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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
BOY SCOUTS DIVIDED
TROOP INTO TWO CLASSES

The Boy Scouts have found out
that I'LL the larger scout troops in
Illinois and other states have the
larger boys separated from the small
er BOYS. This gives each class d
better opportunity for scout2raft, be-
cause the larger boys are more ma
ture Ia every respect and necessarily
need different kind OF training and
are Interested in different forms Of
seoutcraft, woodcraft, campcraft and
lathletics
Scoutmaster Jackson and Assistant
Scoutmaster Roche believe that this
division will benefit the boys Of both
classes more than the old way did
The boys We're divided just by height,
the taller boys soing into Glass 4
and the smaller boys going into Glass
| b. Then the boys who were nearly
fifteen years old but were rather
small were allowed to 20 into Glass
a IN this way boy Is sure TO ~
in the class with his friends Of his
own height or age
! Class A will hold their meetings on
Monday nights and Class r will hold
theirs on Friday nights, beginning
December IS.
TIC following officers were elected
Monday night for both classes:
| Class Al G. Werner, president
Lewis Finch. vice president; Everett
IHickcoX, secretary John Wood
| treasurer Glass B-Robert HoNon
! president; Eugene Gibson, vice presi
dent; lester Mahoffer, secretary
Robert Vouche, treasurer. Everett
, lIictcox was elected advertising man
, ager for the troop. Elections viii BIZ
. held every six months hereafter
The scouts arc making the ar
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
COUNCIL GIVES
REPPtIMANDs TO
LUTZ AND GLADE
concluded from Page One.)

while The chief may have exceeded
his authority iii The Childress matter
that he had been given the power by
the mayor, 1t further reported that
no evidence had been introduced be-
fore it that citizen had Knocked
down police officer The report
further found that Jailer Lutz and
Officer Glade had been proven guilty
Of lighting and administered a repri-
mand To both, warning them not 10
engage In repetition OF the offense
This report was received and con-
CURED in
The Building Committee reported
favorably upon the petition request
ing permission to make repairs
which are now well under way. on
the house 3lS Eighth street
Under the head Of claims and ac-
counts the monthly pay roll was al
lowed Miscellaneous claims and &C,
counts were read and referred to the
appropriate committee
A petition from r. l.. Ellis. for the
estate Of II. y. Ellis, requesting per
mission to erect two sheds, l0x14
feet in dimensions each at the rea
Of Two lots 421-a23 Twelfth street
was referred,
A resolution providing for the con
structipn Of a six-foot cement side
walk OH the north side of Twentiet
street from Walnut to Cedar, wa
read the FIRST time and referred to til
ordinance committee.
a resolution providing for a ST,
foot cement sidewalk on the we:
size of Pine, from Center to Twenty
lirst street, received its first readin
and also was referred to the san
committee.
Alderman Greaney relinquishin
the chair took the floor and intr
snced d verbal resolution instructor
the city attorney to draw up an ord
nance providing for a city rock pi
and adding to the city ordinances q
ready "a the Statute books, one "a
erai ordinance providing for the d
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|raneenlents for putting the parapher-
MALTA in the GYM" They decided
10 have one large locker 10y each
patrol instead OF the inaiyidttaG lock
ers. The patrols are being organized
las quickly as possible
There are magazines published.
"Boys' Life" or the Boy Scout Mag
azine, which contain series inter-
esting 10 everyone. They viii ba
sold &c anyone upon application.
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/ NEWS Of THE RIVERS
M -
River Forecast.

The Tenne ssee, from Florence TO
above Johnscuville, will change but
little during Tie next few days. at
Johnsonyille and thence to ahova
the mouth, the rise will continue for
the next day or two then become
about stationary No very import
ant changes are Indicated within the
next few DAYS for the Mississippi,
from below st. Louis 10 Cairo. for INC
Ohio, from the mouth Of the Wabash
to cairo, or for the Wabash, at At.
Carmel. + 81 LlNl1Lhl'
Lcaal Forecaster.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

DIED Mrs. M r. Pettis, age III
1t residence, $40 Eighth street. SER
vices will be conducted at residence
"Wednesday morning. Dec. 4th, q
NJ, By Roy l2ells, Of the Presbyterian
church. Special interurhan cars VII
leave Eighth and Washington Il
g.20 d. H., interment at Beech Grove
cemetery,
Friends Of family Invited Adyt
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BALDWIN FAV0RS
WHIPPING POST
AND FL0GGlNG
concluded from Page One,)

have myself, when serving on the
bench. more than once sent culpfits
60 Jail whore ii would, think, have
been Of more good to the interest OF
public justice to infiet a punishment
shorter in duration and sharper in
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04

yc arrived, but win be cataIos1ed
and placed IN circulation as soon as
possible after they come, as there is
growing demand for new books.
Tha sat Of Dickens works pup
chased from Mrs aaftord's annivers-
airy sift, are It pleasure TO lovers Of
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
Europe's War Material.

Europe withdraws from industry l.
100000 men to make soldiers Of them.
They are kept from one to three
years, What ali appalling waste;
how doubly prepos.erous ii efficiency
can be insured with militia training.
New York World.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04

Golden Eagle Store will be closed
Tuesday and Wednesday Watch
this paper,
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|1fssabl,ts
|AJOEGEszs.

Every woman's heart responds
to the charm and sweetness OF a
baby's voice, because nature in
tened her for motherhood. But
even the loving nature OF 4 mother
shrinks from the ordeal because
sucl, a time is usually a period OF
suffering and danger. y omen
who use Mothers Friend are
saved much discomfort and sui
fering, and their systems, beng
thoroughly prepared by this great
remedy, are in a healthy condition
to meet the time with the least
possible suffering and danger.
Moihe, j Friend Is recommended
only for the relief and comfort Of
expectant mothers; it is III no
sense a remedy for various ills,
hut lis many years OF success, and
the thousands OF endorsements re-
ceivei from women who have used
il are a guarantee Of the benefit u
be derived from its rse, This
remedy docs not accomplish Won
ders but simply assists nature to
perfect it, work Mother Friend
allavs nausea. prevents caking Of
II ine e epsrr w aa9 laDzltsDerss
contributes t,., To- glrseseN
motherhood. Mothers Friend IS
sold at drug STORES. Write for our
free boot for expectant mothers.
EaADrlELD REGULATOR CO.. A''ansa, c.,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
Whipping is Remedy.


"Partirulariy S this ttue 81 boys.
4 sound whipping is a remedy thar
the world has always recognized IL
belonging to their time o. life In
the great schools OF England birch-
lug has been been freely dealt oar
b. the best teachers. and 1t brings
no shame. unless there be a want OF
pluck to stand it brayely.
FIT is in practice, often inflicted
III an irregular way, under author
|ity Of a court, upon young Offend
err. The choice lis given to a boy,
Of perhaps his parents whether ~
shall be sentenced to fine or i'm
prigonment, or whipped by, or I'M
der the eye Of, court officer. |
Lining this il often judicious meth
cd to pursue. but it would be more
satisfactory II there were statute
to authorize it; and also If this au-
thuAity wee not dependent upon
anybody's consent.
There are two objections, and
really but two objections, to rein
stating the ancient penalty Of
ster lization. 1t involves an at
which might be criticised as cruel;
and It's effect is to lower a human
life. beyond recovery,
"As for he cruely OF it, the same
degree Of suffering IL inflicted. for
l purpose in one respect not dissimi-
Tar. on hall Of our larger domestic
animals. we DO not deem it cruelty
to them So far as vasectomy y
concerned, ii has recently been pro
uounced not a cruel form Of pun
shmcnt by the Supreme Court Of
Washington, and in several states
There are laws authorizing the oper-
alton upon degenerates in aims
houses, asyluns or prisons
Must Protect Children
There Is crime still meaner
than that to which have alluded,
that man can commit towards the
weaker sex. Ii is when he lures a
lchild into dishonor The penalty tC
Ibe measured out for any act mus
be partly determined from It's nat
ural consequences, This act there.
fore, ii might be argued, is not one
to be punished as rape Or murder
liz But a sentence to mere impris
lonment seems to me a very made
/ quate one IT every such offender
| were also suartly whipped, | bcliev,
| there would be fewc- Of them
/ III we were to accept the senti
mental or humanitarian position
that the right to punish rests o.
a The duty to educate the ignorant aat
, reform the vicious, ! shauld none tt'
less insist that whipping was, TO
: many eases. the best incentive I,
IT EhNNdtlbil dEAh lEl1i III. Iib NHp lt&
! learned to refrain is half reformed
$ A whipping has very direct ten
Q dency to teach q man to refra
from whatever is likely TO entail an
+ ether punishment Of the same sort
It 1t may be the salvation of boy
: who would otherwise be sent to
& reform school that does not reforn
e or to jail that he would find
school of crime. II may also be tn
g salvation of q man When in Il:
, in Connecticut, no white man w;
4 ever whipped twice,
/ Must Exact Penalty.
lie III it be admitted that a erin
l. inal act has been done from erin
A. lnal motive, il follows logically tn
s. fer this violation OF its law Il
state must enact penalty. A 4
vine law may have been vinlat,
also RI SO, there will naturally +
Isult 70 all but the hardened often
e., a certain Punishment Of Il
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Stage Of river at I q. m. 20, Tall
If 4 during the preceding "A hours
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
Must Exact Penalty.

IT It be admitted That Grim.
inal act has been done from a Grim
inal motive, it follows logically that
fer this violation of its law the
state must enact a penalty A d.
vine law may have been violated
|also II so, there will naturally re
suit 70 all but the hardened Offend
g, certain punishment Of the
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04

a Wv = % q . = = I
the breasts, and
in every way
contributes to
| strong, healthy
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-04
Weather Forecast.


FOR cairo and vieinity-Rain'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
He Could Not Slow Down.

drawn vehicles and persons on the
sidewalks drew back as the motor
cycle whiZZed past.
The engineer was becoming fright
ened. He yelled as he approached
crossings, warning persons to get out
of his way. At Ninety-seventh street
Benedict decided to jump for it, and
he raised his feet from the rests and
let go the handle bars.
The motorcycle bounded over the
sidewalk, tore down seven feet of
brass railing around the Victoria
apartment house at the corner of
Ninety-seventh street and dropped
down into the areaway, seven, feet be-
low the sidewalk.
Benedict followed the machine. In
his fall into the areaway he thrust
his arm through basement window
and then dropped unconscious
A crowd gathered and call was
sent to ]. Hood Wright hospital for
an ambulance, but before it arrived a
passing automobile took the uncon-
scious engineer to the Red Cross hos
pital at 10th street and Central Park
West. There he was turned over to
DR.. Malcolm Munkitrick, who found
that his skull was crushed at the base
and he had broken ribs and internal
injuries. Two hours after he was adj
mitted to the hospital Benedict died.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
ENGINEERS FATAL
MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Admitted He Knew Little About
Machine, but Said He Was
"Some Machinist."

New York.-Christopher Benedict
engineer of the yacht Hoigrass, an
chored off the Columbia Yacht club
at the foot of West Eighty cixth street.
acquired new motorcycle the other
morning, and in the afternoon an
nounced to his mates that he was go
ing ashore for ride.
Going to desert the sea, Chris p
Benedict was asked as he lifted his
new machine into small boat.
mo; but I'm going to break some
records replied the engineer.
To see Benedict start off several of
the crew went ashore with him. He
admitted that he knew little about op-
Grating the. machine, but added:
I'm some machinist though"
Benedict mounted his wheel and
started north. He had not gone a
block before it was running away. He
was going aitifty mile pace before he
had made, two blocks, and he could
not slow down.
The drive was crowded He guided
his way past automobiles and horse
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
Matter Changes, But Does Not Cease
to Exis,-SimpIe Experiment That
Proves Proposition.

When a candle burns 1t is not de-
stroyed What seems like destruction
is merely change. Any one can prove
this for himself by a very simple ex-
pertinent
Take glass tube Ind At cork into
each end. Bore some holes in the low
er cork, one of them in the middle
large enough to hold candle. Bend
smaller glass tube to U shape. fill it
with small pieces Of caustic soda and
cork one end. Now connect the two
cylinders by small glass tube through
the corks. Insert The candle through
the lower cork and suspend the whole
apparatus from one beam of the chem
ical balance. Weigh 1t carefully.
Connect the free end of the q tube
to an aspirator so as to establish q
uniform current of ~air through the
tubes. Remove the candle, light it
and instantly reinsert It. Let it burn
down until entirely consumed. Now
reweigh the apparatus. You will find
that 1t actually weighs more than It
did before the candle was burnti
What had happened? The carbon
and hydrogen Of which the candle was
composed have been separated, have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29


'MAaion Williams" sad the coroner
severely, you ought to know enough
about the law to understand that what
you heard amt evidence. Tell only
them things you know Of your own
knowledge"
"All know" said Williams, percept
IDLY miffed, us that she come out
along about three in the afternoon and
paid another seventy-five cents. say
ing she wanted the room another
night That's all seen of her"
Can ask a question:" said one OF
the Jurors, all of whom were towns
men of the class usually to be found
around the hotel bar-room.
"If it is psnper question" said
the coroner judiciously.
Where did she go when she went
| out?"
1.-The question is proper one. II the
witness can answer II of his own
knowledge" the coroner ruled.
IF l knowed I'd a told already.
said the hotel keeper.
One or two of the other jurors asked
questions, prompted plainly more by
curiosity than by intelligent effort to
ascertain the facts; but it was plain
that Mr.. Williams had revealed all
that he knew, ard he was dismissed.
Doctor Allen, w&o had been sent for
as soon as the susoIde was discovered,
gave it as his oSsnioh thai the woman
had hung herself early the evening
before, as nearly As he could judge
about five o'clock.
"Who was it found the body?" the
coroner asked.
MARY Evans, the chambermaid,"
the constable volunteered. Here she
is, right here"
The coroner proceeded to examine
her. .
Much embarrassed by the prom'-
nence into which she found herself
thrust, but manifestly enjoying the un-
usual Situation, the girl told how, early
in the morning, as soon as she began
her work, she had gone to the room.
II didn't know there was anyone in
No. A." she explained. Il knew the
woman had taken it for just one night
and hadn't bothered making it up the
day before. None of the other room
ers was up yet and thought might
just as we'll get No. off my mind.
knocked like ] always do and getting
no answer / opened the door right
wide all of sudden. Such shock
as it gave me- never expect to have
again to my dying day. There was
the poor creature a-hanging there. ]
let a yell cut of me that must have
walked the dead, and then / ran and
called Mr.. Williams"
Had you seen the deceased on the
day previous?"
Eyes. But she wasn't deceased when
| saw Eer."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
1T wasrt a he n,s . woman. :

1T WASN'T she' E-s . woman
She hurried on down the corridor
and FASTENED to finish my dressing,
recalling as did 80 Davis belief that
there would be other suicides. 1t
seemed absurd that there could be any
connection between the suicide of a
woman in a country hotel in an OBJ.
scure New Jersey village and the two
suicides the day before in New York,
and yet there was at least one link
between them. 1t was Crandall who
had telephoned Katharine. Some one
had telephoned Elser, too. 1t was in
Crandall's rooms that we had found
the address Of this place where the
third suicide in the series had taken
place.
With the triumphant feeling that my
friend the inspector finally would
have to accept my theory of Crandall's
guilt, hurried downstairs and forced
my way into the room where the co-o-
ner had already begun his inquest.
On the bed, covered. with sheet,
except for the face. lay the lifeless
body OF woman perhaps fifty, the
face still distorted from the death
agony. A bit of rope attached to a
rod among the rafters of the room
showed that she had hung herself. The
womans outer clothing lay neatly
piled on a chair near the bed. This
much I had time to notice before the
coroner finished selecting his jury.
Near the coroner, too, l observed the
man whom the clerk had called Cook
/ thought he gave quick glance in
my direction, but i could not be sure
The first witness was called, Mahlon
Williams, the proprietor of the hotel.
"Mr. Williams" said the coroner,
do you know this woman?" s
Il can't say as ! do"
what was her name?"
"She was registered here in the ho-
tel. The names on the book. You
can see for yourself. don't know if
1t twas her real name or not"
Mary Jane Teller, Bridgeport,
Conn.," was the entry in the hotel
register which was produced and SUBJ
mltted Tor the Jurors inspection.
Tell US, Mr.. Williams, what you
know about the deceased"
Mighty little; nothing at all, In
fact. She come here night before last.
Got in on the seven-two train from
New York, l calculate, from the time
of her arrival. She had no baggage,
only that little black bag yonder. and
she asked for room for the night-a
cheap room. She seemed so feeble l
gave her this room on the ground
floor, No. 4, and only charged her sew
enty-f1ve cents for it, though it's dol
lar room, or a dollar and a half for
bridal couples. She paid for it for one
night and right after supper she went
into it and stayed there. Yesterday
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
STOMACH WAS, A JUNK SHOP
Human Ostrich Operated On ane
Knives, Nails, Keys and Pieces
of Iron Removed.

Pittsfeld, Mass.-Luke Parsons, the
human ostrich" who was In training
for his annual Thanksgiving feast OF
jack knives and spikes, for which he
has a special fondness, was operated
on al the house OF Mercy hospital the
other night and 1872 nails, two keys.
six knives and a piece of iron were re-
moved from his stomach and intes
tines. E ~.
DIR. W. G. Wilder, the hospital ply
stefan, assisted by DR.. l. s. F. Dodd,
performed the operation. The nails
had punctured the abdomen and peri.
tonitis resulted, which led Parsons to
apply for admission to the hospital on
his statement that my digestion ID
out of order"
While he was working as carpen-
ter, ten years ago Parsons accidentally
swallowed some shingle nails. The
diet gave him no trouble and he took
to training with nails as a regular
menu, and adding jack knives and
pieces of tin with button hooks as a
salad and keys for dessert.
Il am feeling pretty hungry this
afternoon" he said one day, and to
satisfy his hunger he swallowed q
gross of collar buttons.
Parsons told his surgeons he had
eaten no solid" nourishment in iron
or steel since last Thanksgiving. He
is forty years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
Nothing Is Ever Destroyed

drawn oxygen from the air and CON-
bined with it. forming water and car
bon dioxide or carbonic acid gas. The
caustic soda has absorbed the carbon
dioxide and made sodium carbonate,
and has also caught the water. The
extra weight is simply that of the oxy-
gen taken out of the air
This is a practical illustration of the
great truth that nothing is ever de-
stroyed. Matter changes. but does not
cease tc exist St Thomas Aquinas
taught this in the thirteenth century
thus as in so many other ways an
ticilating modern scientists-and
some OF the ancient Greek philoso-
pliers understood it. 1t aas only been
proved experimentally in recent years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
Robbers In Cemetery.

Fort Collins, Colo.-C. E. Moore, q
barber, was held up in the cemetery
here the other night. The fright he
received has sent Moore to bed, and
under a physicians care.
While Fastening to his home west
@. the city he took a short cut
through the graveyard and was sur.
prised when two men jumped from
behind tombstone, ordering him to
throw up his hands.
In addition to hts barber trade
Moore maintains small ranch and
had just sold several hogs, which
netted him $41. This money, a gold
watch and a pipe we're taken by ths
highwaymen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
tide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine, who h91
been forbidden the house by General Far
IRISH, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself
torn piece of yellow paper Is fSund.
at sight of which General Parrish Is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser an aged banker; commits
attempted her life A yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room. Post Office In
spector. Davis. KeA's friend. takes up
the case. Kent is convinced that Gran
Katharine's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives Kent and Davis search Gran
dalrs room and find an address. LOCK
Box H. Ardway, n. j.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-29
CHAPTER VI.
The Third Suicide.
pRtning had happened


| awOk2 the next morning with a
start and sat up in bed listening to
the strange confusion in the hotel. In.
stinctively / recognized that the sensa.
ton of the unusual that so affected me
was something more than the feeling
every one experiences on suddenly
awaking for the first tiitie in a strange
place.
/ sprang from the bed and, opening
my door, looked out into the hall.
could see nothing, for a turn OF the
corridor shut me of from the main
hall. From The floor below came the
confused murmur OF many voices and
the sound Of men moving about-n,any
men. My first thought was Of fire, but
there We're no cries and there was no
smell of smoke. The memory Of my
experience in the post-office required
to me. | vaguely wondered IL ! had
been tracked and discovered.
FASTENED to dress. II they suspect.
ed me of robbing the post-ofice, the
sooner / found out the sooner / could
plan some method of action. As put
on my collar I heard footsteps in the
corridor, and, coatless as / was, / flung
open my door. A chambermaid was
passing.
What's the matter?" l asked.
Haven't you heard about it?" she
asked in wonder.
Heard about what?'
The suicide in the hotel-in the
room right under yours. They discov-
cred 1t hours ago. The coroner's Just
come and is getting ready to hold the
inquest"
who was he?" / asked. / was
thinking it might be Hugh Crandall.
dead in some suicide pact with Katha-
rine. A sense OF disappointment be-
gan to take hold of me. l felt that II
it were Crandall my efforts to clear
the mystery would be still more fu-
tie, but the woman's answer quickly
dispelled the thought