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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
BROKE OFF BAD HABIT
WOMAN TELLS HOW SHE OVER.
CANE REPRESENTATION.
Strie. Mental Drill Enabled Her te
Learn Promptness and InteIIigentIy
Work to Accomplish Her
Daily Tasks.

OF all my many had habits, ! think
procrastination VAS the very worst.
/ used to put things off and quiet my
conscience. with the easy excuse that
another time would answer every pur-
pose, or that, if circumstances had
been easier, would have done 1t in
time enough had a startling realiza-
ton OF the strength OF this bad habit
one day when serious consequences
had resulted, so | determined then
and there with all the force of my will
that | would break ii up and rout my
enemy, foot and horse. Little did
dream of what was before me. I
tried-God knows how l tried!-but
the habit was victor more often than
l, till at last one night after had
gone to bed almost in despair over my
many defeats, like flash came back
to me the psychologist basis of habit
making: that our habits are paths
running through our brain. With that
thought In mind | began intelligently
to combat my foe.
The rules I worked out for break
ing my bad habits are these: Since
good habits are as powerful as bad
ones, | determined to replace my bad
habit OF procrastination by the good
one of prOmptness. In fact, TO let the
old pathway disappear for lack of use
and to develop new one. That this
new pathway might soon become
strongly marked by much use,
made important engagements that
must be carried out on the minute or
not at all, plans in which an instant
of delay would result SO disastrously
that | shuddered at the thought.
never allowed an exception. set
every ounce of will power possessed
against one slipback. II | said at
night that | would get up the moment
my watch said seven o'clock. got
up, even though the town clock had
not yet struck the hour.
After time, as | gained my victor
les, | devised all kinds of things as a
test of my growing power of prompt
ness, things that were not at all nee
essary, such as completing book in
certain time, arriving on specified
corner at definite moment, or
reaching an appointment one minute
before the appointed hour Thus |
practiced my new habit every possible
opportunity After many trials |
observed that my will was having an
easier time than before, until, in the
course of year and half, prompt
ness was so much second nature to
me that never thought Of procrasti-
nation Lucia Bosley, in the Ameri-
can Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
rlne.reIiina Inventions.

II seems that the invention of clocks
and watches was not the fruit of a
single discovery, but was really a slow
growth, side by side with many other
advances in civilization, and of course
the earliest. clocks aud instruments
were sun dials. -
The invention of the sun dial is
generally attributed to Grecian as
tronomer who died about SAT B. c.
The dial was followed by the hour
glass, and this by the water clock
which marked time by the escape OF
water through an oriflce. These were
introduced into Rome about les b. c.
but are believed to have been In uss
in CIaldea and Egypt for = hundred
years previous to that date.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Small MeroIes.

The young English tourist who had
been staying for week at hotel
in the Scottish highlands, for the pur-
pose of taking advantage of the fish
ing, was. at the end of that time,
rather inclined to think that the fish
ing had taken advantage of him. He
had caught nothing, and his expenses.
of course, had been none the less
heavy.
On the last day of his stay, how
ever, he landed fine salmon.
We'll. Donald" he said to canny
Scot at the hotel, as he proudly sur
veyed the fish; its nice.catch. and
SO it ought to be. 1t has cost me E15
at least"
"Aweel," replied Donald calmly, its
grgreat blessin' We didna catch on.
mair."-Cassells Saturday Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
ALL FEAR THE MANTiS
INSECT, FOR ITS SIZE, HAS NO
EQUAL IN THE WORLD.
Remarkable Attitude of Prayer While
In Wait for Prey Has Made II
Unique Among Creeping
Things Of Earth.

Most persons know the praying man.
tis--that large, greenish. grasshopper-
like insect which holds up adoring
arms as ii generating some deity of
the woods, or making an invocation
an oracle among insects, as the old
Greeks thought it. But these atti-
tudes ,of prayer conceal the most
atrocious habits; these supplicating
arms, to fall into Fabre's picturesque
phrasing, are lethal weapons; these
fingers tell no rosaries, but exist to
seize the passer-by, Although men,
Der of vegetarian family, the mantis
feeds exclusively upon it's living prey.
1t is a tiger in ambush: and IL only
it had sufficient strength its ogrish ap-
petite and its horrible facility of CON
cealment by color and form among the
green leaves where peaceful insects
travel would make 1t the terror OF the
countryside.
At first glance 1t does not look very
terrible. Its neck is flexible and 1t can
turn its head and look with sharp eyes
in all directions, but no formidable
jaws alright victim, In its.power-
| full uplifted forelimbs lies the hidden
danger, theecruel trap, Each long
thigh, shaped like fiattened spindle,
carries on the forward half of its low
er face a double row OF steely spines,
alternately long and short; and three
needlelike spikes, longest of all, rise
| behind the parallel rows, between
/ which the fore leg lies when folded In
prayer" This fore part Of the leg Is
similarly armed, but with smaller
| spikes, and terminates in hook with
blade like pruning knife and a
! tip as sharp as needle. Handle~the
| insect incautiously, and this arma'
ment discovers itself to you instantly
thrusting its needles and blades into
your flesh, gripping you in stingine
| wise and forcing you to crush 1t to gel
| free.
! When the mantis is In repose these
weapons are folded and pressed
against the chest, showing nothing o.
their ferocity. The bandits sword Ii
| sheathed and it seems at its deyotions
| But let victim come within reach and
J the ruse--if ruse 1t be--is abandoned
like flash. The three long joints
of the deadly forelimbs straighter
and shoot out their talons, which
strike the victim like the unsheathet
claws of cat and drag II back be
tween the saws of the thighs. The
wise closes with an upward motion, a,
a man would bring his hand up to hii
shoulder, and no cricket, grasshopper
beetle or spider can struggle out o
the crook OF that terrible elbow
Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Liked the PROSPECTS.

Harold Is pretty wise yoangster,
and already, although still quite young,
has developed a strong financial in.
stinct. The other day he surprised his
family by announcing bis intention to
enter the ministry in due season.
Why, sonny" inquired his father
Il thought you were strong for the
dollars? There's no money In religion
you know"
ooh, but think you must be mis-
taken, papa" cried Harold That's
why I'm going to be a preacher--'cause
| read in the paper that the United
States pays our minister to Austria
s17,50o yeari"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Smile Means Much.

THE smile Is one Of the greatest
assets of the successful salesman or
saleswoman," says the manager of a
department store linen department.
st makes friends for the store as
readily as do moderate prices and
good goods.
'.The ability to smile for eight hours
a day is a trait hard to acquire and
possessed by few store help. Yet 1t
can be gained by constant practice
the watching Of oneself and not per-
hitting at any time the slightest indi.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Too Good 10 Lose.

Your husband is willing to allow
you the custody of the automobile,
the poodle, and the rubber plant, with
liberal alimony, while he takes the
children and the graphophone.
Stop the divorce sobbed the wife.
I'll never get another husband like
that"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
cation of a frown.

4 recall my, first purchase in New
York department store. | was direct
ed to the counter where | could find
the special article of my choice.
was met by gruff What is it?' from
the salesman. ! recall said, Moth
Ing and | haven't been in that store
since"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
OLD COINS WANTED.

$$$-We pay CASH premiums on
hundreds of Old Coins Keep all
money dated before 1895. and send
TEN cents at once for our New H.
lustrated Coin Value Book. 4x7. II
may mean YOUR fortune. Clarke 4
Co., Coin Dealers. Dept. 80, lie Roy.
N. Y.--Advt. 2-e-1yr
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Salesman Wanted.

SALESMEN--All merchants sell
our new premium package sealing
machine, used in place of twine al
one trird the cost. Good side line,
satisfaction guaranteed. write In
ternational Sales Co., Joplin. Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Cold Woman.

What's the matter? A bridegroom
shouldn't look so depressed"
"Disillusionized, that's what"
How now?v
a offered my wife two kisses t
build the kitchen Gre, and she iistl.
refused"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
New perivatlve.

'Mrs. Fangle is a homeopathic
isn't she?" remarked an old lady, dur
ing a call on a neighbor.
mo. l don't think she is" was the
reply. She's Very seldom at home
when | call"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

Whitaker a. Bogardus Inc. Full
ton, n. Y, will FURNISH addresses of
purchasers of New York farms, who
will write you of their success. List
and map on request. els 1t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

FREE Twenty loads OF filing
dirt for the hauling. First come,
first served Cairo Creamery Co.,
.22S 9Th street. 6-14-it
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
ADVERTISEMENT.
Dwellings, For Rent.

FOR RENT 2402 Elm street;
modern eight room house, with
every convenience and In most de-
sirable neighborhood. Apply Can
dee Insurance Agency. II
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Beats Champion Faster,

bcate NHdfHPsub FastST.
Just fancy! There's fasting man
who has been living for forty-five days
on water"
That's nothing. My father lived
for twenty years on water"
go on"
yes; he was a sea captain.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
LABoRERS WANTED.

Fifty laborers wanted at once at
Anna, ILL.,, to lay pipe for water
works. They can make from So to
So day. Call at Farmers Hotel at
Anna, ILL.,, soon as possible. 6-S-7t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
FARM FOR SALE.

1920 acres Alfalfa land No
waste, house. Well, miles from r.
r. Southern Neb. $4,000 $4,000
cash. A. T. Bair, Sioux city, la.
els Ii
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
ADVERTISEMENT.

+ WANTED - Two telephone oper-
ators. Home Telephone Co.. 1901
Washin gton avenue... 6-1O-7t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Help wanted--Female.

WANTED--Thirty girls at the
Overall factory, steady work, good
pay. Twerty-ninth. near Sycamore,
D. L. Marx 4 Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Lost and Found.

L0ST-Automobile round leather
top strang, six or eight feet long.
Return to Southern Illinois Motor
Co., $40 Commercial. tf-6-2
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
BY "HOP''

Horace--I say, old fellow, wish
you would intereede for me with
that pretty niece of yours.
Harold Sure. / Will. Only the otn-
err day | told her you had more money
than, brains.
Horace-What did she say?
Harold She wanted to know il YOU
had as much as 30 cents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
TELEPHONE YOUR WANT ADS
BOTH PHONES sc
ADVERTISEMENT.

Have reason for selling. c.. A.
Petit, 2095 Washington avenue.
G-S-7t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Cottages For Rent.
Buildings For Rent.

FOR RENT-Large warehouse,
4 stories and cement basement, 25x
100 S. w. corner 9Th and Ohio. Viii
rent at reasonable price, Address
Jack Danciger, 306-310 W. 9Th St,
Kansas City. Mo,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
LADIES!!!

HAPPY HOME MATERNlTY'
for private and eonInemens. Forty experience.
reliable; adoption in nice homes; before-time
you wish Call or write either DR.. Tuyer FloreAes
Hyatt. Pine Lawn. 81. Louis Co. Mo. STRICTLY
ethical.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

FOR RENT--326 7th street, mod
ern, 2 story. DR.. Davis, dentist.
5-l7 tt
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Ways Of Women.

WImmeh certainly am got no con-
sistency,"
What's the matter. Mike?"
ME wife chased me cut wild a roll
ingpin this morning, and then cried
because | left home without kissing
her good. by"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
GARDEN HOSE WANTED.

WANTED - A piece of garden
hose, rs feet or more; no nozzle
needed. Telephone Bell 293. 6-S-tf
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
A Great Number.

How many men go to the bad.
Alas, alack!
spend every cent they've ever had
And don't come back!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

FOR SALE-Five-passenger Ford
car. electric lighted, good running
order. good tires. Bargain at $500.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANT TO BUY--Second hand
furniture and household goods
Highest cash price paid New goods
exchanged for old Call home
phone 400. 1911 Commercial Ave-
nue.. tt
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

FOR SALEr--Horses, mules and
mares. Can be be seen at 1907 Com
mercial avenue. For fertilizer infor-
nation call or phone Bell 324 or
Home 324-L. clio 1t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANTED-Two men for general
work; steady employment at the u
S. Marine Hospital.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

Finest line OF fishing tackle In
stock. Lawn mowers sharpened
safes opened, combinations changed
Keys made; guns and revolvers re-
paired. II. e. INCE, 419 Commercial.
avenue, Cairo, Ill; Home phone
2t2K.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Miscellaneous Wanted.

WANTED--To hear from xomt
resident In Cairo or vicinity who
does not carry fire insurance. Can
dee Insurance Agency. GIT Ohio
street u
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANTED---Two or three nicely
furnished room for light housekeep-
ing. Must be in desirable neigh
borhood. Address or call for &c.
C. c." at this office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15
Help Wanted--Male.

WANTED-Two news agents to
work ON Trains. Apply Union News
Co., Big Four depot. 6-S-1w
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANTED-Man to travel in Illi-
nois. Groceries, Candies, Jewelry
Good pay and tailored suit or 20
year watch free in 80 days. Expert
ence unnecessary. j. f. McBrady,
Chicago. els 1t
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANTED -Upholstering. Furni-
ture of all kinds upholstered, mat
tresses renovated. Leave orders at
Paint Store, 1915 Com
mereial avenue. Home phone 464-L.
6-l2 It
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-15

WANTED TO BUY--Good four OF
five-room cottage above Twentieth
street; large yard for chickens; must
be reasonable; small cash payment.
Address Bulletin, M" 6-13-7t
WANTED-Positio wanted by a
cook and baker of thirty years ex-
perience and no booze fighter. nc
objection to going out of town. Call
512-L Home phone. 2413 CONNER.
cial avenue. els 81
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
POLICE SEEK BOY
WHO DROVE AUTO
No Trace Found of Dea, Who
Disappeared After Run
ming Down Two People

SAN JOSE, Sept. 24.-The police are
still searching for 30 year old Harold
Dea, son of Mrs. Dolly Phillips,
wealthy resident of Sunnyyale, who
disappeared Monday night after run
ming down and seriously injuring
Henry A. Renaud and Henry Simon
on the Alviso road while joyriding
with number of messenger boys in
his mothers seven passenger auto
mobile. At the request OF the boys
mother the sheriff is also participat-
ing In the quest which is being made
for the young man.
According to the statement of sew
eral messengers, they were guests of
Dea in a wild ride between road
houses around San Jose. and ii was
while returning here about midnight
Monday that they ran into the rear OF
a rig in which Renaud and Simon
were. riding, demolishing the vehicle.
killing the horse and leaving the two
men UNCONSCIOUS in the roadway. When
he found his machine would work Dea
lost little time In speeding back 70
San Jose. Here he placed the ma
chine in a garage and disappeared.
Dea is on probation now from the
superior court on account of a similar
accident few months ago, when he
ran down and injured Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Peco in Alum Rock avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
LAMAR s COUNSEL
READY To FIGHT
Wolf of Wall Street to Resist
New York Trial Through
Habeas Corpus

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-David
Lamar. the wolf OF Wall street" to-
day was held for the action of the
New York grand jury by Judge An
son S. Taylor, United States commits
sioner. on charge of impersonating
congressman to inaneiers In Wall
street. He was released on $4,000
bond
Lamar's attorneys said they would
start habeas corpus proceedings in a
few days. Judge Taylor fixed the
date of Lamer's hearing in New York
for October Z.
Lamar's counsel announced that La
mar will not return to New York for
trial at once. but that, through habeas
corpus proceedings in the district of
Columbia courts, they would first in
sist on a determination here of the
merits of the New York indictments
against him. The habeas corpus pro
ceedings viii act as a bar against La
mars removal to New York pending
a decision of the courts here.
The indictments against Lamar
charge the "Wolr' with having de-
frauded ]. Pierpont Morgan & co. and
the United States Steel corporation
by having impersonated an officer of
the United States, namely Repre-
sentative A. Mitchell Palmer OF Penn
sylvania.
Counsel for Lamar claimed that a
congressman is not an officer of the
United States
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
Attorney Declares Indictment Secured on Perured Ev-
dencej Fckert Named

That Nicholas J. Mcnamara of San
Mateo went before the San Francisco
grand jury and made up a story out
OF whole cloth to secure indictments
causing the arrest and Imprisonment
in New York of Fred Pattison and
Mrs. Cora Perkins, respectively his
wife's chauffeur and housekeeper. and
that his sole purpose was to make
Mrs. Mcnamara return home, is what
the chauffeur's attorney expects to
prove in the $4,000 false imprison-
ment suit, which is being heard by a
jury of ten men and two women in
Redwood City.
On the other hand. the defense Will
attempt to show that Mcnamara pre-
sented his evidence to the san Fran
cisco inquisitorial body only on the
advice of District Attorney F'ickert,
who urged that Pattison was guilty
of grand larceny.
In his opening address to the jury
this morning. Attorney James Hanley,
representing Pattison. declared they
would prove that Pattison was en-
ployed only by Mrs. Mcnamara; that
Mcnamara knew his wife and serv-
ants were leaving for an automobile
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
IN
MARRIAGE
BUREAU
Anna AumuIIer's Slayer and
Ernest Muret Said to
Have Operated Fake


NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Further evil
dence of the strange dual life led by
Father" Hans Schmidt We're brought
out today by the authorities. Infor-
nation that Schmidt conducted a
marriage bureau in Jersey city while
he was e minister attached to St.
Boniface's church was given to the
Hoboken police by man whose name
was withheld The informant Of the
police said that Schmidt wore a false
beard which he removed on crossing
the Hudson river back into New York.
A man believed to be Ernest Muret,
the companion of Schmidt. and an un-
known man were associated with
Schmidt In his Jersey City enterprise.
An official of the Hoboken police
department said:
From what we have learned of
Sehmidt's career. he invariably cloaked
everything he did in mystery When
he came across the river into New
Jersey he hid his face with a heavy
false heard. When he returned to
New York he removed the beard"
Several false boards and mustaches
and a wig were found In Schmidt's
apartments.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
z ARE: HURT
IN BENTON
RIOTS

BENTON, ILL.,, Sept. 24.-An exciting
all night man hunt ended today with
the discovery that John Hursan, want
ed as the leader of a crowd of dis
turbers, is still at large. Twelve mem
bers of Hursan's gang are in the Jail
here. guarded constantly. Public feel
ing against foreigners was still high
today Martial law was in force, and
the militiamen. who have not slept for
40 hours, were on duty in the foreign
quarter.
All last night Benton was the scene
of small riots More than score Of
foreigners were assaulted. The pub
lie square was deserted throughout
the night. Captain smith of the
Illinois national guard ordered the
militiamen to keep every one outside
of the business district Guests of
downtown hotels were compelled to
remain indoors.
The coal mines employing foreign
ers were closed today because none
of the miners would work.
Clashes were reported between
American and foreign miners at Bend
city, a mining settlement five miles
west of here.
In Benton six foreigners were re-
ported fatally hurt in last nights
riots. Fifteen others were slightly
injured. One foreigner ran seven
blocks pursued by a mob of infuri-
ated Americans and fell exhausted at
the feet of a guardsman. who threat
ened the crowd with his gun.
Sheriff Vaughn today admitted that
if Hursan is captured and taken TO
the jail in the daytime all the sol
diers and deputy sheriffs on duty will
not be able to prevent lynching.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-24
BOLD I RICK
BY JEROME
SUSPECTED
Lawyers Charge Opponent
Deceived Them and Felker
About Indictment

CONCORD. N. H., Sept 24.-Harry
Thaw's legal camp suspected today
that William 7. Jerome may have
tricked them and Governor Felker at
the extradition hearing yesterday in
his statement about an indictment in
regard to Thaw
Mr.. Jerome said
1T is true that no evidence has
been shown that an indictment was
found. AS a matter of fact, an in
dictment was returned"
The Thaw camp calls attention to
the fact that Jerome did not say an
indictment had been returned
raised whether an indictment, II
against Thaw." The question is
any, Is not directed against some
other person. A man close to Thaw s
counsel said today;
'Harrys lawyers are informed that
no indictment was returned against
Harry at Poughkeepsie, but that the
grand jurors voted % to 2 against
indicting him."
Thaw breakfasted at 9 o'clock. He
had recovered his spirit after the de-
preston he had suffered at the extra
dition hearing His mother kept to
her room through the early part OF
the day.
statement by Governor Felker
makes 1t exident that he win expedite
his decision on extradition as much as
possible. The governor said:
There will be no delay following
Monday. With the last brief be-
fore me l will not daily with the
question. The briefs already sub
mitted will be examined carefully in
the interim and l will be in consul
tation with the attorney general from
now on. The matter will be definitely
settled early in the week.