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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
BATTlED OVER DOLL
cHlLD's PlAYTHIN0 THE CAUSE
OF FIERCE WARFARE.
African Savaees Looked Upon II as a
Fetish. and Fought for Its Pos
session-Contest Lasted for
Many Months.

A young German savant, who was
sent on a scientific expedition TO New
Guinea, has just brought back pic
ture of fatal doll and the extraordi-
nary story connected with It.
1t was originally bought by Dutch
trader. Captain van Bergnik of Am
sterdam. for his little twelve-year-old
daughter.
Il put into the port of Nagasah In
September, 1909" said the captain.
land bought the doll In bazaar. Soon
afterwards we were Obliged to anchor
in Geelwinck bay, New Guinea. for re-
pairs.
For about fortnight We had daily
intercourse with q tribe Of Papuans
on the coast, and became very friend
ly with a man named Tarvar.
"This aroused the anger OF the
chief, Katiak kho. who looked on our
friendship with jealous eye. Tarvar
was very fond of exploring the ship.
and was struck with admiration !, for
the doll the first time he came into
my cabin.
AS the young fellow had been very
useful to me made him a present OF
1t, intending to buy another on my
return to Nagasah. Taryar left the
ship with manifestations of exuberant
JOY.
''On the following day heard some
very sad news. The chief of the tribe
accused the young warrior OF theft.
and split. his head open with anSax.
He then fed into the interior with
the rest of his tribe. Fearful of los
ing the precious fetish, Katiak-Kho
hid 1t tn the folds of his cloak
But the warriors noticed that their
chief secretly left them at night to go
and worship the little doll by moon.
light In the forest.
''Ons night they followed him and
| caught a glimpse Of the chiefs mar
velous doll.
He was not popular and plot to
kill hiii was soon on foot. Katiak-Kho
was strangled at the foot Of the tree
where he was accustomed to com
mune, with the idol
The groans of the dying man at.
tracted the attention of his brother
| and some Of his friends. and a terrible
battle ensued. Five men were killed
and the victors ran farther into the
recesses of the forest.
After days of wandering they found
q suitable site at the foot of noun
tain and built new village. They
thought themselves In safety. but the
reputation OF the idol came to the ears
! of the Alfakis. Warlike tribe, who de
| ternined to seeure II at all costs.
The war between the Papaans and
the Alfakis lasted for many months
and the little Japanese doll passed al
ternatoly from one camp to another.
Three hundred lives were lost IL
these battles, and the doll is now In
the possession of the victorious Alta
Ris, who have built temple for II
and declared 1t taboo"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

ciger. wholesale Liquor dea er, Nor
ris Solomon. junk dealer. Joe Solo
mon. junk dealer. S. Cohen secon9
hard dealer. Alderman Greane,
mof cd the report be re
ceiRed and bonds approved as recon-
mended. The motion was adopted
by the following vote: Aye--Cox
Faudree, Ferguson, Flaek. Fry,
Greaney. Kelly. Magner. Nicholson,
.Nef, Saup, serbian and Walsh-i5
Nay-None.
The c e-k opened and laid before
the council bids for supplying the
city with 20-in, double suction cen
trifugal pumps with electric motor
10 operate same. fob. cars Cairo as
follows:
Vulcan Iron Works, three pro-
bcsals, s2415.00. s252S.00 and
s2f3S.00 respectively.
Reeves & Skinner Machinery Co.
lhree proposals. s2355.Al, s241S.2o
and si72S6e respectively.
American Well Works, two pro-
,osals. 100000 and s2s0O.0O re-
speetiyely
On motion of Alderman Magner
he bids were referred to the pump
nd water supply committee and the
nance committee,
The c ERIK opened and laid before
he council bid for constructing a
i0-in. reinforced concrete sewer
220 feet in length in Twenty eighth
treet as follows:
Hanes & Son, s2950.00.
On motion of Alderman Magner
The bid was referred to the street
Alderman Greaney moved to ad-
journ. The motion was adopted
The council then adjourned.
R0BT A. HATCHER.
City Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
EngIand's One Real Humorlst.

Perhaps England has had no real
humorist since George Sayile, mar
quis of Halifax, died. and that was In
1895. Halifax was the man who said
that IF you think your place ID be-
meath you, you certainly will be be-
meath It," And he wrote an essay
once, which has lately been repubiish-
ed In exactly its original form. In
which he congratulated the women
who had fools for husbands.
A wife" he said, often maketh the
better figure, for her husbands max.
ing no great ono, and there seemeth
to be no reason why the lady that
chooseth waiting woman with worse
looks may not be coutent with hus-
band with less wit"
Take your orders from your hus.
band tthis was the Halifax principle),
but also take precious good care he
gets these orders from you In the
first place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
ldentlSed.

The two American war correspon
dents were gazing at the conflict wher
Kinkletop caught sight Of gallant
ofiicer leading charge.
His face is strangely familiar" ht
said. That Greek lieutenant.
mean"
YES" said Bkthers. "He used te
run the boot-blacking stand in thai
barber shop over on Steenth avenue
and Umtpiph street"
And just then the noble warrior
dashed madly past. and, forgetting
himself under the excitement of ths
moment. turned and cried aloud to hi
advancing troops:
Next Shine."
And the indomitable phalanx moves
steadily up the hill. giving the enem,
the worst polishing-off they had hat
since war was acknowledgement
Weekly. IS
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
PROVERBS MOSTLY OLD
MAJORITY HAVE BEEN HANDEL
DOWN FOR CENTURIES.
Same Meaning Is Expressed In Vary
Ing Phrases Among Different Ma
tions-comments on Luck Are
Most Expire ssiVe.

Many proverbs have come down e
US from remote ages. and are com
men To all nations.
1t is raid that king OF Samos
worked his slaves nearly to death II
making a vineyard. This provoked
enc of them to prophesy that his mas
ter would never drink the wine. The
king. being told of this, when the
first grapes were produced took q
handful, and, pressing the juice into q
cup In the presence OF the slave. de
rided him as false prophet. Many
things happen between the cup and
the lip" the slave replied
Just then shout was heard that Q
wild boar had broken into the vine
yard The king. without tasting. SCI
down the cup. ran to meet 1t. and was
killed in the encounter. Henceforth
the words OF the slave passed into 9
proverb.
From this Greek original came tive
French proverbs: Between the hand
and the mouth the soup Is often split,
and Wine poured out is not swallow
ed" Neither is so near the original as
our English, There's many q sliI
'twixt cup and lip"
1t Is curious to trace how similar
ideas have taken root In different Ian
guages and the various modes of Illus
trating the same thought For in
stance, one or two familiar proverbs
in our own language. We say. "A
bird in the hand is worth two in tbs
bush" The same idea is expressed
by italians when they say, Better an
egg today than pullet tomorrow,
and the French proysrb is still more
significant, "One here-it.is is better
than two youshall-have.its. Better 8
Ieveret in the kitchen than wild boar
In the forest" is the Livonian saying
conveying the same meaning.
The proverbs on luck are numerous
and expressive In all languages. In
English we say. at is better to be
born lucky than rich" The Arabs con
vey the same idea In the apt proyerb
Throw him into the Nile and he will
come up with fish In his mouth,
while the German says, III he flung 8
penny on the roof dollar would
come back to him"
A Spanish proyerb says. God send
you luck. my son. and little wit will
serve you" There IL Latin adage
Fortune favors fools" and 1t Is tc
this Touchstone alludes In his reply
to Jacques, Call me not q fool TIL
heaven hath sent me fortune.
The Germans say. Jack gets on BY
his stupidity" aud fortune and won
en- are fond of fools" There is also
Latin proverb which shows that tbs
converse of this holds good: fortune
makes a fool of him whom she toS
much fayors."
Some unlucky Englishman IL respon
sible for the saying: III my father
had made me halter, when would
have been born without heads" bu
this can scarcely be called original
as an unfortunate Arab, ages ago, de
clared, '.If ! were to trade In winding
sheets no one would die"
".Misfortunes seldom come singly,
has many equivalents In all languages
The Spaniards say, Welcome, mis-
fortune, II thou CONTEST alone" ant
WHITTIER goest thou. misfortune! tt
where there Is more?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Both ttanda Free,

At the suffrage lunchrooms in
New York a woman electrician the
other day showed Mrs. o. II. P. Bel
mont a model Of cradle that rocks
by electricity.
Mrs. Belmont, after examining the
model with interest, smiled and said;
This invention Is of great value to
woman--it leaves both her hands free
for the carrying Of suffrage banners
and the distribution OF suffrage iitera.
ture."
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
The Fast Nail Rous,
Corrected to January LIT, 1918.
Trains Leave Cairo

Trains Leave Cairo
1910 q. m. Daily Chicago vest
buied ltd, arriving Chieas.
l0:l5 a. m.
2:l6 .. N. Daily 81. Lous Niga
It'd. arriving st. Louis 1870 .. m
sleeping cars open at $50 ,. n.
l:10 o. IN. Panama Special.
too .. m. Thebes Accommation. /
$500 a. m. Chicago Daily Express.
I:15 a. N. st. Louis Fast Mall
Ifltl5 q. m. Chicago Midday Special
I45 .. m. Afternoon Exprss for
/ Ht, Louis. Odin. Effingham. Mat.
I teon. Champaign and Chicago. ar
irving In Chiciuo 6:15 am.
5i00 p. m. Carbonate and North.
Hobs p. m. Chicago Night Express.
can be occupied after $40 D. NJ.
+ arriving at Chicago 7:50ta. m.
local sleeper al station. Bsrths
l.l0 q. N. Panama Limited for New
Orleans.
2:20 .. m. Memphis ana Nashville
3:40 a. m. Memphis. New Orleans
and Hot Springs. ~
4:35 a. m. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and jacksonville, gia
$500 . m. PAducaA ard Lon.aviils
L. Express. .s
flt5lp p. n. Daily Memphis and Nav
Orleans.
it:61 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatts-
nooga and Atlanta.
$40 p. m. Fulton and Mayfield 60
commodatiou. 8zs
-6:40 p. m. Paducah and Louisville
Sleeper. Cairo TO Louisville.
6:46 p m, Memphis and New Or
r. leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping car
accommodations and further infor-
nation apply at Illinois Central
Passenger Station, Cairo, III.
]. n. JONES. Ticket Al.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Poison In Abslnthe.

The principal poison In absinthe IL
"a vegetable substance known as
thyion. 1t Is found In NORWOOD.
which Is used In making absinthe.
France Is the largest consumer OF
absinthe, taking more than all the
rest Of Europe. The consumption has
been steadily increasing, SO that in
1911 over 100000 gallons OF absinthe
we're used In France.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

A local automobile factory has e
welldrilled FIRE corps. composed OF
factory employees. The corps had a
chance, to demonstrate It's ability
when neighboring factory building
burned.
The captain OF the factory fire com.
pany called his men together after
they had grabbed what they thought
were fire extinguishers. Az he start
ed to give the order to turn the extin-
gushers on the roof. where some
sparks from the neighboring fire had
fallen, 1t was discovered every man
was armed with gas tank like those
used In automobiles.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

IT WILL" she exclaimed Il win mo-.
live with you another day" s@ss
you'll leave me. will your" he CAIN.
ly asked.
Eyes. WILL"
"When?"
"Now-this n,inute!"
II wouldn't, II / were you"
"But | Will. and defy you to stcr
mel"
"Oh. sha'n't try to stop you" he
quietly replied, Twill simply report
to the police that my wife has mys-
teriously disappeared. They'll wan.
your description. and ! will give 1t
You wear No shoes; you have an
extra large mouth; your nose turns
up at the end; eyes rather on the
CLINT; voice like a."
Wretch, you wouldn't dare do
that?" she screamed.
Il will"
They glared at each other for mo
ment In silence. Then II was plain to
see who was the victor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

Computation correct.
Z. WORKMAN.
Alderman Magner moved the sal
aIy bill be al owed The motion
was adopted BY the following vote:
Aye--Cox, Faudree, Ferguson.
Flaek, Fry. Greaney, Kelly, Wagner,
Nicholson, Neff, saup. Serbian aud
Walsh--1s. Nay None.
The miscellaneous aims and ac-
counts We're read and, on motion Of
Alderman Walsh, referred to the
committee on claims and accounts
and theif respective committees.
Miscellaneous Business.
Bonds for the year 1913. were
submitted as 70 lows:
Wholesale Liquor Dealers.
Jack Daneiger. lot is, block 8,
city.
Junk Dealers
Morris Solomon,
Joe Solomon.
Second Hand Dealers.
S. Cohen.
A derman Greaney moved the
bonds be referred to the finance
committee and a recess of five min
utes taken. The motion was adopt
cd unanimously.
After recess the fnanea commit
tee reported recommending the APP
proval of bonds Tor licenses for the
year 1913, as follows: Jack Dan
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
The New Laundry

My wife and were very much dis.
appointed that we could not attend the
orera last evening. 1t was all the
ladndryman's fault You see"
But couldn't you get into any ha.
berdashery?"
Oh, 1t wasn't question of clean
linen. They failed to deliver the bills
that l had sent to the money laun.
="
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Few Wait "oarden Of Eden. y

II Ia said that hardly more than q
dozen white travellers In year visit
the Garden of Eden. which Is situated
In Turkish Arabia. and Is too inaeees.
sible to attract any but the most conr.
ageous tourists, But perhaps people
stay away from fear of being disap-
pointed when they should saesitsrier
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Strenuous oratory.

Caller-What's all that pounding IL
the back room?
NJ. P.'s Office Boy-Dunno! heard
the boss say he'd got to frame Q
speech. and ] guess he's doin' IT,
Stray Stories.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

At the urgent request OF the adyer-
Using department we reprint this bit
OF logic from an unknown source:
When duck lays an egg she Just
wsddles off as IL nothing had hap
pened
: when hen lays an egg there's q
whale Of noise.
The hen adyertises. Hence the
demand for hens eggs instead Of
sincks' eggs"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
CHANGE Of Bill.

Change Of Bill.
Leading Man In Travelling Company
We play Hamlet" tonight. laddie.
do we not?
Sub Msnager-Yes. Mr.. Montgom-
cry.
Leading Man-Then must borrow
the sum OF two pence!
Sub-Manager-Why? '7r ~ ,-fF
Leading Mani have four days
growth upon my chin. One cannot
play Hamlet In beard!
Sub-Manager-Um-well-we1l put
on Macbeth Punch.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

Her Father-The idea of your think.
Ing about marrying that .shiftless fell
low. He hasn't money enough to buy
q square meal.
The Daughter--r know, papa, but
neither Of US have big appeutes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Sizing Her Up.

Patienoe-W Why do you think she IL
two-faced? E
PatriceBecause she has twice az
much chin a. other women, and dou-
ble the amount Of chsek- !.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.

Concluded from Page Ten.)
George Parsons. mayor. .~.s 3d. S
Robt. 4. Fischer. city clerk. 100 90
Krnsst Nordmaa. city comp
tFoller ......- 5000
James quinn. city treasurer 5000
Hunter Bird. city attorney. 60, 90
Andrew Whitcamp. police
magistrate. ze.oe
Martin s, Egan. city mar
shal ...... 100 90
james G. eoweil. night ser
ryant. -. so. 90
James Higien, police con-
xtasie 70. 0oI
John Glade. police constable 70 90
Frank Hasey police consta-
No 20 90
1saa Wade. pelice constable 10. 90
Wm. 0 Griffin. police con-
s.aa.s -. 20. 90
ssm P. Egaa. police consta-
bic 49,. TO. 90
Frank Shelves. police con-
stable I. -. 70. O0
Frank Fitzgerald. police
constable. - I. -. 70 90
a. $. iawley. police con-
stanle. ...... 70. 0o|
Al Miller, police constable 40 Of
John Terry. police constable 70 o.
c. W Mills, police constable 70. 90
VIII Evans, police constable 70. 90
Harry Jones. police consta-
BE ....... 70. 90
Steve o'Loughlin. police
constable 1890. -. 70 90
sam Lollis, police constable 10. gu
I'd Moore. police constable 70. GO
I'D Powers. police constable 10 90
Gus Johnson, police con-
stasle. $500. 1000.
A lioushlin, police clerk
aud turnkey. =. .. 10 90
WR, Cameron, city engineer rs 90
Fetsr Lind. Asst chief fire
dept... -. ~. 90. 90
Richard Jones. capt. fire
dent ...... 10 90
~ Il. Bennett. capt. fire
dept 2S days ......., So. 60
III L. Wedding, capt. fire
eept. ............... 10. 90
John Hagerty, fireman. ... 5000
Robert Smith, fireman ... so 90
Willard Mason. fireman y. 60 90
Tom McNeely, fireman -. GO 90
Roy Clark, fireman 1880. 5000
Jas. Wallace, fireman -. 60 90
clyde Jones, fireman 9 days IS. 90
Claude Jones, fireman. 10
days ...... 20 90
Will Walder. fireman 20
DAYS 1900. ..... 40 90
joe Stegcr. fireman ... 60 90
win Gillespie, fireman. -. GO og
chas. ]. Hart. fireman 80. 60. 90
Reuben Mccrite, fireman. 90 90
Jesse Mccrite. fireman 80. So 90
VIM Walker, fireman .. SO 90
John Collins. fireman. WI. SO 90
VIM 0'Donnell, fireman
day extra ....... 2 90
N. w. Cox, Alderman .. 3 90
7. l.. Faudree. alderman 9 90
Frank Ferguson, alderman. 5 90
Rufus P. Flaek alderman S00
John W. g, Fry. alderman 500
VIM. r. Greaney, q derman 2 90
O. r. Hurd, Jr.. alderman 40
d. M. Kelly, alderman ... 8 90
VIM. M Maguer. alderman 8 90
Simon ]. Nicholson, alder
nan .... , 90
G. VI Neff, alderman .. & 90
Peter Saup. alderman . 900
Julius Serbian, alderman 800
John r, Walsh ..... 500
lotal -...ss... ..... $3.50 80
Computation correct.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18

concluded from Page Ten,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-18
Life.

Life.
just what is life
We do not know.
To some 1t means
How much they owe.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
STORY Of bosses
GROWTH IS TOLD
AT POST OFFICE
Rapid Increase in Postal Re
ceipts Is Safe Criterion Of
the Business Growth of
City.

7'eduiis .l'iousn NY rs. Seat the
ivee,pes ~ .tle i'oise pos' eitiee nay =
eiliiipeu upgNaio 'ii.ii ,ileV iaNe Passee
- Desoilu " slpV'VVV t'ea,h. ne
,as' So'uiile ~ BUSINESS teat nis zen
uoiie ~ u.s. Psiio" ~ the oliiee
SHOWS nipfe heeillg tilaii ever, tae ne,
,s,',. toi an "'ui'ioit = t'ie Aeee'ai
ou.ia,iis
iea, gan, VI soooo'Vi ~ SiioN Il On
,,ie oieuis siue q .,le leoser 1T we
noise oiiiees oNei 'ti'' ~ iase YER.
.h ne .osai -, sl''Vun' % r,oliey NY passeu
'iiio usi 'he paiils ~ rs postmaster
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
Better Off Than He Knew.

MERRY Christmas, Rambo! Here's
your bill for professional services, re-
ceiited IN fun"
Thanks. awfully. doctor, but but
You oughnt to give me such a present
as that I've done nothing to deserve
it,
q know it. I'm not making YOU a
present of anything You paid INC one
day when YOU were TOO fun 10 know
What you We're doing, and i've held
back tile receipt till now. Merry Christ
mas, old chapi'-FX
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
WHOLESALE HOUSES
SHOW GREAT GROWTH

Covering an area of IL we'll built
business blocks and doing a business
worth 100000, the Boise wholesale
district Is one of the finest in the
northwest. Through the last IL months
the iobbers in every line of whole
sales business have found an increase
in their sales over that Of last year
and steady growth that calls for
larger stocks and greater investment
during the coming period.
sixty seven statesmen travel out of
Boise and cover all of southern Idaho
and eastern oregon. The greatest in-
crease has been in the implement and
wholesale dry goods business and fully
$4,000 more has come into the Golfers
of houses doing this line of business
than the books show for the year 1911.
New houses have entered the field
and older establishments have in
creased their stocks and warehouses
until fully S25o,oo0 is now invested
in enterprises that make Boise their
headquarters.
Though a new trade to Boise, the
wholesale dry goods houses did $1,000
600 worth of business in 1912 and look
for even larger increases in 1913 Ten
per cent increase has been reported
in the wholesale grocery business that
brought in q total Of $4,500,000 for the
iobbers of the city. The hardware
men have held their own and have en-
larged their stocks and fields during
the year, netting n return OF nearly
S650 600 Packing and produce houses
have brought in $1.50o000 and expect
even larger increases tbp cOn1iuer yaar
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
WATER COMPANY
EXTENDS SERVICE
DURING THE YEAR
The New Reservoir Gives
the City Protection From
Fire and the Supply Is
Inexhaustible.

One hundred thousand dollars has
been spent in the last year Tor the ex-
tension Of The service of the Boise Ar
tesian Hot & Cold Water company.
During that time 1900 feet Of pipe
line has been laid, reservoir of 5000
GOO gallons has been built and j total
pipe line Of nearly seven miles has been
constructed With the giant covered
reservoir, the city Is now given an UNI
limited supply of water of the most
quality that has stood the most exact
ing tests Of the state health Depart
ment. The service of the hot water
system has been Increased and the
number of customers un the lines has
been enlarged.
Perhaps the only city in the United
States to be heated by hot water SER
vice from its hot wells is Boise The
water comes from the wells at III de-
grees and has maintained that tenn
perature for % years. A natural flow
of 100000 gallons a day has been in
creased by air pressure to 100000 gall
Ions
Better service has been given the
northwestern part of the city BY the
'pfSAltSAioll VI y i1-lllAlA uIttlft tiiidIS~
ing the water supply and cutting out 81
the dead heads that prevented a free
circulation of the water through the
system. The reservoir that has now
been built gives the city protection in
case of fire or break down AT the plant
and is equal TO any emergency that may
arise at the water station The stor-
age capacity has now been increased To
e,50ooQo gallons A day through pipe
system stretching so miles
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
Mod err.

Mrs. Knicker- What impressed you
most IN Romeo and Juict2''
Mrs. Subbubs The fact that Juliet
could keep q nurse in what appeared g.
be the suhurbs.-Harper.s BaXar.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

Seattle citizens blame incompetent
city engineers fer floods damaging low
lying districts
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
Good PICKING.

Young Doctor HI 20 yop suppose
got ont Of the senator's Win1pipe?
Old Doctor oh. about $1,000. Judge