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cept that the walls of the canyon We're
flying by and that We We're toss ng vio-
Iently. When We emerged from the can
yon the water was swift but smooth
until the White Horse rapids Were
reached half a mile below. Jim stood,
the big oars up in the air. and with am
arm around them rested peacefully as.
We drifted toward the rapids. Just be-
fore We reached them men ran fran
tically along the banks toward us, shout--
ing, The VIII te Horse rapids are below
you, Throw us a rope.
Jim placed his hand to his oar and,
said: Cant hear you. Whose horse?
They thought he was crazy and continued
10 shout: The rapids. The White Horse
rapidSi'
We swung around the bend into tlfsA
rapids. jim dropped his oars into tine
water and began To work desperately
The spray was SO thick that | could net
see to steer. and had To rely on JnsA
for directions. AS the bow swung on1e.
way or the other he would direct me -.
shouting: To the right To the leaEi
Hard to the left. Steady as Nou ares
To the right, Steady you are. l1afx
to the right Hold her. Hold her steadyr
And We plunged over the falls at tpsA
end of the rapids in wall OF mist the.
boat settled and trembled for an instant, :
then shot out into smooth water" -.
ASHMUN BROWN.
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and a real Santa Claus with real reindeer
bringing gifts
Picture to yourself 5000 happy Ameri
cans massed in i great circle participant
ing in the affair. a strange celebration
you say. Perhaps the strangest Christ
mas which ever was witnessed by an iso-
lated American colony.
Let Key Pittman, United States sena-
tor from Nevada, 4 pioneer of Alaska,
tell about ii.
The summer Of 1899" said he, was
marked by the now famous spectacula
rush to Nome, Alaska. klondike, far up
the Yukon river, had sprung into being
two years before. Then p! ospectors dis
covered that the beach sands at Nome. a
cape projecting into Boring sea. We're
heavily laden with gold. The stampede
ensued.
North from the states came thousands
by steamboat direct to Nome. Down
from the kiondike. 1000 miles and from
all the int ior of Alaska, came other
thousands. y real little city sprans up
Then, in October. winter settled down
upon us. Much of the population fled TO
the outside. but some 5000 of US re-
manned, facing cheerfully the prospect OF
nine months complete isolation. Berfns
sea froze to a solid field of ice. cutting of
all means of communication by water.
To get anywhere Dy land would entail a
tourney of some 900 or 5000 miles by
dog team through a bleak and solitary
land Such a journey would require
months.
In those days there was no wireless
10 land telegraphs had been erected We
we're completely out Of the world Iso-
Iated does not seem an adequate word 10
describe our situation. but ] can think OF
10 other. We We're as remote from the
est of humanity a though we were ON
Mars.
Furthermore. We hal notnine 10 do
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A Christmas Shopper.

PARNUM BROWN. of the Americum
- Museum OF Natural History. was
praising the perfect skeleton of the three
million-year-old monoclonius that he
found In his Red Deer river excavations.
I'm as pleased with nv monoc' onius"
said Mr.. Brown. TO reporter. las the
little boy was pleased with the confec--
toners Christmas turkey.
"A confectioner had made for his
Christmas window display n turkey OF
candied sugar. 1t was a life-sized tur-
key. Its tail was outspread like great
fan behind it, Its colors CLEANED and
glittered. Its glass eyes, purchased at
an oculist's were especially fine and life
like and brilliant.
a little boy, his nose fiattened against
the cold window pane. gazed at the great
candy turkey a long while. Then he en- .
tered the shop, laid a copper on the coun-
ter, and said to the proprietor:
Gents worth o turkey-a piece with
an eye in it
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Shut in for the
Winter at Nome-Sent
Two Hundred Miles by
Dog Sleds for a Christ
mas Tree-A Patriotic
Spectacle on a Castle OF
Ice-Santa Claus APP
pears With His Sled
and Reindeer Christ
mas Gifts for Ala
Concert and i Make |
Ball.
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A Mistake.
MRS. PANKHURsT said at lunch

MRS. PANKHURST said at a lunch
Nl con: -.
Between the American and English
TONGUES there are certain differences.
Thus, over the telephone. you say Hello
while We say Are you there% You say
shoes and We say boots You say
store and We say shop. You say,
derby and We say bowler You say
dessert and we say sweet.
There's a story about that last dir
ference. a.
"A young. Englishman, Lord Lacland.
supned at dance in New York at
small table seating four. At the sup
pers end one OF the two girls a this
table rose and began to converse with a.
friend few yards away. Just then u
servant removed Lord Lacland's bonnie
Richel' eu' before he, had finished IL and
the young man cried in loud voice:
~ say. where's my swest?'
THE young lady who hal risen from
his table blushed, and frowning at him
coldly. she said:
I'm not your sweet, Lord Lacland.'
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tesque mass of driftwood. big as haif-
peck measure, in which giant auser
ad bored hole. a four-ioot wooueil
tube furnished the steam ! imagine this
was given to me because was an III
veterate pipe smoker.
Following the distribution of gifts We
all formed in procession, led by santa
Claus, and marched in weaving lines
three times about the pyramid, singing
patriotic songs, Christmas carols and
everything we could think or Then the
line straishtened out and marched TO
the town opera house for the Christmas
masked ball.
Don't imagine that our opera house
was a tiny. squalid AFFAIR Ii was really
= hinge structure, well fitted and equipped
and possessing a very handsome interior.
That interior had been made still more
attractive by tasteful scheme of dec
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these can only postpone final settle
ment. Thought is stronger than ar
tiIery parks" says Carlyle in the closing
chapters of his French Revolution.
and ut last molds the world like soft
clay" Each nation when at the zenith
of it's power has proclaimed its own i'm
mortality, but the path Of history is
streWn with the wrecks Of bOasting,
staggering. bullying empires-whether
their hope rested on spear or javelin or
sword. il has been shattered. The can
non and the dreadnought are as power
less to stay .ne onward march of the
simplest truth You may build your
capitals till they reach the sky. but if
they rest upon injustice the pulse OF
woman will beat them down'-a strong
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doing by indirect methods. The COM
mandments .Thou sha not steal and
Thou shalt not kill are being inter-
preted in the light of the present day,
and it will not much longer be possible
to conceal the fact that war is generally
an attempt to amend both SO as to limit
their operation to theft and murder ION
a small scale. The essence Of stealing
les in the appropriating of that Mhi"h
belongs to some one else without giving
him an equivalent compensation in re-
turn. killing is the taking of human
life without legitimate excuse. and the
excuses that are regarded as legitimate
are constantly decreasing in number
There is a we'll defined and strongly
supported movement against legal eXecu-
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saying but who will question its truth:
The forces that are marshaled upon d
battlefield are visible forces-they cannot
stand before the mora forces. Inc
Lord was not in the wind. nor in the
earthquake nor yet in the fire. but In
the still small voice.
The increase in the spirit of brother
hood is one of the clearest manifesto
tons of the present day. lam l my
bro hers keeper can no longer be ask
ed to divert suspicion or to rebuke in
curry: it is the substituting question of
the hour. The aroused conscience of the
world is being turned upon the indirect
forms of wrongdoing, and it Is being
discovered that direct wroncdoing is in
significant in comparison with the wrong
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Then mineling with the roar OF cheers
that went up was the rattle of firearms
Every man had one or two guns, and h
fired them repeatedly.
Presently there was a silence. In l.
was heard the jingle of slei. hbells AL
eyes We're turned to a strip of swept an
clear ice Half a mile away was SAINT
Claus approaching. Eight splendid iein
that made up his equipment he stoo
erect in the first. snow-bearded and ella
as the picture books always have show
u.s. cracking his long whip over his ga :
lopin. team and shouting his encoui age
ment TO the deer. AS he came volleys
of blue and red and green balls of light
burst from the sleds. ships signals hay
ing been dashed to them.
Il doubt that men ever before witnessed
such a magnificent picture. the man
made illumination blending with the il
luIn nat on of the heavens in kaieido-
scopic display impossible to describe. the
ice cleaning and SPARKLING like precious
stones, the great, packed fur-ciad as
sembiy standing rapt before it all.
eve parted way and Santa Claus
team dashed in among us. With all due
ceremony Santa was welcomed and es-
corted to his throne. White fur clad
pages attended rim. Ready hands un-
loaded the sleds OF their mysterious pack
ages and bundles.
Then began the distribution Of gifts.
There was something for every child
cases chosen months before and imported
in all secrecy from the states while navi-
cation was still open. Then, too, there
were gifts for many of the adults. funny
and curious gifts designed To raise a
laugh. l have mine still. 1t was gro
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SEN aTOR KEY PITTMAN OF NEVADA

orations. The committee had hung the
walls with magnificent furs, with Es-
kimo implements, with an occasional
native skin canoe, and from many -colored
heavy wooden German stocks-the COM
mon garment of the north-had woven
letters spelling out such phrases as
Mush on'-the command given to dog
team to travel-and e like; while flags
lent further color to the scene.
''On the stage was the town orchestra
and glee club, some fifty or sixty musical
ly inclined residents who had been prac-
ticing for weeks for the event. Every
college glee club you ever heard of was
represented among the singers. There
We're men from Harvard. Yale. Princeton.
from oxford and Cambridge, from all
over. And how they did sing. And how
the instrumentalists played.
Then the masked ball Some OF the
costumes were of splendid magniticencc.
showing that they had been imported
from the states months before. Others.
improyised, We're marvellous in their
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NIAGI\t. al! open
air Christmas ccie-
bration in a tenn
perature of - de-
grecS below zero in
the dead OF the
black arctic night,
with c h = / 5 tmaS
tree decorations Of
ice crystals, the
"A urora borealis
furnishing the prin-
cipai illumination.
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nations, while the new nations. upon TINS
theory have no chance for supremacy
until they have outstr.pped the old ones
in military and naval strength
\ <
War is futile as an arbiter of disputes.
How can war decide Il moral issue-and
what other issue is there that is worth
considering? The right, plus an army,
may establish a principle that is sound.
but. if sound, il will in time be esta5-
lished anyhow. No army, however
navy, however large-can
establish a principle that is unsound-
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temperature was down TO about - below
zero. 1t was a still, moonless night, but
the plistening white ice and the aurora
boreals furnished some Illumination.
Those of you who have never seen
the aurora boreaIis cannot imaeine the
beauty of it At Nome we could see ii in
all its spIerrior and glory. Far UP into
the heavens arose the rays Of many
colored lights. cleaning with a radiance
seen only in the. arctic and sparkling al
the tips Overhead in horizontal waves
flowed streameis Of culored lights from
the aurora Snapping like InuSketry and
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: the peace move
mcnt growing? Yes.
on earth peace
and good win to-
ward. men the
message delivered
at Bethlehem = Is
audible 10 an IN
creasing multitude
at each returning
thristmaStide To
doubt il would be
to bring an indict-
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
PROPOSALS
To Punish the City With Coal fol
the Year 1914

Sealed bids or proposals ad
dressed to the Council of the
City of Cairo, Illinois, win be
received at the office of the
City Clerk, No. 500 Ohio Street. up
TO ten O'Clock m. of Monday, De-
cen Der end, 1913. for furnishing
the City OF Cairo with coal for he
year 1914.
Said coal to be delivered al such
places and times as may be ordered
Said bid shall state the grade aatl
kind Of coal to be delivered.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted will be quired to enter
into a contract ? give bond. - re
approved by the ouncil, ia the pc.
nal sum of Five hundred Dollars to
secure the faitl iul performance OF
his contract.
The Council reserves the right ~
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois, this 18th
day Of December A. d. 1913.
ROBT. A. HATCHER.
City Clerk
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
LEvEE CONSTRUCTION.
Notice to Concrete Contractor

office of the City Clerk, Cairo.
Illinois, December 3, 1913.
Sealed proposals win be received
by the City Clerk of the City Of
Cairo at the Council Chamber, 609
Ohio Street until 10 A. NJ. December
~, 1913, for the construction Ct .
concrete retaining wall from Sta
ton ITO SO to Station ll4x 20.
(lower end of present concrete wall
around the Halliday Elevator).
Plans and specifications may be
seen and blank forms obtained at
office of the Mayor.
No bid will be considered which is
not accompanied by cash or certi-
fled check to the amount of per
cent of the bid.
The Council reserves the right to
reject eny and all bids.
RoBT A. HATCHER, City Clerk
Adv. 1913 lot.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
mc,hers' Pensions.

Criticism OF the mothers pension
law during the first few months of It's
operation may very easily be prema-
ture and unfair The fact that counties
are finding the payment of these pen
sions a burden may account for a
great deal OF it, This. however, does
not disturb the fact that the Law was
passed in response to an alleged pub
lie demand, after full discussion. The
frequent statement is made by coun-
~ officials that the law opens the
door to fraud and improvidence. The
same statement was made regarding
the industrial insurance law. The
same criticism is characteristic of al
most all effective legislation OF q
paternal character 1t is not the
fault however, OF the law that at
tempts are made to impose on the
generosity or bounty of the public
purse Spokane Spokesman Review.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12

Little Lucy had been dutifully en-
Pertaining the visitor until mamma
came down. The VISITORS converse
ton had been mainly confined to AT
extended series of questions. an6
Lucy's to an equal numoer of short
answers.
Where were you born, Lucy" the
good lady asked,
In New York"
What part? Tell me-"
Lucy thought minute over the rid
die of existence before she answered
this. Then she ansy wered,
Il think that all of me was born Il
New York New York Evening Post
VIII Surely Get It.
Do not ask opinions of candid peo-
pie unless you are braced for a Jolt
now and then
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
Leaves Money TO Cats.

A bequest Of $1,000 for the benef;
OF every cat On the island OF Madeira
is provided in the viii of Miss Caro-,
line G. Even. according to statement
before Surrogate Cohalan, in behalf OF
John Even. a nephew, who is contest.
ing the Will. Miss Even gave the bulk
of her estate OF 100000 10 institutions
which care for cats and dogs. and one
bequest of $4,000 went to the Animal
Rescue league of the island of Ma
deira.
Counsel for the contestant asked
permission to take testimony in Lon.
don to show that many beneficiaries
named in the will do not exist He
commented on the liberal bequest to
the Madeira cats. which he says are
scarce.
The surrogate reserved decision
New York Sun
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
PROPOSALS
For Furnishing the City with Feed
For the Year 1914.


Sealed bids or proposals addressed
to the Council of the City of Cairo
Illinois, will be received at the Of
-'icc Of the City Clerk OF said City,
At No. 609 Ohio Street, up TO ten
o'clock a. m. of Monday, December
22nd, 1913, for furnishing the city
With feed for horses for the year
1914.
Said feed to include hay, straw,
2orn and oats of the best grade and
quality to be delivered as the same
nay from time to time be ordered
The contractor Whose bid shall
We accepted will be required to en-,
.er into a contract with the said city
or supplying the said city with the
aid feed, and give bond, to be
approved by the Council, in the pc
lal sum of Two Hundred Dollars.
Cor the faithful compliance with the
provisions of said contract.
The Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois, this 18th
day of December, A. ID. 1913.
ROBT A. HATCHER,
City Clerk
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
PROPOSALS
For Doing the City Printing foy the
Year 1914

Year 1914
Sealed bids o" proposals. address
ed to the Council of the CITY OF
Cairo, Illinois, will be received at
the office Of the City Clerk, 500
Ohio Street, up to ten O'Clock a, M.
Monday, December 22nd, 1913, fcc
doing the city printing for the yea
1914.
All bids must include the publish
ing in some daily newspaper of all
the proceedings of the Council, al
ordinances, governing the City of
Cairo, and all official notices re-
quired by the Council or County
Court.
The type to be used to be what
s known as eight point type
The publisher whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract
or the doing of said work and give
bond to be approved by the Cour-
Ill in the penal sum OF Two Hun
bred Dollars for the faithful per-
Torrance OF said contract.
The Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois, this llth
day of December, A. d. 1919,
ROBT. A. HATCHER,
City Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
CHICAGO FUTURES.

Broomhall says: Canada and
United States are about to compete
with Australia and Argentene. Rus
STA is shipping lightly, with naviga-
ton on the Azoff about closed, and
although Australia has a large crol
and a large fleet awaiting loading,
their offers are firm, and Argentine
shippers are holding firmly with re-
duced crop estimates and disap-
pointing threshing returns.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
To Die In the Last Ditch.

The saying to Die in the Last Ditch.
may be attributed to William of Or
ange. When Buckingham urged the
inevitable destruction which hung
over the united provinces and asked
him whether he did not see that
the commonwealth was ruined: There
is one certain MEANS" replied the
prince. by which can be sure never
to see my country's ruin--I win dig In
the last ditch
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
PROPOSALS
For the. Removal of Garbage for the
Vaov 1Q1d

Sealed bids or proposals addressed
to the Council Of the City of Cairo,
Illinois, will be received at the Of
flee of the City Clerk at No. 609
Ohio Street up to ten O'Clock a. m
of Monday, December 22nd, 1918.
for the removal of all garbage in
the City of Cairo during the year
1914.
Said garbage shall consist of all
decayed fruits, vegetables and kitch-
en- offals on or in front of all prem
ises in said City, and shall also CON
slst of all dead animals which arc
to be found In all streets, alleys and
private premises in said city.
The contractor whose bid shall be
considered shall be required to re-
move all garbage during the months
hereinafter named as follows:
For the months of January, Feb
Iruary, March, April, October, No.
vemher and December, two times
each week; for the months of May
June, July, August and September,
six times each week.
Any dead animals which shall be
found upon any of the streets and
alleys or upon private premises in
said city, shall be removed by the
contractor Immediately after his at
tenuon shall be called to the same
The contractor whose bid shall BIZ
considered shall be required to re.
move said garbage in a wagon o.
wagons containing a steel tank OF
bed which shall not be less thar
3-16 VI an inch thick and shall be
water tight, which shall contain o
LID or lids on the top thereof
which shall be so constructed
as to prevent as much as possible
the escape of any stencil from the
garbage contained in the tank or bed
of said wagon or wagons, and sale
lid or lids shall be kept tight and
closed at all times except when gar
bage is being put into the tank OF
bed of said wagon or wagons and
failure to keep the lid or lids on
said tank or bed securely tight and
closed at all times when garbage Is
not actually being placed in the
tank or bed upon the said wagon OF
wagons, shall give the said Council
of the said City the right to termin-
ate said contract at any time said
Council may desire to do so.
No bid will be considered by the
Council unless the person or persons
making such bid will agree to fur
nish a wagon or wagons containing
tanks or beds and lid of the kinds
above mentioned
The removal of said garage and
dead animals shall be done to the
satisfaction of the Board of Health
of said city, and the same shall b.
deposited not less than one mile
from any inhabited portion of the
said city,
Alternate Bid.
The contractor whose bid shall be
considered must also submit an al
ternate bid for collecting the said
garbage and dead animals as requir-
ed above except that the delivery Of
same may be at some point within
the city limits; the Council reserv-
ing the right to avail itself of the
said alternate bid in case il should
at any time during the year 1914.
install an incinerator or adopt
some other method of disposing OF
the garbage within the city limits
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted will be required to enter
into 4 contract with the said cit,
for removal of said garbage ana
dead ANIMALS and give bond. to be-
approved by the Council. in the pc
N al sim of Eiva upndrad notf.n. =
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Alexander County
Savings Bank OF Cairo. Illinois, will
be held at the Directors room In
the above named bank in the city
OF Cairo. Illinois. on Wednesday
January :. 1914. at 1850 O'Clock
for the purpose of electing a Board
of Directors, and such other bust
ness as may be brought before said
meeting.
JAMES II. GALLiGAN. Cashier.
Cairo, Ill. December 6, 1918.
Advt. I2-T 30t
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexander County
National Bank of Cairo, Illinois,
will be held OF the office of the said
bank in the city of Cairo. Illinois,
on Tuesday, January 10, 1914, for
the election of Board of Directors
and for the transaction of other
business. Polls will be open from
10 o'clock a, m. to p. m, on said
day.
JAMES II. GALLIGAN
Cashier
Cairo, ILL.,, Dec. 10, 1918.
1874 got
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12

the faithful compliance of all the
provisions of said contract.
: The Council reserves the right To
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois. this 18th
day Of December. A. d. 1913.
R0BT. a. HATCHER.
City Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-12
List Of Bargain Property and Prices
Homestead at 2Sth Washington

List Of Bargain Property and Prices
Homestead at 2Sth Washington
Ave, entire % lots, s1s,750.00.
No. 24O2 Elm street. room bum
galow--50 fix 1875 ft.,~s4,300.00.
No. 2406 Elm street-same, so II.
x125. $4,300.00O.
No. 2414 Elm street-same, 50x
1875 IT. s4,300.00.
No. 314 Washington Ave.--62 It.
front, s5,500.00.
No PIG 4th Street--50 It. front,
$3,500.00.
No. GIG Ohio Levee street---busi-
ness house, 100000.
10 fine building lots 35th and
Elm street--hlgh ridge---very select
1925 and $3.50.
lots on 25th street east Of Elm
street, $500 each. For terms see
M. ]. HoWLEY, Real Estate Agent,
7O2 Commercial Ave. lilo Il