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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05

FOR SALE-Two good farms. so
acres each, and one of los acres
near Mounds, ILL.,, also 1.-The Bailey
Anderson farm" near Miller CITY
One farm of 100 acres near Mill
Creek, for sale or trade for city
property. yesterday Abstract Co.
Cairo. Ill. 10-2O II
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05
A siicht Discrepancy

Your theory is that the firing OF
cannon In battle produces rain?"
Yes; aud | have long list of bat
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05
AE0LIAN co.

Steinway, Steck, Stroud, Stuy-
vesant, Wheelock and Weber
Pianola. Representative l.. A. Hol-
We have several good instru-
ments taken in exchange on the
Pianola Representative l.. A. IIol-
ley, Colonial Hotel, Cairo. 1927 got
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05

WHY NOT
TRY THE
17c-A-DAY
PLAN?

The beauty OF The Oliver
Typewriter IL = Cents-a Day
Plan is that 1t works out salts
factorily for everybody con-
cerned.
This plan ties up a very
large sum of the company's
money in typewriters sold on
time.
But we have an abundance OF
capital. We are glad to use
our resources to bring this
great business aid within easy
reach OF all who have use for
typewriters
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05
LOG TEAMS WANTED.

WANTED-Three log teams. Ap-
ply at once Mississippi Box Co., or
telephone Eel Goa Home 2-L ia 81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05

FOR SALE-Motor boat Sunset, I"
nearly new, 20 fet in length, six
horse power motor. Price $3.50.
Can be seen at bank below Fourth
street. 11-2 st
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05
[. "A DTESElt
HAPPY HOME MATERNITY.

: - " 7 = f~I'Fk VIZ k-fNINT
Tor private no essy roasm-ns Forty year, arpesrcss
reliable; adoption In nc. homes: can cone bsfuesims
YOU visS Call or write pi,hrr Dr. Tu.s or florence
Hyatt. TUE La~a. 81. LOUIS CO., Nc. STRICTLY
ethical.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-05

FUR SALE--A Buck ventilator
heating stove in good condition.
Call at 225 10th st. or Home phone
oo1-W' ia st
FOR SALE-Household furniture.
Apply 22l5 Washington avenue.
la If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

Figure 3-The great Nebula of An
dromeda. This will be found at N,
figure 1. and is easily visible on a
small telescope. tThe photograph
shows d great number of stars which
lie in this region of the heayens)
and both this figure and that of the cross
than when they are higher in the heav-
ems Tn is also favorable time to ex-
anime the Great Nebula tat n, r cure ID
and the other objects of interest in An
domeoa. for this constel alton can be
studied more conveniently now than when
1t is nearer the zenith. The most in
teresting double star of this constellation
will be found at A: the brighter star of
the pair is described as OF an orange
color and the fainter one as emerald. The
latter star IS itself an interesting binary.
but the duplicity Of this cannot be de-
tected in small telescope.
The wonderful variable star in Cetus,
at c, can now be detected in a small tele-
scope as 1t has again begun to brighten
and Is now OF the eighth magnitude. II
will become bright and conspicuous
star by next April 20. but as the sun
passes the Vernal Equinox, at d, Figure
1, one month before this time, 1t will be
almost exactly north of the star at the
time when this attains its greatest bril-
lance. Its maximum cannot be salts
factorily observed this year.
In the south the magnificent groups of
Taurus and Orion and the brilliant Capella
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The DENTIST GRUB 5TAlSED''
The OLD PROSPEcrOR.

several years ago his property wa5 heavi-
~ debt-burdened. Yet but few months
ago when fms was written at the bottom
of the case by the courts there vas more
than $36.OJO.000 to be divided between the
heirs. The administration of the estate
which was brought to such a success full
end was in the hands of Henry A. Unruh.
brother of Baidwin's first wife. and
Bradner w. Lee. an attorney. For their
work each man received $50 600. The
fees We're fixed by t..e men themselves,
and the court said If such had net been
the case they would have been awarded
S250.O00 apiece. The estate goes to Bald
wins two daughters.
When Jerry Moynihan. known as the
millionaire rag picker died ii was
found that he had left so4 600. As soon
as this fact became known applicants
began to appear in great numbers, and IL
finally got to the point where the courts
had to find the nearest relative out of 600
applicants among whom were several
widows" and a score of sons. Benjamin
Foster Moynihan of Ottawa, Canada, was
finally given the estate. when IL was es-
tabl;shed that he was a son Of the mil
lionaire. Other true relations applied. but
as only collateral relationship was claim
ed. the estate went intact to the son.
When Father Timothy p. ORourke.
Catholic priest died a short time ago
ii was found he had left $4,000. which
went to his brother, the only living
next of kin found. According to the be-
lief of his neighbors, a well known
civil war veteran was childless. Yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

aid, chairman of the committee on appro-
priations. During the course OF the de-
bate these two gentlemen criticised him
for alleged discourtesy and demanded
that he apologize, whereupon Mr.. Pal
mer came through as follows:
Il had no intention of being discourte-
Gus &c the gentleman from Illinois for
whom. as he knows, / have the very
highest respect: and. IL / said anything
which he considered as discourtesy,
either to him or to the gentleman from
New York CHR. Fitzgerald). / gladly with
draw it. But / meant exactly what I
said!"
And then the members of the House
howleC with aughter, which ended the
trouble and business was again resumed.
Representative Cullop of Indiana IL an
expert in Oil wells.
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Tea and The.

A T a tea given at the Ruhl. In Nee, TO
\ officers Of the Mediterranean fleet Il
well known tourist said, nodding toward
a sign. THE Dansant" which might be
translated Tango Tea:
"A French maid, when | refused tea
the other afternoon, exclaimed:
but monsieur is not Ike. his fellow
countrymen then"
Not like them? How So? said /.
Why, said the maid. L picked up
one of your American novels the other
day, a Howells novel, and. though can
read English. l saw that there was moth
ing but tea" tea" tea" on every
pase. Now people who talk so much
about tea must be Unfortunately fond OF
1t, estce pas. monsieur?
"She thought, you see, that our article
the had the same meaning as the in
French"
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recOiieCOOn OF HiS
first case. He doesn't tell 1t: one has to
ret Mrs. Humphrey to do that Here 1t
g:
1t was back In Indiana. the state of the
nativity of most far western statesmen,
ere they breed politicians as Massa-
chusetts breeds highbrows. Mr. Humph-
rey had just hung out his shingle when
he was retained in a small case before
county justice Of the peace
ihis justice was an old friend. Mr.
Humphrey and he had sat on the same
bench in country schoo. and gone SWIM
ming together n the oil swimming hole.
Will. said the justice, seeking him
out rriva This Is the first case |
ever tried as justice. and | don't know a
blamed thing about law. You've inst
got TO help me out But | can't AFFORD
TO let the boys think that | am favor
ing you because of old friendship.
NOW. want you to maze lot of
objections in the trial. Never mind what
they a. about. just make EN- ANYWAY
When you are mahing one of them sort
of objections, you hammer the tabIe ,xith
your fist. When you've got a real oh
lection though, you hammer a book in
stead. Seer 40
The young advocate saw. And 60
ii 'ough the trial. he hammered VICE..
ously. mostly on the table. But when he
hammered o.. the book he got the rI1in1
The score at the end stood: Ruljnss
against Humphrey II: rulings in fa vor e.
Humphrey. 5: percentage in favor Of
humphrey. -294. Nevertheless. Humph-
reg won.
oy jinks." remarked the admir,ne
throng, will may have won ali riaht
but he couldn't bluff the squire. even -
be was Al old friend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
Like a Man.

HKHEN are ideaiists. women are reai-
AVA lists" said Mrs. wilkins Freeman.
the novelist. at tea in Metuchen.
'Womans realism. which begins In
childhood. makes her seem cynical. where
as she is only persrHcacious. Take. for
example, the story OF little Mary
Little Mary. a Metuchen child, was
set to watch a flock of chickens. The
hens kept together very well. but the
rooster was inclined to wander inquisi-
lively toward another flock of chickens
next door Time and again she had 10
turn him back.
After a while she thought she had
him cured OF his wanderers habit, and
took up her doll a moment But wheE
she lifted her head there were the hens
together in the corner. and there was Tn.
rooster, strut ne. calm and important
across the lawn toward the next yard
again.
"'Come back herer cried Mary. Come
back to your own family.
But the rooster kept straight on.
Mary looked at him a moment dis
gustedly; then she said In low, bitter
voice:
That's just like you men,"
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A lew ILLT BLOW DIE SURFACE NE DROUGHT
To LIFE A SMALL SArcHEL

but further testimony also revealed the
fact that previous to his death Mr.. Burke
had given his housekeeper $500 shares of
Union Pacific stock. the value of which is
$4,000. Mr.. Burke in 1902 put In trust
real estate worth 100000 for the es-
tablishment of home for convalescents,
and In his will left more than $1,000 OOJ
additional for the same fund
Do you believe I'm dreams? If you don't
just ask G. B. Shock ey, PENNSYLVANIA
railroad man, what their true value is
and listen to this: Mr.. Shockley frequent
ly acted as relief agent at stations, and
in his many walks up and down the
tracks noticed that nuts on bolts hold
ing the raj together would frequently
loosen and fall off. This set him to think
ing. There must be some way, he thought.
of finding a safety bolt
Then one morning he awoke with the
realization that the night before he had
dreamed OF bolt that would fulfill the
necessary requirements. That day he
thought harder than ever and then, the
next morning. he remembered he had
dreamed the night before, too And again
on the third night That was enough for
him. and he Immediately set about pre-
pairing his dream idea so 1t could be nat
ented. The fact that it was a good dream
is proved by the offer of $50 900 which
he received for his patent rights
Last September. $50 employees of South
Bend Ind. firm We're given presents
total of $50 600 was distributed between
them In sums ranging from $50 to sev-
eral thousands. as the result OF a wish
expressed by the head of the firm shorty
oefore MS death. The wish was fulfilled
according to the term of service OF the
recipient. but according to the greatest
good which would result
And then there is the case of the New
York mar who served as pr vate secre-
tary to Mrs Jane Elizabeth Grannis.
widow of former president of a New
York bank. Thirty years this man was
faithful to his post. and when Mrs. Gran
mis- died she left recognition for his service
in the shape OF gift of 100000. Mrs
Grannis also left gifts for several Of her
servants
Would you be willing to accept So 600 q
year for your spare timeo That is what
William Jeffreys. an attendant at the
Southend-on-S Sea Public Library, got for
nve years labor Working as youth l.,
nautical instrument makers shop Mr.
Jenrevs acquired a love for the work
Londoner by birth. Mr. Jeffreys went to
Canada, where he lived several wears
Then ne went to Southend-o n-Sea nearly
twenty years ago as bathing machine
attendant, and, this business falling he
found work in the public brary But he
could never forget his love for nautical
instruments. So, after five years worx
he completed marine engine which made
greater speed in boats possible For this
he received $4,000.
Only few months ago five boys un-
expectedly found themselves without
money and without place to sleep So
they curled up in Grant Park, Chicago
and We're slumbering as only tired BOYS
can when the police found them. They
were from New Orleans, 1t was learned.
and had come to Chicago in search of
work The Oldest boy had but one leg,
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statesmen nOiQlng important oIuCcS III
the commonwealth, while he was poor
and Unknown.
So Stanley rugged himself up till his
OWN mother would not have known him.
Torn clothing. a brimless lid, ragged
coat and general air OF having slept in
an ash barrel for a week charac terized
nim when he had finished his costume
and mounted the rostrum on which the
debate was to ia pace.
Then he adopted the opponents tactics
IN full. pleading that he was SO poor. so
worthless. that he could not maze a living
any other way except TO go to CONGRESS-:
that he had been born a failure and kept
ms DirthrIgnt through lie In tact, ne
made his opponents plea SO ridiculous
thal the crowd roared. The man was so
dlssruntied tn. he stepped up 10 Stanley
and said:
IF you viii put on your store clothes
and talk politics, ! promise never to re-
Ter TO my poverty again.
Ii is needless TO say that Stanley won
BY big majority.
Representative J. Thomas Helm Of
Alabama, the biggest enemy the suffra-
gists have in Congress. is never seen
wearing any collar except one of minis
terial height and shape. Also he dresses
either In long black frock or q natty
white flannel suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

a board creak. she would wake up her
husband and say. oh. John. there are
burglars downstairs, Don't you hear
Them? Oh. what shall We do?'
But Blanc at last Hit upon an idea
That he thought would compose his wife
permanently. Look here he said. YOU
can rest assured those noises are not
burglars. Burglars work in absolute ST.
lence. You never hear a sound from
Them
The senator smiled
And now" he added. Mrs Blanc
wakes up her husband in a blue panic
whenever there's no noise downstairs
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tuck that fell without warning during the
year was the finding OF the pearl neck
Partisan jewellers assembled the wonder
ful bauble using in its manufacture
fifty-nine pearls of the finest luster.
weighing 1.2Jo grains. On July Is. while
the bauble was en- route from Paris to
London by registered mail, II disap-
peared.
Two months later. to the day. an Eng
fish workman was Flooding through
Highbury. northern district of London.
His heavy brogans struck little ball of
paper. The workman stopped, looked and
started TO pass on. Then he saw that
what appeared TO be a bead had rolled
from the paper. He picked up the Little
package. Within were tifty-eight of the
pears. WITH two loose pear which had
not belonged to the original necklace.
Hurrying. to the nearest police station.
the workman surrendered his find. The
pearls were taken to Scotland Yard.
where Max Mayer, the owner. identified
them. The workman received $4,000, the
reward offered by the firm of jewelers.
for the recovery of the gems.
The death on mis- little farm near Man
tua, Italy. in 1913 recalls one of the
most interesting pieces of luck which ever
came to a loHly man. Annlbale ToSci was
a Neapolitan beggar. He was as ragged
and as worthless as any Italian mendi-
cant who ever begged for aims. And like
all of his class, was possessed OF an IN
satiable curiosity.
IN Naples at the beginning of the nine
teenth century, an eccentric Frenchman
erected monument which bore the In
golden head" 1t was such an inscription
as might be expected to raise TO the
highest pitch excitement and specuia-
ton among the Neapolitans.
On the LIST of May following the erec-
ton of the statue. crowds gathered to
of the statue would turn to god. But
they were disappointed. Then the
authorities, believing that the French
man had buried treasure beneath the
statue. caused it to be torn down. Find
ing nothing. they had IL rebuilt.
But while Tosci basked IN his rags
l., the warm Italian sunshine he fell to
ponG ering upon the inscription of the
statue across the street from his loafing
place. Gradually solution of the puz-
Zle came to him. and on one 1st of May.
at sunrise, he appeared in the square
with pick and shovel Carefully noting
where the shadow of the head on the
fell. he began digging. few
feet beow the surface he brought to
light a small satchel. He showed the
satchel under his rags and sneaked to
his home, where he found that the bag
contained e5 o00.
-tisIit years dEo young IMAM
who ID been a world wanderer return
ed to Ravenswood, W. Va. He gave to
one of his woman relatives a dull peb-
BILE. assuring her that il was worth
good deal She thought that he was
merely teasing her. and threw the peb-
bile into the tray of her trunk. where 1t
lay forgotten until January T. 1913 when
the woman in rummaging through the
old trunk came across il. She took ii to
a jeweier. where the pebble was pro-
nnuQceI an uncut diamond worth about
81 200
A man down al the heel. and inglng his
last ~ cents in his pocket. called at the
general delivery window of the Chicago
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second will be an almost total eclipse of
the moon on the evening of March IL.
and tn s will be striking and interesting
sight. visible throughout the whoe of the
United States. The third eclipse is a
very important total eclipse OF the sun
visible throughout Europe and southern
Asia, but " hose very ending only will be-
visible to dwele-s in the New England
states, who will see the sun rise on the
morn ng of August 81 til its disc part
ly hidden. And finally on September 4,
at am, eastern standard time, there
will occur another &c ipse of the moon.
which, howeye will be visible from only
the western parts of the country.
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ers.' called on Sheppard and they got to
discussing the respective merits Of their
o, CONFERENCE.-The The Virsinian smoke
OF the big blue grass farms of Pied
mont Va. where the cattle are so fat
they looked ike puppies wading abe t in
the lush heritage
Wen. said Sheppard you may have
some little ranches In VIRGINIA but In
my state tie farms a-e so big that when
1eilcW starts out in the spring blowing
a strcight furrow across his ground for
planting IT'S tine to harvest the crop
before he gets back home again."
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Behind the Scenes.

When Represent
alive w. Z. Humph-
rey of the first
district of Wash
ington isn't in Con-
gress he practices
law for a living
but he has been
in Congress for
even years How
ever. he spent long
years at the bar.
but they and the
lbsequent service
I'm Congress. have
failed to dim the
rapnJlor-tnr nf bia
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From Frying Pan Into Fire.

Senator Bristow
was talking to
some Kansas poll
ticians He was
d i S c u S S in G the
action of the troops
under Cornwa lis
during the revo.u-
ton
And in the end
they became panic
stricken | n deed,
they were quite
like Blanc's Wife"
he said You know
whenever q shut
ter would rattle or
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Weak Man.

1T a New Year eve supper at the
"A Players Club In New York Writer
Bynner. sonneteer. remarked:
"A New Year resolution is the only
thing on earth that is stronger at birth
than at any other time"
At this witticism the eyes Of Butler
Glaenzer, essayist and critic, snapped
behind the lustrous pince-nez. and Nj.
Glaenzer said in his calm. fluent voice:
And of New Year resolutions. above
all other things, ii is true that the good
die young
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Stole His Thunder.

X e pres entative
A. 0. Stanley. men,
Der from the state
Of fine horses. once
got the better Of q
political opponent
by adopting the
mans own tactics.
This gentleman had
gone about the
district demanding
election by stating
that the Stan.ey
family had for
many years and
generations b e q n
d ! s I In g Vi s h e d
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teresting one than either the year which
preceded it 1913. or that which follows
1t Q915. in the matter OF eclipses. In
the year 1915 there will be but two
eclipses, both mere annular eclipses of
the sun. of which no trace will be seen
by observers either in North or South
America. But during the year 1914 there
will be four eclipses, two of the sun ana
two Of the moon. OF the first of these,
which is an eclipseof the sun and occurs
February "a, we will see nothing; the
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A Left Handed One.

X g pre- S entat've
A. Mitchell Pal
me. of Pennsvl-
vania Is getting
quite a reputation
for humor. and
when ii comes to
making an apology
certainly has ii on
any member of the
House.
a while ago he
had an exciting
verbal combat with
Minority l. G a d e r
Mann and Repre-
sentative Fitzger-
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we see the sun rise on this morning we
will see that the intensely black little ball
or the planet has already moved a con-
siderable distance on to the suns disc,
but the latter part of the transit can be
well observed from the eastern part of
our country. After this transit another
one will occur, ten years from the pres
ent time
Since last month the interesting groups
OF the Eagle, the Dolphin and the Tyre
have disappeared In the west and the
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Some Farm.

Senator NJ orris
Sheppard of Texas
Is very proud OF
the state. Like most
of the people from
that section, he
boasts of the vast
extent of the farms
at home, farms
which are larger
than many of the
petty dukedoms OF
Europe, and I'm
which you could
easily hide one or
two of the Balkan
countries.
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But perhaps. the most interesting of all
the phenomena which we will see during
this year will be the rare occurrence of a
transit of the little planet Mercury over
the disk Of the sun. This will occur on
the morn ng of November T. between the
hours of 5 and 8 am. Consequently when