up"
put in the pugilist
And by his not always going when
we want him to-" finished the girl
who'd been robbed of her beauty sleep.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Tragedies Told In Headlines.

Bouncing Twins Born to Society
Leader"
"Toothless Burglar Steals Frozen
Mince Pie: Bits OF More Than I,a
Can Chew"
Dancing Master Tries to Whip His
Wife; She Waltzes Him to Police Sta
ton"
Recipient of Comic Valentine Rec
ognizes Handwriting OF Sender. Who
Is Now In Hospital
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Serlous Omission,

The new millionaire's banquet table
was spread, and the guests about to
BIO summoned.
Are you sure there are no report
ers PRESENT." anxiously asked the host
of the butler
i've made cerain of it, sir"
Then so out and get few" re-
Joined the host-Canadian Courier.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
MISSOURI WAR CLAIM
ALLOWED BY TREASURY
AFTER MANY YEARS

Washington, May Comptroller
Tracewell OF the treasury today set
tied a civil war claim Of Missouri by
awarding to the state $2,6G4, repre-
sentng pay due members of the fifth
and sixth regiments Missouri Volun-
teer Infantry, for their time prior to
muster into service. The state
claimed 1851
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
A Reminder.
Lest you regret,
Once more we cry,
Oh, don't forget
To swat the fiyl
Convenlerces,

She---It is q shame for the man to
have his boat In that dilapidated con-
dition.
He--Maybe the man can't afford to
keep it fixed up,
She--Nonsense! Haven't l often
heard you and your nautical friends
talk about the painter they always
keep ON board2
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

Citizens of Pomona, Cal, claim to
have discovered a large comet one
evening recently Inasmuch as as
tronomers deny that any such comet
is visible. this would seem to be an
advertisement of the excellent wines
manufactured in Pomona.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

The above is q correct statement
OF The Cairo Bulletin for the year
and the month of March, 1912.
Z. A. DALEY,
Gen'l Manager.
Subscribed and sworn TO before
me this 10Th day of April, 1912.
LEO. ]. KLEB,
rs Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
A Dire Thnunht.

Paul Revere had finished his IA.
nous ride and given the alarm which
sounded the downfall of British pow
or In this country.
Hal" he said. with the prophetic
instinct Of all great men. where
would this country have been If i had
been arrested for exceeding the speed
limit%
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

When man, proud man, thinks he
has Nature trained so that she Will
eat out of his hand she rises up and
wipes him out like a fy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
Their Rule.

Doctors are the meanest class Of
mon"
What makes you say that?"
Even when they treat q man they
mako him pay for It." ,~,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03

A California college professor has
discovered that meat eaters are more
active than vegetarians. They have
to be. Meat is harder to get.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
G. T M Glass Meets

The c. T.. N. class OF the Calvary
Baptist church holds an important
meeting tonight at the residence
OF Mrs Fensterer 3OS Eighth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete
and perfect copies OF The
Cairo Bulletin printed daily
and Sunday during the year
Of 1911. ............ .2277
Average number OF complete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletia, printed dur
ing the month OF March,
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AZ Il il Today.

The modern child, If it has intellJ
gence enough to know what is soin,
on. must often regard Its parent as c.
sntolerable MISUNDERSTANDING,
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Thorns OF Sprinutlmc.

We hate to see the house fly
=, When winter days are DER.
! And we hate to see the grass fly
\ When we have to push the mower.