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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

~So up to the attic and bring
I(v Idown grandmother's old
- plated or woven rag rugs
l You can use them without
fear OF reproach, for they
are again the mode, thanks TO the Arts
and Craft movement II grandmother
failed to leave you any Of these proofs
OF her industry and skill, why let US
hope that she left you the industry and
skill to fashion a few for yourself.
II you live in a city, or town, where
the Arts and Craft movement IS In
full swing, you will find there are quite
number Of craftsmen, or art dyers
Take them your rags, and they will
dye them. In lovely, soft shades, with
vegetable dyes-shades that will take
on what artists call a tone" with
wear, and age into greater beauty,
There are some shades Of blue, par.
t!cularly, which are simnly exquisite,
dull. soft as44 pleasing, In perfect har.
mony with dark oak furniture or light.
er toorS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

...~,m..n n the old days. before the ad-
LII Y vent Of the Woman's Page
Hk u ] and Household Magazine, the
N6NSSs arts and craft movement and
- sss2sSsSss@1 the American Renaissance,
with their food Of theory and fact,
wisdom and fancy. information on
periods and opinions as to the merits
of specially designed furniture, fur
nishing a room or a home was COM
paratively simple matter Then one
merely took ones money and purchased
whstev ar the furniture dealer, in ones
native town, suggested, Now the house
wife, or householder, actual or to be,
must take time and thought as well
as money, and, alas, the wealth of
styles ana information on styles, leads
to no small amount Of confusion.
For a while, period decoration fairly
obsessed the decorative world, but hap
rily It's rage has snbsided-its fury
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24
Picture Framers, Like Artists,
Are Born, Not dlade.

There hundreds socaed artists who exc living
daubing paint and labelling their efforts ol
paintings. There picture trainers who believe sole
requirement of the profession knowledge of carpentry
Picture framing requires than knowledge tacne pieces
of wood together and cutting glass 1t requires artistic
temperament-a of the beautiful.
An unarstic Trainer frequently will ruin the work of by
surrounding the painting with gaudy msrached frame
On the other hand artistic daub
avoraby with master-simply by surrounding the
painting with wellrnatched frame.
We will maintain art department special feature of
store. The department will be in charge of expert,
whose services recommend you
C.. n. BUCHANAN
I'll EIGHTH STREET.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-24

Copyright. 1919, by I J, Robinson
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Advancement Of Berlin.

AS Berlin develops in it's education
as world city 1t is gradually drop
ping the remains Of its former pro-
vincialism. In many things the
change is obvious TO the resident OF
only a decades standing.
The modern hotel, often run on
American lines, has all but supplanted
the modest Gasthaus of earlier times );
the street car and the elevated road
and the taxi have driven out the
horse omnibus, and will soon have
driven the ordinary horse droschky
off the streets. Provincial manner,
too, are disappearing with the growth
of metropolitan self-consciousness.
The once popular practice of man
and wife or sweethearts walking arm
in arm is now almost extinct. For
merly the Berlin maid was proud to
show that she had captured a hus'
band; but she no longer seeks to en-
phasiZe the fact
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Easily Suited.

An understood yokel approached a
sergeant in the barrack yard of one
of our military depots.
81 want to join the army, please"
he said.
The sergeant looked him up and
down, and replied: You cannot join
the army, my lad; you are too small"
TOO SMALL" said the youth. What
about that little fellow over there?"
But he is an officer"
"Oh, is he?" exclaimed Chawlaeon
We'll, I'm not particular: I'll join the
cGcers London Tit.Bits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS NOW
No One Thinks of Putting Less Than
Five Cents in the Plate Now
Day of the Penny Gone.

Everything has gone up" said Mr..
Graytop, everything. You take. for
instance, church contributions, the
money that we put in when the plate
is passed around.
Nowadays the minimum, the small
est amount that we could put In or
that we'd want to put in would be
five cents, nickel, wouldn't 1t!
Surely; no matter who it was, nobody
would think of putting in less than a
nickel now; but in my younger days,
before the war, the standard contri-
button OF the run Of respectable per-
sons of moderate means was one cent,
q penny; and the contribution plate
was commonly called the penny plate.
'Tn those days, just the same as
now, the plates were passed/b dea-
cons or other officers of the church,
one to each aisle. OF course We had
then, just as we do now, some in the
church who had more money than 9TH
ers and these would put in more, a
half-dime or a dime or quarter or
a half-dollar, and sometimes some
body would put in bill, but silver
coins were not over numerous and
bills were rare.
"Our folks were not rich, as n mat
ter of fact we had no money except
what my father earned, but though
we were not rich we were self-respect-
ing, God-fearing people and We always
went to church and the children went
to Sunday school. We had in our
church quite number of people com
fortably well off and two or three who
were in those days called rich, but
there were more people like us.
"Of course we contributed some
thing more than pennies to the sup
port of the church, we paid our pew
rent at the fixed price and occasion
ally there were special calls when we
contributed more, whatever we could
afford or thought we ought to give
but our standard, regular contribu'
F, tions on Sundays were in pennies. We
children took each penny to Sun
day school. When the plate was
passed in church we put pennies In
that,
'As we grew older our father would
give more than one Of us pennies te
put in the plate and then there was
larger contribution from our pew
but still in those days our church con
tribution, as / am trying to set forth
was in pennies"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Eaqer to Sec.

81 have a poem here entitled Alone
with Nature" said the sallow young
man with the long hair and the frayed
trousers. 1T is a personal impress
sion."
'Is it?" replied the editor OF the
Chicago Record-Herald, as he hastily
glanced at the opening lines. Have
YOU ever been alone with nature?"
81 have, and. oh, it is glorious-glo'
rious."
Here's a dime Get on trolley
car and ride as far as you can. Go
back to. nature and spend another
hour or two alone with her. You say
you plucked the hazel blossoms by the
stream. If you are able TO find any
place where you can do that let me
know. / want to watch you while you
do it."
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

those men are Japanese. The lower
part Of their faces are different, but
their eyes arc similar. / am going
to listen TO their conversation"
They stood facing me and for an
excuse to draw nearer | got out my
camera and moved along pretending
to hunt for a good view. When they
saw my camera the men gave me a
most withering. contemptuous look
and turned their backs.
Georgina laughed. We'll, of all the
conceit." | said, do they think
would waste film on two such ugly
faces?"
The next morning Georgina was
reading the Paris Herald.
Look here!" she said suddenly
Here's the picture of your japanese
friend. He's the King of Siam trav'
cling incognito with the Crown
Prince"
That Is about as close as Georgina
and got to royalty.
We had one charming experience
not given many tourists who are do
ing Europe" in three months. This
was an invitation to a real old French
chateau in the country. The owners
were an American artist and wife who
had lived in Paris about fifteen years
We were met at the station by {
quaint old peasant and carriage a!
quaint and as old as himself. Afte
4 driving thrOugh several miles O
golden grain studded with brilliant ret
poppies and blue corn flowers. w
came to a one-street village winding
around high stone wall and entere'
Immediately the atmosphere of the ag
of chivalry.
The house was about 500 years OIL
and proved to be as medieval lool
ing inside as we had hoped. Tn
floors downstairs were tagged Fac
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Hated for Her Beauty.

The Maiden asked: Can you make
me beautiful"
For five pounds" said the Witch,
Il can make You so beautiful that all
the men will turn TO stare at you as
you pass
The Maiden smiled disdainfully.
Her experience had taught her this
was not such an easy matter.
For nine pounds" said the Witch,
Il can make you so beautiful that the
photographer will copyright your pic
lures"
Still the Maiden, unsatisfied, shook
her head
For fifteen pounds-and only one at
the price" said the Witch-'T can
make you so beautiful that you will
not have a woman friend in all the
world"
"Ah," cried the Maiden, rapturously,
that will be beauty indeed!"-London
Tit-Bits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

wing was built with the upper story
at different level, so in going
through the winding halls it was nee.
essary TO keep ones eye on the floor.
as sometimes an unexpected step led
up and sometimes down.
In front the French doors of the
large hall opened onto a stone terrace
facing about five acres Of lawn. hedged
with great variety OF old trees.
1t was the most beautiful landscape
garden we had seen. At the side a
long avenue OF linden trees led to n
kitchen garden inclosed by stone
wall. All the fruit trees were planted
against the north wall and tied up
like vines to get the south exposure.
There was the most glorious moon
light while we were there. They drew
the piano up to the French doors and
our evenings were spent on the ter
race overlooking fairyland. while a
young musician played for us the soft,
dreamy music of Beethoven.
A French play was given in costume
one afternoon out in the garden. In.
stead OF moving the stage scenery the
audience picked up their chairs and
moved the house" The first scene
was on the stone terrace and the next
two down under the linden avenue
One night we played Halloween and
hung large paper lanterns on five-foot
poles. We marched down among the
old forest trees before the moon came
I'D and our weird lights bobbing in
and out among the dark, gloomy
shadows made the creeps come over
the Irish side of my nature. They
showed us the old moat around the
chateau and the place where the draw
bridge had been. We came back tC
our "garret in Paris" feeling we hat
been royalty entertained.
We went to the opera also and fee
satisfied that we did better at tn,
box window than buying through ;
broker. They showed us the foo
plan and we chose very fair loge seats
for S1.40 each. We learned by ex
perience to go early. stand in line
hurry to the entrance door Of the log,
and tip the concierge quickly in orde
to get the front seats. as the six seat
of each loge are unreserved.
On the whole. we enjoyed our econc
mizing and felt drawn closer to tn
real French people.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
LAWS INJUSTICE MADE PLAIN
Farmers Grievance Was That Story
Once Accepted Should Not
Remain Good.

A story Is being told at the expense
of an old English farmer who was
recently called upon to explain why
he had failed to take out license fol-
favorite fox terrier dog. "'E's mob
but puppy" the defendant remarked.
in response to a question as to the
animals age. Yes, yes! So you say.
But how old is he?" "Oh. weel. |
couldn' tell to bit" was the reply.
II never was much good at remember
ing dates, but e's nobbut puppy.
On the other hand. it was maintained
that the animal in question was a
very. very old-fashioned puppy. and
the magistrate inflicted the usual line.
Shortly afterward the farmer was met
by friend who wanted TO know how
he had Jared at the police court
"Nobbut middlin'." was the reply
Did they fine you?" Yes" respond
ed the victim; "an' 'ang me II can
understand it! Last year an the year
afore that told the same tale about
the same dog. an it wor allus good
enough afore! Who's been tamperin
wi the law sim last year?'.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
The Turkey Trust.

Capt. SOL Jacobs of Gloucester,
who is known as the "Mackerel King
said at a recent fish dinner:
"The successful fisherman Is the
man who can take advantage even OF
adverse things-head winds, storms,
billiards., and so on.
'In a word, the successful fisherman
is like the little boy who entered the
poulterer's shop and said:
rs it true that there's a turkey
trust, sir?
"'Yes, my boy, am sorry to say 1t
is true there is a turkey trust, the
poulterer replied.
Then, SIR the little fellow went
on, ma says will you please trust her
for a plump young turkey of nine
or ten pounds?"-Los Angeles Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Had to Put in Human Interest.

An old negro preacher. says the At
lanta Constitution, gave as his text:
DE tree is known by its fruit, an it's
des impossible 10 shake de possum
down"
After the benediction an old broth
er said to him:
II never knowed befo' dat sich a
text wuz in de Bible"
Well" admitted the preacher, "it
amt set down dat way. | throwed
in 6e possum to hit de intelligence
of my congregation"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Saw Mo Difference,

People who seek books from the
fiction section make some funny
breaks" says a librarian of the Ii
brary OF Congress. Il have made
note Of a member Of these. but none
of them amused me more than the
request of a sour-looking spinster.
'She sternly demanded of me a
copy of The Recollections of Liar.
told ner that didn't know it, but
that l could give her The Recollec
tfons of Married Man
THAT will do said she acidly
IT'S practically the same thing. -
Lippincotts.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Woman's Way.

"A woman's convention, eh? What
do women know about enthusiasm?
Now at the last national convention
we men cheered our candidate for an
hour"
That's all right" said his wife.
1--WE threw kisses at ours for sixty
seven minutes by the clock.
vile Courier-Journal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Jury.

Didn't you give that man jury
trial?"
Look here" said Broncho Bob,
there amt q big lot o men in this
settlement. We couldn't possibly git
II of 'em together without startin' a
fatal argument about somethin' that
had nothin' whatever to do with the
case.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
A ErinL1t.

Lady" said Meandering Mike,
would you lend me a cake OF soap?"
do you mean to tell me you want
soap?"
"Yes'm. Me partners got de hic-
cups an want to scare him."
Even when they have nothing to
do some people cant seem to do it
gracefully.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

Thousands of Consumptives die every
year. Consumption results from a neg
lected cold on the lungs. Hamlins Wizard
Oil will cure these colds. just rub it into
the chest and draw out the inflammation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

There are two kinds OF suffragettes
the unhappily married and the un-
happily unmarried.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

The trouble with a good bit of re-
form is that it is badly in need of
reforming.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

| Mrs. wipslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
| teethiDg, softens the gums, reduces inhsmma-
| ton, allays pain. cnrss wind collie 25c bottle
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

The social whirl has made many {
girl giddy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

1t is the common lot of man net to
get an uncommon lot.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRONO Ouinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL IL falls TO cure. ~. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. 2c.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

De Jaw-No, We never have roast
pork at our house any more.
De Paw-Why, l thought you were
very fond Of it?
De Jaw-So l am, but my wife's
pet dog won't eat any OF it at all.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10

Color more goods brighter and faster colors
dye any garment without ripping apart.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-19
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.

ouotations siEsn bsio~ an for inrss iosA Josh,rf
EGGs-NssrSs fresh virginia. ls.Isx; wss. viz
ginia and Southwest Virginia, u: rsnnsssss. n
BUrTER-EaEh fancy. siassz; Western a'stA.
cHEEsE-Ne1 Yo-k STATE faeto.y. nsu, fsulgE.
PoCLfRY-chiekens. per b. 0a3; ben1. pei
%. lsals roosgs per h. .; ttrts5s. per ID. Han;
DRESSED PorlrRr-asna. cholc.. per ID.
HAS; spring ehicksns per ID. saio: winter chio-
ms. psr ID. sa2s; ronsierS. pen ID. 40; tnrke5A
PET ~, M; dpeks. Per n. Hcoa9; sssae' psr NJ
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PER sek aIsaLeo;
sHeet North caroiina, pr bbi.. znat@; yans.
nesth Carolina. p9 eoi-. 1so-.z; e,eesses. ~
PER crate. aisaLo; ea1lhoEer. per er.te. L75.2oo;
florida new eabbaEs. per hbl.. 2DaL0: eEEplant.
Florda. per crate. 3ooasD; )ettncs. pg basket 10
beanS. per tasket LsAzas eeisrJ. per doE.. IA
Loo squash. Florida, Per crate. &ma1D; oeets.
F1orida. pr crate, 20a23; hale. Per bbl-. 8a1s;
spinach. pr sbL. E.ln; parsley. pr e.shst. Ioos
crate. A0a10; toJnatoes. Florida. per cate, z0a
40; aspaugas. per doE. Ilooa1oo; rhuhafb pr 100
lba. 20Iz@; eoembez. Flc1da, pr o1ts. asa
GREEN FRUITs-AppIes. per bbl.. Ssoaso; ap-
pleA. per bon. l.soaz1s; oranees. California pr
boa. 1Tsaaoo; Florida oranges. sTsalo: lemona. pr
boz; 1na4m; tFaps fruit pr boz. A@asIs; pans-
apolen 4Tsal3; cTanbenies 3QuErt boxes. aoa
Az; Do. p1 bbl. lo.0aii.s; strHsbsnsss. Flor
ia, pr a. mn
HAY AND sTRAw-Hay, Western. No. /. E.ooa
z.oo; No. 2 8ooaB.oo; mixed hay. D.oa3ko; strav,
rye. bali, l50oaiT 90; machine thrash. l1ooaiLoo;
Itrau, wheat pr ton. aoaH9.e; straw. oat. Per
ton. lin.
LIVE sTocK-sheep. per b.. Ags: spring
lambs. pr n. loGla calves choice. Per ID. AsAs;
medium. per h. siEl
GRAIN-whsat. pr busAsl. LoAilos; corn.
Ihsiled. fSa1o; ear per bbl, 3ssLlo; cats. Western
white. No. Per busbel eoael: cats. mixed. pr
bu4Asl. assoi hnn. pr ton. noo; niddling. pr
ton, 2m
WOOL AND HIDEs-wool. washed. free Of
buru. per n, 3la5; wool. unWashed. per ID. -;
hides dry, per H. l5als: green hides. h.. II; calf
skin. green. each. L8a1.1
sEEDs-Rsd clover. per bushel. l2saiLp: al
Sh1 clover, PR bushel. b-5aA5: whits cloFer.
per busbel, B.0aA0; crimson clover. s0lk-5o;
timothy, per bushel sTsaf.SO; blue gas. per bush
d. 3oaLD; redtoD gTass. nOoa0.o pr 100 lha :
Alfalfa, PET bushel I.0a6oo
The Washington herald., 1912-04-19
TAFT TO ASK NEW
STEAMSHIP LAWS
Wants international Agreement Es-
tablishing Trackmastsr on
Ocean Courses.

President Taft announced yesterday
that he viii not send a special message
to Congress recommending legislation
looking TO the safety Of ocean travel. He
said he strongly favored such legislation
ana would insist upon the enforcement
Of all laws. but he did not think q spe-
olal message would be necessary. since
no finds that Congress already Is wide
awake TO the situation. ana he under
stands that the committees directly In
terested are already at work upon bills
He has been IN communication within
Ehe last three days with 4 isrge number
OF Senators and Representatives on this
subject. and he believes that q number
Of important reforms viii result. Among
these will be regulations requiring all
outgoing vessels to be fully equipped
with nfe-saving apparatus.
The President also is understood to fa-
vor the proposition OF the Navy De-
partment for the establishment Of an In
ternational trackmaster at a northeast
ern point, who shall have absolute au-
thortty over the courses taken by trans
Atlantic vessels in the northern waters,
and also for internatio1 government
control OF photography.
1t is understood that as soon as Con-
gress maps out some line Of legislation
for the accomplishment Of these. pur-
poses. the President and the statA De-
Isrtment viii take Up the matter OF in
ternational control of wireless and nav
igation with the European government.
The British government is understood to
favor all OF these points.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-19
WOULD STOP BOYS
SELLING EXTRAS"
Order of Maj. Sylvester New De-
parture in Ethics of Giving
Public the News.

There are a few persons in Washing
ton who are uninterested. IL seems, in
the fate Of their fellow-men. For the
past few days the daily newspapers Of
Washington have been endeavoring to
give their readers true facts on the
Titanic disaster. Such an effort. to be
successful, required that extra editions
should be published. The publication OF
extra editions is not violation of social
ethics. and such a practice Is appre-
ciated by a great majority OF newspaper
readers.
Numerous complaints have been re-
ceived at police headquarters protesting
against the ''unwarranted'' noise made
by vendors OF newspapers in selling their
wares. These complaints. coming as
they do from outlying residential Sec
tions, are almost inexplicable. They
venders are a menace to the city, and
unless the boys are forced to stop cry
ing their wares the shock resulting from
their loud voices viii prove fatal to nu-
merous patients now under the care Of
physicians. The order issued by Mai.
SyIveser yesterday follows:
In response TO numerous complaints,
many of them from physicians who are
interested in the sick under their
y
rest in the nighttime, you will in
struct the members of your command,
and observe that the orders are carried
into effect, to the end that many grown
men with 'fog-horn" voices, and boys,
are crying extra papers at unnecessary
hours. which is not in accord with the
regulations.
"The latter permit of the crying OF
extras at other than tho regular
hours when necessary but around the
hour of midnight and after IL o'clock
until morning, various residential To-
calIties have been invaded by those to
whom 1 have referred, who apparently
have endeavored one TO out-do the 9TH
er in sounding their wares.
In order that the peace and quiet OF
the community might not be disturbed
when not necessary and in a manner
unnecessary, you will see to IL that the
grounds for complaints OF this charac-
ter are removed. It Is Dbt required
that arrests OF newsboys BE made. al
though some OF the older men might
not heed the warnings OF the police,
but the younger element, when they
realize that the law viii reach their
cases, viii, no doubt, readily acquiesce
to Instructions that may be given.
Have, the members OF your bicycle
force after hours and your footmen
do their best in an endeavor to bring
about less loud crying in the early part
of the night, and no loud crying In the
after hours. RICHARD SYLVESTER.
Major and Superintendent"