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The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
FRENCH GUNS
SAID TO FIRE
GAS At ENEMY
So Deadly That it Paralyzes the
Enemy-Produces IrstantaI-
e0us and Painless Death

London. sept Tales Of ic
ragkable engines of war are app ar
ns in all parts OF Europe. out moth
ing yet has equaled rcgo rs ,iseulat
ed conccraing ueW FI,n-A gun
ghiea fire turpantinc, a substance
said to produce instantaneous and
painless death for every living thinq
within is reach. Turpinite, how
ever, cannot be objected to on the
Ground that il violates humane prin-
ciples cf war. In fact, it is so hui
name that it must not be confused
with lyddite and other explosives
which have deadly fumes.
English correspondents have r.
ported that entire lines @! German
soldiers stood dead in thei ,renchc
as result of turpinite fumes In en-
gagements along the Marnc. The
dead Germans are ~cp3rted to h2v,
maintained a standing posture and
retained their rifles in their hands,
so sudden and unusual was the effect
Of the new weapon Instantaneoul
paralysis is said to have been caused
by turpinite.
The French turpinitc gun is
,hrouded in as great mystery as tur-
oinite itself, Experts are required
It is said, for the use of the new
ammunition, and the manipulation
Df the strange gun so recently in
.roduced in warfare. Military ex-
Derts are now speculating whether
turpinite will lend itself to use in
leroplanes. Lyddite, it is said, car
be employed successfully by military
aeroplanes and Zeppelins. AS Yep
nelins are capable OF carrying guns
# considerable size it is conceivable
they might utilize turpinite. How
ever, in the present war military ex
perts do not expect to see any o
frances enemies discover enough
2bout turpinite to initiate its guns
II duplicate the guns.
London constantly is hearing stor
les of the terrible engines OF wal
Germany will send over the British
capital and bombs containing horri
bic gases are among the weapons |
$ predicted the Germans may drol
apon darkened London streets. Blu
such stories cause little excitement
because of the experience of Pari,
With German bombs. A few persons
were killed there, but the Parisians
in way enjoyed the visits of IL
German airships, which ordinarily
sailed over the French capital about
o'clock in the afternoon. Great
crowds thronged the streets to see
he aerial visitors and showed little
fear OF the bombs dropped from the
sky.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
ST. CLAIR COUNTY WILL
VOTE TO BCTD COUNTY FOR
STATE AID ROAD FUND $4,000

st. Clair county of which Belle
VILE and East ST Louis are the two
principal cities will vote on the issu-
ance of $4,000 worth of bonds to
meet that amount ready for use by
the State in the building Of state Aid
roads in that county. The road
supervisors of the county are making
an active canvass of the county to
insure the vote. Ii the bond issue
is defeated the county will lose its
share OF the State fund
Alexander county has money in
the treasury and some time ago ap-
propriated the money necessary to
meet the amount of the State alIot-
ment for this county.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
BURGLARS ROB
|kOURY & SERMONS
$94 AND z GUNS
Entrance Made Through the Back
Window Prying ii Open
Sometime Sunday Morning,

The grocery and meat market OF
koury & Semmons at 1909 Wash
ington avenue, was broken into Ey
burglars sometime Sunday p.orning
and cash and relolyers we're stolen.
The burglars gained entrance by
prying open back window with a
tool. Tuey used matches to light
them in their hunt about the store
and many partly bnrned matches
were found scattered about the
store.
The burglars took a sack contain
ing $94 in silver The silver was
IN a sack which bore the words First
Bank and Trust Company and the
figures $3.50. TEey also carried ;,s
far as the back window an empty
sack upon which the figures $500
were printed. When they found
there was nothing in this sack they
threw it on the aoor The burglars
also took what change there was in
the cash register and two revolyers
they found in drawer.
Koury did not leave the store Sat
Urday until nearly midnight He
thinks the burglars must have
known before they entered the store
where he kent the baa of cniD At
closing time Saturday night Koury
put the currency in his pocket and
thought he had secretcd the bag of
silver which was too heavy to carry,
where no one could find it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
WILL Send CANAL
ROCkDOWNSTATE
ROAD PURPOSES
Drainage Canal Spoil Bank Has Fine
Material For Highway I'M
provement

Chicago, Sept. 27.--Outlet for the
valuable stone in the spoil banks OF
the drainage canal through the pro
posed lakes to the gulf deep water
way was suggested by Lyman T.
cooley, the veteran engineer. Mr..
Cooley declared the project with
which lie now is identified affords
the solution as to where this i'm
mense volume of stone can be dis
posed of proftably. He says that
with the opening of water transpor-
tGtion southwark the stone could be
carried down the state and used in
thc big road making projects now
being taken up by the different
counties
NO stone is found south of Lock-
port except near the mouth of the
hinois river, said Mr. Cooley
So far as any being used for com
mercial purposes. believe there
1rc no commercial quarIies untf
Grafton is reat he'd. With the
gateway cpan, all the stone thar
could be carried down there would
he used. The transportation would
be cheap, and in tho miles of road
making immense quantities would
be used-'impro'ing not only the
roads but the banks of the drainage
canal as we'll
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
WEATHER.

Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky
Fair Monday and Tuesday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28

would get as much fol the present
crop as thcy will get for this and
next years crop together under the
conditions now existing.
However, they considered the de-
structinn of the boil weeviI as prob
ably the greatest benefit that
would follow this Plan, as under
present conditions tho successful
raising of cotton is an impossibility
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
COMPANY K HAS IT'S
REGULAR WEEKLY DRILL
TONIGHT AT ARM0RY

All members of Company X are
expected to be present at the regu-
lar drill tonight at the armory
Capt. Lutcs is anxious that all show
up and take advantage OF every op-
portunity to become proficient In
Grill and military tactics.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28

and that il the boil weeyil is not in
some way destroyed by the planter
it is only question of a few more
years until the boil weevil will de-
stroy the planter. Mr.. Clark stated
that he had already secured the
opinion of some of the ablest law
yers in the state upon the question
Of passing such a law. and that
these gentlemen had stated that as
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28

the boil weevil was present men,
ace to the entire people that 1t was
within the police pow er of the state
to enact such a law.
A resolution was adopted by the
meeting approving Mr.. Clark's prop
osition and delegates were appointed
to attend the meeting Of the cotton
growers to be held in New Orleans
next week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28
PAID $2l0O FOR SACK
HE THOUGH CONTAINED
G0LD-BRASS COUPLINGS

Chicago. Sept. 2T.-Wheu Michael
Nlssin opened a sack here today,
Which he believed was full Of gold
nd Tor which he paid $1,000. he
scuud that it contained lot OF
Grass couplings. He told the police
10 bought the gold" from two men
81 St. Louis yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28

You are In Good Company whsn
you advertise in this paper.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-28

FOR RENT-Furnishcd front
rooms upstairs for ligh. housekeep-
ig, after Oct / Modern conyen-
icnces. Rent reasonable. 500 Wal
nut. 1913
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
The Fattest Race.

How is II that the Danes as a race
are fat? Professor Lyde states that
from one end Of Denmark to the
other you will not find a really thin
man." And he gives rather a quaint
reason for IT. The growth of dairy
farming in Denmark tends to make
men lazy. The private houses ad1oin
the byres. which are kept at a uni
formly warm temperature, and the
people are employed In warm build
ings, living chiefly on milk and cereals,
The men get so hzy that they will not
take the trouble to cut up their food"
And then comes this delightful con
clusion: This state Of things has pro
dtced nation Of housewives who ex.
eel all others I'm varieties OF sand
wiches, which can be munched all day
long" And thus is produced the latest
race In Europe. and we get a hint for
a real rest cure.-Manchester Guardian.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
CURIOUS CARD Trick.
Il Deals With Odd Numbers. and the
ExpIanation is a Mystery.

| Il Deals With Odd Numbers. and the
Explanation Is a Mystery.
There IL a puzzle which may be per
formed with any odd number OF oh
jects. playing cards being usually em
ployed. and which any one can do. but
no one seems able TO explain the rea
son for 1t. Let us suppose the number
selected to be twenty y-seven cards. al
though fifteen or twenty -one would do
Just az well.
Aftor having them shuffled hold them
I'm the left hand face upward and then
deal them face upward one at a time
In three piles so that the fourth card
comes ON the first and the fifth on the
top OF the second and so on until you
have three piles Of nine cards each
Request any person who Is watching
you to make a silent note OF any card
he pleases, and when you have finished
dealing to tell you In which pile the
card lies. BY picking up the three piles
again one at time ms before. the not
ed card will reappear. Ask I'm which
pile II came that time and place that
pile I'm the middle as before.
Upon dealing the cards into thre,
piles for the third time note carefully
the card that comes In the middle OF
each pile. With twenty-seven ther
will be nine In each pile and the hftl
will be the middle card. Now. whel
the person who selected the card names
the pile In which his card comes you
will know II was the middle card o.
that pile. With this knowledge In your
possession you can finish the trick II
any manner you please.
This Is only statement of results
but what is the explanation or reason
for It? What is the rule that makes II
always come out right, regardless o.
the number Of objects used, SO that II
Is odd?-New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Treatinu n Corn.

Whether corn is treated at home or
by chiropodist, the treatment Is the
same. 1t consists Of applying 10 the
surface an acid (the most commonly
used being salicylic) mixed with col
lodior and ether. The ether evaporates,
leaving a layer OF collodion to hold the
acid while this does its work. After
apply ing this regularly for four or Eve
days the foot Is soaked In hot water,
when the corn can be picked out In
one p ece, leaving a hole, which quick
ly fills up. Some chiropodists eat the
corn out by repeated applications OF
nitric acid. picking away the parts Of
the corn destroyed at each treatment
Every time you cut q corn yourself
you run the risk Of blood poisoning =
New FORK World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
CONCEITED JAIlBIRDS.
To Have Been In Prison 10 q Mark Of
Culture In Nigeria.

To Have Been In Prison 10 q Mark Of
Culture In Nigeria.
In the land Of the Niger, says Mr. p.
Amaury Talbot In the London Times,
little or no stigma attaches to jail
birds.
In fact, prison residence Is often re-
gardei as comforting the mark OF cul-
ture and distinction. The last COVER
nor o. Southern Nigeria once compli
menttd chief Of the interior on his
knowledge Of English, to which the
man replied with proud air: "Of
course I be ht to talk English mouth!
I learn all that when I live long time
for prison"
Such residence Is indeed looked upon
as giving q sort Of official status. At
Calablr some prisoners were out Clean
ing the road when a clerk. dressed In
the height Of fashion, high collar. pat
ent leather boots and the smartest Of
suits. went by. In passing he flicked
one Of the bending laborers with lit
tie swagger cane he was carrying.
At once the aggrieved party sprang
erect. "whatr he exclaimed. with
splendid contempt "You dare touch
mel You factory man! Eook-a Iner'
Here he pointed to the broad arrows
promin inently displayed over his simple
vest and loin cloth. II be government
man! See herew
And the dandy passed on thoroughly
abashed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
ENERGY OF THE SUN.
ntensity Of the Light and Heat u
Sheds Upon Our Universe.

Sheds Upon Our Universe.
BY series of curious experiments
scientific men have gained fair Idea
Of the intensity Of light and heat from
the sun as compared with earthly In
struments.
When the sun Is at the zenith, or d.
rectly overhead. It's light is equal to
seventy-6ve electric lights placed only
three feet from the observer. Yet an
electric light Is too dazzling for any
one to gaze steadily at 1t. And as COM
pared with Sirius, which Is the bright
est In the heavens, the light Of the sun
is 20,C00,000 times more brilliant
The intensity of solar heat on our
globe varies greatly. in way that sun
light 1oes not. the former being affect.
ed by locations. attitudes, changes Of
the atmosphere and many causes.
1t has been estimated, however. that
the total quantity Of heat which the
earth receives from the sun each year is
enough to melt layer Of ice covering
the entire globe and having a thick
ness Of q hundred feet.
But this is only very small portion
Of the whole amount of heat given out
by the sun. The total solar heat is
enough to melt every day layer Of
ice tel and one-half miles thick, about
the entire sun, or, to take Professor
Tyndall's comparison. the SUMS heat
emitted In one hour is equal to that
produced by burning a seam Of coal
sixteen and one-half miles thick.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Where the Fault Lay.

A newspaper man tells OF a friend
who edited, with more or less success
q paper I'm small town. That he was
somewhat discouraged by the lack OF
interest shown In his journal was evi
denced by this notice which one after
noon appeared on the editorial page:
Burglars entered our house last
night. To the everlasting shame Of the
community for whose welfare we have
labored. be it said. they got nothing
Harper's Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Nothino Ooinu.

A little four-year-old, a most attrac-
tive little fairy. suddenly lost interest
I'm Sunday school She had enjoyed SO
much learning about Moses that her
mother could not understand the
change of attitude.
"Why don't you want to go, daugh
ter?" she asked.
"0h," was the astonishing reply. II
don't Ike TO go to Sunday school since
Moses died. woman's Home Com.
panion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The people of the state OF Vir
ginia will vote on prohibition on
September 22nd, and it would not
be at all strange If it is added to the
list Of dry states.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Across the Atlantic.

The narrowest part of the Atlantic Is
between Brazil and Guinea, where the
ocean is only about 1900 miles wide.
From Newfoundland to Ireland. the
narrowest breadth north Of the equa-
tor, Is nearly twice as far. From New
York to the nearest point OF France Is
nearly three times as far
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Charles Sumner Bird's refusal to
again be the Progressive candidate
for governor of Massachusetts,, is
certainly hard blow to the Roose-
welt party in that state. Mr.. Bird
has honesty and ability, and it will
be hard to find his equal for the
candidacy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Senator Beeckman, of Newport,
seems to have pretty good chance
to be nominated for governor OF
Rhode Island, this fall. His can
didacy for the nomination has not
thus far found much, if any, op-
position.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

General Victoriano Huerta has
handed in reluctant resignation as
president OF the Mexican republic.
He states that he is considering the
welfare Of his country in this act'
but possibly his own safety enters
into it. No tears will be shed by
the Wilson administration.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The Massachusetts, Legislature has
just adjourned. Summer law
making, as a general thing, is
pretty poor picking.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
The Lesser Evil.

ITS Mr.. Boreleigh think I'll send
him word I'm out"
Wont the still. small voice reproach
your"
"Oh, yes, but I'd rather listen TO the
still, small voice than TO Mr.. Bore
leigh's."-Boston Transcript
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Better 20 Admonish.

IL is better to admonish than to re
proach. for the one is mild and friend
y. the other harsh and offensive. The
one corrects the faulty; the other only
convicts them. -Epictetua
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Providence is to have a city plan
ming committee. If this committee
could only plan so that the same
streets would not be dug up more
than eight times a year, it would
earn the good will of the average
citizen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Her Telltale Lips.

"You have been kissing another
man"
"You have no right to say that" de
clared the girl
"Then ! withdraw t. But I pre-
ferred to believe that than to think
you had been chewing tobacco
Louisville Courier-JournaL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

An exchange says the river Nile
contains more different kind OF fish
than any other river in the world.
Probably the first fish stories were
told in Egypt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

In St. Petersburg, no out door
musical performers are allowed.
Just think of city where the hand
organ and the monkey are cut out.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
Cettino In the Picture.

"Some have greatness thrust upon
them"
IL know. They blunder accidentally
into flm."-Kansas City Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The TIMES has endeavored to
learn from ssthe oldest inhabitant"
the date of the last paving of Olney.
vile Square. Possibly it could be
dug out OF the City Hall records.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

These summer sessions do not
suit the average congressman, be-
sides this is the year for mending
political fences.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

New York City pays half Of this
country's income tax, and none OF
the other big cities seem to be
Jealous, either.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The most deadly foe TO success In
the future Is the inertia which springs
from self satisfaction In the success OF
the past
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
A Compromise.

Fond Hubby ,starting down TOWN.
What will Il be. Iove-Howers or candy?
wine-we'1l compromise, dear. You
can send both.-Judge
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Andrew Carnagie is certainly a
very generous person, but he is no
"poor mans pudding"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The Maine election will be the
first political straw OF the fall cam.
paign.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Sir Edward Carson, of Ulster,
Ireland, seems to be about as scrappy
as an English sufiras cite. "
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Huerta's resignation must be
counted as a tally on the Wilson
score board.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

The wheat crop .will do its best
to help business be good again.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17

Nothing b possible TO him who II a.
ways dreaming Of his past possibilities.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
WEEKDAY PARTIES WANTED

Large hall to let for evening parties;
electric lights Address, VIM. Duby,
Duby's Grove, Edgewood p. o., X. l. Tel.
Broad Iooe-R.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
BewiIdered Him.

II say. Weggie, I'm In an awful
mess. Miss Smart means to sue me
for 'bweath Of pwomise' or somethin'
howwid like that"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
"Weally?

"Yaas. | said was awfully sowwy
not to ask her to mawwy me, but dad
would cut me off II did. and all she
said was. You needn't imagine I'm the
kind Of girl that accepts an apology
for man New York Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-07-17
DUBY'S CROVEIS

An ideal place for Labor Organizations
Societies, Sunday Schools, etc, to hold
Outings, Clambakes and Picnics.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-27

ana QaQQl6Q II IN his uuS6FS. lu6
second shot went wild.
The sheriff rose quietly to his feet,
and he did not seem to be particu-
larly interested in the man in the
arroyo, for he stro1ed toward him in
quite a casual manner. He still held
the mirror in his fingers, and he adj
vanced so steadily, and apparently
disinterested and quiet in his mind,
that the reflection played always up
on that inch of eyebrow and the left
eye underneath it. And, try hard as
he might, the kid" could never get
his eye clear Of that circle of light,
unless he ducked behind the stone.
And whenever he did so he always
looked up to see the sheriff a good
deal nearer Yet the sheriff was stroll
ing toward him at the same even gait.
Bang! Bang! Bangt went the
Kids" rifle, and the sheriff smiled
happily as he heard the bullets go
whistling by, far to the right and left
of him. The fingers that held the
mirror did not waver an inch. The
kid" was becoming panic-struck as
well as uSuI-oII uCh. IL oOOLlON hhC
the memorable approach of doom,
that quiet, even advent Of his enemy.
The figure came near and ever near
er, out of a sort of luminosity that
framed the dazzling hght-beam like
a sheath. -. .
The kids" head ducked and came
up on the other side of the stone.
And he leveled his rife once again
into that beam of light, and his bullet
plowed up the sand some twenty feet
distant.
Suddenly his chance came. The
sheriff, advancing with his eyes fixed
on the man in the gulley, tripped over
stone. With shaking fingers the
kid" drew bead on the PROSTATE
man and fired. The bullet went wild.
The kid had lost his nerve as well
as his clear vision. He jammed a