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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-01
ON KEEPING COOL
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of AT Good Old Siwash.

During July and August keeping
cool is the great American profess
sion.
Keeping cool in these months is
considered even more important
that getting rich Men who could
make an extra million dollars by
81 laying at home and SHINING their
enemies. give up the chance without
a sigh and devote themselves to the
Fascinating science of keeping their
perspiration under complete con
troll.
Mil ions of dollars are spent each
summer in perfecting this science.
If the amount of money spent in
America for cold drinks, shower
baths, electric fans, automobiles,
bathing beaches, mountain hotels.
spiders web underwear, rice powder
and negligee shirts were to be cash
ed in one lump We could pay OF the
national debt next fall
There are three popular methods
of keeping cool One is the side
stepping method. This is very sue
eessful BY leaving his business in
June and picking out nice room
nm tho shady snnt of the coolest hO-
tel on the lee side of an ocean or
large lake, man can remain COM
Portable for three months AT $40 per
day.
Some people produce a very tair
imitation OF this method by filling
a winter home with electric fans.
ire boxes, grass rugs and thln
clothes. BY carefully doing nothing
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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-01

during the heated hours and by
keeping full OF iced drinks. the ex-
perimenter can keep reasonably
comfortable until after dinner lie
can then insert himself into a large
automobile and can fan himself by
gasoline power until midnight, aftes
which he may be able to go To sleeD
and forget that il is hot
Another popular method OF keep
ing cool is TO insert ones self into q
suit of working clothes and labor
prcfusely from early morning until
D. m When the laborer has done
this he retires to his home. eats a
heefsteak and sits on the front
porch until bed time. smoking q
pipe. The thermometer may stand
at 100 but he is so much cooler
than he was during the day that life
is pleasant to him and he is per-
fectly satisfied with the administra-
ton.
The first method of keeping cool
costs about $1,000 il economy is
used. The second can be done for
Ia the amount The third doesn't
cost anything and usually brings in
about 81 day. This is why the
descendants of the people who are
keeping cool by the first two meth
DDS will some day adopt the third
method; while the descendants OF
the calm man. who deeorates the
porch in his shirt sleeves, viii toll
manfully all day 10 keep cool by the
first two methods and Will give it UP
as a bad job at night and soak their
pillows in high priced perspiratlon
orge Mathew Adams.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-01

My commission expires Jan. IL,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
The RECALL LAW

We have heard some talk of re-
calling the county commissioners
and have been asked if the recall
was in force in this state. The last
legislature passed recall law and
it is now in force. 1t includes
within it's tegms every public Of
ficer in the state. The law provides
that the petition for the recall of
an officer must contain the sigma
lures of 25 per cent of the votes
cast in the state, county. district or
municipality for the office of JUS
tice of the Supreme Court at the
last preceding election. When the
petition is filed with the proper
officer he shall not sooner than 10
days nor more than 20 days there
after issue call for a special cleo
tioD to be held within the state,
county or municipality electing such
officer.
The law also provides for the
nomination of candidates to fill the
place Of the officer sought to be
recalled. The recall is rather ex-
pensive and it should not be invok-
ed hastily. Better bear the ills we
have than make dive into the I'M
known if ssthose ills are not too
gr;evous.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
THINKS IMMIGRATION IS IN AIR
Writer'S Explanation of Vital Differ
ehee Between the Londoner
and the New Yorker.

THE difference between New
York and London" man once said
to me, 'is this: In New York, If YOU
nave new Idea, you can get it car.
r1ed out at once; in London, if you
have a new idea, you are up against
g brick WALL
L believe this to be true, writes
Maurice Barring in the Metropolitan
People in New York, and in America
In general, are not afraid of new
Ideas, nor, indeed, OF anything new
They are not afraid of the future. In
England, If man finds. for instance,
that his profession is uncongenial to
him, however certain he may be OF
the impossibllity of his making a sue.
cess of 1t, he will none the less very
rarely give it up, and try his hand
at something else. The future alarms
him. In America n man will think
nothing Of throwing up his profession
twenty times running, until he finds
something which does suit him.
think the cause Of this particular
difference lies in the climate of Amer
lea, and especially lies in the climate
OF New York. Just as the climate OF
some places fills the whole system
with an invincible desire to do moth
Ing, with an insuperagle languor and
sloth, In the same way the climate
Of New York fills the body and mind
with the desire to be up and about.
1t Is the nimble air which produces
the nimble wits; the stimulating at
mosphere which creates, In the deni-
zen OF New York, the love Of hustle,
hurry competition and work. / am
not saying this is either a good thing
or bad thing--I am merely noting
and recording what struck me as be.
Ing the main differences between New
York and London.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Tree.Bark BIankets.

They have trees for blankets In
Ecuador, and they like them, too.
They are fond of the firm touch Of
the bark against them as they
sleep. p. II '.it
We would probably think they
were Zero in covering" and we
would doubtless wake up in a much
beatiffened condition If we slept under
a wood covering.
But the native Indians are most
enthusiastic, according to ]. Jane
son, a traveller and lecturer, who
has recently returned from those
parts.
The blankets are made from the
bark Of tree which Is cut particular.
ly thin. 1t is pounded and moistened
and then pounded some more and put
out into the sun to dry. And a most
desirable and economical blanket it is,
lasting anywheres from two to five
years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Proved Truth Of Answer.

On a visit to ST. Louis, Archbishop
Ryan, noted Philadelphia prelate,
rode in a carriage to the patochial
residence with Bishop Glennon, who is
rather diminutive in size and of slight
build, especially in the stomachic re.
gions, while Archbishop Ryan is tall
and very robust. AS they alighted from
the carriage, Archbishop Ryan said to
his companion: Bishop Glennon. /
once was asked to explain the differ
ence between bishop and an arch.
bishop. answered" (and the arch
bishop extended his arms in semi
circle from his own healthy body at
the same time glanoing rather sharply
1T Bishop Glennon), 1.-THE difference
% all In the arch.'"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
FAST TRIP THROUGH BRITAIN
itinerary Enables Tourist. u He
Wishes, TO "Do" the islands In
the Course Of Seven Days.

How to do" the British Isles in q
week Is the latest scheme for hustlers.
A dash around London, a flying de-
scent on one or two cathedral cities,
q race through Scotland and glance
at Killarney-this what is open to
those who want to see the country
in a hurry. Tourist agents say that
the idea is catching on with Ameri-
cans. Indeed it was an American who
first suggested 1t.
Assuming that the tourist begins
his trip on Monday. he devotes that
day to the show places of London,
winding up with theater In the eve
ming. On Thursday he goes to Wind
sor and Hampton Court and on his
return to London has time to go to a
music hall. On Wednesday he leaves
London for Peterborough, sees the
cathedral and gets to York at three
o'clock. .....
At York the tourist has plenty of
time to visit the Minister and other
historic buildings before. catching the
6:15 train to Hamburger. He coaches
through the Trossachs and takes
steamer through Loeb Katrine and
Loeb Lomond. Then the train to
Glasgow.
After dinner the hustler takes the
night train out of Glasgow by way of
Androssan to Belfast, reaches Dublin
In the afternoon and takes the night
train to Killarney.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
CARE REQUIRED FOR
THE WINDOW GARDEN
Particular Attention Should Be
Paid to Water and Shade
for Plants.
Ry L. NJ. BENN1NGToNO

Pay strict attention to the potted
plants as regards water and shade
for all plants require some shade dur
ing summer, especially from the after
noon sunshine
See to it that plants intended for
winter blooming are not allowed to
bloom now. Pinch off the buds as
they appear
Pots plunged in the border must be
turned once q week to prevent the
roots striking through the drainage
hole.
Now Is the time for making cuttings
of geraniums and the like. Keep the
slips damp until we'll rooted; then
pot Keep all buds pilched off until
frost appears and kills outdoor flowers.
The oleander will root quickly If slips
are cut three or four inches long, put
in a bottle of water. and hung in a
shady place.
Seeds of pansieS, lantanas, prim
roses, impatient Sultana, and the like
must be sown now for winter bloom
ing.
If you never have seen the suap-
dragon of the present day, and want
spikes of beauty a foot long 10 glad
den the dark eyes of winter, SOW seeds
OF the improved snapdragon.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
WENT DEEPLY INTO DETAILS
Identification That Undoubtedly Was
Complete, but Could by No Means
Be Called Complimentary.

Stephen Hagen, manager of 8
Harlem bank, at dinner recently told
the following anecdotes: Many years
ago, while spending a vacation in a
city in the upper part of the state, he
visited some friends in a bank. While
there he saw a severe-looking woman
move up to the teller's window and
request that small check be cashed.
She asked the man in the cage to
call up the person from whom she had
received the check and he would iden.
tify her.
The teller called up the man and
asked him to describe the woman. He
did so in the following manner: "She
looked like the crankiest person in
the world. She was dressed in the
fashion of about five years ago. l
think she is an old cat. She wore a
blue straw hat, but then it may be
green, and l think she paints. She
wore two fake diamond rings. Good
by, old man."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
mHls Goose Is Cooked.n

The expression, "his goose is cook.
ed" appears. in various FORMS, and
means that his cause is ruined 1t
has some reference to the common
but erroneous opinion that goose" Is
synonymous with fool" The idea
has crept into more than one language
and Twill not down." 1t is generally
understood that cooking his goose" is
a phrase which originated when the
king Of Sweden, on approaching hos
tile town, excited the contempt of the
inhabitants by the smallness of his
army. To express this they hung out
a goose for him to shoot at, whereup
on the king set fire to the town to
cook their goose"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
THE TAX COMPROMISE

A study of the compromise be-
tween the stockmen and the Tax
Commission almost convinces one
that the stockmen slipped a very
big one over the commission. BY
the terms Of the compromise the
stockmen are to be assessed next
year at $50 per head on rs per cent
OF the cattle they turn in to the
assessor. AS $40 per head is less
than so per cent of what cattle sold
for on the range last fall, the cat
tlemen will not be assessed on so
per cent of the value Of their cattle
If prices remain as they are now.
This plan may bring in more cat
tie to be taxed, but it looks like n
rank discrimination between cattle
and other species of property. This
is readily seen if the tax commits
sion fixes the assessment of proper
ty at so per cent of its cash value
as stated by Commissioner Shaugh-
messy in opening the Reno meeting
To say that the stockmen will
give 10 the assessor a greater mum.
Der of cattle and sheep than they
have heretofore, is merely saying
that they have not given in the cor.
rect number in the past. That may
be true, but it leaves the stockmer
on the sharp horn of the dilema.
The tax commission simply says
"you have not been honest in the
past, but we will assess you on less
than so per cent of the value OF
your cattle and see if that will not
make you a little more honest in
returning the number of cattle and
sheep you own to the assessor for
taxation purposes" Why not work
the same game on the other taxpay-
ers?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
pIiferent rhIna Entirely.

This story is being told ON a Kan
sas lawyer. The lawyer was arguing
a case before judge and. desiring to
illustrate by supposing case, he did
80, as follows: I'VE will suppose.
your honor" he said, that your hon
or were to steal horse."-"Noi Mol
MOI" interrupted the judge, mot at
all. not at all. sir. 'Tain't suppos-
able case, sir" Very we'll, begging
your honor's pardon" said the eager
lawyer with more zeal than prudence.
very well, then; Bupposing that /
should steal a horse."-"Ah. yes, yes, %;
said the judge, that is q different
thing, very different. Mr.. x. Pro-
coed. sir"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Henry Ward Beecher,. Memory.

Henry Ward Beecher, the centenary
of whose birth is being celebrated,
had a poor verbal memory, says the
British Weekly. On one occasion he
gave a notice in his church thus:
I'm addition to the notices just read,
I desire to say that shall be- absent
next Sabbath, and that this pulpit will
be occupied by-ah-by-ah-th
Rev. Che became much flushed and
confused). 1 will not be here next Sab
bath, and, as l was trying to say, the
preacher will be-ah-why, know
him--you all know him-know-'Sa
will preach next Sabbath. Let us
praise God by singing the-the hymn"
He had no difficulty in remembering
the family name, SAM" but Rev. Sam
vel Scoyille was tno~rnunh Cor hi
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
SmnIIcd q CRATER.

z Boston clubman recently return
al from a visit to New York City.
ltI discussing his trip one of his
aIlonds asked him whether he had q
policeman in his pocket The club
man hesitated Tor moment, serious
~ questioning his friends sanity,
when the latter sdded: Il didn't know
whether you could be there a week
without some CRATER or other get
siaIg into your pocket"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
The Dancer.

ct may seem trifling matter"
says a writer in the Observer, "but I
think that the man who wears his
gloves seems to be smarter than the
man who carries his gloves In his
hands" Surely It ia no trifling mat
ter, One might meet the Observer
writer any day, and then II one were
carrying ones gloves instead Of wear
ing them, what an outsider one would
eealI--The ByBtander.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Prevention o, mIldow.

Nothing should be stored in damp
condition on account OF mildew,
which IS a vegetable growth. being a
kind OF fungus, which quickly spreads.
and is very difficult to remove. To
remove 1t from flannel ether is best TO
use. For mildew on cotton material.
damp the part, rub soap thickly on.
cover with powdered French chalk
and put in the sunshine, and keep re-
peatfng the process until the spots
disappear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Concerning Men With Tails.

Concerning Men With Tails.
It would not be wise to build upon
the story Of the coast natives that in
the interior of Papua there are men
with tails. Similar beliefs have been
held in many parts of the world and
many ages, sometimes from impress
sions Of apes, sometimes from more
or less spiteful cTedulity about a PEG.
pies neighbors. For centuries it was
a~common gibe on the Continent that
Englishmen had tails. 1t originated
from the story that the people Of
Canterbury or Strood, having Knocked
at St. Thomas riding upon a little ass
and cut off it's tail, were punished
with the curse that thenceforth all
their boys should be born with tails.
And the SCOTS Of other Englishmen at
the "Kentish longtails" rebounded up-
on the whole nation, so that even In
the time OF Edward VI. Englisbmen
abroad suffered from the taunt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Tossing the CaSer.

One of the strangest and most an
Client games OF Benny Scotland is
throwing the caber, than which there
Is probably no more severe test of
muscle and skill, says Popular Me
chanics. The game has becn played
by the hardy Scots since he earliest
times and is still one Of the feature
events on the programs Of all athletic
contests. The caber is = lCng section
Of tree trunk, tapered SO that it is no.
ticeably smaller at one end than at
the other. The man who essays to
test his strength by tossing it raises
the pole to 4 vertical position in HE
ha,Is, smaller end down, and then
throws it into the air and away from
him. Ee must make IT, large end of
the pole hit the Sro@- md the pole
hit such a way that The small end will
describe half circle The prize goes
to the man whose caScr, having been
thrown in the manner described, lands
on the ground with It's smaller end
tarthest away from th2 throwing point.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

The government is going to raise
foxes to bring down the price of wom-
ems furs. Uncle Sam means well,
but it is just as likely as not that
the capricious and inconsistent sex
will turn up it's pretty nose at his
mistaken g,llantry in thinking they
want former desirable article when
everybody knows it is cheap.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Sharpening Scissors.

The simplest way of sharpening
scissors is to take a knife and cut
away Mt the back of 1t, as II you wish
ed to cut the blade of the knife in
two with the scissors. Do this ten or
twelve times. The effect is marvellous.
The poker can take the place of q
knife.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Portuguese Jury Drew Lots.

4 new method of administering JUS.
tee was applied recently at villa
Franco de Xira in Portugal.
A prisoner was charged with coun-
terfeiting, and as the jury were even
ly divided and could not agree they
determined to draw lots. Two pieces
Of paper were procured, one was in
scribed guilty" and the other limo
cent" They were then folded up,
shuffled, and one was then chosen by
a juryman.
1t happened to be the one inscribed
guilty" whereupon the prisoner was
sentenced to the maximum penalty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
VIVA, She Could Do.

Arthur was spending a day with
his auRt.
Il am going to do something tc
please you on your birthday" she said
10 the little boy, but first l want to
ask the teacher how you behave Of
school"
IF you really want to do something
to please me, auntie," said the boy
"don't ask the Acknowledgements
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Kill Pocket Gcnhers.

An orchardlst at Quincy. Wa, u.
says that he has been successful in
destroying pocket gophers III the or
chard by digging p hole az feet deep
and a foot across. He has found that
the pocket gophers get into the hole
and are easily killed. He reports to
the Western Farmer that he has
.,Sund as many as II pocket gophers
in one hole.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

Official reports show there are over
one billion eggs in cold storage. The
American eagle as the great national
bird may push the screaming, but the
humble American hen does the rest
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Really Good Idea.

business men of Chicago now want
aero yachts to sail in the air to and
from their business to their homes
Perhaps in the next decade aerial
trolleys will be running for the &C.
commodation of the general business
public who find transit on terra firma
too slow for the needs OF this rapid
age.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

Considering the kind of language
some men use over telephone, it is
a safe bet that not all the shocks a
telephone operator gets are of the
switch board
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Demand for Goat Meat,

The high price of beef and mutton
has sent to New York markets large
quantities Of goat meat. 1t gives gen.
eral satisfaction and the price IL
from five to seven cents per pound
lower than mutton.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
-ong.LIved Mines and Profits.

-ong.LIved Mines and Profits.
Are long-lived mines more profitable
than shortliyed ones? The average
investor would consider this a foolish
question, assuming naturally that the
longer mine lasts the greater the nc.
cumulated profits.
Just about the contrary is the case.
The figures supplied by the mines de-
pnrtment of johannesburg, where the
regularity OF deposits on the Rand
makes IL possible to guage the lives of
mines with accuracy, should convince
the skeptic that owing to compound in.
terest q long life does not add to the
value Of mine TO the extent common
" assumed.--Englneering and MiningI
Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
MIR. Meekton's Mean Idea.

why did you insist on having your
wife join the suffragette Cluh7" BE.
cause" replied Mr. Meekton grimly,
II want to see that Suffragette Club
get all the trouble that's coming to
It."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

New York might get pulled up over
having baseball team constantly on
top IL 1t didn't have another constant.
ly at the bottom.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

They are going to put monographs
in street cars in ST. Louis. Why don't
they use movies and have everybody
riding?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

Tramp clad in silk hose killed In
freight wreck. Just another proof of
the old adage. Fine clothes lead to
misfortune"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

Though the modern college graduate
knows all about everything, he Is dis.
Greet enough to conceal the fact from
the crude person to whom he applies
for a Job.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

II policemen are to be made cen.
sors of fashions trip to Paris should
be part OF their education.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
improves lnoanacsoent Lamp.

Incandescent lamps in which the Al
sments are in the form OF an inverted
conc have been found to give one.flfth
more light than those OF the same size
In which filaments form cylinders,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

It may be that some authors write
dialect stories just because they are
such poor spoilers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Youthful LADY, Mavorees

Cristabelle Mitigate, though only
twelve years old, is lady maycress OF
tne town OF Newport, England Her
rather Is mayor, and her mother being
dead, she performs accsptably the du-
ties OF the position on all public ooasr
sions.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10

Men, says a woman reformer, should
be taught to cook. Such knowledge
might, however, be two edged. II thew
knew more about it they would he a
bit more critical about what is served
them. For the sake of domestic con.
cord keep the men In ignorance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-10
Sex Difference.

n man often needs a new hat when
he doesn't want 1t, but there are no
women like that.-Atchison Globe.