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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Motors In West Africa.

The policy of developing southern
Nigeria by means of road-making mas
resulted in the existence Of several
hundred miles of roads suitable for
mechanical transport. Motor cars are
used by several Europeans, and two
native gentlemen in Lagos have re-
Gently acquired cars. In addition to
government transport services, the ma.
tive government of Abeokuta has sue.
cessfully arranged a small transport
service employing six motor wagons,
Several motor bicycles are used by
natives. There is, however, good
opening for a motor transport service
in Lagos in connection with the re-
moyal OF trade goods from the ware
houses to merchants premises and to
the railway, while much remains to be
done to bring about q more general
use Of motor traction throughout the
country.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Protection,

Women who are alone In flat all
day take many precautions to insure
safety" gas collector said. zone
way that learned the other day made
me feel rather foolish. When / went
into the kitchen to read the meter the
mistress of the fat stepped to the
telephone and said:
Its all right, Central. It's only
the gas man
"Of course, she was under no obli-
cations to explain that cryptic allusion
to myself, but she did it voluntarily
Every time the doorbell rings
when / am here alone she said, i
take the receiver off the hook and
leave the telephone open before l go
to the door, so that if I should have
occasion to scream they could hear me
at headquarters and send somebody to
my assistance
ITO utilize the telephone company
as private detective bureau struck
me az nervy, but have since learned
that lot of lone women resort to
that plan with satisfaction to all con-
cerned."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
MONEY THAT WENT BEGGING
One Of the Most Curious Cases In the
History@ef the Chancery
Courts.

Perhaps there is no more curious
chapter in the history Of the chan
Gerry courts than that OF two Pitts
burgh men. The first had a claim 10
a small estate abroad, but he did not
have the money to pay the claim
agency TO make r search So he cot d
friend to back him. This friends
name was Peterman, ana the money
he advanced was like q grubstake-he
was gambling on his friends claim
proving up. One day. when Peternan
was at the claim-agency office, he
came upon this advertisement in the
agency files: "Peterman (Albertus).
musician, born in Amsterdam, 1929.
son of Charles Frederick and Henri
eta Susanna Gasman. Left for Liver.
pool, 1866. He is sought for inheri-
lance by NJ. Contot, advocat, 81 Bou-
leyard St. German, Paris" That was
the incaptio@ of the famous "Kinsey
docks" case, the name coming from
the fact that the original Peterinan
was last seen at the Kinsey docks in
Liverpool. The claim agency took the
matter in hand, traced Peterman's lin
cage back, and enabled him to estab-
llsh good claim to an Inheritance of
100000. That was case of fortune
being thrust upon man.--Lewis Ed
win Thesis, in Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Raising Cats for Fur,

Several business men of South
Brooklyn are contemplating the incor-
poration of company for the estab-
'ishment of a novel industry-a cat
farm--the first of It's kind in the
United States. 1t Is the intention of
he men back Of the scheme to pur-
chase a tract of land out on Long
island about a half mile square and
erect several buildings, the whole to
Re surrounded by a high concrete
wall.
Animals that produce fur for coats,
muffG and neck pieces are becoming
scarcer each year, and cat skins are
much in demand by furriers, who
willingly pay good prices for them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

Eyestrain exhausts the entire nerv-
GUS system, occasions the most in
tense headaches known to human be-
ings, and deranges digestion, to say
nothing of other Ills which 1t induces.
This being the case, the eyes must be
given rest. They should never be
used for reading when one is weak
from illness or suffering any head
ache or fatigue or strain they never
should Re used In bad light or with
the light shining directly into them
No eyeglasses-and this includes in
furious cheap smoked glasses-should
be used that have not been prescribed
by an oculist Of established reputa-
ton, after careful examination. In
many cases disfiguring glasses would
never need to be worn If people gave
their eyes the rest which they re-
Quire.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
HUMOROUS QU|PS
BY THE YARD.

rhe other day three or four LYONS
boys went iato local meatshop to
get one on the butcher" One of them
advanced to the counter and Said:
How do you sell your meat?"
Any way you want it," said the
butcher.
All right; what will it cost for
yard?'
"Seventy-fve cents
I'll take yard"
Where's your money!.
The moneyswas paid over and the
butcher showed 1t in the cash register.
reached under the counter, pulled out
three pigs feet ald laid them before
the young man with the remark:
Here's your meat, three feet make a
yard"
The young man was not to be bluff.
ed and took his meat amid the laugh.
ter OF his Observation-Disclosures City jour
nal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

tent, however, the reductions, so far
as land actually owned by the gov
eminent is concerned. are apparent
rather than real, owing to heavy
alterations in the tracts eliminated.
Some 100000 acres of the ma
tional forest gross area are not
owned by the government.
The high water mark of the total
national forest gross area was
reached In 1909, when the forest
boundaries included over 1874 ,000,-
900 acres. It was then realized.
however, that in making the exam
nations on which the presidential
proclamations creating the forests
were based the work has been too
rapid to insure in all eases the best
boundaries. Sometimes land which
should have been included was left
out, while at other times land was
taken which was not best suited to
forest purposes
Consequently complete over
hauling and reetification of the for
est boundaries were planned and
have been going on ever since. BY
successive proclamations President
Taft has eliminated nearly 11,000,-
600 acres, while he has added about
1900, 900 acres.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Mans Construction.

A man has 500 muscles, 1000, 600, 900
cells, 200 different bones, gallons of
blood. several hundred feet of arteries
and veins, over Is feet of intestines
and millions of pores. His heart weighs
from 5 to IL ounces, its capac1y Is
from 4 to ounces in each ventricle,
and its size by az by 2k inches.
1t is hollow. muscular organ and
pumps 221s pounds of blood every
minute. In "a hours 1t pumps, 16 tons.
1t beats about 72 times a minute In
one year an average mans heart
pumps l1.6S0.000 pounds of blood.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
PRETT|EST BIRD IN WoRt.E
Quezal Of South Guatemala Take
Beauty Prize Among Featnered
Creatures,

What is considered the most beauti-
full bird In the world is the quezal, OF
Guatemala. Until within the last few
years it was unknown to science.
among the feathered creatures, de-
lighting In the silence OF high alti-
tudes. 1t dwells on mountain heights
above 1000 feet in elevation.
The quezal was the royal bird OF
the ancient Aztecs, and its plumes
were used to decorate the head
dresses and cloaks OF their kings The
quezals breast Is a brilliant scarlet,
while It's green tail attains length
of three feet. 1t is about the size of
the common pigeon. 1t nests in holes
in rotten trees, which it enlarges with
It's bill, so as to make a roomy and
comfortable residence. The young
are hatched totally devoid of feathers.
1t Is the hardest Of all birds to pre-
pare for mounting. for its skin is as
tender as so much tissue paper and
the feathers are implanted to such a
slight depth that they readily fall out,
A specimen Is very apt to BE spoiled
by falling against a branch of q tree
on being shot
Up to 1860, natryalists did not know
where the quezal was to be found.
The few specimens which had fallen
into their hands had been obtained
from Indians, who kept the secret.
About that time, however, a collector.
visiting that country, got on the track
OF the birds and went up into the
mountains. where he shot number Of
them In ancient times the skins o.
all birds OF this species belonged TO
the king. and none but members Of the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

Here is one Of the newest style
skiEss with the fashionable tunic ef
feet. The closing is at the left side
of the back. White serge is 70 be
much worn this season, and this de-
sign is splendid for such material The
skirt while preserving the slender sill
houette has sufficient fulness at the
bottom to insure convenient swing and
convenience In walking.
The pattern mo 5774) is cut in
sizes % to 30 inches waist measure,
Medium size will require 4 yards of,
SO inch material or 27s yards of goods
Al inches wide. ,,,..
To procure this pattern, send 10 cents TO
, Pattern Department" of this paper Write
name and address plainly, and be sure TO give
size, and number of pattern.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

He was a budding author, and his
wife, determined that his train OF
thought~should not be trammeled by
domestic worries, said to the new
maid; Now, Jane, if you want any
things always come to me. Never go
to Mr.. Bookmaker unless | am out"
few days later there was knock
at Mr. Bookmaker's study door, and in
reply TO the usual Gomez" the new
maid, fresh and pretty, appeared.
Please, SIR" she said, Mrs. Book
maker said I was never to disturb you
unless she was out"
"Well?' said Mr. Bookmaker, inqutr.
ingly.
She's out sir. "-Lippincott's Maya.
zine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

looking dog.
The two met so regularly that the
got to nodding TO each other, neithe
with the remotest idea who the othe
was. From nodding they passed to tt
good morning" stage, and one day tn
younger man paused to pat the othe
mans dog, They fell to discussin,
different brands Of dogs. and the black
mustached man said he regretted tina
such small yards prevail in WASHING
ton. as he was used to having severa
dogs around Evidently he hadn't LIVED
n Washington long.
You're in the government serviceT
inquired the young man.
The other man owned up that he
was.
What's your job?" pursued the
young man.
"0h, I'm secretary of war;" replied
Stimson, modestly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
HOW MONEY IS DEsTROYED
Various Processes Were Tried on
Bank Notes by the German I'M
perial Printers.

AS the great difficulty which most
people meet with in regard to bank
notes Is that of being able to keep
them, 1t Will probably come as a sur
prise to many to learn there are yet
others for whom the difficulty Is how
to get rid of them. The difficulties en-
tailed in destroying such paper are
well illustrated in very interesting
article upon paper destruction by the
German imperial printers, the Kansas
City Journal says.
The methods previously available
We're three-burning. boiling and pulp
ing. In the first process it has been
found that even where a special fur
mace has been used it has not infre.
quently happened that while the outer
parts of packets were destroyed some
of the contents were not even singed
In the case of stamped or gummed pa
per the matter was still worse, for the
packets baked together into solid
blocks, the interiors of which were
quite intact.
In the second process the paper TO,
destruction is placed In iron boilers:
I've Is added and the contents then cub
jeeted to the prolonged action of
steam. AS destructive process for
small quantities this Is quite effectual,
as IL also that OF pulping, a process d
In which the paper is cut up by revoy.
ing knives In water.
In both of these cases there Ia, how
ever, another difficulty-that of dispos.
ing Of the product 1t cannot easily
be sold, 1t will not pay to transport
and on. hand the sodden, stodgy mass
quickly goes bad
The German imperial printers there.
fore decided to try new way-grind.
Ing it up dry To this end they in.
stalled forty horse power mill, which
by a process of hurting, crushing and
tearing reduces the paper to an almost
powderlike form, in which It passes
through sieve into a collecting cham.
bel, beneath the mill ready for pack.
ing.
This, however, was ACCOMPANIED by
avery Objectionable feature, especially
when dealing with gummed paper in
the grinding. Such dust was created
that though the workmen engaged
wore protectors. it yet persistently
filled and blocked their eyes and nos.
trils.
AS the work Of packing was on this
account not only unhealthy, unwilling.
ly performed and also uneconomical,
efforts were made to find some me-
chanical means of doing IT. Difficulty
after difficulty arose,
Among such may be mentioned that
a spiral feeder having been devised II
was found that the paper would some
times form into balls solid as blocks
OF wood, which defed the efforts to
move them by the 20 horse power mo.
tor.
The imperial printers, therefore, are
now to be congratulated upon possess
Ing machine perfect In It's kind. 1t
takes the paper, grinds 1t up to any
size desired and bags 1t.
Finally, though, the paper in this
form fetches but little on account Of
Its consequent shortness of fiber, the
mill Is yet not only paying off the In.
ttial outlay, but is also saving some
$3.50 year in workmen's wages.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
April First.

Mother-Why, what Is The matter.
johnny? What are you crying about?
Johnny--Teacher matle me sit in her
chair on the platform today, just be-
cause | whispered once.
MotheG-Well | don't see anything
dreadful in that You have had to
Sit there before.
.lohnny--But there was tacks In her
chair today I'd just put em there
for her to sit on.--Judge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

strangers before he got to Cailfor-
MIA,
Thin men look sour and sad but
this Is not their fault. A thin man 5
face Is 50 narrow that he has TO
smile up and down instead OF cross
wise. There also seem to be very
few baldheadel thin men, but this
is not the case. Enough hairs ito
thatch a thin mans skull only make
a little ring around fat mans
head
Thin men have many SORROWS in
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
THIN MEN
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF "A Good Old Siwash."

If there is anything more rfdiru-
lous than a fat man in a two-acre
shirt, ii is man who is so thin that
his legs snarl up when he sits down.
+ Nature IS just as reckless when
she makes thin men as she is when
she spreads herself and makes
bald-headed leylathan, Sometimes
Nature gets so economical that she
makes 400 pounds of material do
fora whole man; and in this case
she generally stretches him out until
he is so slender that he can't wear a
watch because it would stick out on
him like 9 bump on a cottonwood
tree.
Thin men are composed Of uphol-
stored bones and vary In gauge from
% to A Calibre. A drink Of water
swells them yisibly and when they
sit down in street cars they have to
hold newspapers in front of them
selves to keep other people out of
the same place. One of the hardest
things in the world to see is a thin
man who is in hurry unless he
happens to wear red necktie.
Thin men are often healthy and
live to great age, but always dis
appoint their friends when they dc.
so. One of the greatest pleasures in
this life is to discuss thin man
who uses old umbrella cases for leg
gins and wristlet for chest pro-
tecror, and to bet on whether Death
will scythe him or reap him with Il
pair of manicure scissors Many
thin man has gone west in a state Of
perfect health. but has been talked
copletely out OF it by kind-hearted
tCopyright, 1912. by q
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Fouuht' His Way TO Position.

Sir William Maxwell Aiken, one Of
the new members Of the house of COM
mons, though many times million
aire, began life selling life insurance.
The son Of a Canadian Presbyterian
minister, he was without means, and
in college wrote insurance whenever
and wherever he could to help pay his
way,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

The shirt waist here given is made
to be sfipred on over the head 1t is
al easy lna2al to fashion. and is as
stylish 81 ir~is simple. Besides 1t Is
up to thc n..i.lte in new details, The
b,g collar Is an attractive feature.
| nen. galatea. repr, plque or madras
can be used TO develop the model. ''
The pattern (No. $500 is cut In
sizes 81 to A. Inches, bust measure.
Medium size requires rs yards Of So
inch material. and IS of yard of %
inch net.
To procure this pattern, send 10 cents to
Pattern Department OF this paper Write
name and address plainly, and be sure to givs
s. &C. and number Of pattern.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
More Spaciolls.

Madame--This fiat would suit us
very well but for this room, which is
SO snail.
Colcierge--It would do for one
child, madame.
Msdame-lt' isn't a question of. a
child, but OF my hat boxes.--Pele Mele.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
A Doubtful Camnlinnent-

Miss Pretty don't see how you
whistle through your fingers in that
way. could never do it, I'm sure.
Mr.. Goodheart (wishing to compi.
ment her delicate little hands)-No,
Miss Pretty, if you were to try il your
whole hand would slip into your
mouth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

The reform authorities at Allan
tic City are. getting 50 jealous that
after awhile they won't permit the
men to watch fair bathers with the
naked eye.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
When Women Vote.

Fair Suffragette--lsn' she fright?
Why does she do 1t?
Her Chum-Principle She swore
she Wouldn't wesr a rat or corset I'M
til Name Smith is elected president"
Puck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
UndentIenanly.

Ee-The great trouble with Cab.
leigh is that he talks too much.
She--That's strange When he's
been with me he's scarcely said ga
word
He--Oh, he's too much of gentle.
man to interrupt. --Tit-Bits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
A Deadly Aim.

Church. see painting AMI scup-
ture are conducive to long life, says
an authority, but music Kills young
men.
Gotham-That is, Of course, provid-
ed the musicians neighbor is a good
shot with gun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

Once in a while the man has the
last word A New York judge SEN
fenced a woman to twenty days iii
jail and fined her $4,000 for con-
tempt Of court
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

In the years that have passed
since Mr. Bryan first famed into
public view he has ACCUMULATED a
fortune, but he has lost the most OF
his hair.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
An Inducement.

VIII yez take ticket for a goat
that I'm raffiin, sorr?"
But, Michael, I've no use for
goat"
That's so, sorr; but yez probably
wouldn't win it."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

Newspaper readers who are not
interested In politics and baseball
now have chance to catch up with
a few of the late novels.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Tic Einish.

5aa--.iIary wouldn't work for So a
"reF ana now she is working for a
Gcller
'sc--What happened? Did they cut
her wagoe?
she--No. She got married. !.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

A Biblical investigator tells lis
that hobble skirts were worn In
Scriptural times. No wonder Sodom
and Gomorrah got theirs!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

when the attention of The Bull
letin is called to any misstatement
of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections viii
cheerfully be made.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

royal family were allowed to wear the
feathers.
The quezal belongs to the family Of
tragons. the genus including forty-six
species. thirty-three of which are
American. All are very beautiful and
extremely rare.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19

Every morning as he set forth to
work young man IN Washington
passed a clean. pleasant.faced, black
mustached man, followed by iovial
-S-1.fs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Oar National Forests.

esident Taft has just made con.
SID able changes in national forests
in Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Utah
and California through presidential
rrnclau atoms modifying the bound
AIRY lines. BY these changes nearly
e7E,9N0 ceres Of land are eliminated
frc~l The forests, about $4,000 acres
srs added. and about $4,000 acres
are transferred between two forests,
s-hi.aa new forest Is created BY the
dis-isicn Of an old unit into two.
rhe net result is to bring down
the totai gross area o. the national
FORESTS ahoat 1sT. 100000 ac1es,
cf With nearly 27,OO0,o0e acres are
fiji Alaska To considerable ex-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
What Happened.

Eyes, I am going to kiss you when
7 60"
Leave the house q once. slr.'-
Satire.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-19
Hnri,ah /!

Murrah!
Cairo Is to receive Sa5o.o09 from
the government for the raising and
strengthening of its leyees, The
House ,conferees agreed Wednesday
on the Rivers and Ha1Durs bill and
tie Senate's amendments The
measure and the amenlments will
now go to the House fer passage
and then to the Waite House for
the Presidents signature. Cairo
will then have to raise similar
amount. as provided for in the
amendment, before the government
appropriation aof quarter of mil
lion dollars Is awarded All that
naw stands Rstween Cairo and the
s2sb,o00 appropriation is the rails.
mr. # a like amount of money
Those who should be in a position
to know declare that Cairo will be
able to raise its part Of the expense
with little difficulty
Cairo owes its success IN obtaining
assistance from the government to
the efforts of the representative
@e .sitizsns whole visited Washington
aud also to the excellent work done
9sshv nited States Senator Shelby NJ
rillnm The committee which first
visited the Capitol city was compos-
ed Of the following citizens: Mayor
George Parsons. John S. Aisthrope,
Postmaster Sidney B Miller, Sheriff
Al. Fraser, John 3. Greaney, E. A.
Smith and Attorneys Miles Frederick
Gilbert Walter Warder and Angus
Leek.
Mayor Parsons has made several
trips to Washington in the interest
of the c'ty's petition For aid AMI
returned only few days ago, after
reee4 wing positive assurance that the
amendment would be favorably act
ed upon by the House conferees.
With the unanimous Endorsement of
ethe confcrees it is not likely that the
measure will meet with further OPP
position.
Realizing that the task of raising
fund of sufficient proportions to
adequately raise and strengthen tn.
levees rounds the city and the DraiA
age District would be almost beyond
the power of the city officials oper-
ations in the Drainage District have
virtually been at a standstill. Now
that 1t is definitely determined that
Cairo Is to receive assistance from
the government in the work, opera
lions will be resumed in greater vol
ume than before,
The home owner, who suffered
loss through the inundation OF the
Drainage District, has been await
ing action on the Cairo amendment
before resuming work or his home
stead, and even the building opera
ton in Cairo, which have been re-
tarded to great extent because of
that dreadful uncertainty, will
go on.
An era Of prosperity dawns for
Cairo. The building of the levees
viii mean an increase in population
at the outset; the increase in popu-
lation viii mean greater circula-
tien OF money; greater circulation
Of money will mean more profits for
the merchant, the property owner
and everybody
Not too much good can be said
for the members of the committee
If 1t were not for their untiring ef-
forts on behalf of Cairo, the city
probably would not have had
alinner Of hope. The Bulletin con-
graduates them
Car National Forests.
csident Taft has just made con
STD able CHANGES in national forests
in Montana Arizona Nevada Utah